[Indorsement] "GOLDSBOROUGH, N. C., March 23, 1865.

I approve this. I know that General Cox is a good officer, and General Terry has the best possible reputation. General Schofield will want two corps organizations as soon as possible. W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General, Commanding." [Footnote: Official Records, vol. xlvii. pt. ii. pp. 960, 961.]



"CITY POINT, VA., March 25, 1865.

HON. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington.

General Schofield recommends and I approve the appointment of General Cox to the command of the Twenty-third Corps. He also asks the organization of the balance of the troops in his department into a corps under General Terry. This will be of great advantage to his command. I would suggest that Terry's corps be called the Tenth.

U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General." [Footnote: Id., pt. iii. p 18.]



"GENERAL ORDERS No. 49.

WAR DEP'T, ADJ'T-GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, March 27, 1865.

By direction of the President, the following assignments are hereby made:

I. Maj.-Gen. A. A. Humphreys, to the command of the Second Army Corps.

II. Maj.-Gen. J. G. Parke to the command of the Ninth Army Corps.

III. Maj.-Gen. J. D. Cox to the command of the Twenty-third Army Corps.

IV. All other troops in North Carolina not belonging to corps in General Sherman's army will constitute the Tenth Army Corps, of which Maj.-Gen. A. H. Terry is assigned to the command.

By command of the Secretary of War, E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General." [Footnote: Official Records, vol. xlvii. pt. iii. p. 34.]



INDEX

NOTE. For economy of space the usual abbreviations for proper and geographical names are employed. Other abbreviations are:

A., army; a. a. g., assistant adjutant-general; a. d. c., aide-de-camp; adm., admiral; adm'n, administration; A. C., army corps; art., artillery; bat., battery; br., brevet; brig., brigade, brigadier; capt., captain; cav., cavalry; ch., church; ch'f, chief; C. H., courthouse; co., company; col., colonel; com., commodore; com'd'g, commanding; com'r, commander; conf., confederate; cr., creek; C. S. A., Confederate States Army; dep't, department; dist., district; div., division; gen., general; Gov., Governor; h'dqu'r's, headquarters; inf., infantry; insp., inspector; l't, lieutenant; maj., major; mt., mountain; pos., position; reg., regular; reg't, regiment; R., river; R. R., railroad; Sec'y, secretary; sta., station; U. S. A., United States Army; U. S. V., United States Volunteers.

The rank of officers is given as of the date when the events described in the text occurred.

ABBOTT, Jos. C., colonel 7th New Hampshire, commanding brigade, at Federal Point, North Carolina.

Aides-de-camp, intimate association with commanding officer; how appointed; duties of,

Ames, Adelbert, brigadier general United States Volunteers, commanding division at Federal Point and Ft. Fisher, North Carolina; with General Cox's column on Cape Fear River.

Amnesty, approved by Lincoln; discussed by Sherman and Johnston; extended to all in arms at Lee's surrender; sustained by popular feeling.

Anderson, Adna, operates Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.

Anderson, Chas., colonel 93rd Ohio; wounded at Stone's River; elected Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.

Anderson, Edw. L., captain 52nd Ohio, wounded at Jonesboro.

Anderson, Fred. Pope, lieutenant 181st Ohio.

Anderson, Geo. B., brigadier general Confederate States Army, at South Mountain.

Anderson, Geo. T., brigadier general Confederate States Army, assaults Ft. Sanders.

Anderson, Henry R., captain 6th U. S. Infantry

Anderson, Larz, brother of General Robt. Anderson, had five sons in Union army.

Anderson, Larz, Jr., aide-de-camp on staff of General North Carolina McLean.

Anderson, Latham, colonel 8th Cal.

Anderson, Nicholas L., colonel 6th Ohio, wounded at Stone's River and Chickamauga.

Anderson, Richard H., major general Confederate States Army, at Maryland Heights; at Antietam.

Anderson, Robt., lieutenant colonel 9th Pennsylvania, commanding brig, at Antietam.

Anderson, Thos. McA., captain 14th U. S. Infantry, later colonel same.

Anderson, Wm. M., brother of General Robt. Anderson, had two sons in Union army.

Anderson, Wm. P., captain and assistant adjutant-general at Cincinnati.

Andersonville, confederate treatment of prisoners at.

Ankele, Chas., major 37th Ohio, at Princeton, West Virginia

Andrews, Lorin, President Kenyon College, colonel 4th Ohio.

Anthony, Sister, hospital work at Camp Dennison.

Antietam, battlefield described; map of; fords of; battle on the right; battle on the left; conduct of, criticised; losses at.

Appointments, general officers U. S. A., laws regulating; practice concerning.

Army of the Potomac, shares in McClellan's errors as to enemy's strength and supports his views; its failures contrasted with success of western armies.

Army Corps, 1st, at South Mountain and Antietam; losses at Antietam; 2nd, at South Mountain and Antietam; 4th, marches to relief of Knoxville; at Blain's Cross-roads; privations in E. Tennessee; withdrawn to Knoxville; winter quarters between Kingston and Loudon; Wood's div in pursuit of Longstreet; returns to Army of the Cumberland; concentrates at Cleveland; connects Army of Cumberland with Army of the Ohio; at Tunnel Hill; Newton's division at Rocky Face; during Hood's Tennessee campaign; General Couch assigned to; dissatisfaction in corps; at battle of Nashville; in pursuit of Hood. 5th, at Antietam. 6th, at Alexandria; in reserve at Crampton's Gap; not at Antietam when fight began. 9th, Kanawha division attached to; at Fox's Gap, South Mountain; extreme left at Antietam; waiting for orders to advance; difficulties in carrying bridge and fords over the Antietam; overcomes them all and drives enemy into Sharpsburg; attacked in left and rear by A. P. Hill's division; maintains its position; losses at Antietam; moved by sea from North Carolina to Ft. Monroe; sent to Falmouth, Virginia, and Warrenton to join Pope; Kanawha division detached and sent to West Virginia; sent to Kentucky much weakened by malarial disease; recuperates in Kentucky; moves into E. Tennessee; movements in E. Tenn; at siege of Knoxville; at Blain's Cross-roads; Strawberry Plains; in winter quarters; ordered East again with Burnside in command. 12th, covers trains of Pope's army; at Antietam; losses at Antietam; in support of Sedgwick. 14th, at Tunnel Hill; at Resaca; deprived of Davis' division; reunited at New Hope Church; at Peachtree Creek; at Averasborough and Bentonville. 15th, at Villanow; at Dallas; at Roswell; at Atlanta; at Ezra Church; at Bentonville; on march to Raleigh. 16th, same as last. 17th moves from Decatur, Alabama, via Rome to Allatoona; and Ackworth; in North Carolina 20th, at Bridgeport and Wauhatchie, Tennessee; at Dug Gap; through Snake Creek Gap; at Resaca; off its beat; again, at crossing of the Etowah; assaults confederate lines at New Hope Church and is repulsed; in reserve; flanking movement near Ackworth; at Kolb's farm; at Peachtree Creek; holds Atlanta; at Averasborough and Bentonville; on march to Raleigh; marches through Raleigh. 23d, organized; pursuit and capture of Morgan raiders; scattered and fatigued by the chase; ordered back to Kentucky; advance into E. Tennessee; service in E. Tennessee; at Loudon; in battle of Campbell's Station; at siege of Knoxville; at Blain's Cross-roads; privations; unanimous re-enlistment; at Strawberry Plains; sufferings from intense cold; marches to Dandridge; back to Strawberry Plains; winter quarters at Knoxville; march to Morristown; good soldiers; at Rocky Face; at Resaca; reinforced by nine new regiments at the Etowah; at Burnt Hickory; swings to the left; forces crossing of Noyes's Creek; advances to Cheney's; at battle of Kolb's farm; forces crossing of Olley's Creek and gains threatening position beyond enemy's left flank; holds position while Sherman's army passes to rear and right; forces crossing of Chattahoochee at Soap Creek; extreme right flank of army southwest of Atlanta; Cox's division covers itself by field intrenchments in fifteen minutes; October campaign, 1864, General Cox in command; ordered to report to Thomas; march to Dalton; cars to Nashville; at Columbia, Tennessee; at Pulaski; race back to Columbia; at Columbia; at battle of Franklin; at battle of Nashville; follows Smith's corps in pursuit of Hood; recruited to 15,000; hard winter march from Columbia to Clifton, Tennessee; transported from Clifton to Washington: shipped to North Carolina; ascends right bank of Cape Fear River, captures Ft. Anderson, Town Creek, and compels evacuation of Wilmington; at battle of Kinston; losses at Kinston; dress parade at Goldsborough in honor of Sherman's arrival; march to Raleigh; at Raleigh; at Greensborough.

Army Headquarters, business centre for a large military population.

Army Pets.

Army Regulations, necessity for careful study of.

Atlanta Campaign; decisive importance of, recognized by Southern leaders.

Atlanta, Battle of.

"Atlantic," Collins line steamship used in transporting part of 23d army corps to North Carolina.

Audenreid, Jos. C., captain, and aide-de-camp on Sherman's staff, rides around enemy's lines into Knoxville.

Augur, Christopher C., appointed major general

Averasborough, North Carolina, battle of.

Badger, George E., ex-senator from North Carolina, joins Graham's peace delegation; mentioned.

Baker, Lawrence S., brigadier general Confederate States Army, in command of North Carolina militia at Kinston.

Ball, Hon. Flamen, attorny for Burnside in Vallandigham habeas corpus case.

Ballot, extension of, to soldiers in the field.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, importance of; Union forces collected on line of.

Banks, N. P., major general United States Volunteers, commanding forces in Shenandoah Valley; defeated by "Stonewall" Jackson; in charge of defences of Washington.

Barbarism, tendency of war to make men relapse into; efforts of officers to curb tendency; of Union armies exaggerated to keep up war spirit of Southern people.

Barker, C. W., major 12th Ill. cavalry, in West Virginia

Barlow, Francis C., colonel 61st New York, desperately wounded at Antietam.

Barnett, James, colonel 1st Ohio Artillery, in West Virginia

Barriger, John W., captain and commissary on General Cox's staff; good qualities.

Barter, Richard F., colonel commanding brigadier, in 23d army corps, at Olley's Creek

Bascom, Gustavus M., aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff; promoted to major; accompanies General Cox to E. Tennessee; transferred to Stoneman's staff.

Bates, Joshua H., brigadier-general Ohio Vol. Infantry, at Camp Dennison.

Batteaux, used for transportation of supplies from head of navigation to Kanawha Falls; more economical than wagon transportation.

Baxter, John, loyalist, lawyer at Knoxville, afterwards U. S. Circuit Judge for 6th Circuit.

Beauregard, P. G. T., lieutenant general Confederate States Army, suggested by Lee to succeed Bragg; Davis takes no notice of suggestion; ordered to reinforce Polk with 10,000 men; replies, impracticable; in command Western Department; confers with Hood; says latter departed from plans agreed on; criticised by Sherman; hears of Thomas' expected reinforcements and orders Hood to take aggressive immediately; commands forces in the Carolinas; orders Hardee to evacuate Charleston; confesses inability to resist Sherman's march; startles Davis; retreats into North Carolina; superseded by Johnston; estimates of forces contradicted by official returns; at Greensborough; declares further prosecution of war hopeless.

Becker, Gottfried, lieutenant colonel 28th Ohio, at South Mountain.

Beecher, Henry Ward, meeting with General Cox; correspondence with Stanton about photographs of Lincoln cortege.

Bell, T. S., Pt colonel 51st Pennsylvania, killed at Burnside bridge.

Benham, H. W., captain of engineers; consults about fortifying Gauley Bridge; appointed brigadier general; at Carnifex Ferry; Cross Lanes; near Gauley Bridge; ordered to move to rear of Floyd's position on Cotton Hill and intercept retreat; fails to do so; Rosecrans orders court-martial, but McClellan suppresses it; transferred to another department.

Benjamin, Judah P., attorny-general Confederate States Army, at Davis' last cabinet meeting; decides States alone can dissolve confederacy and return to their allegiance; escapes to Cuba.

Benjamin, Samuel N., lieutenant 2nd U. S. Artillery, at Antietam; at Ft. Sanders; reports cowardice of commanding officer.

Bennett, residence of, near Durham, North Carolina, where Sherman and Johnston discussed terms of surrender.

Bentonville, North Carolina, battle of; sound of battle heard fifty miles away.

Beverly, West Virginia, concentration of confederate troops at; importance of situation; abandoned after battle of Rich Mountain

Big Creek Gap, fine view through.

Big Sandy River, as transportation route to E. Tennessee

Big Sewell Mountain, reached by Cox's advance; occupied by General Cox; difficulty of hauling supplies to; compels retirement.

Birkhimer's "Military Government and Martial Law" cited.

Blair, Frank P., major general United States Volunteers, prefers command in Sherman's Army to seat in Congress; commands 17th army corps; marches from Decatur, Alabama, to Rome, Kingston, and Ackworth; his corps makes good Sherman's losses in Atlanta campaign; sent to Missouri to stump; wants to stop foraging in North Carolina

Blenker, Louis, brigadier general United States Volunteers, ordered to join Fremont; does not arrive in time to participate in advance.

Blizzard, fearful in E. Tennessee, Jan. 1864.

Blockhouses, construction and use in railroad defence.

Bloodgood, Edw., lieutenant colonel 22nd Wisc., captured with his command by Forrest.

Bloody Lane, at Antietam.

Bluestone River, West Virginia, operations on.

Bondurant, J. W., captain Alabama artillery, at South Mountain

Bonticou, Jos. C., lieutenant 2nd Kentucky, scout, mistakes McCook's tents for enemy's camp.

Boone courthouse, West Virginia, confederate militia routed at.

Boone, Thos. C., lieutenant colonel 115th Ohio, commanding Kemper Barracks, Cincinnati.

Border States, slavery question most troublesome in; military administration in; distasteful.

Boughton, Horace, colonel 143rd New York, commanding brig, at battle of Kinston.

Bounty Jumping, evils and extent of; arrest of deserters and efforts to prevent frauds.

Boyle, Jere. T., brigadier-general United States Volunteers, in Morgan raid; commanding 1st division 23d army corps

Bradley, D. C., lieutenant 65th Ill., aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff.

Bragg, Braxton, general Confederate States Army, invades Kentucky; sends large forces to Johnston's assistance in Mississippi; reinforced by Longstreet's corps before Chickamauga; forces of, opposing Rosecrans; weakened by absence of Morgan; losses at Chickamauga; unable to break line of supplies for Chattanooga; orders Longstreet to E. Tennessee; intends crushing Burnside and quick return; defeated at Chattanooga; Longstreet's return cut off; evil consequences; asks for investigation; want of confidence in; directed to turn command over to Hardee; quoted by Davis; correspondence with Johnston; with Hood; goes to Atlanta to examine condition of affairs and reports; exposes habitual underestimate of their forces by confederate generals; commanding department of North Carolina; headquarters at Wilmington; forced to evacuate by General Cox; forces of, Feb. 10th; serves under Johnston; concentrates all forces and attacks General Cox at Kinston; mistaken order; waits for reinforcements; final attack at Kinston; repulsed; forces of, at Kinston; at Chester, South Carolina; captured near Athens, Georgia

Brannan, John M., brigadier-general United States Volunteers; at Chickamauga.

Breckinridge, John C., Secretary of War Confederate States Army, admits slavery to be dead; takes part in Sherman-Johnston conference; at Davis' last cabinet meeting; decides Hampton's troops bound by capitulation but H. himself free to ignore; escapes to Cuba.

British Army, weak points revealed; not so apt in learning new lessons as our own.

Brough, John, Union Democrat, defeats Vallandigham.

Brown, Rev. Fred. T., chaplain 7th Ohio, trip from Sutton to Gauley through enemy's lines to bring Cox information.

Brown, Jos. E., Governor of Georgia, tenders 5000 militia for defence of Atlanta; urges reinforcements to prevent fall of Atlanta; exasperation with confederate government; bitter correspondence with confederate war department; mentioned.

Brownlow, James P., colonel 1st E. Tennessee Cav.

Brownlow, Wm. E., "Parson," leading loyalist at Knoxville.

Buckner, Simon B., major general Confederate States Army, commanding in E. Tennessee; joins Longstreet in siege of Knoxville.

Buell, Don Carlos, major general United States Volunteers, General Cox ordered to join; order countermanded on Rosecrans' protest; objects to invasion of E. Tennessee; sends Garfield to Big Sandy, and Morgan to Cumberland Gap; retreats before Bragg; ordered before military commission; why Rosecrans chosen to succeed.

Buford, Abram, brigadier-general Confederate States Army, commanding division Forrest's cavalry

Buford, N. B., appointed major-general United States Volunteers; not confirmed.

Bull Run, second battle of, guns heard at Washington; news of Pope's defeat reaches Washington.

Bull Run bridge, stout defence by Scammon.

Burbank, Sidney, major, mustering officer at Camp Jackson.

Burdsall, Henry W., commanding ind. Co. Ohio Cavalry.

Burnside, Ambrose E., twice declines command of Army of Potomac and urges McClellan's retention; commanding right wing; first impressions of; at South Mountain; sharp reply to Hooker's report; relations with McClellan; command divided at Antietam; leaves Cox in command of 9th army corps; understanding of McClellan's plans; practically without command; order to attack, when received; efforts to hurry advance; McClellan's true friend; heartily advocates emancipation and advises McC. on subject; forwards Porter's dispatches about Pope to Washington; held responsible by Porter for his court-martial; grieved by division of his command, and McC.'s withdrawal of confidence; and unjust reprimand; explains delay; fine appearance on field; cordial manners, popularity with his troops; sincerity and unselfishness; appointed to succeed McC. in spite of his protests; dispiriting effect of his defeat at Fredericksburg; ordered to Department of the Ohio; plans for occupying E. Tennessee; headquarters at Cincinnati; character and habits of; General Order No. 38; warns Cincinatti papers against publishing military information; causes arrest and trial of Vallandigham; suppresses "Chicago Times"; overruled by the President; plans campaign into E. Tennessee; efforts to agree with Rosecrans on plan of advance; directed to send 9th army corps to Vicksburg; departure with staff for E. Tennessee; recall; organizes raids into West Virginia, E. Tennessee, and S. W. Kentucky; efforts to catch Morgan; declares martial law in southern Ohio, during Morgan raid; imprisons Morgan and his officers in Ohio penitentiary; dramatic announcement of fall of Vicksburg; rejoices in return of 9th army corps; Halleck's unjust treatment of; concentrates forces and advances into E. Tennessee; captures General Frazer and 2500 men at Cumberland Gap; impossibility of co-operating with Rosecrans; congratulated by President and Halleck; asks to be relieved; organizes and arms E. Tennessee volunteers; directed to move toward Chattanooga and support Rosecrans; inability to reach River before battle of Chickamauga; explains to War Department; concentrates near Loudon; attacks confederate General Jones and drives him into Virginia; relations with Rosecrans; informs Grant of his situation and necessities of troops; opposes Longstreet; well-conducted retreat to Knoxville; relieved of command; habitual unfriendliness of Halleck; Congress passes resolutions of thanks; at his best in such commands; lack of system and other faults; offers General Cox corps command in E. Tennessee; recommends him for such appointment to General Foster; plans another expedition to North Carolina; not allowed to carry it out.

Burnside's Bridge, across the Antietam; least promising point of attack; carried by Cox's command; losses at.

Butler, Benj. F., major general United States Volunteers, relieved of command; criticises Grant in farewell order; further assignment to command opposed by Grant.

Butler, M. C., major general Confederate States Army, sent to assist Johnston in driving back Sherman; included in Johnston's capitulation.

Butterfield, Daniel, major general United States Volunteers, interferes with Schofield's advance; declines to act on his request; claims to outrank S. and disputes his authority.

Buzzard Roost, strong defensive position at Dalton, Georgia; attacks on, by Newton, and Geary.

Byrd, Robt. K., colonel E. Tennessee volunteers; commanding cavalry in E. Tennessee; at crossing of Olley's Creek

Cameron, Daniel, commanding brig, in Cox's division 23d army corps, carries bridge over Noyes' Creek; supports Byrd beyond Olley's Creek; intrenches between Byrd and Reilly.

Camp Dennison, Ohio camp of instruction; laid out by General Cox; huts built; floors laid; drilling of militia; water works; routine at; measles at; re-enlisting of three months men at.

Camp Jackson, near Columbus, Ohio, first depot of recruits.

Camp Lookout, West Virginia; amusing incident.

Campbell, John A., ex-justice U. S. Supreme Court, confederate peace commander.

Campbell, John A., major and assistant adjutant-general on Schofield's staff.

Canby, Edw. R., major general United States Volunteers, Grant plans movement by.

Cantey, James, brigadier general Confederate States Army, at Resaca.

Carnifex Ferry, West Virginia, map of; battle of.

Carrington, Henry B., brigadier general United States Volunteers, superseded by Hascall at Indianapolis; restored at Morton's request; active in prosecuting Knights of Golden Circle.

Carter, John C., captain U. S. steamer "Michigan"; aids in defeating plot to release rebel prisoners.

Carter, Samuel P., assists in re-occupation of Kanawha valley; commanding division of mounted troops; advance into E. Tennessee; joins 23d army corps; succeeds Meagher in command of division at Beaufort, North Carolina; in advance on Kinston; good conduct in first day's battle; again, on final assault; commanding division composed of Palmer's and his own; transferred to third (Cox's) division of 23d army corps, when latter assumes corps command.

Casement, John S., major 7th Ohio, brings 400 to Charleston after surprise at Cross Lanes; colonel of 103rd Ohio; recruits new brass band for his brigade; at battle of Nashville; on expedition to North Carolina; on advance up right bank Cape Fear River

Cavalry, activity of confederate; raids usually costly affairs; difficulties of mounting; enormous waste of horses; outpost and patrol duties more important than showy raids.

Cave Spring, Georgia, description of; rendezvous for Hood and Beauregard.

Chalmers, James R., brigadier general Confederate States Army, commanding division in Forrest's cavalry, at battle of Nashville.

Chantilly, battle of.

Chaplains, army.

Charleston, South Carolina, fall of, has depressing effect on Confederacy.

Charleston, West Virginia, strategic position; taken by General Cox; inundated; headquarters of General Cox winter of 1861-2; remissness of city officials; reoccupied by General Cox.

Chase, Salmon P., Secretary of Treasury; differences with President Lincoln: corresponds with Garfield; chief justice, entertains General Cox.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, siege by Bragg; line of supplies opened; lines of communication with Nashville and North; fortified and garrisoned.

Cheatham, Benj. F., major general Confederate States Army, controversy with Hood; at battle of Atlanta; succeeds to command of Hardee's corps; at battle of Nashville; joins Bragg's army in North Carolina; after capitulation, moves across Great Smoky Mountains with Tennessee troops.

Chickamauga, battle of.

Chief Command, strain of, as compared with subordinate position.

Chief of Staff, importance of position

Christ, B. C., colonel 50th Pennsylvania, commanding brigade at South Mountain; at Antietam.

Christian, Wm. A., colonel 26th New York, commanding brig, at Antietam.

Christie, S. L., captain and aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff; resigns on account of ill health.

Cincinnati, headquarters Department of the Ohio; in 1863 a centre for rebel sympathizers; refuge for Southern women; defended against Morgan raiders; enthusiasm over surrender of Vicksburg.

Claassen, Peter J., colonel 132nd New York, commanding brig at battle of Kinston.

Clarke, Melvin, lieutenant colonel 36th Ohio, at South Mountain

Clay, Cassius M., major general United States Volunteers, not assigned to duty; resigns and is appointed min. to Russia.

Clayton, H. D., major general Confederate States Army, at Kinston; falls on Upham's flank.

Cluseret, Gustave, colonel and aide-de-camp on Fremont's staff; amusing controversy with General Milroy; military chief of Paris commune in 1870.

Cobb, Howell, brigadier general Confederate States Army, at South Mountain

Coburn, John, colonel 33rd Indiana commanding brigade, captured by Van Dorn.

Cochrane, John, brigadier general United States Volunteers, war Democrat, consults McClellan about Emancipation Proclamation; publishes recollections of interview; attempts to bring McClellan and Chase into harmony.

Cockerill, Giles J., commanding battery D 1st Ohio artillery, at Kolb's farm.

Coffee, value of, in army rations; improvised coffee-mills.

Colburn, A. V., colonel and assistant adjutant-general on McClellan's staff, accompanies him on rides about Washington.

Coleman, Aug. H., lieutenant colonel 11th Ohio, leads charge up Cotton Mountain, West Virginia; at South Mountain; killed at Burnside bridge.

Coleman, D., colonel Confederate States Army, commanding brigade at battle of Nashville.

Colored Troops, excellent conduct in skirmish at Federal Point.

Colquitt, Alfred H., colonel Confederate States Army commanding brigade at Antietam.

Comly, James M., major 23d Ohio; repulses attack at Pack's Ferry, West Virginia

Comstock, C. B., lieutenant colonel engineers on Grant's staff; gets key to cipher dispatches; reprimanded by Stanton; accompanies Terry's expedition against Ft. Fisher; suggests flanking Hoke's position at Federal Point; plan adopted by Schofield, but fails on account of heavy gales and deep sands; explains Schofield's use of hospital steamer "Spaulding".

Confederate Army, dwindles as hopes of success vanish; disorders threatened on capitulation; complete submission to U. S. authority; paroled and sent home; manifest interest in drill and discipline of U. S. troops.

Confederate Currency, enormous depreciation of. 195.

Conine, Jas. W., lieutenant and aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff; appointed colonel of 5th U. S. Colored troops.

Connecticut Troops, 8th Infantry at Antietam; 11th Infantry at Antietam; 15th Infantry at Kinston.

"Contrabands," slaves of confederate officers coming into Union lines; term gradually applied to all escaped slaves; difficulties in treatment of.

Cook, Asa M., captain 8th Massachusetts Artillery, at South Mountain

Coon, Datus E., colonel United States Volunteers, commanding 2nd brigade Wilson's cavalry at Nashville; captures enemy's cavalry baggage train.

Cooper, Jos. A., colonel 6th E. Tennessee, promoted brigadier general and assigned to command 2nd division 23d army corps; at Johnsonville, Tennessee; ordered to Beard's Ferry; masterly retreat from.

Cooper, Samuel, adjutant and inspector general Confederate States Army, capitulates with Johnston's army; tries to preserve confederate archives.

Corps Commander, takes precedence over ranking major generals not assigned to corps command.

Corse, John M., brigadier general United States Volunteers, successfully defends Allatoona.

Cotton Mountain, West Virginia, overlooking Gauley, seized by Floyd; annoying fire from; Floyd's position on, carried by Cox and Schenck.

Couch, Darius N., major general United States Volunteers, at Yorktown; ordered to observe A. P. Hill at Harper's Ferry; should have come on field of Antietam not later than Hill; but did not appear; reports to General Thomas for duty, assigned to 4th army corps; owing to dissatisfaction in that corps assigned to 23d army corps; outranks General Cox and displaces him as second in command; at battle of Nashville; on march from Columbia to Clifton; commands 23d army corps en route from Clifton to Washington; sails with his division to Beaufort, North Carolina; commands two divisions 23d army corps left at Wilmington; ordered to support of Cox at Kinston; commands 2nd division 23d army corps under General Cox.

Coughlan, James, lieutenant 24th Kentucky and aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff; daring ride at Olley's Creek; captured near Atlanta, exchanged, and killed at Franklin.

Councils of War, why they never fight.

Cox, Jacob D., in Ohio Senate; assists Governor Dennison in enrolling and organizing State militia; appointed brigadier general O. S. V. April 23d, 1861; inspects State arsenal with McClellan; in command of Camp Jackson; inspects site with McClellan and lays out Camp Dennison; first lessons in camping out and brigade drill; extensive reading of military works; all but one of his regiments ordered away; ill effects of repeated change of command; appointed brigadier general United States Volunteers; confirmed; ordered to Kanawha valley with raw regiments not yet equipped; begins operations on a base 100 miles broad; with 3400 men ordered to drive out Wise, who had 4000; begins advance July 11th; wild rumors; affair at Scary Creek; turns enemy's flank at Tyler Mountain; captures Charleston; presuming colonels; quiet manner often led to similar difficulties; experience with newspaper correspondents; captures Gauley Bridge with 1500 stands of arms and munitions of war; congratulated by McClellan and Rosecrans; establishes post at Gauley, scouts in all directions, sends out detachments to deceive enemy; left with only 1800 men to oppose Wise and Floyd with 8000; suppresses mutinous excitement; meets Rosecrans at Cross Lanes; joined by McCook's brigade; at Camp Lookout; at Big Sewell Mountain; skirmish with Wise's legion; difficulty of obtaining supplies forces retirement to Camp Lookout; holds post at Gauley during occupation of Cotton Mountain by Floyd; carries Cotton Mountain by front attack up river face; commands District of Kanawha, headquarters at Charleston; ordered to report to Buell in Kentucky, countermanded on Rosecrans' protest; first military execution ordered; weeding out incompetents and improving drill and discipline of Kanawha division; scrutiny of correspondence between confederates and residents within the lines; dealing with non-combatants; disapproves of test oaths; policy with regard to escaped slaves; controversies with owners; prefers seasoned volunteers to regulars; rapid improvement of volunteer officers; rebuilds bridge at Gauley; uses batteaux for transportation on upper Kanawha; reports to Fremont 8500 seasoned troops under his command; pursuant to Fremont's plan of campaign moves to Princeton, West Virginia; affair at Princeton; retires to Flat Top Mountain, on advices that Jackson's defeat of Banks upsets campaign; ordered to Washington with his command; Kanawha division marches 90 miles in 3-1/2 days fully equipped, over mountain roads; impressions of Secretary Stanton; in defences of Washington under McClellan; meets Pope and McDowell retreating to Washington; commends general scheme of Pope's campaign; learns through his scouts of Lee's invasion of Maryland; methods of collecting and sifting information; condemns McClellan's spy system; ordered to report to Burnside; first impressions; attached to 9th Corps and takes advance; shocked at straggling in Army of Potomac; meets General Reno; good impression made by Kanawha division; at the Monocacy; at Frederick, Maryland; supports Pleasanton; commands in action at Fox's Gap, South Mountain; Reno arrives late in day, is killed almost immediately, and Cox succeeds to command of the corps; expresses his pride in the conduct of the Kanawha division; meets McClellan and principal officers of Army of Potomac at headquarters; retained in command of 9th Corps; part it was to take in the battle; carries Burnside bridge and fords in front and drives confederate right wing back to Sharpsburg; movement arrested by arrival of A. P. Hill's division from Harper's Ferry and flank attack; holds his position and sleeps on battlefield; gets hints of a project to make McClellan dictator; consulted by McC. as to how he should treat Emancipation Proclamation; warns him against putting himself in opposition to administration; accompanies Lincoln in ride over battlefield of Antietam; promoted to major general and command of 9th Corps; ordered to return to Kanawha valley, overrun by confederate forces in his absence; commands District of West Virginia; takes leave of 9th Corps; Stanton; and Chase; reports to General H. G. Wright at Cincinnati; impressions of; inspects commands of Morgan and Lightburn; contracts for wagons and transportation; reoccupies Kanawha valley, driving out Loring, Echols, and Jenkins; administration of affairs in West Virginia; headquarters at Marietta; staff reorganized; appointment as major general not confirmed; severe disappointment; evils of subjecting military appointments to political action; reports to General Schenck at Baltimore; ordered to Columbus to assist Governor in enrolling and organizing conscripts; commands Military District of Ohio, headquarters at Cincinnati; relations to Burnside; disinclined to arrest Vallandigham followers; District of Mich, added to his command; acting chief of staff for Burnside; transacts business of the Department of the Ohio, in Burnside's name; firm dealing with extreme Democratic partisans; nomination fails because it had support of neither regular army officers nor politicians; secures approval of immediate commanders; urgent to obtain field command; reads Kinglake's "Crimean War" and derives comfort from record of experiments and blunders in English Army; defeats plot to free prisoners on Johnson's Island; offered corps command in E. Tennessee by Burnside; investigates treatment of prisoners at Johnson's Island; ordered to report to commanding general in E. Tennessee; winter ride over Mountains; meets Burnside and staff coming out; assigned to command District of Kentucky; distaste for such commands; assigned to command 23d army corps; at Strawberry Plains; first meeting with Grant; reports to Sheridan at Dandridge, in; retreat to Strawberry Plains; drives back rebel advance toward Knoxville; threatened with pneumonia; winter quarters at Knoxville; yields command of 23d army corps to Major General Stoneman; asks for command of Sheridan's division 4th army corps; Major General Newton gets it; meets Schofield; acts as chief of staff for Schofield; amusing occurrence on grand rounds; at Newmarket, E. Tennessee; at Morristown; offers plan of campaign for Army of the Ohio; approved by Schofield; offered permanent position as chief of staff, or division in 23d army corps; takes latter; second in command to Schofield; ordered to join Sherman, drives enemy out of E. Tennessee and destroys railroad back to Knoxville; march to Dalton; first meeting with Sherman and Thomas; commands extreme left at Dalton; retires left wing in presence of enemy; movement praised by Sherman and Schofield; protects exposed flank by fallen timber; beginning of field intrenchments; marches through Snake Creek Gap and takes position on left of army; carries intrenchments on confederate right at Resaca; commands advance and extreme left on march from Resaca to Cassville; outflanks confederate army and forces abandonment of position before Cassville; follows confederate rearguard to crossing of Etowah River; privations when marching without baggage; on march to New Hope Church lines; assumes command of 23d army corps on Schofield's becoming disabled; turns confederate position at New Hope Church; closer relations with Sherman; unseen perils, narrow escape; heavy rains and discomfort; gloomy thoughts; occupies position on extreme right, separated a mile from rest of army; forces crossing of Noyes' Creek; supports Hascall at Kolb's farm, against Hood's attack; forces crossing of Olley's Creek, intrenches in commanding position beyond enemy's left flank; holds position gained, three miles from continuous lines of Sherman's army, for several days; effects crossing of Chattahoochee at Soap Creek; extreme right flank southwest of Atlanta; his division covers its front with intrenchments in fifteen minutes; at Decatur, Georgia; in command of Army of the Ohio during October campaign; mild reproof of brig, commander who prefers a cursing; in pursuit of Hood; Sherman plans to take 23d army corps on march to the sea with Cox in command; Schofield protests, Cox yields; resumes command of his own division; recommended for promotion by Schofield and Sherman, App. C; farewell to Sherman; march to Dalton; visits Chattanooga; and Nashville; votes for Lincoln, on train; pet lizard; at Franklin, Tennessee; at Columbia; at Pulaski; race back to Columbia; writes book on "Battle of Franklin;" at Nashville, after retreat from Franklin; position as second in command, reduced by appointment of Major General Couch to a division; at battle of Nashville; exposure on night after battle; pursuit of Hood; revisits Franklin and studies battlefield; also Spring Hill and Columbia; rebuilds bridges and improves roads; suffers from malarial poisoning; obtains sick leave; does not use it, as active campaigning is proposed; earnestly recommended for promotion by Schofield and Thomas, App. C; appointed major general as of Dec. 7, to fill vacancy caused by McClernand's resignation; hard march from Columbia to Clifton; still suffering from malaria; goes home while 23d Corps is transported from Clifton to Washington; rapid improvement in health, and new zeal; rejoins corps at Washington; interviews with Stanton, Chase, Garfield, Dennison, Schenck, Henry Ward Beecher, Henry Winter Davis, and others; sails with his division to Cape Fear River, North Carolina; at Federal Point; commands column ascending right bank of Cape Fear River, capturing Ft. Anderson and Town Creek, with two cannon and 400 prisoners, and compelling evacuation of Wilmington; uses discretion in not strictly obeying Schofield's orders; permanent assignment to command 23d army corps urged by Schofield, App. C; takes command of troops at New Berne, North Carolina, and advances on Kinston; two battles at Kinston; losses at Kinston, chiefly in Upham's brigade, which was surprised; hears sound of battle of Bentonville, fifty miles away; occupies Goldsborough; permanently assigned to command 23d army corps, App. C; march to Raleigh; vigorous measures to stop pillage and arson; precautions against soldiers wreaking vengeance for assassination of Lincoln; commands western district of North Carolina, with headquarters at Greensborough; interview with General Hardee; with Johnston; visit to Salisbury, confederate treatment of prisoners denounced; recognizes local courts and magistrates; notes complete submission on part of North Carolina people to results of the war; limits authority to preserving the peace; visits Guilford-Old-Court-House, and battlefield; sentiments inspired thereby.

Cox, Theodore, brother of above, vol. aide-de-camp, at South Mountain and Antietam; lieutenant in 11th Ohio and aide-de-camp by appointmentt; at skirmish before Knoxville; at Knoxville; adjutant general on General Cox's staff; accuracy and business system of; issues orders for good conduct of troops on shipboard.

Crane, Orrin J., major 7th Ohio, at Antietam.

Cranor, Jonathan, colonel 40th Ohio, in West Virginia

Crawford, Samuel W., brigadier general United States Volunteers, at Antietam.

Creighton, Wm. R., lieutenant colonel 7th Ohio, comes in with Tyler after surprise at Cross Lanes; reproaches himself with cowardice; record of gallantry, until killed at Ringgold, Georgia

Crittenden, Eugene W., colonel commanding cavalry brigade in 23d army corps, reports to General Cox at Olley's Creek

Crittenden, Thos. L., major general United States Volunteers, in E. Tennessee.

Crome, G. L., lieutenant McMullin's battery; killed at South Mountain

Crook, Geo., captain 4th U. S. Infantry, colonel 36th Ohio, at Cross Lanes; Summersville; personal description of; captured at Cumberland; first vote; at Lewisburg, West Virginia; defeats Heth; attached to Kanawha division; reports to Pope at Warrenton, Virginia; commanding brig, in Kanawha division; supports Scammon; at South Mt; attached to Sturgis' division at Antietam; carries ford of Antietam above Burnside bridge; promoted brig, general; ordered to Clarksburg, West Virginia; commands Kanawha division; marches from Clarksburg to Gauley Bridge; at Gauley Bridge; transferred to Rosecrans' command in Tennessee; commends discipline of Kanawha division,

Cross Lanes, West Virginia, 7th Ohio surprised at and routed; consultation of Rosecrans and Cox at.

Cutler, Hon. Wm. P., M. C. from Marietta, Ohio, expresses popular distrust of Lincoln's ability.

DALTON, Georgia, geography of vicinity; impregnable to attack from north or west; operations about; strong character of defensive works.

Dana, Chas. A., Assistant Secretary of War; cipher dispatches to Stanton about Rosecrans and his officers; visits Burnside at Knoxville; reports to Grant; judgment of army officers at Chattanooga; advises Stanton concerning interview between Lincoln and confederate peace commanders; concerning prayers for the President in Episcopal churches at Richmond.

Dandridge, E. Tennessee, affair at; a surprise all around; both armies retreat.

Davis, David, Justice of U. S. Supreme Court, change in views regarding trial by military commissions in Indiana;

Davis, Henry Winter, M. C. from Maryland, dines with General Cox in Washington; opposes re-election of Lincoln; witty and scathing denunciation of L.

Davis, Jefferson, President Confederate States Army, advises with Lee about successor to Bragg; differences with Beauregard and Johnston; finally appoints Johnston; urges aggressive action; correspondence with Johnston; plans thwarted by long discussion; begs Johnston to retreat no further; receives no encouragement from him; sends Bragg to Atlanta to examine and report on condition of affairs; relieves Johnston and appoints Hood; convinced Hood needs intellectual guidance; urges Hardee to hold Charleston, and stop Sherman on line of Combahee River; startled by Beauregard's confession of inability to stop Sherman; notes difference between B.'s estimate of forces available and official returns; goes to Danville on fall of Richmond; thence to Greensborough, North Carolina; orders arrest of Governor Vance's peace commanders; advised by all his generals and cabinet that further prosecution of war was hopeless; authorizes Johnston to negotiate with Sherman; holds last cabinet meeting at Charlotte; unanimous decision that confederacy is conquered; assents to Johnston's surrender; reputed "plunder" nearly all paid out to Johnston's troops and his personal escort; tries to escape beyond Mississippi; captured S. E. of Macon.

Davis, Jeff. C., brigadier general United States Volunteers, commanding division in Army of the Cumberland; movement on Rome; occupies Rome; attached to McPherson's command temporarily; assault on Kennesaw.

Dawes, Ephraim C., major 53rd Ohio, analysis of opposing forces in Atlanta campaign.

Dawes, Rufus R., lieutenant colonel 6th Wisc., at Antietam; "Service with the Sixth Wisconsin," cited.

Day, D. W. H., captain and assistant quartermaster, accompanies General Cox on winter ride to E. Tennessee; selects wagons and teams; marks fords; keeps teams moving; secures tents and flies for army headquarters; in charge of horses and mules sent from E. Tennessee to Kentucky for pasture; energy commended.

Dayton, Ohio, assaults on soldiers at, not punished by local courts; how punished.

DeCourcey, John F., colonel 16th Ohio, in West Virginia campaign fall of '62; moves on Cumberland Gap.

Defensive Tactics, generally better in rough country.

Dennison, Wm., Governor of Ohio, prepares State for war; appoints McClellan major general; sends two regiments to Washington; incessant work; urges McClellan to occupy West Virginia in force; at Washington; mediates between Lincoln and McClellan; supported by Cox in Ohio senatorial contest; postmaster general; entertains General Cox.

De Trobriand, P. R., colonel 55th New York, says New York 7th furnished 300 officers for Union army.

De Villiers, Chas. A., brigadier major on General Cox's staff; captured outside of lines at Scary Creek; escapes and reports for duty at Gauley; hazardous ride to report occupation of Cotton Mountain by Floyd; crosses New River, scales cliffs and assaults enemy on Cotton Mountain.

Devin, Thos. C., colonel 6th New York Cavalry, ordered to report to General Cox.

Dick, Robt. P., resident of Greensborough, North Carolina, in whose grove army headquarters were established, since appointed U. S. District Judge; advises colored people to hire out to others than their old masters.

Dickson, Wm. M., cited as to Key's influence over McClellan.

Discretion, to be exercised by subordinate on detached service in obeying orders issued without full knowledge of his position.

Doddridge, cashier of a Charleston, West Virginia bank, Union man; paymaster in Union army.

Dodge, Grenville M., major general United States Volunteers, commands 16th Corps; builds bridge over Chattahoochee at Roswell.

Donaldson, James L., colonel United States Volunteers, chief quartermaster at Nashville, describes Thomas's feelings after Nashville campaign.

Doolittle, Chas. C., colonel 18th Michigan, commanding post at Decatur, repulses Hood; joins General Cox at Stevenson; chief of staff for General Cox; takes command of Reilly's division 23d army corps; carries enemy's intrenchments and captures eight guns at battle of Nashville; and returns to his own regiment when 23d Corps goes to Washington.

Doubleday, Abner, brigadier general United States Volunteers, commanding division, at Antietam.

Douglas, Stephen A., speech at Columbus after fall of Ft. Sumter; pledges support of Dem. party to Lincoln's administration.

Dow, Tristram T., major 112th Ill., appointed inspector general on Cox's staff; reconnoitres fords before Kinston; carries message from Schofield to Hoke.

Draft, preferred to system of raising new regiments and letting old ones die out; Sherman cited; act providing for; weakened by commutation clause; insignificant numbers drafted in Ohio.

Drayton, Thos. F., brigadier general Confederate States Army, at South Mountain

Duke, Basil W., brigadier general Confederate States Army, history of Morgan raid cited.

Dunham, Robert T., captain and assistant adjutant-general on General Geo. W. Taylor's staff at Bull Run bridge,

Dunker Church, on battlefield of Antietam,

Durell, Geo. W., captain battery D Pennsylvania Artillery, at South Mountain; at Antietam.

Duryea, Abram, brigadier general United States Volunteers, at Antietam.

Early, Jubal A., brigadier general Confederate States Army, at Antietam.

East Tennessee, plans for Union advance into, Rosecrans'; approved by McClellan; Fremont's; ignorance of topography: combination of the two adopted; fails because separate columns defeated and driven back by Jackson before concentration effected; occupation of E. Tennessee urged by Lincoln on all general officers in the West; Burnside's plan; proposes railroad from Danville to; Chattanooga best base for supplies; confederate forces in; map of; rejoicing of people at Burnside's coming; terror and indignation when he was ordered to leave and join Rosecrans; military operations in; Sherman's horror of; importance of holding; impossibility of supplying army in, by mountain roads; terrible destruction of draft animals; privations of army in, during winter of; almost unanimous re-enlistment, in spite of hardships; absence of forage; fearful blizzard; sufferings of troops; bitterness of feeling between loyalists and secessionists.

East Tennessee troops, unwillingness to serve away from home; discipline lax, courage and devotion unexcelled; 1st Cavalry; 1st Infantry; 6th Infantry; East Tennessee University, at Knoxville, fortified;

Echols, John C., brigadier general Confederate States Army, pursues Lightburn down the Kanawha; supersedes Loring in command of West Virginia forces; resumes positions abandoned by Loring; retreats before General Cox; ordered to make his way from West Virginia into N. W. part of South Carolina,

Effective Total, meaning of, in confederate reports; leads to habitual underestimate of their forces by confederate commanders.

Elliott, Washington L., colonel 47th Ohio, in West Virginia; in E. Tennessee; at Mossy Creek

Ellsworth Zouaves, equal in drill to West Point cadets,

Emancipation Proclamation, how received in McClellan's army.

Enyart, David A., lieutenant colonel 1st Kentucky, routs confederate militia at Boone courthouse, West Virginia; crosses Kanawha, scales cliffs and helps capture Cotton Mountain

Episcopal Clergy, at Richmond, ordered by Stanton to pray for the President of the U. S.

Evans, N. G., brigadier general Confederate States Army, in Maryland campaign; at Antietam.

Ewell, Benj. S., colonel Confederate States Army, on Johnston's staff; sent to Richmond to explain Johnston's position; reports to Johnston.

Ewell, R. S., brigadier general Confederate States Army, division of, at Antietam,

Ewing, Hugh, colonel 30th Ohio, in Kanawha Division; reports to Pope at Warrenton, Virginia; at South Mountain

Executive Power, exercised in spite of adverse judicial decisions,

Ezra Church, battle of,

Fairchild, Harrison S., colonel 89th New York, at South Mountain; at Antietam.

Fayette courthouse, West Virginia, advanced post; Union troops.

Ferrero, Edw., colonel 51st New York, at South Mountain; at Antietam; in E. Tennessee; at Ft. Sanders.

Field Intrenchments, development of; facility in making; costliness of assaulting; at New Hope Church; at Cold Harbor; at Ezra Church; confederate troops refuse to assault breastworks; at Kinston.

Fitch, E. P., quartermaster on General Cox's staff; arrives at Alexandria with trains and baggage of Kanawha Division; at Antietam; chief quartermaster District of West Virginia

Flat-top Mountain, West Virginia, barrier to approach from S. W. Virginia; advance of Kanawha Division to; key point for movement to S. West Virginia; description of; abandoned by U. S. troops.

Floyd, John B., unites with Wise to drive Union forces out of Kanawha valley; surprises and routs 7th Ohio at Cross Lanes; mysterious inaction thereafter; defeated at Carnifex Ferry; differences with Wise; marches to Fayette courthouse; and occupies Cotton Mountain, from which he shells Gauley Bridge; driven off the Mountain by General Cox; escapes capture by reason of Benham's inactivity; indirectly commends General Cox's administration of Kanawha District.

Foraging, easily degenerates into pillaging and arson; Blair and Howard recommend its prohibition; Sherman promises to stop it after reaching North Carolina; vigorous measures of General Cox to repress; country near Raleigh stripped bare by Slocum's "bummers".

Force, Manning F., lieutenant colonel 20th Ohio; brig, general, married sister of General Pope's wife.

Foreign Intervention, threatened. 485.

Forrest, Nathan B., brigadier general cavalry Confederate States Army, captures Col. Bloodgood's command near Nashville; compared with Morgan; successful handling of mounted troops; Mower promoted for reputed defeat of; ordered to join Hood, captures Athens, repulsed at Pulaski; ordered to raid Western Tennessee; causes panic and destruction of three steamboats and stores at Johnsonville; joins Hood at Florence; covers Hood's turning movement east of Columbia; attacks at Spring Hill; absence seriously felt by Hood at battle of Nashville; commands rearguard on Hood's retreat; at Okolona.

Forts, masonry and earthworks discussed.

Ft. Anderson, Cape Fear River, attacked by "Montauk" and gunboats; captured by General Cox.

Ft. Fisher, captured by General Terry; where described.

Ft. Sanders, Knoxville, E. Tennessee, named after General W. P. Sanders; described; assault on, by Longstreet's forces, repulsed.

Ft. Sumter, bombardment announced in Ohio Senate; occasions popular uprising, without distinction of party; flag raised again by Anderson.

Foster, Abby Kelley, shouts "Glory to God" when bombardment of Sumter announced.

Foster, John G., appointed major general United States Volunteers; succeeds Burnside in E. Tennessee; assigns General Cox to command 23d army corps; Sturgis to cavalry corps; demonstrates to Grant impossibility of winter campaign; disabled by fall of horse; gives veteran furlough to several regiments; concentrates at Knoxville; sends horses and mules to pasture in Kentucky; permanent winter quarters; retires from command on account of ill health; again explains to Grant, at Nashville, impossibility of winter campaign in E. Tennessee.

Foster, John W. colonel United States Volunteers, operations in E. Tennessee; at Mossy Creek

Fourth U. S. Artillery, battery B, at Antietam.

Fox's Gap, in South Mountain, captured by Kanawha Division under General Cox.

Franklin, battle of, undeceives Thomas as to Hood's intentions; where described.

Franklin, F. E., major 37th Ohio, at Princeton, West Virginia

Franklin, Wm. B., major general United States Volunteers, ordered to join Pope; slow in moving; assigned position near Alexandria; relieved on charges preferred by Pope; reinstated at McClellan's request; with 6th army corps, held in reserve, at Antietam.

Frazer, John W., brigadier general Confederate States Army, captured with 2500 men by Burnside at Cumberland Gap.

Frederick, Maryland, confederate army concentrates near; evacuated by; a loyal city; demonstration on arrival of Union troops; grand army encamped near.

Fremont, John C., major general United States Volunteers, commands Mountain Department; appointment on political grounds; plan for advance on E. Tennessee; modifies it on Rosecrans' suggestion; separate columns defeated before concentration effected; relieved of command; not again assigned to duty.

French, Samuel G., major general Confederate States Army, joins Johnston's army at Kingston, Georgia

French, W. H., captain and commissary on Burnside's staff.

French, Wm. H., brigadier general United States Volunteers, at Antietam.

French's Mill, West Virginia, operations near.

Frietchie, Barbara, a fictitious character.

Frink, Chas. S., surgeon major, General Cox's division; treats General Cox for illness due to exposure after battle of Nashville.

Frizell, Jos. W., lieutenant colonel 11th Ohio; traps confederate cavalry near Hawk's Nest, West Virginia

Fry, Jas. B., colonel and assistant adjutant-general U. S. A., on Lincoln's reasons for certain military appointments; provost-marshal-general at Washington; ably administers draft laws.

Furnace, for tent, field construction.

Gallup, Geo. W., lieutenant colonel 14th Kentucky commanding brigade in 23d army corps, at Johnsonville, Tennessee

Garfield, Jas. A., in Ohio Senate; resolves to enter army; defeated in election for colonel of 7th Ohio; appointed colonel of 42nd Ohio; in Big Sandy valley; Rosecrans' chief of staff; sums up answers of general officers and urges Rosecrans to advance; influence of his report; sent to Washington with Rosecrans' report after battle of Chickamauga; questioned by Stanton; tells General Cox the story of Chickamauga; leaves army to enter Congress; chairman of commission on military affairs; regard for Rosecrans; letter to Chase about R.'s inaction at Murfreesborough; defended; entertains General Cox in Washington; draws out his guests.

Garland, Samuel, Jr., brigadier general Confederate States Army, killed at South Mountain

Garnett, Robt. S., brigadier general Confederate States Army, at Beverly, West Virginia; retreats after battle of Rich Mountain; killed near Carrick's Ford; lacking in enterprise.

Garrard, Israel, colonel cavalry United States Volunteers, in East Tennessee; at Decatur and Stone Mountain, Georgia

Garrard, Kenner, brig, general, commanding cavalry division in McPherson's army; movement on Rome; reports confederate cavalry at Kennesaw superior in numbers; destroys Georgia RAILROAD east of Atlanta; in pursuit of Hood.

Garrett, John W., President B. and Official Records R. Co., suggests dictatorship of McClellan.

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, key point of Kanawha valley; captured by General Cox with 1500 stand of arms and munitions of war; importance of position; map of; how fortified; Rosecrans' headquarters; cannonaded from Cotton Mountain by Floyd; bridge reconstructed; burned on Lightburn's retreat; supplies forwarded to, by batteaux on upper Kanawha; Lightburn's abandonment of, criticised; reoccupied by General Cox.

Geary, John W., brigadier general United States Volunteers, at Wauhatchie; assaults Rocky Face, at Dug Gap, repulsed with loss.

Georgia, map of northern.

Gibbon, John, brigadier general United States Volunteers, high opinion of volunteers; deficient knowledge of military history; at South Mountain; at Antietam.

Gibbs, Ira B., lieutenant and com's'y on General Cox's staff; shoots Serg. Joyce of 2nd Kentucky for refusing to obey orders; courtmartialed and acquitted; excused from attending execution of a mutineer.

Gibson, Horatio G., captain 2nd Ohio Artillery, at South Mountain

Giddings, Hon. Joshua R., consul general at Montreal, makes light of plot to releases confederate prisoners.

Gilbert, Samuel A., colonel 44th Ohio, in second Kanawha campaign; marches his brigade 60 miles in 52 hours, in E. Tennessee

Gillmore, Quincy A., brigadier general commanding District of Kentucky; resists Pegram's raid and drives him out of Kentucky

Gilmer, Jeremy F., major general Confederate States Army, Davis' Chief of Engineers, sent to advise with Beauregard.

Gilmer, John A., one of Governor Vance's peace commanders.

Goldsborough, North Carolina, place of meeting of Sherman's and Schofield's armies.

Goodrich, E. R., lieutenant colonel, and chief comm's'y on Burnside's staff.

Goodrich, Wm. B., colonel commanding brigade in Greene's division at battle of Antietam; killed at Antietam.

Gordon, Geo. H., brigadier general United States Volunteers, at Antietam.

Graham, Milton, lieutenant colonel 11th Kentucky Cavalry

Graham, Wm. A., ex-Governor of North Carolina, heads Vance's peace delegation; candidate for Vice President on ticket with Scott; mentioned.

Granger, Gordon, captain and mustering officer at Camp Dennison; states reasons why theoretical knowledge of regular army officers so small; appointed major general United States Volunteers; at Chickamauga; sent to relief of Knoxville; dissatisfaction of Grant and Sherman; in E. Tennessee; at Dandridge.

Granger, Robt. S., brigadier general United States Volunteers, sent to reinforce Col. Doolittle at Decatur; posted at Stevenson; suffers pontoon bridge to fall into hands of Hood; ordered to Decatur again.

Grant, U. S., major general United States Volunteers, high opinion of volunteers; accepts emancipation policy as best; policy of attrition; captures Vicksburg; "copious worker and fighter, but a very meagre writer"; growing faith of administration in; in command of Division of the Mississippi; approves substitution of Thomas for Rosecrans; reticent and averse to controversy; hears in silence and decides; good story about Washington; at Chattanooga; culmination of good fortune; sends Granger and Sherman to relief of Knoxville; characteristics; visits army in E. Tennessee; reticence; riding-school story; sees for himself condition of troops and mountain roads; reports destitution and impracticability of supplying army by mountain roads; correspondence with General Foster; asks promotion of Sherman, McPherson, and W. F. Smith; embarrassments about cipher dispatches; objects to Stoneman; correspondence with Schofield; appointed lieutenant general and goes to Washington; scatters army at Chattanooga, to secure supplies and forage; puts Sherman in charge of Western armies and assumes command in Virginia; plans simultaneous advance of eastern and western armies; slow to learn unprofitableness of assaulting intrenched positions; on appointments of brigadiers in Sherman's army; confidence in McPherson; secures his rapid promotion; dissatisfied with Thomas; reasons for his feeling; favors winter campaigns by Sherman and Thomas; plans advance on Selma and Mobile; orders Schofield and 23d corps sent to Washington; praises Sherman's readiness for further operations; sends Schofield to carry out new plan of campaign in North Carolina; unselfish attitude toward Sherman; relieves Butler and opposes his further assignment to command; receives confederate peace commanders at his headquarters; congratulates Sherman; outlines his own plans; prevents Lee's union with Johnston; recommends Schofield's appointment as brigadier in regular army and permanent assignment of Cox and Terry to corps commands; brings administration's disapproval of Sherman-Johnston convention to Sherman; considerate treatment of Sherman; returns to Washington; condemns injustice to Sherman; smooths away causes of Sherman's irritation.

"Grape Vine Telegraph,"

Great Smoky Mountains, picturesque character of.

Greene, Geo. S., brigadier general United States Volunteers, at Antietam; in 20th Corps and on court-martial at Washington; goes to North Carolina, with General Cox and volunteers as staff officer at Kinston; commands provisional division of returning officers and men belonging to Sherman's army.

Grigsby, A. J., colonel commanding Winder's brigade, Jackson's division, at Antietam.

Guerillas, in West Virginia, annoyance by and suppression of.

Guilford-Old-Court-House, North Carolina, and battlefield visited.

Gunn, W. A., locates line for railway from Danville to E. Tennessee

Guthrie, J. V., colonel 1st Kentucky, correspondence with General Cox, App. Army; in West Virginia

Guyandotte, West Virginia, taken by 2nd Kentucky; occupied.

Habeas Corpus, writ of, used to release minors enlisting without parents' consent; U. S. officers directed not to recognize, unless issued by U. S. Courts.

Hagood, Johnson, brigadier general Confederate States Army, at Ft. Anderson, N. C; routed at Town Creek by General Cox, losing two cannon and 400 prisoners; repulsed at Kinston.

Halleck, Henry W., commands Western Department; authorizes Pope to send for General Cox's Kanawha Division; commits defence of Washington to McClellan; sacrifices Pope; owed his appointment as commander in chief largely to Pope; expected to take command in the field; but does not, and remains bureau officer until close of war; responsible in part for McClellan's slow pursuit of Lee in Maryland; sends McClellan peremptory orders to advance after Antietam; persistently favors regular army officers over volunteers; directs Burnside to advance into E. Tennessee; correspondence with Burnside shows forgetfulness and lack of appreciation; inconsistency between official and private letters to Rosecrans; fails to understand distances and difficulties of transportation in E. Tennessee; indecision of character; wrong interpretation of Burnside's reports and action; thinks personal presence of Grant with Army of Potomac indispensable; criticises Meade; friendly relations with Sherman; correspondence with; on enormous waste of cavalry horses; tells Sherman he is accused of hostility to the blacks; assigned to command Department of Virginia; orders Meade to pay no attention to Sherman's truce; forfeits Sherman's life-long friendship by his orders and dispatches after Sherman-Johnston convention; goes to Pacific coast at close of war and dies soon after; disclaims personal hostility to Sherman; explanation of his attitude; notes complete submission to U. S. authority at Richmond.

Hamilton, Schuyler, appointed major general United States Volunteers; resigns.

Hammond, John W., lieutenant colonel 65th Indiana at battle of Nashville.

Hampton, Wade, brigadier general Confederate States Army, at the Monocacy; at South Mountain; appointed lieutenant general to outrank Wheeler; opposed to Vance's peace negotiations; retires from Raleigh; arranges for interview bet. Johnston and Sherman; refuses to be included in Johnston's capitulation.

Hancock, Winfield S., brigadier general United States Volunteers, at Antietam; sent from 6th Corps to command Richardson's division 2nd Corps; classmate of McClellan.

Hanson, Chas. S., lieutenant colonel 20th Kentucky, captured at Lebanon, Kentucky

Hardee, Wm. J., lieutenant general Confederate States Army; succeeds Bragg in temporary command Army of Georgia; declines permanent command; quoted by Davis; sent to reinforce Polk; forces increased; at Dallas; at battle of Atlanta; controversy with Hood; at Jonesboro; impeaches Hood's statement of his losses; transferred to Savannah; evacuates Charleston; rumored junction with Bragg; fails to reach Wilmington; forces of; low estimate contradicted by official reports; reports to Bragg at Goldsborough; at Averasborough; commands army in absence of Johnston; arranges details of capitulation with Schofield; reputation and character of; end of war only a question of time after first year; humorous report of General Cox's treatment of old woman asking for provisions; reported Salkehatchie swamps impassable when Sherman was marching through them at rate of 13 miles a day; determines to go abroad for a time.

Hardie, Jas. A., colonel United States Volunteers and inspector general

Harker, Chas. G., commanding brig, in Newton's division 4th army corps, at Rocky Face; relieves Hanson's brigade at Resaca; wounded at Resaca.

Harland, Edw., colonel 8th Conn., at South Mountain; at Antietam; commanding brigade in Palmer's division at Kinston.

Harper's Ferry, attacked by Jackson; and taken; A. P. Hill left in charge of.

Harrison, Benj., colonel 70th Indiana, detailed to stump State of Indiana in 1864.

Hartranft, John F., colonel 51st Pennsylvania, at Antietam; in E. Tennessee; repulses McLaws at Campbell's Station

Hartsuff, Geo. L., captain and assistant adjutant-general on Rosecrans' staff; appointed brigadier general, wounded at Antietam and appointed major general; assigned to command 23d army corps; sent to arrange plans with Rosecrans for simultaneous advance; commands District of Kentucky; directed to capture Morgan raiders; disabled by old wounds; attends to office business at Knoxville; decides to retire; inspector general on Schofield's staff, in charge of paroling Johnston's army; telegraphs "Johnston's army dissolving and raising the devil".

Harvie, Edwin J., inspector general on General Johnston's staff.

Hascall, Milo S., commands District of Indiana; removed on Governor Morton's application; commands 3rd division 23d army corps; in E. Tennessee; transferred to 2nd division same; near New Hope Church; distinguished services throughout campaign, never recognized; not favored by Governor Morton; at Kolb's farm; moves to Cox's position south of Olley's Creek; at Decatur, Georgia; resigns on account of Governor Morton's hostility and Hovey's promotion over him.

Hatch, John P., brigadier general United States Volunteers, calls for three cheers from Pope's army on learning that McClellan was in command again; Pope's dissatisfaction with; takes position on Cox's left in defences of Washington.

Haupt, Herman, colonel and military superintendent of railways, at Alexandria, Virginia,

Hawley, Jos. R., brigadier general United States Volunteers, commands coast District of North Carolina

Hayes, Rutherford B., lieutenant colonel 23d Ohio, Judge Adv. at trial of Gibbs; at Princeton, West Virginia; criticised by General Reno; charge of pillaging brought out in Presidential campaign; wounded at South Mountain; letter in regard to discipline of Kanawaha Division

Hazen, Wm. B., brigadier general United States Volunteers, at Chattanooga; ordered in arrest by Sheridan at Dandridge; good qualities and faults of; released on mediation of General Cox.

Heintzelman, Samuel P., major general United States Volunteers, temporarily commanding Franklin's corps.

Henderson, Thos. J., colonel 112th Ill., commanding brig, in Cox's division 23d army corps, absence on account of illness; brevet brigadier general; in advance up right bank Cape Fear River

Heth, Henry, brigadier general Confederate States Army, in West Virginia; at Pearisburg; at narrows of New River; French's; defeated by Crook at Lewisburg, West Virginia

Hill, Ambrose P., major general Confederate States Army, at Bull Run bridge; at Harper's Ferry; at Antietam.

Hill, Benj. H., goes to Richmond to ask that Johnston be reinforced; correspondence with Seddon; visits Union army to obtain body of son and confer with Sherman.

Hill, Chas. W., brigadier general Ohio Valley Infantry, in West Virginia

Hill, Daniel H., major general Confederate States Army, left to guard Richmond; rearguard in Maryland; at South Mountain; at Antietam; commanding at Augusta, Georgia, ordered to join Johnston in North Carolina; reports to Bragg at Kinston; captures many prisoners from Upham's brigade; attack on hastily intrenched line repulsed; forces of, at Kinston.

Hines, Jonathan D., major 12th Ohio, in charge of scouts in W, Virginia; on reconnoitring expeditions; in charge of sentinels in rear on retreat from Big Sewell Mountain

Hines, Thos. H., captain cavalry in Morgan's raid.

Hitchcock, Ethan A., major general United States Volunteers, chairman committee to revise Articles of War, and army regulations.

Hitchcock, Henry, major and assistant adjutant-general on General Sherman's staff, carries "Memorandum" between Sherman and Johnston to Washington; brings back disapproval—and Grant.

Hobson, Edw. H., brigadier general United States Volunteers, in Morgan raid.

Hoffman, Wm., colonel and comm's'y of prisoners at Washington.

Hofmann, J. Wm., lieutenant colonel 56th Pennsylvania, succeeds to command of brigade, at Antietam.

Hoke, Robt. F., major general Confederate States Army, at Federal Point, North Carolina; retreats when General Cox threatens Wilmington; opposes advance of General Cox at Kinston; routs Upham's brigade of new troops; repulsed by Carter; repulsed again with heavy loss; offer to exchange prisoners declined.

Holden, Wm. W., leader of Union element in North Carolina, joins Graham's peace delegation, mentioned.

Holmes, Wm. W., major, surgeon 12th Ohio, brigadier surgeon on General Cox's staff; dies of consumption.

Holmes Co., Ohio, armed resistance to draft.

Hood, John B., brigadier general Confederate States Army, at South Mountain; at Antietam; mentioned; rosy picture of condition of Johnston's army; corps increased; at Resaca; at New Hope Church; repulses Hooker's assault; attacks advanced brigades of Hooker's and Schofield's corps at Kolb's farm; succeeds Johnston, and assumes aggressive; criticism of Johnston; involved in disputes with Hardee and Cheatham as well as Johnston; reputation for accuracy and candor damaged; appointment gives satisfaction to Union army; unsuccessful attacks on Union forces at Peachtree Creek; Atlanta; Ezra Church; at Jonesboro; evacuates Atlanta; reports refusal of his army to attack intrenched positions; forces of, Aug. 1st; Sept. 20th; absurd minimizing of his losses in battle; depression in his army; changes his subordinate officers; plans to renew struggle; recrosses Chattahoochee; fails to injure Sherman's communications; futile October campaign; plans for invasion of Tennessee; repulsed at Decatur, Alabama; delays crossing the Tennessee River; ordered by Beauregard to resume offensive at once; adopts tactics of skirmishing advance while looking for ways to turn Schofield's position; terrible repulse at Franklin, where described; takes position at Nashville; at battle of Nashville; escapes owing to cold rainstorms and impassable roads; severe losses at Franklin, Nashville, and on retreat; forces of Jan. 20, 1864; part of his army present at battle of Kinston, North Carolina; constitutes bulk of those who capitulated with Johnston.

Hooker, Jos., major general United States Volunteers, assigned to command Porter's corps; afterwards, McDowell's; in pursuit of Lee; at South Mountain; Burnside's stinging reply to untrue report of, note; ordered to extreme right at Antietam; his march; at battle of Antietam; wounded and retires; sent with two corps to reinforce Rosecrans at Chattanooga; at Tunnel Hill; assault on Rocky Face, fails; at Snake Creek Gap; at Resaca; ordered to cross Oostanaula at Newtown; instead, takes route assigned to Schofield and delays latter; does same at crossing of Etowah; assaults confederate lines at New Hope Church repulsed; movements near; repulses attack by Hood's corps at Kolb's farm; reports whole of Johnston's army in his immediate front; reinforced; at Peachtree Creek; offended at Howard's promotion to command Army of Tennessee; unacceptable to Halleck, retires from active service.

Hopkins, Henry H., notorious secessionist in Kanawha valley; controversy with General Cox over escaped slave.

Hosea, Lewis M., captain on General Wilson's staff, adventurous ride through Georgia and back to carry dispatches to Sherman.

Hovey, Alvin P., brigadier general United States Volunteers, at Dalton; at Rocky Face; handling of division not satisfactory to Schofield; who asks his removal; Sherman declines to remove; at Snake Creek Gap; at Resaca; hindered by Hooker on march to Cassville; movements near New Hope Church; tenders resignation as division commander; its acceptance recommended by Sherman; promoted to be major general by brevet, on political grounds; Sherman's indignation; honored above other brigadiers in same corps who outranked him and were rendering distinguished service.

Howard, Oliver O., major general United States Volunteers, commands 4th army corps; at Tunnel Hill; at Rocky Face; at Dalton; at Resaca; comes to support of Cox; holds position captured by Cox; crosses at Resaca; turns confederate right at Pickett's Mill; at Olley's Creek; at Peachtree Creek; commands Army of the Tennessee; at battle of Ezra Church; at Jonesboro; accompanies Sherman's march to the sea; turns Johnston's left at Bentonville; on march to Raleigh.

Howe, Albion P., captain 4th U. S. artillery, in West Virginia

Humes, Rev. Thos. W., S. T. D., loyalty and learning; President of E. Tennessee University; author of "The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee".

Humphreys, Benj. G., brigadier general Confederate States Army, assaults Ft. Sanders.

Hunter, David, major general United States Volunteers, sent to inspect army at Chattanooga; report concerning Grant.

Hurlbut, Stephen A., appointed major general

Illinois Troops, 19th Infantry; 65th Infantry; 112th Infantry; 5th Cavalry; Barker's Cavalry; Schambeck's Indiana Cavalry

Inactivity in field, evil results of.

Indiana Troops, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Infantry; 33rd Infantry; 51st Infantry; 63rd Infantry; 65th Infantry; 70th Infantry; 23d Cavalry

Information of enemy's strength, how gained.

Inspector General, important duties of.

Intemperance in army officers, evils of.

Interference with lines of march of other columns condemned; illustrations.

Irvine, James, colonel 16th Ohio, fails to intercept remnant of Garnett's force.

Irwin, Wm. H., colonel 49th Pennsylvania, commanding brigade at Antietam.

Jackson, Thos. J. ("Stonewall"), defeated at Kernstown; defeats Milroy at McDowell; Banks in Shenandoah valley; captures Manassas Junction, burns Bull Run bridge; at Antietam.

Jackson, Wm. H., brigadier general Confederate States Army, commanding division in Forrest's cavalry

Jenifer, W. H., colonel at Princeton, West Virginia

Jenkins, A. G., colonel of cavalry under Floyd; trapped by Frizell at Hawk's Nest; cavalry raid in West Virginia; opposed by Cranor; covers Loring's retreat; and Echols'; abandons Tyler Mountain; forces of.

Jenkins, Micah, brigadier general Confederate States Army, at Wauhatchie; in E. Tennessee

Johnson, Andrew, Mil. Governor of Tennessee, asks to have E. Tennessee troops returned to their homes; Governor of Tennessee

Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, military prison; plot to release confederate prisoners at, defeated; description of, and surroundings; treatment of prisoners.

Johnson, Richard W., brigadier general United States Volunteers, in Tennessee; at Battle of Nashville.

Johnston, Jos. E., lieutenant general Confederate States Army, resigns commission in U. S. army; McClellan's principal opponent; urged by Longstreet to unite with him near Knoxville; ordered to assist Polk near Meridian; prevented from doing either by demonstration of Thomas; appointed as successor to Bragg; expected to assume aggressive; objects; prolonged discussion; lack of enterprise; bent on defensive campaign; demands reinforcements; unsatisfactory relations with Davis; forces opposed to Sherman; skilful avoidance of battle in the open; fails to anticipate McPherson's move; fortifies Resaca, abandons Dalton; evacuates Resaca; careful defensive; decides to give battle near Adairsville; concludes not to; retreats to Kingston and Cassville; issues orders to join battle at Cassville; revokes them on statements of Hood and Polk that Union left (General Cox) enfiladed their position; retreats across the Etowah; abandons New Hope lines; lets go Pine Mountain; withdraws left flank behind Mud Creek; abandons lines about Marietta; retires behind Chattahoochee; relations with confederate administration reach a crisis; gives Davis no encouragement that he will hold Atlanta or attack enemy; had he revealed his plans would have been retained; demands that Hood be courtmartialed; removal equivalent to a Union victory; attacks at Peachtree Creek and Atlanta made in accordance with his plans; underestimate of his forces; assumes command in the Carolinas; forces at his disposal; foresees importance of checking Schofield's advance; orders Bragg to strike at General Cox; attacks Slocum at Bentonville; repulsed; losses at Averasborough and Bentonville; at Raleigh; requests armistice; confers with Davis; declares further prosecution of war hopeless; sends dispatch to Sherman requesting conference; distress when advised of Lincoln's assassination; admits slavery is dead; will surrender all armies east of Mississippi; notified of termination of truce; signs capitulation on terms granted to Lee; form of parole; asks for loan of confederate animals and enough arms to enforce discipline; capitulation includes all east of Chattahoochee River; reply to Sherman's farewell letter; orders to Hampton; sends Hardee to confer with Schofield about details; meets Schofield and Cox; unable to approximate number of troops to be paroled; praises Sherman and his army; "no such army since days of Julius Cassar"; gives up struggle without bitterness; denounces assassination of Lincoln; scrupulous integrity illustrated; moves southward with his troops.

Jomini, importance of his books to theoretical training of an officer.

Jones, David R., brigadier general Confederate States Army, at South Mountain; at Antietam.

Jones, John R., brigadier general Confederate States Army, at Antietam.

Jones, Samuel, major general Confederate States Army, commanding in E. Tennessee; forces of; retreats and burns bridges; resumes the aggressive; driven out of E. Tennessee

Judah, Henry M., brigadier general United States Volunteers, commanding division in 23d army corps; on Morgan raid; at Dalton; at Rocky Face; near Resaca; on march to Cassville; hindered by Hooker; relieved.

Kanawha Division, training of; marching powers; hardiness and self-reliance; composition of; marches 90 miles over rough mountain roads in 3-1/2 days; transferred to Washington; train of, supplies 9th army corps with rations; two regiments report to Pope at Warrenton; two resist Jackson at Bull Run bridge; rest occupy defences about Washington; united again; temporarily attached to 9th Corps; takes advance from Washington to South Mountain; reviewed and praised by General Reno; wrongly accused of straggling and pillaging; at the Monocacy; captures Fox's Gap and turns confederate position at South Mountain; opposed to more than double its number; fine conduct of; losses at South Mountain; captures 600 prisoners; on march to Antietam; divided just before battle of Antietam; at Antietam; ordered to Clarksburg, West Virginia; leaves Army of the Potomac.

Kanawha River, course and character of; advance of General Cox up; impracticability of invading E. Virginia by this line; unpublished letters and dispatches relating to campaign in; abandoned by Lightburn; annexed to Department of the Ohio; recovered and occupied by General Cox.

Kautz, August V., brigadier general United States Volunteers, pursues Morgan raiders.

Kearney, Philip, brigadier general United States Volunteers, killed at Chantilly.

Keith, F. M., major 117th Ohio, defends Hamilton, Ohio, against Morgan raiders.

Kelley, B. F., colonel 1st West Virginia; takes Philippi, West Virginia; character and services of; under McClellan; commands upper Potomac; guards B. & Official Records R.

Kelley, Wm., jailer at Charleston, West Virginia, denounced.

Kennedy, Robt. P., lieutenant and assistant adjutant-general on Scammon's staff.

Kentucky Troops, 1st Infantry; 2nd Infantry; threatened mutiny; mentioned; 14th Infantry; 16th Infantry; 20th Infantry; 24th Infantry; 5th Cavalry; 9th Cavalry; 11th Cavalry; Simmonds' battery in West Virginia; attached to Kanawha division; at South Mountain; at Antietam.

Ketchum, Edgar, lieutenant signal corps U. S. A., at Cape Fear River

Key, Thos. M., Democratic leader in Ohio Senate; thought people gone stark mad; supports war measures; aide-de-camp on McClellan's staff; satisfied slavery ought to be abolished; influence over McClellan.

Kilpatrick, Judson, brigadier general United States Volunteers, commanding cavalry at Resaca; covers Union left at Bentonville; on march to Raleigh; clatters through Raleigh; thinks Johnston not to be trusted; furnishes escort for Sherman on way to meet Johnston; attached to Schofield's command.

Kimball, Nathan, brigadier general United States Volunteers, commanding division in 4th army corps; displaced by assignment of Couch to the corps.

Kinglake's Crimean War, published in 1863; read with interest by General Cox; inspires him with hope and confidence in Union army.

Kingsbury, Henry W., colonel 11th Conn., at Antietam; killed at Burnside bridge.

Kinston, North Carolina, situation of; field works before; battles of; confederate ironclad in Neuse River destroyed; map of vicinity; occupied by Union forces; base of supplies.

Knights of the Golden Circle.

Knoxville, E. Tennessee, situation and fortifications; invested by Longstreet.

Kolb's (Culp's) Farm, battle of.

Kountz, W. J., captain in charge of water transportation on Kanawha.

La Grange, Oscar H., colonel 1st Wisc. Cavalry, at Sevierville, E. Tennessee; captured by Wheeler at Dalton.

Lane, P. P., captain in 11th Ohio, bridges Elk River at Charleston, West Virginia; manages ferries across Kanawha, improvises ferryboats, etc.; later colonel of regiment.

Laurel Mountain, fortified and held by Garnett.

Lawton, Alex. R., brigadier general Confederate States Army, at Antietam; wounded.

Leavitt, Humphrey H., Judge U. S. District Court. Cincinnati, hears Vallandigham habeas corpus case and refuses writ; good effects of his decision; issues writs of habeas corpus for release of minors enlisting without parents' consent.

Lee, FitzHugh, brigadier general Confederate States Army, at South Mountain

Lee, Robt. E., resigns commission in U. S. Army; appointed major general and commander in chief of Virginia forces; plans invasion of West Virginia; arrives at Lewisburg, West Virginia, and takes command of army; at Big Sewell Mountain; retires to Meadow Bluff; admits quieting effect of Cox's administration in Kanawha valley; moves into Maryland; accurate information as to Cox's transfer to Washington; unites with Jackson; concentrates near Frederick, Maryland; copy of orders for Maryland campaign falls into McClellan's hands; escapes disaster by McClellan's slowness; withdraws to Sharpsburg; plans with reference to McClellan's lack of aggressiveness; force greatly inferior to McClellan's for two days before battle; enabled to concentrate whole army except one division; left wing almost destroyed at Antietam; had no better success than western generals when opposed to Grant; orders Loring to clear Kanawha valley; learned that General Cox was ordered to return to Kanawha valley within three days after order was issued; defeated at Gettysburg; suggests Beauregard as successor to Bragg; declines to assume command of Bragg's army; deference and cordiality in dealings with confederate administration; urges union of Johnston and Longstreet and aggressive campaign; becomes as cautiously defensive as Johnston; general in chief of Confederate States Army; sees net closing around him; too weak to extend lines at Petersburg; unable to unite with Johnston; surrender reported to Davis and Johnston.

Lee, S. D., lieutenant general Confederate States Army, in Department of the Mississippi; at Jonesboro; ordered to Atlanta; commands Hood's old corps; at Flint River; at Columbia; wounded at Nashville, turns command over to D. H. Hill.

Lee, Samuel P., rear admiral U. S. N., in command of river fleets co-operating with Thomas; transports A. J. Smith's corps to Eastport.

Letcher, John, Governor of Virginia, proclaims secession of State, transfers Virginia troops to Confederate States Army.

Liberty of speech, abused by Vallandigham and followers.

Lightburn, Jos. A. J., colonel 4th West Virginia; character of; protects line of supplies, Kanawha division; suppresses guerillas; left in command of Kanawha district, when General Cox was transferred to Washington; Lee learns forces of; destroys stores and bridges, and retreats down valley; retreat panicky and unnecessary; advances up valley under General Cox; relieved of command of division.

Lincoln, Abraham, President of U. S., restores McClellan to command; embarrassed by dissensions of officers; grants all of McClellan's requests; distrusted by his party; Emancipation Proclamation; visits battlefield of Antietam; urges McClellan to follow up his success; military sagacity; exceeds authority in appointing major and brig, generals; proclamation against treasonable practices; commutes Vallandigham's sentence; practically revokes his own proclamation and Burnside's order No. 38; ardent wish to relieve loyal E. Tenneseeans; quaint description of Grant; congratulates Burnside; authorizes him to hold E. Tennessee; anxious about B.'s safety; approves B.'s conduct in E. Tennessee; makes promotions on political grounds; congratulates Sherman; popular estimate of, better than politicians'; policy as to confederate States on submission announced to and followed by Sherman; authorizes Virginia legislature to assemble; recalls permission; policy opposed and criticised by Stanton; funeral cortege photographed, in New York City Hall; in Richmond, when Stanton orders prayers for the President of the U. S. to be read in churches.

Logan, John A., major general United States Volunteers, at Huntsville, Alabama; commands 15th army corps; sent to Illinois to stump State; why not promoted to command Army of the Tennessee; praised by Sherman for his handling of that army at battle of Atlanta.

Long, Eli, colonel 4th Ohio Cavalry, on relief expedition to Knoxville,

Longstreet, James, major general Confederate States Army, unites with Jackson against Pope; at Boonsboro, Maryland; at South Mountain; withdraws to Sharpsburg; at Antietam; no more successful than western generals when transferred to the West; sent to reinforce Bragg; at Chickamauga; moves on Knoxville; invests city; assaults Ft. Sanders; repulsed; raises siege and retires toward Virginia; at Rutledge, E. Tennessee; at Morristown; lack of clothing and supplies; attacks Union forces at Dandridge; admits defeat at Sevierville; plans of campaign; forces, opposed to Schofield; ordered to rejoin Lee's army; later to join Johnston; again to report to Lee.

Loomis, Cyrus O., colonel 1st Mich, Artillery in West Virginia

Loring, Wm. W., brigadier general Confederate States Army, in West Virginia; reinforces Lee; sent to Stanton; commanding all West Virginia forces; ordered to push things in West Virginia; attacks Siber, and is repulsed; drives Lightburn out of Kanawha valley; retreats on arrival of General Cox; relieved from command; forces of.

Love, John, brigadier general United States Volunteers, defends Vernon, Indiana, against Morgan raiders.

Lowe, John W., colonel 12th Ohio, at Scary Creek, West Virginia; killed at Carnifex Ferry.

Lowe, Wm. W., colonel 5th Indiana commanding 3rd Cavalry Division, protects railway in rear of Sherman's advance.

Lyons, Lord, British Ambassador, reports plot to release confederate prisoners;

Lytle, Wm. H., colonel 10th Ohio; wounded at Carnifex Ferry.

McArthur, John, brigadier general United States Volunteers, at battle of Nashville.

McCallum, Dan'l C., superintendent of transportation, inspects Nashville and Chattanooga railroad; suggests needed improvements.

McClellan, Geo. B., consulted by Governor Dennison; personal appearance; appointed major general Ohio Valley Infantry; inspects Ohio State arsenal; selects site for Camp Dennison; takes General Cox's regiments to West Virginia; appointed major general in regular army; victory at Philippi credited to; moves against Garnett; Pegram surrenders to; appointed commander Army of the Potomac; rhetorical dispatches contrasted with personal demeanor; characteristic faults shown in first campaign; relieved from command of all other forces except Army of Potomac; at Alexandria, Virginia; greets General Cox cordially, explains importance of his duties; discusses Peninsular campaign; dress and popular bearing; in command again; cheered by Pope's army; habitual overestimate of Lee's army; victim or accomplice of secret service; false estimates fatal to success; predicted Pope's defeat; responsible for delay in Franklin's movement; Porter and Franklin reassigned to their commands and McDowell relieved at his request; plenary powers; slow advance in pursuit of Lee; secures copy of Lee's orders; loses his advantage by delay; at South Mountain; breaks up organization of his army on eve of battle; examines battlefield under fire; does not appreciate importance of time; personally selects positions for different divisions; plan of battle at Antietam; dilatory habits and orders responsible for failure to crush Lee; no co-ordination of corps movements; orders Burnside to attack; unjust criticism of 9th Corps advance; fails to support 9th Corps when attacked by fresh troops from Harper's Ferry; talks with General Cox; politics; consults his officers about emancipation proclamation; issues General Order No. 163; tempted to assume dictatorship; chafes at Lincoln's suggestion to follow up victory; defeats Lincoln's plans without openly antagonizing; compared to Marshal Daun; weakened morale of army; removed from command; "Own Story" exposes his weakness; confidential relations with Burnside; favoritism toward Porter; jealous of Burnside; unjust reprimand of B. in unsigned dispatch; effect of reprimand on their relations; not assigned to duty again; superior to any other commander of Army of Potomac until Grant came.