The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Diary from Dixie, by Mary Boykin Chesnut.

INDEX

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 flag-staff, 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. Chesnut, 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 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. 28, 164-165;
at New Orleans, 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.
Cary, 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, 66-67;
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;
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;
his 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, 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 Wilmington, 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, Sr., 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.
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;
Governor 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, 147;
a dinner at his house, 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.
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, Fla., 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.
Grahamville, 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.
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.
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 battle-field, 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.
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 love-making, 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.
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.
McCulloch, 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 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.
Petigru, 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, 134, 149;
her reception to Gen. Wade Hampton, 192-193.
Pillow, Gideon J., at Fort Donelson, 140.
Pinckney, Charles C., 32.
Pinckney, 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, 168, 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, 295-296.
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, Grimké, 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;
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 Hood, 327;
to catch Lee in the 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 Blücher, 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.
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 Borcke, 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 Fort 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 Anderson, 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.
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.