ENDNOTES
Introduction
4 “Although I was only”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 65.
Chapter 1: War Conies to Vicksburg
11 “a place of education”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 65.
14 “Vicksburg is the key”: Winschel, Vicksburg: Fall, p. 14.
14-15 “Mississippians don’t know”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 19.
17 “One bright afternoon”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 65.
Chapter 2: The Christmas Eve Ball
23 “Great God, Phil”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 63.
24 “The party is at an end”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 63.
25 “He mounts a breastwork”: Wheeler, The Siege of Vicksburg, p. 91.
26 “I reached Vicksburg at the time”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 4.
Chapter 3: The General’s Boy Goes to War
27 “Whenever she could”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 4.
27 “I, being the eldest”: Frederick Grant, “Reminiscences,” p. 4.
27 “I considered it”: Julia Grant, The Personal Memoirs, p. 92.
28 “We may have some fighting”: Julia Grant, The Personal Memoirs, p. 92.
32 “I cannot spare this man”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 31.
32 “Somehow he was more partner”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 134.
34-35 “the General was greatly amused”: Julia Grant, The Personal Memoirs, p. 111.
37 “the river was lighted up”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 2.
37 “Indeed, it was a grand sight”: Julia Grant, The Personal Memoirs, p. 112.
37 “was quietly smoking”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 2.
37 “magnificent, but terrible”: U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, p. 241.
37 “It was as if hell”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 85.
37-38 “The batteries were passed”: Julia Grant, The Personal Memoirs, p. 112.
Chapter 4: Burying the Family Silver
40 “With the deep but muffled boom”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 21.
41 “How is it possible you live here?”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 12.
42 “I looked over this beautiful landscape”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 12.
42 “Resting in Vicksburg”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 12.
42 “I sprang from my bed”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 15.
42-43 “While I hesitated”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 16.
43 “We remained on the veranda”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 18.
43 “the glad sound of the whistle”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 23.
44 “our entire household”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 21.
44 “a planter’s cordial welcome”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 22.
Chapter 5: At the Battle Front
45 “I was to remain”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 4.
46 “I asked General Thomas to let me”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 4.
46 “my guilty conscience”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.
47 “the horrors of a battlefield”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 3.
47 “Night came on and”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 5.
47 “I followed four soldiers”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 5.
47 “Surgeons were tossing”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 5.
47-48 “I picked my way among”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 5.
48 “Why, hello, is that”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.
48 “About fifty yards off”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.
49 “where some officers were”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.
49 “Father, who was ever kind”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 3.
49 “we conceived the idea”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.
50 “I, for one, did not propose”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.
50 “without a tent, in the midst”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 109.
51 “and here again I saw”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.
51-52 “the enemy’s sharpshooters”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.
52 “Confederate troops passed”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.
52 “a mounted officer with”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 4.
53 “I saw the match put”: Frederick Grant, “Recollections,” p. 6.
Chapter 6: The Yankees Are Coming!
54 “We were in far more danger”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 27.
54 “May I not be in danger”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 27.
55 “Very hurriedly we made our”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 27.
55 “was crowded with crushing”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 28.
55 “With our sewing”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 35.
56 “their arms were filled”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 39.
58 “My mother was so constituted”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 22.
58 “reluctantly gave his consent”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 22.
58 “On our return journey”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 22.
59 “My mother, so comfortably”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 66.
59 “I remember so well how”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 66.
60 “When we drove into”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 66.
60 “there were no pickets”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 67.
Chapter 7: The Road to Vicksburg
61 “This I thought of all”: Wheeler, The Siege of Vicksburg, p. 27.
63-64 “Our line broke”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 5.
65 “While a battle is raging”: U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, p. 272.
65 “We killed each other”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 119.
65-66 “I became enthused”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 5.
66 “Following the retreating”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 5.
66 “came dashing up”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 5.
67 “After dark, the whole scene”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 101.
68 “Until this moment I never”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 8.
Chapter 8: Enemy at the Gates
69 “passed groups of anxious”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 41.
70 “Where on earth”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 43.
70 “Afterward we were told”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 45.
71 “From twelve o’clock”: Balfour, Vicksburg: A City, p. 3.
71-72 “I had everything that”: Balfour, Vicksburg: A City, p. 3.
72 “the ladies waved”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 47.
72 “What a sad evening”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 47.
73 “I still conceive [Vicksburg] to be”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 103.
73 “I have decided to hold”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 103.
74 “A long line of high”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 105.
75 “At every point”: Sherman, Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, p. 326.
75 “This is a death struggle”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 127.
75 “The excitement was intense”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 50.
76-77 “We ran to the small cave”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 56.
77 “The boys were”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 36.
77-78 “We fixed bayonets”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 38.
78 “had a narrow escape”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 6.
78 “with blood streaming”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 6.
79-80 “All the soldiers came out”: Wheeler, The Siege of Vicksburg, p. 176.
Chapter 9: Into the Caves
82 “a bombshell burst into”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 126.
83 “any one of them should collapse”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 22.
83 “children played while”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 23.
84 “It was living like plant roots”: Hankinson, Vicksburg 1863, p. 77.
84 “the Arabian Nights made real”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 23.
84-85 “a Minie ball passed through”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 71.
85 “all bandaged and propped”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 68.
85 “suddenly a shell came down”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 68.
85 “succeeded in getting my”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 68.
85-86 “frightened, rushing into”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 68.
86-87 “Mother instantly decided to leave”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 69.
87 “Father was horrified when”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 69.
87 “My father’s powerful voice”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 24.
87 “here, under the shadow”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 23.
87 “Don’t cry, my darling”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 27.
88 “In this cave we sleep”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 127.
88 “bear themselves like”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 127.
88 “rang the bell, robed”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 29.
88 “The church has been”: Balfour, Vicksburg: A City, p. 15.
89 “We are again victorious”: Balfour, Vicksburg: A City, p. 11.
89 “There were loud cheers”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 65.
89 “I can’t pity the rebels”: Werner, Reluctant Witnesses, p. 84.
89 “I suppose [the women] are determined”: Balfour, Vicksburg: A City, p. 150.
89 “The general impression”: Balfour, Vicksburg: A City, p. 14.
Chapter 10: Dangerous Days
90 “After passing a bad night”: Balfour, Vicksburg: A City, p. 12.
90 “rocking the earth”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 90.
91 “How very sad this life”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 81.
91 “the shot fell thick and fast”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 69.
92 “when the shell exploded”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 29.
92 “The victim … stood holding”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 31.
92 “so near the top of my head”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 27.
92 “Get in the cave!”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 69.
93 “So up came the tent”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 70.
Chapter 11: Growing Desperation
95 “When shall I expect you?”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 111.
95 “I am waiting most anxiously”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 111.
96 “The wound I had received”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 6.
96-97 “I saw a great deal of”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 6.
97 “Almost every day as I drove”: Wheeler, The Siege of Vicksburg, pp. 186-87.
97-98 “He said casually, ‘I guess’”: Flood, Grant and Sherman, pp. 179-80.
98 “I then asked about her husband”: Kennett, Sherman: A Soldier’s Life, p. 355.
101 “From the remarks of some”: Wheeler, The Siege of Vicksburg, p. 177.
102 “They agreed with us perfectly”: Werner, Reluctant Witnesses, p. 84.
Chapter 12: Empty Stomachs
104 “all lived in a state of”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 28.
104 “one lady standing”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 71.
104 “Sometimes a cave had twenty”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 140.
105 “as she was about to do so”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 29.
106 “Give them a chance”: Graham, The Blue and the Gray, p. 114.
106 “If slaves seem good soldiers”: Graham, The Blue and the Gray, p. 118.
106 “The bravery of the blacks”: Arnold, Grant Wins the War, p. 284.
108 “Our provisions were becoming”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 70.
108 “a half-barrel of [corn] meal”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 31.
109 “It was awful, either rubbery”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 150.
109 “and pea meal”: Arnold, Grant Wins the War, p. 272.
109 “I have rarely heard a murmur”: Hankinson, Vicksburg 1863, p. 70.
109 “Graves are dug today”: Winschel, Vicksburg: Fall, p. 103.
Chapter 13: Surrender!
111 “If you can’t feed us”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 172.
112 “This is my only hope”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 264.
112 “I know we can get better”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 265.
113 “Dysentery had pulled me down”: Frederick Grant, “An Interview With,” p. 3.
114 “Soon a white flag appeared”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 7.
114 “Pemberton and I had served”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 341.
115 “Father was immediately joined”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 7.
115-16 “I remained in the tent”: Frederick Grant, “With Grant at Vicksburg,” p. 7.
116 “All was quiet”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 71.
116 “We were all sitting outside”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 71.
117 “pale as death and with”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 275.
117 “Such a scene of desolation”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 367.
117 “A huge plantation wagon”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 288.
118-19 “How sad was the spectacle”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 360.
119 “men felt very bitterly”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 71.
120 “You can imagine our feelings”: Werner, Reluctant Witnesses, p. 90.
120 “Our men had had full”: U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, p. 295.
Chapter 14: The Unfinished War
123 “Johnston evidently took in”: Korn, War on the Mississippi, p. 142.
123 “Really, it was very”: Julia Grant, The Personal Memoirs, p. 128.
124 “I stopped and looked back”: Arnold, Grant Wins the War, p. 298.
124 “Vicksburg, with her”: Loughborough, My Cave Life, p. 145.
125 “a popular conquering general”: Hoehling, Vicksburg: 47 Days, p. 287.
125-26 “I should think soldiers”: Schultz, The Most Glorious Fourth, p. 390.
126 “Hunger and misery”: Twain, Cave Life During the Siege, p. 5.
127 “had some trouble in”: Julia Grant, The Personal Memoirs, p. 135.
127 “was the last man who”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 67.
128 “admired courageous persistence”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 34.
128 “As we stepped aboard”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 34.
129 “I never want to live”: Cotton, Yankee Bullets, p. 19.
Afterword
132 “My son accompanied me”: U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, p. 255.
132 “I could not leave my post”: Kennett, Sherman: A Soldier’s Life, p. 209.