Irwinton, Ga., 223, 252–53
Isondiga, C.S.S., 496
Izard’s plantation, 420, 484, 486
Jackson’s Ferry, Ga., 229, 230–31, 232
Jackson, Ga., 105; November 17 fight, 114–15
Jackson, Nathaniel J., 377–9
Jackson, Oscar L., 315–16
Jacksonboro, Ga., 349
Jasper County, Ga., 16, 115
Jasper Springs, 512
Jenks’ Bridge, 359, 365–66, 373, 374
Jerry (slave), 319
Johnson, Bushrod R., 480
Johnson, Herschel V., 283
Johnston, Joseph E., 5, 34, 181
Jones Sr., Charles Colcock, 449
Jones, Joseph B. (plantation), 311, 314
Jones, Mary Jones, 449–50
Jones, Samuel, 280, 391, 454, 468
Jones, Theodore, 429, 430, 433
Jones, Wells S., 426, 429–30
Jonesboro, Ga., 63–64, 94; November 15 fight, 83–84
Jordan, Lee, 144, 154
Jordan, Reverend, 184
Jordan, Thomas J., 341
Kelly, Rufus, 180
Kentucky troops (C.S.): mounted infantry (Orphan Brigade, 80, 84, 93, 101, 217), (4th Regiment, 217)
Kentucky troops (U.S.): cavalry (2nd Regiment, 94, 248–49, 276, 340–41), (3rd Regiment, 94, 164, 340), (5th Regiment, 84, 108, 196, 198, 309, 340, 342)
Kerr, Charles D., 383
Kilbourne, Julius B., 263
Kilkenny Bluff, 443
Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson, 63, 165, 222, 249, 346, 356–57, 421; ambushed, 150, 286–87; campaign thoughts, 70, 164, 526; cavalry reviewed by Sherman, 64, 218, 515; command decisions, 152, 177, 286, 320; described, 348; discipline, 103; diversionary operations, 115, 125, 164, 226–27, 307–9, 356; Fort McAllister, 408–9, 418, 424, 443–44; Griswoldville, 177–78; Liberty County, 449–51; loses hat to enemy, 286–87, 291; Lovejoy’s Station fight, 94; Macon attack, 166–68; Millen rescue mission, 226–27, 262–63, 278; personal combat, 286, 339; picked by Sherman, 50; praised by Sherman, 314, 528; Reynolds’s plantation fight, 287–91; seeks permission for terror retaliation, 226, 314–15; Waynesboro fight, 314, 334–44
King’s Bridge, 376, 384–85, 390, 397, 408, 417, 421–22, 445, 446, 463, 465, 470, 481–82
King, Davis (Spence), 101
King, T. G., 215
Kingston, Ga., 59
Kirby, Colonel, 253
“L.F.J.,” 258, 261, 273
Ladd, Frederick S., 159, 362
Lamar, Caro, 20, 505
Langford, William Bedford, 212
Langley, James W., 297
Lawson, P. A., 112
Le Sage, John B., 245
Ledyard, Edwin, 399–400
Lee’s Mill, Ga., 100
Lee, Custis, 12–13
Lee, Robert E., 3, 10, 95, 189, 330, 443, 457, 480, 528
Liberty County, Union foraging, 449–51, 482
Lincoln, Abraham, 40–41, 140, 359–60, 467, 508, 521
Lithonia, Ga., 21, 96, 97, 99–100, 108, 109
Little Ogeechee River, 423–24, 430, 480
Little Ohoopee River, 282
Little River, 161n, 184
live oaks, 374, 423, 448, 493
Lockhart, William James, 282
Lockner Creek, 372; December 9 incident, 380–83
Locust Grove, Ga., 107
Logan, John A., 462
Lonergan, Jonathan, 317
Long Bridge, 246
Louisiana Military Seminary, 25
Louisiana troops: band (20th Regiment, 7).
Louisville, Ga., 270, 273, 275, 280, 283, 291, 302, 303, 529, 539; destruction of, 284–85, 297
Lovejoy’s Station, Ga., 6, 84; November 16 fight, 94
Lufburrow, Matthew, 351
Lumpkin’s Station, Ga., 334
Lunt, Dolly Sumner. See Burge, Dolly Sumner Lunt
Macon and Western Railroad, 14, 16, 80, 84, 108
Macon Daily Telegraph, 112, 129, 215
Macon, C.S.S., 371, 414–16
Macon, Ga., 3–5, 9, 16, 95, 103, 112, 142, 157, 188; Cobb defense, 84–85, 112, 194; Hardee defense, 142–43, 178–79; November 20 fight (Dunlap’s Hill), 164–68; Sherman bypasses, 70; Taylor defense, 193–94, 198, 199
Madison, Ga., 15–16, 112, 140–41, 144, 145, 154–55
Maguire, Thomas, 111
Mallard, Robert Quarterman, 450
Mallory, Mr., 314
Mallory, Rollin, 158
Manley, Emma, 105
Mann, James N., wounded, 211
March to the Sea, Altamaha River operation, 463, 469–70, 477, 482; animal incidents, 132, 155–56, 271, 327, 356, 364; animal requisition, 54, 357–58; authorized destruction, 53, 85, 92, 136–37, 144, 154, 155, 157, 160–61, 169, 186, 220, 253, 260, 271, 349–50, 385, 529–30, 532–33, 539–40; campaign assessments, 526–28; cattle herd, 51–52, 111, 127, 156, 267, 297, 412–13; civilian experiences, 82, 97, 99, 105–6, 109, 115–17, 126, 131, 140, 141, 145, 149, 171, 219, 243, 248, 258–60, 273, 287, 294, 304–5, 310, 312, 355, 365; communication by rocket, 149; cotton destroyed, 101, 108, 110, 114, 140, 145, 154, 160–61, 174, 219, 253, 270; cotton not destroyed, 225; forage liberally, 52–53, 108, 136–37; grass fires, 350; Hinesville operation, 465, 470, 477; maps, 56, 149, 229, 272, 418; march discipline, 79, 131, 351; marching orders, 50–52, 100, 102, 117, 163, 223–24; marching pace, 79, 82, 83, 91–92, 97, 101, 111, 117, 132–33, 138, 154, 156, 163, 169–71, 172, 174, 175, 251, 267, 282, 295–96, 312, 327, 333, 348–50, 363–64, 369–70; morale/mail, 465–66, 470; obstructed roads, 349, 355, 362, 364, 367, 372; oysters, 513; popular impressions, 535–38; pioneers, 55–56, 120, 223, 226, 283, 295, 312, 333, 349, 351, 355, 367, 370, 371, 374, 421, 481, 532; plan precedents and orders, 47–57; rape, 243; ration scarcity, 406, 412–13, 441, 448, 452, 465; rice making by soldiers, 452; straggling/stragglers, 82, 88, 117, 142, 147, 159–60, 173, 186, 254, 283, 334; swamps, 154, 190, 217, 224, 244, 246, 249, 251, 267, 283, 284, 285, 295, 296, 304, 312, 317, 333, 339, 347, 349, 355–56, 363, 364, 366, 378–80, 386, 394, 397–98; torpedoes, 129, 387–88, 426, 428, 434–35, 448, 456; total war designation, 534–38; unauthorized destruction, 82, 98–99, 109, 140, 176, 310, 364; use of African-Americans, 54–55, 531–32; wagon train, 50–51, 77, 79, 83, 90, 91, 97, 100–102, 107, 117, 121, 138–39, 149, 154, 170–71, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179–80, 193, 219, 226, 234, 270, 332–33, 349, 358, 363, 373; weather planning, 57–58; wing commanders, 48–49
“Marching Through Georgia” (song), 536–38
Marietta, Ga., 60
Markland, A. H., 467
Marshall, Matt, 171
Martin, James, 79
Martin, James S., 430, 438
Massachusetts troops: band (33rd Regiment, 88); infantry (2nd Regiment, 92, 261, 325, 380, 406, 453, 468, 484–85), (33rd Regiment, 92), (54th Colored Regiment, 299)
Massey, R. J., 178, 236
Maybank plantation, 449
McAdoo, William G., 130
McAllister, Joseph L., 417, 423
McCaskey, William S., 500
McCauley, C. M. T., 380
McClintock, James M., 132, 425, 432, 438
McClure, A. K., 360
McCoy, James, 118
McDonough, Ga., 100
McKinley, Guy, 219
McKinley, William, 184, 219
McLaws, Lafayette, 143, 328, 330–31, 365, 400, 493
McLeans, J. C., 215
McSweeny, Captain, 358
Meade, George Gordon, 49
Medway River, 443
Mendel, W. H., 493
Mercer, Hugh W., 400
Merritt, Nehemiah, 440
Michigan troops: artillery (1st Artillery, Battery B, 202, 204–5); cavalry (9th Regiment, 159, 286, 335, 336–37, 362); engineers and mechanics (1st Regiment, 56, 92, 108, 246, 316, 420, 463); infantry (19th Regiment, 110, 175, 326, 350), (21st Regiment, 441)
Middleton house, 426, 429, 440, 443
Midway Church, 469, 47
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Mill Creek, 332, 367
Milledgeville, Ga., 17–18, 112, 113, 228, 161; destruction of, 219, 220–23, 235, 242; Confederate reoccupation, 243–44, 254; evacuation, 129–30; mock legislative session, 222–23; Union occupation, 181–85, 220–23, 224–27, 233–36
Milledgeville Hotel, 184
Millen, Ga. (CRR No. 8), 18–19, 251, 275, 293; destruction, 326; Union occupation, 315–16
Miller, Jerry J., 93
Miller, John A., 160
Mills, Thomas J., 426
Minnesota troops: artillery (Light Artillery, 1st Battery, 68, 101, 224, 351, 414, 417n); infantry (2nd Regiment, 111, 183, 235, 382), (4th Regiment, 123, 138, 405–6)
Missouri troops: artillery (1st Artillery, 385); engineers (1st Regiment, 56, 79–80, 123, 131, 155–56, 253, 264, 317, 366, 408, 421); infantry (6th Regiment, 429), (23rd Regiment, 284), mounted infantry (29th Regiment, 84, 115, 122)
Mobile, Ala, 34, 191, 301
Monteith Swamp, December 9 fight, 377–80
Montevideo plantation, 449
Montgomery, Ala, 8–9, 352
Monticello, Ga., 132, 139, 148–49
Moore, John, 100
Moore, Joseph, 245, 283
Morgan, James D., 186, 285
Morse, W. H., 414–15
Mountain Springs Church, 196
Mower, Joseph A., 386, 463, 469
Moye, J. C., 281
Murder Creek, 172, 176–77
Murray, Eli H., 288, 340–42
National Tribune, 273n
Nashville, Tenn., December 15–16 battle, 461–63
Neal, John, 69
Nelson, George, 439
Nemaha (revenue cutter), 444
Nesbit, Dr., 176
New Hope Church, 280
New Jersey troops: infantry (13th Regiment, 98, 171, 220, 257, 484), (35th Regiment, 350)
New York Herald, 33, 76–77, 109, 134, 136, 140, 142, 150, 153, 164, 171, 286, 336, 339
New York Post, 306
New York Times, 34, 45
New York troops: artillery (1st Artillery, 415–16, 479); infantry (17th Regiment, 234–15, 257, 465), (102nd Regiment, 495, 496, 498), (107th Regiment, 133–34, 184, 485), (123rd Regiment, 325, 377–78, 406, 532), (134th Regiment, 159–60, 420), (137th Regiment, 282, 498), (149th Regiment, 111, 183–84), (150th Regiment, 133, 394–95, 485)
Newborn, Ga., 142, 147, 152
Nichols, George, 305, 306, 439, 440; torpedoes, 388
North Carolina troops, infantry (Baker’s Brigade, 493), (10th Battalion, 380)
Norton, Samuel E., 338, 342, 347
Oakey, Daniel, 51
Ocmulgee River, 115, 116, 122, 129, 131, 132, 138–39, 142, 148–49, 155–56, 164
Oconee, Ga. (CRR No. 14), 267
Oconee River, 140, 144, 154, 159–60, 184, 189, 219, 233, 235, 254, 267; defense, 143, 165, 180, 191–92, 216–18, 219–20, 224, 227–28, 229–32, 241, 251–55, 255–56, 264–65
Ogeechee Creek, 323, 330, 350–52
Ogeechee River, 273, 309, 312, 313, 315, 316, 317, 318, 322, 323, 324, 331–2, 347, 352, 354, 358–59, 364, 365, 374, 376, 384, 389, 390, 397, 401–2, 408, 417, 418, 445, 455, 465, 475, 482, 501. See also Fort McAllister, December 13 assault
Ogeechee Shoals, 248–49
Ohio troops: cavalry (5th Regiment, 288, 339, 342), (9th Regiment, 336–37, 362), (10th Regiment, 79, 102, 165–68, 336–38, 342); infantry (5th Regiment, 75, 176), (21st Regiment, 311), (29th Regiment, 133, 245, 334, 470, 488, 499), (30th Regiment, 179, 264, 429, 434, 435), (31st Regiment, 134), (32nd Regiment, 219, 224, 316), (38th Regiment, 441), (39th Regiment, 413, 441), (43rd Regiment, 316), (46th Regiment, 198, 202), (47th Regiment, 193, 267, 317, 385, 426, 431, 436, 437, 439, 470), (52nd Regiment, 298), (53rd Regiment, 324), (54th Regiment, 426), (57th Regiment, 252), (61st Regiment, 175, 379), (63rd Regiment, 315–16, 326, 405), (66th Regiment, 512), (68th Regiment, 331, 452), (70th Regiment, 332, 429, 431, 435, 436, 437, 439), (74th Regiment, 441), (81st Regiment, 253, 267, 385), (89th Regiment, 284), (94th Regiment, 97), (105th Regiment, 134, 135, 284, 448, 470, 532), (113th Regiment, 146, 235, 257)
Old Bay, 332
Old Savannah Road, 316
Oliver, Ga. (CRR No. 4 1/2), 323; December 4 probe, 330–31
Oliver, John M., 366–67, 384–85, 429
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 21
Opelika, Ga., 8
O’Reilly, Thomas, 86
Orme, Mrs. Richard McAllister, 18, 220–21
Ossabaw Sound, 423, 442, 444, 445, 446, 455, 471, 498, 501
Osterhaus, Peter J., 69, 102, 115, 157; Ball’s Ferry fight, 252–53; described, 195–96; Griswoldville fight, 195–201, 212
Oxford, Ga., 15, 134, 137
Palmetto, Ga., 5–8
Parks Mill, 154, 159–60
Parry, Augustus C., 436
Pennsylvania troops: artillery (Battery E, 500); cavalry (9th Regiment, 94, 150, 196, 198, 249, 340–41, 449); infantry (28th Regiment, 133, 326), (79th Regiment, 311, 452), (111th Regiment, 92, 140), (147th Regiment, 441, 470, 470, 514)
Pennyworth Island, 485
Philadelphia Inquirer, 262, 286, 517
Philadelphia, U.S.S., 411
Philips, Henry L., 431
Philips, Pleasant J., 197, 199, 200, 202–3, 203–4, 205–6, 208–9, 210–11, 213–15
Phillips Academy, 221
pioneers. See March to the Sea
Pitts Chapel, 179
Pitts, John W., 147
Planter’s Factory, 115, 122, 129; described, 124–25; destroyed, 149–50, 155
Plumb, William, 207
Poe, Orlando M., 511, 538; Atlanta destruction, 60, 62, 67, 77, 86; Buffalo Creek, 244–47; described, 55–57; Eatonton Factory destruction, 161
pontoons, 43, 55–56, 120–21, 123, 127, 131, 135–36, 139, 184, 193, 245–47, 264–65, 283, 303, 305, 317, 327, 365–66, 370–71, 383–84, 417, 468–69, 479–80, 485–86, 497; described, 120–21; importance, 538. See also bridges
Pooler, Ga. (CRR No. 1), 331, 389
Port Royal, S.C., 231, 410–11, 466
Post, S. V. W., 88
Potter, John, 325
Potts, Benjamin F., 219, 481
Price, John M., 483–84
Prior, Felix W., 368
prisoners, 35–36, 148–49, 157, 236, 395–96, 489–90
Puckett, Aunt Winnie, 109
Pulaski House, 504
Pulaski Monument, 512
Quillin, Martha Amada, 98–99
Quimby, George W., 442; mission to contact fleet, 390–91, 401–2, 410–12
Quincy Daily Whig & Republican, 516
railroads, destruction, 92, 100, 108, 119, 125, 133, 141, 144, 168, 171, 191, 192, 220, 223, 251–52, 259, 264, 270, 271, 278, 281, 296–97, 303, 310, 316, 324, 384–85, 394, 449, 463, 469–70, 477, 482, 532–33; intelligence gathering, 232–33; Sherman’s orders, 226; trains captured, 385–86, 506
Rains, George Washington, 250
rape. See March to the Sea Red Legs (tugboat), 501–3
Reese, Chauncey B., 397, 417
Reese, Louise, 17, 149, 174–75
Reese, Tabitha, 17
Reid, George W., 133–34
Resolute, C.S.S., 414–16, 448–49, 476, 479
Reynolds plantation, November 28 fight, 287–91
Reynolds, J. A., 500
Rice, Elliott W., 365–66
Riceboro, Ga., 477
Richmond, Va., 3, 5, 13, 67, 94–95, 228–29, 268, 353–54
Richmond Dispatch, 94
Richmond Examiner, 67, 228–29
Richmond Sentinel, 228, 353
Richmond Whig, 229
Robertson, Felix H., 288
Robinson, James S., 378
Robinson, Mrs. Philip, 160
Rocky Comfort Creek, 284
Rocky Creek, 294, 309, 313; December 2 fight, 319–20
Roe, Lewis F., 270
Rome, Ga., 59
Romney Marsh, 501
Rose Dhu Island Battery, 424, 44
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Rosemary Creek, 327
Ross, Levi, 302–3
Rough and Ready, Ga., November 15 fight, 80
Rutledge, Ga., 133
Salkehatchie River, 516
Sample, Sue, 304–5, 312–13
Sampson, C.S.S., 414–16
Sandersville, Ga., 241, 259–62, 529, 539; November 25 fight, 247; November 26 fight, 256–59
Savannah and Gulf Railroad, 384–5, 449, 463, 482, 506, 533
Savannah Campaign, development and evolution, 33–58
Savannah, C.S.S., 480, 496, 500, 503
Savannah Morning News, 499
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal, 385, 390; December 9 fight, 374
Savannah Republican, 499
Savannah River, 16, 354–55, 356, 359, 361, 370, 371, 374, 391–92, 394–95, 400, 406, 407, 419, 441, 453–54, 476
Savannah, Ga., 19–20, 280, 351, 353, 409; Beauregard considers expendable, 375, 454–55; defenses, 65, 143, 365, 377, 400, 409; evacuation, 487–97; evacuation planning, 468–69, 479–80, 485–86; evacuation pontoon, 486, 494, 497–8; Hardee surrender response, 473–75; material captured, 506; Sherman surrender demand, 471–72; siege conditions, 405, 478, 489–90; Southern response to surrender, 511; surrendered, 496–7; threatened, 65; Union occupation, 498–521; Union siege operations, 405–7, 412–14, 420–21, 448–49, 452–53, 463–65, 470–71, 478, 483–84, 490–91
Savannah River Squadron, 480, 491, 496
Scarboro (CRR No. 7), 313, 317, 322, 323, 324, 331
Schofield, John M., 300
Scott, Mrs., 118
Screven’s Ferry, 503
Scudder, Jotham, 282
Scull’s Creek, 317
Sebastopol, Ga. (CRR No. 10), 255, 302, 303
Seddon, James, 280
Selfridge, James L., 378–80
Shady Dale, Ga., 142, 153, 162
Sherfy, William H., 426
Sherman, Charles Celestine, 518
Sherman, Ellen Ewing, 24, 25, 466, 518
Sherman, William Ewing (Willy), 23–24, 518
Sherman, William Tecumseh: African-American interaction, 99–100, 118, 136, 173, 186–7, 320–21, 518–21; antipathy toward England, 517–18; Atlanta, 69, 77–8, 87–8, 90–91; briefs soldiers on campaign, 71; called insane, 25; campaign assessment, 547–8; campaign planning, 538–40; cavalry management, 275–76; civilian interaction, 147–78, 176–77, 237, 248, 261–62, 373; collective responsibility, 29, 226, 246; command decisions, 186, 225–26, 262, 292–93, 307–9, 314–15, 321–22, 323, 330, 351–52, 357–58, 365, 408, 418–19, 442–43, 445–47, 456, 466, 471, 475–77, 480–85, 544–46; command style, 118–19; considers options, 99, 142, 185–86, 225–26; Dahlgren relationship, 446–47, 455–56, 482; death of sons, 23–24, 518; December 10 incident, 398–99; described, 25–26, 295, 328; destiny, 31; expels Atlanta civilians, 35; fears social disruption, 29–30; forage liberally incident, 136–37; foraging (approves), 41, 43, 147; foraging (disapproves), 27; Fort McAllister, 397, 407, 417, 421–39; Foster relationship, 444–47, 476, 480–81, 486–87; free press, 30, 274, 373; Georgia political machinations, 37; Grant relationship, 40, 447, 456–61, 475, 544; hard war, 31; idealized vision of America, 28–29; Kilpatrick relationship, 226–27, 314, 358, 528; leadership qualities, 26–27; learns of Savannah surrender, 502; limits POW exchange, 35–36; Louisiana Military
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