INDEX
��Jones, Aaron, Beauregard's orderly,
no. Jones, J. B., his estimate of Stuart,
41; his distrust of Benjamin, 136,
139, 140.
Kearsarge, the, destroys the Ala- bama, 226.
Kell, Lieutenant John M., devotion of sailors to, 235.
Knoxville expedition, Longstreet in charge of, 78, 79.
Lamb, Charles, quoted, 138; his de- scription of Coleridge, 220. Law, General E. M., and Longstreet,
78, 79-
Lay, Bishop Henry C, 5.
Lee, General Fitzhugh, on Stuart at West Point, 35; a favorite of Stu- art, 41; his characterization of Stuart's voice, 47; his picture of Stuart, 50.
Lee, General Robert E., in, 117; wounded but once, 6; with John- ston on voyage to Mexico, 7; his original rank in the Confederate army, 10; criticized by Johnston, 13; on Johnston's sensitiveness, 22; Johnston's letter to Wigfall about, 28 ;an officer's comment on, 31 ; his high opinion of Stuart, 42, 44, 45, 46; too lofty for vanity, 50; his severe taste, 51 ; retort to Stu- art, 58; writes to Stuart after Chancellorsville, 60; affection for Longstreet, 70; Jackson's praise of, 71 ; disregards Longstreet 's ad- vice, 72-74; takes blame for fail- ure at Gettysburg, 74, 102; gen- erosity toward Longstreet, 78; his personal appearance, 86; his kind- ness to Beauregard, 118; his tact, 137; his praise of Toombs, 209; typified all that was best in the South, 253; some characteristics of, 253, 254.
Lee, General S. D., 16.
��Leopardi, Giacomo, Alexander H. Stephens contrasted with, 160, 162, 165.
Lincoln, Abraham, 86, 87, 104; con- trasted with Benjamin, 146, 147; his correspondence with Alexan- der H. Stephens, 171; his eulogy of Stephens, 178.
Longstreet, General James, on Johnston, 4, 30; praised by John- ston, 27, 28; his estimate of Stu- art, 44; chronology, 64; of mixed blood, 65; his appearance and characteristics, 65, 66; a superb fighter, 66; at Gettysburg, 66, 67, 73, 74, 78, 83, 256, 257; his reck- lessness, 67; his defects, 68, 83- 87; his stolid self-confidence, 68- 70, 8 1 ; his love of Lee, 7 1 ; his atti- tude as Lee's subordinate, 71, 72, 73, 74; objects to the campaign into Pennsylvania, 73 ; sent to the West, 74; his attitude toward Bragg, 75; writes to Buckner about Bragg, 76; offers advice to Davis, 76, 77; his dealings with subordinates in the West, 77-80; in charge of Knoxville expedition, 78; snubbed by Davis, 76, 77, 80; suggests "impressing" all the gold in the country, 81; conduct after the war, 81, 82; a practical Am.erican, 82; attitude toward Lee after the war, 83, 84, 86; his cruel language towards Early, 84, 85; remarks about Jackson and Virginia, 85; appeal at out- break of Spanish War, 86; refer- ence to Lincoln, 87; genuinely patriotic, 87; his sympathy for noncombatants, 87, 88; rela- tions with his men, 88-90; becomes a Roman Catholic, 90- 92.
Longstreet, Mrs. James, writes Life of her husband, 81, 82; quotes him, 86; comments on General Hamp- ton, 88.
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