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ty of valuable stores, arms, etc. The Harriet Lane is very little injured. She was carried by boarders from two high-pressure cotton-steamers, manned by Texas cavalry and artillery. The line troops were gallantly commanded by Colonel Green, of Sibley's brigade, and the ships and artillery by Major Leon Smith, to whose indomitable energy and heroic daring the country is indebted for the successful execution of a plan which I had considered for the destruction of the enemy's fleet. Colonel Bagby, of Sibley's brigade, also commanded the volunteers from his regiment for the naval expedition, in which every officer and every man won for himself imperishable renown. J. Bankhead Magruder, Major-General. The conduct of Commander Renshaw toward the inhabitants of Galveston had been marked by moderation and propriety, and the closing act of his life was one of manly courage and fidelity to the flag he bore. Commander Wainright and Lieutenant-commanding Lea, who fell valiantly defendi
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
ugh Georgia, 483-84. Capture of Savannah, 484-85. March from Savannah north, 530-40. Burning of Columbia, S. C., 531-32. Conferences with J. E. Johnston on terms of surrender, 580-84, 587-88. Dr. Bachman's report of atrocities in South Carolina, 601-06. Shields, General, 92, 93, 94, 96. Shiloh, Battle of, 20, 39, 40, 41, 48-57, 326. Preparation, 43-48. Confederate army retired after first day, 57. Retreat of Confederates, 57. Shipp, Colonel, 565 Shoup, General, 468, 470. Sibley, General, 198. Sickles, General, 618, 624, 626, 627, 628. Sigel, General, 39, 275, 444, 445, 447. Sinclair, Commander, 191. Slaughter, Gen. J. E., 592. Slavery. States reserved power to legislate within themselves, 6. Confiscation law, 5-6, 8. Cause of all the trouble according to Federal Congress, 136-37. Abolition legislation, 137-49. Emancipation in District of Columbia, 145-46. Emancipation in territories, 147. Lincoln's resolution recommended to Congress, 151. Preliminary procla