Department of California, 6, 139, 148, 209, 210
Department of Dakota, 6, 50, 51, 81, 82, 84, 101, 118, 123, 186, 198
Department of Kansas, 163, 165
Department of Missouri, 153, 163
Department of Texas, 6, 27, 31, 32, 33, 50, 98, 123, 140, 141, 148, 149, 167, 169, 171, 208, 210
Department of the Atlantic, 123
Department of the Columbia, 6, 45, 46, 47, 77, 81, 112, 139, 206, 207
Department of the Gulf, 19, 32, 141
Department of the Lakes, 166
Department of the Missouri, 6, 31, 33, 50, 98, 113, 123, 139, 165, 209
Department of the Northwest, 159, 163, 165, 206
Department of the Ohio, 138
Department of the Platte, 6, 22, 23, 25, 27, 50, 60, 64, 83, 84, 87–88, 96, 118, 123, 139, 141, 148, 187, 198, 206, 207, 208, 210
Department of the South, 33, 163, 188
Department of West Point, 86–87, 112
Department of West Virginia, 43
Devil’s River, 144, 145
Díaz, Porfirio, 142, 143, 144, 145
Division of the Atlantic, 88, 117
Division of the Missouri, 6, 22, 32, 50, 64, 88, 98, 163, 165, 167, 174, 186
Division of the Pacific, 6, 77, 88, 117, 174
Dodge, Grenville M., 165
Dodge, Richard I., 51
Dodge City, Kans., 171
Dranesville, Va., 133
Drewry’s Bluff, Battle of, 183, 184
Drum, William F., 119, 120
Dull Knife, 56, 58, 50
Duncan, Thomas, 26
Du Pont, Samuel, 179, 181
Eagle Pass, Texas, 143
Early, Jubal, 41–43, 135
Endicott, William C., 64
Ezra Church, Battle of, 7, 72
Fair Oaks, Battle of, 69, 92
Fetterman, William J., 20, 22, 186
Fifth Cavalry, 11–12, 25–26
Fifth Infantry, 55–56, 96, 99, 101, 103, 106, 109, 111, 126, 198
Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry, 182
First Cavalry, 45
First Connecticut Infantry
Fisher’s Hill, Battle of, 41, 42
Five Forks, Battle of, 44, 94–95
Flipper, Henry, 86
Florida, 63, 64, 115, 116, 117, 127, 151, 166, 181
Folly Island, S.C., 181
Foote, Andrew H., 155
Force, Manning F., 172
Ford, James H., 165
Forsyth, James W., 120, 121, 122
Fortieth Infantry, 96
Forts: Abraham Lincoln, Dak. Terr., 51, 55, 189, 191, 192, 197; Apache, Ariz., 114, 115, 116, 117; Baldwin, Va., 137; Bascom, N.Mex., 32; Benton, Mont., 110; Boise, Ida., 45, 84; Bowie, Ariz., 47, 63; Buford, Dak. Terr., 110, 111, 200; Beauregard, N.C, 179; C. F. Smith, Mont., 20; Clark, Texas, 29, 33, 142, 143, 144, 146; Colville, Wash., 129; Concho, Texas, 28, 32, 99, 171, 172; Custer, Mont., 109; Dalles, Ore., 129; Dodge, Kans., 32, 99, 171; Donelson, Ky., 154, 155; Duncan, Texas, 30, 142, 143; Ellis, Mont., 51, 186, 191; Fetterman, Wyo., 11, 52, 53, 56, 191; Gregg, Va., 137; Griffin, Texas, 28, 32, 98, 171; Harker, Kans., 98; Harrison, Va., 136; Hays, Kans., 98; Henry, Ky., 154, 155; Hoskins, Ore., 18; Huachuca, Ariz., 114; Humboldt, Calif., 18; Jones, Calif., 36, 37; Keogh, Mont., 84, 109, 110, 111, 200; Lane, Ore., 18, 37; Lapwai, Ida., 78, 80; Laramie, Wyo., 23, 24, 186, 187; Leavenworth, Kans., 6, 33, 63, 96, 98, 101, 113, 114, 166, 169, 175; Marion, Fla., 115, 116; McAllister, Ga., 73; McIntosh, Texas, 28; Monroe, Va., 95, 132; Orford, Ore., 18; Peck, Mont., 103, 104; Phil Kearny, Wyo., 20, 186; Pulaski, Ga., 180, 181; Reno, Wyo., 20; Rice, Dak. Terr., 13; Richardson, Texas, 28; Selden, N.Mex., 12, 13; Shaw, Mont., 82; Sill, Ind. Terr., 28, 32, 64, 98, 167, 171; Snelling, Minn., 186; Stevenson, Dak. Terr., 186; Stockton, Texas, 27–28; Sumter, S.C., 132, 153, 178, 181, 182; Terwah, Calif., 38, 39; Totten, Dak. Terr., 186; Union, N.Mex., 99, 169; Vancouver, Wash., 17, 113, 206; Wagner, S.C., 181–82; Walker, N.C., 179; Walla Walla, Wash., 131; Walsh, Canada, 108, 111, 199; Whipple, Ariz., 48, 50; Wingate, N.Mex., 169; Yakima, Wash., 18; Yates, N.Dak., 119, 120
Fourth Cavalry, 29–31, 32, 56, 145
Fourth Infantry, 17, 36, 38
Freedmen’s Bureau, 48, 74–77, 89, 96, 139
Frémont, John C., 152, 153
Frenchman’s Creek, 111
Gatling gun, 10–11, 99
Gallatin Valley, Mont., 186
Galveston, Texas, 146
Garesché, Julius P., 132
Garnett, Robert, 38
Gatewood, Charles B., 115, 116, 117
Georgia, 72, 82, 93, 166
Germain sisters, 100–101
Geronimo, 61, 62–64, 88, 113–17, 122, 175
Gettysburg, Battle of, 71, 94
Ghost Dance, 118
Gibbon, John, 4, 22, 51, 52, 53, 82–83, 137, 158, 191, 192, 195, 196
Gillmore, Quincy, 180, 181, 182, 183
Goldsboro, N.C., 185
Goose Creek, 53, 54
Gordon, David S., 26
Gordon, John B., 137
Gordonsville, Va., 19, 157
Governor’s Island, N.Y., 88
Grand Review, 73
Grant, Orvil, 192
Grant, Ulysses S., 3, 4, 6, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 71, 73, 76, 95, 96, 133, 134, 135, 136, 128, 141, 154, 155, 165, 167, 171, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 191, 192, 201
Gray Beard, 101
Great Sioux Reservation, 50, 59, 64, 188, 189
Grierson, Benjamin H., 28, 167
Grimball’s Landing, Battle of, 181
Halleck, Henry W., 46, 70, 153, 154, 156, 157, 159
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 71, 88, 93, 95, 188
Harney, William S., 22, 187
Harper’s Ferry Arsenal, Va., 132
Harrison, Benjamin, 119
Hartford, Conn., 178
Hatchie, Battle of, 134
Havana, Cuba, 148
Hayes, Rutherford B., 40, 42, 57, 81, 111, 112, 143, 146, 147, 174, 210
Heintzelman, Samuel P., 158
Helena, Mont., 84, 186
Henry, Guy V., 48
Henry’s Lake, Ida., 83
Hickock, James B., 139
Hill, A. P., 19
Hillsboro, N.C., 73
Hilton Head, S.C., 181
Hood, John B., 37, 73
Hooker, Joseph, 70, 71, 72
Hopping, Enos B., 17
Hotchkiss howitzer, 10, 99, 162
Howard, Oliver O., 48, 49, 61, 64, 69, 92, 95, 96, 113, 116, 117, 123, 210, 211; Arizona mission, 75; arm amputated, 69; and Bannock War, 86, 207; at Chancellorsville, 70; Civil War career, 69–73; commands Army of the Tennessee, 72; commands Department of the Columbia, 77, 207; death, 89; described, 67; evaluated, 89, 207–8; at Gettysburg, 71; heads Freedmen’s Bureau, 74–77; in Nez Perce War, 77–86, 109–10, 200, 207; piety of, 67, 78, 89, 207; promoted brigadier general in Regular Army, 73; promoted brigadier general of Volunteers, 69; promoted major general in Regular Army, 88; promoted major general of Volunteers, 70; retires, 88; and Whittaker case, 86–87
Howard’s Wells Massacre, 27–28, 30
Howard University, 74, 75
Hudson’s Bay Company, 129
Hughes, Robert P., 196–97
Humphreys, Andrew J., 94, 95
Hunter, David, 180
Hurbut, Stephen A., 133
Idaho, 6, 45, 47, 77, 84, 86, 113, 186
Illinois, 151, 153, 167
Indian Rights Association, 64
Indian Territory, 6, 27, 28, 29, 58, 85, 113, 114, 167, 169
Infernal Caverns, Battle of, 46, 50
Inspector General’s Department, 5, 6
Iowa, 6, 161
Iron Star, 107
Island No. 10, Battle of, 154–55, 175
Iuka, Battle of, 133
Jackson, Miss., 134–35
Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall), 19, 70, 133, 157, 158, 159
James Island, Battle of, 181
James River, 94, 183
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Johnston, Joseph E., 72, 73, 134–35
Jones Island, 180
Judah, Henry M., 36–37, 38
Judge Advocate General’s Department, 5
Kamiakin, 129
Kanawha Division, 40
Kansas, 6, 31, 51, 96, 98, 100, 167, 187
Kansas Pacific Railway, 167
Kayatena, 65
Kayitah, 115, 116
Kelley, Benjamin, 43
Kendall, N.Y., 17
Kennebeck Arsenal, N.Y., 69
Kent, J. Ford, 121
Kentucky, 151, 154
Keyes, Erasmus D., 131
Kickapoo Indians, 27, 30
Killdeer Mountain, Battle of, 162
Kiowa-Comanche Reservation, 28, 31, 98, 167
Kiowa Indians, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 98, 99, 100, 165, 167, 169, 171
Klamath River, 36
Ku Klux Klan, 96
Knoxville, Tenn., 72
Lame Deer, 106–7
Lapwai Agency, Ida., 78
Lauderdale, John Vance, 169
Lawton, Henry W., 114, 115, 116, 117
Lee, Robert E., 19, 40, 43, 69, 70, 73, 93, 95, 132, 137–38, 157, 158
Leeds, Me., 69
Lewisburg, Battle of, 39
Lincoln, Abraham, 19, 39, 70, 74, 132, 135, 136, 152–53, 154, 156, 159, 160, 178, 185
Lincoln, Robert T., 87
Lipan Apache Indians, 27, 30, 142, 144, 145
Little Bighorn, Battle of, 7, 10, 54, 56, 102, 195–96
Little Bighorn River, 54, 195, 197, 198
Little Crow, 159
Little Missouri Badlands, 162
Little Missouri River, 162
Little Wolf, 56, 58, 59
Logan, John A., 72, 73
Lolo Trail, 81, 82, 83
Longstreet, James, 136, 137, 157, 158
Looking Glass, 81, 82
Los Angeles, Calif., 129
Louisiana, 32, 135
Louisville, Ky., 151
Lyman, Wyllys, 99
Mackenzie, Ranald S., 29–31, 32, 56, 58, 98, 100, 106, 112, 141, 142, 145–46, 148, 172, 206, 208, 210
Maine, 70, 73, 151
Malheur River, 45
Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses, 20
Manassas, First Battle of. See Bull Run, Battle of
Manassas, Second Battle of, 157–59, 161, 174, 175
Manassas, Va., 178
Manassas Junction, Va., 157
Mankato, Minn., 160, 161
Marsh, Grant, 192–93, 197
Martine, 115, 116
Maryland, 40, 43, 70, 127, 132, 135
Massachusetts, 20, 93
Maus, Marion P., 63, 65
Maxey, Samuel B., 148
McClellan, George B., 18, 40, 69, 92, 133, 153, 156, 157–59
McClellan Creek, Battle of, 100–101
McClernand, John M., 134, 135
McCrary, George W., 108, 111, 143
McDowell, Irvin, 6, 77, 78, 84, 112, 133, 147, 156, 174, 178, 207
McIntosh, Archie, 46, 48, 49
McKinley, William, 124
McLaughlin, James, 119
McLean, Wilmer, 138
McPherson, James B., 74
Meade, George G., 71, 93, 95, 96, 137
Medical Department, 5
Medicine Lodge Treaty, 24, 28, 187
Memphis, Tenn., 133, 154
Merritt, Wesley, 28, 84, 87
Mescalero Apache Indians, 27, 30, 145
Mexican Central Railroad, 148
Mexican War, 15, 17, 127, 152
Mexico, 27, 29–32, 61–63, 113, 114, 141, 142, 152, 208, 210
Mexico City, Mexico, 148
Miles, Nelson A., 4, 32, 33, 55–56, 57, 64, 87, 88, 112, 118, 175, 198, 200, 210, 211; ambition, 93, 96, 104, 105, 111, 117, 123, 200, 209; and Apache campaign, 63, 114–18, 206; and Bear Paw battle, 85, 109–10, 206, 207; called Bear Coat, 103; Canadian border operations, 108–11, 199; in Civil War, 91–96; as colonel in Fifth Infantry, 96; commands Department of Arizona, 114–18; commands Department of the Columbia, 112–13, 206, commands Division of the Missouri, 118–24; commands Division of the Pacific, 117–18, 206; commands U.S. Army, 124; confronts Sitting Bull, 103; death, 125; described, 91; evaluated, 112, 117, 122, 126, 206–7; and Ghost Dance troubles, 118–23; promoted brigadier general in Regular Army, 112, 147; promoted brigadier general of Volunteers, 93; promoted major general in Regular Army, 118; promoted lieutenant general, 125; promoted major general of Volunteers, 95; publications, 125; and Red River War, 99–101, 171–72, 206; retires, 125; in Sioux campaign of 1876, 102–12; wounded, 93
Milk River, 103, 110, 111
Milwaukee, Wisc., 161
Minnesota, 6, 152, 159, 161, 162, 163, 186
Minnesota Volunteers, 159, 161
Missionary Ridge, Battle of, 7
Mississippi, 138
Mississippi River, 134, 154, 155, 202
Missouri, 6, 153, 167
Missouri River, 13, 22, 24, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 102, 103, 109, 111, 161, 162, 163, 186, 188, 189, 197
Modoc Indians, 46
Mogollon Mountains, 48
Mogollon Rim, 48
Monacacy, Battle of, 135
Montana, 6, 20, 53, 81, 82, 84, 104, 162, 186, 189, 191, 200, 207
Montana Column, 195
Monterey, Battle of, 152
Monterey, Calif., 127, 128
Montieth, J. B., 78
Moore, Tom, 47
Morris Island, S.C., 181, 182, 183
Muddy Creek, Battle of, 107, 109
Musselshell River, 103
Myer, Albert J., 111
Nebraska, 6, 113, 139
Nevada, 6, 139
New Haven, Conn., 178, 179, 183, 185, 200, 201
New Haven Grays, 178
New Madrid, Mo., 154, 155
New Mexico, 6, 12, 61, 100, 152, 167, 169, 171
New Orleans, La., 19, 141
New York, 69, 88, 94, 123, 148
New York Tribune, 191
Nez Perce Indians, 77–86, 200, 211
Nez Perce War, 77–86, 88, 109, 117, 206, 207
Ninth Cavalry, 4, 28
Ninth Infantry, 131
North Carolina, 73, 96
North Dakota, 118
Northern Pacific Railway, 188, 189
northern plains, 20, 50, 101, 186, 209
North Mountain, 42
North Platte River, 20
North-West Mounted Police, 107, 111, 199
Oglala Sioux, 25
Ohio, 36, 39
Ollokot, 81
Omaha, Nebr., 6, 20, 22, 23, 25, 50, 58, 59, 87, 118, 139, 209
Opequon Creek, Battle of, 41, 42
Orange and Alexandria Railway, 157
Ord, Edward O. C., 9, 33, 112, 127, 184, 208, 210, 211; appointed brigadier general of Volunteers, 132; in Appomattox campaign, 137–38; Civil War service, 132–38; commands Department of the Platte, 139–40; and correspondence with Sherman, 141, 144–45; death, 148; described, 127, 134; evaluated, 138, 148–49, 209–10; forcibly retired, 147–48; and incursions into Mexico, 142–46; prewar service, 130–32; promoted major general of Volunteers, 133; and Texas Democrats, 141–42, 145, 148; and Treviño, 143–44, 146, 148; wounded, 134, 136
Ord, Molly, 132, 135, 136
Ord, Roberta, 146, 148
Ordnance Department, 5, 10, 69, 173
Oregon, 6, 18, 36, 37, 45, 77, 84, 86, 113, 129, 130
Owyhee River, 45
Pacific Northwest, 37, 38, 39, 45, 85, 113, 132
Pacific Railway, 152
Paiute Indians, 45, 46, 63, 86, 89, 207
Palo Alto, Battle of, 17
Palo Duro Canyon, Battle of, 32, 100, 172
Panic of 1873, 188
Pawnee Indians, 25–26, 56
pay and promotion, 6–8
Pay Department, 5
Peace Commission of 1867–69, 22–25, 187, 201, 208
Peace Policy, 28, 48, 98, 167, 188
/> Peachtree Creek, Battle of, 99
Pea Ridge, Battle of, 153
Pecos River, 27, 28
Pemberton, John C., 134
Peninsula Campaign, 18, 69, 133, 156, 157
Pennsylvania, 71
Pennsylvania Avenue, D.C.
Perry, David, 45, 80
Petersburg, Va., 44, 73, 94, 95, 135, 136, 137, 163, 185
Philippine Insurrection, 15
Piedras Negras, Mexico, 142, 143
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 58, 59, 118, 120, 122
Pitt River, 46
Pitt River Expedition, 37
Pitt River Indians, 45
Platte River, 165, 188, 189, 191
Platte River Road, 23
Pocotaligo, S.C., 181
Point Pleasant, Mo., 154
Ponca Commission, 112
Ponca Indians, 59–60, 64, 211
Pope, Clara, 169, 175
Pope, John, 5, 15, 18, 31, 39, 51, 88, 96, 98, 99, 100, 139, 186, 208, 210, 211; appointed brigadier general of Volunteers, 153; Civil War career, 152–59; commands Army of Virginia, 156–59; commands Department of the Missouri, 165, 166; commands Department of the Northwest, 159; commands Division of the Missouri, 165; commissioned brigadier general in Regular Army, 166; death, 175; defeated at Second Manassas, 156–59; described, 151–52; ego, 153; evaluated, 175, 209; and plains campaign of 1865, 165–66; on policy, 163, 166, 167–70, 172–74, 175; promoted major general of Volunteers, 155; and Red River War, 171–72, 209; retires, 175; and Sioux campaign of 1863, 161–62, 209; and Sioux campaign of 1864, 162, 209; wins Island No. 10, 154–55
Pope, Nathaniel, 151
Porter, David D., 184, 185
Porter, Fitz John, 158, 159, 161, 174
Port Hudson, La., Battle of, 19–20
Portland, Ore., 6, 46, 77, 80, 207
Port Royal, S.C., 179
Potomac River, 92, 126
Potter, Joseph H., 141
Powder River, 20, 22, 25, 50, 51, 56, 102, 165, 166, 188, 191, 192, 197, 198
Powder River, Battle of, 52, 56, 101
Prescott, Ariz., 6, 48
Price, Sterling, 133
Price, William R., 32, 99, 100, 171
Proctor, Redfield
Puerto Rico, 124
Pullman Strike, 123
Quartermaster General’s Department, 5, 172
Rains, Gabriel J. 129, 130
Raleigh, N.C., 185
Ramsey, Alexander, 160
Randall, George M.
Rapid City, S.Dak., 120
Rappahannock River, 18, 158
Reconstruction, 3, 32, 96, 138, 166, 186, 188
Red Cloud, 20, 23, 24, 57, 58, 187, 188, 191
Red Cloud Agency, Nebr., 57, 106, 110, 191
Red River, 28, 98, 100, 135
Red River Expedition, 20
Red River War, 31–32, 33, 51, 98–101, 112, 126, 141, 171–72, 174, 209
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