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Davis, Jefferson, at Manassas, 58.

Deep Bottom—see Petersburg.

Despondency of the North at the close of 1861, 78.

Detached columns of the army inviting destruction in detail, 122.

Dinwiddie Courthouse, Warren sends re-enforcements to Sheridan, 593.

Dufour on army corps, 64; on passage of the Adda by Prince Eugene, 416.

Early attacked before Fort Stevens, and driven, 527; advances towards Washington, 527; burned Baltimere and Ohio Railroad viaduct, 527; retired across the Potomac, 527; expedition at Frederick, Maryland, via Hagerstown, 526; operations in the Shenandoah Valley, 554; at battle of Winchester, 556: at battle of Cedar Creek, 561; address to army after his defeat at Middletown, 563.

Ellsworth, Colonel, shot at Alexandria, Virginia, 30.

Emmettsburg, see Gettysburg.

Ewell rejoined Jackson after defeat of Bristoe Station, 180; advances into Maryland and Pennsylvania, 319; at Chambersburg, Carlisle, Gettysburg, and York, 320; at Mine Run, 391; his corps captured at Sailor's Creek, 610.

Exterior line, the Federal, in Virginia, 44.

Fairfax Courthouse abandoned by Confederates, 47.

Fair Oaks, the battle of, 128; Confederate report of—Johnston's reasons for attack, 131; battle—map of, 132; positions of Union troops near, 132; Casey's redoubt at Seven Pines captured, 133; positions of Casey's division, 134; Hill's attack on Seven Pines' position not a surprise, 133; Sumner ordered to cross the Chickahominy to support Heintzelman, 136; Couch's force bisected by G. W. Smith, 136; Sumner reaches Couch in rear of, 137; Confederates finally driven back by Sumner, 138; the fighting next day skirmishing only, 139.

Final campaign, 1865,565; Five Forks' battle—see Five Forks and Retreat.

Fisher's Hill, Early's retreat to after battle of Winchester, 558; the battle of, 559.

Five Forks, Sheridan's movement to wards, 591; captured by Devin and Davies, 591; Lee sends two divisions to, 592; Union cavalry driven to Dinwiddie Courthouse, 592; Lee's weakness discovered— Sheridan puts his whole force in motion, 594; Five Forks and Petersburg, 595; situation of the opposing forces, 595; Sheridan's feint on Lee's right, and attack on left on White Oak road, 596; the desperate position of the Confederates, 598; remnant of Lee's troops at, fled westward, 599; the battle over—see now Petersburg, 600.

Fleetwood, cavalry action at, 313. Fort Gilmer, Butler's unsuccessful assault, 540.

Fort Magruder at Williamsburg, Virginia, 112.

Fort Steadman, Lee's object in attacking, 575; surprised and taken by coup de main, 576; attacking columns unsupported, 577; the assault fails, and withdrawal impossible, 577; two thousand Confederates surrender—the losses on both sides, 577; Meade captures picket-lines on Lee's right, 577.

Franklin, Fremont at with fifteen thousand men, 122.

Franklin, General, on operating on Richmond via York River, 81; evidence on Burnside's orders at Fredericksburg, 245; reply to President Lincoln's answer to him and General Smith, 265.

Franklin's and Smith's letter to the President proposing plan of campaign, 263.

Frederick the Great, seven years defensive campaign, 308.

Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad, line of advance towards Richmond, 22; compared with others, 406.

Fredericksburg, the battle of, Burnside reaches Falmouth, opposite, 234; topography of the battle-field, 243; town and heights, Burnside's omission to occupy, 234; Burnside's delay, and Lee's arrival on south bank of the Rappahannock, 236; Lee's whole army arrived and in position, 242; Burnside's designed crossing at Skenker's Neck, on Lee's right, 237; the possibilities of crossing, 238; Burnside's pas

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