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[Footnote E: Wilson's Sketches of Illustrious Soldiers: New York, 1874.]
General Grant, in mentioning General Scott's Mexican campaign, says: "Both the strategy and tactics displayed by General Scott in the various engagements of August 20, 1847, were faultless, as I look upon them now after the lapse of so many years." And further: "General Scott enjoys the rare distinction of having held high and successful command in two wars, which were a full generation apart. In 1847 he commanded, in Mexico, the sons of those officers who aided in his brilliantly successful campaign against the British on the borders of Canada in 1814." Daniel Webster, in a speech delivered in the United States Senate February 20, 1848, said: "I understand, sir, that, there is a report from General Scott, a man who has performed the most brilliant campaign on recent military record, a man who has warred against the enemy, warred against the climate, warred against a thousand unpropitious circumstances, and has carried the flag of his country to the capital of the enemy—honorably, proudly, humanely—to his own permanent honor and the great military credit of his country. And where is he? At Pueblo—at Pueblo, undergoing an inquiry before his inferiors in rank, and other persons without military rank, while the high powers he has exercised and executed with so much distinction are transferred to another—I do not say to one unworthy of them, but to one inferior in rank, station, and experience to himself." No more fitting close to this sketch of his life can be given than to quote the words of his friend, General Wilson: "He has bequeathed to his country a name pure and unspotted—a name than which the republic has few indeed that shine with a brighter luster, and a name that will go down to future generations with those of the greatest captains of the nineteenth century."
INDEX.
Abadie, Captain, Louisiana volunteers, 101.
Aberdeen, Lord, British Minister, 151.
Abraham, negro, Indian interpreter, 74.
Adams, George, Lieutenant, 253.
Adams, John Quincy, ex-President, 153.
Adams, the British vessel, captured, 13.
Allen, Captain, 17.
Alvarez, Mexican General, 219, 221, 231.
Amatha, Charley, 79.
American forces surrender to General Sheaffe, 18.
Ampudia, Pedro de, Mexican General, surrenders, 155, 156.
Anaya, Don Pedro Maria, General, elected President of Mexico, 257.
Andrews, Timothy P., Colonel, 226.
Anderson, Robert, General, 135, 322, 326.
Anecdote of Colonel Scott and a Roman Catholic priest, 19.
Armistice violated; General Scott's letter to President of Mexican Republic, 218.
Arnold, Ripley A., Lieutenant, attacked by Indians, 115.
Arista, Mariano, Mexican General, 155.
Arthur, President, 326.
Assiola, Indian Chief, 88.
Atkinson, T.P., letter from General Scott to, 153.
Atristain, Senor, 216, 257.
Azapotzalco, the place of meeting of the commissioners, 216.
Baker, D.D., Lieutenant, 253.
Baker, Edward D., Colonel, killed at Ball's Bluff, 317.
Bankhead, James, Colonel, 112.
Barcelona, the steamer, 146.
Barker, Captain, 16.
Barr, Captain, Louisiana volunteers, 101.
Barragan, Pena y, 221.
Barren, Major, 109.
Basinger, William E., Lieutenant, 88.
Battle on the Ouithlacoochee, 90-92.
Beall, Benjamin Lloyd, Major, 172.
Beard, Joseph, Major, 95.
Beauregard, P.T., Lieutenant, 203.
Beckwith, J.C., letter to, from General Scott, 154.
Belknap, William G., 281.
Benton, Thomas H., 159.
Biddle, Richard, speech in Congress, 124-127.
Binney, Horace, letter to General Scott, 304.
Black Hawk War, the, 52, 55.
Blockade of Southern ports, 296, 297.
Board of Army Officers, 47.
Boerstler, Charles G., Colonel, 27.
Bolton, Commodore, 97.
Bones, George, Captain, 110.
Botts, Benjamin, 5.
Boyd, John Parker, General, attack on Fort Niagara, 24.
Brady, Hugh, Major, 33; sketch of, 39.
Brady, Thomas A., First-Lieutenant, 253.
Brant, Indian, attacks Colonel Scott, 18, 19.
Bravo, D. Nicholas, Mexican General, 225, 227.
Brazos Santiago, 159.
Brisbane, Abbott H, Colonel, 112.
Brooks, Horace, Captain, 225.
Brown, Jacob, General, 27, 38-40.
Bryant, Thomas S., Captain, 96.
Buchanan, James, President, 296, 326.
Bull Run, 308.
Burlington Heights, 28.
Burnett, Ward B., Colonel, 209.
Burnham, Major, 185.
Burr, Aaron, 5-8.
Burt, Captain, Louisiana volunteers, 101.
Butler, Pierce M., Colonel, 112, 115, 209.
Butler, William O., General, 244, 245, 256, 264.
Cadwallader, George, General, 193, 206, 209, 210, 221, 226, 249.
Caldwell, James N., Captain, 215.
Caldwell, Robert C., First-Lieutenant, 253.
Caledonia, British brig, 13.
Calhoun, John C., 151.
Call, Richard Keith, General, 89.
Cameron, Simon, 309, 314, 315, 330.
Canada political agitation, 272.
Cano, D. Juan, Mexican General, 225.
Caroline, the steamboat, 145.
Casey, Silas, Captain, 207, 226.
Cass, Lewis, 59, 66, 67, 76, 77.
Cerro Gortlo, the battle of, 176, 190.
Chandler, John, Colonel, attack on Fort George, 24.
Chapultepec, battle of, 223, 228.
Charleston, S.C., furnishes troops and supplies, 94.
Chase, Secretary, 330.
Chauncey, Isaac, Commodore, 24, 28.
Cherokee Indians, removal of, from Georgia, 129.
Chesapeake, the, boarded by the Leopard, 6.
Chesnut, Colonel, 95.
Childs, Thomas, Lieutenant-Colonel, 176, 194, 236.
Chippewa, battle of, 32.
Cholera among troops at Chicago, 56, 57.
Chrysler's Farm, engagement at, 29.
Chrystie, John, Colonel, 14, 17.
Cincinnati, Society of the, 42.
City of Mexico, 195, 228.
Civil war, beginning of, 295, 296.
Clarke, Henry Francis, Colonel, 212, 249.
Clay, Cassius M., 306.
Clay, Henry, 145, 151.
Clinch, Duncan L., General, 82, 88, 93.
Clinton, Governor, 42.
Clifton, Captain, 112.
Coffin, Captain, 19.
Congress declares war against Great Britain, 13.
Congress votes a medal to General Scott, 42.
Conner, Commodore, 165.
Conto, Senor, 216, 257.
Cooper, Mark A., Major, 112, 119.
Coto, Senor, 216.
Crane, Ichabod B., Colonel, 136.
Crawford, William H., 40.
Cuevas, Senor, 257.
Cummings, Arthur C., Captain, 215.
Cunningham, Captain, 94.
Cushing, Caleb, General, 281.
Dade, Francis Langhorne, Major, killed, 88.
Dallas, Commodore, 97.
Davis, Edward, General, 312.
Davis, Jefferson, 291.
Dearborn, Henry, General, 14, 23, 24.
Dennis, Colonel, 29.
Devlin, John S., acting quartermaster, 253.
Dominguez commands Mexicans in American army, 237.
Douglas, Stephen A., 303.
Douglass, John M., Major, 112.
Drum, Simon H., Captain, 220, 225.
Drummond, Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon, 34.
Duane, James Chatham, General, 305.
Duel between Burr and Hamilton, 5.
Dulaney, William, Major, 253.
Duncan, James, Lieutenant-Colonel, 108, 221, 271, 277, 283, 286.
Duval, William P., Governor, 82.
Eaton, J.H., Secretary of War, 49, 50, 76, 82.
Edson, Alvin, Captain, 165.
Elliott, Lieutenant, plans destruction of British brigs, 13.
Eustis, Abram, Brigadier-General, 111, 113, 114.
Expedition of Aaron Burr, 5, 6.
Fagan, John, Major, 75.
Fanning, Alexander C.W., Major, 88.
Farquhar, William, Captain, 302.
Farragut, Admiral D.G., 329.
Fenwick, John R., Colonel, 16.
Field, Thomas Y., Lieutenant, 253.
Fillmore, Millard, President, 293.
Finances of Mexico, 239.
Finlay, Captain, 94.
Florida War, 72, 87, 97-99, 112.
Florida, army of, 115.
Floyd, John B., 136, 298.
Floyd, Robertson R., Captain, 96.
Fort Brooke, the army concentrate there, 118.
Fort Brown occupied by General Taylor, 154.
Fort Erie surrenders, 30; invested, 37.
Fort George, attack on, 16, 17; storming of, 24.
Fort Niagara, defeat of the British at, 26.
Foster, William Sewell, Lieutenant-Colonel, 102.
Frazer, William, Captain, 88.
Freeman, Norvell, Lieutenant, 253.
Fremont, John C., General, 308.
Frontera, Mexican General, 207, 208.
Gadsden, James, Colonel, 75.
Gaines, Edmund, General, 48, 103.
Gaines, J.P., Major, 250.
Gamboa, D. Manuel, Mexican General, 225.
Gardiner, George, 88.
Gardner, Charles K., Lieutenant, 11.
Gardner, Franklin, 175.
Garland, John, General, 220, 221.
Gatlin, John Slade, Dr., 88.
Georgia troops, 95, 96, 110.
Gibson, Captain, 18.
Giles, William B., 5-7.
Goodwyn, Robert H., Colonel, 112-116.
Graham, Captain, 110.
Graham, William A., Secretary of the Navy, 293.
Grant, Ulysses S., General, 322, 329, 334.
Great Britain, war declared against, 11.
Greenway, James, Dr., 3.
Griffin, Charles, Captain, 302.
Guadalupe Hidalgo, text of treaty of, 257, 264.
Hagner, Peter V., Captain, 225.
Halleck, Henry W., General, 308.
Hamilton, Alexander, 5.
Hamilton, John C., 292.
Hamilton, Schuyler, Lieutenant, 250.
Hampton, Wade, General, 7, 9-12, 28.
Hardy, Sir Thomas, 6.
Hargrave, James, 4.
Harney, John, Governor, 142-144.
Harney, William S., Colonel, 186, 224.
Harris, Captain, 33.
Harris, Joseph W., Lieutenant, 83.
Harrison, William Henry, General, 152.
Haskell, William T., Colonel, 166.
Hayes, Rutherford B., President, 326, 329.
Heileman, Julius Frederick, Major, 65, 66.
Henderson, Charles A., Lieutenant, 253.
Henderson, Richard, Lieutenant, 88.
Henry, Alexander, letter to General Scott, 304.
Henry, George, Captain, 115.
Hernandez, John M., General, 96.
Herrera, General, 216.
Hetzel, Abner R., Captain, 135.
Hindman, Jacob, Major, 30, 39.
Hitchcock, Ethan A., Captain, 100, 164, 284.
Holata, Amathla, 75, 77, 78, 79.
Huger, Benjamin, Captain, 220, 224.
Hull, William, General, 13.
Hunt, Henry J., Lieutenant, 221.
Ingersoll, Charles J., 153.
Irish prisoners, 20.
Irving, Washington, 5.
Izard, George, Colonel, 13.
Izard, James Farley, Lieutenant, 101, 102.
Jackson, Andrew, General, 5, 40, 42, 46, 63, 151.
Jackson, Thomas J., Lieutenant, 226.
Jacobs, Captain (Indian), attacks General Scott, 18, 19.
Jefferson, Thomas, President, 7.
Jesup, Thomas S., General, 31, 33, 39, 122, 123.
Johnston, Joseph E., Colonel, 226.
Juarata, Padre, leader of guerrillas, 237.
Judd, Henry, Jr., Lieutenant, 172.
Kearney, Philip, Captain, 211.
Keayes, J.S., Lieutenant, 88.
Ke-o-Kuck, Indian chief, 58.
Ker, Croghan, Captain, Louisiana volunteers, 107.
Ker, William H., Captain, 101.
Keyes, Erastus D., Lieutenant, 135.
King, William R., 293.
Kirby, Reynold M., Major, 94, 115.
Lally, Folliot T., Major, 215, 216.
Landero, Jose Juan de, Mexican General, 169, 170.
Lane, Joseph, General, 237, 256.
Lang, William, Captain, 253.
Lawson, Thomas, Lieutenant-Colonel, 101.
Leavenworth, Henry, Major, 31, 33
Lee, Robert E., Captain, 101, 164, 175, 203, 208, 223, 225, 284, 305.
Leigh, Benjamin Watkins, 10, 70.
Lendrum, Thomas W., 88.
Leon, Mexican General, 219.
"Leonidas letter," the, 267, 287.
Leopard, British frigate, 6.
Lewis, Morgan, General, 26.
Lincoln, Abraham, President, 296, 301, 312, 313, 315, 316, 326.
Lindsay, William, Colonel, 111, 135.
Lobas Island, 161.
Loring, William W., Major, 206, 212.
Louisiana troops, 119.
Lovell, Christopher H., Lieutenant, 280.
Lundy's Lane, battle of, 34-36.
McCauley, Charles G., Lieutenant, 253.
McClellan, George B., General, 178, 206, 308.
McClure, Brigadier-General, New York militia, 28.
McComb, Alexander, Colonel, 24, 29, 50, 153.
McDonald, Adjutant, 146.
McDowell, Irwin, General, 307.
McDuffie, George, 61-63.
McFeely, George, Lieutenant-Colonel, 24.
McIntosh, James S., Colonel, 193, 220.
McKenzie, Colonel, 226.
McLemore, Captain, 110, 112.
McNeill, John, Jr., General, 31, 33, 39.
McRee, William, Colonel, 39.
McTavish, Carroll, 41.
Mackall, William W., Major, 227.
Madison, James, President, 22.
Magee, Captain, Louisiana volunteers, 101.
Magruder, John B., Lieutenant, 206, 226, 302.
Malone, Captain, 119.
Mansfield, Mr., British Minister, 11.
Marcy, William L., 146, 158, 159, 269.
Marks, George H., Captain, 113.
Marks, Samuel F., Captain, 101.
Marshall, General, 245-248.
Marshall, John, Chief-Justice, 136.
Martin Luther, 5.
Mason, Captain, 286.
Mason, Daniel, 3.
Mason, James M., 321.
Mason, Winfield, 3.
Massacre of General Thompson and others, 89.
May, James F., 5.
Mayo, John, Colonel, 41.
Mendoza, Mexican General, 205, 207.
Mico, Indian chief, 78.
Miconopy, Indian chief, 78.
Miller, James, Colonel, 25.
Mississippi River, free navigation of, 310.
Molino del Rey, battle of, 219-222.
Monroe, James, President, 22.
Monterde, D. Mariano, Mexican General, 225.
Morales, Mexican General, 168, 169.
Morgan, George W., Colonel, 208.
Mormon expedition, 294.
Morris, Charles T., Captain, 207.
Mount Vernon, 316, 317.
Mudge, Robert Richard, Lieutenant, 88.
Mullaney, James Robert, Lieutenant-Colonel, 16.
Nashville, Confederate steamer, 320.
Negroes engaged in Dade massacre, 111.
Nicholson, Augustus S., Lieutenant, 253.
Nicholson, John S., Lieutenant, 253.
Nueva de Villa Gutierrez, Colonel, 170.
Nullification in South Carolina, 61-64.
Ogilvie, James, Captain, 4-17.
O'Riley, commander of deserters, captured, 237, 238.
Pachuca occupied, 248.
Packenham, Sir Richard, 151.
Paez, General, 48.
Page, Captain, 135.
Palo Alto, battle of, 155.
Parish, Richard C., Colonel, 90.
Patterson, Robert, General, 245.
Payne, Matthew M., Major, 135.
Payne's Landing, treaty of, 74.
Pena y Pena, 236, 257.
Perez, Mexican General, 208-219.
Perry, Matthew C., Commodore, 169.
Perry, Oliver Hazard, Captain, 14, 24.
Pierce, Franklin, General, 207, 214, 292, 293.
Pike, Zebulon, General, 24.
Pillow, Gideon J., General, 170, 176, 193, 211, 224, 226, 276, 281.
Plympton, Joseph, Lieutenant-Colonel, 208, 220.
Porter, Captain, 25.
Porter, Moses, General, 24, 30.
Porter, W., Secretary to General Gaines, 108.
Prevost, Sir George, 26, 27.
Puebla, occupation of, 197.
Putnam, Benjamin A., Major, 93.
Putnam, General, 5.
Queenstown Heights, storming of, 15.
Quijano, Benito, Mexican commissioner, 214.
Quitman, John A., General, 172, 204, 206, 224, 226, 228, 280.
Randolph, John, 5.
Rangel, Mexican General, 219.
Rea, Mexican General, 236.
Read, Leigh, Colonel, 90, 113.
Resaca de la Palma, battle of, 155.
Ravenel, Captain, 94.
Reynolds, E. McD., Lieutenant, 253.
Reynolds, John G., Captain, 253.
Riall, General, moves to Burlington Heights, 33.
Rich, Jabez L., Lieutenant, 253.
Ridgely, S.C., Captain, 281.
Riley, Bennet, General, 206, 208, 209.
Ripley, Eleazer W., 39.
Ripley, R.S., Lieutenant, 185.
Roach, Isaac, Jr., Lieutenant, 13, 16.
Robertson, Judge, 302, 303.
Robinson, David, Judge, 4.
Robinson, Edward B., Captain, 110.
Robles, Mexican Lieutenant-Colonel, 170.
Rogers, A.P., Lieutenant, 166.
Rogers, Captain Louisiana volunteers, 101.
Rosecrans, William S., General, 308, 329.
Ruffin, Thomas, 5.
Sacs and Fox Indians, treaty with, 58.
Sackett's Harbor, landing of the British, 27.
Sanders, William G., Captain, 107.
Sands, Richard M., Major, 101.
San Jacinto, steamer, 321.
San Pablo, convent of, 212.
San Patricio Battalion, 237.
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez, General, 156, 173, 175, 190, 206, 209, 225, 230, 231, 236, 256, 257.
Scott, Ann, 3.
Scott, Camilla, 41.
Scott, Cornelia, 41.
Scott, Henry L., Colonel, 135, 164, 178, 284.
Scott, James, death of, 1, 2.
Scott, Winfield, birth and parentage, 1; runs away from Sunday school, 2; defends his teacher; at William and Mary College, 4; enters on the practice of law; present at the trial of Aaron Burr, 5; attacks British camp at Lynn Haven Bay; goes to South Carolina to practice law; returns to Petersburg, Va., to practice law; joins Petersburg cavalry company, 6; receives commission as Captain in the U.S. army; recruits his company and embarks for New Orleans, 7; arrested and tried by court-martial for words spoken of General Wilkinson, 8; tenders his resignation, 8; finding of the court, 9; letter to Lewis Edwards, 10; rejoins the army at Baton Rouge, La.; embarks for Washington; vessel gets aground, 11; appointed Colonel; visits the Secretary of War with General Hampton; an unpleasant incident, 12; war with Great Britain; ordered to the Niagara frontier, 13; volunteers to cross the Niagara; marches to Lewiston, 16; the attack on Fort George, 17; a flag of truce, 18; a prisoner, and attacked by Indians; embarks for Boston, 19; addresses Irish prisoners; letter to Secretary of War, 20; selects hostages in retaliation for Irish prisoners, 21; returns to Washington, 22; ordered to Philadelphia; appointed Adjutant General; promoted Colonel of his regiment; joins General Dearborn, and appointed chief of staff, 23; assault on Fort George; Scott leads the advance, 24; struck by a piece of timber and collar bone broken, 25; anecdote of a British officer, 26; resigns the office of Adjutant General, 27; joins General Wilkinson, 28; marches for Sackett's Harbor; appointed to command of a battalion; preparing new levies of troops, 29; appointed Brigadier General; ordered to join General Jacob Brown; establishes camp of instruction at Sackett's Harbor; assigned to a new command; moves toward Chippewa, 30; wins the battle of Chippewa; report of General Brown, 32; moves to mouth of the Niagara, 33; battle of Lundy's Lane, 34, 35; General Scott disabled, 37-39; in command for defense of Philadelphia and Baltimore, 39; reception at Princeton; declined to act as Secretary of War; ordered to Europe, 40; receives attention in Europe; return home; headquarters in New York; married to Miss Mayo, of Richmond; names of his children, 41; Congress passes resolutions complimenting him; present at the death of President Monroe; thanked by Legislatures of Virginia and New York; honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati; order of General Jackson, 42; letter of General Jackson to General Scott; his reply, 43; letter to General Jackson, 44; General Jackson's reply; Scott calls on General Jackson, 45; tribute to General Jackson; his work on general regulations for the army, 46; president of board of army and militia officers; publication of his work on infantry tactics; the temperance reform; his views on, 47; controversy with General Gaines; tenders his resignation; not accepted, 48; letter to Secretary of War; the Secretary's reply, 49; assigned to command of Eastern Department; treaty with Sac Indians, 50; ordered to Illinois; Asiatic cholera, 53; letter to Governor Reynolds, 54; newspaper extracts in regard to General Scott's action in the cholera epidemic, 55-57; commissioner to treat with Indians; result of the treaty, 58; arrives in New York, and ordered to Washington; the tariff act of 1828 and excitement in South Carolina, 60; ordered to South Carolina, 66; letter of instruction from Secretary of War; arrival in Charleston, 66, 67; detained by accident, 68; success of his mission, 71; ordered to immediate command in Florida, 98; disposition of troops, 110-112; movement of troops, 114; the army arrives at Tampa Bay, 117; arrival at Fort Brooke, 118; embarks on St. John's River, 120; complaint against General Jesup; court of inquiry on Florida campaign, 122; finding of the court; letter to Secretary of War, 123; defense in Congress, 124; tendered dinner in New York; declines, 127; ordered to remove the Creek Indians, 129; addresses to troops and Indians, 130, 132, 133; the Indians move West, 135; ordered to look after Canada insurgents, 139; ordered to Maine, 140; meets Governor Everett; proceeds to Portland, 141; settlement of the troubles, 143, 144; uprising in Upper Canada; affair of the Caroline, 144, 145; ordered to the scene of the troubles; meets Governor Marcy, 146; letter to commanding officer of British vessels, 147; the affair settled, 147, 148; his name presented to Whig Convention as candidate for the presidency, 152; effort in Congress to reduce his pay; letter to T.P. Atkinson on slavery, 153; letter to peace convention, 154; the War with Mexico; the "hasty plate of soup," 157; his opinion of General Taylor; ordered to Mexico; goes via New Orleans, 158; arrives at Brazos Santiago, 159; fails to meet General Taylor, 161; landing of the troops at Vera Cruz, 162; investment and surrender of Vera Cruz, 164-170; advances on Jalapa, 173; Cerro Gordo, 178, 179, 187; occupation of Puebla, 193; movement toward the City of Mexico; criticism by the Duke of Wellington, 195, 196; address to Mexican people, 198; movement on and capture of Padierna, 204-207; Churubusco, 211; arrival of Nicholas P. Trist, U.S. Commissioner, 213; cessation of hostilities by armistice, 214; the armistice ended, 218; Molino del Rey, 219-222; attack on and capture of Chapultepec, 226, 227; occupation of the capital; orders for government of the city, 229; additional orders, 231-234; orders for obtaining revenue in Mexico, 240-242; letter to Secretary of War, 243; his civil administration of Mexico, 246, 247; reports his total force, January 6, 1848; ordered before a court of inquiry; relieved from command of the army, 248; money levied on City of Mexico, 255; turns over command of the army, 264; General Orders No. 349, 270; letter to General Worth, 272; relieved from duty, 277, 278; reads a paper before the court of inquiry, 281, 282; submits paper to court of inquiry, 284; embarks at Vera Cruz for home, 288; receives thanks of Congress, 289; discontent in Canada, 293; candidate for the presidency (1852), 293; on commission to settle boundary line with Great Britain, 295; letter to President Buchanan, 296, 297; letter to Secretary of War, 297, 298; letter to Secretary of War, December 28, 1861, 298; letter to Secretary Seward, March 3, 1861, 299; firing of guns at Mobile on announcement that he had resigned, 304; order of April 26, 1861, at Washington, D.C., 306; issues General Orders No. 17, 308; complains of General McClellan, 309; request to be placed on retired list, 311, 312; addresses the President and Cabinet on his retirement, 313; sails for Europe, November 9, 1861, 318; army asylum fund, 323; statue of, at Soldiers' Home, 327; his death and last words, 329; his acquaintance with English authors, 331; advice to young army officer, 330, 331; anecdote of battle of Chippewa, 332; vain of his accomplishments; regular attendant at the Episcopal Church, 332; goes to West Point, 328; his loyalty, his strict ideas of discipline; anecdote, 333.
Sears, Henry B., Lieutenant, 215.
Secretary of War to General Gaines, 100.
Seminole council, 85.
Seward, Secretary, anecdote of General Scott, 330.
Shannon, Samuel, Captain, 102.
Shaw, H.B., Major, 135.
Sheaffe, General Sir Roger Hale, 17-19.
Shelton, Joseph, General, 116.
Sheridan, Philip H., General, 326.
Sherman, William T., General, 326.
Shields, James, General, 176, 207, 209, 280.
Shubrick, William B., Commodore, 238.
Sibley, Henry H., Captain, 212.
Simms, John D., Lieutenant, 253.
Slidell, John, 321.
Small, William F., Captain, 236.
Smith, Charles F., Captain, 221.
Smith, Colonel, Louisiana volunteers, 101, 118.
Smith, Constantine, Lieutenant, 89.
Smith, E. Kirby, Captain, 221.
Smith, Gustavus W., Lieutenant, 207.
Smith, Persifor F., Colonel, 101, 112, 206, 208, 209, 211, 214, 227.
Smyth, Alexander, General, 14.
Soldiers' Home at Washington, 323, 324, 326.
Soto, Don Juan, Vera Cruz, 215.
Steptoe, Edward J., Captain, 223.
Stone, Charles P., General, 301, 318.
Strahan, Captain, 17.
Sumner, Edwin V., Major, 175, 211, 220, 221, 224.
Sutherland, David J., Lieutenant, 253.
Swift, Joseph G., Colonel, 28.
Tampico letter, the, 267, 268.
Tariff of 1828 and trouble In South Carolina, 60.
Taylor, Francis, Captain, 135, 223.
Taylor, Governor, Carolina, 61.
Taylor, Zachary, General, 154, 289.
Tazewell, Littleton W., 5.
Temperance reform, 47.
Terrett, George H., Captain, 253.
Texas, causes which led to annexation, 149, 154.
Thistle, Captain, Louisiana volunteers, 101.
Thomas, James H., Colonel, 173.
Thompson, General, Indian agent, 79.
Thompson, Launt, 327.
Thurston, Charles Myron, Captain, 110.
Timrod, Captain, 94.
Totten, Joseph G., Colonel, 17, 18, 28, 164.
Towson, Captain, ordered to report to St. Elliott, 13, 16, 33, 37.
Towson, Nathan, General, 281.
Trent, affair of the, 321.
Tripp, T.S., Captain, 115.
Trist, Nicholas P., commissioner, 213, 216, 257, 281.
Trousdale, William, Colonel, 226.
Truxton, Commodore, 5.
Tweedale, Marquis of, crosses the Chippewa, 30.
Twiggs, David E., General, 101, 173, 176, 193, 200, 220.
Twiggs, Levi, Major, 253.
Tyler, John, President, 152.
Upshur, Abel P., Secretary of State, 151.
Valencia, Mexican General, 204, 211, 248.
Van Buren, Martin, President, 145.
Van Rensselaer, Colonel, 144.
Van Rensselaer, Solomon, General, 14, 17.
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, General, 14, 16, 18.
Van Vliet, Stewart, General, 328.
Vera Cruz, 161, 162, 167, 171.
Villamil, Mora y., General, 214, 216, 257.
Vincent, General, 27.
Vinton, John R., Colonel, 166.
Volunteer American officers paroled, 19.
Wadsworth, Decius, General, 15.
Walker, Robert J., 159.
Washington, George, General, 5.
Watson, Samuel E., Lieutenant-Colonel, 253.
"Wayward Sisters" letter, 299, 300.
Webb, Captain, U.S.N., 97.
Webster, Daniel, 293.
Weed, Thurlow, 318.
Wellington, Duke of, 195.
Welsh, Henry, Lieutenant, 253.
Wheelock, Eleazer, General, 30.
Wilkes, Charles, Commodore, 321.
Wilkinson, James, General, 7, 8, 28.
William and Mary College, 4.
Williams, Captain, Louisiana volunteers, 101.
Williams, T., A.-D.-C., 250.
Wilson, Henry, Colonel, 173.
Wilson, James Grant, General, 327, 328, 335.
Winder, William Henry, General, 24, 27.
Winfield, Elizabeth, 3.
Winfield, John, 3.
Wirt, William, 5.
Withers, Jones M., 248.
Wood, Major, 37.
Wool, John E., Captain, 15-17.
Worth, W.J., General, 136, 170, 174, 193, 265-267, 270, 271, 273, 274-276, 285.
Wright, George, Major, 220.
Wynkoop, Francis M., Colonel, 166, 248.
Young, William L., Lieutenant, 253.
Zacatepetl, Barreiro, Colonel, 205.
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