DeLeon, Thomas Cooper. Four Years in Rebel Capitals. Mobile, Ala.: Gossip Printing Company, 1890.
Washington social circle, lobbyists, corruption, diplomats, 12-14 Secession, 15ff Buchanan, peace Congress, 17-18 Winfield Scott, 18 Lincoln inauguration, 19-20 Reaction to secession among the common people from Virginia southward, 21-23 Montgomery, Alabama, 23-24 Jefferson Davis, 24-26 Creating a new nation, 26-27 A mess, 28 Congress, 28 Confederate revolution, 30-31 Confederate Congress, 30-32 Vice President and cabinet, 33-35 Fort Sumter, Confederate commissioners, 36-37 Growing public unity, women, 37-38 Jefferson Davis, 39-40 Montgomery society, 40-41 Virginia secession, 41 Steamboat race, 42ff Earl Van Dorn, 43 Calliope, 44-45 Life on steamboat, 49 Raphael Semmes, 52 Mobile, 54-58 Raising troops, 54-55 John Forsyth speech, 54-55 Society, gambling, 56-58 New Orleans, cotton brokerage, 59- Yellow Fever, 62-63 Hotels, women, 63-65 Morals, 64-65 Slaves, free blacks, 65-66 Raising troops, General Wheat, 66 Hotels, wines, 66-67 Pensacola, Bragg, 69 Soldiers, zouaves, camp life, railroad, riot, 70-74 New York Tribune article on Davis and the Confederacy, 75-76 Moving the capital to Richmond, 76-77 Charleston Mercury, 79 Mail agent, swearing, 82 Petersburg, Confederate sentiments, 84-85 Richmond, 85-92
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Tredegar Ironworks, 92 Military preparations, volunteers, gentlemen, men of various classes, 93-95 Maryland Zouaves, 96 Military situation in Virginia, Huger, Magruder, 98-99 Missouri, Sterling Price, 100-1 Robert E. Lee, 102 Jefferson Davis, 102-3 Atmosphere in Richmond, 103-7 Panic in Richmond, Pawnee, 103-4 Henry A. Wise, 107-8 Women of Richmond, 109 Big Bethel 111-13 Women and providence, 111 Ordnance department, 113 Medical department, 113-14 Quartermaster A. C. Myers, 114 Rich Mountain, 114-16 Morale, 115 Carthage, Missouri, 117-18 Bull Run, Manassas, 120-21 Rumors after Manassas, reaction in Richmond to victory, 122-27 Jefferson Davis, 125 People want an offensive, 128 Impatience with inaction after Manassas, 129-30 Johnston, Beauregard, and Jefferson Davis, 129-32 Bad effects of inaction on the army, 133-34 Ball’s Bluff, 136 Huger at Norfolk, 136 Western Virginia, Robert E. Lee. John B. Floyd, 137-38 Winter of 1861-62, 139-40 Discipline, soldiers, nostalgia, 140-41 Morality of camps, alcohol, gambling, 141 Mobile cadet, 142 Maryland troops, 142-43 Quality of the army, 145 Society at Richmond, young people, 147-48 Parties, charades, tableaux, 148-49 Importance of the unmarried in Richmond society, 149-51 Men and women, social customs, 151 Parties, 152-53 Jefferson Davis, uncomfortable in society, 153-55 Congress, 156 Depressing news, Mill Springs, Zollicoffer death, 158-59 Judah P. Benjamin, 159-60 Roanoke Island, Henry A. Wise, 159 Weldon railroad, 160
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Albert Sidney Johnston, Forts Henry and Donelson, 161-63 Jefferson Davis and Gideon Pillow, 163 Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, 163-64 George W. Randolph, Benjamin, cabinet changes, 165 John H. Reagan, Post office, 165 Pea Ridge, 166 Island No. 10, 166-67 Shiloh, death of Albert Sidney Johnston, Beauregard, 167-70 Loss of New Orleans, 170-73 Women of New Orleans, oath, 173 Conscription, 174ff Selection of generals, 176 Exemptions, 178 Reorganization of the army, 178 Opposition of Joseph E. Brown, Jefferson Davis, 179-81 North Carolina Zebulon Vance, 181 Kentucky and Maryland, 181-82 Tennessee, 182-83 Shenandoah Valley, 183 Little real disloyalty in the Confederacy, 184 Conscripts, uniforms, alcohol, 185 Effect of conscription on food supply, 186 Age of conscription extended, 187 Substitutes, speculators, 187-88 Johnston and withdrawal from Centreville, 189 Stonewall Jackson in the Valley, 189 Peninsula campaign, 190-97 Food and soldier morale, 191-92 Women in Richmond, 192 Williamsburg, 193 Demoralization, 194 Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, wounded in the churches, women, 198-200 Valley campaign, death Ashby, 201-2 Seven Days, 202-6 Hospitals, 205 Aftermath of the Seven Days, McClellan, 207-8 John Pope, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, 208-10 Braxton Bragg and Jefferson Davis, Kentucky, 211-14 Vicksburg, 215 Baton Rouge, 215-16 Iuka, Corinth, 216 Bragg and Stones River, 216-18 Jefferson Davis, 218 Joseph E. Johnston, 218-19 Emancipation Proclamation, 219 Magruder, Galveston, 219-20
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Coastal defense, 221 Financial failure, 223ff Memminger, 224 et passim Cotton, 225-27 Northern economic weakness, 227-29 Business cooperation, 230 Inflation, 231ff Blockade, 232 Sinking credit, 233 Weak civilian and soldier pay, 233 Last winter of suffering, 233-34 Davis, Memminger views on finance, 234-35 Speculators, 236-37 Gambling, 238-39 Trenholm, 240 Second Manassas, 241-43 Antietam campaign, 244-47 Burnside, Fredericksburg, 247-48 Chancellorsville, death of Jackson, 249-52 Gettysburg, 252-58 Confederate navy, 259-71 Stephen Mallory, 260ff Raphael Semmes arrest, 261 Privateers, 262 Merrimac (Virginia), 264-67 Union blockade, Confederate diplomacy, 272- Edwin DeLeon, 274-75 Judah Benjamin, 277 et passim Ports closed women spies, 286 Press, literature, art, 288ff Newspapers, 288-90 Periodicals, 290-91 Literature, 291-98 Music, 298-99 Art, 299-301 Humor, 302-16 Confederate Mother Goose, 302-3 Humor about food shortages, 307-8 Humor in Richmond, 308-11 Humorous songs, 311 Vicksburg and Gettysburg, 316 Jefferson Davis and Henry Foote, 317 Conscription, 317-18 Supply problems, 318 Union cavalry grew stronger, 319-20 John Hunt Morgan, 320-21
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Chickamauga, 321-22 Jefferson Davis and Braxton Bragg, 322 General Grant, 323 Longstreet and Knoxville, 323-24 Missionary Ridge, 324 Jefferson Davis visit to army, 325 Grant’s strategy, 327 Praise for Forrest, Polk and Stephen D. Lee, 328-29 Kilpatrick, Dahlgren raid, 330 Grant and Overland campaign, 330-335 Northern people given incomplete information, 331fff Critique of Grant as a strategist, 336-37 Sheridan and death of Jeb Stuart, 337-38 Butler and Beauregard, 338-39 Petersburg, 339ff Atlanta campaign, 340ff Removal of Joseph Johnston, 343 John Bell Hood, 344-45 Siege of Petersburg, 347 Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee in the final days of the war, 348-49 Hampton Roads conference, 349 Hood’s Tennessee campaign, 350 Richmond society at the end of the war, 352-53 Fall of Richmond, 355-56 Richmond under occupation, 360-67 Lincoln assassination, 367 Northern visitors to Richmond, 369
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