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INDEX
Abbreviations edn and dsn refer to editorial note and descriptive note, respectively.
Abbot, Henry L.: Miss. R. survey, 249n
Pacific RR survey, 84-85, 202n
L from, cited, 95n
mentioned, 514
Abbott, Eli (sketch, 2:108), 679
Abbott, Jaque, 679
Abbott, M. P., 618
Abeel, James S., 466
Abercrombie, John J., 63
Abercrombie, Ralph: L from, 582
Aberdeen Sunny South, 525
Abert, Charles: L to, 525
L from, 525
Abert, James W., 483
Abert, John J. (sketch, 5:21): ann. rep., 82, 510
Davis reprimands, 451, 472, 538
reps, by, 38n, 427, 659
Ls from, 384, 392, 393, 403, 412, 413, 414, 426, 428, 429, 432-51 passim, 454, 456, 457, 458, 461-74 passim, 477, 479, 482, 483, 490, 499, 500, 502, 506, 510, 514, 521, 524, 525, 528, 529, 531, 532, 536, 538, 539, 677-78
mentioned, 538. See also Topographical Engineers
Abert, William S., 677, 678
abolitionism: criticized, 60-61, 294n, 442, 446, 565, 618, 668, 671, (Davis), 141, 206, 215-16, 228, 273, 277, 308, 458, 562, 587, 619-21, 630, 631, 639, 640, 646
in Kan., 156nn, 159, 480
in N.M., 526
F. Pierce and, 155n, 384, 549
and press, 164-65, 523, 537, 621
mentioned, 602, 671, 673
Abram (slave), 136
Absecon, N.J., harbor, 463
Accessory Transit Co., 100-101
Active, 390
Adams, Charles F., 93n
Adams, Charles R., 613
Adams, George, 608
Adams, John (president), 70, 304
Adams, John M. (sketch, 202), 201, 583
Adams, Samuel, 587
Adams, Simeon R. (sketch, 2:213), 213n
Adams, Sophia E., 658
Adams, Stephen (sketch, 2:298): Davis and, 20, 430
describes Davis, 21n
L to, 20
Ls from, 430, 453
mentioned, 110n
“Address to the National Democracy,” 289-93, 654
Adjutant General’s Office: ann. rep., 511
approps. and ests., 463, 499
asst. AG, 474
employees, 432
expenditures (1850-55), 466
officers’ assignments, 19, 426
printing, 436, 479. See also Cooper, Samuel
Africa (described, 258n), 258
African Squadron: and slave trade, 187n, 613, 662
mentioned, 50n, 653
Aiken, William: L to, 535
L from, 381
Alabama: Dems., 299-300, 306, 332, 337, 351n
League of United Southerners, 339
militia arms, 504
nat. foundry, 561
patronage, 415, 543
RRs, 602
secession, 370, 671
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 367
Albuquerque military road, 575, 651
Alcatraz, 438-39,470, 530
Alden, Richard C, 481
Alexander, Barton S., 484, 534
Alexander, Charles T., 642
Alexander, Edmund B.: pet. from, 644-45
L from, 642
mentioned, 500
Alexander, Thomas B.: Davis recom., 605
Alexander, Thomas L., 605
Alexandria, La., 442
Alexandria, Va.: Davis invited to, 665
Allan, Huggh, 583
Allegheny Arsenal, 506
Allen, Hagar (slave), 246, 249
Allen, Julia Ann. See Julianne
Allen, Philip, 570
Alligator, Fla., Advertiser, 380
Allison, John: L to, 476
Allison, Samuel P.: L to, 504
Allstadt, John H., 619
Alpuente,-, 417
Alsop & Co., 100
Alvord, Benjamin, 399, 553
Amelia Island, Fla., 457
Amelung, H. A.: L from, 435
American Alliance party, 26n
American Antiquarian Society, 592
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 678
American Medical Association, 532
American party. See Know-Nothings
American Revolution: Davis on, 216-17, 302
mentioned, 390, 403, 577
American State Papers, 577, 648
Ames, E.: L from, 421
Amistad, 589, 664
Analostan Island, 561
Anderson, Charles F., 635
Anderson, Edward C: L from, 390
Anderson, Hugh J. : L from, 505
Anderson, J. Patton: Ls to, 398, 531
Ls from, 399, 492, 531
Anderson, Richard H., 410, 574
Anderson, Robert (sketch, 1:252): on USMA comn., 361n, 665
L to, 664-65
Anderson, Thomas S. (nephew-in-law) (sketch, 5:134), 667
Anderson, William: Ls from, 426, 525
Andover Academy, 585
Andrew, John A., 620
Andrews, George T, 512
Andrews, Timothy P. (sketch, 1:441), 502
Angelini, Tito (sketch, 257), 257
Angel Island, Calif., 530
Annapolis harbor, 531
Anthony, Henry B., 640
Antiquities of Wisconsin, 503
Apache, 111, 477, 527
Apalachicola, 428
Appleton, Daniel, 557
Appleton, John: L from, 592
mentioned, 202n
Appleton, William (sketch, 269), 268
Appleton & Co.: L from, 557
Appomattox River improvement, 537
Archaeology of the United States, 503
Archer, Junius L. : L from, 480
Archer, Richard T. (sketch, 133): criticizes F. Pierce, 131-32
Davis on, 132
Ls from, 402
mentioned, 680 Arctic, 5n
Arizona Territory, 589
Arkansas: Choctaw land, 580
Davis buys land in, 549
Dems., 509
free blacks, 651
land speculation, 611, 612
Seminole emigration to, 23n, 383
mentioned, 152, 633
Arkansas River, 30-37, 444-45, 470
Arlington, Henry, 481
Armed Liberty, 1
armories: approps., 600-601
armory comn., 566
Davis on, 74-75, 465, 575, 621
expenses, 384, 527
inspection tour, 489
pay of employees, 466
production, 527, 626
supts., 532, 626-28, 641-42
work stoppage, 40, 497. See also Harpers Ferry Armory; Ordnance Department; Springfield Armory; Washington Armory
Armstrong, Adelaide T. (ident., 49), 48
Armstrong, Francis C, 582
Armstrong, Lewis, 669
Armstrong, William M. (sketch, 50): Davis and, 652, 653
and navy retiring bd., 48-49
Ls from, 48-49, 475, 555, 610
army: appts., 438, 537, 557, 560, 565, 567, 639, 678
approps. (FY57), 40, 42n, 383, 474, 495, 497, (FY58), 499-500, 525, (FY59), 567, 574, (FY60), 598, 600-601, 605, (FY61), 647, 649, 654-56, 661, (deficiency), 72, 441
bands, 593
bvts., 111-12, 440, 493, 565
camel experiment, 26-27, 86-88, 385-89
ceremonies, 530
chaplains, 444, 478, 593, 625
contingency expenses, 435-36,442, 501
court-martial bds., 380, 442, 522
courts-martial, 401-402, 453, 481-82, 482-83, 488, 533, 537, 659
Davis and, 64,91,567,579,593, 627, 630, 644, 669
desertions, 15-16, 62-63, 68, 442, 488, 501, 566, 628, 673
disbursing agents, 600, 645, 655
discharges, 391, 402, 454, 477-78,489, 511, 517, 538
distribution, 63, 68, 488, 490, 491, 560, 565
drill manual, 654, 656
and emigrants, 65-69, 460, 489
enlistments, 15-16, 62, 71-72, 481, 489, 566, 628
as escorts, 410-11, 470, 484, 504, 540
expenses (1850-55), 466
farm culture, 518
in Fla., 21-23, 45, 65, 379-84, 410, 489, 495, 507
foreigners in, 403, 449, 488, 494
four-year rule, 19, 29, 426-27
frontier posts, 65-69, 23...
