r, 136, 137, 143, 160; described, 140; lunch, 148; before Petersburg, 161, 164n; Butler and, 192.
Smyth, Henry Augustus, 275.
Snyder, —, 72.
Soldier, qualities of a great, 163.
Spaulding, Ira, 311.
Spaulding, —, 26.
Spies, Rebel, 244.
Spotsylvania, operations near, 104.
Sprague, William, 75, 115, 188.
Stanhope, Arthur Philip, Lord Mahon, 241.
Stanton, Edwin MeMasters, 234, 247, 248, 264, 266; daughter, 314.
Starr, James, 104.
Stephenson, Sussex Vane, captain, 49.
Steuart, George H., 111.
Stevenson, Thomas Greely, 95, 116.
Stony Creek station, 285.
Stragglers and pillaging, 117, 331; Barlow and, 157; Warren and, 291.
Stuart, James Ewell Brown, 18; death, 125.
Summerhayes, John Wyer, 268.
Sumner, Charles, 78.
Surgeon, English fusileer, 115.
Sutherland's station, 339, 341.
Swede, a visiting, 41, 63; indignation of a, 262.
Sykes, George, 34, 52, 53, 60, 80; visited, 8; at dinner, 72.
Ta, the, 119.
Thanksgiving Day, 278.
Thatcher, Horace K
124; ending the, 187.
Ward, John Henry Hobart, 82; relieved from command, 106.
Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 32, 34, 4, 45, 53, 60, 69, 104, 106, 108, 114, 119, 122, 127, 128, 134, 138, 140, 242, 279, 316, 330, 333; presentation of sword, 25; manoeuvres, 50; at Mine Run 56; Morton's, 70; Sheridan's dislike, 106n; defect, 110n; search for, 146; feeling, 147; before Petersburg, 168, 217, 221, 233, 234, 251, 294, 297; narrow escape, 219; stragglers, 292; relieved of command, 333.
Washburn, Elihu Benjamin, 318, 319.
Washburn, Francis, 353.
Washington, D. C., Harvard Club, i; in 1863, 4.
Waste in the war, 207.
Way, a covered, 203.
Webb, Alexander Stewart, 42, 45, 59, 94, 807, 313, 317, 345, 356; described, 307.
Weld, Stephen Minot, Jr., 128, 211.
Weldon railroad, 217, 224, 226, 23, 294.
Wheaton, Frank, 91, 299; before Petersburg, 175, 177.
White, Julius, 219.
Wilcox's wharf, 163.
Wilderness, the, 53, 89; battle of, 98.
Wilkinson, Morton Smith, 75.
Willcox,
Phillips, Charles Appleton, 169.
Picket line, described, 301.
Piney Branch church, 104.
Platt, Edward Russell, 123.
Pleasonton, Alfred, 75, 79, 80; Lyman with, 14; for command, 60.
Pleasants, Henry, 195, 198.
Plunder, demoralizing effect, 40; Hancock and, 288.
Point of Rocks, Appomattox River, 193.
Pontoon bridge, 130, 159.
Po-Ny, 119.
Pope, John, 60.
Poplar Grove church, 234.
Porter, David Dixon, 249.
Porter, Georgia Ann (Patterson), 249.
Porter, Horace, 142.
Potter, Alonzo, 167.
Potter, Robert Barnwell, 166, 212, 219, 234, 237, 296, 297, 334.
Pourtales, Louis Auguste de, 212.
Pratt, Mary, 26.
Prisoners, provost, 13; Rebel, 32, 45, 324, 836, 347.
Punishments, 243.
Raccoon Ford, 19, 68, 69.
Races, horse, 321.
Railroad construction, 311.
Rapidan River, 51.
Rawlins, John Aaron, 91n, 114n.
Reams' station, 224, 234.
Rebels, fighting qualities, 87, 99, 100, 208; privations, 132; valuable qualities, 186; wearing down, 245, 271; deserters, 3
; death of, 107.
Sentry, a patriotic, 206.
Sergeant, William, 295.
Seward, William Henry, 259.
Seymour, Truman, 98, 299.
Shaler, Alexander, 98.
Shaw, Robert Gould, 257; death of, 1.
Shaw, —, 134, 250, 285; described, 191.
Shells, behavior of mortar, 261, 270.
Sheridan, Philip, 136, 300, 332, 347; chief of cavalry, 81; described, 82, 327; Meade and, 105n, 271, 348; raids, 125, 320; to command, 210; major-general, 270; credit claimed, 351.
Sherman, John, 115.
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 271, 281, 296, 305; reflects on Army of the Potomac, 126; described, 327.
Shot, behavior of round, 149.
Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 60.
Sleeper, Jacob Henry, 49, 225, 266; resigns, 310.
Sleeping-car, 229.
Slocum, Henry Warner, 22.
Smith, William Farrar, 136, 137, 143, 160; described, 140; lunch, 148; before Petersburg, 161, 164n; Butler and, 192.
Smyth, Henry Augustus, 275.
Snyder, —, 72.
Soldier, qualities of a great, 163.
Spaulding, Ira, 311.
Spaulding, —, 26. <
ln, Abraham, 319; merciful policy, 117; reelection, 154, 204, 245, 259; government, 247; review of troops, 322; described, 324.
Linear house, 220.
Locke, Frederick Thomas, remark of, 47.
Long's Bridge, 156, 157.
Longstreet, James, 94, 95, 122, 126.
Loring, Charles Greely, 200, 211, 239, 246.
Ludlow, Benjamin Chambers, 54, 56.
Lunn, —, 276, 277.
Lyman, Elizabeth (Russell), III, 3.
Lyman, Mary (Henderson), II.
Lyman, Richard, i.
Lyman, Theodore (1st), i.
Lyman, Theodore (1792-1849), II.
Lyman, Theodore (1833-1897), account of, i; joins Meade's staff 1; with Pleasonton, 14; goes to Washington, 36; astronomical observations, 44; thirty-first year , 226; visits the North, 228, 303; important, 335; meets Lee, 361; Meade's letter, 362.
Lyon, Nathaniel, 9.
McClellan, Arthur, 70, 112.
McClellan, George Brinton, 141, 262.
McGregor, —, 234.
McKibbin, Chambers, 220.
McLaughlen Napoleon Bonaparte, 261, 323.
McMahon, John E., 154.
McMahon, Martin Thomas, 107, 2
eelection, 154, 204, 245, 259; government, 247; review of troops, 322; described, 324.
Linear house, 220.
Locke, Frederick Thomas, remark of, 47.
Long's Bridge, 156, 157.
Longstreet, James, 94, 95, 122, 126.
Loring, Charles Greely, 200, 211, 239, 246.
Ludlow, Benjamin Chambers, 54, 56.
Lunn, —, 276, 277.
Lyman, Elizabeth (Russell), III, 3.
Lyman, Mary (Henderson), II.
Lyman, Richard, i.
Lyman, Theodore (1st), i.
Lyman, Theodore (1792-1849), II.
Lyman, Theodore (1833-1897), account of, i; joins Meade's staff 1; with Pleasonton, 14; goes to Washington, 36; astronomical observations, 44; thirty-first year , 226; visits the North, 228, 303; important, 335; meets Lee, 361; Meade's letter, 362.
Lyon, Nathaniel, 9.
McClellan, Arthur, 70, 112.
McClellan, George Brinton, 141, 262.
McGregor, —, 234.
McKibbin, Chambers, 220.
McLaughlen Napoleon Bonaparte, 261, 323.
McMahon, John E., 154.
McMahon, Martin Thomas, 107, 247.
McParlin, Thomas Andrew, 115, 221.
of, 47.
Long's Bridge, 156, 157.
Longstreet, James, 94, 95, 122, 126.
Loring, Charles Greely, 200, 211, 239, 246.
Ludlow, Benjamin Chambers, 54, 56.
Lunn, —, 276, 277.
Lyman, Elizabeth (Russell), III, 3.
Lyman, Mary (Henderson), II.
Lyman, Richard, i.
Lyman, Theodore (1st), i.
Lyman, Theodore (1792-1849), II.
Lyman, Theodore (1833-1897), account of, i; joins Meade's staff 1; with Pleasonton, 14; goes to Washington, 36; astronomical observations, 44; thirty-first year , 226; visits the North, 228, 303; important, 335; meets Lee, 361; Meade's letter, 362.
Lyon, Nathaniel, 9.
McClellan, Arthur, 70, 112.
McClellan, George Brinton, 141, 262.
McGregor, —, 234.
McKibbin, Chambers, 220.
McLaughlen Napoleon Bonaparte, 261, 323.
McMahon, John E., 154.
McMahon, Martin Thomas, 107, 247.
McParlin, Thomas Andrew, 115, 221.
Macy, George Nelson, 97, 215.
Madison's ordinary, 119.
Mahon, Lord, see Stanhope.
Mahone, William, 188.
Mangohick Church, 130.
Maps
, Gouverneur Kemble, 32, 34, 4, 45, 53, 60, 69, 104, 106, 108, 114, 119, 122, 127, 128, 134, 138, 140, 242, 279, 316, 330, 333; presentation of sword, 25; manoeuvres, 50; at Mine Run 56; Morton's, 70; Sheridan's dislike, 106n; defect, 110n; search for, 146; feeling, 147; before Petersburg, 168, 217, 221, 233, 234, 251, 294, 297; narrow escape, 219; stragglers, 292; relieved of command, 333.
Washburn, Elihu Benjamin, 318, 319.
Washburn, Francis, 353.
Washington, D. C., Harvard Club, i; in 1863, 4.
Waste in the war, 207.
Way, a covered, 203.
Webb, Alexander Stewart, 42, 45, 59, 94, 807, 313, 317, 345, 356; described, 307.
Weld, Stephen Minot, Jr., 128, 211.
Weldon railroad, 217, 224, 226, 23, 294.
Wheaton, Frank, 91, 299; before Petersburg, 175, 177.
White, Julius, 219.
Wilcox's wharf, 163.
Wilderness, the, 53, 89; battle of, 98.
Wilkinson, Morton Smith, 75.
Willcox, Orlando Bolivar, 212, 234, 310.
Williams, Seth, 23, 60, 110, 123, 171, 221, 258, 270; on
17; reelection, 154, 204, 245, 259; government, 247; review of troops, 322; described, 324.
Linear house, 220.
Locke, Frederick Thomas, remark of, 47.
Long's Bridge, 156, 157.
Longstreet, James, 94, 95, 122, 126.
Loring, Charles Greely, 200, 211, 239, 246.
Ludlow, Benjamin Chambers, 54, 56.
Lunn, —, 276, 277.
Lyman, Elizabeth (Russell), III, 3.
Lyman, Mary (Henderson), II.
Lyman, Richard, i.
Lyman, Theodore (1st), i.
Lyman, Theodore (1792-1849), II.
Lyman, Theodore (1833-1897), account of, i; joins Meade's staff 1; with Pleasonton, 14; goes to Washington, 36; astronomical observations, 44; thirty-first year , 226; visits the North, 228, 303; important, 335; meets Lee, 361; Meade's letter, 362.
Lyon, Nathaniel, 9.
McClellan, Arthur, 70, 112.
McClellan, George Brinton, 141, 262.
McGregor, —, 234.
McKibbin, Chambers, 220.
McLaughlen Napoleon Bonaparte, 261, 323.
McMahon, John E., 154.
McMahon, Martin Thomas, 107, 247.
McParlin, Thomas Andrew, 115, 2
braham, 319; merciful policy, 117; reelection, 154, 204, 245, 259; government, 247; review of troops, 322; described, 324.
Linear house, 220.
Locke, Frederick Thomas, remark of, 47.
Long's Bridge, 156, 157.
Longstreet, James, 94, 95, 122, 126.
Loring, Charles Greely, 200, 211, 239, 246.
Ludlow, Benjamin Chambers, 54, 56.
Lunn, —, 276, 277.
Lyman, Elizabeth (Russell), III, 3.
Lyman, Mary (Henderson), II.
Lyman, Richard, i.
Lyman, Theodore (1st), i.
Lyman, Theodore (1792-1849), II.
Lyman, Theodore (1833-1897), account of, i; joins Meade's staff 1; with Pleasonton, 14; goes to Washington, 36; astronomical observations, 44; thirty-first year , 226; visits the North, 228, 303; important, 335; meets Lee, 361; Meade's letter, 362.
Lyon, Nathaniel, 9.
McClellan, Arthur, 70, 112.
McClellan, George Brinton, 141, 262.
McGregor, —, 234.
McKibbin, Chambers, 220.
McLaughlen Napoleon Bonaparte, 261, 323.
McMahon, John E., 154.
McMahon, Martin Thomas, 107, 247.