The Papers of Jefferson Davis

October 1863–August 1864

Jefferson Davis

• Verlag: LSU Press
• Jahr: 1999
• ISBN:
  9780807158890
• Thema: Geschichte
• Thema: Amerikanische Bürgerkriegsgeschichte

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.

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...