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Co. Aytch, or a Side Show of the Big Show

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by Sam Watkins


  Greely, Horace, 2

  greenbacks, 33, 35, 37

  Grimes, 153

  Grisham, Rafe, 193

  Haliburton, Frank, 88–89

  Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 253n6

  Halleck, Henry, 39–40n1, 43, 53n1, 56n5

  Hamlin, Hannibal, 3

  hangings, 96–97

  Hanks, Nancy, 3

  Hanley, Pat, 15

  Hardee, William

  at Jonesboro, 220n28, 223n1, 225n4

  July 22 and, 194–195n7, 197n11

  at Resaca, 156–157

  resignation of, 184, 185, 186, 235

  Sublett and, 89

  tactics of, 21

  Harker, Charles, 169n24

  Harris, Governor, 30

  Harrison, Benjamin, 154n7

  Henry, Patrick, 7, 213

  Hill, D.H., 166

  Hindman, Thomas, 196n9

  Hodge, 62

  hog affair, 141–144

  hollow square, 157

  Hood, John Bell

  at Atlanta, 219, 220

  Atlanta evacuation and, 235

  at Cassville, 182

  command of, 192–193

  conscription and, 245

  Davis on, 233

  evaluation of, 265

  at Ezra Church, 201

  flanking Atlanta, 241–242

  at Franklin, 252n4

  injuries of, 192n5

  at Jonesboro, 225, 228, 229–230

  July 22 and, 194n7

  at Nashville, 258n9, 260n10, 261, 264

  at Palmetto, 231

  at Peachtree Creek, 187–188

  replacing Johnston, 137n5, 184, 185–186

  at Resaca, 158

  at Spring Hill, 249n2

  3rd Arkansas and, 21n30

  Watkins as staff officer for, 41

  Yankee prisoner and, 236

  Hood, Walter, 95–96, 173

  Hooker, Joe, 17, 120n6, 122, 124n12, 132n21

  Hooper, Dr., 15

  Horsley, A. S., 61, 69, 83, 91–92, 124, 126

  hospital

  in Atlanta, 217–218

  Watkins's stay at, 202–204

  House, John L., 130, 172n28, 262

  Houser, 153

  Howard, Wiley, 128n15

  Hughes, William A., 68–69, 94, 115, 173–174

  154th Tennessee, 160, 187

  Irvine, Lute B., 62, 105

  Iverson, Alfred, 215n23

  J., Barkley, 143

  Jackson, Henry, 14n19

  Jackson, James, 7, 62

  Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall”, 14n19, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 33n5, 177n31

  James, Captain, 77

  January, Captain, 208

  Jarvis, Edward, 204n15

  Johns, Bill, 64

  Johnson, Hog, 120, 122–123, 175

  Johnston, Albert Sidney, 27–28n1, 30, 32, 33, 34, 42n4, 161n15

  Johnston, Joseph E.

  at Cassville, 182–183

  at Dallas, 180n35

  at Dalton, 133–138

  Davis and, 117n3

  Davis on, 233

  Dead Angle and, 174, 176

  at Kingston, 182

  Peachtree Creek and, 187n1

  replacement of, 184–185, 186

  at Resaca, 156, 157, 158–159

  at Rocky Face Ridge, 151–152, 153–154

  surrender and, 266–267

  at Zion Church, 181

  Jones, J. E., 262

  Jonesboro, 199n13, 214, 220, 223–225

  July 22, 1864, Battle of, 193–200, 201, 213–214, 213n19

  Kelly, W. D., 62, 169, 177

  Kennesaw Line, 161, 163, 164, 167, 176, 185

  Kennesaw Mountain, 167n23, 168

  Kentucky

  arrival in, 53–54

  map of Bragg's invasion, 55

  retreat from Kentucky and, 64–68

  King, Fain, 107, 218

  Kingston, 182

  Kinzer, G. M. V., 150, 193

  Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 53n1, 184, 185, 186, 235

  Knoxville, 68–69, 128–129

  Lansdown, E. L., 69, 103, 120

  Latta, Aaron, 193

  Latta, Sam, 193

  Ledbetter, Captain, 177

  Lee, Joe P.

  at Adairsville, 160

  at Dead Angle, 172, 173

  description of, 47

  at Golgotha Church, 166

  at Murfreesboro, 79

  at Nashville, 262

  at Palmetto, 231

  at Perryville, 63

  race and, 83

  at Rocky Face Ridge, 152

  shooting ability of, 144

  Lee, Robert E.

  camp visit by, 12–13

  Davis and, 117n3

  Joe Lee and, 47n11

  Johnston and, 133n1

  Knoxville and, 128–129n17

  Rosecrans and, 16

  Stoneman and, 215n22

  troop movements and, 14n19, 105n11

  Lee, Rooney, 15n21

  Lee, Stephen D., 201, 220n28, 221, 223, 223n2, 225n4, 228

  Legal Tender Act (1862), 35n6

  Lewis, J. H., 153, 178, 193

  lice (graybacks), 49–50, 216

  Lincoln, Abraham, 1n1, 3, 5

  Lipscomb, Arch, 193

  Logan, John “Black Jack”, 223n1, 223n2

  long roll, 14

  Longstreet, James, 105n11, 128–129

  Lookout Mountain, 116, 118, 120, 121, 122–123

  Looney, A. M., 248

  Loring, W. W., 14n19, 16n22, 19n26, 263–264

  Love, Joe, 180

  Lowery, Mark, 220n28, 236

  Macon, Georgia, 215–216

  Manassas, 9

  Maney, George

  at Cat Creek, 130

  at Cheat Mountain, 14

  command of, 194n7

  at Jonesboro, 220n28, 223n2, 225n3

  July 22 and, 196n9, 198, 199

  Lookout Mountain and, 118

  at Missionary Ridge, 124n13, 125, 128

  at Murfreesboro, 76n7

  at Peachtree Creek, 187n2

  at Perryville, 59

  Snyder and, 41

  Maney, Thomas H., 62, 172

  Manigault, Arthur, 76–77n7, 122

  March, Billy, 210

  marches

  out of Kentucky, 64–68

  through Virginia, 10–14

  in Virginia, 16, 17–18

  Martin, Bill, 83

  Martin, George, 193

  Martin, Matt, 30

  Martin Guards, 177

  Mason, James, 144

  Mayes, Jennie, 90n9, 188, 190–191, 207–208, 271

  McAndrews, 205–206

  McClellan, George, 13n18, 133n1

  McClernand, John A., 32

  McCook, Daniel, 162, 169n24

  McDuffie, George, 88

  McEwin, Jim, 107

  McGevney, Colonel, 160

  McKinney, Adjutant, 260

  McPherson, James, 151n1, 154n7, 156n8, 194–195n7, 196n8, 200

  Meade, George, 18

  Missionary Ridge, Battle of, 120–125, 127

  Mitchell, John, 169n24

  Mitchell, Margret, 217n27

  Montgomery (Alabama), 201–202

  Montgomery, James, 244n2

  Morgan, Berry, 84–85

  mule incident, 37–38

  Munfordville, 56–57

  Murat, Joachim, 166

  Murfree, Hardy, 72

  Murfreesboro, 72–81

  mussels, 83–84

  Napoleon guns, xx, 59, 60

  Nashville, Battle of, 258–265

  Nelson, Lord, 123n10

  Nelson, William, 34

  New Hope Church, Battle of, 178–179

  nicknames, 69

  Niel, Jim, 44

  9th Kentucky, 179n34

  Noe, Kenneth W., 60n8

  Oakley, 77

  Ochs, Adolph, xvii

  officers, ridicule of, 41

  “Old Uncle Ned”, 66

  O'Neil
, Ed., 202

  Otey, James, 135n4

  Owleydousky, General, 91–92

  Padgett, Hugh, 15

  Palmer, John, 108

  Palmetto, 231–233

  parrot guns, 210, 216

  Patterson, Lieutenant-Colonel, 59, 60, 61–62

  Peachtree Creek, 187, 194n7, 199n13, 201, 225n3

  Peebles, Captain, 210

  Pemberton, 180

  Perryville, Battle of, 57–63

  Pfifer, 19, 22–23

  pillory, 136

  Pillow, General, 105

  Pinkard, Marsh, 64

  Polk, Jim, 193

  Polk, Leonidas

  at Chickamauga, 110–111n1, 112, 166n22

  death of, 164, 185

  enfilading artillery fire and, 182n40

  McPherson and, 151n1

  order from, 73

  pardon and, 91

  portrait of, 111

  at Resaca, 156

  Sublett and, 89

  target shooting and, 145

  Watkins and, 161, 163

  Polk, Lucius E., 128, 129, 132, 164–167, 198

  Porter, George C., 45, 219

  Prentiss, Benjamin, 44

  Price, Sterling, 56n5

  promotion (Watkins's), 200–201

  Quintard, C. T., 8, 57, 135–136, 140–141

  Randolph, John, 7, 213

  rank

  emphasis on, 235, 267

  history and, 63–64

  rations

  Johnston and, 134–135, 138

  lack of, 64–65

  scarcity of, 42–43, 117, 119 See also food

  Rebel Private (Fletcher), 49n1

  red tape, 147–148

  religion

  revival of, 140

  sermons and, 94–95, 102–104

  Resaca, Battle of, 156–159

  Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1, 2n2

  Richardson, Byron, 51–52, 61

  Richardson, Richard, 54, 54n4

  Rieves, Green, 69, 226–227

  Rieves, Jimmie, 207

  Ringgold Gap, 131–132

  roastingears, 51–52, 98–99

  Rock City Guards, 173, 177

  Rocky Face Ridge, 151–154

  Romney, Virginia, 17–18, 19

  Rosecrans, William

  at Chattanooga, 101, 120n6

  at Chickamauga, 105n11

  Lookout Mountain and, 116n1

  at Murfreesboro, 72, 73n3, 75n6, 80n11

  R. Lee and, 13n18, 16–17

  replacement of, 93

  Wilder and, 118n4

  Rowland, 44–45

  Rust, Albert, 15n21

  Rutherford Rifles, 72, 86, 177

  Schofield, John, 215n22, 234n12, 249n2, 250, 252n4, 267n1

  Schwartz, 19, 20, 22–23

  Scott, Sir Walter, 247n1

  Scott, Winfield, 21

  scouts

  killing of, 188–190, 219–220

  serving as, 161–164, 236–238

  Seay, Sam, 131

  secession

  divided opinion on, 86, 88

  right of, 6

  of Tennessee, 5

  2nd Tennessee, 202

  Sedgwick, John, 144n12

  Semmes, Raphael, 144

  sermons, 94–95, 102–104

  Sewell, Joe, 160

  Sewell Mountain, 16–17

  sharpshooters, 45–46, 144–145, 151–152

  Shepard, N. B., 227

  Sheridan, Philip, 17n23, 79

  Sherman, William T.

  at Atlanta, 217, 223n1, 228

  Atlanta evacuation and, 234n13, 235

  at Cassville, 183

  at Dallas, 180n35

  Davis on, 234

  at Dead Angle, 170n26

  at Missionary Ridge, 120n6, 124–125n13

  at Resaca, 158n11, 158n12, 159

  at Rocky Face Ridge, 153, 154n6, 154n7

  at Shiloh, 29n2

  strategy of, 161n15

  troop movements and, 230

  at Vining's Station, 180n36

  Shiloh, 27–36

  Shoup, Francis, 182n40

  6th Tennessee, 45, 219

  Slidell, John, 144

  Sloan, Theodore, 120, 122–123

  Smith, Mumford, 190

  Smith, Preston, 107–108, 181

  snowball battles, 139

  Snyder, Mike, 41

  spies, hanging of, 96–97

  Spring Hill, 249–251

  staff officers, 41–42

  Starkweather, John, 57n7

  Starkweather Hill, 57n7, 60n8

  states rights, 6–7, 88

  Staunton, Virginia, 9–10

  steamboat incident, 208–209

  Steele, Captain, 62, 177

  Stephens, Alexander, 3, 213

  Stephens, General, 163

  Stephens, Scott, 61

  Stephenson, John J., 193

  Stewart, Alexander, 201, 221, 222, 223, 228, 236, 248

  Stone River, Battle of. See Murfreesboro

  Stoneman, George, 214–215

  Stout, Bob, 105, 107, 109

  Strahl, General, 235, 255

  Sublett, Dave, 86–90

  Sumner, Charles, 2

  supplies, 8

  surrender, 266–267

  tallow, 22–23

  Terrill, William, 57n7

  3rd Arkansas, 25

  Thomas, George, 113n2, 120n6, 123n11, 234n12, 249n2, 258n9, 260n10

  Thompson, Joe, 61

  Thompson, Tennessee, 82–83, 126

  Thompson, Vance, 143

  tobacco, 70

  Toombs, Robert, 1, 2n2, 231–232

  Tribble, Allen, 140

  Tuck, Tom, 65, 67, 210–212

  Tucker, John T. “Sneak”, 61, 69, 80–81, 83, 91, 117–118, 126, 154

  Tucker, June, 10

  Turner, Captain, 124

  Tuscumbia, 244

  27th Tennessee, 75n6, 153n3, 161, 266

  23rd Tennessee Regiment, 30, 44, 50

  Van Dorn, Earl, 56n5

  Vaughan, A. J., 181

  Vicksburg, 97, 180, 221n29

  Vining's Station, 180n36, 181n37

  Voorhies, W. M., 180

  Voss, Ed, 83–84

  Walker, William, 118n5, 131, 194n7, 195, 213

  Wangelin, Hugo, 196n8

  War Like the Thunderbolt (Bonds), 228n5

  Warm Springs, Virginia, 10–11

  Washington, George, 231n8

  water, scarcity of, 43

  Watkins, Billy, 145

  Watkins, O. G., 208

  Watkins, David F., 143, 152–153, 193

  Watts, Issac, 231n8

  weapons, 11n15, 12, 62n12

  Webb, Tom, 45, 125–126

  Webster, Billy, 63, 83, 107, 109

  Webster, Blair, 175

  Webster, Henry J., 47, 227

  Webster, Jimmy, 145

  western armies, final movements of, 269

  Western Theater, map of, 31

  Wheeler, Joe, 85n2, 129, 192n5, 193, 220

  Wheless, John F., 59, 62

  whipping, 42, 50–51

  White, William, 128n15

  Whitler, Jim, 245–246

  Whittaker, John, 226–227

  Whitthorne, W. J., 62, 227

  Whitworth guns, 144–145, 151–152, 210

  Wilder, John T., 118

  Williams, Stephen, 239

  Williamson Grays, 177

  Wilson, Andy, 83–84, 90

  Wilson, James, 260n11

  Wise, Henry, 14n19

  Woldridge, Lieutenant, 62

  Wright (young soldier), 85–86

  Wright, Marcus J., 85, 86

  Yancy, William L., 1

  Zack, Uncle, 146

  Zellner, Arnold, 162, 174

  Zion Church, Battle of, 180–181

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Before having a book project of my own, I didn't appreciate the significance of this section.

  Thanks to Bruce H. Franklin of Westholme Publishing for
taking a chance on me with my first book. Clay Risen of the New York Times Disunion blog similarly gave me an initial break when he published my first article, “The Union's ‘Newfangled Gimcracks,’” on January 23, 2012.

  Thanks, too, to Hal Jespersen at www.cwmaps.com, for graciously allowing his maps to be reproduced.

  Three men I've never met merit credit. First is writing instructor and author John Dufresne, who helped me overcome intimidation by observing there is never a last word on any subject. If we feel we have something different to say, we should not be bothered that our skills may not match those of recognized experts. Second is William Zinsser, whose instructional books on nonfiction writing led me to appreciate the importance of brevity and rewriting. Third, is Barry Eisler, whose Web site has valuable hints on how to get published.

  Thanks to editor Ron Silverman and cover designer Trudi Gershenov for careful and creative work.

  Finally, Bronson Thayer of Tampa has been an unexpected local supporter whose enthusiasm helps keep me motivated.

 

 

 


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