Austin, Maj. J. E., 50-51
Authors and Historians: the following is a list of authors and historians mentioned in this book. Page locations for each can be found under individual listings.
Bailey, Anne J.
Blount, Russell
Bonds, Russell
Bradford, James
Bradley, Michael W.
Castel, Albert
Connelly, Thomas
Daniel, Larry
Davis, Stephen
Davis, William C. “Jack”
Davison, Eddy
Dowdey, Clifford
Durham, Walter T.
Dyer, John
Ecelbarger, Gary
Eicher, David J.
Elliott, Sam Davis
Ellis, Barbara G.
Foote, Shelby
Foxx, Daniel
Freeman, Douglas S.
Garrison Jr., Webb
Gibboney, Douglas Lee
Groom, Winston
Hamlin, Percy
Hattaway, Herman
Hay, Thomas
Henderson, George
Henry, Robert Selph
Horn, Stanley
Jacobson, Eric
Jamieson, Perry
Jenkins, Sally
Jones, Archer
Kelly, Dennis
Knight, James R.
Lanier, Robert
Longacre, Edward
Losson, Christopher
Lowry, Thomas
Lundberg, John
Manarin, Louis
McDonough, James
McKay, John
McKinney, Francis F.
McMurray, W. J.
McMurry, Richard
McPherson, James M.
McWhiney, Grady
Miller, Brian C.
Miller, Francis
Muzzey, David S.
Nelson, Larry E.
Newton, Stephen
Nisbet, Col. James C.
Patterson, Gerard
Pawlowski, Rebecca
Pollard, E. A.
Riedel, Len
Roman, Alfred
Scaife, William
Simpson, Harold B.
Smith, Jean Edward
Smith, Frank H.
Stauffer, John
Sword, Wiley
Symonds, Craig
Van Horne, Thomas B.
Wiley, Bell I.
Woodworth, Steven
Autumn of Glory, xxxiv, 74, 91, 128, 202, 210-211, 274, 284
Ayer, Maj., —, 97
Bailey, Anne J., 203-204
Bailey, Ronald H., 270
Bailey, Thomas A., 261
Baker, Gen. Alpheus, 195
Baldwin, James W., 158
Banks, Gen. Nathaniel, 32, 37
Barnes, Lt. Col. Milton, 155
Bate, Gen. William, 31, 57, 59, 98, 113, 186, 204, 222, 246; Spring Hill Affair, 114, 116, 122; Franklin, 145, 188; sent to Murfreesboro, 184-185; Nashville, 186-187
Battle of Franklin, The: Five Hours in the Valley of Death (film), 104
Battle of Franklin, The: When the Devil Had Full Possession of the Field, 285
Battle Cry of Freedom, 17
Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee 1861-1865, 282
Battles for Atlanta, The, 270
Battles of New Hope Church, 280
Beach, John N., 86
Beattie, Col. Taylor, 50
Beauregard, Gen. PierreG. T., xx, 10, 25, 35, 69, 70-72, 82, 89, 98, 104, 106, 111, 132, 198n, 247; published Hood’s memoir, xvii; letter as rationale for Tennessee Campaign, 82-83; rationale for Tennessee Campaign, 84; Military Division of the West, 91-92; first meeting with Hood, 92-93, 105; found it necessary to bypass Taylor, 95, 97; supplies for Hood from Taylor, 95; presses Hood to launch invasion, 96; miscommunication, 100-103; orders Wheeler to resist Sherman, 100; appointed Hood’s superior, 104; poor communications, 105; relationship with Hood, 106; arranged for publication of Hood’s memoirs, 107; callous treatment by Hood, 107-108; Gadsden meeting letter, 108; logistics, 109; awaits Forrest at Tuscumbia, 110; “barren victory” at Franklin, 176; did not order Hood to withdraw after Franklin, 177; did not think Hood should move on Nashville, 183; seeking help from Kirby Smith, 189-195; Smith refuses to help Hood, 196; Hood retreats into Mississippi, 197; Spring Hill Affair, 197; Hood requests he visit the army, 199; denies Hood’s request to furlough troops, 233; West Point, 252; Hood’s memoirs, 296; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 305, 310
Beckham, Col. Robert, 25-26
Bell, Dr. John, 2, 250
Bell, Pvt. George W., 284, 286-287
Benet, Stephen Vincent, 15, 17
Bentonville, North Carolina, battle of, 178, 206, 220, 227-228
Bierce, Ambrose, xxxi
Big Book of Civil War Sites, The: From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, 140
Blair, Gen. Francis, 65
Blair, Montgomery, 65
Blanton, Maj., 116, 118
Blount, Russell, 280
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 19
Bonds, Russell, xxii, 16-17
Bowers, Bryan, 232
Bradford, James, 140
Bradley, Michael W., 213
Bragg, Gen. Braxton, xx, xxxv, 9, 13, 19, 20-24, 31, 59, 91-92, 105-106, 108, 191, 215, 229, 232; Atlanta Campaign, xviii; Johnston commands the department, 37; Chickamauga, 44; West Point, 252; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 308, 310-311
Breckinridge, Gen. John C., 194
Brent, Col. George W., 191
Bright Skies and Dark Shadows, 166
Broughton, Lt. William, 2n
Brown, A. Whitney, 46
Brown, Gen. JohnC., 26, 113, 122, 136-138, 142, 144-145, 170-172, 205, 216, 246
Brown, Joseph, 97
Brown, Thomas, xxxiv, 34
Brown’s Mill, battle of, 61
Buck, Col. Irving, 65
Buckner, Gen. Simon B., 192
Burns, Ken, 200, 288
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose, 16
Butler, Gen. Matthew C., 32, 59, 228
Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, 48, 51-51n
Byrne, W. J., 29
Campaign for Atlanta, 66
Campaign for Atlanta and Sherman’s March to the Sea, The, 271
Carter, Gen. John C., 216, 287
Cassville, Georgia, affair, 46-52, 237
Castel, Albert, 11, 21, 53, 56, 58, 61, 238
Chalmers, Gen. James, xiii, xxi, 116, 124, 153, 216, 246
Chancellorsville, battle of, 8
Cheatham, Gen. Benjamin F., xvi, 26, 71, 110, 166, 185, 211, 216; supports Johnston against Hood, xvi; Spring Hill Affair, 113, 116-118, 120-127, 129-130, 137, 240, 244; letter regarding Spring Hill, 122; refused to allow Johnson to attack, 125; disobeyed orders, 127; promoted his version of Spring Hill, 128; Rippavilla meeting, 136; Franklin, 140, 143, 145, 154, 164, 187; Sword’s inflammatory comments about Spring Hill, 142; command meeting at Franklin, 166-167; Hood blames for Spring Hill Affair, 170-171, 173; Nashville, 186; casualty reports, 204; never saw Hood impaired, 278; Hood’s memoirs, 295-296, 298
Cherokee Station, Alabama, 93-95, 97
Chesnut, Mary Boynton, 99n, 106, 243, 247, 260, 273, 287
Chessboard of War, The: Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864, 204
Chicago Tribune, xix, xxiv
Chickamauga, Georgia, battle of, 9, 44, 174, 229, 236, 256-257, 268, 271, 276
Civil War in Books, The, 51
Civil War, The: A Narrative, 67
Clayton, Gen. Henry, 26, 33, 59, 74, 78, 98, 205
Cleburne, Gen. Patrick, 65, 96, 122, 129, 146, 173, 211, 213, 279, 287; Peachtree Creek, 61; Spring Hill Affair, 113, 116, 123, 144, 169, 171, 174; Franklin, 138, 140, 144-145, 149, 154-155, 156, 158, 169-170, 172, 174-175; Sword’s inflammatory comments about Spring Hill, 142; death of, 169, 173, 175, 232; final meeting with Hood, 170; Chickamauga, 174; Jonesboro, 238-239
Clemson, John W., 67
Clifton, Tennessee, 100
Cockrell, Gen. Francis M., 65, 112, 218
> Collingwood, R. G., 267
Columbia, Tennessee, 96, 112, 114, 118, 129-130, 133-136, 145, 151, 158, 166, 213, 234, 239-240
Columbus, Mississippi, 92
Comanche Indians, 4
Committee on Resolutions of the Association of the Army of Tennessee, 300
Company Aytch, 264
Confederacy’s Last Hurrah, The: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville, xxii, xxv, xl, 11, 16, 21, 91, 127, 142, 147, 159, 198, 201, 203, 212, 249, 260, 270, 287, 289
Confederate Veteran, xv
Confederate Military Units
Alabama, 17th Infantry, 43, 119, 159; 23rd Infantry, 232; 58th Infantry, 220
Arkansas, 1st Infantry, 146; 3rd Infantry, 115, 117 Florida, Florida brigade, 186
Georgia, 3rd Infantry, 264; 5th Infantry, 123n; 30th Infantry, 28; 63rd Infantry, 28; Marion Light Artillery, 29
Kentucky, 2nd Infantry, 164; 9th Infantry, 29
Louisiana, 4th Infantry, 28; 14th Battalion Sharpshooters, 50; Washington Artillery, 254
Mississippi, 3rd Infantry, 284, 286; 11th Infantry, 14, 265; 23rd Infantry, 181
North Carolina, 39th Infantry, 282-283; 58th Infantry, 232
South Carolina, 10th Infantry, 31
Tennessee, 1stInfantry, 29, 42, 79, 143, 153, 264; 2nd Infantry, 265; 7th Infantry, 118; 12th Infantry, 43; 20th Infantry, 282; 24th Infantry, 282; 41st Infantry, 42, 117, 150, 206, 263; 49th Infantry, 120, 139
Texas, 1st Infantry, 5, 232; 4th Infantry, xxiii, 6, 231, 255; 10th Cavalry, 98, 247
Virginia, 17th Infantry, 187n; 54th Infantry, 232; 63rd Infantry, 232
Connelly, Thomas, xl, xxii, xxv, xxxi, xxxiv, xli, 20-23, 41, 49-50, 72, 74, 87, 90-91, 102-103, 106, 108, 128, 139-142, 165, 166, 184, 193, 196, 202, 205, 210-211, 213, 215, 217-218, 229, 235, 243, 254, 260, 269, 274, 279, 280, 281-281n, 284, 287
Cooper, Gen. Samuel, 97, 191, 198n, 251-252
Copley, John, 120, 139
Corinth, Mississippi, 94-95, 105, 111, 189, 195, 199
Courage Under Fire: Profiles in Bravery from the Battlefields of the Civil War, 21, 142, 212, 249, 258
Courtwright, David, 275
Cowper, William, 131
Cox, Gen. Jacob, 66-68
Crook, Gen. George, 3
Cumming, Joseph B., 116, 122, 123-123n, 272
Cunningham, S. A., 42, 117, 150-153, 168, 188, 201, 263
Custer, George A., 252
Dabney, Virginius, xiv
Dalton, Georgia, 27-29, 34, 40, 70, 232, 239, 281, 294
Daniel, Larry, 27
Darby, Dr. John T., 271, 276-277
Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America, 275
Davenport, W. G., 98, 247
Davis vs. Wigfall controversy, 243
Davis, Jefferson, 3, 7, 10, 16, 44, 59, 69, 80-81, 84, 92, 103, 107, 110, 132, 183, 228, 259, 262; Atlanta Campaign, xviii; R. E. Lee’s opinion of Hood, 11-12, 14-15, 17; wants a new commander of the Army of Tennessee, 13; Hood not scheming to replace Johnston, 19-20; Hood’s first letter to, 20; Hood’s correspondence with authorities, 23-24; trying to deny Lincoln’s reelection, 32-33; war weariness, 33; distrust of Johnston, 34; early admiration for Johnston, 35; shock at Johnston’s ignorance of Virginia topography, 36; Johnston’s retreat from Yorktown, 37; Johnston’s tight-lipped demeanor, 38; Hardee turns down command, 39; regrets promoting Johnston, 39-40; Sherman’s army outnumbered Johnston’s, 41; places Hood in command of army, 42-43; removes Johnston, 53; Hood’s efforts not useless, 64; letter as rationale for Tennessee Campaign, 83-84; logistics, 99; sanctioned movement to Tennessee, 103; Franklin, 159; conduct of Bates’ men, 187; Beauregard seeks help for Hood, 190-191; Army of Tennessee not destroyed during the campaign, 200; R. E. Lee’s army destroyed during retreat to Appomattox, 206; Hood’s evaluation of his army, 219; army’s morale, 223; removal of Joe Johnston, 234; where Hood learned his craft, 236; Hood accepts responsibility, 245; West Point, 252; R. E. Lee’s letter regarding Hood’s abilities, 257-258; Louis T. Wigfall, 265; Hood spent time with, 273; never saw Hood impaired, 280; Hood’s memoirs, 295; Confederate Congress on Joseph E. Johnston, 303-313
Davis, Chaplain Nicholas, 231, 256
Davis, Stephen, xxii, 51, 268, 271, 275, 279
Davis, William C. “Jack,” 22, 184
Davison, Eddy, 15, 116-117, 243, 279
Day That Dixie Died, The: The Battle of Atlanta, xl
De Fontaine, Felix, 54
Deal, Pvt. John, 7
Decatur, battle of (See Atlanta, battle of)
Deas, Gen. Zachariah, 230
Decatur, Alabama, 92-97, 109, 234, 239-240, 263, 295
Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, 11, 21, 50, 56, 58
The Decisive Battle of Nashville, 81, 87, 285
Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, 91, 100
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, 224
District of Northern Alabama, 87
District of West Louisiana, 192
Dodd, Capt. W. O., 153
Dorsey, Sarah A., 77
Dowdey, Clifford, 11, 17
Durham, Walter T., 184
Dyer, John, xxxiv, xliii, 8, 250, 277
Early vs. Longstreet controversy, 243
Early, Gen. Jubal A., 12
Eastman, Pvt. Jake, 262
Ecelbarger, Gary, xl
Eicher, David J., 51-52
Elliott, Sam Davis, 115, 143, 243
Ellis, Barbara G., 120-120n, 241, 280
Eltham’s Landing, battle of, 6-7, 214, 257
Embrace an Angry Wind: The Confederacy’s Last Harrah, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxviii, xxxix
Ewell, Gen. Richard S., 15, 274-275
Ezra Church, battle of, 27, 58-63, 66-68, 202, 205, 216-218, 238-239
Fabian strategy, xxi, 237, 266
Fergusson, Lt. William W., 265
Field, Henry, 166
Finishing Stroke, The: Texans in the 1864 Tennessee Campaign, 116, 141, 212, 279
Finley, Gen. Jesse J., 186
Fischer, David H., 11
Five Tragic Hours: The Battle of Franklin, 72, 128, 142, 166, 269
Fleherty, S. J., 30
Fleming, L. J., 94-95
Florence, Alabama, 93, 98
Florida brigade, 186
Foard, Dr. A. J., 205
Foch, Field Marshal Ferdinand, 81
Foote, Henry, xxii Foote, Shelby, 67
For Cause and for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin, xxix, 143, 217, 250, 284,
Forney, Gen. John, 37
Forrest, Gen. Nathan B., xviii, 25, 71, 93-94, 100-101, 103, 109, 113, 241, 243, 246-247, 259; Southern Historical Society, xxi; miscommunication, 100-102; Spring Hill Affair, 113-116, 120; Rippavilla meeting, 136; anger about Spring Hill, 139; Franklin flanking maneuver, 146-147, 149-150; could never have flanked Schofield, 150; Franklin, 155, 267; sent to Murfreesboro, 184-186, 188; troop strength, 201n; Murfreesboro, 222, 240; myth about ‘whipping’ Hood, 267-268; never saw Hood impaired, 278
Fort Granger, Tennessee, 147
Fort Jones, California, 3
Fort Mason, Texas, 4, 250
Fort Monroe, Virginia, 6
Fort Reading, California, 3
Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 5
Foster, Capt. Samuel, 41, 43, 95-96, 233-234, 261-263, 286
Four Years on the Firing Line, 288
Foxx, Daniel, 15, 116-117, 243, 279
Franklin, Tennessee, and battle of, xv, xvi, xvii, xxvi, xl, xliii, 10, 22, 64, 70, 84, 86, 95, 112-113, 119-120, 128-129, 131-134, 136-147, 149, 151-177, 180-183, 187, 192, 196, 203, 209-212, 222, 227, 229, 232-236, 239-240, 243, 246-248, 259, 261, 263, 267, 287, 289, 297
Franklin, Gen. William B., 6, 10
Fredericksburg, battle of, 8, 13
Freeman, Douglas S., 224
French and Indian War, 2
French, Gen. Samuel, 24, 137
Gadsden, Alabama, 85, 92-94, 98, 105, 108
Gaines’s Mill
, Virginia, battle of, xxiii-xxiv, 8, 14, 146, 214, 229, 231, 236, 248, 255-257, 259
Gale, Col. W. D., 118, 230
Gallant Hood, The, xxxiv, 250
Gardner, Gen. Franklin, 37
Gardner, Washington, 159-160
Garrett, Maj. G. W., 181
Garrison Jr., Webb, 21, 234, 269, 279
Georgia Railroad, 90
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, battle of, xiv, xv, xx, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, 1, 8, 14, 44, 63, 215, 229, 257, 271-272, 276
Gibbon, Edward, 53
Gibboney, Douglas Lee, 281
Gist, Gen. States Rights, 287
Gordon, Gen. John B., 64, 90
Gorgas, Gen. Josiah, 30
Govan, Gen. Daniel, 115, 170, 173-174
Granbury, Gen. Hiram, 41, 95, 145, 175, 213, 232-233, 261-262, 286-287
Grant, 17
Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., xxvii, 9, 32-33, 37-38, 71, 74-75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 86, 161, 222; treatment of Thomas, xxvi; decides to relieve Thomas, 183; decides to travel to Nashville, 183; impressed by Hood’s movement to Nashville, 182; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 302; West Point, 252
Gray, R. M., 264
Gregg, Gen. David, 12
Groom, Winston, 75, 163
Guntersville, Alabama, 70-71, 93, 98, 101, 105-106
Hood’s Tennessee Campaign, 11
Halleck, Gen. Henry, 79, 81, 93
Hamilton, Maj., —, 116, 118
Hamlin, Percy, 268, 275-275
Hancock, Gen. Winfield S., 252
Hardee, Gen. William J., 4, 22-23, 26, 45, 61-62, 111, 204, 217-218, 224; turns down command of the Army of Tennessee, 11, 13, 39; only experienced high level commander, 25; Cassville, 47; Peachtree Creek, 54, 56-57, 238; Ezra Church, 58; requests a transfer, 62n; army’s lack of initiative, 216; Jonesboro, 220, 238, 244; Atlanta, 242; army’s aggressiveness, 244; West Point, 252; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress on Hardee, 310, 311
Harris, Gov. Isham, 113-114, 116-117, 159, 278
Harvie, Col. E. J., 78
Haskell, Col. J. C., 254
Hattaway, Herman, 17
Hay, Thomas, xxxiv-xxxv, xl, xli, xliii, 11, 19-20, 80-81, 87, 91, 98-99, 102, 127, 141, 149, 154, 156-157, 170-171, 173, 181-184, 188, 192, 209, 220, 284, 287
Helms, Pvt. Celathiel, 28
Henderson, George, 79
Hennen (Hood), Anna Marie, xxxii
Henry, Gustavus, 73-73n
Henry, Robert Selph, 281
Heth, Gen. Henry, 252
Hill, Gen. Ambrose P., 15, 173
Hill, Gen. Daniel H., 231, 252, 272
Hindman, Gen. Thomas, 48, 50
History of the 20th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, 282
History of the 24th Tennessee, 282
History of the Army of the Cumberland, 177, 299
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