Found 2,297 total hits in 405 results.
xplosion of ordnance boat by rebels 145; visit of Mrs. Grant and her children, 146; visit of Sherman to Grant at, 436, 437; Lincoln waiting for news at, 503.
Cleburne, General P., covers rebel retreat after Chickamauga, i., 518; at Ringgold, 519 523.
Cobb, General Howell, in command in Georgia, III., 286; falling back to Macon, 287; surrender of, 638.
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.
Corinth, movement towards, i., 101; counterfeit defences of rebels at, 104; Halleck's incapacity at, 106; movements preliminary to b
20; battle of, 239-249; Sherman's movement against, 393; second capture of, 396.
Jackson, Tenn., position of, i., 109; Grant's Headquarters at, 115.
James river, geography of, II., 4, 248, 340; strategical importance of, 45 Butler's operations on, 241-259; army of Potomac crosses, 341, 346-357, 374; Sheridan crosses, 398; movement of July 26, 1864, north of, 468-475; movement of August 12, 1864, north of, 505-508; movement of September 29, 1864, north of, III., 68-76; movement of October 27, 1864, north of, 122-3.
Johnson, President, Andrew, inauguration of, III., 627; disapproves Sherman's course in North Carolina, 631; desires to try Lee for treason, 654.
Johnston, General Alert S., at Shiloh, i., 75; his death, 84.
Johnston, General Joseph E., in chief command against Grant, May, 1863, i., 212; moves to defend Jackson, 218; strength of, at Jackson, 241; orders Pemberton to attack Grant at Clinton, 241, 242; battle of Jackson, 244-249; scatters his forces, 255; orders
city of, situation of, II., 4, 14; relations to campaign of 1864, 33, 45, 310, 416, III., 16-18, 383; political interference at, 12; Early's campaign against, 430-444; telegraphic communication cut off from City Point, 444; Grant protects, 445, 450; Halleck's method of protecting, 450; Grant reinforces, 469, 490.
Washington, N. C., capture, II., 57.
Waynesboro, battle of, III., 413, 414.
Wauhatchie, battle of, i., 449, 450.
Weitzel, General G. movement north of James river, October 28, 1864, III., 123; Wilmington expedition 225; at Fort Fisher, 315, 323; at Bermuda Hundred, 442; enters Richmond, 536; restores order, 543.
Weldon railroad, connections of, II., 242; first movement towards, 382; seizure of, 514-519; Warren's movements against, December, 1864, III., 226, 246.
Wheeler, General, in command of rebel cavalry in Georgia, III., 287; in front of Sherman's army, 289; skirmishing with Kilpatrick's cavalry, 293.
Whiting, General, in command in Wilmington, III.,
burg campaign, 161, 232; at battle of Port Gibson, 207; at battle of Champion's hill, 269; assaults on Vicksburg, 327; siege of Vicksburg, 333, 358, 359; at battle of Chickamauga, 432; at battle of Chattanooga, 524; entire strength, May, 1864, II., 32; on Rapidan, May, 1864, 93, 94; under Butler at Bermuda Hundred, 247; in Wilderness campaign, 326; at battle of Newmarket, 417; in Hunter's campaign, 418, 421; Sheridan's campaign in Valley, 504; Sherman's Atlanta campaign, 532; movements of September 29, i., 79 movements of October 28, 116; Schofield's army in Tennessee, 187; Thomas's army in Tennessee 188; at battle of Franklin, 212; first Fort Fisher expedition, 222; at battle of Nashville, 251 Sherman's march to sea, 283; second Fort Fisher expedition, 329; Sherman's campaign in Carolinas, 373; under Schofield in North Carolina, 377; under Sheridan, February, 1865, 412; before Richmond, March, 1864, 438; in Appomattox campaign, 442; at Five Forks, 495; under Wilson, March, 1865, 637.
ributive justice to, III., 424.
South, war begun by the, i., 3; devotion and heroism of, 569.
Southside railroad, route and importance of, II., 292; left in possession of enemy by Butler, 257; Grant's intention of seizing, 377, 382; Wilson's raid upon, 403-412; attempts to reach, October, 1864, III., 115-122, 132; one object of final movement from Petersburg, 442; seized by Wright, 510.
Spottsylvania, battles around, II., 136; nature and features of battle-field, 138; movements of May 8, 142; fighting on the Po river, 152-160; Warren's assault of May 10, 161; Upton's storming party, 164; assault of May 12, 171-182; movements from May 13 to 20, 195-210.
Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, support and appreciation of Grant, from Fort Donelson, i., 54; offers to remove Rosecrans from command 424; constant support of Grant and non-interference in military movements, II., 13 et passim; correspondence with Grant, III., 15, 122, 126; disapproves of Sherman's march, 157 personal
llen 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, 1862, 135, tortuous course of, 157; forests and jungles of, 158.
Mississippi squadron, saved by Bailey, II., 78.
Mississippi valley, character of, i., 156.
Mobile, proposed capture of, i., 412, 413; Canby's force before, III., 637; capture of Spanish Fort and Blakely, 637 evacuation of, 637.
Montgomery, occupation of, III., 635.
Mott General G., at battle of the Wilderness, II., 110-121; at Spottsylvania, 166, 167; at Deep Bottom and Bailey's creek, 507.
Mower, General Josep
146; visit of Sherman to Grant at, 436, 437; Lincoln waiting for news at, 503.
Cleburne, General P., covers rebel retreat after Chickamauga, i., 518; at Ringgold, 519 523.
Cobb, General Howell, in command in Georgia, III., 286; falling back to Macon, 287; surrender of, 638.
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.
Corinth, movement towards, i., 101; counterfeit defences of rebels at, 104; Halleck's incapacity at, 106; movements preliminary to battle of, 116; battle of, 116, 117.
Corse, General John M., at battle of Al
n on treatment of non-combatants, 113; recommends different campaign from Sherman'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 Fredericksburg railroad 201, 218; movements on the North Anna, 227-237, on the Totopotomy, 270, 271; at Cold
Harbor, 281, 287, 296, 299; crossing the James 339, 348, 351-356; advance to Petersburg, 360, 362; assaults on Petersburg, 365, 377; temporarily relieved on account of wounds, 369; requests investigation of conduct before Petersburg, 377; at Deep Bottom, July 26 to 29, 1864, 468; before Petersburg, July 30, 47
campaign into Alabama, 637, 638.
Wood, General T. J., at battle of Nashville, III., 253-260.
Wright, General Horatio G., in command of Sixth corps, II., 150; at Spottsylvania, 163; on North Anna, 227, 229; movement to Cold Harbor, 264, 270; battle of Cold Harbor, 275- 280, 284, 287, 293, 296; movement to Bermuda Hundred, 367; movement towards Weldon road, 383-386; moves to support Wilson, 404; at defences of Washington, 444; at mouth of Valley of Virginia, 448-452; at Cedar creek, III., 90; before Petersburg, 441, 452; military spirit of; 504; final assault on Petersburg 506, 508, 513, 516; at Amelia court-house, 550; in battle of Sailor's creek, 574-576; pursuit to Appomattox, 591, 592.
Wolcott, General, unsuccessfully attacked by rebels at Macon, III., 289.
Yazoo pass expedition, II., 16-173.
Yazoo river, Sherman's expedition to, i., 133-137, 143-147; Grant's attempts to control in February and March, 1863, 16;--178.
Yellow Tavern, battle of, II., 238.
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