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n, a proclamation by, 92, 400.
  • Campbell, Judge John A., his resignation, 14;
  • his family, 77, 247.
  • Cantey, Mary, 183.
  • Cantey, Zack, 375.
  • Capers, Mrs. —, 26.
  • Carlyle, Thomas, and slavery in America, 136.
  • Carroll, Chancellor, 27.
  • Carroll, Judge, 204.
  • Cary, Constance, 263;
  • a call on, 264;
  • a call from, 272;
  • a call for, 272;
  • as Lady Teazle, 276, 277;
  • as Lydia Languish, 285;
  • makes a bonnet, 293;
  • describes a wedding, 300;
  • and Preston Hampton, 301.
  • Cary, Hetty, 244, 260, 272;
  • Gen. Chesnut with, 274.
  • Chancellorsville, battle of, 213, 245.
  • Charleston, the author in, 1-5;
  • Secession Convention adjourns to, 3;
  • Anderson in Fort Sumter, 5;
  • war steamer off, 9;
  • return to, 21-41;
  • Convention at, in a snarl, 26;
  • a ship fired into at, 31;
  • soldiers in streets of, 33;
  • Anderson refuses to capitulate at, 35;
  • the fort bombarded, 36;
  • Bull Run Russell in, 40;
  • return to, from Montgomery, 57-67;
  • thin-skinned people in, 60;
  • its condition good, 163;
  • bombardment of, 174;
  • under bombardment, 258;
  • surrender of, 350.
  • Chase, Col. —, 6.
  • Chattanooga, siege of, 258.
  • Chesnut, Col. James, Sr., sketch of, XVII;
  • looking for fire, 66;
  • and Nellie Custis, 93, 122;
  • his family, 127;
  • anecdote of, 135;
  • his losses from the war, 158;
  • his old wines, 249;
  • a letter from, 296;
  • and his wife, 310;
  • refuses to say grace, 372;
  • sketch of, 390-392;
  • illness of, 38;
  • in Camden, 42-46;
  • the lawn at Mulberry, 43;
  • her photograph-book, 43;
  • a story of her maid Maria, 45;
  • at Montgomery, 47-56;
  • a cordial welcome to, 48;
  • a talk by, with A. H. Stephens and others, 49-54;
  • a visit to Alabama, 52;
  • at luncheon with Mrs. Davis, 55;
  • in Charleston, 57-67;
  • goes to Richmond, 62, 66;
  • letter to, from her husband, 65;
  • in Richmond, 68-76;
  • incidents in the journey, 68-69;
  • a talk by, with Mrs. Davis, 71;
  • at the Champ-de-Mars, 72;
  • at Mr. Davis’s table, 73;
  • letters to, from her husband, 74, 75;
  • at White Sulphur Springs, 77-81;
  • in Richmond, 82-126;
  • has a glimpse of war, 83;
  • weeps at her husband’s departure, 84;
  • the battle of Bull Run, 85-91;
  • Gen. Chesnut’s account of the battle, 88;
  • describes Robert E. Lee, 93-94;
  • at a flag presentation, 96;
  • her money-belt, 101;
  • goes to a hospital, 107, 108;
  • an unwelcome caller on, 111;
  • knitting socks, 113;
  • her fondness for city life, 124;
  • leaving Richmond, 125;
  • in Camden, 127-130;
  • her sister Kate, 127;
  • a letter to, from old Col. Chesnut, 127;
  • illness of, 128;
  • a hiatus in her diary, 130;
  • in Columbia, 131-209;
  • a visit to Mulberry, 134;
  • illness of, 135;
  • reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 142;
  • her influence with her husband in public matters, 145;
  • overhears her husband attacked, 148;
  • her husband and her callers, 151-153;
  • her husband’s secretary, 154;
  • depressed, 157;
  • anniversary of her wedding, 158;
  • at the Governor’s, 160;
  • as to love and hatred, 162;
  • her impression of hospitality in different cities, 166-167;
  • at Mulberry, 169;
  • a flood of tears, 173;
  • il al">281;
  • a call on, 282;
  • gives a luncheon, 284;
  • her family unable to live on their income, 300;
  • depressed, 301;
  • a drive with, 302;
  • overlooked in her own drawing-room, 318;
  • letters from, 331, 332, 335;
  • in Chester, 377;
  • a letter from, 378.
  • Davis, “Little Joe,” 264;
  • his tragic death, 305;
  • his funeral, 306, 309.
  • Davis, Nathan, 148;
  • a call from, 152, 210.
  • Davis, Nick, 12.
  • Davis, Rev. Thomas, 252.
  • Davis, Varina Anne (“Winnie, Daughter of the Confederacy”), 378.
  • Deas, George, 12, 298.
  • De Leon, Agnes, back from Egypt, 110.
  • De Leon, Dr., 9.
  • Derby, Lord, 136.
  • Douglas, Stephen A., 12;
  • his death, 60.
  • Drayton, Tom, 148.
  • Drury’s Bluff, battle of, 230.
  • Duncan, Blanton, anecdote of, 150, 208.
  • Eliot, George, 279.
  • Elliott, Stephen, 318.
  • Ellsworth, Col. E. E., his death at Alexandria, 58.
  • Elmore, Grace, 155.
  • Elzey, Gen. —, tells of the danger of Richmond, 246.
  • Emancipation Proclamation, the, 153, 199.
  • Emerson, R. W., the author reading, 64.
  • Emory, Gen. William H., his resignation, 61.
  • Emory, Mrs. William H., Franklin’s granddaughter, 61, 84;
  • a clever woman, 352.
  • Eustis, Mrs. —, 124.
  • Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, battle of, 171.
  • Farragut, Admiral D. G., captures New Orleans, 158, 319.
  • Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, 77.
  • Fernandina, Fla., 2.
  • Fitzpatrick, Mrs. —, 8, 53.
  • Floyd, John D., at Fort Donelson, 140.
  • Ford, Mary, 312.
  • Forrest, Gen. Nathan B., 323.
  • Fort Donelson, surrender of, 131, 140.
  • Fort Duquesne, 278.
  • Hayne, Mrs. Arthur, 146.
  • Hayne, Isaac, 26, 66, 316, 346, 369.
  • Hayne, Mrs. Isaac, 27;
  • when her son died, 202.
  • Hayne, Paul, 176;
  • his son and Lincoln, 202, 208.
  • Hemphill, John, 48.
  • Hermitage, the, 365.
  • Heyward, Barnwell, as an escort, 64, 212, 278, 283.
  • Heyward, Henrietta Magruder, 212.
  • Heyward, Joseph, 212.
  • Heyward, Mrs. Joseph, 28, 39.
  • Heyward, Savage, 22.
  • Hill, Benjamin H., refusal of, to fight a duel, 11, 13;
  • in Richmond, 274.
  • Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 144.
  • Hood, Gen. John B., 100;
  • described, 230;
  • with his staff, 231;
  • at Chickamauga, 248;
  • calls on the author, 263;
  • a drive with, 265;
  • his love-affairs, 266-269;
  • a drive with, 271;
  • fitted for gallantry, 277;
  • on horseback, 282;
  • drives with Mr. Davis, 283;
  • has an ovation, 284;
  • at a ball, 287;
  • his military glory, 290;
  • anecdote of, 298;
  • a full general, 314;
  • his address to the army, 316;
  • losses of, before Atlanta, 320;
  • his force, 333;
  • off to Tennessee, 337;
  • losses of, at the battle of Nashville, 337, 340;
  • in Columbia, 342;
  • his glory on the wane, 372;
  • a call from, 376;
  • his silver cup, 380;
  • abuse of, 383.
  • Hooker, Gen. Joseph B., 162, 213.
  • Howell, Maggie, 76, 304, 327.
  • Howell, Mrs., 265.
  • Huger, Alfred, 171;
  • his lines broken, 187;
  • followed by “Stonewall” Jackson, 193;
  • prisoners taken from, 196;
  • belief in his defeat, 198;
  • destruction of his army expected, 200;
  • his escape, 201;
  • and Antietam, 213.
  • McCord, Cheves, 177.
  • McCord, Mrs. Louisa S., and her brother, 139;
  • her faith in Southern soldiers, 175;
  • of patients in the hospital, 182;
  • a talk with, 199;
  • on nurses, 203, 239;
  • at her hospital, 317;
  • sends a bouquet to President Davis, 328;
  • a dinner with, 335;
  • her horses, 336;
  • her troublesome country cousin, 337.
  • McCulloch, Ben, 50.
  • McDowell, Gen. Irvin, defeated at Bull Run, 91.
  • McDuffie, Mary, 136.
  • McFarland, Mrs., 236.
  • McLane, Col., 329.
  • McLane, Mrs., 85-86.
  • McLane, —, 92.
  • McMahan, Mrs., 210.
  • Meade, Gen. George G., fighting Lee, 258-259;
  • his armies, 269.
  • Means, Gov. John H., 26, 33;
  • a good-by to, 207, 214.
  • Means, Mrs. —, 37.
  • Means, Stark, 37.
  • Memminger, Hon. Mr., letter from, 164.
  • Memphis given up, 177;
  • retaken, 323.
  • Merrimac, the, 136, 139, 140;
  • called the Virginia, 148;
  • sunk, 164.
  • Meynardie, Rev. Mr., 66;
  • as a traveling companion, 68, 101.
  • Middleton, Miss, 348, 349;
  • described, 353, 359;
  • a letter from, 376.
  • Middleton, Mrs. —, 136, 154.
  • Middleton, Mrs. Tom, 26.
  • Middleton, Olivia, 338.
  • Miles, Col. —, an aide to Beauregard, 36;
  • an anecdote by, 43, 54, return of his party from Richmond, 373;
  • on horseback, 374;
  • a good-by from, 375;
  • going abroad, 382.
  • Preston, Mrs. John S., 39;
  • goes to Manassas, 69, 94;
  • quoted, 130, 143;
  • a dinner with, 157;
  • a ball given by, 167;
  • her fearlessness, 168;
  • a call with, 180;
  • at a concert, 193;
  • an anecdote by, 295-296.
  • Preston, Mary C., goes to Mulberry, 134, 136, 143;
  • a drive by, with Mr. Venable, 150;
  • with Gen. Chesnut, 159;
  • a talk with, 162;
  • gives Hood a bouquet, 231;
  • made love to, 233, 256;
  • greets Gen. Hood, 263, 283, 296;
  • her marriage, 327;
  • a dinner to, 330.
  • Preston, Sally Buchanan Campbell, called “Buck,” 150, 167;
  • made love to, 233, 266;
  • why she dislikes Gen. Hood, 286;
  • men who worship, 288;
  • and Gen. Hood, 289, 291;
  • on horseback, 303.
  • Preston, Miss Susan, 36.
  • Preston, Willie, 43;
  • his death, 315.
  • Preston, William C., 105, 362.
  • Pride, Mrs. —, 370, 372, 373.
  • Prince of Wales, the, his visit to Washington, 207.
  • Pringle, Edward J., letter from, 4, 27.
  • Pringle, Mrs. John J., 186.
  • Pryor, Gen. Roger A., 37.
  • Rachel, Madam, in Charleston, 238.
  • Randolph, Gen. —, 147.
  • Randolph, Mrs. —, described, 105;
  • and Yankee prisoners, 107;
  • her theatricals, 275.
  • Ravenel, St. Julien, 365.
  • Reed, Wm. B., arrested, 113.
  • Reynolds, Mrs. —, 22.
  • Rhett, Albert, Whitaker, Maria, and her twins, 45, 386.
  • Whiting, Col. —, 31.
  • Whiting, Gen. —, 307.
  • Whitner, Judge, 26.
  • Wigfall, Judge L. T., 29;
  • speech by, 30;
  • angry with Major Anderson, 48, 69;
  • and Mr. Brewster, 73;
  • quoted, 91;
  • with his Texans, 96;
  • an enemy of Mr. Davis, 102;
  • reconciled with Mr. Davis, 104;
  • still against Mr. Davis, 261;
  • and Joe Johnston’s removal, 320;
  • going to Texas, 373;
  • on the way to Texas, 377;
  • remark of, to Simon Cameron, 400.
  • Wigfall, Mrs. L. T., 28;
  • a visit with, 32;
  • talk with, about the war, 33;
  • a telegram to, 59;
  • quoted, 84;
  • a drive with, 96;
  • a call on, 266, 275.
  • Wilderness, the battle of the, 310.
  • Williams, Mrs. David R. (the author’s sister, Kate), 127, 329, 351, 399.
  • Williams, Mrs. John N., 129.
  • Williamsburg, battle at, 161, 171.
  • Wilson, Henry, at Manassas, 89.
  • Winder, Miss, arrested, 113.
  • Withers, Judge —, 21, 60.
  • Withers, Kate, death of, 403.
  • Witherspoon, John, 250, 404.
  • Witherspoon, Mrs. —, found dead, 129.
  • Yancey, William L., talk from, 120;
  • letter from, to Lord Russell, 136.
  • “Yankee Doodle,” 20.
  • Yorktown, siege and evacuation of, 161.
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