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INDEX 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; telegrams to B. from, 16, 156-159; telegram from 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 command of, 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 pro test 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 ques tioned 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 against Col. Wyman answered by, 311-314; privates on "Constitution" receive communications purporting to come from, 316, 317; privates in Eastern Bay State Regiment receive com munications 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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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

VOL. I 41

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

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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,

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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,

VOL. I 42

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

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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,

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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;

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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"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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,"

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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

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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

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"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,

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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

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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;

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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;

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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

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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,

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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

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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.

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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-

VOL. 11—40

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-

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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

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"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

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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

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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;

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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;

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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"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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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;

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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;

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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,

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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;

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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

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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

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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

723

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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;

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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,

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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

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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,.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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"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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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