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Annapolis, 147.

Aqueduct Bridge, 99.

Balaklava, 38, 39, 42.

44I.

Antietam, 127, 411–429, 468, 471. | Baltimore, 113, 132, 138, 147.

Aquia Creek, 118, 387.

Aranzas, 27.

Arkansas, exploration of, 26.
Arlington Heights, 93.
Army unprepared at beginning of
rebellion, 74.

Army, U. S., recommendations
for, after study of art of war in
Europe, 46.

Army of Northern Virginia, IOI.
Army of the Potomac organized,

93-113; name given, 103; Mc-
Clellan put in command, 113,
118; numbers, 133, 138, 147,
229, 230, 250, 255; holds fate
of the country, 146; report on
its condition, 145-150; Lin-
coln issues war order for it,
187; organization of corps crit-
icised by McClellan, 282; tem-
porarily broken up, 383, 384;
leaves Peninsula, 437; its effi-
ciency, 474.

Army of Virginia, 372.

Art of war in Europe, 35, 51.
Ashby, Colonel, 225.

Baltimore and Ohio R. R., 81-84,
132, 200.

Banks, General, 117, 126, 139,
140; against Jackson, 226;
commands in the Shenandoah
Valley, 224, 227; during Jack-
son's Valley raid, 286-292.
Barnard, General, 105; quota-
tions from his "Peninsular
Campaign" and from two mem-
oranda, 172-175, 200; quoted,
204, 217, 243; report on his
mission before Gaines's Mill,
335-339, 464.
Barry, General, 102.
Bates, Joshua H., 70.
Bayonet exercises, manual of, 25.
Beaufort, 169.

Beauregard, General, 48, 108,
116, 117, 122, 124; prepares
advance upon Washington, 94;
at Bull Run, 95.
Beaver Dam Creek, battle of,
331-335, 348.
Belen gate, 20, 21.
Bellaire, 80.

Benham, Captain, 89, 91,

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Buckhannon, 83-86, 90.
Buckle, 58.

Buckner, General, 48, 76.
Budd's Ferry, 139.

Buell, 119, 139, 153; McClellan's
letter to, 154; ordered for
campaign in Eastern Tennessee,
158-163.

Bull Run, first battle, 52, 94-97,

IOI, 106, 120, 121.
Burnside, General, 48, 102; his
expedition to North Carolina,
169, 367; before Antietam,
411-413, 422-425; his mis-
takes, 428; relieves McClellan
from command, 438, 443.
Butler, General B. F., taking
New Orleans, 169.

Cache Creek, 26.

Cairo, Ill., 76.

Callender, Lieutenant, 19.

Camargo, 14.

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304-307.

Cathcart's Hill, 38.

Cavalry, U. S., McClellan's re-
port, etc., 40, 41.
Cedar Run, 223.
Centreville, 95, 120, 121.
Cerro Gordo, 15, 16.
Chain Bridge, 99, 100, 121.
Chalco, Lake, 18.
Chandler, Senator, 145.
Chapultepec, 19-21, 23.
Charleston, 60, 77, 135.
Charlestown, 90.

Chase at war councils in Wash-
ington, 176-184, 394, 395, 472.
Cheat Mountain, 83, 89.
Cheat River, 82-84, 88.
Chequos, 29.

Chesapeake, Lower, plan, 172,
186, 191.
Chicago, 47-50.

Chickahominy, 234; bridges, 314-
316; dividing army of the Po-
tomac, 318, 468.
Churubusco, 18, 23.

Cincinnati, 49, 50, 69–71, 81, 84;
McClellan's headquarters, 73,

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Cameron, Secretary of War, 109, | Colville, 31.

III, 113, 117, 166.

Camp Dennison, 76, 90.

Camp Johnston, 27.

Camp Wenass, 29.

Campaign plans discussed in

Washington, 176-184.
Canby, Colonel E. R. S., 153.
Caribbean Sea, 35.
Carrick's Ford, 89.
Casa Mata, 20.

Cascade Range, 28, 29, 31-33.

Committee on the Conduct of the
War, 144, 163-166, 199, 214,
218.

Conduct of the War. See Com-
mittee on.
Confederate army better in be-
ginning of war than Federal,
67; overestimated by McClel-
lan, 107, 108, 116–119, 147, 150,
152; its real condition, 120;
numbers, 121, 127; conference

of generals at Fairfax Court
House, 122-127; size, 221;
condition, 244, 245; at and
after Williamsburg, 274-276.
Conrad's Ferry, 141, 142.
Constantinople, 38, 39.
Contreras, 18.

Cooke, General, 259; at Gaines's
Mill, 346.
Corpus Christi, 27.

Couch, General, 309-311; at Mal-
vern Hill, 362, 363.

Council of war of twelve gen-
erals, 204.

Council of war at Fairfax Court
House, 208, 209.

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Fair Oaks, battle of, 303-313.
Fairfax Court House, 94; con-
vention, 120-127, 208, 209.
Farnsworth, Colonel, 328.
Flint Hill, 120.
Ford, Colonel, 409.
Forrest, General, 198.
Fort Arbuckle, 27.
Fort Baker, 31.

Cox, General Jacob D., 70, 71, Fort Belknap, 26, 27.

86, 90; at Antietam, 423.
Cram, Colonel T. J, 236, 237.
Crampton's Gap, 407-409.
Craven, Captain, 157.
Crimean War, 38, 39.
Cronstadt, 38.

Cross Keys, battle of, 322.
Cuba, 64.

Cumberland Gap, 154.
Curtin, Governor, 70, 445, 446.
Custer, Lieutenant, 336, 337.

Dalles, 31.

Dam No. 1, affair of, 248–250.
Darnestown, 140.
Davis, Jefferson, Secretary of
War, 33-37; elected President,
67; 122, 221, 222, 245, 254, 255,
314, 322, 399.

Declaration of Independence, 55.
Delafield, Major, 35.

Dennison, Governor, 70, 79.
Departments, military, 153, 227,
286.

Devens, Colonel, 141-143.
Division of the Potomac, 98.
Dix, General, 138, 206.
Dogwood Ridge, 90.
Donelson, Lieutenant, 31.
Douglas, 129.
Dranesville, 140, 141.
Dumfries, 121.
Dumont, Colonel, 81,
Du Pont, flag officer, 212.

Fort Delaware, 25, 113.
Fort Jackson, 78.

Fort Magruder, 259-261, 263-
265, 269.

Fort Merrill, 27.

Fort Monroe, 132, 148, 149; as
basis of operations, 207, 208,
210; reached by McClellan,
232, 235; 465, 467.

Fort Pulaski captured, 169.
Fort Randall, 148.
Fort St. Philip, 78.

Fort Sumter.

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Fort Vancouver, 29.
Foster, 12, 15.

Fox, G. V., 207, 208, 218.
France, 37, 39.
Franklin, General, 139; helping
in plans of campaign, 176-182;
his corps sent to McClellan,
254, 274-275, 284; on Chick-
ahominy, 318; after Glendale,
357 his corps sent too late to
Pope, 385-391; before Antie-
tam, 411.

Franklin, Benjamin, 56.
Frazier's Ferry, battle of, 355.
Frémont, General John C., 228;
in Jackson's Valley raid, 286-
291, 447.

Front Royal, 292.

Gaines's Mill, battle of, 335, 340-
347.

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Hagerstown Road, 414.
Halleck, General, 115, 153; re-
ceives letter from McClellan,
154, 368; 372; made general
in chief, 373-375; his char-
acter, 374; meets McClellan,
374, 375; sends him dispatch
to withdraw from Peninsula,
376; writes about it, 378-381;
orders McClellan to send Frank-
lin's corps to Pope, 387-392;
sends Lincoln's order to Mc-
Clellan, 430.

Hammerstein, Major, 391, 392.
Hancock, General, 262, 253, 267-
270.

Hanover Court House, 295-297,
300, 468.

Harper's Ferry, 94. 132, 139;
bridge plan a failure, 201, 202,
222; its capture, 409-411.
Harrisburg, 148.

Harrison's Island, 141, 142.
Harrison's Landing, 364, 372, 381.
Harrison's Landing letter, 368-

370, 441, 444.
Hart's farm, 86.

Heintzelman, General, 95, 139,
311, 313-315; at Williamsburg,
272.

Hill, General A. P., at Beaver

Dam Creek, 332-335, 340; at
Gaines's Mill, 342–346.
Hill, General C. W., 84.
Hill, General D. H., 67; at
Seven Pines, 301-303, 305, 307,

308, 310-313; at Malvern Hill,
363, 364.

Hitchcock, General E. A., 231.
Hodges, Lieutenant, 30, 31.
Hooker, General, 139; his plan
to destroy Confederate bat-
teries abandoned, 200; before
Williamsburg, 260-270, 272,
273; at Oak Grove, 330; at
Antietam, 412-417, 423, 425,
427.

Horse Shoe Run, 89.
Howe, Lieutenant, 142.
Hungarian saddle, 41.
Hunter, General, 95, 368.
Huttonsville, 83, 84, 88-90.

Illinois, part of Department of
the Ohio, 73.

Illinois Central Railroad, 47-49.
Indiana, part of Department of
the Ohio, 73; regiments, 81.
Indianapolis, 81.
Indianola, 27.
Information
140, 347.
Inkermann, 43.

service very bad,

Jackson, "Stonewall," 19; super-
intends Southern academy, 67;
tries to turn Union right, 225,
226; his valley campaign, 286-
292, 322; receives letter from
Lee, 324, 325; prepares for
Seven Days' battle, 325-330; at
Beaver Dam Creek, 331-335;
at Gaines's Mill, 342, 343; in
retreat to the James, 352, 353,
355; attacks Pope, 382, 383,
385; at Antietam, 419, 421.
James River, base taken on the,
351, 364.
Jefferson, 55.

Jenkins, Colonel, 308.
Johnson, General Edward, 289–

291.

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