Gettysburg

  Brandy Station, see Battle of Brandy Station Brewer, W. S., 57

  Broadhead, Sarah, 137

  Brown, John, 3

  Bucktails, 60

  Buford, John, 32, 32–37, 39–43, 41, 49

  Burgwyn, Henry King, Jr., 55, 56, 56–57

  Burns, John “Old Patriot”, 53, 53

  Butler, Margaret Coats, 19

  C

  Carter, Anne Hill, 2

  Catton, Bruce, 164, xii, xiii

  Cemetery Hill, 35, 47, 50, 60–63, 62, 66, 72, 76, 84, 108

  Cemetery Ridge, 71–72, 78, 81, 84, 90–91, 93, 96–99, 104–105, 112–113, 115

  Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 84–90, 85, 88, xi

  at dedication of monument, 159, 159–160

  as Governor of Maine, 164

  Siege of Petersburg, 164

  Chambersburg, 14, 16, 17, 28, 32, 108, 134

  Chancellorsville, 7, 13, 18, 20, 49

  Cheek, William, 56

  Chicago Times, 154

  Coffin, Charles, 116, 123, 126

  Columbia Bridge, 17

  Colvill, William J., 97, 97, 98

  Confederate soldiers graves of, 139

  Confederate States Army Lee promoted to full general, 4

  Corby, William, 94, 94–95, 164

  Culp, Wesley, 14, 15

  killed on Culp’s Hill, 166

  Culp’s Hill, 62, 63–65, 73, 76, 100–105, 109, 109–111, 113

  map of, 101, 111

  Curtin, Andrew, 15, 145, 145, 152

  Custer, George, 116, 118, 118, 119, 119

  Appomattox, 165

  Battle of Little Big Horn, 165

  Great Sioux War, 165

  Custis, Mary Anna Randolph, 2

  Cutler, Lysander, 43–44

  D

  Davis, Jefferson, 1, 9, 40, 44

  Davis, Joseph R., 46

  Dawes, Charles G., 165

  Dawes, Rufus, 16, 43–44, 102, 164–165

  Battle of the Wilderness, 164

  at Culp’s Hill, 65–66

  Fall of Seminary Ridge, 58–59

  served in U.S. House of Representatives, 165

  Siege of Petersburg, 164

  de Trobriand, James. see Trobriand, James Regis de

  Devil’s Den, 79, 80–81, 85, 140

  sharpshooter killed at, 82

  “Dixie”, 27–28

  Doubleday Abner, 43, 58, 58, 62

  E

  Early, Jubal, 54, 63, 64

  Emancipation Proclamation, 31, 151, 157

  painting of first reading of, 30

  Everett, Edward, 152, 152–156

  Ewell, Richard S., 1, 14, 14, 16–17, 24, 32

  advanced from Carlisle toward Gettysburg, 34, 37, 49–54

  advances to Culp’s Hill, 63–67, 76, xvii attacks Culp’s Hill, 100, 104, 109

  Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 166

  Battle of the Wilderness, 166

  withdraws troops from Gettysburg, 137

  F

  Fahnestock Brothers, 25, 49, 83, 103, 144, 163

  Fairfax, John W., 77

  Faulkner, William, 121

  Finley, Lieutenant, 124, 126

  First Minnesota, 98, 98–99

  Foote, Shelby, 107, xii Ford, Gerald R.

  grants Lee pardon, 5

  Fredericksburg, 1, 7, 10, 13, 16, 17, 20, 85, 128

  Freemont, John C, 1

  Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, 27–28, 61, 66, 77, 128

  on General Ewell, 14

  on General Hood, 80

  on General Lee, 6

  on General Longstreet, 26

  on General Pickett, 120

  on General Stuart, 23

  G

  Garfield, James, 143

  Gates, Mary Beman, 164

  Gerrish, Theodore, 87, 89

  Gettysburg Address, 154–156, 155, 156

  Gettysburg College, 25, 163

  Gettysburg Council of War, 104

  Gettysburg Memorial Association, 160–161

  Gibbon, John, 71, 105

  Gitt, George, 153

  Goldsborough, William, 101, 110

  Gordon, John Brown, 50, 52

  Grant, Ulysses S., 3, 5, 8, 164

  Greeley, Horace, 30

  Greene, George Sears, 101, 101–102

  Gregg, David McMurtrie, 117, 118

  Gurney, Eliza, 150

  H

  Halleck, Henry, 20, 105

  Hancock, Winfield Scott, 48, 93–99, 98, 113, 116

  arrives on Cemetery Hill, 61–63, 62

  Battle of Cold Harbor, 165

  Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 165

  Battle of the Wilderness, 165

  called upon by Meade, 48–49

  execution of Lincoln assassins, 165

  injured, 124

  learns of Armistead’s injuries, 126–128

  loses presidential bid against James Garfield, 165

  Harper’s Ferry, 3 Harper’s Weekly, 155

  Harrisburg, 9, 16, 21

  Haskell, Franklin “Frank”, 73, 73, 78, 121–123

  Battle of Cold Harbor, 164

  Bruce Catton on, 164

  on Cemetery Ridge, 81, 112–115

  informs Meade of win after Pickett’s Charge, 129–130

  Hay, John, 147–150

  Herr’s Ridge, 39, 40, 55

  Heth, Henry, 34, 38, 38, 39–40, 52

  disobeys Lee’s instructions, 40

  injured, 58

  at McPherson’s Ridge, 54

  at Seminary Ridge, 59

  Hill, A. P.. see Hill, Ambrose Powell, Jr. Hill, Ambrose Powell, Jr., 26, 32, 38, 49–52, 76, 77, 81

  Battle of Cold Harbor, 167

  Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 167

  Battle of the Wilderness, 167

  Siege of Petersburg, 167

  Hodam, James, 17, 51

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 159

  Homestead Association, 143

  Hood, John Bell, 27–28, 71, 76–86, 79, 97

  attacks the Wheat Field, 90

  Hooker, Joseph, 10, 10–11, 16–18, 24

  Howard, Oliver Otis, 42, 48, 49–52, 58, 62

  Humiston, Amos, 141, 142

  children of, 142, 143

  Humiston, Phylinda, 141, 143

  I

  Imboden, John, 134–135

  Irish Brigade, 94, 164

  Iron Brigade, 16, 42, 45, 50, 54–58, 60

  J

  Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall”, 18, 20, 64

  Jacobs, Michael, xvii Jefferson, Thomas, 131

  Johnson, Andrew, 5, 164

  Johnson, Edward “Allegheny”, 64, 64, 101, 102, 109, 110

  Johnston, Joseph E., 7

  Jones, John, 57, 102

  K

  Kelly, Patrick, 94

  Kidd, J.H., 36

  King, Martin Luther, Jr.

  quotes Gettysburg Address, 157

  L

  Lamar, G. B., 92

  Lane, John R., 57

  Lee, Custis, 18

  Lee, Henry Harry, III, 2

  Lee, Robert E., 2–5, 74–76, 77, 108, 167

  on abolishment of slavery, 5

  accepts command of Virginia state forces, 4

  appointed Colonel of First Regiment of Cavalry, 3

  Appomattox, 168

  attack into Pennsylvania, 1

  at Cemetery Ridge, 113–115

  children of, 2, 3, 18

  citizenship restored, 168

  at Culp’s Hill, 61–63

  death of, 5

  disobeyed by Stuart, 24

  foresees Appomattox, 128

  “Marse Lee”, 7

  offered command of Union army, 3–4

  pardoned by Gerald R. Ford, 5

  on Pickett’s Charge, 129

  plans to continue attack, 103–106

  promoted to full general, 4

  resigns from U.S. army, 4

  retreats to Virginia, 133–134

  at Seminary Ridge, 114


  Siege of Petersburg, 168

  surrender at Appomattox, 5

  victory at Chancellorsville, 18

  Washington and Lee University, 168

  writes letter to sister, 4, 6

  Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 3, 4

  Lincoln, Abraham, 7, 18, 30, 148, 164

  assassination of, 168

  blames Meade, 148

  command crisis, 17

  comments on Lee, 11

  depression after death of William, 150

  Emancipation Proclamation, 151

  faith of, 150

  Gettysburg Address, 154, 155, 156

  offers Lee command of Union army, 3, 6

  opinions on slavery, 30–31

  prepares Gettysburg Address, 145–146

  re-election of, 168

  refuses to accept Meade’s resignation, 22

  Thirteenth Amendment, 168

  visits Daniel Sickles, 165

  visits the Old Patriot”, 53

  writes letter to Horace Greeley, 30

  Lincoln, Edward, 150

  Lincoln, MaryTodd, 149, 149, 150

  Lincoln, Tad, 148, 150

  Lincoln, William Wallace, 148, 150

  Lochren, William, 98

  Longstreet, James, 26, 75–81, 97

  approaching Gettysburg, 63

  Battle of Appomattox, 167

  Battle of the Wilderness, 167

  became scapegoat for the “Lost Cause”, 167

  at Cemetery Hill, 108–109

  at Chambersburg, 28, 32, 36

  at Culp’s Hill, 100, 104–105

  Fremantle on, 66

  at Pickett’s Charge, 120

  Lutheran Theological Seminary, 24, 25, 34, 57, 59

  M

  Marshall, Charles, 77

  Marvin, Matthew, 99

  McClellan, George, 7, 7, 149

  McClellan, Georgia, 112, 163

  Mclntosh John B., 118

  McKeen, Henry Boyd, 164

  McLaws, Lafayette, 76, 90, 91, 97, 97

  McPherson Farm, 37

  McPherson’s Ridge, 36, 40–42, 41, 42

  bodies of Union soldiers, 138

  Meade, George Gordon, 19, 19–22, 21, 37–38

  under attack at Cemetery Hill, 80

  at Cemetery Ridge, 71, 97, 104–106, 112–113

  chosen by Lincoln, 18

  at Culp’s Hill, 100

  defensive plan unravels, 78

  disobeyed by Sickles, 79–81

  failure to prevent Lee’s escape, 22

  farmhouse headquarters on Cemetery Hill, 72, 72–73

  informed of win after Pickett’s Charge, 129–130

  met by Tillie Pierce, 74

  orders Hancock to advance to Gettysburg, 48

  orders Howard to advance to Gettysburg, 49

  orders the First Corps to Gettysburg, 32–34

  receives Thanks of Congress, 166

  resigns from command, 22

  Meade, Richard Worsam, 19

  Mexican War, 1, 3, 20

  Mississippi River, 8

  Moore, Edward Alexander, 28

  Morrow, Henry A., 56, 56, 57

  Mulholland, St. Clair, 95, 96

  Myers, Elizabeth Salome “Sallie”, 29, 61, 65, 163

  N

  National Park Service, 161

  New Orleans capture of, 8

  New York Times, 17, 140, 141

  New York Tribune, 30

  Nicolay, John, 147

  O

  Oates, John A.

  death of, 89

  Oates, William Calvin, 85, 86

  Battle at Chickamauga, 166

  Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 166

  Battle of the Wilderness, 166

  governor of Alabama, 166

  served in U.S. House of Representatives, 166

  Siege of Petersburg, 166

  oath of allegiance, 5

  orphanage. see Homestead Association

  “Our Union Forever”, 34

  Owen, William, 28

  P

  Peach Orchard, 78–81, 90–93, 92, 96

  dead horses, 138

  Pennsylvania attack into, 1, 4, 14

  supplies captured, 16

  Pennsylvania Dutch, 17

  Pettigrew, James Johnston, 35, 38, 56, 58, 113, 115

  Philadelphia, 21 Philadelphia Inquirer, 141

  Pickett, George, 76–77, 104–106, 108, 119, 120

  Pickett’s Charge, 5, 21, 57, 113, 116, 120–129, 123

  map of, 122

  Pierce, Matilda “Tillie”, 132, 133, 140, 163, xv-xvii, xv, xv-xvii, XV

  becomes a nurse for the wounded, 68

  evacuated to farm near Two Taverns, 102–103

  home of, xv

  leaves for Weikert’s Farm, 46

  meets General Meade, 74

  returns home to Gettysburg, 143

  tends to General Weed, 90, 107

  tends to Union soldiers, 82

  witnesses arrival of first Union soldiers at Gettysburg, 34

  witnesses Ewell’s corps, 16

  writes about the militia, 15

  Psalm 144:5, 39

  Pye, Edward, 45

  R

  Reid, Whitelaw, 20, 72

  Reynolds, John F., 36–38, 37, 42, 44, 63

  approach on Gettysburg, 42–43

  death of, 49, 50, 73 Richmond Enquirer, 11

  Rock of Erin, 123

  Rodes, Robert E., 51, 51

  Roosevelt, Franklin, 161–162

  S

  Sanitary Commission, 139

  Saunders, William, 145, 145

  Sawyer, Franklin, 124

  Scanlon, T.M., 92–93

  Schurz, Carl, 68, 69, 134–135

  Scott, Winfield, 1, 6

  Second Bull Run, 35

  Second Manassas, 7

  Second Wisconsin. see Iron Brigade

  Seminary Ridge, 40, 43, 47, 58–63, 77, 78, 114, 128

  fall of, 59

  in Pickett’s Charge, 120

  Sergeant, Margaretta, 19

  Seward, William H., 147, 150, 152

  Shiloh, 8

  Sickles, Daniel, 42, 78, 91, 96–97

  leaves Little Round Top undefended, 83

  leg bone on display, 165

  lobbies for and receives Medal of Honor, 165

  moves on the Peach Orchard, 78–81

  visited by Abraham Lincoln, 165

  Skelly, Daniel, 25, 25, 140, 163

  attempts to spy for the Union, 103

  comments on the Confederate withdrawal, 137

  finds home occupied by Rebels, 67–68

  recalls tension among people of Gettysburg, 34, 82

  role in recovery efforts, 143–144

  sees General Lee, 74–75

  witnesses fighting at Gettysburg, 40, 49–50

  witnesses helping of wounded, 59

  Skelly, Johnston “Jack”, 14, 15, 111, 163–166

  slavery, 29

  abolishment of, 5, 168

  Slocum, Henry, 71, 100

  Soldiers National Cemetery for Union dead, 144–145

  Sorrel, Moxley, 32, 52

  Springfield Republican, 155

  Steuart, George H., 110

  Stevens, George T., 13

  Stewart, Alexander, 65

  Stewart, Henry, 163

  Stone, Roy, 60

  Stratford Hall Plantation, 2

  Stuart, J. E. B.. see Stuart, James Ewell Brown

  Stuart, James Ewell Brown, 9–11, 10, 23–24, 105, 166

  confronts Custer, 116–118

  described by Sorrel, 52

  disobeys Lee’s instructions, 24, 32

  Lee annoyed at the absence of, 28–32, 54

  Sumner, Charles, 156

  Susquehanna River, 17, xvii Sykes, George, 71, 80, 81, 84

  T

  Taneytown, 32, 38, 47, 48

  Taneytown Road, 47, 72, 80, 132

  Texas

  secedes from Union, 3

  Second Calvary
regiment, 3

  “The Bonnie Blue Flag”, 27

  “The Campbell’s are Coming”, 43

  Thirteenth Amendment, 31, 151

  Traveller, 49

  wreath presented to, 27

  Trimble, Isaac Ridgeway, 113, 114, 127

  Trobriand, James Regis de, 31, 31, 90, 164

  Twentieth Maine Infantry Memorial, 160

  Twenty-fourth Michigan, 56–57, 57

  Twenty-sixth North Carolina, 56–57

  U

  Union Lee on dissolution of, 3

  Unknown Soldier of Gettysburg, 141–142

  V

  Vicksburg, 8

  surrendered to Grant, 134

  Vincent, Strong, 84, 84, 85, 90

  Virginia Battle of Winchester, 111

  debates joining Confederacy, 3

  Lee retreats for, 133–134, 148

  supplies captured, 14

  Virginia, Northern, 60

  army of, 1, 4, 7, 164, 166–167

  W

  Wade, Jennie. see Wade, Mary Virginia “Ginnie”

  Wade, Mary Virginia “Ginnie”, 14, 15, 111–112, 163–164, 166

  Wadsworth, James, 42, 43, 59

  Waller, Frank Asbury, 46

  Warren, Gouverneur, 21, 71, 80, 83, 83–84

  field glasses of, 83

  Washington College, 5

  Weed, Stephen H., 90, 107, 107

  Weikert, Beckie, 68, 140

  Weikert, Jacob, 46

  Weikert Farm, 46, 67, 82, 90, 102–103, 132, 133

  West Point, United States Military Academy, 1, 2, 3, 19, 35

  Wheat field, 78–79, 81, 85, 90, 94, 96

  Wilcox, Cadmus Marcellus, 97, 98, 99, 129

  Wilkeson, Bayard, 140, 141

  Wilkeson, Samuel, 140, 141

  Williamsport, 21, 22

  Wills, David, 145, 145, 152

  Wilson, LeGrand, 69

  Wilson, Woodrow, 161

  Winchester, Virginia, 14, 15, 111

  Wright, A. R., 99–100