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Red river campaign, II., 57-85.
Resaca, battle of II., 534.
Richmond, its importance mainly derived from railroads, II., 241; fortifications, 243; destruction of railroads leading into, 399, 450; defences of, III., 3-5; alarm in, at capture of Fort Harrison, 78, 79; preparations for evacuation of, 357; entrance of Weitzel into, 536; fall of, 536-540.
Ringgold battle of; i., 518, 521.
Rhind, commander, in command of Butler's powder-boat, the Louisiana, III., 310.
Rome, capture of; by Sherman, II., 337, 535.
Rosecrans, General William S., at battle of Iuka, i., 111-115: at Corinth, 116-120; on the Hatchie river, 119; in western Tennessee, 418; repulsed at Chickamauga, 421; surrounded at Chattanooga, 421; unwillingness to co-operate with Grant, 423; prepares to abandon Chattanooga, 424; relieved from command 424; refusal to render assistance to Grant behind Vicksburg, 431; abandons Lookout valley and mountain, 434; ordered to support Thomas and Sherman, III., 176; relieved of command in Missouri, 240, 389.
Ross. General, opens a way to the Tallahatchie, i., 17（0.
Rosser, General, at battle of Cedar creek III., 92.
Sailor's creek, battle of, III. 566-579.
St. Mary's church, battle o, II., 397.
Savannah, investment of, III., 263; evacuation of 306.
Schofield, General John M., n command of department of Ohio, i., 552; pursues Longstreet, 562; with Sherman in Georgia, II., 533; at Chattanooga, III., 163; his corps added to Thomas's command, 186; in command in front of Hood, 187; defence of Columbia, 207; battle of Spring hill, 208-210; battle of Franklin, 211-214; retires to Nashville, 214; at battle of Nashville, 251, 257; ordered east from Tennessee, 364; in North Carolina, 379; captures Wilmington, 385; movement to Goldsboro, 433, 434.
Seddon rebel Secretary of War, correspondence with Lee, II., 388, 389; letter on deficient supplies, 526.
Sedgwick, General, John, in command of Sixth corps, II., 42; in battle of Wilderness, 97; at Spottsylvania, 102; death of, 150.
Semmes, Admiral, rebel rams and gunboats exploded by, III., 541; captured at battle of Sailor's creek, 577.
Shenandoah, constitution of the army of the, II., 504.
Shenandoah Valley, Hunter ordered to move up, II., 335; geography of, 414; importance of, 495; necessity for holding, III., 18; necessity for destruction of crops in, 22; in possession of Sheridan, 34; whole valley in national hands, 101.
Sheridan, General P. H., relations with Grant, i., 488; II., 42, 502; III., 18, 19, 35, 36, 82, 88, 89, 451, 456, 650; attack on rebel front at Chattanooga, i., 489; pursuit after the victory, 512; in command of cavalry in army of Potomac, II., 42; battle of the Wilderness, 103; battle of Todd's tavern, 134; important change of orders of; by Meade, 139; movement to James river, 148, 237-241; battle at Hawe's shop, 269; capture of Old Cold Harbor, 274; ordered to Charlottesville, 334; raid to Trevillian station, 393-404; battle of Darbytown, 471; in command of Middle Military Division, 499; achievements of cavalry in three months, 499; personal and military characteristics of, 500; pursuit of Early, 512; thrown on defensive, 512; movements in Shenandoah Valley, III., 19-38; battle of Winchester, 29, 30; pursuit of Early's army, 31; battle of Fisher's hill, 31-33; effect of successes of, at North, 34; retrograde movement, 85; summoned to Washington, 89; battle of Cedar creek, 95-99; eleven weeks work, 102-105; cutting Virginia Central railroad by, 229-246; movement from Shenandoah Valley to Richmond, 382, 442; at Dinwiddie court-house, 453; movement against Five Forks, 457; battle of Dinwiddie, 471-476; battle of Five Forks, 489-494; relieves Warren from command, 494; at Jetersville, 551-561-565; at battle of Sailor's creek, 566-577; at Appomattox, 591, 611.
Sherman, General W. T., relations with Grant, i., 57,183, 454, 572; II., 17, 22-24, 551; III., 161, 162, 362, 363, 436, 631, 635, 649, 650; in command of division, i., 69; battle of Shiloh, 71-91; at Memphis, 109, 128; Yazoo river expedition, 132-138, 143-148; Arkansas Post, 148,149; Steele's bayou, 174-178; opposes Grant's movement south of Vicksburg, 183-185; demonstration against Haine's bluff, 201; Vicksburg campaign, 227-280; assault on Vicksburg, 302-326; siege of Vicksburg, 331-385; denounces McClernand, 362; ordered to march against Johnston, 385; movement against Jackson, 393-397; brigadier-general in regular army, 402; ordered to West Tennessee, 420; march of four hundred miles, 453;
New York Appleton 1885.
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