William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac

Cedar Mountain, Jackson's report of, 174; battle of, 173.

Cedar Run, attack on Warren at, 382.

Cemetery Ridge, see Gettysburg, 336.

Centreville, Pope pauses at after Manassas No. 2, 192; the flank march on, 376; Meade strongly posted at, 385.

Chancellorsville, Hooker's plan of operations against Lee's left, 271; passage of Ely's Ford, 272; pasof Germanna Ford, 272; passage of United States Ford, 273; Hooker in reverse of Lee's position, 273; Franklin's movement on Lee's front to cover flank march, 274; Hooker jubilant of success, 275; topography of the field, 277; Hooker commences pushing towards open country near Fredericksburg, 277; observations on the battle, 303; Hooker's order to abandon position gained towards open Fredericksburg, 279; strategic faults of the position, 280; Hooker's incomprehensible collapse on Lee's advance towards him, 280; Hooker's line of battle, 281; Jackson's march on Hooker's flank and rear—his force, 283; Jackson's attack on Hooker's right rear, 286; rout of the Eleventh Corps—not half were Germans, 286; Jackson's pursuit of the defeated right checked, 288; Jackson's attempt to cut Hooker from United States Ford, 289; Sedgwick's movement on Lee's rear, 292; Sedgwick met at Salem Heights by a column from Chancellorsville, 298; Hooker's formation on second day, 293; Chancellorsville seized by the Confederates, 295; Hooker prostrated by concussion of a shot, 295; Fredericksburg occupied by Sedgwick, 296; for Sedgwick's move on Fredericksburg, see Fredericksburg, 296; countermarch of part of Lee's army to re-enforce Early, 298; Sedgwick checked—his losses, 299; positions on the third day, 299; Sedgwick's report of losses at, 299; Sedgwick attacked and crosses the Rappahannock, 300; Hooker crossed to north bank of the Rappahannock, 301; the losses on both sides, 301.

Cheat River, see Carrick's Ford.

Chickahominy and Shenandoah Valley's comparative strategy, 121.

Chickahominy River, McClellan posted on north bank of, 119; McClellan's object in crossing Bottom's Bridge, 121; dates of McClellan's passage, 129; topography of, 130; McClellan's army separated by the, 130; two methods of extrication open to McClellan, 140; the, its relation to Richmond defences, 481.

Chickahominy Swamps, the army among after Fair Oaks, 140.

Circle of the Hunt, 565.

Cold Harbor, the battle of, 481; success of Wright and Smith, 483; positions of the two armies, 484; the Union army repulsed at every point, 485; criticism on tactics of, 487; the losses at, 487.

Commissariat of armies, the importance of, 21.

Committee on Conduct of the War, pressure of, 89; on McClellan's march from Williamsburg to the

Chickahominy, 119.

Confederacy, conscription act passed— Mr. Davis holding absolute control of Southern military resources, 111; Johnston and Lee's armies the main armed force of, 401; the failure of the conscription system, 571; weakened by Grant's refusal to exchange prisoners, 571; commissariat, the collapse of the, 571; fighting population was not exhausted, but had lost interest, 571;

Confederate army, first disposition of in Virginia, 27; want of discipline, 72; strength and positions of, 80; for further of—see Lee.

Confederate generals, the earliest, 28.

Corps d'armee—see army corps, 64.

Crampton's Gap, Franklin's advance to, 202; the Confederate force at, 202; the battle of, 204.

Cross Keys, the battle of, 127.

Culpepper, Longstreet left to occupy during Ewell's Shenandoah Valley advance, 314; Lee's army at— Meade countermarching on, 378.

Culp's Hill—see Gettysburg.

Dabney's Mill—see Petersburg.

Dahlgren, Colonel, marches towards Richmond—his defeat and death, 400.

Davis, Colonel B. F., death at Fleet. wood, 313.