by Bruce Catton
Cutler, Gen. Lysander, 191, 241
Dahlgren, Adm. John A. D., 8, 20
Dahlgren, Col. Ulric, 8-20 Dana, Richard Henry, 46, 238 Davis, Jefferson, 326, 332, 369,
371, 373-74 Democratic Convention in Chicago, 1864, 324-31 Deserters, Confederate, at
Petersburg, 369-70 Devin, Gen. Thomas C, 387-88
Dinwiddie Court House, battle of, Petersburg campaign, 384-90
Disabled veterans, corps of, 162-64
Disciplinary methods in army,
35-37, 153-54 Douty, Lt. Jacob, 273 Drafted soldiers, 26-27, 34-35
Eaih, Gen, Jubal, 231, 289;
attack on Washington, 290-300; in Shenandoah Valley campaign, 300-1, 332-39, 343-56, 382 Earthworks. See Entrenchments
XVIII Corps, at Cold Harbor, 171-73, 178-80, 184-86, 192, 204; in Petersburg campaign, 209-16, 219, 223, 268, 281-82
VIII Corps in Shenandoah Valley campaign, 314, 333-36, 346-48
Election, presidential, 1864, 361-63
Elmira, N.Y., Federal prison camp at, 313-14
Ely's Ford, Rapidan River, 11
Emory, Gen. William H., in Shenandoah Valley campaign, 292, 302, 315, 333-34, 347-56
Enlisted soldiers, 37-40
Entrenchments, 159, 176-77; at Cold Harbor, 180-81, 187, 188, 191; Confederate, at Spotsylvania, Upton's assault against, 128-32; at Petersburg, 210, 211-12, 219-20, 227-31, 357-58; undermining of Confederate fort at Petersburg, 246-55, 265-73
Ewell, Gen. Richard S., 77, 92, 100, 134, 146, 415
Excelsior Brigade, 224
Falls, Ben, 41
Farragut, Adm. David, 338
Ferrero, Gen. Edward, 255,
264, 268, 272, 282-86 Fieldworks. See Entrenchments V Corps, 58, 241-42; at Cold Harbor, 179, 201-4; in march to Appomattox, 411, 416, 420-23; in Petersburg campaign, 217-20, 223-26, 267, 280-81, 364-66, 384, 389-400; at Spotsylvania Court House, 109-13, 128, 133-34, 146; in Wilderness battle, 68, 70-83, 90-92, 96-97
I Corps, 56
Fisher's Hill, Shenandoah Valley, battle of, 338-39
Five Forks, action of, Petersburg campaign, 387-89, 392-99
Forrest, Gen. Bedford, 263 Forsyth, Maj. George A., 351-53
Fort De Russey, District of
Columbia, 297 Fort Donelson, Tenn., Union
victory at, 45 Fort Fisher, N.C., expeditions
against, 368 Fort Pillow, Term., massacre
of captured Negro soldiers
at, 263
Fort Stedman, Petersburg works, Confederate assault on, 375-78
Fort Stevens, District of Columbia, 293-99
Fortress Monroe, 203
Franklin, Gen. William B., 303
Fraternization of Union and Confederate soldiers, 61, 160, 195-96, 229-30, 364, 367
Frederick, Md., Confederate levy on, 291
Fredericksburg, care of wounded at, 116-23
Fremont, John Charles, 237, 340
Front Royal, battle of, 339-40 Frontal assault, obsolescence of, 176
Germanna Road, Wilderness, 68-69. See also Brock Road
Getty, Gen. George W., 83-86, 90-92, 96, 335-36
Gibbon, Gen. John, 98, 136, 239-41, 420; at Cold Harbor, 183-84; in Petersburg campaign, 214
Glendale, Confederate position at, 211
Gordon, Gen. John B., 346-50 Grant, Gen. U. S., 41-50, 150-51, 166-67, 326; at Cold Harbor, 170, 174, 181; command problems of, 192-94, 233, 368; made commander in chief, 41-42, 47-55; in march to Appomattox, 407-10, 412-13, 416-19, 425; in Petersburg campaign, 217-19, 225, 238, 250, 266, 269, 271-73, 284-85, 359, 378-81, 383-87, 393-94, 401-2; plan for cutting Southern supply routes, 199-204; and Shenandoah Valley campaign, 300-1, 302-6, 309-10, 332-41; southward move from Spotsylvania, 149-52; at Spotsylvania Court House, 113, 114, 124, 126, 132; in Wilderness battle, 65-68, 75-77, 83, 90, 100-3, 105 Greeley, Horace, 325, 327 Griffin, Gen. Charles, 72-79, 398-400, 411, 416, 422, 423 Guerilla warfare, in Petersburg campaign, 366; in Shenandoah Valley, 317-20, 342
Halleck, Gen. Henry W., 200, 237, 303-4; in defense of Washington, 288-93
Hampton, Gen. Wade, 15, 164, 231
Hancock, Gen. Winfield Scott, 57, 367; at Cold Harbor, 174, 178-84, 192, 204; in Petersburg campaign, 213-19, 221, 239, 266-67, 271, 358; at Spotsylvania Court House, 113, 132-44; in Wilderness battle, 70-71, 83-87, 90-92, 97-100
Hare house hill, Petersburg campaign, 219, 221-22
Hartranft, Gen. John, 377
Hatcher's Run, Petersburg campaign, 383-85
Hawes's Shop, 160
Hays, Gen. Alex, 101
Heavy artillery regiments, 53-54
Heiduc, Trooper, 356
Hill, Gen. A. P., 83, 86, 89-91,
239, 406 Hines, Thomas H., 327-30 Hinks, Gen. Edward W., 210,
211-16, 263 Hood, Gen. John B., 332 Humphreys, Gen. Andrew A.,
134, 368, 384, 414, 417 Hunter, Gen. David, 201, 231,
289-91, 305-6, 322 Hunter, R. M. T., 371-72 Hyde, Maj., 124
Infantry, consolidation of corps, 55-57; training of, under Grant, 52
Intelligence operatives, Sheridan's, 317, 410-11; Southern, 326-30
Invalid Corps. See Veteran Reserve Corps Irish Brigade, 35, 364-65 Iron Brigade, 53, 81-82, 144, 165, 366
James River, crossing of, by Union army, 205-6
James River Canal, 201
Jericho Ford, 160
Jerusalem Plank Road, Petersburg, 220, 223, 239
Jetersville, 411
Johnston, Gen. Joe, 331-32,
379, 409 Julian, George W., 373
Kilpatrick, Gen. Judson "Kill Cavalry," 4-6, 51; attempt to seize Richmond, 5-21
Lamon, Ward, 340
Laurel Hill, Spotsylvania, battle of, 123
Ledlie, Gen. James H., 221-22, 270-79, 282
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 20, 290; at Cold Harbor and Petersburg, 170, 218-19, 222-23, 267, 379, 387; Northern respect for, 48; in retreat to Appomattox, 408-9, 412-13, 415, 425; at Spotsylvania Court House, 134, 140; in Wilderness battle, 91, 101
Letcher, Gov. John, 291
Lexington, Ky., 48th Pennsylvania Regiment in, 247
Lincoln, Abraham, 46, 51, 125, 148, 198, 289, 371; amnesty proclamation of 1864, 5-6; in campaign of 1864, 325-26, 340; in Confederate attack on Washington, 298-99; nomination for second term, 235-37; peace proposals of, 373; re-election of, 362-63; support of Grant by, 304-5, 368; visit to City Point, 378-82
Longstreet, Gen. James, 45, 89, 91, 98-99
Lynchburg Road, battle of, 420-22
McClellan, Gen. George B., admiration of army for, 49, 56, 361-62; defeated for presidency, 362; nominated for presidency, 331
McClernand, Gen. John A., 237
McCook, Gen. Alexander McD.,
293, 296-97 Mahone, Gen. William, 364 Maine regiments: 1st Heavy
Artillery, 224; 5th, 40; 20th,
123
Malvern Hill, Confederate position at, 211
Massachusetts regiments: 1st, 85; 1st Heavy Artillery, 224; 12th, 54, 109-12, 165; 13th, 39, 60; 15th, 239-40, 241; 19th, 40-41, 183, 241, 245; 20th, 241; 22nd, 31; 25th, 39; 28th, see Irish Brigade; 36th, 273; 39th, 221-22
Meade, Gen. George Gordon, 3-4, 41-42, 55-57, 151-52; at Cold Harbor, 178-79; in march to Appomattox, 409, 412-13, 421; in Petersburg campaign, 215, 217-25, 238, 249-52, 267, 271-85, 376-77; at Spotsylvania Court House, 113-14, 121, 132, 192; in support of Kilpatrick raid on Richmond, 7, 20; in Wilderness batde, 73-75, 77, 90-91, 102
Medical corps, 115-23
Meigs, Gen. Montgomery C,
293, 297, 299 Merritt, Gen. Wesley, 344 Michigan regiments: 3rd, 165;
24th, 242 Miles, Gen. Nelson, 137 Milroy, Gen. Robert, 101 Mine shaft dug beneath Confederate fort in Petersburg campaign, 246-55, 265-86 Mobile Bay, Union Victory in, 338
Morgan, Gen. John Hunt, 327 Morton's Ford, action at, 7 Mosby's irregulars, 65-66, 318= 19, 342
Mott, Gen. Gershom, 86, 130=
32, 135-36 Mule Shoe salient, Spotsylvania
Court House, battle o
f, 133-
46
Muller, Sebastian, 245 Murray, Lt., 373
Negro soldiers in Union Army, 21-22, 24, 60, 255-65, 364; in Petersburg campaign, 210, 211-16, 264, 268, 271, 282-86; Southern reaction to, 263-64
Negroes, relations with Union soldiers, 21-24, 260-62
New Hampshire regiment, 12th, 184-85, 242
New York regiments: 5th, 356; 8th Cavalry, 382; 9th, 109-11; 63rd, see Irish Brigade; 65th, 245; 66th, 138; 67th, 245; 69th, see Irish Brigade; 88th, see Irish Brigade; 104th, 60; 121st, 128
New York Times, quoted, 20-21
Newmarket, Shenandoah Valley, battle at, 150
News walkers, 88-89
XIX Corps, in Shenandoah Valley campaign, 292, 302, 315, 333-34, 345-55
IX Corps, 35, 49, 59-60; at Cold Harbor, 179, 192; in Petersburg campaign, 217-26, 246-55, 264-86, 364, 376-77, 384, 402; at Spotsylvania Court House, 113, 132-34, 141; in Wilderness battle, 70, 90-91, 96-97
Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, 246
North Anna River, 160, 166
Ny River, 166
Ohio regiments? 2nd Cavalry, 310; 147th National Guard, 287-88
Opequon Creek, Shenandoah Valley, 333
Orange Plank Road, Wilderness, 69-70; fighting of first day, 82-87; fighting of second day, 89-101
Orange Turnpike, Wilderness, 69-70, 71-73; fighting of first day, 73-83; fighting of second day, 92, 99-103
Ord, Gen. E. O. C, 268, 281, 285, 384, 402, 406, 416, 420, 423-25
Ox Ford, 160
Pamunkey River, 160, 166 Parke, Gen. John G., 376-77, 402
Parker, Col. Ely, 193-94 Peace commission, Confederate, of January, 1865, 371-73
Pennsylvania regiments, 3rd Cavalry, 108-9; 17th Cavalry, 317, 342, 350-51; 48th Veteran Volunteer, 246-54, 265-73; 100th, 40; 106th, 241; 114th, 41; 118th, 196; 150th, 242; 200th, 377
Pennsylvania Reserve Division, 81, 102, 113
Petersburg campaign, 209-86, 357-409; assault against new works, 217-26; Confederate assault on Fort Stedman, 375-78; conference of Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman, 379-82; Dinwiddie Court House and Five Forks, 384-400; Federal break-through, 401-6, initial assault and carrying of outer works, 211-17; peace commission during, 370-73; strategic importance of, 200-1; trench warfare of, 227-31, 238; undermining of Confederate fort, 246-55, 265-86
Philadelphia Brigade, 104, 241 Pickets, fraternization of, 61,
160, 195, 229-30, 364 Pickett, Gen. George E., 232,
387-400
Plank Road. See Orange Plank Road
Pleasants, Col. Henry, undermining of Confederate fort at Petersburg by, 248-55, 265-73
Pleasonton, Gen. Alfred, 6, 51
Point Lookout, prison camp at, 294
Political aspects of war, 235-37 Political situation in summer of
1864, 325-31, 340 Port Royal, supply base at, 1618
164
Porter, Adm. David, 368
Postwar penalties, civilian attitude toward, 196-98, 236, 380; conference at City Point regarding, 378-82
Potter, Gen. Robert B., 220-21, 249, 269, 272, 278-79, 282
Presidential campaign of 1864, 235-37, 325-31, 340, 361-63
Prison camps, 311-14
Quarles Mill, 160
Rapidan River, 166
Rawlins, Gen. John A., 46, 387
Reams's Station, battle at,
Petersburg campaign, 358 Recruits in 1864, 26-35 Reese, Sgt. Harry, 251, 273 Richmond, Butler attempt to seize, 7; fall of, 407-10; Kilpatrick attempt to seize, 5-21; Sheridan raid against, 170
Richmond and Danville Railroad, 409, 411
Richmond Examiner, quoted, 20
Ricketts, Gen. James, 173, 292 Robinson, Gen. John, 110-12 Rodes, Gen. Robert, 113
Rosecrans, Gen. William S„ 208
Rosser, Gen. Thomas L., 318
Sanitary Commission, 243 Scannel, Sgt. Mike, 182, 245-46 Scorched-earth policy for Shenandoah Valley, 307-8, 311-13, 320-21, 342-45 Scouts, Sheridan's, 317, 410-11 II Corps, 1-3, 57, 239-42; at Cold Harbor, 174, 178-84, 190, 204; in march to Appomattox, 414, 416, 421; in Petersburg campaign, 213-19, 221, 223-24, 239-40, 266-67, 271-72, 358, 364, 377-78, 384, 406; at Spotsylvania Court House, 113-14, 128, 130-45; in Wilderness battle, 70, 82-87, 90-92, 97-100 Seddon, James A., 15, 19 Sedgwick, Gen. John, 7, 10, 44, 56-57; at Spotsylvania Court House, 112-13, 123-24; in Wilderness battle, 68, 77-79, 92, 101-2 Seward, William H., 340 Shand house hill, Petersburg
campaign, 219, 220, 222 Shenandoah Valley, 57, 149-50, 231-32, 289-90, 307-9; burning and destruction by Hunter, 201, 291; importance to South of, 201, 308-9 Shenandoah Valley campaign, 300-10, 314-24, 332-56, 381-83; Cedar Creek, 344-56; destruction of food supplies,
321-23, 342-45; forces engaged in, 314-15; Winchester and Fisher's Hill, 333-40 Sheridan, Gen. Philip H., 51; at Cold Harbor, 170-71; on maneuver to destroy Southern supply line, 201, 231; in march to Appomattox, 409-25; in Petersburg campaign, 266, 382-401; Richmond raid, 170-71; in Shenandoah Valley campaign, 304-6, 310, 314-17, 321, 332-40, 341-44, 350-56, 382-83; at Spotsylvania Court House, 109, 113-15
Sherman, Gen. William Tecum-seh, 66, 303, 331-32, 368; at conference at City Point, 379-82; quoted, 4
Sigel, Gen. Franz, 57, 150, 201, 237, 290-91
VI Corps, 7, 43, 57; at Cold Harbor, 171-74, 180, 184, 204; in defense of Washington, 292, 296-99; in march to Appomattox, 414-17, 421; in Petersburg campaign, 217-19, 366, 368-69, 378, 384, 402-6; in Shenandoah Valley campaign, 300-1, 315-16, 333-39, 344-56; at Spotsylvania Court House, 112-13, 123, 128-33, 141-46; in Wilderness battle, 68, 70, 77-79, 83-85, 90-92, 95, 100-103
Smith, Gen. William F. "Baldy," 207-10, 233; at Cold Harbor, 171-74, 178-79,
Smith, Gen. William F. "Baldy" (cont.)
184, 192, 204; in Petersburg campaign, 209-16, 219, 223
Songs of Negro troops, 258-59, 264-65
Sons of Liberty, 328-30
Southside Railroad, 412-13; bat-tie for, in Petersburg campaign, 383-90
Spera, Maj., 351
Spotsylvania Court House, advance of Union forces, 107-9; battles of, 107-15, 123-47; Bloody Angle, 144-45; casualties of, 149; first day's fighting, 108-13; salient (Mule Shoe) won, 133-46; Upton's attack against Confederate entrenchments, 128-32
Stanton, Edwin M., 6, 56-57, 303-4
Stephens, Alexander, 371-73 Stevens, Thaddeus, 236 Stoneman, Gen. George, 6 Stuart, Gen. Jeb, 66, 114, 170, 319
Stump, Capt., 324
Supplies, Confederate problem of, 201; following march from Spotsylvania, 161
Surrender terms discussed by Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman, 378-82
Sykes, Gen. George, 56
Tapp's farm, Wilderness, action around, 91-92, 98
III Corps, 56
Thomas, Gen. Lorenzo, 208 Thomas, Col. Stephen, 335-38 Thompson, Col. Jacob, 327-28 Todd's Tavern, Wilderness, traffic tie-up at, 107, 113 Torbert, Gen. Alfred, 336, 344 Totopotomoy Creek, 169 Trenches. See Entrenchments Trevilian Station, battle at,
Petersburg campaign, 231 Tunnel dug at Petersburg, 248-55, 265-73
Undermining and destruction of Confederate fort in Petersburg campaign, 246-55, 265-86
Upton, Gen. Emory, at Cold Harbor, 173; quoted on Union generalship, 193; in Shenandoah Valley, 334-36; at Spotsylvania Court House, 127-34, 143
Vallandigham, Clement Laird, 328-31
Vermont Brigade, 83-84, 103,
142-43, 299, 315, 353-54 Vermont regiments: 8th, 335,
348; 11th, 405 Veteran Reserve Corps, 18th
Regiment, 162-64 Vicksburg, Union victory at, 45,
50
Virginia Central Railroad, 201 Virginia Military Institute, burning of, 291
Wade, Ben, 236
Wadsworth, Gen. James, 79-81, 90-92, 96-97
Wallace, Gen. Lew, 237, 292
War Department, problems of army command with, 302-5. See also Halleck, Gen.; Stanton, E. M.
Warren, Gen. Gouverneur Kem-ble, 58-59, 191-92; at Cold Harbor, 179, 201-4; in Petersburg campaign, 217-20, 223-25, 238, 268
, 281, 365-66, 384, 389-400; at Spotsylvania Court House, 110-13, 134, 146; in Wilderness battle, 68, 71-81, 92
Washburne, Elihu B., 68
Washington, Confederate attack on, 292-99; defense installations at, 53-55, 287-92
Waynesboro, battle at, Petersburg campaign, 382
Weapons: coehorn mortars, 188; rifles, 176; Spencer magazine carbines, 51
Weed, Thurlow, 340
Weldon Railroad, raid against 365-66
Welles, Gideon, 197-98, 292,
297, 340 West, war in, 48-49 Wheaton, Gen. Frank, 57 White House, Va., supply base
at, 161, 169, 203, 204 White Oak Road, action at,
Petersburg campaign, 392-99 Wigfall, Sen. Louis, 236 Wilderness, battle of, 63-106; first day, 72-87; attack of second morning, 90-97; retreat and re-forming of Union forces, 97-100; Rebel attack of second afternoon, 99-103; terrain of, 64-65, 68-69, 72-73; Union casualties, 103 Wilderness Tavern, 68-70, 93 Willcox, Gen. Orlando B., 270,