Found 2,297 total hits in 405 results.
r 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.
Nelson, General, William, crosses the Tennessee, i., 86.
New Hope church, battle at, II., 337-536.
New York, incendiarism in, III., 170; disloyalty, 203; campaign cast of, 204-205; topography, 296; rebel lines of defence, 297; first assault, 302; second assault, 307-329 siege of; 331-372; surrender of, 386; results of surrender, 392.
Virginia, geography of, II., 3; plan of campaign in, March 1864, 44-49.
Virginia military Institute, Lexington, burned by Hunter, II., 419.
Virginia, Valley of, general features, II., 414; importance of, to rebels, 495; necessity of stripping it of supplies, 495.
Volunteer army trained in the field
; battle of Black river bridge, 275; flight to Vicksburg 287; siege of Vicksburg, 299, 37; surrender of Vicksburg, 370, 385.
Petersburg, objective point of any force attacking Richmond from the south, II., 341; Kautz and Gillmore's movement against, 344; condition of, June 14, 1864, 355; rebel fortifications at, 358; Meade's assaults, 361, 377-379; movements of June 22 and 23, 383-386; difficulty of enveloping, 399; Burnside's mine, 465-499; defences of, III., 2, 5, 6 manoeuvres before, September and October, 1864, 68-123; criticism of Grant's operations against, 127-134; Grant's forces before, March, 1865, 438-444-452; final assaults, 502-533; fall of, 533; Grant enters, 536.
Piedmont, battle of II., 418.
Pickett, General George E., at Five Forks, III., 467; at battle of Dinwiddie, 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,
379; movements of June 22 and 23, 383-386; difficulty of enveloping, 399; Burnside's mine, 465-499; defences of, III., 2, 5, 6 manoeuvres before, September and October, 1864, 68-123; criticism of Grant's operations against, 127-134; Grant's forces before, March, 1865, 438-444-452; final assaults, 502-533; fall of, 533; Grant entersttle of Drury's Bluff, 255; in Early's campaign, 419, 430; III., 31, 85, 100, tattle of Newmarket, II. 417 in Sherman's Atlanta campaign, 533; before Richmond, October, 1864 III., 79, at Fort Fisher, 312; under Hood, November 1864, 188; battle of Franklin, 212, battle of Nashville, 251; battle of Waynesboro, 413; battle of Bentonsvnd 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
ge W., battle of Wilderness, II., 103, 109, 117; Cedar creek, 93-96.
Gibbon, General, John, battle of Wilderness, II., 117, Spottsylvania, 152, 161, 172; North Anna, 232; Cold harbor, 291; Ream's station, 529; in Appomattox campaign, III., 594.
Gillem, General A. C., at Morristown, III., 191.
Gillmore, General Q. A., reinforces Butler, II., 44, 86; battle of Drury's Bluff, 253, 254; movement against Petersburg, 343; relieved from command by Butler, 344.
Gold, high price of, in August, 1864, III., 12.
Goldsboro, Sherman's objective point in Carolina campaign III., 374; meeting of Sherman and Schofield at, 421; march to, 427; Schofield in possession of, 434.
Gordon, General, at battle of Cedar creek, III., 93, 98.
Grand Gulf position of, i., 160; McClernand ordered to seize, 194; naval bombardment of, 198; evacuation of, 215; Grant severs communication with, 218.
Granger, General, Gordon, sent to assist Burnside, i., 531; his reluctance and complaint, 532; arrives
vocated, 11; dissatisfaction incited by enemies of the nation, 12; danger to Washington believed in, 16; effect of Sheridan's successes, 34; Grant's visit to, November, 1864, 193.
Northern Virginia, army of, numbers and position, May, 1864, II., 94, 95; battle of Wilderness, 97-135; Spottsylvania, 137-215; movements on North An; III., 31, 85, 100, tattle of Newmarket, II. 417 in Sherman's Atlanta campaign, 533; before Richmond, October, 1864 III., 79, at Fort Fisher, 312; under Hood, November 1864, 188; battle of Franklin, 212, battle of Nashville, 251; battle of Waynesboro, 413; battle of Bentonsville, 432; before Petersburg, March 25 1865, 439; at Five; results in, consequent on capture of Fort Donelson, 55; movements in, after battle of Shiloh, 101-120; occupation and liberation of East, 545; situation in, November, 1864, III., 154-161, 174; Hood's campaign in, 153-280; geography and strategical situation of, 176-178.
Tennessee river crossed by Buell's army, i., 86.
Tenn
otecting, 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., 312; capture of, at Fort Fisher, 343.
White, Captain, gallant feat of, i., 319.
Wilcox, General O. B., in East Tennessee, i., 484; at Spottsylvania, II., II., 148, 149; at Cemetery hill, 480-490; at battle of Ream's station, 530.
Wilderness, battle of the, II., 10
, 51; orders Kirby Smith to cross the Mississippi, 175; visits Hood's army, 193; unpopularity of, 354; presents Lee's despairing report to rebel Congress, 403; abandons Richmond, 529; desertion of his people by, 537; passes through Burksville, 555; living in a box car at Greensboro, 627; instructs Johnston in negotiations with Sherman, 627, 633; Johnston's revenge on, 633; capture of, in woman's clothes, 639.
Deep Bottom, Butler's bridge at, II., 506; Hancock's movement, July 26, 470; August 14, 506-511; Butler's movement from, III., 70.
Democratic party, opposition of, to the war, III., 13, 169.
Departments, rearrangement of military, when Grant took chief command, i., 29-32.
Dinwiddie, battle of, III., 467-470.
Dinwiddie court-house, Sheridan at, III., 453, 456; held by the national forces, 470.
Dix, General John A., anxiety of, in regard to election in New York, III., 171.
Dodge, General G. M., ordered to send reinforcements to Thomas, III., 240.
Donelson, Fo
racteristics of high officers in, 487 operations against Deep Bottom and Weldon road, 514-53; Peeble's farm, III., 74-78; Hatcher's run, 115-128; strength and position, March, 1865, 438, 439; Fort Steadman, 445-450; operations prior to Five Forks, 450-484 battle of Five Forks, 484-497; final assaults on Petersburg, 500-529; Appomattox campaign, 544-597.
Potomac river, geography of, II., 8; Early's campaign on, 429-441; frozen, III., 368.
Potter, General Robert B. before Petersburg, June 30, 1864, II. 4,0.
Prentiss, General B. M., at battle of Shiloh, i., 74, 76, 78, 83.
Price, General Sterling, captures Iuka, i., 110 in West Tennessee, 109-120; defeated at Big Blue river, III., 388.
Providence, lake, expedition, i., 166-173, 178.
Raids.—Grierson's, i. 188 189; Sheridan's to Richmond, May, 1864, II., 237-241 to Trevellian station, 392-398, in February, 1865, III., 412-417; Wilson's, 403-412; Grant's opinions of, 412, 413.
Ransom, General T. E. G., commands brigade
end of war, 639.
Rebel population, distress among, III., 354.
Rebel reinforcements, to Lee, II., 226; comparative statement of, in Wilderness campaign, 328.
Rebel numbers.—At Belmont i., 20 at Fort Henry, 28; at Fort Donelson, 37, 51; battle of Corinth, 116; battle of Port Gibson, 207; Vicksburg campaign, 219; battle of Raymond, 235; under Johnston at Jackson, 241; at Champion's hill, 260; in Vicksburg, 299; assaults on Vicksburg, 327; in Vicksburg campaign, 398; under Johnston, May 31, 1863, 355; battle of Chickamauga, 432; battle of Chattanooga, 525; battle of Wilderness, II., 94; in Wilderness campaign, 326; battle of Drury's Bluff, 255; in Early's campaign, 419, 430; III., 31, 85, 100, tattle of Newmarket, II. 417 in Sherman's Atlanta campaign, 533; before Richmond, October, 1864 III., 79, at Fort Fisher, 312; under Hood, November 1864, 188; battle of Franklin, 212, battle of Nashville, 251; battle of Waynesboro, 413; battle of Bentonsville, 432; before Petersburg, March
