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��as a lawyer, 187, 200; a believer in Revolution, 188; his feeling about Mexico, 188; hated the party sys- tem, 189; his view of war, 189; an individualist, 189, 190, 215; indif- ferent to popularity, 190; de- plored rise of the money power, 191 ; on public opinion, 191 ; power given by his temperament, 192; contest over the speakership of the House (1849), 193; defended slavery in Tremont Temple (1856), 193, 203; his testimony in regard to Brooks's assault on Sumner, 194; had sense of humor and a shrewd wit, 195; his story of the red-headed man, 195, 196; a brilliant and fascinating talker, 196; fond of nature, 197; his treat- ment of his slaves, 197; his taste for alcohol, 197; ready to enter- tain everybody, 197; tribute of his brother, 198; his religious experi- ence, 198, 199, 215; affection for his wife, 199; letters to her, 199; a good man of business, 200; his honesty, 200, 201; "violent in speech, but safe in counsel," 201; supported Clay and Webster, 202; his part in the Kansas strug- gle, 202, 203; opposed immediate secession, 204; his attitude toward the attack on Sumter, 205; men- tioned for presidency of Confeder- acy, 205, 206; lacked necessary qualities for that office, 206, 207; made secretary' of state, 207; his failure, 208; refused to become secretary of war, 208; his ambi- tions, 209; his bravery, 209; praised by Lee at Antietam, 209; beloved by his men, 210; lacked self-discipline, 210, 212; hated West Point, 211; his opinion of J. E. Johnston, 211; his feeling toward Davis, 211; disobeys or- ders at Second Bull Run, 211, 212; has trouble with D. H. Hill, 212;

��Longstreet's opinion of, 212; a Chesterfield with ladies, 213; his course after returning from Eu- rope, 213, 214; helps form new constitution for Georgia, 214, 215; an unreconstructed rebel, 215.

Trimble, General, underrated cavalry, 40; hisaspersions of Stuart, 61,62.

Truth of history, the, 106.

Vallandigham, Clement L., ri6. Van Dorn, General Earl, dispatch

from Beauregard to, 109. Voltaire, Alexander H. Stephens

contrasted with, 158, 177. Von Borcke, H., quoted, 37. Von Schmidt, General, his opinion

of Stuart, 44.

Waddell, James D., his life of Linton Stephens, 168.

War, the, between the North and South, indispensable, 251; some results of, 259, 260; some lessons learned from, 260, 261.

Webster, Daniel, anecdote of, 141.

West, the great, question of Its place in struggle between North and South, 250, 251.

West Point, Davis and Johnston said to have been hostile at, 8; Stuart's characteristics at, 35; Beauregard's superintendency at, 107; hated by Toombs, 211.

Whiting, General W. H. C, no.

Whitmore, William, his pamphlet, The Cavalier Dismounted, 196.

WIgfall, General Louis T., letter from Johnston to, about Lee, 28.

Williamsburg, Johnston at, 3.

Winslow, Commodore John A., com- mander of the Kearsarge, 243.

Wise, John S., on Beauregard's ad- miration for women, 96; uncom- plimentary to Benjamin, 125, 130, 138.

Young, J. R., 5.

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