The Papers of Jefferson Davis

Volume 10 (October 1863-August 1864) Index -- Part 5: P-S

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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.

Quakers. See Friends, Society of
Quantrill, William C., 255
Quarles, William A.: assignments, 39, 122, 171, (Davis), 166; on Fort Donelson, 4
Quartermaster's Department: abuses, 124, 628; Army of N. Va., 66, 473; Army of Tenn., 166; contracts, 47, 206, 272; female employees, 596; freight policy, 356, (Davis), 356-57; impressment report, 442; jurisdiction, 258, 276, 277, 282, 287; officers criticized, 155; officers' appointments, 198; procedures (Davis), 610-11; quartermaster general, 114, (Davis), 206, 445; report on, 220; requisitions, 565; Tenn. operations, 158; Trans-Miss., 84, (Davis), 137. See alsoLawton, Alexander R.
Quinn, Robert M.: L from, 356
Quintard, Charles T.: L to, 449

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

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