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Ferrero, General E., at Spottsylvania, II. 207.
Fisher, Fort, on Cape Fear river, expedition against, III., 224; position of, 226; Grant's instructions for operations against, 235; first operations against, 307-322; second operations against 325-348.
Fisher's Hill, battle of, III., 31-35.
Fitch, Captain, at Cumberland river, III., 239.
Five Forks, importance of, III., 457, 459; rebel activity at, 459, 467; battle of, 483-495.
Floyd, Major-General , poltroonery of at Fort Donelson, i, 48.
Foote, Admiral, at Fort Henry, i., 27-31; Fort Donelson, 35, 41, 42.
Forrest, General N. B., in West Tennessee, i., 138; capture of Holly Springs, 138; chased out of West Tennessee, 141; fights Sturgis at Gun-town, Miss., II. 401; advance against national railroads, III., 51; moves into Middle Tennessee, 52; capture of Athens, 57, 152, 181 cuts Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, 152; escapes from Thomas into Alabama 181; reenters Tennessee, 184; at Port Heiman, 186; movements on Harpeth river, 212; at Murfreesboro, 250; in retreat from Nashville, 260, 261.
Foster, General John G., assumes command of department of Ohio, i., 545; succeeded by Schofield, 552; in command in South Carolina, III., 175; movements around Savannah, 296; relieved from command, 379.
Foster, General Robert S., at Deep Bottom, II., 473.
Franklin, General W. B., in Red river campaign, II., 73; nominated by Grant to command four departments in one, 453.
Franklin, battle of, III., 211-213.
Fremont, Major-General J. C., in command of Western department, i., 10; appoints Grant to district of Southeast Missouri, 11; empowers Grant to take Paducah, 12; instructs Grant to make demonstrations on both sides of Mississippi, 14; superseded by Halleck 23.
Fry, General in command of rebels at Augusta, III., 288.
Gabions of cane and grape-vine at Vicksburg, i., 337.
Gardner, General, surrenders Port Hudson to Banks, i., 392.
Geary General Jno.
W., at battle of Wauhatchie, 448-450; Lookout mountain, 497-501.
Georgia, situation in, after fall of Atlanta III., 40; Sherman's plan for marching through, 42; Sherman destroys enemy's supplies, 222; rebel consternation at Sherman's progress in, 222; garrison of Wilmington ordered to, 223; alarm of rebel sat Sherman's march, 286; governor of, asking for reinforcements, 287; flight of governor and state officers, 288; slaves liberated by Sherman, 297; damages to, by Sherman, 297.
Getty General George W., battle of Wilderness, II., 103, 109, 117; Cedar creek, 93-96.
Gibbon, General, John, battle of Wilderness, II., 117, Spottsylvania, 152, 161, 172; North Anna, 232; Cold harbor, 291; Ream's station, 529; in Appomattox campaign, III., 594.
Gillem, General A. C., at Morristown, III., 191.
Gillmore, General Q. A., reinforces Butler, II., 44, 86; battle of Drury's Bluff, 253, 254; movement against Petersburg, 343; relieved from command by Butler, 344.
Gold, high price of, in August, 1864, III., 12.
Goldsboro, Sherman's objective point in Carolina campaign III., 374; meeting of Sherman and Schofield at, 421; march to, 427; Schofield in possession of, 434.
Gordon, General, at battle of Cedar creek, III., 93, 98.
Grand Gulf position of, i., 160; McClernand ordered to seize, 194; naval bombardment of, 198; evacuation of, 215; Grant severs communication with, 218.
Granger, General, Gordon, sent to assist Burnside, i., 531; his reluctance and complaint, 532; arrives at Knoxville, 544; operations against Mobile, III., 637.
Granny White road rebel line of retreat at Nashville, III., 254, 259.
Grant, General Ulysses S., birth and family of, i. 7; change of name, 7; education and military training, 7, 8; serves in Mexican war, 8; marriage, 8; a leather merchant at Galena, 9; offers services to government, 9; colonel of volunteers, 9; brigadier-general, 10; in command of South-east Missouri, 10; major-general of volunteers, 54; relations with Sherman, 57, 58, 183, 454, 572; II., 17, 22-24, 502, 503, 551; III., 161, 162 362, 363 436, 631 635, 649, 650; a slaveholder before the war, i., 96; major-general in regular army, 400; relations with Thomas, i., 515; III., 195, 203-222, 233, 237, 239, 240-242, 244-264, 270-280, 365, 370, 378, 392; lieutenant-generalcy created for, 569; in command of armies of United States, II., 1, 14; relations with Meade, 15, 49, 186; personal traits of, 20; relations
New York Appleton 1885.
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