Page 401 INDEX
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Alabama, secedes, 56; in 1864, 335; threatened, 336
Alabama, Confederate raider, 69, 70, 311-12; Kearsarge and, 69, 313-17; and Hatteras, 69, 115
Albatross, ship, 265
Albemarle, Confederate ram, Cushing destroys, 303, 318-319
Albemarle Sound, command lost, 93
Alexandria (Louisiana), State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, 6-7
Allatoona (Georgia), Johnston evacuates, 348; Corse's defense of, 369-70
"Anaconda policy," 184
Anderson, Colonel Charles, quotes Lee, 11
Anderson, Major Robert, commands at Fort Moultrie, 2; at Fort Sumter, 3, 12-15; surrender, 15; leaves Fort Sumter, 16; appointed to Kentucky command, 29; superseded by Sherman, 120
Annapolis, Union troops at, 17
Antietam (Maryland), battle, 178, 245-46, 292
Apache Cañon, fight in, 166
Appomattox Court House (Virginia), Lee's surrender, 327, 389
Appomattox Station, Custer raids, 388
Aquia, McClellan's troops at, 228-29, 231, 234
Archer, J. T., Confederate brigadier, 298
Arizona, "War in the West," 165
Arkansas secedes, 56
Arkansas, Confederate ram, 109
Arkansas Post, capture of, 164
Arlington, home of General Lee, 19
Armstrong, Commodore, at Pensacola, 4
Army, Confederate, Act providing for enlistment, 11-12; at Harper's Ferry, 21-22; Jackson and, 21-22, 23-24; lack of equipment, 63, 244; advantages, 76-77; conscription, 78; munitions, 78; relations with Federals at Vicksburg, 276; Army of Northern Virginia, 336; unrenewable wastage, 355; number of troops (1865), 380; Lee's farewell to, 393
Army, Federal, enlistments, 33; Congress votes troops and money, 34, 40; McDowell's, 39-40; regulars in, 79; number of troops, 79-80; conscription, 81; organization, 82; Grant's (1862), 148; Army of the Cumberland, 164, 279; Army of the Mississippi, 160; Page 402 Army of the Ohio, 160, 279; well equipped, 244; Army of the Potomac, 254-55, 287, 334, 386, 351, 354, 356; Army of the Tennessee, 160, 260, 280, 358; Army of Virginia, 227, 243; relations with Confederates at Vicksburg, 276; Army of the James, 334, 336, 340, 356; reviewed in Washington, 395
Army Act, Provisional Confederate Congress passes, 11-12
Ashby, Turner, Confederate cavalry leader, 205; at Harrisonburg, 207; Valley raid, 212; death, 215-16
Ashby's Gap, Johnston crosses Blue Ridge at, 45
Ashland (Virginia), Jackson at, 223
Atlanta, Southern cannon made at, 64; Northern objective, 327, 386; battle, 358-59; Sherman announces fall of, 361; effect of victory, 364; Sherman's headquarters, 366-67; last action near, 368-70
Atlanta, Confederate ram captured by Weehawken, 309
Averell, W. D., cavalry leader, 355, 357
Bailey, Colonel Joseph, 330
Bailey, Captain Theodorus, 100
Balloons, 68
Baltimore, Secessionists at Fort Sumter, 3; Massachusetts troops mobbed in, 16; Jackson's plan to occupy, 194
Baltimore and Ohio Railway, Jackson destroys workshop, 37
Banks, General N. P., supersedes General Butler, 113; on the Mississippi (1862), 113, 114, 167; (1863), 261, 264-65, 272, 273; commands in Shenandoah Valley, 198; in Shenandoah campaign, 199, 200, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 235; incapacity, 261, 265, 273; commands Red River Expedition, 318, 329, 330, 337, 338
Barrancas Barracks, 3
Bartow, General F. S., Bull Run, 48; killed, 52
Baton Rouge, Union Arsenal at, 6; Farragut captures, 107; Confederate attack, 110; Union Navy wins way to, 117
"Battle above the Clouds," Lookout Mountain, 284
Baylor, Captain J. R., proclaims himself Governor of New Mexico, 165-66
Beauregard. General P. G. T., sons at Louisiana Military Academy, 7; and Fort Sumter, 12, 15-16; on the Potomac, 35; at Bull Run, 36, 45, 49; preparation for Shiloh, 146, 147; battle of Shiloh, 153-54; Corinth, 156; and Confederate plans, 195; attacks Butler, 340; telegram to Lee, 348-49; command of troops opposed to Sherman, 371
Beauregard, Fort, 92
Beaver Dam Creek (Virginia), Porter's front at Mechanicsville, 223
Bee, General B. E., Bull Run, 49; killed, 52
Bell, Commodore H. H., 99, 114
Belmont (Missouri), Grant attacks, 92, 121
Benjamin, J. P., Confederate Secretary of War, 70, 101, 182 Page 403
Benton, flagship, 266
Bentonville (North Carolina), battle, 382-83
Bering Sea, Shenandoah in, 69
Bermuda Hundred (Virginia), Butler seizes, 339
Beverly (West Virginia), Confederates retire to, 30
Big Black River (Mississippi), Grant's victory at, 271
Birge, H. W., and sharpshooters, 133
Bixby, Mrs., letter to, 190-191
Blackburn's Ford (Virginia), McDowell at, 43, 46
Blair, General F. P., fight for Missouri, 25, 26, 27, 57, 131; as a general, 261
Blockade, declared, 16; effectiveness, 84, 91-92, 113, 244, 280; blockade-runners, 91-92, 307-08; on Mississippi, 93; attempts to break, 308-309, 318; double line necessary, 308
Bloody Angle, salient in Spotsylvania action, 348, 344
Bonham, General M. L., Bull Run, 48
Boonville (Missouri), battle, 28, 118
Boston Mountains, Confederates hold, 142
Bowling Green (Kentucky), Johnston at, 124, 129; Johnston abandons, 141
Brackett, Colonel A. G., quoted, 10-11
Bragg, General Braxton, 287, 325-26; at Baton Rouge, 6; preparations for Shiloh, 146; succeeds Beauregard, 161; invasion of Kentucky, 161, 162, 243; march on Nashville, 164; sends out Morgan, 278; Chickamauga, 279; Chattanooga, 281, 305; Missionary Ridge, 282, 288
Brandy Station (Virginia), cavalry combat at, 288
Brentwood (Tennessee), Schofield at, 377
Brice's Cross Roads (Mississippi), Forrest defeats Sturgis at, 357
Bristoe Station (Virginia), bridge burned, 233
Brooklyn, fight with Manassas, 102; against Fort Morgan, 322
Brown, John, 20, 130
Brown, J. E., Governor of Georgia, 78, 367-68
Bruinsburg (Louisiana), Grant lands force at, 267, 268
Buchanan, Commodore Franklin, 87
Buckingham, General C. P., and McClellan, 248
Buckner, General S. B., as a general, 136; Fort Donelson, 138; surrender, 139, 140; and Grant, 140
Buell, General D. C., commands in West, 122; and Halleck, 123; preparations for Shiloh, 146, 148, 149; battle of Shiloh, 153, 154; commands Army of the Ohio, 160; end of service, 162
Buford, John, cavalry leader at Gettysburg, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298
Bull Run, First campaign, 33, 84, 171, 172, 181, 193; public clamor for action, 34, 39-40; disposition of forces, 34-35, 36; Confederate problem, 36-37; Falling Waters, 38-39; Federal preparations, 41-43; Blackburn's Ford, 43; McDowell advances, 44; Confederate preparations and plans, 44-46; Federal advance, 47; Confederate rout, 48-49; Confederates rally, 49-50; Stuart's charge, Page 404 51; Federal retreat, 53-54; losses, 54; importance, 54-55; number of troops, 148
Bull Run, Second campaign, maneuvering for, 161, 193; battle, 237-43
Burns, John, at Gettysburg, 299
Burnside, General A. E., 228; failure in Virginia, 185; succeeds McClellan, 248; as a general, 249, 250; at Fredericksburg, 249, 250, 251; "Mud March," 251, 252, 255, 263-64; Knoxville, 279, 284; at Petersburg, 359
Butler, General Benjamin, Bull Run, 35; in North Carolina, 85; Mississippi campaign, 103; Banks supersedes, 113; against Fort Fisher, 325; commands Army of the James, 334, 336, 340, 342; at Bermuda Hundred, 339; retreat from Drewry's Bluff, 349
Cairo (Illinois), Grant in command at, 119, 121, 122, 261
Caldwell, Lieutenant, of the Itasca, 99
California, invasion of, 165, 167
Cameron, Simon, Secretary of War, 33-34, 120; and Sherman, 177; Stanton succeeds, 195
Canby, Colonel E. R. S., at Valverde, 166
Carolinas, danger from West Virginia, 29; secede, 56; effective for South (1864), 335; menace to, 386; Sherman's march through, 372, 381-82; scene of action (1865), 380; see also North Carolina, South Carolina
Carondelet, Federal gunboat, 109, 128, 133, 134, 135, 144-145
Castle Pinckney, 1, 2, 3
Catlett's Station (Virginia) Shields at, 204; Banks near 235
Cayuga, Federal gunboat, 100, 101
Cedar Creek (Virginia), Sheridan's ride to, 363-64
Cedar Run (Virginia), battle, 228
Cemetery Hill (Gettysburg), Early fails at, 300
Centreville (Virginia), in Bull Run campaign, 46, 47, 54; Confederate base, 197; McDowell's corps at, 200
Chambersburg (Pennsylvania), Federals at, 23; Stuart's raid, 246-47
Champion's Hill (Mississippi), fight of, 271
Chancellorsville (Virginia), battle of, 253, 257-58, 290; plans, 256; Federal defeat, 287
Charleston (South Carolina), forts, 1-2; beginning of hostilities, 3, 6; United States Arsenal seized, 8; surrender of Fort Sumter, 12-16; menaced, 253, 310; naval combats around, 308-309; bombardment, 309; defenses in Southern hands, 326, 335, 380; Savannah citizens go to, 376
Charlestown (West Virginia), Patterson advances to, 39
Charlotte (North Carolina), Southern cannon made in, 64
Chase, S. P., Secretary of Treasury, 179
Chase, Colonel W. H.. demands surrender of Fort Pickens, 5 Page 405
Chattahoochee River, Johnston crosses, 358
Chattanooga, Buell's objective, 160; Bragg's base, 161, 162; Confederates retire on, 278; Bragg at (1863), 279, 281, 305; key to strategic area, 281; battles on Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, 281-85; significance of victory, 285-86; Grant moves headquarters from, 327; Grant inspects, 328; Federal headquarters, 336; Sherman starts from, 346
Chestnut, James, Confederate officer at Fort Sumter, 12-13
Chickamauga (Georgia), battle, 279-80, 305-06; result of Federal defeat, 280
Chickasaw Bluffs (Mississippi), Sherman's assault, 164, 260
Cincinnati, Grant's charger, 133, 328, 387
Cincinnati (Ohio), Confederate objective, 162, 287
City Point (Virginia), Union leaders meet at, 384
Civil control vs. civil interference, 33-34, 181-82, 329
Clarksburg (West Virginia), Jackson born at, 24
Cold Harbor (Virginia), Battle of, 349, 350-53; result, 353, 354
Columbia (South Carolina), Sherman at, 382
Columbus (Kentucky), Confederates at, 121, 124
Commerce, importance to South, 66; protection of, 112; Confederate raiders interfere with, 309-10
Congress, Confederate, passes Army and Navy Acts, 11-12
Congress, United States, vote for army, 34; Welles's report to, 72; authorizes Promotion Board, 73
Congress, Merrimac and, 88-89
Conscription, 78, 80, 81; Act, 206
Contraband, importation into South, 307-08
Cooke, General, pursues Stuart, 219
Copperheads, 59, 172, 173, 174, 175; see also Pacifists
Corinth (Mississippi), Confederate railway junction at, 142; Johnston's line at, 146, 149; Beauregard retires after Pittsburg Landing, 154; importance of position, 156; Beauregard at, 156-57; Federal advance on, 157; Confederate objective, 161; Rosecrans defeats Van Dorn at, 163
Corse, General J. M., at Allatoona, 369-70
Cox, General J. D., Kanawha campaign, 30; newspaper lies about, 176-77
Craig, Fort, Valverde near, 166
Crocker, General M. M., 261, 262
Crook, General George, cavalry commander, 337, 355, 357
Cross Keys (Virginia), battle, 216-17
Culpeper, Johnston retires to, 197; Lee at, 248; Grant's headquarters, 336
Culp's Hill (Gettysburg), Confederate victory on, 300
Cumberland, Merrimac and, 89
Cumberland Gap, Johnston threatened at, 124; Federal brigade against, 126; winter (1864), 328 Page 406
Cummings Point (South Carolina), batteries at, 13
Curtis, General S. R., at Pea Ridge, 122, 143; compared with Halleck, 123
Cushing, Lieutenant A. H., Pickett's Charge, 302-03
Cushing, Lieutenant W. B., destroys Albemarle, 303, 319
Custer, General G. A., at Cedar Creek, 363; raids Appomattox Station, 388
Custis, Mary, wife of Lee, 19
Cynthiana (Kentucky), Morgan defeated at, 357
Dalton (Georgia), Johnston at, 336, 347
Dandelion, U. S. S., Sherman on, 376
Darrow, Mrs., and Lee, 9; quoted, 10
Davis, Flag-Officer C. H., Mississippi flotilla under, 108; succeeds Foote, 158
Davis, Jefferson, President of Confederacy, 11; personal characteristics, 78; as executive, 78-79; interference in military matters, 78-79, 182-83, 252, 332; stands for "Independence or extermination," 178, 379; military mistakes, 195, 281, 358; plans flight from Richmond, 202; and Lee, 219, 349, 381; and Johnston, 358, 367; Lincoln on, 385; receives word of Southern defeat (April 2, 1865), 386
Deerhound, English yacht, 314-15; rescues crew of Alabama, 317
Donaldsonville (Louisiana), Confederate attack on, 273
Donelson, Fort, Johnston holds, 124, 126; Confederates from Fort Henry start for, 128; importance, 129, 135; Grant before, 135-40; Floyd and Pillow escape from, 139; surrender, 140-41; results of surrender, 141-42; number of troops, 148
Doubleday, General Abner, succeeds Reynolds, 297; at Gettysburg, 298
Drayton, Captain, of the Hartford, 321, 323
Drewry's Bluff (Virginia), Confederate defenses at, 202; Federal gunboats stopped at, 204; Butler's retreat from, 349
Du Pont, Admiral S. F., Port Royal expedition, 93; at Charleston, 309
Eads, J. B., shipbuilder, 117, 266
Early, General Jubal, advance toward Washington, 356; attack at Cedar Creek, 362-363
Eaton, John, quoted, 187-88
Elkhorn Tavern and Pea Ridge, battle of, 143
Ellet, Colonel Charles, civil engineer, 158
Emancipation, Lincoln and, 178
Ericsson, John, shipbuilder, 87
Essex, gunboat before Fort Henry, 127
Ewell, General R. S., in Jackson's Valley campaign, 207; in Shenandoah Valley, 291; Gettysburg, 297, 298, 300, 301
Ezra Church (Georgia), battle, 359
Fair Oaks (Virginia), battle, 218
Fairfax Court House (Virginia), Confederate conference at, 195 Page 407
Falling Waters (West Virginia), battle in Bull Run campaign, 38-39
Farragut, Admiral D. G., 330; efficiency, 73, 112, 263; commands squadron at Ship Island, 94, 96; ancestry, 94-95; age, 95; fleet, 97-98; and his subordinates, 95-96, 100; New Orleans, 98-104, 105, 107, 156; at Fort St. Philip, 102-03; orders, 106; on to Vicksburg, 106; captures Baton Rouge, 107; returns to New Orleans, 108, 110; Gulf blockade, 110, 111; becomes ranking admiral, 111; again at New Orleans, 113; occupies Galveston, 114; success of 1862, 115, 167; Lincoln and, 181, 189; prepares to attack Port Hudson, 261, 264-65; and Banks, 265, 273; goes up Mississippi, 266; again to New Orleans, 267; leaves for New York, 278; and the Navy (1863-64), 307 et seq.; and Mobile, 319-20, 337, 349; takes Fort Morgan, 320-23; at Fort Fisher, 323-26
Farrand, Captain, demands surrender of Fort Pickens, 5
Ferragut, Don Pedro, ancestor of Farragut, 94-95
Fingal, blockade-runner converted into ram, 309
Fisher, Fort, bombardment, 323-26; surrender, 326
Five Forks (Virginia), battle, 386
Florence (Alabama), Hood near, 371
Florida, beginning of war in, 3-6; secedes, 56; Confederate troops withdrawn from, 93
Florida, Confederate raider, 69, 115, 311
Flournoy, Colonel T. S., leader of Virginians in Valley campaign, 211
Floyd, J. B., Secretary of War, 2-3; Kanawha campaign, 31; Fort Donelson, 136, 137; escape, 139
Foote, Flag-Officer A. H., ability, 122, 123; Fort Henry, 126; Fort Donelson, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137; wounded, 135; Island Number Ten, 143; Davis succeeds, 158
Forrest, General N. B., and Grant, 328; cavalry raids, 339, 357, 368
Foster, Lieutenant H. C., 276
Fox, G. V., Assistant Secretary of Navy, 72-73, 94
France, intervention in Mexico, 329
Franklin (Tennessee), Hood reaches, 377
Frayser's Farm, battle, 225
Frederick (Maryland), McClellan's army at, 245
Fredericksburg (Virginia), McDowell at, 200, 204, 213; Burnside's headquarters, 249; battle, 250-51; "Mud March," 251, 252, 255, 263-264; result of battle, 251-52; menace to Richmond from, 252, 253; Lee suspects Federal retirement on, 342
Frémont, General J. C., commands "Western Department," 118-19; in West Virginia, 119, 199, 200; and Jackson's Valley campaign, 208, 216; dismissal, 172; replaced by Sigel, 227
Front Royal (Virginia), Banks at, 210; battle, 211-12; McDowell arrives at, 214; Jackson destroys Federal stores at, 214-15
Frost, Brigadier-General D. M., Page 408 at Camp Jackson, 26; surrenders, 27
Gaines's Mill, battle, 224-25
Galveston (Texas), occupied by Farragut, 114; again in Confederate hands, 115, 310
Gardner, Colonel, Anderson replaces at Charleston, 2
Garfield, Colonel J. A., at Prestonburg, 125
Garnett, General R. S., killed, 30
Georgia, secedes, 56; beginning of war in, 93; effective for South (1864), 335; Sherman threatens, 336, 356-57; scene of action, 365, 366-71; Sherman's March to the Sea, 372-76
Getty, General G. W., at Cedar Creek, 363
Gettysburg campaign, 287 et seq.; Lee's defeat, 278; cavalry combat, 288; government interference, 288-89; Meade succeeds Hooker, 291, 292; battle, 293-305; Little Round Top, 295; importance of location, 296; first day, 297-99; second day, 299-300; third day, 300-05; Pickett's Charge, 301-04; Lee's retreat, 305
Gilman, Lieutenant, in Florida, 3; at Fort Pickens, 5
Gloucester Point (Virginia), Federals fail to take fort at, 200
Goldsboro (North Carolina), Sherman at, 383
Governor Moore, Confederate vessel, 101
Grafton (West Virginia), Federal line at, 30
Grand Gulf (Mississippi), Grant's objective, 270
Granger, General Gordon, at Fort Morgan, 323
Grant, Jesse, father of General Grant, 130
Grant, Matthew, ancestor of General Grant, 129
Grant, Noah, great-grand-father of General Grant, 130
Grant, Solomon, great-granduncle of General Grant, 130
Grant, General U. S., 76, 83, 94, 109, 123, 181, 370; and Lyon, 26; at Belmont (Missouri), 92, 121; age, 95; River war of 1863, 115, 260 et seq.; commands at Cairo, 119, 121, 122; at Fort Henry, 128; ancestors, 129-130; early life, 130-31; appearance, 132-33; Fort Donelson, 135-41; as a soldier, 140-41; "unconditional surrender," 140, 141; desire to push South, 142; ordered arrested for insubordination, 142-43; at Pittsburg Landing, 143, 147-48; Shiloh, 146, 147-54; made second in command, 155; relations with Halleck, 155; as a leader, 155-56; commands Army of the Tennessee, 160, 260; Vicksburg as objective, 160, 163, 263; holds Memphis-Corinth rails, 161; "most anxious period of the war," 162-63; Holly Springs, 168-64; returns to Memphis, 164; on the Mississippi, 167; and Lincoln, 168, 185-86, 332, 360; lies about, 177; given chief command, 185-186; refuses Presidential candidacy (1864), 187-88; his generals, 261-62; and Banks, 261, 273; on action of Navy in Vicksburg campaign, 262; quoted, 264; naval operations help, 266-67; lands Page 409 army at Bruinsburg, 267, 268; supplies for army, 269, 270-71; Port Gibson, 270; at Grand Gulf, 270; victories in rear of Vicksburg, 271; siege of Vicksburg, 271-78; surrender of Vicksburg, 277-78; given supreme command, 280; Chattanooga, 281, 284, 285; and Red River Expedition, 317-18, 330; campaign (1864), 327 et seq.; Lieutenant-General, 327; midwinter tour, 327-328; summoned to Washington, 328; and Stanton, 330-331, 332, 333, 362-63; and Swinton, 333-34; force in Virginia, 384; headquarters at Culpeper Court House, 336; plans advance, 338; Confederate cavalry raids against, 339; elements of victory, 340-41; Wilderness, 341-44; Spotsylvania, 343-344; Sheridan's raid, 344-46; Sherman's advance, 344-45, 346-48; Cold Harbor, 349, 350-54; losses, 355; Petersburg, 359-60, 384, 386; approves Sherman's plans, 371; Nashville, 378; closes in on Lee, 381, 383, 385, 386; at meeting at City Point (Virginia), 384; Lincoln approves terms to Lee, 385; quoted, 386; letter to Lee, 388; surrender of Lee, 389-392; terms of Lee's surrender, 390-91; on assassination of Lincoln, 393
Greeley, Horace, defection of, 176
Grigsby, Colonel, Jackson and, 206
Hagerstown (Maryland), Longstreet at, 245
Halleck, General H. W., Federal commander in West, 121, 122, 142; as a general, 122-23; Grant and, 142, 146, 149, 155, 360, 363; after Shiloh, 155; at Corinth, 157; General-in-Chief, 159; military adviser at Washington, 184, 228; reprimands Banks, 273; censures Meade, 305; orders Red River Expedition, 318
Hampton Roads, Monitor and Merrimac in, 85, 197
Hancock, General W. S., 342; at Gettysburg, 295, 297; at Cold Harbor, 351
Hanover Court House (Virginia), Cooke pursues Stuart from, 219
Hardee, General W. J., evacuates Savannah, 376
Harney, General W. S., commands Department of the West, 27
Harper's Ferry, Federal forces abandon, 17, 20-21; Jackson at, 19, 21-22, 23-24; strategic point, 20, 23; Virginia militia at, 21; Johnston takes command at, 25, 35; Union forces on Potomac near, 35, 36, 37; Johnston retires from, 37; Banks at, 199; troops gather at, 213; Jackson and, 214, 245
Harriet Lane, U. S. S., 114
Harris, Colonel, Confederate leader, 132
Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), Banks at, 204, 207
Harrison's Landing (Virginia), in Seven Days' battle, 223, 225; McClellan moves from, 228, 229
Hartford, Federal man-of-war, at Ship Island, 94; New Orleans forts, 102-03; in Page 410 Vicksburg campaign, 265; Mobile Bay, 321, 322, 323
Haskins, Major, at Baton Rouge, 6, 7
Hatteras, Alabama sinks, 69, 115
Hatteras Island, taken, 85, 92-93
Haxall's Landing (Virginia), Sheridan at, 345
Hayes, R. B., quoted, 364
Hazen, General W. B., takes Fort McAllister, 375
Helena (Arkansas), force joins Grant, 163; Confederate attack repulsed, 278
Henry, Fort, Johnston at, 124; blocks Federal advance, 126; attack on, 126-27; surrender, 127, 128-29; Federal march from, 136; Grant ordered to remain at, 142
Hill, General A. P., at Beaver Dam Creek, 223-24; at Gaines's Mill, 224; Gettysburg, 297, 302
Hill, General D. H., 280
Hilton Head (South Carolina), fleet action off, 93
Holly Springs (Mississippi), Grant at, 164
Hood, General J. B., battle of Atlanta, 358, 359, 367; number of troops, 371, Nashville, 376; attacks Schofield, 377
Hooker, General Joseph, failure in Virginia, 185; Second Bull Run, 238; supersedes Burnside, 251, 289-90; discipline, 252; as a general, 254; on deserters, 255; joins Grant, 280; at Wauhatchie, 281; Lookout Mountain, 282-285; Chancellors ville, 287; Washington interferes with, 288; Lincoln's letter to, 289-290; resignation, 290-91
"Hornets' Nest," 150, 152
Howard, General O. O., Gettysburg campaign, 295, 297; at Chancellorsville, 257; commands Army of the Tennessee, 359
Huger, General Benjamin, against Butler, 35
Hunter, General David, and Washington interference, 331, 338-89; Sigel replaced by, 338, 350; succeeded by Sheridan, 339; success at Staunton, 355; and Early, 356
Hurlbut, General S. A., at Shiloh, 152, 153
Imboden, General J. D., at Bull Run, 49; describes Jackson, 50; Gettysburg, 305
Indiana, Morgan's Raid, 59, 278-79
Indians, part in Civil War, 60, 166
Ingraham, Commodore D. N., attacks blockade at Charleston, 308
"Iron Brigade," Meredith's, 298
Island Number Ten, Confederates hold, 142; attack on, 143-45; Pope's operations, 159
Itasca, Federal gunboat, 99
Iuka (Mississippi), battle, 162
Jackson, Governor Claiborne, 25, 27
Jackson, General T. J., 94, 272; and negroes, 19; personal characteristics, 19-20; at Harper's Ferry, 21-22, 23-24; as disciplinarian, 24, 206; Johnston takes command from, 25, 35; commands First Shenandoah Brigade, 25; at Martinsburg, 37; Page 411 at Falling Waters, 38-39; guards while soldiers sleep, 45; at Bull Run, 45, 48, 49, 52-53, 54; origin of nickname "Stonewall," 49; Imboden describes, 50; as a general, 76; age, 95; McClellan's failure against, 159; maneuvering in Virginia, 161; as strategist, 182, 194-95, 216-217; campaign (1862-63), 193 et seq.; Lee and, 194, 203; Kernstown, 198-99; Banks designs net for, 200; forces, 204; Valley campaign, 205-217; McDowell, 208-09; rout of Banks, 210-12; summary of fortnight's work, 214-15; Port Republic, 216, 217; pursuit of, 215-16; planned attack on McClellan, 221, 223; attends Lee's conference, 222; Seven Days, 223-226; again pursued, 227; Cedar Run, 228-29; plans against Pope, 230-31; marches north, 231-32; slips away, 232; at Manassas Junction, 234; preparations for battle, 235-36; Second Bull Run, 237-43; in the Valley, 248; against Hooker, 254, 255, 256, 258; wounded, 258; death, 259; Grant marches on, 271; government interference with, 332
Jackson (Mississippi), Grant wins at, 271
Jackson, Camp (Missouri), Frost establishes, 26; Lyon takes, 26, 131
Jackson, Fort, guards New Orleans, 96
James Island, Fort Johnson on, 2
Jefferson City (Missouri), Confederate recruiting at, 27; Lyon at, 28
Jetersville (Virginia), Grant goes to, 387
Johnson, General Edward, commands near Staunton, 208
Johnson, Fort, Charleston, 2, 13
Johnston, General A. S., commands in West, 123, 124; Logan's Cross Roads, 126; Nashville, 141; Pope cuts line, 145; plans attack on Grant, 146; Shiloh, 148, 149, 150; death, 152
Johnston, General J. E., commands at Richmond, 19; at Harper's Ferry, 25, 35; Federal problem of attack, 36; destroys stores at Harper's Ferry, 37; eludes Patterson, 44; joins Beauregard, 45-46; Bull Run, 48, 49; immediate superior of Jackson, 182; Davis and, 195, 367, 381; retires to Culpeper, 197; against McClellan, 215; Seven Pines, 218; wounded, 218; Vicksburg, 219, 274; government mistake concerning, 332; Dalton, 336, 347; Sherman against, 346, 347, 357-58, 382, 386; Resaca, 347; New Hope Church, 348; evacuates Allatoona, 348; at Kenesaw Mountain, 348, 357-58; Bentonville, 382-83; terms of surrender, 394
Kanawha campaign, 30; see also West Virginia
Kansas, Southern sympathy in, 56, 57
Kearny, General Philip, Second Bull Run, 238
Kearsarge, U. S. S., and Alabama, 69, 313-17
Kenesaw Mountain (Georgia), Johnston at, 348; battle, Page 412 357-58; Sherman watches Allatoona engagement from, 369
Kenly, Colonel, at Front Royal, 211
Kennon, Confederate naval officer, 101
Kentucky, opinions divided in, 29; neutral, 56; Southern sympathy in, 56; Confederates lose hold of eastern, 125; Federals conquer, 160; Bragg's invasion of, 161, 162, 243; Morgan's raid, 278, 357; Grant's army in, 336; Hood's objective, 370
Kernstown (Virginia), battle, 198-99, 204
Keystone State, Confederate gunboats attack, 309
Kingston (Georgia), Johnston retires to, 347
Knoxville (Tennessee), Burnside occupies, 279; Longstreet sent against, 281; dependent upon Chattanooga, 281; Bragg's connection cut, 284; Grant's inspection of, 328
Lacy, chaplain at Jackson's headquarters, 259
Lamb, Colonel commands Fort Fisher, 324, 325
Lancaster (Ohio), Sherman at, 8
Lebanon (Missouri), General Curtis at, 122
Lebanon Springs, Jackson at, 209
Lee, Fitzhugh, Stuart and, 229
Lee, General R. E., 94, 182, 186, 195, 379; at San Antonio, 8-9, 10; military career, 9; decision for South, 10-11, 18-19; resignation from U. S. Army, 11; commands Virginia forces, 19; Kanawha campaign, 31, 33; military adviser at Richmond 36; prevision, 44, 147; as a leader, 75-76; age, 95; McClellan against, 159, 215; maneuvering in Virginia, 161; made Commander-in-Chief, 183, 219, 332, 381; in 1862-63, 193 et seq.; and Jackson, 194; plans Valley campaign, 203; appointed to command in eastern Virginia and North Carolina, 219; plan against McClellan, 222-23; Seven Days, 223; McClellan foils, 226; sends Jackson against Pope, 228; entrains Longstreet for Gordonsville, 229; as strategist, 230-31; divides army, 231; Second Bull Run, 237-243; and Longstreet, 239-40, 252, 253-54, 295; invasion of Maryland, 243-45; again divides army, 245; at Antietam, 245-46; at Culpeper, 248; Fredericksburg, 249; Burnside tries to surprise, 251; Hooker against, 253, 254, 287; quoted, 255-56; Chancellorsville, 253, 258; defeat at Gettysburg, 278; no part in Chattanooga strategy, 281; plans counter-attack in Pennsylvania, 287-88, 291, 292; Brandy Station, 288; position before Gettysburg, 291, 293; Gettysburg, 293 et seq.; retreat, 305; attempt to bring on Third Manassas, 306; on importance of Wilmington, 324; at Orange Court House, 336; Wilderness, 341, 344; Spotsylvania, 342-44; illness, 348; prepares for Cold Harbor, 349; at Cold Harbor, 350-52; losses, 353; siege, 354; losses, 354; Page 413 Petersburg, 356, 383-84; insoluble problem, 381; leaves Petersburg, 386; Sailor's Creek, 387-88; asks terms of Grant, 388; surrenders, 388-89; terms of surrender, 390-91; farewell to army, 393
Lexington (Kentucky) Grant inspects, 328; Morgan's raid, 357
Lexington (Missouri), Price takes, 29, 120
Lick Creek, Grant's forces at, 149, 150
Lincoln, Abraham, Inaugural, 11; declares blockade, 16; and Lee, 18; calls for Missouri's quota of volunteers, 25; general call for volunteers, 33; and civil control, 33, 182, 207, 228, 288, 329; on evaders of service, 58-59; reëlection, 77, 364, 370, 379; and Grant, 133, 327; as war statesman, 168 et seq.; birth, 168; education, 168-69; appearance, 169; personal characteristics, 169-70; appointments, 170-71; quoted, 175, 176; and Vallandigham, 176; Emancipation, 178; foreign policy, 178-79; Cabinet, 179-80; as Commander-in-Chief, 180, 185; and McClellan, 184-85, 188, 221; stories, 189-90; letter to a bereaved mother, 190-91; Second Inaugural quoted, 191-92; military orders, 195-96; halts McDowell, 199-200; and Hooker, 252, 289-90; and Stanton, 330; cipher letter to Grant, 332, 360; and Sherman, 362, 374, 376-77; meets Union leaders, 384, 385; assassination, 393; approves terms of surrender, 394; bibliography, 399
Little Sorrel, Jackson's horse, 21, 195
Logan, General J. A., 261-62; replaces McPherson at Atlanta, 358; Ezra Church, 359; Nashville, 378
Logan's Cross Roads, Confederates at, 124; Thomas's victory at, 125, 126
Longstreet, General James, entrains for Gordonsville, 229; Jackson's march against Pope, 232; Second Bull Run, 237; obstructs Lee's plans, 239-40; at Hagerstown, 245; leaves Lee, 252, 253; reinforces Bragg, 279; Wauhatchie, 281; urges help for Vicksburg, 287; Gettysburg, 294, 295, 297, 299-300, 301; Wilderness, 341; wounded, 341
Lookout Mountain, see Chattanooga
Louisiana, Union forces in, 6; Sherman in, 6-8; secedes, 8, 56
Louisiana, Confederate ironclad, 97, 102; as mine ship, 324
Louisville (Kentucky), Bragg at, 162; Grant inspects, 328
Louisville, at Fort Donelson, 135
Lovell, General Mansfield, evacuates New Orleans, 104
Lyon, General Nathaniel, commands at St. Louis, 25; fight for Missouri, 25-28, 57, 118, 131; Frémont and, 119; Wilson's Creek, 119-20; killed, 120
McAllister, Fort, naval conflict near, 309; Hazen's attack, 375 Page 414
McClellan, General G. B., in West Virginia, 29-30, 35; recalled to Washington, 30; bubble reputation, 31-33; former career, 31; "Young Napoleon of the West," 32; newspaper publicity, 32, 176; force in Virginia, 120, 196; telegram to Grant delayed, 142; Federal invasion of Virginia under, 159, 194 et seq.; dismissal, 173, 248-49; Lincoln and, 184-85, 188, 221; Democratic candidate for President (1864), 186; plan of campaign, 196-97; Peninsula Campaign, 198-228; at Fortress Monroe, 200, 201; base at White House, 201, 203, 222; in Chickahominy swamps, 204; government interference with, 213; Jackson aids against, 215; awaits McDowell, 217; number of troops, 217; exaggerates number of enemy, 218; Seven Pines, 218; Stuart's ride around, 219-20, 221, 246-47; Lee and, 222-23; changes base to Harrison's Landing, 225; Malvern Hill, 225-26; plans to take Richmond, 226; ordered to Aquia, 228; Pope and, 235; discovers Lee's plans, 245; lets opportunity slip, 245; Antietam, 246; superseded by Burnside, 248; popularity, 248-49
McClernand, General J. B., Grant's second-in-command, 113; fails to meet Banks, 114; battle on own account, 136; at Fort Donelson, 137, 138, 139; Shiloh, 153; Arkansas Post, 164; as a general, 261, 270, 272; breach of discipline, 272-73; dismissal, 278
McCulloch, General Benjamin at Wilson's Creek, 119; killed at Pea Ridge, 143
McDowell, General Irvin, assists Scott, 33; crosses Potomac, 34-35; Bull Run 36, 53; President reviews army of, 39; number of troops, 40; difficulties encountered, 40-41, 42; quoted, 42; wastage in forces, 46; people lose confidence in, 184; kept from reinforcing McClellan, 199-200; strike at Richmond, 201; ordered to Valley, 213; Jackson and, 214; McClellan awaits, 217, 218
McDowell (Virginia), battle, 208-09, 216
McGuire, Dr. Hunter, 230
McIntosh, General James, killed at Pea Ridge, 143
McMahon, J. P., at Cold Harbor, 352
McMahon, General Martin, quoted, 354
McPherson, General J. B., killed at Atlanta, 358
Macon (Georgia), Southern cannon made at, 64
Maffitt, Commander J. N., commands Florida, 115
Magruder, General J. B., and Butler, 35; Yorktown, 223; holds Richmond, 223
Mallory, S. R., Confederate Secretary of Navy, 71
Malvern Hill (Virginia), battle, 225, 226
Manassas, Johnston at, 44; Jackson at, 45, 234; location, 46-47; Federal base, 232, 233; base destroyed, 234, 235; Battle of Second, 237, 292; see also Bull Run
Manassas, Federal ram, 101
Marshall, Colonel Charles, Lee's aide-de-camp, 389 Page 415
Marshall, General H. M., with Johnston in Kentucky, 124, 125
Martha Waskington, story of Lincoln on board, 221
Martinsburg (West Virginia), Jackson marches on, 37; Patterson occupies, 39; Confederates reach, 213; Jackson destroys Federal stores at, 215
Maryland, border slave State, 17; Confederate hope for, 24; Southern sympathy in, 56, 243-44; sea-power keeps for Union, 85; Jackson's plan to enter, 194; Confederate invasion, 243-45; Federals massed in, 291
Mason, Fort, Lee from, 8
Matamoras, contraband imported into, 307, 308, 310
Matthews Hill, battle of Bull Run, 47, 48, 50
Meade, General G. G., quoted, 178; as a general, 185, 292; succeeds Hooker in command, 291, 292; Gettysburg, 295, 299, 300-01; Lincoln's dissatisfaction with, 305; Army of Potomac under, 334; headed for Richmond, 342; Cold Harbor, 351; Petersburg, 359
Mechanicsville (Virginia), battle, 223
Memphis, Confederate rams lost at, 70; Confederate fleet at, 97; Grant in command at, 159; Sherman's army from, 163; Grant returns to, 164; Grant leaves, 260; Grant considers retirement on, 263
Mercedita, Confederate gunboats attack, 308-09
Meredith, Solomon, "Iron Brigade" at Gettysburg, 298
Merrimac, only Confederate man-of-war, 70; duel with Monitor, 85-91, 197; destroyed, 202
Mesilla (New Mexico), Baylor establishes capital at, 166
Metacomet against Fort Morgan, 322
Mexican War, Grant serves in, 131
Mexico, France warned from intervention in, 329
Middle Creek (Kentucky), Garfield occupies line of, 125
Mill Springs (Kentucky), Confederates at, 124; battle, 125
Milroy, R. H., in Jackson's Valley campaign, 208, 209; driven from Winchester, 291
Mine Run (Virginia), battle, 306
Minnesota, Merrimac attacks, 89, 91
Missionary Ridge, see Chattanooga
Mississippi, secedes, 56; conflicting authorities balk navy, 69-70
Mississippi, Confederate ship, 100, 102; burnt at New Orleans, 97
Mississippi River, Union power on, 68; Federal problem, 105; River War (1862), 116 et seq.; River War (1863), 260 et seq.; Federals hold, 310-11, 370
Missouri, saved for Union, 25-29, 56-57; Southern sympathy in, 56; River campaign (1862), 121-22; Curtis in, 122, 143
Missouri River, made Federal line of communication, 28-29; last Confederate foothold on, 120
Mitchel, General O. M., raid, 161 Page 416
Mobile, fleet drawn from, 107; in Southern hands, 310, 335-336; Farragut against, 317, 337; Fort Morgan, 320-23; army sent against, 327; Sherman desires attack on, 347; Grant's plan to help Farragut, 349; taken, 188, 319, 361, 364
Monitor, duel with Merrimac, 85-91, 197; Lincoln on plans for, 189
Monocacy River, Wallace delays Early at, 356
Monroe, Fortress, Federal forces at, 35, 36, 85, 86; Monitor at, 88; McClellan's plan for position at, 197, 198; McClellan at, 200, 229; McClellan leaves, 201
Montauk, Union monitor, 309
Montgomery (Alabama), provisional Confederate Congress, 11
Morgan, J. H., Raid, 59, 278-279; surrender, 279; Kentucky raid, 357
Morgan, Fort Farragut against, 320-23
Mosby, J. S., Confederate cavalry leader, 339
Moultrie, Fort, 1-2, 3, 13
Mount Pleasant battery, 13
"Mud March," Burnside's, 251, 252, 255, 263-64; Mulligan, Colonel James, at Lexington (Missouri), 120
Murfreesboro (Tennessee), Buell at, 162
Nashville, Buell reinforces Grant from, 146; Buell defends, 162; Grant's headquarters, 327; Thomas sent from, 370; Thomas faces Hood at, 376; battle, 377-378
Nashville, Confederate privateer, 309
Navy, Confederate, sea-power of South, 68-71; poor administration, 69-70; see also Navy, United States
Navy, United States, stands by Union, 68; keeps command of sea, 68; size (1861), 71; Welles's report on, 72; Fox as Assistant Secretary of Navy, 72-73; Promotion Board, 73; training, 73-74; growth, 74; Naval War (1862), 84 et seq.; fivefold duty of, 111; Farragut and, 307 et seq.; blockade-runners complicate task of, 307; part in River War (1862), 128, 133, 134-35, 144-45
Navy Act, 12
Negroes, fidelity to South, 60; North uses as troops, 60, 79; New York draft riots, 174; see also Emancipation, slavery
Nelson, William, at Shiloh, 149, 153
New Hope Church (Georgia), fighting near, 348
New Madrid (Missouri), Pope at, 144; Carondelet arrives at, 145
New Mexico, as base of California invasion, 165; Baylor proclaims himself Governor, 165-66; Sibley in, 166
New Orleans, Confederate rams lost at, 70; attack conceived, 93; strategic importance, 94; joint expedition necessary, 94; Farragut commands enterprise, 94; Welles's orders, 94, 96; Farragut's plan, 96-97, 98; Mississippi burned at, 97; preparations, 97-98; passing of forts, 97-103; taken, 104-105, 156, 201; Farragut at, 110, 113, 115, 317; Baton Rouge garrison withdrawn to, 110 Page 417
New York, Monitor launched, 87; draft riot, 174
Newbern (North Carolina), expedition against, 93; Richmond menaced from, 252-253; attempt against, 318; in Union hands, 383; meeting of Union leaders at, 384
Norfolk Navy Yard, Federal abandonment of, 17, 86
North, peace parties, 58; see also Pacifists; population (1861), 60-61; resources, 62-63, 64; transport facilities, 64-65; sea-power, 64, 66-68, 82, 85, 310; see also Navy, United States; commerce, 66; total forces, 79-80, 83; conscription, 80, 81; conduct of soldiers, 227-28; Lee's invasion, 295; conditions in 1864, 361
North Carolina, blockade, 16; defeat at Hatteras Island, 92-93; loses defenses, 93; see also Carolinas
Ohio, Morgan's Raid, 59, 278, 279; Vallandigham case, 175-76
Olustee (Fla.), victory of, 380 Oneida, Confederate ship, 100
Opequan Creek (Virginia), Sheridan's victory at, 362, 363, 364
Orange Court House (Virginia), Lee at, 336
Ord, General E. O. C., Read on staff of, 387
Pacifists, in North, 58, 80, 172, 173, 174; Peace party encouraged by Cold Harbor, 353
Paducah (Kentucky), Grant forestalls enemy at, 121; Grant's position at, 122
Pamlico Sound (North Carolina), joint expedition against, 93
Patterson, General Robert, commands on Potomac, 35, 37; and plans for Bull Run, 36; Falling Waters, 38-39; occupies Martinsburg, 39; advance, 39; and Johnston, 44
Pea Ridge (Arkansas), battle, 143
Pemberton, General J. C., escapes Federal trap, 168, 260; Chickasaw Bluffs, 164, 260; commander at Vicksburg, 274, 275; plans escape, 276; surrender, 277
Pensacola (Florida), beginning of war, 3-5; evacuation, 6; South uses garrison to reinforce Virginia, 93; Farragut directs Gulf blockade from, 111
Pensacola, Confederate ship, 100, 102
Peninsula Campaign, McClellan plans, 196-97; campaign, 198-204
Pendleton, Major A. S., member of Jackson's staff, 259
Perryville (Kentucky), battle, 162
Petersburg (Virginia), strategic rail gap at, 65-66; winter quarters, 334; Butler fails to take, 340; Grant at, 356, 383, 384; Lee leaves, 386
Philippi (West Virginia), battle, 30, 31
Pickens, Fort, 4, 5
Pickett, G. E., charge at Gettysburg, 301-04
Pillow, General G. J., at Fort Donelson, 136, 137; escape, 139
Pillow, Fort, Federal vessels rammed at, 158
Pinckney, Castle, see Castle Pinckney Page 418
Pinola, Federal gunboat, 99
Pipe Creek, Meade's army at, 296
Pittsburg Landing, see Shiloh
Pittsburgh, Federal ironclad at Fort Donelson, 135; at Island Number Ten, 145
Pleasant Hill, battle, 330
Pleasonton, General A., cavalry leader, 305
Point Pleasant (Ohio), Grant born at, 130
Pope, General John, Grant declines patronage of, 131; Island Number Ten, 144, 145; reinforces Halleck at Pittsburg Landing, 155; transfer to Virginia, 159, 226; quoted, 226-27; within reach of Jackson and Lee, 229; retires safely, 230; Jackson captures dispatches of, 230; Lee divides army against, 231; Jackson's plan against, 232; Jackson marches around, 232-34; reinforcement, 234; Jackson eludes, 235; Second Bull Run, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243
Port Gibson (Mississippi), 270
Port Hudson (Louisiana), 110, 117, 156, 261, 265, 278, 310
Port Republic (Virginia), 216, 217
Port Royal (South Carolina), Confederate defeat, 92; Grant moves base to, 350
Porter, Admiral D. D., conceives idea of attack on New Orleans, 93; on Mississippi, 108, 167; succeeds Davis, 110; capture of Arkansas Post, 164; Vicksburg campaign, 261, 262, 266, 267, 274; Mississippi command, 278; attacks Fort Fisher, 324, 325; on Red River 330; at City Point conference, 384, 385
Porter, FitzJohn, position, 222; Beaver Dam Creek 323; Gaines's Mill, 224; Second Bull Run, 239; Pope's order, 239
Porter, J. L., Naval Constructor to Confederate States, 86
Porter, Commander W. D., at Fort Henry, 127
Potter, Captain R. M., on Lee's decision, 10
Powell, Fort, 320
Powhatan, U. S. S., Porter commands, 93
Prentiss, General B. M., at Shiloh, 149, 151
Press, perverts public opinion, 176-77; no government censorship, 333
Prestonburg, Garfield defeats Marshall near, 125
Price, Sterling, becomes Confederate general, 27; takes Lexington (Missouri), 120; Grant prevents reinforcements for, 121; attacks Curtis in Missouri, 143; against Grant, 161; defeated at Iuka, 162-63
Privateers, 16, 68
Profiteers, 61
Pulaski, Fort, 93, 372
Quaker City, Confederate gunboats attack, 309
Rations, before Vicksburg, 269-70; Grant supplies Lee's army, 392
Rawlins, J. A., Grant's chief staff officer, 135
Raymond (Mississippi), battle, 271
Read, Colonel Theodore, at Sailor's Creek, 387
Red River Expedition (1864), 318, 329, 337, 347, 349 Page 419
Reno, General L. J., Second Bull Run, 238
Renshaw, Commander, in charge of blockade, 114
Resaca (Georgia), battle, 347
Reynolds, General J. F., Second Bull Run, 237, 238; Gettysburg, 295, 298; killed, 297
Rhind, Commander, fires mine-ship Louisiana, 324
Rich Mountain (Virginia), battle, 30, 31-32
Richmond, plan to raid Harper's Ferry arranged at, 20; Federal objective, 34, 35, 200, 204, 336, 342; Tredegar Iron Works, 64; Grant and Lee at grips around, 186; McClellan threatens, 201, 203, 204, 210, 217, 223; plan to evacuate, 202; change of plan, 202; Jackson starts for, 207; Magruder to hold, 223; saved, 243; Sheridan's raid, 344, 345-46; Grant marches toward, 350; consternation after Cold Harbor, 355; Army of the James against, 356
Richmond, Federal ship, 102
"River Defense Fleet," 70, 97
River War (1862), 116 et seq.; (1863), 260 et seq., 327
Roanoke Island captured, 93
"Rock of Chickamauga," nickname for General Thomas, 280, 370
Rodgers, Commander John, and first flotilla on Mississippi, 118
Roe, Commander of the Sassacus, 319
Rosecrans, General W. S., succeeds McClellan, 30; Army of Mississippi under, 160; holds Memphis-Corinth rails, 161; replaces Buell, 162; victory at Corinth, 163; commands Army of Cumberland, 164; Stone's River, 164-65; maneuvers Bragg south, 279; Thomas supersedes, 280; Confederate plan to crush, 287; Chattanooga, 305
Sabine Cross Roads (Louisiana), Banks's defeat at, 330
Sabine Pass (Texas), in Confederate hands, 115, 310
Sable Island, Butler's troops at, 104
Sailor's Creek (Virginia), Lee's defeat at, 387
St. Louis, Haskins goes to, 6; Lyon commands at, 25, 28; Lyon marches prisoners through, 27; Harney makes peace, 27; conference, 27-28; Frémont's headquarters, 118; Frémont fortifies, 119; Halleck's headquarters, 121
St. Louis, Federal gunboat, 135
St. Philip, Fort, 96, 100, 104
Salem Church (Virginia), Jackson reaches, 232
San Antonio (Texas), surrender to State, 8-9; Lee at, 9-10; Sibley's retreat, 166
San Carlos, Fort, 4
Santa Rosa Island, Slemmer defends, 4
Sassacus, fight with Albemarle, 319
Savannah (Georgia), South holds, 253; Sherman plans march to, 372; Sherman reaches, 375; Hardee evacuates, 376
Savannah (Tennessee), in Shiloh campaign, 147, 148
Schofield, General John, Nashville campaign, 377
Scott, General Winfield, General-in-Chief, orders to Slemmer, 4; and Lee, 9, 18; military Page 420 adviser at Washington, 33, 36; civilian interference with, 33, 37; Grant's admiration for, 131; prevision, 147; "Anaconda policy," 184
Seddon, J. A., Confederate Secretary of War, 252
Sedgwick, General John, Virginia campaign, 256
Selma (Alabama), Southern cannon made at, 64
Seminary Ridge, Lee's headquarters, 296
Semmes, Captain Raphael of Alabama, 311, 315, 316
Seven Days' Battle, 228-26; balloon used in, 63
Seven Pines (Virginia), battle, 218
Seward, W. H., Secretary of State, 179; on McClellan, 188
Sharpsburg, see Antietam
Shenandoah, Confederate raider, 69, 311, 326, 381
Shenandoah Brigade, First, Jackson in command of, 25
Shenandoah Valley, Johnston in, 36; Sheridan's raid, 189; Kernstown, 198-99; positions (April, 1862), 200; forces, 200, 204; Jackson's maneuvers, 205-07; McDowell, 208-09, 216; Front Royal, 210-12; Winchester, 212; pursuit of Banks, 212-213; summary of Jackson's accomplishment in, 214-15; pursuit of Jackson, 215-16; Cross Keys, 216; Port Republic, 216; Jackson's strategy, 216-17; Ewell in, 291; Stanton's interference, 331-333; Sigel in, 337; Hunter's retreat, 356; Early in, 356, 362; Sheridan in, 362; Opequan Creek, 362; "Sheridan's Ride," 363-64; Cedar Creek, 363-64; Federal victory, 364
Sheridan, General P. H., raid helps Lincoln's reëlection, 189; Chattanooga, 285; Stanton falsifies Grant's order to, 332-33; as a general, 337-38; Grant and, 339, 340, 348; Todd's Tavern, 342; Richmond raid, 344, 345-46; Cold Harbor, 350, 351; raid, 355; Trevilian, 355; Opequan Creek, 362; "Sheridan's Ride," 363-64; in Washington, 362; later operations, 384; Five Forks, 386
Sherman, General W. T., colonel in Louisiana State Military Academy, 6-8; leaves Louisiana, 8; and Lyon, 26; assists Scott, 33; account of McDowell's march, 42; as a leader, 76, 94, 261, 338; Port Royal expedition, 93; age, 95; attempt to take Vicksburg, 114; Kentucky command, 120; reported insane, 121, 177; diffident about rise, 131; Shiloh, 149, 150, 152, 153; joins Grant, 163; Chickasaw Bluffs, 164, 260; and Lincoln, 189; Vicksburg campaign, 267; commands Army of Tennessee, 280; Chattanooga, 281, 282, 283, 285; Red River Expedition spoils strategy of, 318, 347; and Stanton, 330; on relative forces in South, 334; threatens Georgia, 336; Dalton, 336, 347; fitness for command, 338; advance, 345, 346-47; Resaca, 347; New Hope Church, 348; at Allatoona, 348; at Kenesaw, 348, 357; maneuvers Johnston, 357-358; Page 421 battle of Atlanta, 358-359; asks reinforcements, 360; announces fall of Atlanta, 361; Lincoln's reply to, 362; campaign (1864), 366 et seq.; quoted, 366; at Atlanta, 366-67; Hood's attempt on Allatoona, 369-70; preponderance of force, 370; March to the Sea, 372-76; presents Savannah to Lincoln, 376-77; march through Carolinas, 381-83; conference at City Point (Virginia), 384-85; terms of surrender to Johnston, 386, 394; on Lincoln, 393-94
Shields, General James, Kernstown, 198, 199; at Catlett's Station, 204; Port Republic, 216
Shiloh, Grant's army assembles near, 143, 146; Confederate preparations, 146-47; Grant's position and force, 147-49; battle, 149-55; losses, 154; outcome, 154; result, 154-55
Shine, Elizabeth, mother of Farragut, 95
Ship Island, taken, 92; Farragut at, 94, 96
Sibley, General H. H., in New Mexico, 166
Sickles, General D. E., at Gettysburg, 294
Sigel, General Franz, Wilson's Creek, 120; Second Bull Run, 237; command in Shenandoah Valley, 337; Hunter replaces, 350
Simpson, Grant's mother's name, 129
Slavery, Lee and, 19; see also Emancipation, Negroes
Slemmer, Lieutenant, command at Pensacola, 3; defends Fort Pickens, 4-5
Smith, General A. J., at Tupelo, 357
Smith, Captain C. F., Grant's admiration for, 131; as a leader, 135-36; Fort Donelson, 138, 189; ordered by Halleck to command expedition, 142; Shiloh, 152
Smith, General G. W., and Jackson's plan, 194, 195
Smith, Giles, Chattanooga, 282
Smith, General Kirby, Bull Run, 53
Smith, William, quartermaster on Kearsarge, 316
Sons of Liberty, 59
South, seceding States of, 56; war party in, 57; population (1861), 60-61; resources, 62-64; transportation, 64-66; sea-power, 66-68; see also Navy, Confederate; reason for fighting, 75; advantages, 75-77; raiders, 311; situation (1864), 335; losses (1864), 367; cause lost, 379; number of troops, 380
South Carolina, secedes, 1; defeat at Port Royal, 92; see also Carolinas, Charleston
South Mountain, Stuart at, 245
Spotsylvania (Virginia), battle, 342-48
Stanton, E. M., Secretary of War, 179; and Lincoln, 179; military interference, 181, 207, 290, 291, 338; and Lee, 182; Cameron succeeded by, 195; Banks and, 211; orders McClellan to Aquia, 228; and Hooker, 252, 290; forbids use of cipher, 330-81; and Grant's orders, 332-333, 363
Star of the West, merchant vessel fired on at Charleston, 3, 4 Page 422
Staunton (Virginia), Jackson at, 208; Hunter's success at, 355
Steinwehr, General Adolph, atrocities under, 227
Stone's River (Tennessee), battle, 165
Strasburg (Virginia), Banks's retreat from, 212
Stringham, Flag-Officer, expedition against Hatteras forts, 85
Stuart, J. E. B., 255; Confederate cavalry leader, Martinsburg, 37-38; Bull Run, 44, 45, 51; raid around McClellan, 219-21; against Pope, 229-30; at South Mountain, 245; second raid around McClellan, 246-47; and Lee's retreat, 305; age, 338; Sheridan encounters, 342; Yellow Tavern, 345; killed, 345
Sturgis, defeat at Brice's Cross Roads, 357
Suffolk (Virginia), menace to Richmond from, 252, 253
Sumter, Fort, location, 2, 13; Anderson goes to, 3; fall of, 12-16, 117
Sumter, Confederate raider, 69
Supply, vessel at Fort Pickens, 4
Swift Run Gap (Virginia), Jackson at, 200, 207
Swinton, William, war correspondent, 333-34
Sykes, General George, succeeds Meade, 292
Taylor, Captain Jesse, destroys Confederate reports at Fort Henry, 128
Tecumseh, sunk in Mobile Bay, 321
Tennessee, mountain folk Unionist, 56, 57; secedes, 56
Tennessee, Confederate ram, 320, 321, 323
Terry, General A. H., at Fort Fisher, 325
Texas, State militia seize army posts, 6; General Twiggs surrenders posts, 8-9, 65; secedes, 56; contraband enters, 308; Red River Expedition, 318; last shots fired in, 380
Thomas, General G. H., Mill Springs, 125; "Rock of Chickamauga," 280, 370; Chattanooga, 282, 283, 284, 285; Nashville campaign, 370, 376, 377-78
Thoroughfare Gap (Virginia), Jackson's expedition, 231, 232, 233
Tilghman, General Lloyd, surrenders Fort Henry, 128
Tod, Judge, Jesse Grant in home of, 130
Todd's Tavern (Virginia), battle, 342
Transportation, 64-66; means of communication in Virginia campaign, 35-36
Traveler, Lee's horse, 328, 392, 393
Tredegar Iron Works, 64
Trevilian (Virginia), Sheridan at, 355
Tunstall's Station (Virginia), Stuart's raid, 220
Tupelo (Mississippi), Forrest defeated at, 357
Twiggs, General D. E., surrenders Texas garrisons, 8, 9, 165
Undine, gunboat taken with cavalry, 368
Union Mills (Virginia), ford defended, 46
United States, population (1861), 60-61; see also North, South Page 423
Vallandigham case, 175-76
Valley Campaign, Jackson's; see Shenandoah Valley
Valverde (New Mexico), Canby's defeat at, 166
Van Dorn, General Earl, Confederate commander of trans-Mississippi troops, 124; Pea Ridge, 143; reinforces Beauregard, 146, 157; tries to reconquer Memphis-Corinth rails, 161; replaced by Pemberton, 163; at Holly Springs, 163-64
Varuna, Governor Moore, destroys, 101
Vicksburg, Farragut's expedition, 105-06, 107; importance of position, 110; Sherman's attempt, 114, 260; see also Chickasaw Bluffs; Grant's operations preceding, 156; Grant's objective, 160, 163; Holly Springs, 163-64; Confederates hold, 167; Grant's position, 260-261; generals at, 261-62; Navy at, 262-63, 265-67; Grant's maneuvers, 263-64; Federal force, 267-68; Confederate force, 268; scene of action, 268; army rations at, 269-70; siege, 271-77; surrender, 277-78; significance of victory, 286; effect of victory, 305, 310
"Vicksburg Oak," Grant meets Pemberton under, 277
Vinton. Major, Union officer at San Antonio, 9, 10
Virginia, Lee's loyalty to, 11; blockade, 16; secedes, 17, 56; Lee given chief command in, 19; West Virginia part of, 23; issues call for volunteers, 25; West Virginia separates from, 29; mountain folk Unionists, 56; Federals hold western part of, 57; Farragut from, 95; Pope transferred to, 159; Burnside's invasion of, 247-51; Grant transferred to, 334; campaign (1864), 334-36, 340-46, 348-56, 362, 365; Wilderness, 341-44; Todd's Tavern, 342; Spotsylvania, 342-43; Sheridan's raid, 344, 345-46; Cold Harbor, 349-54; losses, 355; campaign (1865), 380, 384, 386-88; Petersburg, 384, 386; Five Forks, 386; Sailor's Creek, 387; Lee's surrender, 388-93; see also Peninsula campaign
Virginia, Merrimac renamed, 86
Virginia Military Institute, Jackson at, 20; cadets join Jackson, 208
Walke, Henry, commands Carondelet, 133, 134
Walker, Fort, 92
Wallace, General Lew, as a leader, 135-36; at Fort Donelson, 138; Shiloh, 148, 151, 154; and Early, 356
Wallace, General W. H. L., killed, 152
Warley, A. F., commands Manassas, 101
Warren, G. K., Gettysburg, 295, 300; defection at Cold Harbor, 351
Washburn, Colonel Francis, at Sailor's Creek, 387
Washburne, E. B., introduces Swinton, 333
Washington, capture of rolling stock hampers, 24; desire to defend, 37, 197; sea-power saves, 85; Southern plans against, 193, 210; reserve corps at, 213, 231, 235; Pope's army retires to, 243; Early makes for, 356; Union troops reviewed in, 395 Page 424
Wassaw Sound, duel between Weehawken and Atlanta in, 309
Wauhatchie (Tennessee), battle, 281
Weed, Thurlow, election agent, 360
Weehawken, duel with Atlanta, 309
Weitzel, General Godfrey, at Fort Fisher, 325
Welles, Gideon, Secretary of Navy, 71, 179; report to Congress, 72; orders concerning New Orleans, 94, 96
West, settlers beyond reach of war, 62
West Virginia, part of Virginia, 23; Jackson from, 24; becomes separate State, 29, 56; campaign in, 29-33; Frémont in, 199, 200
Westfield, Renshaw refuses to surrender, 114
Wheeler, General Joseph, Confederate cavalry leader, 368
White House (Virginia), McClellan's base, 201, 203, 210, 222, 225
White Oak Swamp (Virginia), battle, 225
Whitman, Walt, on Lincoln, 171-72
Wilcox, General C. M., Pickett's Charge, 302
Wilderness, battle, 333, 341-44
Wilkeson, Lieutenant Bayard, Gettysburg, 298-99
Wilkeson, Frank, Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac, 81
Williams, General Thomas, at Vicksburg with Farragut, 107, 108; killed, 110
Wilmington (North Carolina), rail connections threatened, 253; in Confederate hands, 310, 335; Fort Fisher guards entrance to, 323; captured, 380
Wilson's Creek (Missouri), battle, 29, 119-20
Winchester (Virginia), Johnston retires to, 37, 43; Banks refuses to retreat to, 212; forces at, 216; Ewell drives Milroy out of, 291
Winslow, Captain, commands Kearsarge, 314, 315
Wise, H. A., ex-Governor of Virginia, 31
Worden, Captain J. L., commands Monitor, 88
Wright, Colonel W. W., engineer, 384
Wyandotte, vessel at Pensacola, 4
Yazoo River, Porter on, 266, 267
Yellow Tavern, Stuart and Sheridan at, 345
Yorktown, Confederates hold, 200; evacuated, 201
Zouaves under Stuart, 51