Beauregard, Gen.. P. G. T., 28; a demigod, 31, in council with the Governor, 33, 34; leaves Montgomery, 50; at Norfolk, 58; his report of the capture of Fort Sumter, 62; and the name
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Bull Run, 63; faith in him, 77; a horse for, 80; in Richmond, 83-84; his army in want of food, 97; not properly supported, 99; half Frenchman, 102; letters from, 107, 131; at Columbus, Miss., 139; flanked at Nashville, 156; and Shiloh, 163; at Huntsville, 165; fighting his way, 174; retreating, 175; evacuates Corinth, 178, in disfavor, 183; and Whiting, 307.
Bedon, Josiah, 369.
Bedon, Mrs. – , 369.
Benjamin, Judah P., 278, 287.
Berrien, Dr. – , 100, 193.
Berrien, Judge, 166.
Bibb, Judge, 9.
Bierne, Bettie, her admirers, 232, 234; her wedding, 235. Big Bethel, battle of, 81; Magruder at, 196.
Binney, Horace, his offer to Lincoln, 64; quoted, 128, 311.
Blair, Rochelle, 21.
Blake, Daniel, 214.
Blake, Frederick, 338.
Blake, Walter, negroes leave him, 199.
Bluffton, movement, the, 3.
Bonaparte, Jerome Napoleon, goes to Washington, 98; described, 102; disappointed in Beauregard, 128.
Boykin, A. H., 35.
Boykin, Dr., 17, 18, 21, 135, 404.
Boykin, E. M., 161, 389.
Boykin, Hamilton, 171.
Boykin, James, 220.
Boykin, J. H., 387.
Boykin, Col. John, 121; his death in prison, 308.
Boykin, Kitty, 22.
Boykin, Mary, 312, 403.
Boykin, Tom, his company, 58, 135.
Bradley, Judy, 401.
Bragg, Gen. Braxton, joins Beauregard, 139, 147; a stern disciplinarian, 203; at Chickamauga, 248, 252; defeated at Chattanooga, 258; asks to be relieved, 259; one of his horses, 303.
Brandy Station, battle of, 236.
Breckinridge, Gen.. John C., 249; in Richmond, 275; at the Ives theatricals, 285-286, 289.
Brewster, Mr. – , 10; at Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, 77; remark by, 79; a talk with, 82; quoted, 108, 122; criticism of, 124; and Hood’s love-affair, 266-267; on Joe Johnston’s removal, 320, 338.
Bright, John, his speeches in behalf of the Union, 109.
Brooks, Preston, 74.
Brown, Gov., of Georgia, 315.
Brown, John, of Harper’s Ferry, 1.
Browne, “Constitution,” going to Washington, 9.
Browne, Mrs. – , on spies, 206; describes the Prince of Wales, 207.
Brumby, Dr. – , 361.
Buchanan, James, 16, 207.
Buckner, Gen. Simon B., 131; in Richmond, 267-268, 275.
Bull Run, objection to the name 63; battle of, 85-90. See Manassas.
Burnside, Gen.. Ambrose E., captures Roanoke Island, 132; money due from, to Gen. Preston, 159.
Burroughs, Mrs. – , 189.
Butler, Gen. B. F., his Order No. 28, 164-165; at New Orleans,
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183, 202; threatening Richmond, 294; kind to Roony Lee, 300; at New Orleans, 346.
Byron, Lord, as a lover, 297; quoted, 391.
CALHOUN, JOHN C., anecdote of, 17.
Calhoun, Mrs. – , 323.
Camden, S. C., excitement at, 3; dwelling in, 21; the author’s absence from, 22; the author in, 42-46; battle of, 75; a romance in, 120-121; return to, 127-130, 240-251; Gen. Chesnut in, 250; a picnic near, at Mulberry, 251; return to, 304; the author in, 384-404.
Cameron, Simon, 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, 403.
Chesnut, Mrs. James, Sr., praises everybody, 59; and Mt. Vernon, 63; anecdote of, 66-67; silver brought from Philadelphia by, 135; sixty years in the South, 170, 236; her death, 299; and her husband, 310-311, 391.
Chesnut, Gen.. James, Jr., his death described, XVIII; his resignation as U. S. Senator, 3, 4, 9; with Mr. Davis, 14, 19; averts a duel, 21, 26; at target practice, 29; made an aide to Beauregard, 34; goes to demand surrender of Fort Sumter, 34; his interview with Anderson, 35; orders Fort Sumter fired on, 36; asleep in Beauregard’s room, 37, describes the surrender, 39; with Wade Hampton, 47; his interview with Anderson, 48;
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goes to Alabama, 52; opposed to leaving Montgomery, 55, 57; and Davin the spy, 60; letter from, 63; and the first shot at Fort Sumter, 65; letter from, at Manassas Junction, 65; in Richmond, 69; a letter from, 74-75; orders to move on, received by, 80; receiving spies from Washington, 82; with Davis and Lee, 83; his servant Lawrence, 84; his account of the battle of Bull Run, 88; speech by, 90; carries orders at Bull Run, 106; returns to Columbia, 126; on slavery, 130; news for, from Richmond, 132; criticized, 134; his address to South Carolinians, 140; asked to excuse students from military service, 141; his military affairs, 143, 144; negroes offer to fight for, 147; attacked, 148; reasonable and considerate, 151; his adventure with Gov. Gist, 153; illness of, 155; offered a place on staff of Mr. Davis, 157; and the fall of New Orleans, 159; finds a home for negroes, 160; on a visit to his father, 161; as to Charleston’s defenses, 163; promotion for, 163; at dinner, 166, 167; called to Richmond, 171; his self-control, 173; and the negroes, 181; returns to Columbia, 190; off to Richmond, 191, 194; letter from, on the Seven Days’ fighting, 197; hears the Confederacy is to be recognized abroad, 201; staying with President Davis, 202; his character in Washington, 204; with Gen. Preston, 207; his busy life, 215 in Wilmington, 216; at Miss Bierne’s wedding, 235; an anecdote of, 242; when a raiding party was near Richmond, 245; at the war office with, 247; a tour of the West by, 248; at home reading Thackeray’s novels, 250; visits Bragg’s army again, 252; contented, but opposed to more parties, 257; receives a captured saddle from Gen. Wade Hampton, 258; manages Judge Wigfall, 261; his stoicism, 262; opposed to feasting, 263; in good humor, 268; in a better mood, 271; denounces extravagance, 272; and Hetty Cary, 274; popularity of, with the Carys, 277; with Col. Lamar at dinner, 279; promotion for, 280; his pay, 284; at church, 292; going to see the President, 293; made a brigadier-general, 302, 305; his return to South Carolina, 307; his work in saving Richmond, 309; called to Charleston, 315; his new home in Columbia, 316; his friend Archer, 318 – 319; returns to Columbia, 330; in Charleston, 337; says the end has come, 341; urges his wife to go home, 344-345; an anecdote of, 346; escapes capture, 350; a letter from, 355; in Lincolnton, 359; ordered to Chester, S. C., 364; letter from, 366; this cotton, 367; and slavery, 374; receives news of Lincoln’s assassination, 380; fate of, 381.
Chesnut, Mrs. James, Jr., the author, importance of her diary, XIII; how she wrote it, XV; her early life, XVI; her home described, XX; history of her diary, XXI; in Charleston,
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1-5; on keeping a journal, 1; visits Mulberry, 2; her husband’s resignation as Senator, 3; in Montgomery, 6-20; on the political outlook, 7; hears a story from Robert Toombs, 7; at dinners, etc., 9-11; calls on Mrs. Davis, 12; sees a woman sold at auction, 13; sees the Confederate flag go up, 14; at the Confederate Congress, 18; in Charleston, 21-41; at Mulberry again, 21; a petition to, from house-servants, 22; her father-in-law, 22; goes to the Charleston Convention, 23; one of her pleasantest days, 26; her thirty-eighth birthday, 27; a trip by, to Morris Island, 31; her husband goes to Anderson with an ultimatum, 35; on a housetop when Sumter was bombarded, 35-36; watching the negroes for a change, 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; illness of, 180; a call on, by Governor Pickens, 181; knows how it feels to die, 182; at Decca’s wedding, 184-185; Gen. Chesnut in town, 190; a letter to, from her husband, 197; assisting the Wayside Hospital, 205-206; goes to Flat Rock, 210; illness of, 210; in Alabama, 216-228; meets her husband in Wilmington, 216; a melancholy journey by, 220-221; finds her mother ill, 221; Dick, a negro whom she taught to read, 224; her father’s body-servant Simon, 225; in Montgomery,