tured by Confederates, 124.

Railroads, inefficiency of the Southern, 203.

Red River opened by the Federals, 136.

Richmond, Dean, in the Charleston Convention, 11.

River systems of Western Louisiana, 103.

Salt mines at Petit Anse, 114.

Selma taken by Federals, 219.

Seward, W.H., 240.

Seymour, Colonel, killed at Cold Harbor, 85.

Sheridan, General P.H., in New Orleans, 262;
his course approved by a renegade Democrat, 263.

Sherman, General W.T., his way of making war, 195.

Shiloh, battle of, 231.

Slavery not the cause of the civil war, 10.

Smith, Lieutenant-General E. Kirby, in command of the "Trans-Mississippi
Department," 126;
his military record, 127;
orders reenforcement of Pemberton, 138;
his administration, 153;
his anxiety about safety of Shreveport, 176;
allows Banks and Porter to escape, 190;
compared to Quintilius Varus, 192.

South Carolina delegates in Charleston Convention, 11.

Southern leaders after Lee's surrender, 223.

"Southern Outrages," 249.

Southrons have no aptitude for marching, 36.

Stanton, E.M., 241.

Statesmanship lacking to the Confederacy, 233.

Stephens, Alexander H., his character, 29;
his views concerning military matters, _ib._;
his tergiversation, _ib._;
neglect of Jefferson Davis, 30.

Stevens, Thaddeus, 243.

Straggling in the Southern army, 36.

Strasburg, affair at, 65.

Sufferings of the people after the war, 236.

Sumner, Charles, 245.

Tactical mistakes of Confederate generals, 93.

Taylor, R. (the author), a delegate to Charleston, 10;
his efforts to promote harmony, 12;
sees war to be inevitable, 13;
commissioned colonel, 16;
brigadier, 23;
habit of noting topography and resources of districts, 40;
disposition for meeting or making an attack, _ib._;
his Louisiana brigade, 47;
major-general, 93;
in command of District of Louisiana, 102;
lieutenant-general, 196;
supersedes Hood, 217;
his army sent into North Carolina, 218;
his surrender, 226;
return home, 228;
visits Jeff. Davis in Fortress Monroe, 246.

Teche country, 105;
military operations in, 131, 135.

Tents, useless _impedimenta_, 40.

Toombs, General Robert, takes Georgia "home-guards" out of their
State, 215.

Topography, ignorance of, among Confederates, 86.

"Trans-Mississippi Department," its last hours, 229.

Troopers strapped to their horses, 55;
protected by breastplates, _ib._

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