eard him on that day he became more than ever a light unto our feet.
It was not an easy thing to do to stem the accustomed current of life in this way, and it is a deed only possible to those who, in the Bible phrase, walk with God.
Such an unusual effort was not without its consequences.
It was followed by a severe headache, and he was hardly seen abroad again during his stay. Mrs. Fields's Whittier, pp. 75-77.
The following letter to his friend Charlotte Fiske Bates — afterward Madame Roger--conveys most fully his point of view as to immortality.
To Charlotte Fiske Bates. 1879.
I suppose nine out of ten of really thoughtful people, were they to express their real feeling, would speak much as thee do, of the mingled dread and longing with which they look forward to the inevitable surrender of life.
Of course, temperament and present surroundings have much influence with us. There are some self-satisfied souls who, as Charles Lamb says, can stalk into futurity on stilts
53, 154.
Aubignd, da, J. H. M., 166.
Augustine, Saint, 116.
Austin, Ann, 84.
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Bachiler, Rev., Stephen, 5, 6.
Bacon, Francis, 38, 179; quoted, 150.
Baltimore, Md., 48, 79.
Bancroft, George, 100, 181.
Banks, Gen. N. P., 47.
Barbadoes, 85.
Barclay of Ury, 56.
Barefoot boy, the, quoted, 14-16.
Barnard, F. A. P., 35.
Barton, Bernard, 25; the Letters and poems of, quoted, 174.
Batchelder, Charles E., 6 n.
Batchelder family, 19, 156.
Bates, Charlotte Fiske (Madame Roger), Whittier's letter to, 128-130.
Beacon Street, Boston, 3.
Bearcamp River, 143.
Bell, Mr., 181.
Bellingham, Dep. Gov., treatment of Quakers, 84.
Benezet, Anthony, 49, 51.
Bennington, Vt., 25, 73.
Blaine, James G., 181.
Border Ruffians, 78.
Boston, Mass., 1, 3, 19, 25, 26, 32, 34, 46, 50, 51, 57, 60, 62, 74-78, 81, 85, 88, 91, 108-111, 127, 135, 157, 176, 178; libraries, 34; newspapers, 61; first Quakers in, 84.
Boston Transcript, quoted, 90; mentioned, 98, 164.
Bout
., 36.
Miles, Hon., W. Porcher, 273, 275.
Milford, Va., 19.
Military Order of America, 347.
Miller, Col. J. L., 19, 20, 2
Miller, Capt., Thos. M., 396.
Miller, Stephen D., 13.
Miller, clerk. W., 223.
Mills, Major, Julius, 22.
Mills, Hon. Roger Q., 34.
Mims, Lt. A. J., 163.
Mining before Petersburg, 411.
Minor, Prof. J. B 58.
Minor, Lt., 63.
Minott, Gen J. C., 376.
Missionary Ridge, Battle of, 351, 370.
Mississippi Volunteers, 73.
Mitchell's Ford, 94.
Mobley's Meetingy, H. M., 175.
Pressley. Col. J. G., 116, 134, 189
Preston, Gen. John S , 32.
Preston, Col. J. T. L., 44.
Preston. Gen Wm., 274.
Price, Gen., Sterling. 81.
Prieur. D., and Col. E. Waggaman, Duel of, 447.
Prince, A. H., 396
Pryor Gen. Roger A., 183
Purcell, John, 208.
Quarles, Gen., 107.
Quinine, Price of, 149
Quintard, Bishop C. T., 205; his tribute to Gen. B. F. Cheatham, 349
Racer, British steamer, 148.
Rains, Col. 289.
Rains, Gen. G J., 428.
Ramsay, Col., 88.
r, C. S. Navy, Capt. W. H., 10.
Patterson, Captain John R., 76, 93.
Patton, Col. L. W. T., 308.
Pegram Battalion Association, 184; gallant deeds of, 185,362.
Pegram, Capt. R. B., 75.
Penn, Gen. D. B., 309.
Perry, Col. H. H., 56.
Perry, Capt. Leslie J., 108.
Petersburg, Defence of, 382.
Pillow, Capture of Fort, 330.
Porter, U. S. Navy, Constructor J. L., 2.
Private Infantryman, The, the typical hero of the South, 311.
Private soldier, Valor of the, 374.
Pryor, Gen. Roger A., 61.
Pucci, W. F., Death of, 76.
Putnam, Col. H. S., 179.
Ramsey, Major mortally wounded, 182.
Randolph, The freed slaves of John, persecuted in Ohio, 276.
Randolph, Norman V., 316, 323, 356.
Richmond a city of Monuments, 352
Richmond Howitzers, Unveiling of the monument to; ceremonies of, 259.
Rion, Capt. W. H., Death of, 181, 182.
Robinson, Leigh, Noble oration of, 259.
Rockwell, Joseph B., 83.
Rogers, Hon. R. L., 57.
Salisbury, Lord, 343.
Saunders, Ll. D.
212, 292; Portrait of Presented Lee Camp C. V , 291; London Times on, 293; Lines on, 299; Recollections of, 306.
Pensioning of the Confederate Soldiers by the U. S. Government, Protest against, 313, 322.
Pettigrew, General J. J., wounded, 144.
Peyton, Major T. G., 242.
Pickens, Colonel S. B., 2.
Porter, General, Fitz John, 135, 250.
Port Royal, Battle of. 233.
Presbyterian Church, Richmond, The Second, 259.
Preston, General John S., 244.
Proskauer, Major, 21.
Pryor, Colonel Roger A , 108.
Rains, Colonel G J., 370.
Ramseur, General S. D., and bride, 4,
Randolph, General G. W., 243.
Randolph, John, 350.
Raoul, Miss C. T., fired the gun proclaiming the secession of Alabama, 212.
Reeve, Captain, E. Payson, 111.
Reilly, Major, James, 161.
Richmond, Va., Fall of, 375; hotels in 1863, 3.
Rodes, General R. E., Commendation of Alabama troops, 31.
Roosevelt, Hon., Theo., 342.
Rosser, Rev. Dr. Leo., 18.
Rowe, Colonel, Residence of, 25.
Ruffin, E
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