Chapter 9

Blockade, declared,16; effectiveness,84,91-92,113,244,280; blockade-runners,91-92,307-08; on Mississippi,93; attempts to break,308-309,318; double line necessary,308

Bloody Angle, salient in Spotsylvania action,348,344

Bonham, General M. L., Bull Run,48

Boonville (Missouri), battle,28,118

Boston Mountains, Confederates hold,142

Bowling Green (Kentucky), Johnston at,124,129; Johnston abandons,141

Brackett, Colonel A. G., quoted,10-11

Bragg, General Braxton,287,325-26; at Baton Rouge,6; preparations for Shiloh,146; succeeds Beauregard,161; invasion of Kentucky,161,162,243; march on Nashville,164; sends out Morgan,278; Chickamauga,279; Chattanooga,281,305; Missionary Ridge,282,288

Brandy Station (Virginia), cavalry combat at,288

Brentwood (Tennessee), Schofield at,377

Brice's Cross Roads (Mississippi), Forrest defeats Sturgis at,357

Bristoe Station (Virginia), bridge burned,233

Brooklyn, fight withManassas,102; against Fort Morgan,322

Brown, John,20,130

Brown, J. E., Governor of Georgia,78,367-68

Bruinsburg (Louisiana), Grant lands force at,267,268

Buchanan, Commodore Franklin,87

Buckingham, General C. P., and McClellan,248

Buckner, General S. B., as a general,136; Fort Donelson,138; surrender,139,140; and Grant,140

Buell, General D. C., commands in West,122; and Halleck,123; preparations for Shiloh,146,148,149; battle of Shiloh,153,154; commands Army of the Ohio,160; end of service,162

Buford, John, cavalry leader at Gettysburg,293,295,296,297,298

Bull Run, First campaign,33,84,171,172,181,193; public clamor for action,34,39-40; disposition of forces,34-35,36; Confederate problem,36-37; Falling Waters,38-39; Federal preparations,41-43; Blackburn's Ford,43; McDowell advances,44; Confederate preparations and plans,44-46; Federal advance,47; Confederate rout,48-49; Confederates rally,49-50; Stuart's charge,51; Federal retreat,53-54; losses,54; importance,54-55; number of troops,148

Bull Run, Second campaign, maneuvering for,161,193; battle,237-43

Burns, John, at Gettysburg,299

Burnside, General A. E.,228; failure in Virginia,185; succeeds McClellan,248; as a general,249,250; at Fredericksburg,249,250,251; "Mud March,"251,252,255,263-64; Knoxville,279,284; at Petersburg,359

Butler, General Benjamin, Bull Run,35; in North Carolina,85; Mississippi campaign,103; Banks supersedes,113; against Fort Fisher,325; commands Army of the James,334,336,340,342; at Bermuda Hundred,339; retreat from Drewry's Bluff,349

Cairo (Illinois), Grant in command at,119,121,122,261

Caldwell, Lieutenant, of theItasca,99

California, invasion of,165,167

Cameron, Simon, Secretary of War,33-34,120; and Sherman,177; Stanton succeeds,195

Canby, Colonel E. R. S., at Valverde,166

Carolinas, danger from West Virginia,29; secede,56; effective for South (1864),335; menace to,386; Sherman's march through,372,381-82; scene of action (1865),380;see alsoNorth Carolina, South Carolina

Carondelet, Federal gunboat,109,128,133,134,135,144-145

Castle Pinckney,1,2,3

Catlett's Station (Virginia) Shields at,204; Banks near235

Cayuga, Federal gunboat,100,101

Cedar Creek (Virginia), Sheridan's ride to,363-64

Cedar Run (Virginia), battle,228

Cemetery Hill (Gettysburg), Early fails at,300

Centreville (Virginia), in Bull Run campaign,46,47,54; Confederate base,197; McDowell's corps at,200

Chambersburg (Pennsylvania), Federals at,23; Stuart's raid,246-47

Champion's Hill (Mississippi), fight of,271

Chancellorsville (Virginia), battle of,253,257-58,290; plans,256; Federal defeat,287

Charleston (South Carolina), forts,1-2; beginning of hostilities,3,6; United States Arsenal seized,8; surrender of Fort Sumter,12-16; menaced,253,310; naval combats around,308-309; bombardment,309; defenses in Southern hands,326,335,380; Savannah citizens go to,376

Charlestown (West Virginia), Patterson advances to,39

Charlotte (North Carolina), Southern cannon made in,64

Chase, S. P., Secretary of Treasury,179

Chase, Colonel W. H.. demands surrender of Fort Pickens,5

Chattahoochee River, Johnston crosses,358

Chattanooga, Buell's objective,160; Bragg's base,161,162; Confederates retire on,278; Bragg at (1863),279,281,305; key to strategic area,281; battles on Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain,281-85; significance of victory,285-86; Grant moves headquarters from,327; Grant inspects,328; Federal headquarters,336; Sherman starts from,346

Chestnut, James, Confederate officer at Fort Sumter,12-13

Chickamauga (Georgia), battle,279-80,305-06; result of Federal defeat,280

Chickasaw Bluffs (Mississippi), Sherman's assault,164,260

Cincinnati, Grant's charger,133,328,387

Cincinnati (Ohio), Confederate objective,162,287

City Point (Virginia), Union leaders meet at,384

Civil controlvs.civil interference,33-34,181-82,329

Clarksburg (West Virginia), Jackson born at,24

Cold Harbor (Virginia), Battle of,349,350-53; result,353,354

Columbia (South Carolina), Sherman at,382

Columbus (Kentucky), Confederates at,121,124

Commerce, importance to South,66; protection of,112; Confederate raiders interfere with,309-10

Congress, Confederate, passes Army and Navy Acts,11-12

Congress, United States, vote for army,34; Welles's report to,72; authorizes Promotion Board,73

Congress, Merrimacand,88-89

Conscription,78,80,81; Act,206

Contraband, importation into South,307-08

Cooke, General, pursues Stuart,219

Copperheads,59,172,173,174,175;see alsoPacifists

Corinth (Mississippi), Confederate railway junction at,142; Johnston's line at,146,149; Beauregard retires after Pittsburg Landing,154; importance of position,156; Beauregard at,156-57; Federal advance on,157; Confederate objective,161; Rosecrans defeats Van Dorn at,163

Corse, General J. M., at Allatoona,369-70

Cox, General J. D., Kanawha campaign,30; newspaper lies about,176-77

Craig, Fort, Valverde near,166

Crocker, General M. M.,261,262

Crook, General George, cavalry commander,337,355,357

Cross Keys (Virginia), battle,216-17

Culpeper, Johnston retires to,197; Lee at,248; Grant's headquarters,336

Culp's Hill (Gettysburg), Confederate victory on,300

Cumberland, Merrimacand,89

Cumberland Gap, Johnston threatened at,124; Federal brigade against,126; winter (1864),328

Cummings Point (South Carolina), batteries at,13

Curtis, General S. R., at Pea Ridge,122,143; compared with Halleck,123

Cushing, Lieutenant A. H., Pickett's Charge,302-03

Cushing, Lieutenant W. B., destroysAlbemarle,303,319

Custer, General G. A., at Cedar Creek,363; raids Appomattox Station,388

Custis, Mary, wife of Lee,19

Cynthiana (Kentucky), Morgan defeated at,357

Dalton (Georgia), Johnston at,336,347

Dandelion, U. S. S., Sherman on,376

Darrow, Mrs., and Lee,9; quoted,10

Davis, Flag-Officer C. H., Mississippi flotilla under,108; succeeds Foote,158

Davis, Jefferson, President of Confederacy,11; personal characteristics,78; as executive,78-79; interference in military matters,78-79,182-83,252,332; stands for "Independence or extermination,"178,379; military mistakes,195,281,358; plans flight from Richmond,202; and Lee,219,349,381; and Johnston,358,367; Lincoln on,385; receives word of Southern defeat (April 2, 1865),386

Deerhound, English yacht,314-15; rescues crew ofAlabama,317

Donaldsonville (Louisiana), Confederate attack on,273

Donelson, Fort, Johnston holds,124,126; Confederates from Fort Henry start for,128; importance,129,135; Grant before,135-40; Floyd and Pillow escape from,139; surrender,140-41; results of surrender,141-42; number of troops,148

Doubleday, General Abner, succeeds Reynolds,297; at Gettysburg,298

Drayton, Captain, of theHartford,321,323

Drewry's Bluff (Virginia), Confederate defenses at,202; Federal gunboats stopped at,204; Butler's retreat from,349

Du Pont, Admiral S. F., Port Royal expedition,93; at Charleston,309

Eads, J. B., shipbuilder,117,266

Early, General Jubal, advance toward Washington,356; attack at Cedar Creek,362-363

Eaton, John, quoted,187-88

Elkhorn Tavern and Pea Ridge, battle of,143

Ellet, Colonel Charles, civil engineer,158

Emancipation, Lincoln and,178

Ericsson, John, shipbuilder,87

Essex, gunboat before Fort Henry,127

Ewell, General R. S., in Jackson's Valley campaign,207; in Shenandoah Valley,291; Gettysburg,297,298,300,301

Ezra Church (Georgia), battle,359

Fair Oaks (Virginia), battle,218

Fairfax Court House (Virginia), Confederate conference at,195

Falling Waters (West Virginia), battle in Bull Run campaign,38-39

Farragut, Admiral D. G.,330; efficiency,73,112,263; commands squadron at Ship Island,94,96; ancestry,94-95; age,95; fleet,97-98; and his subordinates,95-96,100; New Orleans,98-104,105,107,156; at Fort St. Philip,102-03; orders,106; on to Vicksburg,106; captures Baton Rouge,107; returns to New Orleans,108,110; Gulf blockade,110,111; becomes ranking admiral,111; again at New Orleans,113; occupies Galveston,114; success of 1862,115,167; Lincoln and,181,189; prepares to attack Port Hudson,261,264-65; and Banks,265,273; goes up Mississippi,266; again to New Orleans,267; leaves for New York,278; and the Navy (1863-64),307et seq.; and Mobile,319-20,337,349; takes Fort Morgan,320-23; at Fort Fisher,323-26

Farrand, Captain, demands surrender of Fort Pickens,5

Ferragut, Don Pedro, ancestor of Farragut,94-95

Fingal, blockade-runner converted into ram,309

Fisher, Fort, bombardment,323-26; surrender,326

Five Forks (Virginia), battle,386

Florence (Alabama), Hood near,371

Florida, beginning of war in,3-6; secedes,56; Confederate troops withdrawn from,93

Florida, Confederate raider,69,115,311

Flournoy, Colonel T. S., leader of Virginians in Valley campaign,211

Floyd, J. B., Secretary of War,2-3; Kanawha campaign,31; Fort Donelson,136,137; escape,139

Foote, Flag-Officer A. H., ability,122,123; Fort Henry,126; Fort Donelson,133,134,135,136,137; wounded,135; Island Number Ten,143; Davis succeeds,158

Forrest, General N. B., and Grant,328; cavalry raids,339,357,368

Foster, Lieutenant H. C.,276

Fox, G. V., Assistant Secretary of Navy,72-73,94

France, intervention in Mexico,329

Franklin (Tennessee), Hood reaches,377

Frayser's Farm, battle,225

Frederick (Maryland), McClellan's army at,245

Fredericksburg (Virginia), McDowell at,200,204,213; Burnside's headquarters,249; battle,250-51; "Mud March,"251,252,255,263-264; result of battle,251-52; menace to Richmond from,252,253; Lee suspects Federal retirement on,342

Frémont, General J. C., commands "Western Department,"118-19; in West Virginia,119,199,200; and Jackson's Valley campaign,208,216; dismissal,172; replaced by Sigel,227

Front Royal (Virginia), Banks at,210; battle,211-12; McDowell arrives at,214; Jackson destroys Federal stores at,214-15

Frost, Brigadier-General D. M.,at Camp Jackson,26; surrenders,27

Gaines's Mill, battle,224-25

Galveston (Texas), occupied by Farragut,114; again in Confederate hands,115,310

Gardner, Colonel, Anderson replaces at Charleston,2

Garfield, Colonel J. A., at Prestonburg,125

Garnett, General R. S., killed,30

Georgia, secedes,56; beginning of war in,93; effective for South (1864),335; Sherman threatens,336,356-57; scene of action,365,366-71; Sherman's March to the Sea,372-76

Getty, General G. W., at Cedar Creek,363

Gettysburg campaign,287et seq.; Lee's defeat,278; cavalry combat,288; government interference,288-89; Meade succeeds Hooker,291,292; battle,293-305; Little Round Top,295; importance of location,296; first day,297-99; second day,299-300; third day,300-05; Pickett's Charge,301-04; Lee's retreat,305

Gilman, Lieutenant, in Florida,3; at Fort Pickens,5

Gloucester Point (Virginia), Federals fail to take fort at,200

Goldsboro (North Carolina), Sherman at,383

Governor Moore, Confederate vessel,101

Grafton (West Virginia), Federal line at,30

Grand Gulf (Mississippi), Grant's objective,270

Granger, General Gordon, at Fort Morgan,323

Grant, Jesse, father of General Grant,130

Grant, Matthew, ancestor of General Grant,129

Grant, Noah, great-grand-father of General Grant,130

Grant, Solomon, great-granduncle of General Grant,130

Grant, General U. S.,76,83,94,109,123,181,370; and Lyon,26; at Belmont (Missouri),92,121; age,95; River war of 1863,115,260et seq.; commands at Cairo,119,121,122; at Fort Henry,128; ancestors,129-130; early life,130-31; appearance,132-33; Fort Donelson,135-41; as a soldier,140-41; "unconditional surrender,"140,141; desire to push South,142; ordered arrested for insubordination,142-43; at Pittsburg Landing,143,147-48; Shiloh,146,147-54; made second in command,155; relations with Halleck,155; as a leader,155-56; commands Army of the Tennessee,160,260; Vicksburg as objective,160,163,263; holds Memphis-Corinth rails,161; "most anxious period of the war,"162-63; Holly Springs,168-64; returns to Memphis,164; on the Mississippi,167; and Lincoln,168,185-86,332,360; lies about,177; given chief command,185-186; refuses Presidential candidacy (1864),187-88; his generals,261-62; and Banks,261,273; on action of Navy in Vicksburg campaign,262; quoted,264; naval operations help,266-67; landsarmy at Bruinsburg,267,268; supplies for army,269,270-71; Port Gibson,270; at Grand Gulf,270; victories in rear of Vicksburg,271; siege of Vicksburg,271-78; surrender of Vicksburg,277-78; given supreme command,280; Chattanooga,281,284,285; and Red River Expedition,317-18,330; campaign (1864),327et seq.; Lieutenant-General,327; midwinter tour,327-328; summoned to Washington,328; and Stanton,330-331,332,333,362-63; and Swinton,333-34; force in Virginia,384; headquarters at Culpeper Court House,336; plans advance,338; Confederate cavalry raids against,339; elements of victory,340-41; Wilderness,341-44; Spotsylvania,343-344; Sheridan's raid,344-46; Sherman's advance,344-45,346-48; Cold Harbor,349,350-54; losses,355; Petersburg,359-60,384,386; approves Sherman's plans,371; Nashville,378; closes in on Lee,381,383,385,386; at meeting at City Point (Virginia),384; Lincoln approves terms to Lee,385; quoted,386; letter to Lee,388; surrender of Lee,389-392; terms of Lee's surrender,390-91; on assassination of Lincoln,393


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