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Jones, Lieut. John M., tactical instructor at West Point, 14; opinion of S.'s character, 14
Jones, Mr., 25
Jonesboroa, Ga., Sherman at, 153, 159; battle of, 157,158
Juarez, Pres., Benito, warfare against Maximilian, 391
Jupiter, Fla., military operations at, 23-25 Jupiter Inlet, Fla., fever on, 24 Justice, 463-465
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Kansas, political intrigue and factional disturbances in, 63, 64, 66, 77 et seq.; S. ordered back to, 66; the ‘Border Guards,’ 78; border and guerrilla warfare in, 78 et seq., 84, 234; proposed measures of retaliation on Missouri, 79-84, 97; faction in, hostile to S., 80; Curtis's strength in Missouri and, 90; S.'s strength in Missouri and, 90; anti-Schofield delegation to Washington from, 91, 93-99; reorganization of the militia, 105, 106; enlistment of former rebels in the volunteers of, 105, 106; Lincoln's political standing in, 108, 109; Curtis appointed to command in, 112; movement of troops to Chicago from, recommended, 498
Kansas Cavalry Volunteers, service in Missouri, 37
Kansas City, Mo., S. at, 81-83; Lane agrees, but fails, to meet S. at, 81, 83; interview between S. and Ewing at, 82
Kelton, Utah, a trip to, 430
Kenesaw, Ga., military movements near, 133, 143; Johnston's withdrawal from, 136; Sherman's assault and repulse at, 142-144, 340
Kentucky, apprehended invasion of, by Hood, 163, 185, 193, 259, 260, 300, 303, 305, 316; possibilities of Forrest's harassing, 300; Thomas to have command over, 317; to be called on for militia, 322
Keokuk, Iowa, S.'s marriage at, 489
Kilauea, a trip to the crater of, 431
Kilbourne, Mrs. George E., 489
Kilbourne, Miss, Georgia, marriage of S. and, 489
Kilpatrick, Maj.-Gen., Judson, with Sherman in Georgia, 285
Kimball, Maj.-Gen., Nathan, his troops at Spring Hill, 173; at Franklin, 175; placed between Duck River and Rutherford's Creek, 214; movement to Franklin, 216; battle of Nashville, 263
King, Brig.-Gen. Rufus, entertains S. at Rome, 393
Kingston, Ga., Sherman at, 320
Kinston, N. C., capture of, 346
Kissimmee River, the, military operations on, 23
Klamath Reservation, the, the Modocs on, 435, 436
Knights of St. Patrick, Sherman's speech to, mentioned, 441
Knoxville, Tenn., S. arrives at, 113; siege of, raised by Sherman 113; anxiety in Washington concerning, 114; Grant at, 118; Sherman at, 118, 119; S. moves to Dalton from, 120
Kolb's Farm, Ga., battle of, 132-136
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Labor riots of 1894, the lessons of the, 534, 535
Lake Front Park, Chicago, troops at, in labor riots, 494, 496, 501, 506
Lake Michigan, establishment of Fort Sheridan, 455
Lake Monroe, Fla., travel on, 19
Lake Shore Railroad, riots on the, 498
Lament, Daniel S., Secretary of War, 423; at consultation concerning the Chicago riots, 494
Lane, Brig.-Gen. James H., U. S. Senator from Kansas, 63; hostility to S., 63, 64, 80, 81; in Kansas-Missouri troubles, 79-83; calls mass meeting at Lawrence, 80; demands S.'s removal, 80, 81; friendship with Ewing, 80, 81; Carney's political hostility to, 80-83; speaks at Leavenworth, 81; scheme of retaliatory expedition from Paola, 81-84; interview with S., 81; agrees, but fails, to meet S. at Kansas City, 81, 83; threatens to appeal to the President, 83; speaks at Turner's Hall, 99; ceases hostilities against S., 99; the President's use of, 111, 112; secures the appointment of Curtis in Kansas, 112
Laurel Hill, N. C., Sherman at, 346
Lawrence, Kan., massacre at, 77-79, 234; mass meeting at, 80
Lawrenceburg, Ala., Hood's movement via, 201
Lazelle, Col. Henry M., commandant at West Point, investigates the Whittaker case, 445
Leavenworth, Kan., plans in, for retaliation on Missouri, 79, 81, 83, 84; S. at, 80-82; Lane speaks at, 81; martial law in, 84; a false report from, 93; military station at, 454
Lee, Gen. Robert E., superintendent of West Point Military Academy, 15; character, 15; S.'s acquaintance with, 18; Longstreet joins, 116; his army the proper objective for the spring campaign of 1865, 253, 255, 337, 347, 348; his surrender and its results, 261, 262, 314, 330, 344, 347 349; Grant competent to handle, without Sherman, 303; doubts of Grant's capturing, 329, 330; possibilities of his prolonging the war, 329, 330; joint operations by Sherman and Grant against, 331 et seq.; Grant's final campaign against, 347, 348; prevention of his junction with Johnston, 347; necessity of beating, 530
Lee's Creek, Ark., military movements on, 62
Legal-tender notes, the issue of, 531, 532
Lehman, Ord.-Serg., in battle of Wilson's Creek, 45
Lewisburg and Franklin Turnpike, Tenn., Hood's movements near, 208-210, 213
Lieutenant-general, the rank of, 538
Light-artillery school, established at Fort Riley, 426, 427
Limoges, France, the autumn manoeuvers of 1881 at, 451-453; speech by S. at, 452, 453
Lincoln, Abraham, the spirit of charity in, 31; first call for volunteers, 32; authorizes the raising of special militia in Missouri, 55; repudiates Stanton's orders for confiscation in Missouri, 57, 58; S. misrepresented before, 63; rebukes Herron, 64; reappoints S. major-general, 66; personal relations with S., and confidence in his policy and administration, 66, 68-70, 85, 87, 89-92, 97, 99, 101, 102, 106-110, 118; relieves Curtis, 68, 69; appoints S. to command of Department of the Missouri, 68, 69; desire for settlement of
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