- --education: St. Thomas College, 511; USMA, 512, 570
--family: concern for, 310, 453, 588; CSA service, 24,
47, 62, 63, 74, 113, 220, 321, 361, 402, 406, 407, 454, 476, 502, 508,
512, 516, 545, 555, 566, 567, 611, 614, 624, 636; daughter's birth, ix,
li, 531; described, 511; medical care, 59; nephew's reinterment, 113,
220; niece's wedding, xlix; northern relatives, 226, 559; reports on,
372, 406, 630; son's death, x, 388, 394, 397, 446; U.S. Army and, 274.
See also Davis, Joseph Emory; Davis, Joseph Robert; Davis, Varina Howell
--Mexican War: associates, 25, 299, 476, 610; Davis described, 637, on, 423, 512; L from, 635
--military career (1828-35): associates, 412, 635-36; Davis on, 21, 37-38
--opinions: amnesty, 534, 616; appointments &
politics, 265-66; army abuses, 399, reforms, 104, 183, 229; Army of
Tenn., 21-22, 50, 119-21, 183, (command), 37-38, 40-41, 93,
(reinforcements), 339, 492, 503, 513; artillery organization, 442;
Atlanta defenses, 492, 503, 586; J. Bannon, 354; Beauregard's strategy,
38, 423, 425-26; Bermuda Hundred, 491; blacks in army, 125-26, 150, 179,
183, 197-98, 324, as deserters, 600; blockade-running, 548; Bragg, vi,
ix, 24, 38, 41, 53-54; Breckinridge, 37; brigading by states, 56, 71,
231, 237, 341, 603; Bristoe Station, 86; British policy, 379-80, 445; J.
E. Brown, 501, 549; Buckner, 595; Cairo claim, 462, 638; Canada
mission, 153-54; causes of war, 533-34; changing commanders, 6-7, 37,
539; chaplains, 356; citizens' claims, 78, 522, morale, 49, 137, 379; C.
C. Clay, 630; Commissary Dept., 304; Congress, 540; conscription, 49,
183, 184, 196, 218, 220, 228, 232, 258, 267, 311, 327, 328, 356, 359,
371, 382, 535; courts-martial, 382, 614; R. B. Craddock, 185; criticism,
33, 79, 630; Dahlgren raid, 308; J. W. Davies, 96; C. L. Davis, 283;
death sentence, 602, 611, 625; De Bow, 587; department boundaries, 156;
deserters, 80, 521, 600, 608-9; disaffection, 21, 24, 158, 161, 196,
218; duration of war, viii, 29, 254, 533; Early, 468; East Tenn. policy,
21; emancipation, 160, 324, 534; F. Emory, 187; finances, 103, 381,
461, 534; Forrest, 602; Fort Gaines, 596, 628; Fort Pillow, 569, 602;
Fort Powell, 628; F. F. Freeman, 19, 213; French policy, 379-80, 445;
fugitive slaves, 375; generals' discretion, 7, 81, 104, 171, 339, 371,
416, 423, 434, 516, 575, 593, 600, pay, 237; general staff, 42, 236,
304, 382; Gettysburg campaign, 103; S. J. Gholson, 398; D. Green, 187;
R. O. Greenhow, 588; E. H. Gregory, 476; habeas corpus, 218, 261, 268,
274, 371, 424, 435; Hardee, 95, 585, 586; H. T. Hays, 566; D. H. Hill,
234, 238, 475; hiring slaves, 324; G. B. Hodge, 387; W. W. Holden, 299;
Holmes, 79; home guard, 118, 490, 495, 507; Hood's strategy, 586; W. F.
Hopkins, 512; W. B. Howell, 638; T. J. Hudson, 11; E. Hunton, 430;
impressment, 151, 311, 327, 372, 374, 494, 496; Indian Territory, 83,
152, 257; inspection reports, 628-29; J. E. Johnston, 119, 339, 421,
426, 458, 482, 513, 514, 528, 529, 539, 543, 570, 573; S. Jones, 239,
584; Ky. funds, 140, 195; Knoxville campaign, 256, 274, 290-92; R. E.
Lee, 37, 419, 423, 491, 620, (1861), 636; S. D. Lee's strategy, 514; T.
Lewis, 546; Lincoln, 160, 489, 637; Longstreet, 45, 83; La. troops, 463;
Lovell, 150; J. P. McMillin, 612; S. F. McQueen, 583; Marmont book, 87;
Md., 142, troops, 334; Mason's mission, 133; B. Matthews, 493; H.
Maury, 273, 303; Meridian campaign, 571; military courts, 307-8, 354,
districts, 622, procedures, 118, 304, 461, 473, 520, 565, 610-11, 616,
628-29; milling contracts, 374; Miss. courts, 612, legislature, 91;
Missionary Ridge, 95, 183; Mo. appointments, 248, campaign, 594, 595;
Mobile defenses, 587; T. O. Moore, 333; Morgan, 509, 513, 575; Mosby,
264; munitions for Trans- Miss., 9, 568; Myers, 271; navy manpower, 212;
nephew's career, 567; New Bern attack, 388; New Orleans recapture, 164;
N.C. appointments, 306, contributions, 50-51, 58, 160-61, 202, 227-28,
299, defenses, 326; J. W. O'Ferrell, 213; obedience, 21, 44, 473;
"offensive-defensive," 533; officers' abuses, 452, 521-22, 623,
allowances, 306, 382, appointments, 165, 173, 196, 212, 217, 342, 389,
461, 492, 520, 603, 614, assignments, 34, 195, 368, 370, 443, 516, 533,
616, 622, retirement, 445-46; A. M. Paxton, 623; peace, 104, 159-61,
165, 200, 380-81, 533-34; Pemberton, 32, 278; personal animosities, 35,
37-38, 592; Point Lookout raid, 510, 515; Polk, 15, 41, 282, 569-71;
presidential powers, 173, 300, 454, 547, 592; J. S. Preston, 196; W.
Preston, 37; E. Price, 255; S. Price, 81; prisoner exchanges, 380, 520,
624, treatment, 281, 380; propaganda, 354; publication of Ls, 200, 213,
239-40; publicity, 239, 262, 435; quartermaster general, 206; railroads,
239, 355, 618-19; rations, 151; recognition, 29, 31, 380; recruiting,
195, 197, 463, 565; Resaca evacuation, 570; reserves, 375, 382, 442,
458, 462, 473, 474, 530, 587; retaliation, 86, 511; river defenses, 80;
Roddey, 546; J. S. Scott, 195; scouting reports, 80; secession, 379;
secret service, 387; slavery, 534; E. K. Smith, 327, 328, 371, 464, 554,
593; J. P. Smith, 623; speculators, 30, 33, 44, 45, 50, 103; spies,
439; state rights, v, viii, 534, 549; state troops, 67, 101, 588, 609;
R. Taylor, 328; T. H. Taylor, 481, 592; Z. Taylor, 512, 635; telegraph
safety, 306; Tenn. troops, 204, 592; Texas troops, 157, 176, 232, 238;
tobacco trade, 134; torpedoes, 616; trade regulations (Mar. 5), 299-301,
548-49; Trenholm, 540; troops serving at home, 204; N. B. Tucker, 340;
T. M. Tucker, 565; U.S. atrocities, 50, 104, 308, 379-80, 601,
deserters, 564, 600, strategy, 36, 238, 292, 425, 458, 459, 479, 514,
533, 586, 602, 619-20; Vance, 161, 549; Vaughn, 107-8; Vicksburg
surrender, 32, 46, 278, 450; VMI commissions, 84, 566; J. F. Waring,
231; Watts, 244; Whiting, 49, 140; Wilmington defenses, 615, 619; Wilmot
Proviso, 635; women's contributions, 9, 19, 30, 45, 142, 636; J. T.
Wood, 512
--personal: attends funerals, l, 401, 404, party, l,
weddings, xlix, li; book dedicated to, 60, 87, 445; books and papers,
96, 218; cigars, 25; described, viii, ix, xi, 14, 30, 35, 48, 199, 201,
251, 252, 339, 365, 423, 444, 459, 513, 532, 533-34, 569-71, 573, 574,
589-90, 599, 610, (self), 51, 79, 266, 511-12, (sense of humor), 70,
244, 423-24, (son's death), x, 395-96, (speaking style), 20, 30, 48,
(temper), 30, 199, 506, 534, 571, 589; finances, 220, 274, 275, 305,
483; fire at home, l; friendships (prewar), 213, 227, 512, 590; gifts
for, 9, 35, 48, 111, 113, 138, 141, 142, 166, 270, 283, 310, 325, 357,
389, 445, 449, 457, 508; health, 20, 326, 365, 534, (1826), 512;
historical allusions, 46, 160; horses, 70, 321, 357, 459, 511-12,
(Arabian), 325-26, 512, (sells), 275; kissing story, 68-69; literary
allusion, 50; passport, 472; praised, 66, 72, 91, 98, 481; reading
tastes, 46, 508; recommendations (army and navy), 34, 91, 106, 173, 187,
195, 206, 246, 333, 491, 532, 635, (civilian), 42, 102, 218, 531, 596;
religion, 48, 230, 279, 355, 365, 402, 415, 419, 437-38, 587;
reminisces, 37-38, 423-24, 511-12; social life, 319
--planter: finances, 47, 51, 205; Hinds County land, 64, 96, 320. See also Brierfield; Davis, Jefferson--servants and slaves
--politics (prewar): Charleston visit, 46; colleagues,
164, 305, 366, 541, 583, 635; coming of war, 533; described, 637;
recommendation, 635; repudiation, 141, 231
--postwar career: finances, 318; Lincoln plot, 538; prison, 148, 396, 412, 487, 562
--president: aides, 14, 29, 450-51, 458, 549, 567,
571, 575, (appointed), 478, (as inspectors), 7, 45, 92, 99, 101, 102,
105, 107, 120, 136, 203, 221, 233, 270, 275, 287, (reply for), 24, 43,
47, 66, 87, 117, 129, 157-58, 172, 197, 204, 205, 208, 214, 217, 231,
244, 258, 260, 264, 273, 309, 334, 355, 483, 536, 541, 565, 588, 589,
591, 596, 599, 602; appointment policy, 165, 240, (praised), 25, 525;
appointments (aide), 478, (cabinet), 140, 384, 502, 510, 522, 540,
(diplomatic), 158, 185, 369, (generals), 5, 30, 71, 98, 198, 237, 239,
252, 261, 278, 306, 362, 396, 474, 493, 565, 568, 583, 584, 588, 596,
597, 599, 610, (military), 110, 203, 334, 453, 472, 559, 565; authorizes
amnesty, 117, discharge, 111, funds, 10, 67, 117, 118, 155, 165, 166,
218, 225, 247, 256, 258, 272, 273, 289, 303, 308, 334, 341, 367, 368,
374, 388, 397, 438, 474, 496, 567, 568, 583, 585, 602, 616, 633,
furloughs, 455, 489, new units, 110, 113; cabinet meetings, 16, 97;
clemency and pardons, 9, 30, 43, 59, 98, 114, 156, 165, 183, 259, 278,
290, 319, 432, 435, 478, 482, 492, 542, 545, 602, 611, 633; confers with
E. P. Alexander, 293-94, R. H. Anderson, liii, Army of Tenn. generals,
93, C. V. Baxley, 142, Beauregard, xlix, lii, 418, A. G. Blanchard,
xlix, T. Bocock, l, M. L. Bonham, xlix, Bragg, 38, 93, Breckinridge, 19,
E. M. Bruce, 516, G. M. Bryan, 450-51, M. Chadwick, 501, H. C.
Chambers, lii, W. M. Cocke, 541, T. N. Conrad, li, S. Cooper, li, R.
Davis, 108, W. T. Dortch, 158, J. Duncan, 624, B. S. Ewell, 339-40, R.
S. Ewell, 456, Forrest, 36, S. G. French, 35, C. M. Furman, 278, W. D.
Gale, 569-71, A. Y. P. Garnett, lii, L. J. Gartrell, li, Ga. delegation,
l, J. F. Gilmer, xlix, Gilmore and Jaquess, 533-34, Gorgas, lii, liii,
423-24, G. S. Grenfell, li, T. B. Hanly, li, Hardee, 35, 587, I. G.
Harris, 48, L. W. Hastings, 112, L. C. Haynes, xlvii, G. A. Henry,
xlvii, B. H. Hill, 513, 514, D. H. Hill, 72, W. R. Hill, 234, 237-38, F.
W. M. Holliday, 341, Holmes, 288, E. M. Hudson, li, R. F. Hunt, 205, R.
M. T. Hunter, l, A. Iverson, 97, R. W. Johnson, xlix, l, li, 226,
Johnston, 35, journalists (1862), 637, Lee, xlix, li, lii, liii, 85,
104, 119, 149, 151, 244, 290, 431, 447, (1862), 637, J. H. Lewis, l, S.
R. Liddell, xlvii, Longstreet, xlii, li, 38, 40-41, 149, 290, Mallory,
569, Memminger, lii, C. B. Mitchel, xlix, J. M. Morehead, 19, 99,
Morgan, l, N.C. congressmen, 199-200, J. L. Orr, l, Pendleton, 365,
Pettus, xlvii, Pillow, 4, Polk, 14, 23, 36, 41, W. D. Porter, li,
Ransom, 458, Reagan, liii, ------ Ross, lii, L. Sanders, 561, Seddon,
li, liii, E. K. Smith (1862), 637, Sparrow, 112, 231, Stephens, 48, A.
P. Stewart, 529, J. Thompson, 564, Trenholm, 540, Vance, 277, Vaughn,
32, G. G. Vest, 255, Watts, 35, Wise, xlix; court-martial policy,
445-46; criticized, 23- 24, 56, 72, 177, 202, 203, 274, 303, 323, 340,
427, 438, 493, 512, 515, (finances), 113, 154-55, (habeas corpus), 201,
227, 332, (Johnston's appointment), 119, 122, 129, (N.C. appointments),
53, 227-28, 265-66, 277, (strategy), ix, 39, 499, 504, 506, 515, 529,
627; fiscal policies, 381; flight from Richmond, 362, 396; interviews
with journalists, 23, 25, 533-34; maps for, 91, 108; messages to
Congress, 103-4, 131-32, 378-82; messengers, 185, 441; military adviser,
252; plots against, 244, 352, 587; praised, 132, 135, 136, 143, 167,
230, 271, 289, 353, 438, 449, 478, 624; prerogatives, 137, 249, 300,
454, 547, 592, 622; receptions, l; reprimands T. P. August, 616,
Beauregard, 106, 139, D. H. Hill, 73, Johnston, 235, Longstreet, 291,
422, Lynch, 277, Northrop, 589, Seddon, 456, E. K. Smith, 593, Stuart,
217, Vance, 265, Whiting, 277; salary, 305, 612; schedule, 109, 112,
151, 265, 365, 533, 569; secret service funds, 155, 166, 367, 374, 616,
633; speaks at Atlanta, 19, Brandon, 31-32, Charleston, 46, Chickamauga,
20, Dalton, 25, Demopolis, 29, Enterprise, 30, 35, Fort Caswell, xlix,
Goldsboro, 54, 58, Grahamville, 48, Griffin, 48, Jackson, 31, 36, Macon,
43, 48, Marietta, 19-20, Missionary Ridge, 20-22, 24, Mobile, 33,
Orange Court House, 85, Pocotaligo, 48, Richmond, 281, Savannah, 44-45,
Selma, 29, 35, 60, Weldon, 14, Wilmington, 48-51, Wilson, 15; staff,
441, 451; support for, 70, 165, 167, 204, 303, 622, 637; vetoes, 139-40,
229, 439, 450, 454, 460-61. See also Confederate States; Davis,
Jefferson--opinions
--relations with: W. Aiken, 30, 48; H. W. Allen, 331;
C. L. Anderson, 406; Beauregard, vi, 53, 427; Benjamin, 16; black
laborers, 48; Bragg, 7, 67, 91, 206, 475, 509, 541; Broadwell, 318; J.
E. Brown, 171, 274, 501, 506; Browne, 567; J. R. Chalmers, 31, 128; C.
C. Clay, 394, 396, 630; V. T. Clay, 48; A. M. Clayton, 612; Cobb, 57,
221; W. M. Cocke, 541; Congress, vii, ix, 151, 181, 265; S. Cooper, 42,
238; G. Davis, 227; J. E. Davis, 247, 320, 325, 360, 372, 407; V. Davis,
402; J. C. Dobbin, 91; W. T. Dortch, 162; Echols, 209; W. C. Falkner,
637; B. S. Gaither, 202; A. Y. P. Garnett, 59, 60, 65, 69, 90; J. B.
Gordon, 209; Greeley, 562; Hampton, 287; Hardee, 42, 585, 587, 592; T.
A. Harris, 251; Hawes, 539; Helm family, 412; P. Henry, 32, 36; M. B.
Hewson, 260; D. H. Hill, 72, 73; G. M. Hillyer, 148; H. Hinds, 23; G. B.
Hodge, 454; O. S. Holland, 305; Holmes, 82; Hood, xi, 583; M. K.
Howell, 638; H. V. Johnson, 109, 547; A. S. Johnston, 5, 166; J. E.
Johnston, 83, 106, 108, 115, 119, 121, 129, 149, 197, 280, 498, 504,
515, 552, 573, 610; W. P. Johnston, 5, 511; G. W. C. Lee, 209; R. B.
Lee, 110; R. E. Lee, 78, 209, 304, 403, 426, 443, 466, 485, 516, 575;
Longstreet, 41; J. P. McMillin, 612; Mahone, 579; T. A. Marshall, 437;
Memminger, 444, 477; H. W. Mercer, 366; O. Metcalfe, 102; Milton, 397;
Northrop, 110, 589, 590; Oldham, 460; A. H. Pegues, 85; Pemberton, 422;
Pendleton, 365; Pettus, 100, 101; Pillow, 4; Polk, 15, 32, 40, 72, 73,
184, 478, 508, 570; Posey family, 109; T. B. Reed, 48; T. C. Reynolds,
107; Sanders family, 562, 624; Seddon, 97; M. K. Semmes, 395, 531; E. K.
Smith, 464; G. W. Smith, 358; Stephens, 272; A. D. Steuart family,
635-36; Stuart, 404; J. C. Tappan, 68; Z. Taylor, 512; J. Thompson, 154;
T. S. Twiss, 512; J. Tyler, Jr., 532; Vance, 201, 267, 277, 306; G. G.
Vest, 251; Watts, 90, 311, 499; Wigfall, 637; Wise, 69, 71, 90; J. T.
Wood, 220, 423; R. Y. Wood, 63; Yancey, 112. See also Davis,
Jefferson--opinions
--secretary of war: camel experiment, 325; furlough request, 635-36, patronage, 512
--servants and slaves: J. Ab(b)erson, 64; Aleck, 324;
Bets(e)y, l; at Brierfield, 32, 42, 45, 47, 61, 64, 96; Caroline, 324;
Charles/y, 61; S. Charlton, 61; clothing for, 205; Cornelius, l; J.
Dennison, l; Henry, l, 60; in Hinds County, 24; hired out, 42, 45, 320,
324; Isaac, 324; Jack A., 61; killed or captured, 32, 45, 61; runaways,
l; C. Ward, 61
Davis, Jefferson, Jr. (son) (sketch, 6:110), 62, 395, 401
Davis, Joseph Emory (brother) (sketch, 1:19): Davis
and, 35, 247, 320, 324-25, 360, 372, 407; finances, 318, 319, 407;
health, 321, 325, 358, 372; on F. C. Armstrong, 360, army abuses, 62,
96-97, C. Clark, 407, Davis Bend, 45-46, 61-62, 360-61, Forrest, 320,
360, 407, W. H. Jackson, 360, Jemison family, 319-20, 360, S. D. Lee,
360, Miss. politics, 407, Red River campaign, 361, J. Wharton, 360, T.
J. Wharton, 407; recommendations by, 30, 166, 321; relations with
daughter, 363; slaves, 24, 42, 45-46, 61-62, 96-97, 319-20, 324-25, 372;
Ls from, 30, 45- 46, 47, 61-62, 96-97, 165-66, 319-21, 360-61, 407,
cited, 324; mentioned, 226, 356. See alsoHurricane plantation
Davis, Joseph Evan (son) (sketch, 6:250): Davis on, 396; death, x, 393-94, 397, 446
Davis, Joseph Robert (nephew) (sketch, 6:265):
assignment, 502; Davis and, 476, 502; operations, 402, 407, 476, 614;
property of, 275; staff, 476, 502; Ls from, 476, 502, 516, 614;
mentioned, 62
Davis, Lazerus H.: L from, 206-7
Davis, Mary H. (ident., 9:292), 285
Davis, Reuben (sketch, 3:194): Davis and, 108; E by, 637; Ls from, 108, 284-85, cited, 287
Davis, Samuel Emory (father) (sketch, 1:8): Davis on, 45, 511-12
Davis, Sarah Taylor (wife) (sketch, 1:347), 489, 512
Davis, Susan Gartley (sister-in-law) (sketch, 8:555), 274
Davis, Varina Anne (daughter): nicknamed, 209; mentioned, ix, li, 402, 531
Davis, Varina Howell (wife) (sketch, 2:53): at
Brierfield (prewar), 531; J. E. Davis on, 321; friends, 9, 172, 184,
247, 395-96; gifts for, 113, 437; health, ix, 531, (1854), 635; Magruder
and, 411; on V. T. Clay, 48, Davis, xi, 401, former slaves, 64, Hardee,
95, B. T. Johnson, 487; replies for Davis, 402; social life, xlix, l,
li; son's death, 395-96, 397; Wise and, 58, 59, 60, 65, 68; Ls to, 19,
401, cited, 396; Ls from, cited, 64, 325; mentioned, 3, 57, 67, 79, 108,
136, 138, 181, 205, 225, 231, 246, 275, 285, 289, 336, 365, 372, 394,
406, 407, 476, 478, 502, 603, 614, 622, 624, 637
Davis Bend. See Brierfield; Hurricane plantation
Dayton, William L. (sketch, 4:118), 116, 143, 287
Deal, Sylvanus, 98
De Bow, James D. B. (sketch, 8:218): L from, 587-88
De Bow's Review, 323
Deep Bottom, Va., bridge, 480
de Give, Laurent, 531
DeHaven, David, 30
De Leon, Edwin (sketch, 6:27): Davis and, 141, 325; L from, 3; mentioned, 132, 143, 247
De Leon, Ellen N. (ident., 6:272), 3
De Leon, Thomas C. (sketch, 8:189): Ls from, 141, 247
Deloney, Edward: L from, 400
Democratic party: convention, 536; CSA and, 609, 631; election, 152, 254; peace efforts, 163
Demopolis, Ala.: Davis at, 29, 35
Denegre, Joseph, 576
Denis, Jules C., 141, 203, 387
Dennison, Jim (slave), l
Dent, John C., 354, 595, 596
Department of East and West Florida commander, 257
Department of Mississippi: Davis on, 32, 156
Department of Tennessee, 156
De Saussure, Wilmot D. (ident., 582), 583
De Soto Point, La., 443
Devine, Thomas J., 284
De Witt, M. B.: L from, 229-30
Dewson, George, 332
Diamond Place plantation (described, 2:56), 361
Dick, Robert P., 269, 306
Dickinson, Daniel S. (sketch, 4:54), 254
Dickson, Christopher R. (sketch, 7:54), 484, 501
Dill, Benjamin F. (sketch, 2:302): L from, 101
Dillon, Edward, 454
disaffection: Ala., 66, 129, 165, 168, 276, 279, 281,
361, 366, 522; Ark., 194, 262; Davis on, 21, 24, 51, 158, 161, 196, 218,
226; East Tenn., 39, 217; Fla., 10; Ga., 78, 303, 454; La., 453; Miss.,
10, 23-24, 66, 128, 279, 281, 287, 303, 308, 310, 377, 453; N.C., 30,
87, 99, 139, 199, 217, 227, 277, 278, 356, 357, 493, 516, 611, 622,
(Davis), 158-61, 196, 266-68; Richmond, 118; S.C., 482; Texas, 410, 600;
Trans-Miss., 86, 189, 211-12, 464; U.S., 609; West Tenn., 345. See also
reconstruction (reunion)
Dixon, George: L from, 312
Dobbin, James C. (sketch, 2:570): Davis and, 91
Dobbin, James C., Jr.: L from, 91
Dobbins, D. B.: L from, 117
Dockery, Thomas P., 444
Doles, George P., 409
Donnell, Richard S.: Davis on, 163
Dorsey, Sarah E., 329
Dortch, John B., 282
Dortch, William T. (sketch, 162): Davis and, 158, 162
Dotson, Josephus, 173
Dougherty, W. H., 305
Douglas, Hugh T., 578
Downer, William S., 118
Draper, Alonzo G., 488
Drayton, Thomas F. (sketch, 1:70), 226
Drew County, Ark., conditions, 262
Drewry's Bluff, Va.: bridges, 470, 471; Davis at, 401,
428; defenses, 404, 415, 418, 419, 423, 441, (Davis), 401, 406, 420,
425, 457
Droop Mountain, Va., skirmish, 58
Drouyn de Lhuys, Edouard, 287
Dublin, Va., skirmish, 415
Duckworth, William L., 345
Dumbarton (steamer), 396
Duncan, D. G.: L from, 436
Duncan, John: Davis and, 624; Ls from, 398, 624-25
Dunkers, 400
Dunn, Ambrose C., 98
Dunovant, John (sketch, 8:325), 583, 610
Dutch Gap, Va., canal, 609, 610
- Duxbury, William C. (ident., 182), 180
Fagan, James F. (sketch, 8:365), 130, 137, 462
Falkner, Jefferson: L from, 279
Falkner, William C.: recommended, 637; L from, 637
Farish, Robert Davis (grandnephew), 406
Farragut, David G. (sketch, 8:582), 165, 386, 598
Faulkner, Charles J. (sketch, 5:98): L from, 622
Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer, 220
Fearn, John Walker (sketch, 7:453), 132, 158, 165
Featherston, Winfield Scott (sketch, 3:275), 444
Ferguson, Samuel W. (sketch, 361), 333, 338, 360
Fessenden, William P. (sketch, 6:196), 497
Ficklin, Benjamin F., 636
Field, Charles W.: assignment, 585; operations, 474, 613; Petersburg, 470; L to, 611
Fielder, Herbert: L from, 83
Finegan, Joseph (sketch, 448): Cold Harbor, 446; Ocean Pond, 257, 259; mentioned, 10, 430
Finley, Jesse J.: Davis on, 111; recommended, 10; L to, 111
Finney, William W., 636
Fitzpatrick, Alexander: L from, 113-14
Fitzpatrick, Richard, 479
Flagg, Allard B.: L from, 331-32
Flanagin, Harris (sketch, 9:278): L from, 604-6
Fleetwood plantation, 364
Fleming, John G., 88
Florence, Ala., conditions, 366
Florida: commander, 10, 57, 565, (Davis), 230, 257,
259, 262, 597; conditions, 88; conscription, 10, 220, 399; defenses,
245, 565, 575; disaffection, 10; operations, 258, 372, 450; railroads,
243; resources, 10, 149, 214, 280, 575; U.S. operations, 163, 243
Florida, CSS, 376
Florida troops: 1st Battalion, 44; Perry's Brigade,
10; Davis addresses, 44, on, 637; organization, 637; reserves, 565, 597,
(Davis), 417, 442
Florie (CSA steamer), 515
Floyd, John B. (sketch, 6:166): L from, 636
Foard, William T.: L from, 544-45
Folsom, Israel: L to, 257
Foote, Henry S. (sketch, 2:83): criticized, 181, 320,
383; Johnston and, 119; on Davis, 183, 323, habeas corpus, 323, Hindman,
183, Memphis trade, 126; mentioned, 201, 414
Ford, Grace P.: L from, 596
Ford, John S. ("Rip"), 192
Ford, Robert, l
Ford, Rufus K.: Ls from, 245, 483, 530, 628
Forrest, Jeffrey E., 223, 224
Forrest, Nathan Bedford (sketch, 8:512): assignments,
88, 102, 223, 344, 370, 414, 463, 465, 491, 499, 597, 632, (Davis), 35,
41, 98, 109, 156, 259, 492; Bragg and, 23, 41, 43, 105, 348, 500;
Brice's Crossroads, 470; Chickamauga, 12-13; Davis and, xlviii, 36,
436-37, 457, 499, 515; Fort Pillow, 343-44, (Davis), 569, 602; S. D. Lee
and, 223, 244; Miss. operations, 224, 238, 244, 260, 372, 492, 498-99,
513, 610; on black troops, 346, Fort Pillow, 343-44, recruiting, 105,
221-22, 342-43, 592, Richardson's Brigade, 347, 365, Union City and
Paducah, 343, 436- 37, U.S. operations, 222, 342-44; praised, 320, 360,
407, 498-99; promoted, 98, 99, 102, 109; recruiting, 105, 113, 196, 198,
207, 333, 365; requested, 490, 499, 501, 515; troop strength, 343, 345,
513, 584; West Tenn. operations, 233, 284, 342-44; Wheeler and, 499; Ls
to, 41, 457; Ls from, 105, 221-22, 342-44, 436-37, 592; mentioned, 4,
147, 272, 354, 358, 467, 490, 494, 506, 519
Forsyth, John (sketch, 7:78), 543
Fort Anderson, 346
Fort Bartow: Davis at, xlix
Fort Caswell: Davis at, xlix
Fort DeRussy, 285
Fort Donelson, 4, 274
Fort Fisher, 512
Fort Gaines: Davis on, 596, 628; defenses, 270; prisoners, 598; reports on, 589, 592, 595, 610
Fort Jackson: Davis at, xlix; mentioned, 434
Fort Lamar: Davis at, 70
Fort Monroe, 530
Fort Morgan: commander, 272, (Davis), 273; defenses, 270; prisoners, 598; reports on, 588, 589, 592, 625
Fort Moultrie: Davis at, 70
Fort Pickering, 342
Fort Pike, 434
Fort Pillow: black defenders, 346, 358, 375; Davis on,
569, 575, 602; casualties, 343; evacuated, 222; Forrest on, 343-44;
retaliation for, 581; mentioned, 373
Fort Powell: attacked, 270, 272, 386; reports on, 589, 592; surrendered, 598, (Davis), 628
Fort Powhatan, 434
Fort St. Philip, 434
Fort Sanders, 76
Fort Sumter: conditions, 54; Davis on, 46, 50; defenses, 225
Fort Williams, 386
Foster, John G. (sketch, 9:84), 100, 520, 575
Fowle, William H., 110, 369
Fox, Gustavus V. (sketch, 7:100), 624
France: CSA and, 3, 5, 82, 134-35, 143, 186, 285, 335,
410, 588, (Davis), 221, 379-80, 444-45; CSA shipbuilding, 169, 246;
Great Britain and, 5, 172, 445; Mexico and, 33, 143, 191, 287, 336,
(Davis), 103; public opinion, 131, 143, 336; tobacco trade, 131; U.S.
and, 116, 172, 335. See also Napoleon III
Franklin, Benjamin, 3
Franklin, Cyrus: L from, 57
Franz, Joseph, 337
Fraser, John, & Co.: Davis and, 325
Fraser, Trenholm & Co.: CSA and, 282, 396, 585; secret service funds, 155
Frazer, John W., 39
Frazer, Martha M.: L from, 226; mentioned, 372
Fredericksburg, CSS, 430
Fredericksburg, Va., 389
free blacks. See blacks
Freedmen's Bureau (Davis Bend), 65, 364
Freeman, F. F.: Davis on, 19, 213; Ls from, 213, 303
Freeman, John D. (sketch, 2:712): L from, 312
French, S. Bassett: L from, 46
French, Samuel G. (sketch, 7:424): aides, 408;
assignment, 414, (Davis), 618; confers with Davis, 35; on Cassville
conference, 572; Va. operations (1862), 404; mentioned, 372
Friends, Society of, 281, 289
Frost, Daniel M., 226
fugitive slaves. See slaves
Fulgham, Eliza: L from, 65
Fulghum, William H.: L from, 466
Fullarton, Allan (ident., 17), 15, 17
Fuller, Hiram, 302
Funsten, David: L from, 212
- Furman, Charles M.: Davis and, 278; S.C. claim, 278, 283, 287, 414; L from, 278
-
Gaither, Burgess S. (sketch, 202): confers with Davis, 199-200; on Davis, 202
Gale, Katherine P., 571
Gale, William D. (sketch, 571): recommended, 559; Davis meets with, 569-71; L from, 583
Galloway, Matthew C., 105, 365
Galveston, Texas, 188, 460, 600
Gamble, J. G.: Davis on, 491
Gardner, Franklin: assignments (Davis), 230, 584, 592; criticized, 309, 521; praised, 625; recommended, 32, 399
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 231
Garland, Augustus H.: Ls from, 137, 262; mentioned, 190, 608
Garner, Joseph T., 83
Garnett, Alexander Y. P. (sketch, 8:244): Davises and, lii, 59, 60, 65, 68-69, 89-90; Ls to, 58, 59-60; Ls from, 59, 65
Garrett, John W., 518
Garrett, Thomas M., 306
Gartor, Charly (slave), 61
Gartrell, Lucius J.: Davis and, li, 230; L from, 245-46
Gary, Martin W., 263, 476
Gaston, Francesco G.: L from, 219
Gatewood, John: E by, 109
Gatlin, Richard C. (sketch, 1:352), 277
Georgetown, S.C., defenses, 331-32
Georgia: conscription, 31, 184, 203, 221, 228, 230,
234, 264, 288, 303, 307, 310, 483, 506, 540, 568, 602, 615, 626,
(Davis), 275, 503, 535, 575, 603; cotton trade, 97, 101, 402, 493, 550;
Davis confers with congressmen, l, visits, 14, 19-22, 24, 25, 35-38, 41,
42, 43, 44-45, 48, 56-57; disaffection, 78, 303, 454; impressment, 78,
83, 87, 531; operations, 3, 9, 12-13, 26, 92, 94, 97, 99, 106-7, 108,
109, 174-75, 214, 215-16, 259, 261, 263, 275, 297, 353, 368, 403, 419,
420, 433, 434, 437, 440, 449, 454, 490, 491-92, 499-500, 501, 508-9,
516, 517, 519-20, 522-25, 532, 539, 542, 576, 583, 588, 597, 615, 632,
(Davis), 171, 281, 383, 417, 426, 458, 503, 513, 514, 531, 570-71, 586,
619; opposition to Davis, 202, 455, 493, 525, 547; press patronage, 455,
474; railroads, 4, 107, 108, 166, 170, 171, 262, 283, 289, 294, 522,
526, 586, 592, 598, 618, 620, 621; resources, 214, 226, 230, 289, 356;
support for CSA, 116, 184, 197, 221, 264, 289, 615, (Davis), 19, 44; Ls
from Baptist laymen, 632, congressmen, 637
Georgia, CSS, 169, 376
Georgia Central Railroad, 618
Georgia Military Institute, 288
Georgia Railroad, 294, 592
Georgia troops: 12th Artillery, 263; 12th Artillery
Battalion, 430; 22d Heavy Artillery, 44; 5th Cavalry, 240; 7th Cavalry,
492; Chatham Artillery, 70; Doles's Brigade, 409; Ga. State Guard, 57,
168, 184; 1st Infantry, 10; 18th Infantry Battalion, 430; 57th Infantry,
434; 63d Infantry, 44, 366; 64th Infantry, 10; Phillips' Legion, 603;
9th Regiment, State Troops, 66-67; CSA and, 289, 491-92, 506, 627; Davis
addresses, 44, on, 19, 20, 43, 44, 45, 263, 450; militia/home guard,
307, 422, 450, 483, 490, 529, 532, 540, 588, (Davis), 540, 609;
munitions for, 512, (Davis), 513; officers' election, 122, 156;
organization, 168; recruiting, 246; reserves, 247, 275, 450, 474, 492,
615, (Davis), 454, 540, 567; state troops, 450, 505, 506, 529, (Davis),
156, 588; strength, 19, 94, 491-92, 506, 512, 609, 627; supplies for,
402, 550
Gettysburg, Pa., Battle of: Davis on, 103; Seddon on, 88
Gholson, Samuel J. (sketch, 2:203): assignment (Davis), 393, 398; criticized, 398; Miss. operations, 224, 551; wounded, 553
Gibson, Randall L.: Davis on, 111; L from, 9; mentioned, 506
Gilliat, John K., & Co., 585
Gillmore, Quincy A. (sketch, 242): Fla. operations, 241, 349; Va. operations, 391, 401, 406, 428, 459
Gilmer, Jeremy F. (sketch, 8:341): Davis and, xlix;
health, 522; Mobile, 275, 587; recommended, 99, 514; L from, 30;
mentioned, 48, 205, 492. See also Engineers, Bureau/Corps of
Gilmor, Harry W., 8
Gilmore, James R.: confers with Davis, 533-34; Richmond mission, 497, 559
Girard, Charles F., 3
Girardey, Victor J. B. (sketch, 581), 577, 580, 583
Gist, States Rights (sketch, 7:232), 259
Gladiator (blockade-runner), 396, 412
Gladstone, William, 337
Glenn, David C. (sketch, 2:301): Ls from, 204-5, 308
Glisson, Homer C., 303
Globe Tavern, Va., Battle of, 617, 621
Goldsboro, N.C.: Davis at, 54, 58
Gonzales, Ambrosio J. (sketch, 5:54): L from, 225
Goodlett, Spartan D., 582
Goodman, Walter (sketch, 7:28): L from, 10-11
Goodwyn, Thomas J.: L from, 43
Gordon, Ga.: Davis visits, 48
Gordon, James B., 341
Gordon, John Brown (sketch, 209): assignment, 237;
Davises and, 209; Lee on, 207, 318; promoted, 405, 417; Spotsylvania,
405; Wilderness, 392
Gordon, William F., 97
Gorgas, Josiah (sketch, 7:228): arms for Lee, 433;
Atlanta defenses, 512; criticized, 410; Davises and, lii, liii, 402,
423-24, 447; on navy, 621, officers' assignments, 261, supply contracts,
85, Trans-Miss. ordnance, 66, 608; L from, 66; mentioned, 341, 510. See
alsoOrdnance Bureau
Goss, I. H.: L from, 576
Govan, Daniel C., 178
Govan, Eaton P.: L from, 310
Gracie, Archibald (sketch, 429): assignments, 371, 430, (Davis), 425; operations (Davis), 393; L from, 9
Grady, Henry W., 209
Graham, William A. (sketch, 201): on Davis, 201; mentioned, 199, 549
Grahamville, S.C.: Davis speaks at, 48
Granbury, Hiram B., 176, 178, 228, 271
Grand Gulf, Miss., skirmishes, 551, 553
Granite City, CSS, 411
Granite City, USS, 411
Grant, ------ (Maj.), 612
Grant, Ulysses S. (sketch, 8:323): assignments, 34,
38, 46, 297, 298, (1863), 253; Cold Harbor, 447, 448; criticized, 352,
431, 469; Davis on, 533; Meade on, 298, 390, 448; Meridian campaign,
235, 258; on Bermuda Hundred, 428, Chattanooga, 121, Davis, 39, his
headquarters, 298, Meade, 390, Point Lookout, 488, prisoner exchanges,
383, strategy, 235, 298, 351, 391, 392, 468, 469, 487, 556, 557-58, 621,
volunteer call-up, 556; Oxford, Miss. (1862), 126; Spotsylvania, 404-5;
strategy, x, 172, 191, 235, 264, 285, 307, 312, 404-5, 431, 448,
(Davis), 458, 619, (Lee), 295-96, 309, 312, 466-67, 507, 556, 621; Tenn.
operations, 46, 76, 99, 216, 216, 219; mentioned, 170, 255, 354, 497,
601
Gray, Algernon S.: L from, 114
Gray, Peter W. (sketch, 8:506): report by, 510-11; mentioned, 316, 318, 330, 416, 451
Great Britain: consuls expelled, 3, 15-16, (Davis),
35; cotton trade, 134, 288, 302, 333, 501; CSA and, 3, 5, 130-31, 260,
335-36, 369, 575-76, 588, (Davis), 18, 103, 379-80; CSA funds, 10, 118,
165, 218, 225, 247, 256, 273, 341, 367, 438, 567, 633, publicists, 133,
288, 302- 3, 369, 532, shipbuilding, 18, 130, 169, 246, 337, 585;
English Civil War, 249; France and, 5, 172, 445; support for CSA, 5,
130-31, 143, 166, 246, 335, 369, (Davis), 420; U.S. and, 17, 132- 33,
246, 335-36, 356, 444-45, (Davis), 379-80
Greeley, Horace (sketch, 562): Lincoln and, 563; Niagara Falls conference, 537, 559- 60, 631; mentioned, 253, 562
Green, Duff (sketch, 2:603): CSA contract, 60; sugar impressed, 47-48, 374; L to, 165; Ls from, 60, 187, 318
Green, Francis M., 389
Green, Henry, 304
Green, Thomas (sketch, 191), 139, 188, 192
Greene, Colton, 255
Greenhow, Rose O. (sketch, 8:245): praised, 247, 588; L from, 143
Greenville & Columbia Railroad, 294
Gregg, David M. (sketch, 518), 517
Gregg, John, 39, 176, 463
Gregg, Maxcy (sketch, 7:73), 142, 155
Gregory, Edward H.: Davis on, 476
Gregory, W. O.: L to, cited, 468
Gregory, Sir William H. (sketch, 7:111), 134, 143
Grenfell, St. George L.: Davis and, li
Grierson, Benjamin H. (sketch, 325): Meridian campaign, 224; operations, 285, 286, 320, 361
Griffin, Ga.: Davis speaks at, 48
Griffith, Frederick: L from, 114
Grimes, Bryan, 438, 440
Griswold, Elias, 211
Griswoldville, Ga.: Davis visits, 48
guano trade, 219
Guerin, Henry C., 231
Guiney's Station, Va., 415, 420
Gurly, Frank B., 170
Gwaltney, P. D.: L to, 357
Gwin, Mary B. (sketch, 2:377), 143
- Gwin, William M. (sketch, 2:105), 143, 490
habeas corpus: and foreigners, 17; Ark. (1862), 218;
Congress and, 230, 263-64, 269, 364; Constitution on, 269, 322; Davis
on, 199, 218, 261, 268, 273-74, 371, 424, 435; Ga., 263-64, 369; La.,
453, 521; Miss., 279, 308, 364; N.C., 199, 227, 261; reaction to
suspension, 279, 320, 323, 434-35; Stephens on, 197, 322, 369; Texas,
410; U.S., 153; Vance on, 227, 270. See also martial law
Hagood, Johnson: on Davis , 70; mentioned, 351, 392, 393
Ha(i)le, Charles H., 86
Hale, Edward J., 202
Hall, Margaret P.: L from, 489
Hall, Matthew R. (sketch, 581), 577, 580
Hall, W. T.: L from, 229-30
Halleck, Henry W. (sketch, 8:5): Grant and, 390; on
Lee, 40, strategy, 351, volunteers, 556, Washington defenses, 556;
mentioned, 298, 351, 607
Halliday, Fox & Co.: L from, 367
Hambleton, James P., 632
Hambleton, M. L.: L from, 632
Hamer, Mary Elizabeth Mitchell (Lise) (grandniece)
(sketch, 3:56 ): and J. E. Davis, 320, 360, 372; on Jemison family, 321;
L from, 372, cited, 64; mentioned, 62, 226, 319
Hamilton, Jones S.: L from, 140
Hampton, Wade (sketch, 7:424): assignments (Davis),
98, 341; Davis and, 287; Lee on, 496; on cavalry organization, 287, 603;
operations, 271, 435, 457, 467, 470, 476, 477, 479, 613; requested, 88;
Trevilian Station, 470; L to, 603; Ls from, 230-31, 287
Hancock, William M. (sketch, 2:113), 308
Hancock, Winfield S.: Petersburg , 469, 470; Wilderness, 392; mentioned, 390, 432, 558
Handy, John (sketch, 8:519): recommended, 310; Ls from, 205, 274-75, 357, 483
Hanly, Thomas B.: Davis and, li
Hanover Junction, Va. , defenses ( Davis ), 90, 420, (Lee), 87, 88, 92, 421, 433, 457
Hansa (blockade-runner), 276
Hanson, Roger W., 593
Hardee, William J. (sketch, 8:14): Ala. and Miss.
operations, 236, 246, 247, 256, 257, 258, 259; Army of Tenn. commander,
95, 112; assignments, 3, 34, 39, 43, 46, 56, 248, 260, 566, 587,
(Davis), 32, 37, 83-84, 236, 239, 245, 259, 584-85, 592; Atlanta, 587,
620-21; Bragg and, 46, 523, 525; Davis and, 35, 37, 42, 83, 95, 587, on,
586; V. Davis on, 95; Ga. operations, 440, 478, 492, 539, 572, 587,
620-21, 632; Infantry Tactics, 92; on Army of Tenn., 108, 146, 233, 527,
Cheatham, 96, Cleburne's proposal, 177, furloughs, 181, his assignment,
584, 588, Hood, 620, strategy, 247, 478, 525, 572; recommendations by,
111, 299, 463, 530; staff, 42, 146, 181, 182; strategy, 102, 145;
support for, 55, 136, 150; Ls to, 42, 107, 112, 135, 239, 245, 256, 539,
584-85, 592; Ls from, 85, 105, 108, 109, 114, 129, 135, 228, 240, 246,
247, 256, 440, 478, 492, 539, 584, 588, 632; mentioned, 33, 97, 99, 196
Hargrove, Andrew C. (ident., 322)
Hargrove, Cherokee J. (sketch, 321), 320, 361
Harrell, John: L to, 111
Harriet Lane ( Lavinia) (blockade-runner), 412
Harriet Lane , USS, 191
Harris, Charles J., 221
Harris, Isham G. (sketch, 7:159): confers with Davis ,
48; on Army of Tenn., 176, 288, Cleburne 's proposal, 178; Ls from,
177-78, 196; mentioned, 84, 370
Harris, J. Norwood: L from, 510
Harris, Jim, 377
Harris, Jonathan: L to, 281Harris, Nathaniel H., 419
Harris, Samuel S., 210
Harris, Shadrach T., 541
Harris, Thomas A. (sketch, 251): criticized, 414; recommended, 567; L from, 520-21; mentioned, 185, 248
Harris, Thomas W.: Davis on, 637
Harrison, Burton N. (sketch, 8:555): on Davis, 459;
replies for Davis, 117, 205, 231, 483, 565, 588, 596, 599, 623; Ls from,
276-77, 441; mentioned, 326, 396
Harrison, Edmund: L from, 625
Harrison, Isham, 442
Harrison, James P. (ident., 4:240), 2 27
Harrison, Robert F., 519
Harrison, Thomas, 299
Harrison 's Landing, Va. , 403, 404, 467
Hart, Simeon (sketch, 8:593), 225, 315, 410, 575
Hartridge, Julian, 550
Harvey, Addison (sketch, 62): Davis Bend raid, 32, 42, 61-63, 96
Haskell, Alexander C., 438
Hastings, Lansford W.: confers with Davis , 112; Ls from, 112, 138, 168
Hatcher, Robert A., 251, 414
Havana : CSA agent, 410, 496, 576; mentioned, 167, 490
Hawes, James M., 539, 599
Hawes, Richard (sketch, 539): appointed governor, 537;
on Canadian agents, 535-36, Ky. politics, 535; L to, 195; Ls from, 158,
167, 535-36
Hawkins, Isaac R. (sketch, 346), 344, 346
Hawkins, James: L from, 617
Haxall & Crenshaw contract, 373
Hay, James D. H.: L from, 85
Hay, John, 243
Hayes, Margaret Davis (daughter) (sketch, 5:119), 395
Hayes, S. C.: L from, 156-57
Haynes, Landon C. (sketch, 8:31 ): Davis and, xlvii; Ls from, 236-37, 455, 568; mentioned, 575
Hays, Harry T.: Davis on, 566; operations, 58, 60; wounded, 409; mentioned, 463
Hays, N., 205
Headley, John W., 537
Hébert, Paul O. (sketch, 8:503), 410
Heiskell, Joseph B. (sketch, 8:89): L from, 436
Helm, Charles J. (sketch, 412), 102, 410, 412, 496
Helm, Louise W.: Ls to and from, cited, 412
Henderson, Thomas, 224
Henderson, William F.: L from, 521
Henningsen, ------ (Mrs.), 366
Henry (slave), l, 60, 63
Henry, Gustavus A. (sketch, 1:24 ): Davis and, xlvii;
on Army of Tenn., 75-76, 112, Pemberton, 77; Ls from, 75-76, 112,
236-37, 455; mentioned, 231, 384
Henry, Gustavus A., Jr., 77
Henry, Patrick (sketch, 1:26 ): Davis visits, 32, 36
Henry, Thomas F., 77
Herbert, R. H., 589, 591
Hereford , James: L from, 625
Herring, William F.: L from, 136
Hertford County , N.C. : L from citizens, 261
Heth, Henry (sketch, 7:435), 27, 463, 558, 636
Hewson, M. Butt: L from, 260
Heyliger, Louis (ident., 413), 225, 410
Hicks, Stephen G., 346
Hicks, William: L from, 357
Higgins, Edward, 42, 272
Higgins, Eugene : L from, 100-101
Highsmith, James N.: L from, 4
Hill, Alexander P., 59
Hill, Ambrose P. (sketch, 8:303): Bristoe Station, 26,
86; operations, 463, 467, 470, (1863), 638; Wilderness, 392; L to,
258-59; L from, 638
Hill, Benjamin H. (sketch, 8:461): confers with Davis , 513, 514; Johnston and, 500, 505, 513; L from, 228
Hill, Daniel H. (sketch, 8:82): assignments, 234, 420,
(Davis), 24, 106, 238, 421, 475; Bragg and, vi, 7, 8, 23, 24, 72, 73,
238, 475; Chickamauga, 11-12; Cooper and, 234; Davis and, 72, 73, 234,
238; on Bragg, 9, 11, 41, Chickamauga, 14, Davis, 73, generals'
petition, 8, Whiting, 428; staff, 181, 182; L to, 73, cited, 73; Ls
from, 9, 72; mentioned, 306, 404, 457
Hill, William J., 334
Hill, William R.: confers with Davis , 234, 237-38
Hillyer, Carlton : L from, 214
Hillyer, Giles M. (sketch, 148), 145
Hilton, Robert B.: L from, 565
Hincks, Edward W., 488
Hindman, Mary B. (sketch, 182), 180
Hindman, Thomas C. (sketch, 7:447): assignments, 7,
102, 180, (Davis), 71, 565, 622; Bragg and, 7, 23, 41, 56, 71, 84;
charges against (1862), 218; criticized, 622, 625; health, 182, 530,
564-65; on Army of Tenn., 150, 181, Foote, 181, slaves in army, 177,
178-79, 181; staff, 181, 182; L to, 204; L from, 180-81; mentioned, 233,
275, 478, 530, 566
Hinds, Howell (sketch, 6:52 ): Ls from, 23-24, 377
Hinds County , Miss. : Davis brothers' property, 64, 96, 118
Hines, Thomas H., 537
Hodge, George B. (sketch, 293): assignments (Davis),
440-41, 454, 491, 584, 588; Davis and, 420, 454, 630, on, 387, 588;
operations, 260, 261, 291; praised, 496; recommended, 419, 568; staff,
454, 589, 591; Ls to, 387, 420, 440-41, 491; Ls from, 495-96, 521-22,
614, 630, cited, 454
Hoke, Robert F. (sketch, 429): assignments, 389, 400,
496, (Davis), 326, 388, 393, 399, 423, 425, 441; Davis on, 359; N.C.
operations, 352, 356, 386, (Davis), 359, 371, 391; Petersburg, 469, 470,
491; requested (Lee), 326, 372, 375, 387-88, 391, 415, 417, 441; Va.
operations, 58, 60, 392, 415, 428, 435, 446, 463, 467, (Davis), 30, 415,
418, 430, 443; L to, 359
Holcombe, James P. (sketch, 564): Canada mission, 154,
396, 631, (Davis), 247; Niagara Falls conference, 537, 559-61, 603; L
from, 559-61
Holden, William W.: criticized, 278; Davis and, 163,
299; on habeas corpus, 269-70, N.C. appointments, 268-69; peace efforts,
53, 163, 201-2; Vance and, 163, 201-2
Holland , Orlando S.: L from, 305
Holliday, Frederick W. M.: confers with Davis , 341
Holly Springs , Miss. , 554, 584, 597
Hollywood Cemetery , 388, 396, 446
Holmes, James G.: L from, 357-58
Holmes, Theophilus H. (sketch, 1:351): assignments,
129-30, 190, 359, 516; charges against (1862), 218; criticized, 79, 248,
262, 270, 622; Davis and, 79, 82, 288; N.C. defenses, 435-36, (Davis),
478, 614-15, 619; Price and, 80-81, 137; Ls to, 79, 478, 614-15; L from,
129-30; mentioned, 57, 87, 226, 492
Holtzclaw, James T., 506
Honey Springs, Indian Territory , Battle of, 194
Hood, Arthur, 240
Hood, John Bell (sketch, 9:209): assignments, 150,
182, 225, 238, 478, 516, 539-40, 588; Atlanta campaign, xii, 583,
585-86, 588, 597, 599, 615, 620-21; Bragg on, 523, 524-25; criticized,
xii, 528, 588, 620-21; Davis and, xi, 583, 586; health, 26, 32, 225; Lee
on, 516, 517; on Army of Tenn. morale, 527, Cleburne's proposal, 179,
Ga. militia, 609, Mobile defenses, 597, strategy, 275, 524-25, 527, 572,
583, 597; promoted, 37, 182; recommendations by, 299, 530, 565, 567-68;
recommended, 32, 137; Resaca, 433; staff, 146, 148, 181, 182, 574,
(Davis), 547, 559; Ls to, 539, 547, 585-86; Ls from, 275, 434, 539,
567-68, 583, 588, 597; mentioned, 618. See also Army of Tennessee
Hooker, Joseph (sketch, 9:82): operations, 8, 38, 121, 368, ( Davis ), 100; and 20th Corps, 334, 350
Hopkins, William A., 165
Hopkins, William F.: Davis and, 512
Hora, Alexander, 394
Horace (slave), 63
Horrel, Americus V., 142
Hotze, Henry: funds for, 256, 438; on pro-CSA groups, 133, Russell, 132
House of Representatives: Davis entertains, l;
resolutions on army absentees, 170, artillery officers, 116, Charleston,
228, W. E. Coffman, 230, Commissary and Quartermaster Depts., 198,
conscription, 114, 115, 158, 211, ex-officers, 438, food supplies, 220,
foreigners in army, 115, habeas corpus, 230, 424, hospitals, 237,
impressment, 213, 442, Johnston correspondence, 108, 135, 138, Lovell
and New Orleans, 198, 451, mail, 109, 433, passports, 211, prisoner
exchanges, 213, promotions, 170, recaptured slaves, 219, tax in kind,
186, 220, tobacco ration, 444, Trans-Miss. funds, 186, 213, Wilmington,
227; salaries and expenses, 441, 449; secret service funds, 154;
temporary rank, 442, 472; trade regulations, 301, 459-60; vetoes, 229,
459-60, 461; Ls to, 229, 424, 459-60, 461, 472, of transmittal, 109-10,
114, 116, 135, 138, 158, 170, 186, 198, 211, 213, 219, 220, 227, 230,
237, 433, 438, 442, 444, 451; L from congressmen, 225
Houston , Texas , 188
Howard, George H., 183
Howard, Henry, 398
Howard, Oliver O., 8
Howard, R. F.: L from, 183
Howell, Jane K. See Waller, Jane Howell
Howell, Jefferson Davis (brother-in-law) (sketch, 3:121), 516
Howell, Margaret G. See Stoess, Margaret Howell
Howell, Margaret Kempe (mother-in-law) (sketch, 2:55 ): on Dahlgren raid, 244; L to, 638
Howell, William Burr (father-in-law), (sketch, 2:124): Davis on, 638
Howlett's Bluff, Va. : Davis visits, 477; defenses, 475, 476, 477, 610
Hudson, E. M.: Davis and, li
Hudson, Robert S.: Ls from, 10, 279
Hudson, Thomas J. (sketch, 5:139): Davis on, 11, 213; L from, 11
Huger, Daniel E., 522
Hughes, Eliza C.: L to, 636
Humes, William Y. C., 71, 263
Humphries, Henry G.: L from, 66
Hunt, Isaac F., 438
Hunt, R. Finley: confers with Davis , 205; L from, 205
Hunter, ------, 211
Hunter, David (sketch, 8:375): Davis on, 100; Valley operations, 457, 468, 477, 484, 493, 507, 555
Hunter, Robert M. T. (sketch, 5:5): Davis and, l; recommends agents, 155; L to, 340; L from, 185
Hunton, Eppa (sketch, 429), 388, 393, 425, 430
Huntsville , CSS, 270
Hurlbut, Stephen A., 126, 224, 285
Hurricane plantation (described, 1:247): conditions, 61, 361, 372; leased, 364; raided, 45, 47, 61, 96; slaves return to, 64-65
Hurst , Fielding (sketch, 348), 344, 347
Hutchins, William J. (sketch, 316), 315, 316, 451
Hutchinson, James: L from, 97
Hutter, Ferdinand C.: Davis and, li
Hutter, Mary L.: Davis and, li
LaGrange, Tenn., 223, 497
Laird Brothers, 34
Lalor, James F.: L from, 185
Lamar, Gazaway B.: Ls from, 477, 515
Lamar, Lucius Q. C. (sketch, 8:201): addresses Ga.
legislature, 289; Atlanta speech, 369; funds for, 218; Mason and, 130; L
from, 369; mentioned, 5, 246
Lambden, Charles, 237
Lancaster, [John A.], 308, 368
Lander, William (sketch, 201): confers with Davis, 199-200
Lane, James H. (sketch, 3:126), 419
Laredo, Texas, 409
Latrobe, Ferdinand C., 113
Laughlin, Edmund Charles (nephew-in-law) (sketch, 5:6), 360
Laughlin, Florida Davis (niece) (sketch, 1:20), 360, 372
Lauraetta (Am. bark), 140
Law, Evander M., 139, 422
Lawley, Francis: L to, 508
Lawson, Jesse M., 8
Lawton, Alexander R.: appointed (Davis), 206, 445; on
his jurisdiction, 277, 565, railroads, 90, 166, 211, 230, shoe
manufacture, 272, supplies for Johnston, 166, 216, Lee, 619, Longstreet,
158; reports on, 114, 237; Es by, 356, 492, 565; Ls from, 90, 158, 166,
211, 230, 272, 277, 583; mentioned, 177, 240. See also Quartermaster's
Department
Layard, Austen H., 134
Leadbetter, Danville (sketch, 8:260), 102, 105, 107, 174
Leak, Walter F.: L to, 299; L from, 278
Lee (slave), 61
Lee, Charles H., 386
Lee, Fitzhugh (sketch, 9:83): assignments, 287,
(Davis), 596; Lee and, 87; on Reams' Station, 519, U.S. operations, 479;
operations, 187, 243, 367, 405, 420, 446, 457, 470, 480, 517, 613
Lee, George W. C. (sketch, 8:185): assignments, 458,
470, 471, 476, 599, (Davis), 209, 284, 462, 567, 613; Bragg on, 284;
Cooper on, 284; Davis on, 458, 509; Davis' aide, xlvii, 14, 29, 42, 53,
78, 87, 88, 205, 230, 271, 294, 458; health (Davis), 599; Point Lookout
raid, 502, 512, (Davis), 509, 510, 515; recommendation by, 463;
recommended, 209, 284, 458; Richmond defenses, 284, 458, 471, 476, 613,
(Davis), 341, 462, 613; writes for Davis, 24, 47, 117, 157-58, 172, 204,
208, 214, 217, 258, 264, 334; E to, 341; Ls to, 514, 515, cited, 209;
Ls from, 78, 463, 509, 510, 515, cited, 341
Lee, Richard B. (sketch, 7:299): relieved, 369; L from, 110
Lee, Richard H., 65
Lee, Robert E. (sketch, 7:114): E. P. Alexander and,
148-49, 261; assignments, 96, (Davis), 101, 260, 388, 636; Beauregard
and, 99, 427, 431, 440, 446, 448, 458, 470, 473, (Davis), 406, 423,
425-26; Bristoe Station, 26-27, 28, 86; Cold Harbor, 446-48, 451;
confers with Davis, xlix, li, lii, liii, 85, 104, 119, 149, 244, 290,
431, 447, (1862), 637; Davis and, 26, 67, 78, 96, 101, 119, 149, 151,
365, 367, 372, 403, 419, 426, 434, 441, 443, 463, 466, 485, 516, 529,
on, 37, 103, 104, 402, 416, 418, 419, 423, 479, 491, 533, 575, 619, 620,
636; headquarters, 78, 85, 392, 431, 447, 468, 471, 518, 579; health,
28, 432, 447, (Davis), 441, 443; invites Davis to visit, 78, 365, 367;
Johnston and, 119, 261, 493, 499-500, 505, 519, (Davis), 516, on, 499-
500; Lawton and, 158, 473, 618; logistics, 148; Longstreet and, 13, 39,
219, 241, 242, 290, 293, 308, 309, 312, 349, 351, 352, 422, 505, 577,
581, (Davis), 37, 90, 290, 291; Northrop and, 151, 168, 352, 355, 589,
590, 591, 599, (Davis), 151, 355, 601; on Army of N. Va., 8, 27, 28, 66,
87, 92, 150, 168, 241, 333, 352, 418, 473, 545, 599, 620,
(organization), 5, 10, 11, 208-9, 340-41, 496, 577-78, Army of Tenn., 3,
8, 99, 119, 471, 495, (command), 102, (strategy), 90, 308, 309, 372,
517, conscription, 171-72, 186, 196, 209, 212, death sentences, 319,
334-35, desertion, 208, 334-35, Early, 207, 468, Early's raid, 463, 466,
468, 477, 484, 486, 493-94, 497, 502, 507, 512, 515, 517, 555, 575,
585, European intervention, 503, Ewell, 207, 208, 456, 468, 471, 477,
Gordon, 207, 318, 417, Grant, 295-96, 403, 435, 447, 457, 466-67, 468,
470, 476, 477, 497, 507, 518, 556, 585, 609, 617, 621, Hardee, 517, A.
P. Hill, 86, Hood, 516, 517, James River defenses, 376, 391, 403, 446,
473, 556, 558, G. W. C. Lee, 209, 458, 471, 476, 502, 613, Longstreet,
90, 99, 219, 241, 242, 297, 577, 581, Mahone, 577, military courts, 307,
318, 373, 386, 472, newspapers, 26, 295, 312, 333, 422, 457, 495, 497,
507, 512, 517, N.C. operations, 150, 187, 390, Pendleton, 471, 477,
Petersburg, 467, 470, 473, 474, 476, 477, 484, 556, 557, 576-77, 617,
621, Point Lookout raid, 485, 486, 488, 493, 497, 502, 509, 510, 512,
Polk, 471, prisoner rescue plot, 241, railroads, 28, 60, 66, 168, 296,
306, 435, 473, 474-75, 476, 481, 517, 545, 555, 617, recruiting, 92,
171-72, 187, 195, 212, retaliation, 244, Richmond defenses, 92, 297,
352, 388, 403, 440, 441, 476, staff officers, 92, strategy, 3, 26-27,
28, 66, 88, 90, 219, 241, 290, 296, 306, 349-50, 351-52, 390, 402-3,
404, 422, 433, 437, 447, 451, 462, 463, 467, 471, 476, 477, 484-85, 493,
502, 515, 556, 585, 609, 613, 617 (in Shenandoah Valley), 8, 354, 364,
433, 451, 462, 463, 468, 484, 486, supplies, 66, 87, 187, 297, 308, 333,
352, 367, 473, 555, treatment of civilians, 209, 359, 367, 484, U.S.
deserters, 600-601, U.S. operations, 66, 88, 90, 168, 225, 332, 375,
376, 387, 389-90, 391, 419, 421, 435, 440, 446, 470, 471, 476, 576-77,
585, 613, U.S. reinforcements, 3, 8, 296-97, 305, 309, 326, 332, 333-34,
348-49, 354, 364, 403, 416, 418, 421-22, 486, 507, 557, U.S. strategy,
26, 34, 66, 87, 102, 214, 241, 296, 305-6, 308-9, 312, 349, 354, 367,
372, 387, 389-90, 391, 403, 432, 435, 437, 447, 451, 457, 466-67, 468,
469, 470, 471, 480, 484-85, 487, 503, 555-56, 585, 617, 621, J. T. Wood,
485, 496, 502; praised, 312, 445, 498; recommendations by, 5, 10, 99,
119, 306, 393, 417, 438, 444, 451, 458, 468, 471, 472, 485, 577-78, 599,
610, (Davis), 10, 442-43; recommended for Army of Tenn. command, 11,
13, 77, 95, (Davis), 101; reinforcements for, 99, 102, 214, 305-6, 309,
319, 326, 349-50, 372, 375, 387-88, 390, 416, 421, 434, 435, 446, 481,
487, 502, (Davis), 37, 90, 100, 225-26, 377, 388-89, 393, 415, 417-18,
418-19, 423, 424-25, 440, 441, 443, 458, from, 40, 197, 219, 241, 292,
427, 459, 585, (Davis), 37, 38, 219, 339, 427, 461; Seddon and, 26, 86,
195, 242, 352, 468, 519, 575, (Davis), 100; secret service funds, 319;
Spotsylvania, 403, 404-5, 409, 417, 419, 421-22, 431, 435, (Davis), 419;
staff, 261, 323; strategy, 298, 558, (Davis), 100, 151, 388-89, 418-19;
Vance and, 268; Wilderness, 389-93, 398, 431, (Davis), 402, 416; Es to,
11, 176, 197, 303-4, 341, 359, 462, 472, 628; E by, 86; Ls to, 10, 67,
87-88, 90, 101-2, 104, 151, 156, 219, 225-26, 290, 377, 388-89, 393,
402, 415, 416, 417-18, 418-19, 420, 421, 422-23, 424-26, 432-33, 434,
440, 441, 442-43, 458, 471, 475, 477, 482, 509, 516, 519, 530, 583, 596,
601, 603, 609, 613, 615, 618-20, 633; Ls from, 3, 4-5, 8, 10, 26-27,
60, 66, 87, 88, 90, 91-92, 99, 101, 102, 150, 158, 168, 171- 72, 185-86,
187, 207-8, 213-14, 219, 225, 241, 295-97, 305-6, 308-9, 312, 318, 319,
326, 332, 333-34, 334-35, 348-50, 354, 356, 359, 364, 365, 367, 372,
374-75, 376, 387-88, 389-90, 402-3, 409, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419,
421-22, 433, 435, 437, 438, 440, 441, 443, 444, 446, 450, 451, 457, 463,
466-67, 470, 471, 472-73, 474-75, 476, 477, 484-86, 492-93, 493-94,
495, 496, 497, 502, 503, 507, 509, 512, 515, 516, 517, 545, 555-56,
576-78, 584, 585, 599, 609-10, 613, 617; mentioned, 46, 70, 108, 196,
205, 284, 285, 310, 398, 429, 439, 449, 452, 511, 546, 547, 553, 575.
See also Army of Northern Virginia
Lee, Robert E., Jr., 486
Lee, Samuel P., 404
Lee, Stephen D. (sketch, 8:518): assignments, 88, 102,
223, 361, 399, 414, 547, 559, 566, 598, (Davis), 98, 109, 259, 341,
358, 399-400, 541; Bragg and, 524, 527, 542, 597; criticized, 360, 551,
622; Davis and, 24, 420, 491, 515; J. E. Davis and, 360, 362, 372;
Forrest and, 222, 223-24, 344; Johnston and, 81, 88, 102, 491, 504, 515,
(Davis), 98, 109; military courts, 622, (Davis), 354; on Mobile
defenses, 510, 594, 597, reinforcements for Johnston, 504, reserves,
489, strategy, 362, 533, 542, 617, U.S. strategy, 307, 312, 497, 513,
542; operations, 46, 88, 102, 233, 242, 244, 258, 260, 344, 353, 361,
464, 465, 491, 530, 598, 632, (Davis), 98, 259, 260, 482, 495, 513;
praised, 372, 530, 551, (Davis), 513; rank, 399; recommendations by,
419, 474, 478, 494, 555, 567; Smith and, 594, 617, (Davis), 520, 533,
593; strength of cavalry, 344, 495; and Trans-Miss. arms, 81, 413,
(Davis), 358; Ls to, 24, 474, 491, 506, 514, 520; Ls from, 419, 489-90,
494, 497, 510, 533; mentioned, 127, 312, 345, 409, 413, 420, 479, 481,
498, 500, 501, 508-9, 515, 519, 526, 544, 545, 575, 606, 611
Lee, William H. F. (sketch, 9:83): Davis on, 237; operations, 476, 480; promoted (Davis), 340-41; mentioned, 100, 244
LeFlore, Greenwood (sketch, 2:435), 377
Le Flore, Mitchell, 229, 257
LeGrand, Julia E.: L from, 226-27
Leopold I (ident., 9:258), 337
Lescau, Juan: L from, 219
Letcher, John (sketch, 7:126): E by, 185; L to, 88
Lewis, David W., 383
Lewis, Dixon H.: L to (1847), 635
Lewis, Joseph H.: assignment, 207, (Davis), 204; confers with Davis, l; L from, 173
Lewis, Levin M., 252, 406
Lewis, Meriwether, 483
Lewis, Theodore: Davis on, 546; L from, 545-46
Liddell, St. John R. (sketch, 8:13): assignments, 454, 490, 568, (Davis), 584, 596; confers with Davis, xlvii; on Bragg, 7
Lincoln, Abraham: amnesty proclamation, 162, 243, 244,
(Davis), 160; assassination, 408, 518, 538; blacks and, 187, 531;
cabinet, 201, 253; calls up volunteers, 200, 556; criticized, 86, 134,
187, 243, 536, 538, 563, 603, 629, 631; Dahlgren raid, 244; Davis and,
134-35, 159-60, 165, 533-34, 559-60, 603, 637; elections (1863), 152,
153, 154, (1864), 152, 576, (Davis), 445; Grant and, 253, 557; Greeley
and, 562; Jaquess/Gilmore mission, 533-34, 559-60; and Ky., 534, 536,
637; mediation, 58, (Davis), 165; message to Congress, 116, 131, 134,
(Davis), 160; military and, 191, 249, 253, 555, 558; on Greeley's
mission, 563; opposition to, 86, 152, 153, 154, 304, 535, 536, 629;
peace efforts, 58, 187, 562-63, 631-32, (Davis), 159-60, 165, 534, 560;
plots against, 255, 489, 538, 562, (Davis), 489; reconstruction efforts,
163, 243; support for, 153, 407, 534; mentioned, 57, 143, 483, 607,
615, 627, 630. See also United States
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 407
Lindsay, Andrew J.: L from, 288-89
Lindsay, William S. (sketch, 7:377), 143, 335
Little Rock, Ark.: arsenal, 608; captured, 57, 68, 606
Lloyd, William A., 101
"Lockwood": Davis visits, 431
Logan, John A., 216, 235
Logan, John L., 78, 88, 309, 521
Lomax, Lunsford L., 596, 599, 610
London Economist: on Davis' message, 135
London Morning Herald, 141, 260
London Saturday Review: on Davis' message, 135
London Times: CSA and, 288; on Davis' and Lincoln's messages, 131
Long, Armistead L. (sketch, 8:227), 456
Longstreet, James (sketch, 7:307): assignments, vi,
vii, 39, 56, 95, 140, 340, 364, 463, (Davis), 36-37, 39, 41, 56, 99,
135, 212, (Lee), 309, 312, 349, 351; Bragg and, 8, 9, 11, 13, 39, 41,
43, 54, 55, 56, 72, 76, 83, 85, 93, 94, 95, 98, 149, (Davis), 90;
cavalry, 108, 129, 135, 138, 144, 147, 150, 166, 174, 248, 262, 292-93,
(Davis), 120, 135, 139, 166, 175-76, 245, 260, 264, 274, 291;
Chickamauga, 182, 580; confers with Davis, xlvii, li, 38, 40-41, 149,
290; criticized, 43, 83, 209, 293, (Davis), 45, 83, 422; Davis and, 14,
29, 41, 45, 83, 90, 92, 93, 104, 140, 280, 290- 92, 294, 422; East Tenn.
operations, viii, 38, 39, 75, 76, 85, 93, 99, 102, 105, 135, 145, 158,
166, 174, 175, 198, 210, 240, 241, 248, 256, 260, 292, 296, 297, 309,
338, 340, (Davis), 36-37, 45, 87, 229, 256, 257, 260, 262, 264, 274,
290-92; health, 443, 577, 581; Johnston and, 138, 144, 166, 174, 175,
240, 280, 290, 294, 308, (Davis), 139, 229, 245, 274, 291-92, 294; Law
and, 139, (Davis), 422; Lawton and, 158, (Davis), 264; Lee and, 13, 39,
219, 241, 242, 290, 293, 308, 309, 312, 349, 351, 352, 422, 505, 577,
581, (Davis), 37, 90, 290, 291; Lookout Valley, 38, 42, 43, (Davis), 45,
422; McLaws and, 8, (Davis), 157; on army organization, 98, Bragg, 39,
41, 93, generals' petition, 8, Grant, 352, Knoxville, 93, 105, 263,
railroads, 261, 262, strategy, 38, 93, 102, 105, 242, 256-57, 262, 263,
270, 280, 290, 293, 294, 352, supplies, 158, 260, 261, 262, U.S.
reinforcements and supplies, 242, 256, 262; recommendation by, 393;
recommended, 515; reinforcements for, 76, 77, 99, 138, 219, 241, 255,
280, from, 108, 261, 274, (Davis), 120, 245, 291; Seddon and, 13, 14,
77, 290, 291; strategy, 38, 77, 98, 102, 149, 175, 198, 264, 275,
(Davis), 87, 90, 99, 256, 257, 274, 291-92, 294, (Lee), 99, 219, 241,
242, 290, 308; troop strength, 167, 372; Vance and, 301, 356; Va.
operations, 364, 390-91, 392, 393, 420, 581, (Davis), 212; wounded, 393,
581; Ls to, 99, 104, 135, 245, 256, 257, 260, 262, 264, 274, 290- 92;
Ls from, 9, 92-93, 98, 102, 105, 140, 248, 256-57, 260, 261, 262, 263,
270, 280, 309; mentioned, 22, 101, 107, 122, 155, 204, 209, 244, 299,
307, 362, 372, 404, 420, 443, 463, 595
Lookout Mountain, Tenn.: Davis at, 20; defenses, 76
Lookout Valley, Tenn., Battle of, 38, 42, 43, (Davis), 45, 422
L¢pez, Narciso, 635
Loring, William W. (sketch, 7:265), 275, 368, 414, 567, 618
Loudon, Tenn., skirmishes, 38-39
Louisiana: commanders, 195, 293, 411, 419, 453, 454,
496, 568, 591, (Davis), 195, 387, 420, 490, 515-16, 584, 588;
conditions, 257, 309, 377, 400, 419, 511, 515, 521, (Davis), 333, 441,
453, 516, 522-23; CSA and, 309, 331, 454, (Davis), 326-29, 383, 452-53;
conscription, 258, 397, 453, (Davis), 328; cotton trade, 173, 313, 331,
400, 453, 511, 515, 521, 614, 630, (Davis), 491; habeas corpus, 453,
521; impressment, 213, 257, 309, 329-30, 495-96, 521, 630, (Davis),
332-33, 441, 452-53, 521-22; morale, 9, 79, 193, 249, 309, 400, 453,
515, 584, (Davis), 490; operations and strategy, 57, 129, 164, 188-89,
191, 192, 193, 270, 284, 285-86, 288, 298, 317, 386, 434, 462, 595,
616-17, 628, 629, 632, (Davis), 164, 387; U.S. and, 163, strength, 597; L
from delegation, 463. See also New Orleans, La.; Red River campaign
Louisiana State Bank, 173, 282, 302
Louisiana troops: 1st Artillery, 92; Austin's
Sharpshooters, 78; Bossier Cavalry, 329; 1st Cavalry (Davis), 195, 566;
1st Infantry Battalion, 581; 3d Infantry, 362; 4th Infantry, 19, 329;
6th Infantry, 515; 7th Infantry, 5; 9th Infantry, 5; 11th Infantry, 88;
13th Infantry, 111; 16th Infantry, 453; 17th Infantry, 19; 22d Infantry,
19; La. Brigade, 5; La. Guard Battery, 348; Washington Artillery
(Davis), 388; Davis on, 463, 566; militia, 258, 330, 551, 630, (Davis),
328; recruiting, 112, 164, 187, 329, 521, 553, 566, 629, (Davis),
112-13, 463; reserves, 489, 515, 630, (Davis), 474; strength, 463; L
from officers, 19
Love Bird (CSA schooner), 412
Lovell, Mansfield (sketch, 7:324): assignment, 262,
(Davis), 261; House resolution on, 198; recommendation by, 25;
recommended, 150, 506; staff, 84
Lovett, Jacob: L from, 602; mentioned, 611, 618, 625, 633
Lowrey, Mark P., 178
Lowry, William B., 389
Lowry, William L.: L from, 398
Lubbock, Francis R. (sketch, 8:505): Davis' aide, 478, 567; Magruder and, 192; L to, 478
Lynch, William F.: L to, 277; mentioned, 276
Lynchburg, Va., 486
Lynn, Arthur T., 17
Lyon, Francis S. (sketch, 9:340): Davis and, 35
Lyon, Hylan B.: assignment (Davis), 494, 506; Davis on, 26; recommended, 25
Lyon, Nathaniel, 255
Lyons, Mary P.: Davis and, li
Lyons, Lord Richard B. P. (ident., 7:106): Davis on, 445; mentioned, 86
Macauley, Duncan: L to, 420
Macbeth, Charles: L to, 185
McCabe, James D.: Ls from, 5, 478
McCallon, J. B.: L from, 114-15
McCausland, John A.: assignments, 557, (Davis), 419; operations, 415, 596, 599, 603
McClellan, George B. (sketch, 8:7): criticized, 630;
Davis and, 630; on artillery organization, 147, Harrison's Landing
(1862), 404; Peninsula campaign, 483; presidential candidate, 536, 629
McClellan's Bridge, Va., 446
McClernand, John A. (sketch, 6:344), 253
McClure, James M., 290
McClure, Jasper W., 290
McComas, Minnie: L to, 389
McConnell, Anna: L from, 270-71
McConnell, Eddie: L from, 270-71
McCook, Robert L., 170
McCorkle, W. Y.: L from, 629
McCown, John P. (sketch, 8:149), 217
McCulloch, Kate T.: L from, 565
McCulloch, Robert, 223
McCulloch, William, 565
McDaniel, Zere: Cairo claim, 283, 312, (Davis), 461, 638
McDonald, ------, 636
McDowell, Thomas D.: confers with Davis, 199-200; L from, 196
McElrath, George W. (sketch, 2:59), 531
McElroy, John S., 306
McElroy, John W., 359
MacFarland, James E. (sketch, 8:22), 185
McGee, William (ident., 348), 344
McGowan, Samuel, 438, 440
McGuirk, John, 223
McHenry, George, 246, 501
Mackall, William W., 54
McKee, Andrew W. (ident., 8:595), 511
McKinney, Frank (slave) (ident., 7:4), 61
McKinney, Thomas F., 225, 284
McKinstry, Alexander, 53
McLaws, Lafayette (sketch, 8:341): court-martialed,
209, (Davis), 157-58, 393; Knoxville, 93; L to, 602; L from, 602;
mentioned, 8, 234, 443
McLean, James R. (sketch, 200): confers with Davis, 199-200
McLemore's Cove, Ga., 56, 74
McMackin, Thomas C.: L from, 34
McMaster, Fitz W., 579, 582
McMicken, Mathew B. (ident., 146)
McMillin, John P., 612
McNair, Evander (sketch, 3:139), 39
McNeil, John: Davis on, 104
McNulty, J. S.: L to, 357
Macon, Ga.: hospital, 567; Davis speaks at, 43, 48
Macon, Miss., 553
Macon (Ga.) & Western Railroad, 598, 621
McPherson, James B. (sketch, 9:413), 278, 285, 566
McQuaig, John S., 86
McQueen, John, 583
McQueen, S. F.: Davis on, 583; L from, 567
McRae, Colin J. (sketch, 9:333): agent abroad, 85, 221, 302, 585; on trade regulations, 302
MacRae, Donald, 17
McRae, John J. (sketch, 4:253): L to V. Davis, 138
McRae, Mary B.: L from, 138
McRae, William, 306
McWillie, William (sketch, 5:15): L from, 29
Maddens Tavern, Va., skirmish, 638
Maddox, Joseph H., 638
Madison Court House, Va., skirmish, 375
Maffitt, John N. (sketch, 8:592), 466
Magevney, Michael: L to, 204
Magruder, George A., Jr., 412
Magruder, John Bankhead (sketch, 1:75): aides, 410,
412; assignment, 410-11, 460; on Texas operations, 409-10; Smith on,
188, 195, 353; in Texas, 67, 188, 304, 315, 316, 460; Ls from, 409-11,
496; mentioned, 457, 554, 595
Mahone, William (sketch, 579): Lee on, 443, 577; on Lee, 579; Petersburg, 577, 580, (Davis), 583; Va. operations, 419, 448, 621
mail. See Post Office Department
Major, Minor, 263, 280
Mallett, Richardson, 142
Mallory, Stephen R. (sketch, 7:13): confers with
Davis, 569; forged Ls of, 336, 376, 445; on British seizure of ships,
169, Cairo claim (1863), 638, Erlanger funds, 168-69, ironclads, 376,
manpower shortage, 93, 117-18, 172, 495, Plymouth operations, 466,
prisoner exchanges, 624, Richmond defenses, 430; replies for Davis, 623;
Ls from, 93, 117-18, 168-69, 172, 240, 376-77, 441, 449, 495, 636, 638;
mentioned, 321, 631. See also Navy Department
Manassas, Va., Battle of (1861), 369
Manassas, Va., Battle of (1862), 352
Manassas Gap Railroad, 467
Maness, Martha E., 478
Manigault, Arthur M., 23
Manly, Hannah G.: L to, 9
Mann, Ambrose Dudley (sketch, 7:112): on Napoleon III, 33, 337-38; Ls from, 33, 99, 231
Mansfield, La., Battle of, 286, 616
Manship, Charles H.: L from, 32
Manter, Francis H. (sketch, 607), 605
Marcy, William L. (sketch, 2:406): L from, 635
Marietta, Ga.: Davis speaks at, 19-20
Marine Corps, 93, 376
Marion, S.C., defenses, 482
Marks' Mills, Ark., Battle of, 193, 397, 462, 595
Marmaduke, John S. (sketch, 9:133): criticized, 57, 167; Red River campaign, 193; troop strength, 87
Marmont, Auguste, 60, 87
Marshall, Charles, 261
Marshall, Humphrey (sketch, 8:31): Ls from, 304, 493; mentioned, 158, 539
Marshall, Texas, 250
Marshall, Thomas A. (sketch, 5:70): Davis on, 437; L from, 437
martial law: Ark., 218; Galveston, 460, 600; Mo., 253. See also habeas corpus
Martin (black), 308
Martin, ------ (Capt.), 566
Martin, Davis S., 260
Martin, James G. (sketch, 8:277), 4, 8, 417
Martin, William T. (sketch, 292): assignments, 122,
147, 248, 260, 261, (Davis), 245, 260, 264, 274, 291; criticized, 292;
recommended, 30
Martin's Ford, Va., 225
Maryland: operations, 557, 585; U.S. and, 472, 638
Maryland troops: 1st Battery, 334; Md. Battalion, 446; Md. Line, 284, 545, (Davis), 334; praised, 485; recruiting, 142, 489
Maryville, Tenn., 291
Mason, A. Pendleton, 240
Mason, Elizabeth C.: L to, 141
Mason, James M. (sketch, 4:125): assignment, 5, 16,
143, 246, (Davis), 18, 185; Davis and, 141, on, 133; funds for, 341; on
British relations, 5, 130-31, 246, 335-36, Davis' message, 131-32,
French relations, 131, 335-36, 490, R. O. Greenhow, 588; Ls from, 5,
130-32, 246, 335- 36, 588; mentioned, 503
Massachusetts troops: 5th Dismounted Cavalry (Colored), 488
Matagorda Bay, Texas, skirmishes, 409
Matamoros, Mexico, 102, 225, 284, 479. See also Mexico; Milmo, Patricio, & Co.
Mather, J. C.: L from, 307
Matthews, Beverly (sketch, 6:65): Davis on, 493, 614; L to, 614; L from, 99-100
Maury, Dabney H. (sketch, 9:5): assignment (Davis),
399-400, 541; Mobile defenses, 42, 117-18, 227, 272, 275, 399, 519, 533,
628, 632, (Davis), 37, 165, 262, 273; on Battle of Mobile, 588, 589,
595, disaffection, 165; praised, 20, 625; and reinforcements for
Johnston, 171, 505; Ls to, 165, 262, 272, 273, 303, 520, 587, 596; Ls
from, 272, 273, 519, 588, 589, 595, 628, 632; mentioned, 354, 442, 545,
559, 596
Maury, Henry: assignment, 210; Davis on, 273, 303; Miss. operations, 287; recommended, 272, 595
Maury, Matthew F. (sketch, 2:517), 337
Maury, William L., 246
Maxey, Samuel B. (sketch, 194), 141, 190, 193
Maximilian I (sketch, 337): CSA and, 158, 172, 287, 444-45, 490; France and, 134, 335-36; U.S. and, 3, 445; L to, 158
May, Ben: L from, 184
Mayo, J. (Dr.), 271
Mayo, Joseph: L from, 172
Meade, George G. (sketch, 9:386): on Grant, 298, 390,
448, Dahlgren raid, 244, Reams' Station, 518, Va. losses, 621, Wilson's
raid, 481; operations, 26, 34, 404, 487, (Davis), 37, (Lee), 3, 26, 87,
90, 219, 332, 497
Meadow Bridge, Va.: Davis at, lii
Meagher, Thomas F. (sketch, 7:377), 157, 185, 354
Medical Department, 72, 92, 237, 567
Medicine and Surgery, Office of, 93
Melton, C. D., 455
Memminger, Christopher G. (sketch, 8:63): Congress
and, 444, 471, 540; criticized, 211, 341, 477, 550; Davis and, lii, 205,
444, 471, on, 477; and Erlanger loan, 110, 117; on Bank of La., 282,
302, Cotton Bureau, 315, cotton trade, 138, 228, 262, 287, 398, 402,
414, 437, 501, 510, currency limitation, 103, 330, 384, Johnston, 622,
taxes, 286; praised, 185; replies for Davis, 402, 501; resigns, 444,
471; L to, 477; Ls from, 91, 102, 107, 110, 138, 140, 150-51, 166, 169,
186, 205, 212, 220, 228, 262, 282, 283, 287, 302, 333, 377, 414, 435,
437, 444, 451, 471, 507, 510, 622; mentioned, 483, 588. See also
Treasury Department
Memphis, Tenn.: cotton trade, 11, 101, 123, 233, 625; raid proposed, 115; U.S. occupies, 224, 342
Memphis & Charleston Railroad, 88, 105, 107, 222, 362
Memphis Appeal, 101, 297
Mendenhall, Nereus: L to, 281
Mercer, Hugh W. (sketch, 1:70): assignment (Davis),
365; Davis and, 366; relieved, 566; Ls to, 365, 366; L from, 364-65;
mentioned, 48
Mercer, John T., 358
Mercier, Edouard H. (sketch, 133), 131, 445
Meridian, Miss.: Davis at, 35-36
Meridian campaign, 224, 232, 233, 257, 259-60, 274, 284, (Davis), 232, 235, 258, 259, 571
Meriwether, Minor, 304
Metcalfe, Orrick: Davis and, 101
Mexican War: Davis and, 25, 423, 512, 635; veterans, 191, 194, 209, 243, 250, 251, 345, 346, 412, 518, 558, 580, 627, 637
Mexico: antislavery sentiment, 169; CSA and, 137, 169,
172-73, 187, 189, 337-38, 444- 45, 490, (Davis), 103, 132, 158; France
and, 33, 135, 143, 191, 287, 336; trade via, 81, 155, 188, 410, 416,
628; U.S. and, 169, 287, 445
Michaels, William D., 98
Michel, Middleton: Davis and, 637
Michigan, USS, 86, 537
Middle Tennessee: campaign proposed, 174-75; resources, 156
Middleton, John I.: L from, 331-32
Midwest. See Northwest
Miles, Nelson A., 448
Miles, William Porcher (sketch, 7:288), 366
Milford, Va., defenses, 435
Milledgeville Recorder, 474
Miller, J. N.: L from, 615-16
Miller, John: L from, 166
Miller, William: assignments (Davis), 220, 565, 583, 597; recommended, 399, 565
Milligan, James F., 440
Milmo, Patricio, & Co., 81, 187, 211, 284, (Davis), 371
Milroy, Robert H. (sketch, 9:37), 237
Milton, John (sketch, 8:350): Davis on, 397, 637; on
conscription, 10, 220, trade regulations, 301, 396-97; Ls to, 259, 442,
583, 596-97, 636, 637; Ls from, 10, 220, 257, 280, 396-97, 399, 565
Mine Run, Va., 390
Minnesota, USS, 376
Minnigerode, Charles F. E. (sketch, 8:182): Davis and, 365
Minter, Joseph F., 85
Missionary Ridge, Tenn.: Davis at, 20-22, 24
Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Battle of: Bragg on, 87, 97;
J. E. Brown on, 274; Davis on, 87, 183; mentioned, 176, 180. See also
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mississippi: commanders, 551, (Davis), 584, 588;
conditions, 24, 52, 67, 167, 279, 308, 338, 370, 453, 521, 531, (Davis),
332-33, 440-41, 521-22; conscription, 10, 25, 67, 88, 113, 140- 41,
196, 212-13, 275, 364, 370, 397, 453, 601-2, 612; cotton trade, 10-11,
23-24, 67, 98, 117, 123-25, 167, 222, 233, 279, 310, 353, 370, 377, 400,
453-54, 483-84, 493-94, 531, 551, 612, (Davis), 491; Davis on, 137,
visits, 25, 30, 31-32, 35-36; disaffection, 10, 23-24, 128, 279, 281,
303, 308, 310, 377; habeas corpus, 279, 308, 364; impressment, 123, 494,
496, 521, 623, (Davis), 440, 494, 623; judicial system, 552, (Davis),
612; morale, 23-24, 66, 123, 214, 274, 285, 353, 551, 612, (1862), 637;
operations, 23, 30-31, 52, 66, 114, 123, 128, 175, 222, 224, 227, 232,
233, 246, 256, 257, 258, 259-60, 274, 284-85, 289-90, 303, 307, 308,
483, 484, 494, 497, 501-2, 510, 542, 551, 553, 554, 555, 584, 601,
(Davis), 232, 235, 256, 258, 259, 400, 513, 514, 571; public opinion on
Johnston, 552; railroads, 47, 102, 123, 126, 222, 244, 246, 257, 274,
289- 90, 303, 370, 501-2, 552, 584; repudiation, 141, 231; resolutions
on conscription, 364, Davis, 100, 116, 137, 364, Gholson, 393, slave
impressment, 78, 125-26, taxes, 364; resources, 4, 29, 47, 90, 123, 144,
149, 175, 206, 214, 216, 246, 284-85, 551, 555, (Davis), 619; slaves,
24, 29, 67, 206, 274, 284-85, 370, 531, impressed, 78, 125-26, 146,
(Davis), 79, 91, 164; Ls from citizens, 494, 496, congressmen, 240, 637.
See also Meridian campaign
Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad, 126
Mississippi Central Railroad, 126, 274, 370, 552, 584
Mississippi Regiment, First (Mexican War), veterans, 299, 476
Mississippi River: crossings, 67, 83, 103, 117, 312,
358, 370, 483-84, 594, 607, 623, (Davis), 67, 78, 460, 501; defenses
(1862-63), 109, 274, 295-96, (Davis), 278; U.S. operations, 62, 64, 79,
88, 164, 188, 190, 222, 263, 280, 285, 288, 289, 307, 483, 497, 510,
552, 617, 628
Mississippi River Commission (postwar), 242
Mississippi troops: Adams' Cavalry, 47; 1st Cavalry,
62; 6th Cavalry, 442; 12th Cavalry, 442; 16th Cavalry, Battalion, 100;
Gholson's Brigade, 393, 398; Ham's Battalion, 100; Harvey's Scouts, 62;
2d Infantry, 637; 6th Infantry, 614; 11th Infantry, 85; 18th Infantry
(Davis), 443; Jeff Davis Legion, 230; called up, 401, 628; cavalry, 101,
173; commander (Davis), 237; Davis on, 442, 614; militia, 551, 629,
630, 632; recruiting, 66, 113, 140, 196, 198, 406, 508, 521, 531, 545,
(Davis), 440-41, 614; reserves, 474, 489, 530, 584, 630, (Davis), 495,
530; state troops, 88, 100, 101, 196, 213, 224, 233; strength, 393, 628,
629; transferred to CSA, 101, 393, 398
Mississippi troops (U.S.): Miss. Marine Brigade, 552
Missouri: campaigns for, 57, 250, 554, 607, 609,
(Davis), 593; CSA and, 250, 604; congressmen, 72, 248, 405-6, 414, 612;
morale, 68, 604; U.S. and, 82, 249-50, 604
Missouri troops: Mo. Brigade commander (Davis), 226;
Mo. State Guard, 57, 250, 255; criticized, 57, 255; Davis addresses, 29;
organization, 151-52; recruited, 57, 250, 607
Mitchel, Charles B.: Davis and, xlix, 129; L from, 375; mentioned, 44
Mitchell, Charles Jouett (nephew-in-law) (sketch, 2:8), 226
Mitchell, Joseph Davis (grandnephew) (sketch, 3:98):
CSA service, 361, 409, 507-8; Davis and, 24, 636; and Davis Bend raid,
47, 61, 96; L from, 507-8; mentioned, 226, 324, 372, 407
Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth (Lise). See Hamer, Mary Elizabeth Mitchell (Lise)
Mobile, Ala.: commander, 399, (Davis), 400; cotton
trade, 66, 101, 221, 371; Davis at, 32, 33, 36; Davis slaves at, 42, 45,
320; defenses, 39, 75, 83, 85, 122, 172, 198, 210, 212, 227, 240, 244,
247, 256, 270, 272, 275, 324, 349, 353, 370, 372, 517, 584, 616, 625,
628, 632, (Davis), 37, 42, 168, 171, 256, 262, 272, 292, 382-83, 629,
633; morale, 20, 584; threatened, 214, 227, 232, 233, 437, 497, 505,
510, 513, 519, 522, 589, 594, 597, (Davis), 165, 232, 234-35, 238, 245,
506, 514, 520, 541, 587
Mobile, Ala., Battle of: Davis on, 596, 619; described, 598, 625; Maury on, 588, 589, 595; R. L. Page on, 592
Mobile & Girard Railroad, 617
Mobile & Ohio Railroad: repaired, 290, 303, 370; U.S. operations, 244, 247, 259, 285
Molyneux, Edmund, 17
Monroe Doctrine, 336
Montgomery, Ala.: Davis at, 34-35; home guard, 177; threatened (Davis), 235, 619
Montgomery, Benjamin T. (sketch, 4:241), 63
Montgomery, Louis M.: L from, 115
Montgomery & Atlanta Railroad, 586
Montgomery & West Point Railroad, 542, 547, 620
Montgomery Mail: Davis and, 129
Mooney, W.: L to, 355-56
Moore, Andrew B. (sketch, 8:36): L from, 42
Moore, Bartholomew F.: Davis on, 163
Moore, John C., 39, 76, 85, 171, 237
Moore, John F.: L from, 508
Moore, Samuel P.: E by, 623
Moore, Thomas O. (sketch, 7:333): Davis and, 333; on Davis, 136, R. Taylor, 136; L to, 333; L from, 136; mentioned, 566
Moore, William E., 148
Moorefield, W.Va., skirmish, 596, 603, 609
Moorman, George, 166
Moorman, Hiram C.: L to, 204
Mordecai, Moses C., 94
Morehead, Charles S. (sketch, 538): recommended, 536; L from, 369; mentioned, 637
Morehead, John M.: confers with Davis, 19, 99; L from, 19
Morgan, CSS, 588
Morgan, John Hunt (sketch, 8:304): Bragg on, 493;
Davis and, l, on, 509, 513, 575; Lee on, 187, 575, 585; on Ky. raid
(1862), 608, retaliation, 289; operations, 358-59, 490, 491, 493, 568,
575, 585, 600, (Davis), 260, 492, 501, 509, 513; recruiting for, 187,
198, 207, 282; Ls from, 173, 282, 289; mentioned, 147, 494
Morgan, John T. (sketch, 293), 11, 71, 291, 318
Morris Island, S.C., 4, 53
Morrison, James H., 422
Morristown, Tenn., 76
Morton's Ford, Va., 101
Mosby, John S. (sketch, 350): assignment (Davis), 482; Davis on, 264; operations, 264, 484; reports by, 333, 349, 376
Moseley, Morgan, 482
Mount Pleasant, S.C.: Davis at, 70
Mouton, Alfred (sketch, 8:443), 194, 400
munitions: Atlanta depot, 105; CSA captures, 39, 257,
343, 519, loses, 9, 122; cotton traded for, 316, 317, 412; for Army of
N. Va., 402, Army of Tenn., 105, 198, 214, 234, 512, 566, (Davis), 120,
513, Indian troops, 113, 189-90, 229, 257, Miss., 101, Point Lookout
raid, 509, 510, 512, S.C., 460, 463, 470, 482, Tenn., 105, Texas,
409-10, 496, Trans-Miss., 9, 57, 66, 79, 83, 91, 128, 312-13, 316, 370,
373, 608, (Davis), 9, 67, 78, 79, 80, 313, 358, 568, 612, Va., 530;
France seizes, 82, 410; invention, 369; procured abroad, 301, 409-10,
496, 575-76, 636, in U.S., 538; produced in Ark., 605, Richmond, 341,
446; Selma depot, 612. See also artillery; Ordnance Bureau
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Battle of: Bragg on, 95-96
Murrah, Pendleton (sketch, 315): and cotton trade, 313-14; criticized, 304, 314; on conscription, 192, 411-12; L to, 367-68
Myers, Abraham C. (sketch, 8:277): Davis on, 206, 271; report on, 114
Myers, Joseph, 197
Myers farm, Va., skirmish, 419
Paducah, Ky., Battle of, 342-343, 373
Page, Richard L.: assignment (Davis), 272, 273; on Mobile, 588, 592; L to, 272; Ls from, 272, 592; mentioned, 625
Palmer, John B., 516, 574, 583, 622
Palmerston, Henry J. T. (ident., 8:22), 337
Palmetto, Ga.: Davis visits, 587
Palmyra plantation, 63
Pampero, CSS, 132
Pamunkey River: defenses (Davis), 100; U.S. operations, 420, 469, 470
Paris La Patrie, 369
Parker, Frank S., 423
Parker, N. P., 228
Parker, William H., 376
Parr, H. A., 272
Parrott guns, 433, 449, 502
Parsons, Mosby M., 251, 255
Parsons, William H. (sketch, 192), 188, 192, 594
partisan rangers, 30, 89, 112, 293, 325, 347, 453, 553
Pascagoula, Miss., 533, 584
Patent Office, 608
Patrick Henry, CSS, 93, 376
Patton, George S., 444
Patton, Henrietta K. (ident., 574), 571
Patton, James L., 375
Patton, Thomas W. (sketch, 574)
Paul, Alfred, 133
Paxton, Alexander M. (sketch, 2:40): criticized, 494, 496, 521; Davis and, 623; L from, 67
Payne, Aleck (slave) (ident., 7:4), 61
Payne, Jacob U. (sketch, 1:452), 318
Payne, James (slave) (ident., 64), 61
peace: British petition, 133; CSA opponents, 162, 251,
603, 631-32, proponents, 201, 202, 213, 269, 322, 332, 341; Davis on,
104, 159-61, 165, 200, 380-81, 533-34; Niagara Falls meeting, 559-61;
U.S. sentiment, 139, 152, 187, 213, 332, 407, 535, 599, 630, 631-32;
Vance and, 53, 139, 163, 201, 202, 210, 455; Washington conference
(1861), 346, 538
Pearsall, Jeremiah: L from, 87
Pearsall, Thomas, 596
Pearson, Richmond M. (sketch, 9:194): criticized, 261; Davis on, 273-74
Pegram, John, 442, 636
Pegues, Alexander H. (sketch, 2:112): Davis and, 85; L from, 85
Peirce, W. W., 263
Pemberton, John C. (sketch, 8:9): command status, 359;
criticized, 77; Davis and, 14, 422, on, 32, 73, 278; on U.S. deserters,
600-601; recommendation by, 25; recommended, 10; resigns, 422; Richmond
defenses (Davis), 613; staff, 115, 422, 502; Vicksburg campaign, 3,
129, 135, 164, (Davis), 32, 278; L to, 277-78; L from, 422
Pendleton, Alexander S., 106
Pendleton, William N. (sketch, 7:240): Davis and, li,
365; Lee on, 471, 477; on Army of Tenn., 353, artillery organization,
456; Ls from, 352-53, 365, 456-57; mentioned, 148, 308, 404
Penn, David B., 5
Pennington, John L., 201
Pennsylvania raid, 575, 585
Perkins, John, Jr. (sketch, 6:5), 383
Perrin, Abner, 405
Perrin, Robert O., 260
Perry, Edward A., 10
Perry County, Miss., 287
Peters, Thomas M.: L from, 305
Peters, William L., 305
Petersburg, Va.: commander, 398, 400, (Davis), 397-98, 399, 415; defenses, 418, 423, (Davis), 90, 401, 417, 418
Petersburg, Va., Battles of: the Crater, 576-77; Davis
on, 458, 461, 475, 477, 490-91; described, 469, 470, 578-79, 580, 581;
Lee on, 467, 470, 473, 474-75, 476, 502, 503, 507, 555- 56, 576-78, 617;
Old Men and Boys, 459; and railroads, 474-75, 476, 502, 545, 617,
(Davis), 475
Petersburg Railroad: defenses (Davis), 478, 614-15; operations, 614; U.S. operations, 545, 617, (Davis), 603, 619
Petrel, USS, 366
Pettus, Edmund W., 171
Pettus, John J. (sketch, 2:96): Davis and, 100, 101; mentioned, 140, 407
Pettus, Stephen G.: L from, 228; mentioned, 289
Phelan, James (sketch, 5:38): L from, 303-4; mentioned, 140, 383
Philadelphia, Tenn., skirmish, 38
Philadelphia (Pa.) Inquirer, 376, 495
Philips, Martin W. (sketch, 4:177): L from, 24
Phillips, J. W.: L to, 273
Pickett, Edward (sketch, 7:403), 195-96
Pickett, George E. (sketch, 9:210): assignments, 87,
139, 241, 255-56, 430, (Davis), 225, 388, 399, 423, 425; criticized,
400; N.C. operations, 4, 69, 77, 117, 187, 237, (Davis), 219, 225;
Petersburg, 399, 400, 401, 430, 470, 473, 474, 476; requested (Lee),
319, 387, 391; mentioned, 429
Pickett, John T. (sketch, 6:266): L from, 169
Pickett, Joseph G.: L from, 84
Pickett's Mill, Ga., Battle of, 440, 528, 573
Piedmont, Va., Battle of: Davis on, 459; mentioned, 451
Piedmont Railroad, 355, 438, 618, 620
Pierce, Franklin (sketch, 4:272), 629
Pike, Albert (sketch, 7:268), 218
Pillow, Gideon J. (sketch, 7:257): Ala. operations,
463, 464, (Davis), 482; assignments, 214, 282, 465, (Davis), 490;
criticized, 613; on Fort Donelson, 4; L from, 3-4; mentioned, 11, 141,
347
Pius IX: Davis and, 135, 354; on recognition, 231; L from, 99
Pleasant Hill, La., Battle of, 286, 462, 616
Pleasants, E. S.: Davis and, 275
Pleasants, Henry, 578
Plumb, Edward L., 169
Plymouth, N.C., operations, 356, 358, 373, 386, 464, 611, (Davis), 359
Pocotaligo, S.C.: Davis speaks at, 48; defenses, 106
Point Lookout, Md.: commanders, 488; described, 487;
raid, 509, 510, 512, 515, 516, (Davis), 497, 509, 510, 514, 515, (Lee),
485-86, 493, 496, 502, 509, proposed, 114, 483; mentioned, 483, 530
Point Pelee, Canada, 241
Poison Springs, Ark., Battle of, 193, 397, 462, 595
Polignac, Camille J., 460, 533, 568, 594, 606
Polk, Alexander H. (sketch, 8:40), 559, 571, 583
Polk, Leonidas (sketch, 7:174): assignments, 121,
(Davis), 32, 111-12, 184, 232, 238, 239, 259, 332-33, 399-400, 482;
Bragg and, vi, 3, 19, 23, 43, 71, (Davis), 6-7; criticized, 277, 279,
282, 413; Davis and, 14, 15, 23, 34, 36, 40, 41, 58, 72, 73, 105-6, 164,
247, 478, on, 41, 184, 282, 289-90, 508, 569-71; J. E. Davis and, 320;
death, 466, 471, 478, 508; Ga. operations, 150, 414, 426, 434, 482, 525,
(Davis), 570-71; Johnston and, 115, 144, 167, 168, 172, 216, 230, 232,
233, 353, 414, (Davis), 170, 229, 234-35, 571; Miss. operations, 214,
227, 232, 233, 238, 244, 246, 257, 258, 259-60, 284, 344, 370, 375, 377,
399, (Davis), 229, 234-35, 236, 238, 259, 571; on Bragg, 11-13,
Chickamauga, 12-13, 14, cotton trade, 370, Davis, 106, 478, 573, his
powers, 277, 287, Johnston, 572, 573, Miss. campaign, 233, 258, Miss.
organization, 338, 354, 377, 397, munitions shipments, 312-13, 358, 370,
strategy, 141, 176, 233, 264, 288, 361, 463, 525, 574, U.S. strategy,
172, 258, 264; staff, 41-42, 115, 258, 325, 569; Ls to, 32, 41-42, 165,
170, 184, 203, 204, 229, 232, 238, 247, 259, 332-33, 354, 359, 375, 387,
399-400; Ls from, 11- 13, 19, 34, 71, 88, 105-6, 140-41, 167, 172, 214,
219, 227, 233, 244, 257, 258, 259-60, 263, 264, 272, 277, 287, 288,
312, 338, 354, 358, 369-70, 375, 377, 397, 399, 414, 444, 463;
mentioned, 111, 115, 195, 275, 280, 309, 361, 465, 516, 591, 629
Polk, Lucius E.: on Cleburne's proposal, 178; L from, 9
Polk, William M., 13
Pollard, Ala.: Davis visits, 36; defenses, 519
Pollard, Edward, 387
Pond, Preston, Jr. (sketch, 453): on La. conditions, 309-10, 453; L to, 452-53; L from, 309-10; mentioned, 330
Pope, John (sketch, 8:303), 352, 457, 462, 484
Porter, David D. (sketch, 6:27): at Davis Bend, 64; Red River campaign, 193, 285; mentioned, 251
Porter, William D.: Davis and, li; mentioned, 278, 283, 287
Port Gibson, Miss., skirmish, 553
Port Hudson, La., 88, 192
Posey, Carnot (sketch, 3:74): Davis on, 109; mentioned, 28, 107
Posey, Jefferson: L from, 107
Posey, Lloyd: Davis on, 109
Posey, Stanhope: L from, 109
Post Office Department: Davis on, 104; estimates, 58,
378, 433; mail delays, 329, 433; Miss., 23; reports on, 102-3, 378;
salaries, 103, 378, 433, 441; telegraph construction, 378; Trans-Miss.,
378; and Treasury Dept., 5, 103, (Davis), 9; and War Dept., 205, 217.
See alsoReagan, John H.
Potier, ------: L from, 116
Potomac River: CSA operations, 28, 241, 391, 483,
484-86, 493, 496, 512, 518, 530, 555-56; U.S. operations, 245, 467, 507,
603, 628
Potter, Robert B., 578
Powers, Frank P., 112, 406, 521
Prairie Grove, Ark., Battle of, 9
Preston, John S. (sketch, 7:392): on Ala. conscription
laws, 311-12, conscription officers, 386, reserves, 385; reports by,
114, 158, 186, 282; E by, 220; Ls from, 196-97, 212-13; mentioned, 203.
See also Conscription Bureau
Preston, William (sketch, 7:448): assignment, 30, 31,
43, (Davis), 34, 37; Davis and, 166, 318; Mexico envoy, 158, 165, 169,
338; on Mexico mission, 444-45, 490; recommendation by, 111; Ls from, 9,
166, 444-45, 490
Preston, William B.: L to, 635
Price, Austin H.: L from, 609
Price, Edwin, 255
Price, Sterling (sketch, 7:189): assignments, 460,
(Davis), 81; criticized, 137, 195, 397, 414; Davis and, 251, 255, on,
80-81; on Mo. campaign, 254, recruiting, 250; recommended, 72, 83, 151;
Red River campaign, 193, 617; staff, 323; mentioned, 353, 362, 554, 595,
606
Price, Thomas H., 358, 413
Prince William County, Va., 28, 212
prisoners of war: Ala. camp, 482-83, 547, 617,
(Davis), 520; Ark. Post, 157, 176, 186; black troops, 358, 375, (Davis),
600; in Canada, 273, 564, (Davis), 340; casualties at Point Lookout,
487; Davis addresses, 281, on, 104, 195, 218, 243, 289, 380, 461, 546,
600, 609; exchanges, 34, 47, 89, 213, 226, 373, 492, 520, 575, 584, 624,
632, (Davis), 33, 65, 356, 380, 520, 541, 575, 624; exchange
statistics, 384; Forts Gaines and Morgan, 598; Ga., 438, 444, 454,
482-83, 516, 542, 547, 615, 620; Grant on, 383; Morgan's command, 289;
murder of, 481, 511, 546; political, 332, 356; rescue attempts, 86, 243,
489, 537, 609, (U.S.), 66, 168, 218, 244, 454; retaliation, 34, 289,
546, (Davis), 97; treatment of, 373, 383-84, 591, (Davis), 104, 281,
380, 601; Union City, 343; U.S. policy, 89, 373, 450, (Davis), 104, 380.
See also specific camps
Provision and Clothing, Office of, 93
provost marshals: abuses by, 20, 218, 228, 289;
appointment (Davis), 203; duties of, 140-41, 211, 520; recommendations
for, 101, 140-41, 356; U.S., 22; mentioned, 53, 114, 203, 230, 472
Pryor, Roger A.: assignment (Davis), 185; L from, 46.
Rabe, Robert: L from, 368
Ragsdale, Joel B.: L from, 497
railroads: CSA control of, 89, 90, 168, 210-11, 230,
261, 274, 283, 289, 352, 373, 622- 23; Davis on, 239, 355, 618-19; iron
for, 60, 90, 272, 275, 283, 596, 611; mail and, 103, 378; supplies
imported, 331; theft from, 168. See also specific lines and locales
Rains, Gabriel J. (sketch, 1:356): assignments, 256,
(Davis), 618; Davis and, xlix; on James River defenses, 508; staff, 616;
L from, 508
Rains, James S., 254
Raleigh, CSS, 376
Raleigh Conservative, 202
Raleigh N.C. Standard: Davis on, 227; on Davis, 53; mentioned, 53, 201, 278
Raleigh State Journal, 232
Ramseur, Stephen D., 443, 486
Ramsey, James G. M.: Ls from, 5, 338, 546
Randal, Horace (sketch, 6:113), 139, 193
Randolph, George W. (sketch, 8:121): criticized, 4; Davis and, l
Randolph, Mary A., l
Ransom, Matt W., 444
Ransom, Robert (sketch, 9:157): assignments, 39, 98,
99, 392, 456, 459, 471, (Davis), 4, 90, 99, 398, 415, 427, 441, 462,
596, 599; confers with Davis, 458; criticized, 11; health, 599; Lee on,
207; on Davis, 401, 459; Richmond defenses, 398, 402, 452; Tenn.
operations, 4, 92, 98, 99, 101, 105; Va. operations, 58, 400, 415, 416,
419, 428, 448; Ls to, 90, 443-44, 462; L from, 98
Rapidan River, 26, 60, 88, 90, 225, 243, 389
Rappahannock, CSS: Davis on, 445; mentioned, 169, 376
Rappahannock River, 26-27, 34, 40, 60, 375, 376, 390, 435, 484
Rappahannock Station, Va., 58, 348
Rawlingsville, Ala., 235
Raymond, Miss.: Davis' slaves at, 32
Rayner, Kenneth (sketch, 8:190): L from, 263
Reade, Edwin G. (sketch, 201): confers with Davis, 199-200; on Davis, 202
Reagan, John H. (sketch, 7:420): Davis and, liii; Lee
and, 447; on Atlanta, 504, Whiting, 428; Ls from, 5, 57-58, 102-3, 205,
217, 378, 433. See also Post Office Department
Reams' Station, Va., 481, 517, 581
reconstruction (reunion), 189, 243. See also disaffection
Red River campaign: Banks and, xi, 285-86, 298, 438,
450; Smith and, 188-89, 397, 462, 594, 616-17; U.S. reinforcements from,
421, 449; mentioned, 361
Reed, Albert R.: L from, 214
Reed, John: Davis on, 559
Reed, Laura: L from, 307
Reed, Thomas B. (ident., 2:686): Davis and, 48; sugar impressed, 307, 374; L from, 47- 48
Reed Ferrall & Co.: L from, 90
Reese, C. D., 271
Reese, E. T., 271
Reid, Samuel C.: Davis meets with, 25, 637; on Davis, 54
Reid, Thomas J., Jr.: Ls from, 164, 629; mentioned, 288
Republican party: Davis on, 445; mentioned, 153, 157, 280, 373
repudiation: Davis and, 141, 231
Resaca, Ga., 105, 413, 432
Resaca, Ga., Battle of, 433, 570-71
Reston, William: L from, 98
retaliation: Bragg on, 34, 244; Davis on, 97, 104,
511, 546; Early and, 557; Forrest on, 344; Lee on, 244, 546; Morgan on,
289; recommended, 308, 608; Seddon on, 244, 511
Reynolds, Alexander W., 242
Reynolds, Arthur E., 135
Reynolds, Joseph J., 194
Reynolds, Samuel H., 636
Reynolds, Thomas C. (sketch, 7:190): Davis and, 185;
on Buckner, 595, J. B. Clark, 251, end of war, 250, guerrillas, 255, W.
P. Johnson, 251, Mo. appointments, 248, Mo. campaign, 250, Mo. election,
414, Mo. State Guard, 254, Price and Holmes, 82, Trans-Miss. generals,
249; Ls to, 107, cited, 252; Ls from, 68, 72, 185, 248-50, 358, 405-6,
414, cited, 252
Rhodes, Ralzymon A.: L from, 167
"rich man's war," 207, 366, 515
Richards, A. Keene, 369
Richards, Thomas W., 624
Richardson, Albert D., 632
Richardson, Robert V. (sketch, 347): assignments, 223,
365; brigade described, 348; charges against, 333; operations, 344; Ls
from, 333, 365
Richardson, William H., 84
Richardson, Wilson G.: L from, 437-38
Richmond, CSS, 430
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad, 66, 432, 475
Richmond, Va.: conscription, 271; corruption, 142-43,
271; Davis speaks at, 281; defenses, 89, 168, 172, 352, 430, 458, 463,
506, (Davis), 90, 96, 100, 219, 226, 284, 341, 371, 388, 398, 401, 406,
415, 416, 418, 424, 444, 452, 457, 507, 613, (Lee), 88, 92, 214, 219,
297, 375, 388, 403, 418, 421, 422, 435, 441, 471, 476, 613;
disaffection, 118; home guard, 558, (Davis), 118, 341; hospitals, 237;
mail problems, 433; passports, 211; police, 172, 398; press, 18, 157;
prices, 78, 373, 545; prisons, 168, 218; threatened, xi, 244, 305, 307,
312, 352, 355, 361, 407, 440, 558, (Davis), 339, 620, (Lee), 295, 312,
349, 389, 621; White House fire, l; L from physicians, 623
Richmond & Danville Railroad, 417, 476, 480, 620
Richmond & Petersburg Railroad, 401, 402, 477
Richmond Armory, 118, 341
Richmond County, Va., 494
Richmond Dispatch, 469
Richmond Enquirer, 396, 632
Richmond Examiner, 601, 632
Richmond Sentinel, 549, 550
Richmond Theatre, 319, 623
Richmond Whig: on Davis, ix
Ricketts, James B., 515, 556
Riddell's Shop, Va., 467
Ringgold, Ga., 76, 90, 92, 107, 108, 235, 259, 275, 353
Ringgold Gap, Ga., Battle of, 119, 122
Rio Grande, 67, 80
Ripley, Roswell S. (sketch, 7:428), 70
Rives, Alfred L.: James River bridge, 471; Petersburg, 475; report by, 438; Ls from, 91, 108, 304; mentioned, 211
Rives, William Cabell, 202
Robert, William F.: L from, 115; mentioned, 139
Robert E. Lee (blockade-runner), 100, 141
Roberts, Hiram: L from, 496
Robertson, Jerome B., 155, 157, 209
Robertson, William A., 435
Robertson's Tavern, Va., 392
Robinson, John A., 195
Robinson, John C.: Ls from, 141, 271
Robinson, John M., 475
Robinson, William L., 111
Rockingham County, Va., 171
Rocky Face, Ga., skirmish, 528
Roddey, Philip D. (sketch, 9:5): assignments, 233,
240, 465, (Davis), 546; Forrest and, 105; operations, 46, 198, 463, 464,
(Davis), 156, 482, 513; praised, 305; troop strength, 144
Rodes, Robert E. (sketch, 8:260): assignment (Davis), 226; Lee on, 101, 207; on E. O'Neal, 303; recommended, 306
Rodgers, ------ (Capt.), 310
Roebuck, John A. (sketch, 9:257), 335, 337
Rogersville, Tenn., raid, 58
Roman, Alfred: on Davis, 53
Rome, Ga., 282, 289, 573
Root, Sidney: Ls from, 136, 283
Rootes, George F., 127
Rosecrans, William S. (sketch, 8:471): Davis on, 29, 33, 36; reinforcements for, 3, 8; relieved, 34, 38
Rosemont plantation, 454
Ross, ------: Davis and, lii
Ross, Amanda M.: L from, 455
Ross, George, 84
Ross, Lawrence S. (sketch, 362): Davis on, 115; Miss. operations, 224; on 6th Texas Cavalry, 363; promoted, 116; recommended, 96
Ross, William C., 455
Rosser, Thomas L., 10, 287, 341
Rossman, R., 531
Rost, Alphonse, 135
Rost, Pierre A. (sketch, 7:257): L from, 135; mentioned, 3
Rouss, Charles B.: L from, 255
Rousseau, Lovell H. (sketch, 7:447), 505, 527, 533, 542, 547, 613
Rowntree, Henry, 364
Royston, Grandison D., 383
Ruffin, Edmund: L from, 623
Ruffin, Thomas, 201
Ruggles, Daniel (sketch, 7:198), 100, 309, 329, 406
Runnels, ------, 172
Russell, Charles, 187, 284, 479
Russell, Charles W.: Ls from, 110, 565-66
Russell, Lord John (sketch, 7:106): Blairgowrie speech, 130; CSA and, 5, 34; criticized, 18, 130; Seward and, 335
St. Albans, Vt., 537, 562
St. John, Isaac M., 60
St. Louis, Mo., 118, 280
St. Mary's River, 305
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 396
St. Thomas College, 511
Sale, John B. (sketch, 8:547): assignment, 96; L to, 546; Ls from, 400, 622
salt, 60, 123, 127, 167, 230, 331, 546, 575
Samaria Church, Va., 480
San Antonio, Texas, 188
Sanders, Anna R.: L from, 624
Sanders, George N. (sketch, 561): Canada mission, 559,
631; criticized, 562; Davis and, 624; on Davis, 562; State Dept.
contract, 305; L from, 302-3; mentioned, 85, 563
Sanders, John C. C. (sketch, 580), 577
Sanders, Lewis, 561
Sanders, Lewis, Jr. (sketch, 1:463), 305, 561
Sanders, Reid, 305, 624
Sanders, William P. (sketch, 5:132), 561
Sandidge, John M. (sketch, 329): Davis and, 326, 333, 452; La. agent, 309, 330
Sandusky, Ohio, 86
Saunders, J. E., 546
Savage, Henry, 170
Savannah, Ga.: Davis invited to, 30, speaks at, 44-45, 48, 496; defenses, 4, 94, 167, 366, (Davis), 45, 365, 474
Savannah Republican, 474
Sayre, Mary Jane Bradford (niece) (sketch, 1:279), 559
Scales, Alfred M., 306
Schaller, Frank: L to, 87; Ls from, 60, 445
Scherck, Isaac (ident., 182), 180
Schofield, John M., 82, 532
Schumann, F., 118
Scott, John, 282
Scott, John S. (sketch, 8:334): assignments, 71, 195,
454, 484; criticized, 309; operations, 553, 632; praised, 484, 490, 521,
568; Ls from, 195, 433-34; mentioned, 481, 496
Scott, Sutton S., 89, 113, 141, 373
Scott, Thomas, 318
Scott, Winfield (sketch, 1:107), 159, 255
Scurry, William R., 193
Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad, 611
Seago, Palmer & Co., 230
Sears, Claudius W., 165, 618
secession: Davis on, 379; effect on laws, 260
Secessionville, S.C.: Davis at, 70
secret service: Davis and, 154-55, on, 387; funds,
154-55, 166, 367, 374, 616, 633; T. A. Harris and, 520-21, 567; Ky.,
615; Lee and, 319
Seddon, James A. (sketch, 7:115): Bragg and, 252;
Congress and, 282; criticized, 4, 46, 66, 150, 217, 276, 311, 355, 452;
Dahlgren raid, 244; daughter's death, 97; Davis and, li, liii, 97, 352,
456; Johnston and, 121, 129; leave granted, 475; Lee and, 290; on agents
abroad, 166, Ala. reserves, 626, S. R. Anderson, 112, Army of Tenn.
commander, 7, Army of Tenn. reinforcements, 77, Beauregard, 231, Bristoe
Station, 86, J. E. Brown, 529, 626, W. M. Browne, 625, conscription,
109, 170, 204, 282, 311-12, 319, 356, 386, 397, 626, D. H. Cooper, 141,
cotton trade, 97, 100, 126, 155, 302, deserters, 214, 521, Drewry's
Bluff, 420, exemptions, 272, general staff, 234, D. H. Hill, 74, Hood's
strategy, 586, impressment, 125, 213, 531, Indian affairs, 83, 152, 229,
A. E. Jackson, 455, R. W. Johnson, 85, J. E. Johnston, 119, 504, 519,
Ky. troops, 173, Lovell, 150, manpower, 172, 227, Md. soldiers, 545,
military justice, 386, officers' appointments, 246, 385, 472, officers'
elections, 122, officers' rations, 385, pardons, 608, prisoners, 373,
541, quartermaster and commissary operations, 282, 620, railroad
control, 352, 355, recaptured slaves, 219, recruiting, 565, reserves,
481, retaliation, 244, 511, Richmond defenses, 352, slave impressment,
125-26, Stephens, 263, strategy, 77, R. Taylor, 136, trade regulations,
301, Trans- Miss., 85, 554, troops serving at home, 204, U.S. deserters,
564, use of newspapers, 100, Va. troops, 334, J. S. Williams, 158,
Wilmington defenses, 237, J. A. Winston, 626; praised, 374; replies for
Davis, 196; Ls to, 3, 25, 30, 33, 42, 97, 100, 261, 445-46, 475, 565,
575, 617, 628-29; Ls from, 26, 34, 88-89, 106, 109-10, 110-11, 114, 115,
116, 135, 138, 151, 156, 158, 164, 170, 186, 198, 205, 211, 213, 219,
220, 227, 228, 230, 231, 233, 237, 240, 263, 282, 283, 289, 319, 368,
372-73, 422, 438, 442, 444, 451, 566, 602, 625-26. See also War
Department
Sedgwick, John (sketch, 243), 241, 243, 390, 392, 405
Selma, Ala.: arms depot, 612; Davis speaks at, 29, 60,
visits, 35, 69; Miss. court records at, 554; navy ordnance works, 495,
(Davis), 334; shipbuilding, 275; threatened, 219, 247
Selma, CSS, 588
Selma Dispatch: on Davis, 69
Seminole wars, veterans, 243, 580
Semmes, Myra K.: Davises and, 395; L to, 531
Semmes, Raphael (sketch, 8:283), 93
Semmes, Thomas J.: Davises and, l; E by, 231; L from, 584
Senate: bills on general staff (Davis), 236, officers'
rations, 385; estimates, 377, 449; Military Affairs Committee, 453; and
officers' nominations (Davis), 342; opposition to Davis, 250;
resolutions on blockade-running, 111, clothing, 240, enemy abuses, 478,
exempting editors, 450, Guerin, 231, Lawton, 237, officers'
appointments, 205, quartermaster general, 114, 237, (Davis), 206, taxes,
220, Trans-Miss. officers, 173; secret service funds, 154; trade
regulations, 550; vetoes, 450, 454; Ls to, 140, 173, 206, 236, 389, 450,
454, 461-62, of transmittal, 111, 114, 137, 151, 164, 205, 220, 231,
237, 240
Sevier, Andrew J., 176
Sevier, Sarah K.: L from, 176
Seward, William H. (sketch, 4:46), 3, 17, 131, 255, 335, 338, 445
Sexton, Franklin B.: L to, 238; L from, 463-64
Seymour, Horatio (sketch, 254), 250
Seymour, Thomas H., 629
Seymour, Truman: Davis on, 435; Fla. campaign, 243, 257; praised, 492
Shawsheen, USS, 404
Sheffey, Hugh W.: L from, 226
Shelby, Joseph O. (sketch, 606): criticized, 57; recommended, 68, 87; recruiting, 604; Red River campaign, 193
Shenandoah Valley, Va.: commanders, 207, 444, 451,
599, (Davis), 37, 462, 596, 599, 617; conditions, 109, 197, 237; Grant's
strategy, 298, 621; operations, 8, 58, 77, 212, 243, 255, 264, 308-9,
352, 387, 388, 415, 418, 451, 462, 467, 484, 555, 609
Shepherd (slave), 61
Shepherd, Benjamin A., 316
Sheridan, Philip H. (sketch, 479): assignment, 334,
557-58; Cold Harbor, 447; on J. H. Wilson, 481; operations, xi, 392,
404, 470, 544, (Davis), 420, 479, 603, (Lee), 435, 457, 476, 477
Sherman, William T. (sketch, 9:6): Ala. operations,
46, 214, 289; assignments, 298, 392; Atlanta campaign, 83, 145, 372,
419, 499, 620-21, (Davis), 533, 619; Chattanooga, 76; Meridian campaign,
216, 224, 235, 258, 320, 324, (Davis), 571; Miss. and Tenn. operations,
38, 233, 282, 284, 308; on Ark. troops, 544, Atlanta, 598, cotton
trade, 126, Grant's strategy, 298, Jackson, Miss., 52, Johnston, 499,
528, 572, Meridian campaign, 236, Slocum, 553; Polk on, 141, 264; Red
River campaign, 192; mentioned, 58, 109, 421
Shomo, Jacob L., 334
Shorter, John Gill (sketch, 8:545): on deserters, 30; L from, 20; mentioned, 42
Shoup, Francis A. (sketch, 8:364), 148, 182, 210, 442, 566
Shriver, Daniel M., 110
Shriver, Samuel S., 565
Sigel, Franz (sketch, 9:81), 298, 352, 376, 418, 486
Signal Corps, 94, 114, 406, 508, 638
Silver Run, Ala., 617
Sims, Frederick W., 211
Slade, William, Jr.: L from, 213
slavery: Davis on, 533, 534; defended, 169, 187, 213; Europe and, 369; Mexico and, 169
slaves: Ala., 19, 206, 543; Ark., 129, 607; army use
as laborers, 88, 150, 167, 191, 324, 370, 375, 543, soldiers, 331,
(Cleburne's proposal), 170, 177-78, 179, 181, 197-98, 228-29; cost of,
24; Davis on, 197-98, 375, 600; as deserters, 600; disloyal, 79, 331,
366; emancipation, 166, 341; hired out, 319, (Davis'), 45, 320, (rates),
324; impressed, 67, 78, 89, 125-26, 146, 164, 196, 206, 211, 261, 476;
insurrection rumors, 29, (Davis), 218; loyal, 531; Miss., 24, 29, 67,
78, 91, 125-26, 146, 206, 274, 370, 377, 531, (Davis), 79, 91, 164;
murder of, 61, 96-97; N.C., 87, 196, 261, 611; officers' allowances for,
306; runaways, l, 19, 375, 406, 611, (Davis), 359, 375; S.C., 331;
Texas, 129, 191; U.S. Army and, 29, 67, 78, 89, 164, 219, 224, 243, 274,
285, 494, 607, (Davis), 79, 91, 104, 164, 600; U.S. Navy and, 63, 331;
Va., 88. See also blacks; Davis, Jefferson--servants and slaves
Slidell, John (sketch, 5:7): criticized, 143; funds
for, 341; on European affairs, 246, 445, France, 134, 172, 287,
Maximilian, 337-38; L from, 172; mentioned, 5, 16, 131, 369, 412, 444,
562
Slidell, Marguerite M. See Erlanger, Mathilde S.
Slocum, Henry W. (sketch, 9:81), 8, 552
Smith, Andrew J. (sketch, 6:113), 285, 286, 465, 482, 513, 544, 598
Smith, Anna Davis (sister) (sketch, 1:329), 454
Smith, Caraway, 565
Smith, Edmund Kirby (sketch, 8:31): H. W. Allen and,
257, 258, (Davis), 258, 327-29; and cotton trade, 155, 313-18;
criticized, 117, 249, 270, 462, 584, 594, 595; Davis instructs, 57,
80-81, 137, 155-56, 232, 520, 541, meets with (1862), 637, on, 8, 104,
328; health, 594, 616; and Indian affairs, 83, 113, 117, 152, 189-90,
270; and Miss. River crossing (summer 1864), 458, 524, 526, 527, 533,
547, 559, 568, 598, 607, 612, (Davis), 501, 520, 541, 554, 593, 594;
Murrah and, 192, 304, 314, 367-68, 411-12; on Ark. defenses, 189,
Buckner, 595, D. H. Cooper, 194, cotton business, 316, 317, 416, 451-52,
finances, 71, 84, 187, 189, 211-12, 283-84, 416, Holmes, 190, 252,
Magruder, 188, 195, Maxey, 194, morale, 189, 253-54, Price, 195, 397,
strategy, 57, 188-89, 190, 568, 616-17, supernumerary officers, 86, 190,
Taylor, 190, 353, 462, 607, Texas operations, 67, 188, 304, 410-11,
616, Vicksburg, 443, 450; powers, 257, 373, 439-40, (Davis), 6, 327,
368, 371-72, 461, 464; praised, 57, 129, 249, 327-28; Red River
campaign, 188-89, 193, 353, 397, 409, 462, 594, 595, 616-17; E by, 68;
Ls to, 8, 80-81, 371-72, 464, 593; Ls from, 67, 71, 85, 86, 87, 187,
188-90, 211-12, 258, 283-84, 288, 304, 353, 397, 416-17, 450, 451-52,
462, 568, 616-18; mentioned, 44, 78, 112, 115, 139, 168, 195, 250, 253,
264, 312-13, 358, 429, 438, 451, 460, 508, 584, 592, 600. See also
Trans-Mississippi Department
Smith, Francis W., 457
Smith, Franklin (sketch, 2:89): L from, 310
Smith, Gustavus W. (sketch, 7:306): Bragg and, 527;
criticized, 525; Davis and, 358; on Ga. state troops, 505, Johnston,
529; praised, 529
Smith, J. Gregory, 557
Smith, James A.: L from, 9; mentioned, 196, 271
Smith, James P. (sketch, 9:135): Davis on, 421, 623; L from, 421; mentioned, 118, 320
Smith, Larkin, 186
Smith, Martin L. (sketch, 7:363), 261, 310, 547
Smith, Persifor F. (sketch, 5:74), 362
Smith, Robert H., 20
Smith, Stokes A. (sketch, 8:470), 71, 72, 270, 616
Smith, William (black), 366
Smith, William (governor): and Richmond defenses, 452; Es by, 185, 541; mentioned, 281, 478
Smith, William F.: assignment, 430; Cold Harbor, 447, 448; operations, 391, 401, 402, 441, 469, 488, 494; Petersburg, 469, 470
Smith, William N. H. (sketch, 6:345): confers with Davis, 199-200; Ls from, 261, 611
Smith, William R.: L from, 59
Smith, William Sooy (sketch, 325), 224, 285, 320, 361
Smith County, Miss., 287
Snead, Thomas L., 251, 414
Snyder's Bluff, Miss: Davis slaves at, 64
Sons of Liberty, 154, 537, 609
Sorley, James, 316
Sothoron, John H.: Davis and, 472; L from, 471-72
South Carolina: conscription, 185-86, 455, 474; cotton
trade, 278, 283, 287, 414; Davis on, 111; defenses, 331-32, 340, 366,
377, (Davis), 276, 306, 473-74; disaffection, 482; impressment, 115;
railroads, 225, 294, 331-32; slaves, 331; trade regulations, 301; U.S.
troops in, 351, 482
South Carolina Railroad, 294
South Carolina troops: 1st Artillery, 473, 474;
Holcombe Legion, 579; 17th Infantry, 578; 18th Infantry, 578; Lucas'
Battalion, 473, 474; cavalry (Davis), 197; Davis praises, 46, 340;
munitions needed, 460, 463, 477, 482; Petersburg, 578; recruiting, 340;
reserves, 450, 457, 460, 463, 473, 474, 477, 482, 507, 508, 514,
(Davis), 375, 454, 510
Southern Independence Association, 133
Southern Quarterly Review: Davis on, 46
Southern Railroad (Miss.), 290, 370
Southside Railroad, 479
Spalding, Ephraim H.: L to, 628
Sparrow, Edward (sketch, 453): confers with Davis,
112, 231; E by, 19; L to, 588; Ls from, 111, 231, 309, 472, 515-16, 568;
mentioned, 408, 452, 584
speculators/extortioners: Ala., 100-101, 177, 358;
criticized, 3, 24, 84, 89, 98, 113-14, 126, 374, (Davis), 30, 33, 44,
45, 103; La., 400; Memphis, 11; Miss., 10, 400, 612; Richmond, 622-23;
Texas, 155; Trans-Miss., 270
Speed, John M.: L to, 633; L from, 633
Speight, Joseph W., 139
Spelman, John, 232
Spence, James M. (sketch, 8:582), 18, 133, 420
spies: for CSA, 97, 117, 310, 352, (Davis), 439, 495;
for U.S., 79, 86, 94, 100, 398, 436, 471, 478, 511, 520-21, 599-600,
602, (Davis), 218, 559
Spotsylvania, Va., Battle of, 405, 409, 438
Sprague, Sturges, 502
Spratt, Leonidas W., 637
Stafford, Leroy A., 5, 401, 463
Stamps, Isaac Davis (nephew) (sketch, 5:135): Davis and, 636; funeral, xlix; reinterment, 74, 113, 220
Stamps, Lucinda Davis (sister) (sketch, 1:19), 454
Stamps, Mary Humphreys (niece-in-law) (sketch, 5:135): L to, 74
Stamps, William (brother-in-law) (sketch, 1.275): L to, 491; Ls from, 484, 494; mentioned, 454
Stanard, Hugh M. (sketch, 413), 410
Stanley, Zephaniah P., 489
Stanton, Edwin M. (sketch, 8:311), 253, 487, 518, 557
Starr, James H., 378
State Department: Canada mission, 332; contract with
Sanders, 305; correspondence, 106, 137; passport regulations, 140;
salaries, 218, 436, 441. See also Benjamin, Judah P.
state rights: Davis and, v, 164, on, 299, 534; Lincoln and, 631; support in U.S., 279-80; and trade regulations, 550
Steele, Frederick (sketch, 9:413): operations, 353,
438, 462, 595, 606, 617; praised, 57; Red River campaign, 193; Smith on,
189; staff officers, 605; troop strength, 57, 82
Steele, John B., 607
Steele, William (sketch, 9:132), 83, 117, 194, 270
Steever, George G., 302
Stephens, Alexander H. (sketch, 4:50): criticized,
289, 320, 369, 455, 525; Davis and, xlviii, 48, 153, 272; health, 197,
263, 332, 356; on CSA resources, 197, Davis, 154-55, 202, 322, habeas
corpus, 197, 322, 369, peace efforts, 162, 332; peace mission (Davis),
159; Ls to, 272, 356; Ls from, 197, 332, 370, 399, 502; mentioned, 629
Stephens, Linton, 322
Steuart, Adam D. (sketch, 1:267), 635-36
Steuart, George H. (sketch, 6:113), 405, 610
Steuart, Mary B.: L to, 635-36
Stevens, ------, 595, 596
Stevens, Clement H., 178
Stevens, T. O.: L from, 142-43
Stevenson, Carter L. (sketch, 8:333): assignment
(Davis), 239; criticized, 104-5; Tenn. operations, 38-39, 42; mentioned,
72, 146, 275
Stevenson, John A., 173
Stevenson, Sallie W.: L from, 72
Stewart, Alexander P. (sketch, 528): Bragg and, 527;
confers with Davis, 529; on Army of Tenn. morale, 527, Johnston's
removal, 529, strategy, 525, 529; praised, 478, 525; promoted, 529;
recommended, 466; staff, 574; L to, 539; L from, 539; mentioned, 275,
471, 506
Stewart, Joseph H.: L from, 117
Stinson & Beale, 258
Stoess, Margaret Howell (sister-in-law) (sketch, 2:248), 275, 372, 395, 502, 614
Stone, Louisa: L from, 611
Stoneman, George (sketch, 9:156), 271, 341, 526, 544, 620
Stonestreet, Joseph H., 334
Stony Creek bridge, 401
Stovall, Marcellus A.: L from, 9; mentioned, 506
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 288
Strahl, Otho F., 204
Stuart, Alexander H. H., 155
Stuart, James E. B. (sketch, 7:243): criticized, 287; Davis and, 404, reprimands, 217; Lee on, 10, 496; Yellow Tavern, 404
Sturgis, Samuel D., 304, 470, 482
subsistence. See Commissary Department
Sullivan County, Tenn., 398-99
Sullivan's Island, S.C.: Davis at, xlix, 70
Sumter County, Ga., public meeting, 184
supreme court, 614
Swain, David L., 201
Swan, William G., 41
Swanner, Eli: Davis on, 196; mentioned, 139
- Sweetwater, Tenn., skirmishes, 38-39
Underwriter, USS, 220, 221
"Union As It Was," 254
Union City, Tenn., Battle of, 343
unionism. See disaffection; reconstruction (reunion)
Union Springs, Ala., prison camp, 483
United States: blacks in, 169; conscription, 104, 153,
226, 281, 495, 556; Davis on, 226, 378-80, 533-34; election returns
(1863), 153; finances, 226, 373, 495, 497, 512; morale, xii, 167, 373,
502-3, 512, 534, 609; peace efforts, 58, 139, 152, 187, 213, 332, 407,
535, 559-61, 599, 630, 631 (Davis), 104, 160, 165, 534; plots against,
86, 263, 489, 537, 562; presidential election, 152, 167, 250, 332, 373,
535-36, 576, 609, 629-30; prisoner policy, 89, 373, 450, (Davis), 58,
104, 380; relations with Cuba, 490, France, 33, 58, 135, 172, 287, 338,
Great Britain, 86, 172, 246, 337, 445, Mexico, 169, 445; spies, 79, 86,
94, 100, 398, 436, 471, 478, (Davis), 218, 559; support for CSA, 157,
280, 332, 354, 502-3, 629-30. See also Lincoln, Abraham
United States Army: 4th Colored Division, 581; 36th
Colored Infantry, 488; 12th Colored Troops, 62; 48th Colored Troops,
552; 52d Colored Troops, 552; 2d Corps, 558, 581; 3d Corps, 86; 4th
Corps, 526; 5th Corps, 350, 405, 469; 6th Corps, 243, 405, 515, 555,
556; 8th Corps, 348; 9th Corps, 332, 350, 354, 496, 503; 10th Corps,
351, 406, 416, 421, 422, 448; 11th Corps, 8, 281, 282, 297, 326, 332,
334, 349, 354, 364, 375; 12th Corps, 3, 8, 232, 233, 281, 282, 297, 326,
332, 334, 349, 354, 364, 375, 376; 13th Corps, 544; 15th Corps, 526;
16th Corps, 297, 449, 526; 17th Corps, 297, 449, 532, 552; 18th Corps,
416, 421, 422, 446; 19th Corps, 488, 541, 544, 555, 585, 597; 20th
Corps, 334, 350, 354, 364, 375; 22d Corps, 421, 422; 23d Corps, 526,
532; Miss. Marine Brigade, 552; abuses by, 31, 89, 108, 237, 274, 278,
303, 372, 478, 483, 494, 511, 588, (Davis), 104, 160-61; black troops,
23, 115, 188, 243, 304, 326, 343, 353, 358, 391, 472, 482, 483, 485,
488, 494, 536, 552, 581, 601, 605; casualties at Atlanta, 559, in Ark.,
193, 595, at Bolivar, Tenn., 347, Brice's Crossroads, 470, Chattanooga,
121, Cold Harbor, 448, Fort Pillow, 346, 358, in Ga., 524, 573, at
Kennesaw Mountain, 495, 573, in Miss., 284, 552, 553, at Ocean Pond,
243, Petersburg, 577, 581, Spotsylvania, 405, in Va., 27, 481, 621;
cavalry, 470, 480, 493, 502, 524, 543, 586; deserters, 326, 508,
(Davis), 564, 600; foreigners in, 157, 601; health, 88; mercenaries in
(Davis), 226; morale, 273, 431, 435, 566, 600; recruiting abroad, 116,
185, 186, 356; and slaves, 29, 67, 78, 89, 164, 219, 224, 274, 285, 494,
607, (Davis), 79, 91, 104, 164, 600; strength in Ala., 144, 232, 355,
543, 584, at Annapolis, 332, 350, in Ark., 57, 607, at Bermuda Hundred,
430, Charleston, 258, Chattanooga, 108, 235, Columbus, 345, in East
Tenn., 5, 568, Fla., 243, 245, Ga., 83, 353, 501, 523, 524, 573, Ky.,
304, at Knoxville, 280, in La., 188, 597, Md. and Del., 350, at Memphis,
224, 345, 513, in Miss., 222, 227, 238, 510, 551, 553, 584, 598; at
Mobile, 597, Natchez, 23, New Orleans, 164, 513, 629, Oxford, 126,
Paducah, 345, in Red River campaign, 286; Shenandoah Valley, 462, S.C.,
482, Tenn., 144, 217, 233, Texas, 188, Trans-Miss., 82, 462, 604-5, 617,
Va., 8, 87, 241, 298, 350, 352, 354, 375, 391, 415, 434, (June 1863),
638, West Tenn., 244. See also specific commanders and locales
United States Military Academy: alumni, 25, 117, 165,
194, 208, 242, 243, 251, 325, 345, 361, 429, 480, 492, 518, 528, 580;
Davis and, 508, 512, 570; graduates criticized, 323
United States Naval Academy alumnus, 293
United States Navy: Charleston, 351, 476, 507;
Galveston, 600; James River, 352, 403, 431, 474, 623; La. coast, 409;
Mobile, 270, 272, 437, (Davis), 262; Pascagoula, 533, 584; Plymouth,
N.C., 466; S. Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 242; Savannah, 602; and
slaves, 63, 331; Texas coast, 409. See also Mississippi River
Urquhart, David (sketch, 9:31), 94, 96
Ursino plantation, 63
Utica, Miss., skirmish, 553
Vallandigham, Clement L., 153, 154, 254
Van Benthuysen, J. P., Mrs.: L from, 496-97
Vance, Robert B., 98, 99, 277
Vance, Zebulon B. (sketch, 8:477): criticized, 199;
Davis and, 201, 210, 213, 227, 277, 306, on, 161, 549, reprimands,
265-68; defended, 199; W. W. Holden and, 163, 201-2; military career,
160; on blockade-running, 301, conscription, 356, disaffection, 98, 139,
220, 227, 277, 356, habeas corpus, 227, 270, impressment, 99, 355,
peace, 53, 139, 163, 201, 202, 210, 455, trade regulations, 283, 312; Ls
to, 158-62, 196, 213, 239-40, 265-68, 299-301, 306; Ls from, 98, 99,
138, 139, 210, 217-18, 220, 227-28, 277, 283, 312, 355; mentioned, 201,
455
Van Dorn, Earl (sketch, 7:306), 324, 608
Vann, Clement N.: L from, 310
Varnell's Station, Ga., skirmish, 528
Vaughn, John C. (sketch, 7:209): Davis on, 33, 107-8; requested, 546; Ls from, 32-33, 107-8; mentioned, 449, 541, 599
Venable, Abraham W. (sketch, 4:175): L from, 397
Venable, Charles, 261, 579
Vermont troops: in 6th Corps, 557
Vest, George G. (sketch, 251): confers with Davis, 255; congressional candidate, 248, 414; L from, 611-12; mentioned, 252
Vicksburg, Miss.: Davis slaves hired in, 320; defenses (1862), 637; raid proposed, 115; U.S. garrison, 497
Vicksburg, Miss., Battle of: Davis on, 9, 32, 46, 278,
443, 450; Lee on, 295-96; prisoners, 33, 34; Seddon on, 88; Smith on,
443, 450; strategy criticized, 129, 274
Vicksburg Herald: on Brierfield, 531
Virginia: conditions, 94, 109, 142, 197, 341, 494-95,
541; conscription, 94, 171, 196, 209, 212, 271, 400, 494; operations,
26, 245, 305, 307, 352, 400, 415, 419, 420-21, 423, 434, 440, 461, 476,
508, 511, 530, 614, 628, (Davis), 37, 86, 100, 225-26, 281, 339, 383,
388-89, 393, 399, 401, 415, 417, 418-19, 419-20, 422-23, 424-26, 432-33,
439, 441, 443-44, 458, 461, 471, 477, 479, 603, 613, 619-20, (Lee), 3,
26-27, 58, 60, 66, 87, 88, 90, 92, 101, 214, 225, 241, 295-97, 305-6,
308-9, 312, 326, 332, 333-34, 348-50, 354, 364, 367, 372, 375, 376, 387,
389- 90, 402-3, 409, 416, 418, 419, 421-22, 433, 435, 437, 440, 441,
446, 451, 457, 463, 466-67, 470, 471, 473, 474-75, 476, 477, 484-86,
492-93, 496, 507, 515, 555-56, 576-77, 585, 609, 613, 617; prices, 78,
541, 546, 611; railroads, 8, 27, 60, 66, 212, 298, 305, 331, 354, 376,
401, 402, 423, 432, 435, 437, 467, 468, 473, 545, 558, 611, 617,
(Davis), 219, 352, 355, 417, 475, 476, 479, 603, 614-15, 618-19;
resolution on prisoner exchanges, 226; resources, 6, 109, 197, 212, 220,
272, 355, 367, 545, 575, (Davis), 203, 619; slaves as laborers, 88;
state bonds, 231, 240; and trade regulations, 301, 550; L to
legislators, 203; Ls from citizens, 494, legislators, 5-6, 185, 195,
197. See also Shenandoah Valley, Va.
Virginia II, CSS, 430
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, 212, 298, 354, 376
Virginia Central Railroad, 423, 435, 437, 468, 558
Virginia Military Institute: alumnus, 579; Davis on, 84, 566
Virginia troops: 4th Heavy Artillery, 70; 8th Cavalry,
98; 21st Cavalry, 399; 37th Cavalry Battalion, 98; Dunn's Battalion,
98; Echols' Brigade, 415; 26th Infantry, 70; 46th Infantry, 70; 54th
Infantry, 46; 59th Infantry, 70; Mosby's Rangers, 350; Wharton's
Brigade, 415; cavalry, 110, 341; home guard and militia, 58, 237, 483,
490, 530, 628, (Davis), 495, 507;; munitions needed, 530; recruiting,
110, 185, 195, 212, 334, (Davis), 195, 495; reserves, 195, 334, 368,
624, (Davis), 458, 617
Vogel, Henry: L from, 78-79
Volck, Frederick, 278
von Borcke, Heros, 217
Vose, Israel G.: appointment, 113; L from, 30
Vowles, D. W., 308
Wadley, William M., 168, 239
Walker, Ellen, 212
Walker, Henry H., 409
Walker, Henry Pinckney, 17, 18, 471
Walker, John G. (sketch, 8:380): assignment, 568, 606;
operations, 533, 584, 594; Vicksburg (1863), 443, 450; L from, 443;
mentioned, 68, 595
Walker, John J., 149
Walker, Leroy P. (sketch, 7:72): Davis and, 340; on
Johnston, 543, 610; Ls from, 340, 610; mentioned, 110, 322, 323, 436,
533, 623, 636
Walker, Reuben L., 456
Walker, Richard W. (sketch, 322), 320, 366, 500
Walker, Robert J. (sketch, 2:103): on Davis, 141
Walker, Tandy, 375
Walker, William H. T.: Chickamauga, 12; on Cleburne's proposal, 170, 178, 179; L to, 197-98, L from, 170
Walker, William S. (sketch, 8:325), 106, 425, 429, 582
Wall, V.: L from, 237
Wallace, Lewis (sketch, 518), 486, 517
Wallace, William H., 582
Waller, Jane Howell (sister-in-law) (sketch, 3:121), xlix, 59
Waller, William Griffin (brother-in-law), xlix
Walshe, Blayney T., 515
Walter, Harvey W. (sketch, 2:186), 523, 526
Walthall, Edward C., 444, 450, 530
Walton, James B.: assignments (Davis), 3, 5, 106; L from, 106
Ward, ------ (Maj.), 482
Ward, Charley (slave), 61
War Department: Bragg and, 252; and conscription, 373;
criticized, 269, 373, 450; Davis on, 382; estimates, 89, 219, 233, 240,
422, 602; and Post Office Dept., 205, 217; procedures (Davis), 565;
reports on, 88-89, 372-73; salaries, 89, 219, 373, 422, 441; trade
regulations, 301; Trans-Miss., 371. See also army; Seddon, James A.
Waring, Joseph F., 230
Warren, Gouverneur K. (sketch, 6:202), 390, 392, 405, 469
Warren County, Miss., 278, 531
Washburn, Cadwallader C., 569
Washington, D.C.: attack criticized, 167; CSA spies
in, 352; defenses, 349, 585, 628; Early's raid, 463, 468, 484-85, 497,
502, 507, 508, 512, 515, 518, 555-56, 599, 628; peace conference (1861),
346, 538
Washington, George, 112
Washington, N.C., 117, 377, 386, 464
Washington Artillery: Davis on, 388
Washington Chronicle, 332, 333, 422
Washington Democratic Review, 561
Washington Southern Press: L to, 635
Washita River defenses, 189
Wass, Ansel D., 28
Water Witch, USS, 450
Watie, Stand (sketch, 9:133), 83, 117, 151, 375
Watkins, George C. (sketch, 9:278), 72
Watson, John W. C.: L from, 233; mentioned, 125
Watts, N. G.: L from, 218
Watts, Thomas H. (sketch, 8:313): and Army of Miss.,
236, 238, 244; Bragg and, 535, 568-69, 613, 629; calls up militia, 505,
625; criticized, 260; Davis and, xlviii, 35, 311, 499; elected governor,
384; on Bragg, 90-91, conscription, 276, 370, 452, prison camp, 617,
strategy, 244, 289, 499, trade regulations, 301, 455, 549; opinion on
Post Office funds, 5, 9; Ls to, 204, 236, 311, 319, 359, 506, 535, 617,
629; Ls from, 90-91, 129, 170, 244, 276, 289, 319, 370-71, 452, 455,
498-99, 568-69, 617; mentioned, 282
Wauhatchie, Tenn., Battle of, 38
Waul, Thomas N. (sketch, 2:193): promotion, 444; Vicksburg (1863), 443, 450; L from, 79
Wave, USS, 411
Wayne, Henry C. (sketch, 6:95), 149
Webb, William G., 413
Weisiger, Daniel, 580
Weldon, N.C.: Davis speaks at, 14; defenses, 611, (Davis), 436
Weldon Railroad. See Petersburg Railroad
Wells, Charles G., 316
Wells, Coleman, 43
Welsh, Israel: Ls from, 434-35, 478
Wesendonck, August: Ls from, 116, 186-87
Western & Atlantic Railroad: J. E. Brown on, 184,
206, 210-11, 274; CSA and, 149, 174, 211, 221, 225, 230, 232, 233-34,
256, (Davis), 177, 239; U.S. and, 107, 261
Westmoreland, Mary: L from, 31
West Point, Ga., defenses, 519, 522, (Davis), 519
West Point, Miss., skirmish, 224
West Tennessee: conditions, 370; morale, 222, 342;
railroads, 88, 102, 105, 107, 222, 362; recruiting, 105, 175, 221-22,
333, 342-43, 355; resources, 105, 214, 222; U.S. operations, 222, 233,
244, 284, 342-43
West Virginia: citizens arrested, 341, 359; Davis on, 341, 388, 617; operations, 150, 158, 187, 243, 354, 486
Wharton, Gabriel J., 4, 415, 451, 636
Wharton, Jack (sketch, 362), 360, 363
Wharton, John A. (sketch, 147), 30, 144, 299
Wharton, Thomas J. (sketch, 6:137): J. E. Davis on, 407; L from, 353
Wheaton, Frank, 243
Wheeler, Joseph (sketch, 9:30): Atlanta campaign, 437,
498, 519, 528, 532; disciplines cavalry, 176, 233; Forrest and, 499;
Ga. operations, 108, 109, 174, 259, (Davis), 291; on strategy, 524, U.S.
cavalry, 528; praised, 198, 233, (Davis), 29; promoted, 147, 197, 198;
raid (Aug.-Sept. 1864), 586-87; troop strength, 144, 528; E by, 299;
mentioned, 147, 352
Whistler, William, 412
White, Lucy E.: L from, 591
White, M. Bradford: L from, 502-3
White, Mason M., 259
White, Matthew X., Jr., 511, 546
White, Moses J. (sketch, 5:70), 591
White, Pleasant W., 280
White, Raleigh R., 437
White House, Va., 420, 476, 480
White River defenses (Davis), 80
Whitfield, John W., 96, 116
Whiting, William H. C. (sketch, 7:58): Davis on, 49,
276, 424, reprimands, 277; health, 428; New Bern, 187; on U.S. strategy,
117, 427; Point Lookout raid, 502, 509, 510, 512, 516; recommended,
139, 140; relieved, 420, 427, 428; Va. operations, 418, 419-20, 424,
428; Wilmington commander, 4, 117, 227, 237, 494, (Davis), 139, 143; L
to, 277; Ls from, 4, 117, 261, 333, 512, 516; mentioned, 48, 111, 507,
515, 637
Whitworth gun, 433
Wigfall, Louis T. (sketch, 6:342): criticized, 525; Johnston and, 119, 121, 500, 527; on Wheeler, 147; L to, 637
Wilcox, Cadmus M. (sketch, 208), lii, 207, 419
Wilcox, John A. (sketch, 2:203), l, 208, 637
Wilderness, Va., Battles of the: Davis on, 416; described, 393
Wilkes, Peter S., 251
Wilkinson County, Miss.: conditions, 484, 494, 496, 623; Davis and, 491
Williams, C., 608
Williams, George: L from, 610
Williams, James (sketch, 7:248): L from, 172-73; mentioned, 503
Williams, John A., 477
Williams, John S., 39, 158
Williams, Philip, 359
Williamson, Angus M.: L from, 141
Willis, Edward, 443
Wilmington, N.C.: army/navy conflict, 276-77; Davis
speaks at, 48-51, visits (1861), 52; defenses, 4, 117, 227, 237, 494,
(Davis), 4, 8, 49, 139, 143, 156, 436, 478, 615, 616, 619; spies, 521;
trade, 101, 166, 239, 501, receipts, 52
Wilmington & Manchester Railroad, 294
Wilmington Journal: on Davis, 23
Wilmot Proviso: Davis on, 635
Wilson, James H., 480, 481
Wilson, N.C.: Davis speaks at, 15
Wilson, Robert, 255
Wilson, S. T. R.: L from, 100
Winchester, Va., 334, 359
Winchester & Potomac Railroad, 305
Winder, ------ (Capt.), 310
Winder, John H. (sketch, 1:94): Andersonville
commandant, 439, 445, 482, 516, 544, 547; criticized, 94, 142-43; Davis
on, 445; mentioned, 211
Winston, John A. (sketch, 627), 613, 626
Winston, John H., 255
Wise, Henry A. (sketch, 6:55): Davises and, 58, 59,
68-69; on Davis, 70, 71, Whiting, 428; operations, 70, 392, 417;
Petersburg, 459, 469; L to, 59; Ls from 68-69, 89-90
Withers, Jones M. (sketch, 7:372): assignment, 490,
520, 627; criticized, 613; Ls to, 514, 519; Ls from, 519, 522;
mentioned, 514
Withers, Robert E., 435
Wolford, Frank, 32, 38, 304
Woll, Adrian (sketch, 2:402), 445
women: abuse of, 31, 57, 65, 167, 494, 588; CSA
employees, 72, 164, 184, 283, 596; Davis and, 48, 68-69, on, 9, 19, 30,
43, 45, 142, 636; gifts to Davis, 9, 138, 310, 389; raise gunboat funds,
377; Lee praises, 319; nursing, 19, 45, 283; offer silver, 212, 226-27;
spying, 310, 457, 478; trade with enemy, 279, 353, 625; Ls to, 9, 19,
74, 112, 141, 219-20, 389, 531, 636; Ls from, 4, 31, 65, 72, 138, 142,
143, 164, 176, 183, 184, 203, 211, 226-27, 247, 270-71, 283, 288, 307,
366, 457, 489, 496-97, 565, 588, 591, 596, 611, 624, 632
Wood, Edgar G. (sketch, 2:28), 62
Wood, Fernando, 163
Wood, G. H.: L to, 491; L from, 484
Wood, John Taylor (sketch, 8:190): Davis and, 156,
391, 423-24, 431, 512; N.C. operations, 187, 219-20, 220-21, 356, 358;
Point Lookout raid, 485, 496, 502, 510, 512, 514, 516, (Davis), 497;
praised, 376, 496, 502, 624; Ls to, 156, 357, 497, 510, 514; Ls from,
220-21, 356, 358, 510; mentioned, 93, 567
Wood, Lola M. (sketch, 8:190): L to, 219-20
Wood, Robert C., Jr. (sketch, 8:401), 47, 551
Wood, Robert Y. (sketch, 62), 61, 63
Woodville, Miss., 78, 406
Worrell, Adolphus S.: L from, 338-39
Worsham, Henry C.: L from, 43
Wortham, George, 465
Wright, Ambrose R. (sketch, 579): recommended, 225; Va. operations, 419, 577; L from, 303; mentioned, 581
Wright, Horatio G., 557
Wright, Marcus J.: L to, 513; L from, 422; mentioned, 519
Wright, Uriel: L from, 608
Wright, William A. (sketch, 52), 49
Wythe, H.: L from, 84