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Fort Pulaski, seizure of by State troops, 1.179; siege and recapture of, 2.316-2.319.

Fort Randolph, evacuation of by Confederates, 2.298.

Fort St. Philip, surrender of to Capt. Porter, 2.339.

Fort Sanders, repulse of Longstreet at, 3.173.

Fort Steadman, capture of by Lee's troops, 3.537; recapture of, 3.538.

Fort Sumter, description of, 1.118; garrison of Fort Moultrie transferred to by Maj. Anderson, 1.129; preparations in Charleston for an attack on, 1.136; excitement occasioned throughout the country by Anderson's occupation of, 1.140; preparations for the re-enforcement of, 1.152; surrender of demanded by Gov. Pickens, 1.160; demand sent to Washington for the surrender of, 1.283, and Secretary Holt's reply, 1.285; Government charged with bad faith in relation to, 1.305; letter of Anderson declaring his inability to hold, 1.306; history of the unsuccessful attempt to relieve, 1.306-1.309; siege and surrender of, 1.310-1.334; excitement occasioned by the fall of, 1.325; Dupont's attack on with iron-clads, 3.195; bombardment of by Gillmore, 3.207; unsuccessful boat expedition against,.2.210; old flag raised on by Gen. Anderson, 3.465.

Fort Taylor, re-enforcements thrown into, 1. 363.

Fort Tyler, capture of by La Grange, 3.520.

Fort Wagner, unsuccessful assaults on by Gen. Strong, 3.202-3.204; evacuated by Confederates, III. .210.

Fort Walker, capture of, 2.120.

Fortress Monroe, seizure of contemplated by Floyd, 1.126; Gen. Butler placed in command at, 1.499; military movements near, 1.500; Gen. Wool relieves Butler in command at, 2.105.

Forts in Alabama, seizure of, 1.174.

Forts in Florida, condition of, 1.361.

Forts in Georgia, seizure of, 1.179.

Forts at Knoxville (note), 3.175.

Forts in Louisiana, seizure of, 1.181.

Forts in North Carolina, seized by Gov. Ellis, 1.161.

Forts in Southern States, seizure of urged by con; spirators, 1.154; names and location of those seized (note), 1.298.

Forts in Texas, surrendered by Gen. Twiggs, 1.270.

Forward to Richmond,” popular cry of, 1.574, 579 (and note), 1.580.

Foster, Gen. John G., in the Burnside expedition, 2.167; operations of in North Carolina, 3.181-3.185; succeeds Burnside in command of the Army of the Ohio, 3.281.

Franklin, battle near between Van Dorn's forces and Col. Colburn's, 3.117; Van Dorn's attack on repulsed, 3.118; battle of, 3.421; visit of the author to the battle-field of, in 1866, 3.422.

Franklin, Gen., at the battle of Fredericksburg, 2.491; failure of his Sabine Pass expedition, 3.221; in the Red River expedition, 3.253.

Fredericksburg, Army of the Potomac set in motion toward, 2.486; position of the Confederates at, 2.487; battle of, 2.491-2.493; Early driven from by Sedgwick, 3.35.

Frederickton, Mo., battle at, 2.81.

Free-Labor States, uprising of the people of, 1.343.

Fremont, Gen. John C., appointed to the Western Department, 2.59; fortifies St. Louis, 2.60; his movement to secure Bird's Point and Cairo, 2.61; proclaims martial law in St. Louis, 2.62; his confiscation and emancipation proclamation, 2.64; modifies it by order of the President, 2.65; why he did not re-enforce Mulligan at Lexington, 2.70; moves with a large force against Price, 2.71; at Jefferson City, 2.78; his pursuit of Price, 2.79; at Springfield, 2.81; superseded by Hunter, 2.83; ovation to at St. Louis, 2.84; assigned to the “Mountain Department,” II 359; with Blenker's division, 2.371; at Strasburg, 2.395.

French, Gen., at the battle of Fredericksburg, 2.493.

Frietchie, Barbara, story of told by Whittier, 2.466.

Front Royal, Kenly driven out of by Ewell, 2.391.

Frost, Daniel M., camp of Missouri State troops formed by near St. Louis, 1.467; compelled to surrender by Lyons, 1.468.

Fugitive Slave Law, remarks on the, 1.67.


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Gaines's Farm, battle of, 3.422.

Gala day in Charleston, i, 98.

Galveston, surrender of to Commander Renshaw, 2.538; capture of by Magruder, 1.594: blockade of reestablished by Farragut, 2.594.

Gardner, Gen. Frank K., his defense of Port Hudson against Gen. Banks, 2.631.

Gauley Mountain, Rosecrans at the summit of, 2.94.

Geary, Gen., at the battle of Wauhatchie, 3.153.

George Griswold,” ship, sent to England with food for operatives, 2.571.

Georgia, secession movements in, 1.51; divided sentiment of the legislature of, 1.52; action of the legislature, 1.58; secession agitation in, 1.176; convention in, 1.178; Sherman's campaign in against Johnston and Hood, 3.374-3.399; Sherman's march through to Savannah, 3.405-3.414; visit of the author to, 3.399.

Georgia,” Confederate cruiser, seized (note), 3.435.

Gettysburg, Lee's forces at, 3.57; great battles at, 3.59-3.73; visits of the author to in 1863, 3.76, and in 1866, 3.79; weapons and missiles used at, 3.78; national cemetery at, 3.80; important influence of the national victory at, 3.81, 88.

Gillmore, Gen. Q. A., operations of against Fort Pulaski, 2.316; appointed to the Department of the South, 3.198; operations of against the defenses of Charleston, 3.200-3.211.

Glasgow, Ark., capture of by Price, 3.279.

Glendale, battle of, 2.430.

Gloucester Point, attempt of W. H. F. Lee to surprise, 3.21.

Goldsboroa, N. C., Foster's expedition against, 3.181; capture of by Gen. Schofield, 3.494; junction of Schofleld's, Terry's and Sherman's forces at, 3.503.

Goldsborough, Commodore Louis M., naval operations of on the coast of North Carolina, 2.166-2.175.

Grafton, National troops at, 1.497; McClellan at, 1. 531.

Grand Ecore, Porter's gun-boats at, 3.256.

Grand Gulf, batteries at passed by Porter's fleet, 2.603; abandoned by the Confederates, 2.604.

Granger, Gen. G., his defense of Franklin against Van Dorn, 3.118; at the battle of Chickamauga, 3.139; operations of against Forts Gaines and Morgan, 3.443.

Grant, Gen. U. S., occupies Paducah, 2.76; operations of in Kentucky, 2.85; against Fort Donelson, 2.207-2.234; movements of on the Tennessee, and his victory at Shiloh, 2.261-2.283; operations of against Vicksburg, 2.583-2.591, 608-614; 615-628; appointed to the Military

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