Anderson and, 201

  annual address from, 98–100, 102–4

  as bachelor, 100–101

  cabinet and, 154–56, 180, 209

  Charleston Harbor and, 105–6

  Davises and, 169–70

  description of, 100

  Floyd and, 126

  Fox and, 327

  Hall-Hayne mission and, 219–20

  Hammond and, 54

  Holt and, 156, 169

  lack of action from, 192

  Lincoln’s election and, 16, 83

  Lincoln’s inauguration and, 298–99, 301

  occupation of Fort Sumter and, 150–51, 153–54, 158, 161–62

  Peace Convention and, 215

  ptomaine poisoning and, 267

  safety measures taken by, 261

  Scott and, 164–65

  secession and, 120, 121, 123–24, 156–57

  slavery and, 84

  South and, 101–2

  South Carolina commissioners and, 144–45, 161–62

  Star of the West mission and, 182

  Twiggs and, 268

  in White Sulphur Springs, 77

  Buell, Don Carlos, 108–9, 127, 146, 155

  Buist, Henry, 432

  Bull Run, 476, 481–82

  Byron, Lord, 411

  C

  Cabin and the Parlor, The (Peterson), 45

  calcium oxide, 284

  Calhoun, John C., 34, 38–39, 161, 330

  Cameron, Simon, 327, 328–29, 386–87, 474, 479

  Campbell, John A., 337–39, 347, 370–72, 375–76, 388–89, 397–98

  canister shot, 149

  cannon, firing of, 332–33

  Cantey, Jack, 225

  Capers, Ellison, 151–52

  Capitol building, 37–38

  Cass, Lewis, 98, 105, 154

  Castle Pinckney, 22, 29, 159–60, 205, 292

  Catawba, 460

  Century Magazine, 375

  “Charge of the Light Brigade, The” (Tennyson), 293

  Charleston. See also Fort Sumter

  after fall of Fort Sumter, 471, 472

  daily life in, 359

  description of, 7, 25–26

  Harpers Ferry raid and, 67

  naval expedition to, 9

  secession convention and, 112–14

  slave trade in, 5, 26–27

  Charleston Bar, 25

  Charleston Club, 471

  Charleston Courier, 224, 468, 475

  Charleston Hotel, 25–26, 292, 351, 488

  Charleston Mercury, 16, 72, 84, 116, 269, 303

  Chase, Salmon, 273, 287, 327, 364

  Chenery House, 226

  Chesnut, James, Jr.

  Beauregard’s response and, 9–10

  cannon fire and, 411

  Confederate constitutional convention and, 277

  Confederate States of America and, 217, 303

  forecast from, 463

  hostilities and, 446

  in Montgomery, 330

  occupation of Fort Sumter and, 160

  resignation of, 93, 96

  Russell and, 471–72

  secession and, 110

  start of hostilities and, 425

  surrender and, 458, 459

  during war, 483, 484, 485

  wife’s flirtation and, 361, 369, 370, 389

  Mrs. Wigfall and, 394

  Withers and, 278

  Chesnut, Mary Boykin

  after fall of Fort Sumter, 475

  ambition of, 93–94

  Anderson and, 410

  anticipation of war and, 393–94

  cannon fire and, 411–12

  on Christmas, 131

  diary of, 11, 93

  dinner party and, 10–11

  hostilities and, 446–48

  lead-up to war and, 11–12

  on Lincoln’s arrival in Washington, 269

  Lincoln’s election and, 93, 96

  Lincoln’s inauguration and, 302, 305

  Manning and, 359–61, 369–70, 389

  on marriage, 330–31

  in Montgomery, 277–78, 303–4, 330

  occupation of Fort Sumter and, 160

  on Russell, 342

  secession and, 117–18

  on slavery, 94–95, 304–5

  start of hostilities and, 428

  surrender and, 462

  during war, 483–85

  Washington’s birthday salute and, 259

  Wigfall and, 380–81

  Withers and, 33, 278

  Chew, Robert S., 394–95, 402, 411

  chewing tobacco, 341–42

  Chicago Tribune, 238

  Chittenden, Lucius E., 273

  chivalry, use of term, 5–7. See also individual people

  Christmas celebrations, 131–33

  circus licenses, 68

  Clarkson, Thomas, 51

  Clinch, Duncan Lamont, 28

  Cobb, Howell, 102, 105, 154, 209, 215

  cockades, blue, 85, 87, 96, 114, 116, 140, 178

  Code Duello, 6–7, 13, 46, 81, 173, 231, 295, 367, 388, 413, 428, 477

  Coffin Land, 25

  Coleman, Ann, 100–101

  Columbia, South Carolina

  description of, 42

  secession convention and, 110–11, 112

  Columbiad, The, 149

  columbiads, 149, 322

  Columbus, Christopher, 149

  Combahee (plantation), 117–18

  Committee of Five, 193–94

  Confederate States Army, 268

  Confederate States of America

  commissioners from, 291, 312, 318–21, 337–39, 346–47, 370–72, 376, 382–83, 388–89, 397–98, 401–2

  flag of, 465

  founding of, 215–16

  military operations in Charleston and, 290

  Congress, increased conflict in, 194–95

  Congressional Globe, 261, 262

  Congressional Record, 261

  Conrad, Robert Young, 300

  Constitutional Union Party, 16

  Continental Hotel, 250, 251, 252

  Cooper, Samuel, 109, 142, 163–64, 206, 219, 309, 377

  Corwin, Thomas, 275

  cotton

  control of, 55–56, 472

  “cotton is king” thesis, 56, 60, 472, 485–86

  impact of Lincoln’s election on price of, 20

  poor harvest of, 76

  Craft, William and Ellen, 132

  Crawford, A. J., 108, 183

  Crawford, Martin J., 291, 338, 382, 401

  Crawford, Samuel Wylie

  Anderson and, 131

  Anderson’s wife’s visit and, 183

  Beauregard and, 385

  on daily life in fort, 323

  Fort Moultrie battery and, 397

  on Fort Sumter’s condition, 148

  General Clinch and, 139

  on likelihood of secession, 108

  on Lincoln, 237–38

  mail and, 200

  move to Fort Sumter and, 137, 138

  Pickens’s men and, 151

  provisions and, 207, 415, 429

  Shannon incident and, 380

  shots fired from Fort Moultrie and, 140

  shots fired on Fort Sumter and, 315–16, 317

  South Carolina commissioners and, 201

  status of Fort Sumter and, 258–59, 372

  weapon placement and, 322

  on weather conditions, 210

  Crimean War, 286, 293

  Crockett, Davy, 38

  Cullum, George W., 422–23

  Cummings Point, 205–6, 219, 258, 308, 315, 316, 420, 429–30

  D

  Dana, Charles A., 343

  Daniell electric battery, 125

  Danton, Georges-Jacques, 111

  Davidson, James, 300–301

  Davies, Harry, 178

  Davis, Esther, 131

  Davis, Hector, 73

  Davis, Jefferson

  Buchanan and, 99, 103, 169

  Campbell and, 375–76

  M. Chesnut and, 304

  commissioners and, 388

  in Congress, 195

  death of son, 485

  inaugural of, 278

  intercepted mail and, 410

  military operations in Charleston and, 290

  in Montgomery, 271, 278–79

  occupation of Fort Sumter and, 153

  as president of Confederacy, 217–18, 277

  receptions given by, 484

  secession and, 119, 120–21

  start of war and, 476

  status of Fort Sumter and, 405–7

  surrender and, 463

  on war, 280

  Davis, Jefferson C., 138, 188–89

  Davis, Joseph “Little Joe,” 485

  Davis, Maggie, 280

  Davis, Samuel, 280

  Davis, Varina

  Buchanan and, 169–70

  M. Chesnut and, 304

  Davis as CSA president and, 217–18

  death of son, 485

  marriage of, 279–80

  on Montgomery, 278–79

  Porter and, 119–20, 121

  during war, 484

  De Bow’s Review, 65, 210

  De Saussure, Wilmot G., 432

  Declaration of Independence, 114, 115, 129, 255–56

  Delane, John, 293

  Democracy in America (Tocqueville), 388

  Democratic Party. See also individual politicians

  Lincoln’s election and, 16

  Seward’s speech opposing, 60

  in South Carolina, 113

  Dennison, William, 468

  Dickens, Charles, 7–8, 38, 293, 341–42

  divorce, 330–31

  Dix, Dorothea, 175–76, 194, 248

  “Dixie’s Land,” 465, 471

  Dodge, William E., 267

  Doubleday, Abner

  after fall of Fort Sumter, 474

  Anderson and, 28

  Anderson’s wife’s visit and, 183

  baseball and, 323

  on condition of Fort Sumter, 147

  defense of Fort Sumter and, 357

  end of war and, 480, 488

  evacuation of families and, 211

  fire in Fort Sumter and, 441, 442–43

  Fort Moultrie battery and, 397

  on lack of support, 165

  Moultrie House and, 449–50

  move to Fort Sumter and, 137–38, 139–40

  opposition of to negotiations, 201

  Pickens’s men and, 151

  provisions and, 207, 415

  public dislike of, 204

  Shannon incident and, 379–80

  shots fired on Fort Sumter and, 316

  on Skillen, 159–60

  South Carolina’s war preparations and, 205–6