Found 2,231 total hits in 404 results.
suit of Lee on the Appomattox, 580; march to Appomattox court-house, 592; battle of Appomattox, 597e at City Point, III., 135-149, 436, 437; at Appomattox, 602-613; summary of campaigns of, 641; mili of, 602-609; second interview with Grant at Appomattox, 611; parole of, 613; draws destitute ration in Richmond, 614; condition at Appomattox, 623; characteristics of, 651, 652; indictment for treaso72; at battle of Five Forks, 495; pursuit to Appomattox, 524, 547, 552, 560; at battle of Sailor's c on Petersburg, 501-516; parallel advance to Appomattox with Sheridan and Meade, 546, 556, 558, 578, 584; at Rice's station, 573; at Appomattox, 598; at surrender of Lee, 602.
Ossabaw sound opened final assaults on Petersburg 507; flight to Appomattox, 545; at Jetersville, 551; at Appomattox, 6265; at battle of Sailor's creek, 566-577; at Appomattox, 591, 611.
Sherman, General W. T., relatiattle of Sailor's creek, 574-576; pursuit to Appomattox, 591, 592.
Wolcott, General, unsuccessful[4 more...]
470; at battle of Five Forks, 484; narrow escape of, 493; crosses the Appomattox, 518; flight before Sheridan, 547.
Pillow General G. J., at Fort Donelson, i. . 48.
Pillow, fort, capture of, II., 54-56.
Plymouth, capture of, II., 57.
Pocotaligo, seizure of, III., 371.
Polk, General L., breach of neutrality by, i., 11.
Pope, General John, at siege of Corinth, i., 100; ordered to Virginia, 107.
Port Gibson, battle of, i., 206-210.
Port Hudson, surrender of i., 392.
Port Royal, Foster and Sherman at, III., 305.
Porter, Admiral, in front of Vicksburg, i., 161; operations in Yazoo river, 175; running Vicksburg batteries, 189; co-operation with Grant 190; urges McClernand to obey orders, 195; bombardment of Grand Gulf, 199; runs transports by Grand Gulf at night, 200; bombards rebel outworks, 306; naval battery in siege of Vicksburg, 342-344; operations against Fort Fisher, III., 225, 308-346.
Potomac, army of the, position of, when Grant took supreme comman
re, 55.
Draft, riot in New York on account of, III., 15: enforced, 16.
Drury's Bluff, battle of, II., 244-254.
Duck river, course of, III., 178, 205; Hood's retreat across, 259.
Early, General Jubal A., at battle of Wilderness, II., 123; at Spottsylvania, 140, 143-155, 160-206; sent to Valley of Virginia 419; at Lynchburg, 420; pursuit of Hunter, 421, 422; ordered to threaten Washington, 429; his strength at Staunton, 430; movement on Washington, 439; retreat to Valley, 446; at Strasburg, 450; returns to Potomac, 452 469,492; drives Crook's column at Kernstown, 493; sends McCausland to burn Chambersburg, Pa., 493; necessity for defeat of, III., 18; Anderson and Fitz-Lee reinforce army of, 19; second movement against Washington, 19-22; movements on Potomac, 22-28; battle of Winchester, 29; manoeuvres in Shenandoah valley, 84; battle of Tom's brook, 86; battle of Cedar creek, 91-10; characteristics of, 106-108; retreat from Staunton to Waynesboro, 413; battle of Waynesboro,
Cold Harbor, battle of, II., 268-310; Sheridan's advance on Old Cold Harbor, 274; Smith's arrival at White House, 278; assault of June 1st, 279; Grant's plan of attack, 287-290; assaults of the various corps, June 3, 291; result, 303-309.
Columbia, S. C., capture of, by Sherman, III., 423; devastated by fire by Wade Hampton, 423.
Congress, revives grade of lieutenant-general for Grant, i., 569.
Congressional committee, report of, on failure oa mine explosion before Petersburg, II., 490's march III., 157; correspondence with Thomas, complaining of delay in Nashville campaign, 241. Hompton, General Wade, attack on Gregg, II., 397; movements against Wilson's expedition, 412; sent to Augusta to organize cavalry, III., 292; at Columbia, S. C., 422; destroys Columbia by fire, 423.
Hancock, General Winfield S., at battle of Wilderness, II., 109-123; movements in valley of Po, 152; movements of May 10, 1864, 164; assault of May 12, 171-183; assault of May 17, 198; movement to Fre
ery and Selma, 367; movements on the Mississippi, 388; ordered into Alabama, 390; slowness and disregard of orders, 408, 409; campaign against Mobile, 637.
Cape Fear river, geography of, III., 307; capture of defences of, 343; Schofield's movements on, 380.
Carolinas, Sherman's campaign in the, III., 421-433.
Cassville taktion of, against Vicksburg, i., 125; runs by Port Hudson and communicates with Grant, 179; passes forts at entrance of Mobile bay, III., 41.
Federal Point, Cape Fear river, situation of, III., 307; geography of, 311.
Ferrero, General E., at Spottsylvania, II. 207.
Fisher, Fort, on Cape Fear river, expedition against, III.Cape Fear river, expedition against, III., 224; position of, 226; Grant's instructions for operations against, 235; first operations against, 307-322; second operations against 325-348.
Fisher's Hill, battle of, III., 31-35.
Fitch, Captain, at Cumberland river, III., 239.
Five Forks, importance of, III., 457, 459; rebel activity at, 459, 467; battle of, 483-495.
mmoned to Georgia, III., 223; ordered to oppose Sherman, 291; in command in North Carolina, 312; supineness of, at Fort Fisher, 346. Breckenridge, General John C., re, 101, 109; death and burial of, III., 532.
Hoke, General, in command in North Carolina, III., 312; at Wilmington, 317; at Fort Fisher, first expedition, 320; secosident, Andrew, inauguration of, III., 627; disapproves Sherman's course in North Carolina, 631; desires to try Lee for treason, 654.
Johnston, General Alert S., ad Fort Harrison, 74-80; at Hatcher's run, 114-128; sends Hoke's division to North Carolina, 312; created general-in-chief, 356; alarming report to rebel government byr expedition, 329; Sherman's campaign in Carolinas, 373; under Schofield in North Carolina, 377; under Sheridan, February, 1865, 412; before Richmond, March, 1864, 43214; at battle of Nashville, 251, 257; ordered east from Tennessee, 364; in North Carolina, 379; captures Wilmington, 385; movement to Goldsboro, 433, 434.
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t Fort Monroe, 41-45; rebel capture of Plymouth, 56, 57; lands at City Point, 133; reports success 151; movements near Bermuda Hundred, 170; fses, 347.
Cincinnati, the iron-clad, at Vicksburg, i., 344.
City Point, seizure of, II., 248; situation and importance of 341; Grant cha82, 562, 650; relations with Stanton, II., 13; III., 198; life at City Point, III., 135-149, 436, 437; at Appomattox, 602-613; summary of campof Lee's proposition of military convention, 401; visits Grant at City Point, March 1865, 436; waiting for news at City Point, 503; news of baCity Point, 503; news of battle of Five Forks, 513; congratulates Grant, 526; visits Petersburg, 535; communicates to Grant views on reconstruction, 580; action of gover0-425; at Winnsboro, 424; battle of Bentonsville, 429-432; visits City Point, 436; advance against Smithfield, 627; enters Raleigh, 627; confecampaign against, 430-444; telegraphic communication cut off from City Point, 444; Grant protects, 445, 450; Halleck's method of protecting, 4
n South Carolina, III., 175; movements around Savannah, 296; relieved from command, 379.
Foster, mand at Macon, III., 287; at Augusta, 288; at Savannah, 305; evacuates Savannah, 306; abandons ColumSavannah, 306; abandons Columbia, 422; defeat and retreat from Averysboro, 448.
Harrison, Fort, captured by Ord, III., 71.
288, 289, 295; in Sherman's campaign north of Savannah, 373; at battle of Bentonsville, III., 430, 4
St. Mary's church, battle o, II., 397.
Savannah, investment of, III., 263; evacuation of 306. 173, 174; march to the sea, 282-300; invests Savannah, 295, 305; carries Fort McAllister, 296; thir's congratulations to, 301-304; evacuation of Savannah, 306; proposal of a lieutenant-generalcy for, 362; operations northward from Savannah, 373; at Columbia, Cheraw, and Fayetteville, 410-425; at Wi wing in march to sea, III., 283; in front of Savannah, 295; in campaign north of Savannah, 373; at Savannah, 373; at battle of Averysboro, 428; at battle of Bentonsville, 430.
Smith, General A. J., in Red river cam
, i., 552-560.
Merritt, General, Wesley, in Valley of Virginia, III., 95, 98, 412; at battle of Dinwiddie, 468-472; at battle of Five Forks, 495; pursuit to Appomattox, 524, 547, 552, 560; at battle of Sailor's creek, 573-575; moves on Appomattox court-house, 592.
Middle Military Division created, II., 502.
miles, General Nelson A., at battle of Ream's station, II., 527; at White Oak road, III., 505; at Sutherland station, 523-525.
Milledgeville abandoned by rebels, III., 288.
Millen captured by Sherman, III., 223, 289.
Milliken's bend, concentration of Grant's forces at, i., 186.
Missionary ridge, situation of, i., 427; seized by Bragg, 435; Thomas's assaults on, 488, 507-512; Sherman's assaults on, 495, 504-507.
Missouri, Grant's first service in, i., 10, 11; Rosecrans in command in, II. 30.
Mississippi, proposal to bring, into Union, i., 416.
Mississippi river military importance of, i., 123; rebel fortifications on, 124; Sherman's expedition, December
tanooga, II. 7; Grant's confidence in, III., 222; Logan to take command of, 249.
Cumberland mountains, the, i., 42; loyalty of the inhabitants of, 426.
Cumberland river danger of Forrest moving down, II., 233; closed by rebel batteries 239; closed above and below Nashville, 250.
Curtis, General N. M., at Fort Fisher, firsal William III., in command of Nineteenth corps at Cedar creek, III., 93 .
Ewell, General R. S., at battle of the Wilderness, II., 95; holds south bank of Cumberland river, III., 242; at fall of Richmond, 538; sets fire to Richmond, 538; withdraws his command, 540 , captured at battle of Sailor's creek, 577.
Farragut, Admiraperations against, 235; first operations against, 307-322; second operations against 325-348.
Fisher's Hill, battle of, III., 31-35.
Fitch, Captain, at Cumberland river, III., 239.
Five Forks, importance of, III., 457, 459; rebel activity at, 459, 467; battle of, 483-495.
Floyd, Major-General , poltroonery of at Fort D
