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*** The names of national officers are in small capitals; those of rebels, in italics.

Abercrombie, General J. J., attacked at White House, II. 391.

Allatoona pass, turned by Sherman, II., 535; rebels repulsed from, III., 57.

Allen Colonel Robert, offered command of entire army at Corinth by Halleck, i., 107.

Ames, General, Adalbert, at Fort Fisher, III., 313, 313, 337-345. Anderson, General R. H., at Spottsylvania, II., 141,147; at Cold Harbor, 279; at Culpeper, II., 504; in Valley of Virginia, III., 19-27.

Appomattox court-house, Grant's march to, III., 586, 591; battle at, 593; surrender of Lee at, 597-613.

Appomattox river, course of, II., 340; W. F. Smith's movement across, 355; crossed by army of Potomac, III., 582.

Arkansas, in possession of enemy, II., 2; department of, under Steele, 31, 60, 77; Canby in supreme command of; 204; Price marches through to invade Missouri, III., 44; Price retreats to, 388; operations in, disconnected with principal objects of the war, 389.

Arkansas Post, capture of, i., 148.

Army, national, at commencement of war, i., 3.

Athens, capture of, by Forrest, III., 57, 152, 181.

Atlanta, objective point of Sherman, II., 35, 533; campaign against, II., 532 543; siege of, 542-545; evacuated by rebels, 546; comparison of operations against with those in front of Richmond, 549; political effect of fall of, III., 16; Sherman ordered to destroy military stores at, 154; foundries and machine-shops destroyed at, 283; Sherman moves from, 283.

Augur, General C. C., in command of department of Washington, II., 31; required by Grant to send forces to protect Sheridan's rear, III., 83.

Augusta, position of, III., 45; communication cut between Macon and, 288; Bragg's arrival at, 291.

Averill, General W. W., in West Virginia, II., 195; joins Hunter at Staunton, 418; at Hanging Rock, 422; pursuit of McCausland, 493; in army of the Shenandoah, 504; at battle of Fisher's hill, III., 32.

Averysboro, battle of, III., 428, 429.

Ayres, General R. B., at Weldon road, II. 515; at Hatcher's run, III. 124; at White Oak road, 461; at battle of Five Forks, 480-492.

Bailey, Lieutenant-Colonel J., saves Mississippi squadron, II., 78; promoted to brigadier-general 79.

Banks, General N. P., expedition against Port Hudson, i., 160; applies to Grant for reinforcements, 356; receives surrender of Port Hudson, 392; in command of department of the Gulf, II., 31; his part in general plan of campaign, 1864, 36, 39, 50, 51; Red river campaign, 57-86; instructions for general campaign, 64; delay of, 76; defeat of, 77; Grant asks for removal of, 81, 203; supersedure of; 204.

Barlow, General F. C., on the Po river, II., 157; at Spottsylvania, 172; at Cold Harbor, 291; at Deep Bottom, 507; at Ream's station, 527; in Appomattox campaign, III., 532, 583.

Baton Rouge expedition from, III., 175.

Beaufort harbor, Porter's fleet at, III., 308; Butler's transports at, 308.

Beaurefard, General P. C. T., at Shiloh, 1., 84; siege of Corinth, 101; retreat from Corinth, 102; attack on Butler at Drury's Bluff, II. 253; in front of Bermuda Hundred, 344, 347, 348; at Petersburg, June, 1864, 363; Petersburg saved by, 374; in general command at West, III., 169; approves of Hood's advance into Tennessee, 203; summoned from the West to Georgia, 223: underestimates Sherman's force, 288; command extended to sea-coast, 291; proposition to crush national army and dictate [718] peace, 397; superseded by Johnston, 397; retreat to Charlotte, 424.

Bell, Colonel, in command of brigade before Fort Fisher, III., 337-33; mortally wounded, 339.

Bell's ferry, destruction of national gunboat at, III., 242.

Belmont, battle of; 17-19; results, 20, 21.

Benham, General Henry W., builds pontoon bridge over the James, II., 375.

Bentonsville, battle of, III., 429-432.

Bermuda hundred, position of II., 248; capture of, 248; Butler retreats to, 254; Smith arrives at, 354; battles of June 16 and 17, 1864, 363, 367, 368; fortifications at, III 4, 7.

Big Black river, battle of, i., 275, 278.

Birney, General D. B., in temporary command of Second corps before Petersburg, II., 369, 382; second movement at Deep Bottom, 505, 511; Butler's movement from Deep Bottom, III., 70.

Blacks, employed in trench work at Vicksburg, i., 337; arming the, 407; at Spottsylvania, II., 208; at mine explosion, 477,481; enthusiasm for Lincoln, 381; arming of by rebels, III., 353.

Blair, General frank P., loyalty to duty of, II., 462; joins Sherman's army in Georgia, 536.

Blockade, efficiency of, III., 224, Blue Mountain, Hood at, III., 56

Bowen, General, defeat of at Port Gibson, i. 210.

Bragg, General Braxton, opposed to Buell in Tennessee, i., 110, 143; attacks and routs Rosecrans, 433; besieges Chattanooga, 434; sends Longstreet against Burnside, 458; battle of Chattanooga, 485-511; generalship of, 526-528; relieved from command, 550; summoned to Georgia, III., 223; ordered to oppose Sherman, 291; in command in North Carolina, 312; supineness of, at Fort Fisher, 346. Breckenridge, General John C., reinforces Lee on the North Anna, II., 226, 261; dispatched to Shenandoah Valley to confront Hunter, 345; defeats Sigel in Valley of Virginia, 417; in Early's campaign, 431, 432; in East Tennessee, III., 191; rebel Secretary of War, 395; prepares for evacuation of Richmond, 398; interview with Sherman after fall of Richmond, 629.

Breese Lieutenant-commander, before Fort Fisher, III., 338.

British government, sympathy for rebels of, III., 139, 348.

British industries and contraband commerce, III., 224.

Brown's ferry, W. F. Smith's expedition against, i., 447.

Bruinsburg, Grant lands at, i., 200.

Buckner, General S. B., at Fort Donelson, i., 47; Grant's message to, 49 surrender of Fort Donelson, 49.

Buell, General D. C., in command of department of the Ohio, i., 34; ordered to reinforce Grant, 34; slow movements of, 68; at Shiloh, 82, 86, 88, 89; at Corinth, 105; dispatched after Beauregard, 105; opposes Bragg in Tennessee, 110; outmanoeuvred by Bragg, 431; is relieved, 431; refuses a command, II., 2; dismissed from volunteer army, 52.

Burksville, Lee's flight to, III., 531, 537; manoeuvres of Grant to acquire possession of; 547-563; Jefferson Davis at, 555; Ord arrives at 567.

Burnside, General A. E., campaign of in East Tennessee, i., 439; destitution of troops, 452; anxiety in regard to 481; Sherman ordered to his relief, 523; isolated position of; 535; Longstreet's assault on Knoxville, 535-541; arrival of Sherman, 543; Knoxville relieved, 543; moves in pursuit of Longstreet, 545; errors of 547; at the Wilderness, II., 105, 122; at Spottsylvania, 148-165; from Spottsylvania to North Anna, 206-231: self-abnegation, 261; at Cold Harbor, 280 281, 289, 299; on the Chickahominy, 348. 348; crosses the James, 363; first assaults on Petersburg, 365, 375; Cemetery Hill and the nine, 465, 479-482; granted leave of absence, II., 489.

Butler, General B. F. his part in general campaign of 1864, II. 31, 33, 34, 44-47, 86, 89; visited by & rant at Fort Monroe, 41-45; rebel capture of Plymouth, 56, 57; lands at City Point, 133; reports success 151; movements near Bermuda Hundred, 170; failure, 200; campaign of May, 1864, 241-259; characteristics as a soldier, 246, 253, 255; at Bermuda Hundred, June, 1864, 342; sends two expeditions against Petersburg, 343: ordered to obstruct navigation of the James, 351; instructed to attack Petersburg, 353; army gunboats, 354; loses ground at Bermuda Hundred, 367; bridge at Deep Bottom, 392; Grant's views of his capabilities, 463, 464; reduces his forces to aid Hancock, 505; at Deep Bottom, III., 68, 70; at Fort Harrison, 76; second movement north of James river, 115-122; ordered to New York to preserve order during election, 171; Fort Fisher affair, 225, 229, 235, 246, 307, 323; relieved from command, 329.

Cairo, Grant arrives at, i., 11; Grant in command of district of, 25. [719]

Campbell's station, fight at, i., 536.

Canby, General E. R. S., supersedes Banks, II., 204; ordered to move against Mobile, 346; ordered to send troops to Pascagoula, III., 41; ordered to act against communications of Hood and Beauregard, 175; ordered to destroy factories at Montgomery and Selma, 367; movements on the Mississippi, 388; ordered into Alabama, 390; slowness and disregard of orders, 408, 409; campaign against Mobile, 637.

Cape Fear river, geography of, III., 307; capture of defences of, 343; Schofield's movements on, 380.

Carolinas, Sherman's campaign in the, III., 421-433.

Cassville taken by Sherman, II., 535.

Cedar creek, battle of, III., 92-100.

Chamberlain's creek, repulse of rebels at, III., 468.

Chambersburg, Pa., burnt by Early's orders, II., 493.

Champion's Hill, battle of, i., 257, 267.

Charleston, critical situation of, III., 291; evacuation of, 382, 385.

chase, Secretary, views in regard to trade with rebels, i.,411.

Chattanooga, danger of its abandonment by Rosecrans, i., 424; natural features of, 426, 444; vast importance of, 428; suffering of national troops during investment by Bragg, 436; road to Nashville opened by Grant, 451; base of Sherman's Atlanta campaign, II., 35, 532; Sherman's army at, 533; cut off from Sherman by Hood, III., 153.

Chattanooga, battle of orders of battle, i., 479-481; preliminary movements, 481, 482; capture of Orchard knoll, 489; Sherman's movement on Missionary ridge, 495; Hooker's ascent of Lookout mountain, 498-500; Sherman's second assault, 503; Bragg's right weakened, 507; Thomas carries Missionary ridge, 508, 509; utter rout of Bragg, 511; pursuit of rebels, 513; results, 525-530.

Cheatham, General B. F., at Spring hill, III., 208; at battle of Nashville, 250.

Chicago, plot to release rebel prisoners at, III., 170.

Chickahominy bottom lands of, II., 267; advance of Grant towards, 271; army of the Potomac on, 339, 343; army of the Potomac crosses, 347.

Cincinnati, the iron-clad, at Vicksburg, i., 344.

City Point, seizure of, II., 248; situation and importance of 341; Grant changes his base from White House to, 346; national gunboats at, 351; Grant's Headquarters moved to, 363; central position of, 369; great depot at, 376; telegraph line from Washington broken, 453; railroad from, to national front at Petersburg, III., 2; entrenched works at, 7; Grant's life at, 135-149; Lincoln's visits to, 138, 437; explosion of ordnance boat by rebels 145; visit of Mrs. Grant and her children, 146; visit of Sherman to Grant at, 436, 437; Lincoln waiting for news at, 503.

Cleburne, General P., covers rebel retreat after Chickamauga, i., 518; at Ringgold, 519 523.

Cobb, General Howell, in command in Georgia, III., 286; falling back to Macon, 287; surrender of, 638.

Cold Harbor, battle of, II., 268-310; Sheridan's advance on Old Cold Harbor, 274; Smith's arrival at White House, 278; assault of June 1st, 279; Grant's plan of attack, 287-290; assaults of the various corps, June 3, 291; result, 303-309.

Columbia, S. C., capture of, by Sherman, III., 423; devastated by fire by Wade Hampton, 423.

Congress, revives grade of lieutenant-general for Grant, i., 569.

Congressional committee, report of, on failure oa mine explosion before Petersburg, II., 490.

Corinth, movement towards, i., 101; counterfeit defences of rebels at, 104; Halleck's incapacity at, 106; movements preliminary to battle of, 116; battle of, 116, 117.

Corse, General John M., at battle of Allatoona, III., 58.

Court of inquiry into failure of mine explosion before Petersburg, II., 489.

Cox, General Jacob D., at Columbia, Tenn., III., 208; operations against Wilmington, 381.

Crawford, General S. W., at Wilderness, II., 103, 106; at Spottsylvania, 142; at North Anna, 228, 230, 231; Weldon road, 515; at Hatcher's run III., 119; at battle of White Oak road, 480; at Five Forks, 482, 487, 490, 494.

Crittenden, General T. S., crosses the North Anna, II., 231; at battle of Cold Harbor, 295.

Crocker General M. M., engages rebels at Jackson, i., 44; Grant's opinion of, 246; at Champion's hill, 264-267.

Crook, General, George, in Valley of Virginia, II., 416; in army of the Shenandoah, 504; at battle of Winchester, III., 30; at Fisher's Hill, 32; at Cedar creek, 93; ordered to Jetersville, 549; at battle of Sailor's creek, 573; in pursuit of Lee on the Appomattox, 580; march to Appomattox [720] court-house, 592; battle of Appomattox, 597.

Cullum, General George W. congratulations of, on fall of Fort Donelson, i., 53.

Culpeper, topography of, II., 39.

Cumberland, army of the, besieged by Bragg, i., 4:3.; sufferings during siege, 436; at battle of Chattanooga. 480, 496, 503, 523, 529; position at

Chattanooga, II. 7; Grant's confidence in, III., 222; Logan to take command of, 249.

Cumberland mountains, the, i., 42; loyalty of the inhabitants of, 426.

Cumberland river danger of Forrest moving down, II., 233; closed by rebel batteries 239; closed above and below Nashville, 250.

Curtis, General N. M., at Fort Fisher, first attack, III., 315-317, 320, 322; second attack, 334, 336, 337, 339 342.

Custer, General George A., at battle of Cedar creek II., 95, 97, 98; at battle of Waynesboro, III., 413; at Dinwiddie court-house, 467-470; at Five Forks, 485, 486, 493; battle of Sailor's creek, 575; at Appomattox courthouse, 593.

Dahlgren, Admiral, in command of blockading squadron near Ossabaw, III., 297.

Danville railroad, route and importance of, II., 292; Wilson's movement against, 403-412; Sheridan ordered against, III., 442; struck by Sheridan, 500.

Davies, General H. E., Jr., at Dinwiddie, III., 468-470; at Painesville, 559.

Davis, Jefferson, at Lookout mountain, i. 451; bombastic speeches in Georgia, III., 50; imprudent disclosure of rebel plans, 51; orders Kirby Smith to cross the Mississippi, 175; visits Hood's army, 193; unpopularity of, 354; presents Lee's despairing report to rebel Congress, 403; abandons Richmond, 529; desertion of his people by, 537; passes through Burksville, 555; living in a box car at Greensboro, 627; instructs Johnston in negotiations with Sherman, 627, 633; Johnston's revenge on, 633; capture of, in woman's clothes, 639.

Deep Bottom, Butler's bridge at, II., 506; Hancock's movement, July 26, 470; August 14, 506-511; Butler's movement from, III., 70.

Democratic party, opposition of, to the war, III., 13, 169.

Departments, rearrangement of military, when Grant took chief command, i., 29-32.

Dinwiddie, battle of, III., 467-470.

Dinwiddie court-house, Sheridan at, III., 453, 456; held by the national forces, 470.

Dix, General John A., anxiety of, in regard to election in New York, III., 171.

Dodge, General G. M., ordered to send reinforcements to Thomas, III., 240.

Donelson, Fort, position of, i., 23; operations against, 33-51; capture of, 50; consequences of capture, 55.

Draft, riot in New York on account of, III., 15: enforced, 16.

Drury's Bluff, battle of, II., 244-254.

Duck river, course of, III., 178, 205; Hood's retreat across, 259.

Early, General Jubal A., at battle of Wilderness, II., 123; at Spottsylvania, 140, 143-155, 160-206; sent to Valley of Virginia 419; at Lynchburg, 420; pursuit of Hunter, 421, 422; ordered to threaten Washington, 429; his strength at Staunton, 430; movement on Washington, 439; retreat to Valley, 446; at Strasburg, 450; returns to Potomac, 452 469,492; drives Crook's column at Kernstown, 493; sends McCausland to burn Chambersburg, Pa., 493; necessity for defeat of, III., 18; Anderson and Fitz-Lee reinforce army of, 19; second movement against Washington, 19-22; movements on Potomac, 22-28; battle of Winchester, 29; manoeuvres in Shenandoah valley, 84; battle of Tom's brook, 86; battle of Cedar creek, 91-10; characteristics of, 106-108; retreat from Staunton to Waynesboro, 413; battle of Waynesboro, 413; capture of entire forces of, 414; removed from command, 414.

Egan, General Thomas W., at battle of Hatcher's run, III., 124.

Election, Presidential effect of, on the war, III., 166; rebel machinations in the North at time of, 170; Butler sent to New York to preserve order, 171; result of, 171.

Emancipation proclamation, President Lincoln's, i., 406.

Emory General William III., in command of Nineteenth corps at Cedar creek, III., 93 .

Ewell, General R. S., at battle of the Wilderness, II., 95; holds south bank of Cumberland river, III., 242; at fall of Richmond, 538; sets fire to Richmond, 538; withdraws his command, 540 , captured at battle of Sailor's creek, 577.

Farragut, Admiral, expedition of, against Vicksburg, i., 125; runs by Port Hudson and communicates with Grant, 179; passes forts at entrance of Mobile bay, III., 41.

Federal Point, Cape Fear river, situation of, III., 307; geography of, 311. [721]

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 [722] with Lincoln, 91, 92, 453; III., 14, 74, 138,166 197 436, 514, 526, 650; relations with Butler, II., 227, 237, 244, 256, 343, 354; III., 226, 227, 235, 236, 318, 321, 38; characteristics displayed in Wilderness campaign, II., 310-318; relations with high officers of army of Potomac, II., 487-489; relations with Sheridan, 495, 513, III., 2, 19, 28, 31, 107, 404, 405, 420, 450, 459, 482, 562, 650; relations with Stanton, II., 13; III., 198; life at City Point, III., 135-149, 436, 437; at Appomattox, 602-613; summary of campaigns of, 641; military character of, 641-654; saves Lee from trial for treason, 654.

Gregg, General John I., in Sheridan's expedition to Trevillian station, II., 394; at White House farm 396; at St. Mary's church, 397 movements north of James river, 511; at Ream's station, 530; at Peeble's farm, III., 77; at Hatcher's run, 117, 124; at Dinwiddie, 460.

Griffin, General, Charles, at battle of Wilderness, II., 106; on North Anna, 228; at battle of Five Forks, III., 490; relieves Warren in command of Fifth corps, 494; in Appomattox campaign, 546, 560, 570, 572, 594.

Griffith Sergeant Joseph, gallantry before Vicksburg, i., 318; promotion, 318.

Grierson General B. H., ordered to cut rebel communications with Vicksburg, i., 188; important effect of expedition, 189, 284; rapid and energetic movement, 189.

Gunboats, use of, for inland service, i., 24.

Haine's Bluff, Sherman's assault of, i. 143; situation and importance of, 159, 162; Sherman's demonstration against, 201; base of supplies in siege of Vickshurg, 283.

Halleck, General, Henry W. . in command of department of Missouri, i., 24; instructions for movement against Fort Henry, 27; cautions Grant against rashness, 52; relieves Grant from command. 60; reinstates him, 64; takes the field after Shiloh, 100 , treatment of Grant, 100, 102; failure before Corinth, 102-104; made general-in-chief, 107; opposed to political soldiers, 132; orders Grant to unite with Banks before Vicksburg campaign, 227; patriotism and anxiety for success 333; countermands parolling of Vicksburg garrison, 392; praise of Grant after fall of Vicksburg, 400; objects to Grant's proposed movement against Mobile, 412, 414; orders Grant to reinforce Rosecrans, 419; attempts to compel co-operation of Rosecrans with Grant, 423, 431; loyal support of Grant, 440; anxiety about Burnside, 459, 465, 471, 481; congratulates Grant after Chattanooga, 515; failure as commander-in-chief, 567; congratulates Grant on appointment as lieutenant-general, 575; chief of staff of army, II., 17; subordination to Grant, 18; real author of the Red river campaign, 58, 64; in favor of superseding Banks, 84; suggests movement against Richmond by Grant's right flank, 334; alarm at Early's movement, 434, 436; declines responsibility of giving orders, 452; distrust of Sheridan, 490, III., 34; alarm at resistance to draft, 510; proposes to take in sail, 510; modifies Grant's instructions to Sheridan, III., 89; opinion on treatment of non-combatants, 113; recommends different campaign from Sherman's march III., 157; correspondence with Thomas, complaining of delay in Nashville campaign, 241. Hompton, General Wade, attack on Gregg, II., 397; movements against Wilson's expedition, 412; sent to Augusta to organize cavalry, III., 292; at Columbia, S. C., 422; destroys Columbia by fire, 423.

Hancock, General Winfield S., at battle of Wilderness, II., 109-123; movements in valley of Po, 152; movements of May 10, 1864, 164; assault of May 12, 171-183; assault of May 17, 198; movement to Fredericksburg railroad 201, 218; movements on the North Anna, 227-237, on the Totopotomy, 270, 271; at Cold

Harbor, 281, 287, 296, 299; crossing the James 339, 348, 351-356; advance to Petersburg, 360, 362; assaults on Petersburg, 365, 377; temporarily relieved on account of wounds, 369; requests investigation of conduct before Petersburg, 377; at Deep Bottom, July 26 to 29, 1864, 468; before Petersburg, July 30, 475, 485; second movement at Deep Bottom, 506, 507, 511; brigadier-general in regular army 513; at Ream's station, 527-531; at catcher's run, 117-128; in command of Middle Military Division, III., 417.

Hanover ferry, position of, II., 267.

Hanover junction as a strategic point, II., 217.

Hardee, General Wm. J., in command at Macon, III., 287; at Augusta, 288; at Savannah, 305; evacuates Savannah, 306; abandons Columbia, 422; defeat and retreat from Averysboro, 448.

Harrison, Fort, captured by Ord, III., 71. [723]

Hatch, General, at Franklin, III., 212; at Rutherford creek, 260.

Hatcher's run, battle of, 116-128; declared a defeat by Northern democrats, III., 169.

Hawe's shop, battle of, II., 269.

Hayes, General Rutherford B., service in West Virginia, III., 101-103.

Hazen, General, Wm. B., at Brown's ferry, i., 446; at Fort McAllister, III., 295, 296.

Helena, Miss., Washburne's movement from, i., 131, 132; Yazoo pass expedition, 168.

Henry, Fort, position of, i, 23, 28; expedition against, 28-30; capture of, 32.

Herron, General F. J., arrival of, at Vicksburg, i., 352; operations during siege, 353.

Hill, General A. P., at battle of Wilderness, II., 11, 95, 101, 109; death and burial of, III., 532.

Hoke, General, in command in North Carolina, III., 312; at Wilmington, 317; at Fort Fisher, first expedition, 320; second expedition 334-343.

Holly Springs, Grant at, i., 127; capture of by rebels, 138.

Hood, General J. B., supersedes J. E. Johnston, II., 539; assaults on Sherman, 540-542; sends cavalry against Sherman's rear, 544; evacuation of Atlanta, 546; sends Wheeler to cut Atlanta and Chattanooga railroad, III., 42; moves to Palmetto station, 49; movement towards Tennessee, 50, 59, 151, 163, 181-193; campaign in Tennessee, 203-278.

Hooker, General, Joseph, sent to support Rosecrans, i., 438; at Wauhatchie, 449; operations in Lookout valley, 497; attack on Lookout mountain, 500; moves on Rossville, 502; crosses the Chattanooga, 512; pursuit of rebels, 517, 518; at Ringgold, 519 checked by Cleburne, 521; relieved from command, II., 463.

Hovey, General A. P., movement from Helena, i., 132; battle of Champion's hill, 258-270.

Howard, General O. O., at Wauhatchie, i., 448, 450; at battle of Chattanooga, 494, 496, 514; in Knoxville campaign, 539; succeeds MePherson in command of army of Tennessee, II., 462; with Sherman in Atlanta campaign, 534, 541-545; in command of Sherman's right wing in march to sea, III., 283, 288, 289, 295; in Sherman's campaign north of Savannah, 373; at battle of Bentonsville, III., 430, 431.

Humphreys, General A. A., at Fort Steadman, III., 447; in command of Second corps, 448; at Hatcher's run, 457; final assault on Petersburg, 506, 515; in Appomattox campaign, 520, 546, 553, 569, 572, 583, 592.

Hunter, General, David, sent with dispatches to Banks, II., 76; supersedes Sigel, 202, 417; ordered up alley of Virginia, 402; defeat of rebels at Piedmont, 418; occupies Lexington, 419; before Lynchburg, 420; retreat through the mountains, 421; destruction of rebel factories and stores, 425; in Potomac valley, 497; relieved by Sheridan, 498.

Hurlbut, General S. A., at Shiloh, i., 74, 77, 83, 88; Hatchie river, 118; in command of Sixteenth corps, 161 in command at Memphis during Vicksburg campaign, 223-225.

Ingalls, General, Rufus, chief quartermaster of army of Potomac, in movement across the James river, II., 375.

Introduction, i., 1.

Iuka, battle of, i., 110, 112-114.

Jackson, Miss., importance of, i., 20; battle of, 239-249; Sherman's movement against, 393; second capture of, 396.

Jackson, Tenn., position of, i., 109; Grant's Headquarters at, 115.

James river, geography of, II., 4, 248, 340; strategical importance of, 45 Butler's operations on, 241-259; army of Potomac crosses, 341, 346-357, 374; Sheridan crosses, 398; movement of July 26, 1864, north of, 468-475; movement of August 12, 1864, north of, 505-508; movement of September 29, 1864, north of, III., 68-76; movement of October 27, 1864, north of, 122-3.

Johnson, President, Andrew, inauguration of, III., 627; disapproves Sherman's course in North Carolina, 631; desires to try Lee for treason, 654.

Johnston, General Alert S., at Shiloh, i., 75; his death, 84.

Johnston, General Joseph E., in chief command against Grant, May, 1863, i., 212; moves to defend Jackson, 218; strength of, at Jackson, 241; orders Pemberton to attack Grant at Clinton, 241, 242; battle of Jackson, 244-249; scatters his forces, 255; orders Pemberton to join him at Clinton, 256 marches to join Pemberton 280; orders Pemberton to evacuate Vicksburg 299; at Canton, raising an army to attack Grant's rear, 308; menacing attitude in Grant's rear, 354; march against Grant, 360; falls back upon Jackson, 394; withdraws across Pearl river 396; in command of rebel army of Tennessee, 560; at Dalton, Ga., II., 5; campaign against Sherman, 533; falls back to Resaca, 534; evacuates Dalton, 534; retreats across the Oostenaula, 535; battle of New Hope [724] church, 536; at Kenesaw mountain, 537; crosses the Chattahoochee, 538 superseded by Hood, 539; recalled from retirement, III., 356; supersedes Beauregard in front of Sherman, 398; plan to unite forces with Lee, 420; at Bentonsville, 429; retreat through Raleigh, 27; first interview with Sherman, 628; final interview with Sherman, 633; surrender of 634.

Kautz, General A. V. attack on Petersburg II., 344; at Ream's station, 404: in Wilson's raid, 404-409; at Darbytown, III., 70.

Kenesaw mountain, Sherman's assault on, II., 536-538.

Kentucky, neutrality of, i., 11; strategical situation in, 22. Kershaw, General, in Valley of Virginia, III., 84; at battle of Cedar creek, 93, 94, 96, 97; returns to Lee, 101; captured at battle of Sailor's creek, 577.

Kilpatrick, General, Judson, sent south of Atlanta, II. 544; in command of cavalry in Sherman's army, III., 283; in march to sea, 288, 289, 293; in campaign through Carolinas, 373.

Kingston taken by Sherman, II., 535.

Knoxville, danger of, i., 531; siege of, 534-543.

Lamb, Colonel, commandant of Fort Fisher, III., 341, 343.

Lauman, General J. G., at siege of Vicksburg, i., 352.

Lawler, General M. K., at Black river bridge, i., 277.

Ledlie, General James H., before Petersburg, July 30, 1864, II., 477.

Lee, Admiral, guarding James river, II., 351; in command of gunboat fleet at West, III., 65.

Lee, General Robert E. in command of army of Northern Virginia, II., 5; battle of the Wilderness, 101-134; at Spottsylvania, 134-209; movement to the North Anna, 218-237 movements preceding battle of Cold Harbor, 266-273; battles at Cold Harbor, 275-309; observations on strategy of, 306-324; movements preceding crossing of James, 347-363 moves to Petersburg, 364; defence of Petersburg, 364-369; reports Petersburg cut off from Weldon, 387: sends Early and Breckenridge against Hunter, 419; doubts as to Early's expedition across the Potomac 431 reinforces Early in Valley of Virginia, 504; loses Weldon road, 520; disingenuous reports of, 208, 270, 523-525: III., 70, 127 prevented from reinforcing Hood or Early, 532; relations with Early's campaign, III., 17-24, 38, 80, 84,105; at Peeble's farm and Fort Harrison, 74-80; at Hatcher's run, 114-128; sends Hoke's division to North Carolina, 312; created general-in-chief, 356; alarming report to rebel government by, 395; plans for movement if Richmond were abandoned, 396; complains of desertion of rebel soldiers, 398; report on destitution of army, 399; letter to Grant proposing military convention, 400; confidential communication to Davis on desperate condition of rebel states, 403; attempted union with Johnston, 420; attacks Fort Steadman, 445, 447, 449, movements prior to battle of Five Forks, 471; relations to battle of Five Forks, 487, 495; final defence of Petersburg, 507-530; last dispatch from Petersburg, 530; evacuation of Petersburg, 532; desertion of Richmond, 538; flight from Petersburg, 544-597; at Amelia, 549; intercepted by Grant, 565; pursuit of, by national army, 578; correspondence relative to surrender of, 589, 590, 594, 595, 599; surrender of, 602-609; second interview with Grant at Appomattox, 611; parole of, 613; draws ‘destitute ration’ in Richmond, 614; condition at Appomattox, 623; characteristics of, 651, 652; indictment for treason of, 654; saved by Grant 654.

Lee, General S. D., at battle of Nashville, III., 250.

Lee, General W. F., at Ream's station, II., 406; Nottaway court-house, 407.

Lincoln, President, Abraham, call for troops, i., 4; friendship for McClernand, 129; support of Grant, 180; letter to Grant after Vicksburg, 399; emancipation proclamation o, 406; proclaims thanksgiving for success in Tennessee, 546; address to Grant on appointment as lieutenant-general, 576; correspondence with Grant at Culpeper, II., 91, 92; encourages Grant, 352; visits army of Potomac, 381; received by black troops, 381; suggests Grant's return to Washington, 437; lack of confidence in Halleck, 442; telegraphs Grant in reference to a commander to place himself south of the enemy, 496; anxiety for Sheridan's safety, III., 74; visits to Grant's Headquarters, 137-139; characteristics, 139; confidence in Grant, 197; solicitude because of Thomas's inactivity 216, 262; reply to Grant's report of Lee's proposition of military convention, 401; visits Grant at City Point, March 1865, 436; waiting for news at City Point, 503; news of battle of Five Forks, 513; congratulates Grant, 526; visits Petersburg, 535; communicates to Grant views on reconstruction, 580; action of government of, after close of war, 625; assassination of; 627. [725]

Logan, General John A., at Belmont, i., 15; at battle of Raymond, 236; moves to Bolton, 254; Champion's hill, 64, 266; his division first to enter Vicksburg, 387; loyalty to duty of, II., 462, 541; ordered to Nashville to command army of Cumberland, III., 249.

Longstreet, General James, movement against Burnside in Tennessee, i., 460; attack on Fort Sanders, 539; abandons siege of Knoxville, 543; retreats towards Virginia, 543; goes into winter quarters, 548; pursued by Schofield, 562; at battle of the Wilderness, II., 114; wounded, 121; movements north of James, III., 90, 122, 507; at final defence of Petersburg, 519; at Appomattoxs 597.

Lookout mountain, battle of, i., 498-501.

Lookout valley, importance of, i., 445; movement at mouth of, 447, 448; fate of, decided, 451.

Louisiana, the, Butler's powder-ship at Fort Fisher, III., 308.

Lynchburg, strategical importance of, II., 334-345; Hunter's movement against, 418-423.

Macon, surrender of, III., 638.

Marietta taken by Sherman, II., 538.

Martindale, General John H., at Cold Harbor, II., 293; before Petersburg, 358.

McAllister, Fort, capture of, by Hazen, III., 295.

McArthur, General, John, at battle of Nashville, III., 254. McCausland, General, burns Chambersburg, Pa., II., 493; pursued and routed by Averill, 493.

McCLELLAN, General George B., Grant hopes for position on staff of, i., 10; suggests operations in Kentucky and Tennessee, 26, 430; candidate for Presidency, III., 13; defeated, 16; resigns his commission, 173.

McClernand, General John A., at Belmont, i., 15; at Fort Henry, 28; at Fort Donelson, 39-47; at Shiloh, 69, 70; in command of reserve before Corinth, 100; aspires to high command at West, 128; endorsed by President, 130; in command of expedition against Vicksburg, 137; capture of Arkansas Post, 149; insubordination of, 151 reduced to command of corps 152; on Vicksburg canal 163; at New Carthage, 193; inefficiency, 195; in advance after crossing Mississippi, 205; at Port Gibson, 207; operations in Vicksburg campaign, 214; Grant's distrust of his ability, 231; inefficiency at Champion's hill, 262; at Big Black river bridge, 275; first assault on Vicksburg, 303; second assault, 315, 322, 324-326; insubordination of, 351; issues offensive orders, 362; com-plaints of Sherman and McPherson, 362; relieved entirely from command, 363; mischievous behavior and career, 363, 364.

McPHERSON, General James B., at Fort Donelson, i., 39; at Shiloh, 81; at Corinth, 115-117; in command of Seventeenth corps, 161; at Lake Providence 167; at Yazoo pass, 171; movement below Vicksburg 198; crosses the Mississippi, 206; battle of Port Gibson, 208; pursuit of enemy, 210; advance to Rocky Springs, 227; battle of Raymond, 236; advance towards Jackson, 240, 243; at battle of Jackson, 244, 216, 247; at battle of Champion's hill, 260, 268 269; in command of department of Tennessee, II., 18; with Sherman in Georgia, 533-540; death of, 541.

Meade General George G., in command of army of Potomac, II., 6; magnanimity of, 15; in the Wilderness, 100-120; at Spottsylvania, 139; Grant's opinion of 186; at Cold Harbor, 296; crossing James river, 351; in command before Petersburg, 363, 365; assaults under direction of, 369; personal characteristics of, 370, 371; official reports as to failure to take Petersburg, 377-379; peremptory commands to Wright before Petersburg, 385; trouble with W. F. Smith, 464; Burnside's mine 466-485; movement against Weldon road. 506, 514, 516; battle of Ream's station, 528; movement against Peeble's farm, III., 70, 72, 77, 78; battle of Hatcher's run, 115-128; movement to destroy Weldon road, 228, 229; movements preliminary to battle of Five Forks, 442-482; final assaults on Petersburg, 500-528; pursuit of Lee, 547-600; at Jetersville, 559, 563; at Appomattox, 600.

Memphis, covered by Columbus, i., 22; covered by Corinth 67; Grant's headquarters after fall of Corinth, 106.

Meridian, Sherman's expedition against, i., 552-560.

Merritt, General, Wesley, in Valley of Virginia, III., 95, 98, 412; at battle of Dinwiddie, 468-472; at battle of Five Forks, 495; pursuit to Appomattox, 524, 547, 552, 560; at battle of Sailor's creek, 573-575; moves on Appomattox court-house, 592.

Middle Military Division created, II., 502.

miles, General Nelson A., at battle of Ream's station, II., 527; at White Oak road, III., 505; at Sutherland station, 523-525.

Milledgeville abandoned by rebels, III., 288.

Millen captured by Sherman, III., 223, 289. [726]

Milliken's bend, concentration of Grant's forces at, i., 186.

Missionary ridge, situation of, i., 427; seized by Bragg, 435; Thomas's assaults on, 488, 507-512; Sherman's assaults on, 495, 504-507.

Missouri, Grant's first service in, i., 10, 11; Rosecrans in command in, II. 30.

Mississippi, proposal to bring, into Union, i., 416.

Mississippi river military importance of, i., 123; rebel fortifications on, 124; Sherman's expedition, December, 1862, 135, tortuous course of, 157; forests and jungles of, 158.

Mississippi squadron, saved by Bailey, II., 78.

Mississippi valley, character of, i., 156.

Mobile, proposed capture of, i., 412, 413; Canby's force before, III., 637; capture of Spanish Fort and Blakely, 637 evacuation of, 637.

Montgomery, occupation of, III., 635.

Mott General G., at battle of the Wilderness, II., 110-121; at Spottsylvania, 166, 167; at Deep Bottom and Bailey's creek, 507.

Mower, General Joseph A., command transferred to Tennessee, III., 154; at Bentonsville, 431.

Murphy, Colonel R. C., abandons Iuka, i., 110; surrenders Holly Springs, 138; cashiered, 139.

Nashville, battle of, III., 249-279.

Nashville, situation at, in December, 184, III., 210-234; topography of, 249.

National army, right of suffrage of men in, III., 167; fourteen states authorize their soldiers to vote, 172.

National losses.—At Belmont i., 20; at Fort Henry, 32; at Fort Donelson, 51; at Shiloh, 91; at Iuka, 113; at Corinth, 117; Sherman's attack on Haine's bluff, 145; at Arkansas Post, 149; at Port Gibson, 211; at Raymond, 237; at Jackson, 249; at Champion's Hill, 269; at Black river bridge, 278; Vicksburg campaign 284; assaults on Vicksburg, 304-326; Sherman's movement against Jackson, 397; Vicksburg campaign and siege, 399; at battle of Chickamauga, 433; at Wauhatchie 450; at Ringgold, 521; at battle of Chattanooga, 524; at assault on Knoxville, 541; at battle of the Wilderness, II., 132; from Ewell's attack, May 19, 1864, 208; at Spottsylvania, 216; on North Anna, 237; Sheridan's raid to Richmond, 240; at Drury's Bluff, 254; at Cold Harbor, 302; in Wilderness campaign, 329; first assaults on Petersburg, 372; movement of June 22, 1864, 384; at St. Mary's church, 398; Wilson's raid, 411; at battle of Darbytown, 471; at Cemetery Hill, 483; at Weldon road, 515; at Ream's station, 531; at Kenesaw mountain, 538; in Atlanta campaign, 546, at battle of Winchester, III., 30; at Fisher's hill, 33; at Peeble's farm, 78; in Sheridan's Valley campaign, 104; at Hatcher's run, 126; at battle of Franklin, 212; Thomas's Tennessee campaign, 270; Sherman's march, 298; first Fort Fisher expedition, 314-316; second Fort Fisher expedition, 344; before Wilmington, 381; Sheridan's last raid, 417; at Averysboro, 428; at battle of Bentonsville, 431, 432; Schofield's movement on the Neuse, 434; attack on Fort Steadman, 447; at battle of Five Forks, 495; Appomattox campaign 624.

National reinforcements.—In the Wilderness campaign, II., 197, 326; comparative statement of 328.

National troops, numbers of, at Paducah, i., 12; at Belmont, 15; at Fort Henry, 28; at Fort Donelson 36, 43, 56; at Shiloh, 77; under Halleck before Corinth, 101; at battle of Iuka, 111; at battle of Corinth, 116; movement to Holly Springs, 128; Vicksburg campaign, 161, 232; at battle of Port Gibson, 207; at battle of Champion's hill, 269; assaults on Vicksburg, 327; siege of Vicksburg, 333, 358, 359; at battle of Chickamauga, 432; at battle of Chattanooga, 524; entire strength, May, 1864, II., 32; on Rapidan, May, 1864, 93, 94; under Butler at Bermuda Hundred, 247; in Wilderness campaign, 326; at battle of Newmarket, 417; in Hunter's campaign, 418, 421; Sheridan's campaign in Valley, 504; Sherman's Atlanta campaign, 532; movements of September 29, i., 79 movements of October 28, 116; Schofield's army in Tennessee, 187; Thomas's army in Tennessee 188; at battle of Franklin, 212; first Fort Fisher expedition, 222; at battle of Nashville, 251 Sherman's march to sea, 283; second Fort Fisher expedition, 329; Sherman's campaign in Carolinas, 373; under Schofield in North Carolina, 377; under Sheridan, February, 1865, 412; before Richmond, March, 1864, 438; in Appomattox campaign, 442; at Five Forks, 495; under Wilson, March, 1865, 637.

Nelson, General, William, crosses the Tennessee, i., 86.

New Hope church, battle at, II., 337-536.

New York, incendiarism in, III., 170; disloyalty in, 171; Grant's visit to, 194.

North Anna, movements on, II., 225-237.

North, misapprehension of Grant's manoeuvres [727] by people of the, III., 10; Sheridan's success misunderstood at, 11; concession to rebel claims advocated, 11; dissatisfaction incited by enemies of the nation, 12; danger to Washington believed in, 16; effect of Sheridan's successes, 34; Grant's visit to, November, 1864, 193.

Northern Virginia, army of, numbers and position, May, 1864, II., 94, 95; battle of Wilderness, 97-135; Spottsylvania, 137-215; movements on North Anna, 217-237; waning spirits of, 221; movement to Cold Harbor, 266; battles around Cold Harbor, 274-309; spirit broken in Wilderness campaign, 319 reinforcements and total numbers in Wilderness campaign, 326; losses in Wilderness campaign, 329; first assaults on Petersburg, 360-380; Weldon road, 514-532; Peeble's farm, III. 74-78; Hatcher's run, 115-128; disaffection and desertion in, 352; strength, March, 1865, 439; at Fort Steadman, 445-450; final defence of Petersburg, 500-529; flight to Appomattox, 544-597; demoralization after fall of Richmond, 566 589 sufferings of, 552, 566, 572; high officers in, propose to Lee to surrender, 590; fed by Grant, 607; lays down its arms, 613.

Ohio, Buell in command of department of, i., 23.

Ord, General E. O. C., in pursuit of rebels at Hatchie river, i. 118; succeeds McClernand before Vicksburg, 863; in command of Eighteenth corps, II., 465; captures Fort Harrison, III., 71; wounded, 71; succeeds Butler in command of army of the James, 329; before Petersburg, 452, 501; final assault on Petersburg, 501-516; parallel advance to Appomattox with Sheridan and Meade, 546, 556, 558, 578, 584; at Rice's station, 573; at Appomattox, 598; at surrender of Lee, 602.

Ossabaw sound opened by Sherman, III., 263; Sherman's arrival at, 297.

Osterhaus, General P. J., battle of Champion's hill, i., 262; assault on Vicksburg, 320; battle of Lookout mountain, 499.

Paducah, seizure of? i., 11.

Palmer, General I., movement against Weldon railroad, III., 226; movement to hinder reinforcement of Wilmington, 228, 235.

Pamunkey river, crossing of, II., 263-268; topography of surrounding country, 267.

Parke,: General J. G. at siege of Vicksburg, i., 358; in East Tennessee, 545; in command of Ninth corps, II., 489; at Poplar Spring church and Peeble's farm, III., 75, 76; at Hatcher's run, 116-118; in front of Richmond, 441; at Fort Steadman, 445, 447; in front of Petersburg, 452; assaults on Petersburg, 506-519, 532; in Appomattox campaign, 550.

Payne, General, in attack on Fort Fisher, III., 336.

Peace party, disloyal course of, at the North, III., 13.

Peeble's farm, seizure of, III., 75.

Pennypacker, General G., at Fort Fisher, III 336.

Pemberton, fort, attack on, i., 172.

Pemberton, John C., in command in front of Grant, May, 1863, i., 212; Vicksburg campaign, 212-294; alarm at Grant's operations round Vicksburg, 212; at Vicksburg, 219; deceived by Grant's manoeuvres, 237; disobeys Johnston, 241, 255; battle of Champion's hill, 256-271; battle of Black river bridge, 275; flight to Vicksburg 287; siege of Vicksburg, 299, 37; surrender of Vicksburg, 370, 385.

Petersburg, objective point of any force attacking Richmond from the south, II., 341; Kautz and Gillmore's movement against, 344; condition of, June 14, 1864, 355; rebel fortifications at, 358; Meade's assaults, 361, 377-379; movements of June 22 and 23, 383-386; difficulty of enveloping, 399; Burnside's mine, 465-499; defences of, III., 2, 5, 6 manoeuvres before, September and October, 1864, 68-123; criticism of Grant's operations against, 127-134; Grant's forces before, March, 1865, 438-444-452; final assaults, 502-533; fall of, 533; Grant enters, 536.

Piedmont, battle of II., 418.

Pickett, General George E., at Five Forks, III., 467; at battle of Dinwiddie, 470; at battle of Five Forks, 484; narrow escape of, 493; crosses the Appomattox, 518; flight before Sheridan, 547.

Pillow General G. J., at Fort Donelson, i. . 48.

Pillow, fort, capture of, II., 54-56.

Plymouth, capture of, II., 57.

Pocotaligo, seizure of, III., 371.

Polk, General L., breach of neutrality by, i., 11.

Pope, General John, at siege of Corinth, i., 100; ordered to Virginia, 107.

Port Gibson, battle of, i., 206-210.

Port Hudson, surrender of i., 392.

Port Royal, Foster and Sherman at, III., 305.

Porter, Admiral, in front of Vicksburg, i., 161; operations in Yazoo river, 175; running Vicksburg batteries, 189; co-operation with Grant 190; urges McClernand to obey orders, 195; bombardment of Grand Gulf, [728] 199; runs transports by Grand Gulf at night, 200; bombards rebel outworks, 306; naval battery in siege of Vicksburg, 342-344; operations against Fort Fisher, III., 225, 308-346.

Potomac, army of the, position of, when Grant took supreme command, i., 3, 6; organization of, 42,43; numbers and position of, in May, 1864, 94; crosses the Rapidan, 98; battle of Wilderness, 97-135; Spottsylvania, 137-215; movements on North Anna, 217-237; Ninth corps consolidated with, 260; confidence of troops, 262; movement to Cold Harbor, 262-274; battles of Cold Harbor, 274-309; Cold Harbor to Petersburg, 338-365; crossing of Chickahominy 347; crossing of James, 50-357; assaults on Petersburg, 360-380; operations of June, 1864, 382-389; Burnside's mine, 460-495; characteristics of high officers in, 487 operations against Deep Bottom and Weldon road, 514-53; Peeble's farm, III., 74-78; Hatcher's run, 115-128; strength and position, March, 1865, 438, 439; Fort Steadman, 445-450; operations prior to Five Forks, 450-484 battle of Five Forks, 484-497; final assaults on Petersburg, 500-529; Appomattox campaign, 544-597.

Potomac river, geography of, II., 8; Early's campaign on, 429-441; frozen, III., 368.

Potter, General Robert B. before Petersburg, June 30, 1864, II. 4,0.

Prentiss, General B. M., at battle of Shiloh, i., 74, 76, 78, 83.

Price, General Sterling, captures Iuka, i., 110 in West Tennessee, 109-120; defeated at Big Blue river, III., 388.

Providence, lake, expedition, i., 166-173, 178.

Raids.—Grierson's, i. 188 189; Sheridan's to Richmond, May, 1864, II., 237-241 to Trevellian station, 392-398, in February, 1865, III., 412-417; Wilson's, 403-412; Grant's opinions of, 412, 413.

Ransom, General T. E. G., commands brigade before Vicksburg, i., 347.

Rapidan river, strategical situation of, i., 4, 14, 94; crossing of, 98.

Rawlins, General John A., relations with Grant, II., 191; opposes Sherman's march to sea, III., 156, 157.

Raymond, battle of, i., 234, 236.

Read, General, Theodore, fight with rebel cavalry near Farmville, III., 568; death of, 568.

Ream's station, cavalry fight at, II., 409; battle of, July 25, 1864, II. 527-531.

Rebel army, disaffection and desertion in, III., 352; surrender of every man in, 639; complete overthrow of, in every quarter of theatre of war, 648.

Rebel losses.—At Belmont. i., 20; at Fort Donelson, 51; at Shiloh, 92; at Iuka, 115; at Corinth, 117; at Hatchie river, 118; at Arkansas Post, 149; at Port Gibson, 211; at Milliken's Bend, 233; at Raymond, 237 at Champion's hill, 270; at Big Black river bridge, 278; in Vicksburg campaign, 284; entire operations at Vicksburg, 386; at Jackson, 397; battle of Wauhatchie, 450; at Ringgold, 521; in Chattanooga campaign, 524; at Knoxville, 541; at Spottsylvania, II., 182, 15, 216; in Wilderness campaign, 329; on James river, August 14, 1864, 511; at Kenesaw mountain, 538; Sherman's Atlanta campaign, 547; at Winchester, III., 30; at Fisher's hill, 33; at Tom's brook, 87; at Cedar creek, 99; Valley campaign, 104; battle of Franklin 212 Tennessee campaign, 270; at Fort Fisher, 343; at Averysboro 428; at Bentonsville, 432; at Fort Steadman, 447; at Five Forks, 495; in Appomattox campaign, 624; surrendered to Sherman, 634; at Mobile, 637; surrendered at end of war, 639.

Rebel population, distress among, III., 354.

Rebel reinforcements, to Lee, II., 226; comparative statement of, in Wilderness campaign, 328.

Rebel numbers.—At Belmont i., 20 at Fort Henry, 28; at Fort Donelson, 37, 51; battle of Corinth, 116; battle of Port Gibson, 207; Vicksburg campaign, 219; battle of Raymond, 235; under Johnston at Jackson, 241; at Champion's hill, 260; in Vicksburg, 299; assaults on Vicksburg, 327; in Vicksburg campaign, 398; under Johnston, May 31, 1863, 355; battle of Chickamauga, 432; battle of Chattanooga, 525; battle of Wilderness, II., 94; in Wilderness campaign, 326; battle of Drury's Bluff, 255; in Early's campaign, 419, 430; III., 31, 85, 100, tattle of Newmarket, II. 417 in Sherman's Atlanta campaign, 533; before Richmond, October, 1864 III., 79, at Fort Fisher, 312; under Hood, November 1864, 188; battle of Franklin, 212, battle of Nashville, 251; battle of Waynesboro, 413; battle of Bentonsville, 432; before Petersburg, March 25 1865, 439; at Five Forks, 495; at final assaults on Petersburg 507; flight to Appomattox, 545; at Jetersville, 551; at Appomattox, 623, 624; surrendered to Sherman, 634; total surrendered at end of war, 639.

Rebel government tottering, III., 351; dissensions in the, 353; offers propositions for peace, 356, 400; till of; 529, 537. [729]

Red river campaign, II., 57-85.

Resaca, battle of II., 534.

Richmond, its importance mainly derived from railroads, II., 241; fortifications, 243; destruction of railroads leading into, 399, 450; defences of, III., 3-5; alarm in, at capture of Fort Harrison, 78, 79; preparations for evacuation of, 357; entrance of Weitzel into, 536; fall of, 536-540.

Ringgold battle of; i., 518, 521.

Rhind, commander, in command of Butler's powder-boat, the Louisiana, III., 310.

Rome, capture of; by Sherman, II., 337, 535.

Rosecrans, General William S., at battle of Iuka, i., 111-115: at Corinth, 116-120; on the Hatchie river, 119; in western Tennessee, 418; repulsed at Chickamauga, 421; surrounded at Chattanooga, 421; unwillingness to co-operate with Grant, 423; prepares to abandon Chattanooga, 424; relieved from command 424; refusal to render assistance to Grant behind Vicksburg, 431; abandons Lookout valley and mountain, 434; ordered to support Thomas and Sherman, III., 176; relieved of command in Missouri, 240, 389.

Ross. General, opens a way to the Tallahatchie, i., 17(0.

Rosser, General, at battle of Cedar creek III., 92.

Sailor's creek, battle of, III. 566-579.

St. Mary's church, battle o, II., 397.

Savannah, investment of, III., 263; evacuation of 306.

Schofield, General John M., n command of department of Ohio, i., 552; pursues Longstreet, 562; with Sherman in Georgia, II., 533; at Chattanooga, III., 163; his corps added to Thomas's command, 186; in command in front of Hood, 187; defence of Columbia, 207; battle of Spring hill, 208-210; battle of Franklin, 211-214; retires to Nashville, 214; at battle of Nashville, 251, 257; ordered east from Tennessee, 364; in North Carolina, 379; captures Wilmington, 385; movement to Goldsboro, 433, 434.

Seddon rebel Secretary of War, correspondence with Lee, II., 388, 389; letter on deficient supplies, 526.

Sedgwick, General, John, in command of Sixth corps, II., 42; in battle of Wilderness, 97; at Spottsylvania, 102; death of, 150.

Semmes, Admiral, rebel rams and gunboats exploded by, III., 541; captured at battle of Sailor's creek, 577. Shenandoah, constitution of the army of the, II., 504.

Shenandoah Valley, Hunter ordered to move up, II., 335; geography of, 414; importance of, 495; necessity for holding, III., 18; necessity for destruction of crops in, 22; in possession of Sheridan, 34; whole valley in national hands, 101.

Sheridan, General P. H., relations with Grant, i., 488; II., 42, 502; III., 18, 19, 35, 36, 82, 88, 89, 451, 456, 650; attack on rebel front at Chattanooga, i., 489; pursuit after the victory, 512; in command of cavalry in army of Potomac, II., 42; battle of the Wilderness, 103; battle of Todd's tavern, 134; important change of orders of; by Meade, 139; movement to James river, 148, 237-241; battle at Hawe's shop, 269; capture of Old Cold Harbor, 274; ordered to Charlottesville, 334; raid to Trevillian station, 393-404; battle of Darbytown, 471; in command of Middle Military Division, 499; achievements of cavalry in three months, 499; personal and military characteristics of, 500; pursuit of Early, 512; thrown on defensive, 512; movements in Shenandoah Valley, III., 19-38; battle of Winchester, 29, 30; pursuit of Early's army, 31; battle of Fisher's hill, 31-33; effect of successes of, at North, 34; retrograde movement, 85; summoned to Washington, 89; battle of Cedar creek, 95-99; eleven weeks work, 102-105; cutting Virginia Central railroad by, 229-246; movement from Shenandoah Valley to Richmond, 382, 442; at Dinwiddie court-house, 453; movement against Five Forks, 457; battle of Dinwiddie, 471-476; battle of Five Forks, 489-494; relieves Warren from command, 494; at Jetersville, 551-561-565; at battle of Sailor's creek, 566-577; at Appomattox, 591, 611.

Sherman, General W. T., relations with Grant, i., 57,183, 454, 572; II., 17, 22-24, 551; III., 161, 162, 362, 363, 436, 631, 635, 649, 650; in command of division, i., 69; battle of Shiloh, 71-91; at Memphis, 109, 128; Yazoo river expedition, 132-138, 143-148; Arkansas Post, 148,149; Steele's bayou, 174-178; opposes Grant's movement south of Vicksburg, 183-185; demonstration against Haine's bluff, 201; Vicksburg campaign, 227-280; assault on Vicksburg, 302-326; siege of Vicksburg, 331-385; denounces McClernand, 362; ordered to march against Johnston, 385; movement against Jackson, 393-397; brigadier-general in regular army, 402; ordered to West Tennessee, 420; march of four hundred miles, 453; [730] movement to Chattanooga, 469; battle of Chattanooga, 476-505; movements after battle of Chattanooga, 516; movement to Knoxville of, 533, 543, 547; Meridian expedition, 552-560; letter to Grant on lieutenant-generalcy, 573; in command of Military Division of the Mississippi, II., 17; contrasted with Grant, 19-24; anxiety of, in regard to supplies, 50; operations against Forrest, 54; relations to Red river campaign, 68, 70-76; his part in the general plan of 1864, 34, 36, 89, 100, 150, 195, 224, 336, 346, 400, 456, 459; encouraged and supported by Grant, 503; Atlanta campaign, 508-553; moves from Chattanooga, 533; captures Resaca, 535; drives Johnston across the Oostenaula and Etowa rivers, 535; captures Cassville and Kingston, 535; battle of New Hope church, 536; assaults Kenesaw mountain 538; enters Marietta, 538; crosses Chattahoochee river, 539; in front of Atlanta, 543; repulse of Hood, 544; besieges Atlanta, 542-546; situation in Georgia, III., 41-43; discussion of new campaign with Grant, 43, 45, 48, 53, 54, 59, 61, 62, 153-162; retrograde movement towards Tennessee, 50-59, 151, 152; relations with Thomas, 153, 155; return to Atlanta, 164-166, 173, 174; march to the sea, 282-300; invests Savannah, 295, 305; carries Fort McAllister, 296; thirty-one days march, 297; public appreciation of, 299-301; Grant's congratulations to, 301-304; evacuation of Savannah, 306; proposal of a lieutenant-generalcy for, 362; operations northward from Savannah, 373; at Columbia, Cheraw, and Fayetteville, 410-425; at Winnsboro, 424; battle of Bentonsville, 429-432; visits City Point, 436; advance against Smithfield, 627; enters Raleigh, 627; conference with Johnston, 627, 628; suspends hostilities, 630; terms disapproved by government, 631; President Johnson's action towards, 631; denounced by Stanton, 63; protected by Grant, 635; error in judgment of, 635; Grant's indignation at Stanton's treatment of, 636; final conference with Johnston, 633.

Shiloh, battle of, i., 72-95; determination of troops on both sides, 95; false reports at the West of, 100.

Sigel, General, Franz, in Valley of Virginia, II., 416; beaten by Breckenridge, 417; superseded by Hunter, 417-; evacuates Martinsburg, 432; removal from command, 436.

Signals, in use by both armies, the same code of, II., 222.

Slavery, cause of the rebellion, i., 2.

Slaves rebel proposal to arm? III., 352; rebel apprehension regarding, 354; conduct of, during the war, 355; arming the, 356.

Slocum, General II. W., takes possession of Atlanta, II., 546; in command of Sherman's left wing in march to sea, III., 283; in front of Savannah, 295; in campaign north of Savannah, 373; at battle of Averysboro, 428; at battle of Bentonsville, 430.

Smith, General A. J., in Red river campaign, II., 59-72; beats Forrest in West Tennessee, 459; transferred to Thomas's command, II., 41, 154; delay in movement of, 190; joins Thomas's army, 211; at battle of Nashville, 251.

Smith, General C. F., in command at Paducah, i., 12, 13; demonstration in West Kentucky, 14; second demonstration, 25; fort Donelson, 39-54; expedition to Tennessee river, 60-65-67.

Smith, General, Giles, at battle of Chattanooga, i., 492.

Smith, General John E., at battle of Chattanooga, i., 506.

Smith, General Kirby, in command of rebels west of the Mississippi, II., 6; threatens to cross Mississippi river, 509; surrenders all troops west of the Mississippi, III., 639.

Smith, General W. F., expedition to Brown's ferry, i., 446; in command of Eighteenth corps, II., 43, 44; proposed by Grant to lead Butler's troops, 247; battle of Drury's Bluff, 253; ordered to army of Potomac, 258; battle of Cold Harbor, 278-298; movement against Petersburg, 342 348, 354; disaccord with Meade, and Butler, 464; allowed leave of absence for indefinite period, 465; refused a command by Grant, III., 389.

Smith, General, W. Sooy, Meridian expedition, 556-559.

South Carolina, retributive justice to, III., 424.

South, war begun by the, i., 3; devotion and heroism of, 569.

Southside railroad, route and importance of, II., 292; left in possession of enemy by Butler, 257; Grant's intention of seizing, 377, 382; Wilson's raid upon, 403-412; attempts to reach, October, 1864, III., 115-122, 132; one object of final movement from Petersburg, 442; seized by Wright, 510.

Spottsylvania, battles around, II., 136; nature and features of battle-field, 138; movements of May 8, 142; fighting on the Po river, 152-160; Warren's assault of May 10, 161; Upton's storming party, 164; assault of May 12, 171-182; movements from May 13 to 20, 195-210. [731]

Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, support and appreciation of Grant, from Fort Donelson, i., 54; offers to remove Rosecrans from command 424; constant support of Grant and non-interference in military movements, II., 13 et passim; correspondence with Grant, III., 15, 122, 126; disapproves of Sherman's march, 157 personal characteristics of, 198-201; correspondence with Grant relative to Thomas at Nashville, 216, 238, 239; at Fort Fisher, 344; promotes commanders on the spot, 344; dissatisfied with Schofield, 409; disapproves Sherman's action, 632; denounces Sherman in a published document, 635.

State rights i., 2.

Steadman, Fort, rebel attack on, III., 445

Steamboat men at Vicksburg, i., 190.

Steamers manned with soldiers at Vicksburg, i., 190.

Steedman, General James B., at Chattanooga, III., 191; at battle of Nashville, 251-269.

Steele, General F., in command in Arkansas, i., 31, 58; in Red river campaign, 60, 64-74, 80-84, III., 388; at fall of Mobile, 637.

Stoneman, General, George, captured by rebels near Atlanta, II., 543; at Louisville, III., 191; delay of, 411; cuts off Lee's retreat towards Lynchburg, 637.

Stanley, General D. S., in Thomas's army, III., 185; at Pulaski, 186; at Spring hill, 208.

Stuart, General J. E. B., at Spottsylvania, II., 145; opposes Sheridan's movement to James river, 238; death, 239.

Sturgis, General S. D., defeated at Guntown, II., 401.

Sumpter, Fort, attack on, i., 3; fall of, 9.

Tallahatchie river, Grant's movement to, 127-140; expedition to, from Yazoo pass 169-173.

Taylor, General Richard, supersedes Hood, III.; 270; calls for more troops, 287; surrenders all rebel forces east of Mississippi river, 639.

Tennessee, military situation in, November, 1861, i., 23; results in, consequent on capture of Fort Donelson, 55; movements in, after battle of Shiloh, 101-120; occupation and liberation of East, 545; situation in, November, 1864, III., 154-161, 174; Hood's campaign in, 153-280; geography and strategical situation of, 176-178.

Tennessee river crossed by Buell's army, i., 86.

Tennesseeans, East, loyalty of, i., 536.

Terry, General A. H., at Fort Fisher, 329, 335, 336, 345-347; promotion of, 347; before Wilmington, 381; at Goldsboro, 433.

Texas, importance of, to rebels, i., 124.

Thomas General George H. in command of army of Cumberland, i. 425; at battle of Chickamauga, 433; determination at Chattanooga, 441; magnanimity of, 443; battle of Chattanooga, 463-477; movement to support Sherman in Meridian raid, 554, 562; in command of army of the Cumberland, under Sherman, II., 533; campaign against Atlanta, 534-540, 542-545; campaign of, in Tennessee, III., 52-65, 153-281; characteristics of, 178-180; Grant's confidence in, 179; Sherman's relations with, 179: strategy of, 188-191; delay at Nashville, 202-210; orders Schofield's retreat to

Nashville, 214; further delay of; 215-242; Grant's peremptory orders to, 234; Grant suggests suspension of 239; complaints of, 242; ordered by Grant to be relieved by Schofield, 242: correspondence with Grant and Halleck 244, 245; at battle of Nashville, 249-260; pursuit of Hood 261; congratulated by Grant, Lincoln, and Stanton, 262; promoted to major-generalcy, 268; proposes to go into winter quarters, 270; movement forbidden by Grant, 270; delays in 1865, 392, 411; observations on military character, 274; slowness of, 279, 365,411; breaking up of army of, 365, delays in action embarrassing to Grant, 391, 393.

Tilghman, General Lloyd, retreats from Paducah, i., 12, capture of, at Fort: Henry, 30; death at Champion's hill, 271.

Tom's brook, battle of, III., 86.

Torbert, General A. T. A., in Sheridan's expedition to Trevillian, II., 393, 394; at battle of Winchester, III., 30; at battle of Fisher's hill, 31; sent to Newmarket, 32; at Tom's brook, 86, 87; at battle of Cedar creek, 90.

Trevillian station, battle of, II., 393.

Tuttle, General James M. at Jackson, i., 248; assault on Vicksburg, 311; siege of Vicksburg 345.

Trade with enemy inimical to success in war, i., 409-411.

Unanimity of North, as well as South, i., 4.

United States, growth of, i., 1.

Upton, General, Emory, at Spottsylvania, II., 163, 165.

Van Dorn, General Earl, in West Tennessee, 109-120.

Vicksburg, strength and importance of, i., 125; canal, proposed in 1862, but unsuccessful, 125; Grant's plans against, 133, 141; Sherman's expedition against, 143; situation and topography [732] of Haine's bluff, 143,144; situation and fortifications of, 159, 160; Grant's problem, 162-163 Grant's canal, 166-666; Lake Providence, 166-168;

Yazoo pass, 168-172; Steele's bayou, 173-177; Grierson's raid, 188; running the batteries, 190-193; second running of batteries, 197, 197; preliminary orders for campaign, 203; campaign cast of, 204-205; topography, 296; rebel lines of defence, 297; first assault, 302; second assault, 307-329 siege of; 331-372; surrender of, 386; results of surrender, 392.

Virginia, geography of, II., 3; plan of campaign in, March 1864, 44-49.

Virginia military Institute, Lexington, burned by Hunter, II., 419.

Virginia, Valley of, general features, II., 414; importance of, to rebels, 495; necessity of stripping it of supplies, 495.

Volunteer army trained in the field, i., 403; spirit and patriotism of; 404; character thoroughly American, 405.

Wadsworth General James S., in battle of Wilderness, II., 106, 11, 114, 120; killed, 121.

Wallace, General, Lewis, at Fort Donelson, i., 41, 47; at Shiloh, 69-81, 86, 89; at Monocacy river, 439.

War begun by the South, i, 3; seat of, 5; important crisis in 1864, 565.

Warren, General G. K., at battle of Wilderness, II., 103-106; at Spottsylvania, 142, 147, 161, 177, 180; unfortunate characteristics of, 184; on the North Anna, 227-230; at Cold Harbor, 271, 276, 278, 280, 290, 295; from Cold Harbor to Petersburg, 339, 347, 363; before Petersburg, June 30, 476, 485, 488; at Weldon road, 514-518, 527; battle of Peeble's farm. III., 75, 76; battle of Hatcher's run, 117-124; destroys Weldon railroad from Nottoway river to Hicksford, 238 246; characteristics of, 464-466; at White Oak road, 4;67; sent to Sheridan, 475-479; inaction of, 479-489; battle of Five Forks, 494; relieved from command, 494; merits and demerits of, 497.

Washburne, General C. C., movement against Helena, i., 132.

Washburne, Colonel, with General Read at Farmville, III., 568; death of, 568.

Washburne, Elihu II., Congressman, suggests Grant's appointment as brigadier-general, i., 10; introduces bill to revive grade of lieutenant-general, 569.

Washington, city of, situation of, II., 4, 14; relations to campaign of 1864, 33, 45, 310, 416, III., 16-18, 383; political interference at, 12; Early's campaign against, 430-444; telegraphic communication cut off from City Point, 444; Grant protects, 445, 450; Halleck's method of protecting, 450; Grant reinforces, 469, 490.

Washington, N. C., capture, II., 57.

Waynesboro, battle of, III., 413, 414.

Wauhatchie, battle of, i., 449, 450.

Weitzel, General G. movement north of James river, October 28, 1864, III., 123; Wilmington expedition 225; at Fort Fisher, 315, 323; at Bermuda Hundred, 442; enters Richmond, 536; restores order, 543.

Weldon railroad, connections of, II., 242; first movement towards, 382; seizure of, 514-519; Warren's movements against, December, 1864, III., 226, 246.

Wheeler, General, in command of rebel cavalry in Georgia, III., 287; in front of Sherman's army, 289; skirmishing with Kilpatrick's cavalry, 293.

Whiting, General, in command in Wilmington, III., 312; capture of, at Fort Fisher, 343.

White, Captain, gallant feat of, i., 319.

Wilcox, General O. B., in East Tennessee, i., 484; at Spottsylvania, II., II., 148, 149; at Cemetery hill, 480-490; at battle of Ream's station, 530.

Wilderness, battle of the, II., 106-125; observations and reflections on, 127-131; results of, 131.

Wilmington stripped of its garrison, III., 223; only important rebel seaport in 1864, 224; Weitzel's expedition against, 238; further operations against, 307; land attack, 315, 316; siege and fall of Fort Fisher, 330, 332-343; Schofield's movements against, 368, 380; fill of, 381.

Wilson, General J. H., in Yazoo pass 168-171; in command of division of cavalry, II., 97; at Wilderness, 98-102: at Spottsylvania 140; on North Anna, 164; at Cold Harbor, 274, 283, 300; crossing the Chickahominy, 348; expedition against Southern railroads, 407-413; at battle of Winchester, III., 30; sent to Nashville to collect cavalry, 163; difficulty in remounting cavalry, 190; in Tennessee campaign, 208-220; at battle of Nashville, 253-258; in pursuit of Hood, 259; campaign into Alabama, 637, 638.

Wood, General T. J., at battle of Nashville, III., 253-260.

Wright, General Horatio G., in command of Sixth corps, II., 150; at Spottsylvania, 163; on North Anna, 227, 229; movement to Cold Harbor, 264, 270; battle of Cold Harbor, 275- [733] 280, 284, 287, 293, 296; movement to Bermuda Hundred, 367; movement towards Weldon road, 383-386; moves to support Wilson, 404; at defences of Washington, 444; at mouth of Valley of Virginia, 448-452; at Cedar creek, III., 90; before Petersburg, 441, 452; military spirit of; 504; final assault on Petersburg 506, 508, 513, 516; at Amelia court-house, 550; in battle of Sailor's creek, 574-576; pursuit to Appomattox, 591, 592.

Wolcott, General, unsuccessfully attacked by rebels at Macon, III., 289.

Yazoo pass expedition, II., 16-173.

Yazoo river, Sherman's expedition to, i., 133-137, 143-147; Grant's attempts to control in February and March, 1863, 16;--178.

Yellow Tavern, battle of, II., 238.

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