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226-227; in Richmond, 229-239; asked to a picnic by Gen. Hood, 230; hears two love-tales, 232-233; at Miss Bierne’s wedding, 235; receives from Mrs. Lee a likeness of the General, 236; burns some personal papers, 239; in Camden, 240-251; sees Longstreet’s corps going West, 241; a story of her mother, 243; at church during the battle of Chancellorsville, 244-245; to the War Office with her husband, 247; a tranquil time at home, 250; a picnic at Mulberry, 251; in Richmond, 252-303; lives in apartments, 252; an adventure in Kingsville, 255-257; gives a party, 257; criticized for excessive hospitality, 263; with Mrs. Davis, 264; drives with Gen. Hood, 265-267, 271; three generals at dinner, 268; at a charade party, 273-274; an ill-timed call, 278; Thackeray’s death, 282; gives a luncheon-party, 282-283; at private theatricals, 285; gives a party for John Chesnut, 286; goes to a ball, 287; a walk with Mr. Davis, 291; selling her old clothes, 300; her husband made a brigadier-general, 302; in Camden, 304; leaving Richmond, 304; Little Joe’s funeral, 306; experiences in a journey, 307-308; friends with her at Mulberry, 309; writes of her mother-in-law, 310-311; at Bloomsbury again, 311; in Columbia, 313-343; at home in a cottage, 314-316; attendance of, at the Wayside Hospital, 321, 324, 325; at Mary Preston’s wedding, 327; entertains President Davis, 328-329; a visit to, from her sister, 329; letters to, from Mrs. Davis, 331, 332, 335; her ponies, 336; distress of, at Sherman’s advance, 341; her husband at home, 341; in Lincolnton, 344-366; her flight from Columbia, 344-347; her larder empty, 361; refuses an offer of money, 363; her husband ordered to Chester, 364; losses at the Hermitage, 364; illness of, 364, in Chester, 367-383; incidents in a journey by, 367-369; a call on, from Gen. Hood, 376; on Lincoln’s assassination, 380; in Camden, 384-404; goes to Mulberry, 386; sketch by, of her father-in-law, 390-392; goes to the Hermitage, 395; illness of, 399; no heart to write more, 403.
Chesnut, Capt. John, a soft-hearted slave-owner, 21; enlists as a private, 58; his plantation, 64; letter from, 132; negroes to wait on, 163, 187; and McClellan, 192; in Stuart’s command, 198; one of his pranks, 202; goes to his plantation, 250; joins his company, 252, 287; a flirtation by, 328, 351, 381.
Chesnut, John, Sr., 392.
Chesnut, Miss, her presence of mind, 364; bravery shown by, 375.
Chesnut family, the, 22.
Chester, S. C., the author in, 367-383; the journey to, 367-369; news of Lincoln’s assassination in, 380.
Cheves, Edward, 199.
Cheves, Dr. John, 172.
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Cheves, Langdon, 24; a talk with 26; farewell to, 37.
Chickahominy, battle on the, 177; as a victory, 180; another battle on the, 196.
Chickamauga, battle of, 248.
Childs, Col. – , 362, 363, 364; his generosity, 367.
Childs, Mrs. Mary Anderson, 16.
Chisolm, Dr. – , 314.
Choiseul, Count de, 322.
Clay, C. C., a supper given by, 283, 302, 374.
Clay, Mrs. C. C., as Mrs. Malaprop, 285.
Clay, Mrs. Lawson, 273.
Clayton, Mr. – , 2; on the Government, 110.
Clemens, Jere, 12.
Cobb, Howell, desired for President of the Confederacy, 6, 18; his common sense, 68; arrest of, 398.
Cochran, John, a prisoner in Columbia, 133.
Coffey, Capt. – , 257.
Cohen, Mrs. Miriam, her son in the war, 166; a hospital anecdote by, 176; a sad story told by, 178; her story of Luryea, 183.
Colcock, Col. – , 2.
Cold Harbor, battle of, 196.
Columbia, Secession Convention in, 2; small-pox in, 3; pleasant people in, 166; dinner in, 167; Wade Hampton in, 187; the author in, 131-209; Governor and council in, 132; a trip from, to Mulberry, 135; critics of Mr. Davis in, 140; hospitality in, 166; people coming to, from Richmond, 169; Wade Hampton in, wounded, 187-193; Prof. Le Conte’s powder-factory in, 187; the Wayside Hospital in, 205; called from, to Alabama, 218; the author takes a cottage in, 314-316; President Davis visits, 328-329; burning of, 351, 358, 361, 362, 396.
Confederate flag, hoisting of, at Montgomery, 14.
Congress, the, burning of, 140.
Cooper, Gen. – , 85, 103, 149.
Corinth, evacuated, 178.
Cowpens, the, battle of, 63.
Coxe, Esther Maria, 257.
Cumberland, the, sinking of, 139.
Cummings, Gen., a returned prisoner, 200.
Curtis, George William, 200.
Custis, Nellie, 93, 236.
Cuthbert, Capt. George, wounded, 211; shot at Chancellorsville, 213.
Cuthbert, Mrs. George, 337.
DACRE, MAY, 135.
Dahlgren, Admiral John H., 294.
Dahlgren, Col. U., his raid and death, 294.
Daniel, Mr., of The Richmond Examiner, 109.
Darby, Dr. John T., surgeon of the Hampton Legion, 57; false report of his death, 88, 205; with Gen., Hood, 230; goes to Europe, 293, 296; his marriage, 327.
Da Vega, Mrs. – , 369.
Davin, – , as a spy, 59.
Davis, President Jefferson, 6, 8; when Secretary of War, 11; elected President, 12; no seceder, 29; and Hampton’s Legion, 147; a dinner at his house,
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49; a long war predicted by, 53; his want of faith in success, 71; on his Arabian horse, 72; at his table, 73; the author met by, 82; goes to Manassas, 86; speech by, 90; the author asked to breakfast with, 95; presents flag to Texans, 96; as a reconstructionist, 104; ill, 124; criticism of, 129; his inauguration, 132; his address criticized, 134; a defense of, 140; Gen. Gonzales complains to, 148; abuse of, 150; and Butler’s “Order No. 28,” 165; on the battle-field, 202; wants negroes in the army, 224; a reception at his house, 246; ill, 246; in Charleston, 253; riding alone, 263; as a dictator, 265; his Christmas dinner, 268; a talk with, 274; Congress asks for advice, 280; a walk home with, 283; attacked for nepotism, 290; walks home from church with the author, 291; speaks to returned prisoners, 301; when Little Joe died, 305; his Arabian horse, 309; and Joe Johnston’s removal, 326; in Columbia, 328-329; on his visit to Columbia, 331; praise of, 360; when Lee surrendered, 381; traveling leisurely, 394; capture of, 395, 398.
Davis, Jefferson, Jr., 306.
Davis, Mrs. Jefferson, a call on, 12; at one of her receptions, 49; a talk with, 53; at lunch with, 55; adores Mrs. Emory, 61; the author met by, 69; her entourage, 76; her ladies described, 79; brings news of Bull Run, 86; announces to Mrs. Bartow news of her husband’s death, 88; in her drawing-room, 90; “a Western woman,” 102; a landlady’s airs to, 192; says that the enemy are within three miles of Richmond, 246; a call from, 263; a drive with, 264; at the Semmes’ charade, 273; her servants, 275; a reception by, 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.
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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, 392.
Fort McAlister, 339.
Fort Moultrie, 42.
Fort Pickens, 47.
Fort Pillow, given up, 177.
Fort Sumter, Anderson in, 5, 8; if it should be attacked, 9; folly of an attack on, 12; and Anderson, 29; surrender of, demanded, 34; bombardment of, 35; on fire, 38; surrender of, 39; those who captured it, 42; who fired the first shot at, 65.
Freeland, Maria, 257.
Frost, Henry, 147.
Frost, Judge – , 54.
Frost Tom, 26.
GAILLARD, MRS. – , 173.
Garnett, Dr. – , his brother’s arrival from the North, 107, 260.
Garnett, Mary, 9.
Garnett, Muscoe Russell, 144.
Garnett, Gen. R. S., killed at Rich Mountain, 119.
Gay, Captain, 382.
Georgetown, enemy landing in, 165.
Gibbes, Dr. – , 26; reports incidents of the war, 93; bad news from, 100.
Gibbes, Mrs. – , 32.
Gibbes, Mrs. Hampton, 170.
Gibson, Dr. – , 117.
Gibson, Mrs., her prophecy, 169; her despondency, 174.