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ABBOT, LIEUT., 252
Abbott, J. G., letter to B. from, 58-59;
telegram from Gov. Andrew to, 60
Abbott, Mrs. J. G., 59
Abolitionists, the, 76
Accomac County, 183-242
Acquamac County, 175
"Acre," the, 358
Acton, 5
Adams Express Co., the, 213
Adams, Mr., commissioner of South
Carolina, 8, 9, 10
"Adelaide," the, 227, 229, 231, 234
Aid Bill, the, see Massachusetts, State of
Alabama Regiment, the, 196
"Alabama," the steamer, 107
Albany, N.Y., 189
Alexander, Mr., 59
Alexandria, 153, 512, 548
"Algerine," the, 527
Algiers, 361, 452
Allen, Col., 134, 141, 144, 145, 284, 285
Allen, Lieut., 324
Alley, Congressman, 309, 324
Ames, Major H. Adams, telegram from
Major Ladd to, 16; telegram to B.
from, 16; despatch to Gov. Andrew
from, 29-30
Amory, General Charles, letter from B.
to, 254; letter from Major Strong to,
262
Amory, Thomas C., 313
Anderson, General, 9, 636
Andrew, Gov. John A., attitude of B.
toward, 5, 13, 94, 99, 110, 250, 277,
278, 282-283; letter from Col. Jones
to, 5; preparation of militia by, 5, 6,
7; inauguration of, 10; interviews of
B. with, 10, 12, 250; Order No. 4,
by, 13, No. 14 by, 15, No. 21 by, 15,
No. 23 by, 263, 264, 317, 338; letter
from J. G. Carney to, 15; telegramsto B. from, 16, 156-159; telegramfrom B. to, 17; letters from B. to,
18-20, 38-41, 43-49, 76, 93-94, 97-99,
100-101, 109-110, 164-166, 172-173,
174-175, 176-177, 246-247, 250, 260-
261, 269, 297, 306-308, 310-311, 332-
333; despatches from Major Ames to,
29, 30; letters to B. from, 31-32, 37-
38, 62, 79-80, 119-120, 205, 244, 249-
250, 263-266, 269, 298, 306, 307, 311-
314; his disapproval of B. s offer of
troops to Gov. Hicks, 36-37, 38, 262,
271-272; B. s reply to, 38-41; tele
gram to J. G. Abbott from, 60; con
cerning the publishing by B. of des
patch of, 76, 79, 93-94, 100-101,
247-249, 263, 271-272, 287-288, 289,
290, 291; facts concerning Baltimore
fight published by, 32; and the rais
ing of troops, 210, 264, 282; replies
to the President, 240; no new regi
ments to be formed without commandof, 244; interview with B. refused
by, 249, 252, 260; written statement
made by B. to, 251-253; and the com
missioning of officers of Massachusetts
Volunteers, 261, 263, 293, 297, 306,
307, 353, 356, 380; protest against B.
in Journal by, 266; B. s reply to protest of, 267, 268; refuses power of
enlistment to B., 269, 275, 277; letter
to Charles Everett from, 276-277;
goes to Washington, 277, 278; right
of the President to raise troops questioned by, 283; letter from Major,
Strong to, 298-299; enrolled in U. S.
Army of Mass. Volunteers, 306; asks
Sumner to take charges against B. to
President, 309; B. s accusations againstCol. Wyman answered by, 311-314;
privates on "Constitution" receive
communications purporting to come
from, 316, 317; privates in Eastern
Bay State Regiment receive communications purporting to come from,
317; telegram to Sumner from, 322;
telegram from Sumner to, 322; letter
from Wm. Schouler to, 324-325;
publishing of correspondence of, 309,
322, 331, 335, 337, 338, 340, 343;
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called to account by B. for statements
made in letters to Sumner & Wilson,
332; controversy between B. and,
277, 278, 282-283, 298-299, 306-308,
309, 325, 336-343, 399; Boutwell
seeks reconciliation between B. and,
354; Gen. Wilson in agreement with,
392; criticism of, 399; proclamationfrom, 521; appoints Mr. Noyes as
Captain, 527
Andrew John, (not Gov.) letter to B.
from, 345
Andrews, Major, 231
Annapolis, landing of troops at, 17, 18,
25, 26, 39; B. s memorial of plan andreasons for proceeding to, 18-20;establishment of line between Perry-ville and, 22; the true military portof Washington, 24; the 8th Regimentsecured, 26; Legislature ordered to
assemble at 28, 43; meeting betweenGov. Hicks, B., the Committee of
the Gov. and the Mayor of, 28, 39;
Edward Grandval, spy at, 59; Col.
Ellsworth s Zouaves at, 61; transportordered from, 69; 8th Regiment at,
26, 29, 30, 32, 48, 49; B. keeps opencommunication between Washingtonand, 30, 33 42, 44, 49, 54, 88; fortifyingand garrisoning of, 30, 35, 87, 88;
Gov. Andrew s approval of B. s planfor proceeding to, 31; B. at Annapolis,33, 39, 45, 47-48, 51, 64; Naval Commander at, 42; Maj. Cook s bat
tery arrives at, 44, 48; troops from,
56, 62; need of equipage at, 56; S.S.,
"Cambridge" due at, 62; presence of
negroes with B. s troops creates dis
turbance in, 78
Annapolis, the Department of, 51, 52,
55, 83, 87, 92, 121
Annapolis and Elk-Ridge R.R., the, 27,
28, 33, 47, 49, 54, 56, 65, 87, 88
Annapolis Junction, 22, 33, 34, 42, 51,
54, 57, 65, 73, 87, 88, 100
Anonymous, letter to B., 484-486
Aquia Creek, 22, 130
"Arkansas," the, 536
Armory, Capt., Thomas J. C., 312
Armound, I. B. C., 456
Army of the Potomac, the, see Potomac
Army Regulations, 298, 299, 429
Arnault, J., 564
Arnold, Brig. Gen. Lewis G., commandingDepartment of Florida, 407; letters
from B. to, 407, 477-478; B. in communication with, 411; letter to B.
from, 478; B. sends steamers to, 494;
commanding Western District, 546
Atlantic Monthly, the, 258
Atlee, Jacob S., 152
"Aura," the, 158
Austrian Artillery, the, 164
B
BABSON, John, 392, 398
Bache, Dr., 527, 638
Bailey, Capt., 542
Baker, Col. E. D., 163, 178, 181, 267;
letter from B. to 183; suspected
conspiracy against 183; California
Regiment of, 178, 185
"Baker s Fire Eaters," 196
Balloons, use of, 132, 189, 206, 210-211
Ball s Bluff, 266, 267, 268
Baltimore, troops attacked in, 16, 48;
passage of Northern troops through,
17, 19, 24, 44, 66, 67; B. s plan to
hold, 19; G. W. Brown, Mayor of.
20, 81; great excitement at, 20, 39;
members of 6th Regt. slaughtered at,
23, 38; 8th Regt. M.V.M. mistaken
for Plug Uglies of, 25; steamer fur
nished by B. & O. to bring troops to,
69; surveillance of trains going West
from, 76; convention at, 7; B. s proclamation to citizens of, 83-85; fighting
at, 31, 33; proposed movements on,
55-56, 64; spy at, 59; gunpowderstored in church in, 80; interruption
in telegraphic communication of, 82;
occupation of, 81, 85; Gen. Cad-
wallader ordered to relieve B. at, 87;
Gen. Cadwallader s headquarters at,
91; troops in, 183
Baltimore & Ohio R.R., the, 56, 88;
B. denied use of, 19; President of, see,
Garrett, John W.; steamer furnished
by, 69
Baltimore Sun, the, 59
Bangor, Me., 196
Bank of America, the, 616
Bank of Kentucky, the, 590, 618
Bank of Louisiana, the, 481, 490, 609,
616, 634
Bank of Mutual Redemption, the,
James G. Carney President of, 12;
order for credit on, 12
Banks, Gen. N. P., 7, 215; defeat of, 521,
568, 583, 628
Bannister, U. S. Paymaster Dwight,letter to B. from, 587
Barataria Bay, 428
Barker Bro. & Co., 621
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Barker, Jacob, 513, 534, 593, 617
Barren, Samuel, 231, 236; offer to sur
render Fort Hatteras by, 235
Bartlett, Lieut. Henry, 346
Bartlett, Washington A., 124
Bates, Mr., 359, 586
Baton Rouge, 362, 448, 454, 488, 494,
536, 542, 543, 561, 563, 586, 595, 610,
623
Bayou Carta-blanc, 584
Bayou Sara, 584
Beach, Mr., 59
Bean, Lieut. W., 503
Beaufort, 237, 368
Beauregard, Gen., 179, 354, 438, 448, 450,
454, 470, 471, 476, 488, 491, 499, 530,
531, 538, 548; report of Army of,
559-560
Bee, the New Orleans, 476, 496
Belfast, 192
Belger, Mr., 156
Bell, Major, Joseph M., 73; letter to
Gen. Schouler, 276; letter from Gen.
Schouler to, 276; Volunteer in Department of New England, 305; telegramto Major Strong from, 320; telegramsfrom B. to, 320, 322, 330; telegramfrom Col. Shepley to, 320; telegramsto B. from, 321, 322, 330; letter fromR. I. Burbank to, 321; on board the
"Mississippi/* 366: itinerary kept
by, 374; letter to Capt. A. H. Fulton
from, 376-377; order to Major Strongsent by, 396; recorder of MilitaryCommission at trial of Mumford, 483;
Provost Judge, 487
Bellair, 70, 76
Belleview, Mass., 174
Benachi, M. W., protests against arrest
of the Consul of the Netherlands, 473;
letter from B. to, 474; protests againstGeneral Order No. 41, 597-600; B. s
reply to, 600-604; letter to B. from,
604-605; protests against seizing of
sugar, 605; B. s reply to, 605-607
Bendix, Col., 134, 145, 147
Benham, Gen. H. W., letter to B. from,
334-335
Benjamin, J. P., 479
Bent, Lieut., 174
Bernard, S. Mary, 36, 37
Berry, Governor, of New Hampshire, 258;
aids in recruiting, 281
Berthe, Lionel, appointed Postmaster of
New Orleans, 441
Berwick s Bay, 452, 494
Besancon, Mrs., 564
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Bethel, 150, 206
Bethel Church, 136
Bettsville, 42
"Bibb," the steamer, 371
"Bible and Portrait," the, 171
Biddle, Craig, letters to B. from, 49-50, 54
Bienvenue Battery, 454
Big Bethel, battle of, 132-133, 134, 136,
141, 147-150; conduct of Gen. Pierce
at battle of, 141-144; rebels at, 196
Biloxi, expedition to, 395, 396, 397, 402,
406, 410, 411; letter from MajorStrong to Mayor of, 396
Black, Judge, of Pennsylvania, 8; opinion on use of navy and army, 9
"Black Prince," the, 295, 344, 383, 390,
400, 445, 446, 447, 465, 579, 585
Black River, 189, 541, 542, 548
Bladensburg, 52, 54, 87, 88
Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster General,
68, 73; letters to B. from, 116-117,
129-130, 159-160, 179-180, 188, 221-
222, 253-254, 513, 581; opposed to
Gen. Scott, 130, 155; on the negro
question, 130; letter to Simon Cameron from, 155; commends Dyer to
B., 159-160; letters from B. to, 177,
206-207; 219-220, 277; criticism of,
192; Postmaster Riddell receives in
structions from, 441
Blake, Capt., alarm for safety of "Con
stitution" felt by, 33, 46; letters from
B. to, 35-36, 240-241; B. s tribute
to, 46
Blanchard, Capt. Cadwallader F., 260,
261, 292
Blanton, Col. Duncan, letter to B. from
86; letter from B. to, 86
"Blasco de Gary," the, letter from B.
to commander of, 608-609
Blazzing, 251
Bledsoe, A. J., 547
Boardman, Major, 542
Board of Survey, 113
Bogue Inlet, the, 233
Bolton, Private, 305
Bonzano, Dr. M. F., 502, 634
Boston, 12; Third Brigade, Second
Division at, 16; departure of M.V.M.from, 31, 45; feeling toward M.V.M.of people in, 58; Major Fay in, 126;
headquarters of the Department of
New England at, 245; "Constitution"
ordered to, 285 ; cotton and turpentine
shipped by B. to, 447
"Boston," the steamer, 47
"Boston," watchword, 147
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Boston Light Artillery, the, see Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Bouligny, Mr., 577
Boutelle, Commander, 371, 374
Boutwell, Hon. George S., 63; Editor
Boston Journal, 267; letter from B. to,
266-267; letter to B. from, 354
Bradlee, Edward F., 313
Bradlee, J. P., 313
Bradler, Gen. J., letter to B. from,
292-293
Brady, 52
Brannon, Mrs., 311, 332
Brashier, 452
Brattleboro, 327, 328, 347
Breckinridge, Mr., of Kentucky, 7
Breckinridge platform, the, reorganization of Democratic party upon, 7
Bremen Minister, the, see Schleider, Mr,
Brenan, Mt., 634
Brennan, Brig. Gen. J. M., letters to B.
from, 536, 546-547; letter from B. to,
546
Brent, Mr., 581
Brewster, A. O. , 238
Briggs, Capt., 18-20, 44, 45, 48
Brigham, 399
British Consul, the, see Coppell, GeorgeBritish Ministry, the, 40
"British Guard," the, 450, 451, 470, 474,
475, 491, 529
"Brooklyn," the, 539
Brooks, 623
Brothers, A., 630
Brown, Hon. George W., letter from
J. W. Garrett to, 20; letter to J.
W. Garrett from, 21; letter to B.
from, 81
Brown, Jr., John, 76
Brown, Mayor, see Brown, Hon. George W.Brown, Wm., 15
Browne, Asst. Adj. Gen. A. G., Jr.,
Private Secretary to Gov. Andrew, 7;
letters to B. from, 79-80, 93, 244, 247-
249, 250, 253, 260, 261-262, 286-288,
299-303; Gov. Andrew upholds, 100-
101; letters from B. to, 263, 271-272
289-291, 352-353, 355-356; letter to
Wm. S. Robinson from, 289; letter
from Wm. S. Robinson to, 289
Brunnell, Mrs., 160
Bryan, Col., 54
Buchanan, President James, presentedwith ordinance of secession of South
Carolina, 8; B. s advice to, 9-10;
requisition for troops by, 15; con
currence with B. of, 19; cabinet of,
181; appointment of Dr. Riddell as
Postmaster at New Orleans by, 441
Buckingham, Brig. Gen. C. P., letter to
Sec. Seward from, 447
Buckingham, Wm. A., Governor of
Connecticut, 240; aids in recruiting,
240, 281; telegram to B. from, 357;
telegram from B. to, 357
Buck Roe, 103
Buel, Gen., 428, 495, 526, 628
Bulletin, the New Orleans, 486
Bullett, Mr., 626
"Bullion," the, 344
Bullock, Gen. W. W., 251, 275, 342
Bull Run, battle of, 142, 143, 183, 337, 354
Burbank, R. I., letter to Major J. M.Bell from, 321
Burley, 53, 97
Burns, 21
Burnside, Brig. Gen. A. E., 282, 307, 348,
479; telegram to B. from, 310; General Orders No. 28 by, 478
Burnside, Mrs., 162
Burrows, Capt. I. I., interview with B.
of, 450; and the "British Guards,"
470, 476
"Burton," the, 503, 512, 539, 540
Burwick Bay, 362
Butler, Col. Andrew Jackson, B. s brother,
3, 46, 52, 54, 70, 74, 115, 160, 167, 170,
209, 215, 271, 403, 489; letters to B.
from, 156, 171-172, 238-239, 344, 359-
360; Comm. of Subsistence in Department of New England, 305; Senate
rejects appointment of, 360; sugartransactions of, 534; shipments of
merchandise, 634, 635
Butler, Gen. Benjamin F., tribute to his
wife, 1; his wife s power over him, 1;
commission of Brig. Gen. received by,
4, 12; in command of Third Brigade,
M.V.M., 5, 15, 23; attitude toward
Gov. Andrew, 5, 13, 94, 99, 110, 250,
342, 353; visit to Washington, 7, 10;
advice about resignation of commission of Brig. Gen. 9; advice to
Pres. Buchanan, 9-10; interviews with
Gov. Andrew, 10, 12, 250, 252, 260;
interviews with Gen. Schouler, 10-11;
Democratic candidate for Governor,
11, 221; owner in Middlesex Mills, 11;
consultations with Col. Jones and Mr.
Fay, 11; change in current of political
thought in, 13; ordered to muster
troops in Boston Common, 15; with
Mass, troops at Philadelphia, 16, 23,
24; ferry boat in charge of, 17; sug-
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gests that Boston Light Artillery be
put on ship board, 18; asks 7th Regt.of N.Y. to march with M.V.M., 19;
friendliness of Sumner toward, 21;
Col. Lefferts refuses to march with,
22-23; 8th Regt. addressed by, 23-26;Gov. Hicks protests against landing of
troops by, 26, 39; forces in his command tendered to Gov. Hicks by, 26,
27, 30, 37, 38, 39-41, 76-77, 262, 271-
272; expedition to Washington, 29,
30, 32-35, 42, 44-49; despatch to
Gov. Andrew from, 30; Gov. Andrew s
approval of actions in Annapolis of,
31-32; "Old Ironsides" Frigate saved
from secessionists by, 32, 33, 46, 47;
at Annapolis, 33, 43-49; interview
with Gov. Hicks, City Authorities of
Annapolis, and, 33, 47-48; fortifica
tion of Annapolis by, 34-35, 42, 87, 88;
Pres. Lincoln gives command of
troops to, 35; Gov. Hicks refuses to
countersign despatch of, 36; appointedcommander of Annapolis, 42; orders
from Pres. Lincoln to, 42; pays trib
ute to S. M. Felton, 43, 58; orders
from Gen. Patterson to, 50; authorized
to suspend writ of habeas corpus, 51;in command of Department of Annapolis, 51, 52, 55, 83; General Orders
No. 12 by, 52, No. 22 by, 190-191, 443,
448, 493, 533; 217-218, No. 2 by, 255-
257, 263, 336, No. 7 by, 385, No. 10
by, 411, No. 14 by, 421, No. 15 by,
432-433, Nos. 17 and 18 by, 440,Nos. 19 and 20 by, 442, No. 25 by,
457-459, 493, No. 27 by, 477, 493, No.30 by, 481, 504-505, No. 28 by, 490, 493,
497, 499, 500, 581-583, 631, No. 29
by, 492, 493, No. 32 by, 524, No. 40
by, 563, 617, No. 36, by, 568, 571-572,No. 41 by, 570, 574, 595, 597, 619, No.42 by, 619-620; plans for Mrs. B. to
join, 53, 75; ordered to send re-in-
forcements to Fort McHenry, 56, 61;
feelings at home toward, 58, 62, 67,
78, 91, 119, 209, 216, 219, 237, 245, 479,
515, 585, 622, 636; authority withdisturbers of the peace, 59-60, 68, 80;draft to Gen. Patterson from, 61;summoned to Washington by Gen.
Scott, 62, 64; requisition for camp and
garrison equipage sent to Gen. Scott
by, 65; at Relay House, 65, 67, 68, 75,
88; orders concerning surveillance of
trains by, 66, 68, 69-70, 75-76; Special
Brigade Order by, 71-73; tribute to
Charles Leonard by, 72; asks Department for appointment of Postmasterat Annapolis, 74; concerning publish
ing of Gov. Andrew s despatch by, 76,
79, 93-94, 100-101, 227-249, 263, 271-
272, 287-288, 289, 290-291; criticized
by N.Y. Tribune, 76-77, 262; attitude
on negro question, 78, 105, 106, 107,
111, 112-113, 114, 116-117, 119, 165,
175, 176, 180-181, 185-188, 199-200,201, 207, 215, 216, 464, 509, 510, 516-
521, 522, 525, 553, 614; proclamationto citizens of Baltimore, 83-85;
"
Vice
roy of Lincoln for the Province of
Maryland," 86; ordered to Fortress
Monroe, 87, 92, 94, 95, 97, 102, 104,
205, 353; responds to serenade before
Washington Hotel, 89-91; appointedMajor General of U. S. Volunteers, 92,
93, 96, 97; receives instructions fromGen. Scott, 94-95; personal interview
with President Lincoln, 96; windingup of personal affairs, 96-97; Col.
Jones suggested as Brig. Gen. by, 98;
Special Orders by, 100, No. 336, 304,Nos. 39 and 37, 476, No. 82, 564, No.96, 567, No. 70, 574, No. 98, 588, No.
99, 591-592, No. 103, 592-593, No.109, 594, No. 133, 632; conference
with J. B. Cary, 103, 105, 106; opposedto removal of families through the
blockade, 106; with regard to travel,
106; rumored attack on Norfolk by,107; plans to occupy Newport News,108, 112, 117-118, 124, 125, 126, 127,
180, 188; Orders by, 110, 111, 114, 120,
127, 166-167, 320; Gen. Pierce to
report to 111, 119; need of equipmentby, 114, 118, 124, 125, 131, 132, 134,
152, 153, 155, 156-159, 165, 169, 175,
176, 178, 191, 212, 213, 323, 348, 354,
386, 477; plans for taking Pig Point
of, 126-127; plans for taking Suffolk,
126-127, 130-132; plans for fall of
Norfolk by, 126-127, 132, 354; Orders
for attack on Big Bethel by, 132-133;desires exchange of prisoners, 135, 139,
140, 150; tribute to Major Winthropby, 137-138; tribute to Lieut. Greble
by, 147; commendation of Col.
Townsend by, 149; commendation of
Col. Washburn by, 149; commendationof Capt. Haggerty by, 149; commanding Dept. of Virginia, 151; suspectsJ. S. Atlee, 153; lack of troops for,
154-155, 198, 199, 205-206, 210, 236;authorized to accept services of Ger-
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man Artillery, 163, 164, 175; official
attitude toward, 172; complains of
Capt. Tyler s Company, 172; recommends Wardrop and Jarvis for pro
motion, 172-173, 210; authorized to
enlist men, 173; with regard to vacci
nation of troops, 174; recommends I.
N. Wilson as Capt. Co. M., 174;
recommends Ezra Ripley for Lieut.
Co. M., 174; plans for sweeping downthe Peninsula, 175, 177, 183; on the
arming of Mass, men, 176; recom
mends promotion of Col. Phelps, 177;
recommends promotion of Col. Baker,
178; on the disposition of prisoners,
180, 201-202; on the use of intoxicat
ing liquor in army, 184, 190-191, 200,
286, 385-386; warned against Pres.
Lincoln and his advisors, 192; on the
appointment of officers, 193, 380; andthe raising of troops, 198, 199, 207, 209,
210, 219-220, 224, 227, 239, 240, 241,
242, 243, 245, 246, 251-253, 255-257,
263, 264, 269, 270, 272, 273, 275, 276,
277, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 295, 316,
318, 336, 338, 339, 340, 341, 359, 494,
519, 627; attitude of Lincoln toward,
206; superseded by Gen. Wool at
Fortress Monroe, 206, 207, 208, 215,
217, 218, 219, 220, 237; certi6es
account for aeronautical reconnois-
sance, 211; and the payment of troops,
212, 213, 242-243, 255, 256, 335, 339,
345, 346, 347, 357, 376, 400; takes
leave of troops, 217-218; and the
Department of the East, 220, 221, 224;
given command of Volunteer forces,
222; expedition to Hatteras Inlet by,
226, 227-228, 229-235, 236, 258, 259,
335; commends Col. Weber andLieut. Col. Weiss, 233; commends
Capts. Nixon and Jardine, 234; speaksof efficiency of regulars under Lieut.
Larned, 234; makes acknowledgmentof Durivage Volunteer aids, 234;
makes honorable mention of youngFiske and Lieut. Crosby, 234; sug
gests change of name from Fort Hatteras to Fort Stringham, 234; makesmention of efficiency and loyalty of
Capt. Shuttleworth and Commander
Stellwagen, 234; refuses terms of sur
render of Fort Hatteras, 235; ordered
to Washington, 235, 236, 284, 286, 319,
320, 324; invites G. A. Grow to join
staff, 237-238; invited to address
Union War meeting in Faneuil Hall,
238; friendship for Capt. Blake of,
240; granted staff, 241; expedition to
eastern shore of Virginia by, 241-242,
282, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 337,
338, 349; against practice of offering
bounties, 242, 247, 256; Irish Regimentformed as part of command of, 244;
given command of the Department of
New England, 245, 305; asks Gov.Andrew for General Order, 246;Gen. Bullock denies authority of, 251;
written statement to Gov. Andrew by,
251-253; asks for loan of muskets,
254, 262; Law School of Chicagohonors, 257-258; asks Gov. Andrewto commission officers in Mass. Vol
unteers, 261, 263, 353, 356; and the
28th Regt., 264, 265, 270, 272, 275,
276, 282, 283, 338, 341, 342, 343;
reply to Gov. Andrew in Journal,
266-267, 268; Gov. Andrew refuses
organization of cavalry by, 269;
contracts for vessels, 271, 273, 274, 277;
asks Lincoln to be made Major Gen.
of U. S. Army, 274; controversy be
tween Gov. Andrew and, 277, 278, 282-
283, 298-299, 306-308, 309, 325, 336-
343, 399; assisted in recruiting by the
Governors, 280, 281, 282, 337, 338;
accusations against Col. Wyman made
by, 307, 311, 332, 333; guarantees aid
to families of soldiers, 315; privatesreceive letters derogatory to, 315, 316;
on intimate terms with Sec. Stanton,
323; interview with Gen. Schouler,
325; orders to Capt. Snow of the
"Saxon," by, 345-346; creation of
Department of the Gulf suggested by,
350; Lieut. Col. French recommendedfor promotion by 353, 356; speakswell of Major Paine, 352; Boutwell
seeks reconciliation between Gov.
Andrew and, 354; the "despatch box,"
356; memo, of directions for Charles
by, 357-358; Lieut. Weitzel assignedto duty with, 359; McFarland assigned
to, 359; expedition to New Orleans,
360-361, 363-370, 387, 390, 391, 393,
394, 398, 399, 403, 405, 406, 407, 414,
415, 416, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424,
425-428, 430, 436-439, 452-455, 457,
487-488, 539, 546, 577, 579, 628;
near shipwreck on the "Mississippi,"
363-368; complains of command of
post at Port Royal, 369-370; orders
arrest of Capt. A. H. Fulton, 371, 373,
374, 375, 377; interview with Capt.
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Fulton, 375; tampering with commands of, 378; shipments of mdse.,
390, 445, 446, 447, 465, 493, 501, 521,
529, 533, 534, 551, 579, 580, 585, 593,
605, 612-613, 623, 628, 632; the
Biloxi trouble, 395, 397, 410, 411;
Sec. Seward a friend to, 399, 553;
supplies for, 400, 401, 403, 408, 409,
412, 413, 414, 423, 456, 579; consul
tations with Adm. Farragut, 410, 536;
crippled for lack of transportation,
410, 494, 541, 568, 579; in communication with Gen. Arnold, 411; instruc
tions to Capt. J. H. French from,
418; instructions to Capt. of the
"Saxon" from, 424; Lieut. Palfrey
reports on Fort St. Philip to, 430;
arrests Pierre Soule for treason, 431;
Proclamation of, 433-436, 440, 479, 502,
515, 526, 554, 565, 575, 606; feel
ings of Southerners towards, 448-449;
459-463, 485, 486, 487, 490, 507, 582;
the "British Guard," 450, 451, 452,
474, 475, 491; expedition to Vicks-
burg and Jackspn by, 454, 562, 563,
568, 595, 596, 628; in need of funds,
455; and specie, 461, 463, 479, 480,
490, 491, 492, 565, 566; warns proprietor of New Orleans True Delta, 464;the arrest of Consul of the Nether
lands, 467, 469, 473, 474, 557, 558,
578, 580, 581; suppresses New Orleans
Bee, 476; takes possession of NewOrleans Delta, 476; relations with
the banks, 480, 481, 504-505, 565, 566,
567, 589, 590, 591, 613, 615, 616, 617,
618; findings of Court Martial in
case of Mumford approved by, 483;execution of Mumford ordered by,
483, 569, 574, 577; document No. 24
by, 484; interview between Mayor of
New Orleans and, 498, 499-501;
Mayor of New Orleans apologizes to,
499; the opening of letters, 511, 512;attitude of Postmaster General toward,
513; the burning of cotton and sugar,
515, 537, 547, 561, 629; orders to
Capt. Haggerty from, 521-522; orders
to Capt. Page from, 522; orders to
Col. McMillan from, 522-523; funds
placed to credit of, 523; advice fromW. Mitthoff to, 526; accused of harsh
proceedings in New Orleans, 528, 566;
in danger at New Orleans, 529;
armed possession of places capturedrecommended by, 537, 596; calls for
troops from Gen. Brennan, 536, 546,
570; in need of officers, 550; recognition of passes of, 552, 584; concern
ing complaints of foreign consuls
against, 553, 556, 557, 578; suggestions relative to the unemployed of
New Orleans, 554, 555; cautioned
against spies and emissaries, 560;the arrest of Major Van Benthuysenby, 562; suggests declaration of
Amnesty, 569, 596; withdraws life
sentence from "Monroe Life Guards,"
569, 573; recommends promotion of
Lieut. Kinsman, 570, 628; orders oath
of allegiance to U. S., 574-576; attitude
of Stanton toward, 578; the paymentof laborers in New Orleans, 579, 580;
treatment of guerillas by, 585; Col.
Jones asks to be recommended for
promotion by, 586; report against payaccount of, 587; punishment of Claryand Roy ordered by, 588; awaits
recognition of credentials of George
Coppell, 591; soldiers in New Orleans
praised by, 591-592; punishment of
Craig, Newton and Lieb by, 592, 593;
punishment of Hines and Hewitt by,
594; protest against quarantine or
dered by, 587, 595, 625, 626; foreignconsuls protest against General OrderNo. 41 by, 597-600, 619; reply to
protest by, 600-604; protest of For
eign Consuls against seizing of sugar
by, 605-607; sends draft of Bank of
Louisiana, 609; the movement of
crops, 610; burning of some of Mrs.
Butler s letters to, 610; attitude of
New York people toward, 615; reportof the taking of Manchac Pass, 618;
orders to Col. O. P. Gooding from,
624; Sec. Stanton introduces Mr.Bullett to, 626; permission to organize "Home Guards" given to,
j>26;
suggests a qualified condonation order,
627; magnanimity of, 631; tribute
from Cameron to, 631; tribute from
Chase to, 632; refuses resignation of
Administrators of Charity Hospitalof New Orleans, 638
LETTERS FROM B. TO
Amory, Charles, 254
Andrew, Gov. John A., 17, 18, 38, 43, 76,
93, 97, 109, 164, 166, 172, 174, 176,
246, 250, 260, 269, 297, 306, 310, 332
Arnold, Brig. Gen. L. G., 407, 477, 478
Baker, Col E. B., 183
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Berry, Governor, 258
Biloxi, Mayor of, 396
Blair, Montgomery, 73, 177, 206, 219, 277
Blake, Captain, 35, 240
"Blasco de Gary," Commander of, 608
Boutwell, Geo. S., 266
Brennan, Brig. Gen. J. N., 546
Browne, Col. A. G., Jr., 263, 271, 289, 352,
355
Butler, Blanche, 2, 3, 6, 14
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H., 1, 31, 49, 52, 64,
75, 199, 208, 215, 218, 222, 224, 225,
227, 323, 330, 422, 610, 625
Cadwallader, General, 87
Callejon, Imanuel, 625
Cameron, Simon, 57, 95, 152, 155, 161,
162, 163, 169, 175, 178, 185, 189, 274,
278
Carney, J. G., 534
Charity Hospital of New Orleans, Administrators of, 637
Chase, Salmon P., 242, 254, 609, 615
Cleveland, Mr., 171
Coppell, George C., 469, 474, 556, 591
Conturie, Amedie, 469
Dow, Brig. Gen. Neal, 372, 379, 535
Downing, G. W., 257
Duncan, Blanton, 86
Eighth Regiment, 23
Farragut, Flag Officer D. G., 386, 395, 420,
425, 444, 552, 585
Fay, Richard S., Jr., 390, 447
Flag Officer at Port Royal, 368, 371
Foster, J. H., & Co., 374
Fox, Capt. G. V., 533
French, Henry, 238
Fulton, Capt. A. H., 372
Gardner, 0. C., 581
Garrison, C. K., 271
Glisson, Capt. 0. S., 368
Grow, G. A., 237
Hammond, Mr., 27
Health Officer Quarantine Station, Missis
sippi River, 551
Hicks, Governor, 22, 28
Hildreth, Fisher A., 224
Holbrook, Governor, 292
Jones, Col. E. F., 429
Jones, Lieut. John W., 296
LePayre, I. N., 480
Lincoln, President, 274, 284
Lovell, General, 562
McClellan, Major General, 371
McKim, Captain, 551
Magruder, Col. J. B., 139, 150
Meigs, Gen. M. C., 245, 386, 401, 455,
579
Mejan, Callejon and other European Con
suls, 474
Mejan, Count, 495
Mercer, William N., 481
"Milan," steamer, Commander of, 473
Miller, Captain, 20
Morris, Captain, 472
New Orleans, Mayor and Common Council
of, 456, 496, 554
Officer commanding forces at County
Bridge, 135
Patterson, Major General, 32
Pendergrast, Commodore, 125
Phelps, Brig. Gen. J. W., 136, 420, 456,
464, 472, 481, 508, 510, 514, 564
Pierce, Edward L., 216 cPierce, General, 142
Porter, Captain, 549
Presspuct, Otto, 511
Reed, Brig. Gen. John T., 356
Richardson, Daniel, 335
Ripley, General, 176, 323
Robinson, William A., 262, 292
Rosier, J. Ad., and T. I. Durant, 573
Schouler, Gen. William, 6, 270, 273, 274,
293
Schufeldt, Consul, 400
Scott, Col. Thomas A., 198, 210, 224
Scott, General, 42, 59, 66, 69, 104, 112, 117,
123, 125, 147, 151, 154, 180, 193, 195,
206, 212, 213, 279
Seward, William H., 253, 277, 450
Shepley, Col. George F., 333, 422, 424, 430,
554
Simebarnes, Captain, 501
Stanton, Edwin M. t 348, 349, 410, 411,
414, 425, 431 r 452, 490, 516, 536, 550,
568, 595, 613, 618, 629
Stead, Rev. B. F., 184
Sturgis, Captain, 376
Talmadge, Capt. Grier, 178
Tappan, Lewis, 200 ,-
Taylor, Col. S. P., 449
Thomas, Adj. Gen. Lorenzo, 167, 286, 294,
299, 305, 319, 326, 479, 523, 609
Townsend, Col. E. D., 54"
True Delta," the, proprietor of, 464
Union Defense Committee, The, 131
Wade, Benjamin F., 353
Ward, Elijah, 284
Webster, W. P., 96
Whelden, Colonel, 314
Whittemore, Maj. H. C., 380
Wightman, Major, 259
Williams, Brig. Gen. Thomas, 413, 418,
543, 562, 585
Winthrop, Mrs., 135
INDEX 647
Wool, Maj. Gen. John E., 229, 363
LETTERS TO B. FROM
Abbott, J. G., 58
Andrew, John, 345
Andrew, Gov. John A., 31, 37, 62, 79, 100,
119, 156, 205, 244, 249, 263, 269, 298,
299, 306, 307, 311
Anonymous, 484
Arnold, Brig. Gen. H. H., 478
Bannister, Dwight, 587
Benham, Gen. H. W., 334
Bernard, S. Mary, 37
Biddle, Craig, 49, 54
Blair, Montgomery, 116, 129, 159, 179,
188, 221, 253, 513, 581
Boutwell, George S., 354
Bradler, Gen. J., 292
Brennan, Brig. Gen. J. M., 546
Brewster, A. 0., 238
Brown, Geo. W ., 81
Brown, William, 15
Browne, Col. A. G., Jr., 79, 244, 247, 250,
253, 260, 261, 268
Butler, Andrew Jackson, 156, 171, 238,
344, 359
Butler, Blanche, 36
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H., 51, 101, 194, 203,
207, 209, 223, 226, 237, 424
Callejon, Juan, 463, 587
Cameron, Simon, 93, 119, 164, 174, 201,
273, 631
Carney, J. G., 529, 593, 620
Cary, John B., 102
Chaffee, C. C., 502
Chase, Salmon P., 266, 632
Cisco, John J., 523
Claiborne, G. F. W., 406
Conturie, Amedie, 466
Cooper, J. C., 615
Coppell, George, 450, 474, 555, 597
Gushing, Caleb, 304, 344
Denegre, James D., 515, 617
Dix, Gen. John A., 178
Drew, Thomas, 249
Duncan, Col. Blanton, 86
Durivage, Francis A., 484
Duryea, Brig. Gen., 121
Eaton, Lieut. William B., 624
Farragut, Flag Officer D. G., 391, 406, 445,
544, 552, 584
Fay, Richard S., Jr., 82, 116, 181, 218,
465, 521, 585, 634
Felton, S. M., 22, 170
Foreign Consuls, 597, 604
Fortier, Polycarpe, 553
Foster, J. H., & Co., 376
Fox, Capt. G. V., 130,501
French, Henry, 67
Fulton, Capt. A. H., 376
George, Capt. P. R., 378, 398
Gordon, Col. George H., 268
Hamilton, Col. Schuyler, 73, 80
Hawkins, Col. Rush, 191, 255
Herman, H. M., 62
Hicks, Governor, 18, 26, 28, 36, 78
Hildreth, Fisher A., 220, 407, 409, 623
Hyde, Lieut. David, 63
Jones, Gen. E. F., 50, 60, 63, 527, 586
Johnson, Bradley, 86
Johnson, Mrs. Laura W., 138
Kilpatrick, Col. Judson, 182
Kirkland, C. P., 478
La Mountain, John, 132, 189
Larned, Benjamin F., 255
Lefferts, Colonel, 22
Lloyd, Richard, 610, 611
Loring, George B., 191, 267
McClellan, Major General, 360
Magruder, Col. J. B., 135, 150
Meigs, Gen. M. C., 134, 153
Mejan, Count, 443, 463, 464, 506
Miller, Capt. Morris, 18
Miller, Wills L., 583
Mitthoff, W., 509, 525
Monitor "A," 559
Monroe, John T., 457, 497, 499
Myers, Gen. Bailey, 245
Page, Capt. Edward, Jr., 524
Palmer, W. J., 62
Patterson, Major General, 49, 54
Pierce, Gen. E. W., 133, 141, 144
Pierce, Edward L., 258 SPierce, Adj. R. A., 91
Pond, Benjamin, 91
Porter, Maj. F. J., 57
Presspuct, Otto, 511
Read, Henry, 377, 412, 413
Riddell, J. L., 440
Rosier, J. Ad., and T. I. Durant, 572
Rosier, J. Ad., and Julian Neville, 565
Ryan, John, 308
Schouler, Gen. William, 78, 112, 269
Scott, General, 51, 55, 68, 75, 80, 85, 94,
120, 131, 173
Scott, Col. Thomas A., 205
Seward, William H., 254
Shepley, Colonel, 315
Sherman, John, 69
Slocomb, C. A., 631
Stanton, Edwin M., 400, 577, 580, 626, 627
Strong, Maj. George C., 635, 636
Sumner, Charles, 21, 111, 159
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Tappan, Lewis, 199
Thomas, Gen. L., 278, 377, 400, 550
Townsend, Col. E. D., 63, 75, 120, 132, 173
Von Doehmy, Capt. William, 195
Wardrop, Colonel, 29
Warren, Col. G. K., 144
Washburn, Adj. General, 346
Watts, H. F., and other European Consuls,
473
Weber, Col. Max, 195
Welles, Gideon, 99
Whitney, James S., 394, 515
Wife of a Southern Planter, 448
Williams, Capt. D. H., 82
Williams, Gen. T., 560, 561
TELEGRAMS FROM B. TO
Andrew, Gov. John A., 17
Bell, J. M., 320, 322, 330
Buckingham, Gov. William A., 357
Cameron, Simon, 269
Finley, Surgeon General, 348
Fox, Capt. G. V., 297, 348
Harrington, Asst. Secretary of Treas., 347
Lamed, Capt. B. F., 335
Lester, Maj. Thomas, 345
McClellan, Maj. Gen. George B., 310, 319,
362
Morris, Major, 81
Scott, General, 61
Shepley, Col. George F., 285, 286
Stetson, Mr., 269
Strong, Maj. George C., 319
Thomas, Gen. L., 319
Washburn, Adj. General, 296
Wilson, General, 12
TELEGRAMS TO B. FROM
Ames, Major, 16
Andrew, Gov. John A., 16, 74
Bell, Major J. N., 321, 330
Buckingham, Gov. William A., 357
Burnside, A. E., 310
Fox, Capt. G. V., 297
George, P. R., 333
Herman, H. M., 62
Lamed, Benj. F., 346
McClellan, Maj. Gen. George B., 310, 318,
359
McCluskey, Colonel, 358
Sanborn, John D., 297
Scott, General, 43, 54, 65, 178
Shepley, Col. G. F., 322, 348
Strong, Maj. George C., 319
Thomas, John L., 284, 286, 310, 318, 320,
359, 627
Butler, Ben. Israel, B. s son, 396, 415;
letter from Mrs. B. to, 384-385
Butler, Blanche, B. s daughter, 2, 51,
181, 208, 209, 225; letter to B. from,
36; at Annapolis, 64; advice from Mrs.B. to, 122-123; letters from B. to, 2,
3, 6, 36-37; letter from Mrs. Butler
to, 396-398, 416-418
Butler, Capt., 150
Butler, George, B. s nephew, 101, 115, 228
Butler, Mrs. Benjamin F., B. s tribute
to, 1; J. R. Young s comments on, 1;
her power over B., 1; letters from B.
to, 1, 31, 49, 52-53, 64-65, 75, 199, 208,
215, 218, 221-223, 224, 225, 227-228,
323, 330-331, 422. 610, 625; letters
to B. from, 51-52, 101-102, 194, 203-
204, 207-208, 209-210, 223, 226, 237,
424; sends for daughter, 51; letters
to Mrs. Heard from, 80-81, 92, 121-
123, 128, 162-163, 363-368, 380-384,
387-390, 401-406, 414-416, 436-440,
486-489, 530-533; Mrs. Abbott and,
59; in Annapolis, 80-81, 91; at
Fortress Monroe, 114, 115, 122, 162;
arrival home of, 194; trip from Fortress
Monroe to Ship Island, 363, 380;
letter to Paul and Bennie Butler from,
384-385; life at Ship Island of, 384,
387, 388, 398, 404, 415, 416; letter
from Fisher A. Hildreth to, 392-394;letter to Blanche Butler from, 396-398,
416-418; arrives at New Orleans, 439;
burning of letters to B. from, 610
Butler, Mrs. Charlotte Ellison, B. s
mother, 3, 239
Butler, Paul, B. s son, 80, 92, 115, 122,
383. 396, 415; letter from Mrs. B. to,
384-385
Butler, Peter, 313
Butler Rifle Guards, the, 52, 63
CADWALLADER, BREV. MAJ. GEN., tele
gram from Gen. Scott to, 87; in command of Department of Annapolis, 87,
92, 95; letter from B. to, 87-88; Balti
more headquarters of, 92
Cahill, Col., 344, 411, 508
"Calhoun," the, 391, 548, 549
California, 46
California Regt., 178, 185
Callejon, Imanuel, 600
Callejon, Juan, letters to B. from, 463-
464, 587-588; protest against arrest
of Consul of the Netherlands, 473;
letters from B. to, 474, 625-626,
INDEX 649
quarantine rules of B. protested by;
587, 595, 625, 626; protest against
General Order No. 41 by, 597-600; B. s
reply to, 600-604
Calvert Stetson, 82
Cambridge, the Arsenal at, 109
"Cambridge," the steamer, 62, 65, 73,
128, 169, 175
Camden Station, the, 81
Cameron, Simon, Secretary of War,
appointment of B. as Brig. Gen.
favored by, 11, 12; letters from B.
to, 57, 95-96, 152-153, 155-156, 161,
162, 163, 169, 175, 178, 185-188, 189,
190, 274, 278; letters to B. from, 93,
119, 164, 174, 201-203, 273, 631-632;
B. dines with, 64; B. forwards de
spatches relating to negro labor to, 113;
B. s despatches approved by, 120;
letter from Postmaster General Blair
to, 155; at Fortress Monroe, 162;
orders from, 164, 173, 242; failure to
recognize the P. W. & B. R. R., 170;
attitude toward B. of, 172, 237; criti
cism of, 192, 220; views on questionof fugitives, 201-203; letter from Gen.
Wool to, 236; General Orders No. 2
by, 232, No. 86 by, 359; grants B. his
staff, 241; B. authorized to prepare
troops in New England by, 241-242;
telegram from B., 269; unable to visit
Lowell, 273; resignation of, 323
Camp, Mr., 162
"Camp Butler," 121, 127,226
"Camp Cambridge," 243
"Camp Cameron," 272
"Camp Chase," 254, 290,262, 272, 274,
280, 282, 294, 295, 296, 342, 355, 527
Camp Equipage, see Massachusetts,
M.V.M.
"Camp Hamilton," 127, 132, 217, 226
"Camp Lowell," 243, 251
"Camp Lynnfield," 243, 251
"Camp Moore," 459, 540, 453, 544, 560,
563
"Camp Muddy Branch," 268
"Camp Parapet," 509, 510, 521, 522,
524, 525
"Camp Readville," 243
"Camp Scott," 82
"Camp Springfield," 243
"Camp Worcester," 243
Canal Bank, the, 516
Cape Charles, 175, 242
Cape Fear, 365, 369
Cape Hatteras, 227, 365; victory at, 237;
B. in peril at, 372
Cape Lookout, 233
"Capt. Trenchard," the, 624
Carcanio, Antonio, 608
Cardas, Alfred, 483
"Cardenas," 588, 625, 626
Carney, James G., letter to Gov. Andrew,15 ; offer of credit to Gov. Andrew
by, 12, 15; letters to B. from, 529-
530, 593-594, 620-622; B. draws bills
on, 534; B. s shipments of merchan
dise, 593; the matter of the drafts,
620-623, 635
Caroline, 402, 404, 405, 415
Carr, Col., 134, 145, 196, 217
Carro, Col., 105
Carroll, Maj. Gen., 66
Carrollton, 439, 548
Carruth, Lieut., 523
Carter, Mr., 135, 136, 139, 140, 150
Cary, John B., letter to B. from, 102-103
Gary, Maj., 105, 106, 107
"Catinat," the, 495, 496
"Cayuga," the U. S. gunboat, 390, 447
Chaffee, C. C., letter to B. from, 502
Chamberlain, Capt., 93
Chandler, Senator, 354
Charity Hospital, see New Orleans
Charles, 357, 358, 403, 404
Charleston, 22, 107, 114
Charleston Convention, the, 635
Charter Party, the, 515
Chase, Miss, 162
Chase, Salmon P., Secretary of the
Treasury, 99; criticism of, 192; letters
from B. to, 242-243, 254, 609, 615;
letters to B. from, 266, 632-634;
Sec. of War refuses to ask clearance
of vessels from, 412; B. s schedule of
amounts received from the banks in
New Orleans sent to, 161-617; views
on slavery, 633
Chattanooga, 628
Chesapeake Bay, 26
Chicago, city of, 257
Chubbuck, Chaplain, 388, 389, 417
Churchill, C. C., 222
Cisco, John J.; letter to B. from, 523-524
Citizens Bank of New Orleans, the, 491;
claims of, 589, 615, 617
"City of New York," the, 592
Claiborne, Lieut. G. F. W., 352; letter to
B. from, 406
Clark, Capt. John, 109, 172, 402, 459
Clark, Mr., 82.
Clark, Mr., of Missouri, 7
Clary, Wm. M., arrest of, 588; B. orders
execution of, 589, 592
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Clay, Mr., 634
Cleaveland, Dr., Chaplain from Lowell,
389
Clemence, Maj., 2, 73, 102, 112
Cleveland, Mr., letter from B. to, 171
Coatzacoalces, the, 120
Cobb s Battery, 154, 155, 159
Cockeysville, Northern troops reported
at, 20
"Colorado," the, 401, 418, 419
Commercial Advertiser, the N.Y., 224
Committee of Safety, the, 485
Conant, Capt., 402, 421
Confederate Congress, the, 432
Confederate Court, the, 617
Confederate Government, 537
Confederate States, the, 46, 59, 67, 84,
86, 187, 434, 435, 471, 482, 514, 526,
563, 567, 571, 575, 576, 589, 590, 591,
596, 613, 615, 616, 618, 620
Confederate States District Court, 617
Confederates, the, 441, 468
Confederate Treasurer, the, 616, 617
Connecticut, 8; recruitment in, 256,
280, 295; Gov. of, see Buckingham,Wm. A.
"Connecticut," the, 405, 489, 532, 626
Connecticut Volunteers, the, 9th Regt.,
280, 294, 326, 328, 350, 411, 453, 508,
543; 12th Regt., 327, 328, 350, 453;
13th Regt., 350, 410, 430, 592, 594
Conroy, Mr., 523
"Constitution," the, in danger of cap
ture, 25, 30, 32, 33, 46, 47, 49, 240;
the charter of, 271, 277, 318, 319;
troops embarked upon, 280, 282, 327,
328, 333, 334, 363; orders from B. to
Col. commanding troops on board, 285,
286; sailed from Boston to Portland,
294; protest by Capt. of, 294-295;
goes to Fortress Monroe, 295, 297,
320, 322, 348; B. ordered to disem
bark troops from, 318, 319, 334;
ordered to discharge troops at Fortress
Monroe, 319, 320, 321; ordered to
New York, 334; discharged, 344; at
Ship Island, 387; sent away from Ship
Island, 401, 410
Constitution of the U.S., the, 464, 506,
575, 578, 619, 620
Consul of Austria, the, see Einier, J. H.
Consul of Belgium, the, see Deynoodt,Josh.
Consul of Brazil, the Vice, see Watts,
H.F.Consul of Bremen, the acting, see Ken,R.J.
Consul of Denmark, the, see Frellson,
HenryConsul of France, the, see Mejan, Count
Consul of Greece, the, see Benachi, M. W.Consul of Havana, see Schufeldt, Consul
Consul of Italy, the see Lanati, P.
JosephConsul of Italy, the Vice, see Teryaghi, B.
Consul of Nassau and Brunswick, the,
see FrendenthaJ, F. W.Consul of Portugal, the, see Sitra, A. J.
Consul of Prussia and Hanover, the
acting, see Kruttschnidt, Y.
Consul of Russia, the, see Prenjnick, C.
W., also Presspuct, Otto
Consul of Spain, the, see Callejon, JuanConsul of Sweden and Norway, the Vice,
see Marph, EanConsul of Switzerland, the, see Piaget, Ad.
Consul of the City of Hamburg, the, see
Kock, C.
Consul of Wurtemberg, the acting, see
Klumpp, H. F.
Contoocockville, 241
Contraband of War, 68, 70, 102, 103, 116,
156, 258, 511, 525, 552, 633
Conturie, Amedie, letter to B. from, 466;
conflict between Military authority
and, 466-469, 469-471, 473-474, 490,
556, 557, 558, 559
Cook, Mr., 101, 102
Cook, Maj., arrival with Battery at
Annapolis, 44, 48; ordered to Relay
House, 66, 88, 113; commanding the
Viaduct, 71; ready to report at Head
quarters, 73
Cooper, J. C., letter to B. from, 615
Coppell, George C., implicated with
rebels, 450-491; letters to B. from,
450-452, 474-476, 555, 597, 604-605;
letters from B. to, 469-471, 474, 556,
591; protests against arrest of Consul
of the Netherlands, 473; complaint of
B. s government of New Orleans made
by, 528; protests against General
Order No. 41, 597; protests against
seizing of sugar, 605; B. s reply to,
605-607
Corcoran, Col., 59, 60
Corinth, 428, 512, 536, 544, 548, 571, 572
"Council of Administration," the, 409
County Bridge, letter to Officer com
manding forces at, 135; exchange of
prisoners after engagement near, 135,
139; death of Maj. Winthrop at,
134, 136-138; account of battle near,
144-147
INDEX 651
Courier, the Boston, 11, 240Court Martial, 123, 161, 167, 171, 184,
214, 284, 311, 375, 482, 483
Covas, Mr., connection with sugar deal,
596, 604, 605, 606, 607
Covas and Negroponte, purchase of
sugar by, 604
"Cox," the, 395
Craig, George Wm. r sentenced to death,
592, 593
Cram, Mr., 120
Crane, Alanson, 74
Crane, Mr., 80, 81
Crany Island, 95, 108, 353
Craven, Capt., 542
Creek, the, 88
"Creole," the, 548
Crescent, the New Orleans, 476, 483, 486
Crevon, Lieut, of Police, 499, 501
Crosby, Lieut., 130, 206, 229, 231, 234
Cumberland, 70
"Cumberland," the, 118, 127, 230
Curtin, Capt.. 369, 370
Curtin, Gov. A., 33, 36
Cushing, Gen., 8, 68; B. asks for appointment as Brig. Gen. of, 277, 309
Cushing, Hon. Caleb, letters to B. from,
304, 344
Custom house, the, 453
DDAHLGREN, 131, 169
"Daniel Webster," the, 408
Danish Minister, the, see De Raasloff, Mr.
Dare, Col., 22
Davidson, Lieut. Henry, 293
Davis, Capt. R. S., 63, 109, 135, 139,
174, 305, 402, 562; Special Order No.82 issued by, 564; Special Order No.96 issued by, 567; General Orders
No. 36 issued by, 572; General
Orders No. 41 issued by, 574-576;
Special Order No. 98 issued by, 589;
Special Order No. 99 by, 591; Special
Order No. 103 issued by, 592-593;
Special Order No. 109 issued by, 594;
letter to Brig. Gen. Phelps from, 615;
General Order No. 42 issued by, 619-
620; Special Order No. 133 issued by,632
Davis, Col., Mansfield, 16, 182
Davis, Jefferson, 77, 340, 447, 526
Davis, Mr., of Mississippi, 7
Deache, Capt., 165
Dean, Jarvis W., 25
Deaser, 507
Declaration of Independence, the, 89
De Labarre, Mr., 496
Delaware, the Department of, 51
"Delta" the, see "True Delta"
Deming, Col., 280, 445, 455, 487, 531,
577
Democratic party, the, 8
Denegre, James D., letters to B. from,
515-516, 617-618
Denison, George S., 634
Dennison, Gov., of Ohio, 70
Department of Florida, the, Brig. Gen.
L. Arnold Commander of, 407
Department of Key West, the, 361, 546
Department of New England, the,
B. given command of, 245; terms of
enlistment in, 256; B. s General Order
No. 2 of, 263, 265; report of, 279, 305;
suppression of letters between Gov.
Andrew and, 330; created, 341; abro
gation of, 359; investigation of, 392
Department of North Carolina, the, 478
Department of the East, the, 220, 221, 224
Department of the Gulf, the, created, 350,
360
Department of the South, the, 519, 546
De Raasloff, Mr., visit to Fortress
Monroe of, 159
De Russey, Col, 162
Detot, Mr., 444
Devens, Col., 35, 81, 97, 268
Devereaux, Capt., 18-20, 44, 45, 48, 50
"De Witt Clinton," the, 363, 409
Deynoodt, Josh., protests against arrest
of Consul of the Netherlands, 473;
letter from B. to, 474; protest against
General Order No. 41 by, 597-600;B. s reply to protest of, 600-604
"Diana," the, 511, 522, 612
Dimmick, Col., 29, 94, 104, 112, 115, 121,
193, 217
"Dismal Swamp Canal," the, 126
District of Columbia, the, 819
"Division Sutler," 413
Dix, Maj. Gen. John A., letter to B.
from, 178; order received from, 185;
Col. Hawkins asks to be under command of, 255; expedition by, 337
Dobbin, 21
Donahue Patrick, 244
Donaldsonville, 428
Dorsey, Capt. W. H., 66
Dow, Brig. Gen. Neal, letter from
Maj. G. C. Strong to, 372; letters
from B. to, 379, 535; appointed Brig.Gen. 531
Downing, G. W., letter from B. to, 257;
letter from Thomas Drew to, 317-318
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Doyle, Daniel. 571, 572, 574
Dracut, 53, 384
Dragoons, 66
Drew, Thomas, letter to B. from, 249-25,
Drummond Lake, 126
Dryden, Thomas A., 483
Dudley, Capt., H. M., 351
Dudley, Col., 353, 380, 508
Dumont, Lieut., 166
Duncan, Col. Blanton, commanding 1st
Regt. Kentucky Volunteers, 86; letter
to B. from, 86; letter from B. to, 86
Duncan, D. G., 499, 500, 501
Duncan, Gen., 538
Duncan, Lieut., 145
Dunn, Quartermaster W. A., 372
Du Pont, Commodore, 19
Durant, Thomas I., 567, 569, 573
Durivage, Francis A., letter to B. from,484
Durivage, Henry, death of, 484
Durivage Volunteer Aids, the, 234
Duryea ; Col.. 107; letter to B. from, 121;
Orders for attack on Big Bethel given
to, 132, 133; at battle near CountyBridge, 134; 144-145,149; takes negroslaves to Washington, 180
Dutch Minister, see Van Limburg, Host.
Dyer, Capt., 162, 183
Dyer, Mr., 159, 160, 172
EEastern Bay State Regiment, the, 315,
322, 327, 333, 345, 350, 352
"Eastern Shore," the, 206
Eastern Shore of Virginia, the, see
VirginiaEast Tennessee, 628
Eaton, Lieut. Wm. B., letter to B. from624-625
Eddy, Col., 624
Edey, Capt., 584
Edisto, 236
Edson, Rev. Mr., 122, 194, 358, 405
Egan, 344
Eighth Regiment of M.V.M., see Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Einier, J. H., protests against arrest of
the Consul of the Netherlands, 473;
letter from B. to, 474
Elbridge, Capt., 31
Elder, letter from A. C. Steele to, 507-508
"Elizabeth," the tug, 152, 153
Elizabeth River, 107, 118
Elkton, 56
"Elliott s Mills," 66
Elliot, Dr., 444
Ellsworth, Mr., 171
Emery, Paymaster, 255
"Emily," the, 634
"Empire City," the, 112
"Empire Parish," the, 584, 585
Engineer Corps, the U.S., 87
England, Minister to, see Lord LyonsEppendorff, Capt., 324
Esnard, Mr., 566
Essex Regiment, the, see Eighth Regiment, the
Estabrook, Lieut., 205, 389
"Ethan Allen," U.S. ship, 624
European Brigade, the, 619
European Legion, the, 433
Evening Post, the N.Y. 636
Evening Star, the Philadelphia, 1
Everett, Capt., 426
Everett, Col., 252, 411
Everett, Maj. Charles, letter to Gov.Andrew from, 276-277; letter from
Gen. Schouler to, 276-277; appointed
Major of Battalion, 276
Everett s Battery, see Massachusetts
Volunteer Militia
"E. W. Farley," the, 409, 421, 622, 634
Exchange Brokers, 513
FAIRBANKS, ERASTUS, Gov. of Vermont,240-281
Fall, Mr., 69
Faneuil Hall, 238
"Fanny," the ship, 229, 230, 231, 234
Fair, Col., 527
Farragut, Flag Officer D. G., letters from
B. to, 386, 395, 420-421, 425, 444, 552,
585; letters to B. from, 391-392, 406-
407, 445, 544, 552, 584; B. has con
sultation with, 410; leaves the Forts,
422, 423; passage of Forts by, 425-428,
436, 465, 487; Pierre Soule, author of
letter to, 432; goes to Baton Rouge,454; services of "British Guard"
acknowledged by, 475; Capt. Lee
sends for gunboats to, 503; movementon Mobile, 512; before Vicksburg,
530, 532, 536, 539, 540, 544, 562, 563;
W. L. Miller reports on rebels to, 583
Faunce, Capt., 125, 229, 235
Fay, Richard S., Jr., B. consults with, 11;
letters to B. from, 82, 116, 181-182,
218-219, 465-466, 521, 585, 634-635;
B. s aide-de-camp, 96; at Fortress
Monroe, 115, 122; Mr. Saltonstall
cousin of, 128; letter from B. to, 390-
391, 447, 533-534; letter to Brig.
INDEX 653
Gen. M. C. Meigs from. 445^47; ship
ments of merchandise to, 533, 534,
593, 612-613, 620, 621, 622, 623, 628,
634, 635
Fay, Mrs., 163
Fay, Sr., Richard S., 388, 389, 390, 466,
623
Federal Army, the, 567
Federal Hill, 81
Federal Troops, the, exchange of pris
oners from, 135
Federal Union, the, 37
Felton, S. M., letter to Capt. Galloway,
17; letter to B. from, 22, 170; at
Philadelphia, 32; Pres. Philadelphia &Wilmington R.R., 43; advises B., 44;
tribute from B. to 43, 58
Fendeair, Mrs., 525
Ferrior, Mr., 564
Ferris, Capt. March, 345
Ferry Boat, the, 19, 20, 44
Fessenden, 392
Finley, Surgeon Gen., telegram from B.
to, 348
Finnigan, Lieut., 352
Fiske, Lieut. Edward A., 228, 230, 234,
260, 261
Fitzsimmons, Michael, 100
Flussey, Lieut., expedition under, 99
Follett, Capt., 243
Foote, Commodore, 422, 438, 530, 549
Foreign Legion, the, 529
Forstall, Mr., 496
Fort Calhoun, 107, 154, 180, 212
Fort Clark, 232, 233, 234
"Fort Field," gate, 103
Fort Hatteras, 232, 234, 239, 348; terms
of surrender of, 235
Fortier, Polycarpe, letter to B. from,
553-554
Fort Independence, 58, 327, 328, 333
Fort Jackson, 361, 414, 425, 426, 427, 428,
429, 430, 437, 450, 453, 470, 477, 488,
498, 499, 501, 526, 528, 532, 536, 538,
571, 572, 584, 624, 625
Fort Jefferson, 351
Fort Lafayette, 479
Fort Livingston, 362, 428, 430, 454
Fort McHenry 55, 56, 61, 69, 97, 152, 178
Fort Macomb, 477
Fort Madison, 34, 42, 87-88
Fort Nonsense, 42, 87, 88
Fort Pickens, 350, 361, 494
Fort Pike, 428, 454, 477
Fort Pillow, reported evacuation of, 568
Fortress Monroe, the Keystone of the
Union, 23; Massachusetts troops at,
31, 33, 48, 49, 94, 97, 104, 109; B.ordered to, 87, 92, 94-95, 97. 205;war garrison of, 95, 104; advantages of
Newport News vs., 117; negroes sent
to, 120; ammunition for the field
battery at, 121; Mrs. Butler at,
122; horses sent to, 134; strengtheningof forces outside, 154; Minister of
Bremen visits, 159; Danish Minister visits, 159; German Artillery at,
164, 166; company "B" of the 2nd,
Artillery ordered from, 266, 227; B.
leaves, 227, 229; the"Fanny" taken
to Hatteras from, 234; "contrabands"
at, 258; 3rd and 4th Regts. return to
Mass, from, 164, 266; the "Constitu
tion," ordered to, 285, 320; the "Con
stitution" touches at, 295, 297; the
"Constitution" ordered to discharge
troops at, 319, 320; B. s trip to ShipIsland from, 363-368, 410; Nim s
Battery detained at, 410; negrodeserted at, 516
Fort St. Philip, 361, 414, 421, 422, 425,
426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 477, 538, 571,
572, 625
Fort Stringham, 234
Fort Sumter, 505
Fort Warren, 279, 392, 431, 479
Fort Wood, 428, 431, 454
Foster, Senator, 346
Foster & Co., J. H., letter from B. to,
374-375; letter to B. from, 376
Fox, G. V., Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, 274, 277; letters to B. from,
130-131, 501-502; telegram from B.
to, 297, 348; telegram to B. from, 297;
letter from B. to, 533
"Fox," the, 494, 512, 544
Fox Hill Pickets, the, 195
Fox, Lieut., 71
Fox, Mrs. Peter, 384
Franklin, 466
Franklin s Brigade, 324
Frank s speech, 117
Frederick City, 56, 78, 82, 85
Frellson, Henry, 509; protests againstarrest of the Consul of the Nether
lands, 473; letter from B. to, 474
Fremont, Gen., resignation of, 274
French, Col. J. H., 292; letter from Geo.
C. Strong, 296; letters purporting to
come from Gov. Andrew sent to pri
vates in regiment of, 315, 317; the
President refuses permission to leave
state to regiment of, 319; the Presi
dent commissions, 325; B. highly rec-
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ommends, 352-353; instructions from
B. to 418, 419; Provost Marshal of
New Orleans, 482, 571, 574, 629; court
martial of Mumford conducted by,
482-483, 589, 593
French, Henry F., B. s law partner, 67;
letter to B. from, 67-68; letter from
B. to, 238
French Consul, see Mejan, Count
Frendenthal, F. W., protests againstarrest of Consul of the Netherlands,
473; letter from B. to, 474
Frost, Rev. Mr., 417
Frying Pan Shoals, 365, 368, 372, 373,
374, 383
Fugitive Slave Act, the, 107
Fuller, 623
Fulton, Capt. A. H., arrest of, 371, 372,
373, 374, 375, 415; letter from B. to,
372-374, 376-377; interview between
B. and 375; letter from Maj. Bell
to, 376-377
"Fulton," the, 382, 401, 410
GALE, LIEUT. JOHN A., 63
Galloway, Capt. M., letters from S. M.Felton, to, 17, 170
Galveston, 362, 401
Gardner, O. C., letter from B. to, 581-583
Garrett, John W., letter to Hon. G. W.Brown, from, 20; letters from G. W.Brown to, 21; conversation with B.
on contraband of war by, 70
Garrison, C. K., letter from B. to, 271
Gathey, Capt. Geo., 66
Geffrand, 130
"Gen. Butler," the, 359, 394, 398. 423, 634
George, Capt. Paul R., 2, 128, 207, 237,
241, 245, 268, 305, 333, 360, 377, 389,
403, 621, 623; letters to B. from, 387-
379, 398-399, 622-623; criticism of,
392; chartered the "Saxon," 394;
rejection of, 398, 403, 407, 415
"Geo. Green," the, 295, 344
"Geo. Peabody," the, 227, 229, 235
"Geo. Washington," the, 359, 394, 398,
409, 423, 431
Georgetown, D.C., 2, 4, 225
Georgia Regiment, 196
German Artillery, the, 163, 164
"G. F. Whittemore," the, 494
Gilman, see Jones, Oilman
Gilmore, Col., 258, 259
"Gipsy," the, 423
Girard Hotel, the, the army bivouacked
in, 23-24
Glisson, Capt. O. S., 365, 366, 367, 369;letter from B. to, 368
Goodhue, Capt., 329
Gooding, Col. O. P., 369; Orders fromB. to, 624
Goodrich, Collector, 408
Goodrich, Ferdinand, 623
Goodwin, 75
"Gopher," the, 624
Gordon, Col. Geo. H., letter to B. from,268
Gosport Navy Yard, the, 64, 95, 132
Governor of Louisiana, see Moore,Thomas Overton
Governor of Pennsylvania, the, 56
Grand Gulf, 54
Grand Junction, 559
Grandval, Edward, arrested as a spy,59-60
Great Bethel, see Big Bethel
Great Britain, 40
"Great Republic," the, 409, 418, 419,
420, 421, 430, 431, 501
Greble, Lieut., 134, 145, 146, 147
Green, Lieut. Col., of the 5th Regt.,
M.V.M., 31; 115, 122, 138, 228
Green, Mr., 141
Greene, Charles G., 313
Groton, 5
Grow, G. A., letter from B. to, 237-238
Guirot, Mr., 566, 567
Gulf of Mexico, the, 360
HHABEAS CORPUS, the writ of, suspension
of, 43, 51, 296
Haggerty, Capt., 46, 115, 227, 228, 234,
239, 305, 320, 521. 524, 563, 564, 567,
591, 609; letter to Officer Quarantine
Station, 551; letter to George C.
Coppell, 556
Hague, the, 466
Haines, Lieut., 155, 156, 161
Halfway House, the, 124
Halleck, Gen., 628
Hallett, Henry L., 313
Hallett, Hon. Benj. F., 313
Halliday, Capt.. 217
Hamilton, Col. Schuyler, letters to B.
from, 73, 80
Hamlin, 392
Hammond, Mr., letter from B. to, 27;
concurrence with B., 19, 28
Hampton, 102, 105, 121, 132, 136, 162,
180, 185, 186; burning of, 195, 196-198,
199, 206, 215
Hampton Bridge, 195
INDEX 655
Hampton Creek, 105, 132, 186
Hampton Roads, 95, 132, 372
Hancock, John, 340
Hardy, Mr., 407, 408, 412
Harper s Ferry, 56, 66, 67, 70, 71, 80, 86,
89, 151
"Harriet Lane," the, 35, 114, 118, 125,
227, 229, 230, 234, 235, 421, 425, 428
Harrington, telegram from B. to, 347
Harris, Mr., 499, 501
Harrisburg, 21, 30, 70
Harrisburg & Baltimore R.R., the, 56
Harrison, Mr., 172
Hartford, Conn., 327, 328
"Hartford," the, 494, 539
Hartrauft, Col., 61
"Hatteras," the, 395
Hatteras Inlet, N.C., expedition to, 226,
227, 228, 229-235, 258, 335; importance of, 233; the "Fanny" taken from
Fortress Monroe to, 234; victory at,
236; Col. Hawkins asks to be removed
from, 255
Hatteras Light, 233
Havana, 397, 400, 401, 587, 595, 624
Haven, Franklin, 313
Havre de Grace, 17, 18, 19, 20, 30, 43, 57
Hawkins, Col. Rush C., 189, 227, 229,
234; letters to B. from, 191, 255;
mutiny in regiment of, 212, 214, 217
Heard, Mrs. Harriet H., goes for Blanche
Butler, 51; at Annapolis, 52, 53, 64;
letters from Mrs. Butler to, 80-81,
92, 121-123, 128, 162-163, 363-368,
380-384, 387-390, 401-406, 414-415,
436-440, 486-489, 530-533; letter
from Miss Pearson to, 114; letter fromMiss Hildreth to, 128; in charge of
the Homestead, 357-358
Heath, Adj. Frederick W., 32
Hegber, Wm. H., 617
Henshaw, Joseph L., 313
Hepworth, the Rev. Mr., 122
"Herald" the Hannibal, Mo., 577
Herald, the N.Y., 309
Herman, H. M., telegram to B. from, 62
Hesseltine, Maj. F. S., under arrest, 379
Hewitt, Jos., 594, 595
Hicks, Gov. Thomas H., letters to B.
from, 18, 26, 28, 36, 78; letter from B.
to, 2; protest against landing of troops
by, 26, 33; meeting of B., Mayor of
Annapolis, committee of Gov. and, 28,
47-48; B. tenders forces under his
command to, 26; interview with city
authorities, B. and, 33; refusal to coun
tersign B. s despatch by, 36
Hildreth, Albert, 65
Hildreth, Fisher A., 2, 75, 91, 97, 115,
122, 128, 163, 237, 378, 389, 403, 413,
415, 417, 620, 621, 622; letters to B.
from, 220-221, 407-408, 409, 623;letter from B. to, 224; letter to Mrs.B. from, 392-394
Hildreth, Laura Wright, 53, 81, 128, 181,
415, 416
Hildreth and George, 621
Hildreth and Read, 621
Hill, Harry C., 360
Hilton Head, 376
Hinckley, Mr., 194, 358
Hines, Patrick, 594, 595
Hinks, Lieut. Col., 25, 27, 48, 82
Hodges, Lieut., 48
Holbrook, Gov., of Vermont, 282, 345,
346; letter from B. to, 292; asks that
the 7th Vt. Regt. be assigned to B. s
division, 293
Holmes, P., 313
Holmes, Surgeon, 167
"Home Guards," the, 570, 626
Hope & Co., 474, 490, 557, 558
Hopkins, Orin S., 632
Houma, murders at, 535
House Bill, No. 294, 379
Hovey, Mr., 355
Howes, Capt., 400
Huckins, Mr., 496
Huger, J. M., 590, 617
Hunter, Maj. Gen., and the negro ques
tion, 519, 520; commanding the
Department of the South, 546
Hunterstown, 175
Hutchins, J. C., 406
Hyde, Lieut. David, letter to B. from, 63
I
"IDAHO," the, 295, 409, 423
Illinois, 8
Indiana, 8; the 21st Regt. of, 361, 363,
427, 452, 535, 543; Governor of, see
Morton, Gov. 0. P.
Irish Brigade, the, 243, 272
Irish Company, 63
Irish Regiment, the, 244, 246, 272, 280,
342
"Iroquois," the, 453
Island No. 10, 364, 393, 438
Isle Breton, 386
"Itasca," the, 420
JACKSON, 362, 454, 503, 507, 512
Jackson, Mr., 171, 628
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"Jackson," the, 395, 413
Jackson R.R., the, 453, 472, 493
James, the Army of the, 6
James Honey," the, 409
James River, the, 108, 112, 118, 124, 125,
126, 154, 185, 189
Jardine, Capt., 234
Jarvis, Col., 173
Jefferson, Mr., 117
Jefferson, Parish of, 464, 525, 526
Jefferson Left Bank, 526, 527
Jericho Canal, 126
Johnson, Bradley, letter to B. from, 86
Johnson, Capt., 230, 354
Johnson, Hon. Reverdy, sent to NewOrleans to investigate complaints of
foreign consuls, 553, 558, 578, 580, 581,
636; despatches to B. from, 627
Johnson, Mrs. Laura W., letter to B.
from, 138-139
Johnston, Joe, 179, 466
Jones, Capt., 344, 346, 347, 409
Jones, Col., 243, 246, 264, 270
Jones, Gen. E. F., speech of, 5; letter
to Gov. Andrew, 5; statement of con
dition of his regiment by, 5-6; B.
consults with, 11; Special Order No.14 sent to, 15; letters to B. from, 50,
60-61, 63-64, 527-586; in Washington, 48, 49-60; with B. at RelayHouse, 66, 71; ready to report at
Headquarters, 72; suggested as Brig.
Gen. 98; offended by appointment of
Brig. Gen. Shepley, 387; aground on
the "Miami," 426; letter from B. to,
429; Brig. Gen. G. F. Shepley ordered
to deliver equipage of, 430
Jones, Gilman, 52, 64, 75, 401, 403, 404
Jones, John M., 136 v
Jones, Lieut. John W., letter from B.
to, 296
Journal, the Boston, despatch published
by B. in, 288
"Julia," the, 634
Junction, the, see Annapolis Junction
KAFF, CAPT., 145
"Kanawha," the, 552
Kane, Patrick, 571, 572, 574
Kay, Lieut, de, 542
Keith, Lieut. Col., 535
Ken, R. J., protests against arrest of
Consul of the Netherlands, 473;letter from B. to, 474
"Kenio," the, 539, 542, 543
Kennar, Mrs. Butler, 524
"Kennebec," the, 445, 539, 542, 543
Kennedy, Judge, 499, 500, 501
Kenner, La., 493, 495, 524, 623
Kennerville, 481, 482, 632
Kensel, Capt. George A., 550; Chief of
Artillery in Department of New England, 305, 324
Kentucky, Mr. Breckinridge of, 7; 1st
Regt. Volunteer Militia of, 86
Keyes, Col., 35
"Key of the Albemarle," the, 233
Key Stone of the Union, the, see Fortress
Monroe
Key West, 297, 400, 438, 536, 570
Kilpatrick, Capt., order from Sec. of
State to, 164; order from B. to, 166;
recruiting officer for B. 169; appointedLieut. Col., 182; letter to B. from, 182
Kimball, Dr. Gilman, 51, 52, 92, 115, 162,
218, 241, 305, 387
Kimball, Eben, 405
Kimball, Lieut. Col., 618
Kimball, Mr., 51
Kimball, Mrs., 51
"King," the, 398
"Kingfisher," the, 295, 344
Kinsman, Lieut. Col. J. B., 102, 402, 489,
508, 570, 627, 628
Kirkland, C. P., letter to B. from, 478-479
"Kittatinny," the, 430
Kline, Gen., 34
Klumpp, H. F., protests against arrest of
the Consul of the Netherlands, 473;
letter from B. to, 474
Knopp, Private, 305
Kock, C., protests against arrest of
Consul of the Netherlands, 473;
letter from B. to, 474
Kruttschnidt, V., protests against arrest
of Consul of the Netherlands, 473;
letter from B. to, 474; letter to Gen.
Shepley from, 565
LADD, MAJ., telegram to Maj. Ames, 15
Lake Ponchartrain, 428, 453, 454, 548,
559, 629
La Mountain, John, a balloonist, 206,
210-211; letter to B. from, 132, 189;
B. honors account of, 211
Lampson, Capt. F. A., 376
Lanati, P. Joseph, protests againstGeneral Order No. 41, 597-600; B. s
reply to protest of, 600-604
"Landis," the, 445, 472
Lanfear, W., protests against expense of
protection of cotton, 611-612
INDEX 657
Langhorne, Capt. M., 610
Learned, Capt., 227, 229, 234
Lamed, Paymaster Gen., Benjamin F.,
letter to B. from, 255; telegram fromB. to, 335; telegram to B. from, 346
Laurel Factory, 54
Lauretta, 115
Lauve, Mr., 509
Laurence, 5
Lawrence, Col., 31 f 50Law School of Chicago, the, the House
of Representatives of, 257
Lebere, Mr., 564
Le Blanche, Jack, 614
Le Blanche, Mr., 614
Lee, Col., 243
Lee, Commander S. Philip, 503; letter
from Mayor Lindsay to, 545; letter
from James L. Aubry to, 545; letter
from Brig. Gen. M. L. Smith, to, 545
Lee, Gen. R. E., Commander of Virginia
troops, 103
Lefferts, Col., Marshall, letter to B.
from, 22; B. s proposition to join, 19;
refuses to co-operate with B., 20, 22-
23, 24, 25, 33-34, 44; arrival in Washington of, 34; arrival in Annapolis of,
47
Legion Franchise, la, 596, 619, 620
Leonard, Charles, 71
Le Payre, I. N., letter from B. to, 480
Lester, Maj. Thomas, draft in favor of,
347; telegram from B. to, 345, 357
"Levee," the, 464, 522, 525
Levy, Capt., 150
Lewis, John L., orders to Brig. Gen.
Powell from, 422
"Lewis," the, 395, 413, 418, 419, 421, 423
Lieb, Theodore, 592, 593
Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham, 162
Lincoln, President Abraham, inauguration of, 10; interviews between Hon.G. W. Brown and, 20, 21; Order No.3 by, 35, 377; Orders by, 42; Order
No. 214 by, 207; warrant issued by,
51; B. in Washington to see, 64; B.
appointed Maj. Gen. by, 93; proclamation of, 93; B. desires personalinterview with, 96; on negro question,
116, 633; attitude toward B. of, 172,
206, 220; criticism of, 192, 221; asks
Govs. of New England states to helpB. in raising troops, 239, 336; B. given
authority to raise troops by, 198, 199,
210, 224, 239, 245, 255, 341; acceptsservices of Company of Massachusetts
Volunteers, 261; letters from B. to,
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274, 284; Gov. Andrew goes to Washington to see, 277, 278; Gov. Andrewdenies right of B. to raise troops, 283;
Gov. Andrew sends charges against B.
to, 309; opposes appointment of
Gushing as Brig. Gen., 309; refuses to
let Col. French s regiment leave state,
319; commissioning of men, 325, 352,
355; and the call for troops, 336;
attitude of planters toward, 448; Dr.
M. F. Bonzano returned by order of,
502; conflict between military author
ities and consulate of the Netherlands
regretted by, 556, 557, 558; MilitaryGovernor for Louisiana appointed by,
552, 558, 578; Brig. Gen. Phelps
report sent to, 615; Mr. Bullett has
confidence of, 626
Lindsay, L., letter to S. Philip Lee from,
545
Liquor, use in army of, 184, 190, 286,
385-386
Little Bethel, 132, 133, 134
Lively, Mr., 135, 139
Lloyd, Richard, letter to B. from, 610, 611
Lockwood, Prof., 34, 35
Loder, Lieut., 141
Long Island, 184
Lorenzo, 405, 417
Loring, Hon. George B., letters to B.
from, 191-192, 267
Lote, see Hildreth, Laura Wright
Louisiana, Mr. Slidell of, 7; Gov. of,
see Moore, Thomas Overton; Col.
Shepley appointed Military Governor
of, 552, 578
"Louisiana," the, 424, 427, 538
Louisiana Regiment, the, 196
Louisiana Volunteers, the, 150
Lovell, Gen., 453, 466, 495, 507, 536, 537,
543, 544; General Orders No. 17, by,
537, 547-548; letter from B. to, 562
Lowell, 5, 12, 58, 63, 80, 98, 109, 241, 269
Lowell, W., 98
Lowell General Hospital, the, 241
Lowell Light Infantry, the, 63
Lunt, Hon. George, 313
Lynn, 48
Lyons, Col., 66, 71, 73, 82
Lyons, Lord, 476; memorandum of
conversation between Secretary of
State and, 528
MMcCHESNEY, COL., 195
McCluskey, Col., telegram to B. from,
358; telegram from B. to, 359
658 INDEX
McClellan, Chief of Police John, 499, 501
McClellan, Gen. George B., in West
Virginia, 129; call for, 179; kind dis
position toward C. Gushing of, 304;
Special Orders No. 336 by, 304;No. 20 by, 360; telegrams from B. to,
310, 319, 362; telegram to B. from
318, 359; report against expedition of
B. by, 331; General Order No. 86
by, 359; letter to B. from, 360-362;letter from B. to, 371; relieved from
command of Army, 377; at Yorktown,391; criticism of, 392, 393; troops
under, 568; movement on Richmond
by, 628
"McClellan," the, 431
McCoy, Lieut., 512, 539, 540
McDowell, Gen., 187
Macelon, 347
McFarland, 359
McGoffin, Gov., 283, 325
McKim, Capt., 393, 394, 395, 407, 408,
412, 413, 446, 447, 455, 465, 515, 521,
551, 634
Macklin, Maj. S., 590, 617
McLane, Abraham, 571, 572, 574
McMillan, Col., 494; orders from B. to,
522-523
McMilligan, Col. James, 444, 452
McNutt, Capt., 145
Macon Volunteers, the, 154
Madisonville, 559, 619
Magee s Cavalry, 562, 585
Maggothy, 88
Magruder, Col. J. Bankhead, letters to
B. from, 135-136, 150; letter from B.
to, 139-141, 150-151, 196, 199, 215
Mail Agency, a, B. establishes, 74
Maine, recruitment in, 256, 280
Maine Cavalry, the, 12th troop of, 351
Maine Volunteer Militia, the, 12th Regt.
of, 294, 295, 327, 328, 333, 350, 430,
618; 13th Regt. of, 327, 328, 350, 379;
14th Regt. of, 327, 328, 350; 15th
Regt. of, 327, 328, 350, 358, 359;
Light Artillery of, 327, 328; 1st Bat
tery of, 351; 2nd Battery of, 351;
3rd Battery of, 351; 4th Battery of,
351; 5th Battery of, 351; 6th Batteryof, 351
Mallory, Col. C. K, 103, 105, 106, 107
Manassas, 177, 179, 377Manchac Bridge, 508Manchac Pass, 362, 428, 454, 486, 508,
548, 618, 629
Mandeville, 619, 629
Mannel s Canal, 426
Manning, Capt. Charles H., 292, 293, 307,453
Manning, J. C., 590, 617
Manning s Battery, 618
Mansfield, Brig. Gen., authorized to
suspend writ of habeas corpus, 51;need for more troops in Washingtonfelt by, 56; orders of B. do not coin
cide with those of, 82; with Gen.Wool at Newport News, 278
Marblehead, the men of, 23, 25, 46
Mariam, Mr., 135
Marph, Ean, protests against arrest of
the Consul of the Netherlands, 473;letter from B. to, 474
Marshall, Capt. Louis H., 312
Martello, 454
Martin, Col.. 231, 232
Martin, Dr., 162, 174, 387
"Maryland," the, 25, 30, 33, 35, 43, 44,
58, 170, 240
Maryland, the Department of, 51, 52
Maryland, the Province of, B. the "Vice
roy of Lincoln" for, 86
Maryland, the State of, the Gov. of, see
Hicks, Thos. H.; B. offers protection to,
26, 27, 28, 30, 37, 38, 39-41; the Gov.
protests against B. s landing troops in,
26, 39; instructions concerning the
legislature of, 43; the loyalty of, 107
Mason, Mr., of Virginia, 7
Mason and Dixon s line, 8, 89, 283
Massachusetts, State of, 6; the Gov. of,
see Andrew, John A.; Mr. Gushing of,
8; Mr. Spofford of, 8; H. K. Oliver,
treasurer of, 12; provisions for armymade by, 23; head of the column, 58;
camp and garrison equipage belong
ing to, 65, 110; praised by B., 89;
recruitment in, 256, 282-283, 284, 295,
336, 340; State aid for families of
recruits by, 242. 256, 259, 293, 315,
317, 318, 321, 330; "despatch box"
furnished B. by, 356
Massachusetts legislature, the, Committee on State House and Libraries of,
379
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, the
3rd Brigade of, 5, 12, 43; 6th Regt.,
of, 5, 6, 23, 43, 60, 63, 66, 88; provision for, 5-6, 7, 10, 11, 23, 34, 42,
49, 50, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 82, 109,
156-159, 212; efficiency of, 7; attack
at Baltimore of troops of, 16, 17, 23, 33;
letter from Capt. Miller to command
ing officers of, 18; B. suggests Boston
Light Artillery be put on shipboard,
INDEX 659
18, 19; failure of the New York V.M.to co-operate with, 19, 20, 22-23, 24,
25, 33-34, 44; 8th Regt. of, 23-26
29-30, 34, 44, 48, 50, 66, 67, 71, 72,
88, 240, 241; B. offers Gov. of Maryland the protection of, see Butler,
Benj. F.; share taken in burning of
the Norfolk Navy Yard by 3rd In
fantry of, 29; 5th Regt. of, 31, 48, 50,
65, 134; at Fortress Monroe, 33, 94,
97, 1- 4, 109, 205-206; feeling at hometoward, 62, 112; Cook s Light Bat
tery, 66, 71, 113, 154; the filling of
vacancies in, 79, 91, 111; B. trans
ferred from command of, 97; 3rd
Regt. of, 111, 164, 266; 4th Regt.
of, 111, 164, 266; 2nd Regt. of, 134,
154, 222; 1st Regt. of, 134, 222;
Maj. Cobb s Battery, 154; 1st Regt.
of, 222; 7th Regt. of, 222; 9th Regt.
of, 222, 395; appointment of officers
of, 161, 167-168; 20th Regt. of, 222;
22nd Regt. of, 243; 23rd Regt. of, 243;
24th Regt. of, 243; 25th Regt. of, 243;
26th Regt. of, 243, 264, 265, 270, 282,
305, 326, 338, 350, 426, 428, 527, 538;
27th Regt. of, 243; 29th Regt. of,
243, 268, 269, 272, 276, 282, 342, 356;
1st Battery Light Artillery of, 243,
326,327,328; 3rd Battery of, 243; 4th
Battery Light Artillery of, 243, 306,
351; 5th Battery Light Artillery of,
243, 294, 452; 1st Cavalry of, 243, 269;
organization of, 260-261, 263; 28th
Regt. of, 264, 265, 270, 272, 275, 276,
282, 318, 338, 341, 342; Maj. Strongcalls for report of, 279; 20th Regt. of,
294; 16th Regt. of, 310-311, 314;
17th Regt. of. 349, 350; Everett s
Battery (6th), 351, 395, 411, 426, 452,
523, 562; 31st Regt. of, 355, 421,
452, 522, 562, 568, 585, 632
"Matanzas," the, 372, 373, 374, 379,
387, 413, 418, 419, 420, 421, 486, 534
Mathews, Lieut., of the U. S. NavalSchool at Annapolis, 22, 45, 46
Mayhew, 196
Mazarean, A., 629, 630
Meigs, Brig. Gen. M. C., letters to B.
from, 134, 153; B. asked to write to,
191; letters from B. to, 245, 386, 401,
455-456, 579-580; orders discharge of
the "Saxon," 394, 399; letter from
Richard S. Fay, Jr., to, 445-447;and the charter of the "Saxon," 515;
and B. s shipment of merchandise,
521, 585
Mejan, Count, letters to B. from, 44S-
444, 463, 463-464, 506-507, 604-605;the Consul of the Netherlands asks
for consultation with, 467, 486; protest against arrest of Consul of the
Netherlands, 473; letters from B. to,
474, 495-496; in sympathy with the
Confederates, 450-596; protest againstGeneral Order No. 41 by, 597-600;B. s reply to, 600-604; B. s reply to
protest in sugar deal of, 605-607
Melleak, Lieut., 182
Memphis, 530, 536, 568
Mercer, Dr. W. H., 567
Mercer, Wm. N., letters from B. to, 480,
481
Merchants Bank, the, 621
"Merrimac," the, in battle with the
"Monitor," 377
Merrimac Co., the, 358
Metairie Shell Road, the, 472
"Miami," the, 348, 421, 426
Michigan troops, the, 6th Regt., 361, 363,
503
Middlesex Mills, the, 11, 181, 219, 391,
465
"Milan," the sloop of war, 449, 473
Military Commission, the, 630
Militia Law, the, in New Orleans, 450,
451
Mill Creek Bridge, the, conference on
Hampton side of, 102, 103; troops
encamped at the end of, 104; esti
mates for, 162
Miller, Capt. Morris, letter to B. from,
18; letter from B. to, 20
Miller, Wills. L., letter to B. from.
583-584
"Milton," the, 344
Minnesota, Mr. Rice of, 8
"Minnesota," the, 104, 108, 114, 130,
162, 227, 228, 231, 235
Mississippi, Mr. Davis of, 7
"Mississippi," the, narrow escape of,
363-368, 370; arrest of master of,
see Fulton, Capt. A. H.; new master
for, 371, 374, 376; pronounced fit for
sea, 371; letter from B. to owners of,
374, 375; arrival at Ship Island of,
380, 382; tows boats to join fleet,
387; crossing the Bar, 391, 392, 406;
sent to Gen. Williams, 413; ordered to
Sable Island, 421 ; Mrs. B. offered cabin
on, 424; the "Ram" sunk by, 437;
Mrs. B. on, 438; sent for troops, 546;
of use at New Orleans, 549
Mississippi City, 395
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Mississippi River, the, 361, 362, 364,
387, 403, 404, 407, 410, 416, 417, 425,
426, 427/464, 512, 536, 549, 555, 556,
568; map of, 381
Mississippi Sound, 285, 326, 345
Mississippi Volunteers, the, 3d Regt.of, 396
Missouri, Mr. Clark of, 7
Mitchell, Mr., 374, 375
Mithoff, W.. letters to B. from, 509-510,525-527
Mobile, Ala., 362, 393, 411, 416, 428, 438,
442, 454, 455, 456, 488, 495, 507, 512,
531, 549, 552, 561
"Monitor A," letter to B. from, 559-560
"Monitor," the, in battle with the
"Merrimac," 377
Monroe, Lieut. Col. Timothy, SpecialOrder No. 14 sent to, 15; arrival in
Washington of, 34, 50
Monroe, Mayor John T., 432, 438, 466,
485; letters from B. to, 456-457,
496-497; letters to B. from, 457,
497-498, 499; protest against General
Orders No. 28, 498, 500; interview
between B. and, 498, 499-501; andthe banks, 513
Monroe, Quartermaster, 430
"Monroe Life Guards," the, 499, 571
Monteith, Col., 244, 275
Montgomery, Mr., 534, 634, 635
"Monticello," the, 107, 162, 227, 229,
230, 233, 425
Monument Square, 81
Moore, Gov. Thomas Overton, 494;address to the people of New Orleans
by, 459-463; the "British Guard"
received a charter from, 471
Moore, Ira, 260
Moore, Mr., 244
Morgan, Charles E., 623
Morgan, Gov., of New York, 189
Morgan, Judge Oliver, 623
"Moro," the, 610
Morrill, 392
Morris, Capt., 125, 146; letter from B.
to, 472
Morris, Maj., 56; telegram from B. to,
81 ; at Fort McHenry, 97
Morris, Mayor, 479
Mortar, Fleet, the, 393, 420, 422, 425,
426, 427, 429, 436, 487, 488, 531, 532,
535, 536, 538, 539, 568
Morton, Gov. O. P., order from ThomasA. Scott to, 236-237
Moultrie, Anderson s command at, 9
Mount Misery, 88
"Mount Vernon," the, 365, 366, 367, 368,
369, 379
Mumford, William B., tried by Court
Martial, 482-483; execution of, 569,
574, 577
Murphy, Col. Thomas S., 243, 244, 264
Myers, Gen. T. Bailey, 167; letter to B.
from, 245; 625
Myers, Mrs., 625
NNANSEMOND RIVER, the, 108, 118, 126
Natchez, 494, 512
National Hotel, the, see WashingtonNaval Academy, the U.S., 22; Capt.
Blake superintendent of, 33, 46, 240;B. with 7th Regt. N.Y.V.M. lands at,
33; interruption of, 35, 36, 241;Lieut. Mathews of, 45, 46; "Consti
tution" in use as practice ship for, 46;
meeting at, 47; 8th Regt. at, 48;
depot of provisions in yard of, 87;
occupied by, 13th N.Y., 87
Naval Brigade, the, 123, 127
Navy of France, the, visit New Orleans,
496
Negley, Brig. Gen. J. S., 82
Nelson, Capt., 352
Nesmith, Senator, 392
Netherlands, the, the Consul of, 466
Neville, Julian, 565, 567
Newbern, 233, 235, the Military Governor
of, 478
Newbold, Mr., 73
New England, 8
New England Department, the, see
Department of New England, the
New England Division, the, recruitment
of, 6; state aid to families of soldiers
in, 321, 322; report of, 326, 327, 328;
created, 341; adjustment of bills of, 378
New England Guards, the, 58
New Hampshire, recruitment in, 256,
258, 259, 281, 284; Governor of, see
Berry, Gov.
New Hampshire Volunteers, the, 7th
Regt. of, 318, 546; 8th Regt. of, 327,
328, 333, 349, 350, 454
New Haven, 195
Newhall, Capt., 48
New Iberia, 583
New Jersey, the troops of, 88
"New London," the gunboat, 395, 297,
508, 549, 618
New Market Bridge, the, 133, 145, 146,
196, 197, 198
New Orleans, the attack upon, 360;
INDEX 661
B. s expedition to, 361, 364, 363-369,
387, 390, 393, 398, 415, 416, 419, 420,
421, 422, 423, 424, 425-428, 430, 436-
439, 452-455, 487^88, 539, 546, 547,
577, 579, 624; Postmaster trans
ferred to, 431; Pierre Soule sheriff of.
432; B. s proclamation at surrender of,
433, 436, 440, 479, 502, 515; Mayorof, see Monroe, John T.; publishing of
the True Delta of, 440; postmasters
of, 432, 441; pledge of safe conduct of
flour from Mobile to, 442; the Ope-lousas R.R. required to bring provisions to, 442; the burning of cotton
in, 448, 461; food for the people of,
450, 454, 457-458, 459; opening of
Port of, 450, 492, 595; sanitation of,
456, 457, 554, 595; address of Gov.Moore to citizens of, 459-462; con
flict between military authority andthe Consulate of the Netherlands
occurring in, 466-469, 469-471, 473-
474, 490, 556, 557, 558, 559, 578, 580,
581; Win. B. Mumford court mar-tialed at, 482-483; conditions in, 485,
491, 492; opening of the postal facili
ties of, 492; order against outrageousconduct of women of, 490, 493, 497,
500, 581-583; French Naval force
tendered freedom of, 496; B. reverses
action of City Council of, 497; the
President orders return of Dr. M. F.
Bonzano to, 502; action of banks of,
504, 513, 514; rights of French citi
zens of, 506; Bonds of the City of, 521;criticism of B. s Government of, 528;mischief against B. brewing at, 529;under jurisdiction of Gov. Shepley,
552, 627; letter from B. to City Council of, 554-555; B. makes suggestionsrelative to the unemployed of, 554-555;relief of suffering among the citizens
of, 443, 564; execution of Clary and
Roy ordered in, 589; claims of the
Citizen s Bank of, 589; B. praisessoldiers in, 591-592; execution of
Craig and Newton ordered at, 593;letter from B. to Administrators of
Charity Hospital of, 637-638
New Orleans and Opelousas R.R., the,
422, 443, 452, 537
New Orleans Canal and Banking Co.,
the, orders from B. to, 613, 616
New Point Comfort, 152
Newport News, B. s expedition to, 108,
112, 114, 117-118, 124, 125, 127;Mr. Cram ordered to, 120; a regiment
to march to Big Bethel from, 132;rocket thrown up from, 133; Mrs. B. s
party to, 162; withdrawal of troopsfrom, 185, 186; possession of, 188, 212;balloon reconnoissance of, 189; in
tended attack upon, 196, 199, 206, 215;Col. Hawkins asks to be returned to,
255
Newport News Point, 108
Newton, Frank, 592, 593New York, Mr. Sickles of, 8; march of
M.V.M. through, 23; cars promisedfrom, 55, 57; ammunition sent from,
121, 125; Governor of, see Morgan, Gov.
New York City, 8
New York Volunteer Militia, letter to
commanding officers of, 18, 24; 7th
Regt. of, 19, 20, 24, 25, 30, 33-34, 44,
47, 48, 145, 217, 241; 6th Regt. of,
35, 88; 25th Regt. of, 54; 69th Regt.of, 59; 5th Regt. of, 61, 88, 145, 349,
350; 8th Regt. of, 66, 112, 113;13th Regt. of, 87; at Fortress Monroe,94, 104; 1st Regt. 118, 145, 217;3rd Regt. 125, 145; 2nd Regt. 145, 146,
196, 214, 217; condition of, 189-1909th Regt., 212, 214, 217, 227, 229, 234;20th Regt. 217, 229; Union Coast
Guard, 217, 227, 229, 230, 234Nim s Battery, 349, 351, 362, 363, 408,
410, 536, 540, 543
Nina, 115
Nixon, Capt., 227, 229, 234
Nixon, T. O., the N. O. Crescent owned by,476
Norfolk, 22, 107, 108, 118, 125, 126, 127.
155, 233, 377
Norfolk Navy Yard, the, the burning of,
29, 48, 126
North America, the, 409, 421, 634
Northampton County, 242
North Carolina, 126, 233
North Carolina, the Department of, 124
North Carolina Regiment, the, 196
Northern Central R. R., the, 176
Northern Troops, the, passage throughBaltimore of, 17, 19, 43, 44; reportedat Cockeysville, 20
Noyes, Mr., 527
Noyes, Quartermaster, 232
Nuese, Mr., 634
Nye, Mr., 483
O"Ocean Pearl," the, 333, 407, 431
"Ocean Queen," the, 519, 635
Odeon, Mr., 122
662 INDEX
Official Records, the, 35, 237, 274, 284,
552, 553, 577
Ogden, Lieut. Col, 562
Oglesby, Mr., 636
Ohio, Governor of, see Dennison, Gov.
Ohio River, the, 559, 560
"Old Ironsides," see "Constitution," the
U. S. shipOld Point Comfort, 103, 180, 333
Oliver, Henry K., treasurer of Mass., 12;
appointment of B. as Brig. Gen. urged
by,12
Ordinance of Secession, the, 102
Orr, Mr., commissioner of South Caro
lina, 8; connection with secession of
South Carolina, 9, 10
Owen, Mr., 97, 236
PACKARD, COL. ABNER, B., 15, 48, 109,
158, 216
Page, Capt. Edward, 521, 522, 524, 564,
632
Paine, Maj., testimony in favor of, 353;
mustered out of service, 380
Palfrey, H. W., 609
Palfrey, Lieut. John C., 351, 359, 430
Palmer, Lieut., 359
Palmer, W. J., letter to B. from, 62
Pamlico Sound, 214
Pardon, Irwin, 456
Parish Prison, the, 589, 593
Park Bank, the, 617
Parker, John M. G., cotton consigned to,
447, 580
Parker, Judge, 67
Parker, Mr., 416
Parkman, William, 313
"Parliament," the, 40, 423, 424
Parsons, Lieut. James, 260, 261
Parton, Mr., 12, 13
Pass a Loutre, 413, 426
Pass Christian, 395, 410, 411, 507, 508,
535
"Passes," the, 386, 400, 404, 409, 414,
431, 444
"Pathway," the, 634
Patriot, the Lowell, 610
Patterson, Maj. Gen., letter from B.
to, 32-33, 61; letters to B. from, 49-
50, 54; letters from Gen. Scott to,
55-57, 61, 69; orders sent to B. from,
50; authorized to suspend writ of
habeas corpus, 51; Maj. Porter with,
57; re-inforcement of Fort McHenryby, 56, 61; in Chambersburg, 129, 179
Pauling, Com., 29
"Pawnee," the war steamer, 29, 229, 233Pearl River, 406
Pearlyton, Miss., 406
Pearson, Laura W., letter to Mrs. Heardfrom, 114
Pearson, Tim, 194
Peirce, Lieut. Col., 258
"Pembroke," the steamer, 107, 109, 120
Pennsylvania, the Department of, 51
Pennsylvania, Volunteer Militia, the,
attacked in Baltimore, 16; commandedby Maj. Gen. Patterson, 51; 45th
Regt. of, 369
Pensacola, 407, 411, 478, 488, 535, 546,548
"Pensacola," the, 391, 407, 549
Pensacola Harbor, 360, 362
Perryville, 17, 22, 24, 25, 43, 44, 51, 56,
57, 69
Petersburg, 126
Pettingill, Mr., 499, 501
Phelps, Brig. Gen. J. W., 1C4, 105, 114.
120, 180, 212, 292, 295, 299, 344, 401,
410, 414, 427; letters from B. to, 136,
420, 456; appointed Brig. Gen., 177,
179, 199; B. asks for, 278; commanding the Eastern Division, 326; Col.
Shepley to report to, 334; appointsboard to turn over quartermaster s
property on Ship Island, 359, 387;in command of troops on transport
ships, 421; at New Orleans, 438, 453;
goes to Carrollton, 439; letters fromB. to, 464-465, 472, 481-482, 508, 514,
524, 564; on the negro question, 509,
510-511, 526, 553, 564, 565, 614, 615;orders to exclude all unemployed persons from lines of, 514, 522; letter of
instruction to, 521, 522; misbehavior
of soldiers in command of, 524, 525
Philadelphia, B. with Mass, troops at,
16, 23, 24, 44; Maj. Ames goes for
supplies to, 30; B. s passage from
Perryville to, 44, 51; cars from, 55;
opening of road between Washingtonand, 57, 69
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
R.R., the, 43, 58, 170
Phillips, Mrs. R., 63
Piaget, Ad., protests against arrest of
the Consul of the Netherlands, 474;
letter from B. to, 474; protests
against General Order No. 41, 597-600;B. s reply to, 600-604
Picayune, the, 479
Pierce, Edward L., 172, 173; letter fromB. to, 216; letter to B. from, 258
INDEX
Pierce, Gen. Ebenezer W., 68, 73, 99;
directed to report by letter to Gen.
Scott, 111; directed to report at
Fortress Monroe, 111, 119; order
from B. to, 127; letters to B. from,
133-134, 141, 141-142, 144; at Battle
of Big Bethel, 141-144, 145
Pierce, Maj. R. A., letter to B. from, 91;
recommended by Gov. Andrew, 119
Pierce, President, 406
Pierce, S. L., 119-120
Pig Point, 108, 118, 126, 127, 189
Pikesville, the Arsenal at, 36
Pilot Town, 406
Pinkney, Col., 87
Pinckney Island, 370
Pittsfield, 44, 327
Pittsfield College of Medicine, the, 241
Plug-Uglies of Baltimore, the, 8th Regt.M.V.M. mistaken for, 25
Point Lookout, 365
Point of Rocks, 86
Point Sable, 421
Polk, President, 406
Ponchartrain, 495
Pond, Benjamin, letter to B. from, 91
Poore, Maj. Ben. Perly, 309
Porter, Capt. David D., 243, 420, 421,
425, 426, 427, 487, 488, 535, 536, 538,
552, 568; letter to Hon. Gideon Welles
from, 429-430; letter from B. to, 549
Porter, Maj. F. J., mistakes 8th Regt.M.V.M. for Plug-Uglies of Baltimore,
25; quoted, 25; letter to B. from, 57;
bearer of letter, 55; with Gen. Patter
son, 57
Porter s Brigade, 324
Portland, Me., the "Constitution" or
dered to, 286
Port Royal, S.C., 367, 368, 373, 415, 517v
Portsmouth," the, 420, 445, 453, 549
Post, the Boston, 11, 530
Post-Office Department, the, 441
Potapsco, the, 89
Potomac, the, basis of rebel operations,
26, 55, 106; the army of, 377, 478
Powell, Brig. Gen. A. G., ordered to
confiscate cotton, 422
Pratt, Col., 88
Prendergrast, Commodore, 133; letter
from B. to, 125
Prenjnick, C. W., protests against arrest
of the Counsel of the Netherlands, 474;
letter from B. to. 474
Presspuct, Otto, letter to B. from, 511;
letter from B. to 511-512
Prince of Wales, H.R.H., the, Ball of, 4
Princess Anne County, 126
Procter, Capt., 63
Putnam, Col. James, 546, 619; and the,
burning of cotton, 629, 630
Q
QUARANTINE STATION, the, 420, 421, 422,
423, 426; letter from B. to officer of.
551
R
RALLI BENACHI AND Co., and purchaseof sugar by, 604
"Ram," the, 420, 423, 437, 488
Randolph, G. W., telegram to A. J.
Bledson from, 547
Ransom, Capt., 543
Rappahannock, the, 377
Raymond, Mr., 169
Read, Henry, 4, 51, 407, 408, 409, 621,
623; letters to B. from, 377-378, 412,
413; letter from Hon. Charles Train
to, 412-413
Read, J. M., appointed postmaster of
New Orleans, 441
Read, Lieut., 431, 552
Read, Robert, 409
Red River, the, 428, 438, 459, 463, 512,
515, 530, 541, 542, 544, 548, 584, 610,611
Reed, Brig. Gen. John T., letter from B.
to, 356-357
Reed, Gen. J. H., 109, 119
Reichard, Maj., 590, 617
Reinhardt, Lieut. Fred W., 293
Relay House, the, 66, 67, 73, 75, 82, 88,
113
"Reminiscence," see Schouler, Gen. Wm.Reynold s Battery, 362
"Rhode Island," the, 439, 445, 453
Rice, Mr., of Minnesota, 8
Rice, Senator, 73
Richardson, Hon. Daniel, letter from B.
to, 335-343, 344
Richardson Light Infantry, the, 63
Richmond, 6, 22, 102, 108, 116, 118, 125,
126, 127, 129, 150, 155, 156, 212, 560,
562, 628
Richmond, Lewis, 478
Riddell, Dr. J. L., postmaster of NewOrleans, 432; letter to B. from, 440-
441
Riley, Dan, 115, 358
Ripley, Ezra, 174
Ripley, Gen., letters from B. to, 176,
323-324
Rip-Raps, the, 107, 108, 214
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Ritchie, Lieut. Col., 156, 158
"Roanoke," 587
Robinson, Rev. Mr., 391
Robinson, Wm. S., 77, 100; letters from
B. to, 262, 292; letter from A. G.
Browne, Jr. to, 289; letter to A. G.
Browne, Jr., from, 289, 496
Rodgers, Capt., 36
Rodman, Capt. F. J., 325
Rosier, J. Ad., 565, 567, 569, 573
Round Bay, 88
Roy, Stanislaus, arrest of, 588; B. orders
execution of, 589, 592
Russell, Capt., 453
Russell, Earl, 476
Russell, Judge, 91
Russy, Col. de, 104, 105, 108
Ryan, 192
Ryan, John, letter to B. from, 308-309
SABLE ISLAND, 421, 426
"Sachem," the. 421
St. Charles, the, B. orders opening of.
438, 439
St. Charles, the, parish of, 611, 612
St. Louis, 68
St. Martinsville, 583
St. Petersburg, Russia, 631
Salem, 30, 44
Salem Artillery, the. 282, 293
Salisbury, 242
Salla, Lieut. James R., 293
"Sallie Robinson." the, 535
Saltonstall, Mr., 128, 130
"Samuel Hill," the, 453
Sanborn, Dr., 162, 387, 402
Sanborn, John D., telegram to B. from,
297
Sandier, John, 112
Saure, Peter, 464
Sawyer, Mrs., 115"
Saxon," the, steamer, 295, 320, 333, 345,
376, 378, 389, 393, 394, 399, 403, 404,
409. 413, 418, 419, 420, 423, 424, 425,
430, 437, 438, 515, 588
Sayles, Capt., 345, 347
Schleider, Mr., visit to Fortress Monroe
of, 159
Schouler, Gen. William, letters from B.
to, 6, 270-271, 273, 274-275, 293;
author of Reminiscences of War No.
19, 7, 13, 14; interview with B., 10-11;
provision of one thousand men by, 16;
letters to B. from, 78-79, 112, 269-270;
General Order No. 23, 243; letters to
Maj. Strong from, 272. 275; letter
from Maj. Strong to, 274-275, 279;letter from J. M. Bell to, 276; letter
to J. M. Bell from, 276; letter to
Charles Everett from, 276-277; letter
to Gov. Andrew from, 324-325; inter
view with B., 325
Schufeldt, Consul, letter from B. to,
400-401
Scott, Col. Thomas A., letter from B. to,
198, 210-211, 224; letter to B. from,
205-206; order to Gov. Morton from,
236-237; letter from Gen. Geo. C.
Strong, 293
Scott, Gen. Winfield S., Miller entrusted
with arrangements for transportationof regiments to Washington by, 18;
orders from, 20, 48, 185, 205; inter
views between President, Cabinet andHon. G. W. Brown and, 21; letters to
B. from, 51, 55, 68, 80, 85, 94-95, 120-
121. 131-132, 173-174; letter fromPres. Lincoln to, 51; letters to Gen.
Patterson from, 55-57, 69; letters from
B. to, 42, 59-60, 66-67, 69-71, 104-
108, 112-114, 117-118, 123-124, 125-
127, 147-150, 151-152, 154, 155,
180-181, 193, 195-198, 206, 212-213,
213-214, 279-284; telegram from B.
to, 61 ; telegrams to B. from, 43, 54, 65;
telegram to Gen. Cadwallader from,
87; instructions received from the
Pres. by, 43, 51; instructions as to
re-inforcement of Fort McHenry, 56,
61; B. dines with, 64; Gen. Pierce
directed to report to, 111; opposition
to, 116, 129, 155, 179, 216, 220, 221;
J. S. Atlee purports to be employed by,
152-153; attitude toward B. of, 172;
action of B. sanctioned by. 267;
resignation of, 274; calls for report of
the Department of New England, 279;
sends for B., 284
Scott, George, 133
"Sea Bride," the, 408
Seager, Mr., 104
Secessionists, the, prevented from erect
ing battery, 30, 46; "Old Ironsides"
Frigate saved from, 32, 33, 240;
accepting and arming of colored menby, 77; forces of, 105; use of negrolabor by, 116; burning of Hamptonby, 196; discussion of the regularityof the proceedings of the TJ. S. Government left to, 341; ordered arrested
at Pass Christian, 535; Bayou Sara ahotbed of, 584
Sedgwick. 466
INDEX 665
Senate Bill No. 17, 379
Servern , the, 42, 87, 88
Setter, Officer, 565
Sewall s Point, 107, 108, 113; deserters
from, 154; attack upon, 155; balloon
observations at, 189
Seward, Wm. H., Secretary of State, 67;
letters from B. to, 253, 277-278, 450;
letter to B. from, 254; friendly feeling
toward B. of, 399; letter relating to
B. s shipment of cotton and turpentine referred to, 447; conversation
between Lord Lyons and, 528; letter
from Stanton to, 552; letters to
Stanton from, 553, 556; letter to
Van Limburg from, 556-559
Shaffer, Col., 579, 580, 635
Shaffer, Col. J. W., 555
Shed, Mrs., 405
Shepley, Col. George F., 280, 286, 417,
553; letter to B. from, 315-316, 348;
letter from J. H. French to, 317;
telegram to J. M. Bell, 320; telegramto B. from, 322; letters from B. to,
333-334, 422-423, 424, 430-431, 554-
555; Acting Brig. Gen. at Ship Island,
387; the "Saxon" to report to, 424;
goes to New Orleans, 438; leavingNew Orleans, 531; appointed MilitaryGovernor of Louisiana, 552, 558, 578,
627; letter from V. Kruttschnidt to,
564-565; appointed on commission,567
Sherman, Brig. Gen. T. W., 240; letters
from B. to, 368-371
Sherman, John, despatch to B. from, 69
Shield, 628
Illey,
Lieut., 71
p Island, 285, 295, 296, 297, 299, 326,
7, 328, 333, 334, 343, 345, 350, 351,
159, 361, 363, 364, 368, 371, 374, 375,
176, 377, 378, 380, 382, 383, 391, 393,
i94, 399, 400, 401, 410, 413, 415, 424,
,30, 431, 437, 438, 444, 445, 446, 488,
89, 493, 501, 520, 531, 532, 535, 536;
651, 574, 579, 580, 593, 622
Shipley, Capt., 467, 468, 469
Sibley, Maj., principal of the Qr. Mst.
Department at Washington, 55
Sickles, Mr., of New York, 8
Sigismund, Isidore, 258
Simebarnes, Capt., letter from B. to, 501
Sitra, A. J., protests against arrest of
the Consul of the Netherlands, 473;
letter from B. to, 474
Slidell, Mr., of Louisiana, 7
Slocomb, C. A., letter to B. from, 631
Small, Lieut., 155
Smith, Brig. Gen. M. S., letter to S.
Philip Lee from, 545, 590, 617
Smith, Col., 87
Smith, Edward C., 571, 572, 574
Smith, Lieut. Walker, 63, 355
Smith, Mr., 496
Smith, Sam., 566, 567
Smith, Surgeon, 520
Smith and Co., Samuel, seizure of specie
funds of, 565; commission appointedto investigate banking house of, 567
Smith s Point Light Boat, the, 99
Snell, Capt., 379
Snow, Capt., of the "Saxon," 345, 394,
515
Snyder, Mr., 101
Soniat, P., 464, 564
Souiat, P., 632
Soule, Pierre, arrested for treason, 431-
432; conference of B. with, 438, 622,
629, 630
"South," the, 551
South Carolina, seceding of, 8, 9, 10,
236
South Carolina, the Department of, 124
Southern Bank, the, 616
Southern Confederacy, the, 220, 431, 432.
513, 529
Southern Independence Association, the,
431, 432, 513, 514
Southern R.R., the, 559
Southern States, the, 566
"Spalding," the steamer, 175
Spear, W., 262
Spencer, 71
Spinner, Hon. F. E., 523
Spofford, Mr.-, of Massachusetts, 8
Sprague, Governor William, of RhodeIsland, 337
Springfield, 269
"S. R. Spaulding," the, 1
Stafford, 584
Stanley, William, 571, 572, 574
Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War,323; order by, 326; in sympathy with
B., 331, 578; letters from B. to, 348-349,
349-350, 410-411, 414, 425-428, 431-
432, 452-455, 490-495, 516-521, 536-
539, 550, 568-570, 595-596, 612-615,
618-619, 629-630; B. directed to
make reports to, 377; Hamlin, Fessen-
den and Morrill report to, 392; the for
warding of supplies, 408, 412, 413;
shipments of merchandise made by B.
referred to, 447, 465, 533, 612, 613, 622;
warned of danger to B. at New Orleans,
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529; letter to Seward from, 552;
letters from Seward to, 553, 556;
letters to B. from 400, 528, 577-578,
580, 626, 626-627
"Star," the, 540
"State of Georgia," the steamer, 118
"State of Maine," the steamer, Capt.
Elbridge master of, 31
Station House, the, 65
Stead, Rev. B. F., letter from B. to, 184
Stearns, Lieut. Charles, 63
Stedman, Capt., 34
Steede, A. C., letter to Elder from, 507-
508
Stellwagen, Commander, 213, 231, 232
Stephens, Supt., 160
Steppe, William, 31
Stetson, Mr., telegram from B. to, 269
Stevenson, Col., 243
Stith, Mr., 496
Stone, 378
Stringham, Commodore, 107, 130, 213,
225, 226, 227, 229, 231, 232, 233, 236
Strong, Gov. Caleb, of Massachusetts,
340
Strong, Maj. Geo. C., letter to G. W.
Downing from. 258-259; letter to Gen.
Amory from, 262; letter to Lieut. Col.
Browne from, 263; letter to Col.
Whelden, 268; letters from Gen.
Schouler to, 272-273, 275-276; letters
to Gen. Schouler from, 273, 274-275,
279; letters to Gen. L. Thomas from,
279, 293, 305; letter to Col. J. H.
French from, 296; letter to Lieut. J.
W. Jones from, 296; letter to Gov.
Andrew from, 298-299; letter from
Gov. Andrew to, 299-303; A. A. General and Chief of Staff, 305; tele
gram from B. to, 319; telegrams to
B. from, 319; telegram from Maj.Bell to, 320; telegram to Capt. F. J.
Rodman, 335; letter to Gen. Wash-burn from, 345; letters to B. from,
635-636, 636-637; letter to Col.
Neal Dow from, 372; letter to Maj.H. C. Whittemore, 380; expedition to
Biloxi, 395, 397, 492, 410; ordered to
Mississippi City, 395; ordered to Pass
Christian, 395, 410, 411; letter to the
Mayor of Biloxi, 396; General Orders
No. 10 issued by, 411; General
Orders No. 14 issued by, 421; letter
to Col. Shepley, 424; General Orders
No. 15 issued by, 431^32; B. s proclamation issued by, 433-436; General
Orders No. 17 and 18 issued by, 440;
General Orders No. 19 and 20 issued
by, 442; General Orders No. 22 issued
by, 443; letter to Proprietor of the
True Delta from, 464; ice and letter
sent to "Milan" by, 473; SpecialOrder No. 39, issued by, 476; SpecialOrder No. 37 issued by, 477; GeneralOrders No. 27 issued by, 477; GeneralOrders No. 28 issued by, 490; letters
from Gen. Williams to, 503, 512;General Orders No. 30 issued by, 504-
505; illness of, 531, 550; report of
Brig. Gen. Williams sent to, 539-543;letter from Lieut. G. Weitzel to, 548-
549; N. Y. Tribune gives credit of
B. s papers to, 636; letter to editors
N. Y. Tribune from, 637
Sturges, U.S.N., Capt., 374, 415; letter
from B. to, 376
Suffolk, 118, 126
Sullivan, Randolph & Budd, 635
Sumner, Charles, letters to B. from, 21,
111, 159; offers B. use of Committee-room in Washington, 21; criticism of,
192; kind disposition toward C.
Gushing of, 304; charges against B.
received by, 309; telegram from Gov.Andrew to, 322, 342; telegram to
Gov. Andrew from, 322; letters fromGov. Andrew to, 332; tries to adjust
difficulty between B. and Gov. Andrew,339
Sumter, 9
"Susquehanna," the, 26, 44, 55, 124, 230
Sutton, Gen. William, appointment of
B. as Brig. Gen. urged by, 12
Swan, Mrs., 151
TALLMADGE, CAPT. GRIER, 121, 134, 191,
193; letter from B. to, 178-179, 226
"Tamerlane," the, 409
Tanner Creek, 107, 189
Tappan, Lewis, letter to B. from, 199-
200; letter from B. to, 200-201
Taylor, Capt., 226, 258
Taylor, Col. S. P., letter from B. to, 449-
450
Taylor, Lieut. George, 293
"Tennessee," the, 430, 444, 445, 568
Tennessee River, the, 559
Tensaw River, the, 548
Teryaghi, B., protests against arrest of
the Consul of the Netherlands, 473;
letter from B. to, 474; protests against
General Order 41, 597-600; B. s
reply to, 600-604
INDEX 667
Texas, 463, 530, 531
Thaxter, Adam W., 312, 314
Third Battalion of rifles, the, 54, 205
Third Brigade, see Massachusetts Vol
unteer Militia, the
Third Infantry, M.V.M., see Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, the
Thomas, Col. Stephen, 281
Thomas, Gen. Lorenzo, 162; letters
from B to, 167-168, 286, 294-296, 299,
305, 319, 326-330, 609; Order of, 207;
letters to B. from, 278-279, 377, 400,
550-551; letter from Maj. G. C,
Strong to, 279; telegrams to B. from,
284, 286, 318, 320, 359, 627-628;tin box sent by B. to, 479
Thompson, Col., 233
Thompson s Battery, 430
Thurston & Carney, 219
Tibbetts, Capt., Temple, 63
Tilda, 403
"Time and Tide," the, 511
Times, the New York, 169, 212, 214, 479
"Tin Box," the, 589
Tocomoke Bay, 175
Tony, Mr., 356
Tortugas, the, 438, 477
Tower Dupre, 454
Towle, Maj., 258
Townsend, Capt., 397
Townsend, Col. E. D., letter from B. to,
54; letter to B. from, 68, 75-76, 120-
121, 132; arrival at Fortress Monroeof, 125; at battle near County Bridge,
133, 144, 145, 147, 149, 150; SpecialOrder No. 336 from, 304
Towry, Capt., 235
Train, Hon. Charles, 412; letter to HenryRead, 412-413
Transcript, the Boston, 11, 325
Tremaine, Alfred F., 352
Tribune, the New York, 76-77, 79, 93,
100, 183, 248, 249, 262, 271, 272, 287,
288, 290, 291, 636, 637
Trimble, Gen., 60
True Delta, the New Orleans, 440, 476,
533, 577, 610; letter from B. to
proprietor of, 464
Trumbull, Lieut. C. N., 305
Trumbull s Island, 542
Tucker, John, authorized to provide
vessels, 273, 274
"Tucker," the steamer, 108
Turnbull, Lieut., 550
Turner, Col., 555
Turnley, Maj., 455
Twiggs, Gen. David E., B. sends Gen.
Thomas inventory of property of,
609 ; property of, 625
Tyler, Capt., 172, 173, 174
U"UNDAUNTED," THE, 333, 418, 446, 447,
464
Union Coast Guard, the, see New YorkVolunteer Militia, the
Union Defense Committee, the, 169;
letter from B. to, 131
United States Artillery, the, 134, 229
United States, the, 8, 9, 39, 41, 43, 51, 84,
93, 97, 98, 106, 109, 151, 157, 158, 167,
168
Upton, Colonel, 243
Usher, Paymaster, 255
VACCINATION, 174
Van Benthuysen, Major arrest of, 562
Van Buren, President, 406
Van Limburg, Mr. Roest, 556, 578;
letter from Seward to, 556-559
Vaughn, Mr., 65
Vera Cruz, 108
Vermont, recruitment in, 256, 281, 292,
293, 295
Vermont Volunteer Militia, the, 94, 104,
105, 107, 177, 195, 277; 8th Regt., 327,
328, 347, 350, 430; 7th Regt., 293, 327,
328, 347, 350, 454, 562; Sayles Battery,
347; Duncan s Battery, 347; Holcomb s
2nd Battery, 452
Viaduct, the, 66, 71, 89
Vicksburg, projected expedition to, 454,
494, 512, 530, 532, 536, 541, 548, 549,
560, 562, 568, 595, 628; surrender of,
503, 545
Virginia, Mr. Mason of, 7; secession of,
37, 102; rumor of war in, 64; surveil
lance of trains passing through, 66,
68, 70; independent armed movements
in, 76; B. sent to, 87, 92; troops of.
102, 103; passage of supplies into, 106;
transit of persons and families north
ward from, 106; negro labor used byinhabitants of, 112; the shore line
connecting North Carolina and, 126;
prisoners after engagement near BigBethel citizens of, 135, 140, 151;
Atlee to furnish information from, 152;
coast of, 233; B. s expedition to eastern
shore of, 241-242, 282, 326
"Virginia," the, see "Merrimac," the
Virginia, the Department of, 124, 133,
151, 206
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Virginia Volunteers/ the, 103, 105, 128
Volunteers, 56, 58, 70, 76, 78, 79, 93,
94, 123, 161, 167, 168, 173, 178
Von Doehmy, Capt. William, letter to
B. from, 195
W"WABASH," the, steamer, 114, 130, 227
Wade, Hon. Benj. F., letter from B. to,
353-354
"Wallace," the, 409
Waller, 21
Wales, Capt., 182
"Wan Vanhan," 369
War Department, the, 52, 64, 76, 93, 96
119, 152, 164, 174, 257, 263, 264, 276,
324, 337, 338, 353, 354, 356, 516, 519,
520, 521, 537, 553, 569, 570, 585, 626,
627, 628, 630; Order No. 11 of, 352, 355,
552; supplies to be ordered from, 378
War Records, the, 430
War of the Revolution, the, 40
Ward, G. M., 590, 617
Ward, Hon. Elijah, letter from B. to,
284-285
Wardrop, Col. David W., 137; Special
Order No. 14 sent to, 15; letter to B.
from, 29; attack on Norfolk NavyYard by, 48; fine command of, 109,
172; wants a new regiment, 181;
report from, 205
Warren, Lieut. Col. G. K., 135; letter
to B. from, 144-147
Warrenton, 503, 512
W7
arrington, 292
Washburn, Adj. Gen. P. T., telegramfrom B. to, 296; General Order No.
70, 296; letter from Maj. Strong to,
345; letter to B. from, 346-347
Washburn, Lieut. Col., 149
Washburne, Jr., Gov. J., replies to
President, 239
Washington, La., 584
Washington, D.C., meeting at 7-9;
troops ordered to, 12; wounded cared
for in, 17; reported arrival of Capt.Jones regiment at, 18; B. s plan for
reaching, 19, 48; B. s passage blocked
to, 23; Annapolis the true military
port of, 24; B. s expedition to, 24-26,
27, 29, 32-35, 43-48, 64; 8th Regt. at,
50; Gen. Scott not apprehensive for
safety of, 54; opening of road from
Philadelphia to, 57, 69; tariff estab
lished from Perryville to, 57; National
Hotel in, 75, 89; construction of
railroad to, 87
Washington Branch, the, 88
Washington, the Department of, 51
Water Battery, 118
Watson, Assistant Secretary of War,letter to Richard Fay, Jr., 612-613
Watts, H. F., protests against arrest of
Consul of the Netherlands, 473;letter from B. to, 474
Weber, Col. Max, 195, 227, 229, 230, 233;
letter to B. from, 195
Webster, William P., letter from B. to,
96-97, 357, 403, 620
Webster & Fay, 219
Weiss, Lieut. Col., 233
Weitzel, Lieut. Godfrey, 359, 360, 428,
537, 539, 549, 550, 563
Welden, Maj., 126, 351
Welles, Gideon, Secretary of the Navy,99; letters to B. from, 99; letter from
David D. Porter to, 429-430; Navybill on, 617
Western Bay State Regiment, the, 314,
322, 327, 350, 351, 355
Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, the,
Flag Officer Farragut commanding, 386
West Point Military Academy, 312, 466
West Virginia, 70
Whann, R. S., 499, 501
Whelden, Col. C. M., letter from Maj.Strong to, 268; letter from B. to,
314-315
Whitcomb, Lieut., 467, 468
"Whiteman," the, 508
Whiting, Mr., 135, 139, 151
Whitney, James S., letters to B. from,
394-394, 515
Whittemore, Maj. H. C., letter from B.
to, 380; letter from Maj. Strong to, 380
Wicomico River, the, 99
Wiegel, Lieut. W. H., 231, 272, 305, 402;
B. commends gallantry of, 230; General Orders No. 40 issued by, 463
Wife of a Southern Planter, the, letter to
B. from, 448-449
Wiggin, Benj., 392, 394, 398
Wightman, Mayor, letter from B. to, 25
"Wilcoul," the schooner, 424
"Wild Gazelle," the, 383, 407
WT
illiams, Brig. Gen. Thomas, 488, 493,
494; B. asks promotion to Brig. Gen.
for, 348; at Ship Island, 387; letters
from B. to, 413, 418-419, 543-544, 562-
563, 585-586; off the Passes, 414; his
jealousy of Col. French, 419; in command of troops at Sable Island, 421;
in charge of landing of the troops, 427;
at New Orleans, 438; letters to Maj.
INDEX 669
Strong from, 503, 512; expedition to
Vicksburg of, 503, 512, 530, 531, 544,
562, 568, 571, 595; report of, 535,
539-543; letters to B. from, 580-561,
561; at Baton Rouge, 561
Williams, Capt. D. H., letter to B. from,82
Williams, Col. Robert, 269
Williams, George L., 571, 572, 574
Williamsburg, 103, 126, 150, 196
Williamsburg road, the, 6
Willis, Sergeant, 565
W7
illoughby s Spit, 108
Wilmington and Delaware R.R., the, 242
Wilson, Capt., 145, 146
Wilson, Col. Henry, 242, 243, 246, 322
Wilson, Gen., telegram from B. to, 12;
letter from, 63; in Washington, 64;
recommends Isidore Sigismond to B.,
258; regiment of, 338; against Capt.
George, 392; criticism of, 399
Wilson, Israel N., 174
Wilson, Senator, 10, 172, 304, 332, 336
Wr
inans, 96
Winchester, 377
Winfield, Col., 543
"Winona," the, 420
Winslow, Chaplain, 145, 146
Winslow, Dr., 188
"Winslow," the, 230
Winston, Col., ex-Gov., 196
Winthrop, Maj. Theodore, missing after
attack on Big Bethel, 134, 136
Winthrop, Mrs., letter from B. to, 136-
138
Wise, Gov., 77, 175
Wisconsin Volunteer Militia, the, 4th
Regt., 361, 363, 427, 452, 503, 538
"Wizard King," the, 394, 398, 409
Wolf River, the, 508
"Woman Order," the, 530
Woodbury, Judge, 160
Woodstock, Vt., 296
Wool, Brevet Maj. Gen., ordered to take
command of the Dept. of Virginia, 206,
207, 213, 217, 218; Order No. 9, 222;Order No. 13, 226; Order, 235; letter
from B. to, 229-235, 363; letter to
Simon Cameron from, 236; sends
company of regulars to Hatteras, 239;
resignation of, 274; letters of advice
from B. to, 334; Nim s Battery keptback by, 408
Wright, Lieut., 375
Wyman, Col. Powell T., accusations
against, 307, 311, 312, 313, 332, 333
YANKEE, the, 125
Yankee Blade, the, 431
York, 55, 82, 118
York River, the, 152, 185, 466
Yorktown, 103, 124, 147, 148, 153, 185,
189, 196, 391, 466; concentration of
troops at, 154
Young, John Russell, comments on felic
ity of the Butlers home life, 1
"Young Turk," the, 408, 412, 634
ZAMA PLANTATION, 406
"Zenophon," the, 333
Zouaves, Col. Elsworth s, 61, 65
INDEX
"A. B. Segek," the, 451
Abadie. Mr., 360, 376, 460
Abbott, Capt., 176, 197
Abbott, Judge, 304, 338
Abellando, Frederico, 472
Abolitionists, the, 78
Academy of Music, the, 591
"Adams," the, 524
Adams Express Co., Agent for. See Blake,
Asa S.; B. makes draft for payment of
troops in favor of, 32, 33; President of.
See Daismore, W. B.; 83; draft de-
livered to Vice President of, 151
Adams, Charles Francis, letter to B.
fictitiously alleged from, 70; extract of
letter from Seward to, 74
Africans, Regiments of. See Phelps,
Brig. Gen. J. W.Alabama, 168, 428, 533, 551
Alexander the Coppersmith, 308
Alexander, William, letter to Blair from,
577
Alez, Severo, 495
Algiers, 49; letters from Davis to Provost
Marshal of, 49, 50, 278, 401, 430, 440
Allen, Brig. Gen., 168, 169, 302
Allen, Lieut., 223, 225
Allen, Mr., 477, 478
Allen, Stephen M., letter to B. from, 595;
Presiding officer of Worcester Conven-
tion, 598
"American Conflict," the, 553
American Historical Association Report,
1902, 228, 270, 328, 355, 378, 412, 426,
504, 515, 528, 543, 550, 565, 571
Amiti River, 150
Andre, Maj., 506
Andrew, Gov. John A., 42, 43; Commis-sions of, 234, 235; re-nominated, 285;
354. 499
Andrews, Judge John W., sentenced to
Ship Island, 15, 25, 61, 62; B. asked
to review sentence of, 62, 63
"Anglo American," the, 249, 250
"Anna Pervette," the, 8
Annapolis, 486, 513
Anonymous, letter to B., 479
Antonio, Juan, 495
Appleton, Capt. John F., letter to B.from, 547
Arkansas, 132, 223, 550
"Arkansas," the, 141, 160, 161, 164, 168,
169, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 202, 307Arlington Heights, 144
Armstrong, W. W., 599
Army of the Gulf, the, B. commends thesoldiers of, 172-173
Arnold, Brig. Gen. L. G., letters from B.to 54, 230; B. asks for officer from, 54;request for transfer of district undercommand of, 107; transferred to Dept.of the Gulf, 199, 233, 316; iUness of,
402; 526
"Aroostook," the, 382
Assistant Secretary of War. See WoUcott, C. P.
Assistant Treasurer of the U. S., the,
32,33Astor Hotel, 166
Astor House, the, 499
Atchafalaya, 8
Augusta, Ga,, sword presented to Twiggsby, 5, 6, 570
Austria, 71
Avendano, Don Peregrim, 280Avendano Brothers, 279, 280, 281, 387,
388, 389, 390
Avenue Hotel, the, 595
Avery, Dr., 357
BBacon, Thomas Scott, 78, 79Bahne, Albert, 90
Bahne, Dick, 90
Bailey, Captain, 436
Bailey,U. S. N., Captain, 7
Bailey, Wm. H., 470
Bainbridge, Captain, 43Baldwin, Mr., 259
Ballot Box, the, 475
Baltimore, 36, 45, 236, 256, 259, 285,
308, 513
Bank of America, the, 21, 496Bank of Commerce, the, 337
601
602 INDEX
Bank of Louisiana, 461
Bank of Mutual Redemption, the, 122
Bank of Tennessee, the, 139, 140
Banks, Maj. Gen. N. P., 149, 176, 428;
assigned to command of Dept. of the
Gulf, 461, 499, 542, 543, 544, 547;
Expedition to Texas, 469, 487, 505,
512, 513, 541, 577, 592; to go to New' Orleans, 504, 520; possible candidate
for Presidential nomination, 533; letter
to B. from, 545; letter from B. to,
545; proclamation concerning Eman-cipation by, 550; attack on Port Hud-son, 551; possible successor of Stan-
ton, 564; plan for capture of Browns-
ville, 565; criticism of, 572, 575, 577,
578; on arming of negroes, 573; 587
Baratana Bay, 99
Baring Bros. & Co., 392
Barker, Jacob, letters to B. from, 52,
337, 338, 480; letter from B. to, 480
Barney, Hiram, 568
Barney, William, letter from Norton to,
263; 355
Barriere Brothers, 432, 433, 434, 435
Barriere, Mr., 433, 435
Bartles, Charles S., letters to B. from,
533, 538, 552
"Barvutaria," the, 8
Bates, Attorney General, 552
Bates, Moses, letters to B. from, 58, 106,
113, 139, 240, 580; 102; letter to Stan-
ton from, 106; Williams refuses privileges
to, 130; 203, 208; letters from B. to,
241, 524; outlawed by Grover, 580
Baton Rouge, 9, 13, 14, 21, 49, 53, 58,
65, 66, 67, 83, 94, 140, 142, 149, 150,
154, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 168, 169,
172, 173, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183,
191, 193, 194, 197, 201, 202, 203, 210,
228, 231, 233, 235, 243, 293, 294, 295,
308, 331, 339, 353, 356, 384, 385, 440,
482, 515, 551, 565; Mayor of. See
Byam, Mr.Bauer, F., fined, 167
Bayou Boeuf, 452, 459
Bayou Cortableu, 8
Bayou des AUemands, 267, 278, 411,
429, 472
Bayou Lafourche, 388, 515
Bayou Plaquemines, 8
Bayou Sara, 187, 270
Bayou Teche, 451
Bay St. Louis, 358
Beauport, 263
Beauregard, Madame, 466, 520
Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T., 35, 47, 194,
216, 223; goes to Charlestown, 352;
364, 443; letter from B. to, 520;B. gives pass to, 520
Bee, the, 540
"Bee," the, 8
Beecher, Henry Ward, 247Belgian Consul, the. See ConturiS,
AmedeeBell, John, 540
Bell, Maj. Joseph M., 42, 44, 103, 138,
194, 198, 233, 256, 258; letters to B.
from, 283, 585; in New York, 285;
return of, 304, 333, 338; 322, 323, 326,
327, 339, 381, 444, 504Bell, Mrs., 256, 258
Bellino, John, 451
Beloy House, the, 284
Benachi, M. W., letter from B. to, 300Benjamin, J. P., 13; Rebel Secretary of
War, 358, 367, 562
Bent and Bush, 380
Beresford, General, 72
Berwick's Bay, 8, 231, 280, 401, 406,
413, 427, 430; report of operations at,
450, 451; 455, 459
Bidwell, Capt., 579
Bigelow, Chief Justice, 283
Bird, F. W., letter to B. from, 531
Birmingham, 261
Birmingham Small Arms Trade, the, 261
"Black Prince," the, 290
Black River, the, 142
Blackwater, the, 404
Blair, Montgomery, receives Roselius,
207; letter from Alexander to, 577;
590
Blake, Asa S., letter from B. to, 32;
letter to B. from, 33; protest against
payment of money to B. made by, 33
Blake, Hamlin, 568
Blanchard, T. Bailey, Jr., 276
"Blasco de Garay," the, quarantine
regulations embarrass the commanderof, 182; letter from B. to commanderof, 182; Capt. of. See Herrera, Jose
Manuel' Dias de, 325, 347, 368; viola-
tion of neutrality laws by, 374, 375,
512; specie taken away by, 419
Blount, Capt., 302
Blunt, George, 568
Blunt, John, 568
Board of Survey, the, 110, 483
Bondreux, Sergeant, 376
Bonfanti, Capt., 209, 241, 289, 319, 320,
328
Bonne Carre, 302, 440
Bonne Carre Point, 287
INDEX 603
Bonnegass, Monsieur, 188
Bonnet Carre, 231
Bonzano, H., asks that the sentence of
Judge Andrews be reviewed, 62; 105,
106
Bonzano, M. F., letter to B. from, 503
Borgne, Lake, 494, 495
Borrowes, J. J., 442, 443
"Bossu,"479Boston, 7, 34, 37, 42, 61, 77, 247, 314,
569
Bougere, Francis, complaint of, 391,
398, 399
Bouligny, Mr., 379, 447, 449, 598
Bouttee station, 411, 429
Brady, Capt., 246
Bragg, Gen., 223, 401, 430, 439, 458
Bragg, Mrs., 458
Brainard, Lieut., 199
Brandt, A., 90
Brashier City, 401, 411, 430, 440, 490, 515
Breckinridge, Maj. Gen. J. C, 111, 150;
at Baton Rouge, 159, 160, 161; letter
to Col. Cahill from, 160; letter from
Col. Cahill to, 161; attacks Vicksburg,
168, 179, 186, 187, 191; goes to Mobile,
242; 540
Breese, Lieut. Commanding, 246
Bremen, Republic of, 222
Brie, E. H., statement of, 579
Brien, J. O., 371
British Corps of Scouts, the, 68
British Government, the, 73
British Guards, the, 442
British Legation, the, 11
Brooklyn, 568
Brooks, John, 106
Brooks, Mr., 538
Brothers, Alexander, accused of dis-
loyalty, 381; furniture, etc. taken
from, 382
Brown, J. George, B. warned by, 242
Brown & McMamms, 397
^Brownlow, Dr., 51
Brownsville, 421; occupation of, 565
Buchanan, Mr., 589
Buchanan, Lieut. Comg. ThomasMcKean, 430; letters to B. from, 450,
451, 521; asks permission to buycotton, 522
Buck, Capt. A. E., 69, 70, 494
Buell, Gen., 223, 401
Bullitt, Cuthbert, 9, 131, 136, 285. 587
Bullitt, Cuthbert. See Bullett, Cuthbert
Bull's Run, 72, 350
Bullock, Alexander H., speaker House of
Representatives, 586
Burbank and Chase, 380, 454
Burbank, E. W., 231
Burbank, Thomas S., asks B. for relief
for brother, 216, 231
Burbank, William, treatment by Con-federates of, 216, 217
Burden, Mr., 359
Bureau of Emancipation, the, 531
Burnside, Gen., 469, 500, 533; at Fred-
ericksburg, 539, 541; 552Burr, Aaron, 582
Burton, Mr., Ill
Busac, Mr., 523, 524
Butler, Col. Andrew Jackson, letter from
Palfrey to, 2; in treaty to sell one half
of "Saxon," 55; not interested with
Snow, 76; business relations with B.,
76, 83, 92, 93, 122, 197; 229, 338, 354,
356, 357, 358, 423, 424, 425, 426,
528, 529; business with Fay Jr., 234,
236, 262; charges against, 242, 422,
503, 530, 560; menace to B., 320,
503; asked to leave New Orleans, 424,
464, 519, 522, 538
Butler, Gen. Benjamin F., sequesters
Gen. Twiggs' house, 1, 2, 3, 7; Special
Orders by. No. 138, 2, No. 146, 9,
No. 150, 36, No. 151, 24, No. 152, 25,
No. 156, 26, No. 166, 30, No. 179, 57,
No. 181, 57, No. 206, 90, No. 232, 131,
No. 235, 130, No. 244, 158, No. 246,
162, No. 268, 195, No. 278, 200, No.
294, 213, No. 326, 237, No. 374, 579,
No. 441, 397, No. 513, 475, No. 560,
525; pistols given to, 3; plates for
printing C. S. Treas. notes sent to Sec.
of Treas. by, 3, 151; presents flags to
Gen. Dix, 4, 151; Gen. Twiggs'
swords, 5, 151, 570; feeling of people
at home for, 7, 44, 86, 114, 119, 283,
284, 285, 500, 519, 532, 563; informa-
tion concerning Gov. Moore received
by, 8; "qualified amnesty," 9; re-
quires oath of allegiance from for-
eigners in New Orleans, 9, 11, 38, 47,
73, 299; State Dept. approves action
in Mexican Consulate case, 9; difficulty
with Phelps on negro question, 10, 41,
109, 123, 125, 126, 127, 142, 143, 144,
145, 148, 154, 158, 207; relations with
CoppeU, 12, 46, 47; conflict between
Foreign Consuls and, 12, 26, 251, 252,
253. 254, 255, 298; conditions at
Baton Rouge reported by, 13; se-
questers funds in banks of Louisiana,
14; payment of troops, 14, 31, 32, 33,
66, 398, 525; treatment of traitors.
604 INDEX
15, 24, 25, 36; in need of troops, 15,
192, 194, 401, 425, 427, 465, 474, 490,
516; passports issued by, 17; boats
seized for transports by, 21; the
Mumford case, 22, 72, 557, 558; City
of Jefferson empowered to issue banknotes by, 26; case of Durand vs. Bankof Louisiana, 27, 278; relief of distress
in New Orleans, 30, 152, 153, 366,
shipments of, 34, 44, 78, 89, 92; friendli-
ness of Stanton for, 37, 38, 65, 92, 516;
friendliness of Chase for, 38, 66, 134,
323, 422, 423, 469, 542, 584; attitude
of Seward toward, 38, 44, 564; liquor
released, 39, 107, 108; suggestions as
to appointments upon his Staff of, 42;
promotion of Col. Jones desired by,
45; map of New Orieans presented to
City Library of Lowell by, 45, 65, 89,
92, 93; life in New Orleans of, 46, 55;
publishing of the Richmond despatches,
48; in the matter of the Union Bankvs. the Mechanics Bank, 48; an auto-
graph copy of Dr. Brownlow's workpresented to, 51; asked for opinion of
Lossing's "History of the Great Re-bellion," 51; bank book of, 52; pay-
ment of dividends, interest, etc. due
to any citizen of the U. S. from C. S.
ordered by, 52; Victor asks protection
for his sisters from, 53; Dept. of Warapproves acts of, 53, 55; sends report
of operations above Vicksburg to WarDept., 53; recruiting of, 54, 82; asks
Gen. Arnold for oflBcer from regular
service, 54, 66; investigation of claims
of Kennedy and Co. asked of, 56;
punishment of the Larues by, 57;
orders payment of $5000 to Charity
Hospital of New Orleans, 58; gratitude
of Gen. Shepley to, 59; on use of
liquors, 59, 462; the Parole of Lowber,
60; threat of the Couincil of Tenagainst, 61; asked to review case of
Judge Andrews, 62, 63; Col. Rust's
call for more help at Ship Island
answered by, 65; disapproval of
Adams for, 71; English newspaper
clipping concerning, 71-74; Enghshvituperation, 75; Coxe appeals for
protection to, 75; portrait of, 76, 115;
regarding funds of, 76; connection
with claims of Belgian Consul, 80, 81,
82, 95; Gen. Wilhams recalled fromVicksburg by, 82; asks advice of
Johnson, 83; asked to revoke Correc-
tion of Slaves order, 84, 85; concerning
payment for clothing ordered for
soldiers, 87; on Negro question, 88,
102, 115, 134, 186, 189, 192, 243, 244,
328, 331, 339, 427, 437, 570, 596;
residents of Vacherie ask protection of,
89; restoration of commerce by, 90,
94, 95, 131; quarantine orders of,
91, 192, 193, 205, 206, 207, 229, 239,
249, 274, 275, 340-342, 343, 344, 345,
346, 347, 348, 418, 420, 421; letter in
Boston Journal and N. Y. Times, 91;
praised by Mrs. B., 93; decision onclaims of Kennedy and Co., 96, 97,
98-102; Shippen requests situation or
pass, 103, 104; decision in case of
Maull and Hancock returned to, 104-
105; asks permission to coin small
coin, 105; in connection with Higgins
Hotel, 110; resignation of Capt.
Merrill, 112, 113; sends for children's
photographs, 115; discouragement of,
115; receipted bill for jewelry bought
by, 116; asked to assist in settlement
of claim of Kingdens vs. Denegre, 117,
118; sends sword to Gen. Taylor, 118,
191; claim of Capt. Crampton, 118,
119; concerning shipping cotton to
England, 120, 121 ; private accoimt of,
122; suggests that Hildreth ship
hoop poles, 124; retention of the
"Saxon" by, 124, 125; in connection
with Heidsick case, 127, 128, 129,
130, 212, 276, 277, 372, 373; Proc-
lamation of May 1st, 130; threats
against, 138; Gov. Johnson asks help
of, 139; esteem of Gov. Johnson for,
140; need of equipment, 140; Capt.
Porter calls for boats and suggests
fortification to, 141; approbation in
Washington for, 147-148; John Brown,
speech of, 149; nunor that Banks
is to take place of, 149, 513, 552;
feelings toward Gen. Phelps, 155, 156;
advice about Baton Rouge, 158, 159;
tribute paid to Gen. WiUiams by,
162; appoints Commission of ReUef
at New Orleans, 162; Major Strong
asks for promotion, 166; answers
Bauer, 167; suggestions from O'Brien
to, 170-172; friendly feeling of Gov.
Holbrook for, 174; willing to deal
with Greenwood, 178; on the co-
operation of army and navy, 183, 184,
246, 406; pays tribute to Farragut,
184, 245; endorsement by Col. Shaffer,
185; arming of negroes, 186, 192, 228,
229, 234, 244, 270, 316, 322, 425, 455.
INDEX 605
See also Native Guards, the; orders
arms of citizens of New Orleans to be
delivered up, 188, 189, 190, 228;
attitude toward Spanish government,
193, 346, 454; orders selling of sugar,
195; sends pistols home, 199; Gen.
Arnold ordered to New Orleans by,
199; Sawyer dishonorably discharged
by, 200; concerning correspondence of
Spanish Consul, 204-206; treason
plots in Gas Works reported to, 207;
equipment of Mercier Guards brought
to notice of, 208; concerning exchange
of commodities for cotton, 209; rumors
of transfer of, 212, 242, 243, 248, 249,
256, 262, 273, 282, 283, 304, 308, 320,
327, 539; orders banks to go into
liquidation, 213; on the bombardmentof Donaldsonville, 214, 215; reply to
Kruttschnidt, 222; recognition of
Kruttschnidt as Acting Consul of
Republic of Bremen, 222; reinforce-
ments promised to, 223, 226, 349;
friendliness of Loring for, 223; asked
to protect and assist IVlr. Dexter, 225;
tribute from James T. WTutney to,
228; suspected of interest in specula-
tions of Col. Butler, 230, 242, 270,
329, 356, 357, 358, 422, 426, 503, 544;
appeals to Gen. Arnold for consulta-
tion and reinforcements, 230; Burbankreports on movements of the Con-federates, 231-232; Gen. Arnold added
to command of, 233; Gen. Shermansent to, 233; in connection with case
of Lieut. Prince, 234, 235; at Carrol-
ton, 236; program of a day's work of,
236; Licard pardoned by, 237; sends
Gen. Thomas roster of officers for
commission in 1st Regt. La. Vols.,
237; borrows from City Relief Fund,
237; in the case of the "Tennessee,"
238, 239, 240; concerning children of
incarcerated women, 240, 241; reports
good condition of men, 244, 400;
report upon letter of Com. Porter, 245,
247; praised by Beecher, 247; on the
prospect of going home, 248; in the
case of Messrs. Pehe, 257, 258; onthe release of McLaurin, 260, 261; busi-
ness transactions with Richard Fay, Jr.,
262, 289, 290, 519, 538; degree con-
ferred upon, 263; Taylor accuses andthreatens troops of, 265-266; answers
Taylor, 266-269; attitude of soldiers
toward, 270; tribute of Denison to
270, 324, 328, 360, 379, 413, 566;
health of, 271, 277, 286; order con-
cerning captured property, 273; sup-
presses Compilateur, 276; Spanish
government complains of action taken
by, 279, 387; friendlmess of Chief
Justice Bigelow toward, 283; registra-
tion of neutral foreigners ordered by,
286, 299, 331; muddled by conflicting
reports from the North, 286; effect of
wife upon, 287; longs to be home, 287;
on the pillage or plunder by soldiers,
287, 288, 289, 315; the Lunt episode
told to, 290-291; calls for steamers,
291, 292; orders release of Mrs.Phillipps, 292; on complaint of Maj.Holbrook, 293, 294 Gov. Holbrookasks for Court of Inquiry, 295; replies
to Gov. Holbrook, 295 ; attitude toward
acts of violence committed by U. S.
soldiers, 296, 360; in case of Dr.
Knapp, 296, 297; releases sugars,
property of Covas and Megropont,
300; General Orders by. No. 13, 301,
No. 19, 130, No. 28, 15, 35, 72, 74,
77, 86, 119, 148, 549, 554, No. 30, 27,
No. 36, 485, No. 40, 51, 299, No. 41,
9, 47, No. 42, 47, No. 46, 3, No. 48,
52, No. 54, 203, No. 55, 152, 158, 167,
219, 220, 221, 222, 361, 362, 366, No.
56, 161, No. 57, 172, No. 60, 195, 237,
352, No. 62, 243, 294, 295, No. 63,
209, 459, No. 71, 285, 298, No. 73, 305,
318, No. 74, 315, No. 76, 332, 333,
No. 79, 353, No. 85, 409, No. 88, 437,
No. 91, 426, 449, 522, 560, 572, No. 93,
462, No. 98, 482, No. 106, 545; ex-
change of prisoners, 301, 302, 303, 353,
394, 462, 473; asks return of woimdedmen, 302; Confiscation Act, 305, 307,
315, 316, 318, 323, 333; makes test
case of the Fago affair, 307; feelings
toward Reverdy Johnson, 308; in
connection wdth "Essex" affair, 309,
310, 318-319, 329, 350, 351, 355;
thanks Major Shaw, 311; Gen.
Thompson accepts apology of, 311;
testimony on sugar "Speculations,"
312-314; urges Mrs. B. to jom him,
317; criticises government, 317; Col.
Butler a menace to, 320; advice fromMrs. B. and Capt. George, 321, 322,
335, 336, 337, 499; in matter of
Spanish transports, 324, 325, 340;
commends action of Major Strong,
326; Mrs. B. suggests a place be madeon his staff for Major BeU by, 327;
tribute to Dr. Mercer by, 333; attitude
606 INDEX
toward Hildreth, 338; bill for paintings
from Lux, 339; reports on complaints
of Spanish legation, 339, 368; cordial
relations established between Callejon
and, 346; with regard to wrecking,
348, 349; complaints against ad-
ministration of, 349; sends gift to his
mother, 352, 393; expecting Mrs. B.,
353; charters the "Frank Mumford,"353; declines further dealings with
Dillon, 354; with reference to trading
with enemy, 357, 358, 359, 378, 379,
390, 395, 396, 425, 469; gives state-
ment of foreign population of NewOrleans, 363, 364, 365, 367; in con-
nection with violation of neutrality
laws by Spanish vessels, 374, 375, 419;
answers complaint of Castillo andHarrisse, 378; sends ship for Mrs. B.,
380, 453; reports on case of Dacres,
383; return of property of Consul of
the Netherlands, 385; statement of
facts concerning case of AvendanoBrothers, 387; release of railroad iron,
392; on white labor, 397; managementof financial affairs of Dept. by, 398,
425; recommends promotion to Brig.
Gen. for Strong, 402; reports on"Tennessee" affair, 402; sends Dowinstructions concerning use of vessels,
404; in the "pitch" transaction, 406;
sends home disloyal clergymen, 408;
orders Court Martial to dissolve, 409;
in the matter of salvage claimed byDow, 411, 412; raising forces in Texas,
413, 428, 465; on buying of arms, 416;
417; reports facts concerning com-plaint of Consul General of Switzerland,
422; orders sent to Col. Thomas by,
429; pays his respects to Admiral
Reynaud, 431; controversy with
French consul over seizure of blankets,
431-436; use of contraband labor
suggested by Mithoffas to, 436; au-
thorizes Merchants Bank to meetclaims, 437; disarming of the people,
439, 463; on employment of negroes,
439, 447, 449, 474, 475; forwards
parole to Borrowes, 443; returns
letters to Count Mejan, 443; reports
on matter of Gautherin & Co., 446;
sends photograph to Mrs. Pugh, 461;
Gen. Banks replaces B., 461, 541, 542,
543, 544, 547, 596; Hildreth reports
on consignments and drafts, 464; asks
aid of Henry Wilson, 465-466; asks
Sec. of State for instruction concerning
French citizenship, 467; Wainwrightasks help for people of Galveston, 471;
refers case of murder of soldiers to
Halleck, 472; organizes Commissionto take charge of merchandise, 474;
in connection with Lingham case, 476,
477, 478; on subject of foreign aid to
Rebellion, 480, 510; restores colors to
7th Vermont Volunteers, 481, 482, 483;
in case of Lasalle, 485; asks for Maj.Gen. Hamilton, 486; tribute from J.
C. Hamilton, 487; asks parole for
Soule, 489; disapproves of allotment
system, 493; on the detention of
Spanish subjects, 495; in case of
Pepin vs. Bank of America, 496-498;
forbids Canal Bank to purchase ex-
change, 498; in the matter of the
"West Florida" pass, 501, 502; aids
Bonzano, 503; criticised by LondonTimes, 503; in connection with TexanExpedition, 504-506, 512, 541, 550;
on the punishment of crime, 506; in
the Lemore case, 509-511; friendliness
toward Banks of, 513, 542; obliged to
postpone attack at Fort Hudson, 514;
on payment of bounty, 517; submits
proposition of the banks to War Dept.,
517; friendliness of Sumner for, 520,
571 ; on matter of captured steamboats,
522; in case of Phoenix Iron Co., 524;
permits supplies to be shipped to
Galveston, 524; plan for roof onCustom House, 526; in "L. L. Davis"case, 527, 529, 544; political newsfrom home, 534, 540, 542, 552; publica-
tion in World against, 539; tribute
from Bartles, 539; Congress in praise
of, 542; Farragut comments on, 543;
final order of, 543, 545, 547; tribute
from Appleton to, 548; tribute from
Stafford to, 548; accused of inter-
fering with Custom House, 550;
rumored intention of joining extreme
radicals, 550; Greeley's estimate of,
553; farewell address of, 550, 554-557,
587; called to Washington by Lincoln,
553, 593; declared a felon by Jefferson
Davis, 559; reward offered for, 562;
tribute from Tyler to, 562; authorities
in Washington work against, 563-564;
friendliness of Morgan for, 565;
tribute from Gm-owski to, 566; friend-
liness of E. L. Pierce toward, 567;
tribute from citizens of New York to,
567-568; threatened, 569; attitude of
Lincoln toward, 571; vote of thanks to.
INDEX 607
571; Banks compared with, 572, 575,
577; rumored candidate for Cabinet,
573; denial of falsehoods in LondonHerald, 574; resolutions adopted byHouse of Representatives, 574 ; tribute
from White to, 576; congratulations
from Evans, 578; incensed by Bidwell
case, 579; Wendell Phillips on, 580;
Bates appeals for help to, 580; Parton
wishes to write history of administra-
tion in New Orleans of, 582, 583;
retm-n to New Orleans riunored, 583,
584, 586, 587, 589, 593; friendliness of
Maj. Bell toward, 585; thanks of the
Mass. Legislature presented to, 586;
tribute of Warner to, 586; Bullitt to
call on, 587; tribute from Thorpe to,
589; suggested for War Dept., 589;
suggested as Pres., 590; contribution
to Democratic Review, 590; invited to
speak ia New York, 591; respect of
Gardiner for, 591, 592; praise fromTurner, 594; Butterfield asks advice
of, 595; at the Charlestown Conven-tion, 595 ; attitude of Congress toward,
596; Allen's interview with, 596, 597;
B. B. Lovering named for, 598, 599;
Ohio House Joint Resolutions, 599.
Letters from B. to
Arnold, General, 54, 230
Banks, Gen. N. P., 545
Barker, Jacob, 480
Bates, Moses, 241, 524
Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T., 520Benachi, M. W., 300
Blake, Asa S., 32
Blockading Squadron, the officers of the,
502
Bonfanti, Capt. 209
Butler, Paul, 79
Butler, Mrs. Sarah, 46, 55, 76, 83, 93,
109, 110, 115, 124, 148, 153, 176, 177,
185, 190, 198, 233, 236, 241, 248, 271,
277, 286, 297, 316, 323, 338, 380Callejon, Juan de, 192, 249, 331, 373, 495" Cardenas, " Captain of the, 204
Carney, J. G., 35
Champlin, J. T., 263
Charity Hospital, Committee of Administra-
tion of, 58
Chase, S. P., 3, 26, 31, 105, 113, 394, 398,
423
Clara, Superior S. M., 215
Coppell, George, 46, 479
Daismore, W. B., 33
Denison, G. S., 528
Dillon, William, 354
Dix, General, 4
Dow, Brig. Gen. Neal, 59, 404, 485
Durant & Horner, 523
Dwyer, J. D., 437
Etheridge, Emerson, 574
Fauconnet, 299
Farragut, Adm. D. G., 140, 149, 183, 184,
273, 406, 413, 441, 450, 501, 522, 527
Foster, Dwight, 248
Fowler, Joseph S., 140
Fox, Capt. G. v., 348
Halleck, Maj. Gen. H. W., Ill, 242, 278,
326, 394, 400, 410, 459, 472, 481, 490,
514
Hamilton, J. C, 486
Herrera, Jose Manuel Dias de, 182, 325
Holbrook, Gov. Frederick, 295, 481
Holt, Joseph, 399, 472, 506, 522, 579
Hosford, Mayor, 45
January, Capt., 330
Johnson,Reverdy, 80, 81, 83, 94, 98-102,120
Jones, Col. E. F., 45
Kruttschnidt, J., 310, 318, 350
Labitat, Jonathan, 417
Lafeye, J. W., 437
Lamed, Col. B. F., 31
Larue, Mrs., 57
Lincoln, President, 5, 123, 447, 512, 547
Marshal in New York, the U. S., 408
Meigs, General, 118, 291, 526
Mejan, Count, 25, 127, 188, 433, 435, 443,
485, 491
Mercer, W. N., 278, 332, 437
Mobile, Commanding Officer of Forces at,
121
Morris, Com. H. W., 26, 239, 240, 353
New Orleans, Treasurer of City of, 257
New York, the Mayor of, 235
Nims, Capt, 508
Opelousas, Officer Commanding Forces at,
217
Paine, Col. C. J., 377
Paine, Col. H. E., 159, 170, 193, 203
Parton, James, 582
Pemberton, General, 473
Perkins, Lieutenant, 330
Phelps, Brig. Gen. J. W., 102, 126, 143,
154, 155, 244
Piaget, A., 491
Picayune, Editors of the, 48
Pierce, L., Jr., 463
Ponier & Co., 34
Porter, Capt. W. D., 141, 187
Pugh, Mrs., 461
Quartermaster General, the, 249
608 INDEX
Rathburn, E. A., 498
Reynaud, Admiral, 431, 509
Roy, Lieut. T. A., 288
Rozier, J. Ad., 55
Sanborn, John, 110
Seward, Wm. H., 40, 123, 275, 306, 377,
398, 467, 508, 512
Shepley, Gen.. 261, 277
Sherman, Gen. T. W., 331, 339
Shufeldt, M., 454
Slocumb and Urquhart, Mesdames, 1
Stafford, Capt., 88
Stanton, E. M., 6, 13, 40, 42, 53, 59, 66,
82, 107, 112, 142, 168, 191, 194, 243,
298, 315, 339, 361, 368, 375, 383, 384,
385, 387, 392, 397, 402, 407, 411, 416,
419, 420, 422, 431, 442, 446, 474, 478,
489, 493, 516, 517, 525
Taylor, Gen. Jo., 118
Taylor, Maj. R., 266
Thomas, Gen., 234, 237, 245, 293, 585
Thompson, Gen. M. J., 302, 303, 311
Walden, D. T., 292
Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey, 158, 429, 439, 455
Welles, Gideon, 287
Williams, Gen., 83, 150
Wilson, Henry, 465
Letters to B. from
Adams, C. F., 70
Allen, S. M., 595
Anonymous, 479
Appleton, Capt. J. F., 547
Arnold, Gen. L. G., 107
Banks, General, 545
Barker, Jacob, 52. 337, 338, 480
BaHles, Charles, 533, 538, 552
Bates, Moses, 58, 106, 113, 139, 240,
580
Bauer, F., 167
Bell, Major, 283, 585
Benachi, M. W., 300
Bird, F. W., 531
Blake, Mrs. A. S., 33
Bonzano, M. F., 503
Bouligny, J. E., 598
Brown, J. G., 242
Buchanan, Lieut. T. M., 450, 451, 521
Burbank, Thomas, 216, 231
Butler, Mrs. Sarah, 163, 175, 196, 201,
218, 225, 232, 247, 256, 258, 304, 305,
319, 321, 326, 333
Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, 594
Callejon, Juan, 331, 374, 494
Carney, J. G., 91, 119
Chartant, A., 466
Chase, S. P., 107, 131, 323, 422, 468, 541,
584, 587
ChUds, G. W., 51
Cisco, J. J., 117
Clara, Superior S. M., 213Clark, John, 285
Copeland, Henry, 207
Coppell, George, 46, 163
Council of Ten, the, 61
Coxe, B. F., 75
Davis, Edvnn, 592
Deming, Col. H. C, 150
Democratic League, the Committee of the,
531
Denison, G. S., 66, 84
Derby, E. H., 61
Dow, Gen. Neal, 199
Eliot, T. D., 571
Elliott, Joseph, 249
Etheridge, Emerson, 574
Eustis, W. T., 177
Evans, Estwick, 578
Everett, Edward, 198
Fairfax, Capt. D. M. W., 180
Farragut, Adm. D. G., 47, 182, 183, 186,
330, 382, 393, 403, 416, 470, 501, 502,
526
Farwell & Co., Messrs. A. G., 56
Fauconnet, 275, 296, 298, 351, 376, 391,
468
Fay, R. S., Jr., 88, 92, 122, 211, 225, 250,
262, 289, 314, 354, 518, 537
Fay, R. S., Sr., 238
Fisher, J. A. G., 207
Foster, Dwight, 284
French, J, H., 324
Fuller, T. K., 463
Gardiner, 0. C, 590
George, P. R., 44, 499
Girault, J. F., 462
Griffin, J. 0. A., 580
Gurowski, Count, 566
Hale, R. C, 584
Halleck, General, 212, 223
Hamilton, J. C, 486
Herrera, JosS Manuel Dias de, 325
Hildreth, F. A., 464
Holbrook, Governor, 173, 295
Holbrook, Kendall, 189
Hunt, Randall, 56
Hurley, Jeremiah, 138
Ironside, Isaac, 587
J. P. M., 84
Johnson, Gov. Andrew, 139
Johnson, Reverdy, 56, 80, 94, 95, 96, 98,
102, 104, 120, 121
Killborn, G. W., 382
INDEX 609
Kinsman, J. B., 37
Kruttschnidt, J., 220, 309, 317, 351, 355
Labitat, Jonathan, 417
Lincoln, President, 447, 553
Lingham, J, G., 478
Loring, George, 223
Levering, H. K. 598
McCormick, Charles, 421, 435
McMillan, Col. D. W., 102, 187
Maignan, General, 51
Meigs, Gen. M. C, 185
Mejan, Count, 25, 127, 128, 432, 459, 485,
492
Mercer, W. N., 332
Merrill, Capt. C. R., 113
Mithoffas, M., 436
Morgan, P. H., 563
Morris, Com. H. W., 238, 240, 316
Murphy, W. W., 574
Myers, J. B., 7
New Orleans, Merchants of, 276
New York, Citizens of, 567"New Yorker," 569
O'Brien, J., 170
Parton, James, 582, 583
Perkins, Capt. E. H., 180
Pevie, General, 208
Peyster, Gen. Walter de, 78
Phelps, Gen. J. W., 145, 155
Piaget, A., 491, 492
Pierce, Carlos, 87
Pierce, E. L., 566
Pmoi, J. L., 372
Ponier & Co., 34
Porier, Com. D. D., 246
Porte/, Corn. TF. D., 140, 269
Reynaud, Admiral, 430, 431, 508, 511
Richardson, D. S., 86
Robinson, W. G., 300
Roselius, C, 207
Ruggles, Gen. Daniel, 67, 215
Bm5<, Henry, Jr., 64
Pi/an, J", r., 381
Seacock, W. T., 63
Seward, IF. fl'., 399
Shafer, Col. J. W., 405, 483, 589" She Adder," A, 5'^S
Shepley, G. F., 59, 147, 260
Shields, Colonel, 319
Shipper, G. M., 103
Shipper, Mrs. G. M., 104
Shufeldt, R. TV., 418
Stafford, Col. S. H., 548
Stanton, E. M., 9, 41, 222, 250, 298, 377,
392, 421, 501, 518
Strong, Maj. G. C, 114, 165
Sumner, Charles, 520, 570
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Taylor. Maj. R., 265
Taylor, I. T., 191
Tod, Governor, 599
Thomas, Gen. Lorenzo, 234, 247
Thomas, Col. S., 242
Thompson, General, 311
Thorpe, F. B., 184
Thorpe, T. B., 589Turner, Col. J. W., 414, 593Tyler, William, 562
Union Man, A, 3
Vacherie, Residents of, 89
Veritas, 374
Ficior, J. N., 53
Wainwright, Capt. W. M,, 470Warner, Oliver, 586
PFaison, P. H., 274, 279, 298, 442, 445, 476White, R. G., 576
Whitney, J. T., 124, 227
Wilson, Henry, 516
Wolcott, C. P., 60
Telegrams to B. from
Dow, Gen. Neal, 316
Lincoln, President, 593
Telegrams from B. to
Dow, Gen. Neal. 151, 161
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H. F., 37, 114;
letter to Major Strong from, 40; letters
from B. to, 46, 55, 76, 83, 93, 109, 115,
124, 148, 153, 176, 185, 190, 198, 233,
236, 241, 248, 271, 277, 286, 297, 316,
323, 338, 380; letters to B. from, 163,
175, 196, 201, 218, 225, 232, 247, 256,
258, 304, 319, 321, 326, 333; letter
from Whitney to, 204; letter to
Hildreth from, 282; 339; letters to
Mrs. Heard from, 393, 410, 438, 453,
488, 503, 520, 530, 547; at NewOrleans, 393, 407, 488; letters fromGeorge to, 500; feeling against Col.
B. of, 504, 530; sends gifts home, 530;
plans for returning home, 547
Butler, Benjamin Israel, 79, 80, 115, 165,
196, 248, 338, 339, 453, 504
Butler, Blanche, 39, 46, 55, 75, 83, 93,
109, 115, 124, 149, 165, 196, 218, 226,
232, 233, 234, 259, 277, 317, 327, 338,
339, 393, 453, 503
Butler, Charles, 568
Butler, Mrs. Charlotte Ellison, 219, 393,
410
610 INDEX
Butler, Paul, letter from B. to, 79; age of,
79; gifts to, 83, 530; 115, 165, 196,
219, 249, 453
Butler, William Allen, 568
Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, letter to B.
from, 594; called to staff of Hooker,
594; asks advice of B., 595
Byam, Mr., Mayor of Baton Rouge, 13
Cabezas, Edward, 369; deposition of,
370
Cadwallader, General, rumored as suc-
cessor to B., 283
Cahill, Col. Thomas W., affair at Baton
Rouge reported by, 159, 160; letter
from Breckinridge to, 160; letter to
Breckinridge from, 161; in commandat Vicksburg, 169; letter to B. from,
495, 496
"Calhoun," the, 273, 394, 445, 451, 452
Calleja, Mr., 369, 371
Callejon, Juan de, correspondence of,
128, 205; letters from B. to, 192, 249,
331, 373, 495, 325; letters to B. from,
331, 374, 494; in the "Roanoke" case,
340, 344, 345; cordial relations estab-
lished between B. and, 346; asked to
bring Puig before B., 369; complains
of detention of Spanish subjects, 494;
512
Calleza, M. See Calleja, Mr.Cambridge, 37, 39, 62, 86
Camden, Frederick, 585
Cameron, General, 540, 590
Camp Chalmette, 85
Camp Moore, 21, 50, 66, 150, 167, 349,
357
Camp Parapet, 102, 113, 143
Camp Verde, 303
Canal Bank, the, 498
"Cardenas," the, 182, 205; letter from
B. to Capt. of, 204; 249, 340, 342,
343, 344, 345, 346, 389
Carnere, A., 276
Carney, J. G., letter from B. to, 35;
B's consignment to be explained to,
77; letters to B. from, 91, 119; pay-
ment of drafts of, 91, 93, 212; 148,
326, 464
Caroline, 55, 77, 232
Carrington, Mr., 98
Carrolton, 66, 102, 143, 228, 236, 237,
244, 273, 400, 436
Castillo, Mr. 377, 378Castle, Henry, 54, 67
"Catawba," the, 407, 531
"Catinat," the, 431, 508, 510
Cavode, John, 595, 596
Center, the, 69
Centreville, 247
Cerro Gorde, 5
Chamber of Commerce, the N. Y., 569,
591
Champlin, Rev. J. T., letter from B. to,
263
Chander, J., 420
Chapman, Mr., 479
Chapultepec, 5
Charity Hospital of New Orleans, the,
resignation of trustees of, 15; state of
funds of, 58; 525
"Charles Kean," the, 464
Charleston, 72, 390, 597
Charlestown, 352
Charlestx)wn Convention, the, 595, 596
Chartant, Surgeon A., 466
Chase, Kate, 134
Chase, Salmon P., Secretary of the
Treasury, 3; letters from B. to 3, 26,
31, 105. 113, 394, 398, 423; friendliness
toward B. of, 38, 66, 134; release of
liquor ordered by, 39, 107, 108; fvmds
transmitted by B. to, 83; B. asks
permission to coin small coin from,
105; letters to B. from, 107, 131, 323,
422, 468, 541, 584, 587; release of
matches ordered by, 109; B. sends
copy of Records of Mortgages to, 113,
114; on the negro question, 132-135;
plates delivered to, 151; letters from
Denison to, 228, 269, 328, 355, 378,.
412, 426, 504, 515, 528, 543, 550, 565;
in favor with Lincoln, 334; 335, 358,
499, 504, 535; resignation of, 552, 566,.
585
Chicago, 197
"Chickahominy," 24
Chickering, Thomas, Regt. of, 354
Childs, George W., letter to B. from, 51
Choate, Rufus, 42, 194
Chubbuck, Mr., 232, 256
Cincinnati, 257, 286
Cisco, John J., letters to B. from, 117, 56&
Citizen's Bank of New Orleans, the, 221,
585
Citizens of New York, letter to B. from,
567
Claiborne, J. F. H., information given to
Captain Buck by, 69-70
Clara, Superior S. M., letter to B. from^
213; letter from B. to, 215
Clark, Captain, 284, 326, 333
INDEX 611
Clark, Colonel, 111
Clark, H. C, 479
Clark, John, reports to B. on conditions
in North, 285
Clark, Mr., 358
Clark, Robert, 355
Clarke, Brig. Gen. Charles, prisoner of
war, 160, 161, 168, 169, 215; visited
by his children, 319; 473
Clarke, Mrs. Charles, allowed to visit
her husband, 216; 301
Clarke, James Freeman, 566
Clemence, Major, 110, 304, 305, 322
"Clifton," the, 140, 330, 471
"Colored Brigade," the. See Native
Guards, the
Colton, Charles C, 86
Columbus, 364
Commercial Water Works Co., the,
497, 498
Commissary of Subsistence, the Chief.
See Turner, Col. John W.Commissioners of Peace, 336
"Committee of Public Safety," 152, 364
Compilateur, the, 275
Comstock, Capt. A., 103, 104
"Conduct of the War," the. Committeeon, 595
Confederacy, the, 17, 19, 329, 332, 346
Confederate Army, the, 26, 65, 66, 261,
343, 353, 357, 358
Confederate Goverimient, the, 17, 19,
90, 95, 268, 371, 395, 422, 425, 446,
462, 473
Confederate money, 3, 8
Confederate officers, 21, 23
Confederate States, the. Treasury notes
of, 3, 14, 20, 81; Secretary of the
Treasury of. See Memminger, C. 0.;
Myers, Quartermaster of, 6, 17; una-
nimity of the people of, 19, 52, 67, 69;
Receivers of, 83; 101, 179, 265, 300,
332, 363, 365, 370, 509
Confederate States Treasury, the, B.
sends to Sec. of the Treas. certificates
of deposits in, 26
Confiscation Act, the, 151, 315, 316
"Congress," the, 571
Congress, sword presented to Twiggs byact of, 5
"Connecticut," the, 124, 142, 176, 343
Connecticut Volunteer Militia, the, 168;
9th Regt. of, 278, 357; 13th Regt. of,
342, 358
Conscription Act, 14
Consul, Acting British. See Coppell,
George
Consul General of Havana. See Shvfeldt,
R.W.Consul of Bremen, Acting. See Krutt-
schnidt, J.; Rudolf I. Keus vice, 222
Consid of France. See Mejan, Count;
Acting. See Fauconnet, MonsieurConsiJ of Greece. See Benachi, M. W.Consul of Italy, the. See Lanaia, Mr.Consul at Malta, 61
Consul at Matamoras. See Pierce, Mr.Consul of Mexico, the, 24
Consul of the Netherlands, the. See
ConturiS, Amedee. See also, Mejan,Count
Consul of Prussia. See Vogel, William;
Acting. See Kruttschnidt, V.; Rei-
chart, late, 222
Consul of Spain, the. See Callejon,
Juan de
Contraband of War, 39, 109, 264, 310,
357, 368, 558
Contrabands, the, 126, 127, 436, 437
Conturie, Amedee, conflict with military
authorities of New Orleans and, 80,
81, 82, 95, 96, 252, 253, 254, 255, 306;
failure to exercise functions of Consul
by, 255; invited by Dutch minister to
receive articles seized at his house,
298; return of property of, 385, 386, 387
Cook, Captain, 394, 406, 451
Cooper, Peter, 568
Copeland, Henry, 207
Coppell, George, in connection with oath
of allegiance, 9, 73; duly appointed
Acting British Consul, 11; in connec-
tion with the sugar transaction, 12;
letters to B. from, 46, 163; letters fromB. to, 46, 479; re-establishment of
official relations between B. and, 47;
in connection with arrest of Borrowes,
442
Corinth, 191, 223, 354
Cornwell, Captain, 358
Corpus Christi, 428
Correction of Slaves, 84
"Cortes," the, 419
Cottman, Mr., 449
"Cotton," the, 444, 445, 451, 452, 453
Cotton Factors, the, 362
Coulon, Justin, 351, 459, 460
Council of Ten, the, letter to B. from, 61
Courier, the Boston, 36, 290, 291
Court Martial, 150
Court of King's Bench, the, 524
Covas and Megroponte, Messrs., 300
Coxe, B. F., appeals to B. for protection,
75
612 INDEX
Crampton, Captain, 118
"Creole," the, 54, 149, 404, 537
Crescent City, the. See New Orleans
Crescent City Bank of New Orleans, the,
213
Crocker, Captain, 502
Crossman, Colonel, 87
Cross State Station, the, 65
Crottes, Martial, 377
Cruz, Ignacia de la, 495
Cuba, 204, 205, 280, 316, 340, 342, 343.
345, 346, 418
"Cumberland," the, 571
"Cumbria," the, 572
Curtis, General, with Grant at Vicksburg,
111
Curtis, George W., 86
Gushing, Mr., 148
Gushing, Caleb, 590
Custom House, the, 526
D
Dacres, James, claim of, 383
Daily Advocate, the, 475, 480
Daismore, W. B., letter from B. to, 33
Davis, Capt. R. S., gives orders to
Palfrey concerning Twiggs' house, 2;
Special Orders issued by. No. 138, 2,
No. 146, 9, No. 150, 36, No. 151, 24,
No. 152, 25, No. 156, 26, No. 166, 30,
No. 179, 57, No. 181, 57, No. 206, 90,
No. 232, 130, No. 235, 130, No. 244,
158, No. 246, 162, No. 268, 195, No.
278, 200, No. 294, 213; General Orders
issued by. No. 46, 3, No. 48, 52, No. 55,
152, No. 56, 161, No. 57, 173, No. 60,
195, No. 63, 209, No. 85, 409, No. 93,
462; B. asks promotion for, 42;
letters to Col. McMillan from, 49, 50,
58; return of stolen articles to Provost
Marshal of Algiers La., by, 49; copies
of information furnished by scouts
sent to Col. McMillan by, 65; orders
concerning quarantine issued by, 91
letters from Gen. Phelps to, 125, 126
letter to Lieut. Weitzel from, 158
letters to Col. Paine from, 159, 170,
193; letter from Col. Cahill to 159
330
Davis, Colonel, 413, 428, 463, 572
Davis, Commander, 15, 48, 286
Davis, Edwin J., letter to B. from, 592
Davis, Jefferson, 3, 78, 535; Proclamation by, 557-562, 563; 562
Davis, Judge. See Davis, Colonel
"Dean," the, 380
Dean, Mr., 304, 338
De Bauer, Major, 160
De Kay, Lieutenant, 36, 37
Delta, the, 332, 363, 540, 550
Deming, Col. Henry C, 16, 42, 55; letter
to B. from, 151; 482, 489
Democratic League, the Corresponding
Committee of the, letter to B. from,
532
Democratic party, the, 334, 335, 336
Democratic Review, the, 590
Denegre, J. D., 117, 118
Denegree, General, on Board of Survey,
110
Denison, George S., Sec. of the Treas.
gives instructions regarding ardent
spirits to, 39, 107, 108; letters to B,
from, 66, 84; concerning permits
granted by B. to, 84, 423; instruc-
tions concerning matches given to, 109;
letters to Chase from, 228, 270, 324, 328,
355, 378, 412, 426, 504, 515, 528, 543,
550, 565, 571; suspects B., 357, 423;
statements made to, 357, 358; letter
to Lincoln from, 447; in the "L. L.
Davis" case, 527, 528, 529, 544; re-
commends thorough opening of river,
550; estimate of Banks, 572, 573;
on arming the negroes, 573
Denison and Wyckoff, Messrs., 109
Department of the Gulf, the, 59, 107, 199,
303, 516, 541, 547, 567, 575, 594
Department of the Mississippi, the.
Van Dorn in command of, 13, 462
Department of the Navy, the, 287
Department of New England, the, 235
Department of Ordnance, the, 417
Department of State, the, 9, 10, 12, 250,
274, 275, 279, 300, 306, 308, 309, 315,
361, 387, 396, 398, 399, 432, 442
Department of the South, the, 107, 199
Department of the Treasury, the, 39,
264; condition of, 324
Department of the West, the. 111
Department of War, the, 9, 16; despatch
from, 55; 63, 89, 154, 199, 237, 295,
313, 339; General Orders from. No.
107, 315, 404, No. 184, 461; 368, 369,
375, 409, 411, 417, 426, 436, 442, 446,
459, 533, 535; party desirous of
putting B. in, 589
Derby, E. H., review of case of Andrews
requested by, 61; letter from Bonzano
to, 62
Deslonde, Capt. A., 216, 217, 218, 268
Destrihan, M. A., Ust of articles belonging
to, 49
INDEX 613
Dexter, T. C. A., 212, 225, 518, 519, 537,
538
"Diana," the, 430, 451, 452, 521
Diario, the, 419
Dickenson, Lieutenant, 69
Dillon, William. 354, 522, 523
Dimick, Col. J., 60
Dix, General, letter from B. to, 4; B.
presents flags to, 4; 248; rumored as
successor to B., 282, 283; dinner to
Johnson given by, 349; 394, 590
Donaldson, Thomas C, 476, 477, 478
Donaldsonville, bombardment of orphan
asylum of, 214, 215; 232, 287, 302;
expedition to, 406, 412, 427, 430, 490;
440, 455, 468, 491, 492, 522
Douglas, Mr., 540
Dow, Brig. Gen. Neal, B. orders dis-
tribution of wines and liquors stopped
by, 59; telegrams from B. to, 151, 161;
quarantine order to, 151; letter to B.
from, 200; at New Orleans, 316;
letters from B. to, 404, 485; B. gives
instructions on use of vessels to, 404;
orders relating to pitch, 405, 406, 407;
in relation to recovery of a chain cable,
411, 412; letter to Strong from, 411;
letter from Martin to, 412; sale of
"Neafic"by,483; 484; Special Orders
No. 136 by, 485
Dow, Colonel, 316
Dracut, 259
Dred Scott decision, the, 553Dubois and Mish, 221
Dubos, Francis, 275
Duclos, Lucien, 391
Dudley, Act. Brig. Gen. N. A. M., 294
Dudley, Col. N. H. M., 508Dumas, Alexander, 360
Dupasseur and Co., 81, 251
Durand, A., case against officers of the
Bank of Louisiana and, 27-30
Durant & Horner, letter from B. to, 523
Durant, Mr., 186, 489, 531
Durant, Thomas J., 136
Durivage, Messrs., 198
Dwyer, J. D., letter from B. to, 437
Dyer, Lieutenant Colonel, 405
E
East Indian War, the, 69
Eastman, 304
Eddy, Mr., 246
Edson, Dr., 454
Elam, R. H. ,140
Eliot, T. D., 571
Elliott, Joseph, friendliness toward B. of,
249
"Ellis" Cliffs, 141
"Elmira," the, 8
Eloisque, F., 371
El Paso, 551
"Emblem," the, 519, 538
"Emma," the, 329
"Empire Parish," the, 90, 245
England, 71, 74, 75, 101, 120, 177
English Legation, the, 38
English Parliament, the, 86
"E. P. Stewart," the, 39
"Essex," the, 141, 160, 169, 173, 178, 179,
180, 181, 187, 269, 271, 273, 309, 310,
317, 318, 319, 329, 350, 351, 355, 430,
477, 478, 550, 552
"Estrella," the, 451, 452
Etheridge, Emerson, 574
Eustis, George, 374
Eustis, M. M. Delain, 374
Eustis, William T., claim of, 177-178
Evans, Estwick, letter to B. from, 578
Evening Post, the N. Y., 532
Evening Press, the Providence, 562, 563
Everett, Alexander, 590
Everett, Edward, letter to B. from, 198
Ewbank, Thomas, 532
Fago, C. McDonald, 306, 307
Fairfax, Capt. D. M. W., assailed byCaptain Porter, 179, 180
Fan- Oaks, 92
Fallon, Martin, case of, 383
"Fancy Natchez," the, 451
Fard, Mr., 444
Farragut, Rear Adm. D. G., letters to B.
from, 47, 182, 183, 186, 330, 382, 393,
403, 416, 470, 501, 502, 526; shelling of
Vicksburg by, 47; guerillas fire upon,
54, 85; letters from B. to, 140, 141.
149, 183, 184, 273, 406, 413, 441, 450,
501, 522, 527; gives up Vicksburg,
148; 164, 169, 179; about to leave
Mississippi River, 183, 350; on co-
operation of army and navy, 183, 187,
245; praised by B., 184; 186; proud of
title of Rear Admiral, 186; 215, 329,
349; tribute paid by Fox to, 350; in
connection with trading permits, 383,
395, 396; 401; in connection with
"Tennessee" affair, 403; in connection
with "pitch transaction," 405, 406,
407; asked to investigate case of
Garrison, 441; asked to stop "Oreto,"
614 INDEX
441; 463; in the "L. L. Davis" case,
527, 528, 529; comments on B., 543;
quotation from "Life & Letters" of,
543, 544, 551; arrives at Galveston,
572; criticism of, 577
Farrar, Mr., 319
Farrington, 304
Farwell & Co., Messrs. A. G., letter to
B. from, 56
Fassman, Mr., 485
Fauconnet, Monsieur, addresses B. in
behalf of Dubos, 275; reports acts of
violence committed by U. S. soldiers,
296, 351; letters from B. to, 296, 352,
360, 376, 398; concerning complyingwith General Orders Nos. 40, 41 and71, 298, 299, 300; letters to B. from,
376, 391, 468; 399, 402, 403, 459;
gives certificates, 479
Fay, I. S., 290
Fay, Richard S., Jr., 7; and shipment of
merchandise, 34, 89, 92; 35, 238, 290,
314; letter to Mrs. Butler from, 65;
letters to B. from, 88, 92, 122, 211,
225, 250, 262, 289, 314, 354, 518, 537;
91; sends private account of B., 122;
refuses false draft, 211; 234; pm-chases
draft for B., 250; business transactions
with B., 262, 289, 290, 338, 354, 538;
administration criticised by, 263;
supports the Courier, 290; Bonfanti
draws on, 328; with regard to hay in
New Orleans, 354
Fay, Richard S., Sr., letter to B. from,
238; 289, 290, 291" Fearnot," the, 238, 240
Federal Government, the, 12, 68, 72Federal Troops, 67
Field, Lieut. C. G., 153, 437Field, Dudley, 590Field, Jonathan E., Pres. of the Senate,
586
Fifth Ave. Hotel, the, 567Fish, Hamilton, 591
Fisher, J. A. G., 207, 421
Fiske, Capt. Wm. O., 43Flanders, B. F., 163, 329, 449, 528, 534,
542, 584, 598Fleyd, Mr., 390
Florence, Miss Rowena, Twiggs leaves
swords and silver to, 5, 6
Florida, 161
Fonin, Vr., 468Forstall, Edmund I., 80, 95, 96, 252,
253, 308
Fortenberry, J. M., letter to Stanleyfrom, 438
Fort Gaines, 330, 382, 394
Fort Hudson, 514
Fort Jackson, 73, 128, 200, 230, 231,
293, 473, 509, 510
Fort Lafayette, 408, 489
Fort Luforth, 37
Fort Macomb, 440
Fort Monroe, 513
Fort Morgan, 401
Fort Pickens, 43, 70, 107, 230, 476, 477,
509, 510
Fort Pike, 406
Fortress Monroe, 232, 247, 349, 504
Fort St. PhUip, 45, 161, 187, 188, 230,
385, 411, 412
Fort Taylor, 207
Fort Warren, 37, 60, 62, 63
Foster, Dwight, expression of regard for
B. made by, 284; B. replies to, 284
Fowler, Joseph S., 140
"Fox," the, 99, 245, 246, 388
Fox, Capt. G. v., 89, 290; letter from
B. to, 348; letter to B. from, 348-350
Fox, Mrs., 348
France, 71, 74, 75, 250; minister of, 445,
446; laws of, 467
Francisco, Lorenzo, 495
Franklin, 440, 444, 445
"Franklin," the, 575, 576
"Frank Mumford," the, 353
Frazer, 225
Fredericksburg, 538, 539
"Free Colored Brigade," the. See ISla-
iive Guards, the
Fremont, General, 44, 93, 335, 454, 533
French, George A., 139
French, Mrs., 453
French, Gen. Jonas H., 42; letter to B.
from, 324; 351; suspected of interest
in speculations of Col. Butler, 356;
seizures released by, 357; 371, 432, 435,
468
French Legation, the, 38, 367
"French Legion," the, the storing of
arms of, 51
French, Zouaves, the, 68
Fuller, H. M., letter to George from, 575
Fuller, Capt. T. K., 445, 463, 491
Fulton, Reverend Wm., 408
G
Gainsville, 69, 70
Galveston, 382, 401, 406, 413, 428, 440,
463, 465, 506, 524, 525, 535, 565, 566;
disaster at, 571, 592; 575, 577
Galveston Island, 470
INDEX 615
Gardiner, Henry C, 532
Gardiner, 0. C, letter to B. from, 590;
"Foreign Immigration" by, 590; the
"Great Issue" by, 590
Garibaldi Company, the, 479
Garrison, L., 441, 499
Gautherin, & Co., M., 445, 446, 509
"General Butler," the, 34
George, Capt. Paul R., letters to B.
from, 44, 499; 46, 87, 114, 122, 166,
259, 283, 305, 321, 322, 337, 381, 464;
warns B., 499-500; letter from Fuller
to, 575
GeorgetowTi, 39, 232, 256, 282, 327
Georgia, sword presented to Twiggs by,
5, 6; 168, 570
Germany, 71
Gerolt, Baron Fr., letter to Seward from,
219
Gibson, Captain, ordered to stop boats
approaching New Orleans via lakes, 91
Giddings, Major, 228
Gm, Mr., 213
Gilpin, H. D., 590
Girault, Maj. J. F., letter to B. from, 462
Gladden, General, 171
Glenn, L. F., 103
Godbury, James, 231
Goicouria and Co., D.D., 358
Goicouria, Don G., 358
Gonzales, convicted for murder, 399
Goodman, Mr., 261
Goodrich, Reverend Mr., 408
GoodANTH, Acting Master, 521
Gould, Charles, 568
Graham, I. A., 130
Grailhe, Mr., 374
Grand Lake, 521
Grant, Gen. U. S., advance upon Vicks-
burg by, 82, 111; 124
Grant's Pass, 183, 394
Gray, W. C, 350
Great Britain, 250, 305
Greece, 71
Greeley, Horace, estimate of B. by, 553
Green, Son & Co., George, 355
"Green Mountain Boys," the, 174
Green, Lieut. Wm. L. G., 462, 468, 495
Greenwood, Moses, 129; the cotton deal
of, 177; in connection with case of
Heidrick, 372
Grenada, 551
Griffin, Mr., 304, 338
Griffin, J. O. A., letter to B. from, 580
Grima, F., 220, 221
Grivot, Adjutant and Inspector General,
210, 211
Grover, Brig. Gen. C, outlaws Bates,
580, 581
Guerillas, Farragut fired on by band of,
54; cotton destroyed by bands of,
58; Steal's band of, 69; 103, 111, 144;
attack on, 150; 199, 215, 231, 232, 243,
267, 268, 269, 270, 278, 279, 288, 291,
312, 378, 428
Guerilla warfare, 13, 15
Guest, Capt. John, in connection with
cattle shipped to Ship Island, 414, 415,
416
Gulf of Mexico, the, 388
Gurowski, Count Adam, 566
Haas, John Geo., 34
Haggerty, Captain, 45, 55, 165, 202, 203,
339, 352; report of dehvery of property
to Consul of the Netherlands, 385
Hahn, Mr., 534, 542
Haidel, Doct., 231
Haines, Major, 160
Hale, R. C, letter to B. from, 584
Halleck, Maj. Gen. Henry W., 48, 83;
letters from B. to. 111, 242, 278, 326,
394, 400, 410, 459, 472, 481, 490, 514;
established in Washington, 122; 124;
letters to B. from, 212; appointed Sec-
retary of War, 321, 223; calls on Chase,
323; 334; Weitzel's report sent to, 459;
469; B. refers case of murder of
soldiers to, 472; 486, 487, 488, 520,
533; statement concerning re-enforce-
ment of McClellan, 536, 537; General
Orders by. No. 184, 547; in connection
with Mumford case, 557, 558; 590
Hambling, Mr., 351
Hamburg, 221
Hamilton, A. J., 427
Hamilton, John C, letter from B. to,
486; letter to B. from, 486; on em-plojnnent of negroes, 487
Hamilton, Maj. Gen. Schuyler, 486;
favors occupation of Brownsville, 565;
566, 573, 577, 592
"Hanna Thornton," the, 89
Hardy, P. D., 210
Harper's Ferry, 513" Harriet Lane," the, 571, 572
Harris & Co., H., 290
Harris, Mr., 402
Harrison, Mr., 405
Harrisse, Charles, 377, 378
Harry, 410
"Hart," the, 445. 451
616 INDEX
"Hartford," the, 521
Hartley, Lieutenant, 49
Harvey, S. H., articles taken from house
of, 49, 50
Hatteras, 43, 513
Havana, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 151, 192,
280, 316, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 361,
368, 388, 390, 416, 417, 434, 530
Havre, 346
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 590
Haynes, W. H., 477
Heard, Mrs. Harriet, 110, 124, 247;
letters from Mrs. B. to, 393, 410, 438,
453, 488, 503, 520, 530, 547Heath, E., 163
Heidsick, Charles, 127, 128, 129, 130,
212; merchants of New Orleans askclemency for, 276, 277, 372, 373
Helme, Brig. Gen. Robert G., at Vicks-
burg, 168, 169
Hensley, Dr. A. C, 461
Herald, The London, 574
Herald, the N. Y., 166, 487Herrera, Jose Manuel Dias de, letter to
B. from, 325; 420, 512
Hewett, Captain, 46Higgins Hotel, the, 110
Hildreth et al., Messrs., 91
Hildreth, Fisher A., 35, 46, 55, 93, 110,
124, 149, 164, 175, 196, 201, 202, 203,
218, 225, 226, 227, 228, 232, 234, 236,
241, 247, 256, 257, 259, 272; letters
from Mrs. B. to, 282, 393; 304, 305,
316, 317, 321, 327, 338, 381, 410, 454;
letter to B. from, 464; 489, 500, 503,
531, 576
Hildreth, Laura Wright, 410, 489
Hill, D. H., 394
Hilton Head, 107, 219, 227
History of Ireland, the, 350
"History of the Great Rebellion," byLossing, 51
Hitchcock, Professor, 591
Holbrook, Gov. Frederick, offers support
to B., 174; asks B. for advancementof son, 174; asks for court of inquiry,
295; letters from B. to, 295, 481
Holbrook, Kendall, 189
Holbrook, Maj. W. C, 174; complaint
of, 293; calls for court of inquiry,
294; 481
Holcomb, Colonel, 430
Holt, Joseph, letters from B. to, 399,
472, 506, 522, 579Hooker, General, 469; Butterfield called
to staff of, 594
Hooper, Mr., 290
Hope and Co., Messrs., 80, 82, 95, 96,
252, 253, 306
Hope Insurance Co., the 80, 253
Hopkins, the plantation, 351, 459Hosford, Mr., letter from B. to, 45House Mutual Insurance Company, the,
381, 382
House of Representatives, the, 569, 570;
resolutions adopted by, 574Houston, 506, 535, 571, 577
Hubbard, J. B., 163
Hubbell, James R., 599
Hughes, Frank, 540
Hunt, Randall, letter from B. to, 56Hunt, Seth B., 568
Hunter, General, 133, 134, 164
Hunton, Thomas, 381, 382
Hurly, Jeremiah, 138
Hutchins, Mr., 571
"Iberville," the, 131
"Ida," the, 342
"licaltipec," the, 421
Indiana, 324
Indiana Volunteer Militia, the, 21st Regt.
of, 13, 50, 160, 168, 169, 278, 295, 451,
473
Indianola, 578
Irish Rebellion, the, 72
Ironside, Isaac, letter to B. from, 587
Jackson, 127, 425, 551
Jackson, Gen. Andrew, 93, 247, 256,
259, 305, 574, 582
Jackson, garrison of, 45
Jackson, R. R., the, 382
Jackson, Stonewall. See Jackson, Gen.
Andrew"Jackson," the, 415, 441
James River, the, 10, 323
January, Captain, 330
Jefferson, Texas, 8, 26
"John Griffin," the, 464
Johnson, Gov. Andrew, letter to B. from,
139-140
Johnson, Captain, 239, 240
Johnson, Reverdy, appointed by President
as Commissioner to inquire into proceed-
ings between B. and foreign Consuls, 9,
12, 5Q, 95, 96, 251, 252, 253, 254, 307;
letter from Seward to, 12; letters to,
B. from. 56, 80, 94, 95, 96, 98, 102,
104, 120, 121; letters from B. to, 80,
INDEX 617
81, 83, 94, 98-102, 120; asked by B. to
investigate Citizen's Bank transactions,
81; B. asks advice of, 83; letter to
Puffer from, 95; decision on claims of
Kennedy & Co., 96, 98, 98-102;
judgment in case of Maull and Han-cock, 104; 114,118; letters from Pres.
Lincoln to, 131, 133; goes home, 148;
151, 166, 191, 230; reports of. 308,
309, 552; dinner for, 349; 396, 425,
426; letter to Shepley from, 443; atti-
tude toward B. of, 444
Johnstown, 70
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the
War, the, report of, 312
Jones, Col. Edward F., letter from B. to,
45; promotion of, 45; 499
Jose, H. M., 464
Journal, the, Boston, 91
J. P. M., letter to B. from, 84
Jufante, Basilio, 495
Juge, Paul, 363
Juge, Paul, fils, 276
Juge & Tarry, Paul, 276
Kahl, Mr., 351
"Katahdin," the, 141, 288
Keith, Lieutenant Colonel, 169
Keller, Fidel, 15, 24
Kellogg, Dr., 166
Kellogg, Spencer, 269
Kendall, George W., 540
Kendrick, Capt. F. M. H., 103
"Kenio," the, 141, 169, 180
Kennedy and Corvere, 98
Kennedy and Co., S. H., claims of, 55,
56, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 105
Kensel, Capt. George A., 42, 230, 440Kentucky, 42, 86, 118, 223, 324, 349,
427, 430
Keus, Rudolf I., 222
Key West, 91, 207, 233, 575
Killborn, G. W., letter to B. from, 382
Kimball, Lieutenant Colonel, 10
Kimball, S. S., 177
King, Charles, 568
King, ex-Governor, 591
King, Lieutenant, 394, 406
Kingdeus, James G., 118
Kingdeus Co., James G., 117
Kingdom of Great Britaio, the, 60
Kinney, Lieutenant, 358
"Kinsman," the, 444, 445, 451, 452, 521
Kinsman, Capt. J. B., letter to B. from,
37; in Washington, 38, 44; 114, 203, 323
Kirkland, Charles P., 532
Klatt, Captain, 310, 317, 318, 351, 355
Knapp, F. H., patrol of, 296
Knight, Thomas C, 39
Knowles, Samuel, 108
Knox, Mr., 496
Kruttschnidt, J., 220; letters to B. from,
220, 309, 317, 351, 355; reply of B. to,
222 ; recognized as Acting Consul of Re-public of Bremen 222, 223; the "Essex"case, 309, 317. 318, 319, 350, 355; letters
from B. to, 310, 318, 350; subscriber
to "city defense fund." 363, 365; 367
Kruttschnidt, V. See Kruttschnidt, J.
Labadieville, 462
"Labarge," the, 199
Labitat, General, 417
Labitat, Jonathan, letter to B. from,
416, 417; letter from B. to. 417
La Bourgeois, Capt. Joseph. 231
Lacaze, Bertrand, 468
Ladd, Major, 282
"L. d'Or." the, 462
Lafeye, J. W.. letter from B. to, 437
Lafourche, 231, 426, 427, 428, 429;
district of, 440, 448, 455; 468, 491
La Hache, 199
Lake des AUemands, the, 89
Lake Ponchartrain, 130, 143, 157, 183,
356. 357, 529
Lambeth, the Rector of. See Lingham,John
Lanata, Mr., 479
Larned, U. S. A., Paymaster Gen. Ben-jamin F., letter from B. to, 31
Larue, Anne. 57
Larue, John H., 57
Lasalle, Gustave, 485
Lasart, Mr., 199. 200
Lea. J. N., letter from B. to, 58
Leacock, Reverend Doctor, 407, 408
Lecaze, Bertrand, 492
Lechleiter, Joseph, 90
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 334, 349, 557
Leesburg, 256
Lemore, Alfred, 508, 509, 510, 511
Lemore. Jules. 508, 509, 510, 511
Leon, Elie, 492
Letter Book, the. 353
Lewis, Major General, 211, 472, 473
Lewis, Mr., 367
"Liberty," 441
Licard, Marcelin. 237
Limburg, Mr. Roest van, letter fromSeward to, 252-255
618 INDEX
Lincoln, President Abraham; letters
from B. to, 5, 123, 447, 512, 541, 547;
B. sends Twiggs' swords to, 5, 151, 570;
a "qualified amnesty" brought to
attention of, 9; General Order No. 41
brought to attention of, 9; on Gen.
Phelps and negro question, 10, 41, 131,
133, 135, 136, 143, 145, 146, 148, 155,
157; Oath of Allegiance required byB. from the foreign residents of NewOrleans objected to by, 11; requests
B. to remove impression of injury fromMr. Coppell, 12; Johnson appointed
commissioner to examine into pro-
ceedings between B. and foreign
consuls by, 9, 12, 56, 251, 252; Cabinet
of, 71; 75; blockade removed byProclamation of, 98, 99, 263; 119;
Roselius sent to give his views of negro
question to, 123, 124, 207; plan
of compensated emancipation, 132;
133; letter to Johnson from, 135;
letter to BuUett from, 136; answers
Durant, 135-138; interview with Gen.
Shepley, 147; 148, orders volunteers,
151; resignation of Gen. Phelps sent
to, 154, 207; 164; call for more troops
by, 173; criticism of, 224, 533, 534,
590, 591, 594; view of conflict betweenForeign Consuls and military author-
ities in New Orleans, 253, 255; rela-
tions with Spanish government, 282;
does not act on advice of Sec. Chase,
323, 324; Proclamation of Emancipa-tion of, 327, 334, 534, 550; re-instates
McClellan, 334; leans on Chase, 334;
335, 336, 422; letters to B. from, 447,
553; barrel of sugar sent to, 447; 459;
directs Gen. Banks to take commandof Dept. of the Gulf, 461, 469; removesMcClellan, 469, 533; appoints Burn-side, 469, 533; 487; on capital punish-
ment, 507; 520; re-nomination of, 533,
536; declines resignation of Chase andSeward, 552; calls B. to Washington,
553, 593; 563; disposition of Twiggs'
swords by, 570; attitude toward B.
of, 571; letter to Stanton from, 587;
protest against B. being sent South to,
590, 596
"Lincoln's Complete Works," 587
Lingham, John, Rector of Lambeth, 476,
477, 478
Lingham, John George, 476, 477, 478,
479
Lion, Elie, 468
Liverpool, 307, 318, 355
"L. L. Davis," the, 527, 528, 544Lloyd, Richard, 359
Locke, Major, 14, 31, 398
Lod, Mr., 521, 522
London, 97, 99, 100, 417
Loring, George B., letter to B. from, 223-
225
Lossing, Mr., 51
Lote. See Hildreth, Laura Wright
Louisiana, B. sequesters funds in banksof, 14; Shepley made military Gov. of,
16, 55; address by Moore to People
of, 16-24; case of Bank of, 27, 278;
52; a nest of traitors, 79; questions
with regard to, 82; law for Correction
of Slaves in, 84; 89, 101; Secession
Ordinance of, 123, 136; convention of,
123; 124; the negro question in, 133;
rebellion in, 137; 147; purchase of,
157; 168; library of, 233; 235, 236;
law for children of imprisoned parents
in, 240, 241; Citizen's Bank of, 252,
306; former Gov. of, 265; bonds of
state of, 300; 388, 410, 419, 472, 507,
542, 550
"Louisiana," the, 148, 173, 179
Louisiana, the Bank of. President of.
See Mercer, W. N.; cashier of. See
Montreuil, Augusta; case of Durandagainst, 27-30
Louisiana Club, the, 25, 62
Louisiana Volunteers, the, B. organizing,
54, 82; B. on the payment of, 66; 143;
1st Regt. of, 192, 228, 234, 237; 2ndRegt. of, 517
Lovell, General, removed from commandof Department of the Mississippi, 13,
70; 363
Lovering, Hannah K., letter to B. from,
598
Lowber, Daniel C, parole of, 60
Lowell, 37, 40, 149; Mayor of. See
Hosford, Mr,; Railroad Bank of, 464
Lowery, Lieutenant Commanding, 287
Ludlow, Lieut. Col. W. H., 558
Luis, Ambrosio de, 495
Limt, Mr., 290
Lux, Rudolph T., bill from, 339
Lyons, Lord, 47, 383, 384, 385, 469
MMcClellan, Gen. George, at Richmond,
10, 41, 44, 92, 151, 536, 537; not
defeated at Fair Oaks, 92; 122; 256;
rout of, 272; re-instated Commander-in-Chief on the Potomac, 321, 334;
INDEX 619
Sec. Chase advocates substitute for,
323; the military man for the Demo-cratic party, 334, 335, 336; removalof, 464, 469, 500, 533; rumoredsuccessor to Halleck, 533
"McClellan," the, 4, 31, 380, 453, 503
McCIernand, Mr., 349
McCluskey, Colonel, 112
McCormick, Charles, 271, 346; letters
to B. from, 421, 435
McCullough, Joseph, 208
McCullough, William, 208
McCurdy, R. H., 568
McDowell, General, honorable acquittal
of, 536, 537
Mclnnis, Captain, 69
McKim, Quarter Master, 44, 87, 89, 125
McLaughlin, Captain, 452
McLaurin, Archibald, 40, 260, 261
McLoughlin, Mr., 208
McMillan, Captain, 521
McMillan, Col. J. W., asked to recover
articles stolen from house in Algiers,
49; a call for re-enforcements from,
50, 103; orders concerning selling of
cotton sent to, 58, 102, 111; B. sends
information concerning movements of
the Confederate army to, 65; 93, 150;
disturbed by conditions at BatonRouge, 187; 278, 440; letter to Strong
from, 444; 580
MacNeill, Sir John, 588
McPheeters, Colonel, 490
McQuestion, Serg't. Joseph, 496
Madisonville, 150
Mafford, Colonel, 296
Magee, Mr., 115
Maginnis, Mr., 259
Magruder, Col. J. Bankhead, 571
Maignan, Gen., of French Brigade, 51;
letter to B. from, 51; the safeguarding
of arms in arsenal of French Legion
promised by, 51
Maine, 87, 285
Maine Volunteer Militia, the, 12th Regt.
of, 10; 14th Regt. of, 50, 160, 168, 169;
13th Regt. of, 65, 200, 414, 493, 494;
15th Regt. of, 112, 113
"Major Farewell," the, 371
Mallony, Mr., 390
Manassas, 232
"Manassas," the, 173, 178, 348
Manchac, 232
Manchac Pass, 10, 326
Mandeville, Sergeant, 150, 376
Mange, Dr., 460
Mann, John, 150
MansBeld, Lord, 524
Maria, 410, 503
"Maria Felicia," the, 346
Mariano, Juan, 495
"Marie Galante," the, 340, 375, 419
"Marion," the, 537
Marshall, C. W., 568
Martin City, 455
Martin, Dr. 327
Martin, Lieut. Frederick, 166, 330, 412
Martin, Gen. Robert, arrest of, 232
Martin and Wood, shipment of liquors,
39
Marvel, Ike, 597
Maryland, 324, 334, 349
Mascuard, Frederic Adolphe, 114
Mason, Honore, 351
Mason, M., 361
Massachusetts, 87; Governor of. See
Andrew, Gov. John; Republican party
formed in, 598
Massachusetts Historical Society, the,
487
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, the,
Everett's Battery, 13, 168; 30th Regt.
of, 42, 234; 6th Regt. of, 45; 2ndRegt. of, 3; Nim's Battery of, 168,
508; Manning's Battery of, 168;
Magee's Cavalry of, 168; 26th Regt.
of, 496
Matagonda Bay, 471
Matamoras, 395, 413; Consul at. See
Pierce, Mr. L., 421, 428, 501, 502, 527,
528, 529, 565
"Matanzas," the, 316
Maull and Hancock, 104, 105
Maury, I., 121
Mayor of New York, the, letter from B.
to, 235
Mechanics and Traders Bank of NewOrleans, the, 300
Mechanics Bank of New Orleans, the,
45, 300
Medford, 538
Meigs, Gen. M. C, 88, 89, 92; letters
from B. to, 118-119, 291, 526; reten-
tion by B. of the "Saxon" approved
by, 124; letter to B. from, 185; 290
Mejan, Count, letters to B. from, 25,
127, 128, 432, 459, 485, 492; letters
from B. to, 25, 127, 188, 433, 435, 443,
485, 491; conflict between military
authorities at New Orleans and, 81,
188, 250, 251, 306; the Slidell mortgage
legalized by, 114; letter from Heidsick
to, 128, 205; appointed temporary
Consul of the Netherlands, 256; 372;
620 INDEX
blanket controversy with B., 431-436;
complains of negro violence, 459; 467;
asks return of prisoners, 468; 508, 509,
576
Memminger, C. G., C. S. Treasurer, 3;
letters from, 3, 4
Memphis, 132
Meneely and Son, 78
Mercer, Dr. W. Newton, 27, 189; letters
from B. to, 278, 332, 437
Merchants Bank of New Orleans, the,
213, 437, 478
Merchants Insurance Co., the, 98
Mercier, Doctor, 208
Mercier Guards, the, 208
Mercier, Mr., Minister of H. M. the
Emperor, 511
Mercury, the Charleston, 540
Merrill, Capt. C. R., 112, 113
"Merrimac," the, 173, 178
Mexican Consulate, the, 9
Mexico, 5, 161, 268, 420, 421, 463
M. H. L. Insurance Co., 122
"Miami," the, 140, 184
Michigan Volunteer Militia, the, 6th
Regt. of, 13, 168
Middlesex Co., 122, 354, 519, 538
"Milan." the, 206
Military Academy, the, 570
Military Commandant of New Orleans.
See, Shepley, Acting Brig. Gen.
"Militia of the Seas," the, 68
Millandon, the Plantation, 376
Miltemberger, J. Oliver, 198
Miltemberger, Mrs. J. Oliver, 197
Minturn, Edward, 568
Mississippi, 37, 168, 223, 428, 542
"Mississippi," the, 173, 178, 273, 313,
383
Mississippi River, the, 8, 12, 20, 22, 26,
70, 89, 141, 232, 265, 278, 323, 348,
349, 356
Mississippi Sound, 183
Missouri, 427
Mithofifas, M., letter to B. from, 436
Mobile, 16, 70, 80, 95, 96, 120, 121, 127,
28, 129, 149, 186, 187, 192, 205, 209,
226, 242, 253, 273, 316, 349, 372, 390,
395, 401, 425, 441, 466, 490, 533, 541,
542, 551, 552
Mobile Bay, 183
Mobile, the Commanding OflBcer of Forces
at, letter from B. to, 121
Molino del Rey, 5
Mongenot, Jules, 460
Monterey, 5
Montgomery, A., shipments of, 89, 379
Montgomery, R. H., 359
Montreuil, Auguste, 27
Moore, Mr., 187
Moore, Gov. Thomas Overton, informa-
tion received by B. relating to, 8;
Proclamation of, 8, 15, 243, 268, 362;
at Washington, 8; address by, 13, 16-
24; rules laid down by, 23; letter
from Count Mejan to, 25; commissions
officers of Native Guards, 209-211;
orders arrest of Gen. Martin, 232;
268, 307; conditions of passes given
by, 361; petitioned to prevent ship-
ments of cotton to New Orleans, 362;
permits given by, 362
Morgan, 223
Morgan & Co., Charles, 402
Morgan, Cosma, 441
Morgan, E. E., 568
Morgan, ex-Governor, 591
Morgan, Judge, 379
Morgan, P. H., letter to B. from, 563
"Morning Light," the, 522
Morris, Captain. See Morris, Com.Henry W.
Morris, Com. Henry W., letters from B.
to, 26, 239, 240, 353; 48; warned of
C. S. boats in Red River, 50; ordered
to look out for steamer "Music," 93;
letters to B. from, 238, 240, 316; 245,
278; communication referred to B. by,
287-288
Morse, Mr., 319, 320
"Mound City," the, 401
Mount, Mr., 477, 478
Mudget, Mr., 292
Mumford, Wm. B., 22, 72, 557, 558, 562,
569
Mure, Mr., 477
Murphy, Captain, 473
Murphy, W. W., letter to B. from, 574
"Music," the, 94, 169
Myers, Colonel, Quartermaster General
of C. S. Government, 6
Myers, J. Bailey, letter to B. from, 7;
friendliness for B. of, 7
Myrick, Augustus C, 493, 494
N
Napoleon, Emperok, proposition of, 537
Napoleonville, 412
Nashville, 140, 486
Nassau, 40, 91, 316, 342, 390, 420
"Nassau," the, 292
Natchez, 141, 243
"Natchez," the, 127
INDEX 621
Natchitoches, La., 78
Native Guards, the, 192, 209, 211, 270,
328, 360, 400, 401, 412, 427, 428, 429,
430, 439, 450, 455, 456, 458, 465, 474,
490
"Neafic," the, 483, 484
Nelson, George P., 532
Nelson, Mr., 131
Netherlands, the, 250, 254
"Nevens," the, 107
New Basin, the, 528
New Bedford, 164, 225, 228
New Canal, the, 358, 359, 529
New Hampshire Volunteer Militia, the,
8th Regt. of, 444
New Iberia, 401, 428, 440, 516
"New London," the, 273, 529
New Orleans, B. sequesters property of
Twiggs in, 3; Banks of, 3, 4, 81, 82, 83,
114, 117, 139, 140; flight of Twiggs
from. See Twiggs, Brig. Gen. David
E.; 9, 10; Johnson in, 12, 25, 252, 307,
308, 352; the Commercial Depot of
the State, 16; occupied by enemy, 16;
17, 18; supplies of provisions for, 21,
23; tearing down of flag on Mint at,
22, 72, 557; loss of, 21, 23; B.'s plan
of relief of distress in, 30, 152, 153, 158,
184, 553; 34, 36; liquors shipped to,
39, 43; Provost Marshal of. See
French, Lieut. Col. Jonas H.; Provost
Judge of. See Bell, Jos. M.; City
Library of, 45; judgment of B. in
matter of Union Bank vs. Mechanics
Bank of, 48; OSice of Military Com-mandant of. See Shepley, Acting
Brig. Gen.; 57, 59, 60; B. condemns
to imprisonment citizen of, 61; 62, 65;
Castle and Pennington taken to, 67;
69, 71; criticism of treatment by B. of
citizens of, 73; 74, 76; bonds of, 80, 95,
96; treatment of negroes in, 85; Acting
Provost Marshal of. See Stafford,
Captain; 88; approach of boats to, 91;
capture of, 92; restoring of commerceat, 94; 95, 98, 99, 101, 103, 109; Actiiig
Collector at. See Dennison, George
S.; copy of Records of Mortgages in,
113, 114; Major Strong due in, 114;
consolidated debt of the City of, 117,
253; 123, 124, 127, 131, 146, 147, 151,
152; Commission of Relief appointed
at, 162; 164, 166, 176, 177, 178;
danger of negro insurrection in, 186;
threatened attack on, 187, 192, 193,
194, 198, 230, 233, 243, 257, 273, 279,
286, 315, 320, 321, 326, 401; disarming
of citizens of, 189, 195, 228; 197, 198,
201, 204; treason in the gas works at,
207-208; Merchants Bank of, 213,
437, 478; Crescent City Bank of,
213; 218,219; city ordinance No. 5949,
220; Citizen's Bank of, 221, 585; 222;
holding of, 223, 226, 228, 233, 272;
conditions in, 229, 242, 243, 271;
employment of secessionists in, 229;
B. borrows from City Relief Fund of,
237; defence loan of the city of, 250,
363; conflict between Foreign Consuls
and military authorities at, 250, 251,
253, 254, 306; letter from B. to Treas.
of City of, 257; plunge of unprincipled
men in City Treasury, 257, 258; 260;
opening of port of, 263, 264; 265, 274;
clemency for Heidsick asked bymerchants of, 276; robbery at CustomHouse at, 292; Mechanics and Traders
Bank of, 300; bonds of city of, 300;
transfer of property in, 307; 309, 312,
313, 314; excitement over Confiscation
Act in, 315, 316; mails at, 330; case
of yellow fever in, 342; trade at, 356,
— 357; outlets to Gulf from, 361; ship-
ping of cotton at, 361, 362; foreign
population of, 363; City Council of,
363, 364; Common Council of the
city of, 364; 371, 390, 411, 412, 418;
Spanish vessels take refugees from,
419; the barter of salt for cotton at,
438; exportation of lumber from, 446;
the Bank of, 447, 508, 510, 512, 513;
many being fed in, 448; Chartant
asks to enter, 466; Acting Consul at.
477; War Dept. withholds sanction to
proposition of Banks of, 518, 526, 534;
Gen. Banks goes to, 541, 543; B.
leaves, 547; B.'s farewell address to
citizens of, 554-557, 587; conditions
under Banks in, 575; B.'s rumored
return to, 583, 584, 586, 587, 589, 593;
Acting Collector at, 587
New Orleans Coupons, 122
New Orleans, Jackson, and Great
Northern R. R. Co., 198
New York, 32, 33, 37, 47, 71, 109, 117,
236, 313, 567; Mayor of. See Op-dyke, Mayor
New York, the State of, 87; Gov. of.
See Seymour, Governor
New York Volunteers, the, 176th Regt.
of, 579
"New Yorker," letter to B. from, 569
Newport News, 513
Nims, Captain, letter from B. to, 508
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Nina [Mrs. Henry Read], 115, 297, 503
"Nina Simms," the, 8
N. O. & I. R. R., the, 208
Norfolk, 92
Norton, Sidney S., letter to Barney from,
263; 355
Nowland, Adjutant, dropped from roll,
405
Nutt, Commodore, 333
O
O'Brien, J., 170
"Ocean Queen," the, 40, 202, 230, 277
Odell, Mr., 313
Official Records, 94, 306
Ohio, 324; Gov. of. See Tod, Gov.
David
"Old Point," 110
Old Red River, 8
"Oneida," the, 169
Opdyke, Mayor 591
Opelomay Rail Road, the, 265
Opelous, the, 8
Opelousas, 217, 268, 401
Opelousas Railroad, the, 379, 392, 401,
425, 427, 439, 575
Ordinance of Secession, the, 449
O'Rielly, Henry, 532" Orieto," the, 441
O'Sullivan, Mr., 590
Ould, Robert, 558
"Owasco," the, 414, 471
"Pacific," the, 40
Paeshar & Co., Mr., 367
Paine, Col. Charles J., letter to B. from,
296; 297; letter from B. to, 377; 397
Paine, Col. H. E., at Baton Rouge, 159;
ordered to employ contrabands andsecessionists, 170; ordered to evacuate
Baton Rouge, 193, 203
"Pajaro del Oceano," the, 418
Palfrey, H. W., orders concerning Twiggs'
house given to, 2; letter to A. J. Butler
from, 2
Palmerston, Lord, 77
Palo Alto, 5
Parapet, 436
Paris, France, 49, 81, 114, 418
Parish of Jefferson, 49
Parish of St. James, the, 89
Parish Prison, 57
Parker, Mrs. J. M. G., 259
"Parliament," the, 225
"Parmelia," the, 108
Partisan Rangers, the, 13, 22, 67, 69, 90,
268, 278
Parton, James, asks to write history of
B.'s administration in New Orleans,
582, 583
Pascual, Pedro, 495
Pass Christian, 485
Passes, the, 91, 361
Patent Office, the, 6, 570
Pattersonville, 444
Paulson, Mr., 551
Pearson, George, 247, 322
Peck, Maj. Frank H., 157; Pres. of
Court Martial, 409
Pelie, Messrs., 257, 258
Pelot, Charles F., 468, 491, 492, 493
Pemberton, C. S. A., Lieutenant General,
Commanding Dept. of Mississippi,
462; letter from B. to, 473
Remington, 473
Penitentiary, the, factory of, 57, 106, 111,
113, 139, 208; 179, 193, 580, 581
Pennington, Thomas C, 67
Pensacola, 54, 107, 124, 201, 233, 236,
238, 272, 277, 329, 330, 396, 404, 405
,
406, 407, 415, 441, 483
"Pensacola," the, 93, 273
Pepin, J. F., vs. Bank of America, 496,
497, 498
Pepper, Capt. Daniel, 125, 219
Peree, Lieut. S. W., 581
Perkins, Lieutenant, 181, 330
Perkins, Capt. E. H., 86, 180
Perkins, William, 359
Perryville, 439
Peters Reports, 98
Petit Anse, 428, 521
Pevie, Quarter Master General Alexander
I., employment of convicts approved
by, 209
Peyster, Gen. Walter de, letter to B.
from, 78; asks to redeem bells, 78
Phelps, Brig. Gen. J. W., B.'s report of,
10; Gen. de Peyster known by, 79;
letters from B. to, 102, 126, 143, 154,
155, 244; sustained in negro question,
109; letters to Davis from, 125, 126;
proposes to raise African Regiments,
125, 142, 143, 145, 146, 148, 154, 157.
271; employment of "Contrabands"
by, 126, 127, 142, 143, 144, 145, 148,
154, 155; resignation of, 127, 142,
143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 154, 155, 156,
207, 270; 133; letters to B. from, 145;
155; B's feelings toward, 155, 156, 164,
201, 203; at Carrolton, 228, 229; 234,
INDEX 623
goes home, 287; gives horse, etc., to
Weitzel, 287; Sherman takes place of,
316
Phi Beta Kappa, the, 86
Philadelphia, 39, 87
Phillipps, Mrs. Philipp, 15, 24, 36, 292
Phillips, Wendell, eulogizes B., 580
Phoenix Iron Co., the, 523
Piaget, A., letters to B. from, 491, 492,
letter from B. to, 491
Picayune, the New Orleans, letter from
B. to editors of, 48; "the reliable man"lies published in, 48; B. discontinues
publication of, 130; copy of General
Orders No. 57 published in, 178; 540
Pierce, Mr., 335, 500
Pierce Bros. Co., 88
Pierce, Carlos, letter to B. from, 87
Pierce, Edward L., letter to B. from, 566
Pierce, L., Jr., 420, 421; letter from B.
to, 463
Pinot, J. L., 372
"Pinta," the, 193, 340, 347, 375
Pittsburgh, 198
Plaquemine, 94
"Planet," the, 420, 421
Playson, S., 276, 277
Plussan, S., 372, 373
Point Isabel, 578
Polish Lancers, the, 68
Polk, Leonidas, 79
Polk, Right Rev. Warrior Bishop Gen.,
408
Ponier & Co., letter to B. from, 34;
sugar consigned to, 34; letter from B.
to, 34
Pontchatoula, 302, 326, 357, 402, 439,
527, 528, 529, 544, 566
Pope, General, 232, 247, 285, 286, 321, 334
Porte, Mr., Vice Consul at Mobile, 372
Porte au Prince, 419
Porter, Commander David D., letter to
B. from, 246
Porter, Commodore Wm. D., 140, 141,
148, 161; attack on the "Arkansas"reported by, 178, 180; Capt. Fairfax
denies charge of, 181; accusations of,
184; letter from B. to, 187; B.'s report
on letter of, 245; letter to B. from, 269
Portervins, Capt. John, 69, 70
Portervins, Capt. Wm., 70
Port Hudson, 66, 269, 428, 439, 466, 505,
522, 551, 565, 573, 597Port Republic, 93
Port Royal, 107, 164, 233, 263, 425
Post Master General. See Blair, Mont-gomery
Potomac, 272, 321, 334, 439
"Potomac," the, 382, 453
Potomac, the Army of the, 44, 144,
466, 533
"Prean & Conturie," 386, 387
Prensa, the, 419
Price, Sterling, 466
Prince, Lieut. James B., Jr., 234, 235
Proctor, Mr., 520
Proctor, Mrs., 520
Proctorville, 496
Protestant Episcopal Church, the, 407,
408
Provisional Commission, the, 237
"Provisional General." See Twiggs,
Brig. Gen. David E.
Provost Court, the, 27, 28, 29, 48
Provost Marshal, of New Orleans. See
French, Lieut. Col. Jonas H.; 274, 275
Prussia, Minister from, 318, 355, 387
Puffer, Lieut. T. A. F., letter from
Johnson to, 95; 245, 300, 311, 331,
339, 377, 407, 408, 410
Pugh, Mrs. Laura, 461; letter from B.
to, 461
Puig Brothers, 205; complaint of Spanish
Minister in connection with house of,
368, 369, 370; United States vs., 370, 371
Puig, Majin, 205, 371
Q
Quarantine Records, the, 346
Quarterly Review, the, 588
Quartermaster General, the, letter from
B. to, 249
"Quincy," the, 576
R
"Raamen," the, 207
Raceland, 440
Rafel, Joseph, 116
Rankin, Gilmour & Co., 350
Rankin, Hayton, 350
Ransom, Captain, 180, 181, 383
Rappahannock, the, 212
Rathburn, H. A., from B. to, 498
Read, Lieut. Commander, 527, 529
Read, Mr., 297, 381, 464, 531, 576
Read, Mrs. Henry, 381, 410, 547. See
also NinaRed Bill. See Wilson, William
Red River, the, 8, 26, 50, 83, 102, 140,
141, 142, 150, 171, 273, 349, 505, 515,
578
Red River County, 15
624 INDEX
Regina, Sister, 525
Reichard, General, 319, 347; subscribes
to "city defense funds," 363, 365, 367
Reichard & Co., 220, 221. 367
Relay House, the, 513
"Relief," the, 227, 228, 272, 277, 286,
576
Renshaw, Commander, 471, 524, 572
Rents Commentaries, 98
Republican party, the, 335, 598
Resaca de la Palma, 5
Revere House, the, 41
"Reveries of A Bachelor," the, 597
Reynaud, Rear Admiral, letters to B.
from, 430, 431, 508, 511; declines
invitation from B., 430; letters from
B. to, 431, 509; 508; protests to B.,
509
Rhode Island, Gov. of. See Sprague,
Governor
"Rhode Island," the, 55, 176, 273, 330
Richardson, Daniel S., letter to B. from,
86Richardson, Dr., 219
Richardson, Mr., 227
Richmond, reverses of McClellan at,
10,70,77; 21; the Picayune publishes
news of, 48; 148, 170, 171, 224, 263,
335, 357, 395, 536, 539, 541
Rigolets, the, 361, 527
"Rinaldo," 40, 46, 47, 206
Ring, Lieut. Aaron, 413, 415
Rio Grande, 349, 428, 565
Ritchie, David, flags rescued from the
"McClellan" by, 4
Roah, James O., 70
"Roanoke," the, 204, 238, 340, 344, 345,
417
Robb, Mrs., 197
Roberts, Colonel, 169
Robinson, Jno. G., 350
Robinson, Walter G., letter to B. from,
300
Rochereau & Co., 367
Rochereau, Mr., 365
Rogers and Co., G. H., 108
Rozier, J. Ad., letter to B. from, 55;
letter from B. to, 58
Ruggles, Brig. Gen. Daniel, letters to B.
from, 67, 215; existence of Partisan
Rangers championed by, 67-69; in
command of Louisiana East of Missis-
sippi, 70; 168, 169, 187
Russell, Earl, 260, 261, 476, 477, 478, 537,
588
Russia, real promoter of rebellion, 588
Rust, Col. Henry, Jr., letter to B. from,
64; letter from Captain Guest to,
415
Ryan, John T., letter to B. from, 381
Sabine, the, 578
Sabine Pass, 395, 501, 502
Sacred Heart Convent, the, 214
"St. Charles," the, 249, 250
St. lago de Cuba, 419
St. Martinsville, 216
"St. Mary's," the, 382, 394, 404, 405,
406, 451
"St. Matahda," the, 288
"St. Matanzas," the, 382
"St. Maurice," the, 288
St. Nicholas, the, 282
Sanborn, John, letter from B. to, 110
"Sanders," the, 98
Sarjeant, Mr., 551
Saudego, Marcelino, 495
Savannah, 390
Sawyer, Capt. Joshua L., 200, 496
"Saxon," the, 55, 125, 149, 197, 202, 204,
218, 219, 226, 227, 277, 286, 316, 322,
323, 352, 576
Schififer, Messrs. S. and J., 108
Schmidt, F. W„ 221
Schneider, T. J., 90
Scholefield, Mr., 261
Scotch Rifles, the, 207
"Scotia," the, 287
Scotland, 261
Scott, General, 161, 486, 488
Roman Catholic Priest, a, 358 Scott, Charles, 381
Roselius, C, sent to Washington, 123, Scott, Capt. J. W., 103
142, 207; legal advisor of Mrs. Vogel, Scott, Hetty, 381
221 Seacock, W. T., asks B. for clemency
Rosin Oil Works, the, 405 toward Andrews, 63
Rosing, Mr., Charge d'afiPaires of Bremen, Secession Governor. See Moore, Gov.
222 Thomas 0.
Rest, Commissioner, 388 Secession Ordinance, the. See Louisiana,
Rowell, J. C, 84 the State of
Roy, Lieut. T. A., letter to Morris from. Secessionists, the, 15, 343, 365, 408
287; letter from Wiegel, 289 Secretary of State. See Seward, Wm. H.
INDEX 625
Secretary of the Navy, the. See Welles,
Gideon, 349
Secretary of the Treasury, See Chase,
Saljnon P.
Secretary of War. See Stanton, EdwinM.
Seide, Karl, 90
Senate, the, 569, 570
Sequestration Act, 113
Seward, F. W., 223
Seward, William H., letters to Stanton
from, 10, 256, 274, 442; views on the
Consular questions, 38, 251, 252, 255;
attitude toward B. of, 38, 564; diplo-
matic dinner given by, 38; letters
from B. to, 40, 123, 275, 306, 377, 398,
467, 508, 512; case of McLaurin, 40,
260; the power behind the throne, 44,
45; 61; extract from letter to Adamsfrom, 74. Life of, 74; interview with
Gen. Shepley, 147; views on negro
question, 164; receives Roselius, 207;
letter from Gerolt to, 219; letter to
Stuart from, 251; letter to Treilhard
from, 251; letter to van Limburgfrom, 252-255 ; letter to Shepley from,
260; in connection with complaints of
Spanish Minister, 274, 279-283, 347;
suggests establishment of joint com-mission, 282; 298; and the appoint-
ment of Shepley as Military Governor
of New Orleans, 317; losing power,
334; 335, 336, 368; letter to B. from,
399; 487, 499, 520; resignation of,
552, 566
Seymour, Governor, 334, 500
Shaffer, Col. J. W., confiscated property
ordered to be sold at auction by, 57;
84; endorses Gen. Meigs' statement
about discharging of freight, 185;
B. desires inquiry made of, 246; 284,
285, 392; letters to B. from, 405, 483;
447. 589; letter from Shepley to, 483;
522
Shaw, Captain, 301
Shaw, Major, 311, 312
Shaw, Frank George, 568
"She Adder," a, letter to B. from, 548
Shenandoah Valley, the, 536
Shepley, Nelly, 164
Shepley, Brig. Gen. George F., madeMilitary Governor of Louisiana, 16,
55, 59; 53; letters to B. from, 59, 147,
260; resignation of OfBce of Military
Commandant of New Orleans by, 59;
goes to Washington, 82, 131, 147;
seut home, 109; interview with Presi-
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dent and Secretaries of State and War,147; 164, 166; coin taken from Con-turie by, 252; Military Governor of
New Orleans, 254, 255, 258, 282, 317;
letter from Seward to, 260; letter
from B. to, 261; 275, 292, 300; letter
to Stanton from, 306; with B. at NewOrleans, 316, 339; exacts pay fromWeitzel, 352; suspected of interest in
speculations of Col. Butler, 356;
grants trading permits, 358, 359, 378,
379, 423; 396, 408; letter from Johnsonto, 443; 496
Sherman, Gen. T. W., added to B.'s
command, 233, 316; B. advised to
cultivate, 322; letters from B. to, 331,
339; orders regarding negroes, 339;
515
Sherwood, Lorenzo, 532Shields, Lieutenant Colonel, 216; letter
to B. from, 319
Shields, Mr., 93
Shiloh, 194
Ship Island, 24, 25, 37, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64,
290, 304, 312, 313, 329, 330, 331, 359,
363, 413, 414, 415, 416, 424, 441, 505,
513, 552
Shipley, Capt. A. N., letter to Colonel
Shaffer from, 483
Shipper, G. M., 103, 104
Shipper, Mrs. G. M., 104
Shreveport, 505
Shufeldt, R. W., letter to B. from, 418;
letter from B. to, 454
Siegel, Mr., 93
Silcott, Robert, 208
Sivanler, P. A., 276
Slidell, Benjamin, 390
Slidell, John, 114
Slocumb, Mrs., B. promises protection
to, 1
Smith, 349
Smith, Captain, 383
Smith, Lieutenant, 429
Smith & Co., Samuel, the seizure of
specie of, 31, 71, 338
"Smyrniote," the, 108
Snow, Mr., 76
Snow, Capt. Josiah, 103
Soldiers Insane Asylum, the, 407
Somonville, Charles, letter from B. to, 58
Soniat, Theodore, 436
Soule, Pierre, 309, 488, 489
South Carolina, 436
Southern Confederacy, the, 85
Southern Independent Association, the,
308
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Spain, 268; Vice-Consul of, 324; Min-ister from. See Tarsara, Gabriel G.;
B.'s friendliness toward, 346
Spanish Nation, the, 182
Spanish Transports, 324, 325
Spark, Pat C, 421
Speed, John J., 532
Sprague, Governor, of Rhode Island, 563
Spring, Dr., 59
Stafford, Captain, order from B. concern-
ing negroes, 88; 106
Stafford, Col. S. H., 339, 360, 376, 377,
429, 430, 439, 490, 548
Stafford County, Va., 552
Stancel, Lieutenant Colonel, 428
Stanley, D. C, letter from Fortenberry
to, 438
Stanton and Palmer, claim of, 249, 250
Stanton, B., 599
Stanton, Edwin M., letters from B. to,
6, 13, 40, 42, 53, 59, 66, 82, 107, 112,
142, 168, 191, 194, 243, 298, 315, 339,
361, 368, 375, 383, 384, 385, 387, 392,
397, 402, 407, 411, 416, 419, 420, 422,
431, 442, 446, 474, 478, 489, 493, 516,
517, 525; letters to B. from, 9, 41,
222, 247, 250, 298, 377, 392, 421, 501,
518; letters from Seward to, 10, 256,
274, 442; friendliness for B. of, 37,
212, 516, 520, 564; appoints KinsmanCapt., 37-38; 54; certified copy of
parole of Lowber sent to B. by, 60;
manufacture of clothing at Peniten-
tiary suggested to, 106; Gen. Arnold
requests change from, 107; on the
negro question, 131; B. refers case of
Gen. Phelps to, 142, 207; interview
with Gen. Shepley, 147; refuses
recruits, 151; 147,148; refuses resigna-
tion of Col. Deming, 151; 166; General
Orders by. No. 98, 199, No. 184, 461;
communication from Dept. of State,
222; orders B. to recognize commission
of Lieut. Prince, 234, 235; in connec-
tion with complaints of Spanish
Minister, 274, 279; 290; letter from
Shepley to, 306; 334, 354; letter
from Mrs. Pugh to, 461; withholds
sanction from Banks of New Orleans,
518; letter from Lincoln to, 587; 590
Steiner & Marioni, Messrs., 422
Stephens, Commander H. K., 179, 181
Stewart, W. See Stuart, William
Stinson, Captain, 89
Strong, Mrs., 41, 218, 380, 453
Strong, Maj. George C, letter from Mrs.
Butler to, 40; 44; letters to B. from.
114, 165; asks B. for instructions, 114;
promotion of, 166, 218; asks B. for
commission for Martin, 166; answerto Whipple sent to "Herald" by, 166;
goes to New Orleans, 218; 226, 256;
General Orders issued by. No. 36, 485,
No. 71, 285, No. 73, 305, No. 74, 315,
No. 79, 353, No. 88, 437, No. 98, 482;
Special Orders issued by. No. 441, 397,
No. 513, 475, No. 560, 525; starts onexpedition, 287; 323; successful attack
upon Gen. Thompson of, 326, 339;
commended by Gen.-in-Chief, 402;
recommended for Brig. Gen. by B.,
402; letter from Dow to, 411; letter
from Garrison to, 441; letter fromMcMillan, 444; letter to Nims from,
508
Stuart, William, Her Britannic Majesty's
Charge d'Affaires, 11; 74; settlement
in matter of seizure of sugar, 251;
asks for release of McLaurin, 260;
letter from Russell to, 261; submitsaffair of Borrowes to Sec. of State, 442;
complains of treatment of Lingham,476, 478
Sturgis, Russell, 568
Sullivan Randall and Budd, 114
Sumner, Charles, 285, 335, 336; letters
to B. from, 520, 570
"Sumter," the, 141, 169, 179
S. W. Pass, 316
Switzerland, complaint of Corsul General
of, 421; 422, 491
"Sykes," the, 393, 404, 405, 406, 483
Tarsara, Gabriel G., communications
concerning quarantine laws, 274, 275,
339, 342, 343, 345, 346, 347; prefers
complaint in behalf of house of Messrs.
Avendano Brothers, 279, 387; com-plaint concerning house of Puig Bros,
of, 368, 369; B. asks that information
concerning Spanish man-of-war be
given to, 368, 389
Tate, Capt. Wilson, 67
Taylor, Dr., on Board of Siu-vey, 110
Taylor, I. F., letter to B. from, 191
Taylor, Brig. Gen. Jo., B. sends sword to,
118
Taylor, Maj. Gen. Richard, commanderDistrict of Western Louisiana, 265;
notifies B. of unhcensed acts on part
of soldiers, 265; B.'s reply to, 265;
threats of, 302, 303; refuses to ex-
INDEX 627
change prisoners, 330; expedition
against, 401
Taylor, Gen. Zachary, sword of, 118, 191
Teche, the, 444, 445, 451, 452; Military
District of, 455
Tennessee, Governor of. See Johnson,
Gov. Andrew; 168, 223; Buel's Armyin East, 324
"Tennessee," the. 111, 238, 239, 240, 330,
402, 403
Terrebonne, 440
Texas, 5, 6, 8, 16, 40, 44, 168, 191, 194,
303, 349, 382, 395, 401, 413, 421, 454,
461, 463, 466; expedition to, 504, 505,
512; 490, 500, 502, 535, 541, 550, 575,
587, 592, 593
Texas Volunteer Militia, the, 1st Regt.
of, 463, 572; 1st Cavalry of, 525Thaddeus Norris and Co., 105
Thibodeaux, 401, 429, 430, 440, 491Thomas, Judge, B. T., 563
Thomas, Brig. Gen. Lorenzo, letter fromGen. Phelps to, 146; letters to B. from,
234, 247; letters from B. to, 234, 237,
245, 293, 585; letter from Maj.Holbrook to, 294
Thomas, Col. S., letter to B. from, 244,
399; command from B. to, 429; 439,
440, 452, 490
Thome, R. J., 568
Thompson, Gen. M. Jefferson, 187, 191;
letters from B. to, 301, 302, 303, 311;
letter to B. from, 311; attack upon,326
Thornton, Captain, 130, 302
Thorpe, F. B., letter to B. from, 184
Thorpe, T. B., 163; letter to B. from,
589
"Thug Association," the, 507Tilghman, Brigadier General, 353Times, the, leading Journal in Europe,
75; 503
Times, the, N. Y., 91, 598Times Weekly Courier, the, 212
Tod, Gov. David, letter to B. from, 599Tompkins, Col. D.D., on discharging of
freight, 185
Touro Charity Building, the, 211
Townsend, Gen. E. D., 199
Treilhard, the Viscoimt, letter from Sec.
Seward to, 251
Tremont Temple, 580
Tribune, the N. Y., 44, 444, 583, 593
Troy, N. Y., 78
True Delta, the, 540
Tucker, Professor, 590
Turkey, 71
Turkey Point, 10
Turner, Col. John W., 15, 195, 392;
cattle sent to Ship Island by, 414;
letter to B. from, 593
Turo Building, the, 296
Twiggs, Brig. Gen. David E., B.
sequesters house of, 1, 2, 3, 7; swords
of, 5, 6; flight from New Orleans of,
5, 6; letters addressed to, 6; treason
of, 7; appointment as "Provisional
General" of, 7; declination of position
of Major General by, 7; petitioned to
prevent shipments of cotton to NewOrleans, 362; concerning disposition
of swords of, 570
Tyler, William, letter to B. from, 562
U
Union Association, the, 138
Union Bank of New Orleans, the, 48United States, the, vs. Puig Bros., 370
United States Ambassador. See Adams,Charles Francis
United States Troops, the, 22
Urqhart, Mrs., B. promises protection
to, 1
Usher, Maj. R. G., 493, 494
Vacherie, letter to B. from residents of,
89
Van Buren, John, 590
Van Dorn, Major General, in commandof Department of the Mississippi,
13, 70; General Order No. 1 issued
by, 13; 111, 187, 191, 194, 223
Vanity's Fair, the N. Y., 275
Van Nostrand, Benj. T., 109
"Varuna," the, 348, 349
Vendetta, the, 61
"Vengeur," the, 470
Vera Cruz, 5
Veritas, letter to B. from, 374
Vermilion Bay, 428
Vermont, Gov. of. See Holbrook, Gov,
Frederick, 295
Vermont Volunteer Militia, the, 7th
Regt. of, 160, 168, 169, 174, 293, 294,
295, 481, 482, 483; 8th Regt. of, 267,
278, 302, 330, 401, 412, 456, 472, 490
Vicksburg, attack upon, 15, 47, 109, 140,
168; transportation of Confederate
Army at, 65, 66; Gen. Williams re-
called from, 82, 83, 111; advance of
Gen. Grant upon, 82, 111; 98, 103; fail-
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ure of fleet at, 124, 148; withdrawal of
fleet from, 168; upper fleet above, 171;
rebels leave, 187, 191; 229, 244; ex-
pedition to, 245 ; exchange of prisoners
at, 302; 356, 388, 444, 462, 467, 505,
514, 551
Victor, J. N., letter to B. from, 53;
protection asked for sisters by, 53
Villanueva, 495
"Vincent," 441
Virginia, 62, 242, 277, 291, 317, 334
"Virginia Antoinette," the 346
Vogel, Mrs., 221, 319, 365
Vogel & Co., 220
Vogel, William, late Consul of Prussia,
220, 221; subscriber to "City defense
funds," 367
"Volunteer," the, 342
WWadsworth, John, 334, 568
Wainwright, Capt. W. N., letter to B.
from, 470
Walden, D. T., B.'s reply to, 292
Walden, Philip E., 292
Walker, Captain, 208
Walker, Mr., 331, 332, 339
Walles, Major, 278
Wamesit Bank, 122
Ward, Samuel G., complains of seizure
of iron by B., 392
Warner, Oliver, letter to B. from, 586
Washington, Power's statue of, 233, 235,
236
Washington, D. C, 37, 38, 43, 44, 65,
71, 82, 92, 123, 131, 142, 147, 148, 232,
247, 256, 273, 277, 286, 290, 307, 309,
321, 324. 334, 355, 513
Washington Mills the, 538
Waters, D., 24
Waterville College, 263
Watson, P. H., 222, 274, 279, 298, 377,
392, 421, 442, 445, 476
Watts, Maj. H. G., 462
"Webb," the, 50, 169
Webster, Mr., 110, 241, 248, 304, 319,
320, 464
Webster, Fletcher, 285
Weed, Charles A., given charge of,
plantations, 397
Weeks, Captain, 521
Weitzel, Brig. Gen. Godfrey, promotion
to Brig. Gen. of, 43, 54, 147, 192, 273
126; sent to Camp Parapet, 143
letters from B. to, 158, 429, 439, 455
at Baton Rouge, 158, 159; sent to
Vicksburg, 169; 170; at Fort St.
Philip, 188; surrender of arms ordered
by, 189; Phelps gives horse, etc., to,
287; letter from Knapp, 297; at NewOrleans, 316; 339; made to payShepley, 352; expedition of, 379, 401,
410, 412, 429, 439, 444, 448, 452, 454,
459, 466, 490; in command of district
of Lafourche, 440, 455, 474, 491, 515;
496
Welles, Gideon, letter from B. to, 287;
matter of pillage by soldiers referred
to, 289; instructions concerning trad-
ing from, 395, 396
Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, the,
396, 406
"Westfield," the, 140, 471, 572
West Florida, 199; the District of, 230
"West Florida," the, 395, 396, 501, 502,
524
West Point, 6, 43, 161, 570
West River Bank, the, 278
West Roxbury, 566
West Tennessee, 598
West Virginia, 534
Wetmore, Prosper M., 591
Wheaton's Law of Nations, 98, 101
Whig, the Richmond, 540
Whig Review, Cotton's, 590
Whipple, E. P., 166, 590
White, Richard Grant, letters to B. from,
568, 576
Whitney, J. S. See Whitney, James T.
Whitney, James T., letters to B. from,
124, 227; 164, 197, 203, 204, 218
Whittemore, E., 163
Whittier, C. S., 464
Whittier, J. G., 590
Wickliffe, R. C, 265, 266
Wiegel, Lieut. W. H., Morris warned of
C. S. boats in Red River by, 50; 222;
Special Orders issued by. No. 326, 237;
301, 302; cause of trouble on yacht,
311; advice to, 311; resignation of,
352, 381; certifies finding of box
marked "Prean & Conturie," 386
Wiggms, Captain, 452, 521
Wiggins, Lieutenant, 444
Willard, Mr., 110
Williams, John, and Co., 140
Williams, Brig. Gen. Thomas at Vicks-
burg, 15, 53; recalled from Vicksburg,
82, 83, 111; Shipper released from
prison by, 103; ordered home 109;
113; unable to make attack at Vicks-
burg, 124; refuses privileges to Bates,
139; at Baton Rouge, 149, 161, 202;
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letter from B. to, 150; death of, 159,
161, 162, 169, 201, 202; 168, 385
Wilmot, Mr., 540
Wilson, Mr., 570
Wilson, Henry, letter from B. to, 465;
letter to B. from, 516
Wilson, William, 472
Winchester, 93
Wisconsin Volunteer Militia, the, 4th
Regt. of, 159, 168, 436
Witz, Charles, 351
Wolcott, C. P., letter to B. from, 60
"Women Order," the. See Butler,
Benjamin F., General Orders No. 28
Wood and Brothers, Messrs., letter from
Memminger to, 4
Wood, P. N., 208
Woodstock, 93
Woodworth, Captain, 415
Wool, Brevet Major General, 110
World, the, N. Y., 538
Wright & Allen, 307
Wyer, Mr., 527, 528, 529
Yager, Lieutenant, 160, 161
Yazoo River, the, 244, 273, 279
"Yeadon, Richard," 562
Zeigler, 580, 581
Zeighler, 106
INDEX
"Abraham Lincoln," 488
Abrams, Private, 401, 425
Academy of Music, the, 49
Academy of the Visitation, the, 90
Accomac County, 207, 211, 212, 248,
279, 363, 576, 577
Adams & Co., 589
Adams, President, 124
Adjutant General of the Army, the,
letter from B. to, 211 ; letter from Shaf-
fer to, 248
A. F. P., see Puffer, Capt. A. F.
Agent of Exchange of Prisoners, see
Ould, Robert; also Monfret, J. W."Alabama," the, 49
Albemarle Sound, 164, 343, 429
"Albert Adams," the, 92
Albert, Prince of Wales, 34
Albrach, 542
Alexander, Doctor, 535
Alexander, William, letters to B. from,
40,83Alexandria, 102, 124, 182, 535
Alger, Col. R. A., letter to B. from, 463
"Alice L. Webb," the, 168
Allen, Mr., 103
Allison, William B., letter to B. from,
325
Allman, Captain, 311
American Freedmen's Inquiry Associa-
tion, the, 196, 197
American Historical Association Report,
3, 8, 17, 28, 46
Ames, Mrs., 140
Ames, B. T., letter to B. from, 344;
B.'s reply to, 345
Ames, Oakes, 245
"Anacosta," the, 438
Anderson, Captain, 226
Andre, Major, 208
Andrew, General, 338
Andrew, Gov. John A., 84, 93, 95,
181; unpleasant relations with Haupt,
117; letters from B. to, 137, 195, 336,
565; General Orders by, No. 28,
Series 1862, 195, 245; approves re-
cruiting plans in Cape Cod, 249;
raising negro cavalry, 249; letter of
introduction for Mrs. Fuller from, 303;
candidate for Vice Pres., 513; the
Whittimore case, 565-567
Annapolis, 63
"Ann Hamilton," the, 428-434
Anonymous, letter to B., 278
Anthony, H. B., letters to B. from, 285,
508
Antietam, 64
Appleton, Col. John F., letter to Puffer
from, 338; desires commission with
B., 338
Appomattox, 368
"Arago," the, 34, 94
Arkansas, 104
Arlington Heights, 38
Armstead, Mr., 542
Armstead Village, 542
Army of the Potomac, the, see PotomacAstor, the, 73
Atchafalaya, 8, 46, 102
Atlanta, 147
Atlantic Monthly, the, 440
Aubry, Louis, 416
Augur, Maj. General, letter from B. to,
346
Austria, 168; Minister Resident of,
see Giorgi, Count; Vice Consul of,
see Hanewinkel, W
.
B
Babcock, Captain, 467
Bache, Doctor, 590
Bachelor's Creek, 401
Baker, Mr., 562
Baker, Col. J. C, letter from B. to, 563Baker, John H., 278, 279, 318
Baker's Cavalry, 337, 338, 343, 345, 346,
351
Bales Hamilton & Co., 221
Balfour General Hospital, the, 349
Ball, James R., 244
Baltimore, 26; B. takes possession of,
32, 158, 202, 237, 272, 538, 559, 564,
572, 592
Baltimore and Ohio R. R., the, 146
Bangor, 230
601
602 INDEX
Bank of Louisiana, 561
Banks, Mrs., 28
Banks, Gen. N. P., respecting trade, 3;
Denison's estimate of, 3, 8, 9, 17, 29,
46, 47; operations against Port Hud-son, 4, 15, 17, 29, 46, 60; affairs in
New Orleans under, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18,
19, 22-27, 29, 47, 48, 54, 72, 102, 448;
Zachary advisor of, 14; expedition to
Texas, 16, 22, 23, 41, 120-122, 124, 125,
133, 210; against enlistment of,
negroes, 17, 29; 18; B. turns plate etc.,
over to Quartermaster of, 21; Sewardfriend of, 28, 47, 48, 77; compared to
B., 29, 448; review of address of, 41;
intended to be next President, 47, 122;
special orders by, No. 80, 48, No. 82,
48; criticized by Stafford, 54; 59;
New Orleans taken by, 63; question of
rank, 66, 67; date of appointment of,
67, 68; possible Sec. of War, 71, 77;
Cottman against, 90, 92, 102; the
"Laurel Hill" and "Iberville" turned
over to, 113; 114, 120; meeting with
Herbert, 121, 126; given Texas for
Department, 123, 124; B.'s estimate
of, 124; at the Durant dinner, 126;
133; Lincoln's feelings for, 137, 181;
in relation to Mrs. Fuller's affairs,
300-304; in connection with "stolen"
silverware, 521, 523, 526, 528; 532,
534, 535; criticized by Wendell Phillips,
574; claim of Syme, 584-591; letter to
Canby from, 588
Baptists, the, 577
Barcoes Island, 257
Barker, Jacob, 300, 302, 303, 304, 561
Barlow, Captain, 574
Barnards Mills, 494
Barnes, Jacob, B. asks pardon for, 266
Barnes, Brig. Gen. James, letter from
Collins to, 155; letters from B. to,
156, 226, 262, 271, 297; 177, 290;
letter to B. from, 319; 417
Barney, Hiram, letters to B. from, 35,
191; 46; letter from B. to, 192;
letter from McDowell to, 192
Barrel Point, 347
Bartlett, Capt. George W., 279, 391
Bartlett's Farm, 552
Barton, General, 594
Bates, Major, 363
Bates, Mr., 78, 116, 475
Baton Rouge, 28, 29, 30
Bay Line, the steamers of, 256
Bayou Goula, La., 523, 525, 527
Bayou Lafourche, 4
Bayou Teche, 46
Beall, Acting Master John J., 287, 288;
letter to B. from, 537
Bean, Col. Sydney, 572
Beaufort, N. C, 154, 162, 163, 226, 230,
294, 369
Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T., 13, 25, 93
Beazley, E. H. See "Christians;" letter
from B. to, 290
Beecher, Henry Ward, in the Martin case,
489; letter from B. to, 489
Belger's Battery, 396, 409
Bell, Mr., 168
Bell, Maj. Joseph M., 70, 77, 93, 103,
109; notified to join B, 135; letter
from B. to, 162; 198; reported as
Aide-de-Camp on B.'s staff, 227; case
of Bidgood and others referred to,
239, 240
Belle Isle, 244, 427
Benham, Gen. H. W., letter to B. from,
1; plan to save country, 1; case of, 2
Benjamin, J. P. Secretary of Confed-
erate States, 87, 236
Bennington, 352
Bernard, O. V., 593
Bertie County, 342
Bidgood, Mr., 239
Big Bethel, 138, 139
Biggs, Lieut. Col. H. C, 179; letter
from B. to, 261; 462
Bilgood, Miss Lizzie, 571
Billisoly, imprisonment of, 502
Biloxi, 123
Birge, Colonel, 69
Birney, Brig. Gen. William, letters from
B. to, 293, 492; ordered to join Heck-
man, 491, 492; Heckman ordered to
relieve, 493, 495, 494
Blackwater, the, 61, 368, 495, 549
Blair, Francis P., letter from B. to, 206
Blair, Frank P., Jr., asks Fox for permit,
487
Blair, Montgomery, 78, 116; suggested
for Speaker, 134; letters from B. to,
256, 503; B. suggests improvement in
postal facilities to, 256, 475; telegram
to B. from, 503
Blake, Commander, 450
Blake, William H., 241
Blandine, Sister, 139
Blount, General, 157
Blue River, the, 398
Blunt, George, 46
Board of Survey, the, report of, 486
Bogart, Jonathan, 567
Bogart, Major, 567
INDEX 603
Bolton's Bridge, 552
"Bombshell," the, 387, 563
Bond, W. E., letter from B. to, 402
Boston, 5, 58
Bottom's Bridge, 360, 361, 375, 396, 400,
409, 491, 549
Boutelle, Commander, letter from B. to,
228
Boutwell, George S., letters to B. from,
56, 296, 394; article in National Re-
publican by, 394, 405; letter from B.
to, 405
Bowden, Henry M., letter from B. to, 233
Bowdoin, S. J., letter from B. to, 177
Bowen, Mr., 121
Bowen, Brig. Gen. James, 528, 529, 530
Bowen, Capt. L. S., 347; letter from B.
to, 347
Boyle, William J., 401, 421, 425
Brabban's Battery, 95
Brackett, Mr., 150
Bradbury, Evan, 467
Bradley, M. S., 318
Bragg, Capt. Benjamin, 390, 391
Bragg, General, 93, 176
Brainerd, D., 99, 100
Brandegee, Mr., 191
Brasier City, 124
Breckinridge, Mr., 21" Brewster," the, 234, 264, 265, 367, 373
Briggs, Colonel, 252
Bright, Daniel, 312-315
Brooks, Captain, 376
Brooks, G. W., letter from B. to, 305
Brothers, Alexander, plate and furniture
of, 20, 21, 532
Brothers, Wright, 311
Brown, Capt. Orlando, 188
Brown, W. D., 104
Brownly, Mr., 290
Brownsville, 124
Bruce, Gen. B., letter to B. from, 268;
asks extension of time for Dibble, 268
Bruce, Mrs., 233
Brummer & Co., Messrs., 38, 39
Bryant, William C, 97
Buchanan, James, 31
Buck and Co., J. A., letter from B. to,
224, 447
Buck, Joseph A., letter to B. from, 443;
case of, 443-447
Buckingham, William A., Gov. of
Connecticut, 268; indorses Bruce, 268
Buell, General, 18
Bull Isle, 540
Bull Run, 64, 123
Bullitt, Mr., 3, 18, 29, 72
Bullock, Mr., 307
Bullock, Alexander, letter to B. from, 93
Burnside, General, 100, 176
"Burnside," the, 258
Burrell, Col. M. A., 210
Burrell, Mrs. M. A., letter from B. to,
210
Burroughs, Maj. Edgar, 256
Burt, Major, 566
Burt, William L., letter to B. from, 16
Butler, Col. Andrew Jackson, letters to
B. from, 4, 58, 71, 92, 105, 293; leaving
New Orleans, 4, 29; advice to B., 4;
business dealings with Hildreth, 30;
menace to B., 36; 49, 91; asks B. for
Field, 92; interview with Shaffer, 178,
199; illness of, 334, 344, 352, 380, 395,
407; death and funeral of, 407, 410;
B. executor of, 578-582
Butler, Mrs. A. J., 410
Butler, Benjamin, B.'s great uncle, 385,
386
Butler, Gen. Benjamin F., affairs in
Washington, 1, 14, 16, 20, 28; Deni-
son's estimate of, 3, 8, 17, 18, 29, 46,
47; false accusations against, 3;
return to New Orleans of, 4, 8, 9, 14-
16, 18, 19, 21, 28, 29, 34, 35, 54, 71,
102, 106, 119-121, 123, 136, 137,
448, 535; in case of Samuel Smith &Co., 4, 476, 560-563, 595; shipment
of sugar from New Orleans, 5; rebel
communication sent to, 10; invited to
dine with Lincoln, 13; Banks' rela-
tions with, 14; tribute from Shepley,
15; friendliness of Chase for, 15, 137;
18; tribute from Griffin, 19; spies
sent against, 20; proposition in refer-
ence to command of Dept. of Gulf, 20,
21-27, 59; elected Commander-in-
Chief, 20; in connection with silver
and furniture purported to have been
taken by, 20, 21, 520-536; in connec-
tion with negroes, 24, 105, 156, 163,
246, 247, 568; 539; banishment at
Fortress Monroe, 26; "speculations,"
26; friendliness toward Chase of, 27,
60, 64; Halleck urges a command in
North Carolina for, 27; recruiting of
negroes under, 29, 183, 196, 197, 207,
222, 223, 232, 242, 243, 249, 270, 437,
439, 455; compared with Banks, 29,
448; Parton asks for interview, 30;
editorial in Leeds, Eng., paper about,
31; tribute from King, 31; takes
possession of Baltimore, 32; expedi-
tion to North Carolina, 32; the
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"Woman Order," 32, 411; welcome in
Boston, Baltimore etc., 32; in the
Mumford case, 32; suggested as Sec.
of War, 36, 58, 71, 77, 78, 90; Col.
Butler a menace to, 36; claim of
Kernahan, 37; case of Louisa Keegan,
38; granted permission to leave home,40; asked to help Western Texans, 40;
answer to Alexander, 42; recommendsWiegel, 42; silver transferred to, 44;
refuses invitation to public dinner in
New York, 44; business transactions
with Fay, 49, 176, 245, 291, 334, 349;
at Academy of Music, 49; threatened,
49; advice to Crouch, 50; case of
Laurason, 50, 51; tribute to Rev. Mr.Freeman, 51; New York address
praised, 52, 53, 56, 57, 59, 70, 74, 325;
Stafford answers attack in World on,
54, 55; asks deed of emancipation for
Jordan, 57; tribute from Cameron, 58;
exchange of hospitality with Cameron,58, 65, 395; views on campaign, 61-
64; question of rank, 66-70, 85, 86;
given command of Dept. of South-
eastern Virginia, 67; in commandDept. of Annapolis, 67; the MasonBrothers friends of, 70; advised not
to go to Washington, 72; belief
abroad concerning removal from NewOrleans, 75; declines invitation to
speak in Memphis, 75; tribute to
sister, 76; Chamberlain asks help of,
76, 77; Seward's attitude toward,
77, 78, 85, 135, 515; advised against
public speaking, 79; tribute fromTurner, 80; Hildreth suggests running
for Governor by, 81; resignation of
Puffer, 81; devotion of Puffer to, 82
possibility of expedition to Texas, 83
Andrew controversy, 84, 93, 181
answers claim of owners of the "Essex,'
86, 87, 88, 89; asks permission to
visit Washington, 90, 295; Cottmanfor, 90; 91; Col. Butler asks for Field,
92; tribute from Kensel, 93; city of
New Orleans sold to, 94; article on"Our General," 95; wanted at Port
Royal, 96; objects to publication of
names of drafted men, 96; recom-
mended for Dept. of New York, 97;
feelings for Wilson, 98; suggested as
candidate for President, 98, 100, 106,
111, 112, 117, 150, 348, 422, 442, 498,
514, 553, 554, 575, 576, 600; trans-
actions in New Orleans questioned, 98;
politics in Chicago reported to, 99;
in the McLearn case, 100, 101;
tribute from Weitzel, 103; in regard
to notes, etc., in New Orleans banks,
104, 105; urged to go to Ohio, 105,
112, 116, 117; urged to go to Maine,
105, 106; tribute from Thorpe, 106;
tribute from Carman, 107; answer to
charge of Homan against, 107; Alex.
Hamilton offers services to, 108, 109.
Kensel offers services to, 109; how to
restore Union, 110; invited to Phila-
delphia, 111; statement of facts con-
cerning use of steamers "Laurel Hill"
and "Iberville," 113; injustice to, 114;
appointment with Horace Greeley,
115; offices suggested by Parton for,
115; invited to Pittsburg, 116; Louisi-
ana policy, 118-120, 123, 136; feeling
of Lincoln toward, 119, 120, 123, 136;
concerning Sam Smith, 122; asks
hearing for Finnegan, 123; estimate of
Banks, 124; schemes of, 125; asked to
use influence in promoting Davis, 126;
the Gen. Thompson incident, 127-133,
134, 296; tribute to Strong, 132;
Herbert asks favors of, 133, 134;
assigned to command of Dept. of
Virginia and North Carolina, 135, 136,
175; orders officers to join him, 135;
Lincoln determined to give commandto, 136; B. accepts Hink's offer to
share in service, 136, 137; recom-
mends "solid case cannister" to Gov.Andrew, 137; Stanton friendly toward,
137, 515; tribute from Kellogg, 138;
reply to Kellogg from, 139; in the
matter of prisoners, 141-144, 146, 147-
150, 173, 182, 198, 210, 211, 214-216,
233, 238, 247, 248, 250-252, 254, 255,
258, 259, 270, 272, 277, 286-288, 291,
296, 310-316, 320, 333, 334, 338, 352,
356, 370, 377, 401, 414, 417, 419, 421,
424, 426, 435-437, 470, 476, 480, 499,
502, 505, 508, 509, 515-517, 538, 555,
571, 583, 597; asks for Hinks as
Commandant of Depot, 144, 146;
asks authority to erect building, 145;
suggestions on making of appoint-
ments, 145; asks advice of Chase ontransportation of grain, 146, 147;
publishing of life of, 150; comment of
press on, 150; asks cooperation of
navy, 151, 438; with regard to trade
and commerce in North Carolina, 151-
152, 501; the matter of printing
presses, 152; in the Gray case, 153,
154, 171; Evans' appreciation of, 157;
INDEX 605
pension for Mrs. Fair, 157, 158; asks
enlargement of command of Dept. of
Virginia and North Carolina, 158, 248;
tribute of Felton for, 158; Wistar
recommended by Felton, 159; pledge
to Virginians, 159, 160; authorized to
draft, 160; orders repair of Dismal
Swamp Canal, 160; in the case of
Respress, 160, 162, 389-394; policy
with regard to conduct of soldiers, 163;
exportation of tobacco, 165, 172, 235,
236, 276, 293, 294, 540-542; in
Dibble case, 168-171, 268, 353-355;
on execution of Leach, Donnelly andFlynn, 172; bounty on colored re-
cruits, 174, 231, 232, 249; permits andpasses, 175, 177, 179-180, 208, 218,
231, 237, 242, 267, 281, 292, 294, 316,
346, 347, 405, 463, 483, 509, 512, 555;
refuses W. F. Smith a command, 176;
co-operates in distribution of religious
literature, 176; case of Woodbridge,
177; on making Sturges a Lieutenant,
177, 222, 223; reports from Washing-ton, 178, 180, 191, 320; matter of
issuing commissions, 180, 181; sets
decoy for Miss Small, 182; care of
families of colored recruits, 186, 187,
222, 232, 242, 245; appoints KinsmanSupt. of Negro Affairs, 187; sends for
McDowell, 192; action with regard to
smallpox among prisoners, 193; calls
Getty's attention to Elizabeth City,
195 ; asks Andrew's advice on discharge
of regiments, 195; calls for money to
pay troops, 196; corrects oath ad-
ministered in North Carolina, 196;
negro order commended, 197, 204,
207, 227; the Hunt case, 198, 231;
Owen finds secretary for, 198; tribute
to McCurdy, 198; case of McLean,199, 200, 201, 385, 406; the Chas.
Smith case, 202, 203; orders con-
cerning sentence of death, 203, 241,
341, 469, 569; produces Cottman'ssignature to Ordinance of Secession,
204; comment on message, 204, 206;
appointments refused by Adj't. Gen-eral's office, 204, 205; concerning
trial by court martial, 208, 213, 231,
271, 434; reports success of Wistar
expedition, 208; asks permission to
send Chief of Staff to War Office, 209;
attention called to regulations govern-
ing invoices, 209; directions to H.James, 210; on applications for leave
of absence, 211; promises protection to
Oliver & Co., 212; concerning Strout's
matter, 212; Meredith ordered to
report to, 215; reports fire at York-
town and conditions at Old Point, 218;
suggests introduction of gas at Fortress
Monroe, 219; case of Tripler, 220;
case of Sabatut, 221; case of Mrs. VanSlack, 221; on affording protection to
inhabitants, 223; case of Buck and
Co., 224, 443-447; James reports on
shad fisheries to, 224; asks transporta-
tion for officers from Libbey Prisons
225 ; orders lighting of City of Norfolk,
226; appointment of Bell as aide-de,
camp, 227; consents to take care of
Perrin, 228; with regard to correspon-
dent in Richmond, 228, see Van Lieu,
Miss; with regard to payment of
Stafford, 229; aids in establishment of
lumber mills, 230; on transfer of
business of oath taking, 233; sends
North for mechanics, 234; hastens
work on the "Brewster," 234; advice
to Getty, 234; asks authority to
appoint Volunteer Officer Commissaryof Musters, 234; Conference between
Thomas, Risley and, 238; case of
Bidgood and others, 239, 240; asks
Foster to report on loss of money,
240, 241; concerned by situation of
Naval Ordnance store, 242; inquires
into detention of "Flag of Truce,"
243; asked to aid Edmands, 245; on
use of Confederate money, 246; on
the correction of abuses in Dept., 247;
Commissioner of Exchange of Prison-
ers, 247, 248, 282; Confederate
Government refuses to recognize, 248,
273, 418, 419; Watson sends letters to,
253; case of Mrs. Timberlake, 253;
gives credit to Marsten, 254; onenlisting Confederate prisoners, 255,
487, 543-547, 557, 567, 575; arranges
that Bay Line steamers stop at Point
Lookout, 255, 256; case of Burroughs,
256; asks permission to relieve Brig.
Gen'l's, 257; on plundering of insane,
257; calls for report on organization
on Barcoes Island, 258; contract for
boats, 258, 295, 305; requested to
send suggestions to Wilson, 259;
commends Peck's Order No. 46, 260;
commends West, 260; offers Whitneycommission, 260; on military use of
property in rebel States, 261-262; in
case of Norfolk Gas Works, 262;
orders expedition to Wilmington Har-
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bor, 264, 265; in the case of JamesThompson, 266; orders concerning
Cunningham, 266; asks pardon for
Jacob Barnes, 266; extract from letter
from Peck, 267; on rechartering of
vessels, 268; reports Wild's expedition,
269; investigates interference with
colored troops, 270; regarding the
"Village Belle," 272, 325; asks loan
of Post Band, 272; Mrs. Thompsonasks permission to see husband, 274-
275; orders Marston to cross Potomac,
275 ; warned against J. H. Baker, 278,
279; affairs in Accomac County, 279,
280, 288, 363; reprimands Gibson, 280;
on sale of liquors, 280, 327; gets
horses for use of troops, 280, 295, 328;
on sending negro troops to Eastern
Shore, 281, 289; advice on use of
liquor, 282; controversy with Pier-
pont concerning military vs. civil
government, 282-285, 308-309, 320f,
321-324, 450-460, 473; willingness of
War Dept. to grant appointments to,
285; recognition of Flag of Truce, 287;
commends Seigel, 288; misrepresented
in Va., 290; feelings of Union people
for, 290; "Christians" petition to be
excused from oath of allegiance, 290,
306, 319, 539; investigation into
official conduct at New Orleans, 292;
orders relating to Southron's slaves,
293; invites Stanton to Newbern, 296;
on taxation, 297, 339; requests John-
son's retention in Norfolk, 297, 319;
General Orders by, No. 10, 298, 343,
356, 427, No. 14, 8, No. 20, 548, No.
37, 266, 421, No. 39, 363, No. 40, 237,
451, No. 46, 183, 210, 222, 223, 232,
246, 466, No. 49, 253, 262, 263, 277,
306, 344, No. 66, 473, No. 117, 427,
No. 134, 427, No. 167, 427; case of
Mrs. Fuller, 300-304; policy in Dept.
of Va., 305; acknowledges " Notes andCriticisms on Shakespeare," 306;
feeling in North for, 307, 308; con-
troversy relating to cutting of timber,
316-318, 328, 406; on chartering
"City of New York," 325; apprised of
Mrs. Tyler's course, 327; order to
Cassels, 328; statement concerning
cotton deal of Mrs. and others,
329-330, 358; story concerning Vice
Pres. Stephens, 331; information fromMiss Van Lieu to, 331-332, 381-383,
564; case of W. H. Stearns, 337,
353, 469; illness of Col. Butler,
334, 344, 352, 380, 395, 406; mis-
understanding relating to Mass. heavy
artillery, 335, 336; suggests con-
version of Point Lookout Hospital
to other uses, 336; concerning Baker's
cavalry, 337, 338, 343, 345, 346, 351;
Appleton desires commission with,
338; in case of Mrs. Latrobe, 342;
permit requested for removal of
produce, 342; definition of property,
343; invites Wilson to come to Fortress
Monroe, 345; in connecton with
cider shipment, 346; in case of "Lewis
Clark," 347; returns money to mother-
of F. D. Chollar, 349, 395; stops trad-
ing at Newport Barracks, 350; ques-
tions loyalty of Field, 350; sends
Coolidge memento of brother, 351;
sends for plan of Richmond, 351;
relations with Ould of, 352; in matter
of Margaret Newton, 355; case of
Zantzinger and Co. 357; appoints
court martial and Provost Judge, 357,
358; complaint of S. B. Taylor, 358;
in matter of Confederate money, 359,
570, 571; suggests rewriting of Capt.
Lee's report, 359; orders 3d N.Y.
Cavalry to Williamsburg, 360, 367;
expedition to Richmond, 361, 362,
369, 370, 373, 374, 380-384, 396, 397,
400, 401, 408, 410, 425, 442, 475, 478,
479; at Newbern, 362, 363, 366, 367,
369; appoints Sawtell supt. of labor
of prisoners, 364; case of Ryan, 364;
calls for requisitions for cavalry, 365,
536, 540; calls for cooperation of
Meade, 365, 366; in case of Jewish
contraband traders, 371, 412; protests
against opening port at Newbern,
372, 384; sends for Graham, 373;
cooperation of Sedgwick, 374, 376,
381, 383, 386, 397, 398; tribute from
Wistar, 375; sends for Risley, 377;
concerning Bank commission, 378,
456; orders to Marston concerning
the four books, 385; Faustenburg
summoned by, 385; genealogy of, 385;
on resignation of Spooner, 387, 395,
484; sends Henry commission as local
Special Agent of the Treasury, 388;
on the route to Richmond, 394, 405;
massacre of U. S. soldiers reported to,
402; answer to inquiries of citizens
of Chowan County, 402-405; death
and funeral of brother, 407, 410, 413;
claim of Lazerac De Forgeret Fils,
407; tribute from Hammond, 411;
INDEX 607
tribute from Henning, 411; with
regard to escaped officers, 413, 414,
415, 467; Shaffer serves in absence of,
414; efforts to release Dow, 414;
inquires into case of E. E. Chase, 415;
organization of school system by,
415, 558; reports to Thomas on various
cases, 416; article in Examiner, 417;
asks leave to visit New York, 418;
Ould's proposition as to surgeons,
419, 421; attitude of Germans toward,
422, 423; requested to detail Seigel to
active service, 422; trading system,
424, 483, 559; regulations for trade
with States in insurrection, 425, 450,
506; see also "Princeton," the; case
of the "Ann Hamilton," 428-434;
case of the "Express," 437-440;
Wallace suggested as Chief of Staff,
440, 441; on capture of Plymouth,
441, 449, 593; report from Train, 442;
complaint to Pres. against, 448; com-plains to Marston of his staff, 449;
asks special pardon for C. W. Newton,
460; case of Vanderhoof, 460-463;
in regard to distribution of Proclama-
tion of Amnesty, 463; the Jared
Thompson episode, 464-466, 553;
Wilder states essentials in prosecution
of plantations and support of surplus
population to, 466; in cases of Brad-
bury, Hill and Caffey, 467; reports onstate of feeling of people of NorthCarolina, 468, 477; on obtaining
information, 469; on dismissal of
Day, 471-473; Weitzel asks for place,
473; Wright desires autograph of,
474; advance to New Kent CourtHouse, 477, 484, 487, 488; authorized
to appoint officers, 478; authorized to
grant furloughs for voting, 479;
words of encouragement from Upham,481^.83; on use of invisible ink, 483;
the Dahlgren case, 484, 488, 493, 499,
504, 509, 547, 571; in need of troops,
485; in connection with robbery fromConfederate officers, 486; preparing
to meet enemy at Suffolk, 488, 491-
495; dismissal of Col. A. D. Martin,
489, 490; misunderstanding with
Deming, 490, 495; raid towards
Urbana, 493; permit requested for
Dimon, 495; plan for sweeping
Peninsula, 498-501, 511; with regard
to imprisonment of Billisoly, 502; with
regard to Russian sailor, 502, 503,
563, 595; in case of Misses Gaston and
Manly, 503, 517; claims of Willing,
505; the Wingfield case, 510; co-
operation of Parker with, 511; reports
from Miss Dix, 516, 538, 551; case of
Martin and McCheney, 518; feeling of
Grant for, 518; case of C. H. Foster,
520; with regard to Masonic property,
538; orders arrest of Armstead, 542;
enemy's designed attack on Norfolk,
548, 549, 552, 555; with regard to re-
lease of Morgan's officers, 549 ;proposes
sending women North, 554; clipping
from Daily Commercial, 555-556; claim
of Dillon, 557; expedition to burn iron-
clad at Plymouth, 558, 563; case of
Whittimore, 565-567 ; claim of Drillen,
568; transfer of Army recruits to
Navy, 570, 598; tribute to Bean, 572;
compared to Lincoln, 574; in connec-
tion with the churches, 576; executor
of A. J. Butler, 578-582; returns
money to Pickett, 582; asks trans-
portation permit, 582, 600; case of
Syme, 584-591; in regard to bringing
away produce from Suffolk, 596;
contributes autographs, 597; Weitzel
requests transfer to Dept. of, 599
Letters from B. to
Adjutant General of the Army, the, 211
Ames, B. T., 345
Andrew, Gov. John A., 137, 195, 336, 565
Augur, Maj. General, 346
Baker, Col. J. C, 563
Barnes, Brig. Gen. James, 156, 226, 262,
271, 297
Barney, Hiram, 192
Beazeley, E. H., 290
Beecher, Henry Ward, 489
Bell, Major, 162
Biggs, Colonel, 261
Birney, Gen. William, 293, 492
Blair, F. P., 206
Blair, Montgomery, 256, 503
Bond, W. E., 402
Boutelle, Commander, 228
Boutwell, G. S., 405
Bowden, H. M., 233
Bowdoin, S. J., 177
Bowen, Capt. L. S., 347
Brooks, G. W., 305
Buck and Co., J. A., 224
Burrell, Mrs. M. A., 210
Butler, Capt. J. T., 385
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H., 513, 515
Butts, Charles W'., 239
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Cameron, Simon, 65
Canby, Gen. E. R. S., 220, 271, 503, 531,
540, 541
Carmen, J. I., 402
Carter, David K., 65, 173
Chandler, L. H., 177
Chase, Salmon P., 21, 57, 59, 118, 123,
146, 246, 272, 325, 359, 372, 570
Chollar, T. T., 349, 395
Christian Commission, Secretary of, 505
Clark, W. S., 176
Collins, Daniel, 308
Committee of Citizens of New York, 44
Conover, H. S., 346
Coolidge, Jefferson, 351
Creamer, David, 339
Crouch, E. K., 50
Cushing, Caleb, 72
Dahlgren, Adm. J. A., 504
Daniels, Edward, 511
Deming, Col. H. C, 191, 490, 496
Denny, Captain, 469
Dent, John F., 568
De Pass, Capt. John, 122
Dibble, C. B., 353
Dillon, William, 557
Dix, Miss D. L., 516
Dix, Gen. John A., 385
Dozier, J. L., 290
Drillen, J. M., 568
Duncan, Sherman & Co., 104
Evans, E. W., 157
Falls, Col. M. M., 225
Farragut, Mrs. D. G., 357
Fay, Richard S., Jr., 349, 554
Felton, S. M., 159
Forbes, J. M., 222, 232, 243
Foster, Maj. Gen. B., 240
Foster, Maj. C. W., 477
Fox, Capt. G. V., 177, 222, 241, 431, 437,
555, 582
Fry, Col. J. B., 196
Fulton, C. C, 507
Getty, Brig. Gen. G. W., 160, 177, 194,
195, 223, 234, 242
Gibson, Major, 280
Gilmore, Gov. J. A., 353
Goodwin, Captain, 234, 266
Graham, Gen. C. K., 343, 356, 359, 565
Grandy, J. J., 305
Gransevoort, Captain, 243
Graves, Mrs. Mary L., 538
Hackett, John J., 306
Hackett, John K., 579
Halleck, Gen. H. W., 310, 365, 408, 477,
485
Hamilton, Maj. Alexander, 109
Hamlin, H., 414
Hammond, C. G., 411
Haraszthy, A., 395
Harris, Lieut. Arnold, 264
Heaton, Col. David, 196, 317
Heckman, Gen. C. A., 552, 555
Henry, C. S., 388, 424, 509
Hinks, Gen. E. W., 137
Hinton, Col. J. W., 314
Hitchcock, Gen. E. A., 215, 233, 296, 352,
486
Hoffman, Col. William, 435, 507, 583, 597
Holt, Col. Joseph, 207, 256, 266, 341, 425
Hopkins, William C, 512
Hurlburt, Gen. S. A., 292
Isaacs, M. S., 371, 412
James, Horace, 179, 210
Jourdan, Col. J., 350
Keeff, Father C, 519
Kelly, David, 232
Latrobe, Mrs. J. H. B., 342
Lee, Adm. S. P., 265, 267, 347, 406, 491,
555, 558, 584, 598
Lincoln, President, 172, 233, 241, 266,
450, 460, 464, 469, 502, 569
Livingston, Commodore, 234
Locke, Maj. Eric, 600
Lockwood, Brig. General, 225, 237, 537
Lyons, Maj. T. W., 316
McKinney, Chaplain, 556
McLean, Mrs. Lottie A., 201
Manden, Lieut. W. J., 313
Marston, Gen. G., 215, 238, 252, 275, 277,
328, 384, 395, 449, 470, 505, 511, 517,
567, 569
Martin, Henry, 327
Meigs, Gen. M. C, 5, 328
Memphis, Committee from, 15
Merrefield, Joseph, 448
Morrill, L. M., 414
Morris, Brig. General, 252
Morrison, Colonel, 502
Morton, F., 182
Mulford, Maj. John E., 377, 547, 551
Officer Commanding Depot of Prisoners at
Johnson s Island. See Pierson, Lieut.
Col. W. S.
Officer Commanding Forces in North
Carolina, the, 257
Olcott, H. S., 199
Oliver and Co., W. W. G., 212
Ould, Robert, 243, 247, 250, 286-288, 334,
338, 370, 415, 421, 479, 508, 509
Owen, Robert Dale, 197
Palmer, Brig. General, 362
Parker, Com. F. A., 292, 500, 542
Parker, J. M. G., 43, 534
INDEX 609
Parker, Mrs. J. W'., 208
Paulson, T. L., 319
Paymaster of District of North Carolina,
the Senior, 229
Peck, Maj. Gen. John J., 160, 168, 169,
218, 221, 231, 237, 260, 280, 297, 399,
424, 441, 491, 501, 517, 537, 563
Peckham, Merritt, 558
Phillips, Wendell, 204
Pickett, General, 582
Pierpont, Gov. F. H., 180, 284
Pierrepont, Edwards, 560, 595
Pierson, Lieut. Col. W. S., 128, 131
Pool, G. D., 305
Potomac Flotilla, Senior Naval Officer
Commanding. See Parker, Com. F. A.
Raymond, C. A., 415
Rice, J.H., 230
Risley, H. A., 200
Roberts, Colonel, 272
Robinson, Lieut. T. P., 282
Rowley, Miss, 564
Ryan, Thomas L., 132
Seabrook, Captain, 280
Seigel, Gen. F., 288
Seward, William H., 87, 154, 171, 235,
276, 468, 573
Seymour, Horatio, 364
Skinner, Dr. Salmon, 199
Slough, Brig. General, 182, 583
Smith, W. P., 147
Snelling, Mrs. Susan 0., 558
Spencer, Doctor, 57
Spooner, J. A., 387
Stafford, Michael, 229
Stanton, Edwin M., 37, 38, 40, 66, 85, 90,
96, 113, 123, 129, 142-146, 148, 158,
181, 182, 193, 203, 205, 208, 209, 217,
219, 234, 242, 246, 254, 255, 259, 269,
296, 300, 330, 331, 333, 336, 356, 359,
380, 389, 407, 417, 418, 426, 429, 460,
463, 471, 476, 478, 487, 502, 503, 508,
516, 519, 520, 531, 539, 549, 557, 570,
571, 584, 590, 595, 599
Stevens, Thaddeus, 204, 350
Stocking, G. W ., 483
Stow, Rev. Baron, 50, 51
Tappen, Lewis, 207
Taylor, Stephen B., 358
Thomas, Col. Charles, 268
Thomas, Gen. Lorenzo, 36, 204, 331, 416
Thompson, Miss Lillie J., 553
Thompson, Gen. M. Jeff., 128
Thornton, Captain, 127
Timberlake, Mrs. M. A., 253
Townsend, Col. E.D., 221
Upshur, E. T., 281
vol. in—39
Van Lieu, Miss, 228, 319, 485, 564
Waff, Joseph F., 402
Watson, P. H., 212, 258, 295, 304, 325,
536
Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey, 412
West, Col. R. M., 346, 467
Whiting, William, 434
Wicks, Pendes, 313
Wiegel, Lieut. William H., 42
Wild, Gen. E. A., 206, 261, 289, 340, 364,
510
Wilder, Captain, 469
Wilson, General, 484
Wilson, Henry, 20, 228, 335, 345, 489
Winthrop, Miss, 75
Wistar, Brig. Gen. I. J., 163, 357, 362,
373, 499, 548, 550, 552, 573
Wright, Act. Master William, 267
Letters to B. from
Alexander, William, 40, 83
Alger, R. A., 463
Allison, W. B., 325
Ames, B. T., 344
Anonymous, 278
Anthony, H. B., 285, 508
Barnes, Gen. James, 319
Barney, Hiram, 35, 191
Beall, John J., 537
Benham, Gen. H. W., 1
Boutwell, George S., 56, 296, 394.
Bruce, Gen. B., 268
Buck, J. A., 443
Bullock, Alexander, 93
Burt, W. L., 16
Butler, Col. A. J., 4, 58, 71, 92, 105, 293,
Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, 273
Cameron, Simon, 58, 395
Campbell, L. D., 105, 112
Canby, Brig. Gen. E. R. S., 428, 430,
450,530, 540
Carman, G. F., 107
Carter, D. K., 20
Chamberlain, John, 76
Chase, Salmon P., 15, 57, 112, 120, 209,
384
Clarke, John, 97
Cottman, Thomas, 100, 101
Crouch, E. K., 49
Cushing, Caleb, 71, 72, 73
Dahlgren, Adm. J. A., 504, 509
Dawes, H. L., 292
Deming, H. C, 190, 495
Denison, G. S., 4
Dibble, J. C, 169
Dix, Miss D. L., 516, 538, 551
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Duncan Sherman & Co., 104
Edgar, Capt. G. P., 440
Evans, Estwick, 111
Evans, E. W., 156
Fay, Richard S., Jr., 35, 48, 245, 291, 334
Felton, S. M., 158
Field, David C. G., 533, 535
Flanders, B. F., 71, 137
Forbes, J. M., 242, 245
Fox, G. V., 223
George, P. R., 36, 79
Gilmore, Gov. J. A., 332
Godwin, Parke, 575
Gray, J. F., 406
Greene, William B., 543
Gridley, Thomas E., 281
Griffin, J. A., 18
Gurowski, Count Adam, 53, 348
Hackett, John K„ 578
Halleck, Gen. Henry W., 273
Hamilton, Maj. Alexander, 52, 108
Hamlin, H., 414
Hammond, C. G., 411
Haraszthy, H., 379
ffawpi, CoZ. 27., 117
Hoyden, Levi, 316
#eaion, CoZ. Dcmd, 151, 238, 317
Heckman, Gen. C. A., 494
Henning, Maj. B. S., 411
fferm/, C. S., 423, 483, 559
Herbert, Capt. J. K., 99, 120, 125
Highland, John, 535
Hildreth, Fisher A., 4, 81, 179, 293, 574
Hinks, Brig. Gen. Edward W., 136
Hinton, Col. J. W., 312
Hitchcock, Maj. Gen. E. A., 214, 357
Hopkins, William C, 512
Hutchins, A.J.B., 358
James, Horace, 224
Kellogg, John D., 138
ZenseZ, Cap*. G. A., 92, 109
King, Horatio, 31
Kinsman, Gen. J. B., 115, 116
Zadd, J., 98
Lee, Adm. S. P., 550
Lincoln, President, 272, 490
Locke, Maj. E., 553
"Lookout" 49
McKinney, Chaplain, 555
McLearn, J. G., 101
Meagher, Gen. T. F„ 141
Moore, #. J., 294
Morrill, L. M., 414
Morton, F., 181
OZcoft, #. S., 198
Oram, James F., 98
Owen, Robert Dale, 196
Parker, Com. F. A., 511
Pariorz, James, 30, 70, 84, 115, 150, 447,
582
Peck, Gen. John J., 449
Phillips, Wendell, 206
Pierce, Edward L., 34, 95
Pierpont, Goo. F. H., 282
Pierrepont, Edwards, 476
Pierson, Lieut. Col. W. S., 131, 132
Pomeroy, S. C, 136
Puffer, Capt. A. F., 81, 82
Rice, J. H., 230
Richardson, Thomas, 344
Risley, H. A., 288, 363
Seward, William H., 86, 171, 172, 196,
276, 477, 576
Shaffer, Col. J. W., 77, 90, 110, 178, 180,
213, 320, 352, 518
Shepley, Gen. G. F., 14
Smith, W. F., 176
Spear, Col. S. P., 310
Stafford, Col. S. H., 54
Stanton, Edwin M., 66, 96, 147, 193,
270, 287, 479, 515
Stevens, R. J., 342
Strong, Gen. George S., 27, 91, 94
Thomas, Uriah, 200
Thompson, Mrs. E. C, 274
Thompson, J. C, 327
Thompson, Gen. M. Jeff., 127, 129, 134Thorpe, T. B., 106
Train, Charles R., 442
Turner, Gen. J. W., 27, 80, 94, 114
Turner, L. C, 10
Tyler, George C, 576
Upham, N. G., 481
Vanderhoof, T. H., 462
Van Lieu, Miss, 331, 380, 381
Villeneuve, Adolf, 523
Watson, P. H., 231, 253, 540
Webster, Sidney, 597
Webster, William P., 248
Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey, 101, 599
Welles, Gideon, 600
Wentworth, Tappan, 307, 513
Wheldon, Col. C. M., 347
White, Horace, 259
Whitehurst, P. H., 290
Whitelock & Co., W., 342
Whitely, L. A., 506, 596
Wilder, Capt. C. B., 466
Wilson, Henry, 105, 227
Wilson, John, 421
Wistar, Gen. I. J., 368, 374, 563
Wood, Bradford R., 74
Wright, Erastus, 474
INDEX 611
Telegrams from B. to
Bimey, Gen. William, 491
Commanding Officer Fort Norfolk, see
Frankle, Jones
Concklin, J. C, 110
Davis, Capt. R. S., 135
Duncan, Colonel, 498
Dunn, W. A., 499
Dutton, Col. A. E., 360, 367
Fox, G. V., 359, 372
Frankle, Jones, 373, 378, 379
Graham, Gen. C. K., 343, 351, 367, 373
Gregory, Captain, 406
Halleck, Gen. E. W., 365, 369
Heckman, Gen. C. A., 360, 488, 493, 494,
498, 499
Jones, Gilman, 135
Kilpatrick, General, 488, 492, 493
Lee, Adm. S. P., 367, 493, 494
Lincoln, President, 295, 341, 400, 488,
493, 547
Lock-wood, General, 351
Marston, Gen. G., 278
Messinger, Captain, 378
Peck, Gen. John J., 367, 384
Puffer, Capt. A. F., 135
Richardson, Thomas, 407, 410
Risley, E. A., 377
Rucker, Gen. D. E., 343
Sedgwick, Gen. John, 274, 369, 370, 381,
384, 386
Shaffer, Col. J. W., 135
Smith, W. E., 378
Stanton, Edwin M., 85, 142, 146, 147,
159, 174, 206-208, 257, 258, 337, 345,
366, 377, 396, 400, 401, 407, 413, 418,
484, 499, 551
Taylor, Franklyn, 111
Townsend, E. D., 135
Vincent, Maj. T. M., 379
Watson, P. E., 365
West, Col. R. M., 343, 493
White, Major, 501
Wild, Gen. E. A., 473, 488
Wistar, Gen. I. J., 274, 338, 351, 360,
366, 367, 378, 379, 399, 405, 410, 488,
499
Telegrams to B. from
Blair, Montgomery, 503
Chase, Salmon P., 571
Ealleck, Gen. E. W., 376
Eardie, J. A., 160
Eeckman, Gen. C. A., 337Lincoln, President, 488, 517, 547
Morrison, Col. J. J., 595
Sedgwick, Gen. John, 274, 369, 381, 383,
386
Shaffer, Col. J. W., 211
Stanton, Edwin M., 40, 85, 135, 141, 146,
160, 174, 175, 366, 400, 548, 550, 552,
563, 582, 583
Taylor, Franklyn, 111
Townsend, E. D., 135, 570
Vincent, Gen. Thomas, M., 575
Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey, 473
Wistar, Gen. I. J., 321, 340, 341, 361, 401
Butler, Benjamin I., 164
Butler, Blanche, 139, 163; letter to Paul
Butler from, 216; 515
Butler, Capt. J. T., letter from B. to, 385
Butler, Malachi, 385
Butler, Paul, 164; letter from Mrs. Bto, 194; letter from Blanche Butler to
216
Butler, Mrs. Benjamin F., letter from
Hildreth to, 29; invited to visit
Cameron, 58, 65; invites Camerons
for visit, 54, 76, 84; letters to Mrs.
Heard from, 139, 163; in Washington,
139; arrival at Government House,
140; trip to North Carolina, 163;
letter to Paul from, 194; trip to
Norfolk, 194; letters from B. to, 513,
515; letter from McMurdy to, 575, 584
Butler, Silas, B.'s great uncle, 385
Butler, Susannah, 386
Butler, William Allen, 46
Butler, Zephaniah, B.'s grandfather, 385
Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, 71; letter to
B. from, 273
Butts, Charles W., letter from B. to, 239
Caffee, Capt. S. A., 444
Caffey, John, 488
California, 191
Camden County, 257, 269
Camden County and Ballyhead Military
Station, the Committee of, 223
Cameron, Simon, letter to B. from, 58;
tribute to B., 58; B. invited to visit,
58, 395; letter from B. to, 65; invited
to visit B., 65, 78
Cameron, Mrs. Simon, 65, 395
Campbell, Mrs. See Van Slack, Mrs.
Campbell, Lewis D., letter to Wilson
from, 105; letters to B. from, 105, 112
Camp Bisland, 101
Canal Bank, the, 7, 560, 561
Canby, Brig. Gen. Edward R. S., 175,
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203; letters from B. to, 220, 503, 531,
540, 541; 246, 271, 336, letter from,
Shaffer to, 413; letters to B. from,
428, 430, 450, 530, 540; 534, 563;
letter from Banks to, 588
Cannady, Colonel, 594
Canton, 37, 499
Cape Cod, recruiting in towns on, 249
Cape Henry, 330
Carien, William, 311
Carlisle, Capt. Josiah H., 234
Carman, George F., letter to B. from, 107
Carmen, J. I., letter from B. to, 402
"Carrie Martin," the, 139
Carter, David K., letter to B. from, 20;
letters from B. to, 65, 173; friendliness
of George for, 65; asked to give B.
political situation in Washington, 65,
78, 115-117, 133
Carter, Mrs. David K., 174
Cashmeyer, 564
Caskie, John, 237
Cassels, Capt. John, 328, 447, 502, 503
Castle Thunder, 401
Chamber of Commerce, the N. Y.,
resolution of, 41
Chamberlain, John, letter to B. from, 76;
B.'s reply to, 77
Chancellorsville, 141
Chandler, L. H., letter from B. to, 177;
593
Chapin's Farm, 361, 368, 382, 383
Charge d'Affairs of France. See Geofroy,
M.Charles City Court House, 208, 251, 260,
361
Charleston, 62, 63, 91, 94, 106, 108, 109,
114, 147, 442, 583, 584
Charleston Convention, the, 583
Charters, Reuben P., 308
Chase, Miss, 139, 297, 320
Chase, Mrs., 233
Chase, Capt. Edward E., 415
Chase, Salmon P., letters from Denison
to, 3, 7, 8, 17, 28, 46, 57; letters to B.
from, 15, 57, 112, 120, 209, 384;
friendliness for B. of, 15, 137; letters
from B. to, 21, 57, 59, 118, 123, 146,
246, 272, 325, 359, 372, 570; friendli-
ness of B. for, 27, 60, 64; on B.'s return
to New Orleans, 57, 72, 78; opinions
on currency, 119; indorses B's Louisi-
ana policy, 136; B. asks advice ontransportation of grain of, 146; letter
from Stanton to, 175, 179; gives
permits in other departments, 179;
letter to Seward from, 202, 261, 329;
on declaring Newbern free port, 372,
384; candidate for President, 513, 518,
553, 554; telegram to B. from, 571;
592, 600
Cheat Mountain, 124
Chesapeake, 166
Chesapeake Hospital, the, 336
Chicago, 78, 90, 99, 110
Chickahominy, the, 383, 413, 414, 549,
552, 565
Chollar, Ferdinand D., 240, 349, 395
Chollar, Jared, 349
Chollar, T. T., letters from B. to, 349,
395
Chowan County, 269; B. answers com-mittee of citizens of, 402
Chowan River, the, 224, 311, 329, 358,
429, 512
Christian Commission, the, letter from
B. to, 505; Willing delegate of, 505
"Christians," petition to be excused
from taking oath of allegiance, 290
Citizens' Bank of Louisiana, the, 43, 44
Citizens' Bank of New Orleans, the, 105
"City of New York," the, 216, 325
City of Norfolk, 263, 264
City Point, 165, 167, 205, 214, 248, 333,
426, 427, 516, 517, 541, 542, 547, 551
Clapp, Capt. D. E., 437, 439, 440, 449
Clark. See Clarke, JohnClark, Capt. R. C, 570
Clark, W. S., letter from B. to, 176
Clarke, H. C, 348
Clarke, James, 206
Clarke, John, 77, 78, 93; letter to B.
from, 97; 109; ordered to join B., 135
Clark's Farm, 340
Clay, Mr., 592
Clingman's Brigade, 501
Coldwater, 61
Cole, Colonel, 495
Coleman, Mrs., 395
Cole's Cavalry, 519
Colfax, Speaker, 440
Collins, Daniel, Mayor of Portsmouth,
Va., 155; letter to Mayor Smith, 155;
on question of slavery, 155; letter to
Barnes from, 155; letter from B. to, 308
Colored Troops, the U. S. 1st. Reg't. of,
180, 181, 471, 472, 489; 2d Reg't. of,
495, 519; 4th Reg't. of, 409; 10th
Reg't. of, 289, 478, 566
Columbus, 147
Commissioner of Exchange of Prisoners,
B. appointed, 247, 248, 286
Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
see Denison, George S.
INDEX 613
Committee of Citizens of N.Y., letter
from B. to, 44
Committee of Public Safety, the, 50
Concklin, James C, telegram from B. to,
110
Concord, N.H., 79, 144
Cone Sound, 152
Confederate Army, the, 250-252
Confederate Congress, the, 570
Confederate Government, the, 36, 37
appropriation of money by, 246
refuses to recognize B., 248, 273, 286
communication with U. S. government
by Flag of Truce of, 286; controversy
with B. concerning execution of pris-
oners, 310-316. See also Jones, Priv.
Samuel. See also Bright, Daniel
Confederate Loan, the, 154
Confederate money, 570, 571
Confederate States, the, 154; President
of, see Davis, Jefferson; Sec. of
State, see Benjamin, J. P.; shipping
of tobacco by French Governmentfrom, 236
Confederates, 11, 12, 104, 570
Confederacy, the, 9, 359
"Congress," the, 266
Congress, the U. S., 69, 88, 204, 208, 465,
540
Connecticut, Gov. of, see Buckingham
William A.; 40, 41, 211, 213
Connecticut Volunteers, the, 7th Reg't.
of, 95; 12th Reg't. of, 103; 13th
Reg't. of, 69, 103; 21st. Reg't. of, 349
362, 365
Connelly, Lieut. Henry M., 279
Conners, P. T., 302
Conner and Son, H. W., 104
Conover, H. S., letter from B. to, 346;
in connection with cider shipment, 346
Consul of Austria, vice, see Hane-winkel, W.
Consul, British. See Wilson, John S.;
Acting, see Coppell, George
Consul of France, see Mercier, Henri.
See also Paul, Monsieur.
Cook, Captain, 316
Cook, Lieut. Col. C, 493, 499
Cooke, A. T. M., 262
Cooke, Major, prisoner, 484
Copage, William N., 311
Coolidge, Jefferson, 291; letter from to,
351
Coppell, George, Acting British Consul,
586
Corinth, 25
Cork, Ireland, 154
Corps d'Afrique, the, 338
Corpus Christi, 124
Cottman, Thomas, 14, 90; letters to B.
from, 100, 101; 124; applies for seat in
Congress, 204; signer of Ordinance of
Secession, 204
Courier, the, 97
Cowen, Doctor, 304
Crab Point, 294
Crane, Mr., 164
Craney Island, 289
Creamer, David, letter from B. to, 339
Crouch, E. K., letter to B. from, 49;
letter from B. to, 50
Crump, Nance and Williams, 161
Crumpton, Charles, 569
"Cumberland," the, 266
Cumming's Point, 113, 147
Cunningham, Thomas, 266
Currituck, the District of, 495
Currituck County, 234, 269
Curry, Mr., 161
Curtin, A. G., Gov. of Pennsylvania, 281
Cushing, Caleb, letters to B. from, 71,
72, 73; letter from B. to, 72
DDahlgren, Adm. J. A., 488; letter from
B. to, 504; letters to B. from, 504, 509
Dahlgren, Col. Ulric, 91, 95, 484, 488,
493, 499, 504, 509, 519, 547, 571
Daily Commercial, the Cincinnati, 555
Daily Richmond Sentinel, the, 235
Dallman, H., 244
Dana, C. A., 378, 429, 430, 431, 593
"Daniel Webster," the, 491
Daniels, Edward, letter from B. to, 572
Danville, 147, 366, 415
"Dashing Wave," the, 177, 223
Davenport, Commander, 450
Davenport, John J., Secretary to B., 198,
199, 558
Davis, Colonel, 126
Davis, Jefferson, 18, 20, 21, 63, 236,
273, 330; message of, 246; proclama-
tion of, 248, 259, 418Davis, Capt. R. S., 109, 135; letter to
Adm. Lee from, 151; asks cooperation
of navy from Lee, 151, 160, 162, 237;
General Orders issued by, No. 10, 298,
No. 46, 183, 260; letter from Wistar
to, 408
Dawes, H. L., letter to B. from, 292
Day, G. E. H., 473
Day, Lieut. Henry M., 271, 471; letter
to Townsend from, 472
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Dayton, Ohio, 112
Decision Book, No. 2, 6
Declaration of Exchange, the, 333, 426,
427, 476
Deep Creek, 244, 495
Delmonico's, 115
Delta, the, 14, 71, 350, 351, 525
Deming, Mrs. H. C, 191, 491, 496
Deming, Col. Henry C, letters to B.
from, 190, 495; arranges interview
with B., 191; letters from B. to, 191,
490, 496; misunderstanding of B. with,
490, 495
Democratic Party, the New, 111
Denegre, James D., 44
Denison, George S. letters to Chase from,
3, 8, 17, 28, 46, 57; chooses office of
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 3;
estimate of Banks 3, 8, 9, 17, 29, 46, 47;
distrust of Zachary, 3; estimate of B., 3,
8, 17, 18, 29, 46, 47; letter to B. from,
4; on exchange of prisoners, 9, 30
Denny, Capt. J. W., 260; letter from B.
to, 469
Dent, John F., letter from B. to, 568
Department of Annapolis, the, 67
Department of Eastern Virginia, B.
appointed to command of, 67, 158
Department of the Gulf, the, 4; military
movements commenced in, 8; B.
ordered to resume command of, 15,
21, 22, 34, 35; 17, 18; B.'s proposition
accepted, 20; 24, 28, 48, 54, 69, 105,
129, 137
Department of the Navy, the, 118
Department of New York, 97
Department of the North, the, 94
Department of North Carolina, 150
Department of the South, the, 133
Department of the Treasury, the, 162;
McLean charged with defrauding, 199,
200, 201, 261, 385, 406; regulations
from, 433
Department of Virginia and NorthCarolina, the, 175, 192
Department of War, the, 2, 7, 40, 58, 66;
General Orders by, No. 12, 67, No.48, 204, 205, No. 66, 68, No. 91, 570.
No. 151, 85, 86, No. 212, 320, No. 252,
481, No. 283, 211; 101, 115, 118, 127,
129, 130, 134, 158, 161, 175, 202, 596
De Pass, Capt. John, letter from B. to,
122
Derickson, 14
Dibble, C. B., 268, letter from B. to, 353
Dibble, James C, 168, 169; letters to B.
from, 169
Dillon, William, letter from B. to, 557Dimon, C. L., 495
Dismal Swamp Canal, the, 144, 160, 269
Disosway, Lieut., 401
District of Columbia, 31
District of Columbia, 1st Cavalry, 563Dix, Miss D. L., letters to B. from, 516,
538, 551; letter from B. to, 516
Dix, Gen. John A., question of rank, 66,
67; date of appointment of, 67, 75,
327; letter from B. to, 385; 503
Dixon, James. See Ryan, JohnDonaldsonville, 3, 102
Donnelly, Mr., 172
Douglas, Frederick, 417
Dow, Gen. Neal, escape of, 413; exchange
of, 414
Downey, Samuel, 244
Dower's Hill, 494
Dozier, J. L., see "Christians"; letter
from B. to, 290
Drillen, J. M., letter from B. to, 568
Drummond, Judge, 99
Drummondtown, 289, 319, 537
Drury's Bluff, 382, 383
Duncan, Colonel, 375, 409, 494; tele-
grams from B. to, 498
Duncan Sherman & Co., letter to B.
from, 104; letter from B. to, 104
Dungda, Capt. R. C, 302
Dunham, Mr., 513
Dunn, W. A., telegram from B. to, 499
Dupont, 91
Durant, Mrs., 126
Durant, Thomas I., member Commis-sion, 7; 125, 126, 561
Dutton, Col. A. H, telegrams from B.
to, 360, 367; 594
E
Eaelt's Division, 363, 552
Eastburn, Mr., 510
Eastern Shore of Virginia, the, 207, 238,
559, 577
Eastville, Va., 508, 559
Eaton, Colonel, 94
"E. C. Knight," the, 443
Edgar, Capt. G. P., letter to B. from,
440; letter from Wallace to, 440
Edmands, Major, 245
Edmands, J. Wiley, 245
Edson, Dr., 250
Edson, Elizabeth. See Miss Lizzie
Edwards, Mr., 218
Edwards, R. T., in charge of DismalSwamp Canal, 160
INDEX 615
"Ella and Annie," the, 153, 154, 171
Elizabeth City, 194, 195
Elizabeth City County, 459
Ellcott, Capt. John Y., letter from Wild
to, 270; 312-315
El Paso, 83
Elwell, Colonel, 494
Elzey's Brigade, 501
Emancipation Proclamation, the, 32,
111, 155, 156
Endicott, A., 245
England, 56, 75, 105
Enquirer, the Richmond, 182
"Essex," the, 86, 87; Master of, 87, 88,
89
Etheridge, Mr., 190
Eunermoser, 589
"Eutaw," the, 450
Evans, Estwick, letters to B. from, 111
Evans, E. W., letter to B. from, 156;
letter from B. to, 157
Examiner, the Richmond, 331, 397, 399,
408, 417
"Express," the, 437-440
Fairfax Court House, 244
Falls, Col. Moore M., letter from B. to,
225
Farquhar, Captain, 218, 400, 511, 512
Farr, Mr., 157, 158
Farr, Mrs., 157, 158
Farragut, Mrs. D. G., letter from B. to,
357
Farragut, Rear Adm. D. G., 209
Farrar, E. D. s 104
Faustenberg, Levi, 385
Fay, Mr., 351
Fay, Joseph S., 554
Fay, Richard S., Sr., 245
Fay, Richard S., Jr., 176; letters to B.
from, 35, 48, 245, 291, 334; business
transactions with B., 49; 245, 291, 292,
334, 349; letters from B. to, 349, 554
Felton, S. M., letter to B. from, 158;
letter from B. to, 159
Ferguson, Mrs. S. G., in "Stolen" silver
case, 523-536
Ferry Point, Va., 416
Field, Colonel, B. questions loyalty of,
350
Field, David C. G., 43, 50, 92, 521, 522,
528, 529, 530, 532, 534; letters to B.
from, 533, 535
Field, David Dudley, letter to Lincoln
from, 97
Field, M. B., Ass't. sec. of Treas., 209
"Fingal," the, 91
Finnegan, Lieut. Col. Henry, 123
Fintre, Mr., 50
Fitchburg, 137
Flanders, B. F., 15; letters to B. from,
71, 137; 120, 121
Florence. See Hildreth, Miss Florence
Flusser, Captain, 372
Flynn, Mr., 172
Folk Island, 92
Folly Island, 92
Foote, 91
"Forbes," the, 330
Forbes, James, 311
Forbes, John M., letters from B. to, 222,
232, 243; letters to B. from, 242, 245
Ford's Bridge, 549, 550, 552
Forney, Mr., 110, 111, 576
Fort Butler, 102
Fort Calhoun, 247
Fort Caswell, 265
Fort Clark, 144
Fort Davis, 83
Fort Delaware, 507
Fort Gray, 594, 595
Fort Hatteras, 143, 146
Fort Hudson, 124
Fort Jackson, 561
Fort McHenry, 214, 233, 252, 287, 288,
537
Fort Macon, 62, 229, 369
Fort Magruder, 376, 484, 563
Fort Monroe, 135, 182, 541, 542, 575
Fort Norfolk, 171, 214, 265, 272, 287;
Commanding Officer at, see Frankle,
Col. Jones
Fort Powhatan, 584
Fortress Monroe, 26, 61, 62, 75, 150, 153,
167, 219, 237, 293, 336, 571, 574
Fort Wagner, 114, 133
Fort Wool, 247
"Foster," the, 258, 379
Foster, Mr., Agent Union Steamship
Co., 199
Foster, Maj. Gen. B., 140, 142, 164, 173,
175, 205, 230; letter from B. to, 240;
asked to report on loss of money, 240,
241; 279, 503
Foster, Mrs. B., 139, 140
Foster, Capt. C. H., letter to Schroeder
from, 401, 520
Foster's Mill, 593
Foster, Maj. C. W., 473; letter from B.
to, 477
Fox, G. V., letters from B. to, 177, 222,
241, 431, 437, 555, 582; Ass't. Sec. of
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Navy, 222; letter to B. from, 223;
telegrams from B. to, 359, 372; 487
France, 34, 75; The Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of His
Majesty the Emperor of, see Mercier,
Henri; 168; shipping of tobacco byGovernment of, 235; Consul from,
see Paul, Monsieur
Frankle, Col. Jones, telegrams from B.
to, 373, 378, 379; letter from Wessell
to, 386
Franktown, Va., 281
Fraud Acts, the, 212
Frazer, Mr., 467
Fredericksburg, 73, 158, 549
Freeman, Rev. Enoch W., 50, 51
Fremont, General, question of rank, 67,
85, 86; date of appointment of, 67,
68; 82, 574, 575
French, Col. Jonas H., letter to Stafford
from, 54, 55, 56; resignation of, 72, 220
French Minister, see France
Fry, Col. James B., letter from B. to,
196; letter from Pierpont to, 279
Fuller, Mrs. A. E., house taken for
military use, 300, 301, 302, 303;
letters from Banks to, 301, 302; bill
against U. S., 303; letter from Andrewto Banks introducing, 303
Fuller, Mrs. Eugene, see Fuller, Mrs.
A. E.
Fuller, Margaret, 303, see also Ossoli,
Countess
Fuller, Timothy, 303
Fulton, C. C, letter from B. to, 507
G
Gaines, General, 124
Gait, Capt. James, 352
Galveston, 11, 23, 47, 92, 120, 124, 535
Gapen, Mr., 203
Gardener, D. L., 327
Gardner, Charles P., letter to Spear
from, 311
Garnett, Mrs. M. R. H., 547
Garysburg, 449
Gaston, Miss, 205, 503, 517
Gaston House, the, 161
Gaylord, Aaron, 225
General-in-Chief, see Halleck, Gen. H.W.
"Gen. Jessup," the, 254
Geofroy, M., Charge d'Affairs of France,
542
George, Mrs., 574
George, Capt. Paul R., 30; letters to B.
from, 36, 79; warns B. against Col.
Butler, 36; friendliness for Carter of,
65,71; to meet Weed, 73; advises B.,
79; illness of, 79, 92; death of, 481,
514,515; will of, 574
Georgetown, 34, 90
Georgia, 154, 171, 331, 586
Gerolt, Baron von, Prussian Minister,
86, 196; in "Essex" case, 87, 89
Getty, Brig. Gen. George W., letters
from B. to, 160, 177, 194, 195, 223,
234, 242; 204; Wild's communicationto, 205; letter from citizens of Pas-
quotank County to, 311
Gettysburg, 141
Gibson, Major, letter from B. to, 280
Gillis, John, 523
Gillis, Lieut. J. V., 416Gillis, M., in "Stolen" silver case, 523-
536
Gillis, Mrs. M., in "Stolen" silver case,
523-536
Gillmore, Gen. Q. A., 79; in Dept. of
the South, 80, 91, 95, 133; 442Gilman, see Jones, GilmanGilmore, J. A., Gov. New Hampshire,
332; letter to B. from, 332; letter
from B. to, 353
Giorgi, Count, Minister Resident of
Austria, 172
Glenn, Mr., 84, 92
Gloucester County, 468Gloucester Point, 375, 493Goddess of Liberty, the, by Mills, 34
Godwin, Parke, letter to B. from, 575
Goldsboro, 593
Goncet, M., 447Goodwin, Captain, letters from B. to, 234,
266; 443
Goodwin, Private, 145
Gordon, Brig. General, 442
Gordon, M., 104
Gosport Navy Yard, 194, 234, 218
Gouch, Mr., 16
Government House, the, 140
Graham, Captain, 279, 537
Graham, Brig. Gen. Charles K., request
for post under B., 141, 142; record of,
141; in gunboat affair, 178; 234, 243;
expedition to Wilmington, 265, 266;
telegrams from B. to, 343, 351, 367,
373; letters from B. to, 356, 359, 565;
548
Grandy, Jonathan J., letter from B. to,
305
Gransevoort, Captain, letter from B. to,
243
INDEX 617
Grant, Commander Henry D., letter to
Puffer from, 550
Grant, Gen. U. S., 12, 25, 26; mentioned
for Presidency, 99; 102, 114, 125, 176,
440; head of Army, 514, 551; feeling
toward B. of, 518
Graves, Mrs. Mary L., 383; letter from
B. to, 538Gray, James A., 153, 154, 171, 172
Gray, Rev. M., 577
Gray, John F., letter to B. from, 406
Great Bridge, 555
Great Britain, 34, 171
Great Wicomisco, the, 428
Greeley, Horace, 97; appointment with
B., 115; 150.
Greely, Mr., head of the gunboat ring, 178
Green, Major, 19, 20
Green, Lieut. N. H., 439
Greene, William B., letter to B. from, 543
Greenville, 594
Gregg, General, 147
Gregory, Captain, telegram from B. to,
406
"Grenade," the, 168
Gridley, Thomas E., letter to B. from,
281
Griffin, J. A. O., letter to B. from, 18;
tribute to B. from, 19
Griffins, Colonel, 312
Grover, General, unpopular in NewOrleans, 19
Guerillas, 269, 270, 312
Gurowski, Count Adam, letters to B.
from, 53, 348
Gurowsky Count, see Gurowski, Count
Adam
HH., General, see Hamilton, General
Hackett, John J., letter from B. to, 306
Hackett, John K., letter to B. from, 578;
letter from B. to, 579
Haggerty, Maj. P. H., 367, 466, 534, 591
Hahn, Mr., 120, 124, 134
"Halfway" House, 552
Halifax, 267, 386, 387, 441, 449
Hall & Co., O. E., 43, 44Halleck, Gen. H. W., 25, 27, 41; to lose
position, 71; possible candidate for
Sec. of War, 72; desires to replace
Hooker, 73; 118, 165; letter to B.
from, 273; letters from B. to, 310, 365,
408, 477, 485; 363; telegrams from B.
to, 365, 369; telegram to B. from, 376;
telegram to Sedgwick from, 397;
telegram from Sedgwick to, 397; 440,
475, 477, 518, 549; telegram from
Meade to, 552
Hamilton, General, 41, 121, 122, 126
Hamilton, Mr., owner "St. Maurice," 100
Hamilton, Mr., correspondent in N. O.
for Times, 447
Hamilton, Maj. Alexander, letters to B.
from, 52, 108; offers services to B.,
108; letter from B. to, 109; 133
Hamilton, N. C, 558, 594
Hamilton, Col. Schuyler, 12
Hamlin, Colonel, 103
Hamlin, Vice President, 338
Hamlin, H., 230; letter to B. from, 414;
letter from B. to, 414
Hammond, C. G., letter to B. from, 411;
letter from B. to, 411
Hampton Roads, 217
Hanewinkel, W., Vice-Consul of Austria,
172, 196
Hanover Junction, 368, 549
Haraszthy, A., letter from B. to, 395
Haraszthy, H., letter to B. from, 379
Hardie, James A., 66, 160, 174, 175, 193,
425
Harding, Senator, 506
Harper, Messrs., 70
"Harriet Lane," the, 11, 47
Harris, Mrs., 564
Harris, Lieut. Arnold, letter from B. to,
264; expedition to Wilmington, 264,
265, 266
Harrisburg, 58
Harrison, Mr., 479
Harrison, Samuel J., 236
Harrison's Bar, 167
Hart & Co., 590
Hatteras, 62, 582, 600
"Hatteras," the, 47
Hatteras Inlet, 152, 358, 372
Haupt, Col. H., 117
Havana, 221
Hay, 35
Hayden, Levi, letter to B. from, 316
Heard, Mrs. Harriet H., letters from Mrs.
Butler to, 139, 163, 249, 293
Heathsville, 542
Heaton, Col. David, letters to B. from,
151, 238, 317; letters from B. to, 196,
317; 200, 226, 294; collection of
revenue tax, 297; question of cutting
timber, 316, 317; 329, 330, 391, 392
Heckman, Brig. Gen. C. A., 321; tele-
gram to B. from, 337; telegrams fromB. to, 360, 488, 492-494, 498, 499;
letter from Shaffer to, 425 ; reinforce-
ments ordered to report to, 488, 492;
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491; Birney ordered to join, 491, 492;
ordered to relieve Birney, 493; report
from, 494; letters from B. to, 552, 555
Hedrick, John A., 391
Heintsleman, General, suggested to
replace Hooker, 73
Henning, Maj. B. S., letter to B. from,
411
Henry, C. S., letters from B. to, 388,
424, 509; letters to B. from, 423, 483,
559; appointed Special Treasury Agent,
423
Herald, the New York, 77, 78, 85, 134,
150, 173
Herbert, Capt. J. K., letters to B. from,
99, 120, 125, 133, 566; meeting with
Banks of, 121, 126; arrangement with
King & Pennock, 133, 134, 565-567
"Hercules," the, 428
Hertford, 331
Hewitt, Major, 562
Hewitt, Mayor, pays troops, 7
H. G. See Greeley, Horace
H. H. C, Captain, 278, 280
Higgins, Judge, 99
Highland, John, letter to B. from, 535
Hildreth & Co., D. M., 43, 44
Hildreth, Fisher A., letters to B. from,
4, 81, 179, 293, 574; asks selling price
of the yacht, 4, 30; letter to Mrs. B.
from, 29; to meet Weed, 73; 79, 140,
249; tobacco transaction with B., 293
Hildreth, Miss Florence, 139, 214, 216
Hildreth, Israel, death of, 30
Hildreth, Lauretta, 293
Hill, Captain, 409
Hill, Thomas, 370
Hilton Head, 61, 62, 91, 95
Hinks, Brig. Gen. Edward W., letter to
B. from, 136; letter from B. to, 137;
desired by B. for Commandant of De-
pot, 144; ordered to join B., 548
Hinton, Col. James W., 3, 10; letter to
B. from, 312; letter from B. to, 314
Hitchcock, Maj. Gen. E. A., matter of
exchange of prisoners under, 147, 214,
233; sent to consult B., 214; letters
to B. from, 214, 357; letters from B.
to, 215, 233, 296, 352, 486; appoints
B. Coinmissioner of Exchange of
Prisoners, 247, 248; letters from Ould
to, 248, 337; B. asks release of Thomp-son, 296; 582, 583
Hodge, Col. William H., 101
Hoffman, Mr., 329, 330Hoffman, Col. William, letters from B.
to, 435, 507, 583, 597
Hoke's Brigade, 332, 382, 593
Holabird, Col. S. B., 113, 120, 133, 528,
529, 536
Holcomb's Legion Cavalry, 414
Holland, 154
Hollowing Point, 347
Holly Spring, Miss., 37
Holmes, O. B., 478
Holt, Col. Joseph, letters from B. to, 207,
256, 266, 341, 425; 213, 241
Homan, Isaac, 107, 108
Honla, 96
Hood's Brigade, 363
Hooker, General, 1, 71, 73, 180
Hooker, Lieutenant, 511
Hopkins, Dr., 551
Hopkins, William C, 292, 431, 432;
letter to B. from, 512; letter from B.
to, 512
Horn, Private, 161
Horton, Lieut. William L., 204, 205
Houghton, Mr., 462
Houston, Gen. Sam, 12, 83
Howard, Mr., sent to Richmond for
information, 478, 479; 552
Howe, Dr., 196
Howe, Judge, 112
Howe, Frank, 28
Howell, Judge, 126
Hubbard, Mr., 103
"Hull," the, 367
Hume's Scouts, 414
Hunt, Lieut., 200
Hunt Case, the, 198, 231
Hunt, Seth B., 46
Hunter, 18, 91
Hunt's Battery, 409
Hurlburt, Gen. S. A., B. introduces Fay,
Jr., to, 291, 292, 334; letter from B.
to, 292
Hutchins, A. J. B., Statement from, 329,
358
Hutchinson, Lieut., 486
Hutchinson, Mrs., 233
Hyde County, 342
"Iberville," the, 113
Illinois, 100, 117
Indiana, 117, 149, 196
Indiana Volunteers, the, 21st Reg't. of,
103
Internal Revenue Tax, the, 339, 340
Internal Trade Regulations, the, 202
Invalide Corps, the, 146
Iowa, 117
INDEX 619
Irvine, Captain, 251
Irwin, Richard B., Special Orders issued
by, No. 80, 48, No. 82, 48
Irwin, Capt. William H., 502
Isaacs, M. S., letters from B. to, 371, 412
Italy, Minister to, see Owen, Robert
Dale
Ivor Station, 493
Jackson, 220
Jackson, Gen. Andrew, 1
Jackson, James, 359
Jackson Railroad Depot Office, the, 536
Jacobs, 14
James, Captain, 178, 540
James, Horace, letters from B. to, 179,
210; appointed chaplain of District of
North Carolina, 188; letter to B.
from, 224
James, John, 236
James River, the, 151, 166, 167, 188,
208, 549, 565, 584
Jameson, Major, 210
Jewett, Mr., 308
Jocknicks, Captain, 161
Johnson, Captain, 297, 319
Johnson, D. G., 75
Johnson, Mary Jane, 540
Johnson, Reverdy, 583
Johnson, spy, 19
Johnson's Island, 128, 129, 251, 274, 486
Johnston, arrest of, 253
Johnston, Capt. George H., letter from
J. F. Smith to, 155, 329
Jones' Bridge, 549
Jones, Eliza A. See Van Lieu, MissJones, Gilman, 58, 71, 135
"Jones, James Ap.," 228, 319, 564, 565
Jones, Newton C, 311
Jones, Samuel, hanging of, 310-316
Jones, Thomas Ap., 485
Jordan, B. asks for deed of emancipation
for, 57, 313
Jourdan, Col. J., Special Orders by, No.
9, 279; letter from B. to, 350; B.
suggests promotion of, 350, 365, 369
Journal, the, 483
KKansas, 91, 115, 122, 136, 191
Keeff, Father C, letter from B. to, 519
Keegan, Louisa A., 38, 39
Keegan & McCann, 38, 39
Keese, Colonel, 495
Kellogg, Dr., 19
Kellogg, John D., letter to B. from, 138;
B's reply to, 139
Kelly, David, letter from B. to, 232
Kemper's Brigade, 332, 382
Kennedy, Capt. S., 567
Kensel, Capt. George A., letters to B.
from, 92, 109; 140
Kentucky, 38, 117, 196
Kernahan, A., 37
Kerns, Private, 341
Ketchum, A. C, 75
Keyes, Capt. H. W., 487
Key West, 566
Kilburn, Provost Marshal, 524
Kilpatrick, General, at New Kent Court
House, 484, 487, 488, 491; telegrams
from B. to, 488, 492, 493; ordered to
march to Gloucester Point, 493, 494,
499; raid of, 501, 508; at King's and
Queen's Court House, 519
Kilpatrick's Cavalry, 519
King, General, 543
King, Charles, 46
King, Horatio, letter to B. from, 31; 32
King & Pennock, 133, 134
King and Queen's Court House, 493
Kingston, N. C, 377, 416
Kinsman, Lieut. Colonel, 293
"Kinsman," the, 47
Kinsman, Gen. J. Burnham, letters to
B. from, 115, 116; notified to join B.,
135; superintendent negro affairs, 187,
188, 222, 548, 573; letters from B. to,
253; B. introduces Tatem to, 253;
difficulty with Wistar, 573
Kinston, 593, 594
Kohn, Bernard, 328
Kruttschnidt, J., Acting Prussian Consul,
87; in "Essex" case, 87, 88, 89
Labitat, Mr., of Havana, 221
Lachane, Spy, 19
Ladd, J., letter to B. from, 98
Ladd, Lieut. William J., 204, 205
Lafourche, the, 13, 102, 104
Lake Ponchartrain, 129, 220
Lancaster County, 146, 275, 292, 542
Lancaster Court House, 244
Lane, General, 115
Lane, George W., statement concerning,
329; 358
Latrobe, Mrs. John H. B., letter from B.
to, 342
Laurason, 50, 51,
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"Laurel Hill," the, 113
Lauretta, see Hildreth, Lauretta
Lawrence, Captain, 285, 449
Lazerac De Forgeret Fils, 407
Leach, Mr., 172, 173
Ledlie's Brigade, 426
Lee, Captain, 359
Lee, Gen. Robert, 1, 73, 191, 348; attack
on Newbern, 363, 365, 369; about
Richmond, 369-383; 549, 552, 553
Lee, Rear Adm. S. P., Davis asks help
of navy from, 151; 152, 226; letters
from B. to, 265, 267, 347, 406, 491,
555, 558, 584, 598; 267, 316, 363;
telegrams from B. to, 367, 493, 494;
416, 429, 438, 449, 506; letter to B.
from, 550; 567, 596
Leeds, Eng., 31
Lee's Army, 501
Lehman, 549
Lemore, Alfred, imprisonment of, 36
Lemore, Jules, 36
"Les Enfants Perdus," 91, 95
Leverick, William E., 407
Levy, Miss Frances, 571
Lewis, Colonel, 396
Lewis, Keeper, 571
"Lewis Clark," the, 347
Lexington, Ky., 540
Libbey, Prison, 226, 415, 427
Lieber, Maj. G. Naman, 302
Light House Point, 289
Lincoln, Mr., Postmaster of Brooklyn,
465
Lincoln, Abraham, case of Benham, 2;
asks Military and Naval Commandersto facilitate B.'s passage along Missis-
sippi River, 7-8, 9; invites B. to dine,
13; Zachary appointed by, 14; offers
B. the command of Dept. of the Gulf,
15, 21, 22, 27; 16, 20; appoints Kingone of board of Commissioners, 31;
Emanciaption Proclamation, 32, 111,
155, 156, 204, 206, 214, 240, 289;
criticism of administration, 33, 96,
348, 422, 482, 497, 574, 575; 66; gives
B. precedence of rank, 67-69; hesitates
on appointment for Sec. of War, 71, 72,
78; controlled by Seward, 81; letter
from D. D. Field to, 97; appointment
of B. to Dept. of New York, 97; Grantopposed to, 99; sends despatches to
England, 105; Proclamation granting
General Amnesty, 110, 228, 306, 355,
460, 463; terms for peace, 111; askedto send B. to St. Louis, 115-116, 119;
feeling toward B. of, 119, 120, 136, 137,
515, 576, willing to send B. to NewOrleans, 120; reelection of, 134, 307,
422, 448, 513, 518, 553, 554; deter-
mined to give B. a command, 136;
willing B. should go to North Carolina,
136; feelings toward Banks, 137;
authorizes exportation of tobacco,
165, 168, 540-542; letters from B.;
to, 172, 233, 241, 266, 450, 460, 464,
469, 502, 569; orders regarding sen-
tence of death, 203, 241, 341, 401, 469,
569; inviting radicals to see, 214; B.
asks pardon for James Barnes of, 266;
letters to B. from, 272, 490; order
relating to discharge of prisoners, 272-
277; 273; telegrams from B. to, 295,
341, 400, 488, 493, 547; 417; attitude
of Germans toward, 422; proclamation
of blockade, 432; declines to give
Wallace a command, 441; history of
administration of, 448; complaint
against B. to, 448; B. reports on
Pierpont complaint to, 450-460; B.
asks pardon for C. W. Newton, 460;
in connection with Thompson episode,
464-466, 553; 474; fate of Dahlgren
reported to, 488, 493; orders four
questions to be put to prisoners of
war, 507; telegrams to B. from, 488,
517, 547; prayer for, 519; 547; passes
granted by, 551
Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham, 139
Linnell, Captain, 486
Litchfield, Colonel, 484
Little Wycomoes River, the, 316
Liverpool, 88, 154
Livingston, Commodore, letter from B.
to, 234
Lizzie, Miss (Elizabeth Edson), 382
Lochiel, 66
Locke, Maj. Eric, letter to B. from, 553;
letter from B. to, 600
Lockwood, Brig. General, letters from B.
to, 225, 237, 537; 287, 289; telegram
from B. to, 351
"Long Branch," the, 449
Long Bridge, 549
Longstreet, General, 176, 549, 552
"Lookout," letter to B. from, 49
Louisiana, 24, 37, 39; B.'s policy for
118-120, 123, 136; Secession Ordi-
nance of, 204; Gov. of, see MooreT. 0.; Bank of, 561
Louisiana Bank, the, 7
Lovell, General, charged with selling
New Orleans, 94
Lowell, 65, 66
INDEX 621
Loweney, J. Y., 75
Luber, Maj. Gnaman, see Lieber, 528
Lull, Mr., 103
Lyon, 18
Lyons, Lord, 37, 38, 40; letters to Seward
from, 153, 154; 202, 416, 588
Lyons, Maj. Thomas W., letter from B.
to, 316; 517
MMcCall, Louvet, 104
McCheney, 518
McChesney, Col. J. M., letter to Peck
from, 260
McClellan, Gen. George B., 12, 16, 18,
28; question of rank of, 67; date of
appointment of, 67, 68; restoration of,
95; candidate for President, 482
McClelland Hospital, the, 336
McClellan's Bridge, 552
McClure, Capt. John W., 133; releases
Mrs. Fuller's house, 302; 529, 532-536
McCormack, Dr. Charles, 588, 589
McCready, Mr., 199
McCreery, Colonel, 417
McCurdy, Rev. R., 117
McCurdy, R. H., 46, 199
McDonald, J. W., letter to Purriance
from, 244
McDonough, Mr., 50
McDougall, Colonel, 599
McDowell, Maj. Gen. Jim, opinions on
operations in North Carolina, 191, 192;
B. sends for, 192; letter to Barney
from, 192
McHugh, James, 154
Mackay, Mr., 483
McKay, Henry, 363
McKaye, Golonel, 197
McKee, Major, 535
McKinney, Chaplain, letter to B. from,
555; letter from B. to, 556
McKinney, T. D., 236
McLane, Colonel, see McLean, Col.
J. T. C.
McLean, Mrs. Lottie A., letter from B.
to, 201
McLean, Col. J. T. C, charges against,
199, 200, 201, 385, 406
McLearn, J. G., 100; letter to B. from,
101
McMurdy, Rev. Doctor, letter from
Wolf to, 496; 513; letter to Mrs. B.
from, 575
McPhail, Mr., 433
McVey, Lieut., 362, 363
Magruder, General, 11
Mahler, Jacob, 535
Mail and Express, the New York, 535
Maine, 105, 106
Maine Volunteers, the 9th Reg't. of, 91,
95
Maison Doree, 115
Malloney, Mr., 412
Mallory, Mr., Sec. of the C. S. Navy,573, 576
Manchester, 333
Manden, Lieut. William J., letter from
B. to, 313
Manden, Mrs. William J., 270, 313
Manly, Miss, 205, 503, 517
Marivalt, Mr. de, Commander of the
"Tisiphone," 165, 166, 167, 168
Marshall, C. H., 46
Marshall, Prof. J. W., letter from Kingto, 31
Marston, Brig. Gen. G., letters from B.
to, 215, 238, 252, 275, 277, 328, 384,
395, 449, 470, 505, 511, 517, 567, 569;
B. commends, 254; ordered to cross
Potomac, 275; telegram from B. to,
278; expedition of, 293; 351; letter
from Shaffer to, 415; 431, 435; letter
from Sargent to, 486, 597
Martin, Col. A. D., 489, 490, 517
Martin, Capt. Fred., 234, 570
Martin, Henry, letter from B. to, 327
Maryland, 93, 238
Maryland Volunteers, the 5th Reg't. of,
502
Mason Brothers, the, 70
Massachusetts, recruiting in, 248, 249
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, 2dReg't. of, 273, 335, 336
Massachusetts Volunteers, the, 248;
14th Reg't. of, 543; 23rd. Reg't. of,
494; 24th. Reg't. of, 204, 229; 27th,
Reg't. of, 494; 30th Reg't. of, 566;
54th Reg't. of, 566
Massett, Mr., 437, 439
Matergarda, 124
Mathews County, 519
May, T. P., 8
Meade, Maj. General, 180; B. asks
relief for Palmer from, 365, 366;
cooperation of, 367, 368, 374, 383;
548, 549, 551; telegram to Halleck
from, 552
Meadow Station, 361, 375
Meagher, Gen. Thomas Francis, letter
to B. from, 141; recommends Graham,141-142
Meigs, Maj. General, letters from B. to,
5, 328
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Memminger, Mr., 412
Memphis, 32; letter from B. to Com-mittee from, 75
Mercer, Dr., 561
Mercier, Count, 416
Mercier, Dr., Pres. Louisiana Bank, 7;
Member of Commission, 7
Mercier, Henri, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of His
Majesty the Emperor of the French,
164; Conference with Seward, 164-
168; 520; letter to Seward from, 521;
letter from Villeneuve to, 521
Meredith, Brig. General, 150, 173, 174,
213, 215, 435
Merrefield, Joseph, letter from B. to,
448; complains to Pres. against B.,
448
"Merrimac," the, 199, 266
Messinger, Captain, telegrams from B.
to, 378
Methodist Episcopals, the, 577
"Metropolitan," the, 58
Mexico, 34, 41
Michigan Volunteers, the, 103
Middle Department, the, 158
Middlesex Company, 291; agents for,
291; 349
Middlesex County, 339, 519
Middlesex Mills, the, 36, 49, 245, 334
Midgitt, Capt. D. W., 390, 391
Mihols, Ass't. Adj't. Gen. W. A., 593
Miles, Mr., 358, 432, 433
Miller, Henry W., 162
Mine Run, 398
Minnesota, 191, 239
"Minnesota," the, 151, 367
Mississippi, the army of, 25; 117
"Mississippi," the, 5, 47, 199, 566, 567
Mississippi River, the, 4; B.'s trip of
observation to, 7, 15, 25, 41, 94, 125
Mississippi Valley, the, 78
Missouri, 100, 115, 119, 122, 196, 214
Mitchell, Robert, 244
Mix, Colonel, 442
Mobile, 11, 62, 63, 100
Mobjack Bay, 500
Monfort, J. W., agent for exchange of
prisoners in Indiana, 149
Monroe, Robert, 393
Montgomery, Colonel, 91, 95
Montreal, 10
Montreal City Bonds, 245
Moore, Mrs., 179
Moore, H. J., letter to B. from, 294
Moore, Gov. T. O., 560
Mordica Creek, 244
Morehead City, 151, 295, 362, 365, 369
Morgan, organizing raid, 550, 551
Morgan, Judge, 14, 100, 515
Morgan, E. E., 46
Morgan, P. H., 113
Morning Chronicle, the, 575
"Morning Light," the, 557
Morrill, L. M., letter to B. from, 414;
letter from B. to, 414
Morris, Brig. General, letter from B. to,
252; B. requests report on prisoners
from, 252
Morris, Captain, 463
Morris, Mrs., B. grants pass to, 463
Morris Island, 92
Morrison, Col. J. J., letter from B. to,
502; telegram to B. from, 595
Morse, Major, statement concerning,
329; 358
Morse, B. H., letter from Risley to, 226
Morse, L. J., 230
Morton, F., letter to B. from, 181;
letter from B. to, 182
Morton's Ford, 386, 397
Moseley Hall, 593
Mulford, Maj. John E., 250, 258, 352,
357; letters from B. to, 377, 547, 551;
469, 470, 509
Mumford, William B., 32, 98
Mumsfreesboro, 12
Mykloski, Alexander, 502, 503, 563, 595
"Mystic," the, 267
NNaglee, Brig. General, in command
Dist. of Va., 329
Nansemond, the, 347, 491, 492, 494
Napoleon, 64
Nashville, 38
National Advocate, the, 13
National Convention, the, 513
National Intelligence, the, 31, 515
National League, the, 307
National Republican, the Richmond, 394,
405
Native Guards, the, 1st Regt. of, 528;
3d Reg't. of, 23; 4th Reg't. of, 17
Nay, 14
Negro affairs, Superintendent of, see
Kinsman, Gen. J. BurnhamNegro Enlistment Bill, the, 16
Nelson, Col. J. A., 464, 465, 490, 495
Nesmith, Senator, 506
Neuse River, 372, 593
Neville, Julian, 14
New England Division, the, 15
INDEX 623
New Hampshire, Gov. of, see Gilmore,
J. A.
New Hampshire Volunteers, the, 3d
Reg't. of, 95; 8th Reg't. of, 103;
10th Reg't. of, 332, 353, 495, 569;
13th Reg't. of, 204
New Hooper's, 296
New Iberia, 8, 120
New Kent Court House, 410, 477, 484,
488, 564
"New London," the, 177, 222
New Mexico, 83
New Orleans, 1; Col. Butler arranges to
leave, 4; return of B. to, 4, 8, 9, 14-
16, 19, 21, 25, 28, 29, 34, 54, 57, 119,
120, 122, 136, 448, 535; shipment of
sugar from, 5; affairs under Banks in,
8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 23, 28, 47, 48, 54, 72,
102, 448; Zachary in, 9, 14; rebel
communication from, 10-14; condi-
tions of troops in, 22-23; B.'s former
experience in, 25, 32; the WomanOrder in, 32, 411; Lemore in Parish
prison in, 37; Parker, P. M. at, 43;
Citizens' Bank of Louisiana in, 43, 44;
trade in, 48; Committee of Public
Safety, 50; Southern independent
rights association, 51; B.'s sudden
recall from, 58; army at, 61; base of
operations, 62; last expedition to, 63;
taken by Banks, 63; Confederate
loan for defense of, 87; the selling of,
94; dispute over B.'s transactions in,
98; notes in banks of, 104; Citizens'
Bank of, 105; B. the hero of, 106,
113; Finnegan at, 123; investigation
into official conduct of B. in, 292;
occupancy of Mrs. Fuller's house in,
300-304; 520, 521; Consul of France
at, see Merrier, Henri; 532, 534,
535; Canal Bank of, 560, 562; John-
son in, 584; 585
New Orleans and Bayou Mail Co., the,
113
New York, Gov. of, see Seymour,
Horatio, 40
"New York," the, 251
New York City, 5, 6, 44, 58, 65, 97, 103,
167
New York Volunteers, the, MountedRifles of, 396, 401, 409, 410; 3dCavalry of, 161, 360, 425, 442; 20th
Cavalry, 178; 16th Artillery, 502,
599; 48th Reg't. of, 95; 75th Reg't. of,
103; 85th Reg't. of, 260; 111th Reg't.
of, 599; 112th Reg't. of, 329; 118th
Reg't. of, 426, 495; 139th Reg't. of
426; 162d Reg't. of, 567; 8th
Battery of, 492
Newbern, 61, 62, 140, 151, 152, 161, 169,
200, 237, 296; attack on, 362, 363, 365,
366, 369, 372, 377, 379, 381, 384, 396,
399, 401; B. protests against opening
port at, 372, 384; 414, 593, 594
Newport, 369
Newport Barracks, B. stops trading at,
350
Newport News, 151, 218, 340, 347, 492
Newton, General, 460
Newton, Mrs. C. A. See Newton, Mrs.
Margaret
Newton, Cincinnatus W., Pres. asked to
pardon, 460
Newton, Courtney A., 355, 356
Newton, Mrs. Margaret, 355, 356
Nichols, A. A., 528, 530
Nickerson, 28
Nickols, Mrs., 154
Nicol, Alexander, 416
Nolt, Vincent, 108
Nominating Convention, 99
Norcross, Lieut., 384
Norfolk, Va., 62, 76, 141, 143, 156, 166,
181, 194, 202, 226; clash between
military and civil government of, 282-
285, 321-324, 450-460; 290, 297, 308,
309, 321-323, 329; Mayor of, see
Smith, John F.; public schools at,
415; trade system in, 424, 493, 541,
542; enemy's designs on, 548, 549; 564;
churches in, 576, 591-593, 597
Norfolk Gas Company, the, 262
North Carolina, Gov. of, see Vance,
Governor; 27, 32, 118, 136; trade andcommerce in, 151-153; District of,
188; 196, 199, 468, 477, 487, 501
North Carolina Volunteers, the 2dReg't. of, 520; 41st Reg't. of, 593;
66th Reg't. of, 312
North West Landing, 313
Northampton Country, 248, 279, 363,
576, 577
Northumberland County, 146, 207, 275,
292, 542
Northumberland Court House, 244
"Notes and Criticisms on Shakespeare,"
by Hackett, 306
Nottingham, 386
O
Oath of Allegiance, the, 209, 290,
306, 340, 342, 355, 416, 452, 505, 507,
519, 539, 592
O'Fallon, Pat, 307
624 INDEX
Official Records, 96, 148, 188, 203, 248,
291, 300, 366, 369, 370, 376, 383, 384,
386, 397, 399, 400, 401, 413, 414, 418,
450, 470, 484, 485, 487, 491, 492, 498,
515, 516, 536, 550, 558, 563
Official Records, War of Rebellion, the,
see Official Records
Official Register, the, 66
Officer Commanding Depot of Prisoners
at Johnson's Island, see Pierson, Lieut.
Col. W. S.
Officer Commanding Forces, in North
Carolina, letter from B. to, 257
Officers of the Army and Navy whoserved in the Civil War, 117
Ohio, 105, 112, 116, 117
Ohio Volunteers, the, 5th Reg't. of, 310
Olcott, Col. H. S., Special Commissioner
War Dept., 161; letter to B. from,
198; letter from B. to, 199; 212, 213,
390
Old Dominion, the Portsmouth, 290
Old Dragon Bridge, 519
Old Point, 217
Old South Quay, 596
Oliver, Mr., 506, 596, 597
Oliver and Co., W. W. G., letter from
B. to, 212; 487
Onderdonk's Cavalry, Col., 519
Opdyke, George, 97, 179
Ora, the, 14
Oram, James F., letter to B. from, 98;
B.'s reply to, 99
Orange Court House, 552
Ordinance of Secession, the, see Louisi-
ana
Ossoli, Countess, 303, see also Fuller,
Margaret
Ould, Robert, Confederate Comm. of
Exchange in Richmond, 148; 149, 173;
letters from B. to, 243, 247, 250, 286-
288, 334, 338, 370, 415, 421, 479, 508,
509; letters to Hitchcock from, 248,
286, 337, 357; correspondence with B.
of, 255, 259, 357, 377; reports on
deliveries at City Point, 337; attitude
toward B. of, 352, 517; letter to
Mulford from, 357; asked to report onE. E. Chase, 415; 417; proposition as
to surgeons, 419, 421; 435-437; letter
to Seddon from, 469; B. asks return of
body of Dahlgren, 509; compared to
B., 516, 517; 547, 555, 571
"Our General," 95
Owen, Robert Dale, Representative
from Indiana, 196; Minister to Italy,
196; Author, 196; chairman American
Freedmen's Inquiry Assoc, 196; letter
to B. from, 196; letter from B. to, 197
Palmer, Brig. General, at Newbern,
362, 365, 366, 368, 369, 379, 396;
letter from B. to, 362; 582
Pamlico Sound, 164
Pankatank, the, 500, 511
Pantego, 391
Parish Prison, the, 37, 55
Park, John, 75
Parker, Commodore F. A., letters from
B. to, 292, 500, 542; 316, 433; letter
to B. from, 511
Parker, J. D., 104
Parker, J. M. G., letters from B. to, 43,
534
Parker, Mrs. John W., letter from B. to,
208
"Parks," the, 258
Parrott, the, 441
Parton, James, letters to B. from, 30,
70, 84, 115, 150, 447, 582; asks for
interview, 30; 92, 106; suggests offices
for, 115; book by, 164, 307, 308, 411,
447
Pasquotank, the, 501
Pasquotank County, 231, 269, 311, 331
Paul, Monsieur, French Consul at
Richmond, 235, 236, 276, 540; 541, 542
Paulson, Thomas L., letter from B. to,
319
Paymaster of District of North Carolina,
the Senior, letter from B. to, 229
Peabody, Judge, 14, 18
Peck, Maj. Gen. John J., views on
slavery, 153; letters from B. to, 160,
168, 169, 218, 221, 231, 237, 260, 280,
297, 399, 424, 441, 491, 501, 517, 537,
563; B. orders arrest of Respress
by, 160; the Dibble case, 168-171;
letter from McChesney to, 260;
General Order No. 46 by, 260; in-
formation concerning the ram, 267,
321; telegrams from B. to, 367, 384;
414; plan for capture of Plymouth,
441, 449, 593; letter to B. from, 449;
485; treatment of prisoners by, 479,
481; letters to Pickett from, 481;
letters from Pickett to, 481; to hold
North Carolina against all comers, 501
Peckham, Merritt, letter from B. to, 558
Pemberton, James, 330, 331
Pennsylvania, Gov. of, see Curtin, A.
G., 1, 78, 93
INDEX 625
Pennsylvania Volunteers, the, 1st Light
Artillery, 409; 3d Heavy Artillery,
266; 5th Cavalry, 362, 426; 11th
Cavalry, 361, 409; 76th Reg't., 91, 95
Pensacola, 23, 60
Perkins, Judge, 514
Perkins, Mrs., 514
Perley, 79
Perquimous County, 269
Perrin, Captain, 227
Perry, Lieut. Colonel, 361, 375
Perry, Mr., 291
Petersburg, 366, 368, 382, 383, 999, 549,
552, 593
Peyton, 597
Phelps, Gen. J. W., 17, 18
Philadelphia, 161, 241, 551
Philadelphia Conference, the, 577
"Phillipp Allen," the, 272
Phillips, Wendell, letter from B. to, 204;
letter to B. from, 206; views onslavery, 207; 574
Pickett, Maj. General, in the hanging of
Samuel Jones, 310, 312; before New-bern, 362, 363, 366, 399; 368, 370, 382;
treatment of prisoners of war, 425,
479-481; letters from Peck to, 481;
letters to Peck from, 481; letter fromB. to, 582; at Petersburg, 593
Pickett's Division, 491, 549
Pierce, Captain, 325
Pierce, Carlos, 180
Pierce, Edward L., letters to B. from,
34,95Pierce, President, 196
Pierce Brothers, the, 179
Pierpont, F. H., letters from B. to, 180,
284; offers to commission officers of
colored reg't., 180, 181; Gov. of
Virginia, 279; letter to Fry from, 279;
questions drafting in Accomac County,279; letter to B. from, 282; contro-
versy concerning military vs. civil
government of Norfolk, 282-285, 320,
321-324, 450-460, 473; letter to
Stanton from, 321
Pierrepont, Edwards, letter to B. from,
476; letters from B. to, 560, 595
Pierson, Lieut. Col. W. S., letters fromB. to, 128, 131; letters to B. from,
131, 132; letter from Gen. Thompsonto, 132
Pig's Point, cavalry reconnoissance of,
337
Piney Point, 437, 439
Pittsburg, 133
Plainfield, 111., 558
VOL. Ill—40
Plaquemine, 8
Platenmine, 4
Plumly, Major, 48, 121, 126, 133, 134
Plymouth, 449, 558, 563, 582; attack
upon, 593, 595
Plymouth Church, the 489
Plymouth River, the, 600
Point Lookout, 214, 248, 250; as a
Prison Camp, 254, 255, 270; postal
facilities at, 256, 265; discharge of
prisoners from, 272, 277; 274, 293,
296, 316; hospital at, 336; 486, 507,
538, 557, 572, 575, 597, 598Polk, Maj. General, 412
Pomeroy, S. C, letter to B. from, 136;
Republican Senator from Kansas, 136,
506
Pomhet Landing, Conn., 349
Pompey, Colonel, 417
Pontchatoula, 123, 129
Pool, George D., letter from B. to, 305
Poor, Charles E., 308, 514
Port of Beaufort, 152
Port Hudson, operations against, 4, 15,
17, 28, 29, 46, 60, 102; 12, 21, 62, 103,
120, 567
Port Royal, 26, 34, 61, 92, 95, 96
Porter, Captain, 308
Porter, Ensign, 555
Portsmouth, Mayor of, see Collins,
Daniel, 156, 181, 194, 290, 458, 491-
493, 498; Savings Banks of, 502;
churches in, 576
Potomac, the, 63, 73, 139, 275
Potomac, the Army of the, 58, 141, 348,
408, 487, 549, 599
Potomac flotilla, the, 432, 437, 438, 439,
440; Senior Naval Officer Command-ing, see Parker, Commodore F. A.
Powers, Peter, 179
Presbyterians, the, 577
Princess Anne County, 459
"Princeton," the, 429, 430, 506
Proclamation of Amnesty, the, 110, 238,
306, 355, 460, 463
Promotion of Recruiting among Freed-
men, the Society of, 222, 245
Protestant Episcopals, the, 577
Prussia, Minister from, see Gerolt,
Baron von; Acting Consul from, see
Kruttschnidt, J.
Puffer, Capt. A. F., letters to B. from,
81, 82; offers resignation, 81, 82;
ordered to leave for duty, 135; 226;
letter from Appleton to, 338, 350,
395, 506; letter from H. D. Grant to,
550
626 INDEX
Purriance, Com. H. Y., letter fromMcDonald to, 244
Q
Quaker, 331, 332, 381, 382, 383, 485
R
Raine, C. Barker, 359
Raleigh, 162
Ramsey, General, 305
Ransom, General, 495
Ransom's Brigade, 519
Rapidan, the, 369, 370, 397, 398
Rappahannock, the, 58, 73, 193, 244,
276, 351, 383, 500, 511, 542, 549
Raymond, Mr., author of history of Lin-
coln's administration, 448
Raymond, Charles A., letter from B. to,
415
Raymond, Henry J., 97
Read, Mr., 81, 513
Read, Mrs., 293
Rebel Cabinet, the, 258
Rebel Cavalry; along the RappahannockRiver, 244
Rebel Secretary of State, the, see
Benjamin, J. P.
Red Bill, 123
Red River, the, 4, 8, 28, 46, 535, 560
Red River Farm, 280
"Relief," the, 81, 574, 575
"Reno," the, 258
Renshaw, Commodore, 11, 12
Republican, the, see National Republi-
can, the RichmondRespies, Isaiah, see Respress, Isaiah
Respress, Isaiah (Ex-Mayor of Wash-ington N.C.), case of, 160, 161, 278,
389-394
Reynard, C. A., 168
R. H. A., Surgeon, 304
Rhode Island Volunteers, the, 1st
Cavalry, 415; 3d Reg't. of, 95
Rice, John H., letter to B. from, 230;
letter from B. to, 230; 338
Richardson, General, 543
Richardson, Thomas, letter to B. from,
344; telegrams from B. to, 407, 410
Richmond, 63, 73, 99, 100, 142, 147,
162, 172, 225, 228, 244, 246, 275, 310,
338, 348, 351; move on, 361, 362, 365,
368, 373, 375, 381-383, 396, 397, 399-
401, 408, 425, 442; enemy's forces at,
369, 370, 380, 381, 383; route to, 394,
405; escape of officers from, 413;
information concerning, 478, 479, 485,
509, 541, 542, 549, 551, 552, 564, 570,
583; French Consul at, see Paul,
Monsieur
Richmond County, 275
Richmond Tobacco Trade, the, 235, 236Riggs, Captain, 499
Rio Grande, the, 40, 83, 177
Ripley, Colonel, 363
Ripley, General, 305
Rip Raps, the, 218, 247
Risley, H. A., letter from B. to, 200;
letter to Morse from, 226; on getting
products from insurrectionary districts,
226; conference with Thomas and B.,
238, 289; letters to B. from, 288, 363;
Accomac and Northampton, Countymatters, 288, 363; telegram from B.to, 377; 423, 483
Ritchie, Dr., 356
Roanoke Island, 144, 210, 224, 225, 232,
539
Roanoke River, the, 225, 429, 512, 582,
600
Robert, Colonel, letter from B. to, 272;
495
Roberts, General, 370
Robertson's Cavalry, 414
Robinson, Lieut. T. P., letter from B. to,
282; 501
Rockey Mount, 161
Rogley, Major, 306
Rosecrans, General, 12, 18, 92, 99, 114,
125, 214
Rose, la, 8
Rowley, Miss, letter from B. to, 564
Rowley, Charles, 564Rowley, Tom, 564
Rucker, Gen. D. H., telegram from B.
to, 343
Russell, Adj't. General, 281
Russell, Judge, 245
Russian Fleet, the, 217, 223
Russian Minister, the, 563
Russian Sailor, the, see Mykloski,
Alexander
Ryan, John, 364, see also Dixon, JamesRyan, Thomas L., letter from B. to, 132
Ryan's Thoroughfare, 593
Sabine Pass, 120, 124
St. Denis Hotel, the, 344
St. Helena, 91
St. James Hotel, the, 590
St. Joseph, Mo., 134
INDEX 027
St. Louis, 20, 78, 116, 117, 119, 120
St. Martinville, 8
St. Mary's County, 438, 439
St. Mary's River, the, 511
"St. Maurice," the, 100, 101
St. Nicholas, the, 27, 36
Salisbury, N.C., 415
"Sample," the, 390, 392
Sandford, Maj. General, 108
Sandusky, Ohio, 128, 129
Sandy Cross, 495
Sargent, Lieut. H. T., reports for Board
of Survey, 486
Savannah, 62, 63, 100
Sawtell, Col. George F., appointed supt.
of labor of prisoners, 364
Sawtelle, Colonel, 250
Sawyer, Messieurs, 137
"Saxon," the, 500
Schenk, General, 158
Schofield, Mr., removal of, 116, 119, 120,
214
Schouler, Adj't. Gen. William, on re-
cruits, 335, 336
Scott, Gen. Winfield, 26, 124
Scruggs, Donegant Co., 104
Seabrook, Captain, letter from B. to, 280
Secretary of the C. S. Navy, see
Mallory, Mr.Secretary of the Navy, the, see Welles,
Gideon, 218, 316, 317; Assistant, see
Fox, G. V.
Secretary of State, the, see SewardWm. H.; Assistant, see Dana, C. A.
Secretary of the Treasury, see Chase,
Salmon P.; Assistant, see Field, M. B.
Secretary of War, see Stanton, EdwinM.; B. suggested as, 36, 58, 71, 77,
78, 90; Assistant, see Watson, P. H.,
also Dana, C. A.
Sedgwick, Maj. Gen. John, telegrams
from B. to, 274, 369, 370, 381, 384, 386;
telegrams to B. from, 274, 369, 381,
383, 386; cooperation of, 374, 376,
381, 383, 386, 397, 398; telegram fromHalleck to, 397; telegram to Halleck
from, 397
Seigel, Maj. Gen. F., letter from B. to,
288
Senate, the, 69
Sentinel, the Richmond, 408, 573
Serrill's Engineer Regiment, 91
Sewall's Point, as depot for prisoners,
143, 144, 146
Seward, William H., Secretary of State,
18; 20, 28, 37, 38; responsible for
affairs in N.O. under Banks, 47, 71,
72; attitude toward B., 77, 78, 83,
135, 515; friendliness for Banks of, 77;
control of Lincoln, 81; letters to B.
from, 86, 171, 172, 196, 276, 477, 576;
letters from B. to, 87, 154, 171, 235,
276, 468, 573; downfall of, 105; treat-
ment of H. G., 115; letter from Lyons
to, 153; letters to Stanton from, 164,
276, 520, 542, 592; conference between
Mercier and, 164-168; 191; letter
from Chase to, 202; letter from Stan-
ton to, 202; C. A. Smith case, 202, 203,
591-593; 411, 475; in "Stolen" silver
case, 521-536, 583
"Seymour," the, 387
Seymour, Horatio, Governor of NewYork speech of, 97; letter from B. to,
364
Shaffer, Mrs., 110
Shaffer, Col. J. W., 27; letters to B.
from, 77, 90, 110, 178, 180, 213, 320,
352, 518; 100, 101, 109; ordered to
meet B., 135; 139; interview with Col.
Butler, 178; telegram to B. from, 211;
letter to Adj. Gen. from, 248; 334, 344;
telegram to Stanton from, 413; reports
in B.'s absence, 414; report from
Wistar to, 414; letter to Marston from,
415; letter to Heckmanfrom, 425; 584
Sharpsburg, 355
Shaw, Colonel, 566
Shelley, Capt. R. L., 228
Shenandoah Valley, 124
Shepard, Capt. W. T., see Sheppard,
Capt. William T.
Shepley, Governor, 90
Shepley, Gen. George F., member of
commission, 7; letter to B. from, 14;
28; 54,55,56,90,124; in the "Stolen"silver case, 521-536; 561
Sheppard, Capt. William T., 235, 237
Sherman, General, 12, 499
Sherman, Senator, 117
Shiloh, 64
Ship Island, 5, 13, 94, 524, 590
Sibley Prison, 352
Siegel, General, 422, 423Silano, Mr., 115
Simpson, Captain, 499
Skilton, Lieut., 225
Skinner, Dr. Salmon, letter from B. to,
199
Slade, J. W., 280
Slicer, Captain, 272
Slough, Brig. General, letters from B. to,
182, 583
Small, Miss Jennie, 182
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Smith, Mr., of Newbern, 161
Smith, Mrs., 583
Smith, Charles A., 202, 203; letter to
Seward from, 591-593
Smith, John D., 416
Smith, John F., letter from Collins to,
155; letter to Johnston from, 155; 156,
308, 309
Smith, Gen. Kirby, 46, 555
Smith, Col. M. B., 310, 312
Smith, Maj. Robert K., 329, 590
Smith, Samuel, 7, 122, 476, 560-563
Smith, W. H., telegram from B. to, 378
Smith, William F., letter to B. from,
176; unable to accept offer of com-mand from B., 176
Smith, William Prescott, 146; letter
from B. to, 147
Smith & Company, Samuel, 7, 560-563,
595
Smith's Point Light Vessel, the, 244
Snelling, Mrs. Susan O., letter from B.
to, 558
"Snyder's" Bluff, 10
"Society of Friends," the, agent of,
see Totem, Mr.; endeavors to alleviate
condition of negroes, 253
"Sophronia," the, 437, 438, 439
Soule, Mr., 51
South Carolina, 62
South Carolina Volunteers, the, 2d
Reg't. of, 95
South Mills, 311
Southern independent rights association,
51
Southron, Mr., 293
"Spaulding," the, 171, 265, 279, 362, 367
Spear, Col. Samuel P., letter to B. from,
310; letter from Smith and Gardner
to, 311; 360, 375, 409, 484
Spear's Cavalry, 519
Special Order No. 62, 486
Spence, William, 311
Spencer, Dr., Medical Purveyor Dept.
of the Gulf, 57; letter from B. to, 57
Spirit of the Times, Wilkes', 83, 111
Spooner, John Alden, letter from B. to,
387; 395, 484
Springfield, 111., 90, 110, 518
Stackpole, Major, 589
Stafford, Michael, letter from B. to, 229
Stafford, Col. S. H., letter from Frenchto, 54; letter to B. from, 54; criticism
of Banks, 54; answers attack on B.
in World, 55; in "Stolen" silver case,
521-536
Stafford, Thomas, 229
Stanton, Edwin M., 2; approves state-
ment of B., 6; 15, 16, 20, 21; letters
from B. to, 37, 38, 40, 66, 85, 90, 96,
113, 123, 129, 142-146, 148, 158, 181,
182, 193, 203, 205, 208, 209, 217, 219,
234, 242, 246, 254, 255, 259, 269, 296,
300, 330, 331, 333, 336, 356, 359, 380,
389, 407, 417, 418, 425, 426, 429, 460,
463, 471, 476, 478, 487, 502, 503, 508,
516, 519, 520, 531, 539, 549, 557, 570,
571, 584, 590, 595, 599; telegrams to B.
from, 40, 85, 135, 141, 146, 160, 174,
175, 366, 400, 548, 550, 552, 563, 582,
583; 41; letters to B. from, 66, 96, 147,
193, 270, 287, 479, 515; desires to dis-
place Hooker, 73; superseding of, 73,
77, 78, 83; telegrams from B. to, 85,
142, 146, 147, 159, 174, 206-208, 257,
258, 337, 345, 366, 377, 396, 400, 401,
407, 413, 418, 484, 499, 551; B. asks
permission to publish argument onQuestion of Rank, 85, 116; contro-
versy with Haupt, 117; responsible for
condition of railroads in West, 118;
B. asks hearing for Finnegan from,
123; asks release on parole of Gen.
Thompson, 129; 133; friendly toward
B., 137, 515; 139; requests Graham's
service, 142; B. asks sanction to
erection of building from, 145; B.
asks for Invalide Corps, 146; B.'s
choice of Depot for prisoners inex-
pedient, 146, 147; B. sends head-
quarters news to, 147; on exchange of
prisoners, 147, 148, 149, 150, 173, 182,
198, 213, 259, 356, 417, 426, 508;
B. asks for annexation to his Dept.,
158; letters from Seward, 164, 276,
520, 528, 542, 592; concerning ex-
portation of tobacco, 164, 165, 276,
540-542; allows B. to offer bounty to
negro recruits, 174; letter to Chase
from, 175; criticism of, 197; letter to
Seward from, 202; the Smith case,
202, 203, 591-593; B. asks permission,
to recruit, 207; 209; opposed to Con-
necticut matter, 213; 231, 232; B.
asks authority to appoint Volunteer
Officer Commissary of Musters, 234;
views concerning enlisting of negroes,
243, 245; B. asks opportunity to
report on complaints, 247; 248; assigns
Point Lookout, Accomac, and North-
ampton to B.'s command, 248; B.
reports on conditions at Point Lookout,
254, 255; B. asks to relieve Brig.
Gen'ls., 257; B. reports on Wild's
INDEX 629
expedition, 269; 285; B. reports onFuller house, 300-304; 320, 321;
letter from Pierpont to, 321; story
concerning Vice Pres. Stephens, 331;
concerning raising companies heavyartillery, 335, 336; B. asks conversion
Point Lookout Hospital to other uses,
336; state of things in Confederacy
reported to, 359; Shaffer reports
escape of Union officers to, 413; sends
B. regulations of Treas. Dept., 425;
letter from Welles to, 428; letter from
Vanderhoof to, 461; with regard to
Russian sailor, 502, 503, 563, 595;
telegram from Meade to, 549; 571, 576,
595, 597
Stanton, F. P., 506
"State of Maine," the, 326
Stearns, William H., 332, 353, 469
Stephen, 140
Stephens, Rebel Vice President, goes to
Europe, 330, 331
Stevens, Captain, 159; regiment of, 160
Stevens, John Austin, 41, 42, 83
Stevens, Robert J., asks permission of
purchase and removal of produce, 342
Stevens, Thaddeus, letters from B. to,
204, 350
Stewart, Major, 144
Stocking, George W., letter from B. to,
483
Stockley, J. D., 311
Stone, Brig. Gen. C. P., 529
Stow, Rev. Baron, letters from B. to,
50, 51
Streight, Colonel, 413
Strong, Maj. Gen. George C, letters to
B. from, 27, 91, 94; at St. Helena, 91;
organizing a division, 94; death of,
101, 106, 109, 133; 102, 123, 129;
B.'s tribute to, 132; promotion of,
133
Strout, Mr., 212
Stuart, J. E. B., 549
Stuart, W., 592
Sturges, Captain, 177, 222, 223
Suffolk, 61, 62, 329, 337, 488, 491, 501,
519, 596, 597
Suffolk County, 107
Sumner, Charles, 2, 35, 56, 105
Sumter, fall of, 108; a picket post of the
enemy, 114
Suncook, N.H., 135
Supreme Court, the, 204
Surrogate's Court, New York, 579, 581
Syme, Dr. James, claim of, 584-591
Tache, the, 59
Tappen, Lewis, letter from B. to, 207
Tarboro, 594
Tarboro Bank, the, 309, 394
Tarboro Raid, the, 442
Tatem, Mr., agent of Society of Friends,
253, 261
Taylor, General, 129
Taylor, Lieut. Colonel, 252
Taylor, Franklyn, telegram to B. from,
111; telegram from B. to, 111
Taylor, Hardy S., 391
Taylor, James, 440
Taylor, Stephen B., letter from B. to,
358; 432
Taylor, Tazwell, 309, 564
Teche, the, 8, 28
Temple, N. T., 311
Tennessee, 75, 196, 291
Terry, Brig. General, 486
Texas, 12, 13; expedition to, 16, 22, 23,
41, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 133; 35, 40,
83, 338
Texas, the Department of, 123
Thomas, Col. Charles, letter from B. to,
268
Thomas, Brig. Gen. Lorenzo, letters
from B. to, 36, 204, 331, 416; report in
matter of imprisonment of Alfred
Lemore, 36; letter from Shaffer to, 248
Thomas, Uriah, letter to B. from, 200;
238, 239
Thompson, Sergeant, 538
Thompson, Gen. E. T., 447
Thompson, Mrs. Emma C, letter to B.
from, 274
Thompson, J. C, letter to B. from, 327
Thompson, James, 266
Thompson, Jared D., 464-466, 553
Thompson, Miss Lillie J., letter from B.
to, 553
Thompson, Gen. M. Jeff, letters to B.
from, 127, 129, 134; letter from B. to,
128; kindness to Thornton of , 127-130;
prisoner at Johnson's Island, 127, 128,
129, 296; condition of, 131; B. sends
help to, 131; letter to Pierson from,
132; wife asks to see, 274; 486
Thompson, Mrs. M. Jeff. See Thomp-son, Mrs. Emma C.
Thornton, Captain, letter from B. to,
127; 128, 129
Thorpe, T. B., letter to B. from, 106
Timberlake, Mrs. M. A., letter from B.
to, 253
630 INDEX
Times, the London, 31
Times, the New York, 77, 98, 100, 115,
447
"Tisiphone," the, commander of. See
Marivalt, Mr. de,
"Titan," the, 499, 500
Tobacco, regulations governing exporta-
tion of, 165-168
Townsend, Col. E. D., letter from B. to,
221; 288; letter from Day to, 472; 490;
telegram to B. from, 135, 570
Trade, legal and illegal in the insurrec-
tionary districts of Virginia and NorthCarolina, with references to officials
and others connected therewith, 118,
119, 136, 146, 147, 151-153, 160-162,
164-171, 175, 177, 179, 180, 196,
199-203, 207-209, 211, 212, 218, 221,
223-226, 230, 231, 235-239, 244, 246,
260-262, 267-269, 272, 278, 279, 281,
288, 289, 292-295, 297, 305, 306, 316-
318, 325, 327-330, 340, 342, 343, 346-
348, 350, 353-355, 357-359, 363, 372,
377, 378, 384, 385, 388-394, 402-406,
423-425, 428-434, 442-447, 450-452,
460-463, 467, 468, 477, 483, 487, 495,
496, 501, 506, 509, 510, 512, 513,
517, 555, 559, 560, 570, 571, 596, 597,
600
Train, Charles R., letter to B. from,
442
Transfugees, the, 543, 545, 557
Treasury Regulations, the, Nos. 51-54,
506
Trenholm & Co., 154
Trewhart, Captain, 391
Tribune, the Chicago, 99, 100
Tribune, the New York, 36, 121, 173,
584
Trimble, General, 443
Tripler, A. B., 220
Trumbull, Mr., 100
Tucker, Andrew J., 582
Tupelo, 25
Turner, Gen. J. W., letters to B. from,
27, 80, 94, 114; starts for East, 77;
tribute to B. from, 80; Chief of Staff,
91; 109; takes Fort Wagner, 114
Turner, L. C, letter to B. from, 10
Twiggs, Gen. David E., claims of heirs
Tyer, Mrs. J., 327to, 535
Tyler, George C, 560; letter to B. from,
576
Tyler, J. ex-President, 327
Tyrell County, 342
U
"Underwriter," the, 372
Union League, the, elects B. to the
Commander in Chief, 20
Union Village, 244
United States Army, the, 14th Reg't., 487
United States Courts, the, 38
United States Military Railroads, the,
Col. Haupt chief of construction andtransportation in, 117; promoted, 117
Upham, 79
Upham, N. G., letter to B. from, 481
Upshur, Elizabeth T., letter from B. to,
281
Urbana, 493, 500, 511
Usher, Major, 562
V
Vallandigham, Mr., 105, 113
Vance, Governor, 436, 437
Vanderhoof, T. H., case of, 460-463;
letter to Stanton from, 461; letter to
B. from, 462; Supt. of Contrabands,
462
Van Lieu, Miss, 228; letters from B. to,
228, 319, 485, 564; 229, letter to B.
from, 331; sends information, to B.,
381-383
Van Slack, Mrs., 221
Vermillion Bayou, 120
Vicksburg, 4, 11, 12, 25, 100, 102, 113,
124
Victoria, Queen, 34
Viele, General, 416, 592" Village Belle," the, 177, 272, 325
Villeneuve, Adolph, Silverware of, 520-
536
Vincent, Gen. T. M., 274; Telegram from
B. to, 379; telegram to B. from, 575
Virginia, Gov. of, see Pierpont, F. H.,
38; Army of, 117; slavery in, 155, 156;
exportation of tobacco from, 165-168,
172; Eastern Shore of, 281, 289;
legislature of, 417, 419; General
Assembly of, 592
Virginia County, 275
Virginia Volunteers, the, 5th Cavalry of,
519; 9th Cavalry of, 519
Vodges, 92
W"Wabash," the, 91
Wade, 78
Waff, J. F., letter from B. to, 402
Wager, Mr., 92
INDEX 631
Wagstaff, Major, 110, 111
Wallace, Maj. Gen. Lew, suggested as
Chief of Staff to B., 440, 441; "Siege
of Cincinnati" by, 440; views onnegro question, 441
War Records, the, 414, 441, 426, 512
Wardrop, Col. David W., 76
Wardwell, B., 485, 564
Warsaw, 161
Washburne, E. B., 99
Washington County, 342
Washington, N.C., 1, 14, 16, 20, 30, 32,
34, 38, 58, 63, 65, 72, 73, 90, 94, 98,
139, 152, 168
Washington, N.C., 62, 161; Mayor of.
See Respress, Isaiah
Washington & Salisbury, the, 291
Waterville College, 51
Watkins, 582
Watson, P. H., Asst. Sec. of War, 180,
198; letters from B. to, 212, 258,
295, 304, 325, 536; letters to B. from,
231, 253, 540; 285; asks help in matter
of requisition for boats from, 305;
telegram from B. to, 365; 415
Webb, Francis, 104
Webb, James, 244
Webster, George, 250
Webster, Capt. R. C, 261
Webster, Sidney, letter to B. from, 597
Webster, Mrs. Sidney, 597
Webster, William P., 248; letter to B.
from, 578
Webster, Mrs. William P., 249,
Wedworth, Governor, 538
Weed, Thurlow, 28, 72; expected in
Washington, 73; 78; gets up meeting,
81
Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey; advance of, 8;
28; expedition of, 46; 60; letters to B.
from, 101, 599; asks Banks for fur-
lough, 102; with regard to promotion,
104, 321; letter from B. to, 412;
telegram to B. from, 473; 548
Welles, Gideon, letter to Stanton from,
428; 570; letter to B. from, 600
Wells, Captain, 567
Wendell, Mr., 291
Wentworth, Tappan, letters to B. from,
307, 513
Wescoat, Joshua P., 559
Wessells, Brig. Gen. H. W., 267, 386, 449;
letter to Peck from, 593
West, Col. R. M., 257, telegrams from
B. to, 343, 493; letters from B. to,
346, 467; 375, 409, 487
West Indies, 161
West Point, 51, 500
"Westerville," the, 11, 12
Westmoreland County, 275
Wheeler, Capt. N. N., 260, 469
Whelan, Major, 396, 410
Wheldon, Lieut. Col. Charles M., 340;
letter to B. from, 347; reply from B. to,
347; statement in Syme case, 590
Whitaker, Judge, 125, 126
White, Major, 424; telegram from B. to,
501
White, Mrs., 551
White, Horace, letter to B. from, 259
White, James M., 311
White, Richard Grant, 46
Whitford, Colonel, 594
Whitehurst, P. H., letter to B. from, 290;
443, 446, 447
Whitelock & Co., W., begs permission
of purchase and removal of produce,
342
Whitely, Mr., of the Herald, 78
Whitely, L. A., letters to B. from, 506,
596
Whiting, William, 213, 231; letter fromB. to, 434
Whitney, General, 36
Whitney, Lieut., 260
Whitney & Hatheway, 81
Whittimore, Maj. H. O., 565-567
Wiard, Herman. See Wiard, NormanWiard, Norman, 178, 258, 295
Wicks, Pendes, letter from B. to, 313
Wicks, Mrs. Pendes, 270; held as hostage,
313
Wicomisco, the, 433
Wiegel, Lieut. Wm. H., letter from B.
to, 42; recommended by B., 42
Wild, Brig. Gen. E. A., 177, 194; letters
from B. to, 205, 206, 261, 289, 340,
364, 510; expedition of, 234, 269; treat-
ment of guerillas, 270, 272; in Jones
case, 310, 312, 313, 314, 315; 321;
B.'s directions regarding taxation, 340;
orders relating to Margaret Newtonset aside, 355, 356; in Buck case,
445-447; telegrams from B. to, 473,
488
Wilder, Capt. Charles B., 188; letter to
B. from, 466; letter from B. to, 469
Willard's Hotel, 140
"Wm. Bacon," the, 428
Williams, Captain, 538
Williams, General, 113
Williams, Mrs., 538
Williams, John T., 311
Williams, William, 311
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"Williamsburg, 61, 341, 360, 375, 396,
409, 549
Williamson, Steve, 240
Williamston, 593
Willing, Mr., claim of, 505
Willis, Maj. Elijah, 225
Wilmington, 62, 164, 192, 264, 372
Wilson, General, letter from B. to, 484
Wilson, Henry, 16; letters from B. to,
20, 228, 335, 345, 489; 98; letters to
B. from, 105, 227; 179, 259, 321, 336
Wilson, John, letter to B. from, 421
Wilson, John S., British Consul, 592
Wingfield, Mr., 510, 564
"Winnants," the, 499
Winthrop, Miss, letter from B. to, 75
Winthrop, Theodore, 75, 76
Winslow, Dr., 331
Wisconsin Volunteers, the, 4th Reg't. of,
103, 572
Wistar, Brig. Gen. I. J., expecting attack,
151; tributes to, 159; letters from B.
to, 163, 357, 362, 373, 499, 548, 550,
552, 573; expedition to Charles City
Court House, 208; visits B., 216;
telegrams from B. to, 274, 338, 351,
360, 366, 367, 378, 379, 399, 405,
410, 488, 499; telegrams to B. from
321, 340, 341, 361, 401; expedition to
Richmond, 361, 362, 368, 374, 375,
376, 396, 399, 408, 409, 410; letters
to B. from, 368, 374, 563; suggestions
for appointment of second in com-
mand, 375; reports on provision for
local defense, 375; letter to Davis
from, 408; reports escape of Union
officers, 413, 414; Duncan to report
to, 498; directed to sweep Peninsula,
500; in Middlesex and MathewsCounties, 519; difficulty with supt.
negro affairs, 573
Wolf, S., letter to McMurdy from, 496
Woman Order, the, 32, 411
Wood, Ben, 70, 92
Wood, Bradford R., letter to B. from,
74; views on slavery, 74; rumor of
recall of, 74
Wood, Fernando, 81, 292
Woodbridge, J. J., 177
Woodbury, Conn., 385
Woodside, La., 523
World, the N. Y., 54, 70, 115, 510
Worley, Mr., 448
Wright, Erastus, letter to B. from, 474
Wright, Act. Master William, letter
from B. to, 267
"Wyandot," the, 347
Yates, Governor, 476
"Yazoo" river, the, 10
York River, 151, 351, 500, 555
York River Railroad, 549
Yorktown, 151; fire in, 216, 217; negroes
in, 253; Baker's Cavalry arrives at,
338; 340,376
Zachart, Dr., 3, 9, 14
Zantzinger and Co., 357
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A., Mr., 489
Abbot, Capt. H. L., 380
Abbott, Col. Henry L., 198; letter to
Davis from, 201; letters from B. to,
202, 419; 234; services offered to
Gilmore, 283, 394; conference with
Wright and Terry, 404, 406; letter
from Weitzel to, 408; in commandof siege train, 413, 415
Abbott, Judge, 219, 242
Abercrombie, Brig. Gen. J. J., letter fromRawlins to, 328
"Abraham Lincoln," 231
Accomac, 567, 569
Accomac County, 595Achworth, 282
Ackley, Major, 267
Adams, William H., letter from B. to,
150
Adams Express, 235
Administration of the Gulf, History of
the, 33
Advance Print, 357, 397Advertizer, the, 476
A. F. P., Captain, see Puffer, Capt. A. F.
Aikens Landing, 250
Ainsworth, Captain, 86, 301
Ainsworth, Mr., 375
Alabama, 52" Alabama," the, 549, 550
Albermarle, 107
"Albermarle," the, 166
Albermarle Sound, the, 154
Alexandria, 73, 90, 112, 159, 279, 282,
432, 571, 577-580
Allen, Colonel, 259
Alrich's, 174
Alton, Illinois, 3
"Amanda Winants," the, 166
American, the Baltimore, 136
American News Company, the President
of, see Towey, Sinclair
Americus, Ga., 45
Ames, Gen. A.,destruction of railroad by,
179; deployed, 181; takes old pike,
186; to retire, 190; 196; Smith calls
for re-enforcements from forces of, 197,
208; letters from B. to, 199, 222; reg-
iments sent to, 200; 201; letters to
Shaffer from, 204, 218, 222, 223; 241,
248, 250; Gillmore asks for, 206; be-
fore Petersburg, 383, 389, 409, 442
Ames, Colonel, 290; letters from B. to,
292, 294, 296, 300, 320; letter to B,
from, 294; 300, 312
Ames' Brigade, 190
Ames' Division, 165, 180, 236, 271
Amnesty Proclamation, the, 18, 19, 21,
105, 541, 587
Anderson, General, 389
Anderson's Division, 260
Andrew, 242
"Anglo American," the, 31, 32
Annapolis, 44, 93, 147, 172
Appleton, Colonel, 60
Appomatox River the, 77, 110, 139, 140,
163; map showing, 164; 171, 183, 185,
211, 223, 228, 229, 247, 255, 269, 275,
279, 293, 296, 328, 334, 345-347, 350,
352, 355, 367-378, 380, 381, 391, 414,
422, 425, 437, 442, 450, 455, 463, 472,
485, 495, 499, 537-539, 560, 561
Appomattox Station, 197
Aquia Creek, 225
Archer, Major, 356
Arkansas, 52
Arlington, 449
Armistead's Brigade, 259
Armstrong, Rev. George D., 54
Army of Northern Virginia, the, 385
Army of the Potomac, the, 8, 9, 68, 70, 76,
82, 107, 112, 120, 124, 168, 169, 171,
172, 184, 185, 189, 218, 224, 225, 257,
259, 268, 277, 280, 302, 314, 317, 383,
411, 422, 438, 444, 460, 372, 477, 492,
522
"Arogo," the, 320
Articles of War, the, 79
Ashley, J. M., letter to B. from, 534;
letter to Union and War Democrats of
the U. S. from, 534
Associated Press, the, 170
597
598 INDEX
Atlanta, 281, 575
Atlanta and Main Roads, the, 575
"Atlantic," the, 594
Atlantic Iron Works, the, 15
Attorney General of the U. S., the, see
Bates, EdwardAugur, General, 218
Averell, 162
Averhill, 360
Averill's Command, 479
Avery, Colonel, 259
Ayers Village, 282
Aylett, Colonel, 259
B
B., Major, 23
Babcock, Major, 359
Babcock, Lieut. Col., O. E., letter to
Smith from, 142; reconnaissance by,
397, 398, 400, 406; letter to Rawlins
from, 400
Backner's Division, 415
Bailey's Creek, 334, 335, 380
Baker, Lieut. John G., 141
Baker, Judge, 568, 581
Baker, Col. S. C, telegram from B. to, 7
Baker's Cavalry, 39
Baltimore, 64, 67, 90-93, 172, 173, 309,
424, 471, 482, 482, 489, 493, 495, 500,
513, 515, 530, 534, 572
Baltimore Convention, the, 304
Baltimore Railroad, the, 497
Bancroft, Mr., 11
Banks, Gen. N. P. General Order No. 8,
by, 37, 38; 47, 61; as candidate for
Pres., 66; reported defeat of, 96; in
the matter of the "Baratania," 103
expedition to Red River, 111; 143
escape of, 282; letter to B. from, 470
speech of, 518
"Baratania No. 2," the, 103
Barlow, Capt. Lewis N., 489
Barnard, Lieut. James W., Jr., 341, 344;
statement of conversation between
Hinks and, 372
Barnard, Brig. Gen. J. G., letters from
Halleck to, 246, 254; appointed to
investigate army on James River, 246,
255-258, 263, 265; letters to Halleck
from, 255, 257, 265; attitude toward
Smith of, 258; at Fortress Monroe,
260, 263, 265; 386; letters fromWeitzel to, 465, 466, 468; letter to
Weitzel from, 467; 475
Barnes, Fleet-Captain, 132
Barnes, Harvey, letter from B. to, 39
Barnes, Brig. Gen. James, 467
Barnes, Surg. Norman S., letter to B.from, 341
Barton, Miss, 423
Barton's Brigade, 189, 256, 259
Bates, Edward, Attorney Gen. at Wash-ington, 16, 17; letter to Stanton from17; letter from Butts to, 18, 20, 21,
517, 575, 582-585, 591-593
Bath, N. C, 24, 25
Baton Rouge, 96, 316, 428Battery Dantzler, 373
Batte's Battalion, 356
Battle of the Wilderness, the, 219, 316, 317Baylies' Creek, see Bailey's Creek
Baylor's, 331, 351
Baylor's House, fight at, 376
Bean & Co., A., letter to Shepley from,
396
Beaufort, N. C, 15, 24, 25, 30, 114, 128,
576
Beauregard, Gen. G. T., 142; at Peters-
burg, 153, 182, 383; telegram fromCooper to, 156; telegrams from Whit-ing to, 156, 213; at Richmond, 158;
172; re-enforcements from, 180; tele-
grams from Seddon to, 190, 193;
capture of courier of, 197, 198; letters
to Bragg from, 203, 212, 373; plan of
campaign, 203-204, 234, 325; 210,
213, 227, 242, 255, 258, 260, 276, 288;
letters to Gen. Lee from, 295, 383;
held in check, 316-318; 356; in need
of re-enforcements, 384; letters fromGen. Lee to, 389, 391; 392; orders
troops to Petersburg, 394, 400; at
Fort Darling, 442; 497, 501
"Beauregard's Book," 389, 391
Beauregard's Forces, 539
Beaver Dam, 314
Beazley's House. 377
Beckwith, Colonel, 38
Beech, Mr., 293
Beecher, Henry Ward, 440
Beecher's Battery, 206
Bell, Major, 219, 226; illness of, 476, 480
Bell, Mrs., 219; letter from Mrs. B. to,
226; 480
Bell, Miss, 226, 227
Belle Plain, 218, 247
"BenD. Ford," the, 320
Benham, Gen. H. W., letter to B. from,
294; letters from B. to, 329, 378; 334,
359; ordered to turn over bridge
material to Weitzel, 416
Benham's train, 561
Bennett, Mr., 172, 264, 276, 411, 412,
424; letter from B. to, 468; 500
INDEX 599
Benny, see Butler, Benjamin Israel, 472
Berkeley, Colonel, 259
Bermuda, see Bermuda HundredBermuda Landing, 198, 217, 225, 238
Bermuda Lines, 468
Bermuda Neck, see Bermuda HundredNeck
Bermuda Hundred, 163, 234, 265, 271,
286, 300, 306, 316, 328, 336, 355, 360,
385, 387, 389, 396, 397, 400, 414, 416,
424, 425, 429; editorial on B.'s cam-
paign at, 441-444; 451, 455, 474, 476;
B. suggests building a railroad to, 498,
499; 514, 518, 538, 542, 543, 565
Bermuda Hundred Neck, 373, 383
Bermuda Hundred Peninsula, the, 441,
443, 498
Bernel, Frederic, letter from B. to, 123
Berwick Bay, 103
Betterton, W. G., letter to B. from, 22;
letter from B. to, 23
"Bidwell," the, 114, 124, 160
Bigelow, George F., letter from B. to,
14
Biggs, Lieut. Colonel, 256, 265; tele-
gram from B. to, 271; letter from
Paine to, 312; letter from Grant to
355; 436,453,567Birney, Maj. General, letters from B. to,
261, 531, 532, 549, 563; 393; with
Army of the Potomac, 519, assigned
to command of 10th A. C, 520, 523,
528; letters from Weitzel to, 542, 559;
19th A. C. ordered to report to, 542,
543; to re-enforce Hancock, 549
Black's Station, 229
Blackwater, 58, 153, 182
Blair, Montgomery, letter from B. to,
147
Blairs, the, 151, 292
Blair's House, 495
Blandenburg, 497
Bleadenhiser, Captain, 414
"Bombshell," the, 166
Bond, Mr., 59, 60, 86
Boston, 119, 228, 274, 309
Boutwell, Mr., 293
Bowen, Lieut. Col. N., 42; letter to
Turner from, 214; 461
Bowers, Col. T. S., 387; letter to B.
from, 450; letter from B. to, 450
Bragg, Gen. Braxton, endorsement from
Sale, 159; letters from Beauregard to,
203, 212, 373; letters from Whiting to,
210, 213, 229; telegram from Ran-
som to, 193
Branden and Surrey Court House, 438
Brandon Bridge, 186
Brandy Station, 57
Breckenridge, 234, 251, 264, 265, 469, 525
Briggs, Lieut. Colonel, 153; telegram
from B. to, 531
Broadway, 139, 278, 334, 365, 537, 544
Brook Turnpike, 194
Brooks, Captain, 195
Brook's Division, 248
Brooks, Maj. Gen. W. T. H., ordered to
report to B., 24, 42, 43, 68, 176, 188,
199, 206, 223, 236, 248, 287, 383; 258;
assignment of, 399, 401; letters fromB. to, 415, 422, 439, 444, 449, 453, 508;
to relieve 18th A. C, 422, 424, 477;
resignation of, 485, 508, 509; 490;
ordered to report to Kautz, 507Brown, Captain, 19, 59
Brown, E. M., letter to B. from, 590
Browning, O. H, letter from B. to, 12
Bruce, Colonel, 105
Bryan's Brigade, 539
Bryant's House, 335, 379
Buckrow Farm, 292
Buffin's House, 490, 549
Buffum, Lieut. Col. M. P., letter to B.
from, 425
Bull Run, 145
Buntie, see Butler, Blanche
Burnham, General, ordered to report to
B., 68, 187
Burnham, Col. Hiram, 42, 43
Burnside, Maj. General, 42, 114, 143,
145, 158; telegram to Cooper from,
158; 168, 169; at Aldrich's, 174; 386,
393, 399, 401, 437, 451, 550; in assault
on Petersburg, 558, 559, 563
"Burnside," the, 128, 129, 240, 241,
414
Burnside's Corps, 329, 438, 439, 478
Bushrod's Division, 255
Busley & Co., 474
Butler, Lieut., 27
Butler, Col. A. J., 22, 23
Butler, Gen. Benjamin F., in regard to
prisoners, 1, 3, 7, 9, 14, 44-53, 72, 75,
83, 84, 87-89, 91, 92, 146, 147, 151, 152,
157, 158, 191, 193, 250, 255, 284, 299,
300, 331, 550, 553; Provisional Com-missions exercised by 6; Spring Cam-paign, 7-9, 57, 77, 82, 85, 86, 89, 90,
95-98, 102, 108-110, 112, 114-117, 128,
130-133, 136, 139-145, 148, 149, 153-
157, 159-218, 220-256, 258-262, 264,
265, 268-273, 275-282, 287, 288, 290-
302, 312, 313, 315-321, 324-334, 336,
337, 339, 354, 355, 359-362, 365-368,
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372-422, 436-450, 455, 461-463, 469,
485-488, 495-498, 501, 506-508, 518,
519, 525, 530, 532, 538-541, 544, 545,
547-553, 555-566, 575; in matter of
negro affairs, 9-11, 31, 70; invites
President to visit Fort Monroe, 9, 29,
119, 565 ; in matter of the "New York,"
15, 16, 80, 152; in connection with
Williams estate, 16-21; General Or-
ders by: No. 20, 19; No. 49, 19, 54;
No. 50, 574; No, 62, 236, 270; No. 91,
32, 33, 36, 38; No. 207, 46, 47, 52;
asks for old reg't., 23, 24 ; in connection
with death of Major B., 23; in matter
of Respass, 24-27; on the giving of
permits, 27, 159, 493; reports on con-
dition of batteries, 28; Sequestration
Commission, 32-39; in case of Arm-strong, 54-56; concerning removal of
tobacco from Richmond, 56, 62, 63, 65,
69, 91, 116, 121-127, 160; orders re-
garding cabin for destitute colored
families, 59; gives Bond privilege of
selling papers, 59, 86; asks transfer of
Appleton, 60; tribute from Moore, 61;
as presidential candidate, 61, 66, 137,
342, 464, 476, 534-536, 547; treat-
ment of deserters, 62, 64, 70, 73,
130; Gordon asks to join, 65, 71;
orders cleaning of Norfolk, 67; tribute
from Hodge, 67; Burnham andBrooks ordered to report to, 68;
movement against Suffolk, 68, 69;
warned against revelation of secrets,
69; asks for reg't. Invalid Corps, 71;
asks for sale of iron, 73; on pay of
chaplains, 73, 74; co-operation with
Grant, 76, 82, 143, 285, 417, 424, 444,
491, 492, 500, 501, 521; asks clemency
for Weigel, 79, 80; in connection with
trade regulations, 81, 87, 104; com-
mendation from Guilbert, 92; tribute
to Hare, 93; on mustering out of en-
listed men, 94; information fromRichmond, 94; co-operation between
Meade and, 95; reported defeat of
Banks, 96; in the affairs of Mrs.
White, 98-101; in the matter of the
"Baratonia," 103, 104; controversy
with Pierpont on liquor question, 104,
150, 159, 160, 304-310, 431-434, 595;
in regard to Gillmore's confirmation bySenate, 108, 119, 171, 247, 268, 270,
278; cotton speculation of Fouke, 111;
concerning bounty on slaves, 112, 113;
reports on "Miami," 114; views onhonorable and dishonorable discharge,
118; asks Fox to Fort Monroe, 119,
131; "A protest from," 120; re-
lations between Halleck and, 124, 481,
484, 489; on question of holding
Washington, 128, 130, 136; asks for
Shepley, 131; criticism of 16th N. Y.Artillery, 133; with regard to press
correspondent in Dept., 135; concern-
ing visitors, 135; on holding of New-bern, 136; in need of Brigade Com-manders, 143; asks removal of Post-
master of Norfolk, 147; with reference
to the "George Leary," 162, 163;
publication of despatches to Grant, 162,
163; relations between Gillmore and,
171, 252, 258, 277, 283, 291, 328, 338,
357, 359, 387, 476, 491; sends pass to
Hale, 173; feeling of Pres. and WarDept. for, 175, 189, 235, 548; advice
from Mrs. B., 177, 253, 311, 327, 362,
364, 374, 407, 411, 424, 429, 431, 491,
492, 500, 528, 567; suggestions fromGillmore and Smith, 183, 185-187, 443;
gives Paul pass, 196; Orders by,
226, 586; commission of, 228, 231;
President extends thanks to, 232;
conference with Adm. Lee, 238;
Mrs. ex-Pres. Tyler appeals to, 243,
301; in case of Clopton, 244; life at
Headquarters, 252; relations between
Smith and, 253, 256, 258, 363-365,
426, 427, 457, 459, 460, 484, 493, 517,
521; in connection with promotions,
253; in case of the "Thomas Powell,"
266; attacked by press, 271-274, 278,
286, 314-318, 359, 361, 368, 441, 543;
transfer of, 276, 277, 283, 292, 294,
457-459, 470-472, 481, 483, 487, 489,
491, 492, 521, 545; in regard to ob-
struction vessels, 288, 295, 296, 298,
301, 302, 320, 321, 373-375, 388, 390,
411, 447, 448; disappointment of, 289,
357; resolution of inquiry into life of,
303; Special Orders from Grant to,
330, 336; in regard to boat on the
"Ben Ford," 320; statement relating
to McCormick by, 321; Usher friendly
toward, 323, 327; in regard to Gill-
more's report, 332, 343-355, 367, 368,
372; in regard to colored troops, 329,
428-429, 450-453, 468-470, 477; ex-
ecutor of Maj. Butler's will, 333;
Special Order by, 339; on tour of in-
spection, 357; political intrigue against,
359-361; court of inquiry into Gill-
more's action, 367-371, 387, 425; re-
lieves Gillmore of command, 367-371;
INDEX 601
374, 400, 401; vindication of, 374, 412,
441-444, 476, 482, 492; 6th A. C. to
report to, 387; relations with Meade,393, 394, 484; difficulty with Wright,
405, 406, 408; suggests transfer of
West, 414; requested to join expedi-
tion of Pres., 424, 435; relations with
Shepley, 429, 430, 523, 533; friendli-
ness of Weitzel, 431; convictions con-
cerning West Point, 435; complains
of mail service at Fortress Monroe, 436,
446; memo, of organization of armies,
439; relations between Corps Com-manders and, 443, 457; concerning
payment of troops, 446; concerning
storehouse at Fortress Monroe, 456;
difficulty in matter of mustering in of
commissioned officers, 457; relations
with Rosecrans, 458; 461; in con-
nection with Farquhar, 465-467; in
regard to trading conditions, 474, 516;
advice from Shaffer, 474, 475, 523;
conference with Grant at City Point,
478-481 ; in regard to transfer of Smith,
481-483; conference with Risley, 484;
in connection with Peace Commission-ers, 486, 487, 498, 513-515; 490, 491;
in regard to outrages after capture of
Plymouth, 488; in regard to penalty
for loss of guns, 488; feeling of Stanton
for, 489 ; Hildreth asks for permits, 589
;
in regard to appointment of Sumner as
Special Inspector of Cavalry, 501-503;
dispirited, 503; tribute to Brooks, 508;
article for Tribune by, 513; orders
quarantine regulations at Norfolk, 514;
military rule in Norfolk, 516, 517, 541,
545-546, 570-594; on recruiting fromprisoners of war, 519, 521; suggests
Martindale as commander of 10th
A. C, 520; suggested as Sec. of War,520, 521; with regard to Agent at
Roanoak Island, 526; concerning sup-
plies furnished to rebels from Norfolk,
527; to make radical changes in Nor-folk, 532; relations between Sewardand, 632, 552, 554; Grant visits, 532;
in case of Casaran, 532, 567; suggests
cutting canal at Dutch Gap, 552;
orders from Meade to, 558; examina-
tion of Snead by, 567-575, 582, 592,
594; feeling of Lincoln toward, 576,
594, special Orders No. 50, 587; with
regard to change of Ass't. Adj. Gen. in
Norfolk, 590; on separation of Ac-
comac and Northumberland Counties
from Dept. of, 595
Letters from B. to
Abbott, Col. Henry L., 202, 419
Adams, William H., 150
Adjutant-General, 10th Corps, 182
Ames, Colonel, 292, 294, 296, 300, 320
Ames, Gen. A., 199, 222
"Baltimore American," the editor of, 120
Barnes, Harvey, 39
Benham, General, 329, 378
Bennett, Mr., 468
Bernal, Frederic, 123
Betterton, W. G., 23
Bigelow, George, F., 14
Birney, Maj. General, 261, 531, 532, 549,
563
Blair, Montgomery, 147
Bowers, Colonel, 450
Brooks, Brig. Gen., W. T. H., 415, 422,
439, 444, 449, 453, 508
Browning, 0. H., 12
Butler, Blanche, 468
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H., 163, 167, 172, 192,
230, 235, 245, 252, 262, 263, 276, 277,
283, 286, 289, 303, 310, 323, 326, 328,
337, 357, 365, 366, 374, 417, 427, 434,
440, 445, 453, 454, 461, 464, 470, 471,
478, 481, 493, 500, 503, 507, 513, 518,
522, 528, 529, 532, 542, 551, 562, 563,
575, 590, 594, 596
Canby, Gen. Edw. R. S., 38
Carr, Brig. Gen., 451
Chase, S.P.,63
Coffin, C. C, 135
Colfax, Schuyler, 27
Commander English Ship "Buzzard," 30
Commanding Officer at City Point, see
Russell, Colonel
Commanding Officer of the Confederate
Forces at City Point, the, 121
Comstock, Lieut. Col. C. B., 462, 478
Crane, Alson, 446
Creamer, David S., 58
Dahlgren, Adm. John A., 5, 83, 102, 113
Davenport, A. V., 75
Davis, Garret, 303
Davis, Thomas L., 3, 102
De Marivault, Capt. Henry, see Marivault,
Count Henri
Dix, Miss D. L., 15, 80
Duncan, Colonel, 324
Dunn, John M., 159
Dutton, Col. A. H., 118
"Evening Post," the, editor of the, 272
Fessenden, William P., 60
Foster, Brig. Gen. R. S., 419, 485, 490,
543, 562
602 INDEX
Fox, Capt. G. V., 75, 114, 142
Fry, Col. James B., 94, 112
Fuller, Lieut. Col. C. F., 207, 300, 301, 324,
375, 445, 479
Garrard, Colonel, 293
Gillmore, Maj. Gen. Q. A., 89, 170, 174,
184, 186, 198, 201, 202, 205, 206, 215,
216, 220-224, 230-233, 234, 237, 240,
241, 248-250, 271, 279, 281, 282, 287,
288, 291, 297, 299, 300, 302, 312, 324,
325, 330-332, 343, 354, 365, 372
Graham, Brig. Gen. Charles R., 105, 129,
201, 372, 410, 449, 540
Grant, Lieut. Gen. U. S., 42, 76, 110, 116,
146, 359, 367, 375, 377, 378, 381, 385,
388, 390, 392-394, 397, 398, 401, 402,
405, 408, 410, 415, 417, 418, 420, 421,
424-426, 428, 436, 437, 439, 444, 445,
447, 448, 456, 463, 467, 469, 485-488,
490, 495, 497-499, 501, 503, 507, 509,
515, 519, 524, 539, 540, 543-545, 549,
551, 552, 555-557, 560, 561, 563, 564
Green, Colonel, 142
Halleck, Gen. H. W., 109, 110, 131, 132,
269
Hancock, Gen. W. S., 379, 381, 544
Hardy, Col. James A., 320
Heckman, Brig. Gen. C. A., 69, 106
Herbert, J. K., 292
Hinks, Gen. Edward W., 201, 210, 279,
290, 297, 312, 324, 326, 339, 361, 365
Holt, Col. Joseph, 6
Ingalls, Brig. Gen. Rufus, 436
Jacobs, Maj. F., Jr., 120
Johnson, Maj. Gen. B. W., 250
Kautz, Brig. Gen. August V., 107, 276,
392, 420, 530, 540
Kelton, Maj. J. C, 90
Kimberly Brothers, Messrs., 65
Kinsman, Lieut. Col. J. B., 59
Ledlie, Brig. General, 90
Lee, Adm. S. P., 1, 2, 57, 67, 77, 85, 142,
149, 154, 160, 163, 199, 209, 221, 230,
238, 288, 295, 298, 302, 313, 321, 372,
374, 390, 411, 424, 456
Lincoln, President, 145, 147, 228, 576,
593
Livingston, Com. John W., 13, 16
Ludlow, Major, 217
Marivault, Count Henri, 62, 122, 126
Martin, Captain, 155
Meade, Gen. George G., 413, 416, 422, 566
Meigs, Brig. Gen. M. C, 15, 16, 112, 152
Mulford, Maj. J. E., 91
Nicolay, John C, 78, 99
Norton, Captain, 366
Officer Commanding at Entrenchments, 202
Officer in Command of Pontoons belonging
to Army of Potomac at Bermuda Land-ing, 334
Officer in Command at Spring Hill, see
Ames, Colonel
Ord, Gen., 594
Ould, Robert, 1, 14, 151, 152, 157, 191
Paine, Col. Charles J., 122, 354
Palmer, Brig. Gen. I. M., 108, 115, 127,
153
Patten, Lieut. Colonel, 312
Paul, Monsieur, 160, 196
Peck, Maj. Gen. John J., 58, 129, 138
President American News Company, the,
see Towey, Sinclair
Rawling, Brig. Gen. John A., see Rawlins,
Brig. Gen. J. A.
Rawlins, Brig. Gen. J. A., 94, 469
Risley, 496
Ruggles, Col. George D., 28
Russell, Colonel, 248
Sawtell, Captain, 67
Senior Staff Officer at Headquarters, City
Point, see Comstock, Lieut. Col. C. B.
Seward, W. H., 123
Seymour, Gov. Horatio, 13
Shaffer, Capt. James R., 29
Shaffer, Col. J. W., 483, 518, 530, 531
Sharp, Colonel, 595
Shepley, Gen. George F., 304, 431, 514
Sheridan, Maj. Gen. P. H., 72, 158, 207,
214, 217, 222
Simmons, A. V ., Lieut. J. W„ 266
Smith, Maj. Gen. W. F., 120, 135, 162,
168, 169, 175, 180, 184, 195, 197, 206,
208, 239, 248, 254, 276, 278, 279, 280,
329, 339, 375, 380, 383, 386, 426, 427,
438, 447, 450, 453, 456, 461, 462, 463,
465, 468, 477
Snead, Edward K., 591
Sumner, Capt. E. G., 501
Symnington, Samuel, 282
Smith, Com. Joseph, 21
Stanton, Edwin, M., 3, 16, 23, 28, 31, 32,
44, 54, 56, 62, 70, 71, 73, 80, 96, 97, 131,
133, 135, 136, 143, 151, 152, 170-172,
181, 197, 205, 228, 229, 234, 241, 258,
259, 264, 280, 284, 288, 330, 333, 360,
414, 457, 595
Stanton, J. W., 31
Terry, Capt. Adrian, 394
Terry, Brig. Gen. A. H., 133, 247, 384,
390, 392-394, 406, 410
Towey, Sinclair, 59, 86
Turnbull, S. N ., 112
Turner, Gen., 390
Tyler, Mrs. Julia Gardiner, 301
INDEX 603
Usher, Major, 446
Vincent, Maj. Thomas M., 6
Wallace, Maj. Gen. Lew, 90, 93, 141
Watson, P. H., 39
Weitzel, Brig. Gen. G., 238, 239, 373
Welles, Gedeon, 103
Wild, Brig. Gen. E. A., 40, 251
Wilder, Captain, 70
Wilmouth, George E., 138
Wilson, Henry, 119, 130, 171, 277
Winons, E .W., 134
Wistar, Brig. Gen. J. J., 31, 70, 73, 86,
90
Wright, Maj. Gen. H. G., 402, 403, 405,
408, 409, 415
Letters to B. prom
Ames, Colonel, 294
Ashley, J. M., 534
Banks, Gen. N. P., 470
Barnes, Surg. Norman S., 341
Benham, Gen. H. W., 294
Betterton, W. G., 22
Bowers, Col. T. S., 450
Brown, E. W ., 590
Buffum, Lieut. Col. M. P., 425
Butler, Mrs. Sarah, H., 172, 177, 191, 192,
219, 227, 241, 244, 249, 252, 256, 264,
273, 274, 276, 281, 285, 289, 293, 310,
318, 322, 323, 326, 342, 357, 362, 363,
374, 382, 383, 395, 406, 411, 417, 423,
429, 431, 435, 439, 452, 453, 471, 491,
492, 494, 500, 504, 505, 517, 521, 524,
528, 529, 533, 540, 554, 565, 566, 576
Cameron, Simon, 545
Canby, Brig. Gen. Edward R. S., 24
Captain of the " Tisophone," the, see
Marivault, Count Henri
Comstock, Lieut. Col. C. B., 419
Conklin, Edgar, 510
Dahlgren, Adm. John A., 6, 483
Dix, Miss D. L., 43
Fox, Capt. G. V., 290
Fuller, Lieut. Col. C. F., 209, 214, 266, 295
Gillmore, Gen. Q. A., 81, 165, 176, 183,
185, 186, 188-190, 200, 201, 204, 206,
214-216, 218, 220, 221, 223, 231-233,
238, 240, 271, 299, 325, 327, 329, 332
Gordon, Brig. Gen. George H., 64, 71
Graham, Brig. Gen. Charles R., 414
Grant, Lieut. General U. S., 7, 24, 82, 83,
87, 94, 140, 319, 336, 361, 366, 376,
380, 381, 388, 391, 398-400, 404, 406,
408, 410, 413, 416, 420-422, 424, 425,
429, 438, 444, 445, 447-449, 455, 476,
507-509, 518, 519, 538, 541, 544, 545,
547, 556, 561, 564
Guilbert, Edward A., 92
Hale, Edward Everett, 173, 479
Halleck, Maj. Gen. H. W., 82, 112, 198,
261, 275, 278
Hancock, Gen., 379, 552
Heaton, D., 473, 526
Herbert, J. K., 66, 104, 150, 269, 292,
464
Hildreth, Fisher A., 489
Hill, D. W., 81
Hinks, Gen. Edward W'., 209, 247, 248,
268, 290, 297, 312, 361,
Hodge, A. W., 67
Hutchins, J. B., 69
Ingalls, Gen. Rufus, 360
J. D. S., 489
Kautz, Gen. A.V., 188
Lee, Adm. S. P., 53, 68, 131, 139, 142,
217, 233, 287, 320, 393
Ludlow, Maj. B. C, 225, 382
McManney, Mrs., 455
McMurdy, R., 136
Marivault, Capt. Henri, see Marivault,
Count Henri
Marivault, Count Henri, 124, 125, 127
Meade, Gen. George G., 413
Meigs, Gen. M. C, 237
Millward, Joseph, 545
Moore, Thomas «/., 61
Nicolay, John C, 98, 101
Ould, Robert, 1
Parker, Isabelle S., 553
Peck, Gen. J. J., 102
Risley, H. A., 484, 516
Shaffer, Col. J. M., 474, 483, 493, 512,
515, 523, 547
Shepley, Gen. G. F., 541
Sheridan, Gen. P. H., 224, 225
Smith, Gen. Wm. F., 167, 168, 176, 179,
183, 185, 186, 187, 195-197, 200, 205,
206, 208, 239, 251, 254, 376, 383, 427,
447, 452, 462, 465, 470, 477, 479
Snead, Edward K., 592
Stanton, Edwin M., 24, 143, 168, 180,
181, 189, 198, 202, 235, 261, 325
Terry, Gen. A. H., 394, 402
Wallace, Andrew, 520
Wallace, Gen. Lew, 141
Weld, Mason C, 546
Welles, Gideon, 75, 549
Whipple, E. W., 545
Whitely, S. A., Ill
Wild, Gen. Edward A., 18, 203
Wilder, Capt. C. B., 9
Williams, Mrs. George A., 12, 22
Wilson, Henry, 268, 423
Winons, E. W., 134
604 INDEX
Wright, Maj. Gen. H. G., 397, 402, 404,
405, 408, 409
Zantzinger & Co., F., 309
Telegrams from B. to
Baker, Col. S.C.,7Biggs, Colonel, 271
Briggs, Lieut. Colonel, 531
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H., 362, 387, 411, 484,
505, 565
Commanding Officer Point Lookout, see
Hooker, Captain
Draper, Colonel, 136
Fox, Capt. G. V., 113, 114, 119, 120, 131
Fuller, Lieut. Col. C. F., 296, 388
Gillmore, Gen. Q. A., 161, 162, 169, 178,
179, 184, 189-191, 193, 194, 196, 199,
200, 270, 283, 295, 313
Graham, Gen., 240
Grant, Lieut. Gen. U. S., 43, 68, 71, 72, 84,
97, 136, 139, 142, 148, 149, 155-157,
163, 165, 166, 320, 402, 438, 506, 565
Halleck, Maj. Gen. H. W ., 97, 107, 114,
121, 155, 159, 214, 269
Hay, Maj. John, 29
Heckman, Brig. Gen. C. A., 58, 115
Hinks, Maj. Gen. E. W ., 183, 184, 193,
,266 267, 300
Hoffman, Col. W., 92
Hooker, Captain, 146
Kautz, Brig. Gen. A. V., 161, 188
Lee, Adm. S. P., 199
Lincoln, President, 9, 58, 63
Meigs, Gen. M. C, 241
Officer in Command at City Point, see
Russell, Colonel
Russell, Colonel, 251
Shepley, Brig. Gen. George F., 113, 240
Smith, Maj. Gen. W. F., 195, 270, 462
Stanton, Edwin, M., 147, 171, 172, 262,
265, 281, 293
Terry, Gen., 403
Van Vliet, Major, 149
Weitzel, Brig. Gen. Godfrey, 150
Wild, Gen. Edward A., 7, 291
Wilson, Henry, 2i7
Wistar, Brig. Gen. J. J., 62
Telegrams to B. from
Chase, Salmon P., 63
Comstock, Lieut. Col. C. B., 478
Gillmore, Gen. Q. A., 161, 162, 167, 177-
181, 196
Grant, Lieut. Gen. U. S., 43, 65, 68, 72, 83,
84, 98, 117, 119, 130, 148, 149, 154, 156,
157, 403, 446, 469, 472, 486, 487, 490,
491, 496-498, 506, 519, 524, 529, 548,
553, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 575
Halleck, Maj. Gen. H. W'., 73, 107, 112,
121, 132, 136, 155, 161, 207, 268
Hoffman, Col. W., 91
Lincoln, President, 29, 31, 39, 59, 231
Meade, Gen. George G., 565
Seward, William H., 69, 72
Smith, Maj. Gen. William F., 383, 448,
469
Stanton, Edwin, M., 170, 175, 182, 195,
595
Weitzel, Brig. Gen. Godfrey, 150
Wistar, Brig. Gen. J. J., 90
Butler, Mrs. Benjamin F., see Butler,
Mrs. Sarah H. '
Butler, Benjamin Israel, 191, 263, 274,
318, 323, 431, 472
Butler, Blanche, 173, 219, 231, 242, 252,
256, 257, 289, 310, 319, 323, 338,
357, 413, 418, 423, 431, 435, 439, 440,
453; letters from B. to, 468; 470, 471,
484, 491, 494, 500, 503, 504, 507,
508, 514, 517, 522, 524, 528, 543, 566,
567
Butler, Paul, 191, 318, 323, 431, 472
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H., letters to Parton
from, 74, 314, 412; letters from B. to,
163, 167, 172, 192, 230, 235, 245, 252,
262, 263, 276, 277, 283, 286, 289, 303,
310, 323, 326, 328, 337, 357, 365, 366,
374, 417, 427, 434, 440, 445, 453, 454,
461, 464, 470, 471, 478, 481, 493, 500,
503, 507, 513, 518, 522, 528, 529, 532,
542, 551, 562, 563, 575, 590, 594, 596;
letters to B. from, 172, 177, 191, 192,
219, 227, 241, 244, 249, 252, 256, 264,
273, 274, 276, 281, 285, 289, 293, 310,
318, 322, 323, 326, 342, 357, 362, 363,
374, 382, 383, 395, 406, 411, 417, 423,
429, 431, 435, 439, 452, 453, 471, 491,
492, 494, 500, 504, 505, 517, 521, 524,
528, 529, 533, 540, 554, 565, 566, 576;
advice to B. from, 177, 253, 311, 327,
362-364, 374, 407, 411, 424, 429-431,
491, 492, 500, 528, 567; letter to Mrs.
Bell from, 226; defence of B. by,
315; reply of Parton to, 318; letter
to Mrs. Heard from, 337; criticism
of administration by, 342; letters to
Hildreth from, 360, 364; telegrams
from B. to, 362, 387, 411, 484, 505,
565; criticism of campaign by, 407;
9, 518, 565
"Butler's Book," 380, 383
Butler's Troops, 391
INDEX 605
Butts, Charles W., in case of Williams'
Estate, 16-21, 63
"Buzzard," the, 30
Cairo, 144
Cameron, Simon, letter to B. from, 545Camp Barry, 97
Camp, Benjamin F., Ill
Canby, Brig. Gen. Edward R. S., 24;
letter from B. to, 38; 282, 429
Cape Charles Light House, 53Cape Henry, 14
Carl, General, 454
Carney, 286, 429, 528Carpenter, 549
Carr, Brig. Gen. J. B., ordered to report
to B., 156; letter from B. to, 451Carrington, Colonel, 259
Carroltown, 32
Gary, Colonel, 259
Casaran, Mr., 532, 567
Cassel, Captain, see Cassell, MajorCassell, Major, 22, 87, 163, 306Castle Thunder, 293
Catholic Depository, the, 59
Cavalry Bureau, the, 68, 502Cedar Level, 210
"Ceres," the, 115
Chaffin's Bluff, see Chapin's Bluff
Chaffin's Farm, see Chapins Farm"Chamberlain," the, 410Chambers, Lieut., 485
Chambliss, 397
Champlin, Mr., 324
Chancellorsville, 168
Chandler, Senator, 171, 269, 270, 571
Chapin's Bluff, 377, 487, 537
Chapin's Farm, 207, 209, 214, 378, 486,
490, 551, 560
Chaplain, Mr., of the N. Y. Herald, 137
Charles City County, 203, 301
Charles City Court-House, 445
Charleston City Battalion, 230, 288, 290,
338, 484, 550
Charlottesville, 265
Chase, Salmon P., 58; letter from B.
to, 63; telegram to B. from, 63;
as candidate for Pres., 66; contro-
versy with the Blairs, 151, 292, 473Cheeseborough, Colonel, 79
Cheever, Parson, 286, 293
Chenthus, Doctor, 199
Chesapeake Bay, 141, 577
Chesapeake Canal, 107
Chesapeake Prison, 301
Chester, 398
Chester Road, the, 389
Chester Station, 183, 190, 194, 200, 204
Chesterfield Court-House Road, the, 215
Chicago, 513
Chicago Convention, the, 536
Chickahominy, the, 144, 149, 181, 203,
234, 287, 314, 319, 336, 337, 399, 413,
537
Chief of Cavalry, the, see Kautz, Brig.
Cen. August B.
Chowan River, the, 499
Chuckatuck, 53, 284
Chula Station, 229
Churchill, Mr. (assist. Supt. Negroaffairs), 9, 11
Cincinnati National Union Association,
the, 510
City Point, 8, 43, 45, 49, 57, 77, 82, 117,
121, 123, 125, 126, 139, 140, 152, 160,
163, 173, 177, 184, 191, 211, 219, 229,
245-248, 251, 252, 261, 262, 265,
267-269, 274, 275, 285, 286, 288, 290,
302, 314, 316, 328, 336, 357, 366, 374,
376, 385, 391, 418, 424, 445, 462, 469,
478-481, 499, 566
City Point Road, the, 328, 340, 344,
345, 350, 352, 365, 368, 379, 380, 462
Clark, Captain, see Clarke, Capt. H. C.
Clark, Mr., letter from Woodman to, 476
Clarke, Colonel, 259
Clarke, Capt. H. C, 26, 142, 210, 245,
249,321,361,417,591
Clarke, Robert, 3
Clarke's Brigade, 196
Claude, Hammond, 3
Clay, Mrs., 222, 232
Clay, Widow, see Clay, Mrs.
Clemence, W. H, 489
Cleveland, Ohio, 105
Cleveland Convention, the, 512
Clingman's Brigade, 256, 260, 398
Clinton, 282
Clopton, William H, 243; letter to Mrs.
Tyler from, 244
Clough, General, 432
Clover Field, the, 340
Coalfield Station, 229
Cockade City, the, 357
Coffin, C. C, letter from B. to, 135
Cohan, Judge, 572
Cold Harbor, 366, 399, 466
Cole, Philip, 342
Cole Cavalry, 361
Cole's Ferry, 336
Cole's Landing, 336
Colfax, Schuyler, letter from B. to, 27
College Corporation, the, 480
606 INDEX
Colored Brigade, the, 287
Colored Troops, the, 1st Regt., 145;
163, 329. See also U. S. Army, the
Colquitt's Brigade, 258, 288
Colston, Brig. General, 356
Columbia, S. C, 151
Commandant of French Vessels, the, see
Marivault, Count
Commandant Gunboat "Grenade," the
letter from Geofroy to, 117
Commander English Ship "Buzzard,"
letter from B. to, 30
Commanding Officer of the Confederate
Forces at City Point, the, letter fromB. to, 121
Commanding Officer Point Lookout, see
Hooker, Captain
"Committee of Safety," the, 32
Comstock, Lieut. Col. C. B., 142, 143, 319,
329; letter to Grant from, 331; 336,
360; letter to B. from, 419; 420, 421;
letters from B. to, 462, 478; 473; tele-
gram to B. from, 478; telegrams to
Weitzel from, 464, 495, 497; letters
from Weitzel to, 551, 552
Confederacy, the, 32
Confederate Agent of Exchange of Pris-
oners, see Ould, Robert
Confederate Congress, the, 50, 52
Confederate Government, the, 50, 51
Confederate States, Secretary of War of,
see Seddon, J. A.
Confederate States Army, the, 46; con-
gratulatory orders from Wise to troops
of, 355-357; 23rd Reg't. N. C. Vols.,
356; 46th Reg't. Va. Vols., 356
Conkling, Edgar, letter to B. from,
510; letter to Fremont from, 510-512;
513
Connecticut, 96
Connecticut Volunteers, the, 1st HeavyArtillery, 198, 201, 202; 6th Reg't.,
347; 7th Reg't., 86, 208, 299, 347;
21st. Reg't., 118, 218
Conner's Brigade, 463, 485, 495, 539Consul from England at Baltimore,
see Bernal, Frederic
Cook's Brigade, 463
Cooper, Gen. S., telegram to Beauregardfrom, 156; telegram to Pickett from,
158; telegram from Beauregard to, 158
Cooper Institute, the, 534
Cope's, 334
Corse's Brigade, 256, 259
Corwin, Thomas, 534
Courier, the Boston, 59
Courier, the Buffalo, 543
Court of Inquiry, the, 75
Cox Ferry, 449
Crabb, Lieut., 28
Crane, Alson, letter from B. to, 446
Creamer, David S., letter from B. to, 58Crook, 360
Crumpton, Charles, 63
Curies Neck Farm, 455
Curtis House, 233, 291, 298
Cutter Point, 282
DDabnet, Captain, 14
Dahlgren, Colonel, 5, 6, 83, 102
Dahlgren, Rear-Adm. John A., letters
from B. to, 5, 83, 102, 113; letters
to B. from, 6, 483
Dallas, 282
Dalton, victory at, 188" Dan," the, 30
Dana, C. A., 320, 457; letter to Welles
from, 527
Daniels, Mr., 304, 305, 432-434, 474, 493
Dantzler, Colonel, 300
Danville Junction, 212
Danville Railroad, the, 185, 194, 197,
198, 203; 211, 214, 218, 228, 229, 442
Datten, 549
Davenport, Lieut., 221, 378
Davenport, A. V., letter from B. to, 75
Davis, Mr., 142
Davis, Garret, letter from B. to, 303
Davis, President Jefferson, Declaration
and Proclamation of, 49; message to
Congress, 50; 158; telegram from Lee
to, 193; telegram to Lee from, 194;
212; recommends attack on Rich-
mond, 2, 3; 229; answer to peace
commissioners, 513-515; 573
Davis, Maj. R. S., 58; letter from Ward-rop to, 154; telegram from Schroe-
der to, 182; letter from Abbott to,
201; 226, 233; General Orders No. 62
issued by, 236; letters from Hinks to,
296, 334; 365, 374, 590
Davis, Thomas L., letters from B. to, 3,
102
Davis' Brigade, 463, 495
Dean, A. M., 10
Dearing's Brigade, 240
Dearing's Cavalry, 356
Deep Bottom, 223, 255, 363, 393, 416,
417, 418, 419, 420, 424, 450, 463, 485,
490, 518, 532, 539, 543, 545, 547, 548,
552, 557, 558, 561, 595
"Deerhound," the, 550
DeKay, Captain, 453
INDEX 607
De Marivault, Capt. Henry, see Mari-
vault, Count Henri
De Night, Major, 423
Denny, Capt., J. W., letter to Peekfrom, 24
Dent, Lieut. Colonel, 94, 95, 336, 337,
355
Department of the Gulf, the, 23, 32, 35;
General Order No. 91, of, 38; 79,
428, 429
Department of the Middle, the, 509
Department of the Navy, the, 22, 32, 298,
302
Department of the Susquehanna, the, 509
Department of the Treasury, the, 25-27;
Local Agents of, 41; 141
Department of Virginia, the, 469, 480,
584, 586
Department of Virginia and NorthCarolina, the, Gen. Smith requests
relief from duty in, 426; change in
command of, 470-472, 481
Department of War, the, General Orders
from: No. 57, 13; No. 86, 457; No. 100,
17; No. 167, 88; No. 182, 457; No. 225,
472, 502, 509; No. 237, 502; No. 257,
502; 29, 32, 36, 137, 292, 353, 432;
Solicitor for, see Whiting, Mr.Department of Washington, the, 509
Department of West Virginia, the, 509
Devens, General, 184, 453
Dismal Swamp Canal, the, 527
District of Columbia, 7
District of Columbia Volunteers, the,
1st Cavalry, 7
Dix, Maj. General, 10, 11; General
Orders issued by, No. 41, 21; 143,
534, 569, 570
Dix, Miss D. L., letters from B. to, 15,
80; letter to B. from, 43; 453Dodge, Captain, 414
Dole's Brigade, 398
Donaldsonville, 36
Doolittle, Oscar, 30
Douthat's Wharf, 444, 445
Dow, Gen. Neal, treatment in LibbyPrison of, 157
Drake, J. M. A., 12
Draper, Col. A. G., telegram from B. to,
136; telegram to Hooker from, 156;
relief of, 467; 475
Drury's Bluff, 189, 190, 197, 198, 203,
205, 209, 211, 212, 223, 229, 272, 278,
287, 357, 373
Duane, Major, 559
Dublin, 162
Duff, Charles E., 341
Duke of Wellington, see Wellesly, Sir
Arthur
Duncan, Colonel, letter from B. to, 324;
475
Duncan's Brigade, 290, 297, 300, 345
Dunn, John M., letter from B. to, 159
Dutch Gap, 140, 193, 218, 223, 233, 291,
448, 552
Dutton, Col. A. H., letter from B. to, 118;
168, 169, 176, 187
Dyer, Colonel, 259
E
Early, General, 199, 463, 484
Early's Corps, 398; raid near Harper's
Ferry by, 469
Early's Division, 395
Eastern Shore of Virginia, the, 567-569,
577, 595
Eckley, General, 292
Editor "Baltimore American," the, letter
from B. to, 120
Edmonds, Colonel, 259
Edson, 453
Edward's Ferry, 482, 497
Egan, Private, 73
Egypt, 479
Elder's Battery, 488
Eliza, Miss, 94
Elizabeth River, the, 21
Elliot, Doctor, 44
Emancipation, the Proclamation of, 50
Emperor of France, the, 121, 122
Engineer Bureau, the, 31
England, 139, 550, 579
Eppes' Island, 140
"Ericsson," the, 90
Evans, General, 156
Evans' Brigade, 300
"Evening Post," the, letter from B. to
Editor of, 272; 273, 278, 315, 317;
Gillmore's views of campaign as given
in, 441-444
Ewell, General, 525
Ewell's Corps, 366
Examiner, the Richmond, 284
Express, the, 92
Express, the Petersburg, 368
F
"Fair Haven," the, 15
Faison, Colonel, 259
Falls, Colonel, 219
Farnsworth, Senator, 270
Farquhar, Capt. F. U., 31; letter to
Gillmore from, 216; 218; illness of,
608 INDEX
239; 252, 274, 277, 412, leave of
absence of, 465-467
Farragut Rear Adm. D. G., 31, 32, 103;
expedition to Red River, 111; 432,
Farrar's Island, 77, 140, 171, 291, 442,
448
Farrington, Mr., 172, 173, 257, 263,
440; 532
Federal Hill, 93
Ferguson, Doctor, 479
Ferrero's Division, 451
Fessenden, William P., letters from B.
to, 60; 171, 269, 516
Field, General, 506
Field's Division, 595
Finegas, 523
Fisherville Depot, the, 360
Fiske, Captain, 36
Florence, see Hildreth, Miss Florence
Florida, 521, 158
Flusser, Captain, 110, 114, 115
Forbes, John M., 480
Forbes, Will, 480
Ford, Governor, 104, 105, 151
Ford, Tom, 66
Forney, John W., 534
Fort Calhoun, 291
Fort Clark, open communication at, 258
Fort Clifton, 296, 300, 312, 366, 386, 449
Fort Darling, 162, 197, 205, 227, 242,
253, 271, 316, 317, 441-444
Fort Delaware, 92
Fort Drury, 203
Fort Hatteras, 79
Fort McHenry, 93
Fort Monroe, 1, 2, 7, 8, 22, 81, 91, 95,
98, 117, 119, 132, 144, 162, 165, 258,
263, 265; irregularities reported at,
268, 269, 275; removal of troops
from, 285; 306, 355, 413, 458; B.
at, 471, 472, 483; 515. See also
Fortress MonroeFort Norfolk, 456
Fort Pillow, 134
Fort Powhatan, 77, 163, 184, 201, 210,
245, 247, 258, 262, 267, 291, 297,
302, 355, 357, 359, 360, 361, 367, 372,
385, 402, 418, 441, 462
Fort Pulaski, 45
Fort Sumter, 291
Fort Walthall, 442
Fort Walthall Railroad, the, 442
Fort Wistersin, 294
Fortress Monroe, 22, 29, 45, 76, 82, 98,
99, 117, 121, 123, 126, 160, 173, 191,
193, 260; return of B. to, 292, 464,
480, 521; 331, 365, 369, 371, 372, 374,
387; Mrs. Grant expected at, 417,
424, 428, 431, 435, 440, 445, 452,
454; 491; B. suggests transfer of
troops to, 428-429; mail service at,
436, 446; 450, 452; naval store
house at, 456; 462, 466, 470, 485,
498, 542, 554; Grant and Lincoln at,
564-566, 575, 590; 569, 575. See also
Fort MonroeFoster, Colonel, 30
Foster, Maj. C. W., 112
Foster, Brig. Gen. R. S., 177; engage-
ment with enemy, of, 389; before
Petersburg, 402, 403; letters fromB. to, 419, 485, 490, 543, 562;
on north bank of the James, 424;
463; expedition of, 485; 495; with-
drawal from Deep Bottom of, 518;
520, 524; letters from Weitzel for-
warded to, 525, 526; retakes position,
526, 528; 539, 542; loss of cross-
road by, 544; 545, 548; ordered to
make demonstration, 549; orders
from Grant to, 557, 559; 561, 564
Foster's Division, reconnoissance of, 385
Fouke, Phil B., Ill
Four Mile Creek, 225, 560
Fox, Capt. G. V., letters from B. to,
75, 114, 142; 111; telegrams from B,
to, 113, 114, 119, 120, 131; 139;
letter to B. from, 290
Fox Hill, 293
France, 550; charge d' Affaires of, see
Geofroy, L. de
Franklin, General, 458, 460, 481; taken
prisoner, 495, 497; in command of
18th A. C, 508, 509; command Dept.
of the Middle, Washington, the Sus-
quehanna, and West Virginia, 509" Franklin," the, 296
"Franklin's Life," 412
Fredericksburg, 148, 180, 181, 237
Fredericksburg Railroad, the, 313
Fremont, Maj. Gen. J. C, 66; letter
from Conkling to, 510-512; 547
Fremont Party, the, 510, 512
French Charge at Washington, see
Geofroy, L. de
French Government, the, removal of
tobacco from Richmond by, 56, 62,
63, 65, 69, 91, 116, 117, 121-127, 160
Friend's Field, 334
Fry, Col. James B., letters from B. to
94, 112
Fulkerson, Colonel, 259
Fuller, Lieut. Col. C. F., letters from B.
to, 207, 300, 301, 324, 375, 445, 479;
INDEX 609
letters to B. from, 209, 214, 266, 295;
telegrams from B. to, 296, 388; 320,
373
Fuller, Capt. T. K., 36
Fulton, Mr., of Associated Press, 170
"Fulton," the, 43, 80
G. A. O. T. U., the, 93
Gaines, Major, 151
Galloway, Samuel, 151
"Galvanized Yankees," 134
Galvin, Mr., 481
Gantt, Colonel, 259
Gardner, Colonel, 46, 47, 474, 493
Garnett's Brigade, 259
Garrard, Colonel, letter from B. to, 293
Geofroy, L. de, 69, 91, 116; letter to
Com. Gunboat "Grenade" from, 117;
letter to Com. "Bidwell" from, 117;
121, 125
"George Leary," the, 162, 163
George, Capt. Paul R., 242, 524, 525
Georgia, 52, 158
Georgia Volunteers, the, 21st Reg't, 259
Getty, Mr., 16
Getty's Division, 401
Gibbon, Maj. General, 376; with Armyof the Potomac, 519
Gilber, Mrs., 123
Gilliard, Colonel, 288
Gillmore, Mr. (Peace Commissioner),
486, 487, 490, 491, 498, 513-515
Gillmore, Maj. Gen. Q. A., in campaignagainst Richmond, 8, 42, 57, 96, 97,
107, 108, 110, 112, 132, 139, 144, 148,
149, 154, 155, 157, 165, 169, 178-180,
182, 187, 195, 197, 199, 200, 202, 205,
208, 214, 215, 221-224, 236, 239, 240,
254, 268, 299, 316, 324, 326, 327;
connection with court martial of
Gordon, 64; letters to B. from, 81,
165, 176, 183, 185, 186, 188-190, 200,
201, 204, 206, 215, 216, 218, 220, 221,
223, 231-233, 238, 240, 271, 299, 325,
327, 329, 332; letters from B. to,
89, 170, 174, 184, 186, 198, 201, 202,
205, 206, 215, 216, 220-224, 230-234,
237, 240, 241, 248-250, 271, 279,
281, 282, 287, 288, 291, 297, 299,
300, 302, 312, 324, 325, 330-331, 343,
354, 365, 372; in regard to confirma-
tion by Senate of, 108, 119, 171, 247,
268, 270, 278; telegrams from B. to,
161, 162, 169, 178, 179, 184, 189-191,
193, 194, 196, 199, 200, 270, 283, 295,
313; telegrams to B. from, 161, 162,
vol. iv—39
167, 177-181, 196; letter to Smith
from, 167; relations between B. and,
171, 253, 258, 277, 283, 291, 328,
338, 357, 359, 387, 476, 491; telegram
from Smith to, 179; letter from
Farquhar to, 216; despatches from
Adm. Lee to, 231, 233; letter to
Shaffer from, 239; transfer suggested,
265; in connection with article in
N. Y. Herald, 271-274, 278, 290, 316,
317; 285, 294; telegram to Shaffer
from, 295; letter to Hinks from, 327;
demonstration against Petersburg, 328,
330-335, 337, 338, 343-355, 361, 367,
368, 369, 372, 381, 491; statement
of verbal communication between
Hinks and, 339-341, 344; in regard
to Court of inquiry, 343, 357, 367-371,
400, 425; ordered to report to B., 354;
letters from Shaffer to, 362, 363, 368;
362, 365; relieved from command,368, 369, 371, 374, 387, 400, 401, 464;
419; views on campaign in Evening
Post, 441, 444; at Bermuda Hundred,
442-444; restored to command, 503
Gillmore's Corps, 411
Gill's Landing, 545
Gilman, see Jones, Gilman
Gloucester County, 53
Gloucester Point, 110, 266, 452
Godwin, Colonel, 259
Gordon, Brig. Gen. George H, letters to
B. from, 64, 71; Court Martial of,
64,71Gorden, Captain, 551
Gordon's Division, 398
Gordonsville, 265, 490
Gordonsville Junction, 488
Gould, Mr., 534
Grade's Brigade, 189, 256, 260, 463
Graham, Colonel, 259
Graham, Mrs., 395, 484
Graham, Brig. Gen. Charles R., on Board
of Survey on the "New York," 15;
in matter of destroying pirates in
James River, 57; 69; letters from B.
to, 105, 129, 201, 372, 410, 449, 540;
to assume command of forces in Nor-folk and Portsmouth, 106; 115, 155,
165; telegram from B. to, 240; 288;
to open fire on Fort Clifton, 366; 410,
letter to B. from, 414; 484; directed
to dislodge rebels at Wilcox's Land-ing, 496; expedition up the Rappa-hannock, 540
Graham's Battery, 356
Grant, Gen. U. S., Spring Campaign,
610 INDEX
7-9, 56, 57, 82, 95, 116, 136, 140, 144,
145, 149, 156, 157, 161, 165, 166,
170, 172, 174, 175, 180-182, 189, 193,
195, 197-199, 202-204, 207, 231, 234,
235, 242, 245, 246, 251, 253, 259-263,
265, 268, 275, 278, 279, 282, 285-288,
293, 295-297, 303, 311, 313, 314, 316-
319, 327, 328, 336, 337, 359, 361, 362,
365-367, 372-377, 380, 381, 385-393,
398-400, 403, 404, 406-408, 410, 411,
413, 416, 418, 420-423, 435, 437-439,
441, 444, 447, 448, 455, 469, 473, 482,
486, 487, 490, 496-498, 504-508,
513, 518, 531, 537-540, 544, 545, 547-
551, 555-557, 559-566, 575; to visit
Norfolk and Portsmouth, 7; letters
to B. from, 7, 24, 82, 83, 87, 94, 140,
319, 336, 361, 366, 376, 380, 381, 388,
391, 398-400, 404, 406, 408, 410, 413,
416, 420-422, 424, 425, 429, 438, 444,
445, 447-449, 455, 476, 507-509, 518,
519, 538, 541, 544, 545, 547, 556, 561,
564; 13; letters from B. to, 42, 76, 110,
116, 146, 359, 367, 375, 377, 378,
380, 381, 385, 388, 390, 392-394,
397, 398, 401, 402, 405, 408, 410,
415, 417, 418, 420, 421, 424-426,
428, 436, 437, 439, 444, 445, 447, 448,
456, 463, 467, 469, 485-488, 490, 495,
497-499, 501, 503, 507-509, 515, 519,
524, 539, 540, 543, 545, 549, 551, 552,
555-557, 560, 561, 563, 564; tele-
grams from B. to, 43, 68, 71, 72, 84,
97, 136, 139, 142, 148, 149, 155-157,
163, 165, 166, 320, 402, 438, 506, 565;
telegrams to B. from, 43, 65, 68, 72,
83, 84, 98, 117, 119, 130, 148, 149,
154, 156, 157, 403, 446, 469, 472,
486, 487, 490, 491, 496-498, 506,
519, 524, 529, 548, 553, 561-565, 575;
letters to Halleck from, 43, 75, 144,
225, 245, 251, 265, 287, 313, 328,
366, 399, 437, 457, 470, 472, 482,
485; letters to Meade from, 56, 396,
416, 421, 437, 473, 537, 548, 550;
Seward confirms despatch of, 72;
73; 74; co-operation of B. with,
76, 82, 143, 285, 417, 424, 444, 491,
492, 500, 501, 521; in regard to
exchange of prisoners, 83, 152; letter
from Hitchcock to, 88; letter to
Stanton from, 91; with regard to
removal of tobacco by French Gov.,
91; telegrams from B. to, 97, 136,
139, 142, 148, 149, 155-157, 163, 166,
320, 402, 438, 469, 506, 565; 107-109;
letters from Halleck to, 124, 220, 246,
253, 261, 258, 287; telegrams from
Halleck to, 132, 218; Palmer's ac-
tion in North Carolina approved
by, 153; telegrams to Halleck from,
161, 174, 180, 198, 260; at Battle of
the Wilderness, 174, 219; 214, 228;
feeling of Gen. Smith for, 246, 457,
458; orders inspection of Army on
the James River, 246, 254-258; 273;
in regard to transfer of B., 292, 364,
457-459, 481, 487, 491; Special Orders
by: No. 27, 303; No. 35, 387; No. 62,
514; 315, 324; letter from Comstockto, 331; letter to Biggs from, 355;
attitude toward Halleck, 360; telegram
from Lincoln, 373; letters to Smith
from, 376, 385, 459; 379; letter to
Hancock from, 386; 394; B. asks
advice in Gillmore case of, 425; B.
suggests transfer of troops to For-
tress Monroe to, 428-429; head-
quarters at Bermuda Hundred, 429;
435; letters from Meade to, 455, 548;
letter from Smith to, 459; 466;
letter for Gen. Lee from, 476; confer-
ence at City Point between B. and,
478-481; letters from Lincoln to,
482, 505; 484; in regard to mission
of Gillmore and Jaquess, 486, 487,
490, 491, 498; 494; letter from
Weitzel to, 496; 501; suspends Gen-eral Orders No. 225, 509; rumoreddeath of, 515; 517; with regard to
recruiting, 519, 521, 530, 531; 522,
523; friendly toward Ransome, 523;
letter from Rawlins to, 526; 528,
532, 542; abused by press, 543;
554; with Lincoln at Fortress Monroe,564-566, 575, 590; 567; illness of, 594
Grant, Mrs. U. S., proposed visit to
Fortress Monroe of, 417, 424, 431,
435, 440, 445; 452, 454, 470, 491;
464
Green Bay, 176
Greene, Colonel, letter from B. to, 142;
227; defense of B. by, 476; 493, 508,
517
Greenville and Middlebrook Road, the,
360
Greenville and Stanton Road, the, 360
Greenville County, 568
Gregg, General, Kautz to report to, 563
"Grenade," the, 124
"Greyhound," the, 122, 454, 507, 518,
542
Griffith, Barnes, 30
Grove's Wharf, 135
INDEX 611
Guerillas, 53
Guilbert, Edward A., letter to B. from, 92
Guiney's Station, 193, 203
Gunpowder Bridge, 497
Gunther, Mr., 569
HHackett, John K., letter to W. P. Web-
ster from, 333
Haggerty, Captain, 177, 252
Hagood, 156
Hagood's Brigade, 256, 259
Hale, Edward Everett, letters to B.
from, 173, 479; 242, 252, 256, 257,
262, 286, 289; an article in the Ad-vertiser by, 476
Hale, Jack, 111
Half-Way House, 199, 202, 209, 223,
224
Halifax, 212
Halleck, Maj. Gen. H. W., letters from
Grant to, 43, 75, 144, 225, 245, 287,
313, 328, 366, 399, 437, 457, 470, 472,
482, 485; telegrams to B. from 73,
107, 112, 121, 132, 136, 155, 161, 207,
268; letters to B. from, 82, 112, 198,
261, 275, 278; telegrams from B. to,
97, 107, 114, 121, 155, 159, 214, 269;
letters from B. to, 109, 110, 131, 132,
269; 119, 120, 133, 141; telegrams
from Grant to, 121, 132, 161, 174,
180, 198, 260; letters to Grant from,
124, 220, 246, 251, 261, 265, 458, 487;
relation with B. of, 124, 481, 484, 489;
482, 494; candidate for President, 143;
telegram to Grant from, 218; letters
to Barnard from, 246, 254; letters to
Meigs from, 246, 254; 253; letters
from Meigs and Barnard to, 255, 257;
letter to Smith from, 278; 280, 294;
attitude of Grant toward, 360; in re-
gard to transfer of B., 458, 459; letter
from Stanton to, 472
Hamilton, Alexander, 5
Hampton, 59, 293
"Hampton," the, 281
Hampton, Gen. Wade, letter from Gen.
Lee to, 397
Hampton Roads, 122-124
Hancock, Gen. Winfield, S., 174, 180,
181; capture of Johnson's Division
by, 198; 202; suggested as brigadier
general, 220, 253; rumored success
of, 310; ordered to reinforce Smith,
375, 378, 379, 380, 383, 385, 387;
letters from B. to, 379, 381, 544;
letters to B. from, 379, 552; letter
from Grant to, 386; control of troops
about Petersburg, 386, 387; orders
from Meade to, 393; move toward
Richmond, 542, 551, 553; 543; re-
enforcements for, 548, 549; 550; re-
ports on roads, 551, 552; letters fromWeitzel to, 552; 554; in assault onPetersburg, 556, 558, 563; 562; Han-cock's Corps, 366, 367, 373, 378, 380,
387
Hancock's Division, 473
Hanover Court House, 281
Hanover Junction, 158, 276
Hanover Town, Grant at, 288
Hanscomb, Mr., 16
Hardy, Col. James A., letter from B. to,
320
Hare, Robert, 93
Harlan, Senator, 269
Harpers Ferry, 93, 97, 469, 482
Harris, Doctor, 46, 470
Harris, Lieut. Commander, 320
Harris, Capt. J. T., 151
Harrisburg, 42
Harrison's Bar, 139
Harrison's Creek, 376, 377, 380
Harrison's Landing, 148, 163, 251, 373
Hatteras, 154, 567
Haverhill, Mass., 282
Hawkins, Lieut., 118
Hawley, Colonel, 330, 340, 341, 349-352
Haxall's Landing, 176, 209
Hay, Maj. John, telegram from B. to, 29
Haygood's Brigade, 501
Haynes, Major, 12
Hazen, General, 42, 43, 68
Heard, Mrs. Harriet, 74, 226, 227, 318;
letter from Mrs. Butler to, 337
Heaton, Col. D., 25, 26; letter to Peckfrom 40; letters to B. from, 473, 526
Heckman, Brig. Gen. C. A., telegrams
from B. to, 58, 115; before Suffolk, 68,
69; letters from B. to, 69, 106; to
leave Portsmouth, 106; 168, 169, 187,
188, 190, 250; Heckman's Brigade, 168
Hedrick, John A., 24, 25
Herald, the N. Y., 100, 137, 271-274,
278, 315, 418, 518
Herbert, Colonel, 259
Herbert, J. K., letter from B. to, 292,
letters to B. from, 66, 104, 150, 269,
292, 464; case of, 292
Heth's Division, 463, 495
Hickman, John, 534
Hicksford, 9, 82, 229, 473
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Hildreth, Mrs., 357
Hildreth, Fisher A., 173, 192, 230, 242,
245, 252, 263, 264, 275, 281, 285, 286,
294, 311, 337, 338; letters from Mrs.
B. to, 360, 364; 423, 429, 430, 452,
453, 464; in connection with trade in
North Carolina, 474; letter to B.
from, 489; relations with Lane, 489;
asks B. for permits, 489; 492, 494,
504, 505, 517, 565
Hildreth, Miss Florence, 382, 472, 504
Hildreth, Laura Wright, 338, 343, 429,
491, 452, 453, 504
Hill, A. P., 539
Hill, Gen. D. H., 182, 255, 260, 508
Hill, D. W., letter to B. from, 81; reply
of B. to, 81
Hill's Corps, 366, 463, 485, 486, 495, 561
Hinks, Gen. Edward W., orders from B.
to, 183, 184, 195, 326; telegrams from
B. to, 183, 184, 193, 266, 267, 300; let-
ters from B. to, 201, 210, 279, 290,
297, 312, 324, 326, 339, 361, 365; letters
to B. from, 209, 247, 248, 268, 290,
297, 312, 361; at City Point 251, 252;
manoeuvers near Petersburg, 278,
279, 334, 361, 362, 383; attacked at
Spring Hill, 290; letter to R. S. Davisfrom, 296; letter from Gillmore to,
327; demonstration on Petersburg,
329-332, 344, 354, 368; statement of
verbal communication between Gill-
more and, 339-341, 344; 342; co-op-
eration with Smith, 365; statement
of conversation between Barnard and,
372; Stafford to report to, 385;
return to B. of, 413, 414; appoint-
ment to command at Point Lookout,
467
"History of the Administration of the
Gulf," 33
Hitchcock, Maj. Gen. E. A., 45; letter to
Grant from, 88
Hodge, A. W., letter to B., from, 67
Hodge, Mrs. A. W., 68
Hodge, Robert, 67
Hodges, Colonel, 259
Hodgkins case, the, 432, 434
Hoffman, Major, 590, 591
Hoffman, Col. W., 88; telegram to B.
from, 91; telegram from B. to, 92; 146
Hoke, General, 158, 196-198, 213, 265
Hoke's Brigade, 153, 156, 193, 194, 256
Hoke's Division, 255, 385, 398, 595
Hoke's Troops, in Army of the Poto-
mac, 259
Holabird, Col. S. B., 37, 38
Holcourt's Legion, 288
Holman, Colonel, 86, 297
Holt, Private, 73
Holt, Col. Joseph, letter from B. to, 6,
105
Hood's Battalion, 356
Hood's Division, 415
Hooker, Captain, telegram from B. to,
146; telegram from Draper to, 156
Hooper, Mr., Ill
Horton, William P., letter to Puffer,
from, 304
Hospital Wharf, the, 445
Howard County, 93
Howe, General, 482
Howell, Captain, 360
Howell, Colonel, 190
Howlett, Doctor, 196
Howlett House Battlery, the, 447, 515,
552
Howlett House Bluff, 552
Howlett's, 193, 217, 233, 291, 392
Howlett's House, 190, 194, 199, 217,
230, 232, 289, 390
Howlett's Neck, 211, 357
H. S. S., Lieut., 106
Humphreys, Gen. A. A., telegram to
Sheridan from, 176; 459
Humphrey's Brigade, 539
Hunter, Maj. General, 246, 265, 314;
expedition under, 319; fight between
Jones and, 320; 331, 360, 410, 418,
423; reported routed, 437; 482;
near Lynchburg, 488; 496, 497, 520Hunting, William S., 178
Hunton's Brigade, 189, 256, 259
Hutchins, J. B., letter to B. from, 69;
474, 523
Hygeia Hotel, the, 22
Illinois, 457
Imboden, General, 360, 469
Independent, the, editorial from, 440-442
Indiana, 321; Chairman Union Central
Committee of. See Wright, J. L.
Indiana Volunteers, the, 13th Reg't., 218Ingalls, Brig. Gen. Rufus, 175; letter
to B. from, 360; letter from B. to,
436; 499, 537, 544; letter to Shaffer
from, 560
Innis, Colonel, letter from Weitzel to,
547
"Invalid Corps," the, 28, 29, 70, 71, 133
Iowa, 92, 457
Irwin, Richard B., 591
Isle of Wight County, 567, 568, 581
INDEX 613
Jackson, Andrew, 61
Jacobs, Maj. F., Jr., letter from B. to,
120; 136,
James' Battery, 462, 463
James River, the, 1, 8, 9, 43, 44, 57, 62,
76, 77, 82, 91, 95, 117, 121-123, 139,
140, 145, 155, 164, 171, 175, 176,
182, 185, 190, 193, 197, 207, 211, 212,
223, 225, 240, 246, 255-257, 261, 265,
268, 269, 275, 287, 288, 295, 301, 302,
313, 314, 316, 318, 319, 336, 355,
359-362, 365-367, 372, 373, 376, 378,
389, 391, 393, 395, 397-400, 407,
416, 418, 419, 421, 424, 428, 435,
437, 441, 442, 447-450, 472, 479,
487, 537-539, 543, 549, 555, 556, 559,
561
James River Canal, the, 214, 218, 228
Jamestown, report on operations at, 257;
258
Jamestown Island, 165, 166, 172, 284,
437, 469
Jaquess, Colonel (Peace Commissioner),
486, 487, 490, 491, 498, 513-515
Jarratt's Station, 188, 230
J. D. S., letter to B. from, 489
Jenkins, reported killed, 170, 172;
Jerusalem Plank Road, the, 328, 345,
346, 352, 356, 368, 437
"Jessup," the, 372, 410
Johnson, General, 46, 47
"Johnson," the, 324
Johnson, Andrew, Vice-Pres., 325, 337
Johnson, Maj. Gen. B. W., letter from B.
to, 250
Johnson, Samuel, 487
Johnson's Brigade, Bushrod, 259, 539
Johnson's Division, 199, 255, 398
Johnson's Island, 91
Johnston, Capt. George H., 20, 587,
590
Johnston, Gen. J. E., 188, 189, 506
Johnston, Ensign H., 396
Johnston, R. D., 158
Jones, Colonel, 259
Jones, Lieutenant, 250
Jones, Gilman, 286, 289
Jones, Gen. W. E., reported killed, 170,
172, 320
Jones' Bridge, 234, 336
Jones' Neck, 416
Jordan's Field, 334, 381
Jordan's Point Road, the, 326, 327, 329,
334, 344, 345, 378
Jourdan, Colonel, 13, 24
Journal, the, 553
Journal, the Boston, correspondent of,
see Coffin, C. C.
Junction, the, see Walthall Junction
"June Hathaway," the, 305
J. W. S., Colonel, see Shaffer, Col. J. W.
KKalb, Captain, 13
Kansas, 457
Kautz, Brig. Gen. August V., 72; madeBrig. Gen. 75, 189; ordered to Heck-man, 106; letters from B. to, 107,
276, 392, 420, 530, 540; 121; tele-
grams from B. to, 161, 188; 165; the
Blackwater forced by, 181, 182;
success of, 185; 186; letter to B.
from, 188; destruction of Danville
R. R. by, 194, 197, 214, 218, 228,
229, 442; 210, 283, 287; rifles fur-
nished to, 299; conference with Gill-
more, 325; in attack on Petersburg,
327, 328, 330-333, 338, 344, 354,
368, 444; 334; expedition of, 367,
488; demonstration on Norfolk, 377;
letter from Meade to, 394; to report to
Wilson, 420, 421; 425; to report to
Sheridan, 455, 456, 498; 499; ordered
to report to Brooks, 507; 545; to re-
port to Gregg, 563; recalled, 564-566Kautz's Camp, Sheridan in, 545
Kautz's Cavalry, 361, 388, 393, 537
"Kearsarge," the, 549, 550
Kelton, Maj. J. C, letter from B. to, 90Kemper, General, 213
Kemper's Brigade, 196, 256, 259
Kennedy, William, 130, see Smith,
William
Kensel, Lieut. Colonel, 69, 204, 224, 554Kentucky, 52, 457, 458
Kershaw, General, 539
Kershaw's Brigade, 398, 539Kershaw's Division, 595
Ketcham, Mr., 534
Keyes, General, 10
Kidder, Mr., 173
Kiddoo, Colonel, 248
Kilpatrick, expedition of, 46
Kilpatrick's Raid, 52
Kimball, Johnny, 173
Kimberly Brothers, Messrs., letter fromButler to, 65
King, Mr. W., 147
Kingsland Creek, 201, 441, 442Kingsland Road, the, 225
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Kinnon's Bluff, 244
Kinsman, Lieut. Col. J. Burnham, 10;
letter from B. to, 59; 173, 253, 257,
358, 363, 374, 395, 423, 435
Kirkland's Brigade, 463
Knight, William, statement of, 307-309;
433
Kusserow's New York Battery, Colonel,
97
Ladd's Tavern, 181
"Lady Johnson," the, 165
Lafourche District, the, 33, 36
Lambden, Mr., 141
Lambert, Captain, 560
Lane, Senator, 269, 489
Lane's Brigade, 463, 485, 495, 539
Langdon's Battery, 200
Lauretta, see Hildreth, Laura Wright
"L. B. Cowperthwaite," the, 304, 305,
307, 308, 433
Leager, Mr., 571
Ledlie, Brig. General, letter from B. to,
90
Lee, Maj. Gen. Fitz Hugh, 258, 262-264
Lee, Gen. Robert E., Grant's objective
point, 57, 76, 95, 144, 293, 313; in-
tention to anticipate Grant, 116, 362;
letter from, 158; 171, 177; reported
retreat of, 189, 202; 260, 261; tele-
gram to Pres. Davis from, 193; tele-
gram from Pres. Davis to, 194; Beau-
regard's plans for, 203-204, 234;
Battle of the Wilderness, 219; 228,
229, 242; re-enforced, 254, 255, 257,
258, 275, 442; daughter of, 257;
281, 285; letters to Beauregard from,
295, 389, 391; 310, 316; letter to
Hampton from, 397; 398, 407, 411;
letter from Grant for, 476; 484;
whereabouts uncertain, 485, 497, 498;
501; in Petersburg, 503; 549, 573
Lee, Rear Adm. S. P., letters from B. to,
1, 2, 57, 67, 77, 85, 142, 149, 154, 160,
163, 199, 209, 221, 230, 238, 288, 295,
298, 302, 313, 321, 372, 374, 390, 411,
424, 456; 44; letters to B. from, 53, 68,
131, 139, 142, 217, 233, 287, 320, 393;
asked to co-operate with Heckman, 68;
co-operation with B. of, 77, 78, 140,
161; 85, 95, 111, 115, 124, 167; tele-
gram from B. to, 199; despatch to
Welles from, 223; 225; despatches
to Gillmore from, 231, 233; confer-
ence with B., 238; in need of co-opera-
tion with army, 255; 266; in regardto obstruction vessels, 288, 295,
296, 298, 302, 320, 373, 374, 388,
390, 411; 289, 291, 363, 367; Pres.
visits, 424, 435
Lee's Army, 8, 142, 144, 168, 181, 182,
203, 230, 287, 313, 346, 373, 385, 389,
393, 407, 413, 423, 503, 541Lee's Mill, 558, 563
Lewis, Lieut. Colonel, 259
Lexington, 102
Libby Prison, 157, 479Lincoln, Pres. Abraham, 6; telegrams
from B. to, 9, 58, 63; 17; AmnestyProclamation of, 18, 19, 21, 105, 541,
587; telegrams to B. from, 29, 31, 39,
59, 231; Proclamation of Emancipation,
50; 54; criticism of, 61, 342, 494, 510-
513, 546; 65; re-nomination of, 66, 137,
325, 330, 337; 73; toast to, 79, 80;
91; in the affair of Mrs. White, 98-
101; 104, 113; letters from B. to,
145, 147, 228, 576, 593; quarrel withGalloway, 151; feeling for B. of, 175,
232, 235, 547, 548, 576, 594; 220;
with regard to B.'s commission, 228,
231; letters from Mrs. Tyler to, 242,
301; 292, 293; dependent upon Sew-ard, 342; telegram to Grant from,
373; expedition of 424, 435, 440;
in regard to transfer of B., 458; let-
ters to Grant from, 482, 505; relief of
Gillmore by, 464; 470, 472; ideas con-
cerning present emergency, 483; sends
peace commissioners to Davis, 514;
relieves Smith of command, 514, 516;
telegram from Wright to, 520; tele-
gram to Wright from, 521; on re-
cruiting, 521; 553; with Grant at
Fortress Monroe, 564-566, 575, 590;
Oath of Allegiance prescribed by,
569, 578; 571-573, 578, 593
Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham, 9, 29, 59, 98, 566
"Little Buntie," see Butler, Blanche
Little Washington, N. C, 128, 136, 142
Livingston, Com. John W., letters fromB. to 13, 16; 22
Long Bridge, 336
Longstreet, General, 230, 508
Longstreet's Army, 116
Longstreet's Corps, 230, 260, 316, 317,
392, 398, 415, 501, 539, 561
Lookout, the, B. at, 376-378
Loring, Doctor, 11
Lotie, see Hildreth, Laura Wright
Louisa, 242
INDEX 615
Louisiana, 52, 282, 482" Louisiana," the, 103
Louisiana Volunteers, the, 1st. Infantry,
36
Lowell, 23, 173, 192, 242, 440, 480, 499
Lower Dutch Gap, 233
Ludlow, Colonel, 88
Ludlow, Maj. B. C, 144; letter from B.
to, 217; letter to B. from 225, 382;
324, 327, 381; report from, 382; 456,
475, 502, 544
Lynchburg, 265, 314, 398
Lynchburg and Petersburg Railroad, the,
185
Lyon, Mr., 571
Lyons, Lord, 123
MM., Captain, 204
McAfee, Colonel, 259
McClellan, Doctor, 286, 263
McClellan Hospital, 452,
Macomb, Commander W. W., with
regard to supplies furnished to rebels
from Norfolk, 527
McConihe, 549
McCormick, Surg. Charles T., 286, 330;
applies for leave of absence, 321, 322;
363, 492, 554, 566, 594
McCurdy, Richard H., 470
McDowell, Colonel, 259
McGowan's Brigade, 485, 495, 539
McGowan's Division, 539
McLaughlin, Captain, 3-5
McManney, Mrs., letter to B. from, 455
McMurdy, R., letter to B. from, 136;
151
McRae, 540
Maddox, J. H., letter to Mrs. Pratt
from, 2
Maine Volunteers, the, 6th Reg't., 43;
8th Reg't., 208, 218; 9th Reg't., 218
Malvern Hill, 363, 365, 366, 393, 532
Malvern Hill Road, the, 537
Manchester, map showing, 164; 229
Manney, Lieut., 574
Mansun, Jos. W., 230
Map of Virginia, 164
Marivault, Capt. Henri, see Marivault,
Count Henri
Marivault, Count Henri, 121, 122; let-
ters from B. to, 62, 122, 126; letters to
B. from, 124, 125, 127
Marston, General, 143
Martin, General, 213
Martin, Capt. Fred, letter from B. to,
155; 242, 372, 373, 435, 440, 446
Martindale, Brig. Gen. J. H., ordered
to report to B., 143, 414; in Weitzel's
division, 252; 383; in command of
18th A. C, 479, 493, 509, 514; sug-
gested as commander of 10th A. C,519, 520, 523; before Petersburg, 498
Martindale's Division, 236, 401
Martin's Brigade, 136, 256, 260
Martinsburg, 469
Marvin, Assis. Adj. Gen. A. S. Jr., 184
Maryland, 93, 102, 112, 482; 493, 497,
501, 503, 509
Massachusetts, 7, 96, 111
Massachusetts Colored Troops, the, 5th
Reg't., 198
Massachusetts Volunteers, the, 19th
Reg't., 148; 25th Reg't., 128, 129;
26th Reg't., 23
Matthews County, 53
Maxwell, Captain, 382
Mayo, Colonel, 259
Meade, Maj. Gen. George G., in cam-paign against Richmond, 55, 77, 95,
144, 181, 224, 294; letters from Grant
to, 56, 396, 416, 421, 437, 455, 473,
537, 548, 550; circular from, 162;
General Orders of, 188; promotion
of, 220, 253; all posts and stations
over which supplies pass assigned to
command of, 303; communication to
B. from, 360; 364, 365; demon-stration against Petersburg, 381, 386,
393, 406, 408, 409, 413-415, 419, 422,
436, 438, 439, 463, 498, 507, 556-558;
387; letter from Smith to, 391; letter
to Kautz from, 394; letters from B.
to, 413, 416, 422, 566; letter to B.,
from, 413; 434, 466, 484, 501, 506;
letter to Grant from, 548; letters
from B. forwarded to, 555, 556; tele-
gram to B. from, 565
Mechansville, 293
Meigs, Brig. Gen. M. C, letters fromB. to, 15, 16, 112, 152; 82, 175; tele-
gram from B. to, 241; sent to inspect
army on the James River, 246, 255-
258, 263, 265; letters from Halleck
to, 246, 254; 247, letter to B. from,
237; letters to Halleck from, 255, 257,
265; 258
Mellen, Mr., 516
"Mercedita," the, 550
Mercer, Colonel, 259
Meridan, 96
Meridith, General, 88, 89
Messinger, Captain, 20
Mexico, 534
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"Miami," the, 114
Michie, Captain, see Michie, Lieutenant
Michie, Lieut., 208, 461, 464-467, 543,
561
Milford Station, Grant at, 254
Mills, Mr., 79, 80, 449
Millward, Joseph, letter to B. from, 545
Mississippi, 52
"Mississippi," the, 103
Mississippi River, the, 45, 96
Missouri, 52, 457, 458, 585
Mitchell, Mr., Ill
Mobile, 96
Monocacy, 483
Montague, Colonel, 259
"Montauk," the, 90
Montgomery, Captain, 143
Montpelier, Vt., 591
Moore, Thomas J., letter to B. from, 61
Mordecai, 299
Morehead City, 80
Morgan, Lieut. Colonel, letter from B. to,
373
Morgunza, 282
Morrill, Senator, 270
Morrison, Colonel, 70, 259
Mosby, General, 469
Moss, Major, 434
Mott's Division, 558
Mountain Top, 360
Mount Crawford, 320, 325
Mount Eyrie, 449
Muhlenburg, Lieut., 28
Mulford, Maj. J. E., 1, 6, 44, 45, 83;
letter from B. to, 91; 147, 193, 196,
325, 331, 480, 486
NNansemond, 69
Nashville, 143, 144
Natchez, 282, 523
National Convention, the, 536
National Democratic Executive Com-mittee, the, 536
National Hotel, the, 93
National Sanitary Committee, the, 470Neal, General, 24, 42, 43, 68
Negro Affairs, Superintendent of, 31;
see Kinsman, Col. J. Burnham, see
also Wilder, Capt. C. B., see also Brown,Captain; Ass't., see Churchill, Mr.
Neil, see Neal, General
Neill, see Neal, General
Nelson, 242
Newbern, 53, 85, 102, 114, 116, 124, 128,
130, 136, 142, 182, 502
New Hampshire, 63, 96
New Hampshire Volunteers, the 2ndReg't., 130; 3rd Reg't., 186, 347; 6th
Reg't., 218; 7th Reg't., 347, 447; 10th
Reg't., 63, 147, 148
New Hope, 282
New Jersey Batteries, the, 5th Reg't., 82
New Jersey Volunteers, the, 4th Reg't.,
97
New Kent Court House, 234
New Liberia, 47
New Market, 176
New Market Road, the, 537
New Orleans, 23, 31, 32, 34, 36-38, 80,
145, 149, 226, 282, 322, 430, 464, 538-
540, 570, 576, 590, 591
New Regime, the, 309, 339
New York, 7, 96, 483, 582; Gov. of, see
Seymour, Horatio
"New York," the 15, 16, 80, 92, 151, 196
New York City, 42, 74, 80, 117, 119, 172,
173, 192, 309, 320, 470, 489, 492, 513,
514, 521-523, 534, 566, 582
New York Monitor Rifles, the, 313
New York, Mounted Rifles, the, 1st
Reg't., 446
New York Volunteers, the, 3rd Cavalry,
58, 136; 12th Cavalry, 502; 3rd Reg't.,
284, 420, 462; 16th Artillery, 28, 132,
133; 16th Reg't., 70; 22nd Reg't., 181;
33rd Reg't., 82; 47th Reg't., 247; 91st
Reg't., 80; 96th Reg't., 90; 98th Reg't.,
90; 112th Reg't., 218, 138th Reg't., 13;
169th Reg't., 218; letter from Gillmore
to Engineers of, 272
Newport News, 138, 312
News, the, 59
Nichols, Ass't. Adjt. Gen. H. A., 173,
527, 532
Nicolay, John C, letters from B. to, 78,
99; letters to B. from, 98, 101; in-
quiries concerning Mrs. White, 98-101
Norfolk, 7, 16-18, 20, 22, 54, 59, 67, 71,
73, 90, 113; liquor trade in, 104, 159,
160, 304-310, 432-434; uneasiness felt
by Northerners in, 134; 136, 147, 153,
159, 160; Shepley at, 240; 265; ir-
regularities at, 268, 269; 275, 289, 339,
365; Kautz's demonstration on, 377;
414, 454, 458, 471, 474, 475, 484, 489,
493, 498, 499, 501, 513; B. orders
quarantine at, 514; 515; conflict be-
tween military and civil authority in,
516, 517, 541, 545, 546, 570-594; 523
supplies furnished to rebels from, 527
528, 529, 532; Seward at, 533; 566
circuit court of, 567; a government
city, 570; suggested change of Ass't.
INDEX 617
Adj. Gen. in, 590; Postmaster of, see
Whipple, E. W.Norfolk County, 568, 581
Norfolk Navy Yard, the, 15
Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, the, 211
Norfolk Road, the, 558
North Anna, 251, 260, 261, 265, 268
North Carolina, recruitment in, 29, 30;
40, 41, 52, 76, 82, 85, 98, 102, 109, 116,
120, 124; the District of, 129, 146; 136,
142, 153-155, 158, 197, 209, 235, 240,
260, 401, 458, 473, 474, 502
North Carolina Volunteers, the, 2ndReg't., 30, 146; 6th Reg't., 259; 7th
Reg't., 344; 8th Reg't., 488; 21st
Reg't., 259; 24th Reg't., 259; 25th
Reg't., 259; 35th Reg't., 259; 43rd
Reg't., 259; 49th Reg't., 259; 54th
Reg't., 259; 56th Reg't., 259; 57th
Reg't., 259
North River, 304, 305
Northumberland County, 595
Norton, Captain, letter from B. to, 366
Nottoway, 357
Nottoway Bridge, 188
O
Oath of Allegiance, the, 18-21, 54,
55, 569, 578, 581
O'Brien, Richard, orders from B. to, 166
O'Connor, Major, 13
Officer in charge Pontoons belonging to
Army of Potomac at Bermuda Land-
ing, letter from B. to, 334
Officer in Command at City Point, see
Russell, Colonel
Ohio, 66, 285
Ohio Volunteers, the, 347, 385; 15 Reg't.,
402
"Old Episcopal Church," the, 59
Old Point, 244, 302
Old Wilderness, three days' fight at, 174
Onderdonk, Colonel, 205, 206, 216
Onderdonk's Cavalry, 205, 206, 215
"Onondaga," the, 139
Opdyke, Mr., 534
Ord, General, 261, 482; assigned to
command of 10th Corps, 485, 508, 509;
given command of 18th Corps, 519,
523, 528; in assault on Petersburg,
556-559, 565; to report to Grant for
orders, 560; 564; letter from B. to, 594
Ordnance Department, the, 73
Ordnance Wharf, 296
Ord's Corps, 563
Osborn, 77, 78
Otey, Colonel, 259
Ould, Robert, letter to B. from, 1; letters
from B. to, 1, 14, 151, 152, 157, 191;
negotiations with B., 1, 3, 5, 9, 44-53,
83, 113, 330; letter to Stanton from,
23; 88, 89, 97; interview between
Gillmore, Jaquess, and, 486, 487, 490,
491, 497; with regard to crew of
"Alabama," 550; 553
Owen, Mr., 191, 245, 262, 274, 283, 285,
472
Owens, Colonel, 259
P., Governor, see Pierpont, E. H.Paine, Brig. Gen. Charles, J., 121; letters
from B. to, 122, 354; 413; letters to
Biggs from, 312; 324, 326, 333, pro-
motion of, 475, 594
Palmer, Charles J., Secretary Sequestra-
tion Commission, 38; statement of, 38
Palmer, Brig. Gen. I. M., letters from B.
to, 108, 115, 127, 153; 130; report of
action in North Carolina, 131, 153;
letter from Capt. Smith to, 166; 313,
489
Pamplico Sound, the, 128, 129
Pamunkey, the, 42, 57, 268, 269, 275,280,
288, 410
Pantego Creek, 24, 25
"Parke," the 414
Parker, Ass't. Adjt. Gen. E. S., 303, 514
Parker, Isabelle S., letter to B. from, 553
Parton, James, author "History of the
Administration of the Gulf," 33; letters
from Mrs. B. to, 74, 314, 412; 235, 245,
286, 289, 294, 364; reply to Mrs. B.
from, 383
Parton, Mrs. James, 74, 75, 342, 359, 361,
412, 413
Patten, Lieut. Colonel, letter from B. to,
312; sent to reconnoiter, 313
Patton, Colonel, 259
Patterson, Captain, 12
Patrick, General, 438
Paul, Monsieur, 117; letters from B. to,
160, 196
Peace Commissioners, the, see Gillmore,
Mr.; see also Jaquess, Colonel
Peal, Mr., 528
Peale, Mrs., 528
Peck, Maj. Gen. John J., letter fromDenny to, 24; letter from Heaton to,
40; letters from B. to, 58, 129, 138; 81;
letter from Shaffer to, 85; 97, 98; let-
ter to B. from, 102; 109; report oncapture of Plymouth, 115, 131, 132;
change of command for, 129; General
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Order No. 70, 138; correspondence
between Pickett, and, 146
Pemberton, General, 46, 88, 116
Peninsula, the, 108, 148, 158
Pennsylvania, 96, 112, 285, 483, 534
Pennsylvania Artillery, the, 414, 485
Pennsylvania Volunteers, the, 1st colored
cavalry, 420; 55th Reg't., 218; 97th
Reg't., 218; 5th Cavalry, 414, 420
"Pequot," the, 266
"Perry," the, 85
Pettinger, George, 305
Petersburg, 117, 124; Beauregard at, 142,
182, 185; map showing, 164; cutting
off communications between Richmondand, 169, 183, 395; movement against,
179, 184, 211, 257, 277, 279, 280, 285,
290, 297, 316, 317, 327, 328, 330-341,
344-357, 359, 361, 362, 364, 366-370,
373-377, 379-389, 391, 392, 394-396,
398-403, 406-411, 413, 417, 418, 422,
427, 437, 444, 463, 501, 539, 549, 556-
559, 561-564, 566, 575, 590, 596; rebels
beaten at, 188; 194, 196-198, 209;
rebel situation at, 210-212, 234, 260,
383; 225, 229, 276, 295, 296; recon-
noissance toward, 312, 313; 324, 426;
B. goes to, 451, 453, 454, 519, 522; 461,
466, 485, 497-499, 503; 552
Petersburg and Lynchburg Railroad, 229
Petersburg Railroad, the, 167, 169, 171,
172, 203, 284, 388, 441, 498
Petersburg and Richmond Railroad, the,
185
Petersburg and Weldon Railroad, the,
213, 230
Pfohl, Colonel, 259
Philadelphia, 70, 93, 119, 173, 191, 203,
219, 226, 235, 309, 497, 515
"Philadelphia," the, 489, 527
Philadelphia Railroad, the, cut by rebels,
495
Phillip, gets appointment from President,
293, 357
Philpot, John, 30
Pickett, Gen. George E., 109; correspond-
ence between Peck and, 146; 158; tele-
gram from Cooper to, 158; wounded,
171, 172; reconnoissance made by,
209-210; 213, 255, 390, 447, 497, 503
Pickett's Division, 251, 254, 260, 389,
415, 463, 486, 495, 595
Pierpont, Gov. E. H., controversy with
B. on liquor question, 104, 150, 159,
160, 304-310, 431-434, 595; "History
of Virginia" by, 136, 137; letter fromZantzinger and Daniels to, 309; Snead
commissioned by, 568; state govern-
ment represented by, 572; 580, 587;
Pierpont Government, the, 545
Pierson, C. H., 304, 305, 480
Piney Branch Church, 174
Pinkney, Moses, 341
Plimpton, Lieut.-Col. J. I., letter to Capt.
Terry from, 382
Plymouth, 95, 97, 98, 102, 108, 110, 114-
116, 118, 124, 127-132, 142, 156, 255,
259, 265, 486
Point Lookout, 22, 44, 64, 91, 109, 130,
136, 146, 156, 321, 333, 387, 467, 519,
562
Point of Rocks, 171, 269, 296, 300, 354,
444, 445, 479, 532, 542
Pomeroy, Senator, 66, 269, 270
Pontoon Bridge, 334, 544, 545
Port Hudson, 46, 47, 84, 88, 428
Port Royal, 162, 247, 254, 479, 576
Port Walthall, 77, 139, 377, 486
Port Walthall Junction, 206, 223, 232,
233, 288, 398, 539
Portsmouth, 7, 18, 20, 54, 55, 106, 107,
138, 266, 275, 312, 329, 339, 432, 475,
478, 499, 513, 577, 581
Portsmouth County, 576, 568
Postmaster General, the, see Blair, Mont-gomery
Potomac, the, 226, 228, 242, 246, 253, 256,
277, 364
Potomac Flotilla, the, Com. of, see
Hooker, Captain
Powell, Thomas J., 561
Powhatan, 469
Powhatan Station, 229
Pratt, Thomas H. G., letter to Mrs. Pratt
from, 2
Pratt, Mrs. Thomas H. G., letter fromThomas H., G. Pratt to, 2; letter
from Maddox to, 2
Pressley, Colonel, 259
Prince George Court House Road, the,
368
Princess Ann County, 567, 568, 581
Proctor's Creek, 200, 442
Puffer, Capt. A. F., 113, 163, 165; letter
from Horton to, 304
Pungo River, the, 24, 25
Pwans Point, rebel signal station at,
201
RRaleigh, N. C, 12
Randall, Mrs. Mary H, 123
Ransom, Gen. R., Jr., 153; telegram to
Bragg from, 193; 194, 212; suggested
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in place of Shepley, 523; friendliness
of Grant for, 523
Ransom's Brigade, 196, 256, 259Ransom's Division, 255
Rapidan, the, 57, 109, 144, 161
Rappahannock River, the, 144, 145, 156,
237, 241, 246, 251, 254, 540Rawlins, Brig.-Gen. J. A., letters from
B. to, 94, 469; letter to Abercrombie
from, 328; letter from Babcock to, 400;
letters from Smith to, 426, 461; 468;
letters to Grant from, 526; 542
Raymond, Mr., speech of, 359, 361
Reade, Mrs., 472
Rebel War Department, the, 97
Red Bluff, the, 211
Red River, the, 111
Redoubt, 549
Reed, Charles, 55
"Regime," the, 245
Reid, William J., 540
"Relief," the, 489
"Reno," the, 128, 129
Renshaw, James M., 489
Republican, St. Louis, the, editor of, 111
Republican Party, the, 292
Respass, Isaiah, 24-27
Reynolds, Gen. J. J., 458
Rhode Island, 462
Rhode Island Volunteers, the, James'
Battery, 462, 463; 4th Reg't., 469
Richards, Mr., 545
Richmond, 3, 5, 6; campaign against, 8, 9,
57, 76-78, 82, 83, 95, 96, 116, 136, 141,
142, 144, 153, 158, 161, 169, 170, 172,
177, 180, 181, 184, 185, 188, 190-194,
196, 198, 203, 205, 212, 213, 219, 226-
230, 234, 242, 245, 251, 254, 257, 260,
261, 263, 264, 272, 275, 281, 285, 288,
293, 295, 296, 310, 312, 313, 316, 330,
365, 366, 378, 385, 388, 393, 395, 407,
411, 421, 430, 440, 441, 480, 484, 485,
501, 537-540, 542, 551, 555; 11, 27,
43-46, 92, 94, 102, 110, 113, 130, 143;
map showing, 164; 173, 262, 284;
Mayor of, 293; 320, 336, 346, 361, 364,
379, 381, 395, 398, 400, 426, 437, 450,
463, 486, 490, 498, 499, 515, 552, 571,
576; removal of tobacco from, see
French Government, the
Richmond and Danville Railroad, the,
207
Ricketts, General, to support Foster, 402
Ricketts' Division, 482, 483
Risley, H. A., letters to B. from, 484, 516;
489; letter from B. to, 496; 515;
daughter of, 516, 517
Ritch, Mr., 25
"Roanoke," the, 45
Roanoke Island, 102, 115, 128, 154, 526,
527
Roanoke River, the, 114, 154, 166, 182
Roberts, Colonel, 115, 155, 326
Rockville, 426
Rogers, Capt. Henry, 304, 308
Rosecrans, General, relations with B.,
458Rowley, Colonel, 139
Royal Navy, the, 30
Rucker, General, 68, 71, 256, 423
Ruin's House, 335
Ruggles, Col. George D., letter from B. to,
28
Russell, Colonel, officer in command at
City Point, 247; letter from B. to, 248;
telegram from B. to, 251; 290
Russell, Lieut. Daniel, 147, 148
Russel's Division, 409
Rutledge, Colonel, 259
"St. Charles," the, 31, 32
Sale, Col. Juno B., 159, 212
"Sample," the, 24, 40
Sanborn, 192, 228, 235, 257, 322
Sanders, Colonel, 475
Sands, Captain, lack of co-operation of,
313
Sanitary Commission Fair, the, B.
presents canes and flags to, 203, 235,
244, 256, 262
Sanitary Fair, the, see Sanitary Com-mission Fair, the
"Sassacus," the, 166
Savannah, 2
Savannah River, 45
Sawtell, Captain, letter from B, to, 67
Scales' Brigade, 485, 495
Schroeder, Henry T., telegram to Davis
from, 182
Schrouder, Lieut., 69
Scroggs, Colonel, 81
Scrymser and Co., John, 304, 305
Sealy, Capt. Israel R., 247
Secessionville, 288
Secretary of Navy, the, see Welles,
Gideon; Ass't., see Fox, Capt. G. V.
Secretary of State, the, see Seward,
William H.Secretary of the Treasury, see Chase,
Salmon P.
Secretary of War, see Stanton, Edwin M.;Ass't., see Dana, C. A.; of Confederate
States, see Seddon, J. A.
620 INDEX
Seddon, J. A., 62; telegrams to Beaure-
gard from, 190, 193; 213
Sedgwick, General, corps of, 174
Semmes, Captain, 550
Semple, Doctor, 479
Senior Staff Officer at Headquarters,
City Point, see Comstock, Lieut. Col.
C. B.
Sentinel, the Richmond, 276, 360, 368
Sequard, Dr. Brown, 476, 480
Sequestration Commission, the, 32-39;
Secretary of, see Palmer, Charles J.
Sequestration Corps, the U. S., 38
Sequin, Lieut., 125
Serrell, Col. Edward W., 165, 216, 272,
273, 283
Seward, Frederick, 528
Seward, Mrs. Frederick, 528
Seward, William H., 65, 66; telegrams to
B. from, 69, 72; 91; letter to Stanton
from, 116; 122; letter from B. to, 123;
125; 292, 342, 513; visits B., 528, 532;
at Norfolk, 533; relations with Shepley,
533; relations with B., 534, 540, 554,
555; 546, 554
Sewell, Lieutenant, 433
Sewell, Mr., 306
Sewell's Point, 312
Seymour, Horatio, letter from B. to, 13
Shaffer, Mrs., 505, 507, 518, 530, 540,
542
Shaffer, Capt. James Pi., letter from B. to,
29; 544
Shaffer, Col. J. W., 69; letter to Peck
from, 85; letter to Turner from, 86;
90, 106, 107, 109; letter to Shepley
from 138; 173, 195; letters from Amesto, 204, 218, 222, 223; 215; letters
from Gillmore to, 239, 363; 240; letter
from Gen. Smith to, 250; letter from
Shepley to, 284; telegram from Gill-
more to, 295; 304, 342, 343, 358; let-
ters to Gillmore from, 362, 368; letters
to Terry from, 367, 388, 377, 384; letter
from Terry to, 384, 389; 392, 423, 430;
illness of, 470; letters to B. from, 474,
483, 493, 512, 515, 523, 547; letters
from B. to, 483, 518, 530, 531; letter
from Wheeler to, 494, 500, 506, 513,
528, 529, 532-534, 540, 542, 545; letter
from Ingalls to, 560
Sharp, Colonel, letter from B. to, 595
Shenandoah Valley, the, 319, 541
Shepley, Miss, 326
Shepley, Brig. Gen. George F., telegrams
from B. to, 113, 240; 131; letter from
Shaffer to, 138; at Norfolk, 240; letter
to Shaffer from, 284; daughters of,
289, 453, 470; letters from B. to, 304,
431, 514; 326, 358; regarding granting
of permits, 396; actions questioned,
429, 430; 470, 474, 504, 516; leave
of absence, 522; 527, 529, 530, 532;
relations with Seward of, 533; rela-
tions with B., 533; 540; letter to B.
from, 541; 546; commanding District
of Va., 587
Sheridan, Maj. Gen. Phil H, letters fromB. to, 72, 158, 207, 214, 217, 222; tele-
gram from Humphreys to, 176; moveagainst Chaffin's Farm, 207, 209, 214;
in compaign against Richmond, 217,
234, 241, 449, 542, 545, 551, 553;
expedition up Shenandoah Valley, 319,
410, 498, 537; in movement against
Petersburg, 444-447, 455, 456; letters
to B. from, 224, 225; return to Armyof the Potomac of, 224, 225
Sheridan's Cavalry, 213, 223, 455, 537,
553
Sheridan's Columns, 544, 545
Sherman, Maj. Gen. T. W., 143, victory
at Tunnel Hill and Dalton, 188; 189,
199; made Major General, 220, 253;
423, 458, 505, 521
Sherman's Cavalry, 575
Sherman's Company, see Busley & Co.
Sherwood Forest, 301
Sickles, General, 253
Silliman, Anna, 54
Silver Springs, 195
Simmons, Lieut. J. W., letter from B. to,
266
Slough, General, 136, 137, 159
Smisport, 282
Smith, Lieut. Colonel, 181
Smith, Madam, 143
Smith, Extra Billy, 572
Smith, Com. Joseph, letter from B. to,
21
Smith, Kirby, 96
Smith, Captain Melancthon, 129, 154;
letter to Palmer from, 166; 182, 496,
557Smith, William, 130
Smith, Maj. Gen. William F., 8, 24, 42;
in campaign against Richmond, 57, 76,
110, 158, 165, 167-169, 171, 180, 183,
185-187, 194, 197-199, 205, 214, 215,
221-224, 229, 236, 239, 240, 251, 260,
261, 268, 269, 275, 278, 310, 318, 322;
82; letters from B. to, 120, 135, 162,
168, 169, 175, 180, 184, 195, 197, 206,
208, 239, 248, 254, 276, 278, 279, 280,
INDEX 621
329, 339, 375, 380, 383, 386, 426, 427,
438, 447, 450, 453, 456, 461, 462, 463,
465, 468, 477; letter from Babcock to,
142; letters to B. from 167, 168, 176,
179, 183, 185-187, 195-197, 200, 205,
206, 208, 239, 251, 254, 376, 383, 427,
447, 452, 462, 465, 470, 477, 479;
letters from Gillmore to, 167, 186;
telegram to Gillmore from, 179; 227;
letters from B. sent to, 234, 249;
Grant's estimate of, 246, 457, 458;
letter to Shaffer from, 250; relations
between B. and, 253, 256, 258, 363-
365, 426, 427, 457, 459, 460, 484, 493,
517, 521; telegrams from B. to, 195,
270, 462; letter from Halleck to, 278;
in demonstration against Petersburg,
279, 280, 330, 336, 360, 364, 365, 367,
374-383, 385-387, 391, 392, 397, 399,
403, 406, 407, 411, 425, 436, 439-443,
448, 449, 462, 463, 472, 477; in re-
gard to colored troops, 329, 450,
451-453, 468-470, 477; letters fromGrant to, 376, 459; telegrams to B.
from, 383, 448, 469; letter to Meadefrom, 391; 401; in regard to transfer
of command of, 426, 427, 457-459, 471,
472, 481-483, 508, 513-515, 519, 521-
523; letters to Rawlins from, 426, 461;
in regard to leave of absence, 459-461,
479, 493; in matter of transfer of
Michie, 461, 465, 466; letter to Weit-
zel from, 468
Smithfield, 53, 284
Smith's Corps, 282, 398, 399, 411, 444
Snead, Edward K., 546; examination of,
567-574, 582, 584, to open count in
Norfolk, 575, 582, 591-593; JudgeFirst Judicial District of Virginia, 581;
letter from B. to, 591; letter to B. from,
592; released, 593, 594
South Anna, the, 251, 260-263, 265, 268,
275, 537
South Carolina, 8, 52, 56, 158, 197;
Sounds of, 527; 562
South Carolina Volunteers, the, 11th
Reg't., 259; 21st Reg't., 259; 25th
Reg't., 259, 595; 27th Reg't., 259, 288
South Side Railroad, the 211, 212
Southampton County, 567, 568, 581
"Southfield," the, 101, 114
Spain, 579
"Spaulding," the, 15, 86
Spear, 211
Spencer, 208" Spirit of the Times," the, 314
Spottsylvania, 174
Spottsylvania Court House, 174, 180,
181, 195
Spring Hill, 210, 268, 278, 290, 293, 296,
297, 300, 302, 312, 325, 345, 402; officer
in command at, see Ames, Colonel
Stackpole, Maj. J. L., 27, 177
Stafford, Col. S. H, 145, 184, 245, 385
Standard, Brig. General, ordered to re-
port to B., 143
Stanton, 320, 360
Stanton, Edwin M., letters from B. to, 3,
16, 23, 28, 31, 32, 44, 54, 56, 62, 70, 71,
73, 80, 96, 97, 131, 133, 135, 136, 143,
151, 152, 170-172, 181, 197, 205, 228,
229, 234, 241, 258, 259, 264, 280,
284, 288, 330, 333, 360, 414, 457,
595; 6, 9, 15; letter from Bates to,
17; letter from Ould to, 23; letters to
B. from, 24, 143, 168, 180, 181, 189,
198, 202, 235, 261, 325; 60, 65, 79;
letter from Grant to, 91; letter from
Seward to, 116; telegrams from B. to,
147, 171, 172, 262, 265, 281, 293; 158,
165; telegrams to B. from, 170, 175,
182, 195, 595; 173, 193, 219; attitude
toward B. of, 235, 484; censure of
Gillmore by, 444; letter to Halleck
from, 472; 489; resignation of, 520,
521; letter to Lincoln from, 521; letter
from Welles to, 527; 532
Stanton, J. W., letter from B. to, 31
Stanton & Co., J. W., 32
Stephen, 319, 375, 412, 493
Sternhold and Hopkins, quoted, 513
Stevenson, Richard, 341
Stone, Mrs., 59
Stonington, Conn., 31
Stony Creek, 182, 229
Stony Creek Bridge, 188
Streight, Colonel, 24
Sturdivant's Battery, 356
Suffolk, 58, 68, 158, 165, 181, 499
Summit, 282
Sumner, Senator, 269
Sumner, Capt. E. G., letter from B. to,
501; appointed Special Inspector of
Cavalry, 501-503
Supreme Court, the, 572
Surrey County, 567
Surrey Court House, 284, 438
Sussex County, 567, 568, 581
"Swann," the, 80
Swift, Captain, 39
Swift Creek, 185, 186, 188, 211, 222, 443,
473, 485
Symington, Sergt., 282
Symington, Samuel, letter from B. to, 282
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Tabb, Colonel, 260
Taliaferro's Cavalry, 356
Tanner's Creek, 312
Taylor, Charles, 341
Taylor, Gen. Dick, 47
Taylor, James, 103, 104
Teche, the, 103
Temple's House, 210
Tennessee, 52
Tennessee Railroad, the, destruction of,
162, 179, 180
Tennessee Volunteers, the, 17th Reg't.,
259; 23rd Reg't., 259; 63rd Reg't., 259
Terry, Capt. Adrion, 382; letter from B.
to, 394
Terry, Brig. Gen. Alfred H., 108, 110;
letters from B. to, 133, 247, 384, 390,
392-394, 406, 410; ordered to report
to B., 143; in campaign against
Richmond, 165, 179, 186, 189, 190,
196, 220, 233, 239, 295, 297, 299, 325;
demonstration against Petersburg, 328,
330, 384, 388, 394, 403, 404; letters
from Shaffer to, 367, 388; letter to
Shaffer from, 389; 397; letter to B.
from, 402; telegram from B. to, 403;
conference with Abbot and Wright,
404-406; in command of 10th A. C,509; letter from Weitzel to, 525
Terry's Brigade, 259
Terry's Division, 215, 237
Texas, 52
Thayer & Co., J, E., 173
Thomas' Brigade, 485, 495
"Thomas Powell," the, 266
Thornton, Captain, 113
"Thos. A. Scott," the, 80
Times, the N. Y., Ill, 315, 359
"Tisiphone," the, 62, 124, 160; captain
of, see Maurivalt, Count Henri
Todd, Mr., 493
Todd & Co., 474
Todd's Tavern, 174
"Tom Ford," see Ford, TomTopographical Engineers, the Bureau of
the, 380
Towey, Sinclair, letter from B. to, 59, 86
Trade, legal and illegal in the insur-
rectionary districts of Virginia andNorth Carolina with references to
officials and others connected there-
with, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25,
26, 27, 40, 41, 42, 64, 71, 81, 111,
304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 396,
429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 473, 474,
475, 484, 489, 490, 493, 496 515, 516,
523, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 532, 590,
591, 595
Transcript, the, 476
Trans-Mississippi Department, the, 96
Trent's Reach, 139, 140, 217, 255, 552
Tribune, the N. Y., 100, 101, 168, 235,
273, 281, 285, 313, 315, 317
Tunnel Hill, victory at, 188
"Tunxis," the, 515
Turkey Bend, 255
Turnbull, S. N., 112; letter from B.
to, 112
Turner, Brig. Gen. Jno. W., letter fromShaffer to, 86; letter to B. from, 108;
110; in campaign against Richmond,
179, 186-190, 196, 200, 218, 223, 238,
271, 283, 325; letter from Bowen to,
214; 388; letter from B. to, 390;
575
Turner's Division, 215, 237, 241, 271,
438, 439, 452, 453, 469, 531
Tyler, President, canes and secession
flag taken from house of, 203
Tyler, Mrs. Ex-President, see Tyler,
Mrs. Julia Gardiner
Tyler, Henry C, 433
Tyler, John C, 243, 244, 301
Tyler, Mrs. Julia Gardiner, letter to
Lincoln from, 242, 301; letter from
Clopton to, 244; letter to B. from, 301
Tyler, Miss Maria, 243, 244, 301
U"Underwhiter," the, 53
Union and War Democrats of the United
States, the, letter from Ashley to, 534
Union Defence Committee, the, 470
United States Army, the, Battery L,
4th Artillery, 28; Battery A, 5th
Artillery, 28; 2nd Corps, 376, 399,
437, 537, 538, 557, 558; 5th Corps,
393, 558; 6th Corps, 387, 421, 422,
437, 482, 487, 488, 560; 9th Corps, 42,
399, 451, 456, 558; 10th Corps, 81,
108, 110, 112, 163, 218, 236, 237,
368, 399, 423, 450, 462, 464, 468,
469, 483, 486, 487, 506, 508, 519,
520, 523, 524, 528; 16th Corps, 401;
18th Corps, 120, 164, 165, 181, 205,
236, 237, 248, 336, 337, 396, 399, 413,
414, 422, 450, 451, 459, 472, 481, 483,
487, 493, 508, 509, 519, 528, 556, 558,
565; 19th Corps, 282, 437, 473, 481-
483, 487, 508, 513, 514, 518, 525,
539, 541-544, 548, 549, 565, 575;
Colored Troops of, 80, 82, 450, 451;
INDEX 623
1st Cavalry C. T., 468; 2nd Cavalry
C. T., 468, 470; 5th, Cavalry C. T.,
468; 22nd Cavalry C. T., 468;
37th Cavalry C. T., 468
United States Colored Troops, the,
1st. Reg't. C. T., 109, 341; 6th Reg't.
C. T., 112, 113, 341, 342; 10th In-
fantry C. T., 470; 22nd Reg't. C. T.,
377; 36th Reg't. C. T., 333, 467
United States Volunteers, the, 1st Reg't.,
142
Upham, Doctor, 476
Usher, Major, 191, 323, 327, 423; letter
from B. to, 446
Usher, Mrs., 264, 293, 322, 423
Van Vliet, Major, telegram from B.
to, 149
Vermont, 590
"Veteran Reserves," see "Invalid Corps"
Vicksburg, 46-48, 84, 88, 282, 553
Viele, General, 308
"Vigilant," the, 410
Vincent, Maj. Thomas M., letter from
B. to, 6
Virginia, 51, 52, 116; history of, 136;
142, 159; map of, 164; 171; Regi-
ments, 260; 432-434; B's entrench-
ments in Southern, 442; 516, 541,
567, 568, 570-573, 576, 577, 580, 581,
583, 585; District of, 587; 588, 590;
Gov. of, see Pierfont, E. H.; Armyof North, 153
Virginia Central Railroad, the, 314, 537
Virginia Volunteers, the, 1st. Reg't., 259
2nd Cavalry, 264; 3rd Reg't., 259
7th Reg't., 259; 8th Reg't., 259
9th Reg't., 259; 11th Reg't., 259; 14th
Reg't., 259; 15th Reg't., 259; 17th
Reg't., 259; 18th Reg't., 259; 19th
Reg't., 259; 24th Reg't., 259; 28th
Reg't., 259; 29th Reg't., 259; 30th
Reg't., 259; 32nd Reg't., 259; 38th
Reg't., 259; 42nd Reg't., 595; 53rd
Reg't., 259; 57th Reg't., 259; 59th
Reg't., 260
Vodges, Brig. General, 110; ordered to
report to Shepley, 138
Voorhees, Senator, 270
Voris, Colonel, 183
WWade, Benjamin F., 171, 269, 270, 292,
464, 541
Wadleigh, Mr., 489
Wafford's Brigade, 539
Walker, Brig. General, capture of, 238,
240, 250, 255, 260; letter from wife
to, 252; 346
Walker's Brigade, 256, 260
Wallace, Andrew, letter to B. from, 520
Wallace, Maj. Gen. Lew, letters from B.
to, 90, 93, 141; letter to B. from, 141;
483
Walthall Junction, 218, 232, 254, 357, 495
War Democrats, 510, 512, 534, 536
War Office, the, 35, 36
Warrick's, 312
Wardrop, Col. D. W., letter to Davisfrom 154; 526
Ware Bottom Church, 174, 175, 177,
178, 190, 221, 231, 232, 392, 395, 403
Warren, Maj. General, circular No. 40
by, 184; 394, 558, 559
Warren's Corps, 174, 399
Washburn, 494
Washington, D. C, 6, 8, 9, 15, 24, 25,
29, 31, 35, 39, 44, 47, 52, 69, 91, 92,
96, 97, 125, 131, 133, 219, 235, 258, 285,
317, 322, 361, 364, 372, 375, 380, 423,
429, 475, 481-484, 487, 489, 493-495,
497, 500-503, 515-517, 522, 526, 540,
542, 548, 565, 572, 575, 580, 583, 591
Washington, N. C, 102, 114, 116, 118,
124, 129, 130, 136, 139, 141, 144, 155,
169
Watson, P. H., letter from B. to, 39
Waynesboro, 360
Webb, Acting Master, 53
Webster, Captain, 153
Webster, Mr. (Sec. to Seward), 66
Webster, Mr., 173, 191, 310, 322, 324,
337, 358, 363, 365, 382, 418, 454,
474, 475, 491, 528, 540, 566
Webster, George, 318
Webster, W. P., letter from Hackett to,
333
Weed, Thurlow, 36, 534
Weitzel, Brig. Gen. Godfrey, 143; tele-
gram from B. to, 150; telegram to B.
from, 150; 181, 187, 206, 218; letters
from B. to, 238, 239, 373; on B.'s
staff, 252, 256; 258, 360; in com-mand on James River, 268; 274, 277,
278, 282, 283, 291, 311, 327, 329,
345, 359; conference with Adm. Lee,
374; 390; reconnaissance by, 397,
398, 400, 420, 421; 407; letter to
Abbott from, 408; Benham ordered
to turn over bridge material to, 416;
424, 428; friendliness for B., 431;
454; letter to Farquhar from, 461;
regarding transfer of Michie, 461, 464-
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467; 462, 463; telegrams from Com-stock to, 464, 495, 497; letters to
Barnard from, 465, 466, 468; letter
from Barnard to, 467; letter from
Smith to, 468; 475, 477, illness of,
484, 491, 498, 576; 492, letter to
Grant from, 496; letter to Terry
from, 525; 540; letter to Birney from,
542; letter to Innis from, 547; letters
to Comstock from, 551, 552; letter
to Hancock from, 552; 554, letter to
Birney from, 559; 566, 576, 590, 594
Weld, Mason C, letter to B. from, 546
Weldon, N. C, 136, 156, 538
Weldon and Petersburg Railroad, the,
330, 331
Weldon Road, the, 211, 212, 228, 438,
473, 537, 549, 563
Welles, Gideon, letters to B. from, 75,
549; letter from B. to, 103; despatch
from Adm. Lee to, 223; letter to
Stanton from, 527; letter from Danato, 527
Wellesly, Sir Arthur, 579
Wellville Station, 229
Wessells, General, 85, 115, 116, 128,
129, 131
West, Col. Robert M., 165, 168, 414
West Point, 4, 149, 251, 269, 278, 282,
410, 414, 435
Westham Road, 194
Weymouth, Major, 513
Wheldon, Lieut. Colonel, 20, 474, 523,
528
Wheeler, B. G., letter to Shaffer from,
494
Wheeling, 568, 571
Whipple, E. W., 284; letter to B. from,
545
White, General, 558
White, Mrs. J. Todd, 98-101
White House, 57, 241, 265, 268, 269,
278, 280, 281, 283, 288, 328, 337, 355,
399, 410, 421
White Oak Swamp, 366
"Whitehead," the, 114
Whitely, S. A., letter to B. from, 111;
483, 489
Whites Station, 229
Whiting, Mr., 38, 39, 307
Whiting, Maj. Gen. W. H. C, tele-
grams to Beauregard from, 156, 213;
204; letters to Bragg from, 210, 213;
at Petersburg, 210; 291
Whiting's Division, 255
Wiegel, Captain, 78, 79, 80
Wild, Gen. Edward A., 6; telegrams
from B. to 7, 291; in relation to the
Williams estate, 16-21; 30; letters
from B. to, 40, 251; name before Sen-
ate, 40; 106, 163, 166; letter to B.from, 18, 203; 244, 247, 248; note to
Sanitary Commission Fair, 249; 262,
263, 267, at Wilson's Wharf, 264,
296, 385; ordered to Spring Hill, 297
Wilder, Capt. C. B., letter to B. from,
9; controversy with Wistar, 9-11;
letter from B. to, 70
Wilderness, the battle of. See Battle
of the Wilderness, the
Wild's Brigade, 300
Wilkinson, Senator, 269, 270
Williams, Colonel, 259
Williams, Capt. George A., 12, 22
Williams, Mrs. George A., letters to B.
from, 12, 22
Williams, Ass't. Adjt. Gen. J., 559
Williams, John, confiscation of estate of,
16-21
Williamsburgh, 165, 266, 425, 453
Wilmington, 124, 142, 210, 291, 561
Wilmouth, George E., letter from B. to,
138
Wilson, Henry, letters from B. to, 119,
130, 171, 277; on case of Gillmore,
108, 292; 143; telegram from B. to,
247; letters to B. from, 268, 423; 270,
364, 518
Wilson, Brig. Gen. J. H., 68, 71, 366;
expedition of, 420, 421; danger of,
455, 456; 499
Wilson's Cavalry, 399
Wilson's Division, 558
Wilson's Station, 229
Wilson's Wharf, 77, 163, 166, 258,
262-264, 266, 267, 291, 296, 302,
357, 385, 402, 445
Wincoop's Regiment, 42
Wind-Mill Point, 359, 366, 367, 373, 376
Winons, E. W., letter to B. from, 134;
letter from B. to, 134
Winslow, Captain, 550
Wise, Brig. Gen. Henry A., Special
Orders No. 11 from, 355-357; 573
Wise's Brigade, 259, 260
Wistar, Brig. Gen. J. J., controversy
with Wilder, 9-11; letters from B. to,
31, 70, 73, 86, 90; telegram from B.
to, 62; telegram to B. from, 90; 190
Wood, Captain, 356
Wood, Doctor, 70, 343
Wood, Miss, 453
Wood, Maj. Gen. Augustus, 203, 570, 586
Woodbury, Captain, 402
INDEX 625
Woodman, Horatio, letter to Clark from,
476
Wool, General, 253
Wooley, Colonel, 489
Worcester, Mass., 423
World, the N. Y., 59, 147
Wright, Brig. Gen. H. G., made Briga-
dier General, 220; letters to B. from,
397, 402, 404, 409; 399, 401-403;
letters from B. to, 402, 403, 405, 408,
409, 415; conference with Abbott andTerry, 404, 405, 406, 508; ordered to
relieve Meade, 413-415; 460, 497
Wright, J. L., telegram to Lincoln from,
520; telegram from Lincoln to, 521
Wright's Corps, 391, 392, 395-398
Wright's Division, 473
York River, the, 10, 42, 57, 83, 144,
246, 422
Yorktown, 9, 11, 53, 63, 73, 110, 130,
163, 266, 275, 285, 421, 452, 454, 458
Young, Captain, 162
Young's Battery, 356
Z
Zantzinger and Daniels, 304-310, 342-
344
Zantzinger, Francis, 304-310, 432-444
INDEX
Abat, B. Paul, 408, 409
Abat and Cushman, 408, 409
Abbott, Col. Joseph, 279, 477
Adams & Co., 417
Adams, John Q., 712
Adams, Lewisine, 326
Adders, the, 486
"Africa," the, 370
Agriculture, 614
Aikens House, 172
Aikens, J., 175, 176, 178
Aiken's Landing, 69, 70, 175, 191, 198,
199, 208, 228, 264, 266, 292, 452
Alabama, 604
Alabama Brigade, the, 43
Alabama Troops, 6th Regt., 628
Albany, 97, 326
Albemarle Sound, 7
Alber, 34
Alden, Captain, 465
Aldrich, Mrs., 657
Alexander, Elizabeth, 542
Alexandria, 88, 542
"Alliance," the, 451
Amboy, 317
American, the Baltimore, 466
Ames' Division, 106, 110, 252, 262, 292,
381, 460, 463, 497, 527
Ames, Brigadier General, 439, 440, 461,
465, 530, 531, 548, 549
Ames, Mr., 703
Ames, Mrs., 130
Ammon, W. H., 59
Anderson's Division, 198, 205
Andersonville Prison, 662
Andrew, Gov. John A., 116, 269, 595, 596,
663
Andrews, F., 574
Angell, F. A., letter to B. from, 638;
letter from B. to, 639
Annapolis, 267, 356
Anthony, H. B., letter from Greene to,
608
Antrobus, 512
Appomattox, the, 3, 4, 15, 23, 27, 41, 46,
77, 89, 103, 106, 107, 169, 171, 177, 179,
184, 214
Archer's Brigade, 280
Armstrong, Colonel, 30, 31
Armstrong's Mill, 290
Army of Tennessee, the, 533
Army of the James, the, 85, 159, 175, 191,
216, 260, 363, 375, 438, 463, 464; B.'s
farewell to, 475-476; 478, 501, 504, 515,
523, 549, 584, 616, 621, 666, 696, 713,
714
Army of the Potomac, the, 53, 119, 159,
168, 175, 204, 211, 240, 363, 501, 513,
523, 533, 616, 691, 693, 713
"Asariah Perkins," the, 125
Ascension, Church of the, New York, 296
Asch, Captain, 236
Ashburn, Col. F. A., 279
Ashley, 67
"Asia," the 370
Astor House, the, 338
Atkins, Albert, 624
Atlanta, 12, 22, 125, 215
"Atlanta," the, 451
Atlantic, the, 719
"Atlantic," the, 151, 292, 293, 303, 304,
307, 308, 317, 318, 319
Atlantic Hotel, the Norfolk, 607, 609
Augusta, Ga., 371
"Augusta," the, 345
Averill, 77
B
Babcock (guide), 286
Babcock, Captain, 322
Babcock, Colonel, 22, 194, 210, 280, 665
Badeau, Col. A., letter to B. from, 281
Bailey's Run, 171
Bake House Creek, 89
Baker, Charles William, letter to B.
from, 714; letter from B. to, 714
Baker, Ezra, letter to President Lincoln
from, 592, 593
Ballard, F. W., letter to B. from, 334;
letter from B. to, 334
Ballehack, 591
Ballston Spa, N. Y., 421
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"Baltic," the, 151, 292, 293, 303, 304, 307,
308, 317, 318, 319, 388, 439, 440, 461,
500
Baltimore, 38, 73, 305, 348, 446, 447, 456,
457, 460
Baltimore platform, the, 68
Banks, Maj. Gen. N. P., letter to Danafrom, 39; referred to, 133, 134, 215,
222, 299, 530, 542, 555, 586, 589, 668,
686, 687, 721; his Red River Cam-paign, 589
Banks, Mrs. N. P., 133
Barker, Jacob, 414, 415
Barnard, Gen. B., letter to B. from, 504;
referred to, 63, 194, 209, 350
Barnes, General, 500
Barney, E. L., letter to B. from, 553;
letter from B. to, 554
Barney, Hiram, letters to B. from, 124,
524; 131
Barret, L., 36
Barrow, Capt. Samuel, 543
Bartlett, General, 70
Barton, Stephen, 265
Bartonsville, Hertford Co., 265
Batchelder, Mr., 587
Baton Rouge, La., 695, 696
Battery, Captain, 234
Battery Harrison, 254, 256, 260, 373
Beal, William, 625
Bean, Dudley, 132, 546, 562
Bean, Dudley, & Co., letter to Shepley
from, 125; letter from Shepley to, 125
Beaufort, N. C, 410, 426, 431, 432, 437,
438, 439, 442, 454, 459, 460, 461, 464,
486, 506, 682
Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T., 59, 64, 212
Beauregard's Brigade, 59
Beecher, Henry Ward, 338, 693, 694, 701
Beers, Lieutenant, 236
Bell, Miss, 96
Bell, Mrs., 96
Belle Isle, 257, 675
Belmont, Mr., 328
Bellows, H. W., 337; letter to B. from,
312
"Ben Deford," the, 428, 439, 523
Benham, General, 3, 4, 24, 143, 144, 258,
260
Benjamin, 599
Bennett, 20, 50, 266
Bennett, True W., 304
Bennett, J. G., 492, 498, 620, 621, 645
Benning's Brigade, 77, 176, 227, 232, 233
Bermuda Hundreds, 18, 34, 41, 42, 63,
103, 140, 175, 185, 187, 198, 204, 205,
220, 226, 247, 258, 261, 267, 285, 378,
382, 387, 388, 453, 454, 460, 488, 639,
693, 696, 714
Bermuda Line, the, 356, 358, 359Bigelow, Dr., 270
Biggs, Lieut. Colonel, letters from B. to,
25, 33; 635
Bird, F. W., letters to B. from, 118, 269,
521, 692; 595, 596, 668
Birney, Mr., 365
Birney, Gen. D. B., letters from B. to, 26,
27, 46, 49, 89, 92, 94, 95, 103, 106, 107,
108, 110, 152, 183, 184, 195, 201, 202,
206, 212, 219, 223, 226, 231, 232, 233,
234, 235, 237, 238, 239; letters to B.
from, 211, 226, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235,
237, 239; referred to, 51, 53, 58, 62,
65, 91, 93, 107, 111, 178, 179, 180, 182,
189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 199, 202,
205, 207, 208, 210, 213, 227, 232, 233,
234, 236, 237, 238, 245, 252, 253, 274,
306, 407; letters to Smith from, 208,
211, 230, 231, 237, 238; letters to
Kensel from, 230, 235
Birney, Gen. William, letters to B. from,
597, 600; letter from B. to, 601; re-
ferred to, 513, 585
Blaedenheisen, Captain, 441
Blair, F. P., Sr., 354, 450, 456, 466, 527,
619
Blair, Montgomery, letter from B. to, 6;
letter to B. from, 32; referred to, 8,
122, 159, 167, 168
Blake, Commander M. L., letter to B.
from, 510; 660
Blockade, 516-518
Blodgett, William T., 337; letter from
B. to, 398
Bloomington, 548
Blow, Mr., 559, 560
Blunt, George W., 338
Bolles, Maj. J. A., letter to B. from, 313
Booth, Mr., 148
Bositikoff, 704
Boston, 34, 171, 209, 213, 228, 244, 446,
467, 537, 544, 676, 714
Boulwar's Wharf, 573
Boutwell, George S., letters from B. to,
518, 700; letters to B. from, 524, 561,
599; referred to, 509, 522, 531, 559,
560, 595, 596, 599
Boutwell, Mrs. George S., letter from B.
to, 531
Bowers, Col. T. S., letters from B. to, 30,
268; letters to B. from, 278, 303;
letter from Comstock to, 453; re-
ferred to, 22; letter to Meade from,
496
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Boydton Plank Road, 280, 290
Brackett, 88
Bradford, Mr., 367
Bradley, 77
Brady, Capt. James, letter to B. from,
705, 706; letter from B. to, 705; re-
ferred to, 411
Bragg, General, 371, 535, 536, 570
Bramhall, Mr., 347
Brandon, 37, 642
Breck, Gen. Samuel, letter to B. from,
306
Breckenridge, Maj. Gen. J. C, 4, 198,
599
Breese, Captain, 458
Brice, Major, letter from B. to, 409
Bridgewater, 355
Bright, Henry, 162
Brindlet, Jo., 137
Britton, General, 241
Broadhead, I., 574
Broadway Landing, 24
Bronson, Captain, 331
"Brooklyn," the, 465
Brooks, James, letter from B. to, 519;
referred to, 518-522, 536
Brown, Addison, 347
Brown, B. Gratz, 117
Brown, Capt. O., 563, 612, 613, 663;
letter from B. to, 611
Brown, Colonel, 635, 638
Brown, E. M., letter to B. from, 634;
letter from B. to, 635
Brown, J., 48
Brown, Mr., 242, 376
Brown, S. P., 623
Brown University, 424
Bruse, 515
Bryant, W. C, 298, 352
Buchanan, Admiral, 19
Buchanan, President, 658
Buckland, Lieut., L. L., letter to B.
from, 497
Buffalo, 315, 326
Buffin's House, 51, 59, 62, 176
Bullock, A. H., letter to B. from, 631;
letters from B. to, 631, 710; referred to,
596, 597
Bulman, D.D., letter to B. from, 501
Burbank and Chase, 169
Burger's Mill Pond, 280
Burke, 277
Burlington, 139, 144, 147
Burnside, General, 2, 6, 58, 363, 692
"Burnside," the, 19
Butler, Col. Andrew Jackson, 112, 270,
271
Butler, Gen. Benjamin F., asks investi-
gation of negro troops, 1 ; retaliates for
burning of Blair's house, 6; agitation
for presidential nomination of, 8, 35, 44,
67, 109, 116-119, 622, 718; his com-ments on an officer's duties, 10, 11;
the "Key Port" incident, 12; re-
garding Col. Armstrong, 30; the
Snead episode, 32; the Syme case, 39;
his position on commercial intercourse,
55, 156, 426-427; the exchange of
prisoners, 70, 71, 97-103, 127, 154, 155,
185, 215, 216, 219, 246, 249, 281, 469;
his views on church membership, 72;
his wife discusses political matters
with, 75, 109, 130, 133; rumored ap-
pointment as Secretary of War, 80, 92,
121, 365; his interest in Colby College,
80; his argument on colored prisoners,
97-103; his difficulties in payments for
troops, 103; public approval of his
letter to Ould, 124; cotton dealings,
148-150, 224, 258; Grant gives un-
abated confidence to, 153; admits in-
justice done Capt. Upshur, 155; Capt.
Upshur's acknowledgment, 156; his
discussions with Heaton, 156; his
tribute to Shaffer, 157; Shaffer's ac-
knowledgment, 158; the Hudson epi-
sode, 160-167, 294-298, 309, 312, 313,
335, 336, 486-496; plans attack onRichmond, 171-173, 175-183; con-
fiscates Lester's cotton, 185; placed in
command by Grant during absence,
216; the Smith claims, 243, 339-342,
367, 376, 384, 404, 410-424, 433, 689-
691; Grant approves exchange policy
of, 252; his position on retaliation, 263;
recommends officers for brevets, 279;
his detailed instructions for second
advance on Richmond, 283; his dif-
ficulty in securing transports for the
wounded, 292, 293; his reasons for
declining to address political meetings,
300; ordered to N. Y., to prevent
election frauds, 308; General Order
No., 1, 315; in New York, 313-337;
tribute from loyal citizens to his
services, 337; General Order No. 3,
344; his plans for school at Fort
Monroe, 345; tribute from LoyalLeague to, 346; opposition of Gov.Morton to, 352; reward offered for
death of, 354; on board the "Grey-hound" when destroyed, 370; his
suggestions to Congress for military
organization, 389, 397; Wendell Phil-
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lips' interest in, 400; the Findley
case, 405-408; his report on his
Wilmington expedition, 460-465, 476,
478, 504, 507, 528-534, 585; Grant's
order for removal of, 468; relieved of
his command, 472-473; his farewell
to the Army of the James, 475-476;
comments on his farewell, 478-482;
summoned by the Com. on Conduct
of the War, 483; his estimate of Adm.Porter, 506; memorandum of propo-
sitions relating to blockade and trade
with insurgent states by, 516-518;
the Brooks episode, 518-520; Whit-
ing's statement concerning Fort Fisher,
535, 566-571; attack by Porter upon,
541; friendship of colored troops for,
547; accused of cotton speculation,
552; his attitude on operative labor,
572; the "Philadelphia" case, 576-
582; failure of the Gordon commission
to implicate, 588; urged for Johnson's
cabinet, 595; his suggestions to Presi-
dent Johnson concerning disposition of
Lee's army, 602-605; his connection
with schools for colored people, 610,
611-613; his suggestions to President
Johnson concerning conditions in the
South, 614; urged as Secretary of
State, 617; has medals struck for
colored troops, 622; his position on pun-
ishment of Jeff Davis, 630; on right
of self-government, 639; the DavisProclamation outlawing, 652-653;
esteemed their deliverer by the colored
people, 669; tenders his resignation,
677; in defense of the negro, 679;
presents flags to Congress, 680; his
resignation accepted, 684; his advice
to prospective lawyer, 685-686; Grant's
attack on, 691-694; his acknowledg-
ment of Masonic greetings, 694; the
Washington statue, 695-696; his reply
to Grant's report, 696; the Epstein
case, 642, 697-698; credited with fall
of Richmond by Harper, 698-699; re-
fused copy of Grant's letter asking his
removal, 701; Cazaran's slander of,
703; chosen Major General of the
Mass. militia, 705; his candidacy for
Congress attacked, 708-712; his ad-
dress upon the impeachment of Presi-
dent Johnson, 714, 721; his attitude
on temperance, 715-716; technically
opposed to treating the rebels as
aliens, 716; his argument for military
law in the South, 717
Letters to B. from
Angell, F. A., 638
Anonymous, 530
Badeau, Col. A., 281
Baker, C. W., 714
Ballard, F. W ., 334
Barnard, Gen. B., 504
Barney, E. L., 553
Barney, H., 124, 524
Bellows, H. W., 312
Bird, F. W., 118, 269, 521, 692
Birney, Gen. D. B., 211, 226, 229, 230, 231,
234, 235, 237, 239
Birney, Gen. William, 597, 600
Blair, M., 32
Blake, Commander, 510
Bolles, Maj. J. A., 313
Boutwell, George S., 524, 561, 599
Bowers, Lieut, Col. T. S., 278, 303
Brady, Capt. J., 705, 706
Breck, S., 306
Brown, E. M., 634
Buckland, Lieut. L. L., 497
Bulman, D. D., 501
Bullock, A. H., 631
Butler, Charles, 349
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H., 6, 17, 20, 28, 29,
38, 44, 47, 50, 51, 57, 64, 66, 74, 84, 92,
96, 104, 108, 113, 114, 119, 129, 133,
136, 140, 147, 189, 202, 209, 212, 217,
221, 222, 223, 229, 244, 249, 265, 274,
275, 278, 287, 290, 296, 299, 360, 361,
363, 374, 433, 436, 448
Cameron, S., 141, 330, 338, 704, 707, 717,
718
Carter, D. K., 653
Chandler, W. E., 277
Chase, S. P., 108, 610, 708, 718
Clafflin, W. C, 269
Clark, John, 557, 635, 636, 662
Clark, T. M., 309
Clarke, James Freeman, 505
Conklin, E., 321
Conway, T. W., 669
Cunningham, Col. J. M., 713
Dana, C. A., 305, 310, 408
Danby, Col. C. B., 357
Davenport, John I., 495, 500, 584, 681
Day, Col. J. M., 663
Devine, Andrew, 709
Dix, Gen. J. A., 311, 315, 323, 343
Dodge, Gen. Geo. S., 654
Draper, Gen. Alonzo, 622
Draper, Col. S., 314, 324
Duckworth, W. H., 478
Dunham, E. W., 324
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Dunning, 0. F., 335
Durant, Thomas, I., 554, 668
Ela, Jacob H., 544
Ely, Abram P., 528
England, J. G., 312
Evans, Estwick, 481
"Fair Play," 317
Farrington, D. W. C, 148, 224, 258, 451
Fay, R. S., Jr., 170, 368
Fessenden, W. P., 383
Field, J. E., 594, 597
Field, M. Dudley, 334
Findley, Dr. W. R., 405
Forney, J. W., 553
Fox, Capt. G. V., 353, 576
"Friend," 524, 543
Frosi, C. E., 320
Garfield, James A., 536
Garrison, William Lloyd, 424
Gay, S. ff., 242
Gilbert, E. H., 685
Gordon, Gen. George, H., 588, 589
Graham, Gen. C. K., 510
Grant, Gen. U. S., 2, 3, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
34, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 51, 60, 61, 62, 63,
69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 87, 90, 91, 103,
104, 107, 152, 171, 193, 194,195, 199,
200, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 214, 216,
217, 220, 245, 246, 249, 252, 255, 256,
258, 259, 260, 261, 265, 266, 267, 273,
274, 285, 291, 292, 303, 306, 311, 343,
350, 358, 364, 369, 371, 374, 375, 376,
378, 379, 380, 382, 387, 388, 397, 399,
428, 452, 455, 456, 469, 473, 486
Greble, Edwin, 515
Greeley, Horace, 62
Green, W. S., 629
Greene, Col. W. B., 34, 629
Gross, Geo. J., 618
Gurowski, Count, 126
Hackett, J. K., 376
Hale, Rev. E. E., 37
Halleck, Maj. Gen. H. W., 575
Harvey, J., 115
Hawpt, George, 309
Hawkins, D. A., 342
Hay, John, 589
Heaton, D., 55, 156, 425
Herbert, J. K., 4, 8, 9, 35, 81, 96, 117, 120,
167, 593, 643
Hildreth, F. A., 204, 595, 599
Hollensworth, S. J., 646
Hopkins, W. Rogers, 660
Howard, Gen. 0. 0., 640
Hudson, Henry N., 160
Johnson, President Andrew, 610, 644
Jones, Col. E. F., 370
Jones, W., 693
Kautz, Gen. A. V., 227, 236, 241, 268Kelton, Col. J. C, 649, 684
Kennedy, J. A., 332
Kensel, Col., 451
Kinsley, E. W., 21
Lawson, Peter, 370
Lincoln, President, 87, 443, 449, 478, 483
Lithgow, IF., 715
Lockwood, Gen. H. C, 506
Lord, Jesse H., 699
Loring, Geo. B., 314
Lossing, B. J., 522
Lowe, Charles, 629
Loyal Citizens, 337
Loyal League Committee, the, 346
"Loyal Man," a, 313
McAllister, R., 516
Mclntire, Capt., 256, 280
McKay, R. S., 541
McMurdy, R., 482
Maillepert, B., 483
Mann, Mrs. Horace, 537
Manning, Capt., 321
Manning, Fred, 481
Marston, Gen. Gilman, 640
Martin, Capt. Fred, 529
Martindale, Edward, 508
Martindale, Gen. J. H., 5, 54, 203, 508
Meade, Gen. G. G., 373, 375
Merriam, W. H., 317, 530
Muldowney, T., 325
Mulford, Col. J. E., 303, 318, 359
Mussey, R. D., 622
Nash, L. P., 336
Nichols, W. A., 615
Nicodemus, Lieut. W. H., 642
Noyes, Maj. H. E., 652
Ochiltre, Maj. J. P., 627
O'Rielly, H., 331
Page, C. A., 693
Palmer, Gen. J. N., 540
Parker, E. S., 4
Parton, James, 79, 356, 467, 498, 499, 525,
526, 620, 644
Parton, Mrs. James, 644, 718, 720
"Patriot," 348
Peyster, Aug. de, 333
Phillips, Wendell, 400, 675
Pierce, Edward L., 491
Pierrepont, Edwards, 412, 413, 417, 419,
420, 421, 422, 423
Plaistead, Gov. H. M., 665
Porter, Admiral, 379, 380, 383, 410, 430
Puffer, Capt. A. T., 376, 565
Rawlins, Gen. J. A., 232, 249, 480
Read, Henry, 317
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Rich, John T., 538
Risley, H. A., 7, 369, 377, 399Schaumburg, James W'., 539
Serrell, E. W., 357
Seward, W. H., 286
Shaffer, Col. J. W., 67, 116, 118, 158,
159, 186, 305, 338, 352, 366, 430,
450, 490, 511, 538, 619, 650, 688
Shepley, Gen. Geo. F., 444
Smith, Goldwin, 349, 369
Stanley, Langdell & Brown, 280
Stanton, E. M., 106, 108, 214, 215,
292, 294, 307, 310, 322, 329, 333, 339,
364, 384, 553, 619, 627, 678, 690, 701,
721
Stevens, Thaddeus, 151, 678
Stewart, John A., 316, 339
Stimson, Capt. D., 314
Sumner, Charles, 271, 333
Taylor, J. L., 547
Telfer, William Duff, 509
Terry, Gen. A.H., 252, 254, 307, 309
Thomas, J. W ., 691
Thomas, Steven, 353
Thornton, C. G., 686
Torsey, Capt. J. M., 712
Townsend, E. D., 695
Troup, A., 676" True Friend," 347
Turner, H. M., 546
Turner, Gen. J. W., 47, 527, 616, 672
Tyler, B. 0., 697
Tyler, Mrs. President, 15, 329
Upham, N. B., 43, 505
Upshur, Capt. J. H., 156
Usher, Col. R. G., 486
Wade, B. F., 617, 641
Walker, J. J., 571
Wardrop, Col, 481
Wardwell, Burnham, 598, 623, 633, 645,
701
Ware, Mrs. M. A., 684
Warner, Y., 345
Watson, C. A., 532
Way, G. B., 187
Webster, Col. R. C, 312
Webster, W. P., 19, 533, 545, 550, 556,
557, 563, 575, 632
Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey, 298, 513, 521, 548,
585, 670
Whipple, E. W., 646
Whipple, George, 612
White, Col. Frank J., 351, 444, 510White, J. W., 332, 449, 470Whiting, W'., 368
Whiting, Maj. Gen. W. H. C, 569
Wilkes, G., 134, 135, 344
Wilkeson, Samuel, 598, 606, 651, 718Williams, Joseph, 691
Williams, R. H., 620
Wilson, John, 624
Wilson, J. G., 312
Wilson, Col. William, 709
Winslow, C. F., 657
Woodward, J. A., 702
Wright, E., 121
Wright, Lieut. Horatio, 659
Letters from B to
Baker, C. W'., 714
Ballard, F. W., 334
Barnes, Surg. Gen., 151
Barney, E. L., 554
Benham, Gen., 143
Biggs, Lieut. Col., 25, 33
Birney, Gen. D. B., 26, 27, 46, 49, 89,
92, 94, 95, 103, 106, 107, 108, 110,
152, 183, 184, 195, 201, 202, 206, 212,
219, 223, 226, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235,
237, 238, 239
Birney, Gen. William, 601
Blair, M., 6
Blodgett, W. T., 398
Boutwell, George S., 518, 700
Boutwell, Mrs. George S., 531
Bowers. Lieut. Col. T. S., 30, 268
Brady, Capt. J., 705
Brice, Maj., 409
Brooks, James, 519
Brown, Captain, 611
Bullock, A.H., 631, 710
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H., 6, 8, 15, 17, 21,
24, 30, 38, 45, 47, 52, 58, 65, 72, 78, 85,
88, 94, 108, 112, 113, 124, 126, 127, 128,
129, 131, 132, 136, 142, 144, 145, 146,
150, 151, 153, 168, 170, 174, 189, 190,
195, 217, 221, 228, 229, 240, 275, 278,
286, 287, 308, 359, 361, 362, 364, 365,
366, 386, 432, 434, 704
Butler, Mrs. {B.'s mother), 433
Cameron, S., 139, 271, 331, 634, 707
Carr, Gen., 286
Carter, D. K., 613, 630
Cassells, Capt., 248
Chase, S. P., 108, 416
Clafflin, William, 301
Clark, John, 636, 637, 663
Clarke, Rev. T. M., 309, 492
Comstock, Lieut. Col., 76, 159
Coney, Gov., 173
Conway, T. W., 670
Cunningham, Col. J. M., 713
Dana, C. A., 19, 362, 409, 535
Darling, W. A., 154
INDEX 729
Davis, E. G., 197
Davis, Maj., 292
Day, Col. J. M., 664
DeKay, Lieut., 439
Devine, Andrew, 710
Dimon, Col., 10
Dix, Gen. J. A., 323
Dixon, W. M., 647
Dodge, Col, 221, 226, 246, 260, 286, 375,
388
Dyer, Gen., 365
Ely, Abram, P., 529
Fessenden, W. P., 384
Field, Lieut. D. C. G., 150
Findley, Dr. W. R., 407
Forney, J. W., 551
Fox, Capt. G. V., 14, 19, 34, 274, 365,
576
Fullerton, Lieut., 285
Gilbert, E. H., 685
Gooch, D. W., 560
Gordon, Brig. Gen., Geo. H., 583
Graham, Gen. C. K., 227, 248, 285, 289,
358, 375, 511
Grant, Gen. U. S., 1, 3, 6, 11, 14, 23, 24,
25, 26, 27, 42, 49, 51, 59, 60, 61, 63,
64, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 86, 91, 103, 104,
107, 111, 131, 139, 141, 143, 146,
173, 189, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198,
199, 201, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210,
213, 214, 217, 220, 231, 234, 236,
239, 240, 245, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256,
259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 268,
271, 281, 289, 291, 306, 310, 357, 358,
362, 369, 373, 375, 376, 378, 382, 383,
387, 388, 398, 399, 428, 431, 442, 460,
480, 486, 701
Hackett, J. K., 105, 299, 410, 423, 424
Halleck, Maj. Gen. H. W., 112, 200, 573Harvey, J., 115
Beaton, D., 56, 426
Hitchcock, Gen., 71, 304
Hoffman, Col., 154, 155, 185, 266, 281
Holt, Brig. Gen., 169, 487
Hopkins, W. Rogers, 661
Hough, D. L., 490
Howard, Lieut. Col., 60
Howard, Gen. 0. 0., 611, 639
Ingalls, Gen. R., 18, 225, 247
Johnson, President Andrew, 602, 609, 614,
677, 678
Jones, W., 694
Kautz, Gen. A. V., 205, 237, 238, 246,
247, 268
Kelly, Rev. M. G., 80
Kensel, Col. Geo. A., 105, 452
Lawson, et al., 694
Lincoln, President, 87, 174, 185, 443, 474,
478, 483, 602
Liihgow, W ., 715
Lockwood, Gen. H. C, 506
Ludlow, Maj., 25, 48, 58, 94
McCormick, Dr., 200
McKay, R. S., 542
McKim, Capt., 74
McPherson, 680
Mann, Mrs. Horace, 537
Marston, Brig. Gen., 28, 184
Martin, Capt., 308
Meade, Gen., 23, 43, 87, 139, 144, 189,
233, 241, 375
Michie, Lieut., 264
Moore, Col., 202
Mulford, Col. J. E., 200, 281, 319
Nathan, P. L., 716
O'Brien, Mr., 206
Ochiltre, Maj. J. P., 628
Ord, Gen., 107, 110, 175, 184
Ould, Robert, 18, 97, 127, 219, 249
Paine, Gen. C. J., 145, 183
Palmer, Gen., 367, 372, 378
Parton, James, 468, 645, 662, 696
Parton, Mrs. James, 719, 720
Patrick, Gen., 250, 267, 269
Paulding, Adm., 322
Pennipacker, Col., 207
Phillips, Wendell, 401
Pierce, Edward L., 492
Pierrepont, Edwards, 243, 413, 417, 420,
422
Plaistead, Gov. H. M., 667
Porter, Adm., 365, 372, 379, 383, 435, 437,
441
Potter, Col, 193, 261, 262
Powers, G.H., 367
Puffer, Capt. A. T., 376
Randlett, Maj., 14
Rawlins, Gen. J. A., 233, 240, 355, 358,
485
Raymond, H. J., 300
Rhind, Com. A. C, 682
Richardson, A.D., 572
Risley, H. A., 399
Rockwell, H. E., 587
Saunders, Col, 11
Sawyer Brothers, 14, 34
Schenk, Maj. Gen., 389
Serrill, Col, 160
Shaffer, Col. J. W., 157, 338
Sharp, Col, 228
Shepley, Gen. Geo. F., 143, 265
Smith, Capt., 216
Smith, Goldwin, 621
Snead, E. K., 32
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Stack-pole, Maj., 185, 197
Stanton, E. M., 11, 72, 78, 86, 90, 106, 145,
147, 169, 173, 215, 227, 276, 279, 293,
304, 310, 326, 340, 364, 469, 471,
507, 586, 615, 619, 672, 678, 689,
691, 696, 700
Stevens, Thaddeus, 678
Stiner, W. H., 245
Storrs, Surg., 286
Telfer, William Duff, 509, 716
Terry, Gen. A. H., 247, 250, 252, 253,
254, 255, 258, 259, 261, 265, 282, 303,
307
Thornton, Capt., 152
Thornton, C. 0., 687
Times, the N. Y., 124
Townsend, Col., 338, 469, 695
Troup, A., 677
Turner, H. M., 547
Turner, Gen. J. W., 61, 64, 69, 116, 119,
128, 129, 674
Tyler, B. 0., 698
Tyler, Mrs. President, 81
Upshur, Capt. J. H., 155
Van Fleet, Maj., 90
Wade, B. F., 531, 540, 559, 566, 606, 642
Ware, Mrs. M. A., 684
Walker, J. G., 572
Wardwell, B., 702
Warner, Oliver, 705
Watson, C. A., 532
Watson, P. H., 429
Webster, Col. R. C, 220, 247, 268, 293,
308, 311
Webster, W. P., 564
Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey, 196, 201, 207,
223, 231, 232, 234, 238, 245, 248, 251,
252, 254, 255, 256, 260, 262, 282, 292,
398, 512, 514, 672
Weld, Gen. E. A., 73Whipple, E. W., 647
Whiting, W., 367, 385, 404
Whiting, Maj. Gen. W. H. C, 566
Wilkeson, Samuel, 718
Williams, Joseph, 692
Williams, R. H., 621
Wilson, Henry, 410, 498, 679
Wilson, John, 625
Winslow, C. F., 658
Wistar, Brig. Gen. J. J., 484
Woodward, J. A., 702
Wooster, Col., 62
Wright, Lieut. Horatio, 659
Butler, Benjamin Israel, 28, 29, 48, 96,
138, 218, 222, 266, 363
Butler, Blanche, 15, 20, 24, 44, 50, 53,
57, 65, 66, 78, 94, 96, 112, 114, 120,
132, 138, 139, 144, 146, 168, 171, 190,
213, 218, 221, 228, 229, 278, 287, 299,
309, 337, 360, 361, 363, 370, 433, 435,
471, 496, 499, 511, 523, 526, 527, 557,
617, 634, 637, 645, 651, 653, 656, 657,
663, 674, 675, 693
Butler, Charles, letter to B. from, 349
Butler, Frank, 433
Butler, Mrs. (B.'s mother), 229; letter
from B. to, 433
Butler, Paul, 29, 78, 85, 96, 105, 120,
130, 138, 145, 222, 363
Butler, Mrs. Sarah H., letters from B. to,
6, 8, 15, 17, 21, 24, 30, 38, 45, 47, 52,
58, 65, 72, 78, 85, 88, 94, 108, 112, 113,
124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 136,
142, 144, 145, 146, 150, 151, 153,
168, 170, 174, 189, 190, 195, 217, 221,
228, 229, 240, 275, 278, 286, 287, 308,
359, 361, 362, 364, 365, 366, 386, 432,
434, 704; letters to B. from, 6, 17,20, 28,
29, 38, 44, 47, 50, 51, 57, 64, 66, 74,
84, 92, 96, 104, 108, 113, 114, 119, 129,
133, 136, 140, 147, 189, 202, 209, 212,
217, 221, 222, 223, 229, 244, 249,
265, 274, 275, 278, 287, 290, 296,
299, 360, 361, 363, 374, 433, 436, 448;
discusses political matters with B.,
75, 109, 130, 133; letter to Hildreth
from, 582; letter to Dr. McCormickfrom, 655; newspaper comment on,
386-387; referred to, 79, 272, 308,
309, 337, 370, 450, 468, 471, 482, 496,
499, 511, 512, 523, 526, 527, 557,
585, 586, 617, 620, 634, 636, 637,
642, 645, 651, 653, 663, 671, 674, 675,
693, 704, 707, 717
"Butler's Book," 330
Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, 319, 345, 678
Butts, C. W., 564, 633, 654
Cabin Point, 28
Cadwallader, 485, 654
Cairo, 123
California, 657
Callan, N., 579
Calvary Church, New York, 296
Camden, 317
Cameron, Simon, letters from B, to, 139,
271, 331, 634, 707; letters to B. from,
141, 330, 338, 704, 707, 717, 718; re-
ferred to, 36, 37, 160, 516
Cameron, Mrs. Simon, 634
Cameron, the Misses, 634
Camp, Mr., 424
INDEX 731
Campbell, Judge, 527, 533, 534
Campbell, L. D., 117
Canada, 185
Canal Bank, the, New Orleans, 414,
415, 418
Canby, General, 686
Cannon, Colonel, 354
Cape Charles, 431, 460
Cape Fear River, 380, 388, 410, 452,
453, 455, 457, 459, 461, 462, 477, 522,
568
Cape Hatteras, 433, 437, 473
Cape Henry, 428, 431, 461
Cardoza, Judge, Albert, 340
Carney, Maj. George C, 664
Carney, J. B., 271, 356, 360, 363
Carpenter, Lieutenant, 440
Carr, General, letter from B. to, 286;
referred to, 106, 600
Carter, Colonel, 26, 27
Carter, Judge D. K., letters from B.
to, 613, 630; letter to B. from, 653;
referred to, 482, 594, 619, 620
Carter's House, 283
Cashmere, P., 633
Cassels, Maj. John, 643, 654
Cassells, Captain, letter from B. to,
248; referred to, 187, 557
Castle Thunder, 241
Catskill Mountain House, The, 79
Cazaran, Augustus, 655, 702
Central Road, 194, 250, 273, 282
Chaffin's Bluff, 14, 335
Chaffin's Farm, 51, 177, 178, 179, 200,
233, 236, 357, 449
Chapin's farm, 61, 75, 172, 191, 202, 208,
263
"Chamberlain," the, 439, 440, 461, 462
Chambers, Lieut. S. A., 78, 79
Chandler, William E., letter from B.
to, 277; referred to, 120, 167, 168,
551, 559, 560, 593, 619
Charde, Z., 117
Charles City Road, the, 58, 178, 199,
208, 210, 231, 235, 239, 282, 283, 289,
290
Charleston, 42, 215, 458Charlottsville, 214
Chase, Salmon P., letters from B. to,
108, 416; letter to B. from, 108, 610,
707, 708; 718, referred to, 36, 68, 167,
168, 188, 543
Chattanooga, 22
Cheever, Parson, 276
Chesapeake, the, 516
Chesapeake Hospital, the, 533, 611
Chesterfield, 357
Chicago, 9, 35, 58, 112
Chicago Convention, the, 43, 67, 68,
113, 116, 300
Chittenden, A. B., 338
Chittenden, S. B., 298
Chowan River, 7, 373, 577, 578, 581
Christian Commission, the, 544, 545
Chronicle, the Washington, 449
Church membership, B.'s views on, 72
Cilley, Captain, 291
Cincinnati, 24, 35, 36, 93, 117, 134, 389
Cincinnati Call, the, 116
City Battalion, the, 176
City Point, Va., 2, 139, 142, 144, 154, 184,
194, 227, 233, 240, 245, 255, 267, 278,
310, 350, 368, 455, 466, 507, 549, 582,
600, 665, 671, 714
Clafflin, H. B., 337
Clafflin, W. C, letter to B. from, 269;
letter from B. to, 301
Clark, John, letters to B. from, 557, 635,
636, 662; letters from B. to, 636, 637,
663
Clark, Mr., of N. H., 559
Clark, W. M., 552, 556, 559
Clarke, Capt. H. C, 25, 218, 461, 476,
480, 506, 507, 657
Clarke, James Freeman, letter to B.
from, 505
Clarke, Mr., 277
Clarke, Ned N., 338
Clarke, Rt. Rev. T. M., letters from B.to, 309, 492
Clay, Henry, 401
Clews, Henry, 337
Clopton, W. H., 16
Cobb, Howell, 653
Coddington, T. B., 298
Coit, Asst. Surg. David G., 536
Colby, Mr., 80
Cold Harbor fight, the, 692
Cole, Mr., 550, 556, 559, 564, 582, 588
Colored Troops, 87, 90, 191, 214, 215, 263,
264, 267; their friendship for B., 547
Colored Schools, B.'s connection with,
610, 611-613
Commerce, the Committee on, 564
Commercial, the, 647
Commercial intercourse, 7, 55, 425-427
Commercial Gazette, the, 117, 118
Commonwealth, the Boston, 21
Comstock, Col, C. B., letters from B. to,
76, 159, letter to Bowers from, 453;
letters to Rawlins from, 473, 477, 479;
referred to, 63, 194, 209, 210, 281, 285,
432, 452, 467, 484, 515, 534, 683
Conduct of the War, Committee on the,
732 INDEX
B.'s summoned before, 483, 513, 530,
542, 548, 682
"Conestoga," the, 541
Coney, Governor, letter from B. to, 173
Confederate, the Macon, 12
Confederate Army, the, 69
Confederate Government, the, 90
Congressional Globe, the, 524
Conklin, E., letter to B. from, 321; 562
Connecticut, 114, 277, 654
Connecticut Troops, 12th Regt., 353;
15th Regt., 373; 11th Regt., 449
Conner, 23, 64
Conville, Maine, 544
Consul of France. See Tabanelle, M.Conway, Thomas W., letter to B. from,
669; letter from B. to, 670
Cope, A. C, 296
Coppell, George, 40
Copperheads, the 278, 486, 678
Cook's Brigade, 280
Cooke, S., 296
Cooper Institute, 35, 154, 334
Cooper, M. W., 337
Cooper, Peter, 298
Corliss, 96, 230
Cortes Brigade, 87
Corwin, T., 36
Cotton, 185, 258, 451, 542, 579
Cotton Factors, the, 148-150, 224, 258, 546
Cotton Speculators, the, 552
Couch, Lieut., 142
Couch, Mr., 534
Courier, the Boston, 279
Courier, the Buffalo, 357
Cox, General, 647, 648, 649
Cox, H., 26, 27, 58, 59, 61, 175, 176
Cox Hill Fort, 264
Cox's Ferry, 74, 75, 175, 194
Crane, 74, 550
Creamer, George B., 591, 593
"Crescent," the, 318, 408, 409
Crispan, Captain, 323
Crocker, Hugh, 305
Crosby, 44
Crouse, Asst. Surgeon, 174
Crow's Nest, 61
Culpepper, 76
Cunningham, E., 259
Cunningham, Col. J. M., letter to B.
from, 713; letter from B. to, 713
Curtin, Governor, 37, 134, 317
Curtis, Col. N. M., 279
Curtis, General, 439, 440, 441, 462, 504,
687
Curtis House, 161
Cushing, Mr., 44
DDana, C. A., letters from B. to, 19, 362,
409, 535; letter from Banks to, 39;
letters to B. from, 305, 310, 408; re-
ferred to, 108, 365, 368, 563; letter
from Nash to, 335; letter to Grantfrom, 502
Danby, Col, C. B., letter to B. from, 357Danby, Colonel, 49
Daniels, 564, 582
Danville, 516
Danville, R. R., 257
Darbytown Road, the, 178, 194, 196,
199, 201, 205, 206, 208, 210, 211, 213,
231, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 250, 252,
256, 259, 262, 282, 289, 290, 359, 362
Darling, William A., letter from B. to,
154
Dauphin's Island, 12, 14
Davenport, John I., letters to B. from,
495, 500, 584, 681; referred to, 490,
494, 511, 535, 566, 567, 572, 573
David, M., 642
Davis, Colonel, 144
Davis, E. G., letter from B. to, 197
Davis, Henry Winter, 8, 109, 134, 167,
168
Davis, Jefferson, 33, 88, 98, 321, 326, 328,
349, 452, 466, 599, 605, 623, 630, 652,
684, 721
Davis, Major, letter from B. to, 292; 374,
445
Davis Protest, the, 8
Davis, Capt, R. S., letter from Woosterto, 51
Dawes, H. L., 679, 697
Dawson, 10
Day, Col. J. M., letter to B. from, 663;
letter from B. to, 664
Day, Mr., 611, 612
Dayton, Mr., 81, 435
Death penalty, the, 169
De Beroise, Mr., 547
Deep Bottom, 23, 42, 43, 46, 47, 53, 58,
59, 61, 62, 106, 131, 142, 172, 175, 176,
178, 182, 184, 191, 193, 195, 196, 200,
202, 205, 208, 211, 238, 239, 248, 253,
268, 350, 382, 438
Deep Bottom Bridge, 284
De Kay, Lieut. Sidney B., letter to B.
from, 439; 465, 657, 662
Delafield, Major General, 700
Delaware, 72, 73, 99, 134
Delta, the New Orleans, 409
Deming, Col. H. C, 540, 699
Democrat, the La Crosse, 708
INDEX 733
Devine, Andrew, letter to B. from, 709;
letter from B. to, 710
Dickens, Charles, 719, 720
"Dick Keys," the, 14
Dimon, Colonel, letter from B. to, 10;
687
Dix, Gen. G. A., letters to B. from, 311,
315, 323, 343; referred to, 277, 306,
307, 310, 313, 315, 322, 326, 329, 336,
343, 684; letter from B. to, 323; letter
to Stanton from, 337
Dix, Rev. Morgan, 295
Dixon, William M. 597; letter from B.
to, 647
Doblado, General, 281
Dodge, Colonel, letters from B. to, 221,
226, 246, 260, 286, 375, 388; letter
from Terry to, 308, referred to, 204,
274, 285, 309
Dodge, Gen. George S., 490; letter to B.
from, 654
Dodge, W. E., 298
"Don," the, 466
Doolittle, Senator, 700
Dorrance Street Theatre, the Providence,
386
Dostie, Dr., A. P. 555
Dow, Brig. Gen. Neal, 604
Doyl, Mr., 347
Dracut, 38, 57, 85
Draper, Col. A. B., 279
Draper, Gen. Alonzo, letter to B. from,
Draper, Gen. S., letters to B. from, 314,
324; referred to, 337, 672
Dred Scott decision, the, 679
Drew, Mr., 516
Drummond, J. H., 665
Drury's Bluff, 14, 177
Dubow, Colonel, 176
Duckworth, William H., letter to B.
from, 478
Duncan, Col. S. A., 279
Dunham, E. W., letter to B. from, 324
Dunning, George, F., letter to B. from,
335
"Du Pont," the, 430
Durant, Thomas I., letters to B. from,
554, 668; referred to, 96, 134, 341, 415,
419, 555
Duryea, General, 327
Dutch Gap, 26, 27, 47, 48, 51, 58, 59, 61,
62, 63, 65, 74, 142, 176, 194, 211, 214,
247, 250, 263, 264, 269, 271, 350, 363,
387, 388
Dutch Gap Canal, 354, 497, 534
Dyer, General, letter from B. to, 365
EEarly, General, 146, 153, 198, 209,
220, 251, 358, 359, 362
Eastern Shore, 87, 88
Easton, Pa., 697, 698
East Point, 22
Eden, G. R., letter to Rawlins from, 249
Edmonds, Governor, 687
Edmunds, 167
Edson, Captain, letter from B. to, 380;
referred to, 167, 379
Edson, Dr., 48, 72, 120
Edwards, James A., 197
Eggleston, B., 117
Eigenbrodt, W. E., 296
Eighteenth Corps, the, 41, 48, 87, 103, 106,
107, 142, 173, 175, 178, 180, 192, 193,
195, 219, 123, 238, 248, 268, 284, 296,
307, 311, 375
Ela, Jacob H., letter to B. from, 544
Eliot, Mr., 629
Elkton, Md., 167
Elmira, N. Y., 266, 332, 344
Ely, Abram P., letter to B. from, 528;
letter from B. to, 529
"Empire City," the, 397, 438, 439
England, J. G., letter to B. from, 312
Enquirer, the Richmond, 77, 268, 527
Eno, Amos R., 337
Epstein, Philip, 642, 697
Era, the, 409
Evans, Estwick, letter to B. from, 481
Evening Post, the N. Y., 160, 161, 298,
489
Evening Standard, the, 356
Everett, Edward, 37
Ewell, General, 212, 263
Examiner, the Richmond, 474, 540
Exchange Bank, the, 550
Exchange of Prisoners, 70, 71, 97-103,
115, 116, 124, 127, 154, 155, 185, 215,
216, 219, 246, 249, 263, 265, 266, 281,
469, 538, 602
Express, the N. Y., 422, 678
Eyre, Mr., 368, 621
Fair Oaks, 296
Falling Creek, 177
Fant, H. G., 328
Fanueil Hall, Boston, 269, 301, 632, 676,
712, 715
Farquhar, Lieutenant, 465, 504
Farragut, Adm. D. G., letter to Fox, 703;
referred to, 15, 19, 21, 39, 326, 461, 462,
499, 531, 541, 545
734 INDEX
Farrington, D. W. C, letters to B. from,
148, 224, 258, 451; appointed cotton
agent, 149; referred to, 288, 360, 363,
370, 582, 643
Farwell, W. A., 623, 633
Fawks, Rev. Dr., 348
Faxon, Major General, 628
Fay, R. S., Jr., letters to B. from, 170, 368
Fearing, Mr., 349
Ferguson, D., 451
Fern, Fanny, 218, 229, 279, see also
Parton, Mrs. JamesFerrero, General, 549
Fessenden, W. P., 36, 43, 272, 369, 399,
444, 445; letter to B. from, 383; letter
from B. to, 384
Field, Lieut. D. C. G., letters from B. to,
150; referred to, 147, 371, 433, 434,
534, 632, 643
Field, Dudley, 117, 135, 334
Field, J. E., letter to B. from, 594, 597Field's Division, 23, 64, 76, 77, 198, 201,
202, 205, 233, 234, 235, 239, 241, 289,
355, 373
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, 307
Fifth Corps, the, 85, 87
Findley, Capt., Joseph, R. 405-408
Findley, Dr. W. R., letter to B. from, 405;
letter from B. to, 407
Findly, G. W., 468
Finnegan's Brigade, 280
First National Bank, the, Norfolk, 552,
559
Fitch, Capt. G. B., 439, 441, 672
Fitz Lee, Major General, 628
Flag Pond Hill Battery, the, 435, 437,
461
"Florida," the, 370, 451
Forbes, J. M., 296
Forbes, Major, 37
Ford, Governor, 4, 9, 36, 67, 68
Forney, J. W., letter from B. to, 551;
letter to B. from, 553; referred to, 68,
598, 681
Forsyth, Samuel, 354
Foster, General, 23, 43, 46, 111, 215, 238,
305, 357, 600, 651
"Foster," the, 19
Foster, William L., 277
Fort Burnham, 282
Fort Caswell, 535
Fort Converse, 46
Fort Delaware, 154, 266, 535
Fort Donaldson, 123
Fort Fisher, N. C, 380, 381, 431, 432, 435,
436, 437, 438, 452, 453, 454, 455, 457,
459; B.'s report on his expedition
against, 460-465; 466, 471, 472, 473,
474, 477, 496; captured, 497, 500, 501,
505, 506, 509, 511, 512, 513, 514, 522,
527, 531, 533, 534, 535; Whiting's
statement concerning, 535-536, 537;
566-571; 546, 547, 549, 607, 618, 633;
660, 661, 681, 682, 683
Fort Fisher Expedition, the first, 504
Fort Gaines, 12, 14, 25, 622
Fort Gilmer, 250, 263, 354
Fort Harrison, 230, 231, 233, 237, 238,
239, 672
Fort Jackson, 414, 462
Fort Monroe, 29, 30, 52, 57, 72, 73, 74,
79, 92, 98, 105, 110, 113, 129, 136, 137,
140, 141, 142, 167, 187, 197, 199, 223,
229, 230, 243, 245, 267, 274, 293, 303,
304, 307, 310, 345, 362, 365, 369, 372,
376, 379, 380, 382, 383, 384, 398, 424,
431, 438, 439, 446, 449, 453, 454, 457,
459, 460, 464, 467, 506, 523, 554, 572,
581, 607, 608, 611, 612, 635, 643, 705
Fort Morgan, 19, 462
Fort Pocahontas, 73, 81, 83, 86, 182, 184,
198, 205, 285, 286, 330
Fort Powell, 25
Fort Powhatan, 23, 73, 86, 139, 198, 600
Fort Pulaski, 128, 154, 155, 186, 267, 281,
308
Fort Republic, 256
Fort Saint Philip, 462
Fort Stevens, 630
Fort Sully, 687
Fort Sumter, 123, 660
Fort Wagner, 463, 477
Fort Walthal, 89, 107
Fort Warren, 543
Four Mile Creek, 49, 59, 176, 202
Fox, Capt. G. V., letters from B. to, 14,
19, 34, 274, 365, 576; letter to B. from,
353, 576; letter to Grant from, 465;
referred to, 366, 436, 660
Franklin, Benjamin, 651
Franklin, General, 204, 299, 686
"Franklin," the, 704
Frazer, 48, 110, 138, 144, 147, 169, 170,
229
Frazer's Magazine, 622
Fredericksburg, 6
"Fredericksburg," the, 527
Freedman's Aid Society of Philadelphia,
the, 345
Freedman's Bureau, the, 610, 612, 613,
633, 688, 689
Fremont, General, 47, 75, 109, 122," Friend," 524, 543
Frost, C. E., letter to B. from, 320
INDEX 735
Fuller, D., 610
Fuller, T. G. D., 579, 580
Fullerton, Lieutenant, letter from B. to,
285; 286
Furness, James T., 272
Furness, William E., 271, 272
GGalence, 651
Gardiner, H. C, 334, 594
Gardner, Gen. G. A., 319
Garfield, James A., letter to B. from, 536
Garrison, William Lloyd, letter to B.
from, 424
Gary's Cavalry, 230, 235, 283
Gay, S. H., letter to B. from, 242; re-
ferred to, 68, 499
Gaylor, Colonel, 687
Gazette, the Cincinnati, 549
Gear, Capt. A. S., 277
Geary, Gen. John W., 678
Gemat Crow's Nest, 26
"General Jessup," the, 642, 643
"Gen'l Lyons," the, 441
General Orders: No. 1, 315, 473; No. 3,
345; No. 50, 185; No. 126, 263
"Gen'l Price," the, 541
General Theological Seminary, 296
George, John H., 277, 278
George, Capt. P. R., 624, 625
"George Washington," the, 125
Georgia, 128, 154, 155, 257, 304, 371, 372,
380, 648
Getty, 558
Gibbon, 501
Gibbons, 159
Gifford, S. W., 595
Gilbert, E. H., letter to B. from, 685,
letter from B. to, 685
Gillmore, Gen. Quincy A., 123, 161, 162,
163, 164, 297, 298, 466, 488, 489, 490,
494, 620
Gilman, 120, 153, 170
Gladwin, S. M., 81
Glisson, Captain, 440, 462, 465
Globe, the Daily, 519, 524
Gobright, Mr., 466
Godkin, E. L., 492
Godwin, David R., 615-616
Godwin, Parke, 161, 298, 489, 490, 491
Gold conspirators, the, 327, 333, 344
Golden Circle, the, 321
Goldsboro, 378, 379
Goldsborough, Rear-Admiral, 531
Gooch, D. W., letter from B. to, 560, 559
Gordon, Gen. George H., letter from B.
to, 583; letters to B. from, 588, 589;
telegram from President Lincoln to,
593; referred to, 271, 272, 306, 345, 503,
504, 545, 550, 551, 557. 558, 562, 575,
576,582, 587, 588, 589, 590, 632, 633, 635,
637, 638, 663; appointed head of com-mission to investigate illicit trade, 504,
533
Gordonsville, 214, 241
Gould, Charles, 337
Governor's Island, 543
Grace Church, New York, 296
Graham, Gen. C. K., letters from B. to,
227, 248, 285, 289, 358, 375, 511; re-
ferred to, 6, 28, 46, 94, 108, 355, 375,
435, 440, 465, 633, 643; letter to B.
from, 510
Graham, Mrs. General, 511, 633
Grand Gulf, 541
Grant, Gen. U. S., letters to B. from, 2, 3,
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 41, 42, 43, 47,
48, 51, 60, 61, 62, 63, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75,
76, 77, 87, 90, 91, 103, 104, 107, 152,
171, 193, 194, 195, 199, 200, 205, 206,
207, 208, 210, 214, 216, 217, 220, 245,
246, 249, 252, 255, 256, 258, 259, 260,
261, 265, 266, 267, 273, 274, 285, 291,
292, 303, 306, 311, 343, 350, 358, 364,
369, 371, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380,
382, 387, 388, 397, 399, 428, 452, 455,
456, 469, 473; letters from B. to, 1, 3,
6, 11, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 42, 49, 51,
59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 86,
91, 103, 104, 107, 111, 131, 139, 141, 143
146, 173, 189, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197,
198, 199, 201, 205, 206, 208, 209, 210,
213, 214, 217, 220, 231, 234, 236, 239,
240, 245, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 259,
260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 268, 271, 281,
289, 291, 306, 310, 357, 358, 362, 369,
373, 375, 376, 378, 382, 383, 387, 388,
398, 399, 428, 431, 442, 460, 480, 486,
701; referred to, 6, 11, 18, 19, 30, 35,
85, 112, 114, 118, 119, 122, 123, 128,
129, 130, 132, 136, 144, 145, 146, 147,
153, 159, 168, 190, 203, 204, 215, 221,
229, 230, 232, 233, 251, 259, 260, 262,
267, 275, 293, 305, 306, 310, 362, 364,
365, 469, 470, 471, 473, 482, 484, 485,
486, 495, 498, 500, 504, 507, 508, 510,
512, 513, 514, 515, 521, 527, 530, 533,
539, 541, 546, 548, 522, 556, 562, 563,
572, 583, 584, 585, 588, 604, 620, 632,
641, 649, 651, 677, 681, 684, 699, 700,
710, 712, 720; letters from, to: Halleck,
207, 213, 388; Stanton, 290, 336, 452,
456,468,472; Terry, 307, 459; Meade,350; Porter, 457, 466; Lincoln, 471;
736 INDEX
Leek, 476; Ord, 480, 503; Rawlins,
507; letters to, from: Lincoln, 63, 246;
Terry, 308; Stanton, 336; Porter, 458;
Fox, 465; Halleck, 472; Leek, 476;
Ord, 480; Dana, 502; his order for B.'s
removal, 468, 471; his attack on B.,
691-694; B.'s reply to his report, 696;
his candidacy for President, 713
Grass Valley Union, the, 708
Graves, 623
Grave, Yard, 194
Gray, Jno. A. C, 337, 707
Greble, Edwin, letter to B. from, 515
Greeley, Horace, letter to B. from, 652;
on the right of suffrage, 652; referred
to, 68, 128, 135, 352, 621, 651
Green, Gen. John A., 322, 326, 329, 332
Greene, Levi R., 606, 608
Greene, Col. W. B., letters to B. from, 34,
629; referred to, 15 45, 58, 85, 96
Gregg, General, 237, 239, 240, 241, 249
Gregg's Texas Brigade, 176, 227, 232,
233
"Greyhound," the, 105, 169, 205, 221,
285, 286, 308, 309, 360, 362, 367, 370,
371
Griffin's Division, 207
Grinnell, M. H., 337
Griswoldville, 378
Groesbeck, 117
Gross, George J., letter to B. from, 618
Grover House, 51
Gurowski, Count Adam, letter to B.
from, 126; referred to, 167, 168
HHackett, J. K., letter to B. from, 376;
letters from B. to, 105, 299, 410, 423,
424; referred to, 422
Haddock, Major, 320
Haggerty, Major, 531
Hagood's Brigade, 235, 438, 454, 463
Haight, B. I., 295
Haines, Master, 440, 441
Hale, Rev. E. E., letter to B. from, 37
Hale Guards, the 699
Half Moon Battery, the, 435, 437, 461,
462
Halifax, 371, 372
Halleck, Maj. Gen. H. W., letters from
B. to, 112, 200, 573; letters from Grant
to, 207, 213, 388; letter to Grant from,
472; referred to, 76, 122, 292, 303, 587,
594, 619, 620, letter to B. from, 575
Hallgarten and Heryfield, 328
Hallion, James, 197
Hamilton, Mr., 324, 379
Hamilton, Maj. Gen. Schuyler, 35, 36, 37Hamilton Corporation, 632Hamlin, H., 633
Hammond, Colonel, 5
Hampton, Va., 384, 612, 613Hampton Legion, the, 235
Hampton Roads, 438, 466, 622
Hancock, Gen. W. S., letter from Grantto, 77; referred to, 46, 49, 51, 53, 58, 62,
63, 75, 76, 91, 139, 176, 191, 204
Hardie, James A., 644
Harlan, 121
Harland, General, 378
Harper Brothers, 467, 468
Harper, J. N., letter to Kempler from,
698
Harris, 511, 600
Harrisburg, Pa., 704
Harrison, James, 427
Harrison Landing, 182
Harrison, William T., 369
Hart, George H., 156, 157
Hart, Lieutenant, 440, 441
Hart, Mr., 425
Hartwell, C, 369
Harvard College, 80
Harvey, J., letter to B. from, 115; letter
from B. to, 115
Haskell, Colonel, 241
Haskell, Major, 241
Hatch, George W., 337
Hatcher's Creek, 290
Hatcher's Run, 280
Hathaway, 635
Hatteras Banks, 426, 538
Hatteras Expedition, the, 649, 650
Haupt, George, letter to B. from, 309
Haverhill, Mass., 699
Hawkins, D. A., letter to B. from, 342
Hawkins' Zouaves, 670
Hawley, Brigadier General, 344, 654
Hay, John, letter to B. from, 589
Haynes, Mr., 658
Hazen, Major General, 628
Heard, Mrs. Harriet, 17, 20, 24, 28, 38,44,
48, 52, 57, 64, 65, 66, 75, 84, 92, 105,
130, 137, 138, 145, 168, 174, 190, 203,
210, 212, 218, 221, 222, 230, 244, 278,
361, 437, 448, 559, 562, 657
Heaton, D., letters to B. from, 55, 156,
425; letters from B. to, 56, 426
Heckman's Brigade, 116, 143, 600
Hempton's Cavalry, 139
Henly, 250
Henry, Professor, 660
Herald, the London, 275, 279
Herald, the N. Y., 128, 148, 156, 245, 425,
INDEX 737
467, 485, 498, 507, 509, 557, 620, 621,
654, 655
Herbert, J. K., letters to B. from, 4, 8, 9,
35, 81, 96, 117, 120, 167, 593, 643;
referred, to, 644
Herr, Mooney, 357
Heth's Division, 77, 189, 205, 241, 280
Hewett, Major, 412, 415, 419
Hickman, 117
Hicksford, 388
Higbee, E. G., 295
High Bridge, 322, 691
Hildreth, Fisher A., letters to B. from, 204,
595, 599; letter from Mrs. Butler to,
582; referred to, 38, 44, 58, 74, 75, 92,
105, 113, 114, 125, 126, 132, 145, 170,
212, 218, 222, 230, 266, 278, 279, 288,
371, 533, 550, 633, 705
Hildreth, Florence, 74, 92, 114, 125
Hill's Corps, 23, 64, 198
Hilton Head, 304
Hitchcock, General, letters from B. to,
71, 304; referred to, 70, 257, 469
Hixon, 212, 228
"H. Livingston," the, 318
Hoffman, Colonel, letters from B. to, 154,
155, 185, 266, 281; referred to, 257, 281,
470, 686
Hoffman House, New York, 309, 331, 578
Hoke's Division, 77, 198, 201, 202, 235,
236, 241, 251, 355, 373, 437, 443, 453,
454, 463, 484, 500, 501, 533, 569, 570
Hollensworth, S. J., letter to B. from, 646;
letter from B. to, 646
Holly Springs, Miss., 14
Holt, Brigadier General, letters from B.
to, 169, 487; referred to, 429, 557
Hood, General, 239
Hooker, General, 514, 549
Hopkins, W., Rogers letter to B. from,
660; letter to Sumner from, 661; letter
from B. to, 661
Hough, D. L., letter from B. to, 490; re-
ferred to, 490, 651
Howard, Lieut. Colonel, letter from B. to,
60; referred to, 173, 550, 633
Howard, Gen. O. O., letters from B. to,
611, 639, letter to B. from, 640; re-
ferred to, 611, 613, 689
Howard, William, 607, 608, 609
Howard's line, 558
Howe, T. M., 36, 37
Howlett House Battery, the, 11, 26, 27,
61
Hubbard, Judge, 687
Hudson, John H., 317, 445, 446, 447
Hudson, Henry N., letter to B. from, 160;
vol. v—47
controversy over, 160, 294-298; 309,
312, 313, 335, 336, 486; B.'s charges
against, 487-496; 651, 697
Hudson, Mrs. Henry N., 164, 297
Hudson, William, 162, 297
Hughs, Colonel, 354
Hunter, Gen. David, 527, 533, 534, 678
Hutton, B. H., 337
I
Illicit Trade, investigation into, 502-
504; Ord proposes military commission
for, 503, 533; its sittings; 550,552,556,
561, 563; 587, 588, 590-593
Illinois, 305
Illinois Troops, 39th Regt., 338
Indianola, 670
Ingalls, Gen. Rufus, letter to Shaffer
from, 12; letter from Shaffer to, 13;
letters from B. to, 18, 225, 247; re-
ferred to, 382, 665
Innis, Colonel, 23, 28
Inquirer, the Philadelphia, 466
Insurrectionary states, commercial in-
tercourse in, 7; B.'s suggestions con-
cerning, 516-518
Intelligencer, the, 640
Isle of Shoals, the, 79, 80
Jackson, Andrew, 495
Jackson, Lieut. Colonel, 600
James, Major, 610, 613
James River, the, 1, 5, 15, 23, 27, 37, 42,
44, 48, 53, 60, 64, 65, 72, 77, 78, 83, 86,
87, 89, 94, 106, 107, 171, 172, 173, 175,
177, 181, 184, 195, 207, 213, 214, 216,
221, 241, 246, 247, 248, 255, 261, 263,
273, 284, 350, 355, 388, 438, 483, 497,
549
James River Squadron, the, 606
Jameson, Maj. Thorndike C, 424, 425
Jefferson, Mo., 650
Jersey City, 323
Johnson, President Andrew, 117, 594, 595,
596, 597; letters from B. to, 602, 609,
614, 677, 678; B.'s suggestions to con-
cerning disposition of Lee's army, 602-
605; 606, 609, 613, 616, 617, 619, 620,
628, 631, 637, 641, 644, 647, 651, 652,
653, 658, 677, 684, 688, 689, 701, 704,
710, 712, 719, 721; letters to B. from,
610, 644
Johnson, Bushrod, 59, 64, 77, 176, 178,
198, 205, 241, 280
Johnson, Captain, 563
Johnson, Dr., 235
/-"
738 INDEX
Johnson, Reverdy, 419
Johnson store, the 533
Johnson's Brigade, 354
Johnston, G. H., 552, 556, 559, 582
Johnston and Corwin, 576
Jones, Col. E. F., letter to B. from, 370
Jones, W., 564; letter to B. from 693;
letter from B. to, 694
Jones' Landing, 308
Jourdan, Gen. J., 354
Journal, the, 524
Judd, Frank, R., 449
Julia, Jr., 169
Julian, 594
KKautz, Gen. A. V., letters from B. to,
205, 237, 238, 246, 247, 268; letters to
B. from, 227, 236, 241, 268; referred to,
23, 178, 180, 182, 191, 193, 194, 196,
199, 206, 208, 212, 213, 226, 229, 230,
231, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240, 250,
251, 252, 256, 260, 262
Keeler, Captain, 531, 548
Kelly, General, 22
Kelly, Rev. M. J., 80
Kellogg, of Illinois, 8
Kelton, Col. J. C, letters to B. from, 649,
684; letter from B. to, 650
Kempler, General, letter from Harper to,
698
Kennedy, J. A., letter to B. from, 332; 708
Kensel, Col. Geo. A., letters from Birney
to, 230, 235; letter to B. from, 451; re-
ferred to, 62, 105, 255, 306, 374; letter
from B. to, 105, 452
Kensel, Mrs. Colonel, 374
Kentucky, 214, 267, 482
Kershaw's Division, 15, 23, 198, 214, 355,
357, 358, 359, 373
Ketchum, Morris, 337
"Key Port," the, 12
Kick, Private, 15, 82
Kidder, 288
Kilpatrick, General, 18
Kimball, Dr., 28, 29, 30, 50, 66, 109,
209, 212, 656
Kimball, John, 209, 212, 228, 585
Kimball, Mrs., 209
King, Captain, 37
King, Lieutenant, 2, 504
King, Preston, 594, 619
King, Surgeon, 31
Kingsland Road, the, 61, 62, 176, 194,
212, 282
Kingston, 478, 479
Kinsley, E. W., letter to B. from, 21
Kinsman, Dr., 361, 657
Kinsman, Col. J..B., letter from B. to,
272; referred to, 50, 114, 544, 597,
634, 657, 705
Kinsman, Mrs. Dr., 657
Kinston, 378, 379
Kirkland's Brigade, 437, 454, 463
Kirkwood, the, 594
Knapp, George & Co., 702
Knight, Colonel, 177
Knight, J. B., 257
Kress, Lieut., 199
Labob, B.'s attitude on, 572
Lamb, Colonel, 497, 533, 535, 569, 618
Landlum, Mr., 627
Lane, General, 23, 43, 60, 64, 77
Lane, G. W., 258, 533, 550, 556, 557,
564; the "Philadelphia" case, 576-582;
582, 583
La Ross, 440
Laurel Hill, 259
Law's Brigade, 227, 232, 233
Lawson, Peter, letter to B. from, 370;
letter from B. to, 694; 540
Leddon, Mr., 456
Ledger, the N. Y., 80, 218, 620
Lee, 482
Lee, Admiral, 2
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 1, 8, 27, 85, 129,
192, 198, 201, 211, 215, 233, 241,
264, 271, 350, 378, 454, 469, 502, 521,
558, 600, 601, 602-605, 616, 624,
628, 691, 692, 697
Lee, Gen. W. H. F., 93
Leech, Col. W. A., 516
Leek, Capt. G. K., letter from Grant to,
476; letter to Grant from, 476; 480Lelands, 65
Lester, John H., 185
Letcher, 32
Lewis Point, 538
Libbey, L., 624
Libby Prison, 256, 263, 624, 675
Lien, 44
Lincoln, President Abraham, letter fromMrs. Tyler to, 53; letters to Grantfrom, 63, 246; letter to Mrs. Tylerfrom, 83; letters to B. from, 87, 443,
449, 478, 483; letters from B. to,
87, 174, 185, 443, 474, 478, 483, 602;
opposition to his renomination, 121,
122, 126, 135, 306; letter from Grantto, 471; letter from Whitlock to, 589;
letter from Baker to, 592; letter to-
Gordon from, 593; referred to, 4,.
INDEX 739
8, 9, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 43, 47,
54, 55, 67, 68, 75, 109, 112, 127, 128,
129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 160, 167,
168, 169, 174, 197, 215, 246, 277, 329,
333, 336, 338, 351, 353, 354, 383, 384,
401, 405, 411, 428, 445, 450, 466, 474,
475, 480, 507, 518, 527, 542, 545,
546, 554, 559, 560, 575, 577, 580, 581,
582, 586, 587, 589, 597, 598, 599,
606, 618, 619, 620, 626, 658, 665
Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham, 130
Lincoln and Johnson, 154
Lithgow, W., letter to B. from, 715;
letter from B. to, 715
Liverpool, 370
Lock, 412
Lockwood, Gen. H. C, letter to B. from,
506; letter from B. to, 506
Logan, 651
Lomax' Cavalry, 232, 233, 235
Longstreet, Lieut. General, 627
Longstreet's Corps, 23, 64, 76
Lord, Jesse H., letter to B. from, 699;
letter from B. to, 700
Loring, George B., letter to B. from, 314
Lossing, Benson J., letter to B. from, 522
Losoffsky, 704
Lothrop, Rev. Dr., 658
Louis, Julius 642
Louisiana, 133, 542, 543, 670, 695
"Louisiana," the, 410, 430
Louisiana, the Bank of, New Orleans, 415
Louisville, Ky., 327
Lovell, John, 270
Low, A. A.. 298
Low, James 337
Lowe, Charles, letter to B. from, 629
Lowell, 74, 79, 105, 119, 131, 134, 240,
270, 434, 482, 522, 525, 536, 554, 585,
587, 588, 617, 631, 634, 662
Lowney, Mr., 516
Loyal League Committee, the, 346
Loyal League of N. Y., the, 346
Luderson, 482
Ludlow, Maj. B. C, 279, 387, 483
Ludlow, Lieut. Col. W. H., letters from
B. to, 25, 48, 58, 94; referred to, 26,
59, 63, 95, 214, 633
Lynch, James, 340
Lynchburg, 37
Lyons, H. J., & Co., 327
MMcAllister, Richard, letter to B. from,
516
McCausland, 77
McClellan, Gen. George, 47, 58, 109, 122,
126, 132, 133, 277, 278, 321, 327,
354, 401, 521, 705
McCloskey, Archbishop, 332
McCook, Maj. Gen. A. McD., 628
McCormick, Dr., letter from B. to, 200;
letter from Mrs. Butler to, 655; re-
ferred to, 17, 20, 28, 29, 38, 44, 47, 50,
51, 53, 64, 66, 85, 97, 133, 136, 138,
276, 361
McCulloch, Mr., 560, 561
McCurdy, Robert EL, 337
McDonald, J. H., 248
McGowen, 60, 280
McGrath, T., 298
Mclntire, Captain, letters to B. from,
256, 280
McKay, R. S., letter to B. from, 541;
letter from B. to, 542; 582McKee, J. H., 615
McKim, J. M., letter to Pierce from,
491; letter from Godkin to, 491;
referred to, 491
McKim, Quarter Master, letter from B.to, 74
McLaws' Division, 355
McMannis, E., 257
McMurdy, Dr., 406
McMurdy, R., letter to B. from, 482
McNenny, 354
Macon, Ga., 653
McPherson, letter from B. to, 680
McQuaid, John F., 305
McRay, 250
McVicer, J., 296
Mahone, 23, 198
Mahone's Division, 23, 64, 77, 107, 111,
205, 280
Maillefert, B., letter to B. from, 483Main, Colonel, 338
Maine, 135, 538
Maine Volunteer Militia: 8th Regt., 173;
11th Regt., 173; 12th Regt., 624
Mallory, Mr., 215
Malvern Hill, 176
Mann, Horace, 537
Mann, Mrs. Horace, letter to B. from,
537; letter from B. to, 537
Mann, O. L., 583
Manning, Captain, letter to B. from,
321
Manning, Fred, letter to B. from, 481
Marcy, Dr., 132
Marenboro, 440
Marietta, 239
Marraby, Major, 286
Marshall, C. H., 338
Marston, Brig. Gen. Gilman, letters
740 INDEX
from B. to, 28, 184; referred to, 82,
83, 205, 286; letter to B. from, 640
Martin, Capt. Fred, letters from B. to,
308, 309; letter to B. from, 523
Martin, Dr., 17
"Martin," the, 534
Martindale, Edward, letter to B. from,
508
Martindale, Gen. J. H., letters to B.
from, 5, 54, 203, 508; referred to, 159,
629
Maryland, 99, 146
Maryland Troops, 1st Regt., 184, 225, 226
Masonborough Inlet, 455, 458
Massachusetts, 596, 597, 617, 664, 679,
705
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 2ndCavalry, 37; 4th Regt., 184, 193,
239; 31st Regt., 39; 40th Regt., 185;
4th Cavalry, 601
"Massasoit," the, 607
Mathews, S., 117
Mathias Point, 431, 460
Maury, General, 14
Meade, Gen. G. G., letters from B. to,
23, 43, 87, 139, 144, 189, 233, 241,
375; letter to B. from, 373, 375; letter
from Bowers to, 496; letter from Grant
to, 350; referred to, 3, 6, 23, 48, 85,
107, 118, 142, 159, 172, 173, 189, 193,
194, 195, 199, 200, 204, 207, 210, 213,
216, 217, 249, 273, 285, 287, 350, 375,
681
Mechanicsville, 355
Medals, struck for colored troops, 622
Memphis, 427
Mercantile Library Association, the, 714
Mercer, Dr., 341, 415, 419, 420
Mercury, the Charleston, 399
Merriam, W. H., letters to B. from, 317,
530; 531
"Merrimack," the, 448
Metropolitan, the, 654
Mexicans, the, 671
Mexico, 403
"Miami," the, 60
Michie, Lieut. P. S., letter from B. to,
264; referred to, 208, 214, 279
Michie, Major, 387
Miles, General, 633
Military Asylum, the, 707
Military organization, B.'s suggestions
for, 389-397
Mill Creek, 613
Miller, Asst. Surg. Christial, 205
Millen, 675
Millern, General, 634, 635
Mills Road, 193
Mine, the Battle of the, 665"Minnesota," the, 155
Mississippi River, the, 128, 155, 186,
281, 541, 689, 703
Missouri, 215
Missouri Republican, the, 702
Mitchel, General, 161
Mobile, 12, 14, 21, 25
Monitor, the, 705, 706
Monroe Massacre, the, 707
Montreal, 271
Moore, Colonel, letter from B. to, 202;
referred to, 276
Moore, J. B., 126
Moore, Gov. T. O., 414
Moorefield, 77
Mordecai, Lieut., 86, 87
Morehead, Governor, 327
Morgan, Judge, 133, 555
Morse, Major, 556, 557
Morton, Levi P., 337, 352
Motley, Captain, 37
Motley, Mr., 37
Mount Jackson, 358
Mt. Vernon, 331
"Mount Washington." the, 59
Muldowney, Thomas, letter to B. from,
325
Mulford, Col. J. E., letters from B. to,
200, 281 319; letters to B. from, 303,
318, 359; referred to, 37, 97, 154, 265,
266, 267, 305, 307, 308, 312, 371, 399,
436, 516, 538, 572, 573
Muhlemberg, Lieut., 142
Murrell, John A., 541
Mussey, R. D., letter to B. from, 622
NNabig, Mr., 470
Napoleon, 602
Nash, L. P., 335; letter to B. from, 336
Nashville, Term., 327
Nathan, P. L., letter from B. to, 716
Nation, the, 491, 492, 710, 720
National Bank, the, 550
Naval Battalion, the, 201
Navy Department, the, 7, 27, 59, 156,
274, 531, 543, 576, 594, 660, 661, 682
Neeley, H. A., 295
Neenah, Wis., 693
Negroes, 73; B. in defense of, 679
Negro Troops, 1, 12, 59, 99, 106, 142,
See also Colored Troops
Nelson, S. O., 615
"Nereus," the, 440
Nesmith, Mrs., 434, 449
INDEX 741
Newark, N. J., 323
New Bank, the, 635
Newbern, N. C, 192, 276, 294, 361, 367,
373, 424, 426, 337, 478, 553, 564, 607,
609
New England, 595
New Hampshire, 277, 641
New Hampshire Volunteer Militia, 227;
12th Regt., 262, 263, 503
New Inlet, 430, 431, 461
New Jersey. 310
New Market Creek, 49
New Market Heights, 193
Newmarket Junction, 179
New Market Road, the, 58, 59, 61, 65,
76, 178, 179, 191, 193-196, 199, 205,
208, 212, 213, 219, 231-233, 236. 239.
252, 253, 256, 259, 282, 290
Newport, R. I., 36, 426, 656
Newport News, 275, 276
New Orleans, 215, 225, 242, 325, 326,
398, 409, 411, 412, 414, 415, 420,
427, 436, 439, 528, 543, 586, 596, 620,
644, 650, 651, 668, 669, 687, 689, 703,
707
News, the Fall River, 707
News, the N. Y., 552
News, the Savannah, 378
Newton, Mr., 607
New York, 166, 277, 305
New York, N. Y., 24, 38, 116, 117, 224,
229, 243, 258, 306, 307, 309; B. sent
to prevent election frauds in, 313;
446, 447, 617, 618
"New York," the, 69, 70, 308, 318
New York Mounted Rifles, the, 82, 142,
260
New York Troops; 89th Regt., 184;
142nd Regt., 240, 255, 463; 112th
Regt., 240; 169th Regt., 240; 100th
Regt., 253, 357; 5th Cavalry, 256,
257; 158th Regt., 260; 118th Regt.
276; 77th Regt., 332; 7th Regt., 332;
22nd Regt., 332; 16th Heavy Arty., 373
New York Volunteer Engineers, the
first, 161, 294, 297, 477, 487, 488
New York Young Men's RepublicanUnion, the, 334
Nicodemus, Lieut. W. H., letter to B.
from, 642; letter from B. to, 643; 698
Nichols, A. A., 257
Nichols, W. A., letter to B, from, 615
Nichols & Co., 561
Nicolay, Jno., 54, 83
Nineteenth Corps, the, 203, 214, 217
Ninth Corps, the, 86, 87, 203, 207, 273,
355, 358, 375
Norfolk, 11, 20, 25, 108, 118, 125, 136,
142, 144, 186, 187, 188, 247, 293,
360, 361, 363, 369, 383, 384, 426, 431,
445, 446, 447, 448, 451, 478, 502,
533, 550, 556, 558, 561, 563, 564,
575, 577, 578, 583, 590, 591, 608,
611, 620, 623, 632, 637, 638, 647,
662, 706
North Carolina, 7, 56, 116, 128, 426,
527, 552, 576, 580, 664
North Carolina Troops, 3rd Regt., 59;
1st Heavy Arty., 424; 3rd Junior
Reserves, 437, 463; 36th Regt., 535,
569; 10th Regt., 570; 7th Batt. Re-
serves, 570" Northern Light," the, 318
Northern Neck, the, 248, 460
North West Locks, 125
Noyes, Maj. H. E., letter to B. from,
652; letter from B. to, 653
Noyes, William Curtis, 338
OO'Brien, Mr., letter from B. to, 206
Ochiltre, Maj. John P., letter to B. from,
627; letter from B. to, 628
Oconee Bridge, 378
O'Connor, Charles, 324, 555
Ogeechee, the, 399
Ogilby, F. H., 295
Ohio, 36, 67, 116, 641
Ohio Troops, 123rd Regt., 601
Olcott, Colonel, 429
Old Court House, the, 142, 143
Old Dominion, the, 564, 583, 588, 589
Old Point, 16, 53, 123, 477
"Onondaga," the, 527
Opdyke, George, 68, 81, 337
Ord, Gen. E. O. C, letter to Shaffer from,
88; letters from B. to, 107, 110,
175, 184; letter to Potter from, 185;
letters to Grant from, 480, 502; letter
from Grant to, 480; referred to, 48,
103, 106, 107, 110, 111, 116, 119,
178, 179, 181, 191, 192, 193, 194, 198,
203, 513, 533, 545, 558, 562, 563, 585,
586, 600, 601, 602, 633, 646, 664, 671;
succeeds B. in command of Dept. of
Va. and N. C, 473; his proposal for
a military commission, 503
Order No. 213, 34
O'Reilly, Henry, letter to B. from, 331
Osborne, Colonel, 338, 366
Ould, Robert, letters from B. to, 18, 97,
127, 219, 249; referred to, 70, 71, 124,
155, 186, 215, 216, 219, 249, 251, 252,
263, 265, 266, 281, 469
742 INDEX
Ould's Division, 236
Owen, Mr., 24, 45, 65, 78, 114, 361
Page, Charles A., 564; letter to B. from,
693
Page, Mrs., 544
Paine, Gen. Charles J., letters from B.
to, 145, 183; referred to, 180, 184,
193, 195, 215, 223, 381, 460, 527
Palace Garden, 332
Palmer, Gen. J. N., letters from B. to,
367, 372, 378; letter from Dodge to,
496, letter to B. from, 540; referred to,
371, 372, 373, 388, 426, 428, 432, 451,
479, 557
"Parke," the, 19
Parker, Captain, 466, 527
Parker, E. S., letter to B. from, 4
Parker, W. A., 606, 607, 608, 705
Parkes, General, 356
Parson, Lieut., 382
Parson's Battery, the, 26
Parton, James, letters to B. from, 79,
356, 467, 498, 499, 525, 526, 620, 644;
referred to, 125, 127, 146, 279, 522,
719, 720; letters from B. to, 468, 645,
654, 662, 696
Parton, Mrs. James, letters to B. from,
644, 718, 720; referred to, 79, 125,
126, 127, 130; 468, 526, 645, 662, 697;
letters from B. to, 719, 720
Patrick, Brigadier General, 13, 662;
letters from B. to, 250, 267, 269
Patten, Colonel, 375
Paulding, Admiral, letter from B. to, 322
Peabody, Judge, 134
Pearson, Mr., 120, 130, 170
Pearson, Mrs., 130
Peck, Major General, 315, 326, 337
Peirce, Mr., 434
Pelouze, Louis H., 257
Pelton, Mr., 658
Pennipacker, Colonel, letter from B. to,
207
Pennypacker, Mr., 9
Pennsylvania, 317, 704
Pennsylvania Troops, the, 142, 358
People's Bank of Kentucky, the, 328
Perkins, Judge, 278
Perry, 550
Peters, 607, 609
Petersburg, 1, 5, 6, 11, 23, 48, 51, 64,
69, 75, 76, 77, 78, 85, 87, 89, 92, 93,
94, 95, 125, 142, 173, 175, 177, 188,
189, 195, 196, 199, 200, 205, 211, 213,
239, 241, 273, 280, 287, 350, 355, 373,
398, 428, 527, 584, 585, 601, 691
Peyster, Aug. de., letter to B. from, 333Phelps, General, 670
Philadelphia, 160, 446, 447
"Philadelphia" Case, the, 576-582
Philadelphia Convention, the, 712
Phillips Academy, 548
Phillips, Wendell, letters to B. from,
400, 675; letter from B. to, 401
Pickett, General, 111, 198
Pickett's Division, 23, 60, 76, 77, 86,
107, 111, 211, 214, 233, 234, 241, 253
Pierce, 277
Pierce, Edward L., letter to B. from, 491;
letter from McKim to, 491; letter
from B. to, 492
Pierce, Franklin, 80
Pierpont, Governor, 351, 445, 624, 633,
636, 637, 646, 647
Pierrepont, Edwards, letters from B.
to, 243, 413, 417, 420, 422; letters to
B. from, 412, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421,
422, 423; referred to, 376, 404, 410-424,
433, 524
Pioneer Corps, the, 354
Plaistead, Gov. H. M., letter to B. from,
665 ; letter from B. to, 667
Plummer, 657, 658
Plymouth, 372, 428
Point Lookout, 145, 152, 153, 154, 185,
267, 281, 500, 501
Point of Rocks, 142, 144, 184, 268, 297,
355, 388, 639
Point of Rocks Hospital, 375
Pollard, Mr., 376, 377, 572, 573, 598, 606
Ponchatoula, the Battle of, 659
Poor, Major, 660
Poplar Spring Church, 200, 207
Porter, C. H., 88
Porter, Admiral, D. D., letters from B.
to, 365, 372, 379, 383, 435, 437, 441;
letter to B. from, 379, 380, 383, 410,
430; letters from Grant to, 457, 466;
letter to Grant from, 458; letter
from Parker, to, 607; B.'s estimate of,
506; his attack on B., 541; referred to,
360, 366, 369, 372, 377, 379, 380, 388,
431, 432, 436, 442, 449, 451, 452, 453,
457, 459, 460, 461, 465, 466, 468, 472,
500, 505, 506, 509, 511, 513, 514, 521,
522, 528, 530, 531, 534, 539, 540, 541,
542, 543, 549, 606, 607, 608, 618, 661,
682, 683, 684, 693
Porter, Mrs. Admiral, 360
Porter, Gen. Fitz John, 305, 327
Porter, Lieut., 466
INDEX 743
"Porter," the, 439
Port Hudson, 299, 463
Port Royal, 439
Portsmouth, 426, 564, 632
Port Walthall, 86, 219
Post, the, 635, 637, 663
Post, the London, 369
Post, the N. Y., 117
Potomac River, the, 431, 460Potter, Colonel, letters from Ord to,
185, 262, 263; letters from B. to, 193,
261, 262; referred to, 503, 533, 550,
589
Potter, Bishop Horatio, 296
Potter's Division, 207
Powers, Geo. H., letter from B. to, 367
Prescott Corporation, 632
Presley, H. W., 118
Press, the Philadelphia, 551, 552, 553
Price, J. H., 295
Prichard, Captain, 440
Prince, George Court House, 261
Princess Ann Road, 558
Providence, R. I., 424, 608
Provisional Brigade, the, 375
Puffer, Capt. A. T., 257, 331; letters to B.
from, 376, 565, letter from B. to, 376
R .
Radicals, the, 109, 110, 559
Rainbow Bluff, 372, 378, 388Raleigh, 478
Randall, 482
Ransom's Brigade, 280
Rapidan, the, 241, 692
Rawlins, Gen. J. A., letters to B. from,
232, 249, 480; letters from B. to, 233,
240, 355, 358, 485; letter from Edento, 249; letters from Comstock to,
473, 477, 479; letters from Terry to,
484, 497; letter to Grant from, 507;
letter to Weitzel from, 508; referred
to, 563
Raymond, Charles A., 352, 610, 611,
612
Raymond, H. J., letter from B. to, 300;
referred to, 36, 68, 298Read, Henry, letter to B. from, 317;
562
Read, Mrs. Henry, letter from Websterto, 561; referred to, 75, 105, 114, 212,
244, 361, 448
Read, Major, 503, 533, 550, 589
Read, Lieut. Col. Theodore, 600, 601
Read, W. W., 550
Reading, Pa., 317
Ream's Station, 131
Reconstruction, the Committee on, 700,
704
Redpath, Mr., 629
Red River, 414, 427, 541, 542, 543
Red River Campaign, Banks' 589
Regime, the, 20, 549, 550, 562, 563, 589Register, the Omaha, 687
"Relief," the, 633
"Reno," the, 19
Renshaw, J. M., 550, 556, 557, 562, 582,
591, 593
Republican, the Washington, 449
Retaliation, 71, 263, 271, 538
Rhind, Com. A. C, letter from B. to, 682
Rhode Island Troops, 5th Regt., 424
Rich, John T., letter to B. from, 538
Richards, J. B., 347
Richardson, A. D., letter from B. to, 572;
539, 544
Richardson, Dr., 85, 105, 130, 138
Richardson, Mr., 242, 376, 451
Richardson, Mrs., 213
Richmond, 11, 14, 19, 25, 35, 37, 51, 61,
78, 95, 106, 142, 147, 154, 156; Grant's
plans for capture of, 172; B.'s orders
for the attack, 175-183, 282; 188,
189, 193, 194, 195, 196, 203, 204, 206,
212, 213, 219, 227, 230, 239, 287, 350,
354, 373, 381, 438, 443, 463, 464, 466,
474, 521; captured, 584, 585; 586,
616, 622, 623, 624, 630, 639, 662, 665,
666, 693, 698, 720
Richmond and Osborne Turnpike, the,
179
Ricker, David L., 632
Rio Grande, the, 517, 670
Risley, H. A., letters to B. from, 7, 369,
377, 399; referred to, 187, 188, 383,
445, 451, 577, 581, 582
"River Queen," the, 533
Roanoke, 372, 428, 432
Roanoke Island, 426
Roberts, Capt. James S., 276, 242
Roberts, Marshall O., 337
Robinson, Miss, 57
Robinson, William, 269
Rockland, Maine, 623
Rockwell, H. E., letter from B. to, 587;
557
Rocky Mount, 378
Rogers, Colonel, 320
Rollins, Mr., 277
Roma, 670
Romero, Mr., 281
Rosecrans, General, 215
Rosser's Cavalry, 214
Rubber Clothing Company, the, 166
744 INDEX
Sailor's Creek, Va., 628
St. Bartholomew's Church, New York,
296
St. Clair, Charles, 541
St. Clement's Church, New York, 165
St. Louis, 35
St. Luke's Church, New York, 296
St. Stephen's Church, New York, 295
Salem, Mass., 188
Salisbury, 675
"Salor, Gen. Augustus," 467
Samuels, Abraham, 474
Sandy Hook, 602
Sanford, Major General, 323, 332
"Santiago de Cuba," the, 465
Saratoga, 656, 693
Saunders, Colonel, letter from B. to, 11
Savannah, 128, 293, 304, 318, 371, 383,
399, 455, 457, 504, 536
Sawtelle, Captain, 20
Sawyer Battery, the, 47
Sawyer Brothers, letters from B. to,
14,34Sawyer, Wallace & Co., 148
Scales' Brigade, 23, 60
Schaumburg, James W., letter to B.
from, 539
Schell, Richard, 338
Schenck, Maj. Gen., 187, 188, 410; let-
ter from B. to, 389
Schofield, General, 22, 122, 533
Schouler, Adj. William, 711, 712
Scott, Gen., 356
Schurtz, Gen. Carl, 678
Second Corps, the, 42, 94, 152
Seddon, 6, 32
Sentinel, the Richmond, 77, 527
Serrell Col., E. W., letter to B. from,
357; 490
Serrill, Colonel, letter from B. to, 160;
referred to, 164, 294, 295, 504
Sewall's Point, 276
Seward, Fred, 594
Seward, Major, 643
Seward, William H., letter to B. from,
286; referred to, 8, 9, 10, 43, 110, 128,
133, 167, 168, 170, 190, 529, 533,
545, 594, 596, 617, 679
Seymour, Governor, 305, 320, 493
Shaffer, Col. J. W., letter from Ingalls to,
12; his reply, 13; letter from Ord to,
89; letters from B. to, 157, 338; letters
to B. from, 67, 116, 118, 158, 159, 186,
305, 338, 352, 366, 430, 450, 490, 511,
538, 619, 650, 688; referred to, 10,
58, 66, 75, 85, 88, 109, 128, 129, 130,
132, 133, 135, 144, 145, 150, 433, 434,
436, 672
Shaffer, James, 450, 451, 650Shaffer, William, 186
Sharon, N. Y., 44, 45, 66, 85, 97, 105,
109, 113, 642, 645, 656
Sharp, Colonel, letter from B. to, 228Shed, Mrs., 65
Shenandoah Valley, the, 27, 85
Shepley, Gen. Geo. F., letter from D.Bean & Co. to, 125; his reply, 125;
letters from B. to, 143, 265; letters
to B. from, 444; letter to Stanton from,
445; referred to, 20, 118, 144, 186,
187, 204, 278, 319, 341, 360, 363, 413,
415, 419, 500, 533, 545, 550, 552,
556, 558, 563, 582, 588, 600, 615, 624,
625, 626, 646, 708
Sheridan, Gen. P. H., 77, 146, 153, 208,
209, 214, 224, 274, 275, 358, 456, 457,
459
Sherman, Porter, 546, 582, 588
Sherman, Gen. W. T., 22, 71, 215, 350,
372, 378, 379, 380, 398, 399, 412,
432, 433, 455, 458, 464, 472, 478, 504,
511, 513, 585, 619, 641, 648, 649, 700Shivas, 617
Shoemaker's Battery, 354
Shorey, Mr., 705, 706
Sibley, General, 627, 687
Sickamore Church, 200
Signal Hill, 26, 27, 175, 193, 214, 232
Signal Tower, 234, 236, 239, 388
Sixth Corps, the, 693
Slabtown, 613
Slavery, 121, 529
Slaves, 100
Smith, Andrew, 339
Smith, Captain, letter from B. to, 216;
referred to, 22, 215, 291
Smith, General C. H., 142, 482, 665, 692
Smith, Dr., 226
Smith, Ensign, 441
Smith, Col. E. W., letters from Birney to,
208, 211, 230, 231, 237, 238; referred
to, 264, 490, 510
Smith, Goldwin, letters to B. from,
349, 369; letters from B. to, 621;
referred to, 360
Smith, Col. James, 39
Smith, J. C, 296
Smith, Gen. Kirby, 428
Smith, Mrs., 291
Smith, Samuel, 339, 419, 420, 421,
422
Smith & Co., Samuel, 243, 280, 339-342,
INDEX 745
367, 376, 384, 385, 404, 410-424, 433,
518, 689-691
Smithfield, 515, 548
Smith's Neck Light, 248
Smithsonian Institution, the, 660
Smythe, Henry A., 338
Snead, Judge, E. K., letter from B. to,
32; referred to, 87, 88, 634, 636, 637
Snow, Mr., 640
Somerset Co., 538
Sommers, Herman, 642
South, the, B.'s argument for military
law in, 717
South Carolina, 42, 128, 155, 620, 679
South Carolina Troops, 7th Cavalry, 176,
241
Southern Star, the, 668
South Mills, 265
Special Orders: No. 3, 467; No. 213,
448
Springfield, 111., 91, 511
Spring Hill, 51, 106, 233, 236, 238
Srogg's Battery, 354
Stackpole, Major, letters from B. to, 185,
197; referred to, 37, 162, 436, 445
Standard, the London, 279, 356
Stanley, Langdell & Brown, 280, 340
Stanley, William, 449
Stannard, General, 195, 196
Stanton, Edwin M., letters from Grant
to, 290, 336, 452, 468, 472; letter to
Grant from, 336; letters from B. to,
11, 72, 78, 86, 90, 106, 145, 147, 169,
173, 215, 227, 276, 279, 293, 304, 310,
326, 340, 364, 469, 471, 507, 586, 615,
619, 672, 678, 689, 691, 696, 700; letters
to B. from, 106, 108, 214, 215, 292, 294,
307, 310, 322, 329, 333, 339, 364, 384,
553, 619, 627, 678, 690, 701, 721; letter
from clergymen on Hudson case to,
294; letter from citizens on Hudsoncase to, 297; letter from Dix to, 336;
letter from Shepley to, 445; referred
to, 5, 19, 39, 40, 41, 67, 152, 159, 168,
170, 214, 252, 257, 266, 276, 330, 418,
433, 436, 444, 445, 450, 482, 512, 538,
539, 575, 594, 596, 598, 601, 619, 620,
648, 653, 655, 672, 689, 697
Staten Island, 165
Stedman, Colonel, 11
Steen, H., 642
Stein, F. L., 552
Stephen, 47, 52
Stephens, 527, 533, 534
Stevens, J. Austin, 68, 116, 117, 135
Stevens, R. F., 313
Stevens, Thaddeus, letter from B. to, 678;
letters to B. from, 151, 678; referred to,
35, 36, 559, 560, 688
Stevenson, Major, 633
Stewart, A. T., 702
Stewart, J. A., letters to B. from, 316,
339; 337
Stewart, Mrs., 433
Stiele, General, 671
Stimson, Capt. D., letter to B. from, 314Stiner, W. H., letter from B. to. 245
Stony Creek, 296
Storrs, Surgeon, letter from B. to, 286
Strachan, Jno., 640
Strawberry Plains, 176
Strout, 429
Stuart's Brigade, 60
Suffrage, Greeley on, 652
Sugar Loaf, 569, 570
Suit, H. T., 328
Sully, General, 687
Sumner, Charles, letters to B. from, 271,
333; letter from Rogers to, 661; re-
ferred to, 548, 549, 557, 560, 596, 660
Sumner, Colonel, 239
Suppressed Day Book, the, 635
Susan, 361, 559, 562, 575, 583
Sutton, Thomas E., 655
"Swan," the, 139
Swan's Point, 23, 28
"Sweeny's Pottery," 176
Swett, 68
Swift, Creek, 23, 378
Swift, Lieut., 441, 555
Syme, Dr., 39
Tabanelle, M., 106
Taben, Henry M., 337
"Tallahassee," the, 455, 461
Tator, Capt. H. A., 592, 583
Taylor, G. L., letter to B. from, 547
Taylor, Moses, 337
Taylor, Lieut. Gen. Richard, 628
Taylor, T. H., 296
Telegraph, the London, 369, 467
Telfer, William Duff, letter to B. from,
509, letters from B. to, 509, 716
"Tennessee," the, 19
Tenney, 270
Tenth Corps, the, 41, 49, 58, 65, 76, 86,
87, 91, 94, 95, 103, 106, 107, 161, 169,
175, 180, 248, 277, 284, 306, 307, 311,
407, 488, 666
Terry, Gen. A. H., letters from B. to,
247, 250, 252, 253, 254, 255, 258, 259,
261, 265, 282, 303, 307; letters to B.
from, 252, 254, 307, 309; letter from
746 INDEX
Grant to, 307, 459; letter to Grant from,
308; letter to Dodge from, 308; referred
to; 46, 171, 190, 208, 238, 239, 251, 253,
254, 256, 259, 260, 261, 262, 287, 289,
307, 311, 455, 457, 466, 467, 474, 477,
523, 667; letters to Rawlins from, 484,
497, 530, 531, 535, 536, 549
Terry, Captain, 477
Terry's Division, 110, 206
Thomas' Brigade, 23, 60
"Thomas J. Dawson," the, 642
Thomas, J. W., letter to B. from, 691
Thomas, Brig. Gen. Lorenzo, 214, 432, 433
Thomas, Col. Steven, letter to B. from,
353; 625, 626, 627
Thome's House, 227
Thornton, Captain, letter from B. to, 152;
20, 558
Thornton, C. G., letter to B. from, 686;
letter from B. to, 687
Three Mile Creek, 49, 59, 61, 62
Throzmorton, W., 177
Tilton, Theodore, 337
Times, the London, 369
Times, the N. Y., letter from B. to, 124;
400, 435, 437, 467, 526, 709
Tirrel, Colonel, 114
Todd, William, 333
Todd, Chamberlain Co., 186
Tompkin's Market, 332
Torsey, Capt. J. M., letter to B. from,
712; letter from B. to, 712
Totten, Colonel, 258,
Townsend, Col. E. D., letters from B. to,
338, 469, 695; referred to, 41, 339
Trade, illicit, see Illicit Trade.
Trade, legal and illegal in the insurrec-
tionary districts of Virginia and North
Carolina, with references to officials
and others connected therewith, 7, 11,
19, 20, 55-57, 81, 108, 118, 125, 132,
133, 144, 148-150, 156, 157, 186-189,
197, 204, 224, 225, 248, 258, 278, 305,
306, 351, 352, 369, 370, 377, 378, 383,
384, 399, 425-428, 444-448, 451, 468,
469, 474, 475, 502-504, 510, 516-518,
533, 541-543, 545, 546, 550-553, 556-
559, 561-565, 575-584, 585, 586, 587-
589, 590-593, 600-602, 606-609, 632,
633, 637, 638, 642, 643, 646, 654, 655,
697, 698
Train, Charles R., 451. 559, 562, 575, 576,
582, 583
Traveller, the Boston, 524, 655
Treasury Department, the, 225, 258, 383,
384, 412, 415, 420, 426, 446, 451, 502,
561, 574, 575, 578
Tremain, Mr., 305, 306Tribune, the New Orleans, 669Tribune, the N. Y., 80, 87, 117, 242, 424,
434, 467, 468, 470, 512, 526, 539, 544,
662
Trinity Church, New York, 295Trist, Nicholas T., 356
Troup, Alexander, letter to B. from, 676;
letter from B. to, 677
True Delta, the, 555, 686
Trumball, Lieut., 449
Tucker, 555
Turner, H. M., letter to B. from, 546;
letter from B. to, 547
Turner, Gen. J. W., letters from B. to,
61, 64, 69, 116, 119, 128, 129, 674; re-
ferred to, 46, 47, 306, 338, 456, 563,
650; letter to Weitzel from, 381; letters
to B. from, 47, 527, 616, 672
Turner, W. H., 591, 592, 593
Twenty-fifth Corps, the, 381, 455, 460,
513, 527, 585, 600
Twenty-fourth Corps, the, 381, 455, 460,
497, 501, 527, 617
Tyler, Annie M., 15, 81, 82, 83
Tyler, B. O., letter to B. from, 697; letter
from B. to, 698
Tyler, J. C, 18, 53, 81, 83
Tyler, President, 15, 82
Tyler, Mrs. President, 15; letters to B.
from, 15, 329; letter to President
Lincoln from, 53; letter from B. to, 81;
letter from President Lincoln to, 83
Tyng's Pond, 114
UUnderwood, Judge, 550
United States Colored Troops, 45th
Regt., 169; 8th Regt., 205; 127th
Regt., 234; 10th Regt., 278
United States Bunting Co., the, 680, 681
United States Infantry, 8th Regt., 315
Union League of New York, the, 321
United States Mint, the, 411, 415, 418
United States Volunteers, 1st Regt., 34
Upham, N. G., letters to B. from, 43, 505
Upshur, Capt. J. H., letter from B. to,
155; letter to B. from, 156
Upton, Thomas, 578
Usher, Col. R. G., 412, 415; letter to B.
from, 486; referred to, 150
Vallandigham, 649
Van Nostrand, Benj. T., 162
Van Nostrand & Co., 488, 489, 496
Van Lieu, Miss, 355
INDEX 747
Van Valkenburg, Ransom, 286
Van Vleet, Major, letter from B. to, 90
Van Vliet, Governor, 315
Varina, 175, 178, 191, 200, 219, 220, 228,
246, 261, 275, 438
Varina Bridge, 284
Varina Road, the, 176, 178, 179, 189, 195
Varschaick, S. D., 347
Vermont, 306, 310
Vermont Troops, 8th Regt., 353, 625, 626
Vickers & Co., 328
Vinton, F., 295
Virginia, 33, 60; the so-called "restored
government" of, 351 384, 550, 633,
664, 673
"Virginia," the, 245
Virginia Troops, 32nd Regt., 87; 25th
Regt., 176; 24th Cavalry, 177
Virginians, 1st Loyal, 78
Vogdes, Gen. Israel, 470, 557, 558, 678
Voris, Col. A. C, 279
Vulte, F. L., 340
WWade, B. F., letters from B. to, 531, 540,
559, 566, 606, 642; referred to, 8, 109,
121, 169, 548, 549, 560, 594, 598, 619;
letters to B. from, 617, 641
Wade, Mrs. B. F., 642
Wade-Davis letter, the, 35
Wade Hampton's Legion, 176
Wadsworth, James, 337Wagner, Lieut., 354
Walcott, Major General, 687
Walker, J. J., letter to B. from, 571;
letter from B. to 572; 635
Walker & Co., 186
Wallace, General, 139
Walling, Lieut., 463
Walthal Junction, 5
War Department, the, 39, 54, 121, 126,
146, 246, 255, 272
Ward, Gen. Hubert, 327
Wardrop, Col. D. W., letter to B. from,
481, 553, 554
Wardwell, Burnham, letters to B. from,
598, 623, 633, 645, 701; letter from B.
to, 702; referred to, 624
Ware, Mrs. M. A., letter to B. from, 684;
letter from B. to, 684
Ware Bottom Church, 89, 111
Warner, Oliver, letter from B. to, 705
Warren, General, 69, 77, 89, 91, 200, 201,
207, 388, 398
Warren's Corps, 93
Warrenton, 378
Warwick River, the, 197
Washburn, C, 121, 168, 366, 550, 633
Washington, D. C, 42, 43, 73, 92, 105,
112, 116, 128, 129, 141, 159, 160, 190,
214, 216, 220, 221, 227, 306, 389, 396,
422, 466, 467, 483, 496, 504, 505, 512,
522, 545, 548, 573, 576, 587, 598, 620,
641, 643, 650, 652, 654, 657, 660, 663,
678, 696, 699, 703, 707, 714,
Washington, George, 495; statue of, 695,
696
Warner, Yardley, letter to B. from, 345
Water batteries, 26, 27
Waterville College, 665
Watervliet Arsenal, the, 86, 326
Watson, C. A., letter to B. from, 531;
letter from B. to, 531
Watson, P. H., letter from B. to, 429
Way, George, B., letter to B. from, 187
Way, Major, 108
Webb, Gen. A. S., 319, 345
Webb, Dr., 369
Webster, Daniel, 401
Webster, Fletcher, 8, 17, 66, 74, 92, 93,
126, 136, 360, 363
Webster, Mrs., 287
Webster, Col., R. C, letters from B. to,
220, 247, 268, 293, 308, 311; letter to
B. from, 312; referred to, 150, 204, 212,
218, 222, 270, 278, 279, 303, 318, 550
Webster, W. P., letters to B. from, 19,
533, 545, 550, 556, 557, 563, 575, 632;
letter to Mrs. Read, 561 ; letter from B.
to, 564; referred to, 437, 438, 546, 582,
583
Webster, Mrs. W. P., 582
Weed, Thurlow, 9, 36, 68, 435
Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey, letters from B. to,
196, 201, 207, 223, 231, 232, 234, 238,
245, 248, 251, 252, 254, 255, 256, 260,
262, 282, 292, 398, 512, 514, 672; letters
to B. from, 298, 513, 521, 548, 585, 670;
letter from Jourdan to, 354; letter fromTurner to, 381; letter to Rawlins from,
508; referred to, 5, 15, 17, 24, 57, 85,
88, 93, 109, 130, 144, 145, 146, 150, 171,
190, 192, 195, 201, 203, 206, 210, 232,
235, 239, 249, 250, 252, 253, 263, 264,
287, 297, 303, 307, 311, 371, 380, 381,
382, 388, 431, 432, 435, 437, 438, 442,
456, 460, 461, 463, 465, 472, 504, 505,
507, 512, 515, 516, 530, 534, 539, 545,
584, 600, 622, 672, 681
Weitzel, Mrs. Godfrey, 512, 513, 514,
521, 671
Weitzel, Capt. Lewis, 672
Weld, Gen. E. A., letter from B. to, 73;.
referred to, 16, 21, 53, 276, 294
748 INDEX
Weldon, 373, 388, 428Weldon, Lieut. Col. C. M., 39
Weldon Road, the, 69, 78, 85, 89, 90, 93,
94, 95, 103, 108, 112, 129, 144, 207, 216,
388, 428
Welles, Gideon, 561
Wells, Governor, 668, 695
Wentworth, Mr., 597, 599
Wessels, General, 500
West, Colonel, 241, 283, 451
Weston, J. H., 295
West Point, 538, 662, 665, 666
Wetmore, Gen. Prosper M., 337, 357
Weymouth, Major, 632
Wheldon, C. M., 643
Whipple, E. W., letter to B. from, 646;
letter from B. to, 647
Whipple, George, letter to B. from, 612
White, H. D. & Co., 591, 592
White, Col. Frank J., fetters to B. from,
351, 444, 510
Whitehead, G., 591, 592
White House, the, 172, 194
Whitehurst, Peter, 564
White, J. W., letters to B. from, 332, 449,
470
White, Mrs. Judge, 374
Whitely, 435
White Oak Swamp, 290
White, Rev. Mr., 349
White's Tavern, 58, 61, 65, 283
Whiting, Maj. Gen. W. H. C, letter from
B. to, 566; letter to B. from, 569; re-
ferred to, 438, 441; statement con-
cerning Fort Fisher by, 535, 566-571;
referred to, 535, 539, 618, 683
Whiting, William, letters from B. to,
367, 385, 404; letter to B. from, 368;
referred to, 421, 429, 497
Whitlock, Charles, letter to President
Lincoln from, 589; referred to, 562,
582, 592, 593
Wiard, Norman, 19, 108, 345
Wilcox Battery, the, 26
Wilcox' Division, 23, 60, 64, 77, 198, 205,
241
Wild, Brig. Gen. E. A., 372, 373, 378,
600, 678
Wilder, Captain, 559, 613
"Wilderness," the, 683
Wilkes, George, 68; letters to B. from,
134, 135, 344
Wilkinson, Samuel, letters to B. from,
598, 606, 651, 718; fetter from B. to,
718; referred to, 512, 594
Willards, 521
William, 47, 52
"Wm. Allison," the, 573Williams, General, 292Williams, Joseph, 337; fetter to B. from,
691; letter from B. to, 682Williams, R. H., letter to B. from, 620;
letter from B. to, 621Williamsburg Road, the, 283, 289Wilmington, Del., closing port of, 2;
185, 307, 308, 355, 371, 379, 380, 410,
432, 436, 438, 447, 449, 453, 454, 456,
458, 459, 460, 462, 463, 464, 466, 470,
472, 475, 477, 479, 484, 496, 500, 501,
505, 515, 521, 533, 567, 569, 572, 607,
609, 618, 693
Wilmington Expedition, the, 460-465,
476, 478, 504, 507, 528, 533, 534Wilson, Henry, letters from B. to, 410,
498, 679; referred to, 511, 549, 560Wilson, J. G., letter to B. from, 312
Wilson, John, 574; letter to B. from, 624;
letter from B. to, 625
Wilson, Mr., 312, 635
Wilson, Col. William, 653; letter to B.
from, 709
Wilson's Wharf, 16, 73, 600
"Winants," the, 439, 440Winder, 623
Winders, Gen. John H., 662
Wing, Warren W., 646, 647
Winslow, C. F., letter to B. from, 657;
letter from B. to, 658
Winsor, Mr., 526
Wisconsin Volunteer Militia, 142
Wise Farm, the, 533
Wistar, Brig. Gen. J. J., letter from B. to,
484
Woodward, James A., letter to B. from,
702; letter from B. to, 702
Wooster, Col. S. B., letter to Davis from,
510; letter from B. to, 62; referred to,
59, 60, 61
World, the N. Y., 405, 552
Wright, E., letter to B. from, 121
Wright, General, 693
Wright, Lieut. Horatio, fetter to B. from,
659; letter from B. to, 659
Wurts, Professor, 661
Wyman, Mr., 66
York River R. R., 227, 228, 289, 290
Young, J. F., 295
Zantzinger & Co., 564