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��St. Albans, raid on, 125, 131.

Schaff, General Morris, tells of Beauregard at West Point, 107.

Scheibert, J., on General Stuart, 38, 44; his account of Stuart's planning, 43; quotes General von Schmidt's opinion of Stuart, 44.

Scott, General Winfield, 6, 115; and Toombs, 195.

Seddon, J. A., 22, 107; letter of Stu- art to, 40.

Sedgwick, General John, his esti- mate of Stuart, 36.

Semmes, Raphael, considered as a pirate, 220; on the composition of pirate crews, 222, 223; his defense of his methods, 225; sank the Hat- teras, 226; defeated by the Kear- sarge, 226; the real Semmes, 227; early life, 227; personal appear- ance and characteristics, 227; a Douglas man, 228; kept log-book of his cruises, 228; his legal lore, 229 ; his sincerity, 229 ; wrote book on Mexican War, 229, 230; his treatment of prisoners, 230, 231; the prisoners' view, 231, 234; his treatment of his crew, 232, 233; had confidence of his sailors, 234, 235; incident told by Lieutenant Kell, 235: much attached to his wife and children, 235, 236; liter- ary in tastes, 236; his diary re- cords love of nature, 236, 237; deeply religious, 238, 239; his courage and patriotism, 240; let- ter to Howell Cobb, 241 ; defended by Sinclair, 242; pursued with scorn and abuse, 242, 243; reply to Mrs. Kell, 243; his speech often belied his real feeling, 243; quota- tion from his war diary, 244; coarse streak shows in some of his writing, 244, 245; "Old Bees- wax," 245, 246; his words on the sinking of the Alabama, 246.

Seven Pines, Johnston's one aggres-

��sive battle, 4; Johnston wounded at, 8.

Sherman, General W. T., on John- ston, 5, 117.

Shiloh, Beauregard at, 100, ir8, 119.

SHdell, John, comment on Benja- min, 138.

Sinclair, Lieutenant Arthur, 27; comments of, on the Alabama, 223; tells of treatment of prison- ers, 230; of discipline of crew, 233; defends utterances of Semmes, 242.

Smith, General Kirby, his feeling toward Johnston, 29, 30.

Soley, Professor J. Russell, defends Confederate privateers, and cruis- ers, 221; on the defeat of the Ala- bama, 226.

South, the, conditions in, contrasted with those in the North before the war, 249, 250,

Speer, Judge Emory, and Long- street, 88.

Stephens, Alexander H., chronology, 152; character and career of, in- volve contradictions, 153, 154; his physique, 153, 155; distinctive traits, 153, 175, 176; a logical de- fender of slavery, 153, 154, 179; bitterly opposed secession, 154, 165, 178; imprisoned at Fort War- ren, 154, 163; extracts from his diary, 154, 166, 168; opposed to the conduct of the Government, 154; devotion of Negroes to, 154, 164; his health, 155; Dick Taylor's diatribe on, 156; contrast be- tween physical lack and spiritual strength, 156, 157; quoted in re- gard to himself, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162; contrasted with Vol- taire, 158; constitutionally melan- choly, 159; sensitive as to his ap- pearance, 159, 160; his physical and spiritual courage, 160; his re- ligious life, 161, 162, 176, 177; his home, Liberty Hall, open to all,

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