Gorgas, Josiah. The Journals of , 1857-1878. Edited by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins. Tuscaloosa: University of Press, 1995.

Joining the Confederacy, 37 Review of first year of war, 41-45 Nathaniel Lyon, 42 Robert S. Garnett, 41-42 , 43 Monitor and Merrimac, 43-45 Seven Pines, 45 , Beauregard, Corinth, 46 England, France, diplomatic recognition, 46 Loss of , 47 Seven Days campaign, 47-48 Railroads poorly run, 49 Jefferson Davis confirmed in Episcopal church, 49-50 Morality of generals, Pope, Jackson, Bragg, Buell, 50 Conscription, 51 Lincoln, Pope, McClellan, 51 Antietam campaign, 52- Bragg's Kentucky campaign, 52-55 Emancipation Proclamation, 53 Explosion at laboratory on Brown's Island, women killed, 57 Jefferson Davis and defense of , 57-58 Food prices, blockade running, fortunes made, 58 Fasting, humiliation, and prayer, 58 Richmond bread riot, 59-60 Charleston, Fort Sumter, Union bombardment, 61-62 Conscription, 61 Sulfolk campaign, 62-63 Chancellorsville campaign, 63-67 Wounding of , death, 65-66 Union, draft, Lincoln, divisions at the North, length of war, 66 , 67-75 , 70-75 Falls of New Orleans and Mansfield Lovell, 70 Winchester, Milroy, 71 Jefferson Davis seriously ill, 72 Alexander H. Stephens peace mission, 72 Jefferson Davis, Joseph Johnston, and Vicksburg, 74 Condition of Confederacy after Gettysburg and Vicksburg, 75 William L. Yancey death, 76 Confederate sympathizers wish to go aboard, 78-79 Demoralization in Mississippi, Pemberton, 78 Stephen R. Malloy, Jefferson Davis, navy, Davis listens to no one, 78 , 80

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Bragg, Chickamauga, 81 False report of Hood's death, 81 Country expect Bragg to redeem Tennessee, 82 Davis trip to Army of Tennessee, 82-83 Food supply in Richmond, 84 Mallory and the rams, 84 Money, inflation, food prices, 84-85 Bragg, Chattanooga, 82-88 Joseph Johnston and Army of Tennessee, 88-89 John Hunt Morgan, 90-91 Shortages of shoes, food, blankets for army, 90-91 Bragg and game of whist, 93-94 Kilpatrick and Dahlgren raid, 94, 97 Yankee gold prices, 95 Charleston shelling, 95 Returned prisoners in Richmond, Jefferson Davis, 94-95 Joseph Brown, Alexander H. Stephens, habeas corpus, 96 Gorgas, Jefferson Davis, artillery, 97 Ordnance department success, 97-98 Richmond food supply, 98-99 Criticism of , 99 General Hoke, battle of Plymouth, North Carolina, 99 Black soldiers seized as laborers, 100 Treasury department note signers moved to Columbia, , 100 Confederate money, gold, food prices, 100-101 Meeting with Jefferson Davis, corn mill for troops, 101 Death of Joseph Davis, funeral, Davis family 101-2 , 102ff Richmond militia, government clerks, 105 New York gold price, Grant's movements, 113 A. P. Hill, 114 Soldiers now regularly entrench, 114 Death of Grumble Jones, 115 Battle of New Hope Church, 116 Death of , 117 Richard Ewell, 117-18 Jefferson Davis, conversation with Gorgas, 120 Rumor of Robert E. Lee going west, 121-22 , move toward Washington, has simply aroused North, 121-22 Johnston removal and appointment of Hood, Jefferson Davis, Benjamin Hill, 123 Jefferson Davis, trenches, workers, appearance, 124 Petersburg, 125ff Destruction of fleet at Mobile, 126-27 Jefferson Davis on armaments and cavalry, 127-28 Mobile, 129 General Hoke and Grant, 131

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Hood, Jonesboro, evacuation of Atlanta, 131 McClellan, Democrats, peace platform, 132 Hood, Beauregard, Hardee, Taylor, 132 John Hunt Morgan death, 132 Confederate Congress, Kentucky senators, 132-33 Jubal Early, Valley campaign, cavalry, 133-57 Slave soldiers, Confederate, 133 Gold prices, northern confidence, military situation, 134 Chaffin's farm, 134 Confederate losses, slave soldiers, 135 Confederate soldiers fighting poorly, need to limit term of service, 135-36 General Lee's army greatly reduced in numbers, desperate situation, 136 Jefferson Davis, unfortunate speech at Macon, 137 Northern presidential election, subjugation popular in North, 138-39 Critical of Jefferson Davis military policy, 139 , navy, 139 Alexander H. Stephens letter, 140 Hood in Tennessee, Franklin, Nashville, 142-45 Lincoln message to Congress, subjugation, 143 Savannah defenses, 143-45 Seward and England, 144 Jefferson Davis, Bragg, Pemberton, Hood, 146 Depression in Richmond, Congress, 147 Food supply, critical of Jefferson Davis, 148 Fort Fisher, 148 Francis Blair, Sr. in Richmond, 148 Jefferson Davis, military policy, cabinet, West Point, 148-49 Peace sentiment in Congress, 149 Lee's army, hope and optimism, 149 Francis Blair mission in Richmond, 149-50 Richmond, War meeting, African Church, 151 Jefferson Davis and Joseph Johnston, 151 Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and John C. Breckinridge, 152 Loss of Columbia and Charleston, 152 Sherman in South Carolina, 152 Rumor of Richmond's evacuation, Jefferson Davis, slave soldier bill, 153 Despondency over the war, 153-55 Detaching troops from Lee to defeat Sherman, Breckinridge, 154, 158 Fasting, humiliation, and prayer, 156 Morale, desertions, 157 Evacuation of Richmond, Jefferson Davis, Danville, 158-63

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