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all, 167; army disabilities, 167; pensions, | Christmas present wanted, 208; Christmas
168; victory pays for all, 169; Sherman on,

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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

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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

182; Rock of," go

Cromwell, Oliver, 18, 120, 136, 156, 169, 280

Chickahominy, 27; malaria and misery there, Crosswicks, 319

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Dana, Hon. C. A., compares losses of Grant, Ewell, Gen., 46

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Death in hospital, 241

Falling Water, 72.

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,

322

Departments, Quartermaster, 166; Commis-
sary, 166; Medical, 166; Pay, 166; Ord-
nance, 166

Destroying tents and baggage at Fair Oaks,

29, 359

Detestable camp and weather, 222, 223

Diana, 191

Digging, 162

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

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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-

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Duties of commissary, 262; quartermaster, Fisher, Surg. J. C., 196, 243

262

Dyer, Rev. Heman, letter of Stanton to, 362

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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

127, 130

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

Foraging, 160

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, |

268, 271, 300

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,

309

Freese, Capt. J. R., 245

Freestone Point, 207

Freehold, 321

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

G

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,

110

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,

174

Greeley, Horace, 23
Grover, Gen., 275, 277

Hale, Nathan, 169

H

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,

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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

Helena, 179

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

Hornbakers, 283

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

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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

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Interview with Lincoln and Sickles, 12-18, Kingston, Ga., 184

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Knoxville, 51, 135, 142, 316, 345, 348, 349

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Lalor, Lt. D. K., 245, 247

Jackson, Andrew, 319; his residence and Landing horses at Ship Point, 242

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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

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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

K

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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