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INDEX
A
Abingdon, Virginia, 229, 230, 231, 233
Abolition, 44, 248, 276, 292
Adams, Armaci, 244–246
Adams, Isabella, 97
Akin, Elbert, 195
Akin, Mary, 43, 44, 192–195
Akin, Warren, 43, 44, 69, 70, 71, 192–195
Alabama, 63
Albermarle, CSS, 131, 133
Alcatraz Island, 22
Alcott, Louisa May, 148
Alexander, Edward Porter, 22–24, 88, 90, 203
Alexandria, Virginia, 51, 67, 141
American Red Cross, 247
Anaconda Plan, 170
Anacostia River, 66
Anderson, Robert, 9, 10, 11, 19, 26, 32
Anderson’s Brigade, 194
Andersonville National Cemetery, 247
Andersonville prison, 111–113, 134, 181, 212, 247
“Angel of Truth,” 263
Annapolis, 262
Anthony’s Hill, Virginia, 181
Antietam, 107, 110, 134, 135, 142, 143, 144, 148, 166, 177, 195, 196, 205, 222, 254, 309
Appalachicola, Florida, 28
Appomattox, 24, 38, 46, 174, 195, 201, 207, 210, 213, 219, 226, 250, 255, 261, 274, 307, 310
Aqueduct Bridge, 67
Arkansas, 62
Arlington Heights, 67
Arlington House, 33–35, 41, 42, 67, 85, 168, 255, 257–259
Arlington National Cemetery, 67, 176, 258, 259
Armistead, Lewis, 165
Army of Northern Virginia, 85, 157, 196, 219, 250, 258, 307, 310
Army of Tennessee, 75, 181, 193, 197, 234
Army of the James, 220
Army of the Potomac, 153–154, 175
Army of Virginia, 213
Arsenal Prison (Washington, D.C.), 141
Arthur, Chester, 111, 224
Assassinations, 37, 160, 211, 262, 274, 308, 310
Athens, Alabama, 151
Atkinson, J. M., 107
Atlanta, Georgia, 69, 173, 192
Atlanta campaign and battles, 24, 82, 102, 121, 169, 172, 177, 195, 197, 223, 224, 310
Atlanta Cyclorama, 192
Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 173, 212
Atwater, Dorence, 246–247
Aunt Rose (slave), 245
Aylett, W. R., 158
B
Bacon, Henry, 262
Badeau, Adam, 220
Bailey’s Cross Roads, 67
Baker, Edward Dickinson, 288
Baker, Lafayette, 37
Ballard House (Richmond), 94
Ball’s Bluff, Battle of, 135, 177, 309
Baltimore, Maryland, 63, 260, 261, 262, 294
Barksdale, William, 6
Barlow, Francis C., 158
Barnum, P. T., 306
Barton, Clara, 247
Bartow, Francis S., 43, 44
Bartow County, Georgia, 194
Baton Rouge, Battle of, 114
“Battle Hymn of the Republic,” 87
Bear Inlet, North Carolina, 180
Bear Willow, Kentucky, 180
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 11, 25, 30, 31, 32, 37, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 72, 83, 129
Beauvoir estate, 277, 278
Bee, Barnard, 46, 47
Beemer’s Woods, 210
Bell, John, 17
Benjamin, Judah, 17, 271
Bennett, James Gordon, 298, 300
Bentonville, Battle of, 134
Berkowitz, Louis J., 98
Berryville, Virginia, 210
Bibb, George, 282
Birckham, William D., 119
Blacks during the war, 161–164
Blatt, William, 258
Bliss farm, 160
Blue Licks, Kentucky, 280, 282
Blue Ridge Mountains, 207
Booker, 235–236
Boone, Daniel, 280
Boonesboro, Maryland, 212
Booneville, Missouri, 101
Booth, John Wilkes, 37, 134, 139, 141, 159, 243, 254
Boyd, Belle, 233–234
Boyd’s Landing, Virginia, 37
Boys in military service, 120–122
Bragg, Braxton, 113, 114, 115, 119, 123, 179, 198, 229, 233
Branch, A. M., 70
Brandy Station, 94, 111, 150, 166, 246, 309
Breckinridge, John C., 17, 26, 95, 113, 114, 115
Breckinridge, Robert, 7
7
Brentwood, Tennessee, 180
Brewer, Charles, 237
Brierfield estate, 277
Brooks, Preston Smith, 6
Brown, Albert Gallatin, 136–137
Brown, John, 34, 44, 83, 86
Bruce, Philip Alexander, 105, 215
Buchanan, James, 8, 9, 24, 26, 114, 147, 213, 248, 249, 270, 297
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 124
Buell, Don Carlos, 75, 101
Bull Run Creek, 46, 51
Burlington, New Jersey, 241, 244
Burnside, Ambrose, 23, 36, 47, 212
Butler, Benjamin, 203
C
Cable, George W., 71, 72
Cairo, Illinois, 80
Calhoun, John C., 3, 147
California, 63
Camden, South Carolina, 181
Campbell, F. M., 209
Camp Colorado, Texas, 25
Camp Dennison, Ohio, 80
Camp Douglas, 239
Cape Fear, 180
Cape Fear River, 173
Carter House (Franklin), 200
Cary, Constance, 92
Cary, Hetty, 214
Cashtown, Pennsylvania, 154
Cass, Lewis, 290
Cassville, Georgia, 69, 195
Castle, Henry A., 116
Castle Pinckney, 24
Casualties, 186–187
Cavalry Battalion, 123
Cedar Creek, 211, 222, 310
Cedar Mountain, 246
Centreville, Virginia, 49, 50, 51, 128, 129
Chain Bridge (Washington, D.C.), 129
Chambers, Henry Cousins, 122–123
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 152
Champion Hill (Mississippi), 169
Chancellorsville, Battle of, 24, 90, 107, 109, 111, 134, 135, 166, 169, 177, 205, 246
Chantilly, 246
Charleston, South Carolina, 24, 25, 29, 31, 63, 84, 181, 212
Charleston, West Virginia, 235
Charleston Harbor, 3, 9, 19, 27, 29, 31, 44, 162, 181, 262
Chase, Kate, 67, 127–130, 298
Chase, Salmon P., 67, 127, 130, 136, 298
Chattanooga, Battle of, 114, 150, 172, 173, 198, 250, 309
Cheatham, Benjamin, 115, 197
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, 66, 67
Chesapeake Bay, 40, 262
Chesnut, James, 181–185
Chesnut, Mary Boykin, 10, 93, 94, 95, 102, 103, 167, 181–185, 271, 272
Chester Court House, South Carolina, 185
Chesterfield County, Virginia, 219
Chicago, Illinois, 293
Chickahominy River, 39, 88, 89
Chickamauga, Battle of, 77, 102, 114, 121, 129, 172, 197, 198, 223, 239, 309
Chile, 300
Chimborazo Hill (Richmond), 224, 225
Chimborazo Hospital, 224–226
Christman, William Henry, 258
Christmas, 68, 116, 168, 179–181, 192–195, 291
Cincinnati, Ohio, 80, 211
City Point, Virginia, 220, 229, 241, 306
Claiborne, John H., 202, 204
Claiborne (slave), 185
Clarke, James Freeman, 86
Clay, Clement C. Jr., 69, 182
Clay, Henry, 77, 289
Clay, Virginia, 183
Cleburne, Patrick, 150
Clem, Johnny, 120–121
Cleveland, Grover, 224
Cobb, Howell, 17
Cocke, Elizabeth Randolph, 255
Cocke, Randolph, 255
Colchester, 304
Cold Harbor, Battle of, 24, 107, 110, 114, 169, 174, 175, 218, 310
Coleman, Lewis M., 107
Coles, Isaac, 170
Coliseum Place (New Orleans), 71
College of William and Mary, 44
Columbia, Tennessee, 123
Committee of Twelve, 17
Confederate Navy, 56
Conkling, James, 285
Conrad, Holmes, 106
Conrad, Thomas N., 36
Conrad, Tucker, 106
Constitution, Confederate provisional, 16–18
Cooke, Flora, 237
Cooke, Jay, 136
Cooke, Phillip St. George, 237
Corbett, Boston, 134
Corby, William, 158
Corinth, Mississippi, 82, 190
Cortissoz, Royal, 263
Cotten, Joseph, 202
Cotten, Whitford, 202
Cousin James (slave), 183
Covey, Edward, 3
Covington, Kentucky, 120
Covington, Tom, 61
Crater, The, 201, 202, 310
Crawford, J. Marshall, 207
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 8, 11, 32, 165
Crittenden, John J., 77
Crittenden, Thomas, 102
Cross, Warren L., 112
Crounze, Lorenzo, 154
Cuba, 115, 277
Cummings Point, 30, 45
Cunningham, Francis N., 228
Cushing, William B., 130–133
Cushman, Pauline, 233
Custer, George Armstrong, 37–39, 209, 215, 228
Custer, Lydia Ann, 39
Custer, Tom, 228
Custis, George Washington Parke, 33, 67, 237, 257
Custis, Mary Anna Randolph.
See Lee, Mary Custis
Cynthiana, Virginia, 230
D
Dabney (slave), 137–139
Daggett, George H., 117
Dahlgren, John A., 212
Dahlgren, Ulric, 212
Dahlgren gun, 212
Dale, Sam, 3
Dan River, 250
Danville, Virginia, 70, 250–251
Davis, Benjamin F. (“Grimes”), 110–111
Davis, Billie, 273
Davis, Charles Henry, 111
Davis, David, 111
Davis, Edmund J., 111
Davis, George (North Carolina), 110
Davis, George (Vermont), 110
Davis, Hasbrouck, 110
Davis, Henry, 111
Davis, Jeff, 271, 273, 278
Davis, Jefferson, 5, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30, 34, 40, 42, 48, 52, 83, 92, 93, 95, 104, 109, 114–115, 135, 136, 137, 167, 170, 181, 184, 194, 197, 212, 216, 229, 234, 237–238, 249, 262, 266–278, 301, 309, 310
Davis, Jefferson Columbus, 101, 102, 109–110
Davis, Joseph, 271, 272
Davis, Joseph Robert, 5, 110, 266, 267
Davis, Margaret, 273, 277
Davis, Sam, 111, 269, 271
Davis, Varina Howell, xi, 19, 92, 93, 95, 181, 183, 184, 238, 266–278, 301