Smith, Gustavus W. (sketch, 7:306): confers with Randolph (1862), 57; Davis and, xli, 27, 55-56, 58, 72-73, 85, 366; health, 40, 56, 72; N.C. operations, 20, 24, 27, 47; rank, 27, 55- 56, 72; resigns, 58; L from, 72-73
Smith, James A., 368
Smith, James P. (sketch, 135), 64, 135
Smith, Joseph Davis (nephew), 241
Smith, Larkin, 232
Smith, Leon, 70
Smith, Martin L. (sketch, 7:363): L to, 69; L from, 71; mentioned, 17, 42
Smith, William, 336, 362
Smith, William F., 81
Snapp, Phillip B.: L from, 238-39
Solitude plantation, 242
Solomon, Charley (slave), 345
Soule, Pierre (sketch, 4:125), 408
South Carolina: and captured black soldiers, 355; conscription, 52, 53, 125, 286, 394, (Davis), 297; crops, 70; deserters, 319; disaffection (Davis), 389; slaves as laborers, 283; U.S. troops in, 266
South Carolina and Georgia, Department of. See Beauregard, P. G. T.
Stamps, Isaac Davis (nephew) (sketch, 5:135): Davis and, 346; death, 235; mentioned, 162
Stamps, Mary Humphreys (niece-in-law) (sketch, 5:135): travels to Richmond, 233; L from, 346
Stamps, William (brother-in-law) (sketch, 1:275), 233, 241, 324
Stanton, Edwin M. (sketch, 8:311), 84, 261
Starke, Peter B. (sketch, 2:198): Ls from, 171, 180
State Department estimates, 122. See also Benjamin, Judah P.
state rights: Davis on, 161, 418; Stephens on, 215
Steele, Frederick (sketch, 413), 372, 412
Steele, William (sketch, 132), 131, 221, 371
Steele's Bayou, Miss., 68
Stephens, Alexander H. (sketch, 4:50): criticized, 284; Davis and, xlii, xliii; missions to Washington (1861), 215, (1863), 244-45, 254, 268; travels to Richmond, 150, 229, 232; Ls to, 229, 254, 362, 395; Ls from, 41, 150, 184, 215, 232-33, 268, 373; mentioned, 250, 414
Stevens, Clement H., 61
Stevenson, Carter L. (sketch, 8:333): assignments, 18, 138, 313; Miss. operations, 30, 99, 105, 112, 113, 116, 196, 200, 286
Stevenson, John D., 162
Stewart, Alexander P., 148-49, 158, 196
Stockdale, Thomas R., 320
Stockton, Philip, 199
Stoess, Margaret Howell (sister-in-law) (sketch, 2:248), 115
Stones River, Tenn., Battle of: Bragg's reports, 3, 9, 33, 72, 73; casualties, 18, 30; Davis on, 8, 12; Johnston on, 59; Polk's report, 119; retreat, 9, 28
Stono River, S.C., 139, 140
Streight, Abel D., 176, 191, 273
Stringer, Levi N.: L from, 98
Stringfellow, Charles S. (sketch, 399), 398, 403
Stuart, J. E. B. (sketch, 7:243): Chancellorsville, 164; criticized, 213; Gettysburg campaign, 261, 263; W. E. Jones and, 157-58; Lee and, 53, 403; on U.S. operations, 147, 155; operations, 148, 159, 161, 169, 230, 232, 238, 384; troop strength, 150, 384, 386; E by, 27; L from, 336; mentioned, 82, 83, 193, 316
Treasury Department: agent abroad, 330; bonds, 91, 253, 279, 370; claims, 58, 85; clerks, 254, 336; cotton purchases and trade, 98, 253; counterfeiting, 38, 50, 219, 275, 320; currency, 7, 114, 253, 306, 322, 362, 370, 389; estimates, 154; female employees, 73; office schedule, 336, space, 154; and Post Office, 253, 268, 305, 322-23, 352; Trans-Miss., 78, 222, 382, 412-13, (Davis), 289. See also Memminger, Christopher G.
Trent affair, 257
Trimble, Isaac R., 165, 171, 260
Tucker, John R., 304, 321
Tucker, Nathaniel Beverley (sketch, 8:110): L from, 282
Tullahoma, Tenn., 98, 141, 169, 273, 274, 288
Tupper, Tullius C. (sketch, 8:354): L from, 103; mentioned, 95
Turley, E. W.: L from, 176
Turner, Washington: L from, 17
Tyler, John (sketch, 2:133), 35
Tyler, Robert, 73
U
unionism. See disaffection; reconstruction (reunion)
United Confederate Veterans, 278
United States: call for troops, 6, 82, 243; claim for vessel, 99; conscription, 79, 389, 396; cotton trade, 160, 165, 329, 339, 402, (Davis), 177-78; Davis on, 8, 11, 12, 13, 21, 277, 317; Democrats, 15, 220; election of 1862, 15; patronage, 246; peace sentiment, 10, 213, 243; plots against, 285-86, 347; religious persecution, 348; spies, 211, 312, 391. See also Lincoln, Abraham
United States Army: 5th Colored Heavy Artillery, 234; 49th Colored Infantry, 234; 51st Colored Infantry, 234; 63d Colored Infantry, 234; I Corps, 81; II Corps, 81; III Corps, 81; V Corps, 81; VI Corps, 81; IX Corps, 63, 81, 82, 116, 122, 126, 219, 352; XI Corps, 81, 88, 352, 354, 385, 410, 411, 416; XII Corps, 81, 354, 410, 411, 416; XIII Corps, 414; XIX Corps, 81, 414; XXIII Corps, 219; Depts. of the East, 297, Fla., 84, the Gulf, 172, 210, N.C., 84, the Ohio, 82, 84, 125, the South, 84, Va., 297, Washington, 245; artillery, 16, 30, 77, 147, 160, 171, 189, 198, 203, 205, 208, 211, 219, 230, 271, 272, 280, 283, 292, 295, 298, 307, 348, 350, 385, 398; black troops, 112, 152, 233, 237, 293, 304, 307, 322, 355, 397, praised, 289; casualties at Gettysburg, 260, Stones River, 33; cavalry, 16, 27, 32, 39, 45, 81, 126, 147, 150, 155, 156-57, 159, 160, 162, 166-67, 168, 170, 179, 196, 197, 209, 234, 245, 248, 251, 254, 263, 268, 280, 295, 302, 324, 346, 369, 375, 380, 384, 385, 397, 410; censorship, 23; deserters and stragglers, 74, 111, 117, 126, 139; flags of truce, 32; Grand Divisions, 81-82; "mud march," 24; munitions for, 236, 238, 272, 376; mutiny, 99; prosthetics, 325; recruiting abroad, 315, 348, 414; and slaves, 146, 231, 263, 300, 304, 320, 364, (Davis'), 198, 200, 205, 207, 217, 344; strength in Ark., 412, at Ark. Post, 45, Baton Rouge, 38, 99, 148, Chancellorsville, 167, Charleston, 139, Culpeper, 384, in E. Tenn., 400, at Fredericksburg, 24, 211, in La., 38, 79, 148, 414, Miss., 99, 161, 188, 196, N.C., 17, 25, at Stones River, 30, in Tenn., 88, Trans-Miss., 371, 412, at Vicksburg, 12, 190, in Va., 148, 155, 170, 209, 232, 245, 250, 268, 313, 415; substitutes, 82. See also specific commanders and locales
United States Ford, Va., 79
United States Military Academy: alumni, 5, 6, 30, 81, 82, 83, 84, 128, 132, 133, 156, 157, 209, 210, 223, 238, 262, 297, 302, 323, 386, 400, 413; Davis and, 380, 401; Davis' report on (1860), 216
United States Navy: Ark. Post, 45; Charleston, 139; coastal operations, 236; Davis on, 110; ironclads, 91, 100; Miss. River, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 148, 149, 167
Upshur, Annie A.: L from, 39
Urquhart, David (sketch, 31), 18, 28
Urquhart, Thomas H.: Ls from, 41-42, 52
V
Vallandigham, Clement L., 204, 211, 244, 253
Van Benthuysen, Joseph D. (sketch, 8:160), 377
Van Benthuysen, Mary, 395
Van Benthuysen, Thomas P.: L from, 263
Van Buren, Ark., raid, 132
Vance, Robert B., 84
Vance, Zebulon B. (sketch, 8:477): and conscription, 8, 121, 193, 255, 269-70; Davis and, xliii, 8, 288, 312, 351; and N.C. politics, 281, 306; on appointments, 263, Raleigh riot, 381, 382, 388; and Raleigh Standard, 306, 351; Ls to, 22, 187, 199, 255, 271, 280, 288, 304, 312, 348, 351, 359, 381, 388; Ls from, 48, 92, 121, 139, 186, 255, 263, 269-70, 306, 360, 381, 382, 389; mentioned, 17, 369, 376, 389
Van Dorn, Earl (sketch, 7:306): assignments, 33, 46, 59, (Davis), 174; court of inquiry, 148; Davis on, 148, 167; death, 171, 180; operations, 4, 137, 167; rank (Davis), 55; staff, 5, 133; L to, 26; Ls from, 25-26, 148; mentioned, 6, 35, 169, 274
Van Pelt, Andrew J.: L from, 92
Vaughn, John C. (sketch, 7:209): L from, 359; mentioned, 5
Wadley, William M.: on railroads, 114; mentioned, 105, 113
Walker, ----, Col., 255
Walker, David: Davis and, xlii, 108; mentioned, 70
Walker, James D. (sketch, 108), 106
Walker, John G.: report by, 359-60; Vicksburg, 222, 354
Walker, Lucius M. (sketch, 133), 131, 133, 280
Walker, Tandy: L from, 239
Walker, William (sketch, 5:65), 360
Walker, William H. T.: promoted, 188, 196, 199; recommended, 186, 188; mentioned, 51, 367, 376
Walker, William S., 112
Wall, Frances S.: L from, 306-7
Wall, Henry H.: L from, 165
Wallace, Alexander M., 109
Wallace, Campbell: L from, 286
Wallace, James, 53
Waller, William: L from, 35
Walthall, Edward C., 89, 90
Walthall, Leonidas N. (sketch, 341): L from, 339-40
Walton, James B., 92, 101
Ward, Charley (slave), 345
War Department: annual report, 6-7; claims, 140, 397; criticized, 297, 348-49, 414; estimates and expenses, 19, 139, 159; New Orleans inquiry, 65, 97. See also army; Seddon, James A.
Winder, John H. (sketch, 1:94): recommended, 151; mentioned, 108, 250
Wingfield, James H., 252
Wisdom, Dew M.: report by, 335
Wise, Henry A. (sketch, 6:55): assignments (Davis), 207, 381, (Lee), 204-5, 379, 381, 382; operations, 192, (Davis), 248; staff, 242
Withers, Jones M. (sketch, 7:372), 31, 50
Withers, William T., 42
Wofford, William T.: assignment, 361, 383; Lee on, 382, 403, 410
women: apply for work, 73; Davis praises, 12-13, 14, 15, 343, 358; envelope-makers, 182; food riots, viii, 146; on army, 213, 306-7, 374, home front, 46-47, 179, 198, 229, 231, 306- 7, 324, 376, 396; Ls to, 162, 176-77, 191, 214, 286-87, 303-4, 354, 365; Ls from, 26, 39, 46-47, 73, 97, 115-16, 121-22, 127-28, 179, 198, 213, 231, 283-84, 284-85, 289, 306-7, 320, 322, 346, 374, 376, 396
Wood, Fernando, 244
Wood, John Taylor (sketch, 8:190): appointed aide, 41; assignment, 53-54; Davis and, 10, 354; naval operations, 354, 391; L to, 53-53; Ls from, 62, 70, 74, 354
Wood, Lola M. (sketch, 8:190): L to, 354
Woodbury, Daniel P., 24
Woodville, Miss., raids, 347
Work, George (sketch, 2:111), 233
Wren, G. H., 26
Wren, William: L from, 341
Wright, Augustus R.: assignments, 274, 382; L to, 151; Ls from, 150, 343
Wright, David M., 322, 363
Wright, J.: L from, 362
Wright, Moses H., 274
Wyatt, S.: L from, 362
Y
Yancey, Dalton H., 166, 195, 214, 246
Yancey, William Lowndes (sketch, 6:342): Davis and, 7, 166, 195, 214, 231, 246; speaks at Raleigh, 9; Ls to, 195, 231; Ls from, 140, 166, 214, 246; mentioned, 340
Yandell, David W.: Davis on, 353, 379; "Vindicus" article, 314, 342
Yazoo River, Miss., 46, 188
York, Pa., 259
Yost, Samuel M., 408
Young, Betsey (slave) (ident., 235), 377. See also Eliza (slave)