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