abolitionism, 110, 173
Brown and, 182–83
Adams, Henry, 168–69
African Americans
in Confederate Army, 347, 349
Lee’s attitude toward, 173, 371–72, 382
Mary Lee’s attitude toward, 383
post-war conditions in South, 385
in Union Army, 341–42
voting rights, 382
Washington College students and, 386, 389, 390
White Sulphur paper and, 390
see also slavery
Alexander, Edward Porter, 226, 267
Appomattox Campaign, 357, 360, 362–63, 364
Chancellorsville Campaign, 284
Fredericksburg Campaign, 269, 271
Gettysburg Campaign, 299–300, 302
Petersburg Campaign, 342, 351, 352
Alexander, Peter W., 275
Alexandria, Va., 31
Allan, William, 307, 406
Anderson, Richard H., 258, 312, 320
Appomattox Campaign, 357, 358, 360
Chancellorsville Campaign, 280
Gettysburg Campaign, 298
Spotsylvania Campaign, 326, 327, 328, 329
Wilderness Campaign, 324, 325
Antietam, Battle of, 261–63, 268
map of, 260
Appomattox Campaign, 356–59
Lee’s surrender, 359, 360–66, 367–68
map of, 358
Sayler’s Creek, Battle of, 358–59
Arlington Base Ball Club, 383
Arlington House, 39, 61, 71, 369, 410
beauty of, 60
confiscation by U.S. government, 314
Custis’s bequest of, 175, 176
layout of, 143–44
occupation by Union Army, 195–96, 215
renovations of, 164
staff and livestock, 144
Armistead, Lewis A., 242
Army of Northern Virginia,225
casualties under Lee’s leadership, 321
desertion problem, 308–9, 347, 348, 349
Lee’s farewell address, 367
Lee’s offer to resign as commander, 307–8
manpower shortages, 276
officer situation in 1862, 245–48
officer situation in 1864, 319–21
provisions problem, 276, 318, 342–43, 347, 356–57
rehabilitation following Maryland Campaign, 265, 267
reorganization following Lee’s assumption of command, 233
reorganization of corps and divisions, 289–90
Army of Virginia, 248
Babcock, Orville E., 364, 365
Babcock, Samuel, 57, 58, 62, 63, 95
Bank of Virginia, 35
Banks, Nathaniel P., 224
Barbour, James, 43
Barksdale, William, 271
Barnwell, William, 36
Barrett, Milton, 342
barrier islands, 213
Bartlett, William H. C, 158
Barton, H. T., 406, 411, 412, 415
Battery Hudson, 101
Battery Morton, 101
Beaumont, Sarah (“Tasy”), 93
Lee’s letters to, 98, 106
Beaumont, William, 93
Beauregard, P. G. T., 198, 204, 288, 292, 312, 313,330,335,390
Fort Sumter, Battle of, 187
Lee’s letters to, 370
Mexican War, 121, 127, 129, 130, 134, 135
Petersburg Campaign, 336, 337, 338
Benjamin, Judah P., 208, 211
Lee’s letters to, 212, 214
Bennett, W. Jefferson, 408
Benton, Thomas Hart, 81
Berkeley, Carter, 31
blacks, see African Americans
Blair, Francis, 187–88
Bledsoe, Albert Taylor, 197
Blow, Henry T., 382
Bond, Christina, 391–92
Booth, John Wilkes, 370
Borcke, Heros von, 271
Brady, Matthew, 369
Bragg, Braxton, 264, 288, 309, 335
Chickamauga Creek, Battle of, 310
Missionary Ridge, Battle of, 312
Petersburg Campaign, 336, 337, 338
Brandy Station, Battle of, 291
Breckinridge, John C., 330, 335, 348, 349
Bright, John, 389
Bristoe Station Campaign, 310–11
Brockenbrough, Francis H., 389
Brockenbrough, John W., 374, 400
Brooklyn, N.Y., 102
Brown, John, 181–83
Brown, Joseph, 212, 213
Buchanan, James, 176, 180
Buchser, Frank, 403–4
Buckler, Thomas H., 409–10
Buckner, Simon B., 214
Buena Vista, Battle of, 120
Bullet, Virginia, 87
Bull Run, First Battle of, 198, 199
Bull Run, Second Battle of, 251–55
map of, 254
Burnside, Ambrose E., 279
command of Army of the Potomac, 268
Fredericksburg Campaign, 268–69, 271, 272
Maryland Campaign, 268
Burr, Aaron, 28
Butler, Benjamin F., 336
Butterfield, Daniel, 285
Calhoun, John C., 42–43
Calvert, Julia, 64
Cameron, Simon, 188, 389–90
Campbell, John A., 348
Camp Cooper, 165
Carter, Annette, 404–5, 410
Lee’s letters to, 186, 391, 404
Carter, Bernard Moore, 28, 109
Carter, Charles, 23, 24, 25, 29, 63
Carter, Charles Henry, 410
Carter, Lucy Lee, 25, 27, 28–29
Carter, Mildred, 30
Carter, Robert, 405
Carter, Robert (“King”), 25
Carter, Thomas H., 371
Caskie, James H., 223, 266
Catlett’s Station, Battle of, 251
Catumseh, Chief, 167
Cedar Mountain, Battle of, 250
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 125–28
map of, 126
Chamberlain, Joshua L., 368
Chambers, James A., 64
Chambersburg, Battle of, 267
Chancellorsville Campaign, 280–86
map of, 281
Chapultepec, Battle of, 134–36
Charleston, S.C., fire of 1861, 214
Chatham estate, 269
Cheat Mountain Campaign, 203, 204–7, 209
map of, 205
Chesnut, Mary, 199–200, 213, 313, 317
Chickamauga Creek, Battle of, 310
Childe, Catherine Mildred Lee, 32, 35, 38, 44, 51, 56, 159, 160, 168
Childe, Edward, 173
Chilton, Robert H., 227, 242, 269
Chittum, C. H.,416
Church, Albert E., 158
Churubusco, Battle of, 132–33
Cicero, 41
Civil War, 18, 19
African-American soldiers, 341–42, 347, 349
beginning of, 187
civilians’ involvement, 249, 323
coastal region, Lee’s defense of, 211–16
Confederacy’s prospects, Lee’s views on, 197, 198,218,221,279
Davis’s strategy for victory, 256
“flag of truce” custom, 334
foreign intervention, possibility of, 264
guerrilla warfare, 249–50, 362–63
“high tide” of Confederate hopes, 264
Lee’s influence on overall Confederate strategy, 247
Lee’s strategy for victory, 226–27, 288, 309
Lee’s surrender, 359, 360–66, 367–68
naval warfare, 219, 223, 345
peace negotiations, 347–48
peace with reunion, Lee’s views on, 265, 288–89
prisoners of war, 342
Sherman’s campaign in Georgia and
Carolinas, 343, 345, 347, 348
as spiritual trial for Southern people, 308
trench warfare, 339–40, 342, 343
western theatre, 214, 247, 288, 306, 309–10, 312–13,346–47
see also specific battles and campaigns
Clark, W. G., 395
Clark, William, 93
Clay, Clement C., 306
Cocke, Elizabeth Randolph, 372–73
Cocke, Harrison H., 196
Cocke, John Hartwell, 344
Cockspur Island, 57–58, 62–63
Cold Harbor, Battle of, 329–31, 334–35
map of, 331
Colfax, Schuyler, 391
Colston, Raleigh, 320
Comanche tribe, 163, 167–68, 184
Confederate Army:
African-American soldiers, 347, 349
coastal region, Lee’s command of, 211–16
conscription of soldiers, 218–19
crises of 1862, 216–17
illness problems, 201
Lee’s appointment as general in chief, 347
Lee’s appointment to command position, 225
Lee’s initial appointment, 189
Lee’s role as consultant/coordinator, 199, 204, 216
Lee’s role as intermediary between Davis and officers, 222, 224
Virginia Militia, 189, 194–95, 196, 198, 199
see also Army of Northern Virginia
Confederate States of America:
capital at Richmond, 197
desertion of Richmond, 355
formation of, 186, 187
Lee’s loyalty to, 193–94
secession of states from Union, 42, 185–86, 187–89, 191, 193
Congress, U.S., 78, 161
Reconstruction and, 381–82, 385
Connally, Jim, 112, 113, 117, 119, 139, 142, 144
Conner, David, 122
Conrad, Charles M., 154
Conscription Act of 1862 (CSA), 218–19
Contreras, Battle of, 130–33
Cook, Thomas M., 369
Cooke, Giles, 368
Cooke, Philip St. George, 238
Cooper, Samuel, 204, 208, 280, 410
Lee’s letters to, 337
Corps of Engineers, see Engineer Corps
Cortinas, Juan, 184
Crater, Battle of the, 341–42, 344
Crenshaw, Lewis D., 355
C.S.S. Virginia, 219, 222
Cuba, 148
Cullum, George W., 82
Custer, George A., 363–64
Custis, George Washington Parke, 39, 161, 164–65
death of, 173–74
early years, 60–61
estate left by, 175–77
land holdings, 144–45
Lee’s engagement to Mary, 61–62
Lee’s letters to, 76, 110, 138–39
Lee’s relationship with, 76, 77
Lees’ wedding, 64
personal qualities, 61
slave ownership, 144
wife’s death, 159–60
Custis, Mary Fitzhugh, 39, 62, 69, 71, 76, 86, 93, 145
death of, 159
Lee’s letters to, 103, 119, 120, 152
Lee’s relationship with, 77
Lees’ wedding, 64
Mary Lee’s relationship with, 77
on Rooney Lee, 169
personal qualities, 61
Dabbs, Mary C., 227
Dabney, R. L., 384, 399
Dahlgren, Ulric, 322
Daniel, John M., 191,209
Darby, John Fletcher, 95
Darwin, Charles, 80
Davis, Jefferson, 196, 199, 204, 216, 219, 248, 288, 343, 344, 409, 413
African-American soldiers for Confederate Army, 347
capture by Union Army, 370
Chancellorsville Campaign, 283, 285
Civil War strategy, 256
Cuban revolutionary junta episode, 148
Fort Sumter, Battle of, 187
Fredericksburg Campaign, 268
on Lee as West Point Superintendent, 157
Lee’s appointment to command position, 225
Lee’s assignment to western theatre, proposed, 309, 312–13
Lee’s letters to, 148, 156, 196, 227–29, 234, 235, 238, 239, 247, 248, 251, 254, 255–56, 257, 259, 261, 268, 283, 285, 288–89, 290, 292, 306, 307–8, 312, 321, 322, 334, 335, 336, 342–43, 346, 347, 368
Lee’s offer of resignation, 308
Lee’s relationship with, 198, 248
Lee’s surrender, 368
letters of recommendation for Lee, 212’
Maryland Campaign, 255–56, 257, 259, 261
Northwestern Virginia Campaign, 208, 209
Peninsula Campaign, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 227–29, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 241
Pennsylvania Campaign, 306
Petersburg Campaign, 337, 338, 339–40, 342–43, 346, 347
presidency of Confederacy, 187
Richmond, move to, 197–98
as Secretary of War, 154, 156, 161
spiritual view of Civil War, 308
treason issue, 386–87, 390
at West Point, 50, 54
Davis, Varina, 223
Deas, George Allen, 195
Deep Bottom, Battles of, 344
Delafield, Richard, 63
Derwent (Lee’s Cumberland County house), 373
Dominquez, Manuel, 128
Dow, Neal, 389
Duncan, D. G., 197
Duncan, James, 138
Early, Jubal, 320, 339, 344
Chancellorsville Campaign, 281, 283, 285
Gettysburg Campaign, 298
memoirs of, 384
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 335, 338, 345, 346
Spotsylvania Campaign, 326, 329
Educational Society of Virginia, 398–99
Elliott, Ralph E., 59
Emancipation Proclamation, 264, 273
Engineer Corps:
coasting voyage (1849), 146
Fort Carroll construction, 145–47, 148
Fort Monroe construction, 63–64, 68–69, 74–75
Fort Pulaski construction, 57–58, 62–63
Fort Wool construction, 63, 69, 74, 75
internal improvements projects, 78–79
Lee’s commission to, 54
Lee’s engineering strategy, 91–92
Lee’s status within, 69
Lee’s Washington assignments, 75, 77–79, 80–81, 143
Mississippi River rapids project, 86, 88–89, 91–92,94,95,96–97
New York military installations project, 101, 102–3
Ohio-Michigan boundary survey, 81–83
St. Louis harbor project, 84–85, 86–88, 89–91, 94, 95–96, 97, 98, 99–100
West Point and, 48
Eustis, Abram, 68, 74
Eveleth, James, 81
Ewell, Richard S., 249, 320, 337
Appomattox Campaign, 357, 358, 359
Bristoe Station Campaign, 310, 311
capture by Union Army, 359
Cold Harbor, Battle of, 330
corps command in Army of Northern Virginia, 290
Gettysburg Campaign, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 302, 303
health problems, 320
Lee’s letters to, 320
Pennsylvania Campaign, 292, 293
Spotsylvania Campaign, 326, 327
Wilderness Campaign, 324, 325
Fair Oaks, Battle of, 224–25
Farley, Maria, 24
Farragut, David G., 345
Faulkner, William, 302–3
Federal Republican (newspaper), 32
Field, Charles w., 221
First Year of the War, The (Pollard), 209, 274
Fitzhugh, Anna Maria, 39, 403, 410
Lee’s letters to, 137, 157–58, 177, 377
Fitzhugh, William Henry, 32, 39, 42, 61
Fitzwalter, John, 125
Floyd, John B., 179, 203, 204, 207, 208, 209, 210,214
Ford, Gerald, 380
Forsyth, John, 75
Fort Calhoun, 63, 69
Fort Carroll, 145–47, 148
Fort Fisher, Battle of, 347
Fort Hamilton, 101, 102–3
Fort Harrison, Battle of, 345
Fort Lafayette, 101
Fort McHenry, 146
Fort Monroe, 63–64, 68–69, 74–75
Fort Pulaski:
Battle of, 215–16
construction of, 57–58, 62–63
Fort Stedman, Battle of, 349, 353
Fort Sumter, Battle of, 187
Fort Wool, 63, 69, 74, 75
France, 264
Frazer, William D., 115
Fredericksburg Campaign, 268–69, 271–72
map of, 270
Freud, Sigmund, 36
Gaines’s Mill, Battle of, 237–38
Garnett, Robert S. (congressman), 43
Garnett, Robert S. (Lee’s chief of staff), 195, 199, 202
Garrison, William Lloyd, 389
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, 392
Gettysburg Campaign:
analyses of Confederate defeat, 301–3, 306–7
casualties, 304–5
first day of battle, 295
geographical features, 295
Lee’s analysis of, 307, 410
Lee’s reaction to defeat, 301
Lee’s strategy, 292–93, 295–97, 298–99
map of, 294
Pickett’s charge, 300, 301
preliminary maneuverings, 293–94
second day of battle, 297–98
third day of battle, 298–300
withdrawal of Confederate forces, 300–301, 304
Gibson, Churchill J., 384
Gibson, Mrs. Churchill J., 353
Gimbrede, Thomas, 53
Glendale, Battle of, 240–41
Goldsborough, Mary, 64
Goodfellow, John, 90
Gordon, Edward C., 383
Gordon, John B., 326, 349, 357, 359, 361, 362
Grade, Archibald, 343
Grant, Ulysses S., 214, 369, 403
Appomattox Campaign, 356, 359, 360–61, 363, 364–66
Cold Harbor, Battle of, 329–30, 334–35
general in chief, appointment as, 322
Lee, assessment of, 352
Lee’s treason case, 370, 371
Lee’s White House visit, 391
Mexican War, 123
Missionary Ridge, Battle of, 312
Petersburg Campaign, 336, 338, 342–43, 344–45, 346, 348, 349
presidency, election to, 391
on Scott, 110
Spotsylvania Campaign, 326, 327, 328, 329
Vicksburg Campaign, 288, 306
Wilderness Campaign, 326
Gratiot, Charles, 57, 65, 68, 74, 75, 78, 81, 84–85, 86, 95
Great Britain, 30, 32, 264
Greeley, Horace, 178
Green, Israel, 180, 181, 182
Green, Timothy, 74
Greene, Nathanael, 36
Griffin, Caesar, 389
Hadfield, George, 60
Hale, Abigail, 67, 71
Hale, Horace, 67, 71
Halleck, Henry W., 249, 279, 293
Hallowell, Benjamin, 43–44, 53, 146, 148
Hamilton, Alexander, 24, 28, 80
Hampton, Wade, 321, 335, 345, 346
Hampton Roads Peace Conference, 347–48
Hanson, Alexander C., 32–33
Hardee, William J., 343
Harpers Ferry, Va., 194
Brown’s raid, 179–83
Confederate capture of, 257, 261
Harrison, Henry T., 293
Haskell, John, 363
Hatcher’s Run, Battle of, 348
Ha-Tem-a-see, Chief, 167
Haxall, Charlotte (“Lottie”), 405
Haxall, Lou, 315–16
Heth, Henry, 221,299, 311, 357
Hill, A. P., 246, 247, 279, 320, 332
Bristoe Station Campaign, 310–11
Chancellorsville Campaign, 283
Cold Harbor, Battle of, 330
corps command in Army of Northern Virginia, 290
death of, 355
Gettysburg Campaign, 295, 296, 298, 299, 301
health problems, 326
Lee’s letters to, 330
Maryland Campaign, 258, 259, 261, 262
Peninsula Campaign, 232–33, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240, 241
Pennsylvania Campaign, 292, 293
Petersburg Campaign, 339, 346
Spotsylvania Campaign, 326
Wilderness Campaign, 324, 325
Hill, Benjamin H., 351–52
Hill, D. H., 246, 247, 290
Maryland Campaign, 258, 259, 261, 263
Peninsula Campaign, 232–33, 235, 236, 240, 241,243,250,251
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 93, 119, 128, 138
Hoke, Robert F., 330, 335
Holmes, David, 43
Holmes, Theophilus H., 241, 246
Homer, 41
Hood, John Bell, 279, 290–91
with Army of Tennessee, 343, 345, 346–47
Gettysburg Campaign, 297
Maryland Campaign, 258, 259, 261
Peninsula Campaign, 238
Hooker, Joseph, 261,292
Chancellorsville Campaign, 280, 281–82, 283, 284, 285, 286
command of Army of the Potomac, 279, 293
wounding of, 284
Hotchkiss, Jed, 282, 284, 288, 400
Howard, Jacob M., 381–82
Howard, Oliver Otis, 150–51
Huger, Benjamin, 194, 220, 222, 246
Peninsula Campaign, 231, 233–35, 240, 241
Humphreys, Milton W., 401
Hunt, Henry J., 107, 124
Hunter, Andrew, 347
Hunter, David, 335
Hunter, R. M. T., 348
Huse, Caleb, 155
Imboden, John D., 301, 304, 305
Indian wars, 161, 163, 167–68, 184
Intruder in the Dust (Faulkner), 302–3
Ives, Joseph Christmas, 226
Jackson, Andrew, 40, 59, 79
Jackson, Thomas J. (“Stonewall”), 194, 249, 250, 265, 384
Cedar Mountain, Battle of, 250
Chancellorsville Campaign, 280, 282–83
death of, 283, 284, 286, 287–88
Fredericksburg Campaign, 268, 271, 272
Lee’s attitude toward, 247, 287
Lee’s letters to, 221, 224, 249
Manassas/Bull Run, Second Battle of, 251–52,253,255
Maryland Campaign, 257, 258, 259, 261, 263
Peninsula Campaign, 228, 231, 232–33, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240, 241
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 224, 232
Janney, John, 193
Jefferson, Thomas, 28, 30, 40, 79, 340
Johns, John L., 160, 410
Johnson, Andrew, 370, 371, 380, 382, 385
Johnson, Bushrod, 343, 357, 360
Johnson, Henry, 43
Johnson, Marmaduke, 191
Johnson, Reverdy, 390
Johnson, Richard M, 43
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 163, 164, 165, 204, 214, 405
Lee’s letters to, 174
Johnston, Erastus C, 387–88, 394
Johnston, Joseph E., 68, 78, 92, 194, 204, 247, 248, 316, 348, 356, 409
Lee’s letters to, 224
Lee’s relationship with, 50, 248
Mexican War, 119, 124
Peninsula Campaign, 220–21, 222, 224–25
western command, 288, 306, 313, 343
at West Point, 50
wounding of, 225
Johnston, Samuel R., 297
Johnston, William Preston, 405–6
Jones, D. R., 258, 261
Jones, John R., 258, 320
Jones, J. William, 353
Jones, William E., 335
Kayser, Henry I., 97
investment advice for Lee, 108
Lee’s letters to, 98, 106, 109–10
Lee’s relationship with, 92
St. Louis harbor project, 89–90, 99
Kearny, Stephen W., 114
Keith, Reuel, 65
Kelly, William, 43
Kelly’s Ford, Battle of, 277
Kennedy, John P., 64
Kershaw, Joseph B., 344, 345
Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson, 322
King’s Schoolhouse, Battle of, 233–35
Kiowa tribe, 184
Kremer, Theodore, 167
Lacy, B. T., 282
Lawton, Alexander, 258
Lawton, Andrew, 318, 408
Leary, William B., 39, 41, 42–43
Lee, Agnes, see Lee, Eleanor Agnes
Lee, Algernon Sidney (brother), 26
Lee, Ann Carter (mother), 17, 42, 379, 403
Alexandria, move to, 31–32
children born to, 26, 27, 28, 29
death of, 56
financial situation, 29, 30, 35
health problems, 28, 38, 51
Lee’s departure for West Point, 44
Lee’s relationship with, 38, 44–45
married life, 25–26, 27
physical appearance, 38
religious beliefs, 45
transient life, 34, 56
wedding day, 23–24, 25
will of, 56
Lee, Annie Carter (daughter), 104, 159, 195, 230
birth of, 97
Custis’s bequest to, 175
death of, 266
grave, Lee’s visit to, 407
Lee’s letters to, 139, 184, 212–13, 215, 265
Lee, Ann Kinloch (sister), see Marshall, Ann
Lee
Lee, Ann McCarty (Henry IV’s wife), 35–36, 39–41, 59–60, 97–98
Lee, Carter, see Lee, Charles Carter
Lee, Cassius (cousin), 410
Lee, Catherine Mildred (sister), see Childe,
Catherine Lee
Lee, Charles (uncle), 25
Lee, Charles Carter (brother), 27, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41, 43, 45, 79, 97, 98, 109, 179, 368, 401
law practice, 38, 51, 60
Lee’s letters to, 58, 62, 63, 64, 69, 75, 77, 81, 83–84, 89, 108, 137, 138, 139, 216
Lee’s relationship with, 60
mother’s bequest to, 56
Lee, Charlotte Wickham (“Chass”) (Rooney’s first wife), 172, 184, 266
death of, 314
health problems, 266, 313
Lee’s letters to, 172, 221–22, 226, 231, 266
marriage of, 179
Lee, Custis, see Lee, George Washington Custis
Lee, Edmund Jennings (uncle), 31
Lee, Eleanor Agnes (daughter), 157, 159, 161, 195, 266, 313, 314, 344, 373, 403, 404, 411, 414,415
birth of, 102
Custis’s bequest to, 175
Lee’s farewell tour, 406, 407, 408, 409
Lee’s letters to, 17–18, 139, 165, 185, 212, 215, 265, 276, 277, 278, 279
suitors for, 276
Lee, Elizabeth (aunt), 29
Lee, Fitzhugh (nephew), 314, 321, 403
Appomattox Campaign, 361, 363
Chancellorsville Campaign, 282
Petersburg Campaign, 349
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 335, 344
Spotsylvania Campaign, 326–27
at West Point, 156
Lee, George Washington Custis (son), 75, 85, 86, 108, 169, 171, 176, 179, 265, 266, 267, 314, 317, 338, 344, 348, 352, 369, 411,415
birth of, 71
capture by Union Army, 359
Civil War frustrations, 319
Confederate Army, joining of, 195
Custis’s bequest to, 175
engineering work, 159, 164
Lee’s letters to, 19, 105, 117–18, 119–20, 127–28, 149–50, 152, 178, 213, 215, 276, 277, 287, 314, 342, 410, 414
Peninsula Campaign, 222
St. Louis excursion, 92–93, 94, 96
teaching career, 373, 377
at West Point, 146, 148, 149, 150–52, 159
Lee, Harper, 105
Lee, Henry, II (grandfather), 24, 25
Lee, Henry, III (“Light Horse Harry”) (father), 17, 45, 61
advice for children, 34
Alexandria, move to, 31–32
beating incident, 32–33
congressional career, 27–28
death of, 36
emigration to West Indies, 33, 36
financial situation, 24–25, 27, 28, 30, 31
as governor, 26
grave, Lee’s visits to, 215, 408
Jefferson, attack on, 30
learning of, 33–34
Lee’s biographical sketch of, 400–401
Lee’s relationship with, 34, 36–37
legal problems, 30–31
memoirs of, 31, 32, 37, 400
military career, 24
politics of, 28
scruples of, 25
wedding day, 23–24, 25
Lee, Henry, IV (half brother), 25, 27, 31, 35–36, 37, 39–41,43, 59–60, 79–80, 97
Lee, Lucy Grymes (half sister), see Carter, Lucy Lee
Lee, Mary (daughter), 86, 148, 159, 160, 163–64, 195, 266, 313, 314, 344, 373
birth of, 83
Custis’s bequest to, 175
Lee, Mary Anne Custis (wife), 17, 51, 75, 76, 163, 164, 172, 188, 276, 369, 404, 409
Arlington House:
love for, 71
occupation by Union Army, 195–96
childhood of, 39
children born to, 71, 81, 83, 84, 86, 97, 101–2, 103
Civil War travels, 211, 223, 230–31, 266, 344
as Confederate partisan, 190
Cumberland County home, 373
Custis’s bequest to, 175
health problems, 65, 83–84, 94, 103, 168, 171, 177, 179,277,313
housekeeping, attitude toward, 70–71
Lee’s death, 411,412,413,415
Lee’s letters to, 71–72, 73, 82–83, 87, 88, 96, 102–3, 112, 113, 116, 117, 123–24, 136–37, 146–47, 148, 159, 164–65, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 186, 196, 198, 202, 206–7, 208, 209, 213, 215, 216, 217, 221, 222, 223, 231, 243, 251, 266, 272–73, 274, 277–78, 279, 291, 306–7, 313–14, 318, 319, 329, 337, 342, 344, 345, 346, 347, 371, 387
Lee’s relationships with women, 73–74, 107
Lee’s relationship with, 313–14, 317
courtship, 57
engagement, 61–62
married life, 67, 70–73, 74, 103, 106, 107
wedding, 64–65
Lee’s tenure at Washington College, 375, 402
military life, attitude toward, 69–70
as mother, 94, 103–4
mother, relationship with, 77
mother’s death, 159
portrait of, 93
racial views, 383
Reconstruction issues, 383, 385
religious beliefs, 65–66
Richmond homes, 313, 317
St. Louis excursion, 92–94, 96
self-centeredness, 65
slaves, attitude toward, 177
socks for troops, 318, 346, 347
Lee, Mary Tabb Boiling (Rooney’s second wife), 386, 387, 403
Lee, Matilda (Harry’s first wife), 24, 25, 27
Lee, Mildred Childe (daughter), 195, 230, 266, 314, 344, 373, 403
birth of, 103
Custis’s bequest to, 175
Lee’s death, 411,412, 414–15
Lee’s letters to, 212, 221–22, 249, 313, 404, 405, 406, 409, 410
pet squirrel, 319
Lee, Nannie (Smith’s wife), 73
Lee, Philip (half brother), 25
Lee, Robert (grandson—died in infancy), 184, 231
Lee, Robert (nephew), 377
Lee, Robert E., 17–20
alcohol use, attitude toward, 78, 398
Amnesty Oath, 380–81
anecdotes about, 210, 263, 350–54
beard of, 210
birth of, 29
childhood of, 30, 31, 33, 34–35, 36, 38, 39
Christmas epistle of 1862, 272–73
citizenship, restoration of, 380–81
Civil War memorials, attitude toward, 392
class concerns, 41, 80
as college president, see Washington College
comic vision of life, 20, 414
command experience at onset of Civil War, 192
command position, first assignment to, 161
communion incident, 372
Confederate service, attitude toward, 370–71, 401
confirmation of, 160
confrontation, dislike for, 17–18, 183, 189–90, 204, 208
control and freedom, desire for, 120, 150, 151, 157, 317–18
coping capacity, 218
courts-martial, presiding at, 170
criticism of, 196–97, 209–10, 212, 213–14, 247–48, 306, 307
Cuban revolutionary junta episode, 148
Cumberland County home, 371, 372–73
Custis’s estate, 175–79, 215, 273–74
Custis’s properties, management of, 76–77, 164–65, 168
death, brushes with, 121–22, 253
death of, 410–13, 414–15, 417
“death wish” issue, 332–33
duty as freedom, 19, 85, 120, 151–52, 316
education, philosophy of, 102, 398–99
engineering work, see Engineering Corps
ethical code, 370–71
family contacts during Civil War, 265–66
farewell address to troops, 367
farewell tour of South, 406–9
farming life, 175, 176–79
fatalism of, 252–53
as father, 19,96, 103–5, 112, 120, 145, 148, 149–50, 151–52, 156–57, 169–70, 171–72
father’s biographical sketch, 400–401
father’s grave, visits to, 215, 408
father’s legacy, coming to terms with, 36–37
financial situation, 54, 56, 107–9, 159, 168, 174, 176, 215, 222–23, 274, 314–15, 369, 374, 402
“finishing up” by, 43–44
food preferences, 117
frustration of war, coping with, 350–54
funeral of, 416
genealogical interests, 79
on gentlemanliness, 397
governorship, proposed candidacy for, 384–85
hand injury, 255
health problems, 147–48, 184–85, 192, 277–79, 308, 309, 310, 314, 330, 352–53, 379, 386, 404, 405–6, 408, 409–10
heroic stature, 20, 275–76, 286, 349–50, 391–92, 396, 414, 416–17
homecoming from Mexico, 142, 143
honor, sense of, 186, 189–90
horse preferences, 116–17
housekeeping, attitude toward, 70–71
humor of, 82, 107, 158, 221–22, 267, 319
leadership style in battle, 246
lighthouse incident, 82
limitations, awareness of, 109
male camaradarie, 50, 107
male role model, lack of, 95
marriage, see Lee, Mary Anne Custis
mathematical abilities, 41, 43–44, 53–54
medical profession, attitude toward, 147, 278
memoirs project, 373, 400
Mexico City period, 139
military capabilities, confidence in, 139–41
military career, decision on, 41–42
military education, see West Point Military Academy
mother’s bequest to, 56
offensive orientation of military strategy, 140–41, 203, 226–27
paradoxes of, 413–14
philosophy of life, 20, 112, 152, 414
physical appearance, 54–55, 115, 145, 192, 226, 314
political maneuvering within military, 110
politics of, 79–80, 109–10, 172–73, 390–91
portraits and photographs, 92, 115, 159, 369,403–4, 409
promotions for, 69, 84, 94, 127, 133, 136, 163, 187, 210, 347
racial views, 167, 173, 371–72, 382
reading preferences, 53, 158, 161
Reconstruction issues, 381–83, 384–85
religious beliefs, 19, 34, 45–46, 80, 152, 160–61, 397
resignation as Confederate commander, offer of, 307–8
resignation from military, consideration of, 139, 174
resignation from U.S. Army, 188
Richmond, post-war return to, 368–69
schooling of, 34, 38, 39, 41
secession issue, 186, 187–89
self-control of, 18–19, 45, 106
shyness of, 34–35, 192
slave ownership, 57, 72, 108, 173, 175, 177–78, 183–84, 273–74
slavery, attitude toward, 72, 173, 184
as Southerner, 189
stoicism of, 267
temper of, 277
Texas assignments, 165, 167–68, 170, 183, 184–85
treason issue, 369–71, 390
troops, addresses to, 207, 367
troops, care for, 210
Virginia secession convention, address to, 191–93
will of, 112
women, relationships with, 19, 59, 72–74, 87, 89, 98–99, 106–7, 113, 139, 148–49, 315–16, 372, 404–5
wounding of, 136
see also specific persons, places and events
Lee, Robert E., Jr. (son), 117, 142, 159, 160, 175, 176, 195, 243–44, 249, 266, 291, 314, 369, 371, 373, 374, 378, 390, 403, 409
birth of, 103
childhood memories, 145, 156–57, 160–61
Confederate Army, joining of, 217
Custis’s bequest to, 175
Lee’s letters to, 184
Manassas/Bull Run, Second Battle of, 253–54
Maryland Campaign, 263
on Washington College, 374–75
wounding of, 344
Lee, Robert E., II (grandson), 403
Lee, Rooney, see Lee, William Henry
Lee, Sidney Smith (brother), 35, 38, 51, 64, 73, 200
birth of, 28
Confederate Army, joining of, 195
death of, 402–3
Lee’s letters to, 123, 143, 188, 378
Mexican War, 122, 123
mother’s bequest to, 56
naval career, 38–39
Lee, Thomas, 25
Lee, William Henry (“Rooney”) (son), 103, 108, 159, 160, 176, 184, 266, 321, 368, 369, 371, 373, 374, 390, 403
Appomattox Campaign, 357
birth of, 86
capture by Union Army, 305, 314, 319
Confederate Army, joining of, 195
Custis’s bequest to, 175
farming career, 377–78
at Harvard, 164, 168–70, 171
health problems, 104
Kelly’s Ford, Battle of, 277
Lee’s letters to, 112, 117–18, 119–20, 169, 177, 178, 179, 184, 186, 380, 386
marriages, 172, 179, 386, 387
military career before Civil War, 171, 179
Northwestern Virginia Campaign, 205, 207
Peninsula Campaign, 239
Petersburg Campaign, 338, 344
St. Louis excursion, 92–93, 94, 96
severed fingers incident, 104–5
wounding of, 291
Leopard incident, 30
Letcher, John, 188–89, 194, 198, 223
Lee’s letters to, 207
Lewis, Angela, 64
Life on the Mississippi (Twain), 99
Lincoln, Abraham, 187, 203, 224, 249, 256, 279
assassination of, 369–70
Chancellorsville Campaign, 285
command changes in Union Army, 268, 293
election as President, 185, 346
Emancipation Proclamation, 264, 273
peace negotiations, 347–48
Lippitt, Armistead, 142
Long, A. L., 227, 252, 282, 298, 352–53
Longinus, 41
Longstreet, James, 250, 251, 265, 288, 320
Appomattox Campaign, 356, 357, 359, 361, 363–64
corps command in Army of Northern Virginia, 289–90
Fredericksburg Campaign, 271, 272
Gettysburg Campaign, 294, 295–96, 297, 298–99, 301–2, 303, 307
independent commands, 279–80
Lee’s attitude toward, 247
Lee’s letters to, 309, 322
Manassas/Bull Run, Second Battle of, 252, 253, 255
Maryland Campaign, 258, 259, 261, 263
Peninsula Campaign, 220, 232–33, 235, 236, 240, 241, 242, 243
Pennsylvania Campaign, 292, 293, 305
Petersburg Campaign, 346, 347
in Tennessee, 310
Wilderness Campaign, 324, 325
wounding of, 325
Loring, William W., 202, 203, 204–6, 210, 267
Lowe, Andrew, 408
Lowe, Enoch L., 256
Lucy Long (horse), 402
McCarty, Betsy, see Storke, Betsy McCarty
McClellan, George B., 255, 265
command of Union Army, 203, 267–68
Maryland Campaign, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262
Mexican War, 127
Northwestern Virginia Campaign, 199, 203
Peninsula Campaign, 218, 219, 220, 222, 224–25, 228, 232, 233–34, 239–40, 242, 248, 250, 251
training of Union Army, 214
McCormick, Cyrus, 376
McDowell, Irvin, 195–96, 220, 224
McGowan, Samuel, 325
McGuire, Hunter, 287
Mackay, Catherine, 215
Mackay, Eliza, see Stiles, Eliza Mackay Mackay, Elizabeth, 58
Mackay, Jack, 57, 58, 59
Lee’s letters to, 68, 73, 88–89, 92, 94, 100, 110, 111, 137–38
Lee’s relationship with, 50
McLaws, Lafayette, 258, 259, 280, 285, 290, 297–98, 320
McLean, Wilmer, 365
McNeill, J. A., 386
Macomb, Alexander, 75
Madison, James, 31, 32, 47
Madison, R. L., 406
Magruder, John B., 194, 246
Lee’s letters to, 221
Mexican War, 139
Peninsula Campaign, 219–20, 231, 240, 241, 243
Mahan, Dennis Hart, 152, 158
Mahone, William, 358, 359, 386
Malvern Hill, Battle of, 241–43
Manassas/Bull Run, First Battle of, 198, 199
Manassas/Bull Run, Second Battle of, 251–55
map of, 254
Mansfield, Joseph K. F., 63
Marcy, William L., 128
Marshall, Ann Lee, 28, 35, 38, 44, 51, 62, 92, 148, 164
Lee’s letters to, 188, 189
mother’s bequest to, 56
Marshall, Charles, 219, 227, 267, 285, 286, 363, 365, 367, 368
Marshall, Humphrey, 221
Marshall, John, 60
Marshall, Louis, 249
Marshall, William Lewis, 51, 92, 148
Maryland Campaign:
advance into Maryland, 257
Confederate maneuverings, 257–58
conflicts among Confederate commanders, 259
deprivation within Confederate forces, 258–59
Lee’s report on, 265
Lee’s strategy, 255–57
McClellan’s knowledge of Lee’s plans, 258
Sharpsburg/Antietam, Battle of, 260, 261–63, 268
withdrawal to Virginia, 262
Mason, A. P., 227
Mason, Bettie and Mattie, 98–99
Mason, Catherine, 64
Mason, Charles, 52
Mason, Emily, 383
Mason, James M., 410
Maupin, S., 398
Maury, Dabney H., 385
Mayo, Joseph, 191, 223
Meade, George Gordon:
Appomattox Campaign, 364
Bristoe Station Campaign, 310, 311
command of Army of the Potomac, 293
Gettysburg Campaign, 293, 305
Mine Run Campaign, 311–12
Meade, William, 45
Mechanicsville, Battle of, 235–37
Meigs, Montgomery C., 87, 88, 89, 92
Memoirs (Grant), 123
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States (Lee), 32, 37, 400
Mercer, C. F., 43
Meriday, Philip, 173
Mexican bandits, 184
Mexican War, 18, 19, 111
aftermath of U.S. victory, 136–39
armistice of eight weeks, 116
Buena Vista, Battle of, 120
Catholicism and, 124
Central Mexico Campaign, 118–19, 120–24, 125–29
map of, 119
see also Mexico City Campaign below
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 125–28
Chapultepec, Battle of, 134–36
Churubusco, Battle of, 132–33
Contreras, Battle of, 130–33
Lee’s achievements and lessons, 139–41
Lee’s encounter with Mexican soldiers, 125
Lee’s observations in letters home, 117–18, 119–20, 127–28, 136–39
Lee’s reports on, 133
Lee’s volunteering for, 111–12
Mexico City Campaign, 129–36
maps of, 130, 134
Molino del Rey, Battle of, 133–34
northern theatre, 113–18, 120
map of, 114
offensive action, U.S. strategy of, 140–41
personnel problems for U.S., 128
recognition of Lee’s efforts, 127, 136
reconnaissance missions, 115, 116, 128, 129
Scott’s staff, 119
transportation to San Antonio, 113
Vera Cruz, Battle of, 121–24
Miles, Dixon S., 258
Mills Springs, Battle of, 214
Mine Run Campaign, 311–12
Minis, Sarah and Phillipa, 59
Minnegerode, Charles, 355, 372
Minnegerode, Lucy, 315–16
Minor, J. B., 399
Missionary Ridge, Battle of, 312
Mississippi River rapids project, 86, 88–89, 91–92, 94, 95, 96–97
Molino del Rey, Battle of, 133–34
Monroe, James, 33, 39
Montgomery, J. R., 331–32
Morehead, J. S., 89, 92
Morgan, John H., 247
Mormons, 176
Mosby, John S., 232, 250, 406–7
Moses, R. I., 385
Napoleon, 141, 158, 161
nativist politics, 109–10
Nelson, Francis, 164, 165, 168
New York Independent, 388–89
New York military installations project, 101, 102–3
New York Tribune, 178
Northrop, Lucius B., 276, 318
Northwestern Virginia Campaign, 199, 201–10
map of, 202
Nullification Crisis, 78
Oak Grove, Battle of, 233–35
Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Lee), 37, 79
Ohio-Michigan boundary survey, 81–83
Orton, Lawrence Williams, 276
Ould, Robert, 384–85
Panic of 1837, 95, 107
Partridge, Alden, 47
Passing of the Armies (Chamberlain), 368
Payne, Sallie, 395
Pegram, John, 348
Pelham, John, 272, 277
Pember, Phoebe, 342
Pemberton, John C, 221, 288
Pender, Dorsey, 299
Pendleton, William N., 360, 374, 393, 394, 415
Peninsula Campaign, 218, 219–21, 222–24, 248
Gaines’s Mill, Battle of, 237–38
Lee given command of Confederate forces, 225
Lee’s generals, 232–33
Lee’s report on, 243
Lee’s strategy, 225–29, 231, 233, 243
McClellan’s withdrawal, 239–41, 250, 251
Malvern Hill, Battle of, 241–43
map of, 234
Mechanicsville, Battle of, 235–37
Oak Grove, Battle of, 233–35
Savage Station, Battle of, 240
Seven Days Campaign, 233–44
Seven Pines/Fair Oaks, Battle of, 224–25
Stuart’s “Ride Around McClellan,” 231–32
White Oak Swamp/Glendale, Battle of, 240–41
Pennsylvania Campaign:
advance into Pennsylvania, 290, 291–93
analyses of Confederate defeat, 306–7
Brandy Station, Battle of, 291
Lee’s strategy, 288, 289, 292
withdrawal to Virginia, 304–6
see also Gettysburg Campaign
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 122
Peter, Britannia, 64
Petersburg Campaign, 335–39
Confederate withdrawal, 349, 354
Crater, Battle of the, 341–42, 344
day-to-day account of siege, 343–49
Fort Harrison, Battle of, 345
Fort Stedman, Battle of, 349, 353
Hatcher’s Run, Battle of, 348
Lee’s frustration during, 350–54
map of, 339
Reams Station, Battle of, 345
trench warfare, 339–40, 342, 343
Pettigrew, James J., 295
Phillips, Wendell, 389
Pickens, Francis W., 213–14
Pickett, George E., 330, 406–7
Appomattox Campaign, 357, 360
Gettysburg Campaign, 299, 300
Petersburg Campaign, 349
Pierce, Franklin, 134
Pillow, Gideon, 141,214,279
Mexican War, 126, 129, 131, 134, 135, 138
Platt, Henry S., 393–95, 398
Platt, J. M., 394–95
Pleasonton, Alfred, 291
Poe, Edgar Allan, 50
Poinsett, Joel R., 52–53
Polk, James K., 111, 114, 126, 138
Polk, Leonidas, 54
Pollard, Edward A., 209, 274
Poor, Susan, 159
Pope, Alexander, 33–34
Pope, John, 248–49, 255
Cedar Mountain, Battle of, 250
Manassas/Bull Run, Second Battle of, 251, 252, 253, 255
Porter, Fitz John, 237–38
Port Royal, S.C., 211
Prentiss, James H., 64
presidential election of 1800, 28
presidential election of 1860, 185
Preston, William C, 81
Pusey, Edward Bouverie, 107
Quitman, John A., 129, 131
railroads, 159,410,411
Randolph, George W., 220, 223, 236
Lee’s letters to, 265
Randolph, John, 78
Reagan, John H., 223
Reams Station, Battle of, 345
Reconstruction, 381–83, 384–85
Reid, Samuel McD., 376
Richmond, Va.:
as capital of Confederacy, 197
Confederate government’s desertion of, 355
Union plots against, 322–23
Union threat to (1862), 223
Richmond Examiner, 191
Ripley, Roswell P., 213–14
Roanoke Island, Battle of, 214
Robertson, John, 188–89
Robinson, Cary, 315–16
Rodes, Robert E., 283, 320
Romancock (-coke) estate, 144, 164, 175, 176, 215, 223, 378, 409
Rosecrans, William S., 288, 309, 312, 390
Chickamauga Creek, Battle of, 310
Northwestern Virginia Campaign, 203, 207, 208, 209
Ruff, J. M., 388
Ruffin, Edmund, 182, 196–97, 213, 230
Ruffin, Nancy, 108
Rust, Albert, 205–6, 210
St. John, I. M., 357
St. Louis, Mo., 88
St. Louis harbor project, 84–85, 86–88, 89–91, 94, 95–96, 97, 98, 99–100
map of, 90
St. Martin, Alexis, 93
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, 114, 116, 118, 120, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 133, 134, 136
Saunders, Betty, 341, 350, 354, 355
Savage Station, Battle of, 240
Savannah, Ga., 57–59, 63, 407–8
Sayler’s Creek, Battle of, 358–59
Scott, Henry Lee, 119
Scott, Winfield, 18, 148, 171, 178, 186, 187, 188, 192,279,416
bribery scandal, 138
influence on Lee, 140–41, 226, 246
Lee’s letters to, 188
Lee’s relationship with, 111, 158
Mexican War, 111–12, 114, 118–19
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 126, 127
Mexico City Campaign, 129–32, 133–36
personnel problems for U.S., 128
Vera Cruz, Battle of, 121, 122, 123, 124
physical appearance, 110
political ambitions, 124
praise for Lee, 127, 136, 140
“seminars” at dinner, 128–29
West Point and, 157, 158
secession, 42, 185–86, 187–89, 191, 193
Seddon, James A., 276, 318, 336, 337, 344, 347
Lee’s letters to, 308–9
Sedgwick, John, 280, 285, 286, 315
Selden, William, 408
Semmes, Raphael, 122
Senaco, Chief, 167–68
Seven Days Campaign, 233–44
map of, 234
Seven Pines/Fair Oaks, Battle of, 224–25
Seward, William H., 348, 381
Sharpsburg/Antietam, Battle of, 261–63, 268
map of, 260
Shaw, Ebenezer, 74
Shaw, James and Louisa, 36
Shearman, Julia Anne, 388
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 224, 232, 335, 338, 344, 345, 346
Sheridan, Phil, 327–28, 329, 364
Appomattox Campaign, 357
Petersburg Campaign, 349
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 335, 345, 346
Sherman, William T., 50, 343, 345, 347, 348, 403
Shirley plantation, 23, 26, 211, 408–9
Shreve, Henry M., 87, 91–92, 95
Sickles, Daniel, 297
slavery:
abolitionism, 110, 173, 182–83
Arlington slaves, 144
Emancipation Proclamation, 264, 273
Lee’s attitude toward, 72, 173, 184
Lee’s ownership of slaves, 57, 72, 108, 173, 175, 177–78, 183–84, 273–74
revolts by slaves, 67–68
Smith, Francis, 396, 398, 400
Smith, Francis L., 410
Smith, Gustavus W., 220, 225, 233, 250, 251
criticism of Lee, 247–48
Lee’s letters to, 272
Smith, John Lind, 133
Smith, Persifor, 131–32
Smith, William, 320
Smith Island, 76, 175, 176, 390
Sorrel, G. Moxley, 325, 328
Southern Literary Messenger, 275
Spotsylvania Campaign, 326–29
Bloody Angle, 329
map of, 327
spring 1864 campaign:
casualties, 331–32
Cold Harbor, Battle of, 329–31, 334–35
Lee’s strategy, 321–22
“Lee-to-the-rear” incidents, 332–33
Spotsylvania Campaign, 326–29
Wilderness Campaign, 323–26
Sprole, William T., 161
Stanard, Martha, 199–200
Stanton, Edwin M„ 249, 279
Stephens, Alexander H., 193–94, 348, 390
Stewart, John, 317, 369
Stewart, Norman, 318
Stiles, Eliza Mackay, 59, 73–74, 77, 215
Lee’s letters to, 167, 170
Storke, Betsy McCarty, 36, 40, 59
Storke, Henry, 59
Stratford plantation, 25, 27, 31, 35–36, 39, 40, 59, 215
Stuart, Caroline (“Carrie”), 405
Stuart, J. E. B., 266, 279, 319, 320–21, 328
Brandy Station, Battle of, 291
Bristoe Station Campaign, 311
Catlett’s Station, Battle of, 251
Chambersburg, Battle of, 267
Chancellorsville Campaign, 281, 282, 283, 284
death of, 329
Fredericksburg Campaign, 268
Gettysburg Campaign, 298, 302, 303
Harpers Ferry, Brown’s raid on, 179–80, 181, 182
Lee’s letters to, 313
Lee’s relationship with, 179–80
Manassas/Bull Run, Second Battle of, 253
Maryland Campaign, 258, 261
Peninsula Campaign, 231–32, 239
Pennsylvania Campaign, 291, 293
review of cavalry, 290–91
Wilderness Campaign, 324
Stuart, Richard, 40, 97–98, 266
Sumner, Charles, 389
Tabb, Rebecca and Prosser, 409
Tacitus, 41
Talcott, Andrew, 63–64, 67, 68, 71, 81, 91, 194
Lee’s letters to, 64, 69, 73, 74, 75, 78, 83–84, 87–88, 95, 163
Talcott, Harriet, 71,72, 96
Talcott, T. M. R., 227, 267, 347
Taylor, Elizabeth, 315
Taylor, Walter H., 192, 195, 196, 197, 199, 201, 202, 206, 207, 211, 227, 237, 257, 264, 266, 277, 295, 316, 325, 328, 341, 344, 346, 348, 350, 352, 354, 355, 363, 368, 373, 408, 413
Taylor, Zachary, 111, 113, 114, 116, 118, 120
telegraph systems, 336
Thayer, Sylvanus, 47–48, 52–53, 146, 153 Theocritus, 106
Thomas, George H., 347
Thoroughfare Gap, 252
Tilghman, Dick, 64
To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), 105
Toombs, Robert, 239, 247
Totten, Joseph G., 95, 97, 98, 101, 111,119, 129, 133, 143, 145, 146, 152
Lee’s letters to, 155
Tower, Zebulon B., 135
Traveller (horse), 210, 255, 328–29, 383, 402, 416
trench warfare, 158, 339–40, 342, 343
Trevilian’s Station, Battle of, 335
Trimble, Isaac R., 292, 296
Tucker, George, 43
Tucker, George W., 363, 365
Turnbull, William, 128
Turner, Edward Carter, 51
Turner, Marietta, 57, 64
Turner, Nat, 67
Turner, Thomas, 64
Twain, Mark, 99
Twiggs, David, 186
Mexican War, 126, 127, 129, 131
U.S. Army (pre-Civil War): garrison life, 68
salaries for officers, 107–8
volunteers and regulars, conflict between, 115
see also Engineer Corps
U.S.S. Monitor, 219
Valencia, Gabriel, 131–32
Valentine, Edward V., 409
Valley Mountain, 201
Valley Railroad Company, 410, 411
Venable, Charles S., 227, 325, 328, 334, 351, 361–62, 368
Vera Cruz, Battle of, 121–24
Vicksburg Campaign, 288, 306
Virginia, secession of, 188, 191, 193
Virginia Militia, 189, 194–95, 196, 198, 199
Walker, John G., 258
Walker, Leroy Pope, 187, 197
Wallace, Harry, 416
Warner, Thomas, 53
War of 1812, 32, 35
Warren, Gouverneur K., 311
Washington, D.C., 78
Washington, George, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31, 60, 61, 79, 370
Washington, John A., 195, 201, 207
Washington, Lewis W., 182
Washington, Martha, 60, 61
Washington College, 18, 19
buildings and grounds, 374–75, 378, 384
controversies involving students, 386, 387–89, 390
growth during Lee’s tenure, 376–77, 399–400
honor system, 397–98
Lee’s administrative style, 396–97
Lee’s assumption of responsibilities, 375–76, 379, 380
Lee’s election as president, 374–75
Lee’s involvement with students, 393–96
Lee’s leave of absence, 405–6
Lee’s residence, 378, 402
Lee’s salary, 374, 402
students as boys and men, 398
Weir, Robert W., 159, 161
Weldon, George, 27
Weldon, Henry, 27
West, William E., 92–93
West Point Military Academy:
Academic Board, 158
allowance of cadets, 48, 54
buildings of, 47, 153
cadet life, 48–51
demerit system, 49–50, 154, 155
educational methods, 52–53
engineering focus, 48
entrance exam, 43, 48
furlough policy, 44
graduates’ attitude toward, 153–54, 157
Lee’s appointment to, 42–43
Lee’s cadet career, 47–52, 53–54
Lee’s service on Board of Visitors, 111
Lee’s teaching opportunity, 102
Lee’s tenure as Superintendent, 152, 153–61
Lee’s views on cadets, 162
Custis Lee and, 146, 148, 149, 150–52, 159
mathematics focus, 54
physical setting, 47
social functions, 50, 157–58
uniform of cadets, 48–49, 154
Whistler’s experience, 154–56
Whig Party, 79
Whiskey Rebellion, 26
Whistler, Anna, 155
Whistler, George Washington, 154–55
Whistler, James McNeill, 154–56
White, Adolphus, 394
White, James J., 376, 406, 410
White, John, 407
White House estate, 76, 144, 164, 175, 176, 179, 215, 223, 230, 239, 374, 378
White Oak Swamp/Glendale, Battle of, 240–41
White Sulphur Springs, Va., 98
Wickham, William, 146
Wickham, William F., 165
Wigfall, Louis T., 277, 288, 306
Wilbourn, R. E., 283, 284
Wilcox, Cadmus, 145, 312, 324, 325
Lee’s letters to, 267
Wilderness Campaign, 323–26
map of, 323
Williams, Martha Custis (“Markie”), 409
Lee’s letters to, 106, 149, 157, 158, 161, 163, 186, 267, 372, 381, 386, 387, 404
Lee’s relationship with, 148–49
Williams, William Orton, 276
Williamson, Thomas H., 384
Wilmer, Joseph P. B., 375
Wilson, Woodrow, 407
Winston, William Overton, 165, 168, 177–78
Wise, Henry A., 182, 203, 204, 207–8, 209, 210,214,360
Wise, Obediah Jennings, 209
Wool, John E., 75
Mexican War, 113–14, 115–16, 118, 120
Worth, William J., 129, 131, 133, 135, 138
Wright, Ambrose Ransom, 332
Yellow Tavern, Battle of, 329