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��162; rich in social qualities, 163; comments on Davis, 163, 206; generally beloved, 163, 164; never married, 165; his affection for his native state, 165, 166; contrasted with Toombs, 166, 167, 188, 189; his love for his family, 167, 168; tenderness toward animals, 168, 169; his dog Rio, 168; constant- ly helping other men, 169, 170; his tolerance, 171; a deductive thinker, 172; his vanity compared with Cicero's, 173; modest, but self-confident, 174; his affair with Judge Cone, 175; as a lawyer, 176, 177; as a politician, 177, 178, 180; Lincoln's eulogy of, 178; de- pended on his convictions, 178, 179; caustic remark of Richard Taylor about, 179; youthful inter- view with President Jackson, 179, 1 80; attitude after the war, 180; an idealist, 180; on Robert Toombs, 206; on Semmes, 228.

Stephens, Linton, half-brother of A. H. Stephens, 159; their mutual devotion, 167, 168; quoted in re- gard to Toombs, 196.

Stevens, General Clement H., on general feeling of army towards Johnston, 30, 31.

Stiles, Robert, estimate of Johnston, 28, 29; his account of behavior of officers at time of Longstreet's wound, 90.

Stuart, General J. E. B., praised by Johnston, 27; chronology, 34; a fighter by nature, 35, 36, 46; dis- tinguishing characteristics, 35; an exceptional horseman, 35, 48; his account of the capture of John Brown, 36; wounded but once, 37; his naivete, 38; won love of his men, 38; his love for and care of his men, 39, 40; sends characteris- tic letter to Secretary Seddon, 40; his discipline, 41 ; his self-control, 42; Lee's tribute to, 42, 44, 45;

��careful in planning, 43 ; opinions of other generals about him, 44; con- sidered for command of Jackson's corps, 44, 45; at Chancellorsville, 45; his exuberant cheerfulness, 46, 47; his resourcefulness, 47, 48; his voice like music, 47; magnifi- cent physique, 48; single handed capture of forty-four Union sol- diers, 49; quotes Horace, 50; Fitz- hugh Lee's picture of, 50; Cooke's picture, 50, 51; his golden spurs, 51; his flowery style, 51, 52; jests at Jackson's expense, 53; has fun with his adversaries, 53, 54; his West Point nickname, 54; his taste in music, 54, 55; fond of dancing, 55; his attitude toward women, 56-58; married at twenty-two, 58; of high moral character, 58, 59; his religion, 59, 60; a strict observer of Sunday, 59, 60; died at thirty, 60; answers aspersions of General Trimble, 61,62; hisbest epitaph, 62 ; contrasted with Beauregard, loi.

Sully, Chancellor, 100, 147.

Sumner, Charles, on Benjamin, 139; assault by Brooks on, 194.

Sumter, career of the, 223.

Sweeney, " Bob," Stuart's banjo- player, 55.

Talleyrand, 124, 147.

Taney, Roger Brooke, Benjamin's compliment to, 126.

Taylor, General Richard, on health of Alexander H. Stephens, 156; caustic remark by, about Ste- phens, 179.

Toombs, Gabriel, his tribute to his brother Robert, 198.

Toombs, Robert, contrasted with A. H. Stephens, 166, 188, 189; chro- nology, 184; a Georgian estimate of, 185; his physique impressive, 185; Mrs. Davis's portrait of, 185, 186; a fighter, 186, 187, 194, 215; as a speaker, 186, 187, 191, 192;

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