Left Grand Division, 56
Libby Prison, Horrors of, 150, 162
Life in hospital, 241
Life at Nashville, 329
Lincoln, Abraham, 9; "Honest Old Abe,"
9, 14; his debate with Douglas, 9; at Tren-
ton, N. J., 9; inauguration, 9; support by
Douglas, 10; first call for troops, 10; camp
visits, 10; Falmouth review, 11; on horse-
back, 12; with Gen. Sickles, after Gettys-
burg, 12, 355 prayers over Gettysburg and
Vicksburg, 15, 16; religious faith, 17, 18, 355-
358; his assassination, 17, 347; greatest figure
of our Civil War, 18; at Harrison's Land-
ing, 39; estimate of McClellan's losses on
Peninsula, 39, 40; orders McClellan to at-
tack Lee after Antietam, 42, 43; relieves
McClellan, 43; relieves Burnside, 50, 55:
his Proclamation of Emancipation, 56, 59,
67, 69, 81; rejoiced by Atlanta, 117, 120;
congratulations to Sheridan, 129; with
Grant at City Point, 131; his sine qua non
of Virginia Campaign, 143; his opinion of
Grant, 145, 152, 158; his story of an Illinois
runaway, 163; in general, 178, 186, 261,
299, 301, 313, 326; his reëlection, 336, 343,
355-359, 362, 364, 366-368; his thanks to
Thomas for Nashville, 372; his little story
on Hood after Nashville, 379
Lincoln and Johnson, 336
"Little Mac," 26, 28, 31, 34, 41, 43, 150, 251
Little Napoleon, 37
Liverpool Point, 235
Logan, Gen. John A., ordered to Nashville,
102; halts at Louisville, 103; returns to
Washington, 103; inferior to Thomas, 104;
Thomas aggrieved by his appointment, 377
Long Bridge, 197
Long, Rev. D. A., 355, 356
Longstreet, Gen. James, at Fredericksburg,
46, 51; at Gettysburg, 69; in general, 133,
Lookout Mountain, battle of, 59, 182, 312,
331, 332 visit to, 331
Lookout Rock, 332
Losses of Confederates at Fredericksburg, 49:
at Gettysburg, 69; at Nashville, 95, 101; in
Nashville Campaign, 103; at Donelson,
157; at Vicksburg, 157; at Appomattox,
157
Losses in battle, 163, 165; in Franco-German
War, 164; in Crimean War, 164; in Mex-
ican War, 164; in Revolutionary War, 164;
in Civil War, 164; in Spanish War, 165;
in Fair Oaks, 259; in Fredericksburg, 49,
56
"Lost Cause" ground to powder, 156
Louisiana, 163, 380
Louisville, 182, 185, 187, 353
Lower Chesapeake, 364
Lower Potomac, 207
Loyal Legion, 358
Lucifer, 22
MacCallum, Gen.
Wheeler, 115, 116, 331
Magenta, 252
Magruder, Gen., 251
Mahone, Gen. Wm., 151
"Make a spoon or spoil a horn," 16, 157
Malvern Hill, 28; Lee there, 153, 154
Mammoth Cave, 328, 334
Manassas Junction, 45, 54, 161, 269, 270, 272,
273, 282, 284, 290
"Manual of Arms," 160
Marathon, 68
March, a hard, 45, 161; to Alexandria, 197:
into Maryland, 204, 205, 284
Marengo, 24
Marietta, 114
Marshall House, 198, 199, 202
Marshall, Lt. Col. Chas., 386
Marye's Hill, 47; assault on, 48, 49
Maryland, 11; Lee's invasion a mistake, 152,
225, 226, 232
Maryland slaves, 61, 219
Mason and Slidell affair, 210
Massachusetts, 188
Massachusetts, First Regiment, 226
Massachusetts soldiers on slavery, 62
Mattewoman Creek, 229
Mattewoman River, 224
Maximilian, 327
McClellan, Gen. Geo. B., 3, 4; in West Vir
ginia, 24; in command of Army of Poto-
mac, 24; his personal appearance, 25; at
Yorktown, 26; at Williamsburg, 26, 27; at
Fair Oaks, 27: at Seven Day's Battle,
Malvern Hill, etc., 28; his baggage-destroy-
ing order, 29, 359; under shelter of gun-
boats at Harrison's Landing, 30; retreat to
Yorktown, 31; did not support Pope
heartily, 31, 33; drifted into command
again, 34; his Antietam Campaign, :
ordered to Trenton, N. J., 35; his personal
courage, 35; popularity with army, 3; as
a scholar, 36; as an organizer and com-
mander, 36, 37; the Unready or Little
Napoleon, 37, 155; as candidate for Presi-
dent, 37; as Governor, N. J., 37; his
strength and losses on Peninsula, 38, 40; his
delay after Antietam, 41-43; talk of making
him dictator, 43; relieved and ordered to
Trenton, N. J., 43, 44, 51, 56, 57; his Mary-
land slave order, 61; in general, 120, 127,
136, 138, 143, 150, 152, 163, 192, 215, 216, 223, | Mobile, 118, 140, 142, 345, 353
232, 233, 236; at Williamsburg, 246, 248, 250, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 139
252; his orders to quartermasters, 257; at Money disbursed by Gen. Allen, 187
Fair Oaks, 258, 263, 302, 333; on Pope, 360," Monitor," her appearance, 238, 240, 242
361; on Lincoln and his Cabinet, 367; pro-
posed disobedience of orders, 368; letter to
Lee relating to Kearny, 370; his losses com-
pared with Grant's, 284, 385
McCall, Gen., 38
McClure's Magazine, 385
McCook, Gen., 82
McCullough, Capt. William, 261
McDowell, Gen. Irwin, 31, 55, 74, 364, 365
McLaws, Gen., 151
McKinstry, Gen., 175
McPherson, Gen., Death of, 60, 120, 151
Meade, Gen. Geo. G., 11, 13, 14, 17, 67; at Fred-
ericksburg, 46, 55, 58; in Mexico, 67; at
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, 67; in
command of Army of Potomac, 67; per-
sonal appearance, 67; at Gettysburg, 67, 69;
personal traits, 72, 73; delay at Williams-
port excusable, 71; campaign from Culpep-
er to Centreville and return, 73, 74:
believed Fredericksburg was the true route
to Richmond, 77; good-by to author,
75, 79; outwitted by Lee, 79; a great com-
mander, 79, 120; interview with Sheridan,
126; in general, 133, 136, 142, 144, 150, 151:
a good, safe commander, 155, 166, 309, 368;
congratulations to Thomas on Nashville,
Medical Department, 166
Meigs, Gen. M. C., 180, 183, 342, 364-366;
commends the author, 393
Memoirs of Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, etc., 3
Memphis, 179-181, 345, 346, 353
Meridian, 181
Meridian Hill, 202, 204
Montgomery, Gen., 198-200, 203
Monument to Miss Gilson, 194
Moore, Gov. O., 380
Moore, Rev. S. T., 220
Morals of the army, 196
Mosby's Cavalry, 33
Moscow, 118
"Moses," 205, 241, 257
Moses from Sinai, 15; Andrew Johnson as, 22
Mother Bickerdyke," 190
Mott, Gen. Gershom, at Williamsburg, 63,64;
in general, 197, 225, 228, 229, 243, 277, 301; at
Chancellorsville, 302; recommends the
author for promotion, 391
Mount Vernon, 201, 204, 222
Moving troops into East Tennessee, 345
Mud before Yorktown, 242
"Mud March," Burnside, 50, 55, 294
Munson's Hill, 199
Murat, Marshal, compared with Sheridan,
Murfreesboro, 81, 164, 179
Mustered out, 353
N
Napoleon, 37, 118, 120, 136, 145, 155, 171
Nashville, 21, 22, 78; campaign and battle of,
84, 105; situation, 88; in general, 135, 142,
151, 154, 183, 185-187, 189, 222, 310; winter
in, 313, 315; army work there, 322; a great
depot, 322; patriotism of, 327, 328; siege
of, 339, 342; battle of, 341
"Naugatuck," her appearance, 240, 241
Navajos, 121
"Merrimac" in Hampton Roads, 239; her New England, 191
New Jersey Brigade, Second, 52, 206, 207, 216,
231, 235, 238; at Yorktown, 243; at Wil-
liamsburg, 244, 245, 247, 252; at Fair Oaks,
255, 260; Seven Day's Battle, 264, 266; in
general, 268, 280; at Manassas Junction,
282; at Falmouth, 286, 300; at Boscobel,
302, 304
New Jersey Conference, 317; Methodists,
299; Peace Legislature, 298
New Jersey, Fifth Regiment, 10, 24, 63, 196,
206, 211, 213, 225, 235, 245, 249; Sixth Regi-
ment, 206, 230, 245, 249; Seventh Regiment,
206, 230, 245, 249, 259; Eighth Regiment,
206, 249, 259, 277; Thirty-fifth Regiment,
New Kent Court House, 249
New Mexico, 182
Petersburg, 127; Grant there, 127, 128; Lee
evacuates, 132, 133; Lee at, 144; doomed,
152, 153; Titanic wrestle of Grant and Lee
there, 153, 154, 346
Peyton, Lt. Col. H. E., 386
Philadelphia, 152, 306
Philadelphia Press, 358
Phillips, Dr. John H., 314
Phillips' House at Falmouth, 48
Pickets at Fredericksburg, 288
Pickett, Gen., his charge at Gettysburg, 68,
69, 151
Pittsburg Landing, 81; Grant there, 138, 146,
178
Place of Lee in history, 158; of Grant, 158
Platæa, 68
Plutarch, 327
"Policing," 160
Politics a queer profession and sad business,
Pope, Gen. John, 31, 32; his gallant fighting,
33; his defeat at second Bull Run, 34, 44,
54, 150; the Overbold, 152; in general, 155,
179, 360
Porter, Admiral, 139, 140
Porter, Gen. Fitz John, 33; failed Pope, 33;
his court-martial, 33; restoration, 34; at
second Bull Run, 150; at Savage Station,
265; on Pope, 360
Porter's Division, 54
Port Republic, 268
Port Tobacco, 230
Paris, Comte de, 4, 26; in error as to wagon Portsmouth, 188
Richmond, 26, 27, 30, 31, 44, 53, 77, 130;
Grant's campaign against, 143, 144; aban-
doned, 145; doomed, 153, 157; in general,
163, 191, 228, 232, 236, 249, 252, 255, 257,
259, 268, 283, 293, 305, 346, 361, 363, 368
Ride to Mount Vernon, 201
Right Grand Division, 55
Ripley, Gen., 364, 366
Rip-Raps, 242
Roads, Army, 214, 216, 217, 221, etc.
Roanoke Island, 44
Rob the cradle and the grave, 144
Rocky Mountains, 119, 135, 340
Rodgers, Capt., 30
mouth, 45; at Fredericksburg, 47, 48; at
Rum Point, 52; at Chancellorsville, 57:
promoted Lt. Col., 58; Hooker asks for
him, 59; at Williamsburg, 63; with Hooker,
64-66; with Meade, 70, 71; at Williams-
port, 72; at Headquarters Army of the
Potomac, 72, 73; crossing the Rappahan.
nock, etc., 74; at Brentsville, 75; orders
from Meade, 75; at Bristoe, 76; at Centre-
ville, 77;
ordered West, 78; last interview
with Meade, 78; at Nashville, 86, 87, 93, 99;
at Overton Knobs, 100; talk with a Con-
federate brigadier, 101; dines Confederate
brigadiers, 101; promoted full Colonel for
Nashville, 105; at Atlanta, 112; visits
Sherman before Atlanta, 112, 114; escapes
Wheeler's Raid, 114, 117; with Sherman in
Rocky Mountains, 119, 122; visits Kit Car-
son, 120, 122; with Miss Gilson at the White
House and on James River, 191, 192; Army
Letters, 195; at Washington and Alexan-
dria, 195, 206; on Lower Potomac, 207; at
Fortress Monroe, 237, 241; at Yorktown,
242; at Williamsburg, 244, 247; up the
Peninsula, 248, 255; at Fair Oaks, 255, 260;
promoted Capt. and A. Q. M., 257, 261; be-
lieves in war, 261; against Slavery, 261, 262;
at Savage Station, 265; at White Oak
Swamps, 265; in Seven Days' Battle, 266;
at Malvern Hill, 267; home on " sick leave,"
267; at Fairfax C. H., 273; at Fort Lyon,
276; at church in Alexandria, 277; at Fort
Worth, 278; on Proclamation of Emancipa-
tion, 279; settles accounts with U. S. as
Division Q. M., 280; on Gen. Sickles, 281;
at Manassas Junction, 282, 283; at Centre-
ville and Fairfax C. H., 285; at Occoquan,
285; on Gen. Patterson, 286; at Falmouth,
286-289; in winter quarters, 293; at Acquia
Creek, 295; at an army wedding, 297; on
army Sundays, 298; on Copperheads, 298;
on Christian Advocate, 299: at Chancel-
lorsville, 301, 303; promoted Lt. Col., 304;
at Boscobel, 302, 305; on “sick leave," 305;
not at Gettysburg, 306; at Washington, 306;
interview with Lincoln and Sickles, 307;
at Fredericksburg, 307; at Headquarters
Army of the Potomac, 309; at Cincinnati,
309; at Nashville, 310; as Chief Q. M.
Military Roads, 310; as Chief Assistant
Q. M., 312, 313; on Bishop Simpson, 316;
at "The Hermitage," 319: his work at
Nashville, 322, 338; at Gen. Harding's, 323,
325; on Abraham Lincoln, 326; at Mam-
moth Cave, 328; at Chattanooga and At-
lanta, 331, 332; on "substitutes," 332, 333;
on Thanksgiving Day, 337; acting Chief
Q. M. at Nashville, 339; at siege and bat-
Rosecrans, Gen. W. S., 22; in West Virginia,
24; at Stone River, 81; at Chickamauga, 82,
124, 127; against Lee in West Virginia, 150;
in general, 179, 182, 305
Rucker, Gen. D. H., 189
Rum Point, 11, 52, 213, 218, 220, 225, 226, 229,
233, 235, 237
Rusling, Gen. J. F., prior to war, 4; army
record, 4; with Lincoln at Trenton, 9: at
Washington, D. C., 10; entering U. S. serv-
ice, 10, 24; at Fredericksburg review, 11;
interview with Lincoln and Sickles after
Gettysburg, 12, 18, 355, 358; in Senate
Chamber, March, 1861, 19; Wigfall against
the Union, and Johnson's reply, 20, 21;
Johnson as President in favor of Fifteenth
Amendment, 22; did not apostatize with
Johnson, 23; first promotion at Fair Oaks,
26; march to Centreville, 30, 31; not at
Antietam, 42; from Manassas to Fal-
tle of Nashville, 339, 342; commended by | Sewell's Point, 242
Andrew Johnson, 343; his life at Nashville, Sharp, Surgeon, 228
343; watches things by telegraph, 346; on Sharpe, Gen. Geo. H., 386
Lee's surrender, 346; on Lincoln's assas- Sharpsburg, 41
sination, 347; promoted full Colonel, 348
report on the Department of the Cumber
land, 350; ordered to Chicago, 350; at Chi-
cago, 351, 352; ordered East, 352; home
again, 352; inspections South and West,
352; promoted Brigadier General and mus-
tered out, 353; commendations of Generals
Mott, Berry, Donaldson, Meigs, Hooker,
Thomas, Sherman, etc., 391, 395-by Pres-
ident Johnson and Secretary of War, 391,
394, 395
Shelling batteries on Lower Potomac, 207, 208
Shelling Cockpit Point, 224
Shellmire, Capt., 268
Shelter tents, 161
Rusling, Lt. W. J., 211; promoted, 223, 259;
as Division Ambulance Officer, 296
Russia and Russian bear, 210
Sailor's Creek, Sheridan there, 132, 145
Salisbury, 268, 269
San Francisco, 188
Sandt, Quartermaster Serg't, 243, 284
Sarragosa, siege of, 153
Savage Station, 28, 29, 255, 265
Savannah, 60, 113, 118, 142, 144, 154, 187, 336,
Schurz, Gen. C., at Chancellorsville, 57
Scipio, 179
Scofield, Gen., 85; at Franklin, 86; at Nash-
ville, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 98, 99: in front of
Atlanta, 114; proposed appointment broke
Thomas's heart, 378
Scott, Gen. Winfield, 175
Sebastopol, Siege of, 153, 252
Secesh quarters, 200; trophies, 221; lady, 222
Secessia, 251
Secession a sophism, 149, 152; Thomas un-
derstood it, 152; its corner stone Slavery,
152
Second N. J. Brigade. See N. J. Brigade,
Second.
Sedgwick, Gen. John, at Fredericksburg, 58,
Seminary, Pennington, 219
Seminary Ridge, 69
Sermon in Alexandria, 277
Sermons in camp, 217
Seven Days' Battle, 28, 38, 53, 57, 60, 78;
Jackson and Longstreet there, 150; Lee
there, 153, 192
Seventh N. J., 230
Seward, W. H, 15, 18, 20, 23
Sewell, Capt. W. J., 201
Shenandoah Valley, Sheridan there, 127, 130;
the Paradise of Virginia, 130; cleaned out
by Sheridan, 130; locks "back door" there,
144, 268
Sheridan, Gen. P. H.,3; in the Valley, 35, 51,
70, 120, 123; career before war, 123; first
duty in Civil War, 123; before Corinth, 123;
promoted Brigadier General, 123; at Stone
River, 124 at Chickamauga, 124; ordered
to Army of Potomac, 124; his personal ap-
pearance, 124, 125; as "Little Phil," 125;
his opinion of Jeb Stuart, 126; his raid
around Lee's right, 126; around Lee's
left, 126; in Shenandoah Valley, 127, 130;
smashes Early, 127, 129; at Winchester,
128; at Fisher's Hill, 129; at Cedar Creek,
129; congratulations from Lincoln and
Stanton, 129; cleans out the Valley,
130; raid around Richmond, 130; gets
back to Grant, 130; in council of war
with Grant and Sherman, 131; ordered to
attack Lee, 131; not "stuck in the mud,"
131; at Dinwiddie C. H., 131; with Grant
and Rawlins, 132; at Five Forks, 132; at
Sailor's Creek, 132; at Appomattox, 132;
Lee's surrender, 133; compared with others,
133: a great commander, 133; Grant's right
hand, 133; Grant's opinion, 134; Hurrah
for Sheridan! his charger, 131; in
134;
general, 141, 151, 153, 166, 167, 174, 175;
congratulations to Thomas on Nashville,
372; his absence from Cedar Creek justified,
381, 382
"Sheridan's Ride," 383
Sherman, Gen. W. T., 3, 20, 22, 51, 106; at
Atlanta, 35; not fair to Hooker, 60; his
opinion of Nashville, 104; his personal ap
pearance, 106; his career prior to war, 107;
his loyalty to the Union, 108; in Kentucky,
108; at Pittsburg Landing, 108; at Vicks-
burg, 109: at Memphis, ro9; his march
to Chattanooga, 109; leaves Knoxville,
110; report on Knoxville, 110; assigned
to the Military Division of the Missis-
sippi, 110; his Atlanta Campaign, 111,
his strength, 111; at Kenesaw Moun-
tain and Peach Tree Creek, 112; in front of
Atlanta, 113; his outfit when campaigning,
113; not disturbed by Wheeler's Raid, 117;
captures Atlanta, 117; his March to the Sea
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