effect of blockade, 51-57; powerless to coerce England, 56. D Danville, Confederate capital, 200. Davis, Jefferson, signs To Our Constituents, 3; elected President in provisional Government, 11; as President, 15, 24 et seq.; from Mississippi, 29; born in Kentucky, 30; early life, 31-32; personal characteristics, 32; military activities, 33; criticism of, 33-34, 43, 61-65, 89-90, 159-160, 175; President at first regular election, 34; inauguration, 35-36; message to Congress (1862), 36; proposes conscription, 37; vetoes Texas Regiment Bill, 38; clash with state authority, 38-40; use of martial law, 40-42; at height of powers, 43; shortcomings, 67-69; relations with Lee, 68; Cabinet, 69; personal loyalty, 70; statecraft, 71; endorses "Confederate Societies," 95; journeys during Administration, 96-97; message to Congress (1863), 114; message to Congress (1864), 119-120; in Georgia, 144, 148-149; forced to reorganize army, 163-164; confident of Confederate success, 182, 196-197; signs compromise bill, 198; Address to the People of the Confederate States, 200-201; resolute to continue struggle, 201; capture at Irwinsville, Ga., 201. Davis, Mrs. Jefferson, quoted, 67-68, 163. Davis, Reuben, quoted, 67. Deserters, 110, 120, 162, 166. Desperadoes, 111, 166-167. Donelson, Fort, 36, 40, 58. Donoughmore, Lord, Mason interviews, 199. Draft, see Conscription. E Egypt enters cotton competition, 56-57. Elmore, of Alabama, addresses South Carolina convention, 3. Emancipation, 184, 197, 198; Proclamation, 53, 77. England, attitude toward Confederacy, 35, 46-47, 54, 56, 198-199; mission to, 46; effort to coerce, 51-52; Mason in, 52-53; cotton famine in, 53; bitterness against, 77, 137-138; "Southern party," 135, 136; shipbuilding investigations, 135-136; decides France's attitude, 142. Erlanger, Émile, 54-56, 131, 133. Exemptions, 102, 123-124. F Finance, 45, 48; specie seized, 49; "fifteen million loan," 49; war tax, 49-50; loans, 50; note issues, 50; "hundred million loan," 51; "Erlanger bonds," 54-56; price fixing, 78; 79, 80, 90-91, 95; Impressment Act, 80; tax in kind, 80-81, 91, 92, 125; licensing of occupations, 81, 91; income tax, 81, 91; property tax, 81; Funding Act, 81 (note), 125; financial breakdown, 157-158. Florida, 7, 74. Florida, The, Confederate cruiser, 139. Floyd, J. B., U. S. Secretary of War, resignation, 5, 6. Food situation, 77, 108-109, 160-161. Foote, H. S., 29, 84, 178, 179-180. Forey, General, dispatched to Mexico, 132. France, see Napoleon. France, Mexico, and the Confederate Slates, 138. G Georgia, 74; secession issue in, 4-8; state sovereignty in, 65-66, 75-76; unrest in, 94, 158, 172; invaded, 127-129, 145-150. Gettysburg, Battle of, 88, 89. Grant, General U. S., crosses Rapidan, 126; at Cold Harbor, 126.