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Arsenal at Chattanooga, seizure of, 1.170.
Arsenal at St. Louis, saved by the energy of
Lyon, 1.466.
Asboth, Gen., at the
battle of Pea Ridge, 2.256.
Ashby, Gen., Turner, death of, 2.395.
As' land,
Stonewall Jackson at, 2.414.
Assassination of President Lincoln, 3.565.
Associations, Vigilance, in
South Carolina, 1.98.
Atlanta,
Sherman's campaign to the fall of, 3.374-3.399; investment of by
Sherman, 3.383: first battle of, 3.385; second battle of, 3.389: flight of
Hood from, 3.393; occupation of by
Sherman, 3.394; buildings burnt in by order of
Sherman, 3.405;
Sherman's march from to
Savannah, 3.406-3.414; visit of the author to in 1866, 3.404, 522.
“
Atlanta,” ram, capture of by
Capt. Rodgers, 3.199.
Aserasboroa, battle of, 3.499.
Averill, Gen. W. W., his cavalry fight with
Fitzhugh Lee near
Kelly's Ford, 3.22; operations of in
West Virginia, 3.112; his raid on the Virginia and Tennessee railway, 3.113.
Auburn,
Va., cavalry fight near; 3.100.
Auger, Gen., at the siege of
Port Hudson, 2.63 i.
B.
Bailry, Lieut.-Col., Joseph, dam constructed by across the
Red River, 3.267.
Baird, Gen., at the battle of Missionaries' Ridge, 3.167.
Baker, Senator, speech of in New York at the
Union Square meeting, 1.356.
Baker, Col. E. D., energy and gallantry of, 2.141; death of at Ball's Bluff, 2.142.
Balloons, use of in connection with the telegraph (note), 2.132.
Ball,
Mr. Lincoln's inauguration, 1.294.
Ball's Bluff, battle of, 2.142; sad fate of fugitives from, 2.143; Union losses at, 2.145.
Baltimore, Democratic convention at in 1860, 1.25; conspiracy in, 1.281; riotous demonstrations in, 1.405;
Massachusetts Sixth attacked by the mob of, 1.411; great meeting held at, 1.415; exasperation of free labor States against, 1.441;
Gen. Butler's march on, 1.446; troubles with the police commissioners of, 1.551-1.553: approach of Confederates under
Johnson to, 3.346; convention at in 1860, 3.445.
Baltimore plot, letter of
John A. Kennedy in relation to (note), 2.147;
S. M. Felton's account (note), 3.565.
Banks, Gen. N. P., stand taken by against secession, 1.203; assigned to the Department of Annapolis, 1.551; energetic action of in
Baltimore, 1.552; placed in command of the Department of the Shenandoah, 2.23; operations of in the Shenandoah Valley, 2.368-2.370; supersedes
Butler at New Orleans, 2.530; his management of affairs in the Gulf Department, 2.592; operations of in the interior of
Louisiana, 2.599; his
Rio Grande expedition, 3.223; his
Red River expedition, 3.251-3.269.
Banner adopted by the South Carolina Convention, 1.111.
Bartlett, Gen., at the
battle of Chancellorsville, 3.36.
Eaton Rouge, arsenal and barracks at seized by State troops, 1.181; secession convention at 1.182; occupation of by a National force, 2.526; battle of, 2.529; evacuation of by National troops, 2.530.
Battery Harrison, Capture of by
General Ord, III 358; repulse of Confederates at, 3.359.
Bayou Rapide,
Gen. A. J. Smith at, 3.255.
Bayou Sara, bombarded by
Porter, 2.530.
Bayou Teche, battle of the, 2.597.
Bean's Station, battle at, 3.281.
Beaufort, S. C., occupation of by national troops, i, 124.
Beausfort district, first regiment of colored troops raised in, 2.565.
Beauregard, Gen. G. T., demands the surrender of
Fort Sumter, 1.317; opens fire on
Fort Sumter, 1.320; infamous proclamation of (note), 1.550; position and number of troops under at
Manassas, 1.582,. 585; his plan of attack, i 590; re-enforced by
Johnson, 1.591, and by
E. Kirby Smith, 1.602; his defense of
Island No.10, 2.241-2.246; his evacuation of
Corinth, 2.293.
Bell, John, nomination of for the Presidency, 1.30.
Belle Isle, sufferings of Union prisoners in, 3.597.
Belligerent rights accorded to the
Confederates, 1.544, 567.
Belmont, battle at, 2.87.
Benham, Gen., his unsuccessful pursuit of
Floyd, 2.102; in command at the
battle of Secessionville, 3.187.
Benjamin, Judah P., last speech of in the Senate, 1.232.
Bentonsville, battle of, 3.500.
Bentonville, Skirmish at, 2.253.
Bermuda Hundred, occupation of by
Gen. Butler, 3.318;
Butler “bottled up” at, 3.323.
Berry, Gen. H. G., at the
battle of Chancellorsville, 3.30.
Big Bethel, rebel position at, 1.596; battle at, 1.507;: public disappointment at the result, 1.510; visit to the battle-ground of, 1.513.
Big Black River, battle of the, 2.612.
Big Blue Creek, battle at, 3.279.
Big Tybee Island, occupation of by
Dupont, 2.125.
Biloxi, capture of by
Major Strong, 2.327.
Bird's Point, fortification of, 1.539.
Birney, Gen., at the
battle of Chancellorsville, 3.28.
Black,
Attorney-Gen., opinion of in regard to coercion,. 1.70.
Blackburn's Ford, skirmish at, 1.588.
Blair, F. P. efforts of to bring about peace, 3.526.
Blair, Gen. F. P., at the
battle of Chickasaw Bayou, 2.577.
Blakely, battle of, 3.512.
Blockade of
Charleston declared raised, 3.196.
Blockade-runners, British, in
Cape Fear River, 2.315.
Bloody Bridge, battle of, 3.469.
Blue Springs, battle of, 3.155.
Blunt,
Gen. James G., activity of in
Missouri, 2.532; at the battle of
Boston Mountains, 2.534.
Bogle's Creek, battle near, 3.5116.
Bolivar, Simon Buckner, at the head of the Kentucky State Guard, 1.458; his treason, 1.459.
Bolivar Heights, skirmish at, 2.137.
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1.320.
Booneville, battle near, 1.541; stay of
Gen. Lyon at, 1.543.
Booth, John Wilkes, his assassination of
President.
Lincoln, 3.564; death of, 3.570.
Boston Mountains, battle of, 2.534.
Bowling Green, abandoned by the
Confederates, 2.230.
