all, 167; army disabilities, 167; pensions, | Christmas present wanted, 208; Christmas 168; victory pays for all, 169; Sherman on,
box received, 211, 291, 292; Christmas din- ner, 315, 342
Cincinnati, 60, 180, 309, 316 City of Mexico, 175 Clarksville, 222
Climate of Tennessee, 333, 349 Cloud's Mills, 271
Cockpit Point, Va., 11, 52, 224, 226, 235 Coffin's Life of Lincoln, 357 Cold Harbor, 143
Colfax, Hon. S., 313 Colorado, 119
Columbus, 166
Commanding generals should be at front, 173 Commissary Department, 166
Confederate brigadiers gentlemen, 101 Confederate camp, 227; hospital train after Gettysburg, 69; losses in Civil War, 165; prison fare, 268, 269; tribute to Yankees, 18 Confederacy, cost of, 387, 391
Congress thanks Thomas for Nashville, 377; and Sherman for Atlanta and Savannah, 381
Conqueror at Gettysburg, Meade as, 67 Connecticut, 188
Contrabands, 200, 222, 270
Cook, Col. J., 197
Cooke, Major G. B., 386
Chancellorsville, Battle of, 57, 58, 60, 61, 67, Copperheads, 300, 332
Corduroy roads, 161, 216
Corinth, 123, 150, 178, 249, 259
Corps badges by Kearny and Hooker, 57 Corps, cavalry, 25
Corps, first, 55; second, 76; third, 4, 12, 29, 35, 52, 304; fourth, 85, 92; fifth, —; sixth, -; ninth, 43; eleventh, 57, 59-at Chan- cellorsville, 303; twelfth, 59; sixteenth, 92; twentieth, 59; twenty-third, 85, 92, 187 Corrals, 177
Cost of the War, 387, 391 Cotton States, 305 Couch, Gen., 58
Council of war at Williamsport, 70, 270 Court-martial, 263 Crimea, 193
Criticism cheap and easy, 145 Crittenden, Gen., 82
Chickamauga, 22, 59; battle of, 82, 124, 140, Crittenden, Thos. J., 18
Cromwell, Oliver, 18, 120, 136, 156, 169, 280
Chickahominy, 27; malaria and misery there, Crosswicks, 319
Dana, Hon. C. A., compares losses of Grant, Ewell, Gen., 46
Delaware, home of the whipping post, 80, 288 Falmouth worse than Valley Forge, 43, 45, 46,
"Delenda est Carthago," 179
Department of the Cumberland, 17, 195, 310,
Departments, Quartermaster, 166; Commis- sary, 166; Medical, 166; Pay, 166; Ord- nance, 166
Destroying tents and baggage at Fair Oaks,
Detestable camp and weather, 222, 223
Dinwiddie Court House, Sheridan there, 131 Disbursements by Gen. Rob't Allen, 187 Disembarking horses at Ship Point, 242
Disease in war, 165, 218
Divine service in Alexandria, 277 "Dixie's Land," 100, 167, 197, 226, 343
Dodge, Gen. T. A., his estimate of Gen. Thomas, 371
Fifteenth U. S. C. T., 321
Fifth Regiment, N. J. Vols., 10, 24, 63, 196, 206, 211, 213, 225
Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania, 236
Donaldson, Gen. J. L., at Nashville, 93; talk"Fight it out on this line if it takes all sun-
Duties of commissary, 262; quartermaster, Fisher, Surg. J. C., 196, 243
Dyer, Rev. Heman, letter of Stanton to, 362
Fisk, Gen. Clinton B., 356 Fitzhugh House, 273
Five Forks, Sheridan at, 132, 145, 153 Flag of truce, 251
Early, Gen. Jubal, in Shenandoah Valley, Foote, Admiral, 221
East Tennessee, 187, 305, 316, 345
Eastern Staff officers ordered West, 311 Easton, Gen., 189 Eastport, 181, 345 Edwards, Rev. Wm., 206
Effinger, Rev. John R., 204
Election of 1864, 336
Eleventh Corps, 57, 59
Ellsworth, Col., 199, 202 Emmittsburg, 307
Forrest, Gen. N. B., at Nashville, 89, 90: slave driver turned soldier, 133; his raid on Nashville, 334, 335
Fort Corcoran, 276; Donelson, Grant's vic- tory there, 138, 142,154, 176, 182, 223; Eik worth, 276; Garland, 120; Henry, 176, 22; Lyon, 273-fine view from, 276, 378; Ma- gruder, 26; Morton, 341; Sumter, firing on, 10, 20; Ward, 276; Washington, 276; Wool, 242; Worth, 276, 278
Fortress Monroe, 79, 176, 192, 231-233, 236, |
Forward March, 172, 189
Fourth Corps, 85, 92
Fourth of July at Nashville, 327, 349 Franklin, Gen. W. B., his indifference to Pope, 32, 38; his inaction at Fredericksburg, 44, 46, 50; as commander, 56; at Second Bull Run, 150
Franklin, Battle of, 86 Franklin's Bridge, 290 Franklin's Division, 54 Frederick, Md., 307
Frederick the Great, 15; his favorite maxim, 61
Fredericksburg, Battle of, 11, 14, 45, 47; losses there, 49, 50; a slaughter-house, 51, 55, 67, 71, 77; Lee there, 150, 151, 161, 228, 231, 283, 284, 289; battle of, 290, 294, 301,
Freese, Capt. J. R., 245
Freestone Point, 207
Fremont, Gen. J. C., 175, 176 French Princes at Fair Oaks, 35
Front the place for commanders, 173 Front of battle, 171
Fuel for army, 163, 340 Fugitive slaves, 61, 62
Galena, Grant at, 138 Gallant contrabands, 257
Georgia, 118, 142, 163, 182, 186, 305, 336 Germantown, 309 Getting "plugged," 162
Gettysburg, Mr. Lincoln prays for victory there, 12, 15, 17; in general, 58, 67, 69, 125, 139, 142, 151, 154, 181, 194; battle of, 306, 308, 358
Gilson, Helen L., 190, 194
Glad they were soldiers, 169
Glendale, 28
God bless the flag! 169
"God's country," 137
God's war, 15, 261
Good news from everywhere, 205; from Wash- ington, 257
Good quartermasters, 189 Gordonville, 232, 283
Grand Review at Washington, 60, 119 Granger, Gen. Gordon, slow for Knoxville,
Grant, Gen. U. S., 3, 16, 125; Mr. Lincoln's faith in him at Vicksburg, 16; in general, 22, 23, 51, 57, 59, 78, 79; en route to Chatta- nooga, 82; his victory there, 83; his opinion of Sherman, 119, 120; on Sheridan, 126,
127; visits Sheridan, 128; Sheridan comes back, 130; council of war at City Point, 131; orders Sheridan to attack Lee, 131; his "Mud March," 132; at Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Lexington, 135; at Nash- ville after Chattanooga, 135; personal appearance and traits, 135, 136; knew how to decide, 137; his interview with Gen. Donaldson, 137; wife comes to Nashville, 137; goes to church on Sunday, 137; career before war, 138; seeks service under Mc- Clellan, but fails, 138; ignored by War Department, 138; gets Illinois regiment at last, 138; at Forts Henry and Donelson, 138; "Unconditional Surrender Grant," 138; "United States Grant," 138; at Pittsburg Landing, 138, 139; at Vicksburg, 139, 140; at New Orleans, 140; en route to Chatta- nooga, 141; his telegram to Thomas from Louisville, 141; at Chattanooga, 141, 142; relief of Knoxville, 142; at Nashville again, 142; appointed Lieutenant General, 142; with Army of Potomac, 142; his strength and Lee's, 142, 143: Wilderness Campaign, 143; at Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor, 143: "By the Left Flank, Forward!" 144; disgusts Lee and dismays him, 143, 144; his heavy losses, 144; before Petersburg, 144-146; uses Sheridan, 144, 145; compels Lee's surrender, 145; Confederates sur- render, 145; his four great victories, 145; President Lincoln's opinion, 145; Sher- man's opinion, 146, 150; at Pittsburg Land- ing, 146; at Chattanooga, 150; his courage and prescience, 146-150; as an organizer and drillmaster, 150; as commander. 151; as Methodist, 151-155; ended Lee in a cam- paign, 155; the true type of Northern de- mocracy, 155; the consummate flower of American civilization, 155; the best repre- sentative of his age and time, 155; Lee not his superior nor equal, 155; Grant's su- preme mission, 156; his magnanimity and clemency, 157, 158, in general, 163, 166, 167, 174, 179, 181, 182, 221, 305, 312, 316, 325; congratulations to Thomas on Nashville, 372; urges Thomas to push Hood after Nashville, 375; recommends Thomas for major-general in regular army, 376; his injury at New Orleans, 384; his losses in Virginia, 384, 385; his "pass" to Gen. Lee after his surrender, 387 Grapevine reports, 172 Gravelly Run, Grant at, 131 Great commanders previously quartermasters,
Greeley, Horace, 23 Grover, Gen., 275, 277
Hall, Adjutant C. K., 243, 245 Hall Town, 128
Halleck, Gen. H. W., orders McClellan to at- tack Lee, 40; after Antietam, 42; after Gettysburg, 71, 123; on Sheridan, 129; per- mits Grant to move, 138, 140; at St. Louis, 176; at Corinth, 178; at Washington, 179, 268, 269, 301, 361; letter to, from Mr. Lin- coln, 368; urges Thomas to use up Hood's Army, 373; Thomas's reply, 374 Hampton Roads, 237
Hancock, Gen. W. S., at Williamsburg, 26-62; at Fredericksburg, 47, 48, 55; at Gettysburg,
Hooker, Gen. Joseph, 52; his Division, 11; Fredericksburg review, 11; at Williams- burg, 26; at Fair Oaks, 27, 29; return to Yorktown and Alexandria, 31; his support of Pope, 32, 54; his reconnoissance at Fair Oaks, 35; at Fredericksburg, 48, 49; his personal appearance, 52; in Lower Mary- land, 53; at Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, 53; in Seven Day's Battle, 53; loses Kearny, 54, 120; "Fighting Joe," 32, 48, 54, 155; # Division Commander, 53; as Corps Com- mander, 55; at Antietam, 55; relieves Burnside, 55; in command of Army of Potomac, 56; does good work there, 56, 57; invented Corps Badges, 57; reorganizes army, 57; at Chancellorsville, 57; his march to Pennsylvania, 58; Meade fol- lowed his plans at Gettysburg, 58; or dered West, 59; wanted author to ac- company him, 59; at Lookout Mountain, 59; in Atlanta Campaign, 59; resigns com- mand, 60; at Cincinnati, 60; a good soldier and great commander, 60, 61; against Slavery, 61, 62; anecdotes of him, 61,66; his chivalry and courtesy, 63, 66; farewell to him, 66, 67; in general, 120, 136, 141, 150-152, 166, 206, 207, 220, 221, 226, 231, 234, 236; at Williamsburg, 244-246, 250; at Fair Oaks, 255, 258, 264; at Savage Station, as 272, 274; transferred to McDowell's Corps, 274; in general, 277, 279, 283, 287, 202, 293, 296, 297, 300, 301; at Chancellorsville, 2 303, 312, 313, 320; resigns, 330; comments the author, 393
Heintzelman, Gen., 31; at Fair Oaks, 35; in Hooker's Division, 52, 54, 55, 61, 161, 219; at
general, 63, 232, 237
Helen L. Gilson, 191, 192
Herbert, Geo., 323
"Hermitage," 319
Hickory canes from "The Hermitage," 319 Hill, Gen. A. P., 46; at Bristoe, 76 History looks at results only, 145 History of Civil War in America, 4 Hitchcock, Gen., 364-366 "Home, sweet home!" 214 Homestead Bill, 19
Horrors of war, 48, 161-168, 259 Hood, Gen., 84; his Nashville campaign, 84; his hopes, 84; defeat at Franklin, 86; siege of Nashville, 88; fighting strength, 88; misconception of Thomas, 90; crush- ing defeat, 94-96; first day at Nashville, 95; second day at Nashville, 99-102; his character, 103; in general, 117, 120, 151, 187, 335, 336, 338; at Nashville, 339, 342, 343, 373; Mr. Lincoln's comment on him after Nashville, 379
Williamsburg, 244–247, 252, 274; at Chan- cellorsville, 303
Horses in camp, 196, 218, 321 Horse-sense, 178
Hospitals, 162, 166, 177, 241 Hotspurs, 191
Hunt, Gen., at Headquarters Army of the Potomac, 73
Howard, Gen. O, O., at Chancellorsville, g in command of Fourth Corps, 60; promoted over Hooker, 60; at Gettysburg, 68; a Williamsport, 72; in front of Atlanta, 114 Humphrey, Gen., at Gettysburg, 68; at Head quarters Army of the Potomac, 73 Hurrah for the Union!" 346 Hygeia Hotel as a hospital, 238
Illinois and Grant, 138 In the trenches, 162 Imboden, Gen., 69 Indiana Cavalry, 236
Indianapolis, Ind., 176
Indifference to danger, 260-263
Ingalls, Gen. Rufus, 73, 189
Inspections, Some idea of, 393-395
Intelligent contrabands, 75
Intemperance in army, 209
Interview with Lincoln and Sickles, 12-18, Kingston, Ga., 184
Knoxville, 51, 135, 142, 316, 345, 348, 349
Lalor, Lt. D. K., 245, 247
Jackson, Andrew, 319; his residence and Landing horses at Ship Point, 242
Jersey Blues, 63, 207; Jersey Brigade at Wil- liamsburg, 252; Jersey City, 357; Jersey turnpike, 220
Jerseymen living in Virginia, 283
Job of work," A great, 144
"John Barleycorn," 276
John Brown's body," etc., 223 Johnson, Andrew, 19; advocated Homestead
Bill, 19; his Union speech in U. S. Senate, 1861, 19, 20; life threatened en route home, 21; Military Governor of Tennessee, 21; Vice President, 21; his political apostacy, 21-23; his character, 23; sought to arrest Lee, 157; at Nashville and Washington, 326, 347; his letter for author, 343 Johnson, Col. Adolphus J., 277 Johnson, Willis Fletcher, 357 Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., 4, 60, 81; his At- lanta Campaign, 111, 117; his surrender at Raleigh, 118, 120; as Quartermaster Gene- ral, U. S. A., 178
Johnston, Capt. Thomas P., 243
Joint resolution of Congress thanking Thomas for Nashville, 377; Sherman for Atlanta and Savannah, 381 Julian the Apostate, 23
Kearny, Gen. Philip, at Williamsburg, 26, 244-246, 255; at Fair Oaks, 27; his return to Yorktown and Alexandria, 31; his sup- port of Pope, 32, 54; his death at Chantilly, 24, 54; his body, sword, etc., returned by Lee, 55; compared with Sheridan, 133; let- ters of Gen. Lee returning his body, sword, horse, etc., 369, 370; McClellan's reply, 370 Kearny's Division, 54
Latin, Lee might air his, 40
Lee, Robert E., 30, 149; his contempt for McClellan, 31; at Antietam, 34, 41, 42; at Fredericksburg, 44, 46, 49; a Confederate game-cock, 51; returns Kearny's body, sword, etc., 55; at Gettysburg, 68, 69; at Williamsport, 69, 71; Culpeper to Centre- ville and return, 73, 74; baffles Meade, 77, 120; Sheridan's Raids, 126; Lee and Sheri- dan, 127; at Five Forks and Appomattox, 132; his surrender, 133, 142; his army at Petersburg robbed both the cradle and the grave, 144, 151; compared with Grant, 149; Lord Wolseley and others, 149; Lee failed to understand Secession, 149; was not loyal like Thomas, 149; in West Virginia, 150; at Fair Oaks, 150; in Seven Day's Battle, 150; at Malvern Hill, 150; compared with McClellan and Pope, 150; at Antietam, 150; at Fredericksburg, 151; at Chancellors- ville, 151; at Gettysburg, 151; in Mary- land and Pennsylvania, 152; in the Wilder- ness, 152; at Petersburg, 153; at Appomat- tox, 153 compared with Thomas and Sherman, 154; compared with Grant, 154; his antagonists, 155; analysis of Lee and Grant, 155; cannot rank with world's greatest commanders, 155, 156; his true place, 156; Grant surpassed him, 156; Lee's mission, 156; Grant's mission, 156; Grant in Lee's place, 156; Grant's magnanimity and clemency, 157; Lee in Grant's place, 157: he would have marched through Richmond, 157, 187; Grant's generosity, 157; our American triumvirate, 158; Lee a true type of Southern oligarchs, 155; a gentleman and patriot after his kind, 155: not Grant's superior or equal, 155, 251, 307; his surrender, 346; his letters returning body, sword, etc., of Gen. Kearny, 369, 370; McClellan's reply, 270; parole of self and staff, 385; farewell address to his army, 386; his pass from Grant after surrender, 387
Lee, Rear Admiral S. P., congratulations to Thomas on Nashville, 372
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