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Acquia Creek, attack on rebel batteries at, 1.486.
Adams, Charles Francis, proposition to amend the
Constitution offered by, 1.234.
Alabama, secession movements in, 1.59; secession convention in, 1.172; march of
Gen. Mitchel into, 2.266; military operations to the fall of
Mobile, 3.506-3.514;
Gen. Wilson's march through, 3.514.
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Alabama,” Confederate cruiser, escape of from a British port, 2.569; details of her conflict with and destruction by the
Kearsarge, 3.435.
Albany, Democratic convention at, 1.207.
“
Albemarle,” ram, at the siege of
Plymouth, 3.470; fight of with the
Sassacus, 3.471; destruction of by
Lieut. Cushing, 3.472.
Albemarle Sound, naval operations in, 2.176;
Gen. Reno's expedition on, 2.314.
Alexandria, occupation of by Union troops, 1.482.
Alexandria,
La., occupation of by National troops, 3.254; abandonment of by
Gen. Banks's forces, 3.268.
Allatoona Pass, battle of, 3.397.
Allegheny Summit, battle at, 2.103.
Ambulances,
Philadelphia firemen's, 1. 579.
Amelia Court-House,
Gen. Lee's retreating forces at, 3.552.
Amendments to the Constitution, proposed, 1.87, 241.
American Society for the Promotion of National Union, 1.207.
Anderson, Major, Robert, succeeds
Col. Gardner in command in
Charleston harbor,1.118; warning letters of, 1.119, 125, 127; raises the
United States flag on
Fort Sumter, 1.130; his action in relation to the
Star of the West, 1.156, 159; refuses the demand of
Gov. Pickens for the surrender of
Fort Sumter, 1.160; his letter declaring his inability to hold
Fort Sumter, 1.306; details of his defense and surrender of
Fort Sumter, 1.310-1.334; movements ordered by in
Kentucky, 2.77.
Anderson, Mrs., her journey to and from
Fort Sumter, i, 132-135.
Andersonville, cruelties inflicted on Union prisoners at, 3.599.
Andrews, J. J., secret expedition of against the
Chattanooga and
Atlantic railway, 2.300.
Annapolis,
Gen. Butler's operations at, 1.435; march of New York and
Massachusetts troops from toward
Washington, 1.439.
Annapolis Junction,
Gen. Butler at, 1.439.
Antietam, battle of, 2.476.
Appomattox Court-House,
Lee's surrender at, 3.558.
Arkansas, a majority of the people of averse to secession, 1.201; how the ordinance of secession was passed in, 1.474; military movements in, 2.250-2.260; cooperative movements of
Gen. Steele in, 3.270-3.273; cavalry fights in, 3.274.
Arkansas Post, battle of, 2.581.
“
Arkansas,” ram, escape of to
Vicksburg, 2.528; destruction of, 2.529.
Arlington Heights, City of Washington commanded by, 1.480; occupation of by
Gen. Sandford, 1.485.
Arlington Hose before and after the war, 1.422, 423.
Armies, National, the disbandment of, 3.582; statistics of at the close of the war, 3.583.
Arms, measures taken by Conspirators for transferring to Southern States, 1.121; seizure of in New York, 1.230; purchase of in
Europe, 2.25.
Army of the Cumberland, organization of begun by
Gen. Sherman, 2.78; demoralized condition of, 2.538; movements of from Murfreesboroa to
Chattanooga, 3.120-3.142; on the defensive, at
Chattanooga, 3.143; command of assigned to
Gen. Thomas, 3.144.
Army of the James, movements of against
Petersburg and
Richmond, 3.317-3.324 visit of the author to in 1864, 3.586.
Army of the Potomac, reorganization of by
McClellan, 2.23; organization and movements of, 2.129-2.149; immobility of, 2.150; continued inaction of, II, 353; ordered by
President Lincoln to be set in motion, 2.356; other orders of the
President in relation to, 2.357; its advance on
Manassas commenced, 2.358; various movements of, 2.370-2.386; movements of under
McClellan to the
battle of Malvern Hills, 2.402-2.434; wasted condition of, 2.441; withdrawal of from the
Peninsula, 2.444; movements of under
Burnside, 2.485-2.494; exhausted condition of when
Hooker took command, 3.17; great number of absentees from, 3.18; important changes made by
Hooker in the organization of, 3.19; badge designations in, 3.20; its
Chancellorsville campaign under
Hooker, 3.23-3.39; under
Hooker and
Meade till the
battle of Gettysburg, 3.45-3.75; again in
Virginia, 3.98; movements of in
Virginia to the retreat from
Mine Run, 3.98-3.111; reorganization of under
Grant, 3.292; movements of to the
battle of Spottsylvania Court-House, 3.295-3.309; further movements of to the crossing of the
James and the investment of
Petersburg, 3.324-3.340; to the battle of Boydton road, 3.350-3.362; casualties in in 1864 (note), 3.862; further movements of to the fall of
Petersburg and
Richmond, 3.530-3.551, and to the surrender of
Lee, 3.552-3.558.
Army of the Tennessee,
Sherman appointed to the command of, 3.144.
Army of Virginia, operations of under
Pope, 2.442-2.463.
Arrow Rock,
Mo., battle near, 3.218.
Arsenal at Charleston, seizure of by State Militia, 1.137.
