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by Douglas Southall Freeman

Mossy Creek Academy, 62

  Mott, Col. Chris H, C.S.A., 115

  Mountain Road, 687, 689

  Mount Jackson, 160, 161, 175, 200, 397

  Mount Meridian, 203, 204, 212

  Mount Solon, 179

  “Mud March,” 435

  Mule Shoe (Bloody Angle), 677-84, 692, 694, 697, 708, 781

  map of, 682

  and withdrawal of guns, 679, 697

  Munford, George Wythe, 616

  Munford, Brig. Gen. Thomas T, C.S.A, 199, 220, 248, 249, 286, 317, 344, 353, 387, 388

  at Chancellorsville, 477

  promotion of, 615-16

  at Five Forks, 778, 780, 781

  at Appomattox, 805, 809

  Murfreesboro, 99

  Nance, Col. James D., C.S.A., 669

  Nansemond River, 452-53

  Nashville, Tenn., 99, 646, 763

  Neese, Acting Sgt. George, C.S.A., 692

  Neff, Col. John F, C.S.A., 166, 321

  Nelson, Maj. William, C.S.A., 370

  Nelson’s Battalion, 531

  Neuse River, 449

  New Bern, N.C., 428, 449-50, 699, 700

  New Bridge, 238

  New Cold Harbor, 230, 235

  New Guilford, 572

  New Market, 167, 169, 170, 171, 174, 175, 176, 180, 183, 198, 199, 200, 246, 250, 397, 723, 758

  Newport News, 58

  New Road, 244, 245, 249

  in map, 244

  Newtown, 163, 187, 188, 189

  New York, 106

  Nicholls, Brig. Gen. Francis T., C.S.A., 379, 509, 515, 528, 529, 530, 542, 611, 623

  Nine Mile Road, 130, 131-34, 141, 149, 239

  Norfolk, 103-4, 105, 106, 107, 123, 131, 142, 145

  North Anna River, 302, 451, 686, 715, 724, 726

  North Carolina, 99, 105, 112, 290, 428, 431-32, 447, 448, 449-52, 463, 533, 656, 700, 769, 771, 772, 775, 786, 804

  North Carolina, Department of, 448

  North Carolina regiments, 112, 146, 148, 213, 229, 231, 296, 317, 347, 400, 411, 529, 533, 564, 584, 685, 733, 736

  1st, 538

  1st cavalry, 400

  1st volunteers, 58-59, 60

  4th, 532

  5th, 116, 117-18, 532, 629

  6th, 100, 629

  8th, 753

  13th, 421, 489

  14th, 430

  20th, 236, 382, 386

  21st, 317, 318, 430

  22nd, 617

  23rd, 116, 117, 380, 491, 492

  24th, 405

  25th, 338

  27th, 335, 363, 365, 381, 627, 814

  28th, 382

  33rd, 669

  45th, 251

  49th, 382

  50th, 251

  55th, 452

  North Fork, 200

  North River, 200, 203, 205, 207, 209, 212

  Northrop, Col. L. B., C.S.A., 764

  Nottoway River, 705, 779

  Occoquan Creek and River, 100, 101, 423, 424, 426, 556

  Ohio, 107, 549, 550

  Old, Capt. W. W., C.S.A., 697

  Old Church, 152, 153, 155

  Old Cold Harbor, 224, 225, 226, 230, 233

  Old Raleigh, 227

  O’Neal, Col. Edward A., C.S.A., 491, 529, 608, 609

  at Gettysburg, 564-65, 567

  Opequon Creek, 746, 747

  Orange, 660

  Orange and Alexandria Railroad (O. & A. Railroad), 101, 102, 284, 309, 313-14, 316, 317, 399, 424, 445, 535, 536, 556, 624, 628, 633

  Orange Court House, 288, 289

  Orange Plank Road, 467, 468, 469-71, 474-77, 479, 480, 487, 488, 490, 491-93, 496, 497, 500-502, 504, 505, 512, 513, 660, 661, 663, 664, 666-68, 670, 672

  Orr’s Rifles, 409, 471

  Owen, Col. Thomas H., C.S.A., 628

  Owen, Adj. William Miller, C.S.A., 338, 810

  Page, Maj. Richard C. M., C.S.A., 489, 680, 681

  Palmetto Sharpshooters, 136, 138

  Pamunkey River, 155, 270, 273, 717

  White House on, 149, 156, 199, 224, 270, 718, 775

  Parham, Col. William A., C.S.A., 353

  Parkersburg, 60, 61 Parkersburg Turnpike, 176

  Parrott guns, 190, 208, 209, 294, 409, 421, 543

  Pate, Col. Henry, C.S.A., 689

  Patterson, Gen. Robert, U.S.A., 68, 69, 70, 74, 78

  Patton, Col. J. M., C.S.A., 199, 207, 212

  Paxton, Brig. Gen. Elisha Franklin, C.S.A., 285, 380, 381, 382, 383, 462

  deserters and, 456

  at Chancellorsville, 477, 478, 490

  he is mortally wounded there, 490, 493, 494, 509, 515, 528, 532, 611

  commander needed for his brigade, 529, 532

  Payne’s Farm, 636

  Peach Orchard, 579, 580, 585, 592, 593

  Peaked Mountain, 201, 202

  Pegram, Maj. Gen. John, C.S.A., 61-65, 66, 274, 623, 681, 749, 762, 765-66

  his family background and early career, 62

  held prisoner, 65, 66, 623

  wounded at the Wilderness, 663, 671, 676, 721, 722

  at Cedar Creek, 757

  his marriage, 766

  his death, 766, 781

  his men in surrender, 813

  Pegram, Mrs. John (Hetty Cary), 766

  Pegram, Maj. William Johnson (“Willie”), C.S.A., 387, 421, 563, 623, 767, 781

  biographical sketch, 42-43

  his early career, 274

  as captain of Purcell Battery, 274

  in Seven Days campaign, 274

  his promotion, 444

  at Chancellorsville, 489, 490, 491

  at Five Forks, 776, 779, 780, 781-82

  he is mortally wounded there, 782

  Pelham, Maj. John, C.S.A., 119, 271, 272, 273, 387, 391, 392, 393, 395, 421, 444-47

  biographical sketch, 42

  his character and physical appearance, 444

  at Fredericksburg, 407-8, 409, 419, 444

  praise and recognition of, 419, 444

  at Kelly’s Ford, 445-46

  he is mortally wounded there, 446-47, 685

  Pemberton, Lt. Gen. John C, C.S.A., 548, 550, 623

  Pender, Gen. William Dorsey, C.S.A., 100, 146, 297, 387, 401, 421, 531, 534-35, 607, 617, 814

  biographical sketch, 45

  in Seven Days campaigns, 229, 231, 275

  at Harper’s Ferry, 356, 357

  at Potomac, 370

  at Fredericksburg, 410

  he doubts his chances of promotion, 459-60

  at Chancellorsville, 478, 480, 483, 488, 489, 490, 492, 509, 515

  on Ramseur, 512

  his promotion, 527-28

  his troops, 528

  on Stuart, 540

  in advance toward Gettysburg, 561-62, 563-64, 567

  his letter to his wife, 562

  he is wounded, 582

  in July 3rd action at Gettysburg, 588, 589, 590, 591, 603, 604

  he is mortally wounded there, 606-7, 610

  a successor needed, 608, 609-10

  Pendleton, Lt. Sandie, C.S.A., 193, 414, 415, 436, 438-39, 441, 455, 531, 569, 639

  his background, 438

  his character and mental abilities, 438-39

  at Sharpsburg, 362, 373

  at Fredericksburg, 414, 439

  at Chancellorsville, 469, 473, 482, 485-86

  and Jackson’s death, 520-21

  on Rappahannock Bridge disaster, 635

  at the Wilderness, 661

  he denies promotion, 750

  his death, 750

  Pendleton, Brig. Gen. (Rev.) William Nelson, C.S.A., 87, 255, 264-66, 438, 444, 602, 603, 803

  biographical sketch, 35

  his early career, 264

  his artillery to be used in Maryland invasion, 335

  he fails to hold Potomac crossing after Sharpsburg, 369-70

  he reorganizes artillery, 442-43

  with Early near Fredericksburg, 494, 495-96, 497, 499

  appraisal of his actions there, 514, 516

  ceases to be chief of reserve artillery, 531<
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  prepares plan for Johnston, 657

  at Spotsylvania, 672, 673

  and question of surrender, 802-3

  and details of surrender, 811

  Peninsula, 103-4, 105-22, 245, 267, 700

  Pennsylvania, 54, 213, 214, 335, 341, 343, 389-90, 461, 543-47, 550, 553, 558, 561-62, 613, 638

  Pennsylvania Central Railroad, 545

  Perrin, Brig. Gen. Abner, C.S.A., 623, 683, 684, 721, 733, 734, 814

  Perry, Brig. Gen. E. A., C.S.A., 382, 400

  at Chancellorsville, 469

  at Gettysburg, 580, 582

  Perry, Gen. Edward L., C.S.A., 722, 731

  Perry, Brig. Gen. W. F, C.S.A., 768

  Peters, Col. William E., C.S.A., 743

  Petersburg, 127, 148, 653, 654, 656, 699-713, 724, 727-32, 737, 741, 750, 751, 752, 761, 768-69, 770, 772, 775-76, 784-88

  in map, 703

  Petersburg and Weldon Railroad, 447, 702, 703-5, 707, 709, 731, 751, 752, 754

  Pettigrew, Brig. Gen. Johnston J., C.S.A., 136-37, 431, 448, 533, 606, 623

  taken prisoner, 137, 143, 146, 147

  in advance toward Gettysburg, 562, 563

  in July 3rd action at Gettysburg, 589-90, 591, 594, 599, 602, 603, 604, 607

  his advance there, in map, 595

  his death there, 606, 608

  Peyton, Col. Green, C.S.A., 808

  Philadelphia, Pa., 106

  Philippi, 61

  Phillips Legion, 399

  Pickens, F.W., 52, 379

  Pickett, Maj. Gen. George Edward, C.S.A., 108-9, 111, 114, 119, 135, 139, 336, 349, 383, 399, 400, 447, 450, 452-54, 458, 534, 548, 551-52, 619-20, 623, 658, 671, 699, 716, 722, 729, 741, 765, 788, 789, 799

  biographical sketch, 43-44

  at Gaines’Mill, 233-34

  he is wounded there, 236-37, 252, 261, 275, 308, 400

  promotion of, 378, 380, 381, 382, 384

  his division in Longstreet’s corps, 383

  courtship of, 453

  near Gettysburg, 574, 577, 585

  in July 3rd action at Gettysburg, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 602, 603, 607-8, 776

  his advance there, in map, 595

  at Petersburg, 700-702, 703-4, 705-6, 707

  illness of, 708

  at Fort Harrison, 753

  and Fort Stedman attack, 773, 775

  his losses, 776

  at Five Forks, 776-81, 783, 802

  relieved of duty, 802

  his men in surrender, 814-15

  Piedmont, 723

  Piedmont Railroad, 775

  Pierce, Brig. Gen. Francis E., U.S.A., 406

  Pike Bridge, 185-86

  Pitzer, Maj. A. L., C.S.A., 503

  Plank Road, 467, 468, 469-71, 474-77, 479, 480, 487, 488, 490, 491-93, 496, 497, 500-502, 504, 505, 512, 513, 660, 661, 663, 664, 666-68, 670, 672

  Pleasant Valley, 329, 352

  Pleasonton, Gen. Alfred, U.S.A., 390, 553

  Plymouth, N.C., 656

  Poague, Maj. William T., C.S.A., 188-89, 190, 192, 208, 209, 210, 211, 294, 319, 409, 490, 531, 767

  promotion of, 444

  his artillery at Gettysburg, in map, 595

  at Bristoe Station, 625, 626

  Pocahontas, 307

  Poindexter Farm, 254, 255, 256

  Pole Green Church, 226, 227

  Polk, Maj. Gen. Leonidas, C.S.A., 110, 431, 657

  Pope, Maj. Gen. John, U.S.A., 278, 279, 281, 284, 285, 288, 290-302, 304, 317, 319, 320, 322, 323, 330, 467

  at Rappahannock, 309

  and raid on Catlett’s Station, 309-10

  Jackson’s march to cut off his supplies, 313-20

  map of Jackson’s march to cut off his supplies, 315

  at Second Manassas, 325, 326, 328, 329, 330-31, 333

  confusion of, 330

  Poplar Spring Church, 753, 754

  Po River, 677

  Porter, Maj. Gen. Fitz John, U.S.A., 237

  Port Hudson, 562

  Port Republic, 172, 176, 200-203, 206, 207, 209, 212, 216, 221

  battle of, 207-13, 217, 218, 220

  map of battle of, 210

  Port Royal, 307, 455

  Portsmouth Battery, 274

  Port Walthall, 701

  Port Walthall Junction, 702, 704, 706, 711, 712

  Posey, Brig. Gen. Carnot, C.S.A., 381, 382, 430, 814

  at Chancellorsville, 467, 468, 469, 470, 504, 505, 516

  at Gettysburg, 580, 582

  wounded at Bristoe Station, 627, 638

  his death, 627, 638

  Potomac River, 51, 53, 54, 69, 70, 93, 101, 102, 106, 107, 112, 179, 181, 192-95, 335, 337-39, 341, 344, 348, 351-52, 354-59, 368, 369, 371, 372, 389, 392, 423, 536, 541, 543, 544, 546, 548, 550-53, 555, 556, 597, 598, 616, 743

  Powhite Creek, 230

  Preston, Col. J. F, C.S.A., 53

  Price, Maj. R. Channing, C.S.A., 393, 441, 516

  mortally wounded, 470, 509, 516, 685

  Prospect Hill, 417

  Pryor, Brig. Gen. Roger A., C.S.A., 109, 111, 114, 308, 376, 382, 448-49

  at Second Manassas, 332

  at Sharpsburg, 363

  Punch, 82

  Purcell Battery, 274, 532

  Quaker Road (Willis Church Road), 253, 254, 258, 262

  Raccoon Ford, 303, 304

  railroads, 764, 788

  Baltimore and Ohio, 54, 60-61, 558

  B. & O., 194, 389

  Cumberland Valley, 388

  Louisville and Nashville, 646, 649

  Manassas Gap, 69, 168, 184-85, 314

  Orange and Alexandria, 101, 102, 284, 309, 313-14, 316, 317, 399, 424, 445, 535, 536, 556, 624, 628, 633

  Pennsylvania Central, 545

  Petersburg and Weldon, 447, 702, 703-5, 707, 709, 731, 751, 752, 754

  Piedmont, 775

  Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, 101, 123, 127, 399, 465, 496, 506, 672, 687, 709

  Richmond and Danville, 709, 710, 731, 775, 788, 791

  Richmond and Petersburg, 701-3, 705, 706-7, 708, 709

  Southside, 709, 727, 731, 753, 762, 775, 777, 778, 783, 786, 788, 791, 792, 800, 802

  Tennessee, 709

  Virginia and Tennessee, 620, 653, 661, 676, 723

  Virginia Central, 128, 168, 176, 201, 214, 221, 222, 225-26, 227, 278, 281, 285, 290, 291, 301, 465, 686, 687, 708, 709, 723, 724, 732

  Weldon-Wilmington, 431

  Winchester and Potomac, 542

  York River, 125, 130, 135, 153, 240, 270

  Rains, Brig. Gen. Gabriel J., C.S.A., 109, 112, 135, 137, 379, 382

  his character and physical appearance, 146-47

  his early career, 146-47

  his use of booby-traps, 147

  D. H. Hill’s complaint against, 146

  Raleigh Standard, 617

  Ramseur, Maj. Gen. Stephen Dodson, C.S.A., 274, 609, 655, 698, 722, 727, 739, 743, 749, 765

  biographical sketch, 45-46

  his promotion, 382

  at Chancellorsville, 470, 479, 491-92, 509, 512, 514, 515

  at Gettysburg, 564, 565, 567, 585, 599, 602

  at Mule Shoe (Bloody Angle), 683, 694

  he is wounded there, 683

  succeeds Early, 720-21, 727

  his letter to his wife, 742

  in Third Battle of Winchester, 746, 747, 749

  his position there, in map, 748

  child born to, 756, 757

  at Cedar Creek, 756, 757, 758

  he is wounded there, 758, 759

  his capture and death, 759, 761, 766

  his men in surrender, 813

  Randolph, Brig. Gen. George W., C.S.A., 103, 105, 106, 147, 377, 431

  Ransom, Brig. Gen. Matt W., C.S.A., 730, 733, 766

  at Five Forks, 779, 781

  Ransom, Maj. Gen. Robert, Jr., C.S.A., 148, 256, 258, 263, 335, 338, 384, 400, 448, 451, 528, 533, 652, 676, 700, 739

  his early career, 148

  his losses in Seven Days battles, 261

  soldiers’ view of
, 400

  at Fredericksburg, 404, 405, 411, 413, 417, 420

  in North Carolina, 431, 432

  promotion of, 527

  in Petersburg/Drewry’s Bluff operations, 702, 706, 707, 708, 710-11

  illness of, 742, 746

  Rapidan River, 101, 103-4, 167, 222, 278, 292, 298, 302-4, 307-9, 324, 467, 613, 618, 619, 624, 628, 635, 637, 656, 671, 700

  Morton’s Ford, 655-56

  in Wilderness and Spotsylvania campaigns, 660, 661, 664, 675

  Rappahannock Bridge, 309, 633-35, 638

  Rappahannock River, 70, 101-2, 123, 125-26, 167, 171, 290-91, 301-2, 304, 309-14, 320, 324, 330, 397, 399, 401, 404-5, 418-19, 435, 445, 447, 450-51, 454-55, 462-63, 465-67, 469-70, 472, 474, 494, 497, 500, 505, 508-9, 535-37, 548, 561, 621, 633, 672

  Stuart’s raids near, 423, 424, 426

  Reams’s Station, 731, 752, 754

  Reedy, Capt. John W., C.S.A., 365

  R. F. & P. Railroad (Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad), 101, 123, 127, 399, 465, 496, 506, 672, 687, 709

  Rice Station, 792-93, 794, 797, 798

  in map, 795

  Richmond, 51-53, 57, 61, 67, 99, 100, 102-7, 120, 122-58, 167, 170, 175, 176, 181, 194, 196, 197, 201, 202, 213-14, 219, 221-59, 262, 267, 278, 285, 290, 291, 300-302, 399, 418, 447, 619-20, 636, 656, 661, 684, 685-713, 715-19, 741, 751-53, 761, 762, 770, 772, 773, 775, 786, 787, 789

  evacuation of, 787

  fires in, 787, 793

  Longstreet’s plan and, 548, 549

  in maps, 132, 154, 223

  Seven Days campaigns in defense of, see Seven Days battles

  Seven Pines and, 129-44

  Spotsylvania campaign and, 672, 673, 675, 676

  Stuart’s ride around McClellan, 150-58, 159, 270, 390

  torpedoes used in defense of, 147

  Richmond, Department of, 448

  Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (R. F & P. Railroad), 101, 123, 127, 399, 465, 496, 506, 672, 687, 709

  Richmond and Danville Railroad, 709, 710, 731, 775, 788, 791

  Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, 701-3, 705, 706-7, 708, 709

  Richmond Dispatch, 89, 371, 396, 418, 509, 562

  Richmond Enquirer, 371

  Richmond Examiner, 52, 280, 418, 524, 540, 598

  Richmond Howitzers, 441, 678

  Richmond Sentinel, 552

  Richmond Whig, 89-90, 280, 509, 523, 552

  Rich Mountain, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 274

  in map, 63

  Ricketts, Brig. Gen. James B., U.S.A., 291

  Riddell’s Shop, 246, 252

  Ringgold, Ga., 641, 642

  Ripley, Brig. Gen. Roswell S., C.S.A., 148, 363, 379, 382, 386

  his early career, 148

  in Seven Days battles, 229, 258, 261-62

  in Maryland, 346-49

  aids D. H. Hill at South Mountain, 347, 348, 349, 386

  he is wounded, 376

  River Road, 246, 250, 253, 271, 274

  Rives’s Salient, 784

  Roanoke Island, 99

  Roanoke River, 656

 

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