ief descriptions of, IV., 14; of the Civil War, its evolution and influence, IV., 17; importance of, not realized at the beginning of the war, IV., 16-38; American, IV., 13 seq., 17 seq., 19; history of, from pre-revolutionary days to the end of the Civil War, IV., 18 seq.; reorganization of regular, by Congress in 1833 and 1836, IV., 22; regular, the first United States, short history of, IV., 23; Depot, Gilsboro, D. C., IV., 33; exceptionally effective in the Gettysburg campaign, June 1–July 4, 1863, IV., 32, 34; of the war, most conspicuous instances of (1864-1865), IV., 34; depot of, established in July, 1863, IV., 33, 35; in winter quarters, IV., 36, 37; difficulties of equipping, organizing and instructing, at outbreak of war, IV., 48; foraging by, usual means of obtaining supplies, IV., 49; its organization and equipment, IV., 39-70; poor slowing of, in first two years of the war, IV., 48; Northern and Southern, efficiency of, compared, IV., 50, 52; quarter-master, perpetual mot
ns around, by the combined forces of Farragut, Porter and Williams, II., 190; view of, taken under fire, II., 193; courthouse at, II., 193; preliminary operations against, part of river steamers in, II., 194; strong Confederate fortifications around, II., 195; condition of Union and Confederate forces, etc., at siege of, II., 197; first plan of U. S. Grant to take, a failure, II., 200; work of undermining the defenses around, II., 201; fall of, on same date as the surrender of Gettysburg (July 4, 1863), II., 203; monument marking spot where Grant and Pemberton met to confer on surrender, II., 203; two other projects by U. S. Grant to take, and their failure, II., 206; third project of U. S. Grant to take, and its success, II., 206; levee at, II., 207; Union and Confederate losses at, and at Fort Hudson, II., 226; fall of, and of Fort Hudson, II., 226, 264, 294, 328; siege of, II., 334, 340, 341, 348; expedition from, III., 326; IV., 49, 117, 130, 133, 175; V., 46; artillery, Federal in