Index


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

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