Massachusetts Vols., 24th Regt., 153, 154, 156, 162; 54th Regt., 168, 194, 196, 198; 55th Regt., 226, 288, 289, 290 n. May, 303. _Mayflower_, The, 71. _Melville_, The, 306, 307. Methodism, 124, 163, 221. Mike, 185, 255, 256, 311, 332. Miller, 212, 239. Mily, nurse, 26, 59, 136. Minda, 127, 146, 243. Mission House, 129. Mitchel, Ormsby M., Maj.-Gen., 86, 94, 105, 108 n. _Mohegan_, The, 225. Moll, 201, 299. Monah, 331. Monday, "Useless," 262. Monroe, Fortress, 290. Montgomery, Col., 167, 185, 189. Morgan Island, 203, 233, 270, 295, 296, 306. Morris Island, 195, 196, 289. Mulberry Hill, 80, 81, 135, 172, 322, 324. Murray, Ellen, 329. N. R. & W., Firm of, 324, 326, 329. Nancy, 138, 212. Nancy, old, 222, 234. Nat, 77, 95, 139. _Nation_, The New York, 26 n., 319-321. National Union Convention, 261 n. _Negro Burying Ground, The_, 66. Negroes of Sea Islands, characteristics of, 11, 15, 21, 22, 23, 25, 75, 76, 81, 99, 109, 116, 122, 138, 144, 171, 177, 214, 215, 241, 315, 328; compared with Irish, 11, 15, 18, 22, 56, 75; compared with negroes elsewhere, 11, 15, 89, 97, 288; condition of, in 1862, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 51, 70, 181, 307; contracts with, 262, 263; cotton-gins destroyed by, 102 n., 109, 181; dishonesty of, 126, 136, 227, 241, 242, 256, 269, 287, 310, 311, 313, 320, 322, 323, 324, 328; food of, 53, 62, 73, 93, 120; future of, 317, 318, 334; gratuities to, 14, 33, 34, 44, 47, 51, 52, 53, 58, 80, 88, 94, 148, 150, 165, 166, 179, 191, 208, 246, 276, 277, 302 n., 309, 334; health of, 15, 105, 213; hostility of army officers to, 74, 85, 101, 164; industry of, 11, 37 n., 48, 55, 111, 156, 175, 181, 182, 208, 209, 212, 222; independence of, 208, 260, 275; intelligence of, 21, 60, 63, 74, 76, 90, 93, 97, 112, 166, 168, 169, 174, 241; intemperance of, 15, 225, 229, 327; as land-owners (see also Land-sales), 272, 276, 312, 315, 323, 326; language of, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 35, 36, 90, 123, 157, 160, 218; marriage of, 95, 103, 104, 125, 126, 144; names of, 36, 52, 209; petition of, 258-261, 263, 264; religion of, 15, 20, 21, 26, 27, 36, 44, 61, 65, 66, 67, 145, 146, 193, 235, 268; singing of, 19, 28, 29, 30, 134, 253, 292, 293, 328; as soldiers, 42, 43, 63, 89, 91, 93, 96, 97, 100, 102, 103, 104, 108, 136, 153, 164, 168, 184; treatment of, by masters, 31, 32, 36, 206, 207; wages of, 45, 56, 57, 75, 85, 91, 92, 99, 100, 110, 111, 112, 139, 147, 148, 222, 234, 244, 245, 246, 250, 251, 258, 260, 264, 265, 266 n., 267, 294, 295, 300, 301, 303, 304. Nero, 236. New Orleans, 62, 325. _New South, The_, 173. New York Vols., 19th Regt., 13; 48th, 197; 79th, 39. Nile, songs on the, 28. Noble, 271. _North American Review_, The, 312. North Carolina Army, 150, 153 n., 161. Nubia, 11, 15. Oakland, 171. Oaks, The, 69, 83, 93, 127 n., 150, 171, 320. Ogeechee River, 309. Oliver, Dr., 328. Olmstead, Frederick Law, 265 n.