Star of the West and, 186, 188, 198

  start of hostilities and, 425, 427, 429–31

  surrender and, 461

  Doubleday, Mary, 137, 138, 139

  Douglas, Stephen A.

  at Inaugural Ball, 302

  Kansas-Nebraska Act and, 54–55

  Lincoln and, 58

  Lincoln’s election and, 17, 19

  Lincoln’s inauguration and, 299

  Douglass, Frederick, 300

  Dred Scott decision, 83–84, 299

  drought, 75–76

  Drummond lights, 284

  Drunken Dick Shoal, 25

  Dryden, John, 331

  dueling, defense of, 383

  dyspepsia, 41, 77

  E

  East Bay Artillery, 116

  Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, 24, 235, 304

  electoral count, 212, 213, 229, 237, 240, 241–42

  Ellis, John, 468

  Ellis, Sarah S., 279–80

  Embarkation of the Pilgrims (Weir), 107

  embrasures, 148–49

  Englishman’s Travels in America, An (Benwell), 26

  Ennels, James D., 334

  escalade, 149

  Essay on Calcareous Manures, An (Ruffin), 62

  Eutaw House, 423

  “Eve of Waterloo, The,” 411

  Evergreen (plantation), 62

  Expressman and the Detective, The (Pinkerton), 242

  F

  Farragut, David G., 165

  fashion, 67–68

  Faunce, John, 424–25

  Federal Writers’ Project, 132

  Felton, Samuel M., Sr., 175–78, 194, 248, 250, 256

  Ferguson, Samuel Wragg, 291, 425–26, 462, 481

  Ferrandini, Cypriano, 178, 270

  fire-eaters, 16, 21, 78, 84, 90. See also Rhett, Robert Barnwell; Ruffin, Edmund; Wigfall, Louis T.

  First Bull Run, 483

  First Manassas, 483

  Fitzpatrick, Aurelia, 278

  Fitzsimons, Ann (later Hampton), 43

  Fitzsimons, Catherine (later Hammond), 34–35, 39

  floating battery, 289, 309, 314

  Florida. See also Fort Pickens

  navy yard in, 193

  secession and, 133, 143, 179–80, 202

  Florida Rail Road, 143

  Floyd, John B.

  Anderson and, 25

  cabinet meeting and, 154–56

  occupation of Fort Sumter and, 145–46, 154, 164

  resignation of, 156, 170

  weapons sent to South by, 126–27

  Forsyth, John, 291, 320–21, 382, 401

  Fort Drane, 144

  Fort Johnson, 10, 22, 135, 420, 426

  Fort McHenry, 221

  Fort Monroe, 24–25, 165, 180, 221

  Fort Moultrie

  Anderson assigned to, 25

  Anderson’s plan and, 135–36

  battery on, 397

  Charleston civilians and, 29

  evacuation of, 135, 143–44

  Foster and, 125–26

  potential attack and, 107–8

  reinforcement of, 292

  Ruffin and, 313–14

  secession and, 118

  Shannon incident and, 379

  shots fired from, 134, 140, 315–16, 334

  South Carolina’s possession of, 160

  Star of the West and, 185, 187, 188–89

  vulnerability of, 22–24, 123

  weapons seized from, 205

  Fort Pickens, 193, 294, 362–63, 365, 373, 376, 392

  Fort Sumter. See also Anderson, Robert

  Anderson’s move to, 128, 130–31, 135–42, 143–44, 145–46

  aniticipated surrender of, 377

  cannon of, 148–49

  Confederate plans to attack, 290

  consideration of reinforcement of, 327–28

  daily life in, 323–24

  damage done to, 434, 440, 450–51

  Davis and, 405–7

  description of, 147–49

  end of war and, 479–81, 487–88

  evacuation of families from, 208, 211

  evaluation of status of, 147–48, 285–86

  fire in, 440, 441–42, 444

  firewood and, 357

  flag of, 149–50, 444, 449, 479–81, 487–88

  Foster and, 125–26

  Gardner and, 22

  lack of instructions to Anderson regarding, 385–86

  lead-up to war and, 3–4

  Lincoln’s plans for, 402–3

  Pickens and, 150–52

  plan to blow up, 352–54

  Powhatan and, 391–92

  preparations of, 393

  provisions and, 4, 8, 339–40, 394, 415

  reinforcements for, 180–81

  rumors of evacuation of, 318, 337–39, 340, 351–52

  Russell and, 294, 472

  Scott and, 325–26, 362

  Shannon incident and, 379–80

  shots fired on, 315–17

  start of hostilities and, 426–32

  surrender negotiations and, 8–10

  troops needed for, 29

  vote to resupply, 364–65

  vulnerability of, 123

  weaponry of, 23, 322–23

  Foster, John G.

  Anderson’s plan and, 135–36, 138, 139, 142

  damage done to Fort Sumter and, 437

  firewood and, 357

  Fort Moultrie battery and, 397

  lead-up to war and, 3–4

  occupation of federal arsenal and, 160

  occupation of Fort Sumter and, 131

  reinforcement mission and, 349

  rumors of evacuation and, 340

  South Carolina’s war preparations and, 205, 308, 334

  on status of fighting, 440

  status of Fort Sumter and, 285, 409

  war preparations and, 207, 323

  work on forts by, 125–26

  fougasses, 323

  Fox, Gustavus Vasa

  after fall of Fort Sumter, 474

  Anderson on, 399

  arrival near Charleston, 424, 433

  departure for Washington, 396–97

  intercepted mail and, 409

  lack of action from, 439, 445

  preparations of, 392, 396

  preparations to oppose, 410

  proposal from, 326–27, 328–29, 362

  status of Fort Sumter and, 347–49, 386

  Frank Leslie’s Weekly, 114

  Freeborn, 396

  Fugitive Slave Act (1850), 90, 275

  Fuller, Margaret, 394

  Furman, James Clement, 92

  G

  Gadsden, James, 27

  Galloway, Edward, 461–62

  Gardner, John L., 22–24, 25, 29

  Garnett, Robert S., 294

  Garrick (club), 293–94

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 40, 66–67, 480

  Gautier, Charles, 382

  Gautier’s, 382

  General Clinch, 28, 139

  Georgia, secession and, 209

  Georgiana, 464

  Ghost Amendment, 276

  Gibbes, Robert Wilson, 370, 394

  Gidiere, Mrs. P. R., 160, 360, 428

  Gist, William H., 68, 97, 99

  “Gold-Bug, The” (Poe), 22

  Gordon, 419

  gorge, 148

  Gosport Shipyard, 24, 165

  Gourdin, Robert, 411

  Governor’s Island, 181

  grapeshot, 149, 207

  Great Expectations (Dickens), 7–8

  Great Western Railroad, 227–28, 233

  Greeley, Horace, 86–87, 115, 121–22, 215, 245, 283, 343

  Green, Mrs. Allen, 412

  Guard House Riot, 32–33

  Guide to Social Happiness, The (Ellis), 279–80

  gunners, 332–33

  H

  Hall, Margaret Hunter, 224

  Hall, Norman J.

  cartridges and, 334

  Hall-Hayne mission and, 201

  move to Fort Sumter and, 135, 136–37, 140

  provisions and, 339–40

  Star of the West and, 198–99

  on status of Fort Sumter, 286

  in Washington, 204, 219–20

  Hamilton, Jack Randolph, 447

  Hamilton, Louisa, 447

  Hammer, William H., 141

  Hammond, Catherine (née Fitzsimons)

  husband’s infidelities and, 47, 50, 53, 486

  marriage of, 34–35

  in Silver Bluff, 43

  in Washington, 39, 54

  Hammond, Edward Spann, 486

  Hammond, Elisha, 32

  Hammond, Harry, 53

  Hammond, James Henry

  background of, 31–32, 33, 34

  on “the chivalry,” 5

  on Christmas, 132

  Columbia home of, 42–43, 47

  in Congress, 37, 38–39, 40

  “cotton is king” thesis and, 472

  death of, 486

  description of, 31

  in Europe, 41–42

  Harpers Ferry raid and, 69

  holdings of, 31

  Jamison and, 111

  Lincoln’s nomination and, 75

  marriage of, 34–35

  Race Week and, 224

  resignation of, 96

  Ruffin and, 63, 64, 69

  scandal involving, 50–52

  secession and, 96–97

  in Senate, 47, 53–54, 55–56, 69

  sexual encounters with enslaved women and, 52–53

  sexual encounters with nieces and, 47–50

  slavery and, 35–36, 39–41, 45, 46, 51, 55–56, 221

  during war, 485–86

  Withers and, 277

  Hammond, Marcellus, 54

  Hammond, Marcus, 96

  Hammond, William Cashel, 53

  Hampton, Ann (née Fitzsimons), 43

  Hampton, Catty, 43

  Hampton, Christopher, 49

  Hampton, Harriet, 43

  Hampton, Wade, II, 43, 49–50, 51–52

  Handel, George Frideric, 484

  Harpers Ferry, 66–67, 68–69, 74–75, 475. See also Brown, John

  Harper’s Weekly, 107, 269

  Harriet Lane, 392, 424–25, 433, 434

  Harris, Matthias, 138, 139, 149–50, 480

  Hart, Peter, 183, 449, 480

  Hartstene, Henry J., 348, 419

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 267

  Hay, John

  on Buchanan, 299

  Campbell and, 376

  Floyd and, 127

  Lincoln’s Bates Hotel speech and, 237, 238

  on Lincoln’s travels, 260

  on Lincoln’s Trenton speech, 247

  Scott’s recommendation and, 364