Dorsey, Sarah A. Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen, Brigadier General Confederate States Army and Ex-Governor of Louisiana. New York: M. Doolady, 1866.

BOOK I. Birth. Ancestry. Childhood. Youth. Manhood. Teaching School. Texas. Marriage. Death of Salome, 17 BOOK II. Planting. Cooper’s Wells. Colonel N. Baton Rouge. Allendale. Lake St. Joseph. The Swans. College. European Tour. State-House Grounds. Love of Flowers. Music. Poetry. 49 BOOK III. Virginia. Visit to his Mother s Grave. In Havana., 53-54 Confederate War, enlisted in Delta Rifles, 4th Louisiana Infantry, . Ship Island sandbag batteries, discipline, 54-55 . Duels. Code of Honor, Fort Berwick 56-62 BOOK IV. " Holding the River." Beauregard and removal of capital to Richmond, 63-64 Defense of New Orleans, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Lovell. Polk. 64-71 Beauregard. Shiloh 68-79 Allen ordered to Vicksburg, 79-81 BOOK V. "Holding the River." New Orleans, Lovell, Judah Benjamin, Beauregard, Butler, 88- 116 BOOK VI. Holding the River." Vicksburg. First Bombardment. The Arkansas. . 117-25 BOOK VII. "Holding the River." Battle of Baton Rouge, Van Dorn, Buckner, The Arkansas. Allen wounded.., . 127-51 BOOK VIII. " Holding the River." Indianola,Taylor s Gunboat Expedition 153-58 BOOK IX. River lost. High water, Port Gibson, Pemberton, Joseph Johnston, Grant’s March. Fall of Vicksburg, mostly official dispatches in this chapter, some letters from Johnston and others to Sara Dorsey, 159-232 New Carthage, Confederate women, 167=70 Brigadier general appointment, crosses Mississippi, 233-34 BOOK X. Gubernatorial Life, newspaper notices, travel to boost civilian morale, cotton, tax in kind, turpentine distilleries, foundry for cooking utensils, salt works, relief for disabled soldiers, prudent finance, 234-42 Enforced laws against distilling alcohol, 242-44 Worked against slave stealing, 244 Impressment, Confederate authorities, 246-47 Military arrests, prisoners, Kirby Smith, 247-50 Poor people had faith in Allen, Texas, poor women and Tobacco, 250-52 Appeal of refugees for aid, shoes, 252-53 Allen clothing Missouri soldiers, 253-54 Newspaper praise for Allen, 255-56 Patience with an unreasonable poor woman, 257-58 Red River expedition, Banks, Richard Taylor, Alexandria, Kirby Smith, Incidents of Surrender, convention of governors at Marshall, Texas, 234-306 BOOK XI. Journey. Life in Mexico. Editor of the "Mexican Times." Illness. Death. Correspondence about bringing back Remains. End 307 APPENDIX. Message to Legislature, 377-85 Alcohol, 378-79

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Soldier families, 379 Impressment, 379-80 Cotton cards and medicine, 380-81 Judiciary, 381 Money, 381-82 Free blacks, 382 Internal resources, geological survey, 382-83 Confederate money, inflation, 383-85 Missourians and Henry Watkins Allen, 385-86 Industrial production, 386-87 Women of New Orleans, 387 Farragut, Baton Rouge, France, 387-88 Cotton, 388-89 Port Gibson, siege of Vicksburg, woman’s diary, Grant, McClernand, artillery fire, 397-420

Governor Allen and Missouri. Letter of Instruction to Colonel . Ladies of New Orleans to Allen. Correspondence. Bon- necage and Farragut. Demand for State Papers by Hcrron. The Mexican Times. Tribute to Allen. Leaves from Journal of Allen s Friend near Grand Gulf. . . . . 377

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