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A
Alabama, represented at South Carolina convention,
3
; secedes,
7
; convention,
8
; situation in,
74
,
114
-
120
; iron for munitions from,
106
; questions of state sovereignty in,
116
-
119
.
Alabama
, The (ship),
53
,
135
,
139
.
Anderson, Major Robert, transfers garrison to Sumter,
6
; refuses Beauregard's demands,
15
-
16
;
see also
Sumter.
Antietam campaign,
53
,
58
.
Appomattox, surrender at,
201
.
Arkansas,
14
,
74
,
112
,
113
,
114
.
Arman, shipbuilder of Bordeaux,
132
,
133
,
135
,
140
,
143
-
144
.
Army, composition and size of,
36
-
37
; state armies,
38
,
72
; difficulty of enlisting,
76
; lack of shoes for,
77
-
78
; desertion,
110
,
120
,
162
,
166
; surrenders,
201
-
202
;
see also
Conscription, Military policy.
Ayer, L. M., of South Carolina,
88
.
B
Baldwin, of Virginia, tells of martial law,
84
.
Barksdale, Ethelbert, of Mississippi,
82
,
84
-
85
,
192
.
Beauregard, General P. G. T., and the surrender of Fort Sumter,
15
-
24
; in Georgia,
148
,
149
.
Benjamin, J. P., signs
To Our Constituents
,
3
; Attorney-General,
27
; Secretary of War,
34
,
79
(note); Secretary of State,
34
,
40
; complaints against,
40
,
63
-
64
; life and character,
69
-
71
; denounces Napoleon,
144
; on extraconstitutional power,
185
; attacked by Congress,
195
; accepts policy of emancipation,
197
.
Blair, F. P., plan of reconciliation,
179
-
180
.
Blockade,
51
,
56
,
77
,
105
.
Bocock, T. S., Speaker of House,
156
.
Bonds,
see
Finance.
Boyce, of South Carolina, argument for peace,
175
.
Bragg, General Braxton, plan to invade Kentucky,
44
; attitude toward press,
59
; Davis's confidence in,
69
; army conditions under,
96
; resigns command,
113
-
114
.
Breckinridge, General J. C., Secretary of War,
79
(note).
Brown, J. E., Governor of Georgia, on secession,
5
,
6
-
7
; on conscription,
65
-
66
,
75
-
76
; opponent of Administration,
145
-
149
; motives,
174
(note).
Bull Run, Battle of,
see
Manassas.
Bullock, Captain James,
135
-
136
.
Butler, A. P., of South Carolina,
4
.
C
Cabinet,
14
-
15
,
27
,
34
,
40
,
69
.
Campbell, J. A., Confederate commissioner at Hampton Roads,
180
.
Canada, Confederate agents in,
126
-
127
.
Chancellorsville,
89
.
Charleston,
15
et seq.,
97
.
Charleston
Courier,
18
,
21
-
22
,
61
-
62
,
94
,
95
,
97
.
Charleston
Mercury,
describes siege of Sumter,
20
; opposes Administration,
33
,
39
,
43
,
61
-
62
,
95
,
151
,
152
,
154
; on conscription,
64
; on Seddon's appointment,
79
; on Impressment Act,
80
; on Tax Act,
81
; on suspension of
habeas corpus,
82
-
83
,
85
-
86
; issue of conduct of war,
89
,
90
; account of President's visit to Charleston,
97
; on peace,
175
,
180
; doubts upper South,
196
; on negro soldiers,
196
.
Chattanooga,
113
.
Chestnut, James,
18
(note).
Chevalier, Michel,
138
.
Chickamauga campaign,
96
,
113
.
Clay, C. C.,
127
.
Cobb, Howell,
146
,
154
-
155
.
Cold Harbor,
126
.
Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company,
152
-
153
.
"Confederate Societies,"
95
.
Confederate States, provisional government organized,
10
-
11
; status of belligerent accorded by England,
35
; clash with state authority,
38
-
40
; archives threatened,
42
; period of elation,
43
-
44
; foreign affairs,
46
et seq.;
130
et seq.;
secrecy of government,
59
,
60
,
65
,
66
; divided into separate units,
74
; impotence of government,
160
; anti-war factions in,
165
-
167
; war ended,
202
;
see also
Davis, South.
Congress, Confederate,
9
-
11
.
Congress, U. S., House committee of thirty-three,
2
,
13
.
Conscription, adopted,
37
-
38
; constitutionality attacked,
39
; Pollard's criticism of enforcement,
64
; correspondence of Davis and Brown on,
65
-
66
; Rhett's opinion of,
73
; opposition to,
75
-
77
; exemptions,
102
,
123
-
124
; hiring of substitutes,
103
; failure of State and Confederate governments to coöperate,
116
,
151
; age limits,
122
-
123
.
Constitution, Confederate,
10
-
11
.
Corinth,
53
.
Cotton, to solve financial problem,
45
-
46
; necessary to English,
46
; effect of blockade,
51
-
57
; powerless to coerce England,
56
.
D
Danville, Confederate capital,
200
.
Davis, Jefferson, signs
To Our Constituents,
3
; elected President in provisional Government,
11
; as President,
15
,
24
et seq.;
from Mississippi,
29
; born in Kentucky,
30
; early life,
31
-
32
; personal characteristics,
32
; military activities,
33
; criticism of,
33
-
34
,
43
,
61
-
65
,
89
-
90
,
159
-
160
,
175
; President at first regular election,
34
; inauguration,
35
-
36
; message to Congress (1862),
36
; proposes conscription,
37
; vetoes Texas Regiment Bill,
38
; clash with state authority,
38
-
40
; use of martial law,
40
-
42
; at height of powers,
43
; shortcomings,
67
-
69
; relations with Lee,
68
; Cabinet,
69
; personal loyalty,
70
; statecraft,
71
; endorses "Confederate Societies,"
95
; journeys during Administration,
96
-
97
; message to Congress (1863),
114
; message to Congress (1864),
119
-
120
; in Georgia,
144
,
148
-
149
; forced to reorganize army,
163
-
164
; confident of Confederate success,
182
,
196
-
197
; signs compromise bill,
198
;
Address to the People of the Confederate States,
200
-
201
; resolute to continue struggle,
201
; capture at Irwinsville, Ga.,
201
.
Davis, Mrs. Jefferson, quoted,
67
-
68
,
163
.
Davis, Reuben, quoted,
67
.
Deserters,
110
,
120
,
162
,
166
.
Desperadoes,
111
,
166
-
167
.
Donelson, Fort,
36
,
40
,
58
.
Donoughmore, Lord, Mason interviews,
199
.
Draft,
see
Conscription.
E
Egypt enters cotton competition,
56
-
57
.
Elmore, of Alabama, addresses South Carolina convention,
3
.
Emancipation,
184
,
197
,
198
; Proclamation,
53
,
77
.
England, attitude toward Confederacy,
35
,
46
-
47
,
54
,
56
,
198
-
199
; mission to,
46
; effort to coerce,
51
-
52
; Mason in,
52
-
53
; cotton famine in,
53
; bitterness against,
77
,
137
-
138
; "Southern party,"
135
,
136
; shipbuilding investigations,
135
-
136
; decides France's attitude,
142
.
Erlanger, Émile,
54
-
56
,
131
,
133
.
Exemptions,
102
,
123
-
124
.
F
Finance,
45
,
48
; specie seized,
49
; "fifteen million loan,"
49
; war tax,
49
-
50
; loans,
50
; note issues,
50
; "hundred million loan,"
51
; "Erlanger bonds,"
54
-
56
; price fixing,
78
;
79
,
80
,
90
-
91
,
95
; Impressment Act,
80
; tax in kind,
80
-
81
,
91
,
92
,
125
; licensing of occupations,
81
,
91
; income tax,
81
,
91
; property tax,
81
; Funding Act,
81
(note),
125
; financial breakdown,
157
-
158
.
Florida,
7
,
74
.
Florida,
The, Confederate cruiser,
139
.
Floyd, J. B., U. S. Secretary of War, resignation,
5
,
6
.
Food situation,
77
,
108
-
109
,
160
-
161
.
Foote, H. S.,
29
,
84
,
178
,
179
-
180
.
Forey, General, dispatched to Mexico,
132
.
France,
see
Napoleon.
France, Mexico, and the Confederate Slates,
138
.
G
Georgia,
74
; secession issue in,
4
-
8
; state sovereignty in,
65
-
66
,
75
-
76
; unrest in,
94
,
158
,
172
; invaded,
127
-
129
,
145
-
150
.
Gettysburg, Battle of,
88
,
89
.
Grant, General U. S., crosses Rapidan,
126
; at Cold Harbor,
126
.
H
Habeas corpus
acts,
41
,
59
,
82
-
86
,
116
-
118
,
119
-
120
;
122
,
197
.
"Heroes of America,"
120
-
121
.
Hindman, General T. C.,
84
.
Holden, W. W., of North Carolina,
93
,
170
-
171
.
Hood, General J. B.,
129
,
147
.
Hooker, of Mississippi,
3
.
Houston, Sam, Governor of Texas,
8
-
9
.
Hunter, R. M. T., Secretary of State,
34
,
69
; in Senate,
177
; Confederate commissioner at Hampton Roads,
180
; opposes levy of negro troops,
192
.
Huntsville (Ala.),
118
-
119
.
I
Impressment Act,
80
,
90
-
91
,
159
.
Index, The,
Confederate foreign organ,
62
(note).
India begins to export cotton,
56
.
Industries in the South,
105
-
107
.
Ismail Pasha,
56
,
57
.
J
Johnson, H. V.,
172
.
Johnston, A. S.,
42
-
43
.
Johnston, General J. E.,
69
; succeeds Bragg in command,
114
; lower South demands removal of,
128
; superseded by Hood,
129
; appeals for restoration of,
154
,
156
; restored to command,
164
; surrenders,
201
.
Johnston, Fort,
17
,
20
.
K
Kenesaw Mountain,
127
.
Kenner, D. J., dispatched to Europe,
197
-
198
.
Kentucky,
63
; plan of Confederacy to win,
44
.
L
Labor,
100
-
102
,
152
-
153
.
Laird rams controversy,
135
-
136
,
137
.
Lee, General R. E., inspires army,
43
-
44
; to invade Maryland,
44
; and Davis,
68
-
69
; demand of full command for,
154
,
156
; conspiracy to set up as dictator,
155
; made commanding general,
163
; opinion of peace project,
180
; as statesman,
187
-
190
; officers propose to continue fighting,
202
-
203
; address to army,
203
.
Lee, Stephen,
18
(note).
Lincoln, Abraham, reëlection,
175
,
178
; conference at Hampton Roads,
181
.
Louisiana,
7
,
42
,
74
,
112
,
113
,
114
.
M
McClellan, General G. B.,
42
,
127
.
Magrath, A. G., Governor of South Carolina,
152
,
153
-
154
,
196
.
Manassas, Battle of,
33
; Second,
43
,
59
.
Mann, A. D., Confederate commissioner at Brussels,
46
,
132
-
133
,
142
.
Martial law,
see Habeas corpus.
Maryland, plan of Confederate States to win,
44
.
Mason, J. M., capture of,
46
; replaces Yancey as commissioner,
47
; in England,
52
-
53
,
55
,
198
-
199
; in Paris,
137
-
138
,
198
.
Memminger, C. G., Secretary of Treasury, attempts to establish foreign credit,
48
; resigns,
157
;
see also
Finance.
Mexico,
114
; Napoleon III and,
131
,
132
-
133
,
134
,
138
,
139
; Confederate negotiations with,
139
-
140
,
144
; project condemned by French people,
143
; expedition suggested,
179
.
Military policy,
33
,
43
-
44
.
Mississippi, represented in South Carolina convention,
3
; secedes,
7
; typical of new order in South,
29
-
31
; sense of Southern nationality,
31
; status of,
74
,
114
-
115
.
Mobile Bay, capture of,
129
.
Montgomery (Ala.), general Congress of seceding States at,
9
-
11
.
Montgomery Mail,
162
.
Moultrie, Fort,
6
,
20
.
Munitions,
33
,
48
,
61
,
65
,
105
-
106
.
N
Napoleon III, offers mediation,
54
,
77
; intrigues with Confederacy,
130
et seq.
; Italian policy,
134
,
143
; purpose exposed,
142
; influence in Mexican policy of the South,
178
.
New Orleans, loss of,
42
,
74
.
New York Herald,
175
.
Niter and Mining Bureau supplies powder for South,
106
.
North Carolina, resolutions concerning Congress of seceding States,
9
-
10
; against secession,
12
; secedes,
14
; state rights,
12
,
39
; political life in,
74
; protests tithes,
92
; disorder in,
93
-
94
; anti-Davis tendencies in,
94
; peace illusion in,
169
-
170
;
see also
Vance.
North Carolina Standard,
93
.
P
Palmerston, Lord, British Prime Minister, Mason interviews,
198
.
Peace,
93
,
120
,
121
-
122
,
126
-
127
,
169
-
170
,
175
-
182
,
202
.
Peace Convention,
13
.
"Peace Society,"
121
-
122
.
Peninsular campaign,
42
,
59
.
Perryville, Battle of,
53
.
Petersburg (Va.),
107
-
108
.
Pierce, Bishop, quoted,
109
.
Pike, General Albert,
84
.
Pollard, E. A.,
62
,
66
,
69
,
87
;
The First Year of the War,
62
-
64
.
Porcher, F. A.,
185
.
Prentiss, S. S.,
29
.
Press, Freedom of,
59
.
Preston, General J. S.,
151
.
Preston, General William,
140
,
144
.
Price-fixing,
see
Finance.
Profiteering,
78
-
79
,
95
,
108
-
109
,
161
-
162
.
Pryor, R. A.,
13
,
17
-
18
(note).
Pulaski, Fort, seized,
6
.
Q
Quitman, J. A.,
29
.
R
Raleigh Progress,
93
.
Ramsdell, C. W.,
The Confederate Government and the Railroads,
cited,
108
(note).
Randolph, G. W., Secretary of War,
79
(note).
Refugees,
110
-
111
.
Rhett, R. B., leader of secession movement of 1850-1851,
4
; candidate for President of Confederate States,
24
; disappointment,
25
,
26
; on state army,
72
-
73
; retires,
87
,
88
-
89
; on arming the negroes,
184
.
Rhodes, J. F.,
History of the United States,
cited,
6
(note).
Richmond (Va.), capital of Confederacy,
34
-
35
; martial law in,
41
-
42
,
85
; evacuated,
199
.
Richmond
Enquirer,
government organ,
62
,
82
-
83
,
94
,
95
.
Richmond
Examiner,
opposition newspaper,
43
,
62
,
64
-
65
,
80
.
Richmond
Sentinel,
government organ,
94
,
95
,
161
.
Richmond
Whig,
80
.
Rives, W. C.,
155
.
Roanoke Island,
36
,
40
,
63
.
Roebuck, J. A.,
136
-
137
.
Rost, Confederate commissioner to Europe,
46
.
S
Secession movement,
1
et seq.;
of 1850-51,
3
-
4
.
Secrecy of Administration,
59
,
60
,
65
,
66
.
Seddon, J. A., Secretary of War,
79
,
112
,
113
,
147
; resigns,
163
,
180
.
Selma (Ala.), foundry at,
105
.
Seven Pines (Va.),
59
.
Seward, W. H., at Hampton Roads conference,
181
.
Sherman, General W. T., Georgia campaign,
126
,
127
-
129
,
150
.
Slaves,
53
,
167
: not directly taxed,
91
,
125
; relation of Government to,
99
-
102
; "Fifteen Slave" Law,
102
-
103
; arming of,
183
et seq.; see also
Emancipation.
Slave-trade, African, prohibited,
11
(note),
99
-
100
.
Slidell, John, capture of,
46
; Confederate commissioner at Paris,
54
; and Napoleon,
130
et seq.;
conference at Paris,
198
.
Smith, G. W.,
79
(note).
Smith, William, Governor of Virginia,
161
,
186
-
187
.
South, division in,
28
et seq.;
life in,
99
et seq.
South Carolina, convention (1860),
2
-
4
; secedes,
4
; community of aristocratic class,
28
-
29
; question of state sovereignty in,
72
; political life in,
73
-
75
; anti-Davis,
88
; situation in 1864,
150
-
152
; passes State Conscription Act,
151
.
Southern Advertiser
,
117
.
State sovereignty,
8
,
12
,
39
,
56
,
65
-
66
,
71
et seq.
,
116
-
118
,
169
.
Stephens, A. H., leads opposition to secession,
7
; on state sovereignty,
8
; Vice-President in provisional Government,
11
; a conservative,
27
; elected Vice-President at first regular election,
34
; as central figure in South,
172
-
174
; on question of peace,
175
-
178
; commissioner at Hampton Roads conference,
180
,
181
.
Stephens, Linton,
76
.
Substitutes, Hiring,
92
,
103
.
Sumter, Fort,
6
; attack on,
14
-
23
.
T
Taxation,
see
Finance.
Tennessee,
14
,
74
.
Texas, secedes,
7
; secession issue in,
9
; proposes regiment for home defense,
38
; last gunshots of war,
202
;
see also
Trans-Mississippi.
Thompson, Jacob,
29
,
127
.
To Our Constituents,
2
-
3
.
Toombs, Robert, gives information about Fort Pulaski,
6
; a secessionist,
7
; Secretary of State,
14
,
27
,
69
; and Sumter,
14
-
15
; candidate for President,
24
; leaves Cabinet,
34
.
Trans-Mississippi,
74
,
112
,
113
,
114
.
Transportation,
107
-
108
.
Tredegar Iron Works,
105
.
Trenholm, G. A.,
157
.
V
Vance, Z. B., Governor of North Carolina, on military arrangements,
76
-
77
; seeks to regulate prices,
78
; proclamation to urge order,
93
-
94
; urges political changes,
154
; reëlection,
170
-
171
; policy,
171
-
172
.
Van Dorn, General Earl,
44
,
59
.
Vicksburg (Miss.),
89
-
90
,
96
,
112
-
113
.
Virginia, and secession,
11
-
14
; calls Peace Convention,
13
; political life in,
74
-
75
,
161
,
186
-
187
;
see also
Richmond.
Voruz, shipbuilder of Nantes,
140
.
W
Walker, L. P.,
34
,
79
(note).
Walker, R. J.,
29
.
Wheeler, Joseph,
118
.
Winder, J. H.,
41
.
Women, position in Confederacy,
104
-
105
,
110
-
111
.
Worth, Jonathan,
93
,
169
.
Y
Yancey, W. L., influence of, 25-26, commissioner to England, 25, 46, 47; relieved by Mason, 47; incident at Havana, 47; attempts to abolish secrecy of Government, 59-60; death, 87.