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East Tennessee, cruel treatment of
Unionists in, 2.36-2.39; minor military movements in, 3.281; journey of the author in, in 1866, 3.283, 287.
Edenton,
N. C., capture of, 2.176.
Elizabeth City,
N. C., capture of, 2.174.
Ellet, Col. C. L., exploits of in the “
Queen of the West,” 2.589.
Ellet, Gen. A., in the
Red River expedition, 3.253.
Ellison's Mill, skirmish at, 2.404; battle at, 2.419.
Ellsworth, Col. E. E., death of, 1.483.
Emancipation, first act of congress concerning, 2.29; consideration of in Congress and by
Lincoln, 2.554-2.558; the
Chicago memorial in relation to, 2.558; preliminary proclamation of, 2.558; definitive proclamation of, 2.559.
Emancipation Proclamation, effect of on the
Confederates, 3.229; firm stand of
President Lincoln in relation to, 3.230.
Emory, Gen., at
battle of Pleasant Grove, 2.258.
Ericsson, Capt., John, the “
Monitor” built by, 2.360.
Europe, Confederate emissaries at the courts of, 1.565; attitude of sovereigns of in 1861, 1.570; effect in of the news of the
battle of Bull's Run, 2.19.
Ewell, Gen., surrender of at
Sailor's Creek, 3.554.
Ewing,
Gen. Hugh S., his defense of
Pilot Knob against
Price, 3.277.
F.
Fairfax Court-House,
Lieut. Tomkins's dash upon, 1.487;
McDowell's advance on, 2.586;
Col. Stoughton carried off from by
Moseby, 2.21;
Hooker at, 3.52.
Fair Oaks Station, battle near, 2.410; second battle near, 2.412; visit of the author to in 1866, 2.439.
Falling Waters, battle at, 1.524.
Falmouth,
Hooker's Headquarters near, 3.24.
Farragut,
Admiral David G., his passage of the forts below New Orleans, 2.331-2.336; panic at New Orleans on the approach of his fleet, 2.342; his reply to
Mayor Monroe, 2.343; his bombardment of the batteries at
Vicksburg, 2.526; operations of against the
Mobile forts, 3.439-3.444.
Fast-Day, proclaimed by
Buchanan, 1.77.
Faulkner, Charles J., mischievous influence of in
Europe, 1.565.
Fayetteville,
Ark., repulse of Confederates at by
Col. Harrison, 3.213; relieved by
Gen. Curtis, 3.280.
Fayetteville, N. C., arsenal at seized by State troops, 1.386;
Sherman at, 3.497.
Felton, S. M., his account of the first assassination plot (note), 3.565.
Fernandina, occupation of by Nationals, 2.321.
Ferrero, Gen., services of at
Knoxville, 3.173.
Finances, Confederate, schemes in relation to, 1.544; bad condition of in 1863 and 1864, 3.227, 228.
Finances, national, condition of at the close of 1860, 1.115; toward the close of
Buchanan's term, 1.297; and in 1868 and 1864, 3.226.
“
Firing the Southern heart,” 1.41.
Fisher's Hill, battle of, 3.366.
Five Forks, battle of, 3.542.
Flag, national,
General Dix's telegram in relation to, 1.185; shot away at
Fort Sumter, 1.336; torn down in New Orleans after being raised by
Farragut, 2.343; but raised again permanently, 2.344; raised again at
Fort Sumter by
Gen. Anderson, 3.465.
Floating battery at Charleston, 1.312.
Florida, secession movements in, 1.60; conventions in, 1.165; operations of
Dupont and
Wright on coast or, 2.320; expedition of
Gen. Seymour to, 3.466-3.469.
“
Florida,” Confederate cruiser, career of, 3.433.
Floyd, John B., secret treachery of, 1.45; national arms transferred to the
South by, 1.121; implicated in the Indian Trust Fund robbery, 1.144; his flight to Rich, mond, 1.146; flight of after the battle of Carnife<*> Ferry, 2.97; flight of from
New River, 2.102; in command at
Fort Donelson, 2.210; flight of under cover of night, 2.219.
Folly Island, batteries erected on by
Vogdes, 3.201.
Foote,
Commodore Andrew H., flotilla under the command of, 2.198; operations of on the
Cumberland River, 2.232; death of, 3.200.
Forrest, Gen. N. B., his capture of Murfreesboroa and approach to
Nashville, 2.501; routed at
Parker's Cross-Roads, 2.552; raid of in
Tennessee as far as
Jackson, 3.237; escape of into
Mississippi, 3.238; repulses
Gen. W. S. Smith at
West Point and
Okolona, 3.239; raid of through
Tennessee into
Kentucky, 3.248; his capture of and massacre at
Fort Pillow, 3.244-3.246; defeated at
Tupelo by
Gen. A. J. Smith, 3.248; his dash into
Memphis, 3.248; repulsed by
Gen. Rousseau at
Pulaski, 3.416.
Fortifications in
Charleston harbor, description of, 1.117; anxiety of conspirators respecting, 1.120.
Fort Anderson, capture of, 3.492.
Fort Barlow, capture of, 2.173.
Fort Beauregard, capture of, 2.120.
Fort Blunt, Confederates repulsed at, 3.213.
Fort Clark, capture of, 2.108.
Fort Clinch, found abandoned by
Dupont, 2.820.
Fort de Russy, capture of, 3.254.
Fort Donelson, siege of, 2.206-2.219; battle of, 2.215; surrender of, 2.220; effect of the fall of at home and abroad, 2.222; the author's visit to in 1866, 2.226; attempt of
Wheeler to recapture, 3.116.
Fort Fisher, expedition against under
Gens. Butler and
Weitzel and
Admiral Porter, 3.476-3.481; second and( successful expedition against, 3.484-3.489; visit of the author to in 1866, 3.481.
Fort Gaines, seizure of, 1.175; recapture of, 3.443.
Fort Hatteras, capture of, 2.108.
Fort Henry, operations of
Grant and
Foote against, 2.200-2.202; battle of, 2.203; capture of, 2.205.
Fort Hindman, capture of, 2.581.
Fort Jackson, surrender of to
Captain Porter, 2.339.
Fort Jefferson, re-enforcements thrown into, 1.363.
Fort McAllister, bombardment of by
Dupont, 3.190; capture of by
Gen. Hazen, 3.412.
Fort Macon, capture of, 2.312; visit of the author to in 1864, 2.313.
Fort Marion, capture of, 2.322.
Fort Morgan, seizure of by State troops, 1.174; sur; render of to
Farragut, 2.443.
Fort Moultrie, description of, 1.117; garrisons of transferred to
Fort Sumter by
Major Anderson, 1.129; seizure of by
South Carolina troops, 1.137.
Fort Norfolk, seizure of by insurgents, 1.398.
Fort Pemberton,
Ross's expedition against, 2.587.
Fort Pickens, attempt to seize frustrated by
Lieut. Slemmer, 1.167; surrender of demanded by insurgents, 1.173; siege of, 1.363-1.371;
Pensacola navy-yard and Confederate forts bombarded from, 2.111.
Fort Pillow, evacuation of by Confederates, 2.298; capture of by
Forrest, 3.245; cruel massacre of negro and white troops at, 3.246.
