INDEX
Abbreviations edn and dsn refer to editorial note and descriptive note, respectively.
Abbay, S. F. R. (sketch, 2:304): Davis on, 279
L from, 279
Abbot, Henry L., 370, 375
Abbott, Eli (sketch, 2:108): Davis commends, 314
L to, 9
Ls from, 152, 314, 451
Abeel, James S., 293β94
Aberdeen: postmaster appt., 201
Davis speaks at, 478
Aberdeen, 413
Abert, John J. (sketch, 21): Davis reprimands, 21, 140, 180, 397, 407
on army bill, 98n
relations with J. G. Totten, 140
Davis instructs, 336, 340
Ls to, 21, 140, 177, 195, 198, 210, 218, 220β21, 228, 259, 274, 290, 297, 331, 390, 399
Lsfrom, 155β59, 167β73, 177, 180β81, 184β85, 188, 191β96, 198, 203β204, 208, 210, 213β16, 218β21, 224β25, 230, 237β38, 242β47, 256β57, 259, 262, 265, 268, 270, 274β77, 279β80, 284, 295β99, 301, 303β304, 307β11, 313β16, 318, 321β22, 324β25, 329β32, 334, 336, 338β39, 342β43, 349β50, 354β55, 357β59, 364β65, 367, 370, 372, 374β77, 379, 381β83, 386β87, 389β91, 394, 397, 399β401, 406β407, 409, 416β18, 420β21, 433, 441, 448β49, 451β53, 457, 459β60, 462, 473
mentioned, 39, 59, 103, 227, 253. See also Topographical Engineers
Abert, S. T., 184
Abert, William S., 418
Ableman, Steven V. R.: L to, 300
Abolitionism: Davis on, 22β23, 108β109, 261
in Calif., 131β32, 111., 439, Kan., 84, 109, Pa., 463, tys., 142, 382, 391
patronage, 208, 220β21
and press, 450, 463
Academic Board. See United States Military Academy
Active, 291
Adams, Alvin, 62n
Adams, Amos: L from, 227
Adams, Charles, 399β400
Adams, Henry W.: L from, 386
Adams, John Quincy (sketch, 2:397): Davis visits, 104n
Adams, Robert W., 368
Adams, Stephen (sketch, 2:298): on Miss. Dems., 24n
and Miss, patronage, 175
Ls to, 151β52, 287, 298, 360
L from, 297β98
mentioned, 17n, 383
Adams, Theodore, 383
Adams, WyllyC, 239, 473
Adams, βββββ, 320
Adams & Deane, 320
Adams Express Building, 374
Adams Express Co., 62n
Addison, William M.: claim, 303
L from, 316
Adjutant General's Office: and army bill, 98n
ests., 128, 247, 365, 452β53
ann. reps., 266, 379, 461
book order, 284
asst. AG, 465. See also Cooper, Samuel
Admiralty Inlet, Wash., 452
Agnew, Amelia, 11n
Agnew, Daniel, 11n
Agnew, James, 11n
Agnew, James, Jr., 11n
Agnew, Sarah H. (sketch, 11): L from, 388
Aiken, William: Ls to, 293, 325
Alabama: press patronage, 193, 236
Indians in, 424
Albemarle Sound, 179
Albuquerque, 25
Alcatraz, 129, 190, 296β97
Alden, Bradford R. (sketch, 4:132): L to, 323
Alexander II, 428
Alexander, Barton S.: assignment, 385, 390
Ls to, 287, 385
L from, 385
Alexander, Columbus, 380
Alexander, John H.: Lto, 275
L from, 275
Alexander, Thomas B., 400
Alexander, Thomas L.: L to, 400
Ls from, 400
Alexandria Boarding School, 418
Allegheny Arsenal: RR right of way, 166
pay, 294, 347
mentioned, 389, 412, 458
Allegheny Valley Railroad, 166
Allen, Ethan A., Jr.: L to, 441
L from, 441
Allen, Joseph, 207
Allen, Joseph D., 174
Allen, Philip: L from, 468
Allen, Robert, 436
Allen, Robert T P.: L to, 374
L from, 374
Allen, W. H.: Ls from, 398
Allen, Willis: L to, 167
Ls from, 167
Allston, Benjamin, 197β98
Allston, Robert F. W.: L to, 178
Ls from, 178, 197β98
Almonte, Juan N. (sketch, 52), 51, 326, 447
Alvord, Benjamin: Ls to, 209
Ls from, 209β10
mentioned, 323
Alvorde, Michael, 242
Amazon River, 268, 276
America, 289
American Association for the Advancement of Science, xl, 65, 335
American Cannel Coal Co., 285
American Fur Co., 474
American Iron Mountain Co., 406
American party. See Know-Nothings
American Revolution, 357, 375, 410, 430, 454
Amoskeag Stark veterans, xlii
Anderson, Elizabeth C, 371
Anderson, Ellen Davis (niece) (sketch, 1:282), 132, 171
Anderson, Frederick, 446
Anderson, George T.: Ls from, 435, 467
Anderson, Homer: L from, 408
Anderson, John, 439
Anderson, Joseph A., 161
Anderson, Joseph R., 381
Anderson, Julius, 446
Anderson, Pierce B., 161
Anderson, Richard H., 329
Anderson, Robert (sketch, 1:252): assignment, 402
L from, 371
Anderson, Robert Davis (grandnephew) (ident., 134), 133
Anderson, Robert H., 408
Anderson, Samuel I.: L from, 161
Anderson, Thomas S. (nephew-in-law) (sketch, 134): L from, 255
mentioned, 133, 171
Anderson, William: L to, 392
Ls from, 161, 282, 391β92
Anderson, William C, 310
Andrews, George, 473
Andrews, Robert, 198
Andrews, Timothy P. (sketch, 1:441): L to, 226
mentioned, 20, 280, 434
Andrews, William R.: Ls to, 404
Antarctic, 289β90
Apache, 93n, 177, 310, 339
Apalachicola, 327
Apalachicola Arsenal, 198β99, 344, 453
Applegate, Jesse, 210
Appomattox River, 233
Archer, Junius L.: L to, 182
Arctic, 92n
Arizona Co., 424
Arkansas, 165, 435, 462
Arkansas River: improvement, 169, 172, 301, 303β304, 309, 397
army post, 231, 241, 306, 430
Armories: supts., 147n, 159, 217, 226, 311β13, 360β61
pay, 165β66, 202, 398
appts., 240, 362
production, 266, 357, 378, 459, 469
sites, 285β86
expenses, 287, 312, 365, 378, 395
mentioned, 376, 393, 410. See also Harpers Ferry Armory; Ordnance Department; Springfield Armory; Washington Armory
Armstrong, James: L from, 466
Army: mil. depts., 8, 269, 279, 380
assignments, 16, 59, 161, 180, 200, 286, 302, 311β13, 348β49, 358, 371, 374, 389, 407, 423, 456, 464, 466
distribution, 26β27, 41n, 63, 93, 236, 241, 261, 266β67, 291β92, 336, 356, 363, 375, 379β80, 385, 398, 413β14, 420, 426, 460β62, 464, 468
and politics, 59β60, 265, 279, 360β61, 382, 420, 455, 470β71
increase in, 63, 93, 97n, 98, 236, 266β69, 291β92, 308, 339, 350, 353, 360β61, 400
and filibusters, 63, 271
Indian affairs, 66, 94, 101β102, 174, 197, 201, 205, 230β31, 235, 242, 253, 277, 291, 315, 337, ...