S Secession movement, 1 et seq.; of 1850-51, 3-4. Secrecy of Administration, 59, 60, 65, 66. Seddon, J. A., Secretary of War, 79, 112, 113, 147; resigns, 163, 180. Selma (Ala.), foundry at, 105. Seven Pines (Va.), 59. Seward, W. H., at Hampton Roads conference, 181. Sherman, General W. T., Georgia campaign, 126, 127-129, 150. Slaves, 53, 167: not directly taxed, 91, 125; relation of Government to, 99-102; "Fifteen Slave" Law, 102-103; arming of, 183 et seq.; see also Emancipation. Slave-trade, African, prohibited, 11 (note), 99-100. Slidell, John, capture of, 46; Confederate commissioner at Paris, 54; and Napoleon, 130 et seq.; conference at Paris, 198. Smith, G. W., 79 (note). Smith, William, Governor of Virginia, 161, 186-187. South, division in, 28 et seq.; life in, 99 et seq. South Carolina, convention (1860), 2-4; secedes, 4; community of aristocratic class, 28-29; question of state sovereignty in, 72; political life in, 73-75; anti-Davis, 88; situation in 1864, 150-152; passes State Conscription Act, 151. Southern Advertiser, 117. State sovereignty, 8, 12, 39, 56, 65-66, 71 et seq., 116-118, 169. Stephens, A. H., leads opposition to secession, 7; on state sovereignty, 8; Vice-President in provisional Government, 11; a conservative, 27; elected Vice-President at first regular election, 34; as central figure in South, 172-174; on question of peace, 175-178; commissioner at Hampton Roads conference, 180, 181. Stephens, Linton, 76. Substitutes, Hiring, 92, 103. Sumter, Fort, 6; attack on, 14-23. T Taxation, see Finance. Tennessee, 14, 74. Texas, secedes, 7; secession issue in, 9; proposes regiment for home defense, 38; last gunshots of war, 202; see also Trans-Mississippi. Thompson, Jacob, 29, 127. To Our Constituents, 2-3. Toombs, Robert, gives information about Fort Pulaski, 6; a secessionist, 7; Secretary of State, 14, 27, 69; and Sumter, 14-15; candidate for President, 24; leaves Cabinet, 34. Trans-Mississippi, 74, 112, 113, 114. Transportation, 107-108. Tredegar Iron Works, 105. Trenholm, G. A., 157. V Vance, Z. B., Governor of North Carolina, on military arrangements, 76-77; seeks to regulate prices, 78; proclamation to urge order, 93-94; urges political changes, 154; reëlection, 170-171; policy, 171-172. Van Dorn, General Earl, 44, 59. Vicksburg (Miss.), 89-90, 96, 112-113. Virginia, and secession, 11-14; calls Peace Convention, 13; political life in, 74-75, 161, 186-187; see also Richmond. Voruz, shipbuilder of Nantes, 140. W Walker, L. P., 34, 79 (note). Walker, R. J., 29. Wheeler, Joseph, 118. Winder, J. H., 41. Women, position in Confederacy, 104-105, 110-111. Worth, Jonathan, 93, 169. Y Yancey, W. L., influence of, 25-26, commissioner to England, 25, 46, 47; relieved by Mason, 47; incident at Havana, 47; attempts to abolish secrecy of Government, 59-60; death, 87. The Chronicles of America Series