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., 293â94
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, 220â21, 228, 259, 274, 290, 297, 331, 390, 399
Lsfrom, 155â59, 167â73, 177, 180â81, 184â85, 188, 191â96, 198, 203â204, 208, 210, 213â16, 218â21, 224â25, 230, 237â38, 242â47, 256â57, 259, 262, 265, 268, 270, 274â77, 279â80, 284, 295â99, 301, 303â304, 307â11, 313â16, 318, 321â22, 324â25, 329â32, 334, 336, 338â39, 342â43, 349â50, 354â55, 357â59, 364â65, 367, 370, 372, 374â77, 379, 381â83, 386â87, 389â91, 394, 397, 399â401, 406â407, 409, 416â18, 420â21, 433, 441, 448â49, 451â53, 457, 459â60, 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, 22â23, 108â109, 261
in Calif., 131â32, 111., 439, Kan., 84, 109, Pa., 463, tys., 142, 382, 391
patronage, 208, 220â21
and press, 450, 463
Academic Board. See United States Military Academy
Active, 291
Adams, Alvin, 62n
Adams, Amos: L from, 227
Adams, Charles, 399â400
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, 151â52, 287, 298, 360
L from, 297â98
mentioned, 17n, 383
Adams, Theodore, 383
Adams, WyllyC, 239, 473
Adams, âââââ, 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, 452â53
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, 296â97
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, 197â98
Allston, Robert F. W.: L to, 178
Ls from, 178, 197â98
Almonte, Juan N. (sketch, 52), 51, 326, 447
Alvord, Benjamin: Ls to, 209
Ls from, 209â10
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, 391â92
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, 289â90
Apache, 93n, 177, 310, 339
Apalachicola, 327
Apalachicola Arsenal, 198â99, 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, 303â304, 309, 397
army post, 231, 241, 306, 430
Armories: supts., 147n, 159, 217, 226, 311â13, 360â61
pay, 165â66, 202, 398
appts., 240, 362
production, 266, 357, 378, 459, 469
sites, 285â86
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, 311â13, 348â49, 358, 371, 374, 389, 407, 423, 456, 464, 466
distribution, 26â27, 41n, 63, 93, 236, 241, 261, 266â67, 291â92, 336, 356, 363, 375, 379â80, 385, 398, 413â14, 420, 426, 460â62, 464, 468
and politics, 59â60, 265, 279, 360â61, 382, 420, 455, 470â71
increase in, 63, 93, 97n, 98, 236, 266â69, 291â92, 308, 339, 350, 353, 360â61, 400
and filibusters, 63, 271
Indian affairs, 66, 94, 101â102, 174, 197, 201, 205, 230â31, 235, 242, 253, 277, 291, 315, 337, ...