1864.
Barton, Austin,21st Mass. Inf.,New Berne, N. C., March 14, 1862.New Berne, N. C., March 18, 1862.
Bassett, Benjamin F.,58th Mass. Inf.,June 3, 1864,Washington, D. C., June 24, 1864.
Bassett, David W.,58th Mass. Inf.,May 12, 1864,Arlington Heights, Va., June 13, 1864.
Batchelder, Charles P., Corp.,1st Mass. H. A.,Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.Petersburg, Va., Aug. 23, 1864.
Batchelder, Joseph E.,1st Mass. H. A.,– –Spotsylvania, Va., May 22, 1864.
Bates, Charles G.,35th Mass. Inf.,BeMass. Inf.,– –Petersburg, Va., Jan. 10, 1865.
Chase, Volney P.,19th Mass. Inf.,– –White Oak Swamp, Va., June 30, 1862.
Cheever, William B.,30th Mass. Inf.,– –Nov. 24, 1864.
Chellis, John F.,23d Mass. Inf.,Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.Arlington Heights, Va., June 19, 1864.
Childs, Charles W.,25th Mass. Inf.,– –Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.
Childs, George W.,56th Mass. Inf.,May 24, 1864,Washington, D. C., June 11, 1864.
Childs, James M., 2d Lieut.,57th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness,
,Beaufort, S. C., Feb. 28, 1864.
Bartlett, James W.,35th Mass. Inf.,Spotsylvania, Va.,Alexandria, Va., June 6, 1864.
Bartlett, John W.,24th Mass. Inf.,– –New Berne, N. C., March 29, 1862.
Bartlett, William,34th Mass. Inf.,– –Piedmont, Va., June 8, 1864.
Barton, Austin,21st Mass. Inf.,New Berne, N. C., March 14, 1862.New Berne, N. C., March 18, 1862.
Bassett, Benjamin F.,58th Mass. Inf.,June 3, 1864,Washington, D. C., June 24, 1864.
Bassett, David W.,58th Mass. Inf.,May 12, 1864,Arlington Heights, Va., June 13, 1864.
Batchelder, Charles P., Corp.,1st Mass. H. A.,Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.Petersburg, Va., Aug. 23, 1864.
Batchelder, Joseph E.,1st Mass. H. A.,– –Spotsylvania, Va., May 22, 1864.
Bates, Charles G.,35th Mass. Inf.,Before Petersburg, Va., July 4, 1864.Before Petersburg, Va., July 5, 1864.
Batherie, Nelson T., Corp.,15th Mass. Inf.,Cold Harbor, Va., June 6, 1864.Mount Pleasant Gen.
Hosp., Washington, D. C., June 30, 1864.
Battles, Harrison W.,21st Mass. In
L.,36th Mass. Inf.,Fort Rice, Va.,Washington, D. C., June 8, 1864.
Chase, James A.,2d Mass. Inf.,Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.Gettysburg, Pa., July 15, 1863.
Chase, John A.,12th Mass. Inf.,– –Alexandria, Va., Jan. 19, 1863.
Chase, Joseph W.,36th Mass. Inf.,– –Petersburg, Va., Jan. 10, 1865.
Chase, Volney P.,19th Mass. Inf.,– –White Oak Swamp, Va., June 30, 1862.
Cheever, William B.,30th Mass. Inf.,– –Nov. 24, 1864.
Chellis, John F.,23d Mass. Inf.,Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.Arlington Heights, Va., June 19, 1864.
Childs, Charles W.,25th Mass. Inf.,– –Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.
Childs, George W.,56th Mass. Inf.,May 24, 1864,Washington, D. C., June 11, 1864.
Childs, James M., 2d Lieut.,57th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.1864.
Chipman, Charles, Maj.,29th Mass. Inf.,Petersburg, Va., Aug. 7, 1864.Before Petersburg, Va., Aug. 8, 1864.
Christian, George W.,59th Mass. Inf.,– –Petersburg, Va., July 3, 1864.
Christy, William J.,19th Mass. Inf.,–
giment was properly encamped, not a single avenue of approach guarded.
All was chaos, and the streets, hotels and bar-rooms were filled with drunken officers and men, absent from their regiments without leave —a perfect pandemonium.
Many had even gone to their homes, their flight from Bull Run terminating in New York, or even New Hampshire and Maine.
There was really nothing to prevent a small cavalry force from riding into the city.
A determined attack would doubtless have carried Arlington heights and placed the city at the mercy of a battery of rifled guns.
If the secessionists attached any value to the possession of Washington, they committed their greatest error in not following up the victory of Bull Run.
That same day, Secretary of War Stanton wrote:
The capture of Washington seems now to be inevitable; during the whole of Monday and Tuesday (July 22d and 23d) it might have been taken without resistance.
The rout, overthrow, and demoralization of the whole army we
ams, Henry, 47.
Adams, Georgiana, 48.
Adams, William, 45.
Aldersey Street, 14.
Alewife Bridge, 42.
Alewife Brook, 34, 47.
Alewife Brook School, 41.
Alexandria, La., 66.
Alexandria, Va., 41.
Allen, Alfred, 47, 48.
Allen, Ethan, 77.
American Congress, The, 52.
American Historical Association, 62.
American Society of Civil Engineers, 62.
American Tube Works, 18.
Ames, T. Edward, 57.
Andersonville, 34, 37.
Annapolis, Md., 40.
Appalachian Mountain Club, The, 24.
Arlington Heights, Va., 41.
Arlington, Mass., 3, 41, 43, 46.
Arlington Water Works, 59.
Armstrong, William H., 69.
Army of the Potomac, 32.
Army Record, Charles D. Elliot, 64.
Ashby, Mass., 4.
Asboth, General, 68.
Ashton Hall, England, 56.
Augur, —, 65, 67.
Austin, Tex., 46.
Avon, Mass., 45.
Ayer, John C., 59.
Ayer, John F., 22.
Ayer, Mrs. John F., 20.
Ayer, Vashti Eunice, 22.
Baldwin, Loammi, 45.
Baltimore, Md., 40.
Bangor, Me., 82.
Banks, General Nathaniel P., 64, 65, 66, 67, 81.
1.
Adams, Hannah, II.—22.
Adams, James Howe. III.—21.
Adams, Joseph, II.—24.
Adams, Joseph, home of, III.—20, 21.
Agassiz, Professor, IV.—16.
Albee, Godfrey B., II.—20.
Aldie, Va., IV.—29.
Alewife Brook, II.—17; III.—13, 20.
Alexandria, Va., II.—39; IV.—24, 27.
Ames Estate, IV.—20.
Andersonville, IV.—25.
Andrew, John A., II.—29.
Annand. Captain, I.—38.
Annapolis, IV.—23.
Antietam, Battle of, III.—24; IV.—25.
Appleton, D. & Co., I.—8.
Arlington Heights, Va., II.—39; IV—25.
Arlington Line, III.—20.
Arlington, Mass., II.—17.
Army Corps, 2nd (Hancock's), I.—39.
Army Corps, 5th, IV.—25.
Army Corps, 18th, IV.—24.
Army of the Potomac, II.—39; IV.—26, 27, 28, 29.
Ashboth, General, IV.—30.
Ashland. II.—37.
Athol, Mass., IV.—30.
Austin Estate, location of. III.—19.
Austin Street, Somerville, II.—14, 20.
Authors' Club, The, I.—11.
Ayer, John P., I.