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1 Kean, Robert Garlick Hill. Inside the Confederate Government: the Diary of Robert Garlick Hill Kean. Edited by Edward Kean, Robert Garlick Hill. Inside the Confederate Government: The Diary of Robert Garlick Hill Kean. Edited by Edward Younger. New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. Balloon, 4 Slave and sound of firing in battle, 5 Accidental picket shooting, 7-8 James Longstreet, 10 Congressional election, 10 Ball Bluff, 12-14 McClellan, 18-19 Dranesville, 19-21 Quartermaster, pay, 22, 26 Legislature, senatorial election, 22 Morale, despondency, apathy of the people, 23-24 Fort Henry, defeats, despondency, defensive policy, 24-25 Fort Donelson, despair, morale, hard fighting, 25-26 Bragg, Kentucky, Perryville, 28 George W. Randolph resignation, Jefferson Davis, 28-31, 35-36 Supplies, trade with the enemy, 32 Foreign recognition, slavery, 32-33 Fredericksburg, 33 James Seddon, 33 Jefferson Davis, Benjamin F. Butler, 34. 39-40 Seward, McClellan, 35 Appointment of officers, Seddon, Jefferson Davis, 35-36 Stones River, 36 Buchanan, corruption, Floyd, Fort Sumter, 36-37 Gustavus W. Smith, 38 Beauregard, 38-39 Lucius Northrop, 39 Commissary General, 40 Food prices, 41 Impressment of food, 41 Northern opinion, Lincoln, liberty, 41-42 Bragg, Murfreesboro, Breckinridge, 42 Salary, inflation, food prices, 43 Removal of Bragg, appointment of Johnston, 43-44 Pemberton, Vicksburg, 44 Congress, finance, taxes, deadlock, 44-45 Cotton trade with enemy, 45 Arkansas, 45 Johnston, Bragg, 46 Pemberton, 46-47 Lee, transportation, railroads, Seddon, 47-48 Jefferson Davis and Seddon, 48-49 1 Joseph Johnston, Humphrey Marshall, Robert E. Lee, 49-50 Texas, Cotton trade, Mexico, Williamson S. Oldham, 51 Congress, 51-52 Impressment, 52-53 Spies, executions, partisans, retaliation, 53 Mean supply 54 Chancellorsville campaign, 53-61 Jefferson Davis, railroad bill, Seddon, 55 Stoneman cavalry raid on Richmond, 55-57, 59 Stonewall Jackson, wounding and death, 57-61 Magruder, cotton trade, Mexico, 59-60 Vicksburg campaign, 62-74 Joseph Johnston, 62 Beauregard, 62-63 Vallandigham arrest, habeas corpus, civil liberty, 63, 65, 69 Vance, Pearson, habeas corpus, 64 Pemberton, 66 Thomas W. Watts, 67 Stripping prisoners, 68 Yankee destructiveness and atrocities, 69-71 Joseph Johnston, 71-72 Jefferson Davis, weaknesses, 72 Brandy Station, Stuart, 72-73 Secret Society, Washington Constitutional Union, north Alabama, 73-74 Johnston, Seddon, Vicksburg, 74-75 Gettysburg campaign, 75-79 Richard Ewell, 75-76 Size of Lee's army, 76 Clerks, defense of Richmond, 76-78, 102 Humphrey Marshall, 77 Charleston, 79-80 Jefferson Davis and department system, 80-81 Conscription, 80-81 D. H. Hill, 81 New York Draft riot, 81 John Hunt Morgan, 81-82 Beauregard, Charleston, Jefferson Davis, 83 Jefferson Davis and Joseph Johnston, 83 Robert E. Lee and Gettysburg, 84 Commissary General, 86 Prisoner exchange, 86-87 Samuel Cooper and Jefferson Davis, 87-88 John Slidell, diplomacy, 88-89 Jefferson Davis, 88-89 Confederate prisoners at Fort Delaware, 89 Quartermaster Myers removal, Jefferson Davis, Varina Davis, 89-90 2 Jeb Stuart and Gettysburg, 90 Lee and Gettysburg report, 91 Federals and slave soldiers, officers, prisoners, 91-93 Jefferson Davis, Thomas H. Watts, 93 Submissionism, 95 Guerrillas, 96 Slave employed in army, 96 Roger A. Pryor, 97 Vicksburg, Joseph E. Johnston, 97 Judah Benjamin, 97 Jefferson Davis and Joe Johnston, 97-98 Day fasting, humiliation and prayer, 98 Seddon, Cotton, Memminger, 98 Beauregard, Seddon, Davis, Charleston, 98-99 Areas under Confederate control, 100 Jefferson Davis and small matters, 100-1 Ould, exchange of prisoners, 101-2, 105-6 Myers, newspaper critics of Davis, 103 Rumors of Lee transfer to west, 103 Bragg, Longstreet, Chattanooga, 104-5 Laird Rams, Mallory, 105 Tennessee, Federals, Rosecrans, Bragg, Chattanooga, 106-7 Food prices, impressment, 107-8 Longstreet, Bragg, 108-9 French and tobacco, diplomacy, 110-11 Jefferson Davis, trip to Mississippi, Johnston, Bragg, Chattanooga, 111 Mason, British, Laird Rams, 112 Campbell, Seward in 1861, Russell, 112-13 Shoes, government, Quartermaster, 114-15 Bragg, Longstreet, 115-16 Currency, budget, 116-18 Food, Commissary General, need to recover Tennessee, Lee, 116-17 Food prices, 117 Taxes, 118 Peace movements, elections in North Carolina, Holden, 119 Size of Confederate forces,120-21 Judah Benjamin, Christopher Memminger, Stephen Mallory, 122 Bragg's army, 123 Attorney General position, 122-23, 128 Currency legislation, 123-24 Defeat of Bragg, Chattanooga, 124 James Seddon, 125 Cabinet tenure, 126, 130 Quartermaster Myers, 126-27 Lincoln reconstruction message and proclamation, 127 Jefferson Davis and Congress, 127-28 3 Bonds and blockade running, 129 Prisoner exchanges, 129-30 French in Mexico, 131 Longstreet, 131 Congress, conscription, exemption, Davis, 132 Davis, Quartermaster General, Congress, 133 Seddon quarrel with John H. Reagan, 134 John B. Hood, 135 Currency bill, 135 Davis and Quartermaster General Myers, 136, 140 Seward and Senate debate on slavery in February 1861, 136-37 Judge Pearson, North Carolina, conscription, substitution, 137-38 Currency and Tax bills, Memminger, 138-39 Kilpatrick raid on Richmond, 139 Georgians—Brown, Toombs, Stephens, 440 Gold prices in new York, 140-41 Seddon, Benjamin, Memminger, Mallory, Hunter, 141-42 Currency changes, inflation, food prices, 142 Braxton Bragg, 142-43 Gold prices, 143 Conscription, 144 Debate on removal of clerks to Montgomery, 145-46 Beauregard, 146 Overland campaign, 147ff Joseph Johnson, Seddon, 151 Election of 1864, suppression of northern newspapers, Democrats, 153 Memminger, Seddon, Davis, 153-54 Seddon and Davis, appointments, 154-55, 161 Beauregard, Bragg, Davis, 157-58 Petersburg, 159 Heroes of American, 160 Preston, promotion and conscription, 161-62 Seddon and Davis, 162-63 Gold prices, Chase resignation, 163 Alabama corrupt treasurer Elmore, 165 Benjamin Hill, situation in Georgia, Johnston, 165-66 Treasury problems, 167-68 Yankee harshness, 169 John S. Mosby, 170 Seddon and Davis, 171-72 Braxton Bragg, 171-73, 175 Sherman, Atlanta, Johnston, 173 Robert E. Lee and conscription, 174 Lincoln and McClellan, 1864 election, 174, 177 James Seddon and Joe Brown, 176 Slave soldiers, 177-78 4 Joseph Johnston, Bragg, Georgia, 178-80 Sherman's march through Georgia, 178ff Henry C. Lay, 180 Hood, Franklin and Nashville, 181 Food supply, Army of Northern Virginia Conscription, 181 Campbell, peace negotiations, 182 Slave soldiers, 182-83 Morale, pessimism, Fort Fisher, 183 Slavery, emancipation, 183-84 Morale, gold prices, 184 War department expenses, Treasury, Trenholm, 184-85 Seddon, 185 Blair mission to Richmond, 185-86 Louis Wigfall, 186 Jefferson Davis, 186-87 Peace sentiment in Congress, 187-88 Treasury condition, 188 Alexander H. Stephens and Jefferson Davis, 188-89 Congress and Jefferson Davis, 189-90 James Seddon resignation, 190-91 William C. Rives, Davis, despondency in the country, peace negotiations, 191-93 Slave soldiers, 192 Hampton Roads conference, 193-98, 201-2 Seddon, John C. Breckinridge, 199-200 Army of Northern Virginia, General Lee, food supply, 200 Sherman in South Carolina, 200-1 Congress and Jefferson Davis, 202-4 Food prices, 204 Slave soldiers, 204-5 Fall of Richmond, 205 Exodus and travels of Confederate government, 206- Effects of emancipation on the slaves, 208-10 5 .
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