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One threw her arms about her boy, and said, "Good | Southward the hosts are hurrying, with banners wide Oh, wives! when o'er the cradled child ye bend at evening's fall, And voices which the heart can hear across the distance call; Oh, maids! when, in the sleepless nights, ye ope the little case, And look till ye can look no more upon the proud young face, Not only pray the Lord of Life, who measures mortal breath, To bring the absent back unscathed out of the fire of death; Oh, pray with that divine content which God's best favor draws, That, whosoever lives or dics, he save his holy cause! unfurled, From where the stately Hudson floats the wealth of half the world; From where, amid his clustered isles, Lake Huron's waters gleam; From where the Mississippi pours an unpolluted stream; From where Kentucky's fields of corn bend in the Southern air; From broad Ohio's luscious vines; from Jersey's orchards fair; From where, between his fertile slopes, Nebraska's rivers run; From Pennsylvania's iron hills; from woody Oregon; And Massachusetts led the van, as in the days of yore, And gave her reddest blood to cleanse the stones of Baltimore. 2 INDE X. EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE INDEX. INT. stands for Introductory Address; D. for Diary of Events; Doc. for Documents; and P. for Poetry, Rumors, Southern press on the occupation D. 98 P. 96 P. 120 New York merchant's plan for P. 10 D. 15 D. 40 "All that we Ask is to be Let P. 80 at Fort Sumter, P. 20 D. derson, D. 11 A Fragment-Cabinet Council, P. 83 "Aid," the steam-tug, D. 13 American Flag, D. 27 "A Proposition to," P. 129 saluted by the rebels, P. 54 D. 82 AIKEN, WILLIAM, notice of, Alabama, commissioners of, at Ra- leigh, N. C, convention of, D. 8 buried at Memphis, D. 38; P. 7 possession of Fort Sumter, D. 6 D. 13 delegates to the Southern Con- 84 A new Song of Sixpence, 85 ANGELIS, G. D., P. 180 Doc. 306 D. 42 P. 57 the Federal troops in, P. 60 railroad celebration in, D. 69 A Northern rally, P. 14 "Another Roman Mother," P. 112 P. 112 P. 45 P. 65 P. 145 P. 115 of the Mass. soldier in N. Y., P. 40 80 D. 84 Banks, patriotism of the New Hamp- 6 P. 13 10 A War-Song for Virginia, P. 146 D. 12 "A Welcome to the Invader," P. 93 BARRY, W. F., Major, D. 21 A Wonderful Conversion, P. 150 BARTHOLOMEW, I. E., Rev., D. 61 Doc. 265 BATES, EDWARD, letters to John Doc. 240 D. 97 54, Doc. 119, BETTS, S. R., BIGLER, -, Senator, Binghamton, N. Y., Union meeting BININGER, A. M., Doc. 178 BIRDSEYE, J. C., of California, D. 88 1 BLACK, Gov. of Nebraska, D. 52 stops the mails between St. D. 70 notice of, D. 76 Doc. 86 -Col. 2d Regt. N. J. S. M., Doc. 131 W. C., -, artist, of N. Y., P. 142 D. 94 D. 18 Booneville, Mo., battle of, D. 107 -, Mrs., of Washington, P. 96 BALL, Capt., rebel, D. 103 orders intercourse with Fort Sum- D. 21 count of the battle, Doc. 410 Balloons, reconnoitering in, D. 103 ascension of Prof. Lowe, D. 108 his staff at Charleston, S. C., D. 22 D. 23 Baltimore, Md., effect of secession congratulates his troops on the fall of Fort Sumter, D. 25 Charleston, S. C., D. 82 address to the people of Ken- D. 91 tucky, Doc. 353 D. 93 BOREMAN, ARTHUR J. D. 101 BORLAND, SOLON, Col., D. 48 Boston, Mass., patriotism of the D. 80 banks of, loan 10 per cent. on their capital to government, D. 80 excitement in, on receipt of the Courier, article in, on the increase Rifle Company, news of the Baltimore riot, D. 84 P. 44 the ubiquity of, P. 96 Union ward meetings in, D. 56 the gorillas of, D. 57 Bedford, N. Y., flag-raising at, D. 46 meeting of the Suffolk bar at, D. 48 D. 50 to be burned, D. 55 Federal troops pass through, D. 61 Southern enlistments leave, D. 62 of slavery, United States troops in, D. 69 Int. 45; Doc. 401 munitions of war seized at, D. 70, 71 P. 71 embargo at, Transcript, quotation from, D. 70 ters to, delegate to Southern Conven- his order cutting off supplies from 5 8 ཡ སྨྲ སྒྱུ སྒྱུ D. 22 BRAGG, BRAXTON, GEN., at Pensa- D. 68 Doc. 42 P. 112 Doc. 22 "Brass Missionaries," BRADY, JAMES T., letter to the Union war spirit in, D. 50 BURLEIGH, W. H., P. 61 steam frigate, ordered to Charles- BURNS, WILLIAM, ton, S. C., D. 9; P. 10 BURNET, J. B., wife of, Navy Yard, the threatened attack upon, D. 54 Doc. 426 D. 66 D. 51 P. 21 notices of, his account of an interview with D. 29 denies the "arinistice story," D. 52 ment of army officers, response of Gov. Rector to, D. 102 the Federal army, CAMPBELL, JOHN A., Judge, U. S. Supreme Court, resigned, P. 189 Camp Jackson, Mo., taken, ing, May 11, anecdote of, P. 56 his African descent, D. 86 Md., May 8, BROWN, JOHN C., Doc. 123 letter to Gov. Hicks, general orders at Relay House, proclamation at Federal Baltimore, of May 14, Doc. 144 Doc. 208 Hill, Doc. 243 speech at Washington, Doc. 254 report of the battle of Great Bethel, Doc. 855 Brown High School at Newbury- letter to Gov. Andrew, Doc. 257 port, Mass., D. 43 BROWNE, WM. M., P. 24 letter to Gen. Scott on "Contra- BROWNELL, FRANCIS E., D. 79 BROWNELL, KATY, D. 45 Doc. 313 D. 105 BUCHANAN, JAMES, President of discusses sea-coast defences, D. 4 Cincinnati, O., workingmen's Union lines addressed to, P. 84 P. 23 P. 123 P. 128 CISCO, JOHN J., P. 8 D. 86 P. 131 CLANCY, JOHN, P. 14 P. 24 CLARK, Col. 19th N. Y. Regt., D. 95 P. 96 Int. 46 the course of Gov. Letcher, D. 39 with 94 Doc. 841 epigram on, P. 113 Doc. 842 DAVIS,, Lieut., at Fort Moul- CLAY, HENRY, speech of, 1850, DAVIS, VARINA, wife of Jefferson P. 39 anecdote of his speech, 22d Janu- CORNWELL, H. S.. verses by, D. 8, 4, 97 his advertisement for coffins, a Boston sculptor's offer for, DAY, WILLIAM F., cognizes a People, Delaware refuses to join the S.C., D. 9 of Washington, volunteers from, DE MILLE, JAMES, D. 33 D. 46 P. 73 DAVISON, MARY A. P. 142 D. 105 proclamation of, Doc. 119; D. 86, 39. Detroit, Mich., meetings at, D. 25, 43 D. 37 D. 108 P. 78 D. 61 inventor of Wi- D DALY, CHARLES P., Judge, patriot- DICKINSON, DANIEL. S., speech at N. Y., April 20, Doc. District of Columbia, organization D. 9, 112 DIX, D. L., her circular address to Doc. 810 DIX, JOHN A., of New York, D. 103 D. 98 "Dixie," D. 108 Columbus, Ky., secession flag, D. 101 DARE, Colonel, D. 95 origin of the song of, P. 113 Соматоск, Midshipman, by Albert Pike, P. 106 Confederate Congress. See South- ern Confederacy. Confederate Navy. See Southern Confederacy. DAVIS, IRA P., speech at N. Y., Doc. 102 the Michigan Patriots' Song, P. 73 U. S. senate, D. 15 ville, Ky., April 15, Doc. 74 |