"Three cheers for the southern flag!": correspondence, 1861. Year 2: 1862 -- "The rapid decline of martial spirit" -- "Our little peninsula world" -- "The enemy were worsted" -- "A little stream of limestone water" -- "Stuart set out on a raid" -- Correspondence, 1862. Year 3: 1863 -- "One of the best cavalry fights of the war" -- "Our brigade advanced to Aldie" -- "To gain Kilpatrick's rear at Buckland" -- Correspondence, 1863. Year 4: 1864 -- "Boys, you have made the most glorious fight" -- "A furious charge was made upon our line" -- "We're off for the valley" -- "Tattered flags sporting in the breeze" -- Correspondence, 1864. Year 5: 1865 -- "A spectacle of monstrous absurdity!".