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Kenneth H. Williams, Associate Editor
Peggy L. Dillard, Editorial Associate The autumn of 1863 was a trying time for Jefferson Davis. Even as he expressed unwavering confidence about the eventual success of the Confederate movement, he had to realize that mounting economic problems, low morale, and rotating army leadership were threatening the welfare of the new nation. Less than a year after the October 1863 Confederate victory at Chickamauga, the South relinquished Atlanta to Sherman. During the tumultuous eleven months chronicled in Volume 10, Davis retained his fervor for southern nationalism as he struggled furiously to command a war and maintain a government. As the letters contained here illustrate, he soldiered bravely on.
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INDEX
Ab(b)erson, Jack (slave) (ident., 64), 61
Aberdeen, Miss., raids, 284-85
Acker, Joel M. (sketch, 2:90), 108, 287
Ada (Ga. steamer), 402
Adams, Daniel W.: Davis on, 237
recommendation by, 111
Adams, Salmon, 118
Adams, William Wirt (sketch, 8:15): assignment (Davis), 567
criticized, 553
Davis on, 32
Miss, operations, 81, 83, 484, 551, 584
on U.S. aims, 483-84
praised, 551, 567, 612
Ls to, 501, 522, 617
Ls from, 366, 483-84, 531, 623
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office: clerks needed, 115
criticized, 196, 386, 456
Davis on, 565
officers' assignments, 84, 118, 205. See also Cooper, Samuel
Admiral, USS, 412
Advance (N.C. steamer), 301, 312, 333
African Americans. See blacks
slaves
Aiken, William, 30, 48
Akin, Warren, 369
Alabama: conscription, 19, 20, 129, 177, 207, 276, 282, 312, 319, 340, 370, 452, 522
(Davis), 204, 359
cotton trade, 455, 493
court system, 610, 623
disaffection, 66, 129, 165, 168, 276, 279, 281, 361, 366, 522
morale, 542, 584, 637
operations, 238, 240, 361, 372, 407
(Davis), 546
prices, 358
prison camp sites, 544, 617
railroads, 47, 244, 258, 282, 283, 289, 290, 543, 546, 547, 617, 620
resources, 67, 149, 156, 214, 289, 355, 356, 504, 555
(Davis), 235, 236, 619
slaves, 19, 206, 543
U.S. operations, 47, 215, 219, 247, 366, 533, 542, 584
(Davis), 36
L from congressmen, 240
Alabama, CSS: career of, 132, 376, 516
claims, 140, 219, 367
Alabama, University of, 522
Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad, 47, 244, 258, 290
Alabama troops: 1st Infantry, 85
26th Infantry, 129, 204, 303
49th Infantry, 85
51st Partisan Rangers, 293
abuses by, 276, 305
commander, 303-4, 318
(Davis), 237
Davis on, 29, 33
deserters, 30, 282, 305
disaffection, 165, 168, 441
militia, 129, 177, 238, 244, 276, 370-71, 597, 625, 628, 632
(Davis), 629
Petersburg, 580
Pillow's command, 465
reserves, 370-71, 489, 505, 514, 519, 520, 522, 595, 596, 597, 626, 628, 632
(Davis), 506, 629, 633
Albemarle, CSS, 376, 386, 466
alcoholism. See intemperance
Alcorn, James L. (sketch, 8:17), 100
Aleck (slave), 324
Alexander, A: L from, 213
Alexander, Edward Porter (sketch, 9:400): assignment (Davis), 261
Davis and, 293 -94
on artillery organization, 147
Cold Harbor, 448
Missionary Ridge, 95
morale, 431
North Anna defenses, 432
Petersburg mines, 578
requested, 147, 233, 262
wounded, 578
mentioned, 3, 456
Alexander, William F:: E by, 610
Alexandra, CSS, 132
Alice (blockade-runner), 412
Allan, Thompson, 220
Allen, Harry L.: L from, 306-7
Allen, Henry W. (sketch, 329): Davis on, 329
on Davis, Smith, and Taylor, 330-31
Smith and, 257, 258, 327-28
L to, 326-29
L from, 257
mentioned, 452
Allen, William W, 263
Alpha (British steamer), 396
Amanda (British bark), 367
American Revolution: Davis on, 43, 159-60
S. E. Davis in, 45, 511
Anderson, Archer (sketch, 14), 12, 106, 398
Anderson, Charles D., 595
Anderson, Charles L.: Davis on, 406
L from, 406
Anderson, James E.: L from, 481
Anderson, James Patton: assignment, 566, 568
Chickamauga, 182
Davis on, 262
Fla. commander, 257, 259, 262, 399, 442
on Cleburne's proposal, 178
R. L. Gibson, 111
wounded, 632
E to, 399
Ls to, 257, 442
mentioned, 237, 565
Anderson, Joseph R.: Ls from, 375, 546-47
mentioned, 14
Anderson, Richard H. (sketch, 8:341): assignment (Davis), 45
confers with Davis, liii
Lee on, 443
operations, 27, 404, 405, 447, 476, 558
Anderson, Robert H., 240
Anderson, Robert N. (sketch, 8:353): J. E. Davis and, 319, 324, 360
L from, 358
Anderson, Samuel J.: L from, 629-30
Anderson, Samuel R. (sketch, 3:38), 112
Anderson, William, 255
Andersonville, Ga.: commandant, 444, 445
conditions, 481, 482-83, 544
threatened, 444, 454, 615
(Davis), 516, 520
Andrews, John F., 275
Annapolis, Md., 332, 350
Anthony, George M., 387
Arizona Territory, 112, 168, 406
Arkansas: conditions, 44, 129, (1862), 218, 604-5
CSA and, 604-5
morale, 9, 68, 189, 249, 262, 604
operations, 9, 82, 129, 189, 353, 397, 462, 544, 604, 607, 617
(Davis), 80
slaves, 129, 607
U.S. policies, 163, 189, 607
Arkansas Post, Ark.: prisoners, 157, 176, 186
mentioned, 9
Arkansas River defenses (Davis), 80
Arkansas troops: recruiting, 112, 604
strength, 608
transferred (1862), 604
(Davis), 606
Armijo, Gregoria, 113
Armijo, Manuel: L from, 113
Armijo, Rafael, 113
Armistead, Charles G.: Davis on, 113
raises cavalry, 442
L from, 113
Armstrong, ———, 603
Armstrong, Frank C. (sketch, 362), 147, 293, 360, 526
army: absentees, 72, 92
abuses by, 57, 62, 92, 97, 124, 167, 209, 253, 257, 262, 277, 279, 309, 341, 397, 453, 521
(Davis), 399
asylum bill (Davis), 229
casualties in Ark., 193, 604
Miss., 286, 552, 553
at Mobile, 589
Moorefield, 596
Paducah, 346
Plymouth, 358
chaplains, 339, 372, 632
clothing, 140, 240, 376
commanding general, 260
consolidation, 89, 92, 408
(Davis), 104, 370
courts of inquiry, 305, 318
courts-martial, 209, 249, 307, 622
(Davis), 157, 307, 382, 446, 456, 614
Davis addresses, 226
on, 30, 33, 46, 357, 379, 382
deserters, 24, 30, 43, 74, 87, 88, 89, 94, 98, 105, 136, 175, 214, 222, 245, 279, 287, 308, 333, 357, 366, 377, 400, 406, 455, 482, 496, 516, 522, 600, 605, 611, 615, 616, 622, 623, 628
(Davis), 218, 474, 521, 545, 609
discharge (Davis), 111
examining boards, 92, 456
foreigners in, 79; “friendly fire,” 393
furlough policy, 204-5
general officers' appointments (Davis), 10, 42, 106, 152, 206, 226, 237, 266, 272, 284, 341, 353, 359, 365, 393, 417, 420, 438, 440, 443, 444, 461, 584
tenure, 359, 372, 376
general staff, 225, 234
(Davis), 42, 104, 115, 236, 382, 439
horses for, 89, 92, 368
(Davis), 104
invalid corps, 92, 151, 183, 372
(Davis), 104, 382, 446
judge advocate general, 89, 386
military courts, 89, 373
(Davis), 308
minutemen proposed, 231
morale, 212, 312
(Davis), 513
officers' appointments, 89
(Davis), 261, 389
policy, 139, 151, 370, 444, 472
(Davis), 6, 51, 106, 110, 165, 173, 206, 240, 304, 382, 389, 443, 492
election, 122, 156, 181, 592
nominations, 342
removal, 249
organization, 72, 146, 181, 372
(Davis), 71, 152, 212, 231, 232, 236
pay and allowances, 72, 92, 115, 237, 273, 372, 373, 376, 382, 496, 612
promotions for gallantry, 170
rations, 92, 115, 306, 308, 373, 376, 382, 444
(Davis), 306
recruiting abroad, 85, 157
reenlistments, 89, 204, 273
reforms suggested, 72, 92, 375-76
religion, 397
(Davis), 356
reserves (Davis), 382
scouts battalion, 491
slaves as soldiers, 170, 177-78, 229, 331
(Davis), 179, 197-98
in support positions, 145, 167, 181, 191
(Davis), 104, 183
staff officers, 72, 92, 261, 376
(Davis), 42, 206, 439
strength, 89
in Ala., 463, 465
Ark., 57, 607
East Term., 40, 568
Fla., 258, 575
on Ga. coast, 417
in Gulf District, 584
La., 286, 605
Miss., 224, 513, 551
at Mobile, 210, 272, 513, 598, 628
in N.C., 237, 359
S.C., 245, 256, 417, 463
Shenandoah Valley, 462
Texas, 188, 192
Trans-Miss., 9, 462, 607, 616, 617
Va. (Beauregard), 423, 425, 434
temporary rank, 373, 442, 472, 492, 582
transfers to navy, 118, 172, 212, 247, 270, 495. See also specific armies, branches of service, commanders, and locales; War Department
Army of Mississippi: cavalry, 210, 354
commander, 414
(Davis), 111-12
conditions, 140-41, 214
military courts (Davis), 354
ordnance for, 261
reinforcements for, 172, 175, 219, 238, 240, 244, 246, 247, 248, 257, 258, 259
(Davis), 229, 239, 245, 256, 259
from, 167, 355
(Davis), 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 339
strength, 227, 238, 264, 355, 426
supplies, 215. See also Polk, Leonidas
Army of Northern Virginia: artillery, 3, 92, 233, 351, 388, 403, 409, 415, 417, 418, 420, 421, 425, 441, 448, 449, 451, 458, 474, 476, 588, 610, 613
(Davis), 334, 433, 477, 613
casualties, 27, 405, 448, 577, 614
cavalry, 150, 242, 470, 480, 496, 502
(Davis), 306
organization, 287, 340, 496
(Davis), 341
Davis on, 85, 104, 383, 402, 418, 423
deserters, 171, 208, 335
discipline, 319, 335
forage, 66, 87, 88, 349, 367, 415, 473
(Davis), 67, 87, 90
general officers, 10, 11, 310, 318, 442, 456, 577-78, 609, 610
(Davis), 441, 443, 547, 583, 617
military courts, 472
morale, 204-5, 431
organization, 5, 171, 197, 207
(Davis), 304
pay, 8
rations, 150
(Davis), 151, 168, 355
recruiting, 186, 187, 197
reinforcements for, 214, 306, 309, 312, 319, 326, 333, 349, 375, 376, 390, 416, 417, 418, 421, 423, 433, 434, 437, 440, 441, 446
(Davis), 58, 100, 326, 339, 377, 388, 389, 393, 399, 402, 415, 417, 418, 421, 423, 424, 425, 440, 441, 443, 458
from, 40, 167, 241, 494, 505, 621
(Davis), 425
Seddon on, 89
strength, 122, 205, 241, 391, 433, 451
supplies, 27, 66, 87, 90, 150, 158, 168, 187, 2...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Introduction
- Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Editorial Staff
- Board of Directors
- Editorial Method
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Repository Symbols
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Chronology, October 1863-August 1864
- The Papers of Jefferson Davis Annotated Documents
- Addenda, 1847-63
- Sources
- Index