Abbeville, S.C., 74, 75, 89, 90, 109, 112–14, 116–18, 121, 169, 189
Abraham, Capt. Lot, U.S.A., 184
Adams, Provost Marshal, U.S.A., 187
C.S.S. Alabama, 35
Alaska, 227
Alexander, Brig. Gen. E.P., C.S.A., 185–86, 268
Allegan, Mich., 142
Allen, Gov. Henry W. (La.), 195
Amelia Courthouse, Va., 88
Anderson, Col. Archer, C.S.A., 268
Anderson, Brig. Gen. Joseph, C.S.A., 22
Anderson, Maj. Robert, U.S.A., 88
Andersonville (Ga.) prison, 141, 208, 255
Andrews, Eliza, 114, 126, 128, 129, 183, 185
Andrews, Judge Garnett, 126, 183–84
Antietam, (Md.) battlefield, 192, 271
Appleton & Co., publishers, 248, 252, 253
Appomattox Courthouse, Va., 58–9, 93, 193, 228, 230, 233
Appomattox River (Va.), 17
Arizona, 227
Army of Northern Virginia, 12–13
Astor, Lady Nancy, 270
Athens, Ga., 108
Atlanta, Ga., 6, 90, 141, 152, 228, 259, 260
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, 263
Atlantic Coast Line R.R., 275
Augusta, Ga., 105, 113, 115, 152, 155–56, 238
Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist, 119
Aullville, Mo., 277
Averasboro (N.C.), battle of, 166
Bahamas, 160ff.
Baltimore, Md., 210, 219, 220, 235
Baltimore & Ohio R.R., 219
Bank of Georgia, 126
Bank of Virginia, 186n
Barringer, Judge Victor C., 84
Bates, Lewis F., 85–6
Beauregard, Gen. P.G.T., C.S.A., 42, 65, 66–7, 71, 229, 242, 247, 271
Beauvoir Plantation (Miss.), 248–52, 254–55, 259
Bee, Pvt. Andrew, U.S.A., 143–45
Bee, Brig. Gen. Hamilton P., C.S.A., 196
Belford & Co., publishers, 280
Benjamin, Sec. of State Judah P., C.S.A., 24, 54, 60, 61, 67, 71, 80–81, 85, 92, 102, 121, 206, 237, 252
bravery of, 162
escape, 159–63
later life, 273–74
leaves presidential party, 125–26
personality, 30, 47, 60, 103, 106, 125
Benjamin, Natalie (Mrs. Judah P.), 48, 274
Bentonville (N.C.), battle of, 66
Bibb County, Ala., 228
Bingham, John A., 277
Birmingham, Ala., 228
Blackford, Col. William, C.S.A., 38–9, 58–9
Booth, John Wilkes, 87
Boston, Mass., 177
Boston Transcript, 105
Bragg, Gen. Braxton, C.S.A., 95, 106–07, 110, 117, 121, 126, 129
Bratton, Dr. James, 106
Breckinridge, Cabell, 56, 163, 164
Breckinridge, Clifton, 162, 163n
Breckinridge, Sec. of War John C., C.S.A., 19, 30, 35, 79, 83, 85–6, 91, 96, 103, 106, 107, 108, 112, 117ff., 123n, 124, 129, 130, 187, 238
flees Richmond, 56–7
foresees Confederate defeat, 57
later life, 275
leads troops in action, 56
leaves presidential party, 130
named Secretary of War, C.S.A., 70
personality, 31, 69, 84, 96, 121–24
as Vice-President of U.S., 69–70
Breckinridge, W.C.P., 163
Brierfield plantation (Miss.), 280
Broad River (S.C.), 106
Broad Trail, Chief, 278
Brooke, John M., 45
Broun, Col. William, C.S.A., 22
Brown, Robert (Jefferson Davis slave), 29, 137, 201, 206, 249
Bruce, George, 41
Bryant, Capt. O.E., U.S.A., 189
Buchanan, Adm. Franklin, C.S.N., 45
Bulloch, James D., 95
Burr, Frank A., 254
Burt, Col. Armistead, C.S.A., 75, 90, 114
Burton, Brig. Gen. Henry S., U.S.A., 218–19
Byrd, Sen. Harry F., Jr., 285
Caldwell, Lt. J.F.J., C.S.A., 17–8
Caloosahatchie River (Fla.), 161
Camden, S.C., 168
Campbell, Capt. Given, C.S.A., 78, 96–7, 107, 127, 137, 140, 142
Canada, 170, 191, 206, 207, 221, 223, 232ff., 236, 275
Canby, Maj. Gen. E.R.S., U.S.A., 136
Cardenas, Cuba, 167
Carleton, George, publisher, 217
Carlota, empress of Mexico, 197
Carolina Insurance Company, 238, 248
Carrington, Maj. Isaac, C.S.A., 22
Cary, Constance (Mrs. Burton Harrison), 22, 146, 275–76
Catawba River (S.C.), 105
Chambersburg, Pa., 196
Chancellorsville (Va.), battle of, 271
Charleston, S.C., 47, 129, 169, 199, 228, 239
Charlotte, N.C., 14, 28–9, 53, 65, 72, 82–97, 167, 238
Chase, Chief Justice Salmon P., U.S.A., 204
Chattanooga, Term., 228
Chattanooga (Tenn.), battle of, 142
Chenault, The Rev. Dionysius, 122, 184, 186–87
Chesnut, Brig. Gen. James, C.S.A., 73
Chesnut, Mary Boykin (Mrs. James), 66, 73–4
Chester, S.C., 73
Chicago, Ill., 227
Chicago (Ill.) Tribune, 232
Chickamauga (Ga.), battle of, 80
Chief Joseph, 278
Chisman, Maj. S.R., C.S.A., 77
Chittum, C.G., 240
Clark, Gov. Edward (Tex.), 195
Clark, Brig. Gen. John B., Jr., C.S.A., 195
Clark, Capt. Micajah, C.S.A., 6, 49, 53, 73n, 78, 121ff., 136–37, 187–89, 204, 254
Clay, Clement Claiborne, 26–7, 49, 50–1, 57–8, 73, 108, 111–12, 152–53, 155, 173, 174, 175, 205, 246, 247
death of, 279
letters to his wife, 111–12, 246
as prisoner, 211–14
Clay, James B., Jr., 130, 163, 163n
Clay, Virginia Tunstall (Mrs. Clement Claiborne Clay; Mrs. David Clopton—“Clay-Clopton”), 27, 152ff., 173, 175, 176, 200–01, 245–47, 260
background, 111–12
diary, 279
helps to free husband from prison, 211–14
later life, 279
memoirs (A Belle of the ’Fifties), 279
Cleveland, Ohio, 278
Clopton, Judge David, 279
Clover, Va., 51–2
Cokesbury plantation (S.C.), 106–07, 108
Cole, Maj. James R., C.S.A., 77
Cole, Col. Robert G., C.S.A., 239
Colfax, Schuyler, 203
Collins, Fla., 164
Colorado, 227
Colt, Samuel, 180
Compromise of 1877, 256–58
Concord, N.C., 84
Confederate Cabinet, 24, 30–2, 44–50, 72 passim
“final” sessions (in sequence),
Danville, Va., 53–4, 57, 59–60
Fort Mill, S.C., 103
Abbeville, S.C., 117–18
Washington, Ga., 126–27
Confederate currency, 6, 14, 15, 29, 46, 74–5, 266
Confederate government, 29, 44–9 passim
longevity of influence, 282–85
weaknesses of, 20–1, 50, 154–55, 247–48 passim
Confederate treasure, 24–5, 33–4, 53, 65, 65n, 73, 73n, 79, 104, 113, 118, 121, 122–23, 123n, 124, 129–30, 136–37, 141, 146
Confederate Treasury Department, 6, 24–5, 53
Confederate troops, 5, 16–18 passim
lack of discipline, 34, 76–7, 122ff., 129, 131, 183–85
units:
11th Virginia Infantry, 269
45th N.C. Infantry, 77
Kershaw’s Brigade, 36
Shelby’s Iron Brigade, 194–98, 276–77
Conyngham, David, 76
Cooper, Dr. George, U.S.A., 209, 221
Cooper, Adjutant General Samuel, C.S.A., 49, 80, 87, 96
Craven, Lt. Col. (Dr.) John J., U.S.A., 180–81, 200, 202, 205, 207–10, 237
diary, 209
dismissed from Fort Monroe, 209
his Prison Life of Jefferson Davis, 217–18
Crawfordville, Ga., 154
Crazy Horse, Chief, 278
Crump, Judge W.W., 25, 52, 53, 130, 183–84
Cumberland Island, Ga., 238
Curry, Capt. John, 160
Dana, Charles A., 177, 179–80, 201, 263
Danburg, Ga., 124
Danville, Va., 15, 17, 24, 52–62, 192, 233, 270
Danville (Va.) Register, 54
Davis, Attorney General George, C.S.A., 30, 64, 71, 80, 85, 167–69, 222
later life, 275
leaves presidential party, 94
amnesty granted, 237
and Andersonville prison, 208, 233, 255
appearance, 7–8, 21–2, 52, 126, 128, 215, 221, 222
assassination plots against, 234
as businessman, 236, 237–38, 248
capture of, 139–48
citizenship restored, 285
and Confederate treasure, 53, 65, 79, 113, 121, 123–24, 127, 129, 136, 187–89, 253–54
conflicts with Confederate Congress, 7
criticism of, 6 passim, 20–1, 27, 39, 49–50, 66, 101, 107, 149–50, 154–55, 246, 253–54, 261
death of, 263
defends leadership of Confederacy, 249, 251–52, 253–55
defies U.S. conquerors, 232, 258–61, 262–63
despairs of Confederate cause, 79–80, 118
and “disguise,” 137, 143–45, 150, 157–58, 200–01, 284
dissolves Confederate government, 127
as enigma, 10, 19–20, 39, 50, 258–62
execution urged, 55, 105, 157, 203, 214
in exile, 232–34
farewell to escort troops, 128
farewell to U.S. Senate, 9
health, 7–8, 9, 20, 139, 173, 175, 181, 201–02, 205, 215, 220, 232, 255, 262
intellectual interests, 9, 208, 209
impoverished by war, 14, 15, 112–13, 187–88, 223, 232–34, 235–36, 238
indicted for treason, 192, 215, 234, 235
letters to Virginia Clay, 247
letters to his wife, 72, 92–3, 131, 138, 207, 248, 257
Lincoln’s death, and, 85–6, 87–8, 108–09, 150–51, 152, 174, 177, 201, 203–04, 214–15, 218, 219
military aspirations of, 8, 9–10, 13
opposes emigration of Southerners, 198
opposes national reunion, 89, 90–1, 198, 232
and peace negotiations, 26, 67, 71–2, 78, 84, 91–4, 189
personal attacks upon, 8, 13, 20, 66, 101, 243–45, 247–48, 253–54
personality, 7, 10ff., 19–20, 21–2, 27, 82, 128, 174, 221, 236
post-war financial problems, 234, 238, 248, 250–52
post-war popularity of, 241–42, 258–63
praise of, 49, 117–18, 126, 128, 174, 175, 218, 252, 254, 260, 261, 263–64
as prisoner, 173–82, 200, 205, 207–09, 214–21, 280
protests treatment in prison, 178–80, 202, 205, 215
prosecution by U.S., 192, 203–04, 214–15, 219–20, 221–23, 234–36
public appearances, 235, 241–42, 258–63
public attitudes toward, 7, 10, 52, 63–4, 85, 101, 126, 149–50, 151–53, 157, 182, 209–10, 218, 221, 223, 232, 233–34, 241–42, 258–63
recklessness, 137–38, 144, 179
refuses opportunities to escape, 153, 174, 177–78, 205
refusal to surrender, 13–4, 25–6, 54, 67–8, 72, 83, 103–04, 117–18, 125, 135, 258–63
relationships:
with Judah P. Benjamin, 30, 47, 53–4, 60, 67, 71, 92, 103, 125–26, 237, 252
with Virginia Clay, 27, 58, 111, 153, 175, 176, 245–47, 260, 279
with Joseph E. Johnston, 60, 65–7, 70–2, 247–48, 252, 253–54, 268
with Robert E. Lee, 8, 9, 11, 12–4, 17, 22, 24, 58, 89, 232ff., 241–42, 254–55
with Alexander Stephens, 21, 154, 156–57, 175
release from prison, 220–21
and religion, 21, 59, 87, 178, 223
“rescue” of his family, 137–38
reward for capture of, 108–09, 141, 150, 219, 219n
and Secession, 9, 10, 178, 191, 204, 208, 220–21, 237, 252, 253, 260, 261
as U.S. Secretary of War, 9
self-confidence, 10, 13, 50, 208
slaves and his, 26, 29–30, 137, 140ff., 206, 249
stubbornness, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 26–7, 50, 90, 117–18
temper, 13
urges cooperation with Federal
government, 259–63
U.S. policy toward, 173–82, 200–02, 206–23, 234–37
women, and, 58, 221, 236, 243–47
Davis, Jefferson, Jr., 15, 175–76, 206, 250, 252
Davis, John (Jefferson Davis’s slave), 26
Davis, Joseph, brother of Jefferson Davis, 8
Davis, Margaret (“Maggie”), daughter of Jefferson Davis, 14, 15, 250, 252, 253
Davis, Sarah Knox Taylor, first Mrs. Jefferson Davis, 68, 246
Davis, Bishop Thomas P., brother of Attorney General George Davis, C.S.A., 168
Davis, Varina Anne (“Winnie; “Piecake”), daughter of Jefferson Davis, 14, 74, 90, 114, 146, 173, 215, 220, 260, 262, 280, 282
Davis, Varina Howell, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, 7, 12, 28–9, 72–5, 114–16, 130–31, 173, 222, 223, 234, 235, 236, 255
appraisal of husband, 10, 20, 53
background, 12
capture of, 139–48
escape plans, 14–5, 90, 92, 109, 115
financial problems, 14, 15, 27, 188, 188n, 189, 206, 233, 280
flees Richmond, 14–5
grieves over Lincoln’s death, 89
helps to free husband from prison, 206–07, 214–17, 218–21
hostility toward captors, 144, 150, 151, 176, 201, 202, 215–16, 278
hysterical moods, 144, 201, 251
and Johnston’s surrender, 115
later life, 279–82
letters to husband, 53, 74, 75, 89–90, 115, 126, 207, 220, 245–46, 249–50
memoirs (Jefferson Davis … A Memoir by his Wife), 280
in New York, 279–82
urges husband to escape, 89, 115, 126, 144
urges husband to write his memoirs, 233
Davis, William (“Billie”), son of Jefferson Davis, 206, 250
Dennison, Postmaster General William, U.S.A., 79
desertion:
Confederate army, 5, 8, 11, 20, 54, 76, 83, 116
U.S. Army, 11
DeVoto, Bernard, 271
Dibrell, Brig. Gen. George, C.S.A., 78
Dickinson, Lt. Julian G., U.S.A., 144
Dickinson, Capt. William, C.S.A., 105
Dickison, Col. J.J., C.S.A., 164
Disraeli, Benjamin, 237
Dorsey, Mrs. Sarah Anne, 250–52
Douglas, Adele Cutts (Mrs. Stephen A.), 212–13
Douglas, Stephen A., 217
Dry Tortugas, Fla., 166
Duke, Maj. Gen. Basil, C.S.A., 96, 106, 117, 118, 121, 128, 163
Duluth, Minn., 283
Dunham, Charles A. (alias Sanford Conover), 203–04
Durham’s Station (Durham), N.C., 84, 91
Dwight, Capt. Charles, C.S.A., 35–6
Eagle Pass, Tex., 195
Early, Lt. Gen. Jubal A., C.S.A., 196, 251, 265, 268
Echols, Maj. William, C.S.A., 212
Edgefield (S.C.) Advertiser, 119
Egypt, 191
Elliott Key, Fla., 166
Elzey, Maj. Gen. Arnold, C.S.A., 126
Emory, Capt. Fred, C.S.A., 96
Evarts, Attorney General William M., U.S.A., 222
Everhart, The Rev. George M., 87–8
Ewell, Lt. Gen. Richard S., C.S.A., 34ff., 57
Farmville, Va., 56
Fayetteville, N.C., 47
Ferguson, Brig. Gen. S.W., C.S.A., 96, 122
Ferguson, Tom (Breckinridge’s slave), 163, 164, 166–67
Field, Kate, 280
Five Forks (Va.), battle of, 16
Flournoy, Brig. Gen. George, C.S.A., 196
Ford, President Gerald R., 285
Forrest, Lt. Gen. Nathan B., C.S.A., 135, 138, 152
Fort Dallas, Fla., 166
Fort Delaware, Pa., 174
Fort Lafayette, N.Y., 169
Fort Mill, S.C., 103
Fort Monroe, Va., 173–82, 200–02, 205, 207–09, 213–16, 218–19, 220–21, 278, 280
Fort Pickens, Fla., 275
Fort Sumter, S.C., 42, 88, 203
Fort Warren, Mass., 174
Franklin (Tenn.), battle of, 152
Freeman, Douglas S., 283
Gainesville, Fla., 164, 168, 188
Galveston, Tex., 229
Garrett, John W., 219–20
Gary, Brig. Gen. Martin W., C.S.A., 106
Gasparilla Pass, Fla., 161
Georgetown, D.C., 277
H.M.S. Georgina, 163
Geronimo, Chief, 278
Gettysburg (Pa.), battle of, 16, 271
Glazier, The Rev. Ezechiel, 160
Gone with the Wind (Mitchell), 283
Gordon, Maj. Gen. John B., C.S.A., 18, 268
Gorgas, Brig. Gen. Josiah, C.S.A., 22, 39, 107, 228, 255
Gorgas, Dr. William C., 39
Grant, James, 27
Grant, General and President U.S., U.S.A., 6, 16, 18, 58, 67, 78–9, 93, 104, 105n, 120, 177, 193, 208, 212, 277
Grant, Gen. U.S., III, U.S.A., 283–84
Graves, Capt. W.P., C.S.A., 59–60
Greeley, Horace, 26, 51, 55, 206, 207, 209, 211, 213, 219, 220, 222
Green, Ben, 212
Greene, Maj. Gen. Nathanael, U.S.A., 259, 260–61
Greensboro, N.C., 3, 4, 53, 54, 60–1, 62, 63–72, 75–8, 79, 95, 169, 170, 188, 238, 276
Greenwood, S.C., 106
Halleck, Maj. Gen. Henry W., U.S.A., 104, 158, 177, 180
Halpine, Col. Charles, U.S.A., 217–18
Hampton, Lt. Gen. Wade, C.S.A., 90–1, 229, 258, 259, 268
Hardeman, Brig. Gen. William P., C.S.A., 195–96
Harnden, Lt. Col. Henry, U.S.A., 141–42, 219n
Harris, Gov. Isham G. (Tenn.), 196
Harris, Joel Chandler, 190–91
Harrison, Burton, 14–5, 22, 25, 28–9, 53, 57, 60, 65, 80–1, 86 passim, 114ff., 130–31, 138ff., 173–74, 221, 223
later life, 275–76
Harrison, Mrs. Burton. See Constance Cary.
Harrison, Fairfax, 276
Harrison, Francis, 276
Hartsuff, Brig. Gen. William, U.S.A., 95
Haughton, The Rev. Thomas A., 84
Hawkinsville, Ga., 138
Haw, Joseph, 33
Hawthorne, Brig. Gen. Alexander T., C.S.A., 196
Hayes, J. Addison, 250
Hayes, Pres. Rutherford B., 256–57
Helen (Jefferson Davis’ slave), 144–45
Hiatt, John, 81
Hicks, Col. William (of the British army), 276
High Point, N.C., 82
Hillis, Robert E., 240
Hilton Head, S.C., 211
Hindman, Brig. Gen, T.C., C.S.A., 196
Hiram College (Mich.), 142
Hoare, Joseph A. (alias William Campbell), 204
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va., 281
Holt, Judge Advocate General Joseph, U.S.A., 194, 204, 211, 212, 214
Hood, Lt. Gen. John B., C.S.A., 73, 152, 283
Houston, Tex., 283
Howell, Jefferson D., 25, 173, 174
Howell, Margaret (“Maggie”), 14, 90, 130, 140, 146, 149, 155, 215, 220, 233
Howell, Gov. Richard (N.J.), 12
Howell, Mrs. William, 201, 232, 234, 235
Hudson, Capt. Charles, U.S.A., 150
Huntsville, Ala., 212, 214, 246, 247, 279
Idaho, 227
Indian River (Fla.), 68, 142, 165
Inflation, 5, 8, 15, 74 passim
The International Chamber of Commerce and Mississippi Valley Society, 248
Irving, William, 22
Jackson, Lt. Gen. Thomas J. (“Stonewall”), C.S.A., 47, 266, 271, 285
Jackson, Mrs. Thomas J., 268
Jacksonville, Fla., 238
Jamaica, 191
Jamestown, N.C., 81
James River (Va.), 17, 35–7, 221
Japan, 191
Jefferson, President Thomas, 32
“Jim Limber” (Jefferson Davis’s ward), 90, 157
Johnson, President Andrew, 79, 86, 87, 91, 105, 108–09, 141, 150, 152, 170, 191, 193, 210, 212–14, 215, 216–17, 218, 219, 236, 237, 275, 277
later life, 278
Johnson, Reverdy, 193
Johnston, Gen. Albert S., C.S.A., 48, 146, 271
Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., C.S.A., 6, 12, 23, 60, 65, 66–7, 69, 70–2, 75, 78, 84, 91, 93–4, 242, 247–48, 252, 253–54, 268–69
Johnston, Mayor William, Charlotte, N.C., 85–6
Johnston, Col. William Preston, C.S.A., 25, 29, 48, 88, 101, 126, 136, 137, 146, 149, 173, 174, 239–40
Jones, J. William, 251–52
Jones, Jim (Jefferson Davis’s slave), 131, 140, 142–43
Jones, John Beauchamp, 31
Juarez, Benito, 197
Jupiter Inlet, Fla., 165
Kansas, 227
Kansas City, Mo., 277
Kashgil, the Sudan, battle of, 276
Kean, Capt. Robert G., C.S.A., 49, 96
U.S.S. Kearsarge, 35
Kennaway, Sir John, 228
Kentucky (Jefferson Davis’s mount), 29
Kershaw, Gen. Joseph, C.S.A., 36
Key Largo, Fla., 166
Key West, Fla., 169
Knight’s Key, Fla., 161
Koones, CM., 240
Khrushchev, Nikita, 284
Ladies’ Lee Monument Assn., 265–66
Lake City, Fla., 168
Lane, Mrs. Thomas Hill, 168
Langhorne, Chiswell (“Buck”), 269–70
Lanier, Sidney, 182
Lawton, Quartermaster General A.R., C.S.A., 56, 130.
Leach, James, 20
Leadbetter, Brig. Gen. Danville, C.S.A., 195
Lee, Agnes, daughter of Robert E. Lee, 39, 238, 268
Lee, Annie, daughter of Robert E. Lee, 238
Lee, Maj. Gen. Fitz, C.S.A., nephew of Robert E. Lee, 268
Lee, Maj. Gen. George W. Custis, son of Robert E. Lee, 11–2, 268
Lee, Gen. Henry (“Light Horse Harry”), father of Robert E. Lee, 238
Lee, Mary Custis (Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Sr.), 28, 39–40, 60, 240
Lee Memorial Assn., 239, 241, 242, 265
Lee Memorial Episcopal Church (Lexington, Va.), 265
Lee, Mildred, daughter of Robert E. Lee, 268
Lee monument Richmond, Va., 265–69, 283
Lee Monument Assn., 265–66
Lee, Gen. Robert E., C.S.A., 6, 8, 39, 51, 56–9
applies for pardon, 193, 231, 285
background, 12–3
begs aid for troops, 11–2
citizenship restored, 285
as college president, 230–32, 241
as commander-in-chief, C.S.A., 8, 10
as Confederate folk hero, 10, 192–93, 231–32, 238–39, 241–42, 265–69, 282–83
conflicts with Jefferson Davis, 8, 11, 12, 24, 88–9, 232, 235, 242
congratulates Davis on release from prison, 232–33
and criticism of Jefferson Davis, 12, 234–35
death of, 239–40
defends Jefferson Davis, 194
denounced, 266
and fall of Richmond, 15–8, 19–23, 31–2
forecasts Confederate defeat, 11–2, 57
funeral of, 240–41
indicted for treason, 192, 215, 234, 235
military career, 12–3
and oath of allegiance, 192–93, 231, 285
opposes emigration from South, 192, 194
as peacemaker, 88–9, 192–94, 230–32, 239
personality, 12, 14, 16, 58–9, 67, 230–32, 238–39, 240
post-war influence, 230–32, 239
praise of, 232, 238–39, 242, 266 passim
prosecuted by U.S., 193
surrender of, 57–9, 60, 67–8, 75, 88
tours the South, 238–39
Lee, Capt. R.E., Jr., C.S.A., son of Robert E. Lee, 59, 67–8, 268
Lee, Maj. Gen. William Henry Fitzhugh (“Rooney”), C.S.A., son of Robert E. Lee, 268
Lennoxville, Quebec, 234
Leovy, Col. Henry, C.S.A., 117, 125–26, 159
Lesley, Maj. John, C.S.A., 160
Letcher, Gov. John (Va.), 24
Lexington, N.C., 82–3
Lexington, Ky., 275
Lieber, Judge Francis, 214–15
Lincoln, President Abraham, 55–6, 59, 91, 181
assassination, 85–8, 89, 108–09
funeral procession, 95
illegal war acts, 1861, 69
last Cabinet session, 78–9
lenient policy toward South, 18, 56, 72, 78–9, 204, 277
in Richmond, Va., 55–6
Lincoln, Mary Todd (Mrs. Abraham), 59, 70
Little Sorrel, Stonewall Jackson’s mount, 285
London Daily Telegraph, 273
London Illustrated News, 80, 276
Long, Col. Armistead, C.S.A., 17
Longstreet, Gen. James, C.S.A., 16, 268
Louisville Commercial, 243–45, 247, 254
Lowell (Mass.) Sun, 261–62
Lubbock, Gov. Francis R. (Tex.), 19, 21, 25, 29, 64, 126, 136, 146, 149, 173, 174
background, 48
Lynchburg, Va., 17
Lyons, James, 222
McCardell, Lt. William, C.S.A., 164
McCarthy, Carlton, 266
McCausland, Maj. Gen. John, C.S.A., 196
McCullough, Sec. Treasury Hugh, U.S.A., 219
McLeod, H.A., 160–63
McNeil, Capt. Archibald, C.S.A., 160
McRae, C.J., 206
Macon, Ga., 113, 115, 135, 141, 146 passim, 157, 163n, 212, 262
Magruder, Maj. Gen. John B., C.S.A., 196
Mahone, Maj. Gen. William, C.S.A., 229
Majestic Hotel, New York City, 282
Mallory, Sec. of Navy Stephen R., C.S.A., 21, 30, 35, 59–60, 63–4, 71, 79–80, 91, 103, 106, 113, 121, 152, 169
later life, 274–75
leaves presidential party, 122
Manassas-Bull Run (Va.), battle of, 65, 70, 271
Manatee River (Fla.), 160
Marshall, Col. Charles, C.S.A., 266
Marshall, Brig. Gen. Humphrey, C.S.A., 115–16
Marshall, Tex., 69
Maury, Commodore Matthew Fontaine, 45, 196
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 104, 119–20, 195 passim, 276
Mayo, Mayor Joseph (Richmond, Va.), 24, 40
Memminger, Sec. Treasury Charles C., C.S.A., 45, 239, 247–48
Memphis, Tenn., 228, 237–38, 243–44 passim
Memphis & Charleston R.R., 243–45
Mercié, Marius Jean Antonin, 266
U.S.S. Merrimac see C.S.S. Virginia(I)
Merritt, Dr. James B., 204
Metairie Cemetery (New Orleans), 264
Mexico City, 197
Mexico as Confederate haven, 55, 69, 119, 191, 194–98, 276
Miami, Fla., 166
Michigan, University of, 142
Midway Island, 227
Miles, Brig. Gen. Nelson A., U.S.A., 177 passim, 205 passim
later life, 278–79
Milledgeville, Ga., 131
Milton, Gov. John (Fla.), 43
Minnigerode, The Rev. Charles, 21–2, 223
Missionary Ridge (Tenn.), battle of, 107
Mitchell, Margaret, 283
Molineux, Brig. Gen. Edward L., U.S.A., 187
U.S.S. Monitor, 271
Montana, 227
Montgomery, Ala., 141, 169, 259
Monumental Church (Richmond, Va.), 266
Morehead, Gov. Charles S. (Ky.), 195
Morehead, Gov. John M. (N.C.), 65
Moreno, Don Francisco, 275
Morgan, James M., 28
Morse, Samuel F.B., 180
Moses, Maj. Raphael J., C.S.A., 130, 187
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C., 284
Murfreesboro (Tenn.), battle of, 107
Murphy, Pvt. P., C.S.A., 164
Murrah, Gov. Pendleton (Tex.), 195
Myakka River (Fla.), 161
Myers, William, 85
Naples, Fla., 161
Nebraska, 227
Negro troops:
S.S. Neptune, 167
Nevada, 227
Newark, N.J., 180
New Orleans, La., 47, 48, 159, 191, 235, 247, 252, 257, 263, 268, 281
New Smyrna, Fla., 168
New York City, 95, 213, 223, 227, 241, 250, 275
New York Daily Mail, 266
New York Daily News, 196
New York Herald, 177, 215, 239
New York Post, 42
New York Sun, 263
New York Times, 55, 105, 119, 173, 217, 256, 264
New York Tribune, 26, 55, 209, 219, 233–34
New York World, 260, 261, 263, 280
Norfolk, Va., 183, 192, 215, 229
North Carolina, war effort of, 82–3
North Dakota, 227
Northrop, Commissary General Lucius B., C.S.A., 11
Nugent, Richard, 131
Oath of allegiance to U.S., 68n, 191–93, 214, 285
Ocala, Fla., 168
Ocmulgee River (Ga.), 138
Oconee River (Ga.), 137
O’Conor, Charles, 207, 211, 213, 215 passim
Omelia, Mrs. (Jefferson Davis’ housekeeper), 14, 26–7
O’Toole, Sgt. Joseph, C.S.A., 164–67
Ould, Judge Robert, 222
Palatka, Fla., 238
Palestine, Tex., 274
Palm Beach, Fla., 165
Palmer, Brig. Gen. W.J., U.S.A., 105, 108
Parker, Capt. James H., U.S.A., 145
Parker, Capt. William H., C.S.N., 25, 31, 33–4, 52, 65, 73 passim, 113, 118, 121
Parsons, Brig. Gen. Monroe, C.S.A., 196
C.S.S. Patrick Henry, 37
Peace River (Fla.), 161
Pember, Mrs. Phoebe Y., 40
Pendleton, Brig. Gen. William N., C.S.A., 229
Pensacola, Fla., 275
Pettigru, James L., 75n
Phifer, William, 85
Philadelphia, Pa., 227
Philbrook, Chief Teller Walter, Confederate Treasury Department, 25, 53, 73, 113
Pickett, Maj. Gen. George E., C.S.A., 16
Pickett, Mrs. George E., 268
Pierce, President Franklin, 9, 176, 203, 212, 220–21
Pleasanton, Maj. Gen. Alfred, U.S.A., 195
Polk, Gen. Trusten, C.S.A., 196
Porter, William Sydney (“O. Henry”), 77–8
Post-war America, 227, 237, 256–58
Post-war South, 149–50, 190–92, 193–94, 214, 227–29, 235–36, 252, 256–58
industrialization begins, 227–29
revival of regional pride, 241–42, 252, 258–62, 265–71, 281 passim
Potter, Henry A., 151
Preston, Brig. Gen. John S., C.S.A., 73
Preston, General William, C.S.A., 196
Price, Lt. Gen. Stirling, C.S.A., 195
Pritchard, Lt. Col. Benjamin, U.S.A., 141–42, 143, 144, 146–48, 157, 219n
Quarles, Mann S., 24–5
Rankin, Robert S., 61
Reagan, Postmaster General John H., C.S.A., 19–20, 24, 30, 44, 49, 64, 66–7, 71, 79, 91–2, 103, 112, 119ff, 136–38, 146, 149, 169, 173 passim
later life, 274
Reconstruction ends, 256–58
Redmoor plantation (Va.), 202–03
Reed, William B., 222
Richardson, Maj. B.W., C.S.A., 267
Richmond, Va., 88, 183–84, 192, 221–23, 234ff, 265ff.
burning of, 33, 35–6, 39–40, 52
fall of, 5–43
Richmond, Va. bank deposits, 25, 52, 65n, 116, 116n, 183–86, 186n, 187
Richmond, Va. Blues, 267
Richmond & Danville R.R., 24, 30–2, 44–52, 60–2
Richmond Dispatch, 241–42
Richmond Times, 34
Rio Grande River (Tex.), 111, 194–97
The Rise & Fall of The Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis, 248–53
U.S.S. Robert E. Lee (nuclear submarine), 283
Robertson, Dr. J.J., 126
Robertson, Mrs. J.J., 128
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 95
Roosevelt, Elliott, 95
Roosevelt, President Theodore, 95
Ruffin, Edmund, 42–3, 86–7, 202–03
Ruffin, Edmund, Jr., 203
Russell, Corp. Richard, C.S.A., 164, 165, 167
Russia, 227
St. Albans, Vt., 51
St. John, Commissary General Isaac, C.S.A., 56, 119, 130, 251
St. Johns River (Fla.), 164–65, 238
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Salisbury, N.C., 84
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va., 19, 21–2
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte, N.C., 87–8
Saluda River (S.C.), 106
Sandersville, Ga., 136
Santa Fe River (Fla.), 164
Sauls, George, 165
Savannah, Ga., 129, 152, 156, 157, 201–02, 206, 212, 238, 259ff.
Savannah River (S.C.-Ga.), 108, 122–24, 152, 156, 184, 187
Sayler’s Creek (Va.), battle of, 57
Schofield, Maj. Gen. John, U.S.A., 170
Scott, Sir Walter, 270
Semmes, Adm. Raphael, C.S.N., 34–5, 36–8, 45, 68, 76, 95–6, 164, 169–70
as brigadier general, C.S.A., 54
Semmes, Cadet Raphael, Jr., C.S.N., 54, 169
Semple, James A., 129, 130, 187
Seward, Secretary of State William H., U.S.A., 78, 85, 108, 285
Shea, George, 206, 207, 211, 213, 215, 222
Shelby, Maj. Gen. Jo, C.S.A., 194–98
later life, 276–77
Shell, Augustus, 222
Shenandoah Valley, 239
Shepherd, Col. Elliott, U.S.A., 266
Shepherd, Lewis, 185
Sheridan, Maj. Gen. Philip, U.S.A., 16, 18, 38
Sherman, Gen. William T., U.S.A., 6, 18, 23, 71, 72, 75–6, 84, 91–2, 104, 177, 228
Shiloh (Tenn.), battle of, 48, 271
Shumate, Mary Anne Chenault, 186–87
Sitting Bull, Chief, 278
Slave migrations, 198–99
Slavery and peace negotiations, 71–2
Smith, Charles H. (“Bill Arp”), 229–30
Smith, Gen. Edmund Kirby, C.S.A., 26, 69, 83, 110–11, 125, 135, 163, 196
Smith, Judge Joseph, 111
Smith, Gov. William (“Extra Billy”) (Va.), 24
Smithsonian Institution, 180, 216
South Carolina, 72–5, 89–90, 101–18
South Dakota, 227
Southern expatriates, 190–91, 194–98
Southern Historical Society, 251–52, 265
Southside R.R., 57
Spanish-American War, 278
Spotted Eagle, Chief, 278
Springs, Col. A.B., 103
Springs, Eli, 103
Springs, Johnny, 103
Stamps, Mary, 246
Stanton, Secretary of War Edwin M., U.S.A., 78–9, 85, 91, 93, 104, 105, 150, 174, 177, 179–80, 181, 182, 194, 204, 207, 213–14, 216, 217, 219–20, 223, 236, 237, 284
Stanton, Mrs. Edwin M., 277
Statesville, N.C., 170
Stephens, Vice President Alexander H., C.S.A., 21, 154–55, 156, 169, 173
later life, 273
Sterling, Ada, 279
Stevens, Sen. Thaddeus, U.S.A., 207, 213, 217
Stoneman, Maj. Gen. George, U.S.A., 60, 78, 84, 85, 104–05
C.S.S. Stonewall, 174
Stribling, Adm. Cornelius, U.S.N., 104
Stuart, C.E.L., 123n
Stuart, Maj. Gen. J.E.B., C.S.A., 38, 195, 271
Sulivane, Capt. Clement, C.S.A., 36
Sumner, Sen. Charles, U.S.A., 236
Sutherlin, Maj. W.T., C.S.A., 52
Sutherlin, Mrs. W.T., 61
Suwannee River (Fla.), 164
Swan, Judge W.G., 196
Tampa, Fla., 160
Taylor, Lt. Gen. Richard, C.S.A., 26, 94, 103, 108, 135–36
Taylor, Col. Walter, C.S.A., 17
Taylor, President Zachary, 29, 246
Tennessee River (Tenn.-Ala.), 228
Tenney, Judge W.T., 252
Terrell, Brig. Gen. A.W., C.S.A., 196
Texas A&M College, 248
Thorburn, “Colonel” Charles E., 68, 126, 136, 140, 142–43
Tilden, Samuel J., 256–57
Tilghman, Tench, 96, 105–06, 108, 128
Titlow, Capt. Jerome, U.S.A., 178–79
Tomlinson, A.R., 5–6
Toombs, Maj. Gen. Robert, C.S.A., 114–15, 130, 170
Traveler (R. E. Lee’s mount), 16, 59, 239, 240, 283, 284–85
Trans-Mississippi Department, C.S.A. (“Second Confederacy”), 69, 109–11, 126, 129, 163, 195–96 passim
Tredegar Foundry, Richmond, Va., 22, 37
Tresca, Capt. Fred 160ff.
Trenholm, Anna (Mrs. George A.), 30, 45, 85
Trenholm, Secretary of Treasury George A., C.S.A., 14, 30, 65, 71, 85, 94–5, 103, 119, 169, 251
background, 45–6
later life, 275
leaves presidential party, 103
Tucker, Dallas, 22
Tucker, John Randolph, 222
U.S.S. Tuscarora, 174
Underwood, Judge, John C., 222
Union sentiment in the Confederacy, 20, 64, 75n, 126
United Confederate Veterans, 266, 269–70
United Daughters of the Confederacy, 279
U.S. Court of Claims, 186n
U.S. Military Academy, 8, 9, 66, 151, 152, 230, 242
U.S. Naval Academy, 68
U.S. Patent Office, 180
U.S. Troops,
lack of discipline, 146–47, 150–51, 185–87
units:
4th Michigan cavalry, 141–47, 151, 219n
1st New Jersey infantry, 180
1st Ohio cavalry, 135, 141, 219n
9th Vermont cavalry, 41
1st Wisconsin cavalry, 141–47, 219n
Van Benthuysen, Alfred, 96
Van Benthuysen, Jefferson D., 96
Van Benthuysen, Capt. Watson, C.S.A., 96, 121, 188–89, 234
Van Buren, Pres. Martin, 48
Vance, Gov. Zebulon B. (N.C.), 21, 82–3, 170
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 220, 222
Vaughn, Col. J.C., U.S.A., 96
Venezuela, 191
Vera Cruz, Mexico, 163
Vicksburg, Miss., 110
Vienna, S.C., 122
C.S.S. Virginia (1) (U.S.S. Merrimac), 271
C.S.S. Virginia (11), 35, 36–7
Virginia Military Institute, 230, 240, 250, 285
Vizetelly, Frank, 80, 83–4, 102, 128, 137
later life, 276
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, 282
Wallace, Brig. Gen. William, C.S.A., 106
Walthall, Maj. W.T., C.S.A., 249
Washington Artillery (New Orleans), 268
Washington College, 230–31, 240, 269
Washington, D.C., 112, 157, 164, 170, 174, 175, 181, 203ff., 212–13, 214, 219–20, 231, 271, 276–77, 279, 284
Washington, Ga., 90, 109, 111, 113, 115–16, 118, 123, 126–29, 163, 170, 183ff., 189, 276
Washington & Lee University, 241, 284
Watts, Gov. Thomas H. (Ala.), 108
Weed, Thurlow, 181
West Virginia, 227
Wheeler, Maj. Gen. Joseph, C.S.A., 155, 268
Wheless, Paymaster John F., C.S.N., 118
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., 282
White, Col. William Elliott, C.S.A., 103
Whittington, Mrs. Alphonso, 64
Wigfall, Louis, 196
Wilcox, Maj. Gen. Cadmus, C.S.A., 196
Wilder, Brig. Gen. John T., U.S.A., 228
S.S. William P. Clyde, 173–76, 211–12
Williams, Brig. Gen. John S., C.S.A., 196
Williams, Pvt. Walter, C.S.A. (“The Last Man”), 283
Wilmington, N.C., 275
Wilson, Col. James, C.S.A., 164, 167
Wilson, Maj. Gen. James H., U.S.A., 140–41, 219n
Wilson, President Woodrow, 156
Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow, 283
Wise, Capt. George, C.S.A., 192
Wise, Gov. Henry A. (Va.), 51
Wise, Lt. John, C.S.A., 57
Withers, Dr. Robert, 58
Wood, Capt. John Taylor, C.S.N., 54, 68, 94, 125–26, 139, 143, 147–48, 165–67
Woolson, Pvt. Alfred, U.S.A. (“The Last Yank”), 283
Wounded Knee Creek (S. Dak.), battle of, 278
Yadkin River (N.C.), 83–4
Yeoman, Lt. Joseph, U.S.A., 141, 219n
Yorkville (York), S.C., 106
Young, Lafayette, 106
Yulee, David, 204