by Ron Chernow
as first lieutenant, 56
Fort Donelson surrender terms of, 182–83, 286, 942
on Fort Pillow massacre, 373
as four-star general, 573–74
friends and relatives promoted by, 148
fugitive slaves in camps of, 162, 184, 228–29
as full captain, 81, 86
gift of house received by, 463, 545–46, 559, 651, 824
grandeur lacking in, 359–60
growing fame of, 184–85, 337–38, 340–41, 351
guard for transport neglected by, 160
Halleck respected by, 219
Halleck’s inertia blamed by, 187
and Halleck’s order banning fugitive slaves from camps, 162
Halleck’s undermining of, 188–89, 193, 213–14, 221
at Hamlet, 348–49
Harris pursued by, 140
Howard’s meeting with, 310–11
as impervious to danger, 10, 270, 381
as impressed by Mexican military, 44, 45
injured men aided by, 47–48, 54, 181
invitation from Lincoln declined by, 347
and Jefferson Davis’s plantation, 282
Jesse’s asking for favors from, 161–62
Jesse’s desire for resignation of, 42
Jews exiled by, 233–36, 301, 620, 642, 643, 836
Julia accused of indifference by, 68–69, 85
Julia’s visit to, 155–56
kindness to prisoners of, 325–26
Knoxville siege broken by, 326–27
lacking air of military man, 214
lack of sleep of, 224
laws in Memphis enforced by, 218
laying waste to Shenandoah Valley considered by, 431, 433, 446
leadership style of, 42
leave of absence considered by, 215–16
Lee criticized by, 367
Lee promised leniency by, 521, 548, 551–52
Lee pursued by, 349, 351, 356, 365–66, 398–401, 403, 407–8, 434, 436–37, 459, 473, 496–99
Lee’s opinion of, 367, 517
Leonidas Polk’s desire to shoot at, 159
letters to Julia on children from, 451
as lieutenant general, 329–30, 335–36
Lincoln invited to City Point by, 477
Lincoln pressured to get rid of, 217
Lincoln’s direct correspondence with, 292–93
Lincoln’s meetings with, 341–44, 352, 353, 361, 414–15
and Lincoln’s review of troops, 478–79, 483
Lincoln’s support for, 251, 271, 292–93, 296–97, 344, 354, 374–75, 384, 386, 392, 409, 414–15, 438, 479–80
Lincoln’s telegram on Corinth victory to, 226
Longstreet’s warning against, 366–67
loss of faith in, 188–91
loss of faith in Butler, 422–23
loss of false teeth by, 249
McClellan asked for appointment by, 135–36
McClellan’s annoyance with, 81
McClernand fired by, 272
McClernand’s disputes with, 237–39
McDowell defended by, 141
and McPherson’s death, 426
as major general, 186
in march on Mexico City, 53–54
in march to Jackson, 262–63
Mary Lincoln’s relationship with, 480, 519–20
Meade ordered to pursue Lee by, 366
Memphis headquarters of, 217–18
mesmerized by Mexican landscape, 53
Mexican class conflict denounced by, 46
Mexican War approved of by, 41
Military Division of the Mississippi commanded by, 309
money borrowed from bank by, 138
in move against Belmont, 156–60, 168, 237
in move south by Mississippi Central Railroad, 227, 231–32
in move to California, 70–74
in move to Chattanooga, 309–10
in move to Detroit, 64, 65
in move to Spotsylvania, 385–87
as mustering officer and aide, 132
Nashville taken by, 187–88, 189, 263, 532
new regiments trained by, 143
New York toured by, 454
northern unity desired by, 440
number of people on active duty maximized by, 358
opinion of Lee, 517–18
optimistic about Confederate commanders surrendering, 513–14
Paducah proclamation of, 155
Paducah protected by, 154–55
paperwork filed by, 148
parents visited by, 349–50
parties attended by, 65, 66
pathos for plight of Mexican soldiers by, 48–49
pay of, 61, 70, 146
and peace talks, 465–66, 468
Pillow insulted by, 183
plan for advancing on five fronts of, 357
plan for capture of Fort Donelson and Fort Henry, 167–69
plan for Missionary Ridge attack of, 317, 320
plan for taking Mobile, 327, 330
plan to invade Vicksburg, 52, 226–27, 231, 238–39, 245, 246–47, 253–54, 257–58, 259
pledge not to drink, 80, 84, 85, 149–50, 273
plot to kidnap in St. Louis, 168
position as colonel sought by, 127, 130–31, 135
preparing for assault on Fort Donelson, 174, 175, 176–82
preparing for assault on Fort Henry, 169–72
prisoner exchanges disliked by, 373, 450–51
Rawlins kept as chief of staff by, 361–62
Rawlins’s influence on, 151–52, 337
regimental funds owed by, 60, 71, 83
as regimental quartermaster, 76–77
regiments mustered by, 132
reinstated by Lincoln, 193–94
remorseless warfare as strategy of, 353, 356
resignation of, 86–88
robbery of, 60
Robert Lincoln hired by, 468–69
Rosecrans admired by, 305
and Rosecrans’s plan to abandon Chattanooga, 309
runaway slaves and, 142, 184, 223
saloons shut down by, 143
on Santa Anna’s escape, 52–53
scalding letter to father from, 234
self-confidence of, 156–57, 160, 175, 364, 376, 400
self-control of, 41
sent to Fort Humboldt, 81, 82–84, 86, 87, 88
severe cold of, 188
Sheridan put in charge of cavalry by, 361
and Sheridan’s battles with Early, 445–47
Sheridan’s conference with, 443–44
Sheridan’s relationship with, 432–33
Sherman’s friendship with, 191, 192–93, 201, 317, 329, 443, 484, 862
and Sherman’s loss at Chickasaw Bayou, 241, 268
and Sherman’s march to the sea, 447, 448, 455, 457–58
and Simpson’s death, 156
slaves allowed to return home by, 299
southern citizens protected by, 221–22
staff of, 362–65
Stanton’s meetings with, 306–8, 352
in storming of Petersburg, 491, 492–93
strategy of, xxi, 356, 369, 370, 372–73, 374, 376, 396–97, 417–18, 447, 472, 473–74, 487–90
supplies delivered to railroad surveyors by, 80–81
surrender terms given to Lee by, 499–503, 504, 508–10
sutler’s store investment of, 77
swords presented to, 327, 349
taking command in Jefferson City, 145
in taking of Corinth, 216–17
on Taylor’s demotion, 50
Taylor studied by, 42
and Thomas’s battles with Hood, 456
Thompson chased down by, 146–47
trip to Washington, 337–40
troops dispatched to McClernand at Vicksburg by, 269–70
troops reviewed by, 359, 482–83
Twenty-First Illinois marched across state by, 138–39
Twenty-First Illinois trained by, 136–39
“Unconditional Surrender” nickname of, 185
in Veracruz assault, 51
Vicksburg report of, 296
in Vicksburg siege, 52, 268–69, 270–79, 285, 788, 789
Vicksburg surrender terms of, 286–88, 942
vilified in press, 208, 211, 212, 245, 249–51, 408
vindicated by Vicksburg victory, 294
in visit to Colonel Dent in Civil War, 132, 133–34
in visit to New Orleans, 301–4
volunteers for war raised by, 128
and voting by soldiers, 452
in war game against Hamer, 46–47
war viewed as punishment for sin by, 518
Washburne’s coaching of, 223
Washburne’s first meeting with, 129
and William Farrar Smith’s Tennessee River plan, 314–15
as worried about Mosby, 358–59
Grant, Ulysses S., as president:
at Adas Israel synagogue dedication, 836–37
and Alabama affair, 683, 721, 724, 726–27, 749, 856, 869, 880, 889
alliance with Stalwarts, 734, 899
amnesty granted to southerners by, 746
appointments of, 636–44, 749
biographers’ dismissal of, xxi–xxii
black industry praised by, 690
black suffrage promoted by, 632
black welfare ensured by, 656
and civil service reform, 730–33, 855
on Colfax massacre, 759–60
considering sending military to Mississippi, 814–15
and Cox’s resignation, 730–31
and Cuban policy, 665–68
and Custer’s attack on Sioux, 833–35, 855
and Democratic control of House, 784–85
desire to see Fish as president, 826
dining out by, 648
education speech of, 811–12, 873
in election of 1872, 744–52
and father’s death, 767–68
and female suffrage, 750–51
Fifteenth Amendment praised by, 685
first inauguration of, 624, 631–32
generosity of, 648–49
and Gould and Fiske’s plan to corner gold, 672–79, 913
Henry Adams’s insults against, 678–81
and Indian Ring, 657, 819–25
Indian Territory visited by, 830
inflation bill vetoed by, 779–82, 825
at international fair, 828–29
isolation in campaign of, 618–19, 621–22
Justice Department created by, xxiii, 700–701
Ku Klux Klan vs., xxii–xxiii, 702–12, 856, 957
and Lee’s railroad venture, 656
legacy of, 850–58
Lewis Dent vs., 655–56
and Louisiana political mayhem, 757–63, 792–94, 848
Motley fired by, 697–98
in move to Washington, 623, 624
and Nellie’s marriage, 772–75
and nepotism, 638–40, 641
nomination of, 607–8, 611–12, 614–15, 616
overthrow of Louisiana government as concern of, 762–63
in Panic of 1873, 777–83
patronage requests of, 729–30, 742
Peace Policy with Indians, 657, 658, 659, 738, 832, 836, 855
political knowledge of, 624–25
proposed third term of, 809–11, 826, 877, 890–92, 894, 895, 896, 897, 899–903
and Rawlins’s death, 668–69, 670–71
and readmission of Confederate states, 654–55, 703
renomination of, 739–40
and replacement of Chase on Supreme Court, 764–67
and results of election of 1876, 844, 845, 847–50
in retreat from Reconstruction, 814–18
and return to gold standard, 782–83
revisionist view of, xxii
sadness of, 625–26
Santo Domingo annexation desired by, 660–65, 666, 691–99, 703, 712–13, 715, 719–20, 732, 742, 755, 851
second inauguration of, 754–56
Sherman’s criticism of Ku Klux Klan policy of, 705–6
solitary walks of, 650
southern tour proposed by, 758
and southern violence against Republicans, 760–61
Sumner’s dispute with, 681, 691–92, 694, 695, 698, 699, 710, 712–20, 723, 742–43, 745, 746, 795
third Enforcment Act signed by, 706
as trusting of subordinates, 637, 728–29
and violence in Mississippi, 703, 788–91
western tour of, 813, 814
and whiskey scandal, 797–99, 800–809, 819
White House access given to blacks by, 684–85
white supremacy in South denounced by, 785–86
Grant, Ulysses S., at West Point, 19–20, 392
cadet punched by, 22
Civil War generals known to, 24–25
demerits received by, 21
drawing talent of, 23–24
father’s influence on, 17–18
graduation from, 28
middling academic work of, 27–28
Grant, Ulysses S., Jr. “Buck,” 82, 97, 106, 374, 618, 652, 653, 771, 774, 807, 837, 868, 871, 892, 902, 913, 950
birth of, 72, 77–78
in business with Ward, 915, 918–19, 921–22, 923, 925
education of, 102–3, 105
at Vicksburg Campaign, 255
Grant, William, 185
Grant & Ward, xvii–xviii, 916, 917–19, 921–27, 928, 930, 934, 939–40, 950–51
Grant cabinet:
choosing of, 626–29, 634–36
Grant’s silence about appointees to, 624
shakeup of, 710–11, 730, 825–26
Grant Parish, La., 758–59
Grant’s Tomb, 958
Gravelly Run, 486
Gray, Edward, on Grant’s drinking, 97–98
Great American Empire, The, 891–92
Great Britain, 228, 232
Alabama and, 682–83, 721–27
and blockade of South, 460
Grant’s visit to, 864–69
Great Lakes, 117
Great Plains, 29, 618, 657, 659, 885, 919
Greeley, Horace, 252, 439, 863
death of, 752
in election of 1872, 741–42, 743, 744, 746, 747–48, 750, 752
on Kansas-Nebraska Act, 90
greenbacks, 654, 672, 778, 779
Greener, Richard T., 958
Greensboro, N.C., 535
Gregorio, 61, 66
Gresham, Walter, 196
Grier, Robert C., 688
Grierson, Benjamin H., 258
Griffin, Charles, 379
Griffing, Helen, 609
Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of, 58
Guiney’s Station, 399
Guiteau, Charles, 910
habeas corpus, 708
Haiti, 642, 661, 719
Halleck, Henry W., 170, 197, 218, 270, 293, 300, 305, 315, 320, 330, 338, 340, 343, 389, 391, 394, 397, 400, 422–23, 431, 433, 434, 438, 456, 528, 627
on absence of Unionists in South, 242
on active Confederate sympathizers in South, 221
on amnesty oaths for Confederates, 515
appearance of, 162
arrival at Pittsburg Landing, 213
and assault on Fort Donelson, 182, 186
background of, 162–63
and battle of the Wilderness, 378
blamed for loss at Fredericksburg, 231
Buell’s dispute with, 169
on capture of Fort Henry, 174
Corinth approached by, 214–15, 216
on Corinth victory, 216
and defense of Washington, 418, 420
demoted to army chief of staff, 347–48
Department of the Mississippi commanded by, 194
Department of the Missouri commanded by, 162
drinking by, 189–90
enraged at Banks, 279
Grant nominated for major general by, 186
Grant ordered to transfer troops from West by, 306
Grant praised for Vicksburg victory by, 294
Grant put in charge of western army by, 218–19
Grant’s behavior at Shiloh defended by, 211
Grant’s drinking reported to, 225
Grant’s meeting on Fort Henry and Fort Donelson with, 167–68
Grant’s plan for taking Mobile vetoed by, 327
Grant’s plan to take Nashville backed by, 187–88, 189
and Grant’s request of change in status, 215
Grant’s respect for, 219
Grant undermined by, 188–89, 193, 213–14, 221
holding Fort Henry as aim of, 174–75
and lieutenant general bill, 336
on Lincoln’s anger at Meade, 295
Lincoln’s lack of faith in, 220
on Lincoln’s reaction to General Orders No. 11, 235
McClernand pushed from Vicksburg Campaign by, 241
as military adviser to McClellan, 218
as military bureaucrat, 163
and plan for Vicksburg Campaign, 238, 247, 253, 262
procrastination by, 218
proposed transfer to West, 438
runaway slaves banned from Union camps by, 162
and Sheridan’s transfer to Potomac cavalry, 361
and Sherman’s loss at Chickasaw Bayou, 241
on slaves withdrawn from enemy, 228
troops told not to obey Sherman by, 537
Union generals insulted by, 357
Haller, Granville O., 85
Halstead, Murat, 250–51, 740
Hamburg, S.C., 839–41
Hamer, Thomas, 9, 17–18, 42, 46–47
Hamilton, Alexander, 634
Hamilton, Charles S., 244–45
Hamlet (Shakespeare), 348–49
Hamlin, Hannibal, 575
Hampton, Wade, III, 841, 845, 846
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 359, 392, 399, 427, 441–42, 583, 596, 803, 904, 955
in battle of Cold Harbor, 404