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Compiegne, the French court at, 385, 386
Confederate States of America, the, the doctrine of Missouri radicals concerning the secession of, 56, 57; mistaken policy of aggressive warfare, 234, 235; guerrilla warfare, 234, 235; Union prisoners in, 235; gallant fighting for a bad cause, 248; cause of their failure, 248; refusal to recognize the futility of their cause, 261; overawing the, 311 et seq.; final surrenders, 344; strong policy at outbreak of the war, 513, 516
‘Confidential’ communications, 238
Confiscation, question of, in Missouri, 56;-58, 73, 92; authorized by Congress, July 17, 1862, 57; instructions to S. concerning, 92
Connasauga River, military operations on the, 126, 129
‘Conservatives,’ in Missouri, 57
Constitution of the United States. See U. S. Constitution.
Contemporaneous military history, the logic of, 198
Cooper, Maj.-Gen. Joseph A., guarding Duck River, 213, 258; battle of Franklin, 225
Coosa River, military movements on, 315, 316, 318
‘Copperheads,’ in Missouri, 57, 107
Corinth, Miss., possible movement of Beauregard against Nashville from, 321
Cotton, encouraging the marketing of, 372, 373; restrictions on the trade in, 373
Couch, Maj.-Gen. Darius N., battle of Nashville, 245, 246, 269, 270, 291
Courage, in the American soldier, 183; proper restraint of, 362-364 ; its value in defense of a city, 457
Courts-martial, 463-466
Cowardice, distinguished from caution, 141
Cox, Maj.-Gen. Jacob D., battle of Kolb's Farm, 132, 133, 135; battle of Resaca, 140; assault on Kenesaw Mountain, 144; forces passage of Olley's Creek, 144; secures position on Nickajack, 144; movements near Pulaski, 167, 282; movement against Hood before Columbia, 168; commanding the Twenty-third Corps, 175; entrusted with formation at Franklin, 175; anxiety to follow up the success at Franklin, 187; holding tle ford at Columbia, 207; movement to Spring Hill, 215, 216; ordered to move to Franklin, 216; battle of Nashville, 245, 247, 269, 270, 291
Craighill, William P., at West Point, 13, 14
Crofton, Col., in labor riots in Chicago, 497
Croxton, Maj.-Gen. John T., battle of Nashville, 264, 268
Culpeper Court-house, Va., A. P. Hill's residence at, 26
Culp's Farm. See Kolb's Farm.
Cumberland River, military movements on, 185; measures to keep Hood from, 304 Curran Post-Office, Mo., skirmish at, 38
Curtis, Maj.-Gen. Samuel R., commanding Department of Southwest Missouri, 58; enforces confiscation orders in Missouri, 57, 58 ; appointed to command the Department of the Missouri, 61; orders S. to move north and east, 62, 63; betrays S.'s confidence, 63, 65; attitude toward S., 64, 65; attitude in the Herron affair, 65; correspondence with Halleck, Feb. 18, 1865, 65, 66; superseded by S., 68, 69, 90, 96, 97; factional troubles under his administration in Missouri, 69, 71, 95, 96; strength in Missouri and Kansas, 90; appointed to command in Kansas, 112
Custer massacre, the, 489
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‘Daily Times’ (of Leavenworth), reports meeting at Leavenworth, 79
Dallas, Ga., military operations near, 129, 130, 316
Dalton, Ga., S. moves from Knoxville to, 120; military operations near, 120, 124-128; battle of, 143; S. at, 161; Hood at, 161; breaking the railroads near, 317, 318
Dana, C. A., Assistant Secretary of War, 345; conducts transportation arrangements is for the Twenty-third Corps, 345
Davidson, Maj.-Gen. John W., suggested service for, 66
Davis, Capt., mail-carrier on Indian River, 19
Davis, Jefferson, persuades S. to retain his commission, 30; President, C. S. A., visits Atlanta, 231; relieves Johnston, 231; desire for aggressive campaigns, 234; promises to give protection to Georgia and to drive Sherman out, 309-311, 318, 322, 331, 338; Sherman's defiance to, 309, 310
Davis, Maj.-Gen. Jefferson C., in march to the sea, 317
Dean, Widow, 225
Death, foreboding of, 141
Debs, Eugene V., leader of riots at Chicago, 498
Decatur, Ala., Federal possession of, 167, 194, 197; necessity for railroad guards near, 197; as base of supplies for Sherman, 304; possible movement by Sherman toward, 311; proposed movement for Thomas toward, 317, 319, 322; Hood's probable movement via, 318; possible siege of, 319, 321, 322
Democratic party, attitude on President Johnson's impeachment, 415
Denver, Colo., proposed strike of trainmen at, 509, 510
Department of Arkansas, repeal of orders concerning, 451
Department of Justice, action concerning the Pacific railroads, 510, 511
Department of North Carolina, S. assigned to command of, 346, 351, 360, 367-377; S. relinquishes command of, 377
Department of State, sends S. to France, 382; S. ordered to report at, 383, 393
Department of Texas, the, discharge of soldiers from, 382; S. appointed to command, 447
Department of the Columbia, the, Canby commanding, 430; Otis commanding, 510, 511
Department of the Cumberland, the, troops of, at Knoxville, 113; Thomas commanding, 163, 247; war material at Franklin, 176; records of, cited, 211, 212; concentration of troops in, 284
Department of the East, S. assumes command of the, 458
Department of the Mississippi, the, Fremont relieved from command of, 54; contest over tilling the vacant command, 60, 61; broken up, 60, 61
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