INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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BUTLL, DON CARLOS, biographical notice of, 781. 



Bull Hun, its situation, 74< forces, Federal and Confederate, 

 74 ; numbers, 74, 75 ; regiments, 75 ; orders of Gen. Mc- 

 Dowell, 75; orders to march, 75; Fairfax Court House, 

 75; Centreville, 76; reconnoisanco beyond Centreville, 

 76 ; Confederate plan of attack, 77 ; plan of Battle at 

 Bull Bun, 78 ; report of Gen. McDowell, 79 ; details of 

 the conflict, 79, 80; retreat from, 85 ; explanation of the 

 disater,S7; killed and wounded, S3; Confederate reports 

 f the victory, 83 ; loss of artillery, S3 ; forces engaged, 

 89 ; letter of Davis to Richmond, 89 ; note, 89 ; position 

 of Gen. Patterson, 89. 



BCBNXTT, HENBY C., member of Congress, 166; on the treat- 

 ment of the seceding States, 212 ; on the conduct of the 

 war, 239, 240; on the cause of the war, 245 ; on the con- 

 fiscation bill, 247. 



BrBNSiDE, AMBROSE ., at Bull Bun, 81, 82, 86 ; commands 

 the military forces, of the expedition to North Carolina, 

 292. 



Burnside Expedition, its preparation, 292 ; its commander, 

 General Bnrnside, 292 ; his life. 292; the naval com- 

 mander, L. M. Goldsborough, 292 ; the military force 

 transports, 292. 



BCTLEB, General BKNJ. F., proclaims martial law at 

 Baltimore, 439 ; commands the military expedition to 

 Hatteras Inlet, 287; reply to the offer from the forts to 

 surrender, 238 ; correspondence with the Secretary of 

 "War in regard to contrabands, 641, &42; biographical 

 notice of, 722. 



BUTLER, PIERCE, commences prosecution against the 

 Secretary of War because of his arrest and imprison- 

 ment, 362. 



Cairo, its situation, 90 ; occupation by troops, 91. 



California, its boundaries, 91 ; surface of the country, 91 ; 

 population, 91 ; floods in, 91 ; losses in various towns, 

 92. 



CAMZBON, SIMON, Letters to General Butler about contra- 

 bands, 641, and fugitives, 642, 643; instructions to 

 General T. W. Sherman about fugitive slaves, 644; 

 remarks in response to Colonel Cochrane, 645. 



Camp AUegfiany, its situation, 92 ; skirmish at, 92. 



CAMPBELL, JOHN, birth, 92; profession, 92; pursuits, 92; 

 writings. 92. 



CAMPBELL, JOHN A., letter to Secretary Sevrard, 134; letter 

 to President Davis, 135. 



Canada, its extent, 98; population, 93; population of Brit- 

 ish America, 93 ; exports of Canada, 93; finances, 93; ex- 

 penditures, 93; debt, 93; religious statistics, 94; trade 

 with the United States, 94 ; postal revenue, 94 ; volun- 

 teers at the time of the Mason & Slidell excitement, 94. 



CABLISLE, JAMES S., member of the Senate, 225 ; on his 

 right to a seat, 226 ; on the conduct of the war, 236, 237, 

 233. 



Carni/ese Ferry. Its situation, 95; skirmish at, 95; de- 

 tails, 95. 



Carriage, its situation, 95 ; skirmish at, 95; dttails, 95. 



CASS, LEWIS, resigns as Secretary of State, 700. 



CAVOCR, Count, his birth, 95 ; education, 95 ; early pursuits, 

 95 ; his proficiency, 95 ; imprisonment, 96 ; remarkable 

 letter, 96 ; his ambition, 96 ; residence in Switzerland 

 and other countries, 96 ; attends the debates in the Eng- 

 lish House of Commons, 96 ; returns to Italy, 96 ; edits 

 n agricultural journal, 96 ; its effect, 96 ; elected to the 

 Chamber of Deputies, 96 ; his speeches, 97 ; enters the 

 Cabinet, 97 ; immense labors, 97 ; his commercial trea- 

 ties, 97 ; disciplines the army, 97 ; Piedmont joins France 



and England against Russia, 07; the reason, 93; 

 in the State, 93 ; the Italian question, 98 ; conflict bo- 

 tween France and Austria, 93; peace, 98; hit retire- 

 ment, 98 ; subsequent events of his life, 99. 



Charleston, S. C., its situation, 99; its harbor, 99 aspect of 

 affairs in the city, 99; Fort Moultrie, 99; Anderson, 99; 

 effect of the action of the State Convention, 99 ; excite- 

 ment on the removal of Maj. Anderson to Fort Sumter, 

 100 ; occupation of Castlo Pinckney, 100 ; seizure of th 

 Arsenal, 100; revenue cotter abandoned, 100; military 

 preparations, 100; removal of all buoys from the harbor, 

 100; lights extinguished at night, 100; clearances of ves- 

 sels, 100; harbor fortified, 100; arrival of heavy guns, 

 101 ; rate of taxation in the city, 101 ; arrival of troops, 

 101 ; capture of Fort Sumter, 101 ; fire at Charleston, 

 101 ; blockade of the port, 101 ; sinking of vessels in the 

 channels of the harbor, 101 ; details, 102 ; effect, 102 ; the 

 city prepared to resist an attack, 102. 



Charleston, Fa., its situation, 102 ; troops at, 102 ; their re- 

 treat, 103. 



CHASE, SALMON P., appointed Secretary of the Treasury, 

 296 ; instructions in regard to fugitive slaves on cotton 

 plantations at Port Boyal, Nov. 80, 1861, 645, 646. 



Chicamacomico, attack on the Federal troops at, 289. 



Chocktaw Indians, regiments furnished to the Confederate 

 army, 373 ; delegates admitted to seats in the Confeder- 

 ate Congress, 873. 



Cities and towns, Northern, their contributions to the war, 

 309. 



CLARK, DANIEL, Senator in Thirty -sixth Congress, 166; 

 offers resolutions that the Constitution is sufficient to 

 meet the evil, 476 ; on the expulsion of certain Senators, 

 234. 



Clarksburg, Va., its situation, 102 ; first public meeting 

 against secession in "Western Virginia held here, 103 ; 

 first military issue made here, 103. 



CLAY, C. C. Jr., Senator in the Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; 

 withdrawal from the Senate, 196 ; his remarks, 196. 



CLINGMAN, T. J., admitted to a seat in the Confederate 

 Congress, 162 ; on Crittenden's peace propositions, 181 ; 

 Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; remarks on 

 cause of danger to the country, 166. 



COBB, HOWELL, resigns as Secretary of the Treasury, 296; 

 statement of reasons why Congress adjourned to meet 

 at Bichmond, 140 ; chairman of the Confederate Con- 

 gress, 154 ; remarks on export duty on cotton, 157. 



COBB, E. W., member of Congress, 166; on the position of 

 the Republican party, 206. 



COCHRAN, JOHN, member of Congress, 202 ; appeals to the 

 patriotism of members, 202 ; on arming slaves, 645. 



Cockeysrillt, Jfd., its situation, 103 ; troops for "Washington 

 encamp here after the difficulty at Baltimore, 103 ; its 

 effect, 103. 



COLLAMEE, JACOB, member of the Senate, 225 ; on the object 

 of the war, 241. 



Columbus, y., its situation, 103 ; importance as a military 

 position, 103; occupation by Confederate troops, 103; 

 evacuation, 103. 



Commerce of the United States, its character, 103 ; imports 

 and exports for seventy years, 104 ; domestic exports for 

 forty years, 104; imports and exports for 1861, 104; 

 population, with the consumption of foreign goods and 

 the duties collected, 105 ; table of leading articles ex- 

 ported in 1861, 106 ; decline in Southern products com- 

 pared with other sections, 106 ; effect of "Western rail- 

 roads, 107; exports from the Northern section, 107; 

 grain sent from the West, 107 ; receipts at Chicago, 107; 

 exports of grain from Milwaukee, 107 ; grain at Toledo, 

 108 ; advance of freights on the Western lakes, 108; ton- 

 nage of the lakes, 103; Western produce received at 



