Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3.

Champion Hill, battle of, 2.610.

Chancellorsville, Gen. Hooker at, 3.24; battle of, 3.25-3.39; visit of author to battle-ground of, 3.311.

Chantilly, battle of, 2.461.

Charleston, Democratic convention at in 1860, 1.18; excitement in at the election of Lincoln, 1.49; “1860 Association” in, 1.95; liberty pole erected in, 1.98; secession convention assembled at, 1.101; military preparations in, 1.124; seizure of the post-office and custom-house in, 1.139; conflagration in, 2.129; operations of Gillmore and Dahlgren against the defenses of, 3.200-3.211; shells thrown into by Gillmore, 3.208; blockade of declared by Ingraham and Beauregard to be raised, 3.191; naval operations under Dupont against the defenses of, 3.192-3.197; evacuation of by Hardee, 3.462; visit of the author to in 1866, 3.481.

Charleston Harbor, fortifications in, 1.117; seizure of forts in by South Carolina troops, 1.137; stone fleet expedition to, 2.128.

Charlestown, Va, descent on by Imboden, 3.106.

Chattahoochee, seizure of the arsenal at, 1.170.

Chattahoochee River, Johnston driven over by Sherman, 3.381.

Chattanooga, Negley's unsuccessful attempt on, 2.303; commencement of Rosecrans's movement on, 3.121; retreat of Bragg to, 3.124; abandoned by Bragg, 3.126; retreat of Rosecrans's forces to after the battle of Chickamauga, 3.141; Rosecrans on the defensive at, 3.143; raid of Wheeler on the communications of, III, 150; Gen. Grant at, 3.151.; army at saved from famine, 3.154; arrival of Sherman at 3.159; battle of, 3.161-3.169; visit of the author to in 1866, 3.176.

Cheat Mountain, region of held by Col. Milroy, 2.103.

Cherokees, induced to join the Confederates, 1.476.

Chicago, Republican convention at in 1860, 1.30; Democratic convention at in 1864, 3.447; platform, 3.449.

Chickahominy, Army of the Potomac on the, 2.403.

Chickamauga, battle of, 3.135-3.140; visit of the author to the battle-ground of, 3.178.

Chickasaw Bayou, battle of; 2.577.

Chicomicomico, unfortunate expedition to, 2.109.

Christian Commission, organization of, 1.575; origin and history of, 3.610.

Cincinnati, Democratic convention at in 1856, 1.21; loyal spirit of the people of. 1.351.

“Cincinnati Platform,” 1.21.

City Point, occupation of by Gen. Butler, 3.318.

Clark, Daniel, resolutions of, in the Senate, 1.221.

Clark, John B., expulsion of from Congress, 1.573.

Clarkesville, capture of by Commodore Foote, 2.233.

Clergy, Northern, appeal of, 1.75.

Cleveland, convention at in 1864, 3.444.

Cliffe, Mrs. V. C., patriotic services of, 3.423.

Clingman, Senator, treasonable speech of, 1.78; rebuked by J. J. Crittenden, 1. 79; reply of Hale to, 1.79.

Clouterville, battle near, 3.266.

Cobb, Howell, inflammatory address of, 1.44; remarks on the character of (note), 2.471.

Cochrane, John, amendment to the Constitution proposed by, 1.87.

Coddington, D. S., speech of in New York, 1.357.

Coercion, opinion of Attorney-General Black in relation to, 1.70.

Columbia, excitement in at the election of Lincoln, 1.49; secession convention assembled at, 1.100; Sherman at, 3.460; the burning of, 3.461.

Columbia, Ark., defeat of Marmaduke near, by Gen. A. J. Smith, 3.269.

Columbia, Indiana, sacked by Morgan, 3.92.

Columbus, Ga., capture of by Gen. Wilson, 3.519.

Columbus, Ky., occupation of by Gen. Polk, 2.74; evacuation of by Polk's troops, 2.235.

Colyer, Vincent, philanthropic efforts of at New Berne, 2.308.

Commissioners, Confederate, sent to England, France, Holland and Belgium, 1.260; sent to Washington, 1.300; not recognized by Mr. Seward, 1.301; final letter of in reply to Mr. Seward's memorandum, 1.303.

Commissioners, South Carolina, sent to Washington, 1.147; their correspondence with the President, 1.148; their return to Charleston, 1.152.

Commissioners, Virginia, reply of Lincoln to, 1.376.

“Committee of Safety,” appointed by the Texas secession convention, 1.188.

Committee of Thirteen, in the Senate, action of, 1.221.

Committee of Thirty-three, in the House, 1.86; action of, 1.222.

Committee on the conduct of the war, how and when appointed (note), 2.135.

“Commodore Jones,” gun-boat, destruction of by a torpedo, 3.320.

Confederacy of seceded States, proposed at the Montgomery Convention, 1.250; government of, 2.567.

Confederate Congress, action and acts of, 1.373, 544; proceedings of at Richmond, 2.31; names of the members of the (note), 2.463; warlike resolutions of, 2.567.

Confiscation acts passed by Congress, 2.29, 557.

Confiscation measures of the Confederate Congress, 2.33; in what way enforced, 2.40.

Congress, the thirty-sixth, last session of, 1.64; conduct of Southern representatives in, 1.86, 216; withdrawal of Southern members from, 1.228, 233.; extraordinary session of called after the fall of Fort Sumter, 1.336.

Congress, the thirty-seventh, action of, 1.561, 565; war measures proposed in, i, 571; expulsion of members from, 1.572; declaration of as to the object of the war, 2.28; loan authorized by, 2.30; adjournment of, 2.31.

Congress, the thirty-eighth, members of (note), 3.231.

“Congress,” frigate, destruction of in Hampton Roads, 2.362.

Connecticut, response of to the President's call for troops, 1.403.

Conscription, Confederate, 3.96.

Conspiracy in Congress exposed, 1.217.

Conspirators, machinations of in Canada, in 1864, 3.445,447.

Constitution, amendments to proposed, 1.87, and (note) 241; the thirteenth amendment to, 3.452; the fourteenth amendment to (note), 3.620.

Constitution, provisional, adopted at the Montgomery Convention, 1.251.

Constitution, permanent, adopted at the Montgomery Convention, 1.263; submitted to State Conventions, 1.273.

Convention, Democratic, at Charleston, 1.18; at Cincinnati in 1856, 1.21; at Baltimore, in 1860, 1.25.

Convention, National Constitutional Union, at Baltimore in 1860, 1.29.