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Index
*** 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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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
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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-
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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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