The Index for Grant Under Fire:
Adams Express Company, 572
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., 370, 418, 440, 468
- family of, 599
Adams, Henry, 615; family of, 599
Advice After Appomattox, 717n6
African Americans. See Blacks
- See also slavery; slaves
Akerman, Amos T., 578
Alabama River, 313
Alabama, 29, 218, 258, 313, 375, 378, 395, 486, 495, 496, 517, 518, 553, 608
Alabama, C.S.S., 475, 558, 703n40
Alabama claims, 562
Alaska Commercial Company, 574, 577, 722
Alaska, 573, 574
Aleck Scott, 51, 52, 53, 55
Aleut islanders, 573–74
Alexandria, La., 317
Allen Collier, 88
Amelia Court-House, 546, 548
Ames, Adelbert, 392
Ammen, Daniel, 320, 468
Ammen, Jacob, 102, 117, 118–19, 130
Anderson, John B., 263–64
Anderson, Richard, 275, 334, 342, 353, 357, 358, 360, 364, 402, 403, 404, 470, 548, 687n78
Anderson, Robert, 66
Anderson, Thomas M., 17
Andersonville prison camp, 386, 489, 490, 492, 700
Anthony’s Hill, Battle of, 515
Antietam, Battle of, 152, 178, 236, 322, 427, 446, 536, 551, 620
anti-slavery and abolition, 19, 24, 27, 168, 250, 527–28, 609, 613
Apache, 567
Apalachicola, Fla., 488
Appler, Jesse, 104, 106–7, 135, 642n51
Appomattox Court-House, Va., 548, 549, 550, 605
Appomattox River, 327, 392, 398, 423, 426, 427, 429, 431, 434, 441, 444, 461, 545, 546, 548, 549, 605
Appomattox Station, Va., 549
Appomattox, surrender at, 557, 566, 606
Aquia Creek, Va., 400, 685n50
Arapaho, 567, 568
Arizona Terr., 19, 567
Arkansas Post, Ark., 5, 197, 199, 200, 215, 373, 569
Arkansas River, 197
Arkansas, 37, 39, 70, 199, 200, 210, 316, 454, 497, 555; soldiers from, 27, 197
Army of Georgia (U.S.), 488, 535, 536
Army of Northern Virginia (C.S.), 318, 325, 329, 330, 331, 346, 352, 356, 360, 361, 367, 369, 370, 390, 400, 405, 420, 431, 470, 471, 472, 474, 537, 546, 548, 549, 550, 552, 605, 613, 621, 727n3
Army of Tennessee (C.S.), 218, 224, 257, 258, 265, 297, 299, 311, 315, 378, 379, 380, 384, 386, 389, 478, 486, 496, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 507, 511, 516, 519
Army of the Cumberland (C.S.), 67–68
Army of the Cumberland (U.S.), 26, 163, 210, 211, 224, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 268, 269, 270, 271, 274, 276, 278, 280, 281, 283, 285, 286, 291, 298, 299, 307, 308, 309, 311, 315, 323, 373, 374, 376, 379, 380, 381, 382, 384, 386, 486, 487, 488, 495, 497, 507, 517, 519, 605, 606, 612, 672n76, 675n110, 689n6
Army of the James (U.S.), 319, 327, 329, 388, 391, 392, 393, 394, 397, 398, 426, 456, 457, 470, 516, 541, 544
Army of the Mississippi (C.S.), 114
Army of the Mississippi (U.S.)
- Pope’s 144, 149, 155, 157, 160, 163
- McClernand’s 197, 199, 200
Army of the Ohio (1861–62) (U.S.), 68, 88, 89, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 110, 112, 115, 116, 118, 119, 125, 128, 129, 132, 133, 140, 144, 162, 669n14
Army of the Ohio (1863–65) (U.S.), 224, 261, 263, 269, 302, 312, 384, 536, 689n6
Army of the Potomac (U.S.), 26, 69, 155, 253, 260, 261, 265, 266, 278, 300, 317, 318, 319, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 331, 332, 333, 335, 339, 342, 344, 348, 349, 355, 356, 360, 361, 369, 371, 372, 388, 393, 394, 396, 398, 399, 400–1, 406, 411, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 422, 426, 429, 430, 432, 437, 440, 448, 451, 460, 461, 469, 471, 474, 475, 476, 479, 494, 525, 538, 539, 544, 548, 549, 550, 551, 556, 604, 606, 607, 612, 684n37, 725n19
Army of the Shenandoah (U.S.), 479, 482, 494
Army of the Tennessee (U.S.), 8, 99, 113, 118, 128, 131, 136, 144, 148, 150, 160, 177, 187, 190–1, 200, 210, 212, 217, 226, 229, 235, 237, 243, 246, 254, 258, 260, 261, 263, 271, 273, 278, 281, 282, 286, 300, 302, 308–9, 373, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 382, 383, 385, 386, 488, 491, 498, 512, 534, 535, 536, 556, 605, 607, 690n15, 690n19, 691n34
Army of the Valley District (C.S.), 480
Army of Virginia (U.S.), 148
Army of West Tennessee (U.S.), 99
Army of West Virginia (U.S.), 479
Army of Western Virginia (U.S.), 69
Around the World with General Grant (Young) 505, 606
Arthur, Chester, 593
Associated Press, 573
Atlanta Campaign, 3, 7, 375, 376–86, 499, 504, 600–1, 623n9, 691n25
Atlanta, Battle of, 384–85, 481, 600
Atlanta, Ga., 257, 269, 324, 327, 452, 474–75, 481, 486, 487, 489, 490, 493, 537
Atlantic Ocean, 488, 705n75
Attack and Die (McWhiney and Jamieson), 619
Augur, Christopher C., 449, 452, 573
Augusta, Ga., 486, 489, 494, 531
Averasborough, N.C., 536
Averell, William W., 326, 421, 423, 482, 483, 530
Avery, William, 582, 583
Ayres, Romeyn B., 540, 541, 544
Babcock, Orville E., 321, 401–2, 438, 455, 543, 563, 564, 572, 581–86, 587, 714n33, 716n61, 718n18, 722n75, 722n78
Bache, George, 213
Badeau, Adam, 592, 600, 615, 726n37
- on Grant in the West, 79, 82, 102, 121, 126, 137, 147, 175, 304, 306, 307, 607, 636n98, 645n98, 648n138, 655n110, 669n23, 676n125, 678n18
- on Grant as General-in-Chief, 320, 321, 329, 340, 354, 360, 370, 392, 396, 414, 434, 459, 464, 468, 487–88, 500, 518, 548, 549, 558, 560, 695n129, 705n75, 707n22, 709n44
- as a writer, 6, 8, 34, 79, 405, 565, 595, 597, 606
- Grant’s Memoirs, 595
Bailey, Joseph, 317, 318
Baird, Absalom, 274, 286, 288, 289, 290, 292–94, 297, 298, 308, 673n94, 674n99, 675nn111–12, 675n121, 676n1
Baker, Eugene, 567
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 445, 446, 451, 480
Baltimore American, 631n12
Baltimore, Md., 399, 446, 447–50, 451, 452, 552
Banks, Nathaniel P., 4, 192, 200, 202, 207, 213, 214, 216–17, 219, 224, 229, 230, 238, 244, 247, 254–55, 256, 258, 312, 316–18, 326, 662n16, 668n119, 680n54, 693n65
Banks, Raymond H., 680n58
Barlow, Francis C., 337, 344, 361, 364, 366, 405, 411, 429, 432, 435, 441
Barnard, William, 576, 581, 722n74
Barnes, George W., 609
Baron De Kalb, U.S.S., 205
Barrett, James A., 454–55
Barrett, John, 19
Barrow, John E., 576
Barton, Clara, 351
Bates, Edward, 21, 155, 652n44
Baxter, Algernon S., 61–62, 91, 120–22, 124, 647n114
Bay Springs Road (Iuka), 653n65
Bayou Macon, 202, 203, 207
Bayou Pierre (Vicksburg), 222, 223, 224
Bear Creek (Iuka), 151
Beaufort, N.C., 521
Beaufort, S.C., 611
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 75, 108, 114, 119, 125, 130, 131, 133, 138, 141, 143, 144, 146, 246, 311, 352, 391, 392–94, 402, 424, 430, 436, 437, 439, 620, 605, 607, 620, 669n14
Behr, Frederick, 108, 120, 642n54
Belknap, William W., 532, 571, 576, 577, 586, 588–89, 609
Bell, Charles, 582, 722n76
Belle Memphis, 39, 51
Belle Plain, Va., 351 370, 396, 400, 410
Belmont, Battle of, 7, 39–50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 67, 75, 91, 95, 97, 117, 211, 235, 245, 291, 319, 601, 605, 611, 612, 616, 617, 628, 630, 665, 728
Belmont, Mo., 30, 31, 32, 36, 38–39
Bend of the Marias massacre, 567
Benicia, Calif., 16
Benton, Mo., 30
Benton, U.S.S., 68, 72, 77
Bentonville, Battle of, 536
Berlin, Ira, 250
Bermuda Hundred, operations at, 392, 394, 397–98, 400, 418, 423–24, 425, 426, 430, 434–36, 437, 444, 456, 462, 474, 519, 544, 546, 548, 604, 607
Bethesda Church, Va., 400
Bickerdyke, Mary Ann “Mother,” 88, 351, 638n129
Bickham, William D., 160
Biddle, James C., 682n89
Bieler, Jacob, 642n54
Bierce, Ambrose, 671n54
Big Black River, 184, 216, 219, 220, 224, 228–29, 244, 247, 314
Big Black River, Battle of the, 229, 708n28
Big Sunflower River, 206
Bird’s Point, Mo., 38, 38, 46
Birney, David B., 337, 346, 361, 364, 366, 371, 429, 437, 438, 470
bison, 568
Black Bayou, 206
“Black Friday,” 572–73, 581, 582, 678, 721
Black Hills, Dakota Terr., 568, 589
Black Hills War, 568
Black suffrage, 558, 561, 717n6
Blacks, 83, 167–70, 172, 188, 202, 210, 222, 242, 244, 247–53, 264, 314, 387, 477, 480, 490, 493, 533, 556, 559, 560, 561–62, 568, 578, 579, 588, 608, 609, 617, 618, 713n5
Black soldiers and sailors, 236–38, 241, 247, 343, 346, 374, 387, 395, 400, 404, 423, 426, 428, 429, 436, 464, 465, 472, 477–78, 493, 529, 548, 551, 556, 557, 559, 588, 608
- See also slavery, slaves
Blair, Frank P., Jr., 22, 196, 226, 227, 273, 282, 385, 492, 652n44, 691n34
Blair, Frank P., Sr., 526, 527
Blair, Montgomery, 182, 449
Blandville, Mo., 37
Block House (Spotsylvania), 353, 356
Block House Bridge (Spotsylvania), 356, 357
blockade, 148, 320, 520, 554, 611
Bloodgood’s Hotel (Philadelphia), 551
“Bloody Angle” (Spotsylvania), 365, 409
Bloomfield, Mo., 37–38
Blow, Henry Taylor, 155, 626n25, 652n44
Blue Ridge Mountains, 269, 421, 483
Blue Wing, 197
Board of Indian Commissioners, U.S., 719n38
Boggs, Harry, 19
Boggs, Louisa, 18
“Bohemian Brigade,” 67, 71, 415, 493
Bonekemper, Edward, III, 2, 619, 620, 621
Bonneville, Benjamin, 625
Boomer, George B., 232, 670n27
Boomer, Lucius, 670n27
Booth, John Wilkes, 551
Borie, Adolph E., 566, 570, 578, 591, 719n39
Boston Globe, 261
Boston, Mass., 459
Bouton, Edward, 92
Boutwell, George S., 62, 560, 570, 572, 574, 578, 720n43, 720n45
Bowen, John S., 223, 224, 227
Bowers, Theodore S., 48, 165–66, 188, 191, 348, 415, 476, 615, 727n39
Bowling Green, Ky., 38, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 75
Boydton Plank Road (Petersburg), 473, 474, 530
Boynton, Henry Van Ness, 53–56, 91, 140, 241, 242, 258, 275, 487, 518, 632n15, 690n15
Brady, Mathew, 500
Bragg, Braxton, 106, 108, 131, 149, 150–51, 162, 186, 194, 217, 224, 256, 257–59, 311, 504, 507, 620
- at Chattanooga, 259, 260, 263, 265–66, 268, 269, 270, 272, 274, 276, 280, 282, 284, 286, 288, 289, 291, 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304, 305–6, 307, 309, 676n129, 676n1, 679n35
- after Chattanooga, 311, 520, 536
Brands, H.W. (Henry William), 597
Brannan, John M., 271, 672n76
Brayman, Mason, 610
Breckinridge, John C., 280, 295, 390, 394, 421, 422, 446, 447
Brentwood, Tenn., 502, 514
brevet rank, 12, 13, 14, 57, 488, 530
Bridgeport, Ala., 257, 259, 261, 262, 266, 267, 268–69, 273, 669n19
Brigham, Charles D., 296, 676n127
Brinton, John, 44, 82, 86, 87, 89, 94, 498, 630n92
Bristow, Benjamin H., 562, 581–82, 583, 584, 585–86, 593, 722n76
Brock Road (Wilderness), 336–37, 340, 345, 353, 354, 355, 356–57, 358, 361, 684n37
Brooks, William T.H., 428, 437
Bross, William, 52–53, 631n12
Brown, John C., 279, 285
Brown, Joseph E., 486, 705n71
Browning, Orville H., 165
Brown’s Ferry, Tenn., 266–68, 272, 276
Brownsville, Tex., 317
Bruinsburg, Miss., 222, 223
Buchanan, Robert C., 17, 598
Buckland, Ralph, 96, 100, 108, 127
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 18, 66, 74–75, 79, 82, 83, 86, 258, 266, 274, 276
Buell, Don Carlos, 10, 26, 57, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 79, 84, 88–90, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101–2, 143, 144, 147, 149, 150, 162, 263, 596, 598, 599, 651n19, 669n14
- at Shiloh, 4, 90, 103, 110–12, 113, 115, 116–19, 121, 125–26, 127, 128, 129, 130–31, 132, 133–34, 135, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 598, 601, 604, 605, 607, 620, 639n10, 643n64, 647n117, 650n166, 650n173
Buena Vista, Battle of, 13, 46, 48
Buford, Napoleon B., 39, 40–41, 45, 49, 51, 156, 500, 610, 631n113, 632n20
Bull Run
- first Battle of, 5, 25–26, 44, 62, 551, 600
- second Battle of, 122, 420, 551, 587, 620
Bull Run, Va., 25, 332
Burlington, N.J., 481, 512, 551–52, 710n64
Burne, Alfred Higgins, 2, 358, 483, 691n33
Burnside, Ambrose, 68, 71, 320, 322, 323, 476
- and Army of the Ohio, 224, 236, 256, 258, 263, 269, 271, 273, 274, 276, 301–3, 305, 311, 312, 322, 486, 677n10
- and Ninth Corps, 322, 328, 331, 332, 338, 340, 342–44, 345–46, 348, 349, 353, 357, 358, 361, 362, 363–64, 365, 366, 368, 369, 390, 396, 400, 408, 417, 422, 431, 432, 434, 436, 437, 438, 440, 456, 684n33, 684n34, 685n37, 699n48
- and the Crater, 461–62, 464–67, 468, 469, 604
Buschbeck, Adolphus, 281, 282, 285, 287
Butler, Benjamin, 4, 133, 241, 422, 459, 528–29
- in Virginia and North Carolina, 319, 320–21, 327–28, 329, 352, 360, 361, 388, 391–94, 395, 396, 397–98, 400, 403, 417, 423–24, 426, 607, 692n59
- after Grant’s arrival, 426, 427, 428–29, 430, 431, 432, 434–35, 437, 439, 698n31, 698n43
- being replaced by Smith, 450, 456–59, 460, 464, 701n104
- and operations in summer and fall, 467, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 476, 477, 478, 479, 483, 509, 514, 517, 519, 520
- and Fort Fisher, 521, 522, 523, 524, 711n87
- after the war, 560, 574–75, 587, 588
Butler, Mrs. Benjamin, 417
Butler, William, 315, 318
Butterfield, Daniel, 570, 573
Byers, Samuel H.M., 8, 137
Cabinet (U.S.), 253, 454, 551, 553, 556, 559, 562, 571, 578, 581, 583, 592–93, 599, 612, 614, 722n70
Cadwallader, Sylvanus, 1, 7, 92, 137, 165, 172, 179, 188, 195, 203, 214, 216, 220, 238, 239–42, 250, 254–55, 291–92, 319, 396, 415, 458, 459, 476–77, 487, 526, 543, 550, 615, 616, 665n66, 671n53, 675n121, 693n69
Caesar, Julius, 146, 596, 602
Cairo, Ill., 5, 24, 27, 29, 30, 32–35, 36, 38–39, 43, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59–60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 71, 77, 86, 88, 90, 91, 96, 145, 164, 170, 178, 211, 212, 217, 254, 261, 315, 374, 498, 576, 610, 656n14, 682n85, 720n43
Cairo, U.S.S., 181, 206
California Ring, 577
California, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 165, 557, 589
Cameron, James Donald, 574, 591
Cameron, Simon, 25, 29, 53, 59, 574
Camilla, Ga., 560
Camp Grant massacre, 567
Camp Johnston, 42
Camp Yates, 21, 22
Campaigning with Grant (Porter), 328, 429
Campbell, Benjamin, 57
Campbell, Hugh, 62
Campbell, John A., 526
Canada, 497, 558, 566, 568, 716n1
canal at Vicksburg, 148, 184, 201–2, 203, 204, 208, 215
canal, inter-oceanic, 579
Canby, Edward R.S., 395, 486, 509, 514, 518, 530, 553–55, 689n3, 709n39, 716n60
canister shot, 8, 285, 358
Cantey, James, 378, 379
Canton, Miss., 226
Cape Fear River, 520, 523, 524, 536
Cape Girardeau, Mo., 33, 34
Carlin, William P., 36–37, 280, 289, 297, 536
Carondelet, Mo., 68
Carondelet, U.S.S., 75
Carr, Eugene, 226, 227, 229
Carrington, Henry, 690n25
Carroll, Anna, 70
Carroll, William C., 7, 48, 54–56, 70, 71, 85, 90, 108, 112, 126, 131, 132, 135–36, 140, 141, 165, 576, 615, 616, 631n12, 632n15, 632n20, 638n141, 645n88, 648n146, 649n148
Carrollton, La., 254, 256
Casey, James, 315, 561, 564
Casey, Peter, 170
Casey, Samuel, 315, 318
Cassville, Battle of, 381
Castel, Albert, 3, 380, 382, 494, 600, 623n9
Catharpin Road (Wilderness), 329, 330, 331, 333–34, 339, 344, 356, 357
Catholics, 579, 609
Catton, Bruce, 8, 9, 54, 172, 269, 305, 329, 360, 402, 415, 472, 493, 511, 597, 615, 649n154, 668n121, 675n110
Cavalry Bureau (U.S.), 323, 336
Cavalry Corps (U.S.), 319, 323, 357, 359, 393, 397, 399, 455
Cavanaugh, Maggie, 477
Cedar Creek, Battle of, 483–85, 530, 600, 613
Century, 8, 127, 132, 140, 595, 607
Chadwick, George, 170
Chaffee, Jerome, 594
Chaffin’s Bluff (Petersburg), 429
Chalmers, James R., 106, 109, 118
Chamberlain, Joshua L., 543, 587
Chambers, Alexander, 644n71
Chambersburg, Penn., 478, 534
Champion Hill, Battle of, 226–27, 230, 233, 599
Chancellor, 46, 61
Chancellorsville, Battle of, 260, 265, 310, 329, 332, 345, 360, 420, 620
Chancellorsville, Va., 353, 354
Chandler, Zachariah, 319, 321, 516, 520, 574, 582
Chapultepec, Battle of, 13
Charlemagne, 1
Charleston, Mo., 30, 37, 38, 640n16
Charleston, S.C., 20, 148, 391, 395, 486, 487, 488, 493, 531, 627n47
Charleston, W.V., 325, 445,
Charlottesville, Va., 421, 422–23, 446, 447, 451, 453, 483, 539
Chase, Salmon P., 59, 149, 172, 178, 212, 250, 251, 261, 371, 449
Chattanooga Creek, 310,
Chattanooga Valley, 305, 678n24, 679n35
Chattanooga, Battle of, 2, 4, 8, 9, 274, 279, 280, 287–98, 303, 304, 307, 309–10, 320, 348, 371, 373, 375, 598, 599, 600, 601, 604, 606, 612, 616, 617, 618, 620, 623n9, 674n107, 678n18, 678n22, 678n24, 682n85, 725n9
- Cracker line at, 266–69
- pursuit after, 299–302, 605, 676–77nn1–2, 677n5
Chattanooga, Tenn., 147, 150, 194, 224, 256, 257, 259–63, 265, 270–74, 276, 302, 306, 324, 327, 375, 378, 379, 382, 395, 486, 487, 488, 495–96, 497, 500, 504, 505, 671n54, 673n93, 676n1, 677n9, 692n54
Cheatham, Benjamin F., 42, 45, 51–52, 54–55, 266, 269, 270, 298, 307, 502
Cherokee, 555
Cherry, Mrs. William, 143, 643n60
Cherry, William, 111; residence of, 94, 95, 98, 102, 110
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, 445, 480
Chetlain, Augustus, 20, 21–22, 34, 69, 85, 309, 325, 374
Chewning Farm (Wilderness), 335, 343–44
Cheyenne, 567, 568, 577
Chicago Evening Journal, 43, 45, 61
Chicago Historical Society, 671n53
Chicago Times, 38, 43, 47, 70, 71, 74, 159, 165, 191, 216, 220, 230, 239
Chicago Tribune, 16, 34, 47, 52, 60, 68, 212
Chickahominy River, 325, 404, 424, 462
Chickamauga campaign, 1, 258, 259, 260, 263, 265, 270, 288, 309, 322, 373, 486, 504, 612, 619, 679n32
Chickamauga Creek. See North Chickamauga Creek, South Chickamauga Creek,
Chickamauga Station, 274, 300, 304
Chickamauga Valley, 284, 305
Chickasaw Bayou, 240
Chickasaw Bluffs, Battle of, 195, 196, 197, 211, 314, 600, 695n131
Chickasaw Bluffs, 191, 198, 631
Childs, George William, 719n39
Chillicothe, U.S.S. 205
China, 584
Chivington, John, 567
Choctaw, U.S.S., 222, 238
cholera, 15
Chorpenning, George, 577–78
Churchill, Winston, 2
Cincinnati Commercial, 159, 160, 212
Cincinnati Gazette, 36, 47, 139, 141, 152, 159
Cincinnati sanitary commission, 88
Cincinnati, Ohio, 11, 23, 66, 149, 150, 170, 171, 236, 303, 506, 569
Citico Creek (Chattanooga), 270, 272, 274, 275–76, 281
City of Alton, 254
City of Memphis, 87
City Point, Va., 328, 392, 397–98, 423, 424, 426, 427, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 438, 447, 450, 453, 461, 467, 470, 472, 477, 479, 499, 500, 510, 520, 525, 527, 534, 538, 539, 544, 620, 710n64
Civil Service Commission, U.S., 579
Clark Mountain (Wilderness), 331
Clark, David, 588
Clarksville, Tenn., 76, 88–89, 151
Clear Creek (Shiloh), 122
Cleburne, Patrick, 107, 274, 276, 282, 284, 285, 287, 289, 298, 300–1, 307, 311, 379
Cleveland, Ga., 270, 271, 300
Cleveland, Ohio, 559
Clymer committee, 575
Coffeeville, Miss., 191
Coffin, Charles, 88
“Cold Harbor Syndrome,” 440–41, 442
Cold Harbor, Battle of, 402–9, 416, 418, 419, 420, 438, 440, 453, 598, 602, 604, 607, 621
Cold Harbor, Va., 401–2, 403, 404, 422, 424, 426, 456, 694n89
Coldwater River, 204, 205
Colfax, Schuyler, 575
Columbia River, 16
Columbia, S.C., 531, 532–35, 713n5
Columbia, Tenn., 101, 116, 142, 495, 500–1, 514, 515, 708n31
Columbus, Ga., 553
Columbus, Ky., 29, 30–32, 35, 36, 37, 38–40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49–50, 53, 55, 65, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 85, 88, 90, 93, 156, 170, 176, 177, 181, 186, 199, 212, 629n68
Columbus, Miss., 191
Colyer, Vincent, 608
Comanche (Numunuu), 567, 577
Commentaries (Caesar), 596
Commerce, Mo., 37
Comstock Lode, 593
Comstock, Cyrus Ballou, 321, 340, 342, 343, 344, 347, 348, 353, 355, 364, 396, 397, 398, 406, 407, 409, 418, 423, 438, 440, 458, 459, 468, 470, 521, 522, 523, 524, 560, 600, 687n68, 693n69
Conestoga, U.S.S., 30, 35
Confederate States of America, 10, 20, 25, 27, 29, 32, 36, 66, 68, 75, 93, 148, 174, 177, 236, 244, 251, 311, 317, 323, 325, 388, 418, 419, 420, 430, 442, 484, 486, 487, 520, 526, 527, 528, 530, 535, 546, 552, 558, 590, 608, 611, 612–13, 617, 618, 627n41, 681n77, 726n29
Conger, Arthur L., 596, 635n78
Conkling, Roscoe, 170, 571, 574, 591, 655n94
Connecticut soldiers, 550
Constitution, U.S., 553, 563, 578
Cook, John, 28, 39, 86, 92, 144
Cooke, Henry D., 578, 584
Cooke, Jay, 172, 469, 570, 578, 580, 592
Coolbaugh, George, 164
Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, 635n77
Coppée, Henry, 34, 95, 305
Copperheads, 47, 319, 454, 608
Corbin, Abel Rathbone, 570, 572–73, 720n44
Corbin, Virginia Grant, 573, 720n44
Corbin’s Bridge (Wilderness), 333, 356–57, 360
Corinth Road, 108, 132
Corinth, Miss., 7, 85, 93–94, 95–96, 97–98, 100, 102, 104, 105, 110, 111, 122, 131, 133, 138, 141, 143, 145–46, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 175, 186, 211, 216, 246, 373, 381, 495, 612, 632n25, 651n10
Corse, John M., 284–85, 287, 307
cotton, 21, 28, 111, 148, 167, 169, 170–72, 173, 174, 175, 176, 185, 187, 188, 191, 202, 206, 207, 212, 213, 217, 220, 248–49, 50, 251, 253, 315–16, 317, 318, 455, 493, 514, 529, 532, 534, 581, 586, 611, 613, 632n25, 713n4
courts of inquiry, 65, 92, 135, 150, 189–90, 235, 245–46, 374, 424, 433, 467, 541, 578, 583, 586–87, 596, 599
Covington, Ky., 23, 314
Cox, Jacob D., Jr., 503, 575, 648n138, 708n24
Coxe, William H., 172, 191
Cozzens, Peter, 290, 673n93
Crapsey, Edward, 416
Crater, Battle of the, 409, 427, 466–69, 474, 477, 478, 481, 514, 520
- preparations for, 461–66
Craven house (Chattanooga), 278, 280
Crawford, Samuel W., 335, 336, 359, 400, 540, 541–42
Crédit Mobilier, 567, 575
Creswell, John A.J., 577
Crittenden, Thomas L., 116, 125, 128, 131, 303, 390, 607, 676n121
Crocker, Marcellus, 163, 225, 226, 227
Crook, George, 325, 326, 394, 421, 422, 479, 482–83, 484, 485, 497, 535
Cruces, Panama, 15–16
Cruft, Charles, 79, 278, 279, 288, 289, 297, 670n37
Crump’s Landing, Tenn., 94, 98, 99, 101, 103, 111–12, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 141, 144, 647n122
Crump’s-Purdy Road (Shiloh), 111, 124
Cuba, 562, 564
Cullom, Shelby M., 62, 563
Cullum, George W., 91, 635n94
Culpeper Mine Ford (Wilderness), 331
Culpeper, Va., 325, 331, 474
Cumberland Church (Appomattox), 549
Cumberland Plateau, 66, 68, 150, 224, 257, 273, 378
Cumberland River, 29, 32, 36, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 151, 504, 505, 506, 507, 516
Cumberland Valley (Md. and Penn.), 478
Cumberland, Md., 447
Cumming, Alfred, 285, 287
Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 26, 70, 97, 155, 169, 179, 180, 182, 184, 199, 498, 509
Custer, George Armstrong, 323, 387, 404, 484, 485, 549, 550, 567, 568, 576, 587, 589
D.C. Board of Commissioners, 584
D.C. Board of Public Works, 584
Dahlgren, John A., 208
Daily Richmond Examiner, 529
Dakota Territory, 575
Dalton, Ga., 258, 270, 271, 297, 301, 315, 375, 376, 379, 380, 487, 518
Dana, Charles A., 3, 7, 8, 34, 62, 79, 319, 596, 597, 606, 613–14, 615
- in the West, 62–63, 92, 102, 137, 170–71, 173, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 223, 233–34, 238–42, 243, 249, 252, 253, 633n38, 664nn60–62, 665nn66–67, 693n69, 720n43
- at Chattanooga, 259, 260, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270–71, 275, 276, 283, 284, 288–90, 299, 301, 303, 304, 310, 669n18, 672n61, 673n97, 674n107, 677n10, 678n22, 679n37
- with Grant as General-in-Chief, 320, 325, 330, 353, 362, 363, 402, 409, 424, 426, 429, 439, 441, 442, 446, 450, 451, 455, 456, 457, 459–60, 497, 552, 698n30, 698n33, 715n36
- after the war, 570, 577
Daniel, Larry, 650n173, 668n3
Danville, Va., 423, 548, 553
Darbytown, Va., Battles of, 473
Davies, Thomas A., 156, 157, 189
Davis Bend, Miss., 251–52,
Davis Bridge (Corinth), 157–58
Davis, Charles H., 147–48, 178
Davis, David, 62, 637n122
Davis, Henry Winter, 454
Davis, Jefferson C., 280–81, 286, 299–300, 308, 490, 678n22
Davis, Jefferson F., 30, 32, 67, 213, 226, 236, 251, 265–66, 268, 307, 311, 383, 386, 393, 526, 528, 530, 546, 551, 569, 590, 613
Davis, Joseph, 213, 251
Davis’ Mill, Miss., 189
de Arnaud, Charles, 32–33, 34
De Courcey, John, 195
de Trobriand, Régis, 705n75
Dearing, James, 427
Decatur, Ala., 263, 264, 495, 496, 503, 515
Decatur, Ga., 383, 384
Decatur, Miss., 314
Deep Bottom, Va., 462, 468, 469, 470, 472
Deer Creek (Vicksburg), 206, 207
Delano, Columbus, 568, 575, 578
Democratic Party, 20, 460, 609, 614, 722n74
Democrats, 7, 20, 24, 26, 164, 354, 454, 475, 561, 580, 585, 589, 592, 609, 612
- War Democrats, 24
Dennis, Elias S., 237, 238
Dennison, William, 23
Dent, Frederick T. “Colonel” (elder), 12, 15, 18, 19, 609
Dent, Frederick T. (younger), 12, 253, 321, 477, 552, 587, 609
Dent, George, 577
Dent, John, 575, 577
Dent, Lewis, 248, 250, 576, 577, 666
Department of Kansas (U.S.), 93
Department of North Carolina (U.S.), 536
Department of the Cumberland (U.S.), 66, 209, 210, 260, 261, 263
Department of the Gulf (U.S.), 326, 395
Department of the Mississippi (U.S.), 7
Department of the Missouri (U.S.), 236, 497, 499
Department of the Ohio (U.S.), 210, 261, 312, 93
Department of the South (U.S.), 492, 529
Department of the Tennessee (U.S.), 163, 178, 182, 209, 210, 261, 263, 386, 579, 609
Department of the West (U.S.), 627n47
Department of West Virginia (U.S.), 326
Detrich, John E., 40
Detroit, Mich., 15, 16
Dick, Franklin, 155
Dickey, Theophilus Lyle, 55, 98, 132, 153, 154, 155, 159–60, 161, 163, 164, 65, 187, 189, 600, 652–53n45, 657n41
Diligent, 239–40, 664n63
Dimmock Line (Petersburg), 426, 427, 428, 430, 435
Diné (Navajo), 566
Dinwiddie Court-House, Va., 539, 540, 541, 543
disease and illness, 15, 29, 67, 88, 94, 106, 108, 112, 142, 143, 144, 146, 150, 168, 170, 173, 191, 198, 209–11, 212, 216, 241, 242, 244, 246, 249, 250, 252, 273, 312, 350, 361, 367, 401, 448, 488, 489, 497, 529, 560, 559, 590, 617, 660n111, 665n71, 674n97, 724n112
District of Cairo, 89, 205, 610
District of Columbia, 452, 574, 583
- See also Washington, D.C.
District of Memphis, 186
District of Southeast Missouri, 30
District of West Tennessee, 89
Dodge, Grenville, 6, 99, 175, 216, 264, 306, 311, 319, 374–75, 378, 379, 384, 385, 499, 566, 567–68, 599, 638n142, 652n45, 707n13, 719n30, 719n32
Dollins, James J., 40
Dominican Republic (San Domingo), 562–63, 575, 586
Doolittle, Charles, 512
Dougherty, Henry, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 51, 55, 629n84
Douglas, Stephen A., 217, 514
Douglass, Frederick, 477
Dove, Benjamin M., 80
Dover, Tenn., 78
draft, 419, 450, 454, 476
Drewry’s Bluff, 393, 430, 434
Drexel, Anthony J., 569–70
Droop Mountain, Battle of, 530
DuBois, Jesse, 23, 55, 57, 62, 610
DuBois, John, 173, 174, 175, 187
Ducat, Arthur, 152, 156
Duck River, 101, 500, 502, 515
Duckport canal (Vicksburg), 219
Duff, William L., 202, 238, 396, 600, 664n60, 667n114
Dug Gap, 377, 378
Dunbar, 281
Duncan Field (Shiloh), 644n78
Dunn, William M., 242
Dunning School, 598
DuPont, Henry, 482
Dutch Gap canal (Petersburg), 519
Dwight, William, 229–30
Eads, James B., 29, 68
Earl of Lytton, 591
Earle, George, 577
Early, Jubal, 346, 361, 370, 383, 422–23, 424, 440, 444, 445, 446, 448, 449–53, 461, 465, 472, 473, 475, 478, 479–85, 490, 526, 534, 538, 606
East Kentucky, 554
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad, 257, 281, 282
East Tennessee, 66, 68, 70, 150–51, 224, 236, 256, 257, 258, 269, 270, 276, 298, 300, 301–2, 305, 312, 313, 314–15, 324, 331, 375, 391, 487, 554, 608
Eastport, Miss., 263
Eastport, U.S.S., 73, 317
Eaton, John, 168–69, 171, 190, 247, 248, 251–52, 597, 667n114
Ebenezer Creek, 490
Eckert, Thomas T., 510, 526–27
Eighth Corps (U.S.), 452, 479, 482, 484
8th Iowa, 145
8th Missouri, 34
Eighteenth Corps (U.S.), 391, 401, 402, 404, 407, 423, 426, 428, 430, 432, 434, 436, 456, 458, 464, 465, 466, 468, 471, 472, 474, 478, 694n95
18th Wisconsin, 106
81st Ohio, 127, 646n109
86th Indiana, 295
88th Pennsylvania, 362
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1
Elderkin, James D., 625n12
Eleventh Corps (U.S.), 260, 267, 268, 272, 278, 280, 281, 284, 286, 373
11th Illinois, 38
11th Louisiana, 42
11th Ohio Battery, 153
Ellet, Charles, 147–48, 213, 216
Elliott, Sam Davis, 674n107
Elliott’s Mills, Ky., 46
Ely’s Ford (Wilderness), 329, 331, 347
Emancipation Proclamation, 236, 251, 395
Emerson, John W., 8, 69, 125, 597, 624n9
Emma Mine, 586
Emory, William H., 479, 484
Epperson, James F., 683n6
Essex, U.S.S., 68, 72, 73
Ewell, Richard S., 263, 331, 334, 336, 338, 340, 342, 344, 346, 359, 362, 364, 370, 388, 446–47, 453, 548, 603
Ewing, Hugh, 5, 200, 281–82, 284, 285, 287, 677n2
Ewing, Thomas, Sr., 137, 139
Executive Mansion (White House), 518, 570, 572, 576, 581, 582, 583, 585, 587, 589, 609
Fanny Bullitt, 87, 88
Farragut, David G., 133, 147, 148, 215–16, 219, 327, 470, 475, 521, 524, 554
Feis, William B., 190
Fernandina, Fla., 611
Ferrero, Edward, 343, 346, 347, 350, 370, 395, 404, 436, 437, 464–65, 466, 472
Fessenden, William P., 319, 454, 565
Field Orders No 1 (U.S.), 634n73
Field, Charles W., 341, 342
Field, George, 248, 249–50, 252
Fifth Corps (U.S.), 328, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334–35, 338, 340, 342, 348, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 363, 370, 390, 400, 401, 408, 436, 462, 465, 466, 468, 470, 471, 472, 539, 540–41, 543, 544, 546, 683n11, 685n46
Fifth Division (AotT), 93, 108, 127, 138
5th Massachusetts Cavalry, 427, 477
5th New Hampshire, 431
5th New York Cavalry, 336
15th Alabama, 267
15th Amendment, 561
Fifteenth Corps (U.S.), 200, 216, 378, 510
15th Iowa, 112, 201
15th Michigan, 105–6, 642n47
15th Tennessee, 42
53rd Illinois, 128, 132
53rd Ohio, 97–98, 104, 106, 642n51
54th Ohio, 109
55th Illinois, 109
57th Massachusetts, 410
1st Arkansas, 300
First Corps (ANoVa), 345
First Corps (U.S.), 328, 373, 478
First Division (AotP Cavalry Corps), 323, 352, 357
First Division (AotT), 80, 83, 92, 94, 113
First Division (C.S. Army of the West), 153
First Division Expeditionary Corps (AotT), 93
1st Louisiana Native Guards, 238
1st Maine, 438
1st Mississippi Battalion, 45
1st New York Cavalry, 421
1st New York Mounted Rifles, 428
1st U.S. Volunteer Infantry 529
Fish, Hamilton, 562, 563, 564, 570, 574, 577, 579, 580, 583, 585, 593, 601, 616
Fish, James D., 593
Fish, Julia, 562
Fisher’s Hill, Battle of, 473, 483
Fisk, James, 572, 720n44
Five Forks, Va., 539–40
Five Forks, Va., Battle of, 542, 543, 544, 586
flags of truce, 51–55, 56, 65, 91, 144, 152, 195, 224, 235, 246, 366, 439, 467, 631n12
- at Cold Harbor, 9, 411–15, 440–41
Florida, 327, 493, 562, 611
Floyd, John B., 19, 74–75, 76, 79, 83, 602
Folly Island, S.C., 611
Foner, Eric, 249
Foote, Andrew Hull, 4, 34, 47, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 84, 88, 89, 133, 178, 606
Force, Manning, 490
Ford, Charles W., 581
Ford, John T., 552
Ford’s Theatre, 551
Forney, John W., 174, 521, 563
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 74, 83, 129, 132, 185, 186, 188, 189, 196, 218, 265, 266, 311, 314, 374, 375, 378, 486, 495, 496, 498, 500, 503, 506, 507, 515, 529, 553, 605, 680n48
Forsyth, James W., 538
Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Terr., 576
Fort Donelson, Battle of, 4, 7, 60, 69–71, 74–88, 89, 90, 91–92, 94, 97, 102, 117, 125, 136, 139, 140, 143, 145, 149, 164, 170, 211, 245, 374, 448, 596, 604, 605, 606, 611, 612, 617, 630n92, 636n98, 649n148, 660n114
Fort Donelson, Tenn., 60, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 507
Fort Fetterman, Dakota Terr., 575
Fort Fisher, N.C., 509, 514, 519, 520–21, 523–24, 525, 531, 536
Fort Granger, Tenn., 502
Fort Gregg, Va., 545
Fort Harrison, Va., 472
Fort Heiman, Ky., 68, 72, 73, 86, 496
Fort Henry, Tenn., 4, 68, 69, 70, 71–74, 75, 76, 78, 84, 85, 86, 90, 92, 96, 97, 117, 135, 147, 167, 186, 211, 598, 611, 660n114
Fort Hindman, Ark. See Arkansas Post
Fort Holt, Ky., 33, 34, 36, 39
Fort Humboldt, Calif., 17
Fort McAllister, Ga., 492
Fort Monroe, Va., 69, 169, 424, 449, 457, 467, 477, 521, 527, 711n93
Fort Pemberton, Miss., 205
Fort Pillow, Tenn., 29, 133, 374
Fort Powhatan, Va., 392
Fort Pulaski, S.C., 611
Fort Rice, Dakota Terr., 575
Fort Stedman (Petersburg), 538
Fort Stevens, D.C., 449
Fort Sumter, S.C., 20, 66, 551
Fort Union, N.M. Terr., 576
Fort Vancouver, Ore. Terr., 16, 391
Fort Wood (Chattanooga), 276
Forts Gregg and Whitworth (Petersburg), 545
Forts St. Philip and Jackson, La., 219
Fouke, Philip B., 39, 41, 44, 629n84
Fourth Corps (U.S.), 323, 373, 384, 495, 496, 501, 511, 515
Fourth Division (AotT), 93, 114, 157
4th Illinois Cavalry, 146
4th U.S. Colored Troops, 427
Fourteenth Corps (U.S.), 265, 289, 295, 487, 489, 675nn111–12
14th Wisconsin, 128
40th Illinois, 191
42nd Ohio, 195
43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, 394, 480
45th Illinois, 242, 243
48th Pennsylvania, 461
49th New York, 365
Fox, Gustavus, 34, 220
Fox, William F., 478
France, 557; invasion of Mexico by, 247, 316, 526, 557, 558
Franklin Pike (Nashville), 514
Franklin, Battle of, 502–3, 515, 517
Franklin, Tenn., 500–3, 504, 505, 515, 707n22, 708n28, 710n66
Franklin, William B., 254–55, 323, 449, 457, 458, 479, 668n119
Frederick the Great, 1, 591
Fredericksburg, Battle of, 194, 302, 322, 420,
Fredericksburg, Va., 329, 331, 333, 338, 350, 351, 357, 364, 371, 400, 410
Frederickton, Mo., 37
Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company, 578, 722n80
freedmen. See Blacks; slavery; slaves
Freedmen’s Bureau, 578
Frémont, Jessie Benton, 27
Frémont, John C., 26, 27, 28, 30, 32–35, 36, 37, 38, 48, 49, 58, 59, 62, 63, 68, 90, 97, 150, 309, 395, 610, 612, 628nn62–63, 640n16
French language, 11, 601, 609
Fuller, J. F. C., 1, 112, 208, 305, 325, 328, 349, 417, 597, 619, 621, 673n92, 678n23
Fuller, John W., 384–85
Fullerton, Hugh, 666n83
Fullerton, Joseph, 6, 289, 290, 296, 302, 487, 676n126
Fulton Road (Iuka), 152, 161
G.W. Graham, 64, 633n47
Galena, Ill., 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 55, 56, 57, 59, 134, 242, 564, 569, 609, 610
“Galvanized Yankees,” 529
Gardner, Asa Bird, 578, 583, 587, 723n88
Garfield, James A., 218, 260, 572–73, 575, 591, 592, 669n14
Garland, Hamlin, 8, 305, 354, 597, 626n39, 675n121
Garland, John, 13, 14
Geary, John W., 267–68, 278–80, 287–88, 297, 300, 487
General Orders No 100 (U.S.), 421, 480, 489, 533
General Orders No 11 (U.S.), 173–76, 189, 609, 618
- See also Jews
General Orders No 3 (U.S.), 67, 167
General Orders No 5 (U.S.), 56
General Orders No 88 (U.S.), 653n59
General War Order No 1 (U.S.), 69
Georgetown, Ohio, 11, 23
Georgia, 257, 258, 327, 382, 383, 395, 450, 478, 485, 486–94, 499, 510, 520, 531, 537, 600, 603
German-Americans, 19, 22, 624n20
Germanna Ford (Wilderness), 329, 337, 339, 357
Germanna Ford or Plank Road (Wilderness), 331–32, 338, 340, 342, 343
Germany, 609
Getty, George W., 337, 338, 340, 341, 365, 683n15
Gettysburg, Battle of, 244, 253, 257, 260, 294, 318, 321, 351, 388, 437, 536, 551, 727n3
Gibbon, John, 337, 344–45, 361, 371, 396, 429, 432, 441, 462, 471, 546, 548, 682n89
Gillmore, Quincy A., 391, 400, 423–24, 428, 449
Gladden, Adley H., 106
Globe Tavern, Va., 473
Goat Hill (Chattanooga), 282, 285, 286
gold, 170, 174, 176, 188, 316, 418, 453, 478, 568, 571
gold conspiracy, 572–73, 581, 582, 678, 721
Goldsborough, N. C., 475, 536, 537
Goodrich’s Landing, La., 252
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 528
Gordon, John B., 336, 346, 348, 362, 364, 484, 537–38, 546, 548, 550, 594
Gordonsville, Va., 331, 421, 422, 451, 453
Gould, Jay, 572, 578, 593, 720n44
Graham, George W. “Wash,” 55, 57, 60–61, 63, 64–65, 71, 86, 92, 135, 205, 220, 240, 243, 248, 633n47, 665n66
Graham, Harvey, 663n42
Grand Ecore, La., 318
Grand Gulf, Miss., 29, 216, 217, 219, 220–22, 223–25, 226, 229, 230, 247
Grand Junction, Tenn., 159, 187
Grand Review, 556
Granger, Gordon, 10, 259, 303, 311, 312, 315, 323, 373–74, 530, 553, 554, 596, 601, 678n13, 689n3
- at Chattanooga, 265, 272, 274, 275, 276, 281, 286, 289–90, 292, 294, 295, 296, 297, 299, 301–3, 306, 676n122, 677n1, 677n9, 677n11, 678n13, 679n37, 682n85
Granger, Robert S., 495
Grant & Ward, 589, 593–94, 595, 724n110
Grant and Lee: A Study in Personality and Generalship (Fuller), 619
Grant Moves South (Catton) 9, 172
Grant, Frederick Dent, 13, 16, 36, 176, 564, 588–89, 595, 613, 724n110
Grant, Hannah Simpson, 11, 139, 613
Grant, Jesse Root (Grant’s father), 11, 19, 21, 59, 86, 139, 171, 173, 174, 175, 188, 241, 565, 613, 656n112
Grant, Jesse Root (Grant’s son), 188, 261, 569, 578, 589
Grant, Julia Dent, 12, 14–15, 16, 17, 18–19, 22, 36, 37, 46, 53, 59, 69, 103, 123, 139, 142, 145, 146, 155, 162, 167, 168, 188, 198, 220, 241, 254, 261, 262, 328, 348, 391, 409, 456, 477, 481, 500, 510, 512–13, 525, 527, 551, 562, 572–73, 576, 589, 591, 593, 594, 595, 606, 613, 614, 625n12, 625n21, 654n82, 663n43, 693n65, 715n53, 720n44
Grant, Orvil, 575–76, 591
Grant, Simpson, 19
Grant, Ulysses S.: Chronology
- Ohio, 11
- West Point, 11–12
- first military postings, 12, 15, 16
- Mexican War, 12–15
- West Coast postings, 15–18
- Missouri civilian, 18–19
- Galena, 19–20
- re-entry into the army, 20–24
- colonel, 24, 26
- brigadier-general before Cairo, 26–28, 30
- assignment to Cairo, 30–32
- Paducah, occupation of, 32–36, 37, 60
- Belmont, Battle of, 7, 39–50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 67, 75, 91, 95, 97, 117, 211, 235, 245, 291, 319, 601, 605, 611, 612, 616, 617, 628, 630, 665, 728
- Cairo, 32–35, 38, 51, 53, 54, 56–57, 145
- corruption at Cairo, 57–58, 59–63, 64–65
- reconnaissance in Kentucky, 67
- Fort Henry, Battle of, 4, 69–74, 75, 84, 85, 86, 88, 92, 147, 211
- See also Fort Henry, Tenn.
- Fort Donelson, Battle of, 4, 7, 60, 69–71, 74–88, 89, 90, 91–92, 94, 97, 102, 117, 125, 136, 139, 140, 143, 145, 149, 164, 170, 211, 245, 374, 448, 596, 604, 605, 606, 611, 612, 617, 630n92, 636n98, 649n148, 660n114
- aftermath of Donelson, 84–93
- before Shiloh, 93–105
- Shiloh, Battle of, 4, 5, 7, 9, 33, 56, 63, 90, 92, 105–31, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 164, 165, 167, 211, 232, 245, 261, 263, 303, 334, 371, 374, 381, 556, 569, 590, 596, 598, 599, 600, 601, 604, 605, 606, 607, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 617, 618, 620, 623n9, 636n98, 642n47, 642n51, 642n54, 643n60, 643n64, 644n71, 644n74, 644nn76–78, 645n88, 645n98, 646n107, 646n109, 647nn117–18, 648n138, 648n146, 649n148, 649n154, 650n166, 650n171, 650n173, 650n2, 660n114, 669n14, 675n121, 725n9
- set aside by Halleck, 144–45
- advance on Corinth, 144–46, 148
- Iuka, Battle of, 153–54, 155, 159, 160, 161–62, 211, 261, 598, 606, 620, 652n36, 653n65, 694n95
- Corinth, Battle of (Oct. 1862), 156–60, 162, 163, 261, 598, 605, 620, 652n45 653n59, 708n28
- Vicksburg campaign, 29, 63, 148, 177–78, 179, 181, 182, 183, 184–85, 186, 192, 193, 196, 199, 200–1, 202, 203, 205, 206, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213–17, 218, 219–20, 229, 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 260, 303, 261, 287, 300, 313, 314, 316, 318, 321, 330, 339, 371, 374, 385, 395, 411, 467, 487, 524, 528, 534, 551, 582, 590, 599, 600, 602, 603, 611, 615, 617, 618, 658n53, 661n123, 662n29, 664n62, 667n114, 670n27, 679n43, 693n69, 708n28
- initial advance on Vicksburg, 177, 178–82, 185–91
- Holly Springs. See Holly Springs, Miss.,
- McClernand’s expedition. See McClernand, John A.: Mississippi expedition
- Arkansas Post, Battle of. See Arkansas Post, Ark.,
- canal at Vicksburg, 148, 184, 201–2, 203, 204, 208, 215
- Lake Providence expedition, 202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 214, 215, 218, 219, 237
- Yazoo Pass expedition, 203, 204, 206, 208, 214, 217, 218, 247, 605
- Steele’s Bayou expedition, 206, 207, 208, 212, 605
- Duckport canal, 219
- overland campaign against Vicksburg, 2, 63, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229–30
- Port Gibson, Battle of, 223, 233, 247
- Raymond, Battle of, 225, 238, 310, 708n28
- Jackson, First Battle of, 225
- Champion Hill, Battle of, 226–27, 230, 233, 599
- Big Black River, Battle of the, 229, 708n28
- initial assaults on Vicksburg, 230–33, 598, 604, 607
- siege of Vicksburg, 233, 235–36, 238, 242–44
- Milliken’s Bend, Battle of, 237–38, 239, 240, 241, 248
- Vicksburg mine, 242–43
- Jackson, Second Battle of, 244–46, 258
- travel to Chattanooga, 261–62
- Chattanooga, Battle of, 2, 4, 8, 9, 274, 279, 280, 287–98, 303, 304, 307, 309–10, 320, 348, 371, 373, 375, 598, 599, 600, 601, 604, 606, 612, 616, 617, 618, 620, 623n9, 674n107, 678n18, 678n22, 678n24, 682n85, 725n9
- Cracker line at, 266–69
- pursuit after, 299–302, 605, 676–77nn1–2, 677n5
- travels after Chattanooga, 311–12
- Red River campaign. See Red River campaign,
- plans for spring offensives, 323–28, 329, 332, 376–77
- Overland Campaign, 2, 6, 10, 396, 418–20, 438, 444, 450, 453, 461, 477, 598, 605, 606, 614, 617, 619, 620, 621, 681n77
- See also (separate engagements by name)
- Wilderness, Battle of the, 7, 8, 325, 330, 335–50, 358, 360, 364, 366, 400, 416, 542, 600, 605, 606
- casualties from, 349–51, 371, 372, 410, 420, 682, 685n46
- leaving, 352–57
- See also Wilderness (Virginia)
- Sherman’s operations in Georgia. See Atlanta, Battle of; Atlanta Campaign; Snake Creek Gap; Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of; Sherman, William Tecumseh
- Spotsylvania, Battle of, 358–59, 360–72, 388, 390, 393, 420, 438, 456, 479, 542, 602, 604, 607, 621
- North Anna River, 389, 390, 398, 399–400, 411, 420, 437, 602, 603, 604
- Cold Harbor, Battle of, 402–9, 416, 418, 419, 420, 438, 440, 453, 598, 602, 604, 607, 621
- flag of truce, 9, 411–15, 440–41
- Petersburg, operations around, 327–28, 349, 458, 470, 478–79, 482, 483, 485, 508, 509, 520, 526
- Butler’s operations at Bermuda Hundred, 392, 394, 397–98, 400, 418, 423–24, 425, 426, 430, 434–36, 437, 444, 456, 462, 474, 519, 544, 546, 548, 604, 607
- initial assaults on Petersburg, 426–40, 441, 442, 444, 455–56, 459, 461, 465, 598, 600, 604, 620, 698n28, 698n30, 698n33
- Jerusalem Plank Road, Battle of, 441–42, 453, 455, 461
- Crater, Battle of the, 409, 427, 466–69, 474, 477, 478, 481, 514, 520; preparations for, 461–66
- Meade’s operations at Petersburg, 423, 446, 451–52, 453, 456, 461, 463, 464, 468, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 504, 519, 525, 530, 537, 539, 542, 544, 545, 546–48, 565, 598, 602, 603, 605, 607, 610, 618, 621
- relief of William F. “Baldy” Smith, 456–59
- Sigel’s and Hunter’s Valley campaigns, 326, 394–95, 396, 421–23, 444–47
- Early’s invasion, 383, 445–52, 453, 461, 475, 478, 490, 526, 606
- Sheridan’s operations in the Valley. See Cedar Creek, Battle of; Fisher’s Hill, Battle of; Sheridan, Philip H.; Waynesboro, Battle of; Winchester, Battle of
- Hood’s invasion of Tennessee, 496–97, 498, 499–517
- Franklin, Battle of. See Franklin, Tenn.
- Nashville, Battle of. See Nashville, Battle of
- peace commission. See Hampton Roads Peace Conference
- Fort Fisher, Battle of. See Fort Fisher, N.C.,
- Five Forks, Va., Battle of, 542, 543, 544, 586
- final assault, 544–46
- Appomattox campaign, 548–550
- Amelia Court-House, 546, 548
- Sailor’s (Sayler’s) Creek, Battle of, 548–49
- Appomattox, surrender at, 557, 566, 606
- See also Appomattox Court-House, Va.
- proposed invasion of Texas, 554–55
- Mexico, 557–58
- tour of the South, 559
- secretary of war ad interim, 559
- Johnson’s impeachment, 559–60
- travel out West, 560–61
- 1868 presidential election, 9, 561
- presidency. See also Grant, Ulysses S.: Presidential affairs
- 1872 presidential election, 580
- world tour, 589, 591, 597
- interest in third term, 591–92
- Mexican Southern Railroad, 593
- Grant & Ward. See Grant & Ward
- writing of Memoirs, 595–96
- death, 595, 718n21, 724n112
Grant, Ulysses S.: Personal affairs
- alcoholism, 3, 10, 615–16
- before the war, 11, 15, 16–18, 19
- early in the war, 51–57, 65, 91, 92, 136, 145, 155, 159–60, 164, 166–67
- on the Yazoo, 198–99, 211–12, 238–42, 665n71
- in New Orleans, 254–56, 258
- late in the war, 261, 262, 272–73, 456–57, 458–59, 481, 520
- after the war, 559, 563
- biographers and biographies, 6, 8–9, 10, 34, 48, 57, 63, 69, 79, 82, 92, 102, 125, 137, 142, 147, 175, 190, 203, 208, 225, 256, 290, 291, 296, 304, 305–7, 325, 329–30, 328, 332, 353–54, 356, 360, 367, 392, 396, 397, 405, 408–9, 414–15, 417, 464, 487, 511, 518, 548, 549, 558, 565, 597–98, 606, 619–21
- Blacks, 167–70, 201, 202, 210, 237, 247–53, 558–59, 562, 608, 618
- slavery, 18, 21, 59, 168, 608, 609
- family, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18–19, 36, 53, 59, 139, 145, 146, 148, 155, 162, 165–66, 167, 168, 170, 171–72, 173, 174, 175, 188, 220, 241, 248, 253–54, 261, 272–73, 321–22, 396–97, 409, 477, 481, 500, 512–13, 525–26, 527, 551–52, 562, 572–73, 575–76, 588–89, 595, 609, 613, 614
- financial affairs, 18, 19, 23, 166, 171–72, 175, 572–73, 580, 584, 592–93
- gambling, 58, 65, 136, 592
- gift houses, 569–71, 593, 594
- horses, 12, 101, 145, 240, 254–56, 262, 569
- humor, 37, 48, 332, 599, 632n20
- indolence, 3, 11, 23, 58, 93, 99, 109, 560–1, 566, 594, 601–2, 606, 618, 694n89
- memoirs. See Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
- modesty, 131, 254, 564–65, 598–99, 616
- nepotism and corruption, 571, 580, 581, 722n74; William Barnard 576; Fred Dent 253–54; George Dent, 577; John Dent, 575; Lewis Dent, 248, 250, 576; Jesse Grant, 171; Julia Grant, 572; Orvil Grant 575–76; Peter Hudson, 166, 396; James Longstreet, 561; Orlando Ross, 59, 165–66, 396–97, 667n114; Alexander Sharp, 59, 584, 585; Josh Sharp, 165
- prejudice
- anti-catholic 579–80, 609
- nativism, 19, 176, 609
- anti-Semitism. See Jews
Grant, Ulysses S.: Military affairs
- Black troops, 236–38, 247, 343, 370, 395, 400, 404, 436, 464, 472, 477–78, 528, 529, 548, 552, 557, 559, 608
- comparison to legendary commanders, 1
- courts of inquiry, 65, 92, 135, 150, 189–90, 235, 245–46, 374, 424, 433, 467, 541, 578, 583, 586–87, 596, 599
- discipline of troops, 42, 67, 73, 74, 85–86, 93, 99, 104, 137, 144, 179, 190–91, 203, 225, 229–30, 246, 399, 421–22, 490–92, 493, 531–35, 607
- disease and illness. See disease and illness
- flags of truce. See flags of truce
- fortune, 5, 9–10, 12, 26, 27, 30, 39, 45, 50, 70, 75, 76, 79, 140, 148–49, 217, 219, 222, 224, 226, 295, 345, 364, 370, 390–91, 549, 610–11, 612, 613, 616–17, 618
- headquarters, 6, 7, 30, 49, 53, 54, 56, 60, 78, 79, 81, 82, 85, 88, 91, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 109, 110, 111, 113, 125, 128, 133, 136, 146, 152, 153, 154, 156, 162, 165, 166, 167, 173, 174, 175, 186, 187, 188, 192, 211, 212, 214, 220, 233, 234, 238, 240, 243, 245, 254, 256, 258, 261, 267, 272, 273, 297, 315, 321, 322, 332, 335, 339, 347, 357, 358, 359, 360, 367, 402, 404, 406, 409, 410, 411, 414, 415, 434, 438, 439, 447, 450, 451, 453, 455, 456, 458, 461, 467, 472, 476–77, 479, 499, 500, 510, 518, 519, 520, 525–26, 527, 534, 543, 550, 558, 560, 565–66, 606, 616, 620, 636n99, 645n98, 664n61, 683n15, 694n89, 710n64
- military politics, 3, 5, 22, 36, 124, 150, 163, 233–34, 265, 303, 321, 373, 375, 573, 587–88, 610
- See also courts of inquiry
- negligence and disorganization, 6, 10, 11, 18, 22, 58, 78–79, 85–86, 87–88, 90–91, 94, 95, 96–98, 99, 101, 102, 104–5, 110–12, 113, 115, 117, 119, 124, 128, 130, 136, 137, 143, 144, 145, 148, 149, 152, 154–55, 156, 159–60, 190, 240, 242–43, 258, 320, 322, 401, 467, 558, 606, 612, 616, 618, 650n173
- promotions, 14, 17, 23–24, 26, 84, 247, 319–20, 564
- promotions for subordinates, 27, 85, 160, 163–65, 246–47, 269, 309, 321, 325–26, 371, 374, 387, 397, 476, 485, 599
- protégés and favorites, 3, 7, 10, 58–59, 60, 64–65, 84, 263–64, 265, 317–18, 321, 374, 391, 415, 451, 455, 476–77, 504, 530, 563, 570–71, 573–78, 581–82, 605, 610, 618
- Dodge, Grenville, 6, 99, 175, 264, 306, 311, 374–75, 499, 566, 567–67, 599, 638n142, 652n45, 719n30, 719n32
- Graham, George W. “Wash,” 55, 57, 60–61, 63, 64, 65, 86, 92, 135, 205, 220, 240, 248, 633n47
- Hatch, Reuben, 54, 55, 57, 60–64, 205, 633n43, 638n143
- Hewit, Henry, 87–88, 254, 637n125, 667n114
- Howard, Oliver Otis, 6, 262, 265, 268, 271–72, 275, 374, 542, 578, 588, 597, 599, 669n19
- Kautz, August V., 391, 424, 467, 599, 605, 692n54
- McPherson, James B., 5, 10, 137, 141, 162, 163, 213, 223, 243, 246–47, 312, 326, 373, 599
- Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 150, 158, 234, 326, 448, 457, 459, 478, 523, 550, 599
- Porter, David D., 6, 134, 179–80, 181, 186, 198, 199, 204, 206, 207–8, 211, 212, 216, 217, 222, 223, 315, 318, 520–25, 538, 543, 570, 597, 599, 611, 656n14
- Schofield, John M., 6, 10, 312, 499, 507, 509–10, 517–18, 542, 573, 597, 599, 709n52
- Sheridan, Philip, 5, 6, 10, 303, 309–10, 311, 323, 359, 388, 422, 479, 482, 509, 538–39, 548–49, 550, 599, 600, 605
- Sherman, William T., 5, 6, 10, 56, 134, 137, 260, 307–8, 314, 326, 373, 383, 479, 494, 504, 537, 538, 556, 599, 600–1, 632n16, 644n74, 646nn101–2, 646n103, 650n171, 651n10, 661n128, 663n46, 671n54, 672–3n81, 673n90, 674n99, 676n131, 676–77n1, 677nn10–11, 678n22, 678n25, 679n43, 705n75, 716n57, 719n30, 719n37
- Wallace, William H.L., 55, 85, 89, 98, 163, 640n21
- Wilson, James H., 6, 8, 34, 79, 102, 137, 166, 167, 171, 190, 198, 204, 215, 223, 241–42, 262, 269, 290, 304, 323, 328, 348, 391, 397, 402, 418, 419, 424, 439, 459, 488, 510, 518–19, 539, 554, 555, 597, 598, 599, 605, 614, 615, 616, 638n142, 664n61, 665n67, 698n33, 716n61
- supporters:
- Dana, Charles A., 3, 7, 8, 34, 62–63, 79, 102, 137, 170–1, 173, 212, 214, 215, 233–34, 239–42, 243, 249, 253, 260, 262, 264, 265, 268, 269, 289, 290, 298, 303, 304, 310, 319, 325, 402, 409, 424, 429, 439, 441, 442, 446, 450, 451, 456, 457, 459–60, 497, 570, 577, 596, 597, 606, 613, 614, 615, 633n38, 664nn61–62, 665n66, 673n97, 674n107, 677n10, 678n22, 679n37, 698n33, 715n36, 720n43
- Halleck, Henry W., 3, 5, 7, 61, 69–70, 72, 74, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90–93, 95–96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 110, 116, 122, 124, 125, 137, 144–47, 148–49, 150, 154–56, 159, 162, 163, 164, 169, 170, 174, 176, 178, 179, 180–83, 186, 189, 196, 197, 199–202, 206, 208, 212, 217, 219, 224, 229, 233, 235, 236, 240, 244, 246, 253, 256, 258, 260, 263, 266, 268, 269, 273, 301, 312, 313, 314, 316, 317–18, 320, 321, 322, 323, 347, 360, 361, 366, 370, 373, 374, 395, 396, 397–98, 399, 400–1, 409, 418, 420, 446–47, 448, 449, 453, 457–58, 467, 481, 488, 497, 499, 505, 507, 513, 530, 551, 556, 596, 598, 600, 606, 638n144, 640n28, 643n63, 665n81, 677n9, 688n97, 701n104
- Washburne, Elihu, 3, 5, 26, 36, 47, 49, 53, 57, 59, 61, 69, 70, 84, 85, 138, 145, 164, 165, 167, 174, 205, 235, 253, 240, 253, 303, 319, 325, 332, 358, 416, 450, 477, 530, 550, 562, 592, 596, 610, 716n61
- public relations, 7, 12, 47–48, 54, 70–71, 79, 92, 135–36, 137, 141, 155, 160, 162, 253, 292, 305, 415, 458, 476, 616, 652n45, 672n81
- purported enemies and victims of injustice, 3, 10, 64–66, 84, 91, 98–99, 115, 132, 134–35, 139–40, 158, 164, 189–90, 213, 217, 327–28, 374, 398, 426, 433, 446, 447, 458–59, 460, 500, 517, 523, 524, 527, 530, 554, 558, 559, 563, 596, 597–98, 599, 610, 611–12, 618
- Buell, Don Carlos, 4, 10, 89, 110, 112, 116, 125, 130, 134, 140, 142, 162, 596, 598, 599, 650n166
- Buford, Napoleon B., 49, 500, 610, 631n113, 632n20
- Granger, Gordon, 10, 265, 302–3, 306, 373–74, 530, 596, 601, 676n122, 676–77n1, 677n9, 677n11, 678n13, 679n37, 682n85, 689n3
- Hancock, Winfield S., 338, 344, 346, 352, 353, 363–64, 368, 369, 371, 388, 390, 429, 430, 431–33, 439, 441, 460, 464, 467, 470, 471, 587, 592, 600, 684n34, 698n31, 698nn33–34, 723n104
- Hooker, Joseph, 261–62, 265, 267, 268, 272, 280, 288, 301, 305–6, 308, 310, 311, 373, 476, 497, 599, 601, 673n92, 675n110, 675n119, 678n22, 678n24, 679n35
- Hurlbut, Stephen, 97, 111, 113, 115, 117, 126, 130, 136, 140, 155, 156, 157, 158, 172, 177, 186, 199, 200, 201, 204, 218, 226, 236, 258, 374–75, 530, 587
- Kountz, William J., 61, 64–66, 84, 211, 212, 587, 638n143
- Lauman, Jacob G., 41–42, 89, 98–99, 200, 245–46, 500, 587
- McClernand, John A., 3–4, 5, 10, 84, 85, 92, 93, 95, 104, 134, 138–39, 149, 150, 181, 182–84, 199, 223, 228, 232–35, 253, 303, 316, 373, 499, 500, 587, 596, 598, 599, 614, 663nn42–43, 663n46, 680n54
- Rosecrans, William S., 4, 10, 160–62, 163, 217, 258, 261, 455, 497–98, 499, 551, 558, 591, 596, 612, 614, 653n59, 669n15, 707n12, 723n99
- Thomas, George H., 9, 10, 67, 261, 262, 263, 269, 306, 373, 381–82, 495, 503, 504, 505–8, 509, 510, 516, 517, 518–19, 554, 573, 590–91, 596, 599, 601, 612, 669n23, 673n93, 673–74n97, 674n107, 675n112, 675–76n121, 676n122, 676n127, 677n9, 678n25, 708n28, 709n37, 709n39, 709n41, 709n44, 709n52
- Wallace, Lew, 10, 57, 84–85, 119–20, 122–24, 126–27, 132, 134, 138, 149–50, 162, 234, 448, 451, 457, 587, 596, 598, 637n125, 646n101, 646nn103–4, 646nn106–7, 647n113, 647n122
- Warren, Gouverneur K., 10, 335, 340, 366, 370, 455, 468, 470, 519, 540, 542–44, 549, 586–87, 596, 687n78, 714n33, 723n104
- reports, 6, 7, 10, 33, 34, 47, 48–50, 79, 81, 84, 90, 101, 102, 110, 121, 123, 125, 134, 135, 141, 154, 160–62, 200, 207, 208, 215, 228, 253, 268, 271, 280, 292, 296, 307–8, 310, 321, 327, 329, 347, 356, 370, 387, 398, 402, 416, 418, 424, 432, 439, 442, 451, 468, 474, 481, 495, 503, 517, 554, 590, 601, 603, 611, 616, 628n63, 629n84, 631n115, 641n31, 644n78, 661n123, 665n66, 678n24, 684n33, 697n6, 698n43, 703n32, 727n39
- signal communications, 78, 176, 396, 450, 606
- staff (official). See Babcock, Orville E.; Badeau, Adam; Baxter, Algernon S.; Bowers, Theodore S.; Carroll, William C.; Comstock, Cyrus; Dent, Frederick T. (younger); Dickey, T. Lyle; Duff, William L.; Dunn, William M.; Hatch, Reuben; Hewit, Henry; Hillyer, William S.; Hudson, Peter T.; Ihrie, George P.; Ingalls, Rufus; Janes, Henry W.; Kittoe, Edward D.; Kountz, William J.; Lagow, Clark B.; Leet, George K.; Leland, William; Lincoln, Robert; Markland, Absalom; McPherson, James B.; Morgan, Michael R.; Parker (Donehogawa), Ely S.; Porter, David E.; Porter, Horace; Prime, Frederick; Rawlins, John A.; Riggin, John; Ross, Orlando H.; Rowley, William R.; Turnley, Parmenas T.; Webster, Joseph D.; Wilson, James Harrison
- staff (unofficial). See Cadwallader, Sylvanus; Carroll, William C.; Graham, George W. “Wash”; Pride, George G.; Putnam, Douglas
- strategy, 27, 30, 32, 38–39, 70, 94, 96, 146, 148, 151, 158–59, 177, 181–82, 184–85, 191, 201, 202, 203–4, 207–8, 214, 215, 216, 217–18, 219, 220, 222, 224, 225, 263, 264, 395, 418–19, 421–22, 426, 431–32, 451–52, 473, 506, 518–19, 522–23, 602–3
- surrender terms, 83, 230, 243–44, 550
- tactics, 3, 14, 28, 33, 35, 40, 42–43, 72, 73, 75–78, 80–83, 96–98, 130, 131–32, 152, 156, 158, 187, 230, 235–36, 274, 282–83, 284, 286, 288, 289–90, 299, 419–20, 434–35, 473, 604–5
- attacks on fortified positions, 83, 230, 289, 342, 358–59, 361, 365, 368, 369, 399, 405, 420, 462, 466, 471, 473–74, 545–46, 604, 621
- attacks all along the line, 83, 230, 243, 340, 361–62, 363, 365, 368, 405, 419, 472, 545, 546, 604, 605, 621
- cavalry raids, 187, 189, 218, 224, 269, 387, 392, 393, 394, 422, 442–44, 453, 455, 467, 519, 605
- impetuous attacks, 230, 270, 289, 335, 337, 338, 349, 366, 367, 368, 369, 408, 441, 462, 464, 466, 467, 471, 509, 519, 544–45, 604, 605
- taste for war, 12, 554–55, 557–58, 564, 716n1
Grant, Ulysses S.: Presidential affairs
- corruption and scandals, 573–74, 586
- army post traders, 575–76
- McGarrahan Claims, 575
- “safe-burglary” conspiracy, 584–85, 716n61
- Secret Service abuses, 585–86
- Washington Ring, 574, 578, 584, 585
- whiskey rings, 561, 581–83, 585, 586, 716n61
- elections, 9, 16, 168, 560, 565, 570, 578, 579, 580
- financial affairs, 571, 580
- gold conspiracy, 572–73, 581, 582, 678, 721
- “inflation bill,” 580, 722n70
- “salary grab,” 578–79
- foreign affairs, 562, 564, 565, 586
- C.S.S. Alabama claims, 562
- San Domingo (Dominican Republic), 562–63, 575, 586
- military affairs, 587–88, 589
- Native American affairs, 146, 480, 566–69
- Bend of the Marias massacre, 567
- treaties, 568
- Black Hills War, 568
- Camp Grant massacre, 567
- Sand Creek massacre, 567
- Washita River massacre, 567
- See also Native Americans
- political bosses, 571, 574–75, 584–85, 587, 588, 591, 655n94
- patronage, 563, 574, 579
- reconstruction, 10, 558–59, 561–62, 578, 592, 617, 717n6
- separation of church and state, 579–80
Graysville, Ga., 300, 301, 311
Greasy Grass (Little Big Horn), Battle of the, 568, 576, 589
Great Britain, 15, 169, 586, 716n1
Greeley, Horace, 62, 580
Greenwood, Miss., 205
Gregg, David, 323, 331, 333, 338–39, 352, 356–57, 359, 470, 471, 472, 474, 530
Gregg, John, 225, 341
Gregorio (last name unknown), 609
Gresham, Matilda, 652n45
Gresham, Walter Q., 190, 652n45, 680n46
Grierson, Benjamin, 189, 217, 218, 224, 499, 530, 617
Griffin, Charles, 335–36, 359, 540–43, 715n34
Grigsby, J. Warren, 378, 379
Grimshaw, Jack, 62
Grimsley, Mark, 674n107
Grinnell, Moses, 570, 571
Griswoldville, the Battle of, 489
Grose, William, 279
Guinea Station (Guiney’s Station), Va., 388
Gulf of Mexico, 29, 69, 324
Gwin, William, 117, 140
Haas (first name unknown), 172
Hale, John P., 326
Halleck, Henry W., 3, 5, 596, 598
- in the West, 3, 5, 7, 61, 64, 67, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90–93, 95–96, 99, 100, 101–2, 104, 110, 116, 122, 124, 125, 133, 136, 137, 140, 144–49, 596, 600, 638n144, 639n8, 640n28, 643n63
- as General-in-Chief, 149–50, 154, 155, 156, 159, 162, 163, 164, 165, 169, 170, 174, 176, 178, 179–83, 186, 189, 196, 197, 199–202, 206, 208, 212, 217, 219, 224, 229, 233, 235, 236, 240, 244, 246, 253, 256, 257, 258, 260, 263, 266, 268, 269, 273, 301, 302, 306, 309, 312, 313, 314, 316, 317–18, 319, 665n81
- as Chief of Staff, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 347, 360, 361, 366, 370, 373, 374, 380, 381, 383, 386, 395, 396, 397–98, 399, 400–1, 409, 418, 420, 421, 425, 446–49, 450, 451, 452, 453, 457, 458, 467, 481, 486, 488, 493, 494, 497, 499, 504, 505, 507, 509, 513, 530, 534, 551, 553, 555–56, 606, 612, 677n9, 688n97, 701n104, 709n45, 710n77
Halliday, William, 315, 633n47
Halstead, Murat, 212, 661
Hamburg, Tenn., 94, 96, 98, 110
Hamburg-Purdy Road (Shiloh), 108, 121
Hamilton, Charles S., 151–54, 156, 161, 163, 164, 177, 187, 198, 200, 213, 218, 653n49, 653n65, 659n73
Hampton Roads Peace Conference, 526–28, 613
Hampton Roads, Va., 147
Hampton, Wade, 352, 388, 400, 422, 442, 471, 472, 474, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535
Hancock, Winfield S., 328
- in the Wilderness, 330, 331, 332, 335, 336, 337, 338, 340, 341, 342, 344, 345–46, 348, 352, 353–55, 683n15, 684n34, 685n37
- at Spotsylvania, 361–62, 363–64, 366, 367, 368, 369, 371, 388, 390, 398
- at Cold Harbor, 404–5, 407, 410, 411, 417, 440
- at Petersburg, 429, 430–33, 436, 437, 439, 440, 441, 460, 462, 464, 467, 470, 471, 474, 600, 698nn30–31, 698nn33–34
- after the war, 587, 592, 723n104
Hannibal, 1
Hanovertown, Va., 400
Hardee, William J., 27, 105, 108, 131, 266, 279, 282, 285, 287, 298, 311, 386, 492–93, 536
Harker, Charles G., 299
Harlan, James, 165
Harney, William S., 610
Harper’s Ferry, Va., 445–48, 452, 620
Harper’s Weekly, 567
Harpeth River, 501, 502, 515
Harrington, Richard, 584–85
Harris, William, 712n108
Harrison’s Landing, Va., 351
Hartranft, John F., 538
Hatch, Ozias, 23, 60, 62
Hatch, Reuben, 42, 45, 46, 53, 54, 55, 57, 60–63, 64, 205, 633n43, 638n143, 720n43
Hatcher’s Run, second Battle of, 530
Hatchie River, Battle of, 158, 162, 245, 653n59
Hatchie River, 157, 158, 653n54
Hattaway, Herman, 494
Havre de Grace, Md., 552
Hawkins, John P., 250
Haxall’s Landing, Va., 388, 393
Hayes, John E., 493
Hayes, Rutherford B., 137, 562, 586, 651n10
Haynes’ Bluff, 206, 208, 214, 216, 219, 222, 223, 224, 230, 239–41, 664n62
Hazen, William B., 99, 266, 267, 290, 294, 309, 532, 679n33
Helena, Arkansas, 179, 180, 181,184, 197, 203, 205, 315
Hellgate Treaty of 1855, 568
Henry House Hill (first Battle of Bull Run), 25
Hercules, 201
Herron, Francis, 236, 243
Heth, Henry, 336, 337, 340–41, 345, 361, 471, 474, 546
Hewit, Henry, 87–88, 254, 637n125, 667n114
Hickenlooper, Andrew, 533
Hickman, Ky., 32, 35, 629n68
High Bridge (Appomattox), 549
Hildebrand, Jesse, 97, 108, 128, 132, 135
Hill, Ambrose Powell, 334, 340, 341, 361, 545
Hill, Daniel Harvey, 265–66, 430
Hillsborough, Miss., 314
Hillyer, Anna, 145, 188
Hillyer, William S., 19, 27, 35, 85, 89, 248, 600, 609, 615, 632n25, 726n25
- early in the war, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 65
- at Fort Donelson, 78, 79, 82, 84, 86, 90, 636n101
- and Shiloh, 90, 111, 120, 126, 128, 135, 137, 139, 142, 643n60, 646n104
- after Shiloh, 145, 148, 164, 165, 166, 167, 172, 175, 180, 188, 235
- out of the army, 273, 455, 500
- after the war, 558, 575, 616
Hilton Head, S.C., 611
Hindman, Thomas C., 265
Hinks, Edward W., 423, 424, 426–27, 428, 436, 697n11, 698n34
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 70, 136, 137, 450
Hiwassee River, 302, 677n10
Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, 459, 563, 575
Hoar, George, 575
Hodges, Henry, 625
Hoke, Robert F., 321, 393, 402, 403, 404, 430, 435, 473, 522, 523, 524, 698n28
Holly Springs, Miss., 151, 154, 159, 171, 172, 173, 175, 178, 180, 186, 187–89, 190, 191, 192, 199
Holt, Joseph, 62, 63, 190
Holtzclaw, James, 280
Hood, John Bell, 489, 494, 601, 620
- in Atlanta campaign, 380, 384, 386
- and 1864 invasion of Tennessee, 389, 486, 488, 495–96, 498, 499, 500–8, 509, 511–14, 515–16, 517, 518, 519, 707n5, 708n31, 709n37
- after Nashville, 519, 529, 536
Hooker, Joseph, 57, 260, 265, 320, 321, 323, 325, 332, 360, 373, 476, 497, 599
- at Chattanooga, 261–62, 265, 266, 267–68, 270, 271–72, 274, 278–80, 283, 287–88, 291, 297, 298, 299, 300–1, 302, 303–6, 307, 308–9, 310–11, 319, 601, 673n92, 675n110, 675n119, 677n5, 677n10, 678n18, 678n22, 678n24, 679n35
- in Atlanta campaign, 378, 379, 380, 385, 691n37
Horton, Valentine B., 61, 64
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 334, 484, 606
House Judiciary Committee (U.S.), 585
House of Representatives (U.S.), 319, 577, 588, 610
Hovey, Alvin, 180, 226–27, 245
Howard, Oliver Otis, 6, 260, 265, 374, 578, 588, 597, 599
- at Chattanooga, 262, 265, 267, 268, 270, 271–72, 274, 275, 278, 280, 281, 284, 286, 300, 302, 306, 308, 669n19, 677n10
- in Atlanta campaign, 380, 384, 690n20
- in command of Army of the Tennessee, 385–86, 534, 542, 556
Howe, Albion, 447, 452
Howlett Line (Petersburg), 394, 403, 434, 437, 439, 444, 462, 471
Hudson, Peter T., 165–66, 396
Hughes, Nathaniel C., 47, 629
Humboldt, Tenn., 100
Humphreys, Andrew A., 325, 330, 360, 365, 366, 368, 371, 439, 519, 539, 546, 548, 702n10
Hungarian (Magyar), 33, 628n62
Hunt, Henry J., 14
Hunter, David, 26, 38, 50, 70, 84, 236, 272, 289, 317, 395, 461, 693n65
- in command of Department of West Virginia, 395, 421–23, 444–47, 449, 450, 451, 452–53, 455, 478, 479, 480, 504, 510
Hunter, Robert M.T., 526, 527
Huntington, Collis P., 578
Huntsville, Ala., 382
Hurlbut, Emma. See Rawlins, Emma
Hurlbut, Stephen A., 26, 70, 93, 530, 582, 587, 627n47
- at Shiloh, 94, 97, 98, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 126, 128, 130, 131, 134, 136, 140, 142, 595, 648n146, 649n148
- after Shiloh, 155, 156, 157–58, 172, 177, 186, 196, 199, 200, 201, 204, 218, 226, 236, 258, 314, 374–75, 653n54
Ihrie, George P., 19, 137, 165, 167, 600, 625n12, 661n4
Illinois, 5, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 39, 59, 60, 62, 85, 134, 196, 311, 569, 574, 627n47; soldiers from, 39, 86, 179, 514, 610
Illinois, 61, 64
Indian “Peace Policy,” 567
Indian Appropriation Act of 1871, 568
Indiana, 2, 58, 134, 149, 311, 574
Indianola, U.S.S., 213–14, 215
Indians. See Native Americans
Ingalls, Rufus, 17, 415, 458, 563, 588
Interior Department, U.S., 568, 575, 578, 582
Internal Revenue personnel, 581, 583, 586
Iowa, 165, 246, 633n38; soldiers from, 229, 641n31
Irish-Americans, 24, 609
“Iron Banks” (Belmont), 30, 39
Ironton, Mo., 27
Isham, Warren P., 165
Island No 10 (Tenn.), 9, 133, 147, 148, 189, 198, 648n140
Iuka, Battle of, 153–54, 155, 159, 160, 161–62, 211, 261, 598, 606, 620, 652n36, 653n65, 694n95
Iuka, Miss., 187, 190, 263
Jacinto Road (Iuka), 151–52, 153, 190
Jackson, Andrew, 4, 185
Jackson, John K., 109, 118
Jackson, Miss., 177, 184, 185, 192, 200, 205, 216, 218, 219, 225, 226, 236, 313, 314, 345
Jackson, Tenn., 100, 150, 156, 160, 161, 162, 167, 171, 172, 177, 186, 708n28
Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall,” 150, 265, 345, 366, 590, 606
Jackson, William H., 187, 188
James River & Kanawha Canal, 446, 447, 483, 539, 613
James River Squadron (C.S.), 525
James River, 323, 328, 360, 388, 391, 392, 398, 422, 425, 430, 432, 441, 462, 464, 474, 539
Jamieson, Perry, 619, 620, 621
Jasper, Tenn., 669n19
Jay Cooke and Company, 580, 722n70
Janes, Henry W., 667n114
Jeff Davis (horse), 569
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 12
Jefferson City, Mo., 27, 28, 58
Jenkins, Micah, 268, 345
Jenney, William Le Baron, 184, 677n5, 710n66
Jericho Mills (North Anna), 390
Jerusalem Plank Road (Petersburg), 423
Jerusalem Plank Road, Battle of, 441–42, 453, 455, 461
Jesse K. Bell, 111
Jetersville, Va., 548
Jewell, Marshall, 577, 593
Jews, 170–71, 172–76, 189, 498, 579, 609, 618
“Jo Daviess Guards,” 21
John Raine, 111
John Ramm, 111
John Warner, 111
John Wilson, 61
Johnson, Andrew, 454, 493, 553, 556, 558–60, 566, 571, 573, 588, 594, 611
Johnson, Bushrod, 74–75, 86, 430, 434, 435, 635n85, 698n28
Johnson, Edward, 336, 366
Johnson, Richard W., 274, 288, 289, 292, 294, 297, 300, 311, 673n93, 674n99, 675n111
Johnsonville, Tenn., 496, 507
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 72, 74–75, 89, 96, 104, 105, 109, 114, 143
Johnston, Joseph E., 258, 311
- and Vicksburg, 224, 225–26, 227, 236, 244, 246, 256, 590
- and Atlanta campaign, 315, 326, 375, 376, 378, 379–81, 383, 420, 452, 600–1, 689n9
- in the Carolinas, 536, 537, 552, 553, 555, 556
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, 124, 149, 464, 468, 477, 520, 523, 555, 614, 628n62
Jomini, Henri, 603
Jones, Archer, 494
Jones, J. Russell, 21, 23, 171, 172, 173, 190, 191, 198, 200, 319, 592, 610
Jones, William E. “Grumble,” 421
Jones, William, 609, 726n25
Jonesborough, Ga., 386, 600
Jonesborough, Miss., 159
Joyce, John A., 583
Juárez, Benito, 557
Juaristas, 317, 557
judge-advocate-general, 63, 578, 583, 587
Julia (last name unknown), 59, 188
Julian, George W., 711n84
Justice Department, U.S., 561
Kangaroo (horse), 569
Kansas City, Mo., 28
Kansas, 70, 317, 498
Kautz, August V., 391, 392, 393, 423–24, 426, 427–28, 434, 436, 442, 444, 453, 455, 467, 469, 472, 473–74, 599, 605
Kearsarge, U.S.S., 703n40
Keim, DeBenneville Randolph, 313–14, 382,-83, 493, 572
Kelley’s Ferry, Tenn., 268, 272
Kellogg, William, 561
Kelly’s Ford, engagement at, 530
Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of, 383
Kentucky House of Representatives, 35
Kentucky, 5, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 46, 49, 67, 68, 69, 70, 84, 89, 149, 151, 173, 256, 374, 496, 498, 508, 556, 600, 602, 612, 629n68; soldiers from, 285, 294
Kershaw, Joseph B., 341–42, 403, 470, 473, 480, 481
Key West, Fla., 611
Keyes, Erasmus, 17
Keystone, 55, 61, 64
Kilpatrick, H. Judson, 319, 323, 378, 379, 380, 386, 489, 531, 535–36, 690n15
Kimball, Nathan, 236, 239, 665n64
Kiowa (Ka’igwu), 577
Kittoe, Edward D., 55, 91, 211, 241, 256, 262, 272, 289, 615, 632n15
Knefler, Frederick, 291
Knights of the Golden Circle. See Order of American Knights
Knowlton, Reverend, 92
Know-Nothing party, 176, 609
Knox, Thomas W., 194, 195–96, 249, 252, 313
Knoxville, Tenn., 66, 257, 263, 269, 271, 274, 299, 301–2, 303, 306, 311–12, 322, 382, 507, 677n11, 692n54
Koerner, Gustave, 21, 50
Kountz, William J., 29, 60, 61, 64–66, 84, 92, 211, 212, 587, 633n47, 638n143
Krzyżanowski, Włodzimierz, 281
Ku Klux Klan, 561–62, 578
Lafayette Road (Chickamauga), 309
Lafayette, Ga., 378
Lagow, Clark B., 27, 52, 53, 55, 57, 78, 85, 135, 152, 153, 154, 155, 164, 165, 166, 167, 175, 199, 211, 272, 569, 600, 627n49, 654n77, 677n9
Lake Erie, 61, 64
Lake Providence expedition (Vicksburg), 202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 214, 215, 218, 219, 237
Lakota (a division of the Sioux), 568
Lauman, Jacob G., 39, 41–42, 44, 47, 76, 82, 83, 89, 98–99, 109, 135, 157, 158, 200, 234, 236, 243, 245–46, 500, 587, 629n84, 648n146, 666n82
Laurel Brigade (C.S.), 339
Laurel Hill (Spotsylvania), 357–58, 360, 361, 363, 365
Law, Evander, 267
Lawler, Michael K., 229, 663n31
Laws, Thomas, 480
Ledlie, James H., 390, 437, 465, 466, 467, 699n48, 702n10
Lee, Robert E., 1, 2, 9, 10, 57, 152, 244, 257, 258, 265, 311, 312, 318, 324–25, 328–29, 330, 445, 490, 522, 536, 537, 543, 552, 553, 555, 586, 590, 596, 600, 603, 620–21, 727n3
- and Overland campaign, 331–32, 334, 335, 336, 340, 341, 342, 345, 346, 349, 350, 352–53, 356, 357, 360, 361, 363, 364, 365, 366–68, 369, 370, 371, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 397, 398, 399–401, 402, 404, 409, 411–15, 417, 418, 420, 421, 422, 423, 602, 604, 619, 620–21, 681n77, 682n2, 683n6, 685n37, 695n129
- and Cold Harbor flag of truce, 411–15
- and Petersburg campaign, 426, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 440, 442, 444, 447, 451, 452, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 480, 487, 491, 492, 494, 530, 538, 540
- and Appomattox campaign, 546, 548–50
Lee, Samuel P., 320, 505, 515, 520, 692n59
Lee, Stephen Dill, 185, 186, 192, 235, 495, 500, 502
Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 352, 356, 358, 388, 422, 442, 470, 542
Leet, George K., 321, 472, 560, 571
Leggett, Mortimer D., 137, 160, 163, 242, 691n34
Leland, William, 55, 60, 64
Letcher, John, 449
Lewis, Joseph H., 285
Lewis, Lloyd, 2, 8, 9, 16, 172, 256, 263, 332, 610, 621, 655n109, 668n121, 678n13
Lewiston Evening Journal, 419, 554
Lexington, Mo., 28
Lexington, U.S.S., 30, 38, 39, 45, 111, 117–18, 130, 238
Lexington, Va., 421
Lick Creek (Shiloh), 97, 98
Liddell-Hart, Basil Henry, 633n52
Lieber Code (General Orders No 100) 421, 480, 489, 533
Lieber, Francis, 528
Lightburn, Joseph A.J., 284
Lincoln, Abraham, 3, 5, 11, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 49, 53, 56, 60, 62–63, 66, 67, 69, 70, 84, 90, 93, 134, 137, 145, 148, 155, 160, 165, 166, 168, 174, 175, 176, 178, 180, 181, 182, 184, 190, 196–97, 198, 199, 200, 207, 208, 211, 212, 215, 217, 234–35, 236, 239, 247, 253, 260, 271, 276, 301, 303, 309, 315, 318, 319–20, 322, 323, 325, 349, 374, 387, 395, 419, 420, 446, 449, 450, 452, 454, 457, 460, 461, 467, 475, 477, 479, 485, 490, 493, 497, 504, 505, 507, 510, 520, 526–28, 529, 538, 550, 551, 552, 553, 555, 557, 558, 559, 594, 602, 606, 609, 610, 612, 613, 614, 617, 627n47, 633n43, 650n173, 691n37, 712n108
- reelection, 319, 419, 450, 454, 475, 485, 613
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 419
Lincoln, Robert, 550, 589
Lindell Hotel (St. Louis), 312
Little Big Horn (Greasy Grass), Battle of the, 568, 576, 589
Little Round Top (Gettysburg), 267
Little, Lewis H., 153
Livermore, Lark, 248, 249–50
Livermore, Thomas L., 137, 426, 619
Logan, John A., 1, 24, 49, 53, 66, 85, 96, 135, 164, 165, 166, 311, 497, 510, 513, 599, 623n2, 636n101, 649n148, 670n24
- and Belmont, 39, 41, 43–44, 47, 629n84
- and Vicksburg campaign, 203, 223, 225, 226, 227, 238, 663n35
- in Georgia, 383, 385–86, 690n19
- after the war, 556, 560, 574, 591
Logan, John, 649n148
Logan, Stephen T., 62
Long Branch, N.J., 566, 569, 571
Long, Eli, 280, 281, 300
Longstreet, James, 311, 373, 561, 599
- in the West, 258, 259, 265–66, 267–68, 269, 270, 271, 274, 276, 299, 301, 302, 309, 311–13, 432, 507, 612, 677n10
- in Virginia, 331, 334, 340, 341–42, 344–45, 357, 451, 685n37
Lookout Creek (Chattanooga), 279
Lookout Mountain, Battle of, 279, 280, 298, 307, 308, 310, 319
Lookout Mountain (Chattanooga), 257, 259, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 278, 279, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 298, 304, 305, 306, 673n92, 678n16, 678n22, 679n35
Lookout Valley (Chattanooga), 257, 259, 266, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, 276, 278, 305
Loomis, John M., 285, 287, 307
Loring, William, 226, 227, 228
“Lost Cause,” 2, 10, 598
Loudon, Tenn., 270, 302, 677n10
Louisiana, 210, 236, 248, 250, 315, 375, 454, 559, 561, 562, 592, 693n65, 723n104
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 264
Louisville Journal, 35, 48, 55, 71, 139, 174, 176, 516
Louisville, Ky., 38, 66, 111, 150, 200, 201, 261, 269, 504, 506
Lowe, John, 16
Luckey, Levi P., 582
Lyman, Theodore, 337, 345, 347, 352, 355, 358, 359, 368, 397, 405, 433, 436, 439, 440, 470, 474, 476, 534, 544, 602, 699n48
Lynchburg, Battle of, 423
Lynchburg, Va., 324, 422, 444, 504, 539, 550, 554
Lyon, Hylan, 507
Lyon, Nathaniel, 22, 23, 27, 610, 709n51
Lyons, Richard, 454
McArthur, John, 34
- and Shiloh, 109, 112, 114, 115, 127, 139, 644n78
- in Mississippi, 157, 200, 203, 230, 232, 604
- at Nashville, 512
McCallum, Daniel, 264
McCausland, John, 478
McClellan, Carswell, 6, 370, 598
McClellan, George B., 23, 29, 57, 324, 381, 450, 475, 476, 626n38
- as general-in-chief, 50, 69, 70, 84, 88, 89, 91, 92, 147, 148, 320, 419, 424, 451, 596, 638n144
- after demotion, 149, 425
McClellan, R.H., 21, 23
McClernand, John A., 3–4, 5, 10, 24, 26
- at Cairo, 32, 34, 35, 38, 59, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 88, 89, 92, 93, 170, 248, 265, 303, 587, 596, 610, 614, 627n47
- at Belmont, 39, 40–46, 47–48, 49, 52, 56, 629n84, 629n87
- at Henry and Donelson, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75–76, 78–80, 82, 83, 84–85, 86, 149, 635nn77–78, 636n98
- at Shiloh, 94–97, 104, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 119, 124, 126, 128, 130, 134, 138–39, 142, 149, 644n74, 644n78, 646n100, 650n173
- in West Tennessee, 144–45, 150, 166
- and Mississippi expedition, 178, 180–84, 192, 196–97, 198–201, 202, 210, 211, 213, 215, 216, 218, 219–22, 373, 658n53, 661n128
- in overland campaign against Vicksburg, 223, 224–28, 229–35, 238, 243, 598, 663nn42–43, 663n46
- after Vicksburg, 253, 260, 316, 317, 326, 499, 500, 599, 680n54
McCook, Alexander, 125, 128, 130–31, 132, 303, 607, 648n138, 676n121
McCook, Edward, 505
McCullagh, Joseph B., 660n114, 664n58
McCulloch, Ben, 27
McCulloch, Henry, 237
McCulloch, Hugh, 594
McDonald, John, 581, 582, 583
McDonough, James L., 290
McDougall, H., 239, 664n63
McDowell, Irvin, 150, 557
McDowell, John, 104, 108, 128, 135, 642n54
McEnery, John, 561
McFeely, William, 2, 582, 583, 598
McGarrahan Claims, 575
McGarrahan, William, 575
McKean, Thomas J., 156, 157
McKee, William, 581
McKeever, Chauncey, 48, 49
McKinstry, Justus, 59, 62
McLean, Wilmer, 550
McLemore’s Cove (Chickamauga), 259
McMahon, Martin, 407
McParlin, Thomas, 330, 410–11
McPherson, James B., 5, 10, 71, 75, 246, 261, 310, 312, 313–14, 326, 373, 387, 599, 634n73, 682n85
- at Shiloh, 97, 113, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 137, 141, 640n15
- in northern Mississippi, 157, 159, 162, 163, 164, 166, 177, 196, 199, 200
- on the Mississippi, 202–3, 205, 206, 212, 216
- in overland campaign against Vicksburg, 223, 224–25, 226–27, 228, 229, 231–32, 234, 242, 243, 665n79
- in Atlanta campaign, 376, 378–81, 382, 383, 384–85, 386, 481, 690n15, 690n18, 690n20, 691n34, 691n37
McPherson, James M., 617
McWhiney, Grady, 619, 620, 621
Mack brothers, 171, 175
Mack, Henry. See Mack brothers
Mackenzie, Ranald S., 542
Macon & Western Railroad, 386
Macon, Ga., 489, 553
Magoffin, Beriah, 31
Mahan, Dennis Hart, 290, 295
Mahone, William, 345, 361, 441, 442, 467, 470, 474, 546
Maine, 419, 454
Mallam, William, 575
Malvern Hill, 424
Manifest Destiny, 12, 563
Manigault, Arthur, 275
Mansfield (Sabine Crossroads), Battle of, 316–17, 613, 680n54
Marietta, Ga., 383, 491
Marine Bank, 593
Markland, Absalom, 89, 195, 615, 638n141
Marlborough, 1st Duke of, 1
Marsh, C. Carroll, 92, 163, 166
Marshall, Charles, 550
Martí, José, 562
Martindale, John H., 404, 428
Marvel, William, 8, 354
Mary Martin, 510
Maryland Heights, Md., 446
Maryland, 27, 361, 383, 445, 446, 447, 449, 452, 453, 461, 479, 480, 526, 554, 606
Mason, Rodney, 109, 130, 151
Massachusetts, 4, 570, 57; soldiers from, 351, 390, 414
Mather, Thomas S., 23
Matthies, Charles L., 287
Mattoon, Ill., 22
Maury, Dabney H., 153, 158
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 526, 557, 558
Meade, George G.
- before the Overland campaign, 253, 257, 318–19, 320, 321–22, 323, 328, 330, 682n89
- in the Wilderness 332, 334–35, 337, 339, 340, 342, 343, 344, 346–48, 349, 352, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 683n11, 684n34
- at Spotsylvania, 363, 365, 366, 368, 369, 371, 387, 388, 687n76, 692n44
- to the North Anna, 389, 393, 396, 397, 398, 399
- at Cold Harbor, 401, 402, 405, 406, 407, 408, 410, 694n89
- and flag of truce, 411, 413
- after Cold Harbor, 415, 416, 417, 422
- and Petersburg, 423, 424, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 447, 450, 452, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 693n76, 698n33, 701n100
- and the Crater, 461, 462, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 702n10
- in Petersburg operations, 470, 471, 472, 474, 475–76, 478, 479, 483, 514, 516, 519, 530
- in spring operations, 539, 540, 542, 543, 544, 548, 549, 550, 551, 714n33
- after the war, 556, 573
- and generalship, 598, 600, 601, 605, 620
Meade, Margaretta, 468
Medill, Joseph, 212
Meigs, Montgomery C., 61–62, 68, 220, 261, 275, 291, 301, 311, 446, 449, 517, 587–88, 601, 607
Memoirs (Grant). See Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Memphis & Charleston Railroad, 146, 147, 151, 191, 257, 263
Memphis & Ohio Railroad, 36
Memphis, Tenn., 29, 32, 36, 63, 133, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 156, 159, 164, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 177, 179–80, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 192, 194, 196, 198–99, 200, 202, 207, 212, 218, 248, 254, 263, 313, 314, 316, 375, 495, 581
Meridian, Miss., 184, 191, 252, 313–14, 315, 316, 375, 680n48
Merritt, Wesley, 352, 356–57, 358, 360, 382, 384, 687n78
Mexican Southern Railroad, 593
Mexico City, Mexico, 13
Mexican-American War, 11, 12–15, 143
Mexico, 12, 18, 23, 28, 46, 83, 558, 562, 567, 593, 609, 678n13
- French occupation of, 247, 316, 526, 527, 557, 558, 718
Mexico, Mo., 26, 168
Michigan, 574
Middle Department (U.S.), 452
Middle Military Division (U.S.), 479, 482
Middle Tennessee, 90, 186, 210, 378, 486, 495
Midwest (the Old Northwest), 28, 63, 88, 177; soldiers from, 178
Miles, Dixon S., 446
Miles, Nelson A., 471, 540, 546
Military Division of the James (U.S.), 551
Military Division of the Mississippi (U.S.), 261, 263–64, 303, 373, 382, 553, 612, 678
Military Division of the Pacific (U.S.), 573
Military Division of West Mississippi (U.S.), 530
Military History of Ulysses S. Grant (Badeau), 6, 565, 597
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, 8
Mill Creek Gap (Buzzard Roost), Ga., 375
Mill Springs, Battle of, 5, 67, 75
Milledgeville, Ga., 489
Millen, Ga., 491
Miller, John, 574, 721n49
Miller, Madison, 105, 106
Milliken’s Bend, Battle of, 237–38, 239, 240, 241, 248
Milliken’s Bend, La., 184, 185, 197, 212, 216, 224, 233
Milner, James, 644n78
Milwaukee, Wisc., 581
Mine Run, Battle of, 318, 348, 416, 456,
Mine Run (Wilderness), 329–30, 332, 683n6
mines (land and naval), 73, 242–43, 393, 462, 461, 462, 464–67, 490, 520, 524, 607
Minnesota, 149
Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga), 8, 9, 257, 259, 270, 272, 274, 275, 276, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 298, 301, 304, 305, 306, 307–8, 310, 373, 429, 502, 601, 604, 617, 668n1, 672n81, 673n92, 678n22
Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad, 199, 200
Mississippi Central Railroad, 154, 159, 177, 184, 185
Mississippi Expedition, 180, 191, 197, 200, 234
Mississippi River, 19, 24, 28–29, 30, 32, 39, 42, 45, 47, 63, 65, 69, 70, 75, 133, 147, 148, 149, 155, 156, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 196, 199, 200, 202, 203, 208, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 218, 219, 222, 225, 230, 233, 236, 248, 250, 252, 312, 314, 315, 316, 395, 396, 489, 495, 497, 576, 599, 602, 610, 617, 658n53, 679n43
Mississippi Squadron (U.S.), 75, 178, 317
Mississippi Valley, 75, 141, 237, 249, 315, 318, 633n52
Mississippi, 29, 94, 159, 167, 173, 178, 181, 186, 192, 210, 218, 224, 258, 378, 395, 496, 509, 517, 536, 562
Missouri Democrat, 64, 194
Missouri Republican, 64
Missouri River, 28, 50
Missouri State Guard (C.S.), 28
Missouri, 5, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 27, 36, 37, 38, 49, 50, 64, 70, 84, 93, 122, 165, 168, 194, 236, 288, 317, 475, 496, 497, 499, 509, 576, 583, 592, 600, 613, 625n21, 651n10, 707n13; soldiers from, 22, 27, 28
Mobile & Ohio Railroad, 30, 93, 98, 146, 177, 186, 187
Mobile Bay, Battle of, 475, 486
Mobile, Ala., 150, 194, 247, 313, 314, 317, 324, 327, 487, 488, 518, 553, 554, 680n46
Moccasin Point (Chattanooga), 271, 272
Molino del Rey, Battle of, 13
Moltke, Helmuth von (the elder), 1
Monocacy, Battle of the, 448, 449, 451, 478,
Monocacy River, 447, 479
Monongahela & Kanawha Oil Company, 569
Monroe Doctrine, 557
Monroe, La., 184, 215
Monroe’s Crossroads, Battle of, 536
Montague, Robert V., 248, 250, 666n96
Monterrey, Battle of, 12, 14
Montgomery Hill (Nashville), 511
Montgomery, 61
Montgomery, Ala., 324, 519, 553, 554
Moore, John C., 158, 279
Moore, William, 583, 585–86
Morgan, George W., 194, 195, 198
Morgan, Michael R., 526
Morris Island, S.C., 488, 611
Morris, William H., 338
mortar-boats, 30, 69, 72, 76, 77, 89, 147, 205, 206
mortars, land, 243, 465, 466
Morton, Miss., 314
Morton, Oliver P., 149, 574, 674n97
Morton, Thomas, 127
Morton’s Ford, Va., 318–19
Mosby, John, 394, 444, 480
Mott, Gershom, 337, 346, 362, 440, 471
Mound City, Ill., 68
Mower, Joseph A., 153, 163, 240, 496, 497, 536
Mr. Lincoln’s Army (Catton), 9
Muldraugh’s Hill (Ky.), 66
Munfordville, Ky., 69
Murfreesboro Pike (Nashville), 514
Murfreesboro, Battle of, 194, 200, 210, 257, 309, 551
Murfreesboro, Tenn., 266, 495, 507, 508, 515
Murphy, Robert, 151, 175, 187, 188, 189–90, 587
Murphy, Thomas, 571, 719–20n39
Murtagh, William J., 564
Namozine Church (Appomattox), 548
Napoléon I, Emperor of France, 1, 591, 601, 602
- family of, 599
Napoléon III, Emperor of France, 558
- family of, 599
Naroll, Raoul, 485
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, 257, 263
Nashville & Decatur Railroad, 264
Nashville, Battle of, 503, 511–13
- pursuit after, 514–16, 517, 595
Nashville, Tenn., 9, 29, 36, 66, 67, 76, 88–90, 91, 95, 99, 150, 259, 260, 261, 263, 268, 311, 315, 332, 486, 487, 495–96, 498, 500, 501, 503–8, 510, 511, 517, 518, 519, 603, 638n141, 643n64, 669n14, 707n13, 708n28, 709n52
Natchez, Miss., 29, 248, 252, 254, 256
National Republican, 564
National Union Party, 454
Native Americans, 172, 262, 361, 529, 566–69, 570, 575, 576, 609.
- See also (specific tribes by name)
Navy Department, U.S., 59, 217, 220, 396, 520, 524, 570; Navy Yard, 445
Navy, U.S., 9–10, 29–30, 34, 68, 72, 147, 169, 178, 181, 182, 198, 199, 204, 206, 207, 213, 222, 236, 244, 248, 318, 327, 393, 451, 515, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 578, 605, 608, 611, 617, 618, 680n58
Nelson, William, 89, 101–3, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115–17, 126, 128, 130–31, 139–40, 142, 151, 607, 676n121
Nevins, Allan, 563, 580, 582, 586
New Bern, N.C., 324, 536, 611
New Carthage, La., 215, 216, 219, 222
New Castle, Va., 400, 401–2, 694n90
New England, 169
New Hope Church, Battle of, 381
New Jersey, 500, 551, 566
New Madrid, Mo., 32, 38, 148
New Market Heights, Battle of, 472
New Market, Va., Battle of, 394, 421
New Mexico Terr., 566, 575
New Orleans Custom House, 561
New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad, 218
New Orleans, Battle of (1815), 4
New Orleans, La., 28, 29, 63, 133, 147, 148, 178, 179, 219, 236, 254, 256, 258, 264, 316, 395, 449, 518, 561, 562, 609, 668n121, 671n53, 689n3
New Verdierville, Va., 331–32
New York (state), 15, 170, 574, 655n94; soldiers from, 412, 436
New York Custom House, 561, 571
New York Herald, 52, 60, 71, 135, 141, 191, 192, 194, 314, 375, 382, 415, 468, 667n114
New York Ledger, 573
New York Sun, 223, 239, 552, 563, 577
New York Times, 61, 71, 79, 160, 195, 367, 416, 512, 567, 634n69, 695n134
New York World, 71
New York, N.Y., 15, 35, 328, 383, 500, 528, 569, 570, 572, 573, 584, 585, 593, 594, 720n45
Newberry, Oliver Perry, 105
Newton Station, Miss., 218
Newton, John, 384
Newton, Stephen, 623n9
New-York Tribune, 62, 71, 149, 208, 253, 366, 406, 585
Nez Perce (Niimíipu), 568
Ninth Corps (U.S.), 224, 236, 256, 258, 322, 328, 331, 332, 338, 342, 343, 344, 348, 353, 357, 362, 364, 366, 368, 390, 396, 433, 436, 437, 462, 465, 468, 473, 478, 528, 537, 544, 546, 548, 684n34, 693n81
9th Illinois, 378
Nineteenth Corps (U.S.), 316, 395, 449, 452, 453, 458, 461, 473, 479, 481, 482, 484
Nixon, Oliver W., 211
Nolensville Pike (Nashville), 514
Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad, 429
Norfolk, Mo., 37
Norfolk, Va., 392
North Anna River, 389, 390, 398, 399–400, 411, 420, 437, 602, 603, 604
North Carolina Sounds, 668
North Carolina, 320, 327, 394, 488, 494, 518–19, 520, 531, 533, 535, 536, 537, 538, 552, 553, 555, 556, 601, 603, 608, 611
North Chickamauga Creek, 280
North Fork of the Shenandoah, 483
North Georgia, 315
Northern Pacific Railroad, 580
Nueces River, 12
Numbers And Losses In the Civil War In America: 1861–65 (Livermore) 619
Oaxaca, Mexico, 593
Official Records (U.S. War Department), 6, 7, 102, 113, 228, 305, 340, 402, 633n52, 635n94, 642n54, 645n98, 667n114, 673n93, 691n33, 692n44, 698n31, 710n64
Oglesby, Richard, 37, 38, 39, 46, 49–50
“Ohio Brigade,” 156, 186
Ohio River, 11, 23, 24, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 62, 65, 68, 203, 373, 445, 447, 498, 506, 509
Ohio, 23, 104, 139, 145, 311, 391, 452, 554; soldiers from, 139
Ohio, 15
Old Wilderness Tavern, 332, 334, 342, 343, 347, 684n33
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 214, 215
109th Illinois, 189–90
130th Pennsylvania, 165
135th U.S. Colored Troops, 556
154th Tennessee (C.S.), 45
Opdycke, Emerson, 136, 295, 374, 501, 502, 503, 517
Opelousas, La., 560
Orange & Alexandria Railroad, 329, 400
Orange Court-House, 334, 342
Orange Plank Road (Wilderness), 329, 331, 332, 334, 336, 337, 340, 344, 345, 348
Orange Turnpike (Wilderness), 329, 331, 332, 334, 335, 338, 340, 348
Orchard Knob (Chattanooga), 270, 274, 275, 286, 289, 290, 291, 295, 296, 297, 298, 300, 304, 306, 310, 672n61, 674nn99–100, 675n110, 675n121, 678n22
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 150, 326
- in northern Mississippi, 151–55, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 653n54, 653n59
- and Vicksburg, 234, 245, 665n79
- in the East, 326, 448, 452, 457, 464, 466, 468, 471, 472, 478, 514, 523, 526
- and final campaign in Virginia, 539, 542, 544, 545, 546, 548, 549, 550
- after Lee’s surrender, 551, 552
Order of American Knights, 455
Orders No 11 (U.S.), 173–76, 189, 609, 618
- See also Jews
Oregon Territory, 15, 16
Osbon, Bradley S., 521
Ossabaw Sound, 488
Osterhaus, Peter J., 220, 222, 223, 226, 227–28, 229, 276, 278, 279, 288, 297, 300, 678n22, 679n35
Overland Campaign, 2, 6, 10, 396, 418–20, 438, 444, 450, 453, 461, 477, 598, 605, 606, 614, 617, 619, 620, 621, 681n77
- See also (separate engagements by name)
Overton Hill (Nashville), 512
Owl Creek (Shiloh), 97, 109, 120, 121, 123, 130, 642n54, 646n109
Ox Ford (North Anna), 390
Oxford, Miss., 171, 174, 175, 186, 187, 189, 191
Pacific Mail subsidies, 586
Pacific Ocean, 15, 625n12
Paducah, Ky., 31–36, 38, 39, 46, 57, 58, 59, 60, 67, 71, 74, 84, 104, 173, 174, 496, 498, 601, 628n62, 629n68, 629n72
Paine, Charles J., 524
Paine, Eleazar, 39, 46
Palmer House (Chicago), 589
Palmer, John M., 265
- and Chattanooga, 287, 288, 289, 292, 295, 297, 300, 306, 308, 311, 670n37, 674n99, 675nn111–12
- and Atlanta campaign, 383, 385
Palo Alto, Battle of, 12
Pamunkey River, 397, 400–1
Pamunkey Road (Wilderness), 329, 331
Panama Herald, 15
Panama, 15–16, 19, 625n12
Panic of 1873, 580, 592
Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, 7, 15, 65, 74, 102, 154, 165, 166, 255, 396, 626n39, 629n84, 632n15, 635n94, 638n133, 645n98, 649n159, 652n44, 656n14, 671n53, 710n64, 711n93, 717n2, 723n96
Paris Landing, 496
Paris, France, 558
Parke, John G., 236, 256, 544, 546, 548
Parker (Donehogawa), Ely S., 262, 269, 301, 355, 457, 472, 560, 567, 568, 572, 604, 615, 687n66, 727n39
Parker’s Store (Wilderness), 330, 331, 334, 335, 336, 339, 342, 353, 684n34
Parkersburg, W.V., 447
paroles, 86, 149, 176, 188, 189, 244, 246, 258, 287, 300, 351, 528, 529, 550, 552, 665n79, 665n81
Parsons, Lewis, 211, 215
Patrick, Marsena, 347, 355, 389, 396, 399, 416, 437, 442, 460, 465, 469, 477, 526, 553, 693n81, 701n100
Pea Ridge, Battle of, 97
Peabody, Everett, 105, 106, 135, 136
Peace Conference (1865), 526–28, 613
Peachtree Creek, Battle of, 384, 386, 600
Pearl River, 218, 245, 246
Peebles’ Farm, Battle of, 472–73
Peixotto, Benjamin, 579
Pemberton, John C., 352–53, 602
- in northern Mississippi, 179, 180–81, 184, 186, 189, 191, 193, 205
- and Vicksburg, 217, 218, 223, 224, 225–26, 228, 229, 235, 236, 243, 244, 247, 257, 411, 590, 665n79
Peninsula, the (Virginia), 147, 169, 324, 424, 438, 442, 620
Pennsylvania, 262, 445, 446, 447, 452, 468, 478, 491, 572, 574; soldiers from, 346
Pensacola, Fla., 488, 611
Perczel, Nicholas, 37, 38
Perret, Geoffrey, 414, 597, 615
Perry, Raymond H., 563, 585
Perryville, Battle of, 151, 162, 309
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 23–24, 25, 26–27, 33, 42–43, 49, 58, 67, 75, 80, 84, 92, 97, 101, 102–3, 113, 115, 119, 120, 121, 125, 126, 127, 130, 140, 141, 142, 146, 161, 162, 169, 176, 180, 182, 191, 197, 202, 208, 209, 214, 223, 224, 228, 229, 238, 252, 264, 269, 271, 276, 286, 289, 292, 301, 302, 304, 305, 317, 321, 327, 335, 340, 349, 354, 355, 359, 360, 361, 362, 365, 370, 387, 398, 402, 409, 416, 420, 430, 432, 433, 441, 451, 461, 465, 480, 487, 503, 504, 523, 527, 539, 543, 554, 556, 595–97, 609, 611, 612, 614, 618, 625n12, 628n61, 629n72, 629n87, 635n92, 636n101, 640n21, 647n122, 652n36, 653n66, 663n42, 669nn18–19, 674n99, 676n1, 677n9, 679n35, 681n74, 687n78, 693n65, 694n95, 698n28, 703n20, 709n41, 715n53, 716n60, 725n19, 726n28
Peruvian guano claims, 586
Petersburg & Weldon Railroad, 392
Petersburg, operations at. See Grant, Ulysses S.: Military affairs
Pettus, Edmund, 279, 280
Peyster, John Watts De, 549
Pfanz, Donald, 370, 603
Phelps, Edward H., 297
Phelps, S. Ledyard, 76
Philadelphia Inquirer, 74, 416, 528
Philadelphia Press, 521
Philadelphia, Penn., 500, 551, 552, 569, 570, 571, 576, 715n53
Piatt, Donn, 261
Pickett, George, 345, 390, 435, 539, 540, 541, 542, 727n3
Pickett’s and Pettigrew’s charge, 294, 727n3
Pickett’s Mill, Battle of, 381
Piedmont, Battle of, 421, 422
Piegan (Piikáni), 567
Pierrepont, Edwards, 578, 582, 585
Piikáni (Piegan), 567
Pillow, Gideon, 28, 31, 36, 40, 42, 74–75, 76, 78, 79, 83, 97, 629n84, 635n85, 669n14
Pittsburg Landing, Battle of. See Shiloh, Battle of
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., 93–95, 98, 99, 101, 102–4, 110–12, 114, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 124–25, 127, 128, 137, 140, 144, 147, 646n107
Pittsburgh, Penn., 452
Plains Indians, 568, 576
Pleasonton, Alfred, 319, 323, 360, 681n74
Plummer, Joseph B., 37, 39, 50
Plymouth, N.C., 320–21, 611
Point Lookout prison camp, 445, 449
Point Pleasant, Ohio, 11
Polk, James K., 12, 15, 89, 638n133
Polk, Leonidas, 30–32, 36, 42, 51, 71, 72, 108, 265, 266, 378, 381, 691n28
pontoon bridges, 101, 183, 194, 206, 229, 267–68, 272, 273, 276, 281, 286, 300, 318, 331, 348, 380, 381, 390, 425, 431, 433, 444, 497, 500, 501, 504, 507, 514, 515, 555, 710n66
Ponzi scheme, 594
Pook, Samuel M., 68
Pope, John, 9, 21–22, 26, 36, 70, 84, 122, 148–49, 160, 211, 320, 323, 476, 555, 587, 610, 612, 648n140
- and advance on Corinth, 133, 144, 145, 146, 632n25
Port Gibson, Battle of, 223, 233, 247
Port Hudson, La., 29, 207, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219, 224, 229, 238, 258, 528, 662n16
Port Republic, Va., 421
Port Royal, S.C., 50, 71, 493, 611
Port Royal, Va., 350, 400
Port Walthall Junction, Va., 434, 698n45
Porter, David Dixon, 6, 134, 147, 524, 538, 555, 570, 597, 599, 611
- on the Mississippi, 178, 181, 184, 185, 186, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 204, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212, 213–14, 215–16, 217, 219–20, 222, 223, 238, 315–16, 317, 318, 524, 656n14
- and Fort Fisher, 509, 520–25, 536
Porter, David E., 711n93
Porter, Fitz John, 122, 587, 726n30
Porter, Horace, 1, 262, 269, 321, 327, 328, 332, 347, 350, 354, 356, 367, 397, 402, 405, 406, 408, 409, 415, 417, 423, 429, 479, 481, 487, 510, 522, 543, 545–46, 571, 572–73, 582, 583, 584, 587, 588, 594, 597, 601, 602, 603, 626n25, 669n22, 682n85, 682n2, 694,100, 702n14, 711n93, 714n33, 716n61, 722n75
Porter, Peter, 412
Porter, William D., 47
Potomac Creek, 351
Potomac River, 350, 351, 371, 445, 446, 447, 449, 478, 536, 614
Powell, John W., 642n47
Powell, Lazarus, 173
Prentice, George D., 48, 176
Prentiss, Benjamin, 26, 27, 28, 30, 70
- and Shiloh, 7, 94, 97–98, 104, 105–6, 109, 113, 114–15, 127, 129, 138, 139, 140, 144, 204, 595, 596, 598, 644n78
Pribilof Islands, 573–74
Price, Sterling, 156
- in Missouri, 27, 28, 36, 49
- and Iuka, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 161
- and invasion of Missouri (1864), 475, 495, 496, 497–98, 499
Pride, George, 112, 164, 185
Prime, Frederick, 163
Prince of Orange, 1
Princeton, N.J., 481
prison camps, 319, 386, 445, 449, 489–90, 492, 529, 699n69
prisoner exchanges, 63, 244, 250, 489, 528–29, 549, 727n39
prisoners of war, 51, 52, 73, 81, 85, 86, 91, 96, 100–1, 133, 144, 152, 158, 173, 188, 229, 244, 246, 258, 274, 281, 294, 299, 300, 301, 309, 311, 346, 362, 386, 387, 414, 423, 428, 437, 448, 453, 472, 480, 482, 484, 489–90, 492, 512, 516, 528–29, 532, 535, 539, 542, 545, 552, 641n31, 648n140, 713n5, 727n39
Pulaski, Tenn., 495, 496, 499, 500, 503, 515
Pullman, George, 719n39
Putnam, Douglas, 142, 650n171
“quaker” guns, 146
Queen of the West, 213, 215
Quinby, Isaac, 198, 200, 206, 232
Quincy, Ill., 24
Raccoon Mountain (Chattanooga), 257, 266
Rafuse, Ethan, 674n107
Railroad Redoubt (Vicksburg), 231, 232
Raleigh, N.C., 324, 537, 553
Ramseur, Stephen D., 344, 365, 400, 446
Ramsey, Robert, 514
Ransom, Thomas, 163
Rapidan River, 318–19, 322, 329, 330, 331, 332, 343, 347, 348, 350, 399, 416, 439, 440, 441, 681n77
Rappahannock River, 329, 332, 350, 400
Rappahannock Station, Va., 350, 353, 685n50
Raum, Green B., 287
Rawlins, 203
Rawlins, Emma, 273, 366, 477, 505, 526, 727n39
Rawlins, John Aaron, 3, 20, 27, 34, 48, 49, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 70, 254, 256, 258, 312, 315, 316, 319, 321, 596, 600, 614–16, 631n113, 636n96, 667n114, 727n39
- after Fort Donelson, 85, 86, 87, 91, 638n141
- at Shiloh, 95, 102, 105, 113, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124–25, 126, 132, 135, 137, 142, 643n60, 645n99, 646n104, 647n114
- in West Tennessee and northern Mississippi, 145, 160, 162, 165, 166–67, 168, 169, 173, 174–75, 180, 184, 188, 189–90, 198, 199, 653n54
- on the Mississippi, 199, 202, 204, 212, 215
- and Vicksburg campaign, 223, 227, 233, 234, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 247, 253, 663n46, 664n61, 665n66
- at Chattanooga, 262, 268, 269, 272–73, 275, 291, 304, 669n15, 671n53
- under General-in-Chief Grant, 324, 325–26, 327, 347, 348, 366, 374, 397, 400, 404, 405, 409, 415, 416, 418, 429, 435, 439, 450, 452, 453, 455, 456, 458, 467, 477, 481, 487, 488, 494, 497, 498–99, 505, 508, 522, 525, 526, 539–40, 543, 586, 688n97, 701n102
- after the war, 560, 564, 567, 572, 576, 577, 587
Raymond Road (Vicksburg), 226
Raymond, Battle of, 225, 238, 310, 708n28
Reagan, John H., 552
reconstruction, 10, 454, 528, 553, 558–59, 561, 592, 617
Red River campaign, 315–17, 324, 326, 375
Red River, 202, 203, 213, 215, 313, 555
Red Sea, 591
Reed, Rowena, 516, 537
Regimental Losses in the American Civil War (Fox), 478
Reid, Hugh T., 644n71
Reid, Whitelaw, 66, 87, 89, 121, 126, 141–42, 499, 707n17
Republican Party, 20, 575, 586, 722n74
Republicans, 7, 19, 27, 321, 459, 561–62, 572, 575, 581, 589, 592, 609, 612
- Liberal, 561, 580
Radical, 7, 319, 454, 464, 493, 528, 558, 559, 560, 561, 563, 570. 587, 614, 717n11
Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, 12
Resaca, Ga., 375–76, 378, 379, 380, 600
Reynolds, Joseph J., 23, 259, 262, 265, 295, 318, 497, 576
Rhea, Gordon C., 337, 344, 363, 365, 367, 389, 401, 405, 408, 417, 430, 605, 683n11, 685n37, 694n103
Rhode Island, 586
Richardson, Albert D., 7, 8, 34, 56, 79, 82, 102, 125, 137, 225, 296, 353, 597, 603, 616, 632n25, 633n52, 675n121, 676n131
Richardson, William A., 578
Richland’s Creek (Nashville), 515
Richmond & Danville Railroad, 392, 423, 442, 470, 548
Richmond Daily Dispatch, 414
Richmond Enquirer, 244
Richmond, Ky., 506
Richmond, Va., 62, 269, 319, 322, 323, 324, 325, 327–28, 329, 352, 359, 369, 387, 391, 392–93, 394, 397, 398, 400, 410, 418, 423, 424, 426, 429, 430, 434, 435, 442, 444, 454, 461, 462, 464, 470, 471, 472, 474–75, 483, 498, 514, 519, 520, 522, 526, 537, 539, 546, 548, 549, 551, 552, 554, 556, 603, 613, 633n38, 688n97
Ricker, Elbridge G., 100
Ricketts, James B., 338, 339, 340, 404, 447, 448, 451
Rienzi or Winchester (horse), 484
Riggin, John, 57, 85, 87, 164, 167, 176, 600, 632n20, 667n114
Ringgold, Battle of, 300, 301
Ringgold, Ga., 302, 677n9
Rio Grande, 12, 13, 14, 317, 327, 557, 558
Ripley, Miss., 159
River Queen, 538, 555
Roanoke Island, 68
Roanoke River, 537
Roanoke, Va., 423
Rob Roy, 61
Robeson, George M., 578
Robinson, James C., 164
Robinson, John C., 335, 336, 338, 341, 358
Rockfish Gap, 539
Rocky Face Ridge, 301, 315, 374, 375, 376, 379, 689n9
Rodgers, John, 29, 32, 35
Roebling, Washington A., 342, 346, 365, 684nn33–34
Rolling Fork River, 206
Rome, Ga., 375, 376, 378, 486
Romero, Matías, 557, 558, 593
Rosecrans, William S., 2, 4, 10, 50, 265, 591, 596, 558, 614, 726n30
- in West Tennessee and northern Mississippi, 146, 148, 149, 151–63, 605, 652n36, 653n59, 653n65, 694n95
- in Army of the Cumberland, 163, 180, 186, 194, 200, 216, 217, 218, 224, 256, 257–59, 260–62, 263, 266, 269, 271, 278, 373, 378, 477, 486, 504, 603, 612, 632n25, 669n15, 669n18
- after Chattanooga, 303, 306, 455, 497–99, 551, 707n12, 723n99
Ross, Leonard F., 153, 190, 204, 206
Ross, Orlando H., 59, 165–66, 396–97, 667n114
Rosser, Thomas L., 339, 345, 473, 549
Rossville Gap (Chattanooga), 288, 297, 298, 305, 306, 310–11, 678n24, 679n35
Rousseau, Lovell, 265, 386
Rowley, William R., 4, 20, 26, 85, 111, 112, 120, 121, 122–23, 124, 127, 137, 142, 164, 165, 166, 167, 369, 401, 409, 429, 457, 483, 592, 615, 632n20, 639n8, 646n106
Rumsey, Israel Parsons, 45, 137, 639n10, 644n78
Rusling, James, F., 305
Russell, David A., 482
Rutherford’s Farm, engagement at, 530
Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield), Battle of, 316
Sabine Pass, 324
Sacketts Harbor, N.Y., 15, 16
“safe-burglary” conspiracy, 584–85
Sailor’s (Sayler’s) Creek, Battle of (Appomattox), 548–49
Saint Augustine, Fla., 611
St. Charles Hotel (Cairo), 65, 67, 71, 632n20
St. Lawrence River, 15
St. Louis Daily Times, 582
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 581, 616
St. Louis, Mo., 12, 18, 22, 26, 27, 46, 47, 50, 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 77, 85, 90, 155, 156, 183, 234, 248, 309, 312, 498, 581, 651n10
St. Louis, U.S.S., 80
Salish, 568
Saltville, Va., 325
Sampson, 201
San Antonio, Tex., 576
San Cosmé Garita, Battle of, 13–14
San Domingo (Dominican Republic), 562–63, 575, 586
San Francisco, Calif., 16, 17, 18, 577, 721n57
Sanborn, John B., 158, 232
Sanborn, John D., 578
Sand Creek massacre, 567
Santa Fe Ring, 586
Saratoga, N.Y., 566
Satartia, Miss., 239–40, 242, 664n62, 665n66, 668n121
Savannah River, 492
Savannah, Ga., 324, 455, 475, 486, 487–88, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493–94, 495, 497, 499, 503, 509, 518, 523, 531, 600, 601
Savannah, Tenn., 73, 93, 94–95, 98, 99, 101–2, 103, 109, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 118, 125, 128, 130, 132, 133, 140, 142, 143, 144, 186, 639n8, 643n64
Schaff, Morris, 340, 685n46
Schenk, Captain (of the Ohio), 15
Schenk, Robert, 586
Schofield, John M., 6, 10, 236, 256, 509, 542, 558, 573, 597, 599, 627n53, 651n10, 709n51
- and Army of the Ohio, 312–13, 323, 375, 376, 377, 383, 384, 385, 389, 496
- in Middle Tennessee, 498, 499, 500–3, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509–10, 511, 512, 514, 516, 517–18, 707n22, 708n24, 708nn27–28, 709n52, 710n77
- in the East, 518, 536–37
Schurz, Carl, 268, 286, 559, 563, 718n18
Schwartz, Adolph, 45, 46
Scipio Africanus (the elder), 1
Scott, Charles M., 51, 54, 70
Scott, Robert, 684–85n37
Scott, Thomas A., 60–61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70, 588–89
Scott, Winfield, 13, 15, 21, 46, 50
Second Corps (U.S.), 328, 331, 332, 333, 337, 343, 344–45, 351, 353, 354, 357, 363, 365, 367, 371, 388, 390, 396, 407, 417, 425, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 435, 436, 438, 440, 441, 442, 462, 470, 471, 472, 539, 540, 544, 545, 546, 698n31, 699n48
Second Division (AotT), 87, 94, 98, 113, 115, 127, 139, 644n78
Second Division (C.S. Army of the West), 153, 158
2nd Iowa, 82
2nd Tennessee, 42
Secor, 586
Secret Service, U.S., 583, 584, 585, 586
Sedgwick, John, 7, 16, 18, 321, 328
- in the Wilderness, 331, 332, 335, 336, 337, 338, 340, 342, 343, 346, 348
- at Spotsylvania, 353, 358, 361, 682
Selma, Ala., 313, 314, 519, 553, 554, 680n46
Senate (U.S.), 26, 139, 174, 560, 563, 576, 577, 586, 593
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (U.S.), 563
Senate Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia (U.S.), 174, 326, 387, 610
Senate Committee on the Judiciary (U.S.), 563
Seneca Nation, 567
Seneca Sandstone Company, 584, 722n80
Sequatchie Valley (Chattanooga), 262
7th Illinois, 46
7th Iowa, 39, 41, 42, 44
7th Pennsylvania, 336, 366
7th Texas, 284
Seventeenth Corps (U.S.), 200, 213, 224, 316
71st Ohio, 109, 130, 151
77th Ohio, 132
Seward, William H., 469, 527, 557, 558, 573, 574, 614, 695n134
- family of, 599
Seymour, Truman, 338, 342, 346
Shady Grove Church (Wilderness), 330, 333, 356
Shaler, Alexander, 346
Shanks, William F.G., 7, 125, 303, 305, 308, 487, 616, 672n79, 672n81, 676n127, 678n22, 689n9, 691n37
Sharp, Alexander, 59, 584–85
Sharp, Josh, 165
Sharpe, George H., 447
Sheffield, Delia B., 625n12
Shenandoah Valley, 7, 150, 326, 327, 394–95, 421, 422, 423, 440, 444, 445, 446, 447, 449, 451, 453, 455, 461, 469–70, 473, 475, 478, 480, 483–84, 509, 530, 535, 538, 554
Shepard, Isaac F., 238
Shepherd, Alexander, 574, 584, 585
Sheridan, Michael V., 275, 679n32
Sheridan, Philip H., 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 309, 310, 311, 312, 605, 455, 462, 476, 477, 497, 510, 514, 516, 523, 538, 539, 590, 591, 596, 597, 599, 605, 623n9, 679n32, 703n33
- at Chattanooga, 274, 276, 288, 289, 290, 292, 294, 295, 296, 297, 299, 303, 309, 674n99, 675n110, 676n1, 679n33
- in Overland campaign, 323, 333, 336, 338, 348, 352, 356–60, 370, 387–89, 393–94, 397, 399–400, 401, 402, 404, 417, 422, 437, 442, 600, 605, 687n71, 687n76, 687n78, 692n44, 692n46, 692n59, 697n6
- in the Shenandoah, 469, 471, 472, 473, 475, 479–85, 494, 509, 530, 538–39, 600
- at Five Forks and Appomattox, 539–45, 546, 548–50, 586–87, 714n26, 714nn28–29, 714n33, 715nn34–35
- after the war, 551, 553, 557–58, 559, 562, 567–68, 573, 583, 589, 717nn2–3, 723n104
“Sherman Brigade,” 503, 512
Sherman, John, 5, 104, 137, 169, 197, 201, 304, 308, 316, 375, 518, 531, 610
Sherman, William, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 18, 237, 258, 319, 320, 322, 325, 326, 328, 371, 373–75, 396, 415, 453, 455, 470, 474, 476, 479, 494, 505, 506, 514, 517, 518, 538, 551, 591, 596, 597, 599–601, 603, 608, 612, 618, 632n16, 633n52, 670n24, 718n27, 719n30, 719n37, 725n19
- early in the war, 25–26, 30, 56, 66, 70, 84
- and Shiloh, 93–94, 96–98, 100–1, 104–5, 106–9, 111, 112–13, 114, 115, 117, 119, 120–23, 124, 125–26, 127–28, 130, 131, 132, 134–35, 136–39, 140–41, 142, 605, 639n10, 641n31, 644n74, 646n100–1, 646n103, 647n115, 648n131, 650n171,
- after Shiloh, 145, 146–47, 149, 150, 155, 156, 159, 169, 172, 175, 177, 610, 651n10, 651n16
- and initial movements against Vicksburg, 179, 180–86, 191–200, 658n53, 695n131
- and bayou operations, 201, 206–7, 208, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 219, 660n111, 661n128
- and overland against Vicksburg, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 229–30, 232, 234, 663n46
- and second Battle of Jackson, 244–46, 256
- and Chattanooga, 260, 263, 264, 270, 271–72, 273–74, 276, 278, 280–87, 288, 289–90, 291, 292, 298, 299–300, 301–9, 310, 671n52, 672n76, 672n79, 672–73n81, 673n90, 673n94, 674n99, 676n131, 676–77n1, 677n2, 677n5, 677n10–11, 678n22
- and Meridian, 252, 311, 312, 313–15, 679n43, 680n46, 680n48
- and Red River, 315–17, 318
- and Atlanta campaign, 326–27, 375–86, 450, 452, 475, 478, 481, 529, 623n9, 689n9, 690n15, 690n18–20, 690n25, 691n31, 691n33, 691n37, 699n69
- and march to the sea, 485–93, 494, 498, 504, 516, 520, 705n71, 706n85, 706n97
- and Thomas in Tennessee, 495–97, 499, 503, 506, 509, 511, 514, 518, 519, 708n31
- and the Carolinas, 494, 523, 531–37, 538, 539, 713n4
- and treaty with Joseph Johnston, 552–53, 555–56, 716n57
- after the war, 558, 566, 567, 570, 573, 578, 579, 587, 589
- and Blacks, 249, 250, 252, 253, 387, 477, 488, 493, 556
Shiloh Branch, 97
Shiloh Church, 96, 97, 104, 111, 117, 132
Shiloh, Battle of, 4, 5, 7, 9, 33, 56, 63, 90, 92, 124, 127, 131, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 164, 165, 167, 211, 232, 245, 261, 263, 303, 334, 371, 374, 381, 556, 569, 590, 596, 598, 599, 600, 601, 604, 605, 606, 607, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 617, 618, 620, 623n9, 636n98, 642n47, 642n51, 642n54, 643n60, 643n64, 644n71, 644n74, 644nn76–78, 645n88, 645n98, 646n107, 646n109, 647nn117–18, 648n138, 648n146, 649n148, 649n154, 650n166, 650n171, 650n173, 650n2, 660n114, 669n14, 675n121, 725n9
Shirk, James, 117
Shreveport, La., 316–17, 318, 324, 326, 530
Shy’s Hill (Nashville), 512
Sierra Nevada, 16
Sigel, Franz, 22, 26, 70, 325, 326, 327, 394–95, 396, 421, 422, 445–46, 447, 451, 500, 509, 681n71, 709n51
signal communications, 3, 35, 99, 176, 233, 275, 276, 278, 279, 281, 282, 315, 331–32, 382, 523, 606, 673n90, 678n22, 691n28, 725n19
Simmons, William A., 459
Simms, William Gilmore, 713n5
Simon, John Y., 6–7, 33, 38, 49, 65, 626n39, 631n115, 632n15, 677n9
Simpson, Brooks D., 2, 142, 255, 291, 306, 325, 414, 597, 631n12, 636n98, 637n122, 660n114, 665n71, 668n119, 671n54, 674n107, 701n102, 709n37
Sioux (Lakota), 568
Sixth Corps (U.S.), 328, 331, 332, 333, 335, 337, 338, 339, 340, 346, 347, 348, 353, 354, 358, 359, 361, 362, 364, 366, 370, 390, 400, 401, 403, 404, 407, 417, 435, 437, 441, 447, 448, 449, 452, 461, 478, 479, 481, 484, 530, 540, 543, 544, 545, 548, 553, 694n95
Sixth Division (AotT), 94, 105, 127, 642n47
6th Missouri, 194
6th Ohio, 118
Sixteenth Corps (U.S.), 200, 236, 264, 316, 375, 378, 379, 384, 495, 498, 503, 504, 511
16th Iowa, 112
69th New York, 25
slavery, 21, 94, 150, 236, 244, 247, 250, 251, 252, 320, 526, 527, 528, 553, 559, 564, 567, 608, 613
slaves, 12, 18, 19, 24, 53, 59, 72, 167–68, 169, 188, 201, 207, 237, 248, 250–52, 253, 395, 477, 480, 488, 490, 493, 527, 532, 548, 556, 608, 609, 613, 617, 726n25
Slocum, Henry W., 252, 260, 265, 266, 385, 487, 489, 490, 492, 536, 706n97
smallpox, 209, 210, 252
Smith, Andrew Jackson, 185, 226, 227–28, 231, 316, 375, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499–500, 501, 503, 504, 511, 512, 518, 553, 707n13
Smith, Charles Ferguson, 36, 37–39, 46, 57, 70, 90, 629n72
- and Forts Henry and Donelson, 4, 7, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 78–80, 82–83, 84–85, 87, 140
- and Shiloh, 91, 92, 93–95, 96, 98, 104, 121, 123, 124, 144
Smith, Diane Monroe, 2
Smith, Edmund Kirby, 149, 150, 317, 555
Smith, Giles A., 281, 577
Smith, James, 588
Smith, Jean E., 8, 305, 360, 597, 635n77, 723
Smith, John E., 19, 21, 23, 134, 163, 166, 281, 286, 287, 307, 616
Smith, Martin Luther, 185
Smith, Martin (R.E. Lee’s engineer), 345
Smith, Morgan L., 34, 85, 194, 281
Smith, Thomas Kilby, 255, 569, 667n114, 667n116
Smith, Watson, 204, 205, 206
Smith, William F. “Baldy,” 487, 530, 598
- at Chattanooga, 255, 266–67, 268, 269, 270–71, 272–73, 280, 281, 290, 292, 295, 300, 605, 671nn53–54, 672n61, 678n22
- after Chattanooga, 309, 312, 319, 321, 323, 327
- in Virginia, 391, 393–94, 397, 398, 400–6, 407, 413, 416, 417–18, 423, 426, 427–34, 436, 437, 439, 465, 598, 600, 692n59, 694nn89–90, 694n95, 698n30, 701n102
- and relief from corps command, 456–59
Smith, William Sooy, 236, 313, 314
Smith, William Wrenshall, 145, 272, 289, 297, 569, 615, 671n54, 674n99
Smith-Brady Commission, 680n58
Snake Creek (Shiloh), 98, 109, 117, 119, 121–22, 128, 646n109
Snake Creek Gap, 375–76, 378, 380, 600, 689n9
Snell’s Bridge (Spotsylvania), 356, 357
Society of the Army of the Cumberland, 6
Society of the Army of the Tennessee, 136–37, 304, 579
Sommers, Richard, 473
Sons of Temperance, 16
Sorrel, Moxley, 345
South Carolina, 148, 236, 327, 394, 488, 494, 531, 533, 534, 537, 538, 601, 603, 611
- soldiers from, 403–4
South Chickamauga Creek, 259, 281, 282, 283, 286, 297, 299, 300, 308
South Side Railroad, 392, 442, 470, 473, 474, 546, 548
Southern (of Mississippi) Railroad, 184, 218
Southern Historical Society Papers, 8
Spain Branch or Locust Grove Creek (Shiloh), 97, 98, 109
Spain, 564
Special Orders No 134 (U.S.), 663n33
Special Orders No 200 (U.S.), 256
Special Orders No 207 (U.S.), 256
Special Orders No 49 (U.S.), 144
Spencer carbine, 336, 358, 393, 480, 482
Spencer, Ned, 142
Spotsylvania, Battle of, 358–59, 360–72, 388, 390, 393, 420, 438, 456, 479, 542, 602, 604, 607, 621
Spring Hill, Tenn., 389, 500–2, 707n22
Springfield, Ill., 21, 22, 23, 24, 62, 658n53
Springfield, Mo., 27
Stager, Anson, 176
Stanislaus River, 16
Stanley, David S., 151–52, 153, 154, 156–57, 386, 487, 496, 499, 500, 501, 503, 543, 653n65, 707n18, 708n24
Stanton, Benjamin, 145
Stanton, Edwin M., 3, 48, 61, 62, 65, 66, 90, 93, 147, 148–49, 150, 166, 170, 176, 178, 182, 196–97, 199, 200, 212, 214, 215, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 244, 253, 257, 258, 260–61, 265, 266, 271, 275, 289, 290, 291, 303, 310, 319, 320, 351, 363, 395, 396, 401, 402, 409, 424, 426, 429, 446, 450, 451, 457, 459, 460, 481, 486, 490, 493, 497, 499, 505, 507, 510, 516, 523, 528, 552, 553, 555, 556, 559, 611, 614, 664n62, 685n50, 709n45, 715n36, 716n57, 726n30
Star Route contracts, 586
Starkweather, John C., 674
Starr, Stephen Z., 2, 269, 485, 488, 681n74
State Department, U.S., 562, 563
states’ rights, 590
Staunton River Bridge, 442
Staunton, Va., 326, 395, 421
Steedman, James B., 259, 497, 500, 504, 511, 512, 515, 517
Steele, Frederick, 155, 194, 217, 222, 253, 316, 317, 318, 327, 530, 599
Steele’s Bayou expedition (Vicksburg), 206, 207, 208, 212, 605
Stephens, Alexander, 526, 527, 528
Stevens, Thaddeus, 528, 560
Stevenson, Ala., 257, 261, 263, 265, 267, 669n18
Stevenson, Carter, 226, 269, 270, 279, 280, 285, 307
Stevenson, John D., 163
Stevenson, Thomas G., 342, 344
Stewart, Alexander P., 288, 297, 311, 502
Stewart, Alexander T., 563, 570
Stewart, William M., 17, 601
Stillness at Appomattox (Catton), 415
Stone River (Murfreesboro), Battle of, 194, 200, 210, 257, 309, 551
Stoneman, George, 519, 553, 554
“Stonewall Brigade” (C.S.), 366
Stoney Lonesome, Tenn., 11, 120, 122
Streight, Abel, 218
Strickle, Abraham, 248, 250
Stuart, David, 98, 109, 114, 115, 132, 194
Stuart, George H., 570, 571, 719n38
Stuart, James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.), 323, 333, 338, 348, 352, 359, 387, 388, 444
Stuart, Warren, 636n98
Sturgis, Samuel, 312, 495
Sugar Creek (Nashville), 515
Sullivan, Jeremiah C., 156, 189, 238
Sullivan, Peter J., 108
Sultana, 63
Sumner, Charles, 319, 563, 575
Supreme Court, U.S., 559, 579
Susquehanna River, 452, 552
Sutherland’s Station, Battle of, 546
Sweeny, Thomas W., 7, 109, 113, 115, 135, 381, 384–85, 691n34
Swett, Charles, 284, 285
Swett, Leonard, 458
Swift Creek (Petersburg), 392
“Swing around the Circle,” 559
Swinton, William, 349, 367, 372, 416, 419, 438, 444, 693n63, 694n90, 694n103, 695n134
Sword, Wiley, 113, 673n90
“Sylph,” 582, 722n75
Taft, Alphonso, 577
Tarbell, Ida, 63, 241, 290
Taylor, Benjamin, 382
Taylor, Ezra, 36, 38, 40–41, 47
Taylor, Moses, 719n39
Taylor, Zachary, 12, 13, 46
Taylor’s Ridge (Chattanooga), 300
Tennessee River, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 68, 69–70, 71, 73, 74, 85, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 110, 116, 117, 118, 122, 133, 147, 151, 186, 218, 257, 259, 260, 263, 267, 272, 273, 281, 300, 308, 488, 495, 496, 499, 500, 505, 515–16, 517, 519, 640n15, 677n9
Tennessee, 68, 88, 89, 90, 173, 179, 218, 224, 263, 265, 311, 312, 374, 391, 454, 496, 498, 500, 508, 509, 513, 518, 519, 529, 536; soldiers from, 225, 266, 286.
- See also East; Middle; and West Tennessee
Tennessee, U.S.S., 586
Tensas River, 202
Tenth Corps (U.S.), 391, 470, 472, 478
10th Iowa, 37
Tenure of Office Act, 559, 611, 717n11
Terry, Alfred H., 435, 523–24, 536, 698n45
“Texas Brigade,” 473
Texas, 12, 247, 316, 317, 324, 327, 555, 556, 557, 559, 566, 586, 589, 680n54; soldiers from, 197, 225
Thayer, John M., 69, 79, 636n100
Third Corps (ANoVa), 334, 336
Third Corps (U.S.), 328, 478
Third Division (AotC Cavalry Corps), 323
Third Division (AotP Cavalry Corps), 323, 334, 358
Third Division (AotT), 78, 79, 93, 98, 111, 121, 119, 121, 123, 130
3rd Kentucky (U.S.), 128
3rd Louisiana Native Guards (U.S.), 238
13th Amendment, 528
13th Arkansas, 40
Thirteenth Corps (U.S.), 219, 220, 224, 226, 227, 228–29, 231–32, 233, 316
13th Missouri (U.S.), 122
13th Tennessee 40
30th Illinois, 42
30th Tennessee 82
31st Illinois, 44, 649n148
32nd Illinois, 649n148
Thomas E. Tutt, 88
Thomas, George H., 1, 5, 9, 10, 66, 67–68, 144–45, 146, 147, 149, 150, 162, 163, 257, 259, 263, 309, 312, 313, 314, 315, 319, 322, 323, 324, 373, 374, 455, 487, 488, 517–119, 529, 553, 573, 587, 590–91, 598, 599, 601, 612, 614, 620, 627n41, 651n19, 668n3, 679n32, 716n60
- at Chattanooga, 260, 261, 262, 264, 266–67, 268–69, 270–71, 272, 273–76, 278, 280, 281, 284, 286, 287–90, 292, 295–98, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305–11, 669n23, 672n61, 672n76, 673nn93–94, 673n97, 674n107, 675n112, 675n121, 676n122, 676n127, 676n1, 677n9, 678n18, 678n23, 678n25
- in Atlanta campaign, 374, 375, 376, 378, 380, 381–83, 384, 385–86, 689–90n9
- in Franklin and Nashville campaign, 9, 486, 488–89, 495–501, 503–8, 509–12, 514, 515, 516–517, 518, 596, 707n13, 708n28, 708n31, 709n37, 709n39, 709n41, 709n44, 709n52, 710n66
Thomas, Lorenzo, 23, 213, 237, 247–48, 249, 250, 251, 252–53, 254, 255, 387
Thompson, Jeff, 31, 36, 37, 39
Three Top Mountain (Cedar Creek), 484
Three Years with Grant (Cadwallader), 291, 671n53
Tigress, 64, 94, 101, 109, 110, 111–12, 114, 116, 120, 124, 125, 141, 142, 197, 220
Tilden, Samuel J., 562
Tilghman, Lloyd, 71–72, 73
Toch-a-way (Turtle Dove), 567
Todd’s Tavern, Va., 333, 335, 337, 339, 345, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 360, 364
Torbert, Alfred, 323, 331, 333, 338, 345, 352, 402–3, 422, 483
Totopotomoy Creek, 400
Trans-Mississippi theatre, 104, 177, 555, 324
Treasury Department, U.S., 18, 170, 173, 175–76, 251, 570, 574, 584, 720n45
Trent affair, 50, 717
Trevilian Station, Battle of, 422, 442–43, 697n6
Tripler, Charles Stuart, 15, 17, 625n12
Tripler, Eunice, 625n12
Truesdail, William, 58–59, 632n25
Trumbull, Lyman, 180, 235, 673n97
Tullahoma campaign, 257
Tunnel Hill (Chattanooga), 8, 270, 272, 281–85, 287, 289, 298, 299, 307, 308, 678n228
Tupelo, Battle of, 495
Tupelo, Tenn., 150
Turchin, Ivan (John) B., 267, 294
Turnley, Parmenas T., 90–91, 638n139
Tuscumbia River, 157
Tuscumbia, Ala., 495, 500, 515
Tuttle, James M., 82, 109, 113, 114, 115, 127, 644n78
Twain, Mark, (Samuel L. Clemens), 254, 595–96
Tweed, William Marcy, 584
Twelfth Corps (U.S.), 260, 265, 266, 267, 278, 373
12th Illinois, 34
12th Iowa, 144
12th New Hampshire, 402, 407
12th Ohio, 626n39
12th Tennessee, 40
Twentieth Corps (U.S.), 373, 385, 386, 487, 489
21st Illinois, 24, 27, 168
21st Tennessee, 40
22nd Illinois, 39, 41, 44, 629n84
22nd Tennessee, 40
Twenty-third Corps (U.S.), 496, 499, 502, 503, 504, 511, 517, 518, 536, 707n18
23rd Indiana, 39
23rd Iowa, 237
Twenty-fourth Corps (U.S.), 478, 546, 548
Twenty-fifth Corps (U.S.), 548, 551, 556
27th Illinois, 40, 45
27th Missouri, 288
Tyler Landing, 94
Tyler, U.S.S., 30, 38, 39, 45, 117, 118, 130, 140
Tyndale, Hector, 486
U.S. Christian Commission, 350, 571, 608
U.S. Colored Troops, 511, 524, 556
U.S. Military Academy (West Point), 5, 11–12, 18, 19, 20, 23, 30, 49, 84, 96, 99, 104, 124, 125, 145, 150, 178, 183, 229, 262, 290, 305, 321, 323, 391, 395, 417, 447, 481, 573, 588, 589, 590, 601, 603, 610, 613, 627n41
U.S. Sanitary Commission, 87, 210
Ulysses S. Grant: A Victor, Not a Butcher (Bonekemper), 619
Uncle Sam, 71, 85
Union City, Tenn., 32, 38
Union League Club, 528
Union Pacific Railroad, 567, 576, 588, 719n30
Union Square (New York City), 35
Upton, Emory, 362, 363, 364, 371, 481, 482
Valley Road (Vicksburg), 665n64
Van Dorn, Earl, 156, 158, 185, 186–87, 188–89, 191
Van Duzer, John C., 176
Van Horne, Thomas, 386, 598, 673n93
Varney, Frank, 2
Veatch, James C., 109, 114, 131, 157–58
Veracruz, Mexico, 13, 14
“Vermont Brigade,” 341–42, 354
Vermont soldiers, 686n62
Vicksburg campaign, 29, 63, 148, 177–78, 179, 181, 182, 183, 184–85, 186, 192, 193, 196, 199, 200–1, 202, 203, 205, 206, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213–17, 218, 219–20, 229, 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 260, 303, 261, 287, 300, 313, 314, 316, 318, 321, 330, 339, 371, 374, 385, 395, 411, 467, 487, 524, 528, 534, 551, 582, 590, 599, 600, 602, 603, 611, 615, 617, 618, 658n53, 661n123, 662n29, 664n62, 667n114, 670n27, 679n43, 693n69, 708n28
Vicksburg mine, 242–43
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad, 184, 185, 215
Villanow, Ga., 375, 378
Villard, Henry, 469
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, 325
Virginia and North Carolina, Department of (U.S.), 457, 523
Virginia Central Railroad, 387, 530
Virginia Military Institute, 394, 421
Virginia, 2, 27, 50, 155, 169, 258, 260, 262, 312, 319, 320, 322, 324, 326, 327, 349, 391, 418, 439, 453, 469, 475, 488, 492, 494, 508, 517, 519, 526, 531, 538, 550, 551, 553, 556, 557, 602, 603; soldiers from, 83
Virginia, C.S.S., 147
Waagner, Gustav, 29, 30, 33
Wade, Benjamin, 145, 319, 321, 454, 467, 528
Wagner, George D., 295, 299, 500, 501, 502, 708n24
Wainwright, Charles, 330, 363, 368, 371, 399, 439, 444, 461, 469, 473, 474, 538
Walcutt, Charles, 287
Walden’s Ridge (Chattanooga), 257, 259, 261, 262, 267
Walke, Henry A., 39, 45, 47, 75
Walker, Francis Amasa, 407, 417, 441, 684, 695n129
Walker, Mary, 351
Walker, William H.T., 258
Wallace, Lew, 10, 57, 234, 700n76, 557, 587, 598
- and Forts Henry and Donelson, 71, 73, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84–85, 86, 87, 88, 637n125
- at Shiloh, 4, 93, 94, 98, 111, 112, 119, 120–22, 123–27, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 138–39, 149, 150, 162, 448, 596, 598, 605, 645–46nn98–99, 646nn100–1, 646nn103–4, 646nn106–7, 647nn113–14, 647n122, 650n171
- after Shiloh, 144, 145, 149–50
- and Early’s invasion, , 447–49, 451, 457
Wallace, William H.L., 7, 38, 49–50, 55, 79, 85, 89, 98, 109, 111, 113, 114–15, 120, 122, 127, 139, 163, 639n10, 640n21, 644n78
Walthall, Edward C., 279–80
War Department, U.S., 19, 25, 71, 169, 176, 210, 260, 320, 322, 457, 478, 510, 576, 577
War of 1812, 4
War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. See Official Records
Ward, Ferdinand, 593–94, 719n39
Ware, Joseph (Casco), 7, 92, 137, 142, 160, 162, 649n148
Warmoth, Henry Clay, 663n42
Warren, Fitz-Henry, 633n38
Warren, Gouverneur K., 10, 318, 328, 596, 723n104
- and the Wilderness, 330, 331, 332, 334–36, 337, 338, 340, 342, 348, 353, 354, 357, 542, 683n11, 683n15, 685n46
- and Spotsylvania, 358–59, 361–63, 365–66, 367–68, 370, 542, 687n78
- and the North Anna, 388–90, 398, 400
- and Cold Harbor, 401, 404, 405, 408, 417, 422, 424
- and Petersburg, 436, 438, 455–56, 461, 465, 466, 467, 468, 470–71, 473, 474, 508, 509, 519, 542, 701n100
- and operations around Five Forks, 539–44, 549, 586–87, 714n29, 714n33, 715n36
Warrenton, Miss., 207, 215, 216, 222, 230
Washburn, Cadwallader, 92, 180, 204–5, 211, 217, 250, 255, 319, 374–75, 499, 599, 615
Washburne, Elihu B., 3, 5, 20, 21, 23–24, 26, 36, 47, 49, 53, 57, 59, 61, 69, 70, 84, 85, 92, 134, 138, 145, 161, 164, 165, 167, 168, 171, 172, 174, 198, 200, 205, 212, 235, 240, 253, 303, 319, 325, 332, 353, 358, 369, 401, 409, 416, 450, 477, 530, 550, 562, 592, 596, 610, 614, 615, 626n40, 716n61
Washington National Tribune, 8
Washington Ring, 574, 578, 584
Washington, D.C., 25, 57, 61, 62, 70, 71, 90, 91, 145, 149, 152, 155, 161, 165, 167, 174, 196, 199, 202, 208, 211, 212, 216, 220, 253, 260, 320, 322, 323, 324, 329, 342, 350, 361, 370, 391, 396, 399, 410, 419, 420, 424, 431, 439, 445, 446–52, 453, 457, 461, 470, 473, 475, 478, 479, 480, 481, 483, 487, 493, 500, 505, 507, 508, 510, 520, 526, 551–52, 553, 556, 558, 560–61, 566, 569–70, 585, 589, 606, 652n45, 677n9, 701n104, 709n52, 723n104
- See also District of Columbia
Washington, George, 1, 421, 532, 570
Washington, N.C., 320, 321, 611
Washita River massacre, 567
Waterhouse, Allen C., 106, 108
Watson battery (C.S.), 40
Wauhatchie, Tenn., 267, 432
Waynesboro, Battle of, 538–39
Waynesborough, Tenn., 102, 503
Webb, Alexander, 544
Webster, Joseph D., 54, 71, 75, 78, 80, 83, 85, 97, 117, 118, 119, 163, 173, 634n73, 645n88
Weitzel, Godfrey, 522, 524, 546, 548, 551
Welles, Gideon, 10, 29, 59, 148, 178, 181, 182, 207, 219, 253, 317, 370, 391, 447, 449, 450, 451, 454, 465, 520, 522, 523, 524, 525, 553, 565, 578, 608, 611–12, 614, 711n87
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1, 600
West (or Pacific) Coast, 15, 17, 20
West Point Atlas of American Wars, 389
West Point, Va., 324, 400
West Point. See U.S. Military Academy
West Shore Railroad, 594
West Tennessee, 29, 90, 147, 155, 167, 172, 177, 178, 186, 191, 204, 210, 311, 374, 375, 496
West Virginia, 50, 325, 326, 327, 395, 444, 446, 451, 452, 455, 478
Western & Atlantic Railroad, 257, 282, 375, 376
Western Department (U.S.), 26, 610, 627n47
Western Petroleum & Refining Company, 569
Western Sanitary Commission, 249
Wheeler, Joseph, 259, 378, 490, 493, 495, 535
Wheeling, Virginia, 148, 447
Whiskey Rings, 581–83, 585, 586
Whitaker, Walter C., 279
White House, Va., 351, 397, 400, 402, 424, 426, 442, 539
White House, the, 518, 570, 572, 576, 581, 582, 583, 585, 587, 589, 609
White Oak Mountain (Chattanooga), 300
White Oak Road (Five Forks), 540, 541, 542, 543, 715n36
White River, 49
White Sulphur Springs, W.V., 444
White, Chilton, 23
Whitman, Walt, 409
Whittlesey, Charles, 70
Wiard steam-boiler attachment, 586
Wilcox, Cadmus, 336, 337, 340, 341, 345, 390, 471
Wilderness (Virginia), 9, 318, 329, 331, 332, 335, 341, 343, 348, 349, 354, 356, 420, 604
Wilderness, Battle of the, 7, 8, 325, 330, 335–50, 358, 360, 364, 366, 400, 416, 542, 600, 605, 606
- casualties from, 349–51, 371, 372, 410, 420, 682, 685n46
- leaving, 352–57
Wilkeson, Frank, 8, 354
Wilkie, Franc, 180, 183, 241, 638n133
Willard Hotel (Washington), 391
Willcox, Orlando B., 342, 345, 465, 466
Willett, Edward, 305
Williams, George A., 163
Williams, George H., 578, 585
Williams, George W., 698n45
Williams, Nelson G., 109
Willich, August, 275, 290, 294, 299, 672n63, 676n1
Willow Bayou, La., 219
Wilson, Bluford, 581–82, 583, 584, 585, 716n61, 722n75
Wilson, Ephraim, 8
Wilson, Henry, 174, 325–26, 351, 610
Wilson, James Grant, 8, 34, 79, 175, 597, 667n116
Wilson, James Harrison, 6, 8, 34, 79, 102, 137, 487, 488, 494, 581, 595, 597, 598, 599, 605, 614, 615, 616, 638n142, 680n48, 716n61
- in West Tennessee and northern Mississippi, 166, 167, 171, 180, 190, 198
- on the Mississippi, 204, 206, 215, 219, 222
- in overland campaign against Vicksburg, 223, 232, 237, 241, 242, 661n4, 662n9, 664n61, 665n67
- at Chattanooga, 262, 267, 269, 289, 290, 296, 303, 304
- after Chattanooga, 314, 323, 328
- in Overland campaign, 330, 331, 334, 336, 338–39, 344, 348, 356, 357–58, 359, 388, 391, 396, 397, 399, 402, 418, 419, 422, 682n2, 683n14, 687n71, 687n78
- and Petersburg, 424, 437, 439, 442, 444, 453, 455, 457, 459, 476, 539, 698n33
- and Sheridan’s Valley campaign, 480, 481–83
- in the West, 496, 500, 504, 505, 506, 507, 510, 511, 512, 515, 517, 518, 519, 553, 554, 555, 709n53
Wilson’s Creek, Battle of, 27, 709n51
Wilson’s Wharf, Va., 392
Winchester (Opequon Creek), Battle of, 482, 485, 530, 715
Winchester, Va., 394, 444, 473, 481, 483, 484, 494
Windmill Point, Va., 431
Winslow, John A., 475
Wisconsin, 163; soldiers from, 143, 229, 361
Wittenberg, Eric, 3
Wolf, Simon, 175, 655n110
Wood, Sterling A.M., 105
Wood, Thomas J., 259, 517
- and Shiloh, 125, 128, 131, 132, 643n64
- and Chattanooga, 269, 274–75, 276, 289–90, 291, 292, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 303, 305, 309, 674n99, 675n110, 675n121, 676n126, 676–77n1
- at Franklin and Nashville, 502, 511, 512, 514, 515
Woods, Charles R., 276
Woodward, C. Vann, 580
Woodward, William, 2, 598
Woodworth, Steven E., 2, 96, 102, 203, 228, 306, 491, 631n115, 633n47, 633n52, 636n98, 675n111, 713n7
Worth, William J., 13
Wright, Horatio, 371, 519
- in the Wilderness, 338, 340
- at Spotsylvania, 361–62, 363, 365, 368, 369
- and the North Anna, 390, 400
- and Cold Harbor, 401, 404–5, 406, 413, 417
- at Petersburg, 435, 437, 439, 698n43
- around Washington, 449, 451, 452, 453, 457, 478
- in the Valley, 479, 483, 484, 485, 714n33
- and final operations, 540, 543, 545, 546, 548, 714n33
Wright, Marcus, 276
Wright, Rebecca, 480
Yalobusha River, 181, 191, 204, 205
Yanada, S. (first name unknown), 609
Yates, Richard, 21, 22, 23–24, 26, 53, 62, 222, 234, 627n47
Yazoo City, Miss., 192, 204, 205, 218, 256
Yazoo Pass expedition (Vicksburg), 203, 204, 206, 208, 214, 217, 218, 247, 605
Yazoo River, 155, 177, 178, 181, 184, 185, 186, 192, 194, 197, 203, 205, 206, 207–8, 211, 214, 217, 219, 222, 239, 316
Yeatman, James E., 249, 250–51, 252
Yellow Tavern, Battle of, 444
Yocony River, 181, 658n48
York River, 324, 400
Young, Alfred, 349
Young, John Russell, 310, 486, 505, 589, 591, 597, 601, 602, 606, 614, 717n11, 723n102
Young’s Point, La., 211, 215, 237, 238