Chapter L: Ladies Hermitage Association, 493

_Lady of the Lake_, 392

Lafayette, General, in Baltimore, 24;
at Frederick, 93;
at Washington, 147;
at Richmond, 173;
at Savannah, 303;
at Mobile, 358;
at Montgomery, 388;
at Nashville, 490, 492

Lakanal, 357, 358

Lamartine, 135

Lane, John, 438

Langdon, C. C., 363

La Rochefoucault quoted, 267

La Salle, 331, 332, 334, 414-416

La Tour, 338

Laudonniere, 561 _ff._

Law, John, and the Mississippi Bubble, 336, 348, 417, 418

Lawrence at Fort Bowyer, 355

Le Clerc, M., 16

Lee, Gen. R. E., xxix, 175, 323, 476;
at Frederick, 94;
Mercie’s statue of, 178;
residence of, 180;
surrender of, 246

Lee, R. H., 87, 88;
and the national capital, 115;
his resolution of independence, 204

Leeward Islands, 276

Le Feboure, M., plans attack on Charleston, 256, 257

Legaré, Hugh S., xxvii, 272

Lemoyne, 332

L’Enfant, Major, 104, 119

Le Sueur, explorations of, 334

Le Vert’s _Souvenirs of Travel_, 362

Lidell at Blakeley, 374

Lincoln, Abraham, 41, 506;
at Frederick, 94

Little Rock, George B. Rose on, 537-556;
physiography of the region, 537-539;
original inhabitants, 539-541;
early visits of white men, 541;
made capital of the Territory, 544;
growth, 544-547;
leaders of, 548-552;
Civil War, 552;
later history, 553

Liverpool & Manchester R. R., 278

Lloyd house, 63

Lobb, Captain, 239

Locke, John, 254

Loftus, Major, 345

London, Yorktown trade with, 187

Long Island, battle of, 26

Longstreet, General, besieges Knoxville, 470-472

Louis XIV., 332

Louisiana, 207, 346, 417;
naming of, 331;
cession of, 352, 428, 542;
acquires Statehood, 430;
_see also_ New Orleans

Louisiana artillery, 374

Louisville, Lucien V. Rule on, 503-535;
the site, 503;
distinguished citizens, 504-506;
historic significance, 506-509;
founding of, 509-514;
Irving’s description, 514-516;
visitors to, 517-520;
immigration, 520;
Charles Dickens at, 521;
George Keats, 522-530;
Civil War, 532

Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston R. R. Co., xxi

Lucas, Colonel, 276

Lucas, Eliza, 276

Luckett, William, 83

Ludlow, Noah M., 363

Lyell, Sir Charles, 273

Lynch, Thos., Jr., 270

Lyon, David, 83