Found 14,809 total hits in 2,396 results.
of, 435, 436
Arnold (U. S. Marshal), in labor riots at Chicago, 498, 501
Articles of War, the 122d article, 151
Artillery, plan to increase the, 487
Artillery School, the, 459, 460
Astronomy, fascination of its study, 28, 29
Athens, Tenn., Stanley at, 319
Atlanta, Ga., incident in siege of, 142; advance on, movements before, siege and capture or, 143, 144, 146, 152 et seq., 163, 231, 247, 299, 303, 304, 310, 326, 341, 342; question of making a lodgment in, 147,148; S.'s opi, 279; Thomas's omission to give proper credit to, for Spring Hill and Franklin, 279; at Pulaski, 252; telegram from Thomas, Nov. 8, 1864, 284, 290; marches from Tullahoma to Pulaski, 288; ordered to tight Hood at Pulaski or Columbia, 290; at Athens, Tenn., 319
Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, 57; orders S., to confiscated rebel property in Missouri, 57; his confiscation order repudiated by the President, 57, 58; rebukes Herron, 64; ignores S.'s request for instructions on the negro enli
al, 96, 97; letter from S., 107, 108
Buchanan, James, a bet on the election of, 8
Buchanan County, Mo., alleged arming of disloyal persons in, 105
Buell, Maj.-Gen. Don C., Thomas's service under, 189
Bull Run, Va., battle of, 525
Bull's Gap, held by Longstreet, 115, 116
Bureau of Engineering, prepares plans of sea-coast defense, 484-486
Bureau of Ordnance, prepares plans for sea-coast defense, 484-486
Burnside, Maj.-Gen. Ambrose E., at Knoxville, 113, 114; wreck of his artitude in the Fitz-John Porter case, 464, 465
London, Eng., S. in, 385, 392, 393
Longstreet, Lieut.-Gen., James, failure of Parke to expel him from Tennessee, 114; advances to Strawberry Plains, 114; retreats toward Morristown, 115; holds Bull's Gap, 115, 116; withdraws from Tennessee and joins Lee in Virginia, 116
Lookout Range, S. proposes to seize the passes through, 161
Lothrop, Lieut., service in Missouri, 35
Louisiana, included in Division of the Gulf, 447
Louisville, Ky.
28-29, 1863, 79, 80, 82; Senatorial aspirations, 80; hostility to Gen. Ewing, 80, 81; interviews with S., 80, 82
Carpet-bag government, 354, 376, 396, 397, 402, 403.
See also reconstruction.
Cartersville, Ga., Sherman at, 315
Carthage, Mo., Sigel retreats before superior force at, 38
Cassville Road, Mo., military operations on, 38
Caution, distinguished from cowardice, 141
Cedartown, Ga., Hood's movement via, 316
Central Pacific Railroad, the, a trip over, 430
Centreville, Tenn., proposal to obstruct roads at, 211
Chalmers, Brig.-Gen. James R., battle of Nashville, 264
Chambliss, John R., S.'s room-mate at West Point, 3
Chance in war, 234
Charcoals, in Missouri, 72, 87, 90
Charleston, S. C., S. at, 17, 21, 26; an affair of honor in, 21, 22; Sherman's march to, 316, 318, 333, 337; Sherman proposes to destroy, 317
Charlotte, N. C., proposed route for Sherman via, 338, 339
Chase, Salmon P., Presidential intrigues for, in Missouri, 77; letter
l objectives in, 517; the selection of commanders in, 517; necessity of military unity in, 517; its delays, 525; the financial lesson of, 529-534
Clarksville, Tenn., scheme to draw Hood toward, 211
Claybanks, in Missouri, 72, 87, 91
Cleveland, Tenn., S. at, 161
Cleveland, Grover, the War Department under his administration, 423; restores Fitz-John Porter to the army, 460; assigns S. to the command of the army, 468; S. submits scheme of War Department reform to, 480; action and orderstween Stanley and, 160; proposes to seize the passes through Lookout Range, 161; asks to be sent to, is ordered to join, and reports to Thomas, 161, 164, 165, 190, 320, 322, 344; ordered to Chattanooga, 161; watches Hood's movements, 161; at Cleveland, Tenn., 161; ordered to defend Caperton's Ferry, 162; requested to write a critical history of the Atlanta campaign, 162; reports to Sherman, 164; marches toward Savannah, 165; ordered to Tullahoma, 165; ordered to Johnsonville, 165, 166, 288-290;
C., Sherman's march to, 327, 338, 339
Columbia, Tenn., Federal movements at and near, operation195 et seq.; Thomas's purpose to fight him at Columbia, 195-197, 201; necessity of guarding his brid0; Stanley ordered to tight him at Pulaski or Columbia, 290; question of his movements in Georgia, 2int, 447
Huey's Mill, Tenn., Hood crosses Duck River near, 208, 210, 213, 214, 219; reconnoiterinn. Lovell H., on the defense of the bridge at Columbia, 203, 204
Ruger, Maj.-Gen. Thomas H., holdments, stands, and engagements see Brentwood; Columbia; Duck River; Franklin; Harpeth River; Nashvilas, Nov. 25, 1864, 197; need of his troops at Columbia, 197, 205; expected at Nashville, 225 ; propo273, 276-298; fails to send reinforcements to Columbia, 168; proposes to take personal command at CoColumbia, 168; urges holding the line of Duck River, 168, 171, 207; approves S.'s actions, 169; his op-Gen. George D., movement against Hood before Columbia, 168; battle of Franklin, 175, 176, 178, 180,[19 more...]
Gordon's Ferry, Tenn., proposal to obstruct roads at, 211
Grand Hotel, Paris, S.'s speech at, 386, 387
Granger, Brig.-Gen. R. S., proposed concentration of his troops on the Chattanooga railroad, 194, 197, 203; possibilities of his holding Decatur, 197; detained at Murfreesboroa, 197; Sherman advises that he threaten the rear, 199; expected at Murfreesboroa, 205
Granny White Turnpike, Tenn., military operations on, 244, 245, 264, 268-270
Grant, Col. Frederick D., on Gen. Grant's estthe Tennessee, 311, 312, 315; opposing Hood in Tennessee, 313; smallness of his force, 314; campaign in Tennessee, 315 et seq.; extended command for, 317; to watch Hood, 317; to move toward Selma and Columbus, Miss., 317; to hold Chattanooga and Decatur, 317, 319; to assume offensive against Hood, 319-321, 325, 326; possible movement of Beauregard against, 321; official report of battle of Nashville, 327; failure to destroy Hood, 335; Sherman's knowledge of his character, 336; possibilities of
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Cooper, Maj.-Gen. Joseph A., guarding Duck River, 213, 258; battle of Franklin, 225
Coosa ts condition of Gen. Blunt's district, 93
Duck River, crossed by Hood, 129, 168, 170, 175, 192, 251, 260-262, 273, 317, 324, 341,343; crosses Duck River, 129, 168, 170, 175, 192, 206, 208-210, 212-sville, 211; Thomas plans to draw him across Duck River, 211; S.'s belief in the ultimate defeat of,ds, and engagements see Brentwood; Columbia; Duck River; Franklin; Harpeth River; Nashville; Pulaskiin, 177; at Columbia, 202; supporting Cox at Duck River, 207; despatch from X., Nov. 29, 1864, 214; at Columbia, 168; urges holding the line of Duck River, 168, 171, 207; approves S.'s actions, 169; boroa, 206; plans the drawing of Hood across Duck River, 211; advises S. to retreat to Franklin, 212v. 29, 1864, 212; reports Hood's crossing of Duck River, 213; to cover Franklin and Spring Hill, 214anklin, 176, 180; reports Hood's crossing of Duck River, 214; placed between Duck River and Rutherfo[9 more...]
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Duck River, crossed by Hood, 129, 168, 170, 175, 192, 208-210, 212-214, 218, 219, 230, 254; holding the line of, 168, 170-172, 219, 220, 282; military movements on, 170-172, 174, 175, 185, 186, 191 192, 195-197, 202-220, 251, 254, 258, 282; advantages of the day gained at Spring Hill and, 185, 186, 219; S. crosses to the north side, 207, 208; Thomas plans to draw Hood across, 211; fears for troops on, 222; possibilities of Hood's strategy at, 231; movement to Nashville from, 251
Ducktown, Tenn., S.'s retreat from, 175; troops ordered to Spring till from, 219
Dug Springs, Mo., skirmish at, 38
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Earthquake, a celebrated, 430, 431
East Point, Ga., proposed military movements at, 152
Eastport, Miss., Forrest at, 319
Education, universal, 519, 520; the true value of, 522, 523; the foundation of popular government, 533
Eighth Wisconsin Volunteers, action at Fredericktown, Mo., 51-53
Elkins, Stephen B., Secretary of War, 423
Elliot, Dr., president of Washingt
itory, S. reclaims the, 90; included in Division of the Gulf, 447
Infantry and Cavalry School, 460
Influence, 11, 12, 514
Insurrection, tactical dealing with, 495, 504, 505
Interstate commerce, organized obstruction to, 492 et seq.
Intrenchments, question of carrying by assault, 127, 128, 142-148
Iowa, Rev. James Schofield's mission work in, 1
Iron-clad oath, the, 376, 396, 400, 401
Italy, S. visits, 385, 393
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Jackman, in Shelby's raid into Missouri, 101
Jackson, Tenn., possible movement by Beauregard to, 311; Forrest at, 319
Jackson, Claiborne F., governor of Missouri, 32; disloyalty, 32, 33; joins the rebellion and flees from Missouri, 54
Jackson, Lieut.-Gen. Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall), 172
Jacksonville, Fla., S. at, 19
Java, the, S. sails for Liverpool on, 385
Jefferson City, Mo., State Convention at, 71 et seq.
Jesup, Gen., 24
Johnson, Andrew, reconstruction policy, 354, 374, 376, 395, 420; consults with S. on Mexican affairs, 3
