James A. Hessler

by Abandoned Little Round Top;Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder

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  Index

  Adams, Capt. Charles Francis

  Alabama Military Units; 8th Infantry, 10th Infantry, 11th Infantry, 15th Infantry, 44th Infantry

  Alexander, Col. Edward Porter

  American Express Company, the

  American Protective Association, the

  American Scoundrel

  Ames, Capt. Nelson

  Anderson, Gen. George T.

  Anderson, Gen. Richard H.

  Andersonville, GA

  Angle, the

  Annals of the War

  Antietam, battle of

  Archer, Gen. James

  Arlington National Cemetery, photo

  Army Medical Museum, the

  Army of Northern Virginia, the

  Army of Northern Virginia Military Units; First Corps, Second Corps, Third Corps

  Army of the James, the

  Army of the Potomac, the

  Army of the Potomac Military Units; 4th United States Artillery, 5th United States Artillery, First Corps, Second Corps, at Chancellorsville, Hancock takes command, Cemetery Ridge position, Caldwell’s division, consolidated with Third Corps, Third Corps, at Williamsburg, at Fair Oaks, Sickles given command of Second Division, Sickles given command of, at Chancellorsville, at Hazel Grove, reorganizes prior to Gettysburg, assigned to Reynolds’ wing command, at Emmitsburg, marches to Gettysburg, assigned to Little Round Top, advances to Emmitsburg Rd., Gettysburg casualties, disbanded, opinions of survivors, Fourth Corps, Fifth Corps, Sixth Corps, Seventh Corps, Ninth Corps, Tenth Corps, Eleventh Corps, Twelfth Corps, map

  Ash, Dr. –

  Ashby’s Gap

  Atlanta, GA

  Attack and Defense of Little Round Top, the

  Ayres, Gen. Romeyn

  Bachelder, John

  Bagioli, Antonio

  Bagioli, Maria (Da Ponte)

  Bagioli, Teresa (See also Sickles, Teresa)

  Bailey, Col. Edward

  Bailey, Congressman Joseph

  Baldwin, Lt. Col. Clark

  Baltimore Pike, the

  Barksdale, Gen. William

  Barlow, Gen. Francis

  Barnes, Gen. James

  Batchelder, Lt. Col. Richard N.

  Battle Cry of Freedom

  Battles and Leaders

  Benedict, G. G.

  Benjamin, Charles

  Benner, George

  Bennett, James Gordon Jr.

  Bennett, Michael S.

  Benning, Gen. Henry

  Berdan, Col. Hiram, July 2 reconnaissance, reports his discoveries

  Bermuda Hundred

  Berry, Gen. Hiram

  Bertram, Major E. C.

  Best, Col. Emery

  Beveridge, Maj. John

  Biddle, Maj. James C.

  Biesecker’s Woods

  Big Round Top

  Bigelow, Capt. John

  Birney, Fitz-Hugh

  Birney, Gen. David Bell, background info, at Fredericksburg, at Chancellorsville, Major General, opinion of Humphreys, advance to Gettysburg, Gettysburg July 2 morning, advance to Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg at the Wheatfield, takes command from Sickles, orders Humphreys to retreat, division casualties, Gettysburg July 3, welcomes Sickles, opinion of Gettysburg, Historicus, Congressional testimony, after Gettysburg, Meade’s opinion of, death of, photo

  Birney, James

  Black Horse Tavern

  Black Horse Tavern Rd.

  Blacksmith Shop Road

  Board for the Soldiers and Sailors Home, the

  Bo-Bo

  Bonitz, J. H. W.

  Bowen, Capt. Edward

  Brady, James T.

  Brady, Matthew

  Brandy Station

  Brannigan, Pvt. Felix

  Brewster, Col. William

  Brooke, Col. John

  Brown, John

  Bryan House, the

  Buchanan, Pres. James

  Bucklyn, Lt. John

  Buford, Gen. John

  Bulkley, Chaplain Charles

  Bull Run, the First battle of

  Bull Run, the Second battle of

  Bullard, Pvt. W. H.

  Burling, Gen. George

  Burlington Free Press, the

  Burnside, Gen. Ambrose

  Butler, Benjamin F.

  Butterfield, Gen. Dan, command of Fifth Corps, background info, Chief of Staff, relationship with Meade, relationship with Hooker and Sickles, at Chancellorsville, Meade’s alleged retreat order, wounded, Biographical Memorial, Historicus, Congressional testimony, after the War, photo

  Butterfield, John

  Butterfield, Julia

  Butterworth, Samuel

  Cabell, Col. Henry

  Caldwell, Gen. John

  Calef, Lt. John

  Calhoun, Dr. J. T.

  Cameron, Simon

  Camp & Outpost Duty for Infantry

  Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac,

  Campbell, Andrew J.

  Campbell, Eric

  Campfire and Battlefield

  Carmody, State Attorney General

  Carnegie, Andrew

  Carr, Gen. Joseph, photo

  Carter, Pvt. Robert

  Cashtown, PA

  Caspian Sea of Ink, A

  Catharine Furnace Road

  Cemetery Hill, photos

  Cemetery Ridge, Meade’s position, Sickles advances from, photos

  Central Park (New York City, N.Y.)

  Chamberlain, Col. Joshua L.

  Chancellorsville

  Chancellorsville Campaign, the, map

  Chandler, Senator Zachariah

  Charleston, SC

  Chase, Pvt. Stephen

  Chase, Sect. of the Treasury Salmon

  Chattanooga National Military Park

  Chesnut, Mary

  Chickamauga, battle of

  Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

  Chilton, Col. Robert

  Christian Advocate, the

  Cisneros, Jose

  Clark, Capt. Judson

  Cleaves, Freeman

  Cleveland, President Grover

  Coddington, Edwin

  Codori Farm, the

  Cold Harbor, battle of

  Collis, Col. Charles

  Colvill, Col. William

  Comstock, Engineer Cyrus

  Congressional Medal of Honor, the

  Cook, Tom

  Copperhead Democrats

  Copse of Trees, the


  Corps of Topographical Engineers

  Couch, Gen. Darius

  Coughenour, Col. Kavin

  Craig, Col. Calvin

  Craighead, Pvt. Alfred

  Crawford, Gen. Samuel

  Crawford, Judge Thomas

  Cross, Col. Edward

  Culp’s Hill

  Cummings, Amos J.

  Curtin, Gov. Andrew

  Curtis, Gen. Newton

  Cutcheon, Lt. Col. Byron M.

  Da Ponte, Lorenzo, L.

  Dan Sickles: Hero of Gettysburg and ‘Yankee King of Spain,’

  Dana, Asst. Secretary of War Charles

  Danks, Maj. John

  Davis, Pres. Jefferson

  Davis, Richard “Red,”

  de Creagh, Caroline (See also Sickles, Caroline)

  de Paris, the Comte

  de Peyster, John Watts

  de Trobriand, Col. Regis

  Delmonico’s (New York City, N.Y.)

  Democratic National Convention, the

  Democratic Party, the

  Devil’s Den, photos

  Devin, Col. Thomas

  Dimon, Dr. Theodore

  Donaldson, Capt. Francis

  Dortch, Helen (See also Longstreet, Helen)

  Doster, Lt. Col. William E.

  Doubleday, Gen. Abner

  Dougherty, Daniel

  Dwight, Col. William

  Eagle Hotel, the

  Early, Gen. Jubal

  Elements of Military Art and Science

  Emmitsburg, MD

  Emmitsburg Road, the, photos

  Erie Railroad, the

  Eshleman, Maj. B. F.

  Everett, Edward

  Evergreen Cemetery, the

  Ewell, Gen. Richard

  Excelsior Brigade, the

  Excelsior Monument, photo

  Fair Oaks, battle of (See also Seven Pines)

  Fairfax Station, VA

  Fairfield Gap, PA

  Fairfield Rd., the

  Falling Waters, WV

  Favill, Lt. Josiah

  Fifteenth Street (Washington, D. C.)

  Fifth Avenue (New York City, NY)

  Fish, Sect. of State Hamilton

  Foote, Charles E.

  Forsyth, Gen. George A.

  Fort Sumter

  Foster, Pvt. Charles

  Fox, Col. William

  Franklin, Gen. William

  Frederick, MD

  Fredericksburg, battle of

  Freeman, Douglas Southall

  Fremantle, Arthur

  Fremont, Gen. John

  French, Gen. William

  Fry, Capt. Thomas