Volume 7 (1861) Index

Below is the index from Volume 7 (1861) of The Papers of Jefferson Davis as it appears in the book. For ease of conversion, italics and accent marks have been omitted. Abbreviations used include "L" for letter and "E" for endorsement. "Sketch" refers to the location of a biographical note on the person in this or in a previous volume.

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A

Abbot, Henry L., 91
Abingdon Democrat, 352
Abingdon Virginian, 278
abolitionism: Davis on, 42, 44-45; Great Britain and, 75, 110, 375; mentioned, 107, 141
A. B. Thompson (U.S.), 73
Adairsville, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl
Adams, Charles Francis (sketch, 377), 375, 449
Adams, Henry A. (sketch, 97), 95, 97, 98
Adams, John: Davis praises, 8
Adams, John Quincy (sketch, 2:397), 377
Adams, Quintus Sertorius, 143, 156, 285
Adams, Spencer: Ls from, 143, 155-56, 285
Adams, William Wirt: appointment, 56, 63-64; Ls from, 63- 64, 98
Adams Express Co., 51, 455-56
Addison, Charles G., 443
Addison, Edmund B., 443
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office: criticized, 202, 436; Davis on, 247; estimate, 169; mentioned, 355, 360. See also Cooper, Samuel
Africa (British), 451, 452
Aiken, Frederick A.: L from, 91
Alabama: Davis addresses convention, 68; defenses, 252, 370-71; delegation visits Davis, xl; disaffection in, 164; munitions needed, 221, 371, 438; railroads, 354, 430, 436, 439, 442; saltpeter, 362; secession, 13, 166; slave insurrection feared, 148, 175; L from congressmen, 313; mentioned, 336, 381
Alabama, Department of, 72
Alabama, University of, 228, 378, 457
Alabama & Florida Railroad, 144, 436
Alabama Military Institute, 194
Alabama troops: Border Rangers, 197; 2d Infantry, 284; 4th Infantry, 166; 8th Infantry, 166, 220; 10th Infantry, 232; 11th Infantry, 166; 20th Infantry, 166; Jeff Davis Artillery, 166; command of, 313, 341; at Manassas, 249; at Pensacola, 97, 171; requested for Tenn., 191, 343; in Va., 182, 197, 208, 220; volunteers, 164-65, 175, 201, 210, 220
Alcorn, James L.: appointment, 107, 277; L from, 107
Alexander, ----, 84
Alexander, Edward P.: Ls from, 355, 356; mentioned, 365
Alexander II, 102
Alexandria, Va.: Davis on recapture, 199, 263; U.S. defenses, 197, 239, 407, 426; mentioned, 179, 321, 326, 392
Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad, 208, 390
Alexandria Sentinel, 159
Algiers, La., 332
Allatoona, Ga., Battle of, 424
Allen, John J., 152
Allen, William, 115
Alonzo Child (CSA), 178
Alvord, A. B.: L from, 260
American Revolution: Davis on, 9; mentioned, 184, 245
American State Papers: Davis orders, 80
Ames, James T., 67
Ampudia, Pedro (sketch, 3:23), 87
Anaconda Plan, 135
Anacostia River, 133
Anderson, A.: L from, 388
Anderson, Ben: L from, 186
Anderson, Edward (ident., 42), 261, 263, 266
Anderson, Edward C.: Davis meets with, xlii; L from, 103
Anderson, Edward H.: L to, 266
Anderson, Ellen Mary Davis (niece) (sketch, l:282): L from, 263; mentioned, 41
Anderson, Flora L., 42
Anderson, Joseph R.: L from, 351; mentioned, 433
Anderson, Larz, 43
Anderson, Richard H., 357
Anderson, Robert (sketch, 1:252): Davis on, 8, 101, 102; Fort Sumter, 7, 11, 12, 24, 99-100, 103; politics of, 43
Anderson, Robert N.: L from, 178
Anderson, Robert P. (sketch, 4:230): L to, 455-56
Anderson, Samuel R. (sketch, 3:38): appointment, 240, 241, 245; L to, 196; Ls from, 104, 191, 211, 212, 218; mentioned, 411
Anderson, Samuel S., 107
Anderson, Thomas S. (sketch, 42), 41
Anderson, William: L from, 9-10
Andrews, George T. (ident., 26): Davis recommends, 15, 16; mentioned, 23
Andrews, R. Snowden, 227
Annandale, Va., 338
Annapolis, Md., 133, 150, 437
Antietam, Md., Battle of, 213
Apalachicola, Fla., 349, 382-83
Appomattox Court House, Va., 312
Aquia Creek, Va., 180, 322, 326
Aquia District: Davis on, 364
Aransas, Texas, 198
Archer, John: L from, 38
Arizona: conditions, 188; expeditions in, 218, 439; support for CSA, 218
Arkansas: CSA jurisdiction, 330; Davis' land in, 425; defenses, 200, 318; invasion of, 179-80, 219, 223; military board, xxxix, 179-80, 200, 211; Miss. troops sent to, 276; munitions needed, 180, 200, 211; operations, 290, 441; relations with CSA, 51, 136, 253, 308; repudiation, 112; secession, 50, 52, 101, 144; support for CSA, 79, 101, 104, 211; telegraph construction, 431; unionism, 81, 101, 432; L from military board, 179-80
Arkansas, District of (U.S.), 403
Arkansas troops: 1st Cavalry Battalion, 447; 2d Infantry, 447; 3d Infantry, 270; 13th Infantry, 402; arms, 224; command of, 180, 180, 200, 211; militia, 144, 319; in Mo., 208, 308; regiments organized, 200, 442; in Va., 346; volunteers, 67, 308
Arlington Heights, Va.: defenses, 131, 239, 365, 407; recapture proposed, 197, 199, 430
Armstrong, Francis C., 307
Armstrong, Francis W., 307
army: acts concerning, 68, 156, 165-66, 247, 287-88; alcohol use, 83, 252, 313, 334, 357, 366, 436; blacks as laborers, 243, 252-53, 269, 278, 355, 358; bounties, 230, 444; cadets, 133, 432, 448; cavalry increase, 274, 280; chaplains, 136, 142; clothing, 145, 201, 202, 244, 250, 272, 279, 329, 348- 49, 351, 363, 444; colportage, 211; conditions, 96, 281-82, 311, 329, 358-59, 404, 430-31, 453; conscription urged, 231, 237, 287; cooks, 285, 302; cooperation with navy, 361, 432; court of inquiry, 387; criticized, 382, 431; Department No. 1, 332, No. 2, 330; desertion, 166; discharges, 281, 285, 309, 397, 440; female volunteers, 121, 142, 143; food supply, 270, 274, 280, 295, 296- 302, 304-305, 320, 323, 351, 372, 404, 407; foreign volunteers, 81, 84, 98, 179, 195, 210, 280; furloughs, 270, 307-308, 440; general officers, 142, 305, (Davis), 373; health, 207, 213, 214, 230, 274, 280, 281-82, 286, 297, 302, 305, 309, 312, 316, 320, 323, 338, 358, 359, 365; horses for volunteers, 219; Indian troops, 81, 218, 230, 267, 436; instruction, 121, 271, 272, 288, 313; intelligence operations, 212; investigative boards, 274; laundresses, 432; medical staff, 287-88; military academy, 133, 142; military treatises recommended, 172; minors, 133, 144, 443; morale, 229, 243, 358-59, 368, 381; musicians, 432; nonslaveholders in, 165; nurses, 285; officers criticized, 224, 320, 444, 453, (Davis), 295, needed, 237, 350; officers' appointments, 70, 98, 224, 274, 279, 303-304, 347-49, 351, 410, 432, (Davis), 247, 432, 433-34, election, 272, 274, 387, (Davis), 431, promotions, 432, (Davis), 367, rank and pay, 367, 432, transfer to CSA, 186, 193; organization, 48, 60, 84, 202, 231, 286, 307, 367, 381, 383, (Davis), 272, 274, 326, 353, 355, 358- 59, 364-65, 443, (J. E. Johnston), 274, 289, 305, 321, (G. W. Smith), 355, 357, by state, 313, 357, 360, (P. G. T. Beauregard), 338, 357, 368-69, (Davis), 355; pay, 169, 269, 382, 436, department recommended, 136; pony express, 244, 269; praised, 278, 303, 442, (Davis), 259, 260, 262, 263; railroads and, 319; rank of generals, 136, 254, 314, 335-37, 340, of militia officers, 355; recruiting, 51, 60, 144, 352, 444; reenlistments, 347-48; religious needs, 211, 277, 351, 361; sappers and miners, 166; signal system, 355; spies in, 371; staff officers, 355; state troops transferred to, 70, 73, 206, 224, 237, 247, 250, 251, 319, 345, 347, 359, 381, 383, 409, 449; strength, 136, 165- 66, 205, 266, 319, 343, 439, in E. Tenn., 231, in Mo., 308, at Pensacola, 96, in Va., 199, 231-32, 259, 260, 274, 286, 302, 305, 326, 353, 384, 385, 390, 402, 406, 423; substitutes, 326, 354; supplies for, 230, 271, 281-82, 361; supply problems, 344, 346, 347, 363, 383, 387, 407; taxation of soldiers, 310; telegraph construction, 270; transfers requested, 381-82, 430-31, (Davis), 359; transportation, 270, 271, 281, 444, problems, 371, 407, in Va., 199, 201, 231; U.S. officers and, 57, 58; winter quarters, 358, 360. See also War Department
Army of Mississippi, 299
Army of Northern Virginia, 97, 135, 194, 226, 235, 240, 363, 435
Army of Tennessee, 61, 159, 174, 232, 363, 424
Army of the Aquia, 364
Army of the Cumberland, 447
Army of the Peninsula, 367
Army of the Potomac: commanders, 264, 359, 364, 367; favored by government, 329; 5th Brigade, 234; health, 297-98, 302, 305, 320; organization, 338, 369, 381; supply problems, 260, 270, 276, 296, 300; strength, 234, 350; mentioned, 299, 316, 340, 346, 350, 361, 405
Army of the Potomac (U.S.), 265, 316. See also McClellan, George B.
Army of the Shenandoah, 226, 275, 296, 364, 369
Arnold, Lewis G., 93
artillery: commander, 61; in Ga., 272, 344; navy officers in, 432; in New Orleans, 362; in N.C., 326, 351; officers' appointments, 432; in Pensacola, 87, 229, 371; Rushton cannon, 356; in St. Louis, 107; in Tenn., 108, 309, 345; in Texas, 107; in Va., 219, 280, 319-20, 320-21, 322, 343, 432, 438; mentioned, 221, 224, 436. See also munitions; Ordnance
Asbury, James T.: L from, 200
Ashby, Preston: L from, 218
Ashby, Turner, 275
Ashby's Gap, Va., 390
Ashe, William S.: L to, 180; Ls from, 212, 346, 430, 439; mentioned, 211, 442
Associated Southern Press, 345
Atchafalaya Bayou, La., 141
Atchison, David R. (sketch, 4:125): advises Mo. governor, 289, 291; confers with Davis, 293; L from, 456
Atlanta, Ga.: Davis speaks at, 43-44, visits, 183, 193; V. Davis visits, 181; described, 192-93; mentioned, 61, 169, 345, 447
Atlanta, CSS, 429
Atlanta & West Point Railroad, 43
Atlanta Intelligencer, 44
Atlantic (U.S.), 81, 143
Attakapas, La., 331
Attorney General. See Justice Department
Atwood, Jesse, 455
Auburn, Ala.: Davis speaks at, xl, 44
Augusta, Ga.: Davis speaks at, 179, 183; mentioned, 169, 430, 439
Augusta Arsenal, 63
Augusta County, Va., 309
Austin, H. R.: L from, 448
Austin State Gazette, 200
Aymar, William H., 127

B

Bach, Boswell: L from, 345
Bache, Alexander D. (sketch, 4:290), 98
Bacon, Azel B.: L from, 361-62
Bailey, James E., 448
Baines, Henry D.: L from, 350
Baker, A. A.: L from, 352
Baker, Edward D. (sketch, 4:9), 5, 6, 373
Baker, Henry W.: L from, 352
Baker, T. Harrison, 223
Baldwin, Oliver P.: L from, 147
Ball, Armstead M., 57
Ball's Bluff, Va., Battle of, 227, 373, 413, 420, 428, 439
Baltic (U.S.), 100
Baltimore, Md.: conditions, 117-18, 121, 131; defenses, 121, 132, (Davis), 116; recruiting for CSA, 52; riot, 117-18, 132, 140, 148, (Davis), 119; support for CSA, 120, 148, 444; unionism, 118, 148; mentioned, 137, 217
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: bridge destroyed, 208; control of, 131, 133, 150, 199, 387
Baltimore & Washington Railroad, 131, 150
Baltimore Sun, 122, 148, 380
Bank of England, 255
Bank of France, 255
Banks, Nathaniel P.: assignment, 227; operations, 271, 274, 275, 287
Barbour, Alfred M., 57
Bard, James J.: L from, 334
Baring Brothers, 110
Barksdale, Ethelbert (sketch, 4:224): L from, 63-64; mentioned, 310
Barksdale, William (sketch, 2:116), 15, 251, 357
Barnard, F. A. P., 457
Barnard, John G. (sketch, 5:106), 131, 132
Barnes, Nicholas E. (sketch, 441): L from, 440
Barnwell, Robert W. (sketch, 4:125): L from, 83; mentioned, 52, 56
Barr, George R.: L from, 278
Barr, Martin W., 420
Barron, Samuel (sketch, 6:49), 279
Barrow, Robert J.: L from, 171-72
Barry, William S. (sketch, 4:253): L to, 8; L from, 82
Barton, Thomas S., 310
Bartow, Francis S.: L to, 66; mentioned, 272, 275
Bates, Joshua (sketch, 111), 110
Bath, Va., 192
Baton Rouge Arsenal: described, 158; transferred to CSA, 157, 159, 164, 333
Baton Rouge Barracks, 342
Battle, Amos J.: L from, 351
Baxley, Catherine V., 444
Baxter, John: Davis confers with, xliii; mentioned, 437
Baylor, Charles G.: L from, 74
Baylor, John R., 439
Bayou Teche, La., 141
Beaufort, N.C., 123, 134
Beaufort, S.C.: defenses, 70-72; plundered, 421
Beauregard, P. G. T. (sketch, 6:249): candidate for president, 401; command of railroads, 355, 357, 365; commands in S.C., 58, 66, 72, 74, 171, 173, 196, in Va., 181, 182, 187, 288, 307, 316-17, 360, 364-65, 425; confers with Davis, xl-xliii, 58, 187, 306, 352, 360, 365; criticizes Adjutant General's Office, 202, J. P. Benjamin, 365-67, 369, 380-81, 397, 406, Commissary Department, 260, 271, 275, 296; Davis and, 259, 280, 352, 369-70, 400, 401; Davis criticizes, 300, 383, 384-85, praises, 102, 142, 200, 251, 254, 258, 262, 263, 354, 359-60, 381, 391, promotes, 258, reprimands, 276, 380-81, 406; Fort Sumter, 87, 99, 101, 153; headquarters, 258, 352, 401; Jerome Napoleon visits, 377; J. E. Johnston and, 209-10, 254, 335, 337, 364; Manassas report, 383, 384-85, 399-401, 405, (Davis), 383, 408, pursuit of enemy, 276, 280, strategy, 234, 235, 388, 389, 393, 394, 405, 406, 422, 426, (Davis), 384-85, 408; on army organization, 202, 274, 338, 357, 368-69, volunteers, 273, 302; praised, 67, 72, 136, 278, 391; rank, 254, 314, 335, 364; reinforcements, 231, 232, 235, 249, 250, 251; requests generals, 219, 269, scouts, 219; resignation, 61; spies for, 214; staff, 288, 299, 306, 322, 386, 392, 447; strategy in Va., 197-98, 208-209, 212, 234, 333, 337-38, 368, 389-90; troop strength, 234; Ls to, 192, 199-200, 251, 258, 276, 327, 346, 358-60, 364-65, 380-81, 383, 404, 406; Ls from, 38, 102, 113, 169, 186-87, 195, 197-98, 201-202, 210, 216, 218, 219, 231, 234-35, 249-251, 269-70, 270, 279-80, 302, 337-38, 340, 365, 366-67, 368-70, 397, 399-401, 422; mentioned, 97, 213, 223, 265, 304, 341, 429
Beazley, J. S.: L from, 354
Bedford County, Va.: L from citizens, 237
Bee, Barnard E. (sketch, 226), 225, 232, 252, 258, 275
Beecher, Henry Ward, 111
Belk, John (ident., 4), 3
Bell, John (sketch, 3:266): Davis meets with, 27; mentioned, 101
Bell, L. T.: L from, 242
Belmont, Mo., Battle of, 402, 404, 405, 411, 413, 439
Beltzhoover, Daniel M. (sketch, 404), 402
Benedict, George B.: L from, 69
Benjamin, Judah P. (sketch, 6:195): attorney general, 56, 59; P. G. T. Beauregard and, 359, 365-67, 369, 380-81, 397, 406; criticized, 437; Davis confers with, xlii, xliii, 290, 294, defends, 406; La. arms, 157, 164, 331; New Orleans defenses, 361, 362; on slave labor, 425; as secretary of war, 317, 344, 352, 360, 367, 422, 443; writes Ls for Davis, 159, 223; Ls to, 365, 441; Ls from, 59, 68, 350, 431, 432-33, 439, 444; Ls with, 5-6, 10-12; mentioned, 155, 182
Bennett, Hendley S.: L from, 163
Benton, Thomas Hart (sketch, 2:464), 111, 189
Bermuda (British), 348
Bernard, Joseph: L from, 195
Betterton, William G.: L from, 263
Beverly, Va., 240, 243, 245, 301, 344
Bickley, George: L from, 87
Bienville, USS, 102
Big Bethel, Va., Battle of, 201, 413
Bigbie, James N. (sketch, 3:409): L from, 211
Big Mocassin Gap, Va., 260
Birch, William H. (ident., 35), 34
Bird, Henry D., 202
Black Hawk War, 61
blacks: free blacks as hospital workers, 272, as laborers, 243, 252-53, 269, 355, 358; offer service, 82; suffrage opposed, 103; in U.S. Army, 217. See also fugitive slaves; slaves
Blaine, James G., 23
Blair, Francis P., Jr. (sketch, 6:62), 190
Blair, Francis P., Sr. (sketch, 6:62), 90
Blair, Montgomery (sketch, 6:62), 78, 90, 100, 118
Blair, W. M.: L from, 430
Bledsoe, Albert T. (sketch, 162): L to, 169; Ls from, 159-61, 163; mentioned, 291, 301, 387
Blewett, Thomas G., Sr.: L from, 98
blockade: arms shipments, 371; Charleston, 105, 221, 348; cotton trade, 225, 285, 308, 367-68; Davis on, viii, 38, 49, 84, 142, 278, 418; effects on CSA, 341, 431, N.C., 260; Fla., 183; France and, 256, 257, 375-76, 443; Great Britain and, 105, 255, 375-76, 395, 443, 449; Mobile, 218; policy on, 343, 433; proclaimed, 118; mentioned, 39, 450
blockade-runners, 176, 252, 278
Blocker, Stephen: L from, 250
Bl;auucher, Gebhard L. von, 400
Blue Ridge Mountains, 286
Blythe, Andrew K. (sketch, 404), 402
Bocock, Thomas, 52
Boggs, Robert: L from, 104
Boggs, William R. (sketch, 372), 370
Bohanan, James E., 373
Bonham, D. W. C., 444
Bonham, Milledge L. (sketch, 251): appointment, 69, 107, 109; assignments, 109, 116, 223, 319; Davis meets with, 69; at Manassas, 251, 252, 308, 394; staff, 116, 135, 148, 156; L to, cited, 394; Ls from, 67, 107
Boone Court House, Va., 347
Booth, John C. (sketch, 159), 157, 159, 281, 332
Booth, John Wilkes, 322
border states: Davis on, 85, 253; support for CSA, 25, 27, 42, 51-53, 60, 84, 107, 120, 139; unionism, 111, 285; volunteers, 103, 432; mentioned, 81, 139, 310. See also individual states
Bostick, Ferdinand: Ls from, 169-70, 172
Boston, Mass., 21, 138
Boston Courier, 15
Bowling Green, Ky., 337, 342, 444
Bradford, James A. J.: L from, 220-21
Bradford, Jefferson Davis (nephew), 175
Bradley County, Tenn., 237
Bradshaw, ----, 437
Bragg, Braxton (sketch, 3:66): commands at Pensacola, 85- 86, 94-96, 136, 198, 229-30, 303; commended, 439; criticized, 438; Davis on, 87, 176, 204; Davis visits, 170, 229; described, 204; Mobile defenses, 370-71; offers troops for Va., 303; relations with Davis, 84, 86, 96, 304; staff, 78, 323, 348, 357, 382; strategy, 85-86, 94-96, 356; Ls to, 85-86, 175-76, 180; Ls from, 59, 94-96, 170, 180, 182-83, 229-30, 302-304, 348, 357, 370-72; mentioned, 56, 174, 386, 429, 435
Bragg, Thomas: attorney general, 367; meets with Davis, xliii; Ls from, 430, 442
Branch, Lawrence O'Bryan: meets with Davis, xlii; L from, 269
Brandon, David S.: L from, 121
Brandon, William L. (sketch, 2:669), 181
Brannan, John M., 93
Brashear City, La., 332
Brazos River, 198
Brazos Santiago, Texas, 198
Breckinridge, John C. (sketch, 5:67): meets with Davis, xliii; mentioned, 18, 54, 74
Brentsville, Va., 235, 390
Brewster, Henry P. (sketch, 62), 60, 66
Brierfield (described, 2:244): census, 309; conditions, 3, 177, 379, 440; crops, 178, 379, 440; Davis at, 35, 37, 41; V. Davis visits, 54; overseers, 4, 440
Brigham, James H.: L from, 236
Bright, Jesse D.: L from, 66
Bright, John (sketch, 396), 395
Briscoe, Claiborne C. (ident., 5)
Briscoe, William, 3
Bristol, Tenn.: Davis speaks at, xxxix, 27
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 111
Broad River, S.C., 71
Broadwell, William A. (sketch, 380): supplies for Mo., 283, 379; L to, 437; Ls from, 206, 253, 436
Brockenbrough, John, 204
Brockenbrough, John W., 152
Brooklyn, USS, 9, 97
Brooks, William M. (sketch, 166): L from, 164-65
Brown, Albert G. (sketch, 2:22): L with, 8; mentioned, 5, 15, 16, 269
Brown, George W., 119
Brown, Harvey, 357
Brown, James (sketch, 112)
Brown, John (sketch, 6:268), 134
Brown, Joseph E. (sketch, 147): conflict over troops, 219, 224, 230, 237, 241, 244, 271, 277, 319, 361, 410; control of arms, 193-94, 201, 215, 296, 308; Davis praises, 42, 186; presidential candidate, 37; saltpeter supplies, 254, 261; Ls to, 59, 180, 181-82, 186, 192, 195, 218, 220, 224, 234, 253, 260, 271-72, 277, 278, 397; Ls from, 64, 180, 182, 187-88, 192, 193-94, 202, 206, 214-15, 216, 219, 221, 224, 230, 241-42, 254, 260, 271, 277, 278, 288, 308, 343-44, 344, 397; mentioned, 146
Brown, Neill S.: L from, 347
Brown, Shepherd: L from, 217
Brown, Sir William (sketch, 112)
Brown, William H., 202
Brown & Sons, 110
Browne, William M. (sketch, 4:374), 37
Brownlow, William G.: arrested, 437, 454; L from, 454
Brownsville, Texas: L from citizens, 172; mentioned, 439
Brownsville Fort Brown Flag, 172
Bruce, Ely M.: L from, 117
Brumby, Arnoldus V. (sketch, 194), 193, 195
Brunswick, Ga., 71, 344, 428
Bryan, E. Pliny, 356
Bryan, Guy M.: L to, 92; L from, 83
Bryan, William C., 108
Bryant, Thomas S.: L from, 82
Buchanan, James (sketch, 2:345): Davis criticizes, 5, 6, 8-10, 17-18, 23, 85, visits, xxxix; Fort Sumter crisis, 8, 10-12, 100; negotiations with CSA, 38, 51, 56, with S.C., 12, 15, 18; mentioned, 141, 448
Buckner, Simon B. (sketch, 306), 249, 299, 305, 343, 351
Buena Vista, Battle of, 185, 211, 424, 455
Buford, Napoleon B. (sketch, 403), 402
Bull Run, Va.: battle at (July 18), 251, 413; CSA position, 187, 234, 235, 250, 368; mentioned, 338
Bull Run, Battle of. See Manassas, Battle of
Bunch, Robert (sketch, 106), 104, 105, 340
Bunker Hill, Va., 242
Burlingame, Anson (sketch, 120), 118
Burnet, David G.: L from, 83
Burnet, William E., 83, 92
Burney, S. T.: L from, 152
Burt, Armistead (sketch, 2:628): L to, 128
Burt, Martha C., 128
Burton, James H. (sketch, 228), 227
Burum, Paskiel K.: L from, 373
Butler, Benjamin F., 288, 437
Butler, E. G. W.: L from, 195
Butler, E. G. W., Jr., 195
Butler, Lawrence L., 195
Butt, Amanda M.: L from, 326
Butt, William M., 326
Butterfield, Carlos (sketch, 78): L from, cited, 78; mentioned, 76
Byrd, John J.: L to, 156
Byrd, William H.: L from, 278

C

Cabell, Edward Carrington (sketch, 190): assignments, 211, 219, 223, 290-91, 293, 301; confers with Davis, xli, xliii, 290-91, 293-94, 434; Ls to, 224, 373; Ls from, 210, 219, 223-24, 230, 285, 301, 319, 381
Cabell, William L., 190, 347
Cahawba, USS, 127
Cairo, Ill.: U.S. forces at, 74, 117, 121, 130, 168, 171, 191, 328, 402; mentioned, 116, 145, 329
Caldwell, James C.: L from, 230
Calhoun, John C. (sketch, 1:11), 9, 19
Calhoun, William R., 210
Calhoun, Ky., 445
California migration, 455
Call, George W.: Ls from, 67, 142
Callan, Charles C., 80
Callan, James N., 80
Callan, John F. (sketch, 6:245): assignments, 36; Ls to, 34-35, 79-80; mentioned, 31
Camden, Gideon D., 152
Camden County, Ga.: L from citizens, 123
Cameron, Simon, 23, 79, 99, 445, 448
Camp Arbuckle, Va., 280
Camp Bee, Va., 271
Campbell, J. A. P., 37
Campbell, J. C.: L from, 98
Campbell, John A. (sketch, 90): confers with W. H. Seward, 53, 88, 102, corresponds with, 118, 120, 153, 155; Davis and, 140; Davis praises, 92, 93; on Forts Sumter and Pickens, 88- 89; on A. Lincoln, 88; resigns from Supreme Court, 118, 139; L to, 92-93; Ls from, 88-89, 117-18, 136-40, 153, 288; mentioned, 135, 218, 453
Camp Breckinridge, Tenn., 320
Camp Dickinson, Va., 404
Camp Garnett, Va., 240, 245, 344
Camp Gauley, Va. See Carnifix Ferry, Va.
Camp Hermitage, Va., 220
Camp Holly, Va., 207
Camp Jackson, Mo., 189, 190, 291
Camp Jackson, Va., 237
Camp Lee, Va.: Davis visits, 181
Camp Manning, Va.: Davis speaks at, 244-45
Camp Moore, Ky., 328
Camp Moore, La., 333
Camp Pickens, Va., 186-87, 302, 338
Canada, 65, 127
Cannon, John: L from, 90-91
Cape Fear, N.C., 143-44
Cape Fear River, 382
Cape Girardeau, Mo., 329
Carnifix Ferry, Va., Battle of, 341, 344, 345-46
Carr, ----, 382
Carr, George W., 59
Carrie Sandford (British), 340-41
Carroll, Anna Ella (sketch, 6:24): Ls to, 23, 64-65; L from, 64
Carroll, Charles M. (sketch, 403), 402
Carson, James H., 358
Carter, Alex (slave) (sketch, 4), 3
Carter, Asa R., 310
Carter, Joseph, 4
Carter, Richard W. (sketch, 275), 273
Carter, Winnie Ann, 4
Cartersville, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl, 42, 44
Cartwright, Samuel A. (sketch, 4:23): Davis praises, 327; L from, 431-32; mentioned, 373
Caser, Lewis: L from, 237
Cass, Lewis (sketch, 1:264), 454
Castle Pinckney, S.C., 7
Castleton, Thomas: L from, 411
Caswell, William R., 249
Catlett, T. K.: L from, 436
Cedar Keys, Fla., 366
Centreville, Va.: CSA troops at, 234, 353, 368, 423; U.S. forces flee to, 251, 259, 260, 394, 407
Chalmers, James R.: L from, 84
Chambersburg, Pa., 150, 198, 212
Chambersville, Va., 344
Chambliss, John R.: L to, 210
Chamblissburg, Va., 237
Champion's Hill, Miss., Battle of, 328
Champneys, John T., 91
Chancellorsville, Va., Battle of, 213
Charleston, S.C.: blockade, 106, 221; Davis invited to, 8, 26, 40; defenses, 24, 55, 57-60, 63, 67, 70-72, 74, 85, 99, 103, 136, 166, 198, 348, 427-28, (Davis), 66; fire, 439; foundry, 261; munitions supply, 59, 100; trade restrictions, 103; U.S. plans for, 91, 179. See also Fort Sumter
Charleston & Savannah Railroad, 93, 427
Charleston Arsenal, 7, 253
Charleston Courier: interviews Davis, xlii; mentioned, 156
Charleston Mercury: on CSA, 51; on Davis, 65, 394; mentioned, 7, 40
Charlotte, N.C., 124, 134, 143, 364
Charlottesville, Va.: L from hospital patients, 320; mentioned, 392
Charlton, Charles W., 399
Chartres, Duc de, 377
Chase, Salmon P. (sketch, 6:348), 118
Chase, William H.: L to, 15
Chastain, Elijah W., 288
Chattahoochee River, 349, 383
Chattanooga, Tenn.: Davis speaks at, xl, 23, 27, visits, 43; foundry, 231, 233
Cheat Mountain, Va., 242, 277, 344, 350
Cheat River, 208
Cheatham, Benjamin F. (sketch, 249): Battle of Belmont, 402, 404; Davis praises, 247, 318; mentioned, 320, 403
Cherokee: neutrality, 236, 268; recommended for army, 145, 218; support for CSA, 173, 267; treaty with, 438
Cherokee Baptist Convention, 193
Chesapeake Bay, 24, 144, 348
Chesnut, James (sketch, 386): Beauregard's aide, 383-385, 388, 400-401, 405, 422, 426; confers with Davis, xli, 389, 401; in Congress, 275; on Davis' election, 37; Ls to, 383, 408; L from, 388-92; mentioned, 432
Chesnut, Mary B., 386
Chickamauga, Ga., Battle of, 214, 215, 306, 403
Chickasaw: army service, 230, 267, 268; neutrality, 104; support for CSA, 236, 268; treaty with, 438
Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss., 256
Childs, Frederick L. (sketch, 5:106), 253
Chilton, W. H.: L from, 210
Choctaw: army service, 218, 230, 267, 268, 435-36; neutrality, 104; support for CSA, 236, 268; treaties with, 52, 438
Choppawamsic River, 271
Chotank, USS, 223
Chowan Baptist Association: L from, 167
Churchill, Thomas J., 101, 104
Cincinnati, Ohio, 109, 186
Claiborne, John H. (sketch, 299), 297
Claiborne, John M.: L from, 143
Clark, Charles: L from, 284; mentioned, 345, 422
Clark, Edward: Ls from, 81, 91, 107, 167, 310; mentioned, 201
Clark, G. A.: Davis introduces, 201
Clark, Henry T.: Ls to, 241, 287, 336, 442; Ls from, 236, 241, 277-78, 279, 285, 309, 340-41, 441
Clark, Mathew: L from, 148
Clarksville, Tenn., 191
Clay, Cassius M. (sketch, 1:466), 374
Clay, Clement C. (sketch, 6:174): elected to Senate, 450; health, 16, 177, 334; L to, 16; L from, 334; L with, 10-12; mentioned, 56, 108, 336
Clay, Henry (sketch, 2:135), 420
Clay, J. Withers, 336
Clay, James B., 420
Clay, Virginia T., 334
Clayton, Alexander M. (sketch, 28): on Davis' election, 37; L to, 27-28; mentioned, 323, 330, 442
Clemens, Jeremiah (sketch, 4:125), 334
Clingman, Thomas L. (sketch, 429): recommended, 427-28; Ls from, 172, 174
clothing. See army; Quartermaster's Department
Coale, Charles B.: L from, 278
Cobb, Howell (sketch, 3:394): Davis' inauguration, 46; honored by Congress, 361; presidential candidate, 37; Ls to, 56, 59, 66-68, 178, 266, 270-71, 272, 278-79, 279, 296, 302, 313, 314, 361, 430, 433, 438, 443; mentioned, 27, 207, 307
Cobb, T. R. R.: commissioner to Ark., 52; legion organization, 207; meets with Davis, xl; on Davis, 37, 65, and J. E. Brown, 147; L from, 207
Cochrane, John, 52
Cocke, Harrison H., 214
Cocke, Philip St. George (sketch, 235), 234
Cockpit Point, Va., 423
Cockrill, Sterling R.: L from, 206
Cocks, John G.: L from, 180
Coe, Thomas J. (sketch, 4) 3, 440
Coffin, William H.: L from, 367
Cohen, Solomon: L from, 296
Colchester, Va., 423
Cold Harbor, Va., Battle of, 265
Cole, James W.: L from, 202
Coleman, J. Crittenden, 67
Collier, Charles F.: L to, 442
Collier, Robert R.: L from, 313
Colorado: support for CSA, 173
Colquitt, Alfred H., 182
Columbia, S.C., 103, 425
Columbus, Ga., 349, 361
Columbus, Ky.: captured, 168, 325-28, 330, 336, 337, 339, 341, 342, (Davis), 339, 341; defenses, 116, 117, 398; U.S. plans, 74, 325, 411; L from citizens, 116; mentioned, 332
Combahee River, S.C., 71
Commissary Department: appropriations, 326; commissary general appointment, 69, 81, 135, 299; congressional inquiries, 270-71, 275-76; criticized, 260, 270-71, 274, 276, 280, 286, 300, 302, 304, 320; Davis defends, 271, 300; estimates, 153, 266; funds needed, 298, sought from, 394; increase of officers, 432; L. B. Northrop defends, 296-301; prices, 286, 300; shortages, 299, 300; supplies of bread, 300, 305, meat, 297-301, salt, 442; transportation problems, 271, 300; mentioned, 380. See also Northrop, Lucius B.
Cone, Theodore C.: L from, 201
Confederate Clothing Bureau, 146
Confederate States: agriculture, 253; aliens, 284-85, 411; banking, 109, 217, 219, 233; bureaucracy, 201; cabinet appointments, 55-56, 72; capital in Montgomery, Ala., 45, 54, in Richmond, Va., 161, 169, 177, 183, 298; commissioners to D.C., 53, 60, 76, 87, 88, 91, 143, to Va., 103; confiscation, 288; cotton policies, 230, 236, 244, 255, 312; Davis' devotion to, 181, report on, 413-19; days of fasting and prayer, 167, 178, 200; expansion, 44; finances, 81, 82, 103, 108, 112, 113, 122, 134, 142, 179, 192, 195, 217, 219, 251, 253, 255-56, 312, 314-15, 348, 368, 375, 394, 443, (Davis), 415; financial hardships, 333, 425; flag design, 57, 59, 129, 130, 267, 438; foreign relations, 47, 57, 102, 142, 143, 179, 206, 217, 248, 255-56, 319, 354, 374- 76, 378, 395-96, 425, 443, 449-52, (Davis), 418; government praised, 310; inauguration, 5, 45; Indians and, 104, 136, 167, 236, 438; judiciary, 68, 142; Ls of marque, 106, 108, 115, 124, 134, 221, (Davis), 44, 142; mails, 51, 76; manufacturing, 412, 419; military academy, 133, 142; military preparedness, 55, 138; music, 186; organization, 24, 38, 55, (Davis), 17, 28; Patent Bureau, 142; plot against, 59; ports of entry, 51; presidential elections, 36, 396; press patronage, 114; prisoners of war policy, 222; propaganda efforts, 7, 374-76, 443, 450; public printing, 143, 430; railroads and, 28, 216, 250, 354, 430, 433, 436, 439, 442, (Davis), 415; recognition in Europe, 75, 84, 250, 355, 374-76, 421, 450, (Davis), 454, by France, 38, 84, 248, 256, 377, 387-88, 395, 443, 450, 452, Great Britain, 42, 81, 84, 104- 105, 110, 154, 256, 377, 388, 443, 450, Mexico, 75, Spain, 388, 443; relations with Ark., 51, 136, 253, 308, France, 109, 255-56, 308, 327, 374, 376, 449, 451, Great Britain, 43, 110-11, 255, 308, 327, 355, 374-76, 450, Ky., 50-51, 172, 289, 313, 325, 328, 330, 339, 341-43, 413-14, 441, 445-46, 448, Md., 108, 118, 128, 175, 387, 391, Mexico, 44, 75-76, 263, 302, 362, 394, Mo., 206, 223-24, 285, 289-93, 356, 373, 381, N. M., 93, 218, Spain, 257, 345, 376, Texas, 91, 201, 425, Va., 109, 127, 130, 142, 143, 150- 51, 161; Revenue Coast Guard proposed, 109; schoolbooks, 444; smuggling activities, 345; strategy, 105-106, 122, 143, 316, 343, (Davis), 42, 326, in Ky., 325-28, in Mo., 318, 319, in Northwest, 145, 211, in Va., 131, 167, 197, 198, 212-13, 225-26, 233, 234- 35, 242-43, 253, 256, 266, 270, 273-74, 285-86, 305, 316, 321-22, 334, 341, 344, 350, 361, 369, 374, 381, 386, 389-91, 405-406, 407, 411-12, 423-24, 426, 444, (Davis), 199-200, 203, 208-209, 239, 271, 320, 326, 333, 353, 355, 365, 384-85, 391, 394, 406- 407, in West, 329; support in U.S., 98, 138; taxation, 224, 244, 309, 310, 314, 315; trade policies, 44, 48, 49, 83, 173, 179, 377, with U.S., 69, 133, 137, 156
Confederate War Papers, 306
Congress: adjournment, 169, 316; appropriations, 224, 438, 439; army bills, 165-66, 287, 295-96, 301, 313, 367, 410; Commissary Department, 270-71, 275-76; customhouses, 179; Davis addresses, vii-viii, 253, 258, 412-19; Declaration of Paris and, 421; elections, 397, 453; Manassas, 278, 287, 301, 308, 384; Mo. funds, 272, 279, 294, 301; presidential vetoes, 63, 169, 173, 279, 301, 440; printing, 354; railroad bonds, 332; rank of generals, 337; resolutions on forts, 57, 58, honoring H. Cobb, 361, J. E. Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard, 278, on Hatteras Inlet, 313, Miss. River defenses, 270, New Orleans defenses, 284, volunteer transportation, 278-79; and War Department, 333; Ls to, 63, 142, 155, 169, 173, 253, 301, 429, 438-442; mentioned, 151, 224
Congressional Globe: Davis' collection of, 34, 80
Conn, Raphael M., 308
Conner, Zephaniah T. (sketch, 194), 193, 195
Conrad, Charles M. (sketch, 4:153): L from, 350; mentioned, 56
conscription, 231, 237, 269, 287, 386
Conscription Bureau, 135, 392
Constitution: compared to U.S. Constitution, 48, 50; criticized, 53, 83; Davis and, v-vii, 28, 45, 47-50, 416; ratification, 72, 82, 83, 113, 127, 142, 253, 282, 429; strict construction, 147, 409, 416; suggestions for, 10, 26, 43
Constitutional-Union party, 248
Converse, Ephraim K.: L from, 180
Cook, Henry F. (sketch, 2:227): L to, 455
Cooke, Philip St. George (sketch, 1:284), 14
Coons, H. Clay: L from, 304
Cooper, Douglas H. (sketch, 3:31): commands Indian troops, 267-68; L from, 267; mentioned, 81
Cooper, Mark A.: L to, 193
Cooper, Samuel (sketch, 1:108): accompanies V. Davis to Richmond, 183; confers with Davis, xli, 386, 389, 401; correspondence with Ark., 308, B. Bragg, 87, 94, 229, 302, 303, J. E. Johnston, 254, 273, 307, 320, 321, 322, 335; criticized, 243; on P. G. T. Beauregard, 406; rank, 314, 335, 336; replies for Davis, 173, 177, 178, 196; resigns from U. S. Army, 61, 67; Ls to, 259, 260, 394; L from, 405-406; mentioned, 60, 81, 98, 130, 220, 226, 265, 272, 284, 298, 301, 313, 319, 335. See also Adjutant and Inspector General's Office
Cooper, Sarah M. (ident., 61)
Coosawhatchie, S.C., 427
Coppens, George A. G., 171
Corinth, Miss.: Battle of, 132, 306, 324, 328, 404; troops at, 144, 174, 206, 233; mentioned, 198, 333
Cork (Ireland) Examiner, 378
Corpus Christi, Texas: L from citizens, 141
Corrick's Ford, Va., Battle of, 232, 240, 244, 245, 250
Corwin, Thomas (sketch, 4:125), 74-75
cotton: bonds, 192, 219; crop, 253, 255; Davis on, 23, 44, 49, 84, 419; government purchase, 230, 236, 312, 314-15, 354, 367-68, 397; loan, 236, 253, 285; manufacturing in South, 74; prices, 81; sales, 425, 436; supply in Europe, 255, 308, 374-75; tax on, 244; trade, 112, 173, 179, 192, 206, 277, 355, 374-75, 394, 439, (Davis), 38, 419
Cotton Bureau, 380
Covington, E. M., 341
Covington, Va., 284, 311
Covington & Ohio Railroad, 442
Cowden, James: L from, 38
Cowdin, Virginia G.: L from, 69
Cox, Jacob D., 253, 344-45
Cox, Owen B. (sketch, 4:292), 425
Crane, William Carey: L from, 361
Craney Island, Va., defenses, 336, 339
Crawford, George W. (sketch, 4:21), 56
Crawford, Martin J., 53, 87, 88, 91
Crawford, Robert W. (sketch, 111), 110
Creek: regiment, 81; support for CSA, 182, 236, 267, 268; treaty with, 268, 438
Crenshaw, Lewis, 204
Crimea commission reports, 80
Crimean War: Davis on, 153; mentioned, 141-42, 166, 285, 375
Crittenden, George B. (sketch, 4:9): L to, 381; mentioned, 441
Crittenden, John J. (sketch, 3:224): L from, 441; mentioned, 9, 67
Crittenden, Thomas L. (sketch, 3:123), 445
Crittenden compromise, 36, 52
Croft, Edward: L from, 361
Croghan, St. George: L from, 109
Cromwell, E. J., Mrs.: L from, 142
Cross, ----, 207
Cross, George W., 38
Cruger, Lewis, 38
"C. S. Armee": interviews Davis, 84, 102
Cuba: arms from, 144, 263, 393; filibusters, 306, 324, 372, (Davis), 360; South and, 65, 112; support for CSA, 345
Culpeper, Va., 179, 259, 358, 384
Cumberland, Md., 354
Cumberland, Va., 387
Cumberland Gap, Tenn., 216, 276
Cumberland River, 347, 437, 448
Cunningham, Edward, Jr. (sketch, 323), 321
Curd, B. S., 295
Currin, David M.: Davis on, 456; Ls from, 221, 309
Cushing, Caleb (sketch, 5:23): Davis and, 18; L from, 74; mentioned, 137, 454

D

Dahlgren, Charles G.: L from, 443
Dahlonega, Ga., mint, 179
Daingerfield, Henry: L from, 202
Dallas, George M. (sketch, 2:167), 104, 111
Dallas County, Ala., conditions, 175
Dalton, D. L.: L from, 217; mentioned, 218
Dalton, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl
Danby, N.Y.: L from citizens, 162
Daniel, John M. (sketch, 115), 114
Daniel, Lee S., 37
Daniel, Peter V., 141
Daniel, Peter V., Jr.: confers with Davis, 250; Ls from, 216, 250, 270
Daniel Webster (U.S.), 81, 116
Danley, Christopher C.: L from, 200
Danville, Va.: railroad, 415, 420, 430, 442; troops at, 216, 233, 237, 238, 252-53; mentioned, 270, 272
Darkesville, Va., 225
Davenport & Drake: L from, 173
Davidson, Charles E.: L from, 156
Davidson, Robert O.: L from, 163
Davis, A. W. G.: Davis on, 121; Ls from, 121, 404
Davis, Benjamin (brother), 367
Davis, Eliza Van Benthuysen (sister-in-law) (sketches, 1:272, 2:122): visits Davises, 205; mentioned, 204
Davis, Frances H. Peyton (niece-in-law) (ident., 42), 40
Davis, George: Davis meets with, xlii
Davis, Henry W. (sketch, 119), 117
Davis, Hugh Robert (nephew) (sketch, 1:275), 207, 277
Davis, J. Lucius, 168
Davis, James L., 286

Davis, Jefferson:

--education: USMA, v, 38, 64, 90, 93, 162, 174, 272, 361, 439
--family: birth of son, xliii; concern for, 203; employment, 302; serve in CSA, 217, 286, 313; visit army, 346, Richmond, 203, 253; war casualty, 261, 263, 266; Woodville nieces, 69
--Mexican War: associates, 84, 58, 84, 247, 261, 269, 295, 404; Battle of Buena Vista, 185, 424, 455; service with Z. Taylor, 190, 455. See also Mississippi Regiment, 1st (Mexican War)
--opinions: abolitionism, 45; J. Adams, 8; R. Anderson, 102; appointing power, 361; army instruction, 86, 121, 313, medical service, 287, 301, officers, 142, 295, organization, 271-72, 355, 358, 364-65, 443, tents, 281-82, unity, 318, 337, 359; Baltimore riot, 119; P. G. T. Beauregard, 66, 102, 142, 200, 276, 300; A. T. Bledsoe, 162; blockade, 49, 84, 142; border states and secession, 28, 84; B. Bragg, 87, 204; W. L. Brandon, 181; J. E. Brown, 147; J. Buchanan, 5, 6, 8, 10, 17; W. E. Burnet, 83; J. A. Campbell, 93; casualties, 84; B. F. Cheatham, 318; civil war, 18, 38, 84, 92-93; commander's responsibilities, 359; comparative strength of sections, 84; CSA flag, 130, problems, 54, 55; Constitution, 28, 45, 47-50; cotton, 23, 44, 84; criticism, 55, 337, 434; A. W. G. Davis, 121; J. R. Davis, 204; Declaration of Independence, 21; C. R. Dickson, 128; discharges and furloughs, 440; election as president, 38; emancipation, 84; R. S. Ewell, 339; executive powers, 301; expansionism, 65; federal officers and secession, 5, 6-7; foreigners' rights, 387; Fort Pickens, 86, 110, 176; Fort Sumter, 84, 102, 142; free trade, 44, 47-48; French soldiers, 154; A. G. Graham, 163; R. Griffith, 261; Harpers Ferry evacuation, 257; I. G. Harris, 159, 248; H. Heth, 107; Indians, 438; C. F. Jackson, 295; T. J. Jackson, 226; J. E. Johnston, 231, 239, 254, 257, 333; Ky. relations, 339, 341, 414; R. E. Lee, 115; A. Lincoln's election, 14, 23, policies, 84; B. McCulloch, 295; Manassas pursuit, 276, 385, 393-94, strategy, 384-85, 391; manufacturing in South, 74; Md., 119, 220; W. R. Miles, 253; military academy, 142, 154, authority, 8; minors in army, 133, 144, 443; Miss. River defenses, 174; munitions, 282; New Orleans defenses, 349-50; Norfolk defenses, 204; N.C., 127; L. B. Northrop, 17; nullification, 19; officers' appointments, 246, 348, 360, election, 274, rights, 357; Pacific Railroad, 6; patents, 387; peace negotiations, 55, 92-93, 142, 178; W. N. Pendleton, 239, 240; piracy, 222; political life, 49, parties, 246; presidency, 28, 245; S. Price, 295; prisoners of war, 222, 296, 417; J. H. Reagan, 414; recognition of CSA, 84, 355, 454; reconstruction, 45, 48, 49, 65, 84, 355, 416; religious observances in army, 361; Republican party, 142; T. C. Reynolds, 190-91; right of revolution, 9; rules of warfare, 222; rumormongers, 238; schoolbooks, 444; W. P. Scott, 100; secession, vi, 9, 17, 19, 38, 42, 44, 102, 203; W. H. Seward, 102; slavery, 84, 142; T. L. Snead, 295; S.C., 7, 17, 74, 84, 142; southern cause, 142, martial spirit, 98, unpreparedness, 55, 117; standing army and navy, 48; state rights, 9, 14, 19, 22, 47, 58; substitutes, 354; telegraph, 4, 92; Trent affair, 417, 452, 454; troop call-up, 351; U.S. aggression, 142, 253, centralization, 84, garrisons in South, 92, lawlessness, 203, strategy, 85; U.S. Army, 200, 326, 434, and southern climate, 174, 175; Va. militia law, 442, support for CSA, 203; volunteers, 83-84, 318, 347, 351, 358-59, 413; war, 245, 263, in West, 434; W. H. C. Whiting, 56; Zouaves, 176
--personal: advice asked, 5, 27, 63, given, 263; affection for Ala., 68, Miss., 68; Biblical allusions, 16, 352; books of, 34, 80, 456; children named for, 4, 422; death rumored, 316, 375-76; described, v, 23, 41, 153, 155, 205, 261, 294, 336, 435; describes receptions, 40; duel with A. Johnson, 3; family pets, 34; feelings for England, 154; funeral, 307; health, v, 3, 10, 14, 15, 19, 64-65, 178, 203, 212, 316, 318, 319, 326, 327, 330, 333, 350, 356, 357, 361, 379, 389, 396, 424, 455; historical allusion, 433; horses, 34-35, 79-80, 135, 225; household effects, 35, 79, 183, 202, 225, 456; Ls of introduction, 59, 327, 346, 441, 455, 457; leadership role in CSA, 14, 16, 25, 29, 35, 38; leaves Brierfield, 41, Washington, 18, 27, 42, 65; literary allusions, 184, 434; portraits, 186, 376; provenance of correspondence, 26, 41, 254, 275; reaction to censure, 434, election, 37, inauguration, 46; reading tastes, 31-32; recommendations (civilian), 192, 207, 355, 443, 456, (military), 16, 56, 64, 82, 100, 107, 169, 170, 202, (navy), 456; religion, 193; rumored visit to Charleston, 26; theft of paintings, 36; visits Europe, 112, J. Gorgas, 228
--planter: Ark. lands, 425; census, 309; conditions at Brierfield, 3, 35; crops, 178, 379, 440; overseer's wages, 441; supplies, 379. See also Brierfield
--political: campaign of 1844, 68; commands Miss. troops, 7, 27, 29, 38, 64-65, 306; gubernatorial campaign, 103, 310, 447; as presidential candidate (1856), 156, (1860), 23; press on, 65; principles, 361; Republicans and, 65; repudiation, 82, 112; speaks at Chattanooga, 23
--president: accepts troops, 104, 109, 163, 171, 196, 201, 211, 227, 237, 244, 251, 272, 276, 288, 319, 320, 359, 365, 409, 432, 436, 437-38; addresses Congress, vii-viii, 253, 412-19, Md. citizens, 387, troops, 170, 182, 260; aliens, 284-85; appointments (aides), 42, 55, 130, 205, 313, 386, (cabinet), 53, 55-56, 59, 67, 178, 266, 344, 367, (civilian), 79, 81, 101, 381, (diplomatic), 77-78, 257, 308, 408, 451, (generals), 314, 433, (military), 107, 116, 121, 142, 202, 207, 220, 224, 237, 239, 240, 242, 243, 245, 247, 259, 265, 274, 276, 281, 283, 286, 287, 294, 295, 348, 349, 351, 432, 436, 447, (munitions agents), 56- 57, 67, 378, criticized, 101, 243, 451, rationale, 66, 246, 247, 422; Ark. conditions, 308; army conditions, 281-82, 295, 318, 358-59, organization, 271-72, 313, 338, 353, 358-59, 364-65, 369, 407, 443; Baltimore riot, 119; calls for volunteers, 239; captured, 130; Commissary Department investigation, 271, 298, 300; compared to G. Washington, 40, 213; confers at Fairfax, 306, 352, 360, 407, with E. C. Anderson, xlii, J. Baxter, xliii, P. G. T. Beauregard, xl-xliii, 58, 187, 306, 352, 360, 365, J. P. Benjamin, xlii, xliii, 290, 294, T. Bragg, xliii, L. O. Branch, xlii, J. C. Breckinridge, xliii, J. Chesnut, xli, 389, 401, S. Cooper, xli, 386, 389, 401, P. V. Daniel, 250, G. Davis, xlii, D. R. Godwin, 332, W. Hampton, xlii, J. E. Johnston, xliii, 258, 261, 306, 307, 352, 360, 407, W. P. Johnston, 130, S. Jones, 199, R. E. Lee, xli, 187, 386, 398-91, 401, 425-26, J. Letcher, xli, 308, J. Longstreet, xli, T. S. Lubbock, xli, S. R. Mallory, xlii, H. Marshall, xliii, Md. commissioners, 175, H. May, xli, C. G. Memminger, xlii, W. P. Miles, 56, Mo. officials, xli, xliii, 210, 290-91, 293-94, 434, F. Mohl, 250, New Orleans committee, 349, N.C. officials, xliii, 279, L. Polk, xli, J. S. Preston, 386, 389, 401, W. Preston, xli, xliii, P. J. Quattlebaum, xlii, railroad presidents, xliii, G. W. Smith, 306, 352, 360, W. G. Swan, 237, G. W. Smith, xliii, B. F. Terry, xli, G. Tochman, 346, R. Toombs, xli, B. Tucker, 309, Va. delegation, xli, L. P. Walker, xl, xli, 58, 79, 130, T. N. Waul, xli, J. A. Wharton, xli, J. H. Wheeler, xliii, L. T. Wigfall, xl-xliii; controls state property, 210; criticized, 13, 55, 115, 209, 310, 339, 343, 373, 382, 391, 393-94, 397, 399, 434, 436; declares martial law, 144; discouraged, 231, 238-39, 239, 242; East Tenn. conditions, 399; elected (Feb.), 29, 36, 38, 39, 40, 43, 53, 56, 59, 64, 83, 91-92, 104, (Nov.), 50, 343, 396; exemptions, 202, 347; finances, 113, 122, 301, 415; flight from Richmond, 209, 425; Fort Pickens strategy, 85-86, 175-76; Fort Sumter crisis, 57-58, 66, 74, 92, 101, 102, 142; Gulf Coast defenses, 356; inauguration, 45-50, 53- 54, (1862), 444; Indian affairs, 68, 438; interviewed by Charleston Courier, xlii, "C. S. Armee," 84, 102, J. Fergusson, xl, 355, W. R. Russell, 153-54; interviews requested, 63, 163, 182, 201, 211, 216, 351; invited to Fla., 422; A. S. Johnston assigned, 330, criticized, 351; J. E. Johnston's rank, 254, 336, 340; Ky. campaign, 325-27, 328, 330, 336, 339, 341, 343, 354, relations, 196, 313, 339, 341, 343, 414, 445-46; legislation suggestions, 66, 68, 287-88, 313, 442; letter books, 254; Ls of marque, 108; mail, 422; Manassas battle, 249, 258, 259, 260, 261- 63, 273, 276, 384-85, strategy, 383-85, 388-91, 393-94, 400-401, 405-406, 407, 408, 422, 426; Md. relations, 387; mediates between P. G. T. Beauregard and J. P. Benjamin, 365, 366-67, 380-81; as military commander, 29, 45, 66, 122, 161, 168, 172, 203, 211, 213, 238-39, 245, 251, 258, 305-306, 321, 335, 351; Miss. troops, 83-84, 169-70, 276, 284, 313, 342, 345, 381-82; Mo. affairs, 272, 279, 289-93, 373, 413, 443; Mobile defenses, 102-103; Montgomery residences, 54; munitions needed, 56-57, 196, 282, 318, 333, 373; music dedicated to, 186; naval defenses, 108; New Orleans defenses, 101, 349; N.C. defenses, 109-10, 188, 346; offensive strategy, 108, 122; officers' appointments, 365, 387, 431, 433- 34; orders court of inquiry, 357; orders troops to Va., 109, 116, 221, 238, 240, 260; pardons T. A. R. Nelson, 282; peace efforts, 93, 102, 178; personal guard offered, 172; plans to visit S.C., 70; plots against, 155, 159, 177, 190, 217; L. Polk's command, 318; pony express, 244; Post Office, 414-15; praised, 13, 25, 91, 98, 108, 132, 134, 153, 158, 165, 284, 290, 309, 334, 336, 343, 397; praises troops, 102, 201, 259, 260, 261-63; prepares messages to Congress, 421; presents flag, 244-45, 425; press on, 65, 110, 115, 159-60, 310; proclaims days of fasting, 178, 387; protests prisoner policy, 221-22; railroad construction, 415-16, 441-42; receptions, xli, xlii, xliii, 155; recommendations (appropriations), 171, 313, 438, 439, 442, (signal system), 355; recruits U.S. Army officers, 61; reprimands P. G. T. Beauregard, 276, 380-81, J. E. Brown, 254, A. J. Gonzales, 360-61, J. E. Johnston, 340, 358, G. W. Smith, 382, G. Tochman, 361; reviews troops, 183, 353; reward offered for, 155; salary, 83, 352, 388, 433; schedule, 38, 46, 53, 55, 58, 79, 104, 133, 144, 162, 169, 175, 178, 186, 200, 203, 206, 224, 230, 409; serenaded, 140; Ship Island defenses, 348; signs commissions, 432; S.C. defenses, 351; speaks at Atlanta, 43-44, Augusta, 179, Cartersville, 42, Fairfax, 354, Gordonsville, 261, Jackson, 38, Manassas, 260, 351, Montgomery, 45-50, 68, Newnan, 45, Richmond, 181, 182, 183-85, 220, 244-45, 261, 263, 281-82, Stevenson, 42, Vicksburg, 38; speaks en route to Miss., xxxix, 27, to Montgomery, xl, 41, 43- 44, 54, to Richmond, xl-xli, 183; spies, 356; substitutes, 354; support for (Fla.), 442, (N.C.), 436, (S.C.), 70, 432, (Va.), 160-61, 163, 167, 352; telegraph construction, 270; Tenn. politics, 245-48; Texas commander, 283; travels to Montgomery, 40, 54, 193, to Richmond, 177, 183; Trent affair, 417, 454; unified command, 338; vetoes, 63, 169, 173, 279, 301, 440; Va. strategy, 199-200, 203, 208-209, 239, 271, 320, 326, 333, 353, 355, 365, 384-85, 391, 394, 406-407; visits Camp Lee, 181, Manassas, 258, 261, 265, Pensacola, 170, 229, 348; volunteers, 227, 238-39, 251, 278-79, 313, 318, 341, 342, 347, 348, 351, 358- 59, 437-38; western commander, 312-13, 330, 435; W. L. Yancey assignment, 408
--prison, 78, 162, 425
--relations with: F. W. Armstrong, 307; D. R. Atchison, 294; P. G. T. Beauregard, 383, 392, 400, 401, 408; A. T. Bledsoe, 169; M. L. Bonham, 69; B. Bragg, 86, 96, 304, 382; W. A. Broadwell, 380; E. C. Cabell, 190, 290-91; J. F. Callan, 35, 79; J. A. Campbell, 120, 140; A. E. Carroll, 65; S. A. Cartwright, 327; J. Chesnut, 386; C. C. Clay, 16; A. M. Clayton, 28; J. G. Cocks, 181; G. B. Crittenden, 381; J. J. Crittenden, 441; C. Cushing, 18; J. E. Davis, 203; T. F. Drayton, 93; J. W. Ellis, 227; S. W. Fisk, 128; B. Fitzpatrick, 13; S. G. French, 424; A. J. Gonzales, 360; J. Gorgas, 228; governors, 340; M. Gregg, 440; R. Griffith, 42; W. Hampton, 425; H. Heth, 107, 233, 435; F. Hodges, 225; G. W. Hughes, 98, 120; C. Huse, 378; A. Iverson, 13; C. F. Jackson, 294; E. Jackson, 103; A. S. Johnston, 330, 340; J. E. Johnston, vii, 61, 209, 239, 242, 276, 307, 340; W. P. Johnston, 130; G. W. Jones, 177; T. Jordan, 392; H. L. Kinney, 68; T. Lawson, 455, 457; R. E. Lee, 114-15; A. F. Leonard, 207; J. Letcher, 349; J. Longstreet, 307; W. S. Lovell, 177; S. R. Mallory, xlii, 13; A. D. Mann, 112-13, 396; F. Markoe, 120; R. Mills, 456; northern friends, 17, senators, 22; L. B. Northrop, 275, 276; W. N. Pendleton, 240; F. Pierce, 18; L. Polk, 174, 398; J. S. Preston, 392; S. Price, 189-90, 435; J. H. Reagan, 420; T. C. Reynolds, 191, 295; R. B. Rhett, Sr., 306; M. E. Roach, 133; J. A. Seddon, 115; E. K. Smith, 64; G. W. Smith, 324, 422; Z. Taylor, 455; G. Tochman, 368, 381; R. Toombs, 266; B. Tucker, 104, 309; E. Van Dorn, 306, 381; L. P. Walker, 72, 328, 334, 336, 341; H. C. Wayne, 221; L. T. Wigfall, 60, 307
--retirement: insurance company, 392, 425; Rise and Fall, 353
--secretary of war: annual report, 457; appointments, 13, 90, 91, 295, 435; Capitol extension, 456, 457; Cuba filibusters, 360; Executive Department buildings, 456-57; Indian affairs, 268; meets with T. F. Gaszynski, 84, D. W. Jobson, 352, T. F. Meagher, 378, officers, 457, C. Schurz, 120; Patent Office building, 456; Post Office building, 457; southern partisan, 156; subordinates recruited for CSA, 61; mentioned, 132
--Senate: American State Papers, 80; army bills, 10, 274; arrest rumored, 16; attends Miss. caucus, xxxix; Committee on Military Affairs, 13; Crimea commission reports, 80; election, 360-61; farewell address, vi, 18-22, 64-65, 169; fugitive slave case, 20- 21; Indian affairs, 268; McLane-Ocampo treaty, 77; meets with Ark. military board, xxxix, army officers, 455, J. Buchanan, xxxix; New England visit, 15, 310; Pacific Railroad debate, 6; patronage, 67, 91, 456; salary, 6; secession, 288; S.C. affairs, 5-10, 169; West Point commission, 18, 34; withdrawal, 6, 14-19, 64-65

Davis, Joseph Emory (brother) (sketch, 1:19): Ark. lands, 425; Brierfield affairs, 379, 440; Davis and, 40, 203; described, 42; flees Davis Bend, 54; health, 178; slave government, 3; travels to Richmond, 205, 253, 422; L to, 203-204; Ls from, 3-4, 253, cited, 4, 55, 441; mentioned, 34, 128, 136, 257, 309, 455
Davis, Joseph Evan (son) (sketch, 6:250), 334, 352
Davis, Joseph Robert (nephew) (sketch, 6:265): assignments, 205; Davis' aide, 205, 258, 313, 361, 381, 412; at Manassas, 258; praised, 204; travels with Davis, 177; L to, 14; L from, 67; mentioned, 40
Davis, Mary H., 116
Davis, Orlando: Ls from, 93, 108
Davis, Reuben (sketch, 3:194): withdraws from Congress, 15; Ls from, 116, 345, 394
Davis, Samuel Emory (father) (sketch, 1:8), 17, 44
Davis, Varina Howell (wife) (sketch, 2:53): accounts, 35; Davis' amanuensis, 15; described, 155, 205; describes White House, 204; gives Davis' papers, 254; hosts receptions, xl, 155; injured, 340; on A. T. Bledsoe book, 162, A. D. Mann, 113; praised, 129; "Queen Varina," 155; relations with M. B. Chesnut, 386, L. M. Johnston, 61, 340, F. Pierces, 18; travels to Montgomery, 54, Richmond, 181, 183; visits Pensacola, 170; Ls to, 40-41, 53-54, 259, 352; mentioned, 4, 63, 68, 116, 146, 178, 186, 204, 250, 324, 334, 376, 379, 435, 452, 455
Davis, W. G. M., 364
Davis, William Howell (son): birth of, xliii
Davis Bend, Miss., 4, 55, 176. See also Brierfield; Hurricane plantation
Day, Addison C., 373
Dayton, William L., 257
Deas, George: L from, 167; mentioned, 244
Deason, John B., 439
De Bow, J. D. B.: L from, 283
De Bow's Review, 74, 112
Decatur, Stephen, 363
Declaration of Independence: Davis on, 47; slavery and, 21
Declaration of Paris, 418
DeHaven, D., 178
De Havilland, John: L from, 388
Delafield, Richard, 88
Delaney, Robert: L from, 142
Delaware: support for CSA, 25, 278
De Leon, David C. (sketch, 6:272): L from, 240
De Leon, Edwin (sketch, 6:27): CSA propagandist, 374-76; resigns as U.S. consul, 7; L to, 6-7; L from, 374-76
Demere, John, 387
Democratic party, 9, 18, 177
Deneale, George E., 436
Dennison, William, 141
Department No. 1, 332
Department No. 2, 330. See also individual states; West
Desaix, Louis-Charles, 401
Desha, Benjamin: L from, 353
Dickinson, Alfred E.: L from, 211
Dickinson, Daniel S. (sketch, 4:54), 137
Dickson, Christopher R. (sketch, 54): Davis' messenger, 54; Davis praises, 128
Dickson, David (ident., 42)
Dickson, Letitia H. (sketch, 42), 41
Dilworth, William S., 366, 382
Dimmock, Charles, 228
Dobbin, James C. (sketch, 2:570), 456
Dobyns, T. J.: L from, 219
Dogwood Gap, Va., camp, 312
Donelson, Daniel S. (sketch, 248): appointment, 240, 241, 245; Davis on, 246
Dotson, Josephus, 271
Doubleday, Abner (sketch, 213), 212
Douglas, Stephen A. (sketch, 3:316): described, 169; support for, 126, 343; mentioned, 5
Douglass, Frederick, 111
Dover, Tenn., 191
Drayton, Thomas F. (sketch, 1:70): appointment, 361; F. W. Pickens on, 427; Ls from, 93, 348
Dred Scott case, 90, 141
Drew, Thomas S. (sketch, 5:87): L from, 219
Drummond, Thomas (ident., 136)
Dublin, Va., 191
Dublin (Ireland) Evening Mail, 421
Duggan, William: L from, 348
Dumfries, Va.: skirmish, 350; mentioned, 338, 423, 424
Duncan, D. G.: Ls from, 107, 128, 168
Duncan, John: L to, 405
Duncan, Johnson K., 386
Dunlop, James: L from, 341
Dunn, Ambrose C., 344
Dunn, William D., 354
Dunovant, Richard G. M., 166
Durrett, Reuben T., 420

E

Early, Jubal A., 191, 269
Eastern Shore, Va., 289, 350
East Tennessee: bridge burnings, 406, 410, 411, 437, 454; conditions, 218, 233, 351, 397, 399, 411, 448; CSA troops in, 230-31, 250, 410, 448; invasion of Va., 260; munitions supply, 216, 217, 237; patronage, 241; U.S. and, 217, 231, 281, 393; unionism, 218, 231, 233, 237, 242, 249, 260, 277, 282, 283, 287, 404, 411; volunteers, 163, 241. See also Tennessee
East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad, 252
Ector, Walton, 218, 219
Edgeworth, S. C.: L from, 355
Edisto Island, S.C., defenses, 71, 341
Edisto River, S.C., 71, 427
Edwards, Charles H.: L from, 69
Edwards, Weldon N.: L to, 196; L from, 436
Edward's Ferry, Va., 235
Elizabeth City County, Va., 431
Elkhorn Tavern, Ark., Battle of, 295, 306
Ellen; or, the Fanatic's Daughter, 69
Ellett, Henry T. (sketch, 2:299), 56, 59, 64
Ellis, John W. (sketch, 125): death, 127, 227, (Davis), 233; health, 125, 216; Ls to, 108, 109-10, 177, 180-81, 201; Ls from, 107, 109, 120-21, 123-25, 133-34, 143-44, 174, 178, 180-81, 188, 195
Ellsworth, Elmer, 179
Elmore, Edward C., 67
Elmore, John A., 56
Ely, Alfred, 421
Elzey, Arnold (sketch, 265): recommended, 393, 397; mentioned, 226, 264, 265
Emancipation Proclamation, 111, 283, 378
Emory, William H. (sketch, 2:662): L from, 57; mentioned, 14
Engineers, Corps of: appointments, 61, 196, 439; appropriations, 326; estimates, 153, 266; officers requested, 109-10, 331, 346, 424
England. See Great Britain
Estv;agan, Bela: Ls from, 195, 210
Etheridge, Emerson, 216
Etowah Iron Works, 193
Eubank, John L.: L from, 221
Eugenie, Empress, 378
Europe: loans, 81; recognition of CSA, 75, 84, 250, 355, 374-76, 421, 454; trade with, 82, 308, 309, 352, 374-75, 443. See also France; Great Britain; Spain
Eustis, George, 308
Evans, James A., 347
Evans, Nathan G. (sketch, 428): assignment, 432; praised, 373, 427, 439; recommended, 269
Evansport, Va.: commander, 438; defenses, 288, 296, 305, 320-21, 326, 333, 423, 424, 438
Evansville, Ind., 328
Eve, Philoclea E.: L from, 272
Ewell, Benjamin S., 339
Ewell, Richard S. (sketch, 339): assignment, 338; criticizes Davis, 339
Ewell, Thomas, 339
Exchange Hotel, 54, 283
Exeter Hall, 110

F

Fairburn, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl
Fairfax Court House, Va.: P. G. T. Beauregard's headquarters, 338, 401; conference at, 352, 360, 407; Davis speaks at, 354; strategy, 322, 352, 407, 408; U.S. advance, 249
Falling Waters, Va., 226
Falls Church, Va., 234, 338, 390
Faulkner, Charles J. (sketch, 5:98): arrested, 418; L from, 444
Fauntleroy, Thomas T.: assignment, 232; L from, 167
Fauntleroy, Thomas T., Jr., 167
Fayette County, Va., 191
Fayetteville Arsenal: captured, 120, 124, 134; production, 266, 281; threatened, 382; transferred to CSA, 174, 178, 195, 196; mentioned, 107, 159, 220
Fearn, John W. (sketch, 453), 451
Fentress County, Tenn., 397
Fergusson, James: interviews Davis, xl, 355
Fernandina, Fla.: defenses, 71, 142, 365; railroad, 366; threatened, 410, 437
Fessenden, William P., 39
Fewell, James: L from, 348
filibusters: Cuba, 306, 324, 360, 372; Nicaragua, 108, 319; mentioned, 68, 77
Finch, James M.: L from, 281
Finegan, Joseph, 422
Fingal (British), 411, 428
Fisher, Charles F., 275
Fisher, Miers W.: L from, 350
Fisk, Stuart W.: L from, 128
Fitzhugh, George: recommended, 196, (Davis), 355; L from, 355
Fitzpatrick, Alexander: L from, 186
Fitzpatrick, Benjamin (sketch, 13): travels with Davises, 27; visits Davis, xxxix; L with, 10-12
Flint Hill, Va., 322
Florida: defenses, 57, 71, 142, 182-83, 364-365, 382-83, 397, 422, 427; legislative resolution, 442; munitions needed, 57, 175-76, 372, 382, 422, 428; railroads, 366, 436; repudiation, 110; secession, 13; timber losses, 167
Florida troops: 1st Cavalry, 364; 2d Infantry, 387; 3d Infantry, 365, 366, 382; 4th Infantry, 366, 382; assignments, 123; at Apalachicola, 382-83; commanders, 366, 422, 382-83, 429; at Fort Taylor, 93; home guard, 365; organization, 364, 365, 437; at Santa Rosa Island, 382; volunteers, 364, 422
Floyd, John B. (sketch, 6:166): assignments, 192, 326; brigade organization, 193, 237; criticized, 192, 311, 404, 411- 12; Davis on, 344; horses of, 34, 79-80; injured, 341; operations, 271, 276-77, 284, 302, 344; relations with J. Letcher, 193, H. A. Wise, 309, 311, 345, 346; Ls to, 166, 191, 193, 201; Ls from, 167, 177, 191, 237, 241, 271, 276-77, 279, 280, 285-86, 310, 341, 344, 382; mentioned, 65, 115, 269, 436
Floyd, Richard F., 383, 422
Fogg, Mary R.: L from, 342
Fontaine, Charles D. (sketch, 2:91): Davis' agent, 404, 405, 411; L to, 405
Fontaine, Edmund: L from, 433; mentioned, 442
Foote, Henry S. (sketch, 2:83): on Davis, 121; mentioned, 142
Foote, Henry S., Jr.: L to, 133; Ls from, 121, 142
Ford, John S.: L from, 172
Forney, John H. (sketch, 232), 232
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 215, 403
Forshey, Caleb G.: L from, 67
Forsyth, A. B., Mrs.: L from, 443
Forsyth, Henry, 443
Forsyth, John (editor) (sketch, 78): on Mexico, 74-76; peace commissioner, 53, 87, 88, 91; Ls from, 74-76, 91; mentioned, 13, 56
Forsyth, John (senator), 78
Fort Arbuckle, 152
Fort Barrancas, 87
Fort Bliss, 218
Fort Caswell: captured, 103, 107, 123-24, 134; munitions, 279; mentioned, 453
Fort Clark, 107
Fort Clinch, 123
Fort Cobb, 163
Fort Donelson, 257, 306
Fort Fisher, 58
Fort Gaines, 102, 334, 371
Fort Hatteras, 279, 326, 336, 342. See also Hatteras Inlet, N.C.
Fort Henry, 328
Fort Jackson, 98
Fort Jefferson, 81, 87, 92, 93
Fort Johnson, 7, 24
Fort Johnston, 123, 134
Fort Lafayette, 13, 420
Fort Livingston, 98
Fort Lowry, 198
Fort McHenry, 137, 204
Fort Macon, 103, 123-24, 134
Fort McRae, 127
Fort McRee, 205, 229, 439
Fort Monroe: attack recommended, 105, 270, 373; A. Lincoln on, 137; threatened, 24, 143; U. S. troops at, 121, 137, 144, 244, 271, 373
Fort Morgan, 102, 372
Fort Moultrie: fortifications, 8, 24, 429; U.S. garrison, 7, 8, 11, 24, 101
Fort Pickens: B. Bragg on, 94-96, 170, 183, 229-30; CSA strategy, 43, 60, 110, 122, 139, 170; Davis on, 15, 58, 85-86, 175-76; U.S. fortifications, 182-83, 229-30, reinforcements, 78, 87, 92, 94, 95-96, 143, 229-30, 303, strategy, 24, 87, 88-89, 98. See also Pensacola, Fla.; Santa Rosa Island
Fort Pillow, 364, 398
Fort Pulaski, 147
Fort Riley, 6
Fort St. Philip, 98
Fort Smith, 167, 267
Fort Snelling, 447
Fort Sumter: attack urged, 38, 43, 45, 101; CSA strategy, 24, 60, 153, 427, 429; Davis and, vii, 10-12, 17, 57-58, 66, 74, 84, 85, 92, 102, 142; jurisdiction, 63; A. Lincoln and, 87, 88- 89, 100, 103, 122, 161; negotiations, 10-12, 26-27, 88-89; surrender, 102, 139, reaction to, 103, 107, 113, 120, 132, 141, 324, 330, 378; U.S. garrison, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 67-68, 70-71, 87, 88, 90-91, 92, 99, 101, 213
Fort Taylor, 81, 87, 92, 93
Fort Warren, 420
Fort Washita, 152, 163
Foster, John G., 99
Foster, Robert C., 249
Fowle, William H., 300
Fowlkes, Jeptha: Ls from, 351, 397
Fox, Gustavus V. (sketch, 100), 99-100
France: CSA agents in, 255-56, 374; cotton supplies, 38, 255, 374-75; Davis on soldiers of, 154; designs on La., 25; press on Davis, 421; recognition of CSA, 38, 84, 248, 256, 387-88, 395, 443, 450, 452; relations with CSA, 109, 255-56, 308, 327, 374, 376, 387, 449, 451, with U.S., 285, 308, 327, 375-76, 449; support for CSA, 256, 443
Franklin, Tenn., Battle of, 215, 232
Frederick, Md., 149
Fredericksburg, Va.: commander, 393; supplies, 297, 300, 428; troops at, 235, 260, 390, 426; mentioned, 213, 405, 424
free blacks. See blacks
Freestone Point, Va., skirmish, 349
Fremont, Jessie B., 111
Fremont, John C. (sketch, 111): Davis on, 434; Mo. commander, 291-93, 319, 435, 442; presidential candidate, 156; U.S. agent, 110
Fremont, Sewell L.: Ls from, 192, 201
French, Benjamin B. (sketch, 2:379), 456
French, Matilda R., 424
French, S. Bassett: Ls from, 227, 344-45; mentioned, 251
French, Samuel G. (sketch, 424): Va. defenses, 423; L to, 436; L from, 438
Front Royal, Va., Battle of, 194
Fry, Birkett D.: L from, 108
Frying Pan, Va., 234, 390
Fuentes, Carlos de: E by, 263
fugitive slaves. See slaves

G

Gaines, Edmund P. (sketch, 1:226), 455
Gallatin, James, 356
Galveston, Texas, 104, 123, 198
Galveston (CSA), 172
Gantt, Edward W.: L from, 180
Gardner, Franklin, 252, 334
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 69, 376
Garner, George G., 348, 357
Garnett, John J., 83
Garnett, M. R. H.: L from, 83
Garnett, Robert S. (sketch, 232): death, 240, 244, 385; defeat, 245, 252; operations, 240, 241, 250, 255, 385, 390-91; reinforcements needed, 232, 238; L from, 180
Garrett, John W.: L from, 102
Garrison, William Lloyd, 111
Garrott, Isham W., 201
Gartrell, Lucius J.: L from, 182; mentioned, 182, 192
Gaszynski, T. F.: Ls from, 84, 411-12
Gatewood, Wright: L from, 281
Gatlin, Richard C. (sketch, 1:352), 260, 287, 314, 346
Gauley River, Va., 277, 302, 310, 346
Gaw, R. P.: L from, 179
Gay, Edward J.: L from, 319
Gayle, George W.: L from, 175
General Rusk (U.S.), 81
Georgetown, D.C., defenses, 131, 407
Georgetown, S.C., defenses, 71-72
Georgia: Davis on, 43-44; defenses, 58, 64, 73, 123, 147, 216, 252, 341, 342, 344, 349, 397, 409, 425-26, 428; discontent, 409; munitions needed, 208, 216, 238, 250, 271, 288, 344, 409, production, 145-46, 179, supply, 181, 188, 192-194, 214, 429; railroads, 430, 436, 439; relations with S.C., 24, 27; secession, 13; slave rebellion feared, 123; supplies for CSA, 145, 253, 254, 260, 261
Georgia Military Institute, 194
Georgia troops: Bartow Artillery, 343-44; Border Rangers, 197; 1st Cavalry, 215; Cobb's Legion, 207; Columbus Artillery, 361; Davis Musketeers, 201; Floyd Sharpshooters, 215; Ga. Brigade, 316; Ga. Hussars, 296, 308; 1st Infantry, xliii, 147, 240, 281-82, 316; 2d Infantry, 206, 207, 316; 6th Infantry, 182, 196; 7th Infantry, 182, 192; 8th Infantry, 272, 437, 443; 9th Infantry, 202, 207, 226; 10th Infantry, 201; 11th Infantry, 221, 244; 12th Infantry, 193, 194, 221, 244, 255, 326; 13th Infantry, 218, 219; 14th Infantry, 193, 194; 15th Infantry, 316; 17th Infantry, 287, 317; 20th Infantry, 215, 316; 21st Infantry, 215; 38th Infantry, 356; 60th Infantry, 343-44; 66th Infantry, 215; Jeff Davis artillery, 387; Phillips' Brigade/Legion, 216, 219, 221, 224, 230, 234, 237, 241-42, 244, 271-72, 285, 287; State Troops, 8th Regiment, 288; Toombs's Brigade, 316-17; Troup Artillery, 207; arms, 181, 193-94, 195, 214-15, 296, 302, 308; chief engineer, 372; conflict over, 195, 224, 230, 234, 237, 241- 42, 244, 271-72; Davis requests, 180, 220, 234, 271-72, 288; general wanted, 182; at Pensacola, 96, 97, 171; requested for Tenn., 191, 342-43, 410; training, 278, 288, 344; in Va., 109, 181-83, 186, 192, 194, 197, 201, 206, 207, 208, 218, 221, 224, 250, 255, 271, 272, 285, 287, 308, 346, 409; volunteers, 64, 238, 250, 356, (twelve-month), 181, 182, 361, 437-38
Getty, William F.: L from, 121
Gettysburg, Pa.: Battle of, 213, 339, 435; U.S. forces at, 150
Gibboney, William, 35
Gibbs, Quesney D.: L from, 320
Gibson, Randall Lee, 332
Giddings, Joshua (sketch, 4:274), 118
Gifford, A. T. D., 309, 352
Gill, Washington, 250
Gist, States Rights (sketch, 232): Davis' emissary, 223, 231, 243; L from, 207
Gist, William H., 232
Gleaves, Robert, 192
Glen Cove (CSA), 147
Glenn, David C. (sketch, 2:301), 144
Godbold, James D., 381
Godwin, David R. (sketch, 332): confers with Davis, 332; mentioned, 327, 330, 331
Godwin, Parke, 327
Goldsboro, N.C.: Davis visits, 179; recruiting station, 124
Goliad, Texas, 394
Gonzales, Ambrosio J. (sketch, 5:54): Davis reprimands, 360-61; Ls to, 152, 360-61; Ls from, 171, 341, 342
Goodman, M.: Ls from, 210, 269
Goodman, Walter (sketch, 28): Ls from, 178, 347; mentioned, 27
Goodson, Va., 163
Gordonsville, Va.: Davis speaks at, 261; mentioned, 392
Gorgas, Josiah (sketch, 228): arms distribution, 227-28, 284, manufacture, 282, 349, requests, 233, 279, 280, 319-20, 322, 363, 380; criticized, 322; L to, 319-20; mentioned, 159, 202, 326
Gorman, John: L from, 244
Gosport Navy Yard. See Norfolk Navy Yard
Graham, Albert G.: Ls from, 163, 411
Graham, William A., 279
Grand Junction, Tenn.: Davis visits, 43; mentioned, 144, 439
Grandeward, Nelson (slave) (ident., 4), 3
Grant, Ulysses S., 307, 328, 402
Grant's Pass, Ala., defenses, 102
Grantville, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl
Grattan, Thomas C. (sketch, 453), 450
Graves, James R.: L to, 444
Graves, T. A., 98
Gray, George F., 82
Grayson, John B., 313, 364, 366, 437
Great Britain: antislavery sentiment, 111, 154; arms shipments, 156, 169; blockade, 38, 105, 255, 375-76, 395, 443, 449; cotton supply, 84, 255, 355, 374-75, 395; Davis on, 9, 154, 454; loan to CSA, 81, 82; Mexican War, 455; press discussed, 375, 395-96; recognition of CSA, 42, 81, 84, 104-105, 110, 154, 256, 377, 388, 443; relations with CSA, 43, 110-11, 308, 327, 348, 355, 374-76, 395-96, 449-52, Mexico, 75, U.S., 25, 81, 103, 256, 285, 377, 395, 443, 449-52, 454; support for CSA, 81, 244, 256, 308, 341, 395; tariffs, 81, 134, 377; Trent affair, 430, 441, 451, 454
Greeley, Horace, 147
Green, Allen J., Jr. (sketch, 73), 71
Greenbrier County, Va.: threatened, 196, 436; L from citizens, 436
Greenbrier River, Va., 439
Greensboro, N.C.: Davis visits, 183; railroad, 415, 430, 442
Greenville, Mo., 294, 295
Greer, Elkanah B. (sketch, 269), 267, 356
Gregg, Maxcy (sketch, 73), 71, 440
Gregory, Sir William H. (sketch, 111), 81, 110
Grenada, Miss., 328
Griffith, L. A.: L from, 195
Griffith, Richard (sketch, 3:38): appointment, 81, 83, 276; Davis praises, 261; Ls from, 81, 83, 128; mentioned, 40
Grivot, Maurice, 331
Grouchy, Emmanuel de, 400
guerrillas: border states, 172; CSA, 154; Davis on, 201; Md., 121, 150; Mo., 188; Va., 233, 301
Gum Spring, Va., 234
Guthrie, James (sketch, 5:71), 249, 457
Guyandotte, Va., 210
Guyandotte River, Va., 253
Gwin, William M. (sketch, 2:105): L from, 66
Gwynn, Walter, 224

H

habeas corpus: Davis on, 184, 203, 253, 416; suspension requested, 68
Hadley, Thomas B. J.: Ls from, 93-94, 361
Hagerstown, Md., 212
Hairston, Peter W., 208
Hale, John P. (sketch, 4:62), 23, 360
Halleck, Henry W., 435
Hamburg, S.C., 103
Hamer, Mary Mitchell (grandniece) (sketch, 3:56): visits Davises, 205
Hamilton, Alexander (sketch, 3:267): L from, 43
Hamilton, Algernon S. (sketch, 215), 215
Hammond, Edward S.: E by, 179
Hammond, F. G.: L from, 313
Hammond, James H.: L from, 179
Hampshire County, Va.: threatened, 353-54, 386-87; L from citizens, 354
Hampton, George W.: L from, 320
Hampton, Wade (sketch, 424): appointment, 310; assignment, 249, 251, 381; Davis and, xlii, 113, 424; L from, 156
Hampton, Va., 180
Hampton Roads, Va., 90, 183, 410, 430
Hampton's Legion. See South Carolina troops
Hancock, John, 142
Hancock, John A. G.: L from, 103
Hanover, Va., 198
Hardee, William J.: Infantry Tactics, 206; Mobile defenses, 102; operations in Ark. and Mo., 223, 289-291, 293, 309, 329; writes for Davis, 61; mentioned, 214, 249
Hardy County, Va.: threatened, 353-54, 386-87; Ls from citizens, 334, 353-54
Hare, D. O. (ident., 36), 35
Harman, George, 309
Harman, Henry: L from, 309
Harman, John, 309
Harman, Michael G.: L to, 344; Ls from, 240-242, 244, 245, 250, 255, 269, 270, 344, 346, 373
Harney, William S. (sketch, 1:200), 188-89
Harpers Ferry, Va.: captured by CSA, 108, 113, 116, 275; defenses, 131, 201; evacuated, 256; railroads, 131, 430; U.S. operations, 121, 150, 168, 197, 199-200, 256, 273-74, 358; mentioned, 162, 167, 183, 192, 209
Harpers Ferry Armory: machinery, 174, 177, 179, 186, 195, 224, 281; transferred to CSA, 186, 221, 227-28, 237-38
Harrell, John L.: L from, 411
Harris, David B. (sketch, 322), 321
Harris, Eleazar: L from, 351
Harris, Isham G. (sketch, 159): appointments, 240-41, 245-47, 257; Davis on, 159, 245-48; Ky. policy, 325, 337, 342; Ls to, 242, 245-48, 339; Ls from, 110, 169, 208, 210, 219, 240-41, 250, 255, 325, 339, 357, 411; Es by, 231, 388; mentioned, 189, 196, 218, 373
Harris, Wiley P. (sketch, 434): L to, 433-34; Ls from, 83-84, 144, 233, 351
Harris, William A., 441
Harrisburg, Pa., 150
Harrison, Edmund S., 54
Harrison, G. D.: L from, 121
Harrison, James E., 167
Harrison, James O., 217
Hart, Simeon, 310
Hartstene, Henry J. (sketch, 73): Davis meets, 71, 74; Fort Sumter visit, 99
Harvie, Edwin J., 68, 354
Harvie, Lewis E.: E by, 422
Haslewood, Edward: Ls from, 81, 82, 134
Hatch, Francis H. (sketch, 6:6): Ls from, 101, 108-109, 110, 327; mentioned, 62
Hatteras Inlet, N.C.: defenses, 123; U.S. seizes, 223, 313, 314, 357, 441. See also Fort Hatteras
Havana, Cuba, 263, 393, 421
Hawkins, George S.: L from, 123
Haymarket, Va., 390
Haymond, Thomas S., 152
Hayne, Andrew P.: L from, 278
Hayne, Isaac W. (sketch, 12): L to, 10-12; Ls from, 15, 45; mentioned, 99
Haynes, Landon C.: L from, 404; mentioned, 210, 219
Haynes, William H., 236
Hazard, Augustus G., 57
Hebert, Louis, 97
Hebert, Paul O.: La. defenses, 141, 167; L from, 283; mentioned, 56
Helena, Ark., 136
Helm, Ben Hardin, 157
Helm, John L., 341
Hemphill, John (sketch, 6:373): L with, 10-12; mentioned, 56, 62
Henderson, John (sketch, 275), 273
Henry, George G.: Ls from, 156, 217-18
Henry, Gustavus A. (sketch, 1:24): L from, 342; E by, 437
Henry, John K.: L from, 144
Henry Hill, Va.: Davis visits, 258
Herbert, Philemon T.: L from, 167
Herbert Manton (U.S.), 236
Herbig, John: L from, 280
Heriot, Catherine B.: L from, 277
Hessee, Julius (ident., 372)
Heth, Henry (sketch, 435): Davis and, 233, 271; Davis on, 107, 434; Mo. assignment, 434; on Davis and J. E. Johnston, 340; in Va., 233, 286; Ls from, 107, 233
Hickman, Ky., 325, 328, 330
Hicks, Thomas H. (sketch, 119): criticized, 117, 149; mentioned, 179
Hill, Ambrose P.: L from, 66; mentioned, 115, 209, 435
Hill, Daniel H.: on Manassas pursuit, 386; recommended, 66, 67, 81, 84, 381
Hill, William R.: L from, 81
Hindman, Thomas C. (sketch, 447): L from, 101; mentioned, 68, 81, 445
Hinds, Howell (sketch, 6:52): L from, 422
Hodges, ----, 225
Hodges, Fleming: L from, 225
Holland, Daniel P., 382
Hollingsworth, S. P.: L from, 171
Hollins, George N. (sketch, 363): at New Orleans, 362; L from, 327
Holly Springs, Miss.: Davis speaks at, xl; mentioned, 5
Holman, William H., 280
Holmes, Theophilus H. (sketch, 1:351): Evansport defenses, 288, 296, 423; Manassas support, 235, 250, 384, 426; operations, 260, 271, 322, 368, 390; Ls from, 314, 425; mentioned, 107, 326, 369
Holmes County, Miss., volunteers, 172
Holston River bridge, 406
Holt, Joseph (sketch, 2:93): L to, 16; mentioned, 63, 100, 217
Hood, John Bell, 62, 249, 265
Hooper, Johnson J. (sketch, 54): L from, 286; mentioned, 54
Hopkins, C. B.: L from, 196
Hopkins, Edward, 364, 382
Housewright, Samuel L.: L from, 156
Houston, Sam (sketch, 4:75), 68, 82, 91, 207
Houston, Texas, aid society, 361
Howard, Charles: L from, 91
Howard, James, 91
Howard, John E., 91
Howard, Richard A., 288
Howell, Becket K. (brother-in-law) (sketch, 5:42): L from, 63
Howell, Margaret G. See Stoess, Margaret Howell
Howell, William B. (father-in-law) (sketch, 2:124): employment, 302; Ls from, 208, 211, 443; mentioned, 334, 448
Howell, William F. (brother-in-law) (sketch, 2:332): Ls from, 101, 110
Howells, J. Oscar: L from, 448
Hubbard, David (sketch, 6:272), 69, 267
Hudgins, Albert G., 286
Hudson, Thomas J.: Davis recommends, 192; L from, 192
Huger, Benjamin (sketch, 119): Davis praises, 336; resignation, 117; Va. defenses, 205, 336, 339; L to, 440; L from, 437-38; E by, 430
Hughes, George W. (sketch, 119): criticized, 117; L to, 98; Ls from, 83, 286
Hughes, Henry, 442-43
Hughes, Maxcy G., 286
Hulbert, Henry T., 210
Hull, George W., 308
Humphreys, Andrew A. (sketch, 6:95): L from, 57; mentioned, 60, 91
Humphreys, Benjamin G.: L from, 171
Humphreys, Frederick C., 220
Humphreys, William C.: L from, 437
Humphries, D. Campbell, 334
Hunt, Theodore G., 192
Hunt, Thomas W.: L from, 383
Hunter, James, 358
Hunter, R. M. T. (sketch, 5:5): appointment, 163, 178, 266; fiscal views, 60, 233; Ls from, 148, 198, 342, 365; mentioned, 151, 155, 193, 278, 349, 358, 450
Huntersville, Va., 255
Hunton, Eppa (sketch, 235), 201, 234
Huntress, CSS, 254
Huntsville, CSS, 129
Hurlbert, William H., 214
Hurricane Island, Miss.: described, 4; mentioned, 3, 41
Hurricane plantation (described, 1:247): census, 309; conditions, 3, 135.
Huse, Caleb (sketch, 378): confers with Davis, xl; arrives in England, 375
Hutcheson, John D.: L from, 348
Hutchings, William H.: Ls from, 81, 172
Huttonsville, Va., 240, 241, 255
Hyams, Samuel M., 182
Hyde County, N.C., 123-24

I

Ihrie, George P., 3, 5
Illinois: invasion proposed, 171
Illinois Central Railroad, 159
Illinois troops: 20th Infantry, 295; 27th Infantry, 403; prisoners, 292
Indiana: invasion proposed, 171; support for CSA, 10
Indian Affairs, Bureau of: commissioner, 69, 267; established, 68, 69, 136; estimates, 278
Indian Affairs, Committee on, 52
Indianola, Texas, defenses, 107
Indians: CSA and, 51, 169, 236, 267, 438, 443; in N. M., 67; support for CSA, 52, 167, 173, 182, 267; U.S. and, 67, 104, 188. See also specific tribes
Indian troops: 1st and 2d Cherokee Mounted Rifles, 268; 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles, 267, 271; 1st Creek Cavalry Battalion, 268; 1st Creek Infantry, 268; 1st Seminole Infantry, 268; command of, 267, 271
Ingraham, Duncan N. (sketch, 72), 70, 95
Ingraham, Henry L., 72
Ingraham, John H., 72
inventions: airship, 163; ammunition, 166, 195, 207, 309; artillery and cannon, 45, 84, 206, 217, 224, 343; battlefield vehicles, 202, 343; bridge, 84; buoys, 373; clothing, 279, 348; code, 237; incendiary devices, 304, 397; photography, 269; portable breastworks, 195; vessels, 173, 333; weaponry, 84, 200, 207, 260, 350
Ireland: support for CSA, 375
ironclads, 135, 252, 356
Ironton, Mo., 293
Isabel (CSA), 106
Island No. 10, 164
Iverson, Alfred (sketch, 13): L with, 10-12
Iverson, Alfred, Jr., 13

J

Jackson, Alexander M.: L from, 93
Jackson, Andrew, 20, 248
Jackson, Claiborne F. (sketch, 190): criticized, 189, 291; Davis and, 293, 294, 295, 373, 434-35; discussed, 188-89, 289-93; military operations, 206, 220, 283, 285, 293, 434-35; support for CSA, 210, 291, 448-49; Ls to, 116-17, 443; Ls from, 107, 283, 356, 448-49; mentioned, 224, 230, 301
Jackson, Edward: L from, 103
Jackson, Henry R.: commission, 192; criticized, 350; operations, 244, 255, 350, 365; recommended, 182, 187-88; L from, 350; mentioned, 373
Jackson, James S. (sketch, 447), 445
Jackson, Thomas J. (sketch, 226): Manassas report, 275; staff, 209, 265, 323, 444; in Va., 225, 406; mentioned, 194, 322, 339
Jackson, Miss.: Davis speaks at, 38, 41, visits, 27, 40
Jackson, Tenn.: L from citizens, 121
Jackson, CSS, 252
Jackson Mississippian: on Davis, 310
Jackson Southern Reformer, 403
James Adger, USS, 396
James Island, S.C., 427
James River, Va.: defenses, 430; U.S. Navy operations, 349, 350
Jamestown, Tenn., 397, 404
Jamestown, CSS, 147
Jamison, David F., 26
Jefferson, Thomas: Davis quotes, 21
Jefferson County, Va., defenses, 350
Jefferson Davis (CSA), 223
Jerome Napoleon, Prince: supports CSA, 387; visits U.S. and CSA, 308, 377
Jett, Benjamin P.: L from, 144
Jobson, David W.: L from, 352
John's Island, S.C., 427
Johnson, Andrew (sketch, 2:472): Davis and, 3, 8, 9; and East Tenn., 216, 217, 218, 237, 397; mentioned, 283, 425
Johnson, Benjamin J., 275
Johnson, Bradley T., 188
Johnson, George W.: Ls from, 250, 448
Johnson, Herschel V.: L from, 408-10; mentioned, 56
Johnson, Reverdy (sketch, 3:312), 117, 137
Johnson, Richard H.: L from, 104
Johnson, Richard W. (sketch, 447), 445
Johnson, Robert W. (sketch, 5:4), 51, 308
Johnson, Samuel: L from, 394
Johnson, Thomas: L from, 443-44
Johnson, William C.: L from, 53
Johnson County, Ark., volunteers, 219
Johnston, Albert Sidney (sketch, 2:430): arrives in Richmond, 326, 330; assigned to West, 333, 337, 339, 341, 342-43, 345, 380, 398, 410-11, 444; calls for troops, 351, 357, 425; Davis and, 330, 340; Davis criticizes, 351; rank, 314, 335, 336; recommended, 292, 312-13, 320, 323, 329, 342; resigns from U.S. Army, 128, 330; staff, 62, 159, 448; trip from Calif., 128-29, 280-81, 330; Ls to, 337, 343, 346; Ls from, 342-43, 345, 441; mentioned, 214, 304, 408, 447
Johnston, James S.: L from, 277
Johnston, Joseph E. (sketch, 61): army organization, 274, 288-89, 305, 357, 360; army threatened, 242, 390; commended, 278, 309; Commissary problems, 296-99, 300; cooperation with P. G. T. Beauregard, 209-10, 212, 234, 250, 251, 254, 260, 263, 269, 337, 384-85, 400, 405-406, 426, R. S. Garnett, 390-91; correspondence with Davis, 275, 405, 411; criticized, 231-32, 257, 334-35, 337; Davis confers with, 258, 261, 306, 307, 352, 360, 407, criticizes, 257, plans to visit, 232, praises, 231, 254, 259, 262, 263, 354, reprimands, 340, 358; Evansport defenses, 296, 307, 319-20, 333; Fairfax conference, 407, position, 353; at Harpers Ferry, 192, 197, 199-200, 208-209, 257; health, 155; Jerome Napoleon visits, 377; at Manassas, 251, 258-60, 263, 264- 65, 272-73, 281, 304-306, 336, 358, 384-85, 400, 406; Manassas prisoners, 308, pursuit, 393-94; on volunteers, 273, 304-305; praises troops, 226; quartermaster general appointment, 340; rank, vii, 254, 314, 334-35, 336, 340; recommended for general- in-chief, 167; reinforcements for, 225, 231-32, 238, 282; relations with Beauregard, 316, 335, 337, 364, 369, Davis, 61, 115, 239, 307, 340; resigns from U.S. Army, 60; staff, 135, 226, 243, 306, 424, 453; strategy, 212-13, 225-26, 242-43, 264, 273- 74, 305, 321-22, 407, 423-24, (Davis on), 333, 406-407; strength of army, 214, 226, 384-85, 390, 406-407; urges Davis to command, 213, 305-306, 321, 335; Ls to, 144, 208-209, 231-32, 238-39, 254, 259, 271, 282, 295, 326, 327, 333, 337, 340, 344, 393-94, 405, 406-407, 421; Ls from, 14, 201, 212-13, 225-26, 242-43, 264-65, 272-74, 280, 286, 288-89, 296, 304-306, 320, 334-35, 336, 340, 346, 347-48, 407, 411, 423-24; mentioned, 14, 97, 132, 194, 195, 208, 209, 213, 265, 284, 306, 338, 358, 368, 369
Johnston, Lydia M. (sketch, 6:372): Davis and, 239, 271; V. Davis and, 61, 340
Johnston, Peter C.: L to, 218; L from, 217
Johnston, Samuel, 192
Johnston, Thomas: L from, 373
Johnston, William Preston (sketch, 130): Davises and, 129, 130; introduced, 108; recommended, 186; L from, 128-29
Joinville, Prince de, 375
Jomini, Baron Antoine Henri, 198
Jones, B. L.: L from, 319
Jones, Cornelia B.: L from, 220
Jones, Egbert J., 275
Jones, George W. (sketch, 1:317): L to, 16-17; Ls from, 169, 177
Jones, John B.: Ls from, 83, 365
Jones, Joseph, 220
Jones, Joseph P., 63
Jones, Nelson B.: L from, 224
Jones, Samuel (sketch, 198): messenger to Davis, 197, 199; promoted, 259; mentioned, 422
Jones, Thomas M. (sketch, 304)
Jones, William, 169
Jones, William A. B., 17
Jones, William C.: L from, 188
Jonesboro, Tenn., Union, 163
Jordan, Patrick (sketch, 80), 79
Jordan, Thomas (sketch, 392): Ls from, 259-60, 373, 382; mentioned, 214, 300, 389
Joseph, Thomas M.: L from, 123
Josselyn, Robert (sketch, 2:108): appointment, 55; E to, 330
Joynes, William T.: L from, 289
Juarez, Benito (sketch, 77), 75, 77
Justice Department: public printing, 143, 430

K

Kanawha valley, Va.: operations and strategy, 241, 271, 280, 284, 285-86, 302, 309, 311, 341, 344, 347, 382; railroads, 284, 433; unionism, 271, 310, 312; U.S. forces in, 191, 302, 327, 344, 347. See also Virginia
Kansas: CSA commander, 330; invaders from, 163, 167; spy company, 167; support for CSA, 173
Kansas River: Pacific Railroad terminus, 6
Keary, Helen Davis (niece), 367
Keaton, A. C.: Davis recommends, 456
Keitt, Laurence M.: on Davis' election, 37; L from, 8
Kennard, James L.: L from, 27
Kennard, James M., 27
Kenner, Duncan F.: on Davis' election, 37
Kentucky: campaign in, 218, 325-28, 342-43, 354, 372, 381, 397, 403, 414, 435, 444; conditions, 130, 188, 218, 237, 343, 413, 422; Davis on, 310, 313, 361, 413-14; Davis' proclamation, 343; munitions needed, 343, 352; neutrality, 172, 289, 325, 343, 413-14; politics, 108, 353, 445-46; railroads, 191, 442; recruiting in, 171, 210, 250, 320; relations with CSA, 50-51, 172, 289, 313, 325, 328, 330, 337, 339, 341-43, 413-14, 441, 445-46, 448, U.S., 138, 172, 289, 325, 337, 445-46; secession, 25, 50-51, 116, 118, 196; support for CSA, 116, 186, 250, 272, 328, 330, 341, 343, 352, 353, 422; unionism, 237, 260, 277, 342, 343, 388, 394, 411, 441, 445-46; U.S. troops in, 172, 289, 306, 310, 313, 325-26, 339, 342, 343, 344, 411, 413, 445-46, 448
Kentucky & Edgefield Railroad, 191
Kentucky Military Academy, 403
Kentucky troops: 2d Infantry, 350; 3d Infantry, 350; 4th Infantry, 350; 5th Infantry, 444; 2d Mounted Rifle Battalion, 443-44; commander, 350-51; spy company, 437; in U.S. Army, 445; volunteers, 104, 109, 272, 278; L to volunteers, 361; L from officers, 353
Kentucky v. Dennison, 141
Kercheval, Andrew W.: L from, 430
Kernstown, Va., Battle of, 275
Kerr, Richard C.: L from, 381-82
Keyworth, Robert W., 169
Kincheloe, W. W.: L from, 302
King, John: L from, 81
King, Preston (sketch, 2:405): exchange with, 8; mentioned, 39
Kingston, William A.: L from, 91
Kinney, Henry L.: L from, 68
Kinney, Somers, 172
Kinsley, J. D. Z. (sketch, 1:34), 173
Kirkland, William W.: L from, 237
Kirkpatrick, James W.: L from, 224
Knights of the Golden Circle, 87
Know-Nothingism, 375
Knowlton, Miner, 173
Knoxville, Tenn.: Davis speaks at, 27; mentioned, 217, 342
Kone, William W.: L from, 438
Kossuth, Louis, 98, 195, 210
Krupp, Frederich, 102
Kyle, Curren: L from, 68

L

Ladies Soldiers Aid Society, 348
Ladies Tennessee Hospital & Clothing Assn., 342
Lady Davis, CSS, 71
LaGrange, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl, 44
Lamar, L. Q. C., 15, 28, 186, 453
Lamar, Robert S.: L from, 367-68
Lamb, Francis (ident., 36), 35
Lane, James H. (sketch, 3:126), 167, 168
Lane, Joseph (sketch, 4:81), 91
Larmon, James: L from, 10
Laseter, James: L from, 345
Laurel Hill, Va., 245, 252
Lawson, Thomas: L to, 457; L from, 455
Lawton, Alexander R., 147
Lay, George W. (sketch, 135), 134, 288
Lea, Albert M.: L from, 64
Leadbetter, Danville: L from, 38
Leathers, Thomas P., 41
Lee, B. W.: L from, 211
Lee, Edwin G., 240
Lee, Fitzhugh: L to, cited, 61
Lee, Francis D.: L from, 196
Lee, G. W. C., 313
Lee, J. D., Mrs.: L from, 224
Lee, John, 133
Lee, John F., 60
Lee, Mary C., 161
Lee, Richard B. (sketch, 299): assignment, 220; at Manassas, 271, 296-98, 300; Ls from, 260, 269-70
Lee, Robert E. (sketch, 114): as advisor, 195, 202, 232, 239, 270; at Cheat Mountain, 344; commands Va. troops, 113, 116, 117, 121, 144, 155, 161, 168, 180, 214, 251, 271, 284, 311, 326, 334, 347; commended, 160, 163, 309, 347; confers with Davis, xli, 187, 386, 389-91, 401, 425-26; correspondence with Davis, 275; criticized, 160-61, 346, 427; on Manassas, 384, 389-91, 425-26, officer selection, 274, war, 161-62; rank, 314, 335, 336, 340; relations with Davis, 114-15, J. E. Johnston, 334-35, J. Longstreet, 307; resigns from U.S. Army, 113; at Sewell Mountain, 344, 347; as S.C. commander, 397, 410, 412, 427, 432; and H. A. Wise, 285-86, 312; Ls to, 163, 179, 251, 394; Ls from, 155, 425- 26; E to, 240; mentioned, 14, 61, 198, 240, 299, 369
Lee, Stephen Dill, 181, 241
Lee, Susan P.: Ls from, cited, 240
Lee, William H. (sketch, 2:30): L from, 148
Lee County, Va., 260
Leesburg, Va.: CSA troops at, 212, 234, 316, 322; U.S. forces and, 208, 210, 259, 338, 365, 392. See also Ball's Bluff, Va.
Lenahan, John: L from, 243
L'Engle, William J., 101
Lenoir, Tenn., defenses, 231
Leonard, Abraham F. (nephew-in-law) (sketch, 2:18): Davis on, 207; Ls from, 207, 430; mentioned, 205
Leonard, Caroline Davis (niece) (sketch, 2:18), 204, 205
Lerdo de Tejada, Miguel (sketch, 77), 75
Lerdo de Tejada, Sebastian (ident., 77), 78
Lesseps, Ferdinand de (sketch, 378), 376
Letcher, John (sketch, 126): conflict with J. B. Floyd, 193; criticized, 150, 160, 163, 172, 196, 219, 237; Davis and, xli, 182, 183, 308, 349; machinery for N.C. arms, 174, 177, 179, 186, 195; military aid requests from, 108, 109, 113, 124; on secession, 7; and state troops, 161, 186, 193, 219, 243, 244, 251; transfers property to CSA, 228, 237; Ls to, 108, 109, 115- 16, 168, 182, 186, 192, 193, 227-28, 336, 340, 347, 349, 442; Ls from, 109, 163, 167, 179, 183, 192, 196, 233, 270, 308, 339, 348, 406, 448; E by, 308; mentioned, 186, 202, 243, 260, 430, 432
letters of marque: authorized, 106, 108, 115, 142; requested, 124, 134; mentioned, 44
Levy, Jonas P.: L from, 453
Lewinsville, Va., skirmish, 338
Lewis, J. W.: L from, 410
Lewis, James E., 354
Lewis, Theodore: criticized, 263; L from, 83
Lewis (CSA), 438
Lewisburg, Va.: threatened, 252, 277, 286, 344; mentioned, 269, 280, 346
Lewis Cass (CSA), 102-103
Lexington, Miss., Holmes County Democrat, 397
Lexington, Mo., Battle at, 189, 413
Lexington, Va., Valley Star, 126
Library of Congress: Davis' loan record, 30-31
Lincoln, Abraham: advisors, 137; appointments, 60, 66, 118, 265; calls for troops, 7, 109, 114, 117, 127, 137-38, 142, 155, 226, 257; capture proposed, 102; Davis' L to, 233; Davis on, 17-18, 23, 84, 85-86, 184, 416; described, 88; election, 9, 38, 58, 81, 118, 120, 162, 169; Fort Pickens, 85-86, 88-89; Fort Sumter, 87, 88-89, 100, 103, 122, 161; habeas corpus, 184, 203, 253; inaugural address, 88, 139; Ky., 172; Md., 118-19, 120, 149- 50; negotiations with CSA, 36, 39, 51, 66, 67, 137; opposition to, 89, 356; piracy proclamation, 222; W. H. Seward and, 60, 81, 137; State of the Union message, 441, 445; and Supreme Court, 139; Trent affair, 449; U.S. Congress and, 211; Va., 160; L to, 221-22; mentioned, 34, 43, 62, 76, 119, 157, 160, 162, 242, 283, 294, 375, 376. See also United States
Lincoln, Thomas, 66
Lindsay, Andrew J. (sketch, 2:589): L from, 67
Lindsay, William S. (sketch, 377), 375
Little Rock True Democrat, 52
Lloyd, W. Alvin: Ls from, 252, 341
Logan, John B. I.: L from, 309
Lomax, Lunsford L., 346
London Herald: on British govt., 375, Davis, 421
London Index, 162
London Morning Star: on CSA, 375, 395
London Post: on Davis, 421, France, 375
London Times: correspondent, 91, 153-54, 256; on C. M. Clay, 376, CSA, 111, 256, 453, cotton, 375, Davis, 110, 112, 421, A. Lincoln message, 256, Morrill Tariff, 377
Longstreet, James (sketch, 307): assignment, 307; criticizes S. G. French, 424; praised, 305, 338; relations with Davis, xli, 307, R. E. Lee, 307; services offered, 58
Longstreet, William D.: L from, 58
Lookout Mountain, Tenn., defenses, 231
Loring, William W. (sketch, 265): criticized, 264; mentioned, 260, 269, 344
Loudoun County, Va., 201, 424
Louisiana: defenses, 141, 163, 182, 331, 342, 356, 448; finances, 244, 350; French designs on, 25; military board, 346- 47, 349; munitions imported, 144, 429, needed, 250-51, 284, 327, 362-63, 386, supply, 157-58, 164, 331-32, 342; railroads, 319, 332; secession, 3, 13; slave insurrection feared, 134, 448; support for CSA, 172, 178; transfers property to CSA, 157-58, 159, 164. See also New Orleans, La.
Louisiana, District of, 332
Louisiana Cotton Press, 127
Louisiana Purchase, 5, 25
Louisiana State University, 158
Louisiana troops: 1st Artillery, 386; 1st Heavy Artillery, 404; 1st Cavalry, 448; Crescent Rifles, 128; Governor's Guards, 332; 1st Infantry, 128; 4th Infantry, 5, 171- 72, 182; 5th Infantry, 182, 192; 6th Infantry, 182; 9th Infantry, 230, 236; 11th Infantry, 195, 402; 13th Infantry, 331, 332, 337; 14th Infantry, 332, 333, 343; 15th Infantry, 333, 343; 16th Infantry, 333, 337; "Jackson Regiment," 236; La. Brigade, 270; Polish Brigade, 179, 236, 279, 283, 333, 343, 368, 381; Shreveport Grays, 195; Sprague's company, 208, 211; Washington Artillery, xli, 158; Watson Battery, 402; Zouaves, 170, 176; Davis praises, 260; distribution, 97, 128, 191, 236, 346; ranger companies, 250-51; state troops, 135, 346, 363; strength, 135, 236; volunteers, 134, 157-58, 163, 236, 253, 331, 363; L from officers, 192
Louisville & Nashville Railroad: defenses, 191, 241, 248; U.S. troops on, 342
Louisville Courier, 420
Louisville Democrat, 445
Louisville Journal, 441, 445
Love, Robert O.: L from, 277
Lovell, Joseph, 324
Lovell, Mansfield (sketch, 324): criticized, 431-32; joins CSA, 323-24; New Orleans commander, 349, 355-56, 361, 362- 63, 379, 438; praised, 379; recommended, 202, 287-88, 350; L to, 361; Ls from, 68, 356, 362-63, 386; mentioned, 57, 176
Lovell, William S. (sketch, 176): assignments, 175, 386; Ls to and from, cited, 177
Lowe, E. Louis, 307
Lubbock, Thomas S.: Davis meets with, xli
Lunt, George (sketch, 15): L to, 14-15
Lynchburg, Va.: defenses, 115, 163, 327; volunteers, 162; mentioned, 392
Lyon, Nathaniel: Davis on, 294; Mo. operations, 219, 380; mentioned, 189, 190, 295, 420
Lyons, James: L to, 98, cited, 340; mentioned, 195
Lyons, Lord Richard B. P. (sketch, 106): Trent Affair, 451; mentioned, 105

M

McAfee, Madison (sketch, 2:83), 348
McBlair, Charles H.: L from, 386-87
McCall, James K., 104
McCardle, William H., Jr., 144
McClellan, George B.: commands Army of the Potomac, 264; Crimea commission report, 80; criticized, 370; R. S. Garnett's death, 240; J. E. Johnston on, 243, 264, 321; at Lewinsville, 338; operations, 232, 240, 243, 252, 264, 286, 301, 307, 316, 321, 338, 368, 385, 423; strategy against, 390-91; mentioned, 159, 270, 344, 381
McClernand, John A. (sketch, 6:344), 402, 404
McComas, William W., 191
McCormick, J. E., 217, 218
McCue, J. Marshall: L from, 309
McCulloch, Ben (sketch, 295): Ark. commander, 167, 168, 180, 200, 219; criticized, 320, 379: Davis on, 295; feuds with S. Price, 379, 435; Mo. operations, 223, 291, 295, 308, 329; purchases arms, 52, 100; L from, 308; mentioned, 218, 408
McCulloch, Henry, 295
McDonald, Angus W., 365
McDonald, John C., 279, 310
McDonald, Marshall (sketch, 323), 321, 323
McDowell, Irvin, 217, 233, 275, 419
McDowell, Va., Battle of, 194
Macfarland, James E., 308
McFerrin, John B.: L from, 172
McGarr, Edmund J.: Davis introduces, 441
McGregor, Nathaniel M. (ident., 36), 35
McKean, James B., 52
McKinney, Frank (slave) (ident., 4), 3
McLane, Robert M. (sketch, 3:313), 149
McLane-Ocampo treaty, 77
McLaughlin, Alexander R.: L from, 196
McLaws, Lafayette: L from, cited, 252
McLean, John (sketch, 3:326), 141
Maclin, Sackfield (sketch, 5:95), 85
McNaught, William, 127
McNaught Ormond & Co.: L from, 127
Macomac, Charles W. C.: L from, 98
Macon Armory, 228
McPherson, John D.: recruited for CSA, 61; L from, cited, 80
McRae, Alexander H. (sketch, 127), 125
McRae, Colin J.: Ls from, 107-108, 121, 354; mentioned, 438
MacRae, Donald G.: L from, 412
McRae, Duncan K. (sketch, 126): introduced, 120; recommended, 125; at Manassas, 249, 251
McRae, John J. (sketch, 4:253): L from, 439-40; L with, 8; mentioned, 15
McRae, CSS, 252
McRee, James F., Jr., 103
MacRee, Mary (sketch, 3:96), 101
McWillie, Adam (sketch, 3:195), 266
Macwillie, Marcus H.: L from, 218
McWillie, William (sketch, 5:15): L from, 91-92
Madison, James: Davis quotes, 9
Madison Parish, La.: convention election, 3; defenses, 134
Madrid Bend, Mo., 164
Magoffin, Beriah: criticized, 343; L to, 310; Ls from, 108, 157, 172, 289; mentioned, 325, 330
Magraw, William M. F.: L from, 5
Magruder, John Bankhead (sketch, 1:75): at Big Bethel, 419; European trips, 132; resigns from U.S. Army, 130; at Yorktown, 206, 232, 365, 431; Ls from, 130-32, 436, 440; mentioned, 304, 326, 341, 347, 349, 419
Mahan, Dennis Hart (sketch, 6:59): L from, 68; mentioned, 173
mail. See Post Office Department
Major, James P., 81
Major Barbour (British), 277
Mallory, Stephen R. (sketch, 13): appointed navy secretary, 56; as Davis' agent, 94; Fort Pickens truce, 87; Miss. River defenses, 270; New Orleans defenses, 364; on Davis, 13, 340, 421; relations with Davis, xlii, 170; Ls from, 63, 133, 252, 286, 302, 334; L with, 10-12; mentioned, 63, 70, 142, 144, 173, 175, 313, 366
Malvern Hill, Va., Battle of, 119
Manassas, Va.: P. G. T. Beauregard commands at, 186-87, 201-202, 234-35; CSA forces at, 187, 202, 209, 213, 249, 251, 260, 337, 368, 426; Davis at, 258, 265; Davis speaks at, 260, 351; defenses, 186-87, 322; food supplies, 269-70, 270-71, 274, 276, 280, 286, 296, 300-302, 304-305; railroad cars at, 344, 346, 347-48; rail service, 235, 249, 357, 365; U.S. advance, 179, 180, 208-209, 235, 249, 251; mentioned, 284, 381
Manassas, Battle of: artillery, 273; P. G. T. Beauregard's strategy, 383, 388-91, 394, 400-401, 405-406, 408, 422, 426; casualties, 261, 263, 266, 273, 348; cavalry, 428; compared to Napoleonic battles, 400; CSA defeat reported, 258; congressional resolutions, 278, 284, 301, 308, 384; Davis at, 251, 258-61, 273; Davis on, 259, 260, 261-63, 384-85; effects abroad, 308, 375, in U.S., 271, 316, 337; 8th Va. Infantry in, 235; 5th Brigade in, 235; flag confusion, 130; 4th S.C. Infantry in, 235-36; J. E. Johnston at, 251, 258-60, 263, 264-65, 272-73, 304-306, 336, 358, 384-85, 400, 406; monument to fallen, 348; munitions captured, 259, 262, 263, 265, 269, 271, 273, 284; N.C. troops in, 277; prisoners, 286, 301, 308; pursuit of enemy, 264- 65, 280, 407, 434, (Davis), 259, 261-62, 263, 276, 383, 385, 393- 94; reports, 259-60, 273, 275, 287, 439, by Beauregard, 383-85, 399-401, 406, 408, 422, 426; scouting, 264; strength of forces, 259, 384; victory praised, 263, 277, 278, 303; mentioned, 58, 97, 155, 198, 209, 226, 227, 232, 282, 322, 378, 386, 413, 421
Manassas, Battle of (1862), 98, 132, 213
Manassas Gap, Va., 390
Manassas Gap Railroad: threatened, 234-35, 239; mentioned, 199, 296, 392
Mandel, Lewis L.: L from, 312
Manly, Basil, 46
Mann, A. Dudley (sketch, 112): agent in Britain, 7, 110- 11, 256, 308, 395-96, 450; Davis and, 112; Ls from, 110-11, 308, 395-96; mentioned, 83, 286, 452
Manning, John L., 182
Mansfield, J. K. F. (sketch, 3:31), 225, 232
Manship, Charles H.: L from, 169
March, William J.: L from, 166
Marcy, William L. (sketch, 2:406), 112
Marietta, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl
Marine Corps, 133, 252
Markoe, Francis: appointment, 83, 98; Davis and, 120
Markoe, Francis, Jr.: L to, 84
Markoe, Sophie E.: L from, cited, 120
Marks, Samuel F. (sketch, 403), 402
Marquis de la Habana (CSA), 178
Marriott, James C.: L from, 10
Marsh, C. Carroll, 295
Marshall, Charles K., 101
Marshall, Francis J.: L from, 173
Marshall, Humphrey: Davis confers with, xliii; strength of forces, 444
Marshall, John (sketch, 2:291): L from, 200-201
martial law, 68, 118, 144, 319
Martin, Henry L.: Ls from, 217, 243; mentioned, 218, 286
Martin, Isaac (slave) (ident., 4), 3
Martin, James G., 285, 346
Martin, Jeremiah: L from, 68
Martin, John, 168
Martin, William T.: Davis introduces, 455
Martinsburg, Va.: U.S. troops at, 225, 242; mentioned, 316
Mary Crocker (British), 106
Maryland: conditions, 117, 121, 128, 131, 137-38, 148-50, 286, 387; Davis on, 98, 115-16, 178, 220, 335, 387; habeas corpus suspended, 420; relations with CSA, 108, 118, 128, 175, 387, 391, U.S., 117, 149-50, Va., 115-16, 148-51; secession, 10, 25, 83, 91, 98, 105-106, 117, 118, 121, 149-51, 178, 387; support for CSA, 91, 120, 121, 148-51, 286, 307, 387; unionism, 212; U.S. forces in, 212, 387; L to commissioners, 178. See also Baltimore, Md.
Maryland troops: 1st Light Artillery Regiment, 148; 1st Infantry, 243, 265; 53d Infantry, 119; Md. Battalion, 265; flag for, 220; volunteers, 119, 121, 149, 179, 227, 278-79
Mason, George, 81
Mason, James M. (sketch, 4:125): commissioner to Md., 115, 148-51; criticized, 430, 451; mission to Europe, 308, 356, 396, 425, 443, 451; resigns from U.S. Senate, 115; Trent affair, 417, 430, 449, 454; Ls from, 39, 67, 81, 84, 108, 113-14, 148-51, 356; mentioned, 60, 306
Mason's Hill, Va., 322, 338, 407
Massachusetts: Davis on, 21
Massachusetts troops: 6th and 8th Regiments, 140; Baltimore riot, 118; praised, 137
Mastin, Claudius H., 334
Matagorda Bay, Texas, defenses, 107
Matamoros, Mexico: source for supplies, 362, 439, 443; L from citizens, 172
Mathews, Mason: Ls from, 253, 345
Mathews, Thomas: L from, 302
Mattox, D. P.: L from, 430
Maury, Dabney H.: assignment, 243; L from, 435
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 152
Maxcy, Samuel B., 163
Maximilian I, 77, 248
May, Henry: Davis meets with, xli
May, Lewis: L from, 59
Maynadier, William: appointment, 276; L from, 64
Mayo, John T., 183
Mayo, Joseph, 286
Meade, William: L to, 397
Meadow Bluff, Va., 344, 346
Meagher, Thomas F. (sketch, 377), 375
Means, John H., 430
Meares, Gaston, 346
measles, 230, 286, 302, 312, 316
Medical Department: criticized, 240, 295, 304-305, 320, 323, 430, 436; Davis on, 287-88, 301; estimates, 266, 278, 280, 326; examining boards, 166, 301, 367; free blacks in, 272; medicines, 69, 142; officers' status, 367, 442; regulations, 302, 349; Tenn. needs, 342; mentioned, 136
Meigs, Montgomery C. (sketch, 5:19): L to, 457
Melton, Samuel W., 355, 381
Memminger, Christopher G.: appointed treasury secretary, 56; chairs Constitution committee, 50; Davis meets with, xlii; L to, 83; Ls from, 82, 113, 144, 179, 217, 350; mentioned, 62, 294, 299-300, 315. See also Treasury Department
Memphis, Tenn.: defenses, 108, 117, 134-35, 136, 168, 183, 210, 256; threatened, 121, 168, 197, 210, 329, 343; trade interdicted, 383, 394; Ls from Chamber of Commerce, 383, Committee of Safety, 323; mentioned, 342, 439
Memphis & Charleston Railroad, 168
Memphis Appeal, 392
Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad, 191, 320
Mercer, John T., 215
Mercer, Samuel (sketch, 223), 221
Meridian, Miss.: railroad, 430, 439, 442; telegraph, 438; mentioned, 327
Merrimack, USS, 252, 430
Merryman, John, 185, 203
Mesilla valley, N.M., defenses, 188
Mexican Boundary Commission, 3
Mexican Gulf Railroad, 431-32
Mexican War: Davis on, 245, 359, 455; history of, 429; Z. Taylor on, 455; Texas Rangers in, 295, 380; veterans, 4, 42, 56, 61, 66, 72, 74, 78, 84, 90, 93, 97, 101, 108, 119, 135, 172, 189, 190, 198, 205, 209, 211, 213-215, 226, 227, 232, 247, 249, 256, 257, 261, 265, 269, 295, 306, 339, 372, 403, 404, 424, 429, 435, 447, 448; mentioned, 75, 158, 455. See also Davis, Jefferson-- Mexican War; Mississippi Regiment, 1st
Mexico: abolition of slavery, 75; arms from, 236, 263, 302, 371; CSA exiles in, 190, 380; relations with CSA, 44, 75-76, 263, 302, 362, 394, Great Britain, 75, Texas, 91, 141, 362, U.S., 74-75, 134; Spanish designs on, 388
Michigan: repudiation, 112; support for South, 9
Middle Tennessee: defenses, 347; patronage, 241
Miles, William Porcher (sketch, 288): P. G. T. Beauregard and, 275-76, 279-80, 288; Davis' election, 37, 56; Ls to, 68, 69, 287-88, 313; L from, 69; mentioned, 111
Miles, William R.: Davis on, 253; L from, 253
Military Affairs, Committee on, 66, 279, 287-88, 295-96
Millborough, Va.: railroad cars at, 344, 346, 347, 348; reinforcements needed, 344
Milledgeville, Ga., 146, 403
Miller, Andrew G., Jr.: L from, 45
Miller, C. C., 236
Miller, Henry C.: L to, 193
Miller, Horace H. (sketch, 3:131): L from, 91
Milligan, James F.: L from, 444
Mills, Madison: L from, 82
Mills, Robert (sketch, 4:93): Ls from, 456-57; mentioned, 204
Mill Springs, Ky., Battle of, 249
Milton, John: Ls from, 123, 364, 382-83, 422, 437; mentioned, 366
Minnesota, USS, 208
Minter, Joseph F., 68
Mississippi: coastal defenses, 148, 172, 224, 276, 438, 439-40; CSA and, 145, 330, 348; congressional caucus, xxxix; courts, 142, 173; Davis' devotion to, 9, 38, 68; 1861 election, 394; gunboat construction, 440; Levee Board, 91; martial spirit, 98, 238, 276, 329, 351; munitions, 3, 5, 154, 158, 218, 238, 276, 313, 329, 383; railroads, 28, 430, 439, 442; ratifies Constitution, 82, 83; repudiation, 81, 82, 110, 134; secession, 5, 6, 8, 13-17, 18-19, 28; slave insurrection feared, 134, 171; threatened, 329; unionism, 5, 394
Mississippi, University of, 28, 144, 162
Mississippi Central Railroad, 28, 347
Mississippi City, Miss., defenses, 172
Mississippi Regiment, 1st (Mexican War), 4, 38, 58, 67, 97, 102, 103, 170, 172, 205, 211, 269, 455. See also Davis, Jefferson--Mexican War
Mississippi rifles, 220, 281
Mississippi River: defenses, 134-35, 164, 167, 168, 178, 252, 256, 260, 270, 291-92, 312-13, 345, 444, (Davis), 117, 174, 195, 411; schemes to flood, 59, 171; sequestered lands, 442; signal system, 355; survey, 91; threatened, 98, 121, 135, 172, 180, 202, 210, 270, 319, 329, 342; trade interdicted, 383, 394
"Mississippi Society," 59
Mississippi troops: Adams Troops, 353; Blythe's regiment, 402; 1st and 2d Brigades, 345; 1st Cavalry, 422; Hamer Rifles, 169-70; Hurricane Rifle Company, 207; 3d Infantry, 438, 439-40; 10th Infantry, 205; 12th Infantry, 54, 261, 442-43; 13th Infantry, 251, 357; 16th Infantry, 353; 18th Infantry, 170, 172, 266, 269, 354; 20th Infantry, 284, 430-31; 21st Infantry, 181, 207, 217; 22d Infantry, 444; 27th Infantry, 304; 44th Infantry, 402; Jeff Davis Guards, 181, Natchez Quitman Light Artillery, 176; Warren Greys, 245; arms, 208, 238, 284, 313, 327, 345, 383; artillery, 309, 313, 327; cavalry, 327; commanders, 116, 306, 345, 381; Davis addresses, 351, commands, 7, 27, 29, 38, 64; Davis on, 83-84, 238, 313, 342, 381, 443; in Fla., 96, 97, 345; home guard, 171, 347; in Ky., 345, 425, 438, 439, 444; at Manassas, 249, 261, 382; praised, 83-84; state troops, 107, 144, 277; strength, 327, 351; in Tenn., 172, 191, 231, 284; in Va., 181, 245, 269, 313, 381-82; volunteers, 83-84, 98, 116, 145, 148, 171, 172, 205, 211, 231, 381-82, 441, (twelve-month), 171, 177- 78, 327, 351, 383; Ls from officers, 357, 430-31
Missouri: appropriation for, 272, 279, 283, 290, 301, 380; Ark. and, 208; conditions, 152, 188-89, 219-20, 223-24, 293, 308, 319, 320, 356, 408; CSA and, 50-51, 188-89, 206, 211, 223- 24, 241, 276, 285, 289-93, 308, 318, 319, 330, 356, 373, 379, 381, 433-34, 436, 442, 448-49; Davis and, xliii, 224, 294, 301, 308, 318, 373, 413, 433-34, 442; politics, 82, 188-89, 289-91; secession, 25, 103, 107, 117, 152, 173, 191, 210, 219, 289, 356, 429; support for CSA, 82, 188, 191, 220, 223, 272, 289, 290, 294, 408, 448-49; unionism, 289, 294; U.S. and, 130, 191, 219-20, 329, 408, 441
Missouri Compromise, 90
Missouri troops: call for, 188-89; commanders, 285, 294, 308, 433-34; strength, 290; transferred to CSA, 103, 223, 230, 278-79, 290, 301, 433-34, 437, 442, 443-44, 448; volunteers, 152, 219-20
Miszaros, Emeric de: L from, 98
Mitchell, ----, 210
Mitchell, Charles J. (sketch, 2:8): visits Davises, 205, 253; L from, 134-35; mentioned, 3, 128, 455
Mitchell, Joseph D. (grandnephew) (sketch, 3:98), 205, 286
Mitchell, Joseph F., 307
Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth. See Hamer, Mary Mitchell
Mitchell's Ford, Va., 234, 250
Mobile, Ala.: conditions, 357, 370-71, 438; defenses, 102, 136, 217-18, 336, 342, 354, 363, 370-71, 386
Mobile & Great Northern Railroad, 354
Mobile Mercury, 156
Mobile Register, 78
Mohl, Frederick: recommended, 93-94, 361; L from, 250
Monroe, Thomas B.: L from, 422
Montague, Robert L., 152
Monterey, Va.: pony express, 244, 269, 344; retreat to, 242; threatened, 255, 373
Monterrey, Mexico, Battle of, 455
Montgomery, ----, 163
Montgomery, Isaiah T.: on Davis, 41
Montgomery, James: Davis quotes, 185
Montgomery, Joseph E., 444
Montgomery, Joseph T.: requests arms, 220-21, 224; L from, 387
Montgomery, Ala.: convention, 13, 24-25, 27-28, 35; CSA leaves, 177, 183; Davis describes, 54, is serenaded, 140, speaks at, 45-50, 68, travels to, 40, 54, 193; inaugural ceremonies, 45, 53-54; reception for Davis, xl; White House, xl, 54, 155, 183
Montgomery Advertiser, 354
Montgomery & West Point Railroad, 202, 436
Montgomery Mail, 54
Moore, Andrew B.: L from, 252
Moore, John F.: L from, 431
Moore, Patrick T., 422
Moore, R.: L from, 319
Moore, Robert L., 455
Moore, Samuel P., 56
Moore, Thomas O. (sketch, 333): calls for troops, 135; criticized, 342; New Orleans defenses, 101, 347, 364; on Davis, 158, D. E. Twiggs, 331; Ls to, 109, 164, 337, 349; Ls from, 68, 102, 104, 109, 116, 127, 133, 141, 144, 156, 157-58, 163, 182, 202, 236, 327, 330, 331-32, 346-47, 351; mentioned, 327
Moore, William F., 406
Moorefield, Va., 354
Mordecai, Alfred (sketch, 5:41): Crimea commission report, 80; Davis recruits, 61
Morehead, Charles S., 420
Morgan, J. Pierpont, 112
Morgan, John Hunt: L from, 104
Morgan, Thomas C.: L from, 281
Morny, Comte de, 256
Morrill Tariff, 81, 139, 375
Morris, Thomas A., 240
Morris Island, S.C., defenses, 7, 99
Morrison, James J. (sketch, 215), 215
Morse, E. Warren: L from, 68
Morse, George W.: L from, 67
Morton, Jackson (sketch, 4:125): L from, 36
Morton, Thomas C.: L from, 236
Mott, Christopher H. (sketch, 3:149), 84
Mound City, Ark., 74
Mudd, Ignatius (sketch, 4:93), 456
Mulberry Gap, Tenn., defenses, 276
Munford, George W.: L to, 244; Ls from, 116, 182, 237-38, 243-44
munitions: blockade-running for, 348, 411, 428; captured at Manassas, 259, 262, 263, 265, 269, 271, 273, 284, on Salvor, 382, by U.S., 371; contracts, 266; Davis on, 56-57, 117, 196, 282, 318, 333, 373; distribution, 251, 411; Halls rifles, 233; imported from Cuba, 144, 393, Europe, 127, 156, 266, 277, 283, 302, 345, 383, 411, 422, 428, 443, through Texas and Mexico, 172, 236, 263, 302, 439, 443; inventory, 63, 217, 218; Krupp products, 102; manufacture in Ga., 145-46, 179, La., 331-32, 342, Miss., 218, N.C., 144-45, 174, 177, 179, 195, 266, 281, S.C., 253, Tenn., 347, Va., 113, 174, 177, 179, 186, 195, 266; needed in Ala., 221, 371, 438, Ark., 180, 200, 211, Fla., 57, 175-76, 372, 382, 422, 428, Ga., 208, 216, 238, 250, 271, 288, 344, 409, by Indians, 267, in Ky., 343, 352, La., 250-51, 284, 327, 362-63, 386, Md., 149, 150, Miss., 3, 5, 158, 238, 276, 313, 329, Mo., 220, 290, 308, 408, by navy, 133, in N.C., 103, 109, 120-21, 216, 279, S.C., 100, 202, 428, 432, Tenn., 127, 158, 168, 169, 182, 191, 196, 197, 320, 343, 345, 354, 380, 411, 428, 448, Texas, 104, 141, 158, 163, 198, Va., 108, 121, 160, 163, 181, 191, 202, 208, 210, 213, 226, 233, 237-38, 241, 242, 245, 253, 255, 260, 272, 277, 279, 280, 308, 311-12, 354, 355, 407, 408, 438, 440; penitentiaries produce, 145-46; prices, 100, 233, 263; production in CSA, 146, 266, 347, 412; production plans, 179, 224, 349; purchased in U.S., 42, 52, 100; purchasing agents, 56-57, 67, 378; supply in Ark., 200, CSA, 57, 146, 318, 405, East Tenn., 216, 217, Ga., 181, 188, 192-94, 214, 429, La., 157-58, 164, 331- 32, 342, Miss., 154, 383, Mo., 117, N.C., 124, 178, 181, 188, 201, S.C., 57, 59, 103, 108, 216, 253, 408, 428, Va., 115-16, 132, 169, 192, 221, 233, 237, 326, 349, 432; trade restrictions, 103; transportation, 282, 295-96; tripod rifle guns, 356. See also artillery; Ordnance
Munson's Hill, Va.: Davis visits, xlii; mentioned, 322, 338, 407
Murdoch, William: Ls from, 109, 323
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Battle of, 372, 447
Murphy, Edward V.: L from, cited, 36
Myers, Abraham C.: criticized, 276; L from, 352; mentioned, 193, 206

N

Napoleon I, 66, 273, 400
Napoleon III: informed on war, 308; recognition of CSA, 376, 388, 395; Trent affair, 452; mentioned, 256-57
Nashville, Tenn., 342, 345
Nashville, CSS, 278, 396
Nashville Plow Works, 127
Natchez (CSA), 41
Natchez Mississippi Free Trader, 403
Naval Affairs, Committee on, 285
navy: at Charleston, 348; cooperation with army, 361; Davis praises, 414; discussed, vii, 135; inventions, 173, 333; munitions, 133, 175; in New Orleans, 104, 202, 364; officers' appointments, 133, 252, pensions, 133; officers in army, 432; supplies for, 133
Navy Department: admiralty court, 173; estimates, 133, 252, 438; expenses, 252; gunboat construction, 252, 440; prize court, 188; procurement of vessels, 60, 133, 252, 334, 443. See also Mallory, Stephen R.
Nelson, Carrick W.: L from, 439
Nelson, David M., 283
Nelson, Samuel (sketch, 90), 88
Nelson, T. A. R. (sketch, 282): arrested, 278, 281, 282; supports U.S., 237; L to, 282; L from, 281; mentioned, 439
New Jersey: support for CSA, 103
New Madrid, Mo., 291, 295
New Market, Va.: L from citizens, 219
New Mexico: conditions, 67, 188, 310; and CSA, 93, 218
Newnan, Ga.: Davis speaks at, 45
New Orleans: captured (1862), 100, 324, 364; commanders, 324, 331, 342, 355-56, 360, 361; CSA loan, 108, war vessels, 202, 252; customs, 60, 179; defenses, 101, 108-109, 136, 172, 178, 236, 277, 284, 330, 346-47, 349-50, 351, 356, 361, 362-63, 379, 386; martial law, 68; munitions, 362-63; naval battle, 364; northern ships at, 102, 109, 116; Quartermaster's Department, 250, 371; threatened, 98, 104, 172, 256, 327, 331, 342, 357; trade, 298, 438; mentioned, 302, 455
New Orleans Bulletin, 83
New Orleans Crescent, 93, 217
New Orleans Delta: on Davis, 258; mentioned, xl, 37, 112, 450
New Orleans, Opelousas, & Great Western Railroad, 331
Newport Barracks, 186
Newton, George: L from, 168
New York: support for CSA, 10, 103, 162
New York City: CSA prisoners, 221-22, 286; independence movement, 91; recruiting for CSA, 43, 144, U.S., 356; mentioned, 10, 138, 341, 377
New York Day-Book, 68
New York Evening Post, 327
New York Herald: and Davis, 421, 452; mentioned, 217, 373
New York Stock Exchange, 120
New York Times: reports Davis speech, 170
New York Tribune: on Davis, 44; mentioned, 82, 378
New York troops: 7th Infantry, 116, 121, 140; praised, 137
Nicaragua filibusters, 108, 319
Nichols, Ebenezar B.: L from, 104
Nicholson, A. O. P. (sketch, 5:93), 60
Nicholson, Joseph D., 205
Nisbet, Eugenius A.: L from, 156
Noland, Richard W. N. (sketch, 300), 298, 301
Noland, Thomas V., 245
Norfolk, Miss., 164
Norfolk, Va.: defenses, 109, 115, 116, 123, 155, 169, 204; threatened, 147, 168, 334; mentioned, 207, 322
Norfolk Navy Yard: CSA seizes, 108, 109, 116, 252; defenses, 144
Norris, Henry de Butts, 345
North Carolina: Davis on, 108, 127; defenses, 107, 109- 10, 123-24, 126, 134, 188, 212, 220, 260, 279, 285, 313, 314, 320, 326, 336, 346, 351, 373, 428, 429, 441, 442; division into districts, 346; legislature, 125, 351, 436; munitions, 103, 120, 124, 145-46, 174, 177, 178, 179, 181, 188, 195, 201, 216, 281; prize court, 188; railroads, 216, 415-16, 430, 442; ratifies Constitution, 253; secession, 50, 101, 127, 133-34, 167, 172; support for CSA, 107, 109, 124-25, 145-46, 178, 211, 212, 216; trade, 138; unionism, 101, 109; wool supply, 145
North Carolina Railroad, 420
North Carolina troops: 1st Infantry, 126; 3d Infantry, 181; 4th Infantry, 181, 351; 5th Infantry, 126, 216, 249, 251, 309; 6th Infantry, 216, 221, 233, 255; 11th Infantry, 216, 233, 237, 251; 25th Infantry, 429; arms, 120, 220, 237; commander, 277-78; Davis on, 201, 241, 336; health, 309; at Manassas, 277; organization, 124-25; pay, 269; strength, 221, 277-78; transferred to CSA, 279, 285, 287; in Va., 120, 126, 143, 181, 188, 216, 221, 229, 233, 237, 238, 241, 251, 255, 260, 277-78, 440; volunteers, 126, 144, 178, 211, 212, 224, (twelve-month), 181, 238, 279
North Point, Va., 423
Northrop, Claudian B.: L from, 178
Northrop, John B., 178
Northrop, Lucius B. (sketch, 1:313): accepts Commissary post, 69; 177; criticized, 260, 275-76, 280; Davis on, 17, 275- 76; travels with Davis, 177; Ls from, 69, 296-99, 300-301; mentioned, 178, 225, 442. See also Commissary Department
Northwest: strategy, 145, 211; support for CSA, 10
Northwestern Railroad, 275
nullification: Davis on, 19, 42

O

O'Brien, William S., 378
Occoquan, Va., 368
Occoquan River, Va., 187, 423
O'Conor, Charles, 65
Ocracoke Inlet, N.C., defenses, 123, 134
Ohio: invasion suggested, 171, 271; support for CSA, 10
Ohio River, 277, 286, 357
Ohio troops: L from prisoners, 327
Oldham, Williamson S., 52, 79
Olney, George W., Jr., 68
Opelika, Ala.: Davis speaks at, xl, 44
Orange & Alexandria Railroad, 235, 296, 299, 323, 347-48, 390
Ordnance: appropriations, 69; chemical manufactures, 432- 33; estimates, 153, 266; Harpers Ferry machinery, 227-28; inventions, 260; manufacture, 282; at Pensacola, 371; shortage, 117. See also artillery; munitions
Ormond, James, 127
Orr, James L.: L from, 181; mentioned, 27, 216
Osborne, N.: L from, 230
Otey, Kirkwood: L from, 57
Owen, Robert D. (sketch, 2:397): L to, 457
Owen, Robert L.: L from, 408

P

Pacific, Department of the (U.S.), 129, 330
Pacific Railroad: Davis on, 6; mentioned, 13
Paducah, Ky., 328, 333, 341, 343
Palmer, William R., 127
Palmerston, Henry J. T., 106, 377, 452
Palmetto, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl
Palmetto State, CSS, 73
Palmyra plantation, 176
Pamlico Sound, 93
Paris, Comte de, 377
Paris, Texas: L from citizens, 163
Paris Constitutionnel, 257
Paris Journal des Debats: on Davis, 421
Paris Patrie, 257, 452
Paris Pays, 257
Park, John: L from, 388
Parramore, J. S.: L from, 337
Paso Cavallo, Texas, defenses, 107, 198
Pass Christian, Miss., 172
Patent Bureau, 142
Patrick Henry, CSS, 252
Patterson, Robert (sketch, 213): operations, 212-13, 225, 232, 239, 257, 264; relieved, 225; strategy against, 253, 390, 426; strength of army, 214, 384, 406, 407
Patterson, T. M.: L from, 343
Paulding Clarion, 310
Pawnee, USS, 100
Payne, Aleck (slave) (ident., 4), 3
Payne, Jacob U. (sketch, 1:452): Ls from, 173, 175, 181, 379
Payne, M. U., 380
Peabody, George (sketch, 112), 110
Pea Ridge, Ark., Battle of, 295, 306
Peck, William R. (ident., 5)
Pegram, John, 240, 245, 270
Pelham, John: L from, 63
Pember, Thomas: L from, 236
Pemberton, John C.: assignment, 144, 429, 432; J. E. Johnston requests, 243; mentioned, 323, 430
Pender, Josiah S., 103
Pendleton, Alexander S., 240
Pendleton, William N. (sketch, 240): Davis and J. E. Johnston on, 239, 240; L from, 163; mentioned, 387
Peninsular campaign, 73, 97
penitentiaries: manufacture war supplies, 145-46; use of prisoners, 141-42, 319
Pennsylvania: support for CSA, 10, 59; U.S. troops in, 150
Pennsylvania troops, 118, 213
Pensacola, Fla.: conditions, 229, 302-303, 357; Davis visits, 170, 229, 348; defenses, 71, 85, 94, 136, 439; evacuation, 122; munitions, 371, 372; navy yard, 72, 176; signal system, 355; strategy, 175; threatened, 24, 121; troops sent to, 319, 342, 345; troops sent to Va., 182-83, 342, 353; U.S. prisoners at, 357; mentioned, 198. See also Fort Pickens
Perkins, John (sketch, 6:5), 3, 56, 195
Perry, Enoch Wood: paints Davis' portrait, 186
Perry, Madison S.: criticized, 366, 382; Ls to, 15, 57; Ls from, 94, 143, 167; mentioned, 64
Perry, USS, 207-208
Perry County, Ala., conditions, 164-65
Perryville, Ky., Battle of, 447
Peters, J. Montgomery: Ls from, 211, 286-87
Petersburg, Va.: Davis visits, 183; mentioned, 240, 250
Petrel (CSA), captured, 296
Pettigrew, James J., 156
Pettus, John J. (sketch, 2:96): commissions Davis, 27; criticized, 348; Davis praises, 38; reelection campaign, 348; secession, 14, 15; troop call-up, 98, 144; weapons procurement, 383; Ls to, 5, 8, 15, 38, 313, 342, 345, 439; Ls from, 36, 145, 171, 202, 269, 276, 308-309, 327, 348, 383, 425, 438; Es by, 104, 354; mentioned, 154, 158, 172, 341, 439
Phelan, James (sketch, 5:38): Ls from, 177-78, 310; mentioned, 166
Phelan, John D.: Ls from, 334, 457
Phifer, Charles W. (sketch, 446), 445
Philadelphia, Pa.: martial spirit, 137-38
Philippi, Va., Battle of, 196
Phillips, Barnet, 296
Phillips, Seborn M. (sketch, 205), 204
Phillips, William (sketch, 194): appointment, 242, 244; introduced, 287; L from, 285
Phillips' Brigade/Legion. See Georgia troops
Pickens, Francis W. (sketch, 13): Fort Sumter crisis, 7, 8, 10, 15, 17, 24, 55, 57-58, 63, 66, 70-71, 74, 88, 100; relations with Va., 108; Ls to, 8, 10, 15-17, 55, 57-58, 59, 66, 74, 102, 108, 109, 113, 156, 181, 432; Ls from, 8, 23-26, 60, 63, 70-72, 99, 101, 103, 104-106, 109, 116, 148, 156, 166, 173, 181, 216, 236, 241, 244, 280, 387, 408, 411, 427-28; mentioned, 13, 40, 59, 155
Pickens, Lucy H., 74
Pickett, Edward, Jr. (sketch, 403), 402
Pickett, John T. (sketch, 6:266): agent to Mexico, 75-76; L from, 169
Picton, James: L to, 272
Picton, John M. W.: Davis on, 272
Picton, Thomas: Davis on, 272
Piedmont Railroad Company, 420
Pierce, Franklin (sketch, 4:272): L to, 17-18; mentioned, v, 78, 137, 378, 400, 456
Pierce, Jane A. (sketch, 6:133), 18
Pigs Point, Va., 339
Pike, Albert (sketch, 268): negotiates with Indians, 267- 69; report and treaties, 438, 439
Pike, William S., 342
Pillow, Gideon J. (sketch, 257): appointment, 240, 241; at Belmont, 402; captures Hickman, Ky., 325, 328; criticized, 74, 183, 221, 256, 291-293, 309, 320; Memphis commander, 169, 202, 257, 293, 329; Mo. operations, 291-293; praised, 221, 241, 293; Ls from, 168, 197, 210, 411; mentioned, 318, 351, 403, 435
Pine, Charles N.: L from, 107
Pius IX, 112
Planters' Bank, Savannah, 217
Planters' Convention, 192
Pleasant Valley, Va., 390
Pocahontas County, Va., 196
Poindexter, George, 69
Point Pleasant, Va., 210
Polk, James K. (sketch, 2:93), 257, 403
Polk, Leonidas (sketch, 174): assignments, 195, 318, 319; criticized, 320, 330; Davis on, 330, 405, 411; injured, 411; Ky. campaign, 325-28, 330, 336, 342-43, 345; meets with Davis, xli; on Davis, 174, 258; Mo. operations, 223, 283, 292-93, 329; requests artillery, 309, 345; resignation, 398, 410-11, 433, 437; Ls to, 174, 195, 318, 327, 339, 341, 405, 410, 444; Ls from, 167, 230-31, 263, 278, 312-13, 325-26, 328, 336, 337, 339, 341, 343, 345, 393, 394, 398, 402, 433, 437, 444; mentioned, 249, 351
Polk, Trusten, 6
Polk, William H., 249
Pollard, Charles T., 436
Pollard, Edward A., 286
pony express, 244, 269, 344, 346
Pope, John, 101
Porter, Benjamin F.: L to, 168
Porter, James D.: L from, 397
Porterfield, George A., 196
Porterfield, William (sketch, 2:64), 34
Port Hudson, La., Battle of, 404
Port Royal, S.C.: captured, 73, 410, 420-21, 437, 439; defenses, 423; threatened, 426
Portsmouth, Va., 169
Post Office Department: communication with Europe, 319; counterfeiting, 431; Davis on, 414-15; estimates, 69, 143, 168, 301; expenses, 309; franking, 143, 431; organization, 51, 62, 142, 143, 309; railroads and, 143, 270, 319, 414, 431; reports on, 143, 431
Potomac, Division of the (U.S.), 265
Potomac River: bridge burned, 201; CSA plans to cross, 203, 286-87, 391, 428; defenses, 131-32, 138, 423-24; U.S. troops cross, 256-57, 358, 423
Powell, William L.: L from, 347
Powell's Run, Va., 349
Pratt, Thomas G. (sketch, 4:116), 149
presidential campaigns: (1856), Davis as candidate, 156; (1860), Davis as candidate, 23, Davis on, 14, discussed, 169
Preston, John S. (sketch, 392): confers with Davis, 386, 389, 401; criticized, 310; L from, 430; mentioned, 169, 412
Preston, William (sketch, 448): Davis meets with, xli, xliii; L from, 445-46; mentioned, 448, 453
Price, James: L from, 244
Price, Samuel: L from, 252
Price, Sterling (sketch, 189): assignment, 433-34, 436, 437; Davis on, 190, 295, 433-34, 437, 442; feud with B. McCulloch, 379, 435; health, 220; Mo. operations, 285, 295, 379, 436, 449, politics, 188-89, 191; recommended, 319, 356, 449; L to, 442; Ls from, 408, 441; mentioned, 206
Price, William M., 295
Prime, Frederick E. (sketch, 132), 131
prisoners: at Belmont, 402; Davis on, 221-22, 253, 261, 417; exchanges, 442; executions, 301, 308, 412; retaliation, 286, 292, 296; from Savannah, 207-208, 221-22, 253; treatment, 261, 286, 296, 301, 310, 327; L from, 327; mentioned, 347
Pritchard, William H.: L from, 78
privateering, 134, 421
Prosser, Thomas: L from, 102
Pryor, Richard S.: L from, 309
Pryor, Roger A.: L from, 127; mentioned, 116
public printing, 143, 430
Pugh, George E. (sketch, 6:178): Davis on, 9
Pushmatahaw, Johnson, 435-36
Putnam, Benjamin A.: L from, 64

Q

Quartermaster's Department: appropriations, 326; clothing, 145-46, 201, 266; criticized, 276, 371, 387; depot site, 192; estimates, 153, 266; goods from Europe, 352; organization, 162, 432; slave laborers, 425; supplies at Pensacola, 96
Quattlebaum, Paul J.: confers with Davis, xlii
Quintero, Jose A., 77
Quitman, John A. (sketch, 2:106): 176, 277, 306, 324, 372

R

Rady, G. W., 368
Ragsdale, J. N.: L from, 217
railroads: Ala., 354, 430, 436, 439, 442; construction, 415-16, 430, 436; convention of officials, 441-42; criticized, 237, 270, 325; Davis meets with leaders, xliii; Davis on, 279, 415-16, 441-42; East Tenn., 233, 410; exemptions for workers, 202, 347; Fla., 366, 436; Ga., 430, 436, 439; iron for, 430, 431- 32; Ky., 442; La., 319, 332; mail and, 143, 270, 319, 414, 431; at Manassas, 235, 296-98, 300, 302, 344, 346, 347-48; Md., 150; Miss., 28, 430, 439, 442; N.C., 216, 415-16, 430, 442; Texas, 163, 319; Va., 191, 199, 216, 232, 249, 250, 270, 284, 352, 357, 365, 387, 390, 392, 393, 408, 412, 416, 424, 433, 442, 444. See also specific lines and states
Rains, Gabriel J. (sketch, 1:356): Davis recommends, 346
Raleigh, N.C., 124
Raleigh Confederate, 126
Raleigh Register, 127
Ramsey, J. G. M.: Ls from, 393, 397, 437
Ramsey, John C., 399
Randal, Horace (sketch, 6:113): assignment, 373, 381, 382, 422, 432; recommended, 68, 355, 357
Randolph, George W., 347
Randolph, Tenn., defenses, 108
Ransom, James L.: Ls from, 350, 357-58
Ransom, Robert: Ls from, 16, 40; mentioned, 216
Rappahannock River, 198, 405, 411
Ravenswood, Va., 210
Read, John R.: L from, 289
Reagan, John H. (sketch, 420): appointed postmaster general, 56, 67, 142; Davis praises, 414; reports by, 62, 143, 431; Ls from, 69, 143, 168, 301, 309, 431
reconstruction (reunion): Davis on, 45, 48, 49, 65, 84, 355, 416; proposed, 103, 118, 134; opposed, 3, 51, 230
Rector, Henry M.: Ls from, 79, 208, 211, 432; mentioned, 81, 308
Red River Baptist Association, 361
Reed, William B., 288, 296
Reid, Samuel G.: L from, 354
Reneau, Nathaniel S.: L from, 102
Republican party: Davis on, 6, 65, 142; financial program, 327; and A. Lincoln, 89, 445; and Mexican affairs, 75; opposes peace convention, 36; opposition to, 10; and W. H. Seward, 60
repudiation: Davis and, 112; foreign recognition and, 81, 82, 110, 134
Reuter, Paul J. (sketch, 396), 395-96
Revenue Coast Guard, 109
Reynolds, Alexander W., 447
Reynolds, Joseph J., 344
Reynolds, Thomas C. (sketch, 190): commission for, 292, 319; confers with Davis, xli, 290, 294; Davis on, 191; on Mo. affairs, 189, 285, 289-93; relations with Davis, 295, C. F. Jackson, 291; Ls to, cited, 294; Ls from, 188-89, 191, 211, 289- 93
Rhett, Alfred M., 152
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, Jr. (sketch, 6:370): presidential candidate, 37; L from, 36; mentioned, 45-46, 52, 56
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, Sr. (sketch, 2:323), 306
Rhett, Thomas G. (sketch, 306), 107, 243, 305, 347
Rhode Island troops, 212
Rhodes, Rufus R., 348
Rice, Benjamin H.: L from, 310
Rice, Wilson: L from, 430
Richardson, H. G.: L from, 231
Richardson, William H. (sketch, 1:25): L from, 202
Richmond, David: L from, 40
Richmond, Lawrence B.: L from, 109
Richmond, Va.: capital of CSA, xl, 127, 161, 169, 177, 253, 397; conditions, 131, 382; Davis hosts receptions, xli, xlii, xliii, speaks at, 181, 182, 183-85, 220, 244-45, 261-63, 281-82, travels to, 177, 183; Davises move to, 183, 202; defenses, 115-16, 147, 197, 198, 235, 252-53, 269, 305, 339; rail service, 250, 357, 365; reaction to Fort Sumter, 103; support for Davis, 159-60; threatened, 160, 179, 198, 239, 334; White House, xliii, 203, 424; mentioned, 202, 299, 364
Richmond & Danville Railroad, 420
Richmond & Petersburg Railroad, 250
Richmond Armory: arms manufacture, 266; CSA uses, 221, 238; inventory, 132; superintendent, 228
Richmond Dispatch: on Davis, 160, 394, A. Lincoln, 120; mentioned, 147
Richmond Enquirer: CSA patronage, 114; criticizes Davis, 394, R. E. Lee, 346; mentioned, 183, 263
Richmond Examiner: CSA patronage, 114; criticizes administration, 300, 310, 394; on Davis, 161, 394, H. R. Jackson, 350; mentioned, 357
Richmond Whig: criticizes Davis, 394; mentioned, 186, 380, 399
Richmond, Department of, 265
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad, 216, 250
Rich Mountain, Va.: Battle of, 243, 270; mentioned, 232
Ridley, E. B.: L from, 217
Riley, Bennet (sketch, 2:602): L to, 455
Ringgold, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl, 44
Ripley, James W., 428
Ripley, Roswell S. (sketch, 428): conflict with T. F. Drayton, 427; Davis on, 429; praised, 166, 427
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, 307, 425
Rives, William C., 152
Roach, James (sketch, 2:676), 37
Roach, Mahala E.: L to, 133
Roane, Archibald, 74
Roanoke Island, N.C., 119, 441
Roberts, Benson W., 344
Roberts, Hiram A. G.: L from, 148
Robertson, Felix W.: L from, 145
Rockbridge County, Va., 348
Roebuck, John A., 308
Rogan, James W.: Ls from, 218-19, 348-39
Rogers, James H., 91
Rogers, William P. (sketch, 3:46): Ls from, 94, 102
Rogersville, Tenn., 348
Roman, Andre B.: commissioner to Washington, 53, 87, 88, 91; L from, 342
Rome Arsenal, 344
Romero, Matias (sketch, 77), 75, 78
Romney, Va., 354, 444
Rose, Victor M.: L to, cited, 295
Rosecrans, William S.: offensive recommended, 253; operations, 301, 341, 346, 347, 444
Ross, John, 268
Ross, Reuben, 172
Ross, Reuben R.: L from, 272
Ross, Samuel N.: L from, 382
Rosser, Thomas L.: L from, 63
Rost, Pierre A. (sketch, 257): in France, 255-56, 396, 443; Ls from, 255-56, 443; mentioned, 111, 308, 452
Rothschild, ----, 195
Rousseau, Lovell H. (sketch, 447), 445
Ruckman, John H.: Ls from, 196, 270
Ruffin, Edmund: Davis praises, 116; L to, 116; Ls from, 168, 214
Ruffin, Thomas: Davis confers with, 279; L from, 224
Ruggles, Daniel (sketch, 198): criticized, 386; praised, 357; in Va., 180, 197; mentioned, 129
Ruggles, Edward S. (sketch, 129), 128-29
Rush, H.: L from, 394
Russell, Daniel R. (sketch, 3:39), 172, 284
Russell, Lord John (sketch, 106): CSA commissioners and, 111, 449-50; recognition of CSA, 104-105; mentioned, 453
Russell, M. C., 154
Russell, Robert M. (sketch, 403), 402
Russell, William H. (sketch, 154): interviews Davis, 153- 54; tours South, 256; visits Washington, 91
Russell County, Va.: L from citizens, 253
Rust, Albert, 175

S

Sabine, USS, 97, 183
Sabine River, defenses, 198
St. Helena Sound, S.C., defenses, 71
St. Joseph, Mo., 152
St. Louis, Mo.: massacre, 188; support for CSA, 82; trade embargo, 109, 133; mentioned, 357, 420
St. Louis Arsenal, 107, 109, 117, 189
Salle, George F.: L from, 179
salt: scarcity, 299, 442; Va. saltworks, 253, 284, 287, 444
saltpeter: Davis on, 253, 254; needed in New Orleans, 362, 386; price and production, 254, 278, 362; supply in Ga., 253, 254, 260, 261
Salvor (CSA), 382
San Antonio, Texas, 163, 394
Sanders, George N., 126
Sanders, William H.: Davis introduces, 457
Sanders, William P. (sketch, 5:132): L from, 5
Sanderson, David D. (ident., 315): L from, 314-15
Sandersville, Ga.: L from citizens, 354
Sandt, Leon de: L from, 81
Sangster's Cross Roads, Va., 322
San Jacinto, USS, 421, 452
Santa Rosa Island, Fla.: attack by CSA, 85-86, 95-96, 356, 357, 361, 382. See also Fort Pickens
Santo Domingo: Davis on, 9
Saratoga, USS, 178, 193
Saunders, Romulus M. (sketch, 3:139): L from, 101
Saunders, W. L.: L to, cited, 127
Savannah, Ga.: defenses, 136, 344; munitions, 344, 345, 429; railroads, 430, 439; telegraph, 107; threatened, 356, 410, 428; U.S. ships seized, 42
Savannah (CSA): captured, 207-208; Davis on, 221-22, 253; described, 223
Savannah River, 58, 410
Schaller, Frank, 444
Schurz, Carl (sketch, 120), 118
Schuylkill Arsenal, 145
Scott, William P.: Davis on, 100; L from, 100
Scott, Winfield (sketch, 1:107): Anaconda plan, 135; capture planned, 102; Forts Pickens and Sumter, 7, 87, 100, 229- 30; health, 217, 356; in Mexican War, 119, 249; Savannah case, 223, 233; strategy, 135, 229-30, 270, 286, 382; Washington defenses, 217, 218; mentioned, 63, 135, 168, 179
Scott County, Va.: L from citizens, 260
Scrivener, Thomas: Davis on, 456
Scruggs, Phineas T.: Ls from, 121, 183
Seals, Bowman: L from, 82
Sebastopol, 153, 166
secession: Ala., 13, 166; Ark., 50, 52, 101, 144; border states, 25, 27, 42, 52, 53, 60, 120; Choctaw and Chickasaw, 236; constitutional provision, 69; Davis and, vi, 5, 6, 9, 10-12, 42, 142; Del., 25; effects, 102, 120, 177; Fla., 13; Ga., 13; Ky., 25, 50-51, 116, 118, 196; La., 3, 13; Md., 10, 25, 83, 91, 98, 105-106, 117, 118, 121, 149-51, 178, 387; Mass., 21; Miss., 5-8, 13-17, 19, 28; Mo., 25, 103, 107, 117, 152, 173, 191, 210, 219, 289, 356, 429; N.C., 50, 101, 127, 133-34, 167, 172; Senate debate on, 5-10; S.C., 13, 26; Tenn., 23, 25, 50, 163, 171, 208, 210, 253, 282, 285; Texas, 13, 50, 68; Va., 6, 7, 25, 39, 50, 59, 60, 68, 81, 83, 91, 101, 105, 108, 113, 118, 130, 160-61, 179, 181, 253, 285
Secessionville, S.C., Battle of, 215
Secret Service Bureau, 214
Seddon, James A. (sketch, 115), 114-15
Sehorn, A. O. H. P.: L from, 179
Selma, Ala., railroad, 430, 439, 442
Seminole: support for CSA, 267-68; treaty with, 268, 438
Seminole wars (Fla.), 61, 198, 213, 214, 265, 403
Semmes, Paul J., 206
Semmes, Raphael: arms procurement, 56-57, 67; L to, 56-57
Sepoy Mutiny: Davis on, 153
Sequestration Act, 295, 442
Sessums, Solomon D.: L from, 435
Seven Pines, Va., Battle of, 119, 306, 325
Seward, William H. (sketch, 4:46): cabinet appointment, 60, 118; coercion resolution, 90; Davis and, 8, 102; Forts Pickens and Sumter, 87, 102; fugitive slave cases, 141; A. Lincoln and, 60, 81, 137; negotiations with, 53, 88, 102, 118, 143, 153; on Davis, 153, A. Lincoln, 137; supports peace convention, 36; Trent affair, 449, 454; mentioned, 83, 106, 148, 375, 421, 453
Sewell Mountain, Va., 344, 346, 347
Shannon (British), 451, 453
Sharpsburg, Md., Battle of, 213
Sheffey, James W.: L from, 284
Sheldon, John P.: L from, 67
Shenandoah County, Va., volunteers, 281
Shenandoah River, 358
Shenandoah Valley, Va.: CSA forces in, 242, 273-74, 339, 365, 385, 405, 406, 424, 426; U.S. forces in, 233, 257; mentioned, 209, 213. See also Virginia
Sherman, William T., 135, 194, 257, 425
Shiloh, Tenn., Battle of, 129, 198, 372, 403, 404, 447, 448
Ship Island, Miss., defenses, 148, 172, 178, (Davis), 348
Shocco Springs, N.C., 435
Shorter, John Gill, 220
Signal Corps, 214, 286
Simmons, James N.: L from, 192-93
Simms, Charles C., 116
Simons, R. T.: L from, 349
Singleton, Otho R.: withdraws from Congress, 15; L with, 8
Skeen, William: L from, 301
Skipwith, William N., 344
Skullyville, Indian Territory, 267-68
Slaughter, Charles D.: Ls from, 198, 252-53, 270
Slaughter, James E. (sketch, 304)
slavery: abolition, 352, 378; Davis on, 21, 63, 84, 142, 419; emancipation, 40, 378, 445; Indians and, 104; opposition in Ala., 164, Great Britain, 154, 395, New York City, 10, Ill., 59; slave trade bill, 63; threatened, 64, 121, 284; U.S. policy, 5, 13, 445-46
slaves: Ala., 164; in army, 148, 168, 250, 278, 425; compared to free blacks, 169, to northern laborers, 69; Fla., 143; fugitives, 14-15, 21; Ga., 326; importation, 9-10; insurrection feared, 9, 123, 134, 148, 171, 175, 281, 448, provoked by U.S., 21, 217, 417; offered to CSA, 168; S.C., 420- 21; Va., 237, 281, 307-308, 425. See also blacks
Slidell, John (sketch, 5:7): mission to Europe, 308, 396, 425, 451; Trent affair, 417, 430, 443, 449, 454; L with, 10-12; L from, 122; mentioned, 60, 158
Sloan, John B. E. (sketch, 235), 234
Smedes, William C. (sketch, 5:71): L from, 233
Smith, ----: meets with Davis, xliii
Smith, A. C.: L from, 279
Smith, Anne M.: L from, 307
Smith, Austin E., 281
Smith, Charles F., 341
Smith, Charles H.: L from, 442
Smith, Cotesworth P., 42
Smith, Edmund Kirby: assignments, 243, 307; Davis and, 64; offers services, 64, 94; recommended, 364, 365; wounded, 275; L from, 64; mentioned, 323, 372, 448
Smith, Frances K.: L from, 94
Smith, Francis H., 152, 344, 448
Smith, Gustavus W. (sketch, 306): assignment, 307; confers with Davis, 306, 352, 360; correspondence, 405, 411; Davis and, 57, 324, 382; health, 324; offers services, 323-24; on army organization, 357; recommended, 202, 287-88, 305, 340, 342, 343; staff, 265, 275, 355, 357, 373, 381, 382; Ls to, 355-56, 373, 382, 405, 422, 432; Ls from, 323-24, 350, 355, 357, 381, 411, 432; mentioned, 306, 324, 365
Smith, James: L from, 169
Smith, James A., 444
Smith, Joseph Davis (nephew) (sketch, 1:280): Davis introduces, 346
Smith, Martin L. (sketch, 363): at New Orleans, 349, 362; recommended, 66; L from, 202; mentioned, 323
Smith, Persifor F. (sketch, 5:74), 307
Smith, Preston (sketch, 403), 402
Smith, Richard M.: L from, 159
Smith, Robert A., 205, 437
Smith, Robert H.: L from, 102-103
Smith, William (telegrapher): Ls from, 182, 183, 192, 197, 202, 207, 208, 217, 220
Smith, William (governor), 281
Smith, William D. (sketch, 215), 207, 215, 316
Smithers, H. S., 368
Smithville, N.C., 382
Snapp, Philip B.: L from, 287
Snead, Thomas L.: confers with Davis, 434; Davis on, 295; L to, 373; L from, 381
Sneed, John L. T., 249
Snickersville Gap, Va., 390
Soule, Pierre, 450
South: interest in Cuba, 65; military background, 154, preparations, 117, 153; novel about, 69; politicians criticized, 64; support in North, 5, 14, 137; Supreme Court and, 139
South, University of the, 228
South Carolina: coercion of, 52, 61; commander, 171, 429; congressmen criticized, 310; Davis' election, 37, 65; Davis on, 6-12, 17, 19-20, 74, 84, 142, 245, plans to visit, 70; defenses, 58, 71-72, 169, 171, 173, 196, 252, 341, 342, 397, 409, 425, 427- 28; Executive Council, 72, 386; legislative resolution, 432; martial law, 144; munitions, 57, 59, 202, 253, 428, 432, sent to other states, 103, 108, 216, 408, 428; nullification, 19-20; relations with CSA, 63, 136, 439, Ga., 24, U.S., 6-12, 17; secession, 13, 26, from CSA, 53; support from southern states, 11; threatened, 408, 427-28; mentioned, 145, 386, 421
South Carolina troops: Columbia Flying Artillery, 72, 74; 1st Artillery, 152, 210; Hampton's Legion, 113, 156, 245, 249, 251, 381, 423, 425; 1st Infantry, 26, 71, 73; 2d Infantry, 251; 3d Infantry, 202, 251; 4th Infantry, 202, 234; 7th Infantry, 217, 251; 8th Infantry, 251; Orr's Rifles, 216; S.C. Brigade, 358, 368; "Tramp Brigade," 428; 23d Volunteers, 73; arms, 202, 216; artillery, 108, 244; cavalry, 166, 241, 244; commanders, 107, 119; Davis praises, 102; deployment, 103; Engineers, 196; estimates, 66; at Manassas, 251; navy, 70; organization, 358, 368; recruiting, 26; strength, 67, 71, 73, 99, 103; transferred to CSA, 70, 196; in Va., 109, 113, 116, 148, 156, 181, 201, 202, 217, 244; volunteers, 7, 156, 206, 412, 430, (twelve-month), 71, 181
South Carolina, University of, 288
Southern Historical Association (1869), 307
Southern Railroad, 41, 233
Southern Review, 162
South Side Railroad, 202
Spain: covets Mexico, 388; recognition of CSA, 388, 443; relations with CSA, 257, 345, 376
Sparke, William H. (sketch, 2:39), 34, 79
Spencer, Davis A. (ident., 53), 43, 51
spies: Kan., 167; Md., 444; New York City, 28, 129, 156; organization, 212; U.S., 212, 214, 243, 278, 307; Washington, 156, 218, 242, 356, 365, 382; West, 284
Spotswood Hotel: Davis speaks at, 181, 263, stays at, 183; mentioned, 205, 405
Sprague, James K., 208, 211
Springfield, Mo., 219, 379. See also Wilson's Creek, Mo.
Stamps, Isaac Davis (nephew) (sketch, 5:135): L from, 217; mentioned, 207
Stanton, Benjamin, 52
Stanton, Frederick P., 218
Stanton, Sidney S.: L from, 354
Stanton, W. H.: L from, 333
Staples, Waller R. (sketch, 209), 152, 209, 213
Stapp, Darwin M.: L from, 107
Star of the West (U.S.), 7-9, 17, 82, 110
Starke, William E. (sketch, 5:21): L from, 103; mentioned, 183, 250
State Department: applicants, 68, 82-83; communication with Europe, 313, 334, 396, 411; criticized, 399; reports, 142, 143
state rights: Davis on, 5, 9, 14, 19, 22, 44-45, 47, 58, 84, 142, 181, 184, 193, 196, 203; mentioned, vii, 107, 437
Staunton, Va., 244, 245, 269, 270
Steinberg, Baron ----, 102
Stephens, Alexander B.: L from, 206
Stephens, Alexander H. (sketch, 4:50): commissioner to Va., 109, 127, 128, 142, 143; elected vice-president, 37, 65, 397; plot against, 159; presidential candidate, 37; views requested, 387; Ls from, 116, 121, 127, 287; mentioned, 45, 121, 213, 279, 317
Steuart, George H. (sketch, 6:113), 264, 265
Stevens, Walter H. (sketch, 97): L from, 198; mentioned, 95, 320
Stevenson, John A.: L from, 173
Stevenson, Ala.: Davis speaks at, 42
Stice, H. M.: L from, 343
Stoess, Margaret Howell (sister-in-law) (sketch, 2:248), 254, 272
Stone, Charles P. (sketch, 227), 133, 226
Stone, Warren, 351
Stone Bridge (Bull Run): CSA position, 368; U.S. retreat, 234-35
Stone Wharf, Va., 147
Stono, CSS, 73
Stono River, S.C., 71, 408, 427
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 111
Strasburg, Va.: L from citizens, 329
Straughan, Samuel L.: L from, 307
Street, Thomas: L from, 411
Stringfellow, Franklin: L to, cited, 29
Stringham, Silas H. (sketch, 93), 92
Striplin, William R.: L from, 141-42
Stuart, Charles E. L., 422
Stuart, J. E. B. (sketch, 243): offers services, 14; praised, 280, 338; recommended, 339; reports by, 242, 338; Ls from, 14, 208; mentioned, 273, 275, 431
Sturgis, Russell, 112
subsistence. See Commissary Department
Suffolk, Va., Battle of, 424
Sullivan's Island, S.C., 7
Summersville, Va., 280, 310
Sumner, Edwin V. (sketch, 1:294), 129
Sumter, CSS, 252
Sunflower County, Miss., volunteers, 171
Supply, USS, 96-97
Susquehanna River, 203
Sutton, Edward: L from, 230
Swan, William G.: confers with Davis, 237; Ls from, 237, 437
Sweetwater, Tenn., Battle of, 215
Switzerland: cotton supply, 375
Syme, William H.: Ls from, 345-46, 347

T

Talbot, Theodore, 8
Talcorn, Joseph, 345
Talcott, ----, 91
Taliaferro, William B., 109
Taney, Roger B. (sketch, 2:137): Davis on, 203; mentioned, 141, 420
Tappan, James C. (sketch, 402), 402
Tarpley, Collin S. (sketch, 5:16): Davis visits, 41
Tate, Samuel: L from, 168; mentioned, 169, 309
Tattnall, Josiah, 252, 348
Taylor, E. R.: L from, 382
Taylor, J. G.: L from, 286
Taylor, John L. (sketch, 5:57): L from, 144
Taylor, John M., 16
Taylor, Joseph P. (sketch, 3:293), 16
Taylor, Richard (sketch, 1:408), 183, 230, 236, 253
Taylor, Spencer W.: L from, 206
Taylor, Thomas H.: Davis' emissary, 223, 233; L from, 233
Taylor, Ward, Sr.: L from, 266
Taylor, Zachary (sketch, 1:250): Davis praises, 359; in Mexican War, 190, 232, 295, 455; L from, 455
Teas, John S.: L from, 84
telegraph: construction, 270, 431, 438; reliability questioned, 4, 92, 236; secrecy of, 107
Temple, Burwell: L from, 326
Tennessee: Davis on, 9, 54, 242, 245-48; defenses, 135, 169, 339, 347; elections, 248, 283; legislative resolution, 270; military appointments, 241-42, 245-47; munitions needed, 127, 158, 168, 169, 182, 191, 196, 197, 320, 343, 345, 354, 380, 411, 428, 448, production, 347; politics, 241-42, 245-46; ratifies Constitution, 282; secession, 23, 25, 50, 163, 171, 208, 210, 253, 282, 285; support for CSA, 9-10, 74, 104, 108, 110, 206, 283; threatened, 135, 217, 248, 342; troop call-up, 357; unionism, 54, 167, 241, 250, 388, 397; L from military board, 333; mentioned, 145, 164, 342. See also East Tennessee
Tennessee River, 347, 437, 448
Tennessee troops: 3d Cavalry, 243; 15th Cavalry, 403; 2d Infantry, 402, 3d Infantry, 209, 404; 7th Infantry, 270; 12th Infantry, 402; 14th Infantry, 270; 15th Infantry, 402; 21st Infantry, 402; 30th Infantry, 241; 43d Infantry, 373; 49th Infantry, 448; 154th (Senior) Infantry, 402; Old Hickory Legion, 388; Davis praises, 182; in Ky., 310, 333; in Miss., 206; Mississippians in, 231; organization, 320; recruiting, 210; strength, 191, 241; in Tenn., 218, 241, 248, 250, 357; transferred to CSA, 210, 219, 247; in Va., 212, 219, 242, 250, 255, 258; volunteers, 121, 127, 163, 211, 247, 333, 357, 388, 393, 397, 411, (twelve-month), 241, 347
Terrebonne Parish, La., 277
Terrell, William, 196
Terrill, William H., 270
Terry, Benjamin F. (sketch, 447): meets with Davis, xli; mentioned, 219, 445
Texas: coastal defenses, 107, 136, 198, 200-201, 283; and CSA, 82, 91, 201, 425; and Mexico, 91, 141, 362; munitions imported, 172, 236, 443, needed, 104, 141, 158, 163, 198; railroads, 163, 319; secession, 13, 50, 68; support for CSA, 171, 230; threatened, 87, 91, 163, 347; U.S. troops in, 59, 81, 92, 172, 295
Texas, Department of, 283
Texas Military Institute, 67
Texas Rangers, 171, 295, 380
Texas troops: 3d Cavalry, 267; 8th Cavalry, 447; 1st Infantry, 435; Terry's Texas Rangers, 219, 447; in Indian territory, 267; in Mo., 308; organization, 85; recruiting, 82, 143; state troops, 295; volunteers, 67, 91, 141, 163
Theodora (CSA), 396
Thomas, Francis J. (sketch, 209), 209, 213, 226, 275
Thomas, George H. (sketch, 213), 212
Thomas, Lorenzo, 99
Thomas, Philip F. (sketch, 151), 149
Thompson, Jacob (sketch, 2:101): L to, 3; Ls from, 5, 329-30; mentioned, 323
Thompson, M. Jeff (sketch, 294): confers with Davis, 294; Mo. operations, 290, 293, 449; organizes volunteers, 103, 152, 220; Ls from, 103, 152, 219-20
Thomson, William H.: L from, 354
Thornton, William A. (sketch, 1:63): L from, 5
Thouvenel, Edouard A. (sketch, 452), 449
Tibbs, William H.: L from, 437
Tilden, Samuel J., 90
Tilghman, Lloyd (sketch, 328): Ls from, 437, 448; mentioned, 117, 328
Tochman, Gaspar: Davis confers with, 346, reprimands, 361; Ls to, 361, 381; Ls from, 144, 179, 343, 346, 357, 368; mentioned, 236, 279, 283
Tolson, J. D.: L from, 387
Toof, John S.: L from, 383
Toombs, Robert (sketch, 4:236): fiscal views, 233; as general, 284, 316-17; presidential candidate, 37; relations with Davis, xli, 177, 183, 266, 294; secretary of state, 55, 56, 87, 178, 266, 291; L to, 266; Ls from, 36, 53, 56, 143, 178, 266, 316-17; mentioned, 10, 110, 220
Topp, Robertson: L from, 330; mentioned, 309
Totten, Joseph G. (sketch, 2:383), 99
Tower, Zealous B. (sketch, 97), 96
Townsend, James H., 444
Trans-Mississippi. See West
Trans-Mississippi Department (1862), 119, 189, 232, 269, 306, 380, 403
Trapier, James H. (sketch, 429): assignments, 366, 428; recommended, 173, 422
Treasury Department: banking system, 233; bonds, 179, 192, 219, 233, 269, 298, 312, 315, 354, 415; coinage, 431; criticized, 298, 301; currency, 230, 251; Davis on, 301, 415; expenses, 82, 179; funds recruiting, 52; loan, 103, 108, 113, 142, 144; state currency, 217, 315; treasury notes, 206, 217, 233, 251, 298, 354, 415, 425; war tax, 310, 314, 350. See also Memminger, Christopher G.
Treat, Samuel, 456
Trenholm Brothers, 378
Trent (British), 396, 421
Trent affair: Davis on, 417, 454; reaction to, 112, 430, 443, 452, (British), 441, 449, (French), 449
Trenton, Tenn., 345
Trescot, William H.: Ls to, 8, 9; L from, 8; mentioned, 278
Trimble, Isaac R., 119, 307, 322
Troup, George M.: Davis on, 42
Trumbull, Lyman, 89
Tucker, Beverley: confers with Davis, 309; purchasing agent, 309, 352, 422; L to, 104; Ls from, 81, 309, 422
Turnley, Matthew J.: L from, 82
Turnley, Parmenus T.: Davis recommends, 82
Tuscumbia, Ala.: Davis speaks at, xl
Twiggs, David E. (sketch, 1:119): criticized, 331, 342, 349, 350; New Orleans commander, 178, 182, 236, 284, 324, 346, 356; surrenders in Texas, 59; L to, 178; Ls from, 202, 327, 356
Tyler, John (sketch, 2:133), 36, 128, 281
Tyler, John, Jr., 85
Tyler, Philos B.: Davis introduces, 5-6

U

Ulibarri, Natalie: E by, 263
Uncle Tom's Cabin, 69
Union City, Ky., defenses, 174
Union Mill's Ford, Va., 368
unionism: Ala., 164; Ark., 81, 101, 432; Baltimore, 118, 148; border states, 285; East Tenn., 218, 231, 233, 237, 242, 249, 260, 277, 282, 283, 287, 404, 411; Kanawha valley, 271, 310, 312; Ky., 237, 260, 277, 342, 343, 388, 394, 441, 445-46; Miss., 5, 394; Mo., 289, 294; N.C., 101, 109; Tenn., 54, 167, 241, 250, 388, 397; Va., 113, 151, 167, 179, 250, 271, 285, 310, 311
United States: Anaconda plan, 135; blockade, 39, 105, 221, 421; calls for troops, 7, 109, 114, 117, 127, 137-38, 142, 155, 226, 257; coercion of South, 39, 51, 114, 139, 160; Constitution subverted, 9, 45, 144, 191, 437; cost of war, 203, 257; criticized, 25, 106, 118, 436, 437; Davis and, 9, 38, 42, 65, 142, 155, 176, 178, 181, 184, 253, 406, 416-17; dissension in government, 356; Fort Sumter reaction, 103, 107, 120, 132; Indians and, 67, 104, 268; interest in Canada, 65; invasion proposed, 9, 122, 167; martial spirit, 118, 137-38; peace efforts, 60, 88-89, 139, 142, 143, 178, 186, 211; plot against leaders, 337; plots against Davis, 155, 159, 177, 217; prisoners policy, 221-22; relations with France, 285, 308, 327, 375-76, 449, Great Britain, 25, 81, 103, 256, 285, 377, 395, 443, 449-52, Ky., 138, 172, 289, 325, 337, 445-46, Md., 117, 149-50, Mexico, 74-75, 134, S.C., 6-11, 17, Va., 117, 137-38; rumored arrest of southern senators, 16; spies, 212, 214, 243, 278, 307; strategy, 39, 121, 135, 150, 179, 327, 425, for Forts Sumter and Pickens, 24, 67-68, 85-86, 87, 88-89, 90-91, 92, 98, 176, 183, 229-30, in Va., 131, 137-38, 150, 197, 198, 208, 212-13, 225-26, 232-33, 234-35, 242, 264, 273-74, 280, 284, 286, 305, 321, 334, 337-38, 344, 346, 354, 365, 368, 389-90, 407, 423-24, 426, (Davis), 271, 326, 373, 405-406, in West, 329; support for CSA, 5, 14, 52, 53, 138; tariffs and trade, 133, 139; Trent affair, 452, 454. See also Lincoln, Abraham
United States Army: 1st Artillery, 93, 97, 213; 2d Artillery, 93; 2d Cavalry, 82, 94, 214, 295, 306, 446; 3d Cavalry, 127; 17th Infantry, 213; Irish Brigade, 378; Mounted Riflemen, 127; in Ariz., 188, 218; blacks in, 217; conscription, 356; Davis on, 262, 263, 271, 417, 434; deserters, 244; effects of Manassas on, 271, 337; executes guerrillas, 301; flight from Manassas, 259-63, 265, 276; foreigners in, 377, 412; at Fort Pickens, 303; G. Garibaldi offered appointment, 378; in Ky., 172, 289, 306, 310, 313, 325-28, 339, 342, 343, 344, 411, 413, 445-46, 448; in Md., 212, 321; in Mo., 220, 441; in N.M., 188; officers decline to serve in CSA, 57, offer services to CSA, 14, 16, 57, 58, 59, 61, 64, 67, 68, 82-84, 94, 167, 287-88, 307, 330, 432; in Pa., 150, 198, 212; at Port Royal, 437; punishments, 10; recruiting, 112, 188, 217, 250, 310, by CSA, 43, 60, 82, 127; strength, 217, 337, 365, at Belmont, 402, at Cairo, 117, 121, at Manassas, 259, 384, in Mo., 329, at Paducah, 341, in Pa., 214, in Va., 191, 225-26, 234, 240, 302, 316, 344, 346, 347, 357, 368, 385, 390, 406, 407, at Washington, 131, 137, 218, in West, 343; in Texas, 59, 92, 172; U.S. Congress bills, 10, 38; in Va., 191, 197, 231, 234, 253, 277, 302, 321, 353-54, 358, 390-91, 423; volunteers, 132, 137-38, 217, 226-27, 271, 280
United States Coast Survey, 59, 172
United States Congress: force bills, 51, 66; negotiations with CSA, 211; southern mail, 43, 60; special session, 113, 118
United States Constitution: and CSA Constitution, 26, 48, 50; Davis on, 9, 15, 21, 45, 47, 50; and secession, 69; and slavery, 22
United States Military Academy: alumni, 38, 58, 61, 64, 66, 68, 93, 97, 112, 114, 119, 127, 132, 135, 152, 157, 159, 162, 163, 172, 174, 194, 198, 209, 213-215, 226-228, 232, 235, 240, 243, 248, 265, 272, 276, 299, 304, 306, 307, 321, 322, 324, 328, 339, 363, 372, 378, 392, 403, 404, 424, 428, 429, 435, 447; cadets offer services to CSA, 34, 63, 83, 100, seek advice, 27, 63; Davis and, 18, 34, 434; pattern for southern military academy, 34; mentioned, 457
United States Navy: blockade, 105, 221, 421; captures Savannah, 207-208, 221-22; expeditions to Forts Pickens and Sumter, 24, 92, 95-96, Ga., 349, 356, 428, N.C., 143-44, 382, Port Royal, 437, South, 156, 356, 371, 386, 417, Texas, 347, Va., 147, 163, 365, 411; ironclads, 135, 356; James River operations, 349, 350; Miss. River operations, 135, 148, 260, 270; New Orleans, 98, 101, 277; officers in CSA Navy, 133, 252; on S.C. coast, 105, 221, 348, 408; Va. officers, 116; mentioned, 38, 102
United States Patent Office building, 456
United States Post Office Department: building, 456; southern mail, 51, 60, 143
United States Senate. See Davis, Jefferson--Senate; United States Congress
United States Supreme Court, 139
Upton's Hill, Va., 407
Urbanna, Va., 411
Usrey, Thomas J.: L from, 67

V

Valentine, Mark (sketch, 2:60): L from, 244
Valley District, Va., 365
Van Beil, Nathan: L from, 284
Van Benthuysen, Mary: visits Davises, 205
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 116
Van Dorn, Earl (sketch, 306): assignments, 283, 307, 326, 381, 435; Davis and, 42, 381; in Texas, 82, 85, 104, 283; L to, 381; L from, 442-43; mentioned, 198, 305, 345, 447
Van Dyke, Henry J., 10
Van Evrie, John H. (sketch, 5:86): L from, 68
Van Lear, D. Newton: L from, 309
Vanzant, Joshua, 121
Vaughn, John C. (sketch, 209): Davis on, 208; mentioned, 397, 404
Ventress, James A.: L from, 206-207
"Verbum Sat": L from, 143
Verite sur les Etats Confederes, La, 378
Vernon, John M., 82
Vernon, V. E. Wilhemine McCord: L from, 82-83
Vicksburg, Miss.: Battle of (1863), 132, 209, 232, 257, 323, 404, 447; Davis speaks at, 38, 41, visits, 40; defenses, 117, 134, 145, 363; mentioned, 9, 309
Vicksburg Sentinel, 403
Vidaurri, Santiago, 302
Vienna, Va., 234, 339, 390
Virginia: Advisory Council, 150; convention, xli, 39, 113, 121, 127, 130, 143, 221; criticism from South, 143; crops, 281, 308, 341, 343, 382, 387, 430; Davis meets with convention delegates, xli, praises, 181, 261; Davis' presence desired, 121, 147, 159-60, 163, 167, 168; defenses, 119, 203, 252, 253, 339, 340, 343, 412, 436, (Davis), 336; election of Davis, 37; free blacks, 243, 252-53, 269, 272; impressment of property, 382; invaded, 210, 334; munitions needed, 108, 121, 160, 163, 181, 191, 202, 208, 210, 213, 226, 233, 237-38, 241, 242, 245, 253, 255, 260, 272, 277, 279, 280, 308, 311-12, 354, 355, 407, 408, 438, 440, production, 113, 174, 179, 186, 195, sent from S.C., 408, 428, to S.C., 432, supply, 115-16, 132, 169, 192, 221, 233, 237, 326, 349, 432; pony express, 244, 269, 344, 346; railroads, 191, 199, 216, 232, 237, 249, 250, 253, 270, 284, 352, 365, 387, 390, 392, 393, 408, 412, 416, 424, 442, 444; ratifies Constitution, 127, 130, 253; reinforcements needed, 121, 170, 171, 172, 180, 181, 203, 210, 211, 240, 242, 260, 343, 346, 353, 354, 373, 421, (Davis), 238-39; relations with CSA, 109, 127, 130, 142, 143, 150-51, 161, Ga., 109, Md., 115-16, 148-51, 227, S.C., 108, 109, U.S., 117, 137-38; roads, 346, 347, 421, 424, 438; saltworks, 253, 284, 287, 444; secession, 6, 7, 25, 39, 50, 59, 60, 68, 81, 83, 91, 101, 105, 108, 113, 118, 130, 160-61, 179, 181, 253, 285; sentiment against CSA, 203, 212; strategy, 131, 167, 197, 198, 212-13, 225-26, 233, 234-35, 242-43, 253, 256, 266, 270, 273-74, 285-86, 305, 316, 321-22, 334, 341, 344, 350, 361, 369, 374, 381, 386, 389-91, 405-406, 407, 411-12, 423- 24, 426, 444, (Davis), 199-200, 203, 208-209, 239, 271, 320, 326, 333, 353, 355, 365, 384-85, 391, 394, 406-407; support for CSA, 121, 160-61, 199, 208; supply problems, 344, 346, 347; telegraph, 270; threatened, 137, 163, 196, 210, 252, 253, 260, 284, 307, 352, 365, 387, 421, 444; transfers property to CSA, 186, 221, 227-28, 237-38; unionism, 113, 151, 167, 179, 250, 271, 285, 310, 311; U.S. Army officers from, 91; U.S. strategy, 131, 137-38, 150, 197, 198, 208, 212-13, 225-26, 232-33, 234-35, 242, 264, 273-74, 280, 284, 286, 305, 321, 334, 337-38, 344, 346, 354, 365, 368, 389-90, 407, 423-24, 426, (Davis), 271, 326, 373, 405-406; U.S. troops in, 191, 253, 346, 353-54, 358, 368, 390, 436; winter quarters for army, 360; L from convention delegates, 85; mentioned, 36, 145, 218, 231. See also Kanawha valley; Shenandoah Valley
Virginia, University of, 161, 162
Virginia Agricultural Society, 300
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, 191, 284, 408
Virginia Central Railroad: construction, 433; threatened, 244, 344; mentioned, 270, 392
Virginia Military Institute: CSA cadets at, 448; faculty, 152, 226, 322, 323; graduates, 57, 68, 321, 323; supplies for army, 255
Virginia troops: Albemarle Rifles, 162; Blue Ridge Scouts, 108; 1st Cavalry, 208, 275, 280; 7th Cavalry, 275; 12th Cavalry, 275; 22d Cavalry, 279; Charlottesville and University Battalion, 162; "Danville Blues," 272; Floyd's brigade, 177, 193; Fluvanna Artillery, 280; 1st Infantry, 286, 422; 8th Infantry, 201, 235; 9th Infantry, 344; 10th Infantry, 243, 329; 20th Infantry, 245; 39th Infantry, 289; 45th Infantry, 241, 435; 46th Infantry, 241; 47th Infantry, 241; 52d Infantry, 373; 69th Infantry, 236; Jeff Davis Guards, 162; Monticello Guards, 162; Sons of Liberty, 162; Southern Guard, 162; Wise's Legion, 162, 285-86, 311-12; annual report, 202; arms, 219, 226; artillery, 130, 251, 347; cavalry, 192, 251, 264; Engineers, 322; foreigners in, 210; guerrillas, 301; home guard, 322; at Manassas, 251, 275; militia, 115, 186, 210, 239, 240, 260, 281, 284, 307-308, 309, 442; mountain riflemen, 166, 167; organization, 113, 130, 144, 161, 186, 193, 284, 347, 349; partisan legion, 168; release for harvest, 281, 308; sappers and miners, 166; slackers, 231, 430; strength, 132, at Harpers Ferry, 131; surgeons criticized, 320; transferred to CSA, 130, 186, 193, 251; U.S. Army officers in, 182; volunteers, 127, 177, 192, 243-44, 272, 275, 276, 281, 343, 350, 365, 412, 430, (twelve-month), 244, 245; L from officers, 307-308; mentioned, 346, 364
Vogdes, Israel, 97
volunteers: acceptance by CSA, 66, 211, 212, 219, 227, 244, 251, 278-79, 341, 347, 410, 437-38; Congress on, 165-66, 301; criticized, 217, 273, 302, 304-305, 319, 386; Davis on, 83- 84, 251, 253, 278-79, 313, 318, 342, 347, 351, 358-59, 413; enlistment terms, 71, 224, 320, 361, 432, 433, 439, 442; rank, 355; reenlistment, 346, 437-38; regulations, 136, 220; transportation, 278-79; twelve-month, 71, 126, 164, 171, 177-78, 181, 182, 188, 201, 224, 238, 241, 243-44, 245, 251, 266, 279, 308, 316, 327, 347, 351, 361, 363, 383, 422, 433, 437-38, 444, (Davis), 251, 318, 373, 405, 438. See also individual states

W

Wabash, USS, 223
Wade, Benjamin F., 119
Waite, Carlos A., 59
Walker, Alexander (sketch, 5:6): L from, 108
Walker, Joseph K. (sketch, 403), 402
Walker, Leroy P. (sketch, 72): accepts troops, 70, 148, 156, 166, 170, 216, 319; answers for Davis, 166, 241, 248, 319, 325, 328, 351; appointed secretary of war, 56; assignment, 334, 336, 341, 342; authorizes recruiting in U.S., 61, 62; criticized, 162, 278, 310, 328, 333; Davis commends, 334, 341, 361, 381, confers with, xl, xli, 58, 79, 130, reprimands, 140, 351; Forts Pickens and Sumter, 85, 99; military supplies, 260, 298, 300, 309, 352; munitions, 57, 101, 124, 135, 159, 172, 254; officers' appointments, 195, 351; on Davis, 336; orders, 330; Polish Brigade, 343, 361, 368; praised, 356; reports, 136, 142, 266; resigns, 328, 333-34, 336; Ls to, 245, 260, 283, 333-34, 341; Ls from, 66, 67, 69, 85, 136, 153, 167, 169, 183, 266, 278, 279, 280, 284-287, 295-96, 301, 308, 314, 319, 326, 336, 380; mentioned, 75, 108, 123, 129, 168, 174, 201, 206, 224, 304, 307, 367, 453
Walker, Tandy: Ls from, 104, 271
Walker, W. H. T., 326
Walker, William S.: Ls from, 59, 74
Wallace, Stephen D.: L from, 182
Waller, William G.: L from, 281
Wampler, John M.: L from, 201
Ward, Evermont: Ls from, 210, 253
Ward, William T. (sketch, 447), 445
War Department: annual report, 439; appointments, 56, 80, 306; appropriations, 67, 69, 280, 285, 326; conflict with La., 157, Va., 161; congressional inquiries, 284, 285, 30l, 308, 430; criticized, 202, 279, 280, 333, 399, (Davis), 175; estimates, 66, 153, 167, 169, 266, 278, 296, 433, 443, 444; expenses, 85, 278; Indian affairs, 69, 268; legislation concerning, 274, 432-33; policy on state troops, 319, 432-33; regulations, 438, 440; report, 136. See also army; Benjamin, Judah P.; Walker, Leroy P.
War Department, U.S.: Davis recruits personnel from, 79
Wardlaw, David L., 83
Wardlaw, George A., 83
Waring, Joseph F.: commands Ga. troops, 308; Ls from, 296, 302
Warm Springs, Va., 269, 344
War of 1812, 93, 207, 213, 363, 457
Warrenton, Va., 384
Washington, D. M.: L from, 172
Washington, George: Davis compared to, 40, 213; mentioned, 8, 261
Washington, D.C.: attack discussed, 253, 280, 369, 386, 390-91, 393, 407, (Davis), 108, 380, 391, opposed, 143, 155-56, 211, urged, 102, 105, 107, 108, 113, 121, 122, 178, 316, 430; Capitol extension, 456, 457; defenses, 8, 118, 121, 131, 132, 137, 138, 197, 218, 227, 239, 264, 270, 356, 407; government buildings, 456-57; Long Bridge, 131, 265, 430; peace convention, 35, 39, 59, 60, 126, 127, 248; spies, 156, 218, 242, 356, 365, 382; volunteers, 133
Washington County, Miss., volunteers, 148
Washington County, Va.: L from citizens, 253
Washington Evening Star: on Davis, 65; mentioned, 140, 217
Washington Navy Yard, 430
Watauga River bridge, 406
Waters, Henry H.: Ls from, 244, 261
Watie, Stand, 268
Watkins, Elisha P., 202
Watkins, William L., 320
Watlington, F.: L from, 382
Watson, Jesse A.: L from, 272
Waul, Thomas N. (sketch, 2:193): Davis meets with, xli; Ls from, 82, 85
Wayne, Henry C. (sketch, 6:95): Ls from, 145-46, 147, 162, 181, 221, 287; mentioned, 192, 270
Waynesboro, Ga., Independent South, 430
Webb, Henry L.: L from, 56
Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 453
Weightman, Richard H.: E by, 173
Weldon, N.C., 124, 216
Welles, Gideon, 135
Wells, Henry B., 5
Wesendonck, August: Ls from, 284, 343
West: appropriations, 438; commanders, 189, 195, 312-13, 318, 323, 329, 333, 435, 449; conditions, 309, 329; neglected by CSA, 329; strategy, 173, 329. See also individual states
West, Department of the, 61
West, Department of the (U.S.), 111, 189
Westbrook, Etheldred C.: L from, 164
Western Virginia, Department of, 243
West Feliciana Parish, La., 448
West Indies: CSA expansion, 44
West Point, Ga.: Davis speaks at, xl, 44, visits, 193
West Tennessee, 169, 329
Wharton, Thomas J. (sketch, 6:137): Davis meets with, xli; Ls from, 277, 309-10
Wheeler, John H.: Davis meets with, xliii
Wheeling, Va., 354
Whiskey Rebellion: Davis on, 8
White, William C., 217
White House. See Montgomery, Ala.; Richmond, Va.
White Sulphur Springs, Va., 327, 436
Whiting, Jasper S. (sketch, 265), 264, 271
Whiting, W. H. C. (sketch, 58): assignments, 57, 59, 60, 64, 124, 438; Davis introduces, 59, recommends, 56; praised, 226, 264, 357; recommended, 226, 259, 305, 314; reports by, 63, 225; in Va., 252, 423, 438; L to, 59; mentioned, 265, 345
Whitney, Eli (sketch, 3:250): L to, 3; mentioned, 5
Whitthorne, Washington C., 110
Wigfall, Charlotte C.: visits Davises, xlii
Wigfall, Louis T. (sketch, 6:342): recruits for CSA, 52, 61; relations with Davis, xl-xliii, 307; travels with Davises, 170, 177, 183; L to, 101; Ls from, 38, 43, 51-52, 60-61, 66, 67- 68, 74, 100, 101, 349, 350; Ls with, 5-6, 10-12; mentioned, 91, 153
Wight, Ann G.: L from, 59
Wilcox, Cadmus M., 269
Wilderness, Va., Battle of the, 339
Wilkes, Charles, 421, 450, 454
Willard Hotel, xxxix, 378
Williams, Captain ----, 106
Williams, Elizabeth A.: describes Davis, 435
Williams, James (sketch, 248): L from, 388, cited, 248; mentioned, 245, 408
Williams, John S., 444
Williams, Price: L from, 83
Williams, William, 435
Williamson, Charles E., 91
Williamson, E. H.: Ls from, 244, 250-51
Williamson, Thomas H. (sketch, 322), 321
Williamsport, Md., 212
Willis, Z. L. C.: L from, 289
Wilmington, N.C.: Davis visits, 183; defenses, 107, 124, 260, 453; threatened, 382; troops pass through, 180, 182, 183, 192, 197, 201, 202, 207, 208, 217; mentioned, 340-41, 364, 433
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, 180, 182, 192
Wilson, H. L.: L from, 325
Wilson, W. A.: L from, 319
Wilson's Creek, Mo., Battle of, 189, 268, 291, 295, 380, 413
Winchester, Josiah, 334
Winchester, Va.: Davis on position, 239; J. E. Johnston at, 199, 201, 212-13, 242-43, 263, 269, 281, 390; pony express, 244, 344; U.S. advance, 242, 274
Winchester & Potomac Railroad, 212
Winder, Charles S., 84, 91, 284
Winder, John H. (sketch, 1:94), 278
Winder, Richard B.: L from, 289
Winnemore, Isaac T. (ident., 372)
Winslow, Warren: on volunteers, 126; Ls to, 220, 224, 229, 233; Ls from, 107, 211, 216, 220-21, 227, 233, 260, 281
Winslow (CSA), 236
Winston, John A., 145
Winter, Henry W., 119
Winter, Joseph S.: L from, 269
Winterbery, John: L from, 425
Wise, Henry A. (sketch, 6:55): assignments, 168, 326; criticized, 198, 277, 280, 285, 341, 411-12; operations, 252, 269, 270, 271, 277, 284, 285-86, 302, 311, 346, 347; relations with J. B. Floyd, 309, 311-12, 345, 346; Ls from, 59, 168, 311- 12; mentioned, 115, 186
Wise, O. Jennings, 115
Wise's Legion. See Virginia troops
Withers, Augustine J., 334
Withers, Jones M. (sketch, 372), 107-108, 370-71, 438
Withers, William T.: L from, 350-51
Woltz, J. W.: L from, 108
women: hospital workers, 342; Manassas monument subscription, 348; munitions production, 146; sewing societies, 146, 202, 348-49, 361; spies, 365, 444; volunteers, 121, 142, 143
Wood, Igdaliah: L from, 436
Wood, William B., 454
Woodsonville, Ky., 445
Woodville, Miss., 367
Woolfolk, L. B.: L from, 349
Wren, John T., 202
Wright, Augustus R.: L from, 356
Wright, Crafts J. (sketch, 1:63): L to, cited, 214
Wright, George, 57
Wright, John V. (sketch, 403): L from, 241; mentioned, 402
Wright, Moses H., 349
Wytheville, Va., 233, 277, 284

Y

Yancey, Sarah E., 354
Yancey, William Lowndes (sketch, 6:342): commissioner in Europe, 111, 256, 308, 354, 377, 396, 408, 411; criticizes administration, 354, 451; elected to Senate, 450; presidential candidate, 37; Ls from, 63, 449-52; mentioned, v, 13, 56
Yazoo City Democrat, 205
Yazoo County, Miss., volunteers, 205
Yeatman, Thomas: L from, 101
Yell, James, 180, 211
Yellott, Coleman: L from, 175; mentioned, 152
yellow fever, 175
Yerby, G. W.: L from, 69
Yerger, Jacob S. (sketch, 2:50): L from, 231; mentioned, 233
York River, Va., 163, 206, 436
Yorktown, Va.: defenses, 206; threatened, 143, 365, 440; mentioned, 381
Young, Pierce M. B.: L from, 34
Yulee, David L. (sketch, 4:7): Davis and, xxxix, 365; Ls from, 40, 66; Ls with, 5-6, 10-12

Z

Zarco, Francisco (sketch, 77), 75
Zollicoffer, Felix K. (sketch, 248): Davis praises, 247; operations, 276, 278, 284, 394, 404; recommended, 231; L from, 258

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