by Jack Hurst
Gray, Samuel
Great Redoubt (Vicksburg)
Gregg, John
Grenada, Mississippi
Grierson, Benjamin
Guerrillas
Gunboats
Gurley, Frank
Halleck, Henry W.(fig.)
close supervision of Grant
disobedience
eastward movement toward northern Alabama
failure to activate Memphis-Grenada rail line
Forrest’s West Tennessee raids
Grant at Chattanooga
Grant relieving McClernand from command
Grant-Rosecrans friction
Grant’s political and military reputation
Grant’s riding injury
Grant’s Vicksburg advance
incompetence and laziness
keeping Confederates confined to Mississippi
McClernand’s friction with Grant and
McClernand’s incompetence
McClernand’s self-aggrandizement at Vicksburg
military reorganization of the Corinth force
Pittsburg Landing
Pittsburg Landing fortification
reinstating Grant
Shiloh rumors and lies
timidity hobbling western advance
Union command
Halstead, Murat
Hamilton, Charles
Hampton, Wade
Hanson, Roger
Hard Times Landing, Louisiana
Hardee, William J.
Bragg’s Chattanooga command
Chattanooga
Pittsburg Landing
Pittsburg Landing battle plan
Wheeler’s promotion over Forrest
Harding, Abner
Harris, Isham G.
Harrison, Thomas
Hartsville, Tennessee
Hatch, Edward
Hatchie River
Haynes Bluff, Louisiana
Henry Clay (transport steamboat)
Heth, Henry
Hewett, John M.
Hill, Daniel Harvey
Hillyer, William
Hindman, Thomas
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen
Hodge, George B.
Holly Springs, Mississippi
Hood, Arthur
Hood, John Bell
Hooker, Joseph “Fighting Joe”(fig.)(fig.)
Chancellorsville
Grant’s arrival in Chattanooga
Grant’s concern over command
Lookout Mountain
pursuit of Bragg at Missionary Ridge
Hornet’s Nest defense
Horseshoe Ridge (Chickamauga)
Hovey, Alvin
Humboldt, Tennessee
Hunter, David
Huntingdon, Tennessee
Hurlbut, Stephen A.
advance on Chattanooga
Corinth
Grant’s growing dislike for the opposition
Hamilton’s quarrel with
media ban
Pittsburg Landing
Ihrie, George P.
Infantry, cavalry fighting as
Ingersoll, Robert
Ironclads
Iuka, Battle of
Jackson, A. E.
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Tennessee (fig.)
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall”
Jackson, William H.
Jamison, Robert D.
Jews, Grant’s antipathy toward
Johnson, Adam Rankin
Johnson, Bushrod Rust
Chickamauga
military timidity at Fort Donelson
Johnson, Richard W.
Johnston, Albert Sidney(fig.)
death of
Forrest’s performance at Donelson
Pittsburg Landing assault
public response for Henry-Donelson defeat
retreat from Donelson
Johnston, Joseph E.(fig.)
Forrest’s West Tennessee command
North Carolina capitulation
reinforcements in Tennessee
Vicksburg
Jones, Sam
Jones, Theodore
Kelley, David C.
Knox, Thomas
Knoxville, Tennessee. See also Chattanooga, Tennessee
Kountz, William J.
Ku Klux Klan
Lagow, Clark
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Lancaster (gunboat)
Lauman, Jacob
LaVergne, Tennessee
Lawler, Michael
Lawton, J.K.
Lebanon, Kentucky
Lee, Robert E.
Lee, Stephen D.
Leggett, M. D.
Lester, Henry C.
Lexington, Kentucky
Lick Creek, Tennessee (fig.)
Lincoln, Abraham
conscription of blacks
Emancipation Proclamation
Grant’s riding injury
Grant’s Vicksburg victory
Halleck’s decline
lack of class-consciousness
lies surrounding Shiloh
McClernand’s determination for Vicksburg fame
McClernand’s unpopularity
praise of Chattanooga campaign
praise of Grant’s Vicksburg campaign
preliminary emancipation proclamation
refusal to compromise with the Confederates
replacing McClellan
Logan, John A. “Black Jack”
Logan, Samuel
Longstreet, James
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (fig.)
Loomis, John
Loring, William
Louisville-Nashville-Alabama supply line
Lowe, William W.
Lynchings
Mackall, William W.
Magee, David
Mahan, Dennis
Malaria
Manassas, Battle of
Maney, George
Hell’s Hollow carnage
holding Jackson
Murfreesboro
Pittsburg Landing
Shiloh
Maney’s Farm (Murfreesboro)
Maury, Dabney H.
McArthur, John
McClellan, George B.
advance on Richmond
contempt of drunkenness
Rosecrans’s post with
Seven Days’ Battles
McClernand, John A.(fig.)
amphibious approach to Vicksburg
Arkansas Post attack
Buford’s incompetence
countercharge at Pittsburg Landing
Grant and Halleck’s friction with
Grant relieving of command
Grant’s presence at Pittsburg Landing
incompetence at Vicksburg
increasing friction before Vicksburg
lies surrounding Shiloh
May 22 assault on Vicksburg
misinformation during Vicksburg assault
Owl Creek defeat
political pressure on Grant before Vicksburg
relieving from command of Vicksburg expedition
Sherman and Grant’s attempt to foil
sidestepping Grant in the chain of command
unpopularity with McPherson and Grant
Vicksburg assault
McClure, Alexander K.
McCook, Alexander
McCook, Dan
McCown, J. P.
McCulloch, Bob
McCulloch, Henry
McDonald, Charles
McKenzie, Tennessee
McLaws, Lafayette
McLemore, William
McLemore’s Cove, Georgia
McLemoresville, Tennessee
McMinnville, Tennessee
McPherson, James B.(fig.)
Grant’s command of Vicksburg campaign
Grant’s trust in
Lamar
May 22 assault on Vicksburg
McClernand’s hostility toward
McCler
nand’s self-aggrandizement at Vicksburg
navigation toward Vicksburg
Pittsburg Landing
replacing Rosecrans at Corinth
targeting Mobile
Vicksburg assault
Vicksburg campaign
Vicksburg cease-fire proposal
Vicksburg defeat
Meade, George G.
Media
Medill, Joseph
Memphis, Tennessee
Buell’s supply lines
civilian resentment
Confederate push to drive out Federals
Forrest’s background
Grant’s headquarters
Grant’s reinforcements
Grant’s supply routes
McPherson marooned in Memphis
Memphis & Charleston Railroad
Memphis Avalanche newspaper
Memphis-Grenada rail line
Meridian, Mississippi
Mexican War
Mexico, French activity in
Michie, James
Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana
Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga) (fig.) (fig.)
Mississippi Central Railroad
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile & Ohio railroad
Moore, John C.
Morale, emancipation and lack of pay affecting
Morgan, George W.
Morgan, John Hunt
bogus telegram about Murfreesboro
disrupting supply lines
driving into northern Kentucky
Kentucky raid
Nashville
West Tennessee raids
Morrison, J. J.
Morton, John W., Jr.
artillery loss at Day’s Gap
Browns Ferry
Chickamauga
Dover
Forrest’s friction with Bragg
Forrest’s West Tennessee raids
Humboldt-Jackson raids
Parker’s Crossroads
assignment by Bragg resisted by Forrest
Mower, Joseph
Munfordville, Kentucky
Murfreesboro, Tennessee (fig.)
allowing Confederate troops to move north
Bragg’s comment on
Bragg’s retreat from
Confederate infiltration and reconnaissance
Forrest saving the courthouse
Forrest’s advance on
Forrest’s distinction
Forrest’s psychological fighting style
Parkhurst’s surrender
slave disarray following raid on
stalling Confederate contraction
Union diversion at
Union’s bogus telegram of Forrest’s advance on
Murphy, Robertapier, Alonzo T.
Nashville, Tennessee
Navy. See Gunboats; Ironclads
Negley, James
Negro stealing
Nelson, William “Bull”
Confederate retreat from Pittsburg Landing
defense at Pittsburg Landing
Grant’s need for reinforcements at Pittsburg Landing
Pittsburg Landing
reinforcements at Pittsburg Landing
reorganizing Murfreesboro
Sherman’s fortification of Pittsburg Landing
New Carthage, Louisiana
New Orleans, Federals’ capture of
News media
Obion River
Okolona, Mississippi
Oliver, John
Orchard Knob (Chattanooga)
Ord, Edward O. C.
Osterhaus, Peter
Otey, James H.
Owl Creek
Oxford, Mississippi
Palmyra, Tennessee
Paranoia, Sherman’s
Parker’s Crossroads, Tennessee(fig.)
Parkhurst, John G.
Paul, James
Payment issues
Pea Ridge, Battle of
Peabody, Everett
Peavine Ridge (Chickamauga)
Pegram, John
Pemberton, John C.(fig.)
advance on Vicksburg
Champion Hill
conflicting actions at Vicksburg
Grant’s diversions at Vicksburg
misinformation about Union movements at Vicksburg
petition to sack Bragg
southward through Mississippi
threatening Sherman’s Vicksburg troops
Van Dorn’s demotion
Vicksburg cease-fire
Vicksburg defense
Phelan, James
Pillow, Gideon
Pittsburg Landing, Battle of
casualty list
Confederate battle plan
Confederate disarray and retreat
Confederate intelligence of Union movements
Confederate surrender
Forrest’s response to Federal reinforcements
Grant’s urgent need for reinforcements
lies and controversy surrounding
preparations for
Union fortification
Union reinforcements
Plantation economy: Forrest’s property
Polk, Leonidas (fig.)
Bragg’s enmity
Chickamauga
Confederate surrender at Shiloh
Forrest’s grievances
Forrest’s West Tennessee command
petition to sack Bragg
Pittsburg Landing battle plan
Pope, John
Port Gibson, Louisiana(fig.)
Port Hudson, Louisiana
Porter, David
amphibious approach at Vicksburg
guerrilla warfare
May 22nd Vicksburg attack
mistreatment of black soldiers
Vicksburg consultation with Grant
Vicksburg surrender
water route to Vicksburg
Yazoo
Prentiss, Benjamin M.
Presidential nomination, Grant’s
Price, Sterling
Corinth
determination to take Missouri
failure to regroup after Iuka and Corinth
Iuka
Kentucky strike proposal
Van Dorn’s army combining with
Prisoners of war
execution of black prisoners
Federal prisoners at Munfordville
Forrest’s strategic use of
Forrest’s trickery with misinformation
fugitive slaves
guerrillas
Murfreesboro raid
Parker’s Crossroads
Trenton
Profiteering
Psychological warfare
Quinby, Isaac F.
Quinn, Francis T.
Race and racism
emergence of the Ku Klux Klan
Sherman’s ambivalence over politics and
See also African Americans; Slaves and slavery
Railroad
Buell’s repair and use of the Memphis & Charleston and Louisville-Nashville lines
Forrest’s destruction of Mobile & Ohio track
Forrest’s disruption at Manchester
Forrest’s mission to destroy Kentucky tracks
Forrest’s vandalism at Nashville
Grant’s investment in
loss of Federal supply train at Abbeville
mopping up after Vicksburg
strategic position of Vicksburg
Union gains at Chattanooga-Knoxville
See also Supplies and supply movements
Railroad Redoubt (Vicksburg)
Rambaut, Gilbert
Randolph, G.W.
Rawlins, John A.
Raymond, Mississippi
Ready, Charles
Readyville, Tennessee
Reed’s Bridge (Chickamauga) (fig.)
Religion
Reynolds, A.W.
Richardson, R.V.
Richardson, William A., Confederate captain
Richa
rdson, William A., Illinois senator
Richmond, Battle of
Ridley, Luke
Robber barons
Roddey, Philip D.
Rome, Georgia
Rosecrans, William S.
Bragg eluding at Shelbyville
Bragg’s plans for Corinth
Chickamauga
command of the Army of the Mississippi
Corinth
disrupting supply routes in Tennessee
error at Chickamauga
flanking Bragg at Chickamauga
Forrest’s West Tennessee raids
Grant’s increasing dissatisfaction after Corinth and Iuka
incompetence at Iuka and Corinth
Iuka
Lincoln’s frustration with Halleck and
military incompetence and cowardice
Nashville
proceeding to Chattanooga
social and military background
Thompson’s Station
Ross, Leonard
Rowley, William
Russell, A. A.
Sand Mountain, Alabama
Sansom, Emma
Saunders, James E.
Scott, John S.
Scott, Winfield
Seibert, James
Seminole War
Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee
Seven Days’ Battles
Severson, C.S.
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Shepard, Isaac
Sheridan, Phil
Sherman, Ellen (wife)
Sherman, William Tecumseh “Cump”(fig.)
appeasing the media
attachment to Grant
background and temperament
Bragg’s plans for Memphis
Chattanooga siege
Confederate assault at Shiloh
countercharge at Pittsburg Landing
death of son
Fallen Timbers
Grant as peer-confidant
Grant’s certainty of victory at Shiloh
Grant’s supply line strike
holding Pittsburg Landing
May 22 assault on Vicksburg
Owl Creek defeat
perilous march to Chattanooga
Pittsburg Landing fortification
pursuit of Bragg at Missionary Ridge
vandalism after Vicksburg
Vicksburg
Sherman, William Tecumseh “Cump”: Vicksburg
amphibious attack
Chickasaw Bayou
Confederate plan to foil assault
criticism of Grant’s amphibious attack
defeat at
Grand Gulf
Grant’s diversions
May 19 assault
May 22 assault
surrender
Shiloh, Battle of(fig.)(fig.)
as turning point
Chalmers at
Confederate engagement
errors in delivery of the Confederate assault
Fallen Timbers
Pittsburg Landing assault
Sherman’s volunteer troops
Tuttle’s support by Grant
Van Dorn’s delayed arrival at
Wheeler’s heroism at
wounded and dying