INDEX
��Adams, John Quincy, diary of, 124; wrote verses to A. H. Stephens, 164.
Alabama, the, 221, 222, 223; built by stealth, 224; her crew largely ruf- fians, 224; her career, 224; her usefulness, 225; not a fighting ship, 225, 226; testimony of pris- oners, 233, 234.
Alexander, General E. P., his judg- ment of Johnston, 4; of Stuart, 44.
Alfriend, F. N., on Benjamin, 138,
I44> 145.
Allan, Colonel William, cited, 85.
Anderson, Colonel Archer, his por- trayal of Johnston, 24.
Antietam, Toombs's magnificent defense of the bridge at, 209.
Badeau, General Adam, his Life of Grant, 99.
Baker, E. D., demolishes Benjamin in debate on secession, 147.
Bartlett, General Joseph J., 53.
Battine, Captain Cecil, his estimate of Stuart, 44.
Bayard, Thomas P., on Benjamin, 139-
Beauregard, General P. G. T., 19, 118; chronology, 94; born in French Louisiana, 95; his appear- ance and some of his characteris- tics, 95, 96; contrasted with Na- poleon, 95, 96; had French talents of speech, 97; his "beauty and booty" proclamation, 97; his van- ity, 96, 98, loi; naive letters of, 99; adopts ingenious method of self laudation, 99; Colonel Ro- man's biography of, 99, 100; his own book on first battle of Bull
��Run, 100,105, 1 13; contrasted with Stuart, loi ; had little sense of hu- mor, loi; Cooke's comment on his smile, loi; relations with Da- vis unpleasant, 102-104; casts slurs upon other generals, 105, 117; contention with Joseph E. Johnston, 105; his conduct during the actual course of the war, 106; his superintendency at West Point, 107; love of country, 107, 108; meeting with A. S. Johnston at Corinth, 108; offers plans for Bragg's use, 108; anecdotes of childhood, 109; at Drewry's Bluff, no, 118; as a commander, no; letter about General Ripley, no, in; personal relations with offi- cers and soldiers, in; worshiped in Louisiana, in, 112; attitude of soldiers and officers toward, 112; his vivid imagination, 113, 114, 1 17-120; always ready with ad- vice and schemes, n 4-1 20; strate- gic qualities, 115; a captain in Mexico, 115; offers plan to War Department to end the war, 116; an indefatigable dreamer, 117- 120; exclaims against Johnston's conservatism, 118; his weaknesses, 118, 119; Davis's sharp comment, 119. Benjamin, Judah P., not admired by Johnston, 14; a Jew, 95, 123; chronology, 122; born a British subject, 123; became U.S. Senator, seceded with his state, and died a London barrister, 123; his view of biography, 123, 124; his reputa- tion, 124, 125; known best as au- thor of Benjamin on Sales, 125;
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