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 628 Messages and Papers of the Confederacy. Sequestration Act, amount of funds paid into Treasury under opera- tion of, referred to, 308. Seven Days' Battles, Va. A series of battles between June 26 and July 1, 1862, In the Peninsula cam- paign, in the swamps east of Richmond, Va- The Federals, 115,000, were com- manded by Gen. McClellan; the Confed- erates, 80,000, by Gen. Lee. These bat- tles are mentioned separately under the headings, Mechanicsville, Gaines's Mill, Savage Station, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, etc. Federal losses during the 7 days, about 15,000; Confederate losses, not so great. Seven Pines, and Fair Oaks, Va., Bat- tle of. A battle about 7 miles east of Rich- mond, Va., May 31 and June 1, 1S62. The Federals were commanded by Gen. Mc- Clellan; the Confederates, by Gen. Jos. E. Johnston, who was wounded the second day. The Confederates made the attack on both days, and were repulsed. Feder- al loss, 5,700; Confederate loss, 4,200. Seward, William H., Secretary of State, United States: Conduct of, in peace negotiations discussed, 70. Correspondence between Judge Campbell, Confederate com- missioner, and, 84. Transmitted, 82. Correspondence in peace negotia- tions, 521. Mentioned, 351. Seymour, L. B., punishment inflicted on, referred to, 300. Sharpsburg, Md., Battle of. (See An tietam, Battle of.) Shenandoah, The. A cruiser of the Confederate States which sailed from London Oct. 8, 1S64, under the name of the Sea King, com- manded by Waddell. At Madeira, her name was changed to the Shenandoah. She did considerable damage to the United States vessels, a claim for which com- prised a part of the Alabama claims. At the close of the war she was surrendered to Great Britain, and later to the United States. Sherman, William T., operations of army under, 484. Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., Battle of. A battle on the Tennessee River, near Pittsburg Landing, Hardin County, Tenn., Apr. 6, 7, 1S62. The Federals, 40,000, were commanded by Gen. Grant the first day; the Confederates, by Gen. Albert S. Johnston. The Confederates made the attack, and in the afternoon Gen. Johnston was killed, and Gen. Beaure- gard assumed command. Gen. Buell united his forces with those of Gen. Grant for the second day's fighting, and at its close the Confederates retired from the field. The advantage was clearly with the Confederates in the first day's battle. Federal loss, killed, wounded, and miss- ing, 13,500; Confederate loss, 10,600. Discussed, 208. General Albert S. Johnston killed at, 209. Reports of, transmitted, 245, 309. Ships. (See Vessels.) Shorter, John G., member of Vice Presidential notification commit- tee, 30. Sibley, Henry H., resolution of thanks tendered command of, 231. Sigel, Franz, mentioned, 214. Slave Representation. The representation in the United States Congress accorded to the slave States, by reason of persons held in slavery therein. The Southern people contended that the slaves should be counted or reckoned in making up the representation from the slave States, the same as white persons. This was denied by many Northern per- sons. It was finally settled by determin- ing that a State's representation should be ascertained and fixed " by adding to the whole number of free persons, includ- ing those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons "—that is to say, the slaves. Slave Trade. (See also African Slave Trade.) Act in relation to, vetoed, 59. Slavery. Slavery in the colonies of America be- gan in 1619, by the importation of a car- go of slaves by a Dutch ship into Virgin- ia, and it spread into all, or nearly all, of the colonies. Societies were formed in