[1142] Grant, Gen. U. S., at Charles City Court House, 686; invests Petersburg,693; orders demonstration upon Deep Bottom, 693; relieves Smith of command, 696; orders Nineteenth Corps to Butler's command, 696; Smith's calumnies of, 696, 698, 713, 716; Smith's attack on Petersburg, 704; plans for capture of fortifications around Richmond, 717; assents to Butler's plan for surprising fortifications, 721; at Fort Harrison, 734, 735, 736; returns to City Point, 736; reference to, 738; examines Dutch Gap, 744; directs Butler to dig canal at Dutch Gap, 744; desires to use canal, 750; visited by Butler on way to Fortress Monroe, 752; telegram from Butler, 753; urges the return of troops sent to New York, 773; complimentary telegram to Stanton, 771; reference to, as Lincoln's successor, 773; proposes a reconnoissance of Fort Fisher, 774; quoted upon the Wilmington expedition, 774; leaves Butler in command, 779; instructions regarding Roanoke expedition, 779; telegrams from, 780; instructions from, 782-783; assents to Butler's proposition, 783; Butler ordered to aid, 784; telegrams relating to Roanoke expeditions from, 784-785; Butler reports to, 790-798; reference to, 807; examined by investigating committee, 821; kindly feeling for Porter, 823; appoints Secretary of Navy, 823; reads Porter's abusive letter, 823-824; leaves orders for Butler, 827; orders for Meade, 827; fears Lee intends to march against Sherman, 827; change in manner toward Butler, 827; appoints Ord to relieve Butler, 828; Ord reports to, 829; Butler receives copies of documents sent to Washington, 829; letter to Stanton requesting Butler's removal, 829; telegram to Lincoln making, 829; reference to, 830; reasons for relieving Butler, 830-832; Butler's action in the absence of, 831-832; Ingalls' influence over, 832; Butler's telegram to, 832; his answer, 832; called before committee on the conduct of the war, 833; interview with Butler regarding Chaplain Hudson, 836; friends of mutinous officers write to, 842; learns of Butler's arrests, 848-849; fears Butler is a political rival, 850, 852; acts of Butler's subordinate officers investigated by, 850-851; injustice to Butler, 852; official statement, 852; Butler's feeling for, 853; desires a conference with Butler, 853; origin of offensive phrase explained, 854; kindly relations with Butler resumed, 854-855; Personal Memoirs, 855-857; headquarters in the “bottle,” 858; relations with Badeau, 857, 859, 860; tribute to Butler, 862; in New York Herald, 863; on West Point in Personal Memoirs, 866-867; indifference to military matters, 867-868; in Mexican War, 868; in Craig's office, 868; reference to, 871; Halleck denounced to, 872; Halleck's report of, 872; McClellan's orders, 873. Grant, Gen. U. S., Halleck's order, 873; thinks Butler hostile to him, 873-874; in Personal Memoirs, 874-875; carries instructions to Sherman, 876; orders Meade to Burkville, 876; on Davenport's report, 900; believes Lee must surrender, 901; in Personal Memoirs, 902; reference to, 903; Sherman's report to, 913; as president, 925; the Alabama claims in, the administration, 966. Grant, Mrs., 854, 860. Grant, Colonel, 860. Greeley, Horace, reference to, 140; concedes right of secession, 141-142; cry of “on to Richmond,” 267, 289; quoted upon attack on Petersburg, 702-703. green, Brig.-Gen. John A., reference to in New York election troubles, 754, 757. Greenback, constitutional Money, 954-956. Greble's battery at Big Bethel, 269, 272. Greyhound, Butler's headquarters boat, 683. Griffin, John Quincy Adams, relates incidents of Butler, 996-997; upon Butler's character, 996-998. Grigg's Texas Brigade, position near Richmond, 723. Guadalupe, Hidalgo, treaty, 1007. Guthrie, Pierce, Secretary of Texas, Butler's references for President, 136.
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[1142] Grant, Gen. U. S., at Charles City Court House, 686; invests Petersburg,693; orders demonstration upon Deep Bottom, 693; relieves Smith of command, 696; orders Nineteenth Corps to Butler's command, 696; Smith's calumnies of, 696, 698, 713, 716; Smith's attack on Petersburg, 704; plans for capture of fortifications around Richmond, 717; assents to Butler's plan for surprising fortifications, 721; at Fort Harrison, 734, 735, 736; returns to City Point, 736; reference to, 738; examines Dutch Gap, 744; directs Butler to dig canal at Dutch Gap, 744; desires to use canal, 750; visited by Butler on way to Fortress Monroe, 752; telegram from Butler, 753; urges the return of troops sent to New York, 773; complimentary telegram to Stanton, 771; reference to, as Lincoln's successor, 773; proposes a reconnoissance of Fort Fisher, 774; quoted upon the Wilmington expedition, 774; leaves Butler in command, 779; instructions regarding Roanoke expedition, 779; telegrams from, 780; instructions from, 782-783; assents to Butler's proposition, 783; Butler ordered to aid, 784; telegrams relating to Roanoke expeditions from, 784-785; Butler reports to, 790-798; reference to, 807; examined by investigating committee, 821; kindly feeling for Porter, 823; appoints Secretary of Navy, 823; reads Porter's abusive letter, 823-824; leaves orders for Butler, 827; orders for Meade, 827; fears Lee intends to march against Sherman, 827; change in manner toward Butler, 827; appoints Ord to relieve Butler, 828; Ord reports to, 829; Butler receives copies of documents sent to Washington, 829; letter to Stanton requesting Butler's removal, 829; telegram to Lincoln making, 829; reference to, 830; reasons for relieving Butler, 830-832; Butler's action in the absence of, 831-832; Ingalls' influence over, 832; Butler's telegram to, 832; his answer, 832; called before committee on the conduct of the war, 833; interview with Butler regarding Chaplain Hudson, 836; friends of mutinous officers write to, 842; learns of Butler's arrests, 848-849; fears Butler is a political rival, 850, 852; acts of Butler's subordinate officers investigated by, 850-851; injustice to Butler, 852; official statement, 852; Butler's feeling for, 853; desires a conference with Butler, 853; origin of offensive phrase explained, 854; kindly relations with Butler resumed, 854-855; Personal Memoirs, 855-857; headquarters in the “bottle,” 858; relations with Badeau, 857, 859, 860; tribute to Butler, 862; in New York Herald, 863; on West Point in Personal Memoirs, 866-867; indifference to military matters, 867-868; in Mexican War, 868; in Craig's office, 868; reference to, 871; Halleck denounced to, 872; Halleck's report of, 872; McClellan's orders, 873. Grant, Gen. U. S., Halleck's order, 873; thinks Butler hostile to him, 873-874; in Personal Memoirs, 874-875; carries instructions to Sherman, 876; orders Meade to Burkville, 876; on Davenport's report, 900; believes Lee must surrender, 901; in Personal Memoirs, 902; reference to, 903; Sherman's report to, 913; as president, 925; the Alabama claims in, the administration, 966. Grant, Mrs., 854, 860. Grant, Colonel, 860. Greeley, Horace, reference to, 140; concedes right of secession, 141-142; cry of “on to Richmond,” 267, 289; quoted upon attack on Petersburg, 702-703. green, Brig.-Gen. John A., reference to in New York election troubles, 754, 757. Greenback, constitutional Money, 954-956. Greble's battery at Big Bethel, 269, 272. Greyhound, Butler's headquarters boat, 683. Griffin, John Quincy Adams, relates incidents of Butler, 996-997; upon Butler's character, 996-998. Grigg's Texas Brigade, position near Richmond, 723. Guadalupe, Hidalgo, treaty, 1007. Guthrie, Pierce, Secretary of Texas, Butler's references for President, 136.
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