4-419; the Fitz-John Porter case before, 465
United States Treasury, the, depleted condition during the war, 255, 314, 315, 383, 529-532; restrictions on Southern trade, 373; War Department versus, 482, 483; anecdote of Pies.
Grant and, 483
United States Volunteers. See Volunteers.
Utah, Territory of, obstruction of rail-roads in, 512
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Valley Head, Ga., S. moves to, 161,162
Values, the law of, 533, 534
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Gen. Otis commanding at, 510, 511
Vaughan, Maj., 99
Vera Cruz, Mex., French bombardment and capture of, 388
Veterans, difference between volunteers and, 142; the example of, 522
Vicksburg, Miss., S. seeks service at, 64-66; S. sends reinforcements to Grant at, 64, 90, 98, 110, 233; fall of, 70; importance of the capture of, 70, 71; results of disbanding the rebel army at, 77; proposed movement against the Mobile and Ohio Railroad from, 199; Grant before, 232, 233; Grant's strategy at, 358
Vincent, —, S.'s room-mate at West P