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Abbott, Colonel J. C., 827.
Acworth, Georgia, 514.
Adams, Colonel, 571.
Adams, General John, killed, 691.
Adams, General Wirt, 371.
Adams & Co., bank of, 129, 133.
Adamsville, Georgia, Johnston’s rearguard at, 504.
Ainsworth, Captain, 777.
Alden, Admiral James, 942.
Alexander, Colonel J. I., 403, 412.
Alexandria, Louisiana, college at, 163 et seq.;
A. J. Smith sent to, 431, 432.
Alexandria, Virginia, Sherman’s army at, 863.
Allatoona, Georgia, 515, 519, 621;
battle at, 622 et seq.;
order on defense of, 625.
Allatoona Pass, 511.
Allen, Captain James, 75.
Allen, General Robert, 469.
Allen, Major, 100.
Ames, Colonel A, 826.
Anderson, Colonel, 468.
Anderson, Larz, 211.
Anderson, General Robert, 35;
at Sumter, 185; 210–212, 215–217;
his retirement, 216;
his dispatch on surrender of Sumter, 804.
Andersonville, Georgia, prison at, 618.
Anthony, Colonel D. C., 376, 396.
Arkansas, Dept, of, transferred, 472.
Arkansas Post, or Fort Hindman, 319;
extracts from Admiral Porter’s journal on, 445;
Arms smuggled into Confederacy, 296.
Armstrong, General, 371.
Armies:
the rebel, in Virginia, 198;
the Northern volunteer, 197, 198;
General Sherman’s, strength of, in the Carolina campaign, 750 et seq.;
at the grand review, 865 et seq.;
strength of the Union, at close of the war, 903;
of the Tennessee, Cumberland, etc. (See Tennessee, Cumberland, etc.)
Army:
the ideal, 876;
an, on the march, 879;
feeding an, 880;
administration, 894 et seq.
Army societies, reunion of, 927.
Arnold, Captain, 147.
Arnold, Mr., Mayor of Savannah, 714.
Arsenal at Columbia destroyed, 766.
Arthur, President, order of, 954.
Articles of war and army regulations, draft of, 917.
Artillery, in march to the sea, 653;
organization of, 875;
value of, compared with that of cavalry and infantry, 887.
Ashboro’, North Carolina, 833.
Ashlock, Pilot, 18;
marriage and death of, 20, 21, 22.
Aspinwall, W. H., 136.
Athens, Alabama, 396.
Atkins, Colonel A. D., 750.
Atkins, General G. D., 649, 828.
Atlanta, Georgia, first sight of, 539;
battles of (see Atlanta, battle of);
fire opened on, 575;
fires in, 578;
rejoicings in, at the supposed retreat, 578;
abandoned, and entered by General Slocum, 582;
removal of inhabitants from, 587 et seq., 1010;
official list of those sent South, 1012 et seq.;
concentration at, for the march to the sea, 644;
abandoned by Sherman, 655;
fired, 654;
last look at, 656.
Atlanta, battles of, 549 et seq.;
second battle, 561;
letters concerning, 964 et seq.;
list of organizations engaged, 1027 et seq.
Atlanta campaign, the, 466 et seq.;
supplies, troops, etc., for, 468 et seq.;
modification in plan of, 488;
beginning of, 495;
General Halleck’s opinion of, 589;
losses in, 606 et seq.
Aubrey, F. X., celebrated ride of, 111;
his death, 111.
Audenried, Colonel J. C., 407, 420, 486, 655, 756, 757, 935, 943, 950.
Augusta, Georgia, bridge at, 384;
Augur, Brigadier-General C. C., 910, 925.
Averill, General W. W., 490.
Averysboro’, North Carolina, battle of, 783;
losses at, 784.
Ayres, George B., 35.
Ayres, General R. B., 200, 203.
Ayres’s Battery, at Bull Run, 198–203.
Bacon, Henry D., 128.
Bacon, Colonel John M., 949, 952.
Badeau, General Adam, statement by, 317;
“History of Gen. Grant,” 326.
Bailey, Captain, 62.
Baird, General A., 646, 750, 824;
letter from, 1049;
letter to, 1051.
Baldwin, Lieutenant, 44.
Banks, General N. P., 305, 310;
besieges Port Hudson, 339, 340;
object of his Red River Expedition, 413;
letter to, 421;
visit to, 425;
his expedition, 430–434;
its numbers, 432;
spoken of by General Grant, 489;
at Grand Ecore, 968.
Banquets and feasts, 948.
Barnard, Major John G., 153, 717, 720.
Barnes, Captain, 818.
Barnes, Private, 56.
Barnum, General H. A., 825.
Barrett’s Battery, 262.
Barrow, Cadet, 183.
Barry, General W. F., 107, 486, 655, 733, 772.
Bates, General D., 827.
Battles, difficulty of correctly reporting, 5;
not fought by the book, 885.
Baulinas Bay, 119.
Baylor, Colonel T. G., 486, 655, 768.
Bazaine, Marshal, 907.
Beard, Mr., 214.
Beaufort, North Carolina, 734.
Beauregard, General G. P. T., 162, 181, 183, 196;
at Shiloh, 260;
his loss, 268;
at Corinth, 271;
his retreat, 274;
replaced by Bragg, 277;
joins Hood, 635;
appeals to the people of Georgia, 665; 735.
Beckwith, General Amos, 195, 468, 486, 634, 655, 733.
Beebe, Captain Y. V, 828.
Beecher, Rev. H. W., oration by, 804.
Belknap, W. W., recommended for promotion, 568; 823, 928;
made Secretary of War, 934;
antagonizes Sherman, 934 et seq.; 942;
impeached, 944.
Bellefonte, Alabama, 30.
Belt, Cadet, 15.
Benicia, California, naming of, 79;
struggle of, for supremacy, 90;
headquarters at, 90.
Benjamin, Senator, 172.
Bennett, Colonel, 197.
Bennett’s house, negotiations at, 837, 840.
Benton Barracks, camp of instruction at, 236.
Bentonsville, North Carolina, battle of, 785 et seq.;
losses at, 787.
Biddle, Com. James, 51, 54, 59, 62.
Bidwell, 56.
Big Black River, the, troops crossing, 349;
movements on, 354 et seq.
Big Shanty, Georgia, 515, 520.
Bird, Mr., 215.
Birdsong’s Ferry, Mississippi, 356.
Birge, General H. W., 826.
Black Bayou, expedition to, 330–337.
Blackburn’s Ford, Virginia, action at, 198, 204.
Blackville, South Carolina, concentration at, 753, 755.
Blair, General Frank P., 187, 188;
repulsed, 314;
in the Vicksburg attack, 318; 337, 338, 349, 370, 383, 396, 397, 406, 414, 435, 436, 441–442;
joins General Sherman’s army, 488, 519; 559, 605, 643, 646, 668, 736, 747, 749, 756, 773, 964, 1009.
Blair, Captain James, 90, 95, 109.
Blair, Montgomery, 187.
Bliss, Major, 105, 106, 113–115.
Blockade-runner captured at Savannah, 695.
Blood, Colonel, 438.
Blow, Henry T., 189.
Blunt, Captain, 90.
Bocock, Congressman, 166.
Bolton, Mississippi, 356.
Bounty system, evils of, 878.
Bowen, Captain, 109.
Bowie, Mr., plantation of, 346.
Bowling Green, Kentucky, fortified by the Confederates, 215, 216; 226, 229, 238;
evacuated, 239.
Bowman, Major, 251.
Bowman, S. M., 136, 137, 152, 157.
Boyce, Judge Henry, 163.
Boyd, Professor D. F., 164, 183, 424;
letter from, 964–968.
Boynton, General H. V N., letter of, 963.
Brackett, Captain, 55, 56, 60.
Bradley, Colonel L. P., 568.
Bragg, General Braxton, 20, 109, 162, 166, 172;
letter to, 177;
his hatred for Davis, 181; 183;
at Shiloh, 260;
his ability, 277;
offensive movement by, 280; 372, 382;
defeated at Chattanooga, 390;
foretells the civil war, 873;
his estimate of Sherman’s strength, 1048.
Brannan, General J. M., 398.
Breckinridge, Gen., at Shiloh, 260;
interview of Sherman and Johnston, 840;
Sherman’s advice to, 841.
Breech-loading arms, probable influence of, 886.
Breese, Captain, 721.
Bridgeport, Alabama, 386, 398.
Bridges protected by strong block-houses, 621.
Brigade, the, defined, 877.
Broderick, Sergeant, 19.
Bronaugh, Cadet, 15.
Bronson, Judge, 26.
Brown, B. Gratz, 187.
Brown, Governor Joseph E., of Georgia, 612–614;
denounced by Jefferson Davis, 617;
abandons Milledgeville, 664.
Brown, Hackaliah, 109.
Browne, A. G., 708.
Buchanan, James, his theory about coercion, 171.
Buckhead Church, Georgia, Kilpatrick’s march to, 668.
Buckland, Colonel R. P., 246, 249, 255, 257, 258, 260, 302.
Buckner, General, 211, 215, 216, 226;
surrenders Fort Donelson, 238, 239; 382.
Buell, General D. C., 88, 110, 160, 162, 168;
sent to the Department of Kentucky, 232; 241, 259, 265–268;
ordered toward Chattanooga, 275; 278;
compelled to fall back, 280;
acquitted by court of inquiry, 464;
Bull Bay, 752.
Bullitt, Cuthbert, Union man in New Orleans, 182.
Bull Run, Virginia, battle of, 199;
General Sherman’s official report of, 199;
reasons of failure at, 199, 200;
Bummers, 659.
Burnside, General Ambrose E., 372; 381;
in danger at Knoxville, 389–393;
his quarters there, 394; 399, 406;
pursues Longstreet, 409; 463, 490.
Burnsville, Alabama, 247.
Burnt Hickory, Georgia, 512.
Burton, Lieutenant-Colonel, 51, 53, 63, 80, 92.
Bushbeck, Colonel, 411.
Bussey, Cyrus, 237.
Butler, General B. F., 269, 490;
as a war-prophet, 722.
Buder, General (rebel), 752.
Buzzard’s Roost, Georgia, 496.
Byers, Adjutant S. H. M., 762;
Cadwalader, George C., 195.
Cairo, Illinois, 238.
Calhoun, Georgia, threatened, 503.
Calhoun, John C., 107.
Calhoun, J. M., 600.
California, chapters on, 9, 35, 106;
General Sherman goes to, 36;
in the Mexican War, 42;
dispute as to the government of, 48;
quiet in, 54;
seasons and hunting in, 63;
discovery of gold in, 64, 65, 70, 71;
quicksilver-mines of, 65;
first steamer seen in, 84;
growth of, 100;
convention to frame a Constitution for, 101;
suffering of immigrants to, 102;
General Sherman returns to, 115;
business unsettled in, 151;
Professor Boyd on the account of, in the Memoirs, 965. (See also San Francisco, Gold-fever.)
Cameron, Colonel, 197, 200, 202, 204.
Cameron, J. D., 945.
Cameron, Hon. Simon, visit of, to Louisville, 218–221; 223;
statement of General Wood concerning, 228.
Campbell, Hugh, 935.
Campbell, Hon. Lew, 904 et seq.
Campbellsburg, 222.
Camp “Far West,” 99.
Canal, survey for a, 14.
Canby, Adjutant-General E. R. S., 85, 86, 92, 93, 105, 472, 737, 738, 903.
Cane Creek, Ala., engagement at, 397.
Cape Fear River, the, 752, 782.
Cape Horn, 41.
Capron, Colonel, 571.
Carlin, General W. P., 646, 749.
Carlisle, Captain, 200.
Carolinas, campaign of the, organization and strength of Sherman’s army in, 749 et seq.;
begun, 753;
results of, 788 et seq.
Carpets captured at Cheraw, 774.
Carquinez Straits, 79.
Carr, General E. A., 396.
Carson, Kit, 70;
his personal appearance, 71.
Carter, General S. P., 828.
Case, Colonel H., 825.
Casement, Colonel J. S., 828.
Casey, James, 138;
his quarrel with James King, 138, 139;
shoots King, 139;
hanged, 143.
Casserly, E., 133.
Cassville, Georgia, Johnston at, 507;
retreats, 508 et seq.
Catawba River, the, 768.
Cavalry, failure of, to take a railroad, 572;
cannot destroy railroads, 577;
organization of, described, 875;
value of, compared with that of infantry and artillery, 887.
Cavalry division, strength of, 820.
Census tables, used, 495.
Central America, the, loss of, 154.
Cincinnati, Ohio, visit to, 28.
Citizens, complaints and interference of, 217.
Champion Hills, battle of, 348.
Chapman, William, anecdote of, 49; 59.
Charleston, South Carolina, description of, as in 1846, 32;
secession doctrine in, 34;
General Halleck’s letters on, 699;
reason for not marching directly to, 702;
“salt” unnecessary, 705; 736, 740, 750;
evacuated by Hardee, 771;
desolation, 857.
Chase, Hon. S. P., 286, 858, 862.
Chattahoochee River, Johnston on, 535, 536 et seq.;
he utilizes rebel works on, 578.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, movement toward, 280, 372;
its importance, 380;
Grant in, 386;
preparations for the battle, 380–390;
its plan, 390;
the battle, 390 et seq.;
General Sherman’s report of, 394;
losses at, 412;
thanks of Congress for, 413.
Chattooga Valley, the, 632.
Cheatham, General B. F., 691.
Cheraw, S. C., 768, 771, 773, 774.
Chesney, Col. Charles C., letter from, 959.
Chewalla, Gen. Sherman at, 275 et seq.
Chicago fire, records burned in, 496.
Chickamauga, battle of, 372.
Chickamauga Creek, 400–402.
Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi, 254;
battle at, 313, 314, 315, 316;
Childs, Mrs. General, 776.
Christmas gift, Savannah presented to Lincoln as a, 711.
Churchill, Colonel, 29.
Clare, Colonel, 604;
note from, 1011.
Clark, Dr. Powhatan, 169, 171, 183.
Clark, General W. E., 821.
Clarke, Colonel N. S., 109.
Clay, Henry, his “omnibus bill,” 107, 108;
his oratory and Webster’s, 109.
Cleburne, General, killed, 691.
Coacoochee, chief of the Seminoles, 22;
his treachery, 24;
taken, 25.
Cobb, Howell, plantation of, 662.
Cockerell, Colonel J. R., 261, 402, 412.
Coffee, A. J., 113.
Cogswell, General William, 825, 928.
Cohen, Samuel, 747.
Coldwater, the, 340.
Coleman, Major, 331.
Coleman, W. T., 140–143.
Colliersville, Tennessee, engagement at, 376–377, 396.
Coloma, Cal., Sutter’s mill at, 65, 73, 77.
Columbia, South Carolina, an objective point, 702;
destruction of, hinted at, 705; 740, 757;
first view of, 758;
shelled, 759;
responsibility for the burning of, 967;
inquiry concerning, 980 et seq.
Columbus, Kentucky, occupied by the rebels, 215; 238, 240.
Company, the, defined, 877.
Comstock, Colonel C. B., 950.
Confederate Army, paroled and unexchanged prisoners fighting in, 382.
Confederate Government, drafts by, 278;
at its greatest strength, 284;
abandons Richmond, 830.
Confiscation of property of rebels, 293–295. (See Property.)
Congaree, the Little, 758.
Congress, meeting of, in 1861, 195;
thanks Sherman and his men, 706.
Connecticut, cession of territory of, 9.
Consuls, foreign, interfering in regard to cotton, 745.
Controller of Georgia, tax-list of, 495.
Convent, superioress of a, applies for protection, 760.
Cooke, Henry D., 81.
Cooke, General P. St. George, 50, 52–53, 902, 903.
Coon, Colonel S. P., 198, 204.
Cooper, Colonel J. A., 568.
Coosawatchie, the, 718.
Cora, hanged by the Vigilantes, 143.
Corcoran, Colonel Michael, 197, 198, 200–204;
Corcovado, Mount, 40.
Corinth, Mississippi, 248, 249;
its importance, 252;
evacuated by the Confederates, 274;
condition of the army at, 275;
battle of, 283;
its effect, 284.
Corps, the, organization of, 876.
Corse, Brigadier-General J. M., 373, 376, 378, 402, 403;
sent to General Banks, 471, 486, 605;
wounded, 622;
his report, 624 et seq.;
thanked, 625; 627, 646, 737, 749, 822;
corrections concerning, 976.
Corwin, Hon. Thomas. 107–109.
Cosumnes River, the, 97–99.
Cotton, 285;
letter of General Sherman on, 286;
trade in, free, 298;
burned, 760.
Couch, General D. N., 828.
Courage, defined, 886.
Courts, military, 888.
Coutts, Captain, 84.
Cox, General J. D., 620, 622, 827, 911; 928;
letter from, 975.
Crawford, G. W., Secretary of War, 104.
Crittenden, General (Confederate), 211.
Crittenden, General T. L., 268, 463, 465.
Crocker, General M. M., 488.
Crook, General George, 490.
Croxton, Colonel J. T., 568.
Cruft, General Charles, oration by, 928.
Cullum, Gen. G. W., 195, 238, 239, 241.
Culp’s house, Ga., engagement at, 529.
Cumberland, Army of the, 372;
jealousy of, 466;
strength of, at various times, 472, 487, 606;
losses in, 516, 533, 566, 608.
Cumberland, Department of the, trimonthly return of, 474 et seq.
Curtin, Governor, 942.
Curtis, General S. R., in Missouri, 236;
victory of, at Pea Ridge, 238;
in Southwest Missouri, 241.
Custer, General G. A., letter from, 958.
Daggett, Colonel R., 826.
Dahlgren, Admiral J. A., 678, 693, 721;
proposes assault on Fort Moultrie, 739;
Dahlgren, Ulrich, allusion to, 803.
Dallas, Georgia, movement on, 512;
described, 512;
battle at, 514.
Dalton, Georgia, Johnston at, 496;
surrender demanded, 576.
Dandelion, boarded by Sherman, 676.
plantation of, 348;
his disappointment, 706; 740, 812;
his escape, 839;
rumors about his specie-train, 861 et seq.;
his controversy with General Scott, 939; 967.
Davis, General Jefferson C., 389, 399, 400, 404, 405, 409, 411, 504, 574, 581, 646, 661, 669, 725, 749, 771, 819, 823.
Davis, Joseph, 349.
Day, Colonel N. W., 826.
Dayton, Colonel L. M., 263, 377;
letter of, on the failure at Chickasaw Bayou, 436;
on the capture of Arkansas Post, 450; 486, 655, 950.
Dayton, William L., 107.
Dean, Eliza, 190.
Decatur, Alabama, 419.
Decatur, Georgia, 494, 544 et seq., 654, 997.
De Courcey, Brigadier-General, 314, 318, 435, 436, 441, 444.
Dedication, 3.
Deer Creek, expedition to, 330–337.
De Gress, Captain, 554.
Dennis, Gen. J. B., letter from, 961.
Dent, Colonel F. T., 951.
Denver, Brigadier-General J. W., 270, 272, 302.
Derby, Dr., 297.
Derby, Lieutenant, 93.
De Russy, Fort, 426.
Desecrated vegetables and consecrated milk, 883.
Deserters, capture of, 93–95;
Deshler, Brigadier-General, 323, 448.
Dickey, Colonel, 264.
Dick Robinson, camp, 211, 217, 221.
Discipline, how best maintained, 888.
Dister, Lieutenant-Colonel, 436.
Division, the, defined, 877.
Doan, Lieutenant-Colonel, 824.
Dodge, General G. M., 385, 397, 413, 414, 465;
his account of the Sixteenth Corps at Resaca, 992 et seq.
Dodge, Colonel R. I., 951.
Donaldson, General J. L., 468, 692.
Donelson, Fort, capture, 238 et seq.
Draper, Dr. J. W., his history of the war, 326;
letter of, 957.
Dresser, Captain, 400.
Ducrot, Tirailleurs of, 959.
Duncan, Blanton, 761.
Duncan, Captain, captured by Confederates, 776;
his escape, 784.
Duncan, General S., 827.
Dunn, Lieutenant, 680.
Du Pont, Captain, 48.
Durant, Dr., 901.
Durham Station, N. C., interview of Sherman and Johnston near, 831.
Dustin, Colonel Daniel, 825.
Eagan, Captain, 136.
Easton, General L. C., 111, 213, 486, 633, 655, 684, 733.
Eastport, Tennessee, 253, 379, 397.
Eatonton, Georgia, 658.
Eatonton Factory, 661.
Ebenezer Creek, Georgia, explanation of reported massacre at, 724.
Echota, Georgia, 504.
Edisto, crossing of the, 756.
“Elams,” 272.
Election of 1860, the, 169.
Eleventh Corps, consolidated with Twelfth, 466.
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 217.
Elliot, Brigadier-General, 977.
Engineer Corps, uses of, 891.
England, threats of war by, 289.
English traders, 746.
Etowah River, the, mounds on, 30, 506, 511, 512.
Euharlee, 512.
Europe, Gen. Sherman’s visit to, 942.
Evarts, Hon. W. M., 9.
Ewell, Gen. R. S., at Gettysburg, 967.
Ewing, General Charles, 186, 190–192, 349, 486, 655, 687, 760, 822.
Ewing, Ellen B., married to General Sherman, 106.
Ewing, General Hugh, 102, 329, 370, 376, 397–403.
Ewing, P. B., 234.
Ewing, Hon. Thomas, adopts W. T. Sherman, 13, 14;
Secretary of the Interior, 104;
letter of General Halleck to, 235; 865;
letter from, concerning E. M. Stanton, 915.
Ezra Chapel, Georgia, battle of, 562 et seq.;
Logan’s report on, 563.
Fairchild, Lucius, 934.
Fall, John C., 102.
Farmington, fighting near, 274.
Farragut, Admiral D. G., 144, 145;
at the mouth of the Mississippi, 269;
New Orleans taken by, 277.
Fayetteville, North Carolina, 771;
occupied, 776.
Feather River, the, 101.
Feeding of an army, the, 880.
Fifteenth Corps, badge of, 389;
excellence of, 410–411;
hint as to the character of, 705.
Fillmore, Millard, 107;
expectations regarding his administration, 107;
his policy, 107–108.
Financial crisis, of 1857, 155.
Fire-Land District, the, 9–10.
Fisher, Fort, North Carolina, expedition against, 681;
its failure predicted, 702, 722;
taken, 737.
Fisk, Clinton B., 187.
Flad, Colonel, 396.
Fletcher, Colonel Thomas C., 315, 441;
his report on Chickasaw Bayou, 443.
Florida, removal of Indians from, 25.
Florida War, the, 17 et seq.
Floyd, D. R., 168;
escape of, from Fort Donelson, 239.
Folsom, Captain, 57, 58, 71, 73, 79–82, 88, 130–131, 134.
Food, best, for soldiers, 882.
Foote, Admiral, 106, 107, 147, 148, 238, 269.
Foragers capture the South Carolina Railroad, 754.
Foraging, in the march to the sea, 651, 652;
how carried on, 659.
Forbes, Mr., British consul, 65.
Force, Brigadier-General M. F., letter from, 988–992;
corrections concerning, 992; 736, 749, 822.
Forces, organization of, 225, 245–246, 255, 301–302, 308–309, 337–338, 394–395, 472, 491, 492, 637, 646, 818;
of the regular army, 929;
of General Sherman’s army, 1027.
Foreigners, property rights of, 294.
Forrest, General N. B., 264, 363, 418, 422, 423, 454;
his responsibility for the Fort Pillow massacre, 469–470;
defeats Sturgis, and is defeated by Smith, 523; 605, 617, 619.
Forsyth, Lieutenant-Colonel G. A., 958.
Fort Henry and Donelson campaign, who planned it, 1054 and note.
Fort Fisher, Fort Moultrie, etc. (see under names of forts).
Foster, General J. G., 392, 678, 693, 718, 733, 734, 739;
occupies Charleston, 771.
Foster, Mr., within the Union lines, 612.
Fourteenth Corps, character of, 572, 574.
Franklin, W. B., made brigadier, 209.
Franklin, Tennessee, battle of, 619;
losses at, 619.
Freedmen, used in intrenching, 526;
General Sherman’s course with, approved, 590;
perplexities as to, 859.
Fremont, General J. C., 42;
claim of, to the control in California, 48–54; 100;
elected Senator, 101; 104, 212;
his alleged pomp and state, 212;
possible reason of the supposed frauds in his department, 214; 218;
plan to give a command to, 463.
French, the, their withdrawal from Mexico, 904.
French, Gen. S. G., attacks Allatoona, 623;
summons to the garrison, 623.
French Camp, first name of Stockton, California, 83.
Frost, General D. M., 186.
Fry, Colonel J. B., letter in regard to General Buell, 464.
Fuller, General J. W., 822, 994 et seq.
Fullerton, General J. S., extract from his diary, 970–972.
Gaines’s Landing, Arkansas, 311.
Gardner, Lieutenant, 120.
Garfield, Gen. J. A., letter from, 963.
Garland, Colonel, 322–324, 448, 449.
Garnett, Dr., 40.
Garrard, General Kenner, 487;
his part in the Atlanta campaign, 492; 503, 542;
sent to Covington, 552;
criticised for caution, 577;
correction concerning, 976.
Geary, General J. W., 646, 716, 750, 755, 825.
General, proper position of the commanding, 898.
General of the Army, letters on the powers of, 936, 939, 941;
powers of, defined, 944.
Georgia, its importance to the Confederacy, 588;
disaffection in, 612 et seq., 745;
appeal of Congressmen, 665;
damage to, by the march to the sea, 684;
people of, anxious to have South Carolina punished, 705.
Georgia, Army of, its strength, April, 1865, 820;
its organization, 823–824;
farewell order to, 869.
Gettysburg, battle of, 359.
Gibbs, Captain, 85, 86, 89, 92, 95, 99.
Gilbert, 100.
Gill, Colonel, 222.
Gillespie, Major, 51.
Gilmer, Colonel Jeremy F., 547.
Gillmore, Gen. Q. A., 490;
order of, 804.
Gold, discovery of, at Sutter’s Mill, 64, 65, 70, 71, 74, 75;
official report of the discovery, 81, 82.
Gold-fever, the 71, 73, 77–83, 88, 89, 94, 100.
Gold-mines, the, 76–78, 81, 82, 150.
Goldsboro’, North Carolina, 752;
an objective point, 775;
occupied by Sherman, 788;
junction of armies at, 806.
Goldsborough, Captain, 90.
Goodwin, Dr., Mayor of Columbia, 260, 261.
Goodwin, Miss Josephine, 716–717.
Gordon, Mr., 110.
Gordon, Georgia, 663.
Gorman, General W. A., 306, 308.
Graham, General G. Mason, 160, 162, 163, 164, 173, 183.
Graham, Colonel Harvey, 826.
Graham, ex-Senator, 833.
Graham, Major L. P., 84.
Grand Junction, Tennessee, General Sherman ordered to, 277.
Granger, Colonel George F., commanding brigade in Army of the Ohio, 826.
Granger, General Gordon, 237, 391–393, 406, 408, 409, 465;
Howard assigned to his corps, 466.
Granger, General R. S., at Decatur, 605, 692.
Grant, Lieutenant Frederick, accompanies General Sherman to Europe, 942.
Grant, General Ulysses S., at Paducah, 215, 236, 238;
his plans, and the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, 238;
his consequent fame, 239, 241;
General Halleck’s orders to, 242;
restored to command on the Tennessee, 249; 259, 260, 265, 266;
his silence, 267;
losses at Shiloh, 268;
substantially left out of command, 271;
General Sherman’s advice to, 275;
assigned to West Tennessee, 278, 279;
prepares to attack Price, 281;
at Jackson, 282;
his displeasure with General Rosecrans, 284;
letter to, 296;
his stores captured, 316;
disapproves of the movement on the Arkansas, 325, 326;
letters from, 329;
clamor against, 339;
his opinion as to Vicksburg, 343;
his success there, 359;
placed in command of the Departments of the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee, 380;
his impression as to the final campaign of the war, 413; 417;
his letter as to the appointment as lieutenant-general, 427;
acknowledgments to Generals Sherman and McPherson, 427;
called East, 429;
presentation of a sword to, 429;
his plans for generals without commands, 463, 467, 471;
letters of, giving plans, 489, 492;
dispatches from, 616, 618, 619;
eulogy on General Wilson, 634;
dispatches from, 639, 640, 643;
letters on General Sherman’s movements, 680, 682, 700, 717, 737;
other letters, 789–796;
mentions peace commissioners, 790;
letter on Sheridan’s intended movement, 806;
confident of closing the war with one more battle, 811;
in pursuit of Lee, 831;
announces Lee’s surrender, 832;
at Raleigh, 846;
orders resumption of hostilities, 847;
letters on Sherman’s action, 848, 851;
offer of, to reconcile Sherman and Stanton declined, 865;
refuses to go to Mexico, 904; 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914;
letter from, 918;
letter on powers of General of the Army, 939.
Grant, Mrs. U. S., 811.
Graysville, Georgia, 405.
Green, Charles, 694.
Greene, General G. S., 824.
Greene, Captain O. D., 214, 217.
Gregory, Captain J. F., 953.
Grenada, Mississippi, 302, 303, 310, 340.
Gresham, Gen. W. Q., wounded, 547.
Grierson, General B. H., 283, 306, 308.
Griffin, Dr., 52.
Griswold Station, Ga., fight near, 664.
Grose, Gen. W., letter and extract, 973.
Gross, Colonel William, 568.
Grosvenor, Brigadier-General C. H., letter from, 963.
Grover, General, 733.
Guards, pickets and videttes, 892.
Guaymas, Mexico, capture of, 62.
Guerrillas, destruction of bridges by, 296; 386.
Guthrie, Hon. James, 215, 218, 219, 228, 231;
co-operates with Sherman, 469.
Gwin, Captain, his death, 318, 319.
Haggerty, Lieutenant-Colonel, his death, 201, 203, 204.
Haines’s Bluff, Mississippi, fort at, 311, 314;
abandoned by the rebels, 349.
Halleck, General H. W., 37, 54, 58, 64, 80, 84, 85, 100, 219, 233;
credited with the plan of the Forts Henry and Donelson campaign, 238;
General Grant denies that he originated it, 1054;
General Sherman’s reason for his statement, 1054,
his plans, 269;
reorganizes the army, 270;
his ability, 274;
mistake of his halt at Corinth, 278;
his removal to the East, 280;
order from, 304;
on reconstruction, 360;
dispatch from, 631;
Halstead, Murat, 234.
Hamilton, General C. S., 278, 279.
Hamilton, Lieutenant John, 94.
Hamilton, General Schuyler, 195.
Hamley, E. B., letter from, 960.
Hammond, Captain J. H., 237, 263;
his report of Chickasaw Bayou, 437;
of Arkansas Post, 446.
Hammond, Major R. P., 90, 95, 134, 135.
Hampton, General Wade, 669, 752, 757, 776, 832, 836, 840, 967.
Hancock, General W. S., 110, 903.
Hand-to-hand fighting, rare, 885.
Hanging Rock, 771.
Hardee, General W. J., 226;
at Jonesboro’, 581;
evacuates Savannah, 693; 702, 735, 757;
evacuates Charleston, 771;
the Cape Fear, 776;
retreats from Averysboro’, 784; 1046–1049.
Hardee, Mr., of Savannah, 715.
Hardie, James A., 51, 63, 109.
Hard Times plantation, 345, 346.
Harker, General C. G., killed, 531.
Harlan, Mr., 211.
Harney, General W. S., 187, 189, 924–925, 926.
Harpeth River, Tennessee, 692.
Harris, Colonel, 222.
Harrison, General W. H., victory of, 11.
Hartnell, W. E. P., 64, 85, 96.
Hartshome, Dr., 263.
Haskell, Mr., 214.
Haskins, Major, his surrender of the arsenal at Baton Rouge, 172–173.
Hatchie River, the, 283.
Haul-Over, the, 19.
Hawley, Colonel William, 825.
Hazen, Brigadier-General W. B., 646;
ordered to storm Fort McAllister, 672;
congratulated, 677; 749, 821, 926.
Hazzard, Colonel, 221.
Head of the column, the place of safety and glorious effort, 898.
Headquarters, general, its equipment in the field, 499.
Heath, Lieutenant-Colonel, 250, 251.
Heintzelman, Colonel, 200, 204;
made brigadier, 209.
Helena, Arkansas, 306.
Hell Hole, 513.
Henderson, J. B., 924.
Henderson, Colonel T. J., 828.
Henry, Fort, captured, 238.
Henry House, the, 205.
Hiawassee River, the, 391, 392, 406, 410.
Hicks, Colonel S. G., 245, 261, 417.
Hightower, Georgia, 511.
Hildebrand, Colonel, 246, 250, 253, 257, 258, 261, 264.
Hill, Senator B. H., appeal of, to the people of Georgia, 665.
Hill, Mr., of Georgia, within the Union lines, 612 et seq.
Hilton Head, South Carolina, 733.
Hindman, Fort. (See Arkansas Post.)
Hitchcock, General E. A., 121.
Hitchcock, Major Henry, 486, 655, 841.
Hoar family, the, 9.
Hobart, General H. C., 823.
Holliday, T. D., killed, 256.
Holly Springs, Mississippi, movement toward, 278;
Holman, Colonel J. H., 827.
Hood, General J. B., disagrees with Johnston, 508;
explains the retreat from Cassville, 508;
supersedes Johnston, 543;
his character, 544;
at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, 748;
at Atlanta, 748 et seq.;
losses in his army, 566;
proposes exchange of prisoners, 585;
crosses the Chattahoochee, 619;
marches toward Dalton, 629;
demands surrender of Resaca, 630;
pursued, 630 et seq.;
beaten at Franklin, 691;
reaches Nashville, 692; 717, 739.
Hooker, General Joseph, 95, 372, 387–390, 399, 405;
in command of Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, 466; 503, 504;
begins the action at New Hope, 514; 528;
peculiarities of, 528 et seq.;
asks to be relieved, 560;
Horse-i-bar, 631.
Houghtailing, Major Charles, 750, 824.
Hovey, General A. P., 290, 303, 567.
Howard, General O. O., 391, 401, 404–407, 409, 411;
to succeed McPherson, 559;
at the battle of Ezra Chapel, 563;
praises Logan, 564; 591, 646, 663, 669, 671, 694, 749, 754, 758, 760, 773, 820, 821;
Howard, Volney E., 148;
appointed general of militia, 157, 158.
Howe, Orion P., 352.
Hoyt, Charles, 16.
Hoyt, James M., 155.
Hoyt, Mary, married, 10.
Hudson, Captain, 768.
Hunt, Major, 53.
Hunter, General David, 197, 200, 204, 219, 603.
Hunter, Colonel M. C., 824.
Hunter, R. M. T., 790.
Hunting, in California, 63–64.
Hurlbut, Colonel F. J., 822.
Hurlbut, General S. A., 237, 239, 251, 258, 270, 272, 278, 279, 282, 370, 375, 376, 383, 397, 414–420, 426, 434, 470.
Hyams, Attorney-General, 167, 168.
Illinois, Regiments of: 4th, 251, 264, 296;
13th, 443;
20th, 989;
29th, 258;
30th, 989;
31st, 989;
43d, 257;
55th, 337;
66th, 994;
80th, 942;
84th, 942;
127th, 358. (See Forces, Organization of.)
Indiana, Regiments of: 9th, 972;
83d, 358. (See Forces, Organization of.)
Indian Bureau, 926.
Indian Peace Commission, 924 et seq.
Indians, war with, 18 et seq.;
mistake of removing them from Florida, 25;
murder of Lieutenant Warner by, 101;
opposed to Pacific Railroads, 901;
work of the Peace Commission among, 924 et seq.;
visit to tribes of, 925.
Infantry, organization of, discussed, 876;
value of, compared with that of cavalry and artillery, 887.
Insanity, the charge of, 223, 226, 234–236, 276.
Intrenching, usefulness of, 887.
Iowa, Regiments of: 2d, 996;
4th, 444;
6th, 256, 262. (See Forces, Organization of.)
Irvin, William, Cadet, 14, 16.
Island No. 10,
Iuka, Mississippi, 254;
seized by Price, 281;
General Ord sent to, 281;
Jackson, Andrew, 15;
famous declaration of, 34.
Jackson, Claiborne, 186.
Jackson, General N. J., 646, 750.
Jackson, General T. J., 967;
wounded by his own men, 967.
Jackson, General W. H., 363.
Jackson, Mississippi, 304, 311;
besieged and evacuated, 356–357;
losses at, 358.
Jackson, Camp, surrender of, 190, 191;
General Grant at, 282.
Jackson, Fort, Louisiana, 269;
passed by Farragut, 277.
James, Lieutenant, 378.
Jarreau, B., 165.
Jenney, Captain, map by, 413.
John Brown’s body, marching chorus on advance from Atlanta, 655.
Johnson, Andrew, 847; 861; 864;
differs with his party, 903;
calls Sherman to Washington, 904;
wants Grant to go to Mexico, 904;
letter from, 905;
demands Stanton’s resignation, 910;
makes a new department, 920;
leaves Sherman at St. Louis, 923;
his impeachment, 924.
Johnson, Captain George, 99.
Johnson, Reverdy, 910.
Johnson, Mrs. Reverdy, 346.
Johnson, Brigadier-General R. W., 222, 224, 225;
sent to Nashville, 574.
Johnson, William N., Governor of California, 137–150.
Johnston, General A. S., 211, 215, 216, 217, 219;
Johnston, General Joseph E., 196; 199;
his ability, 354;
on the Big Black, 354 et seq.;
his retreat, 356;
his strong position at Dalton, 466;
his reputed strength, 467;
speculation concerning, 491;
his position at Buzzard’s Roost, 496;
abandons Dalton for Resaca, 503;
evacuates Resaca, 504;
explains his retreat from Cassville, 506 et seq.;
disagrees with Hood, 508;
his strength, May, 1864, 516 et seq.;
his losses, 517;
his errors in regard to losses, 518;
his account of Polk’s death, 524;
position on Kenesaw, 526;
abandons it and Marietta, 532;
his losses, 533;
falls back, 538;
superseded by Hood, 543;
story told by, 626;
in command in the Carolinas, 774;
estimate of his forces, 781;
falls on Sherman’s left: at Bentonsville, 785;
retreats to Raleigh, 831;
asks suspension of hostilities, 834;
argues for general surrender, 836;
his horror at the murder of Lincoln, 837;
interview with Sherman, 840;
Sherman’s terms to, 844;
surrenders on Lee’s terms, 851;
supplemental terms with Schofield, 858.
Jones, Captain D. R., 144.
Jones, Colonel P. H., 825.
Jones, Roger, Adjutant-General, 107.
Jones, Colonel T., 821.
Jones, Commodore T. Ap C., 54, 88.
Jones, Colonel W. S., 821.
Jonesboro’, battle at, 580; 654; 968–973.
Jordan, General T. J., 828.
Juarez, B. P., President of Mexico, 907 et seq.
Judd, Rev. Mr., 66.
Kamehameha, 66.
Kane, Captain, 92.
Kansas in 1852, 112.
Kearney, General Stephen W., 42, 43, 48–54.
Kelton, Colonel J. C., letter to, 297.
Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, 30, 515;
Confederate and Union positions at, 520;
movement against, 530 et seq.;
battle of, 530;
losses, 531;
turned, 532.
its adherence to the Union, 214;
army operations in, 215 et seq.;
official report of the forces in, 223–226;
dispatches as to the situation in, 226–227;
disloyalty in, 230;
estimate of rebel troops in, 230.
Kershner, Lieutenant-Colonel, 435.
Kerwin, Colonel, 781.
Keyes, General E. D., 35, 198, 209.
Kibbe, General, 146.
Kilburn, Colonel C. L., 182.
Kilpatrick, General Judson, 488;
circles Atlanta, 577; 649, 663, 666, 668, 672, 749, 755, 768, 772, 775;
narrow escape of, 776; 820, 828, 832, 834, 836, 856.
Kimball, General N., 971;
letter from, 972.
King, Mr., of Marietta, 613.
King of William, James, 129, 138;
shot, 139–142;
his death, 143.
King, Tom, 144.
King William, 102.
King, William Rufus, 107.
King’s Bridge, rebuilt, 671.
Kingston, Georgia, Johnston abandons, 505; 643.
Kittoe, Surgeon E. D., 486, 883.
Knights of the Golden Circle, the, 171.
Knoxville, Tennessee, Burnside besieged at, 389–393;
the siege raised, 393;
General Sherman sent to, 406;
his report, 406–409;
its fortifications, 408.
Kyle, Lieutenant-Colonel, 262.
Lancaster, Ohio, 10;
academy of, 13–14.
Langley, Lieutenant-Colonel, 824.
Larkin, T. O., 44, 66, 85, 87.
Larned, Paymaster, 217.
Lauman, Brig.-Gen. J. G., 302, 356, 357.
Law-and-Order Party, the, 142–150.
Leavenworth, Fort, Kansas, 110, 159.
Lecomte, Judge, 159.
Le Duc, W. G., 386;
report by, 1012 et seq.
Lee, General R. E., reports of victories by, 279;
instructions regarding, 493;
speculations as to his plans, 704, 705; 718, 738, 739, 752, 778, 795, 831;
his surrender, 832;
extract from a letter from, 959.
Lee, General S. D., 314, 363, 396.
Leggett, General M. D., 488, 646, 822.
Leggett’s Hill, assault of, 547, 554.
Lewis, Montgomery, 59.
Lewis, S. S., the steamer, wreck of, 116–118, 121.
L’Hommedieu, Dr., 263.
Lick, James, 124.
Lick Creek, Tennessee, 251, 265, 271.
Lincoln, President, his nomination, 170;
effect of his election at the South, 170;
visit of General Sherman to, 185, 186;
his call for volunteers, 192;
his first message, 195–196;
his address to soldiers after Bull Run, 207;
interview with, 210;
asks modification of an order, 468;
letter concerning Osterhaus and Hovey, 568;
in doubt, 582;
congratulations from, 583;
his opinion of the march to the sea, 641; 727, 729;
interview with, 810 et seq.;
ready for reconstruction, 811;
hint of, as to Jefferson Davis, 812;
his appearance, 813 et seq.;
approves the terms to Lee, 814 et seq.;
discusses terms for Johnston, 816 et seq.;
his desire in regard to rebel soldiers, 832;
its effect on the negotiations with Johnston, 837 et seq.;
instructions from, 847;
influence of his death on the people of the South, 968.
Lincoln, Robert T., Secretary of War, 951;
letter by, 952.
Liquor, smuggled, 296.
Lithonia, 656.
Littell, Colonel J. S., 826.
Loeser, Lieutenant, 55, 66, 81.
Logan, General J. A., 272; 414;
why not chosen to succeed McPherson, 559; 605;
sent to supersede Thomas, 692; 711, 749, 760, 821, 836, 839;
in command of right wing, 863;
Longstreet, General James, re-enforces Bragg, 382;
sent against Burnside, 387; 392;
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, 382, 387, 388, 399, 401.
Loomis, Colonel J. M., 402, 403, 412.
Loring, Lieutenant-Colonel, 84, 86.
Losses: at Shiloh, 268;
at Vicksburg, 358;
at Chattanooga, 412;
at Resaca, 503;
in Sherman’s army, May, 1864, 517;
June, 533;
in Johnston’s, June, 534;
in Sherman’s and Hood’s, July, 566;
in Atlanta campaign, 606 et seq.;
at Allatoona, 625;
at Franklin, 691;
in the march to the sea, 698;
at Averysboro’, 784;
at Bentonsville, 787. (See, also, under names of battles.)
Lost Mountain, Georgia, Confederate position at, 520;
abandoned, 525.
Loudon, Tennessee, evacuated by the rebels, 407.
Louisiana, residence in, 113 et seq.; 163 et seq.;
Professor Boyd’s opinion of that part of the memoirs relating to, 965.
Louisiana Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, General Sherman superintendent, 160 et seq.;
his resignation, 174 et seq.;
its subsequent history, 192–193, 424.
Louisville, excitement in, 215, 216.
Lovejoy’s Station, movement to, 582.
Lucas, James H. & Co., bankinghouse of, 153; 155.
Lucas, Turner & Co., bank of, 114, 121, 122, 124, 125; 133; 151–153.
Luce, Captain S. B., 735.
Lumpkin’s Station, 669.
Lynch Law, in San Francisco. (See Vigilance Committee.)
Lyon, General N., 187–190, 192.
McAllister, Fort, storming of, 673.
McArthur, Colonel, 252.
Macbeth, Captain, 784.
McClellan, General George B., 209–212;
appointed commander-in-chief, 223;
succeeded by General Halleck, 280;
plan to give a command to, 463;
political attitude of, 583; 590; 967.
McClernand, General J. A., 248, 250, 255–258, 266, 271, 272, 275, 280, 305;
placed in command on the Mississippi, 316; 323;
his exultation at the capture of Arkansas Post, 324;
his report of, 325; 339, 347, 348, 351;
his claim to have taken Vicksburg and removal, 352–353; 442;
his part in the capture of Arkansas Post, 447, 450, 451.
McCook, A. M’D., 217, 222, 226, 260, 266, 268;
plan to give a command to, 463;
wounded, 531.
McCook, General E. M., 487;
expedition by, 571.
McCoy, Colonel J. C., 263, 303, 486, 655, 950.
McCrary, Lieutenant, 495, 945.
McCulloch, General, at Pea Ridge, 238.
McDowell, General Irvin, 195;
his report of Bull Run, 199; 201, 203, 205, 209, 903.
McDowell, General J. A., 250, 251, 256–259, 261, 270, 301.
McKinstry, Mr., 214.
McLane, Louis, 59.
MacMahon, Marshal, quoted, 894.
Macon, Georgia, 654;
cavalry flight near, 663;
Wilson occupies, 856.
Macon Railroad, the, 560;
movement against, 573.
McPherson, General James B., 153, 248, 275, 283, 347, 348, 350, 351, 359, 370, 371, 383, 397, 414–420, 423, 426, 427;
General Grant’s acknowledgments to, 427;
sent to Chattanooga, 433;
commands Department of the Tennessee, 463; 465;
goes to Huntsville, 467;
General Sherman’s estimate of, 472;
his part in the Atlanta campaign, 491, 492; 500 et seq.;
at Dallas, 513;
attacked, 514;
complains of Hooker, 528;
his last interview with Sherman, 549 et seq.;
his death and burial, 551 et seq.; 959;
his conduct at Resaca, 991 et seq.;
his failure to seize the railroad at Snake Creek Gap, 1004;
his character and death, 1005–1008.
McQuiston, Colonel J. C., 827.
McQuesten, Lieutenant, 197, 204.
Maddox, Lieutenant, 44.
Mahan, Professor Asa, 368, 887.
Majorities, difference between numerical and physical, 364–365.
Mangrove Islands, the, 18.
Manning, T. C., 164.
Mansfield, J. K., 195.
March, order of, for an army, 879.
Marches, of Sherman’s armies, 872.
March to the Sea, the, 586; 627;
agreed to at Washington, 631;
final correspondence with Grant on, 639 et seq.;
Lincoln’s opinion of, 641;
when first thought of, 641;
begins, 643;
the army organized for, 646;
orders for conduct of, 651 et seq.;
daily progress, 659,
true meaning of, 697;
Union losses in, 698;
moral effect of, 741;
question as to the author of the plan, 957;
influence of, on Lee’s surrender, 958, 959.
Marcy, Hon. W. L., order from, 91.
Marietta, Georgia, 29, 30, 511.
Marshall, Mr., alleged partner of Sutter, 73;
Mason, Colonel R. B., 48, 50, 53, 54, 62–66, 69, 76, 77, 81, 82;
his character, 86–87;
his death, 88.
Mason, Captain, 121.
Mazadan, capture of, 62.
Maximilian, fate of, 907.
Meade, General G. G., 864, 902; 930.
Meeks, General, 255.
Mehringer, Colonel J., 828.
Meigs, Quartermaster-General, 722.
Memphis, Tennessee, evacuated by the rebel army, 277;
condition of, 285;
answer to application of citizens of, 290;
letter to the “Appeal,” 291;
letter to the mayor, 292;
letter to the “Bulletin,” 298.
Merchant, Major, 120.
distillation of, 67.
Meridian, Mississippi, occupied by the Federals, 420.
Meridian campaign, object of the, 414, 418, 422–423;
orders for, 451;
General Smith’s statement, 453.
Mersey, Colonel, 1001.
Mexican War, the, preparations for, 32, 35;
first battles, 36;
end, 80.
Mexico, the French in, 366–367;
during the last days of the Empire, 906 et seq.;
military mission to, its supposed object, 909.
Michler, Major, 267.
Middleburg, Mississippi, engagement at, 298.
Mill Creek, dammed, 496.
Milledgeville, Georgia, 654, 658;
occupied, 663;
certain buildings in, destroyed, 666.
Millen, Georgia, 667;
occupied, 668;
buildings destroyed in, 669.
Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana, 311, 312, 318, 320.
Mines, dispute concerning, 66–69.
Mining-Laws, of Mexico, 67.
Minnesota, regiments of, 2d, 221, 222. (See, also, Forces, Organization of.)
Minor, Lieutenant, 54.
the attack on, 400–404.
Mississippi, army of the, 240, 241;
its operations, 269 et seq.
Mississippi River, the, fleet at the mouth of, 269; 274;
fleet on, 312;
canals for diverting the water, 329, 338;
Federal control, 357;
importance, 360–361.
Missouri, chapter on, 184;
army operations in, 233 et seq.
Missouri, regiments of: 6th, 332, 335–337, 440, 441;
13th, 259–260;
29th and 31st, 443, 444. (See, also, Forces, Organization of.)
Mitchell, Brigadier-General, 824.
Mitchell, Sarah, married to Samuel Sherman, 9.
Mobile, visit to, 29;
feint of going to, 421.
Moccasin Point, 387.
Monroe, Lieutenant-Colonel, 436.
Montgomery, Capt., loss of his sons, 60.
Moore, Surgeon John, 486, 655.
Moore, Governor T. O., of Louisiana, 163, 166, 167, 168, 172;
correspondence with General Sherman, 174 et seq.;
his property, 183.
Moore, Colonel O. H., 828.
Morgan, Brigadier-General, G. W., 309, 313, 314; 315; 318, 321;
his report of the battle at Chickasaw Bayou, 435;
thanks to his officers, 436;
blamed for the failure, 437; 438; 439; 440; 443, 444;
at Arkansas Post, 450.
Morgan, General J. D., 646, 749, 824.
Morgan, Fort, 27.
Morgantown, destroyed, 407–408.
Mormons, in the Mexican War, 50, 53; 63;
their intention to settle in California, 75.
Morris Island, 33.
Morton, Governor O. P., 212.
Moultrie, Fort, 27;
described, 33.
Mower, General J. A., 353, 426, 634, 646, 736, 749, 753;
breaks the rebel line at Bentonsville, 786; 819, 825.
Muench’s Battery, 253.
Muldraugh’s Hill, Kentucky, 215.
Murphy, Don Timoteo, 91.
Murray, Colonel E. H., 649.
Murray, Dr. R., 54, 55, 80, 84, 85, 94.
Mutiny, spirit of, in the army, 206–208.
Myers, Colonel A. C., 113, 114, 181.
Naglee, Henry M., 87.
Napoleon, last words of, 897.
Nashville, Tennessee, 239;
importance of, 241;
preparations for defending, 692;
results of the campaign, 700.
Nassau, New Providence, 747.
“National Intelligencer,” the, its attack on Grant, 912.
Navajoes, 926.
Negley, Brigadier-General J. S., 220, 221; 224, 225;
plan to give command to, 463.
Negroes, faithfulness of, 89;
how utilized in march to the sea, 652;
their joy at sight of Sherman’s army, 657;
reported slaughter of, at Ebenezer Creek, 724;
Sherman on giving the vote to, 725;
representative, meet Stanton, 725;
their opinion as to Lincoln’s policy, 725 et seq.;
their opinion of Sherman, 727;
as to State enlistment agents, 726;
enlistment of, discussed, 726;
kidnapping, by agents, 729;
order regulating enlistments, 730;
settlement of, on Sea Islands, 731;
treatment of, by General Sherman, 1050.
Negro suffrage, 862.
Negro troops, 602;
reviewed by Sherman, 845.
Nelson, Brigadier-General, 211, 221, 224, 265, 268.
Newbern, North Carolina, 752.
New Hope Church, Georgia, battle at, 513 et seq.;
evacuated by Johnston, 519.
New Madrid, Missouri, 240, 269.
New Orleans, visit to, 28–29; 113;
after secession, 182;
preparations for the capture of, 269;
taken, 277;
visit to, 424;
inauguration of a civil government at, 425.
Newspaper correspondents, 899; 960.
Newspapers, war of, 138, 139; 232;
attacks of, 234;
letter to the Memphis “Appeal,” 291;
to the “Bulletin,” 298;
Southern, denounce Johnston, 506;
“New York Tribune” reveals Sherman’s true objective, 774;
War Department bulletin in “New York Times,” 852.
Newton, General John, ordered to Chattanooga, 605; 969, 972;
letter from, 973.
New York, regiments of: 13th, 197, 199–204;
29th, 197;
incident with an officer of, 206, 208;
79th, 197, 199–204, 205. (See, also, Forces, Organization of.)
New York of the Pacific, projected city of, 101, 102.
Nicaragua River and Lake, 115.
Nichols, Major G. Ward, 486, 655.
Nisbet, B. R., 114, 121 et seq.; 131, 139, 152, 156, 157.
Nolin, Kentucky, camp at, 223, 225.
Nolin Creek, Kentucky, 217.
Norton, Judge, 141.
Noyes, General E. F., wounded, 535, 996.
Nullification, 34.
O’Fallon, Colonel John, 187.
Ogeechee Church, position at, abandoned by McLaws’s division, 669.
Ogeechee River, the, 669.
Ohio, reserved land in, 9.
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, 128.
Ohio, regiments of: 2d, 224;
4th, 262;
21St, 224;
27th, 996;
30th, 402;
33d, 224;
38th, 221;
39th, 996;
53d, 262;
54th, 262;
58th, 443;
77th, 253, 262, 264. (See Forces, Organization of.)
Ohio, Army of the, 241;
losses in, 516, 533, 567, 606 et seq.;
strength of, during the Atlanta campaign, 609;
in April, 1865, 820;
Ohio, Department of the, tri-monthly return of the, 482.
Okalona, Mississippi, fighting at, 455.
Oliver, General J. M., 821.
Olley’s Creek, Schofield crosses, 531.
Oostenaula River, bridged, 503, 504.
Orangeburg, South Carolina, occupied and fire at, 755, 756.
Orchard Knob, 404.
Ord, General E. O. C., 21, 36, 37, 38, 46, 47, 54, 80, 82, 83, 84, 96, 97, 103, 104, 280;
fails to connect at Iuka, 281;
pursues Van Dorn, 283;
succeeds McClernand, 353; 356, 370, 490, 903.
Ord, Mrs. E. O. C., 818.
Orders, methods of transmission of, 888–889.
Osterhaus, Brigadier-General P. J., 372, 373, 383, 399, 567, 621, 646.
Owens, Captain, 50.
Oxford, Mississippi, 303, 343.
Pacific Railroads, the building of, 901 et seq.;
Poe’s report on, 952.
Paducah, Kentucky, occupied by Grant, 215; 238, 239.
Page, Bacon & Co., bank of, 114, 121, 128, 129;
failure of, 129–131.
Paine, General C. J., 827, 845.
Palmer, General John M., claims to rank Schofield, 572;
resigns command of Fourteenth Corps, 573, 735.
Palo Alto, Texas, battle of, 36.
Panama, crossing the Isthmus of, 103.
Panic, in San Francisco, 129–135;
in New York, 153–154.
Pardee, General N., Jr., 825.
Park, John, letter to, 292.
Parke, General J. G., 354, 356, 370.
Parker, Judge, 10.
Patterson, General, 195;
Peach-Tree Creek, Georgia, 543;
battle of, 544 et seq.
Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 251, 255.
Peck, Lieutenant-Colonel, 197, 198, 200.
Pedee River, Sherman’s army crosses the, 774.
Pemberton, General J. C., 284, 302;
falls back, 303; 304, 311; 316, 317;
Pensacola, Florida, 656.
Perry’s victory, 11.
Petersburg, Virginia, 718;
evacuated, 830.
Phelps, Captain, 397.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 407.
Phillips, Wendell, 1050, 1051.
Pickering, Fort, Tennessee, 279, 282, 298, 301.
Pico, Don Andreas, 48.
Picolata, Florida, Sherman ordered to, 26.
Pillage, orders forbidding, 299.
Pillow, General G. J., 215, 226;
escapes from Donelson, 239; 269.
Pillow, Fort, Tennessee, 269;
evacuated, 277;
massacre at, 470.
Pinckney, Casde, Charleston, 33.
Pine Mountain, Georgia, Confederate position on, 520;
abandoned, 525.
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, recruiting station at, 35, 36.
Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, 247, 248;
battle of, 250 et seq.
Pitzman, Captain, wounded, 350.
Pocotaligo, South Carolina, 718, 719, 733, 749.
Pocotaligo, Fort, 736.
Poe, General O. M., maps by, 5; 486, 654, 655, 656, 684, 720, 768, 949;
his report on Pacific Railroads, 952, 953.
Politics, in San Francisco, 137, 590.
Polk, General Leonidas, 215, 226, 229, 238;
criticises position at Cassville, 507;
killed, 524.
Pontoon train, on march to the sea, 660;
composition of a, 891.
Pope, General John, 233, 240, 269, 270, 274, 275, 903, 911.
Porter, Colonel Andrew, 201;
made brigadier, 209.
Porter, Admiral D. D., 304–316, 318–321; 325; 331–334;
runs the Vicksburg batteries, 343;
appearance of his fleet, 343, 344; 397, 421, 439, 450, 681;
asks for a division to capture Fort Fisher, 721 et seq.;
at interview of Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman, 811;
account of, 814;
at Grand Ecore, 968.
Porter, General Fitz-John, 195, 211.
Porter, Colonel Horace, 951.
Port Gibson, Mississippi, battle of, 347.
surrendered, 357.
Port Royal, South Carolina, 656.
Post-traders, right of appointment of, 935;
change of law regarding, 936.
Potomac, Army of the, 864.
Potts, General B. F., 823.
Poyas, James, 31.
Prentiss, General B. M., 248, 250, 256–257.
Price, General Sterling, 213, 233–235;
defeated at Pea Ridge, 238;
seizes Iuka, 281;
escapes, 281.
Prime, Captain, 214, 215, 280, 297, 298.
Prisoners, Confederate, in the Atlanta campaign, 518;
exchanges proposed, 585;
made, 604;
condition of those escaped from Andersonville, 618;
rebel, set to dig torpedoes, 670;
escaped Union, at Columbia, 761;
number surrendered by Johnston, 859.
Property, destroyed by soldiers, 299, 300, 301;
private, how treated in the march to the sea, 652.
Pryor, Mr., 52.
Pumpkin-Vine Creek, Georgia, 513.
Purdy, Tennessee, importance of, 252.
Quaker policy, the, origin of, 926 et seq.
Quartermaster’s Department, employes of, organized, 692.
Quicksilver, mines of. (See Mercury.)
Quinby, General L. F., 197, 200–202, 316.
Railroads: Northern cars astray in the South, 469;
south of Atlanta, broken up, 579;
Selma and Talladega, 620;
destroyed and repaired, 626 et seq.;
mode of destroying, 656;
Macon and Savannah, 663;
Gulf, Charleston, and Savannah, 689;
destruction of, 704;
value of, in war, 889 et seq.
Raith, Colonel, 257.
Raleigh, North Carolina, 702;
movement toward, 831;
occupied, 833.
Ramsey, Hon. Alexander, 945.
Ransom, General T. E. G., 621;
his death and character, 636.
Raum, Colonel G. B., 403, 411, 412.
Rawlins, General John A., letters to, 252 et seq.; 359;
made Secretary of War, 932;
illness of, 933.
Raymond, Mississippi, fighting at, 347.
Reagan, Hon. John H., 841.
Rebels, property of, in war-time, 293–295.
Reconstruction, correspondence on, 360–367;
Lincoln ready for, 811.
Recruitment and promotion, 878.
Red Clay, Georgia, 405.
Redfield, Colonel, killed, 624.
Red River expedition, the, 421, 423, 431–434.
Regular army, the, organization of, discussed, 874–875;
a school for officers, 877;
peace establishment of, 903.
Reilly, General J. W., prompt attack by, 575.
Renick, R. M., 212.
Resaca de la Palma, Texas, 36.
Resaca, Georgia, 499;
Sherman moves on, 500;
battle of, 503 et seq.;
evacuated by Johnston, 504;
bridge at, rebuilt, 504;
Hood demands surrender of, 630;
General Dodge’s account, 992 et seq.
Retirement, bill for the, of army officers, 948.
Review, grand, at Washington, 864 et seq.
Reynolds, Major, J. A., 750.
Reynolds, Captain J. F., 31, 35, 113, 114.
Reynolds, Colonel T., his imported leg, 547.
Rhett, Colonel A., captured, 783, 784.
Rice, Lieutenant-Colonel, 332, 333.
Rice, General E. W., 822.
Richardson, Captain, 401.
Richardson, Brigadier-General, 198.
Richmond, Virginia, the cry “On to,” 197; 665, 718;
evacuated, 830;
Sherman’s army at, 862 et seq.
Rickett, Major, 172, 201, 253–255.
Ricord, Judge John, 66–68.
Rifle-trenches, described, 525–526.
Riley, Colonel B., 84, 86, 92, 93, 100, 105.
Riley, Colonel J. W., 568.
Ringgold, Georgia, Hooker at, 391; 405, 406.
Rio Janeiro, 39–41.
Riot, a, in San Francisco, 139.
Roanoke River, the, 718.
Robertsville, 733.
Robinson, Alfred, 85.
Robinson, General J. S., 825.
Rochester, Captain Montgomery, 486.
Rocky Face, Georgia, described, 496.
Rolling Fork, Mississippi, 331, 334, 335.
Rosecrans, General W. S., 280; 281;
in Chattanooga, 373;
re-enforcements ordered for, 375;
relieved, 380;
object of his movement, 381; 382; 669.
Ross, Lieutenant-Colonel W. H., 749, 822.
Roswell, Georgia, combat at, 542.
Rough and Ready, Georgia, 580.
Roundabout Bayou, 345.
Rousseau, Brigadier-General L. H., 211, 222–225, 260;
his raid through Alabama, 540; 605, 903.
Rowett, Colonel, wounded, 624;
thanked, 625.
Ruger, General Thomas H., 827.
Russell’s House, Mississippi, engagement at, 272.
Sacramento, California, located and surveyed, 82, 83;
site of, 99.
St. Ange, Prof. E. B., 164, 182.
St. Augustine, Florida, 26.
St. Louis, Missouri, visit to, 28;
residence in, 106 et seq.; 184 et seq.; 901 et seq.;
outbreak in, 191;
preparations for war in, 186–187.
St. Philip, Fort, Louisiana, 269;
passed by Farragut, 277.
Salinas River, the, 46.
Salkiehatchie River, the, 735, 740;
line of, carried, 753.
Salt smuggled into the Confederacy, 296, 298.
Sampson, Ira B., letter from, 988.
Sanborn, John B., 924.
Sanders, Fort, Knoxville, 394, 408.
Sandersville, Ga., occupied, 667.
value of lots in, in 1847, 58;
importance of its name, 79;
scarcity of servants in, 88;
rents, 89;
and Benicia, 90;
accidental fixing of the site of, 99;
offer of banking business in, 114 et seq.;
prosperity of, 121;
depreciation of real estate in, 125;
city scrip of, 125–127;
failure of banks in, 129–136; 139;
the Vigilantes in, 140–150;
business affected by them, 144;
depreciation of real estate in, 157.
Sanger, Captain J. P., 958.
Sanger, Major D., 263.
Sanitary Commission, the, 883.
San Jose, California, 56.
San Juan Bautista, mission of, 47.
San Pascual, battle at, 43, 48.
Santa Clara, California, 56.
Santa Cruz Mountains, views from, 69.
Savannah, Georgia, expedition to, 588 et seq.; 656;
final objective in the march to the sea, 669;
invested, 671;
defenses of, and position of investing army, 679;
country about, 682;
condition of, 686;
surrender demanded, 686;
evacuated, 694;
description of, 708;
dispatch to Lincoln concerning, 711;
regulations for governing, 712 et seq.;
its population, 714;
tranquillity of, 741;
the purpose to invest, 1047;
how it could have been defended, 1049.
Savannah River, the, 735, 736.
Savannah, Tennessee, 248, 249.
Sawyer, Major R. M., 486.
Saxton, General Rufus, 191;
inspector of setdements and plantations, 732.
Scannell, Sheriff, 138, 139, 141, 142.
Scarboro’, 669.
Scenes and incidents of the war: with an officer of the
a turkey dinner, 394, 1054, note;
presentation of a sword to General Grant, 429;
death of Colonel Wyman, 439;
“Thomas’s Circus,” 473;
effect of a shell, 504;
a locomotive after water, 520;
death of General Polk, 524 et seq.;
hidden in an abattis, 538;
the surprised planter, 541;
an imported leg, 547;
McPherson’s death, 549 et seq.;
Thomas’s personal traits, 580; 582;
watching signals from Allatoona, 622;
a duplicate tunnel, 626;
railroad-mending, 626;
the protesting planter, 633;
tapping the wire, 644;
starting on the march, 654;
negro enthusiasm, 657;
the colored patriarchs, 657;
“Forage liberally,” 658;
bummers by the wayside, 659;
loading corn, 660;
on Cobb’s plantation, 662;
a mock legislature, 666;
firing a well, 668;
a torpedo-explosion, 670;
a fancy shot, 671;
view of the storming of Fort McAllister, 672;
signaling the fleet, 673;
“This nigger will have no sleep,” 674;
night near Fort McAllister, 674 et seq.;
“Fort Fisher done took,” 722;
soldiers’ huts, 724;
a desolate mansion, 736;
the silent soldiers, 742;
“Hurry the general,” 754;
foragers disturbed, 757;
first view of Columbia, 758;
occupation of Columbia, 760;
bummers and Sherman’s souvenir, 765;
horse vs. general, 772;
night in Bethel church, 775;
the steamboat-whistle at Fayetteville, 777;
Seward saluted, 865;
Grant adopts a hobby, 928;
army hospitalities, 946.
Schenck, General R. C., 198, 200.
Schimmelpfennig, General Alexander, 771.
Schcepf, General Albin, 221.
Schofield, General John M., 187;
in command of the Department of the Ohio, 463;
consultation with, 465;
goes to Knoxville, 465;
Sherman’s estimate of, 472;
his part in the Atlanta campaign, 491; 503 et seq.;
ordered to move against Macon Railroad, 572; 605;
falls back toward Nashville, 690;
wins battle of Franklin, 691, 737, 741, 744;
joins Sherman, 788; 806, 819, 820, 826, 856;
makes supplemental terms with Johnston, 858;
letter of, on policy in North Carolina, 859; 903;
appointed Secretary of War, 924; 928, 931, 1006.
Scott, General R. K., 822.
Scott, William, 16.
Scott, General Winfield, his management in 1833, 34; 103–105, 195;
his impatience with interfering civilians, 196;
letter of, to Corcoran, 198;
foretells the civil war, 873;
Washington fatal to, 916;
his controversy with Davis, 938.
Scurvy, antidotes for the, 883.
Sea, Colonel, 441.
Sea Islands, set apart for negroes, 730.
Seawell, Major, 112.
Seawell, Perry & Co., 112, 113.
Secession, threats of, 170, 171;
Southern belief that the Northwestern States would join in, 171;
ordinances of, passed, 172;
correspondence in consequence of, 174–179;
perplexity of Union officers in reference to, 173;
opinion that it would be peaceably accomplished, 181;
prospects of, in the spring of 1861, 184, 185;
of the border States, 188.
Secretary of War, functions of, 895.
Sedalia, Missouri, 233–236.
Sedgwick, Captain John, 107.
Selfridge, Colonel J. L., 825.
Seminoles, war with the, 18 et seq.;
removal of the, 25.
Semple, Dr., founder of the “Alta California,” 78–79, 100.
Settlements and plantations, inspector of, 732.
Seward, Wm. H., 207, 208, 590, 865.
Shepherd, Alexander R., 946.
Sheridan, Major M. V, 953.
Sheridan, General P. H., 794, 831, 833;
made major-general, 903; 910, 928;
made lieutenant-general, 929;
Grant’s grounds for the promotion, 930;
assumes command, 953.
Sherman, Charles R., father of General W. T., 9, 10;
appointed judge, 11;
his death, 13.
Sherman, Charles T., 11, 12, 13.
Sherman, Elizabeth, 13.
Sherman, Fanny (Moulton), 113.
Sherman family, the, 9–11.
Sherman, Colonel Frank, captured, 539.
Sherman, Hon. John, 166, 184, 185, 195.
Sherman, Lizzie, 122, 123, 136.
Sherman, Minnie, 136, 417, 943, 944.
Sherman, Roger, 9.
Sherman, General Thomas W., 35, 271, 425.
Sherman, General W. T.: scope and purpose of his “Memoirs,” 3 et seq.;
his ancestry, 9 et seq.;
boyhood, 12 et seq.;
adopted by Hon. T. Ewing, 13;
at West Point, 15 et seq.;
in Florida, 17 et seq.;
in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, 27 et seq.;
value of his knowledge of those States, 30;
accident to, 31;
recruits for the Mexican War, 35;
sent to California, 37;
mission to Sonoma, 56 et seq.;
visits the gold-mines and reports to the Government, 71 et seq.;
at Monterey, 84 et seq.;
desires to leave the service, 86;
adjutant, 86;
removes to San Francisco, 88 et seq.;
surveying by, 95 et seq.;
purchases of, in Sacramento, 99;
goes to New York, 103;
in Washington, 104–105;
his marriage, 106;
sent to St. Louis, 109;
to New Orleans, 113;
trip to California, 114;
shipwrecked, 116–120;
resigns his commission to go into business, 122;
removes to San Francisco, 122;
major-general of militia, 139;
resigns, 149;
removes to New York, 153;
retires from the business, 158;
practices law in Leavenworth, 159;
becomes superintendent of a military college, 160;
correspondence on secession, 174 et seq.;
his resignation, 174 et seq.;
removes to St. Louis, 184;
declines offices offered, 188, 189;
his letter to the Secretary of War, 189;
appointed colonel, 190;
ordered to Washington, 192;
removes from St. Louis, 193;
begins service in the civil war, 194;
reasons for not writing a history of the war, 194;
assigned to Washington, 194;
to the command of a brigade, 197;
march of his command, 198;
official report on Bull Run, 199;
made brigadier, 209;
assigned to the Department of the Ohio (afterward Cumberland), 210, 211;
appointed to succeed General Anderson, 216;
his “insane” request for troops, 220, 223;
official report of forces in Kentucky, 223–226;
dispatches, 226;
General Wood’s statement, 228;
transferred to Missouri, 232;
at Sedalia, 233;
recalled from Sedalia, 233–236;
placed in charge of camp of instruction, 236;
ordered to Paducah, 239;
at Fort Henry, 246;
goes up the Tennessee, 247;
his plan, 248–249;
at Shiloh, 250;
reports of the battle, 250 et seq.;
promoted to be major-general, 270;
under Thomas, 271;
his advice to General Grant, 276;
ordered to Chewalla, 276;
under the command of Grant, 278;
ordered to take command of the District of West Tennessee, 279;
his letters, 286–301;
organization of his division, 301;
marches toward the Tallahatchie, 303;
instructions by, 310;
superseded by McClernand, 316;
his plan for taking Fort Hindman, 318 et seq.;
attempt on Deer Creek, 331–335;
his letter to Grant, 339;
makes a feint on Haines’s Bluff, 345;
brigadier in the regular army, 359;
letter to General Halleck on reconstruction, 360;
letter on Willie’s death, 374;
goes to the aid of Rosecrans, 376;
sent to Burnside’s aid, 392;
command of the Department of the Tennessee devolves upon, 380;
ordered to Bridgeport, 383;
to Chattanooga, 386–389;
to Knoxville—report by, 394;
his report of Chattanooga, 394;
receives the thanks of Congress, 413;
returns from Knoxville, 409;
to go down the Mississippi, 417;
surprised at Decatur, 419–420;
at Meridian, 420;
did not intend to go to Mobile, 421;
correspondence with Grant, 428;
in command of the Department of the Mississippi, 429;
takes command of Division of the Mississippi, 463;
important general order of, 467;
considers the problem of transportation for Atlanta campaign, 468;
letter to General Banks, 471;
to Rawlins, 488;
changes the plan, 488;
details of plan, 489 et seq.;
headquarters removed to Chattanooga, 494;
letters, 499 et seq.;
moves on Resaca, 500;
at Cassville, 505;
conversations with Johnston and Hood, 507 et seq.;
moves to turn Allatoona, 511 et seq.;
reports and dispatches, 528 et seq.;
moves to turn Kenesaw and Marietta, 531, 532;
narrow escape of, 539;
first glimpse of Atlanta, 539;
dispatches and reports, 539, 543;
on the battle of Atlanta, 555, 556;
apology to Lincoln, 568;
letter to General Palmer, 573;
made major-general, 576;
dispatches and letters, 576, 578, 585 et seq.;
enters Atlanta, 584;
on removing inhabitants, 591 et seq.;
message to Governor Brown, 612;
on alienating Georgia from Confederacy, 614;
dispatches, 615 et seq.;
proposes the march to the sea, 620;
pursues Hood, 621;
on defense of Allatoona, 625;
urges the march to the sea, 627, 628, 639;
first idea of it, 641;
invited to dine at Covington, 657;
enters Milledgeville, 663;
adventures, 674 et seq.;
announces his arrival at the sea-coast, 677;
visits Foster, 693;
enters Savannah, 694;
orders regarding Savannah, 712 et seq.;
plan for northward movement, 719;
declines to co-operate in capture of Fort Fisher, 722;
order on cotton, 723;
accused of hostility to negroes, 727 et seq.;
at Beaufort, 734 et seq.;
order for enlistment of negroes, 731;
only acts of vandalism, 736;
disapproves of attack on Fort Moultrie, 739;
beginning of Carolina campaign, 750;
reaches Blackville, 755;
at the Edisto, 756;
enters Columbia, 760;
interview with a negro, 772;
at Bentonsville, 785;
at Goldsboro’, 788;
letters, 796 et seq.;
visits Grant and meets Lincoln, 810;
confident of closing the war with one more battle, 811;
at Raleigh, 833;
moves on Ashboro’, 833;
grants truce, 834;
meets Johnston, 836, 840, 851;
terms granted, 844;
letters, 848 et seq.;
on Stanton’s attack, 853;
at Port Royal and Charleston, 857 et seq.;
indignation at War Department bulletin, 861;
and Halleck, 862;
rejects Stanton’s hand, 866;
his farewell order, 869;
assigned to Division of the Mississippi, 900;
helps on Pacific Railroads, 902;
lieutenant-general, 903;
goes to Mexico, 904;
invitation from Bazaine, 907;
subsequent interview at Paris, 907;
suggestion concerning Stanton, 911;
letters, 913 et seq.;
protests against appointment as Secretary of War ad interim, 916;
goes to St. Louis, 918;
dispatches, 919;
letters, 920 et seq.;
called to Washington, 924;
made general of the army, 929;
letter on powers of general of the army, 936;
controversy with Belknap, 939;
visits Europe, 942;
removes headquarters to St. Louis, 943;
to Washington, 945;
intention to retire, 948;
final inspection tour, 949;
retirement, 951 et seq.;
letter to President Arthur, 955;
letters to, concerning the “Memoirs,” 957 et seq.;
Major Boyd on his reception of the news of the secession, 965;
his treatment of the negroes, 1049, 1050.
“Sherman’s March to the Sea,” poem by Adjutant Byers, 762.
Sherman, Mrs. W. T., 106, 113, 122, 123, 136–137, 153, 233, 234, 301, 370, 374, 681, 865.
Sherman, Willie, 136, 190, 192, 370, 373;
his death, 374;
letter of General Sherman on, 374.
Shiloh, battle of, referred to, 233;
account of, 250 et seq.;
General Sherman’s report of, 250;
reports concerning, at the North, 265–267;
the victory, 267;
summary of, 268;
losses, 268;
effect of, on General Sherman’s reputation, 276;
battle of, exhaustion after, 270.
Ship’s Gap, Georgia, 631.
Shipwrecks: of the Lewis, 116–118, 121;
of a schooner, 120;
of the Golden Age, 136.
Shiras, Captain, 109.
Shreveport, Louisiana, 421, 422;
movement against, 431–433.
Shubrick, Commodore, 42, 44, 49, 80.
Sick, the, charge of cruelty to, 296, 297;
treatment of the wounded and, 883.
Sierra Nevada, project for a railroad through the, 101.
Sieges, too slow, 887.
Sigel, General Franz, 490.
Signal Service, seldom to be depended upon in war, 889.
Silversparre, Captain, 272.
Simons, Mrs. James, burned out at Columbia, 766 et seq.
Sister’s Ferry, crossing at, 753.
Sisters of Charity, at Columbia, burned out, 768.
Sixteenth Corps, the, at Resaca, 992 et seq.
Skirmishers, best method of advance of, 886.
Slanders, rebel, refuted by acts, 715.
Slavery, question of, in California, 100, 101;
fears of a crusade against, 107;
Sherman’s views of, called for, 167;
excitement in Louisiana over, 167, 168;
why not mentioned in Sherman’s terms to Johnston, 843;
Sherman’s views on, 1051.
Slaves, value of learning in, 168;
policy of the North concerning, 285.
Slidell, Senator, 172.
Slocum, General H. W., assigned to the Vicksburg District, 466;
succeeds Hooker, 559;
enters Atlanta, 581;
sends out foragers, 632; 646, 654;
at Milledgeville, 664; 668, 669, 685, 694, 733, 736, 749, 755;
fights the battle of Bentonsville, 785 et seq.;
made commander of the Army of Georgia, 818; 819, 820, 823, 928.
Smiley, James, 134–135.
Smiley, Thomas, 142.
Smith, General A. J., 50, 52, 84, 103, 104, 109, 308–314, 323, 426, 431;
his numbers, 432; 435–439; 470;
Smith, General C. F., 239, 241–246, 248, 249;
his death, 247.
Smith, Prof. F. W., 164; 165, 169, 171; 175, 176;
his death, 182.
Smith, General George W., in command of Georgia militia, 467; 664.
Smith, Mrs. G. W., 715.
Smith, Hon. Gerrit, letter to, concerning the negroes, 1049.
Smith, General Giles A., 330–335;
his report, 335; 373, 376, 400;
wounded, 401; 553, 646, 749, 753;
crosses the Edisto, 755; 823, 998 et seq.
Smith, General John E., 376, 383, 399, 401–403, 646, 749, 821.
Smith, General Martin Luther, 314.
Smith, General Morgan L., 270, 272–274, 301, 302, 310, 312;
wounded, 313; 400–403, 404, 436, 437, 1001, 1009.
Smith, General Persifer F., 84–89; 90–95, 99–103, 105.
Smith, Dr. S. A., 173;
correspondence with, 175, 177, 178;
his service in the Confederate army and death, 183.
Smith, General T. Kilby, 260, 261, 335, 426, 438.
Smith, W. F. (Baldy), 388, 398, 400, 490.
Smith, General W. Sooy, 357, 417, 418, 420; 422, 423;
orders to, 451;
reports from, 453;
his letters to General Sherman on the statements in the “Memoirs,” 453, 456;
General Sherman’s proposal to submit the matter to an arbitrator, 455.
Smyrna, Georgia, combat at, 535.
Smyzer, Lieutenant, 217.
Snake Creek Gap, movement on Resaca by, 500, 630.
Snake River, 271.
Snelling, Lieutenant, 495, 662.
Snyder, J. R., 66.
Soap Creek, 540.
Soldiers, their love for the cause, dedication; pillage by, 298, 299;
insults to, 300;
readiness of, at intrenchment, 525;
effect of the weather on, 527;
of Fifteenth Corps on the second Atlanta sortie, 565;
conduct of, in march to the sea, 651;
gay confidence of, 656;
skill in foraging, 658;
Southern, Lincoln’s wish in regard to, 832;
on the march, 880;
know when they are well commanded, 888.
Sonoma, California, dispute about the control of, 55, 56;
headquarters at, 95.
Sorghum, Camp, 759.
South, the, should have been treated as solid for rebellion, 289;
classes of people in the, 361;
their energy, yielding, 734;
feeling in, after the war, 960;
secession of. (See Secession.)
South Carolina, punishment in store for, 703, 704;
feeling against, 734.
Spade and axe, value of, 887.
Spencer, Colonel G. E., 750, 828.
Spinner, F. F., letter from, 962.
Sprague, General J. W., 568, 822, 934;
Spring Hill, Tennessee, 691.
Staff, personnel of Sherman’s, 486 et seq., 655;
composition of a, 892.
Stambaugh, Samuel, 102.
Stanley, Lieutenant Fabius, 57.
Stanley, General D. S. 559; 581; 620;
wounded, 691;
letter from, 968.
Stanton, Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio; his controversy with General Sherman, 267.
Stanton, Secretary E. M., objects to employment of certain officers, 464;
at Savannah, 722;
obliterates marks on cotton, 723;
accuses General Davis, 724;
confers with negroes, 725 et seq.;
on Washington intrigues, 732;
order by, 803;
dispatch from, 836;
disapproves of terms to Johnston, 847;
attacks Sherman, 852 et seq.;
bulletin to General Dix, 860;
dispatch from, 909;
resumes possession of his office, 911;
resigns, 924.
Stark, 371.
State Governors, 732.
Steamers, first, in California, 84, 85;
first line of mail, 90;
scarcity of, 721.
Steadman, Colonel, 221.
Steedman, General J. B., 605, 692.
Steel, Colonel O. W., 828.
Steele, General Frederick, 93, 233, 303, 307, 308, 309, 313, 315, 320–323, 329, 338, 350, 357, 370, 372, 422;
to move on Shreveport, 433; 436, 439; 440; 450;
in command of the Department of the Arkansas, 463;
Steele’s Bayou, Mississippi, expedition to, 329–337.
Steinberger, Baron, 90; 91; 92;
Stephens, Alexander H., 181, 614, 790.
Stevens, Lieutenant T. H., 127.
Stevenson, Colonel J. D., 48, 50, 51, 63, 95.
Stewart, Mrs. A. P., 715.
Stewart, General, 363.
Stewart, Senator, 157.
Stiles, General J. N., 827.
Stockton, California, 83.
Stoddard, Major Amos, estate of, 110.
Stoddard, Elizabeth (Sherman), 9, 10.
Stone, General C. P., 425.
Stone, Colonel G. A., 760, 821.
Stoneman, General George, 50, 52, 487, 500, 561, 570, 571, 700, 794, 833.
Stone Mountain, Georgia, 654, 656.
Strickland, Colonel S. A., 828.
Strong, Brigadier-General, 237.
Stuart, A. H. H., Secretary of the Interior, 107.
Stuart, General David, 237, 246, 250, 259, 261, 302, 313, 315, 320, 329, 337;
his character and death, 337; 439, 450.
Sturgis, General S. D., 523.
Sullivan, Colonel, 261.
Sullivan’s Island, 33.
Sully, Lieutenant Alfred, 94.
Sumter, Fort, building of, 33–34, 185;
bombardment of, 187;
Anderson’s dispatch announcing surrender of, 804.
Supplies, in march to the sea, 652; 753.
Surgeons, duties of, 884.
member of convention, 100.
Sutter’s Fort, in 1848, 72, 73;
discovery of gold, 74.
Sutterville, site of, 99.
Swain, Mr., 833.
Sweeny, Brigadier-General T. W., letter from, and explanation concerning, 977;
extracts from his record, 978; 997, 998.
Swords, Colonel Thomas, 49, 50, 54, 110, 217.
Syke’s Regulars, 205.
Symonds, Captain, 217.
Taft, Lieutenant-Colonel, death of, 411.
Taft, Judge Alphonso, made Secretary of War, 945.
Taliaferro, Cadet, 182.
Tallahatchee River, the, 302, 303, 305, 340.
Tappan, S. F., 923.
Taylor, Colonel Ezra, 258, 263; 272, 385;
wounded, 514.
Taylor, N. G., 923.
Taylor, General Richard, 166, 167, 183, 422, 966.
Taylor, General Zachary, 17, 32; 105;
his illness and death, 106, 107;
apprehensions regarding his successor, 107;
Washington fatal to, 916.
Tecumseh, 10.
Telegraph, the, value of, in war, 889.
Tennessee, people of, appeal to President Lincoln, 468;
Hood’s campaign in, 690 et seq.
Tennessee, Army of the, 241;
orders for, 242;
reorganized, 270;
scattered, 275;
strength of, at various times, 472, 487, 516, 610, 820;
allowed to fight almost alone at Atlanta, 555;
losses of, 533, 566, 606 et seq.;
organization of, April, 1865, 821;
farewell order to, 869.
Tennessee, Department of the, 414, 478 et seq.
Tennessee River, the, plan for movement on, 238;
operations on, 238 et seq.
Tents, 893.
“Tenure of office” controversy, 909 et seq.
Terry, General A. H., 722, 735, 777, 788, 806, 826, 856, 902, 903, 924.
Terry, Chief-Justice, 146, 148, 149;
arrested by the Vigilantes, 150.
Texas, annexation of, 32.
Thayer, Brigadier-General, 435.
Thirteenth Regulars, 192, 335, 336, 337, 350, 358;
Thisde, Captain, inventor of a gun, 22.
Thomas, Frank, 35.
Thomas, General G. H., 35, 195, 210, 211, 214, 217, 220, 221, 223, 225, 271, 274, 275, 380;
carries Missionary Ridge, 389, 390; 398;
his attack at Chattanooga, 404;
in command of Department of the Cumberland, 463; 465; 466;
General Sherman’s estimate of, 472; 473;
his part in the Atlanta campaign, 491; 503 et seq.;
his exposed position at Cassville, 505;
his personal traits, 574;
praised, 591;
his opinion on the situation, 604–605;
to meet Hood, 637;
pressure on, 683;
wins the battle of Nashville, 692; 737, 740;
called slow, 794 et seq.; 819;
Thomas, Adjutant-General Lorenzo, 218–221;
letter of General Sherman to, 221, 227;
appointed Secretary of War ad interim, 924.
Thomas, Colonel M. T., 827.
Thornton, Judge, 147–149.
Throckmorton, Lieutenant, 214.
Tidball, Colonel J. C., 948, 951.
Tiptonville, rebels captured at, 269.
Torpedoes, set on the road near Savannah, 670.
Tourtelotte, Colonel J. E., in command at Allatoona, 621;
wounded, 624; 625, 821, 949, 952.
Tower, General Z. B., 692.
Townsend, General E. D., 195, 722, 910.
Traders, forbidden to go to Atlanta, 584.
Treasury agents, Sherman’s opinion of, 745, 746.
Troops, where sent, 212, 213, 217, 219, 221;
report of those in Kentucky, 223–226;
Confederate, in Kentucky, 229, 230;
number of Union, required, 231.
Tule-bolsa, 96.
Tumlin, Colonel Lewis, 30, 511.
Tunnel Hill, 405;
Tupelo, Mississippi, 274, 278.
Tupper, Colonel, 401.
Turner, Major, 49, 50, 54, 113, 114, 121–123, 185.
Tuttle, Brigadier-General J. M., 337, 338, 370.
Twiggs, General D., 112, 113, 114, 181.
Tyler, General Daniel, 197, 198, 199, 203, 205.
Ulcofauhachee River, 657.
Union men, of the South, 362.
Upton, General E., letter from, 958.
“Uncle Billy,” 656.
Vallas, Professor Anthony, 164–165, 182.
Benicia named for his wife, 79.
Vallejo, Juan Antonio, ranch of, 69.
Valparaiso, 42.
Van Brunt, Captain, 90.
Vance, Governor, flees from Raleigh, 833.
Van Cleve, Colonel, 221.
Vandever, General W., 824.
Van Dorn, General, at Pea Ridge, 238;
threatens Corinth, 280;
his advantages, 282;
at Corinth, 283;
devices for securing supplies for his army, 307;
captures Grant’s stores, 317.
Van Ness, Mr., Mayor of San Francisco, 138, 140.
Van Vliet, Major S., 110, 158, 159.
Veatch, General J. C., 272.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, Farragut at, 277;
plans for the capture of, 302, 304 et seq.;
plan of attack, 313;
the attack, 314;
reason of its failure, 315;
reenforcements in, 316;
responsibility for the failure, 318;
importance of the capture of, 326;
preparations for, 329 et seq.;
General Sherman’s opinion, 338;
his letter on, 339;
Grant’s orders for the movement on, 343;
passed by the fleet, 344, 345;
stronger than Sevastopol, 353;
surrounded, 353;
value of capture, 359;
plan exclusively Grant’s, 359.
Vidal, Bayou, 345.
Vienna, 205.
Vigilance Committee, in San Francisco, 140–150.
Vining’s Station, Georgia, 539.
Volkmar, Captain W. J., 953.
Wade, Senator B. F., 722.
Wadsworth, Major, 201.
Waggaman, Major, 112.
Wagon-trains, in march to the sea, 653, 660, 881.
Walcutt, General C. C., 261, 403, 412, 568;
Walker, Robert J., 68.
Walker, Captain, 991.
Walkinshaw, Mr., 67.
Wallace, General Lew, 246, 248, 258, 266, 268, 271, 279.
Wallace, General W. H. L., 246, 248.
Walnut Hills, Vicksburg, 312.
War, inevitable destruction of property in, 301;
the highest pleasure of, 898.
War of 1812, the, 10.
War, the civil, no satisfactory history of, slow collection of materials for, dedication, and preface to second edition; quotation from the Comte de Paris’s History of, 1053;
preparations for, 186 et seq.;
general opinion that it would be short, 195 et seq.;
impatience of the people, 196, 197;
necessity for the Government to assume the offensive in, 231;
to fight it out the only way, 368;
report of committee on, referred to for details, 486,
responsibility for, 591 et seq.;
necessary evils of, 591 et seq.;
lessons of, 873 et seq.;
long foreseen, 873;
prompt preparation for, at the South, 874;
slowness to realize its certain coming at the North, 874;
Providence in the results of, 967;
Professor Boyd’s letter, 965.
War Department, the, clerkship in, offered to W. T. Sherman, 188;
controversy with, 443 et seq.;
controversy as to administration of, 445 et seq.
War, the Mexican. (See Mexican War.)
Ward, post-trader, removal of, 935.
Ward, General W. T., 222, 646, 750, 825.
Waring’s, Gen., brigade, misunderstanding about, 454, 456.
Warner, Lieutenant of Engineers, 49, 58, 82, 83, 84, 101;
killed by Indians, 101.
Warner, Brigadier-General Willard, 486, 604;
letter from, 1003 et seq.
Warren, Surgeon, 833.
Washburn, Colonel H. D., 826.
Washington, D. C., first visit to, 15;
as a residence, 916;
danger of remaining in, 918;
growth of, 945–946.
Washington, Captain, 350;
Waterhouse’s battery, 256, 257, 262.
Wauhatchee, Tennessee, 387, 388.
Wayne, Brigadier-General Henry C., at the Oconee, 666;
letter from, 1045.
Waynesboro’, cavalry fight at, 668.
Weaver, Clark B., answer to Hood’s summons, 630.
Weber, Captain, owner of the site of Stockton, 83.
Webster, Daniel, prophecy of, concerning California, 72;
Secretary of State, 107;
his last speech in the Senate, 108, 109.
Webster, General J. D., 266, 396; 455; 486.
Weldon, North Carolina, 702.
Welker, Major F., 823.
Weston, Missouri, 111.
West Point, Georgia, 454.
West Point Academy, preparation for, 14;
appointment to, 14;
journey to, 14–16;
professors, 16;
graduation at, 16.
Wheat, Colonel, 172.
Wheeler, Gen. J., 576, 605, 612, 667, 668, 750, 752;
reported slaughter, 724 et seq.
Whipple, Colonel W. D., 951.
White House, Tennessee, 271.
Whitfield, Brigadier-General, 363, 371.
Whiting, Lieutenant, 121.
Whittington, W. W., 164.
Wickliffe, R. C., 160–163.
Wilderness, battles in the, 512.
Wilkinson, Mr., correspondent of the “New York Tribune,” 228.
Wilkinson, Mrs., 355.
Williams, General A. S., 646, 750, 754, 819, 825.
Williams, J. M., 90.
Williams, General Thomas, 326.
Williamson, Captain, 101, 676.
Williamson, Colonel J. A., 412.
Willow Bayou, 340.
Wilmington, North Carolina, proposed expedition to, 586, 587; 738, 739, 752.
Wilmot Proviso, the, 101.
Wilson, General J. H., 391, 407, 408, 634, 833, 852, 856.
Winn, A. M., letter from, 960.
Winnegar, Captain, 826.
Winson, Major J. A., 782.
Wisconsin, excellent recruiting system of, 879.
Wisconsin, Regiments of: 2d, 197, 198, 200–204, 205;
16th, 991. (See, also, Forces, Organization of.)
Wise, Lieutenant Henry, 43, 59.
Wise, Henry A., 40.
Wolford, Colonel, 221.
Wolf River, the, 296.
Wood, Fort, Chattanooga, 387, 404.
Wood, Lieutenant A. P., 259.
Wood, Brigadier-General T. J., 218, 222–225;
Woodlawn, Georgia, 505.
Woods, Captain, 403.
Woods, General C. R., 646, 749, 757, 760, 821, 1009.
Woods, Isaiah C., 213.
Woods, General W. B., 821.
Wool, General John E., 138, 145–150.
Workman, Cadet, 183.
Worthington, Colonel Thomas, 246, 261.
Wounded and dead, care of the, 884.
Wright, Judge, of Rome; 613.
Wright, Colonel C. J., 259.
Wright, Lieutenant-Colonel J. S., commanding brigade, 822.
Wright, Colonel W. W., 511, 565, 626, 752.
Wyman, Colonel, his death, 439.
Yalabusha River, the, 303, 305, 310, 340.
Yates, Richard, Governor, of Illinois, 212.
Yazoo River, the, 305, 310, 330, 340.
Yeatman, James E., sends supplies to Andersonville, 618.
Yerba Buena, old name of San Francisco, 57, 58.
Young, Captain, 782.