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ADAMS, JAMES H., 26.
Adger, Mrs. John B., 396.
Aiken, Gov. William, his style of
living, 253.
Aiken, Miss, her wedding, 240–
241.
Alabama, the, surrender of, 314.
Alabama Convention, the, 15.
Alexandria, Va., Ellsworth killed
at, 58.
Allan, Mrs. Scotch, 258.
Allston, Ben, his duel, 66; a call
from, 73.
Allston, Col., 234.
Allston, Washington, 46.
Anderson, Gen. Richard, 49, 225.
Anderson, Major Robert, 5; his
mistake, 34; fired on, in Fort
Sumter, 35; when the fort surrendered,
39; his flagstaff, 43;
his account of the fall of Fort
Sumter, 48; offered a regiment,
50, 119.
Antietam, battle of, 213.
Archer, Capt. Tom, a call from,
113; his comments on Hood,
318; his death, 343.
Athens, Ga., the raid at, 322.
Atlanta, battle of, 326.
Auzé, Mrs.—, her troubled life,
179.
BAILEY, GODARD, 388, 389.
Baldwin, Col.—, 84.
Baltimore, Seventh Regiment in,
41; in a blaze, 47.
Barker, Theodore, 112.
Barnwell, Edward, 316.
Barnwell, Mrs. Edward, 208; and
her boy, 253–254.
Barnwell, Mary, 194, 316.
Barnwell, Rev. Robert, establishes
a hospital, 83; back in
the hospital, 172; sent for to
officiate at a marriage, 185, 194;
his death, 238.
Barnwell, Mrs. Robert, her death,
239.
Barnwell, Hon. Robert W., sketch
of, 10, 47; on Fort Sumter,
50, 57, 77; at dinner with, 98;
and the opposition to Mr. Davis,
104; on fame, 106; on democracies,
110, 160; as to Gen.
Chesmit, 163.
Barron, Commodore Samuel, 101;
an anecdote of, when a middy,
120–122; a prisoner, 124.
Bartow, Col.—2; and his wife,
71; killed at Bull Run, 87;
eulogized in Congress, 90.
Bartow, Mrs.—, hears of her
husband's death, 87–88; her
husband's funeral, 88; a call on,
146, 162; in one of the departments,
166; her story of
Miss Toombs, 193, 199, 204;
goes to Mulberry, 386.
Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T., 28;
a demigod, 31; in council with
the Governor, 33, 34; leaves
Montgomery, 50; at Norfolk,
58; his report of the capture of
Fort Sumter, 62; and the name

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Bull Run, 63; faith in him,
77; a horse for, 80; in Richmond,
83–84; his army in want
of food, 97; not properly supported,
99; half Frenchman,
102; letters from, 107, 131; at
Columbus, Miss., 139; flanked
at Nashville, 156; and Shiloh,
163; at Huntsville, 165; fighting
his way, 174; retreating,
175; evacuates Corinth, 178,
in disfavor, 183; and Whiting,
307.
Bedon, Josiah, 369.
Bedon, Mrs.—, 369.
Benjamin, Judah P., 278, 287.
Berrien, Dr.—, 100, 193.
Berrien, Judge, 166.
Bibb, Judge, 9.
Bierne, Bettie, her admirers, 232,
234; her wedding, 235.
Big Bethel, battle of, 81; Magruder
at, 196.
Binney, Horace, his offer to Lincoln,
64; quoted, 128, 311.
Blair, Rochelle, 21.
Blake, Daniel, 214.
Blake, Frederick, 338.
Blake, Walter, negroes leave him,
199.
Bluffton, movement, the, 3.
Bonaparte, Jerome Napoleon, goes
to Washington, 98; described,
102; disappointed in Beauregard,
128.
Boykin, A. H., 35.
Boykin, Dr., 17, 18, 21, 135, 404.
Boykin, E. M., 161, 389.
Boykin, Hamilton, 171.
Boykin, James, 220.
Boykin, J. H., 387.
Boykin, Col. John, 121; his death
in prison, 308.
Boykin, Kitty, 22.
Boykin, Mary, 312, 403.
Boykin, Tom, his company, 58,
135.
Bradley, Judy, 401.
Bragg, Gen. Braxton, joins Beauregard,
139, 147; a stern disciplinarian,
203; at Chickamauga,
248, 252; defeated at
Chattanooga, 258; asks to be
relieved, 259; one of his horses,
303.
Brandy Station, battle of, 236.
Breckinridge, Gen. John C., 249;
in Richmond, 275; at the Ives
theatricals, 285–286, 289.
Brewster, Mr.—, 10; at Fauquier
White Sulphur Springs,
77; remark by, 79; a talk with,
82; quoted, 108, 122; criticism
of, 124; and Hood's love-affair,
266–267; on Joe Johnston's removal,
320, 338.
Bright, John, his speeches in behalf
of the Union, 109.
Brooks, Preston, 74.
Brown, Gov., of Georgia, 315.
Brown, John, of Harper's Ferry, 1.
Browne, "Constitution," going to
Washington, 9.
Browne, Mrs.—, on spies, 206;
describes the Prince of Wales,
207.
Brumby, Dr.—, 361.
Buchanan, James, 16, 207.
Buckner, Gen. Simon B., 131; in
Richmond, 267–268, 275.
Bull Run, objection to the name,
63; battle of, 85–90. See Manassas.
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose E., captures
Roanoke Island, 132;
money due from, to Gen. Preston,
159.
Burroughs, Mrs.—, 189.
Butler, Gen. B. F., his Order No.
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183, 202; threatening Richmond,
294; kind to Roony
Lee, 300; at New Orleans, 346.
Byron, Lord, as a lover, 297;
quoted, 391.
CALHOUN, JOHN C., anecdote
of, 17.
Calhoun, Mrs.—, 323.
Camden, S. C., excitement at, 3;
dwelling in, 21; the author's absence
from, 22; the author in,
42–46; battle of, 75; a romance
in, 120–121; return to, 127–130,
240–251; Gen. Chesnut in, 250;
a picnic near, at Mulberry, 251;
return to, 304; the author in,
384–404.
Cameron, Simon, a proclamation
by, 92, 400.
Campbell, Judge John A., his
resignation, 14; his family, 77,
247.
Cantey, Mary, 183.
Cantey, Zack, 375.
Capers, Mrs.—, 26.
Carlyle, Thomas, and slavery in
America, 136.
Carroll, Chancellor, 27.
Carroll, Judge, 204.
Gary, Constance, 263; a call on,
264; a call from, 272; a call for,
272; as Lady Teazle, 276, 277;
as Lydia Languish, 285; makes
a bonnet, 293; describes a wedding,
300; and Preston Hampton,
301.
Cary, Hetty, 244, 260, 272; Gen.
Chesnut with, 274.
Chancellorsville, battle of, 213,
245.
Charleston, the author in, 1–5;
Secession Convention adjourns
to, 3; Anderson in Fort Sumter,
5; war steamer off, 9; return to,
21–41; Convention at, in a snarl,
26; a ship fired into at, 31;
soldiers in streets of, 33; Anderson
refuses to capitulate at,
35; the fort bombarded, 36;
Bull Run Russell in, 40; return
to, from Montgomery, 57–
67; thin-skinned people in, 60;
its condition good, 163; bombardment
of, 174; under bombardment,
258; surrender of,
350.
Chase, Col.—, 6.
Chattanooga, siege of, 258.
Chesnut, Col. James, Sr., sketch
of, XVII; looking for fire, 66;
and Nellie Custis, 93, 122; his
family, 127; anecdote of, 135;
his losses from the war, 158;
his old wines, 249; a letter from,
296; and his wife, 310; refuses
to say grace, 372; sketch of,
390–392; illness of, 403.
Chesnut, Mrs. James, Sr., praises
everybody, 59; and Mt. Vernon,
63; anecdote of, 86–67;
silver brought from Philadelphia
by, 135; sixty years in the
South, 170, 236; her death,
299; and her husband, 310–311,
391.
Chesnut, Gen. James, Jr., his
death described, XVIII; his
resignation as U. S. Senator, 3,
4, 9; with Mr. Davis, 14, 19;
averts a duel, 21, 26; at target
practice, 29; made an aide to
Beauregard, 34; goes to demand
surrender of Fort Sumter, 34;
his interview with Anderson, 35;
orders Fort Sumter fired on, 36;
asleep in Beauregard's room,
37; describes the surrender, 39;
with Wade Hampton, 47; his
interview with Anderson, 48;

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goes to Alabama, 52; opposed
to leaving Montgomery, 55, 57;
and Davin the spy, 60; letter
from, 63; and the first shot at
Fort Sumter, 65; letter from,
at Manassas Junction, 65; in
Richmond, 69; a letter from,
74–75; orders to move on, received
by, 80; receiving spies
from Washington, 82; with
Davis and Lee, 83; his servant
Lawrence, 84; his account of
the battle of Bull Run, 88;
speech by, 90; carries orders at
Bull Run, 106; returns to Columbia,
126; on slavery, 130;
news for, from Richmond,
132; criticized, 134; his address
to South Carolinians, 140;
asked to excuse students from
military service, 141; his military
affairs, 143, 144; negroes
offer to fight for, 147; attacked,
148; reasonable and considerate,
151; his adventure with
Gov. Gist, 153; illness of, 155;
offered a place on staff of Mr.
Davis, 157; and the fall of New
Orleans, 159; finds a home for
negroes, 160; on a visit to his
father, 161; as to Charleston's
defenses, 163; promotion for,
163; at dinner, 166, 167; called
to Richmond, 171; his self-control,
173; and the negroes,
181; returns to Columbia, 190;
off to Richmond, 191, 194; letter
from, on the Seven Days'
fighting, 197; hears the Confederacy
is to be recognized
abroad, 201; staying with President
Davis, 202; his character
in Washington, 204; with Gen.
Preston, 207; Ms busy life, 215;
in Wilmington, 216; at Miss
Bierne's wedding, 235; an anecdote
of, 242; when a raiding
party was near Richmond, 245;
at the war office with, 247; a
tour of the West by, 248; at
home reading Thackeray's novels,
250; visits Bragg's army
again, 252; contented, but opposed
to more parties, 257; receives
a captured saddle from
Gen. Wade Hampton, 258; manages
Judge Wigfall, 261; his
stoicism, 262; opposed to feasting,
263; in good humor, 268;
in a better mood, 271; denounces
extravagance, 272; and
Hetty Cary, 274; popularity of,
with the Carys, 277; with Col.
Lamar at dinner, 279; promotion
for, 280; his pay, 284; at
church, 292; going to see the
President, 293; made a brigadier-general,
302, 305; his return
to South Carolina, 307;
his work in saving Richmond,
309; called to Charleston, 315;
his new home in Columbia, 316;
his friend Archer, 318–319;
returns to Columbia, 330; in
Charleston, 337; says the end
has come, 341; urges his wife
to go home, 344–345; an anecdote
of, 346; escapes capture,
350; a letter from, 355; in Lincolnton,
359; ordered to Chester,
S. C., 364; letter from, 366;
his cotton, 367; and slavery,
374; receives news of Lincoln's
assassination, 380; fate of, 381.
Chesnut, Mrs. James, Jr., the
author, importance of her diary,
XIII; how she wrote it, XV;
her early life, XVI; her home
described, XX; history of
her diary, XXI; in Charleston,

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1–5; on keeping a journal, 1;
visits Mulberry, 2; her husband's
resignation as Senator,
3; in Montgomery, 6–20; on
the political outlook, 7; hears
a story from Robert Toombs,
7; at dinners, etc., 9–11; calls
on Mrs. Davis, 12; sees a woman
sold at auction, 13; sees
the Confederate flag go up, 14;
at the Confederate Congress, 18;
in Charleston, 21–41; at Mulberry
again, 21; a petition to,
from house-servants, 22; her
father-in-law, 22; goes to the
Charleston Convention, 23; one
of her pleasantest days, 26; her
thirty-eighth birthday, 27; a
trip by, to Morris Island, 31;
her husband goes to Anderson
with an ultimatum, 35; on a
housetop when Sumter was
bombarded, 35–36; watching
the negroes for a change, 38; in
Camden, 42–46; the lawn at
Mulberry, 43; her photograph-book,
43; a story of her maid
Maria, 45; at Montgomery, 47–
56; a cordial welcome to, 48;
a talk by, with A. H. Stephens
and others, 49–54; a visit to
Alabama, 52; at luncheon with
Mrs. Davis, 55; in Charleston,
57–67; goes to Richmond, 62,
66; letter to, from her husband,
65; in Richmond, 68–76; incidents
in the journey, 68–69;
a talk by, with Mrs. Davis, 71;
at the Champ-de-Mars, 72; at
Mr. Davis's table, 73; letters to,
from her husband, 74, 75; at
White Sulphur Springs, 77–81;
in Richmond, 82–126; has a
glimpse of war, 83; weeps at
her husband's departure, 84;
the battle of Bull Run, 85–91;
Gen. Chesnut's account of the
battle, 88; describes Robert E.
Lee, 93–94; at a flag presentation,
96; her money-belt, 101;
goes to a hospital, 107, 108; an
unwelcome caller on, 111; knitting
socks, 113; her fondness
for city life, 124; leaving Richmond,
125; in Camden, 127–
130; her sister Kate, 127; a
letter to, from old Col. Chesnut,
127; illness of, 128; a hiatus
in her diary, 130; in Columbia,
131–209; a visit to Mulberry,
134; illness of, 135; reading
Uncle Tom's Cabin, 142; her
influence with her husband
in public matters, 145; overhears
her husband attacked,
148; her husband and her callers,
151–153; her husband's
secretary, 154; depressed, 157;
anniversary of her wedding,
158; at the Governor's, 160; as
to love and hatred, 162; her
impression of hospitality in
different cities, 166–167; at
Mulberry, 169; a flood of tears,
173; illness of, 180; a call on,
by Governor Pickens, 181;
knows how it feels to die, 182;
at Decca's wedding, 184–185;
Gen. Chesnut in town, 190; a
letter to, from her husband,
197; assisting the Wayside Hospital,
205–206; goes to Flat
Rock, 210; illness of, 210; in
Alabama, 216–228; meets her
husband in Wilrmngton, 216;
a melancholy journey by, 220–
221; finds her mother ill, 221;
Dick, a negro whom she taught
to read, 224; her father's body-servant
Simon, 225; in Montgomery,

226–227; in Richmond,
229–239; asked to a picnic by
Gen. Hood, 230; hears two love-tales,
232–233; at Miss Bierne's
wedding, 235; receives from
Mrs. Lee a likeness of the General,
236; burns some personal
papers, 239; in Camden, 240–
251; sees Longstreet's corps
going West, 241; a story of her
mother, 243; at church during
the battle of Chancellorsville,
244–245; to the War Office
with her husband, 247; a tranquil
time at home, 250; a picnic
at Mulberry, 251; in Richmond,
252–303; lives in apartments,
252; an adventure in
Kingsville, 255–257; gives a
party, 257; criticized for excessive
hospitality, 263; with
Mrs. Davis, 264; drives with
Gen. Hood, 265–267, 271; three
generals at dinner, 268; at a
charade party, 273–274; an ill-timed
call, 278; Thackeray's
death, 282; gives a luncheon-party,
282–283; at private
theatricals, 285; gives a party
for John Chesnut, 286; goes to
a ball, 287; a walk with Mr.
Davis, 291; selling her old
clothes, 300; her husband
made a brigadier-general, 302;
in Camden, 304; leaving Richmond,
304; Little Joe's funeral,
306; experiences in a journey,
307–308; friends with her
at Mulberry, 309; writes of
her mother-in-law, 310–311;
at Bloomsbury again, 311; in
Columbia, 313–343; at home
in a cottage, 314–316; attendance
of, at the Wayside Hospital,
321, 324, 325; at Mary
Preston's wedding, 327; entertains
President Davis, 328–329;
a visit to, from her sister, 329;
letters to, from Mrs. Davis, 331,
332, 335; her ponies, 336; distress
of, at Sherman's advance,
341; her husband at home, 341;
in Lincolnton, 344–366; her
flight from Columbia, 344–347;
her larder empty, 361; refuses
an offer of money, 363; her
husband ordered to Chester,
364; losses at the Hermitage,
364; illness of, 364; in Chester,
367–383; incidents in a
journey by, 367–369; a call
on, from Gen. Hood, 376; on
Lincoln's assassination, 380; in
Camden, 384–404; goes to Mulberry,
386; sketch by, of her
father-in-law, 390–392; goes to
the Hermitage, 395; illness of,
399; no heart to write more,
403.
Chesnut, Capt. John, a soft-hearted
slave-owner, 21; enlists as a
private, 58; his plantation, 64;
letter from, 132; negroes to
wait on, 163, 187; and McClellan,
192; in Stuart's command,
198; one of his pranks, 202;
goes to his plantation, 250;
joins his company, 252, 287; a
flirtation by, 328, 351, 381.
Chesnut, John, ST., 392.
Chesnut, Miss, her presence of
mind, 364; bravery shown by,
375.
Chesnut family, the, 22.
Chester, S. C., the author in, 367–
383; the journey to, 367–369;
news of Lincoln's assassination
in, 380.
Cheves, Edward, 199.
Cheves, Dr. John, 172.

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Cheves, Langdon, 24; a talk with,
26; farewell to, 37.
Chickahominy, battle on the, 177;
as a victory, 180; another battle
on the, 196.
Chickamauga, battle of, 248.
Childs, Col.—, 362, 363, 364; his
generosity, 367.
Childs, Mrs. Mary Anderson, 16.
Chisolm, Dr.—, 314.
Choiseul, Count de, 322.
Clay, C. C., a supper given by,
283, 302, 374.
Clay, Mrs. C. C., as Mrs. Malaprop,
285.
Clay, Mrs. Lawson, 273.
Clayton, Mr.—, 2; on the Government,
110.
Clemens, Jere, 12.
Cobb, Howell, desired for President
of the Confederacy, 6,
18; his common sense, 68; arrest
of, 398.
Cochran, John, a prisoner in
Columbia, 133.
Coffey, Capt.—, 257.
Cohen, Mrs. Miriam, her son in
the war, 166; a hospital anecdote
by, 176; a sad story told
by, 178; her story of Luryea,
183.
Colcock, Col.—, 2.
Cold Harbor, battle of, 196.
Columbia, Secession Convention
in, 2; small-pox in, 3; pleasant
people in, 166; dinner in,
167; Wade Hampton in, 187;
the author in, 131–209; Gov;
ernor and council in, 132; a trip
from, to Mulberry, 135; critics
of Mr. Davis in, 140; hospitality
in, 166; people coming
to, from Richmond, 169; Wade
Hampton in, wounded, 187–
193; Prof. Le Conte's powder-factory
in, 187; the Wayside
Hospital in, 205; called from,
to Alabama, 218; the author
takes a cottage in, 314–316;
President Davis visits, 328–329;
burning of, 351, 358, 361, 362,
396.
Confederate flag, hoisting of, at
Montgomery, 14.
Congress, the, burning of, 140.
Cooper, Gen.—, 85, 103, 149.
Corinth, evacuated, 178.
Cowpens, the, battle of, 63.
Coxe, Esther Maria, 257.
Cumberland, the, sinking of, 139.
Cummings, Gen., a returned prisoner,
200.
Curtis, George William, 200.
Custis, Nellie, 93, 236.
Cuthbert, Capt. George, wounded,
211; shot at Chancellorsville,
213.
Cuthbert, Mrs. George, 337.
DACRE, MAY, 135.
Dahlgren, Admiral John H.,
294.
Dahlgren, Col. U., his raid and
death, 294.
Daniel, Mr., of The Richmond
Examiner, 109.
Darby, Dr. John T., surgeon of the
Hampton Legion, 57; false report
of his death, 88, 205; with
Gen. Hood, 230; goes to Europe,
293, 296; his marriage,
327.
Da Vega, Mrs,—, 369.
Davin,—, as a spy, 59.
Davis, President Jefferson, 6, 8;
when Secretary of War, 11;
elected President, 12; no seceder,
29; and Hampton's Legion,
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49; a long war predicted by, 53;
his want of faith in success, 71;
on his Arabian horse, 72; at
his table, 73; the author met
by, 82; goes to Manassas, 86;
speech by, 90; the author asked
to breakfast with, 95; presents
flag to Texans, 96; as a reconstructionist,
104; ill, 124; criticism
of, 129; his inauguration,
132; his address criticized, 134;
a defense of, 140; Gen. Gonzales
complains to, 148; abuse of,
150; and Butler's " Order No.
28," 165; on the battle-field,
202; wants negroes in the army,
224; a reception at his house,
246; ill, 246; in Charleston,
253; riding alone, 263; as a
dictator, 265; his Christmas
dinner, 268; a talk with, 274;
Congress asks for advice, 280; a
walk home with, 283; attacked
for nepotism, 290; walks home
from church with the author,
291; speaks to returned prisoners,
301; when Little Joe
died, 305; his Arabian horse,
309; and Joe Johnston's removal,
326; in Columbia, 328–
329; on his visit to Columbia,
331; praise of, 360; when Lee
surrendered, 381; traveling leisurely,
394; capture of, 395,
398.
Davis, Jefferson, Jr., 306.
Davis, Mrs. Jefferson, a call on, 12;
at one of her receptions, 49;
a talk with, 53; at lunch with,
55; adores Mrs. Emory, 61;
the author met by, 69; her entourage,
76; her ladies described,
79; brings news of
Bull Run, 86; announces to
Mrs. Bartow news of her husband's
death, 88; in her drawing-room,
90; " a Western woman,"
102; a landlady's airs to,
192; says that the enemy are
within three miles of Richmond,
246; a call from, 263; a drive
with, 264; at the Semmes' charade,
273; her servants, 275; a
reception by, 281; a call on,
282; gives a luncheon, 284;
her family unable to live on
their income, 300; depressed,
301; a drive with, 302; overlooked
in her own drawing-room,
318; letters from, 331,
332, 335; in Chester, 377; a
letter from, 378.
Davis, "Little Joe," 264; his
tragic death, 305; his funeral,
306, 309.
Davis, Nathan, 148; a call from,
152, 210.
Davis, Nick, 12.
Davis, Rev. Thomas, 252.
Davis, Varina Anne (" Winnie,
Daughter of the Confederacy"),
378.
Deas, George, 12, 298.
De Leon, Agnes, back from Egypt,
110.
De Leon, Dr., 9.
Derby, Lord, 136.
Douglas, Stephen A., 12; his
death, 60.
Drayton, Tom, 148.
Drury's Bluff, battle of, 230.
Duncan, Blanton, anecdote of,
150, 208.
ELIOT, GEORGE, 279.
Elliott, Stephen, 318.
Ellsworth, Col. E. E., his death
at Alexandria, 58.
Elmore, Grace, 155.

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Elzey, Gen.—, tells of the danger
of Richmond, 246.
Emancipation Proclamation, the,
153, 199.
Emerson, R. W., the author reading,
64.
Emory, Gen. William H., his
resignation, 61.
Emory, Mrs. William H., Franklin's
granddaughter, 61, 84; a
clever woman, 352.
Eustis, Mrs.—, 124.
FAIR OAKS OR SEVEN
PINES, battle of, 171.
Farragut, Admiral D. G., captures
New Orleans, 158, 319.
Fauquier White Sulphur Springs,
77.
Fernandina, Fia., 2.
Fitzpatrick, Mrs.—, 8, 53.
Floyd, John D., at Fort Donelson,
140.
Ford, Mary, 312.
Forrest, Gen. Nathan B., 323.
Fort Donelson, surrender of, 131,
140.
Fort Duquesne, 392.
Fort McAlister, 339.
Fort Moultrie, 42.
Fort Pickens, 47.
Fort Pillow, given up, 177.
Fort Sumter, Anderson in, 5, 8;
if it should be attacked, 9; folly
of an attack on, 12; and Anderson,
29; surrender of, demanded,
34; bombardment of,
35; on fire, 38; surrender of,
39; those who captured it, 42;
who fired the first shot at, 65.
Freeland, Maria, 257.
Frost, Henry, 147.
Frost, Judge—, 54.
Frost, Tom, 26.
GAILLARD, MRS.—, 173.
Garnett, Dr.—, his brother's
arrival from the North,
107, 260.
Garnett, Mary, 9.
Garnett, Muscoe Russell, 144.
Garnett, Gen. R. S., killed at
Rich Mountain, 119.
Gay, Captain, 382.
Georgetown, enemy landing in,
165.
Gibbes, Dr.—, 26; reports incidents
of the war, 93; bad news
from, 100.
Gibbes, Mrs.—, 32.
Gibbes, Mrs. Hampton, 170.
Gibson, Dr.—, 117.
Gibson, Mrs., her prophecy, 169;
her despondency, 174.
Gidiere, Mrs.—, 4.
Gist, Gov., 152; an anecdote of,
153.
Gladden, Col.—, 156.
Gonzales, Gen.—, his farewell to
the author, 125; complains of
want of promotion, 148.
Goodwyn, Artemus, 21.
Goodwyn, Col.—, 218, 350.
Gourdin, Robert, 25, 32.
Grahamsville, to be burned, 336.
Grant, Gen. U.S., and the surrender
of Fort Donelson, 131; at Vicksburg,
219; a place for, 269; his
success, 270; pleased with Sherman's
work, 299; reenforcements
for, 310; before Richmond, 322,
333; closing in on Lee, 346;
Richmond falls before, 377.
Greeley, Horace, quoted, 116.
Green, Allen, 32, 95, 360.
Green, Mrs. Allen, 33.
Green, Halcott, 171, 203.
Greenhow, Mrs. Rose, warned the
Confederates at Manassas, 176;
in Richmond, 201, 204.

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Gregg, Maxcy, 31.
Grundy, Mrs., 257.
HALLECK, GEN., being reenforced,
165; takes Corinth,
178.
Hamilton, Jack, 36.
Hamilton, Louisa, her baby, 36,
211.
Hamilton, Prioleau, 374.
Hamilton, Mrs. Prioleau, 370.
Hammy, Mary, 66, 76; her fiancé,
79; many strings to her bow,
100; her disappointment, 118;
in tears, 124.
Hampton, Christopher, 161, 264;
leaving Columbia, 344, 399.
Hampton, Frank, his death and
funeral, 237; a memory of, 238.
Hampton, Mrs. Frank, 40, 42;
on flirting with South Carolinians,
118, 173.
Hampton, Miss Kate, 218; anecdote
of, 381.
Hampton Legion, the, Dr. Darby
its surgeon, 57; in a snarl, 85;
at Bull Run, 105.
Hampton, Preston, 40, 237, 260,
264, 272; his death in battle,
332.
Hampton Roads, the Merrimac
in, 164.
Hampton, Sally, 293, 332; marriage
of, 399.
Hampton, Gen. Wade, of the
Revolution, 39, 43, 47.
Hampton, Mrs. Wade, the elder,
43.
Hampton, Gen. Wade, his Legion,
47; in Richmond, 82; wounded,
87; the hero of the hour, 135,
150; shot in the foot, 171; his
wound, 180; his heroism when
wounded, 181; in Columbia,
187; at dinner, 189–190; and
his Legion, 191; a reception to,
192; sends a captured saddle
to Gen. Chesnut, 258; a basket
of partridges from, 271, 313;
fights a battle, in which his two
sons fall, 332; tribute of, to Joe
Johnston, 343; made a lieutenant-general,
350; correspondence
of, with Gen. Sherman,
359; home again, 404.
Hampton, Mrs. Wade, 136.
Hampton, Wade, Jr., 249; wounded
in battle, 332.
Hardee, Gen. William J., 371.
Harlan, James, 90.
Harper's Ferry, to be attacked,
58; evacuated, 65.
Harris, Arnold, brings news from
Washington, 91.
Harrison, Burton, 246, 263, 264;
at a charade, 274; defends Mr.
Davis, 290, 305, 330.
Hartstein, Capt., 25.
Haskell, Alexander, 198, 268.
Haskell, John C., 293, 399.
Haskell, Mrs.—, 196.
Haskell, William, 27.
Haxall, Lucy, 257.
Haxall, Mrs., 278.
Hayne, Mrs. Arthur, 146.
Hayne, Isaac, 26, 66, 316, 346,
369.
Hayne, Mrs. Isaac, 27; when her
son died, 202.
Hayne, Paul, 176; his son and
Lincoln, 202, 208.
Hemphill, John, 48.
Hermitage, the, 365.
Heyward, Barnwell, as an escort,
64, 212, 278, 283.
Heyward, Henrietta Magruder,
212.
Heyward, Joseph, 212.
Heyward, Mrs. Joseph, 28, 39.

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Heyward, Savage, 22.
Hill, Benjamin H., refusal of,
to fight a duel, 11, 13; in Richmond,
274.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 144.
Hood, Gen. John B., 100; described,
230; with his staff,
231; at Chickamauga, 248; calls
on the author, 263; a drive
with, 265; his love-affairs, 266–
269; a drive with, 271; fitted for
gallantry, 277; on horseback,
282; drives with Mr. Davis,
283; has an ovation, 284; at a
ball, 287; his military glory,
290; anecdote of, 298; a full
general, 314; his address to the
army, 316; losses of, before Atlanta,
320; his force, 333; off
to Tennessee, 337; losses of, at
the battle of Nashville, 337, 340;
in Columbia, 342; his glory
on the wane, 372; a call from,
376; his silver cup, 380; abuse
of, 383.
Hooker, Gen. Joseph B., 162, 213.
Howell, Maggie, 76, 304, 327.
Howell, Mrs., 265.
Huger, Alfred, 2.
Huger, Gen. Benjamin, 383.
Huger, Mrs., 381, 394.
Huger, Thomas, 31; his death, 186.
Humphrey, Capt., 5.
Hunter, R. M. T., at dinner with,
53, 57, 144; a walk home with,
283, 398.
INGRAHAM, CAPT.—, 8, 10,
14, 42, 54; says the war has
hardly begun, 99, 147.
Ives, Col. J. C., 284.
Ives, Mrs. J. C., 273; her theatricals,
285.
Izard, Mrs.—, 26; quoted, 93,
146; tells of Sand Hill patriots,
209, 351.
Izard, Lucy, 212.
JACKSON, GEN. "STONEWALL,"
at Bull Run, 89,
170; his movements, 172; his
influence, 175; his triumphs,
179; following up McClellan,
193; faith in, 196; killed, 213;
promoted Hood, 230; described
by Gen. Lawton, 261–262; laments
for, 269.
Jameson, Mr.—, 54.
James Island, Federals land on,
181; abandoned, 195.
Johnson, President Andrew, 394,
398.
Johnson, Mrs. Bradley T., as a
heroine, 71.
Johnson, Herschel V., 11.
Johnson, Dr. Robert, 220.
Johnston, Gen. Albert Sidney,
131, 140; killed at Shiloh, 156,
182.
Johnston, General Edward, a
prisoner in the North, 232;
help he once gave Grant, 269.
Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., his
command, 75; evacuates Harper's
Ferry, 65; retreating; 78;
to join Beauregard, 84, 85; at
Bull Run, 91; at Seven Pines,
171; wounded, 180; his heroism
as a boy, 184; sulking, 228;
as a great god of war, 240;
thought well of, 248; his care
for his men, 249; made commander-in-chief
of the West,
265; orders to, 290; suspended,
314; cause of his removal, 315,
317, 320; a talk with, 350; in
Lincolnton, 352; a drawn battle

by, 372; not to be caught,
379; anecdote of, 383.
Johnston, Mrs. Joseph E., 53, 86;
and Mrs. Davis, 102, 350; her
cleverness, 352.
Johnston, Robert, 375.
Jones, Col. Cadwallader, 380.
Jones, Gen.—, 315.
Jordan, Gen., an outburst from,
99.
KEARSARGE, the, 314.
Keitt, Col. Lawrence, opposed
to Mr. Davis, 68; seeking
promotion, 258.
Kershaw's brigade in Columbia,
341.
Kershaw, Joseph, and the Chesnuts,
393.
Kershaw, Gen. Joseph B., and his
brigade, 21; anecdote of, 63;
his regiment praised, 95; his
piety, 101; his independent report
on Bull Run, 107.
Kershaw, Mrs. Joseph B., 390.
Kilpatrick, Gen. Judson, 294;
threatening Richmond, 296;
his failure before Richmond,
298.
King, Judge, 211.
Kingsville, 3; an adventure in,
253.
Kirkland, Mary, 385.
Kirkland, Mrs.—, 4.
Kirkland, William, 311.
Kirkwood Rangers, the, 106.
LA BORDE, DR.—, 210.
Lamar, Col. L. Q. C., in
Richmond, 70; a talk with, 72;
on the war, 73; on crutches, 82,
144; asked to dinner, 278; his
talk of George Eliot, 279–280;
and Constance Cary, 286;
spoken of, for an aideship, 302.
Lancaster, 356.
Lane, Harriet, 18.
Laurens, Henry, his grandchildren,
330.
Lawrence, a negro, unchanged,
38; fidelity of, 101, 112; quarrels
of, with his wife, 217, 237;
sent home, 288.
Lawton, Gen. Alexander R., talks
of "Stonewall Jackson," 261; a
talk with, 276.
Le Conte, Prof. Joseph, 141; his
powder manufactory, 187.
Ledyard, Mr.—, 18.
Lee, Custis, 100, 246, 328.
Lee, Fitzhugh, 294.
Lee, Light Horse Harry, 94.
Lee, Gen. Robert E., made General-in-chief
of Virginia, 47, 63;
with Davis and Chesnut, 83;
seen by the author for the first
time, 93; warns planters, 136;
criticism of, 188; faith in, 197;
warns Mr. Davis on the battlefield,
202; and Antietam, 213;
wants negroes in the army, 224;
a likeness of, 236; faith in him
justified, 240; at Mr. Davis's
house, 244; fighting Meade,
258; at church, 264; in Richmond,
265; if he had Grant's
resources, 270; a sword for,
292; instructed in the art of
war, 292; his daughter-in-law's
death, 300; a postponed review
by, 306; without backing,
331; a drawn battle by,
372; despondent, 377; capitulation
of, 378; part of his army
in Chester, 379.
Lee, Mrs. Robert E., 93, 124, 236;
a call on, 292.

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Lee, Roony, 93; wounded, 236;
Butler kind to, 300.
Lee, Capt. Smith, a walk with,
294, 302, 303.
Lee, Stephen D., 371.
Legree, of Uncle Tom's Cabin, discussed,
114–116.
Leland, Capt., 337.
Leon, Edwin de, sent to England,
172.
Levy, Martha, 211.
Lewes, George Henry, 280.
Lewis, John, 257.
Lewis, Major John Coxe, 265.
Lewis, Maria, her wedding, 264,
303.
Lincoln, Abraham, his election,
1; at his inauguration, 9; in
Baltimore, 12, 13; his inaugural
address, 14; his Scotch
cap, 18; described, 19, 33; as a
humorist, 71; his army, 76;
anecdote of, 78; his emancipation
proclamation, 153, 199;
his portrait attacked by Paul
Hayne's son, 202; his regrets
for the war, 203, 270; assassination
of, 380, 396.
Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham, vulgarity
of, 12; her economy, 16, 18,
270; her sister in Richmond,
381.
Lincolnton, the author in, 344–
366; an exile in, 347; taken for
a millionaire in, 349; Gen.
Chesnut in, 358–359.
Lomax, CoL., 6.
Longstreet, A. B., author of
Georgia Scenes, 82.
Longstreet, Gen. James, his army
going West, 241; separated
from Bragg, 258; failure of, 265.
Lowe, Sir Hudson, 399.
Lowndes, Charles, 211.
Lowndes, Mrs. Charles, 4.
Lowndes, James, a call from, 112,
370.
Lowndes, Rawlins, 211.
Lowndes, Mrs.—, 59.
Lubbock, Gov.—, 328.
Luryea, Albert, his death, 175.
Lyons, Lord, 136.
Lyons, Mrs., 239, 281, 313.
Lyons, Rachel, 208.
MAGRATH, JUDGE, 2, 394.
Magruder, Gen. John B.,
wins battle of Big Bethel, 62,
196; public opinion against,
201; in Columbia, 204.
Mallory, Stephen R., 13; meets
the author in Richmond, 69,
147.
Mallory, Mrs. S. R., 27.
Malvern Hill, battle of, 194, 214.
Manassas, a sword captured at,
101. See Bull Run.
Manassas Junction, letter from
Gen. Chesnut at, 65.
Manassas Station, 63; looking for
a battle at, 64.
Manning, Gov. John, sketch, of,
23; at breakfast, 25, 27; news
from, 32, 34; an aide to Beauregard,
36; under fire, 38; his
anecdote of Mrs. Preston, 168.
Marshall, Henry, 161.
Martin, Isabella D., 155, 268;
quoted, 275; to appear in a
play, 276; on war and lovemaking,
288; when "Willie Preston
died, 315; takes the author
to a chapel, 322; a walk with,
336, 343, 350, 363; letter from,
404.
Martin, Rev. William, and the
Wayside Hospital, 206; at Lincolnton,
351.
Martin, Mrs. William, 315.
Mason, George, 103.

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Mason, James M., at dinner with,
98; as an envoy to England,
116–117, 125; on false news,
104.
McCaa, Col. Burwell Boykin, his
death in battle, 229, 373.
McClellan, Gen. George B., advancing
for a battle, 65; supersedes
Scott, 98; as a coming
king, 119; said to have been
removed, 153; his force of men
on the Peninsula 158; his army,
164; at Fair Oaks, 171; his
lines broken, 187; followed by
"Stonewall" Jackson, 193; prisoners
taken from, 196; belief
in his defeat, 198; destruction
of his army expected, 200; his
escape, 201; and Antietam, 213.
McCord, Cheves, 177.
McCord, Mrs. Louisa S., and her
brother, 139; her faith in Southern
soldiers, 175; of patients in
the hospital, 182; a talk with,
199; on nurses, 203, 239; at her
hospital, 317; sends a bouquet
to President Davis, 328; a dinner
with, 335; her horses, 336;
her troublesome country cousin,
337.
McCullock, Ben, 50.
McDowell, Gen. Irvin, defeated
at Bull Run, 91.
McDuffie, Mary, 136.
McFarland, Mrs., 236.
McLane, Col., 329.
McLane, Mrs., 85–86.
McLane,—, 92.
McMahan, Mrs., 210.
Meade, Gen. George G., fighting
Lee, 258–259; his armies, 269.
Means, Gov. John H., 26, 33; a
good-by to, 207, 214.
Means, Mrs.—, 37.
Means, Stark, 37.
Memminger, Hon. Mr., letter
from, 164.
Memphis given up, 177; retaken,
323.
Merrimac, the, 136, 139, 140;
called the Virginia, 148; sunk,
164.
Meynardie, Rev. Mr., 66; as a
traveling companion, 68, 101.
Middleton, Miss, 348, 349; described,
353, 359; a letter from,
376.
Middleton, Mrs.—, 136, 154.
Middleton, Mrs. Tom, 26.
Middleton, Olivia, 338.
Miles, Col.—, an aide to Beauregard,
36; an anecdote by, 43,
54, 125.
Miles, Dr. Frank, 361.
Miles, William A., his love-affairs,
232–234.
Miller, John L., 309.
Miller, Stephen, 6.
Miller, Stephen Decatur, sketch of,
16; his body-servant, Simon,
225.
Miller, Mrs. Stephen Decatur, 216;
ill in Alabama, 221; her return
with the author, 226; an anecdote
of her bravery, 243.
Milton, John, as a husband, 298.
Minnegerode, Rev. Mr., his church
during Stoneman's raid, 245;
his prayers, 277.
Mobile Bay, battle of, 319.
Moise, Mr.—, 178.
Monitor, the, 137, 139, 140.
Montagu, Lady Mary, 142.
Montgomery, Ala., the author in,
6–20; Confederacy being organized
at, 6; speeches in Congress
at, 12; Confederate flag
raised at, 15; the author in, 47–
56; a trip from Portland, Ala.,
to, 52; removal of Congress

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from, 55; society in, 166; hospitality
in, 166; the author in,
220, 226–228.
Montgomery Blues, the, 6.
Montgomery Hall, 21.
Moore, Gen. A. B., 6; brings news,
8, 10, 15.
Morgan, Gen. John H., an anecdote
of, 208; his romantic marriage,
242; in Richmond, 275;
a dinner by, 276; his death reported,
326.
Morgan, Mrs. John H., her romantic
marriage, 242.
Mormonism, 143.
Morris Island, 31; being fortified,
195.
Moses, Little, 134.
Mt. Vernon, 63.
Mulberry, a visit to, 2, 21; portrait
of C. C. Pinckney at, 32;
the author at, 42; a stop at, 57;
the author ill at, 127, 135; hospitality
at, 169; a picnic at, 251;
in spring, 308; Madeira from,
329; a farewell to, 340; fears
for, 354; reported destruction
of, 381; results of attack on,
386; a dinner at, 403.
NAPIER, LORD, 176.
Napoleon III, 136.
Nashville, evacuation of, 134.
Nelson, Warren, 143.
Newbern, lost, 144.
New Madrid, to be given up, 146.
New Orleans, taken by Farragut,
158–159; a story from, 178;
men enlisting in, 188; women
at, 188.
New York Herald, the, quoted,
9, 13, 18, 34, 43, 100; criticism
by, 281, 298.
New York Tribune, the, quoted,
89, 96, 107.
Nickleby, Mrs., 131.
Norfolk, burned, 164.
Northrop, Mr.—, abused as commissary-general,
97.
Nott, Henry Deas, on the war,
103.
OGDEN, CAPT.—, 327, 333,
367.
Orange Court House, 74.
Ordinance of Secession, passage
of, 4.
Ossoli, Margaret Fuller, 32.
Ould, Judge, 247.
Ould, Mrs., a party of hers, 259,
274, 280; gives a luncheon, 302.
Owens, Gen.—, 48.
PALMER, DR.—, 326.
Palmetto Flag, raising the, 2.
Parker, Frank, 303.
Parkman, Mrs., 235.
Patterson, Miss—, 345.
Pea Ridge, battle of, 139.
Pemberton, Gen. John C., 219,
247.
Penn, Mrs.—, 281.
Petersburg, an incident at, 255;
prisoners taken at, 323.
Petigra, James L., his opposition
to secession, 24, 36; refuses to
pray for Mr. Davis, 63, 284.
Pettigrew, Johnston, offered a
brigadier-generalship, 145, 171,
173.
Phillips, Mrs., 201.
Pickens, Gov. Francis W., "insensible
to fear," 3; and Fort
Sumter, 5; a telegram from, 9;
a fire-eater, 29; orders a signal
fired, 33; a call from, 151, 181;
has telegram from Mr. Davis,
190; serenaded, 204.
Pickens, Mrs. Francis W., 29,

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134, 149; her reception to Gen.
Wade Hampton, 192–193.
Pillow, Gideon J., at Fort Donelson,
140.
Pinckney, Cha les C., 32.
Piackney, Miss—, 32.
Pizzini's, 111.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 258.
Polk, Gen. Leonidas, and Sherman,
291, 298.
Pollard, Mr.—, dinner at home of,
9.
Porcher, Mr.—, drowned, 107.
Portland, Ala., a visit to, 52.
Portman, Mr.—, 373.
Port Royal, 137.
Potter, Gen. Edward E., 387.
Preston, Jack, 343.
Preston, Gen. John S., at Warrenton,
82; as to prisoners in
Columbia, 133; ruined by the
fall of New Orleans, 159; on gossiping,
162; his entertainments,
618, 207; with Hood at
a reception, 284, 323; return of
his party from Richmond, 373;
on horseback, 374; a good-by
from, 375; going abroad, 382.
Preston, Mrs. John S., 39; goes to
Manassas, 69, 94; quoted, 130,
143; a dinner with, 157; a ball
given by, 167; her fearlessness,
168; a call with, 180; at a concert,
193; an anecdote by, 295296.

Preston, Mary C., goes to Mulberry,
134, 136, 143; a drive by,
with Mr. Venable, 150; with
Gen. Chesnut, 159; a talk with,
162; gives Hood a bouquet,
231; made love to, 233, 256;
greets Gen. Hood, 263, 283,
296; her marriage, 327; a dinner
to, 330.
Preston, Sally Buchanan Campbell,
called "Buck," 150, 167;
made love to, 233, 266; why she
dislikes Gen. Hood, 286; men
who worship, 288; and Gen.
Hood, 289, 291; on horseback,
303.
Preston, Miss Susan, 36.
Preston, Willie, 43; his death,
315.
Preston, William C., 105, 362.
Pride, Mrs.—, 370, 372, 373.
Prince of Wales, the, his visit to
Washington, 207.
Pringle, Edward J., letter from,
4, 27.
Pringle, Mrs. John J., 186.
Pryor, Gen. Roger A., 37.
RACHEL, MADAM, in Charleston,
238.
Randolph, Gen.—, 147.
Randolph, Mrs.—, described,
105; and Yankee prisoners,
107; her theatricals, 275.
Ravenel, St. Julien, 365.
Reed, Wm. B., arrested, 113.
Reynolds, Mrs.—, 22.
Rhett, Albert, 165.
Rhett, Mrs. Albert, 147.
Rhett, Barnwell, desired for President
of the Confederacy, 6; as
a man for president, 104.
Rhett, Barnwell, Jr., 148.
Rhett, Burnet, to marry Miss
Aiken, 21.
Rhett, Edmund, 150, 313–314.
Rhett, Grimkè, 200.
Rice, Henry M., 205.
Rich Mountain, battle of, 119.
Richmond, going to, 66; the author
in, 68–76; return to, from
White Sulphur Springs, 82–126;
a council of war in, 83; when
Bull Run was fought, 85–89;
Robert E. Lee seen in, 93–94;

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at the hospitals in, 108–111;
women knitting socks in, 113;
agreeable people in, 120; Gen.
Chesnut called to, 157; hospitality
in, 167; a battle near, 171,
174; the Seven Days' fighting
near, 197–198; return to, 229–
239; Gen. Hood in, 229–231; a
march past in, 231; a funeral
in, 237; during Stoneman's
raid, 239, 247; at Mr. Davis's
in, 244; the enemy within three
miles of, 246; at the War-Office
in, 247–248; return to, 252–
303; the journey to, 252–256;
to see a French frigate near,
259; Gen. Hood in, 265–269,
271; merriment in, 272–277,
282–287; a huge barrack, 278;
almost taken, 293–294; Dahlgren's
raid, 294; Kilpatrick
threatens, 296, 298; fourteen
generals at church in, 299; returned
prisoners in, 301; a farewell
to, 302–304; Little Joe
Davis's death in, 305–306;
anxiety in, 330; fall of, 377.
Roanoke Island, surrender of, 132.
Robertson, Mr.—, 385.
Rosecrans, Gen. William S., 248;
at Chattanooga, 258.
Russell, Lord, 136.
Russell, William H., of the London
Times, 40, 50; criticisms by,
52; his criticisms mild, 60; rubbish
in his letters, 64; attacked,
66; abuses the South, 74; his
account of Bull Run, 96, 113;
his criticisms of plantation
morals, 114; on Bull Run, 117;
his "India," 208.
Rutledge, Mrs. Ben., 348.
Rutledge, John, 31.
Rutledge, Julia, 240.
Rutledge, Robert, 14.
Rutledge, Sally, 212.
Rutledge, Susan, 5.
SANDERS, GEORGE, 12.
Saussure, Mrs. John de, 15;
a good-by from, 67.
Saussure, Wilmot de, 89, 107, 109.
Scipio Africanus, a negro, 391, 397.
Scott, Gen. Winfield, anecdote of,
7; and officers wishing to resign,
10; on Southern soldiers, 182.
Scott, Mrs, Winfield, 19.
Secession in South Carolina, 2;
the Convention of, 3; support
for, 5.
Secessionville, battle of, 191.
Seddon, Mr. J. A., 247.
Semmes, Admiral R. 236; a charade-party
at his house, 272–
273; and the surrender of the
Alabama, 314.
Semmes, Mrs., her calmness, 294.
Seven Days' Battle, last of the,
194; Gen. Chesnut's account of,
197.
Seven Pines, battle of, 171.
Seventh Regiment, of New York,
the, in Baltimore, 41.
Seward, William H., 17, 33, 104;
quoted, 146; reported to have
gone to England, 203; attempted
assassination of, 380.
Shakespeare, William, as a lover,
296–297.
Shand, Nanna, 158.
Shand, Rev. Mr., 194, 195.
Shannon, William M., 21.
Shannon, Capt.—, a call from,
106.
Sharpsburg. See Antietam.
Sherman, Gen. William T., at
Vicksburg, 219; marching to
Mobile, 291; his work in Mississippi,
299; between Lee and
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rear, 331; his march to the sea,
333; at Augusta, 334; going to
Savannah, 336; desolation in
his path, 340–341; marching
constantly, 342; no living thing
in his path, 354–355, 356,
357; burning of Columbia, 358,
362; correspondence with Gen.
Hampton, 359; promise of protection
by, to Columbia, 372;
at the fall of Richmond, 377;
ruin in his track, 384; remark
of, to Joe Johnston, 390; accuses
Wade Hampton of burning
Columbia, 396.
Shiloh, battle of, 156.
Simms, William Gilmore, 43, 145.
Singleton, Mrs., 184, 194, 237; her
orphan grandchildren, 238.
Slidell, Mrs.—, 149.
Smith, Gen. Kirby, wounded, 87,
90; as a Blucher, 94, 317, 323.
Somerset, Duke of, his son in
Richmond, 203.
Soulouque, F. E., his career in
Hayti, 74.
South Carolina, the secession of,
2, 4; attack on, 10; a small
State, 70.
Spotswood Hotel, the, 59; the
author at, 69; a miniature
world, 70; the drawing-room of,
79.
Spottsylvania Court House, battles
around, 310.
Stanard, Mr.—, 94.
Stanton, Edwin M., 310.
Stark, Mary, 95, 146.
St. Cecilia Society, the, balls of,
30.
St. Michael's Church, and the firing
on Fort Sumter, 35.
Stephens, Alexander H., 10;
elected Vice-President, 12; his
fears for the future, 49.
Stockton, Philip A., his clandestine
marriage, 120–122.
Stockton, Mrs. Edward, 251.
Stockton, Emma, 272.
Stoneman, Gen. G. S., his raid,
239, 244, 245; before Atlanta,
317, 377.
Stony Creek, battle of, 313.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 143, 189.
Stuart, Gen. Jeb, his cavalry, 187,
277.
Sue, Eugene, 46.
Sumner, Charles, 74.
Sumter, S. C., an awful story from,
401, 402.
TABER, WILLIAM, 26.
Taliaferro, Gen.—, 317.
Taylor, John, 392.
Taylor, Gen. Richard, 227.
Taylor, Willie, 165.
Team, Adam, 252, 254, 256.
Thackeray, W. M., quoted, 110;
on American hostesses, 168; his
death, 281.
Thomas, Gen. George H., his
forces, 333; and Gen. Hood,
338; wins the battle of Nashville,
339, 340.
Thompson, John R., 258, 260, 298.
Thompson, Mrs. John R., 204.
Togno, Madame—, 151.
Tompkins, Miss Sally, her hospital,
111.
Toombs, Robert, an anecdote
told by, 7, 20; thrown from his
horse and remounts, 97, 101;
as a brigadier, 108; in a rage,
132; his criticisms, 171; denounced,
179.
Toombs, Mrs. Robert, a reception
given by, 48, 53; a call on,
112.
Toombs, Miss—, anecdote of, 193.

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Trapier, Gen.—, 148.
Trapier, Rev. Mr., 394, 397.
Trenholm, Capt.—, 133.
Trescott, William H., 24, 29, 70;
says Bull Run is a victory leading
to ruin, 92; his dinners, 153.
Trezevant, Dr.—, 198, 339.
Trimlin, Milly, 400–401.
Tucker, Capt., 273.
Tyler, Miss, 14.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 142,
184.
Urquhart, Col.—, 313.
VALLANDIGHAM, CLEMENT
B., 216.
Velipigue, Jim, 63.
Venable, Col., 36, 40; reports a
brave thing at Bull Run, 92;
on the Confederate losses at
Nashville, 134; his comment
on an anecdote, 138; on toleration
of sexual immorality, 143,
144; an aide to Gen. Lee, 172,
187; describes Hood's eyes, 230,
257; quoted, 289.
Vicksburg, gunboats pass, 205;
surrender of, reported, 219, 220;
must fall, 247; a story of the
siege of, 295.
Virginia, and secession, 5.
von Borche, Major—, 268, 272;
his name, 285.
WALKER, JOHN, 394.
Walker, William, 384.
Walker, Mrs.—, 49, 112.
Wallenstein, translations of, 162.
Ward, Matthias, an anecdote by,
51.
Washington, city of, deserted, 27;
alarming news from, 49; why
not entered after Bull Run, 90;
how news of that battle was
received in, 91; Confederates
might have walked into, 103;
state dinners in, 166.
Washington, George, at Trenton,
237.
Washington, L. Q., letters from,
158, 164, 245.
Watts, Col. Beaufort and Port
Sumter, 42; a touching story
of, 43, 147.
Wayside Hospital, the, 205; the
author at, 321.
Weston, Plowden, 160.
West Point, Ga., 220.
Whitaker, Maria, and her twins,
45, 386.
Whiting, Col.—, 31.
Whiting, Gen.—, 307.
Whitner, Judge, 26.
Wigfall, Judge L. T., 29; speech
by, 30; angry with Major Andersen,
48, 69; and Mr. Brewster,
73; quoted, 91; with his
Texans, 96; an enemy of Mr.
Davis, 102; reconciled with Mr.
Davis, 104; still against Mr. Davis,
261; and Joe Johnston's
removal, 320; going to Texas,
373; on the way to Texas, 377;
remark of, to Simon Cameron,
400.
Wigfall, Mrs. L, T., 28; a visit
with, 32; talk with, about the
war, 33; a telegram to, 59;
quoted, 84; a drive with, 96;
a call on, 266, 275.
Wilderness, the battle of the, 310.
Williams, Mrs. David R. (the author's
sister, Kate), 127, 329,
351, 399.
Williams, Mrs. John N., 129.
Williamsburg, battle at, 161, 171.
Wilson, Henry, at Manassas, 89.

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Winder, Miss, arrested, 113.
Withers, Judge—, 21, 60.
Withers, Kate, death of, 403.
Witherspoon, John, 250, 404.
Witherspoon, Mrs.—, found dead,
129.
YANCEY, WILLIAM L., talk
from, 120; letter from, to
Lord Russell, 136.
"Yankee Doodle," 20.
Yorktown, siege and evacuation
of, 161.