Gen. Slocum, 673; Sherman's instructions to officers, 678; advance of his army, 675; opposition of Wheeler, 674; his letter to Howard, 675; reply of Sherman, 676; retreat of the enemy, 675; movement on Orangeburg, 676; Edisto crossed, 676; march upon Columbia, S. C., 676; bridge opposite Columbia reached, 677; Columbia surrenders, 677; report of Sherman, 677; burning of cotton by Hamp- ton, 677; burning of the city, 677; troops which first en- tered the city, 678; consequences of Sherman's move- ments, 678; Hardee evacuates Charleston, 678; move- ment of Gen. Hatch, 678; surrender of the city, 678; re- port, 678; property captured, 678; report on the first en- trance to the city, 679; movements of Hardee, 679; Sher- man continues his march, 680; Winnsboro occupied, 680; Rocky Mount, 680; feint against Charlotte, 680; destruc- tion of the railroad, 680; Sherman's letter to Hampton, 680; Hampton's reply, 680; repulse of Capt. Duncan, 681; Cheraw, 681; Chesterfield occupied, 681; property cap- tured, 681; Fayetteville, N. C., 681; march upon, 681; its occupation, 681; retreat of Hardee, 681; report of Sherman in his position, 681; concentration of Confeder- ate forces under Johnston, 681; messengers of Sherman, 682; success, 682; movements of Schofield, 682; ad- vance upon Wilmington, 682; retreat of the enemy, 682; occupation of the city, 683; Schofield operates from Newbern against Goldsboro, 683; its capture, 683; further advance of Sherman, 683; movements of How- ard, 688; do. of Kilpatrick, 683; do. of Slocum, 683; posi- tion of Hardee, 684; attack, 684; Averysboro, 684; ad- vance of Slocum, 684; statement of Sherman, 684; orders to Schofield, 684; attack by Johnston, 685; loss at Bentonsville, 685; Sherman reaches Goldsboro, 685; his plans, 685.
Grant's preparations for final conflict, 686; move- ment of Sheridan to join Grant, 686; advance up the Shenandoah, 686; Staunton occupied, 686; escape of Early, 686; expedition to Scottsville, 686; burning of bridges, 686; destruction of the canal, 687; Sheridan arrives at City Point, 687; takes a position on the left of Grant's army, 687.
The line of Grant's army, 687; attack by the enemy on Fort Steadman, 687; repulse, 687; loss, 687; Meade's congratulatory order, 687; indications of the weakness of Lee, 688; marching orders given to the army, 688; movement of the cavalry, 688; do. of the infantry, 688; cannonade at Petersburg, 688; operations beyond Hatch- er's Run, 690; repulse of Warren's division, 690; reen- forced and the ground recovered, 690; battle of Five Forks, 691; repulse of the enemy, 691; report of Presi- dent Lincoln, 692; Lee orders the evacuation of Peters- burg and Richmond, 692; surrender of Petersburg, 692; occupation of Richmond, 692; fire, 692; military Gov- ernor appointed, 693; orders, 693; first entrance of the army into the city, 693, 694; further operations against Gen. Lee's army, 694; letters captured, 694; the pursuit urged, 695; correspondence between Grant and Lee, 696; surrender of Lee's army, 696; paroles of the offi- cers and men, 697; numbers surrendered, 697; salutes ordered by the War Department, 697.
Stoneman's march from East Tennessee to North Carolina, C98; destruction, 698; Sherman advances from Goldsboro, 698; hears the news of Lee's surrender, 698; hurries forward against Johnston, 698; letter from Johnston, 698; Sherman's reply, 699; interview between Sherman and Johnston, 699; Sherman's report, 699; terms of surrender agreed upon, 700; rejected by the War Department, 700; reasons, 700; Sherman's report of his proceedings, 701; correspondence with Johnston, 701, 702; surrender of Johnston, 702; farewell to his army, 702.
Expedition of Wilson into Alabama, 703; battle at Plantersville, 708; Wilson moves eastward, 708; cap- tures Selma, 703; Montgomery, 708; and Macon, Geo., 703; his report, 708.
Movements against Mobile by the army and navy, 703; capture of Spanish Fort, 704; retreat of Taylor, 704; advance of Steele from Pensacola, 704; occupation of Mobile, 704; surrender of Taylor's army, 704; surren- der of naval vessels and officers, 705.
Order of Kirby Smith in Texas, 705; the last battle of the war, 705; surrender of Kirby Smith's army, 706. Military occupation of the insurrectionary States by the Federal forces complete, 706; review of Grant's and Sherman's armies at Washington, 706; dis- bandment, 706; Sherman's farewell to his army, 706; Grant's farewell to the armies, 707; Presidential order relative to commercial intercourse, 707; prisoners of war, 707; disbandment of sanitary and Union organiza- tions, 708; capture of Mr. Davis, 709; amnesty procla- mation of President Johnson, 710; measures to restore civil governments, 710; provisional governors, 711; officers of the War Department, 711; officers of the regular and volunteer armies, 711-715; officers of the Navy Department, 716; rear admirals and commodores of the navy, 716, 717.
ARNOLD, Gen. LEWIS G.-Takes command of the troops at New Orleans, 204.
ASBOTH, Brig.-Gen. ALEXANDER-Commands under Fre-
mont, 89; commands a division under Gen. Curtis, 157. ASHBY, Gen. TURNER-Attacks Gen. Shields, 209; biograph- ical notice of, 730.
Atlanta-Confederate iron-clad, 450; capture of, 450. Atlanta, Ga.-Invested by Sherman, 536; battle, 536-541; siege raised, 542; evacuated, 543; occupied by Slocum, 544; appeal of the civil authorities, 547; the city to be evacuated by the inhabitants, 547.
Athens, Mo.-Skirmish at, 83. Atwater, schr. William C.-Captured off Cedar Keys, 62. AUGUR, Major.-Gen. CHRISTOPHER C.-Commands a division
of Banks' army, 866; returns to Baton Rouge, 368; marches to the rear of Port Hudson, 869; repels the at- tack on Washington, D. C., 587; commands department of Washington, 655.
AVERILL, Brig.-Gen. WILLIAM W.-Conflict near Kelly's Ford, 877; attacks Jones at Rocky Gap, 471; attack at Lewisburg, 471; raid into southwest Virginia, 471; pur- sued by Early, Jones, Fitz Lee, Imboden, &c., 471; in command in West Virginia, 562; advances on Wythe- ville, Va., 562; his movements, 562, 568; advances to join Hunter, 583; marches to Buchanan, 583; encoun- ters the enemy at Darksville, 587; his movements near Winchester, 588; repulses Gardner at Martinsburg, 624; repulsed at Brown's Gap, 626.
AVERILL, Rev. JAMES.-Biographical notice of, 759. Averysboro-The battle of, 684.
AYRES, Brig.-Gen. ROMEYN B.-Commands 3d brigade of 1st division of 5th corps, 548; advance on Hatcher's Run, 671; movements on the right of Lee, 690.
BACHE, Lieut. George M.-Commands a gunboat of Porter's fleet, 860; report of his attack on a battery at Vicks- burg, 360.
BAILEY, Col. G. D.-Biographical notice of, 781. BAILEY, Rear-Admiral THEODORUS-In the battle below New Orleans, 194; commands a division of Farragut's fleet below New Orleans, 194; opens fire on the camp of the Chalamette regiment, 195 sent ashore at New
Orleans, 196; his reception, 196; commands East Gulf squadron, 442; relieved of command, 686. BAILEY, Lieut.-Col.
-Constructs a dam across Red
River, 518. BAIRD, Brig.-Gen. ABSALOM-Commands a division under Granger, 458; at Chickamauga, 462; advances on Dal- ton, 504; moves toward Waynesboro, 619. BAKER, Brig.-Gen. E. D.-Addresses mass meeting in New York, 29; in command at the battle of Ball's Bluff, 104; killed at Ball's Bluff, 106; biographical notice of, 725. BALLOU, Major 8.-Biographical notice of, 721. Balls Bluff-Its situation, 102; instructions of Gen. Me- Clellan, 102; details of the battle of, 102-107. Baltimore-Excitement at the arrival of Northern troops, 30; attack on the Massachusetts 6th, 80; the scenes, 81, 82; rallying of the militia, 82; excitement ceases, 82; city occupied by Federal troops, 32; excitement on the approach of the enemy, 394.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad-First destruction of bridges,
51; locomotives and cars burned at Martinsburg, 61; remove cars on the approach of the enemy, 890; railroad track again torn up, 585.
lows the enemy, 258; skirmishes at Cedar Mountain, 259; takes Rappahannock Station, 802; biographical no- tice of, 742.
BEATTY, Brig.-Gen. SAMUEL-Resists an attack at the Mur- freesboro battle, 299.
BEAUREGARD, Maj.-Gen, G. T.-Appointed provisional brig. adier-general, 16; in command at Charleston, 20; cor- respondence with Confederate Secretary of War on de- manding surrender of Fort Sumter, 20; correspondence with Gen. Anderson, 22; commands Confederates at Bull Run, 70; his plan of battle, 70; address to the soldiers at Manassas, 207; ordered to Tennessee, 207; in command in Tennessee, 182; assumes command of forces in the southwest, 172; address to his soldiers, 172; in command of the Mississippi army, 178; plans, 176; despatch of the battle at Pittsburg Landing, 178; address to his troops, 179; declares blockade at Charles- ton raised, 445; correspondence with Gillmore, 474-478; reenforces Lee at Richmond, 569; in command at Pe- tersburg, 577; takes command of the Western military division, 611; his address, 611; appeal to the people to resist Sherman, 617; near the North Carolina line, 678
BANKHEAD, Commander-Report of the loss of the Monitor, BECK, Col. --Commands a brigade of Devens' division
BANKS, NATHANIEL P.-Commissioned as major-general of volunteers, 54; in command on the Upper Potomac, 102; in command near Darnestown, Va., 206; occupies Harper's Ferry permanently, 208; marches up the Shenandoah valley, 288; ordered to fall back to Strasburg and for- tify, 283; retreats towards the Potomac before Jackson, 234; advances up the Shenandoah, 288; position of his command, 256-258; fights at Cedar Mountain, 258; mov- ing in the direction of Gainesville, 261; objects before him, 865; relieves Gen. Butler at New Orleans, 205; issues a proclamation, 205; a warning to the disorderly, 206; makes a demonstration toward Port Hudson, 866; returns to Baton Rouge, 366; his object, 866; con- centrates at Brashear, 866; advances, 367; occupies Opelousas, 867; report, 867; his order to organize a Corps d'Afrique, 868; concentrates at Semmesport, 368; invests Port Hudson, 369; report of the conduct of ne- gro troops, 870; captures Port Hudson, 871; expedition to the mouth of the Rio Grande, 480; his plans, 508; at Natchitoches, 509; at Mansfield battle-field, 510; retreats to Grand Ecore and Alexandria, 511; relieved by Gen. Canby, 655,
Barboursville-Skirmish at, 67.
BARKSDALE, Brig.-Gen. WILLIAM-Biographical notice of, 760. BARLOW, Brig.-Gen. FRANCIS C.-Commands a brigade of Howard's corps at the battle of Chancellorsville, 378; at the Wilderness battle, 554; at the Spottsylvania battle, 558, 559; on the North Anna, 571; at Coal Harbor battle, 575; at Petersburg, 577; near Jerusalem road, 578-580. BARNES, Brig.-Gen. JAMES-Commands 1st brigade 1st di- vision 5th corps, 549.
BARNETT, Com. E. A.-Biographical notice of, 780. Barnett's Corners, Miss.-Shirmish at, 291. BARRET, Col.
-In command in Texas, 705; fights the last battle of the war, 705.
BARRON, Com. S.-Surrenders Fort Hatteras, 84. BARTLETT, Brig.-Gen. J. J.-Commands a brigade in Slo- cum's division, 269; commands 2d brigade 1st division 5th corps, 549.
BARTOW, FRANCIS S.-Biographical notice of, 721. Baton Rouge.-Occupation of, 199; attacked by Confed- erates, 200; battle of, 810.
BAXTER, Brig.-Gen. HENRY-Commands 2d brigade 2d divi- sion 5th corps, 549.
BAYARD, Brig.-Gen. G. D.-Commands cavalry under Mc-
Dowell, 288, 239; in command near Culpepper, 258; fol-
at the battle of Chancellorsville, 379. BECKHAM, Col. FREDERICK-Biographical notice of, 794. BEE, Brig.-Gen. BERNARD E.-Biographical notice of, 792 BELL, Rear-Admiral C. H.-Commands in the Pacific, 636. BELL, Commodore H. H.-Reconnoitres the forts at the
mouth of the Mississippi, 192; attempts to break the chain across the river, 194; commands a division of Far- ragut's fleet in the battle with the forts, 194; commands West Gulf squadron, 442.
BELL, Col. LOUIS-Commands a brigade at Fort Fisher, 645; biographical notice of, 795.
Belmont-Attack on, 110; repulse, 110. BENDIX, Col. LOUIS-At Great Bethel, 57. BENEDICT, Col. Commands at Pleasant Hill, 511. BENNING, Brig.-Gen.Commands in Hood's division, 463; at Chickamauga, 468, BENTON, Col. --In command at Sabine River, 516 Bentonville, N. C.-Battle at, 684, 685.
BErret, --Mayor of Washington, 48; proclamation to the citizens, 48.
BERRY, Brig.-Gen. --In command under Gen. Price, 291; killed at Iuka, 291.
BERRY, Maj.-Gen. HIRAM G.--In the battles before Richmond, 242; commands a division of Sickles' corps at the bat- tle of Chancellorsville, 879; at Gettysburg, 403; biograph- ical notice of, 749.
Beverly-Captured by Gen. Rosser, 672. BIDWELL, Brig.-Gen. D. D.-Killed at Cedar Run, 627; bio- graphical notice of, 792.
Big Harrison Creek, Mo.-Skirmish at, 89. BIRNEY, Maj.-Gen. DANIEL B.-Commands a division of Sickles' corps at the battle of Chancellorsville, 878; com- mands Sickles' corps, 408; follows Sedgwick from Mad- ison Court House, 522; commands 3d division of d corps, 549; at the Wilderness battle, 554; at the Spottsyl- vania battle, 556-559; on the North Anna, 571; at Pe- tersburg, 577; commands 10th corps, 589; in the move against Richmond, 592, 598; moves to the left of Grant's army, 688; biographical notice of, 791. Black River, Miss.-Battle at 855. BLAIR, Maj.-Gen. FRANK P., Jr.-Commands a brigade of
Steele's division, 333; lands in rear of Vicksburg, 833; commands a corps of Tennessee army, 526; reaches Ack- worth, 592; at Little Kenesaw, 584; commands 17th corps under Sherman, 618; moves to Beaufort, 678; in Sherman's march through the Carolinas, 676. BLENKER, Brig.-Gen. Louis-In command at Bull Run, 68;
his division sent to Gen. Fremont, 212; commands the
left wing at Cross Keys, 239; biographical notice of, 769. Blue Gap, Va.-Attack on the enemy by Col. Dunning, 207. Blue Springs, East Tenn.-Conflict at, 468. BLUNT, Maj.-Gen. JAMES G.-Attacks Marmaduke at Cane Hill, 162; takes command in the Indian territory, 814; defeats the Confederates at Maysville, Ark., 814; do. at Cane Hill, 314; do. at Prairie Grove, 814; do. at Dup- ping Spring, 814; captures Van Buren, 314; in command of the department of Kansas, 385; battle near Henry Springs, Ark., 482; attempt to capture, 483; relieved, 488.
BLYTHE, Brig.-Gen. J. E.-Biographical notice of, 728. BOGGS, Capt. ———In the battle below New Orleans, 195. BOHLEN, Brig.-Gen. HENRY-Killed, 260; biographical no- tice of, 782.
Arrives at Richmond with South Carolina troops, 88; in command at Bull Run, 70. Bonita-A Confederate privateer, 63.
BOOMER, Gen. G. B.-Biographical notice of, 757. Boone Co., Mo.-Camp of secessionists broken up, 91. Воотн, Mаjоr --In command at Fort Pillow, 517. BORLAND, Brig.-Gen. SOLON-Biographical notice of, 772. BOWEN, Maj.-Gen. JOHN S.-In command in Vicksburg, 856; biographical notice of, 764.
Bowling Green-Evacuation of, 181.
BOYLE, Brig.-Gen. JEREMIAH T.-Commands a brigade in Buell's army, 124.
command of the department of Monongahela, 885; com- mands 10th corps, 589.
BROUGH, JOHN-Governor of Ohio, 550; tenders militia, 550. BROWN, Col. B. B.-Biographical notice of, 721. BROWN, C. B.-Biographical notice of, 780.
BROWN, Brig.-Gen. E. B.-Defeats Cabell near Arrow Rock, 488; at Jefferson City, 629.
BROWN, Lieut.-Com. --Commands the Indianola, 841; runs the batteries at Vicksburg, 341; surrenders, 342. BROWN, Brig.-Gen. HARVEY-Takes command of Fort Pick- ens, 100.
BROWN, JOSEPH E.-Governor of Georgia, 609; recalls the militia sent to Gen. Hood, 609; his flight from Milledge- ville, 618.
Brownsville, Texas-Capture of, 480. Brunswick, Ga.-Occupied by a Federal force, 149. BUCHANAN, Com.
In command of the gunboat Calhoun, 855; killed on the Teche River, 365. BUCHANAN, Rear-Ad.
Commands ram Tennessee, 640. Buckhannon-Gen. Wise routed at, 61. BUCKINGHAM, Brig.-Gen. CATHARINUS P.-Delivers to Mc- Clellan the order of his removal, 362.
BUCKNER, Lieut.-Gen. SIMON B.-In command in Kentucky 95; falls back to Fort Donelson, 127; surrenders Fort Donelson, 129; at the battle of Murfreesboro, 297; in East Tennessee, 462; ordered to Lafayette, 462; in com mand in East Tennessee, 457; at Chickamauga, 463; sur renders to Canby, 706.
Bradford, Gðv. A. W.-Calls for troops in Maryland, 267, BUELL, Maj.-Gen. DON CARLOS-In command in Ken
BRADFORD, Major W. F.-In command at Fort Pillow, 517. BRAGG, Lieut.-Gen. BRAXTON-In command in the south- west, 172; of 2d corps, 178; in command at Chattanooga, 288; advances towards Kentucky, 284; address to the Kentuckians, 285; his position in Kentucky, 287; fights at Perryville, 287; his spoils, 288; retreats from Ken- tucky, 288; his force at Murfreesboro, 296; flanked by Rosecrans, 456; at Chattanooga, 456; his position in Georgia, 460; charged with incapacity, 462; at Chicka- mauga, 463; threatened by Grant, 468; defeated, 468, BRAINE, Lieut. --Captures the steamer Roanoke, 634. BRAMHALL, Lieut. --Report of the retreat from Balls'
Bluff, 105, 106. BRANCH, Brig.-Gen. LAWRENCE O'BRIEN-Commands North Carolina troops, 139; in council at Richmond, 246; bio- graphical notice of, 785.
BEANNON, Brig.-Gen. JOHN M.-Commands expedition to Pocotaligo Bridge, 810; commands a division in Mc- Cook's corps, 457; at Chicamauga, 462.
Brashear, La.-Its situation, 366; captured, 866; recaptured, 871.
BRECKINRIDGE, Maj.-Gen. JOHN C.-Joins Southern Confed- eracy, 99; at the battle of Murfreesboro, 297; attack on Baton Rouge, 810; at Chickamauga, 468; defeats Sigel, 563; joins Lee's army, 569; at Coal Harbor battle, 575; commands the attack on Washington, 587; in command under Early, 626; defeats Gillem in East Tennessee, 629; near Nashville, 680; becomes a member of the cabinet at Richmond, 673.
BREESE, Capt. R. K.-Commands sailors and marines against Fort Fisher, 644.
BREWSTER, Brig.-Gen. W. R.-Commands 2d brigade, 4th di- vision 2d corps, 549.
BRODHEAD, Col. T. F.-Biographical notice of, 788. BROOKE, Brig.-Gen. JOHN R.-Commands 4th brigade, 1st division 2d corps, 549; march against the Petersburg and Richmond Railroad, 565; commands a division of 18th corps, 578; at Coal Harbor, 578.
BROOKS, Maj.-Gen. W. T. H.-Commands a division in Sedg- wick's corps at the battle of Chancellorsville, 379; in
tucky, 98, 120; movements of his army, 125; advance of his army toward Nashville, 131; address to the troops, 182; ordered to make a junction with Gen. Grant, 178; advances from Nashville, 178; arrives with his army at Pittsburg Landing, 177; takes part in the battle, 177; ordered to move toward Chattanooga from Corinth, 188; advances toward Chattanooga, 288; falls back toward Kentucky, 284; advances from Louisville against Bragg, 287; pursues Bragg in Kentucky, 288 falls back and is relieved, 289.
BUFORD, Maj.-Gen. JOHN-In command under McDowell. 256; reports the progress of Lee, 256; follows the enemy 258; in command under Stoneman, 380, 381; advances to Culpepper, 894; at Gettysburg, 400; attacks Fitz Lee, 470; biographical notice of, 770.
BUFORD, Brig.-Gen. A.-Demands the surrender of Fort Co- lumbus, Ky., 519.
Bull Run-Federal force, 67; Confederate do., 68; organiza- tion of Federal force, 68; commanders, 68; order of Gen. McDowell, 68; advance of the troops, 68; obstructions at Fairfax Court House, 68; movements of Gen. McDowell and battle of the first day, 69; his orders, 71; battle of the second day and reports of officers, 71-77; rout of Gen. McDowell, 78; panic, 78; retreat to the heights opposite Washington, 79; second battle, 262–268.
Bunker Hill-Skirmish at, 67. Burbridge, Brig.-Gen. STEPHEN G.-In command in Ken-
tucky, 582; moves into Southwestern Virginia, 582; falls back to drive Morgan out of Kentucky, 582; his re- port, 582; expedition in East Tennessee, 629; captures Abingdon, Va., 629.
BURLEY, BENNET G.-Organizes an expedition against John- son's Island on Lake Erie, 682; seizes the steamer Par- sons, 632.
BURNHAM, Brig.-Gen. H.-Commands 3d brigade 1st divi- sion 6th corps, 549; biographical notice of, 791. BURNS, Brig.-Gen. WILLIAM W.-In the battles before Rich- mond, 244.
BURNSIDE, Maj.-Gen. AMBROSE E.-With the Rhode Island battery joins Gen. Patterson, 56; in command at Bull Run, 68; commands an expedition against North Caro-
lina, 185; his movements, 136; orders on landing in North Carolina, 186; address to the people of North Carolina, 138; captures Newbern, 189; address to his troops, 189; moves from Newport News, 256; lands at Fredericks- burg, 259; evacuates Fredericksburg, 264; near Middle- town, Md., 268; at South Mountain, 269; at Antietam, 271; crosses the Potomac, 301; appointed to command the Army of the Potomac, 802; address to the army, 308; moves to Fredericksburg, 303, 304; testimony before a Committee of Congress, 305; his design about the pon- toons, 806; attack on Fredericksburg, 306; despatch to the President, 308; do. to Halleck, 808; explains his de- feat, 808; position of his army, 872; relieved of command, 878; his order, 378; the reason, 378; before the Commit- tee of Enquiry, 874; his order No. 8, 875; testimony re- specting this order, 876; assumes command of the De- partment of Ohio, 376; advances into East Tennessee, 457; enthusiastic reception at Knoxville, 458; position of his army, 458; his movements in East Tennessee, 468; relieved of command, 470; commands 9th corps of Poto- mac army, 550; address to his troops, 553; at the Wilder- ness battle, 554; at Spottsylvania battle, 555; position of his corps, 573; at Coal Harbor battle, 576; at Petersburg, 577.
CANBY, Maj.-Gen. EDWIN R. S.-In command at Fort Craig, New Mexico, 812; attacks Gen. Sibley, 812; falls back, 818; further operations in New Mexico, 813; organizes an expedition from Baton Rouge, 631; besieges Fort Gaines, 647; commands Department of West Mississip pi, 655; commands against Mobile, 703; receives the sur- render of Taylor, 704.
CANTWELL, Col. J.—Biographical notice of, 783.
Cape Girardeau-Attack on, 482.
CAPHART, Col. --Commands a brigade of Sheridan's Cav- alry, 686.
CARLETON, Brig.-Gen. JAMES H.-Commands in New Mexico, 818; in command of the department of New Mexico, 885 Carondolet-Gunboat runs past the batteries at Island No. 10, 165.
CARR, Brig.-Gen. EUGENE A.-Commands a division under Gen. Curtis, 156, 157; at the battle of Pea Ridge, 153; commands a division in McClernand's corps, 355; ordered to pursue the enemy, 855; commands under Gen, Steele,
CARE, Brig.-Gen. JOSEPH B.-Reports to Hancock, 525; com- mands 4th division 2d corps, 549; at the Wilderness bat- tle, 555.
Carrick Ford-Battle at, 67.
BUSH, Col. -Commands a brigade of Devens' division at CARROLL, Brig.-Gen. SAMUEL S.-Commands the advance of the battle of Chancellorsville, 379. Bute-a-la-Rose-Captured by Banks, 367. BUTLER, Maj.-Gen. BENJ. F.-Arrives in New York with
Massachusetts troops, 29; occupies the Relay House with troops, 32; do. Baltimore, 82; arrives in Washington with his brigade, 48; at Newport News and Fortress Monroe, 54; orders an attack on Great Bethel, 56; commands mili- tary force against forts at Hatteras Inlet, 84; commands the military in the expedition against New Orleans, 190; takes possession of New Orleans, 200; address to the in- habitants, 200; further proceedings, 200; proclamation relative to the distress of the inhabitants, 201; provisions distributed, 202; military administration, 202; orders, 203; arrests, 203; relieved by Gen. Banks, 205; reports at Washington, 865; commands departments of Virginia and North Carolina, 472; movements against Petersburg, 563; his despatch to Gen. Grant, 565; despatches relative to his operations, 567; further operations, 569; attack on his position, 569; retires to his intrenchments, 578; makes a demonstration against Petersburg, 576; relieved by Stanton and retained by Grant, 589; his canal on the James, 591; on the expedition against Fort Fisher, 640; withdraws the troops from Fort Fisher, 642; correspond- ence with Porter relative to Fort Fisher, 643; relieved from command, 643.
Gen. Shields' force, 289; fights at Port Republic, 240; in command near Port Republic, 240; commands 3d bri- gade 2d division 2d corps, 549; at the Wilderness battles, 555; at Spottsylvania battle, 556.
CARTER, Brig.-Gen. SAMUEL P.-Commands an expedition to cut the East Tennessee Railroad, 809; commands in East Tennessee, 457; address to people of East Tennessee, 458; demands the surrender of Cape Girardeau, 482; com- mands a division under Schofield, 683.
CASEY, Maj.-Gen. SILAS-In command near Washington, 120 -206; in the battles before Richmond, 242. CASWELL, Brig.-Gen. WILLIAM R.-In command in East Ten- nessee, 59. CAwthorn, Col.
--Biographical notice of, 722. Cedar Keys-Expedition to, 152; boat expedition also, 152. Cedar Mountain-Battle of, 258. Cedar Run-Battle of, 627. CHALMERS, Maj.-Gen.
In command in Alabama, 499; attacks Smith in Mississippi, 508; at the capture of Fort Pillow, 517; his headquarters captured, 630. Chambersburg, Pa.-Occupied by Stuart's cavalry, 800; occupied by Ewell, 897; burned, 588. CHAMPION, Col. R.—Biographical notice of, 764. Champion Hills-Battle of, 854. Chancellorsville-Battle of, 878, $79. Chantilly-Battle of, 265.
CHAPLIN, Brig.-Gen. S. G.-Biographical notice of, 772. CHAPMAN, Col. A. B.-Biographical notice of, 776. CHARLES, Col. E. C.-Biographical notice of, 749. Charles City-Battle at, 250.
Charleston, & C-Blockade with sunken vessels, 113, 114; apprehensions excited by the occupation of Beaufort, 114; fired upon by Gen. Gillmore, 479; evacuation of, by Hardee, 678; occupied by Federal troops, 678; corre- spondence relative to the surrender, 679. Charlotte, N. C-Mint at, seized, 44. Chattanooga-Attacked by Gen. Negley, 185; occupied
by Rosecrans, 457; the battle of, under Grant, 467. CHEATHAM, Maj.-Gen. William 8.-In command in the southwest, 172; at the battle of Murfreesboro, 277; at Chickamauga, 468; moves to join Beauregard, 680; at Bentonsville, 685.
Chesapeake Seized by passengers and taken to Nova Scotia, 440; recaptured, 440.
Chickahominy River-Its course and bridges, 226. CHILDS, Col. J. H.-Biographical notice of, 786. Choctaw Indians-Taken as prisoners, 368. Christian Commission-Its organization, 605; character and duties, 605; branch organizations and agencies, 606; system of work, 606.
CHURCHILL, Brig.-Gen.-In command at Fort Hindman 886;
surrenders, 836; at Pleasant Hill battle, 511.
CLACK, F. H.-Biographical notice of, 775.
Clarence-A Confederate privateer, 440.
driven from Crampton's Gap, Md., 269; made a prisoner at Macon, 708.
COBB, Gen. T. R. R.-Biographical notice of, 742. COCHRANE, Brig.-Gen. JOHN-Commands a brigade of
Couch's division, 267; commands a brigade in Frank- lin's corps, 374; letter relative to Gen. Burnside's plans, 875.
COCKE, Gen. P. ST. GRORGE-Biographical notice of, 726. COPPEY, Col. --Attacks Philips near Fort Gibson, 482. COKE, Lieut. J. W.-Commands the Albemarle, 520.
CLARK, Maj.-Gen. C.-In command in Western Tennessee, COLBURN, Col. JOHN-Commands an expedition in Tennes-
CLARK, Capt. C.-Biographical notice of, 728.
CLARK, GOV. H. T.-Address to the people of North Carolina on the approach of the Burnside expedition, 188. CLARK, Col. J. C.-Biographical notice of, 790. CLAYTON, Brig.-Gen. POWELL-Commands an expedition from Helena, 482; marches to join Steele, 515; his re- port, 515.
CLEBURN, Maj.-Gen. PATRICK-At Chickamauga, 463; at Atlanta, 537; biographical notice of, 794. Clifton-Gunboat captured at Sabine Pass, 480. CLUSURET, Brig.-Gen. GUSTAVE B.-Commands in the con- test at Strasburg, 238, 289.
Confederate States-Movements to assemble a Congress and organize a Confederacy, 18; delegates meet at Montgomery, 13; organize, 13; rules adopted, 14; plan of Provisional Government, 14; its adoption, 14; pro- ceed to elect a president and vice-president, 14; Ste- phens' speech on taking the oath of office, 15; proceed- ings of Congress, 15; flag adopted, 15; inauguration of Mr. Davis, 16; his speech, 16; cabinet officers, 16; other acts of Congress, 16; draft and adoption of a permanent Constitution of Government, 17, 18; its features, 18, 19; ports blockaded by the Federal fleet, 54; Federal rev- enue cutters seized, 63; military policy, 67; further military policy, 80; depreciation of currency, 81; aspect grows unfavorable, 81; views of the people, 115; action of the Government relative to prisoners, 115; feeling of the people in the beginning of 1862, 116; concentrate forces, 185; their military policy, 207; further military plans, 256; the demand for men, 274; conscription act, 274; its operation, 274; cabinet of Davis, 275; finances, 275; privateering, 275; order relative to proceedings of Federal commanders, 826; civil affairs, 4S6; finances, 487; debt, 487; agriculture, 487; railroads, 488; crops, 488; blockade, 489; foreign relations, 489; emancipa- tion, 489; address to Christians throughout the world, 489; inflexibility of purpose, 490; plan of military opera- tions, 609; situation in 1864, 655; crops, 655; manufac- tures, 656; foreign relations, 656; finances, 656; views of the people, 657; peace movement, 657. Congress, Confederate-Authorize all volunteer troops to be accepted, 51; second meeting, 54; move the capital to Richmond, 54; acts relative to the army, 412, 418; measures to keep up the armies, 649, 650; enlistinent of negroes, 650; an act for the purpose passed, 650; vote, 650; objections to the measure, 651. Congress, United States-Appropriations for the war in July,
1861, 80; action relative to iron-clad ships, 117; act rela- tive to seizure of slaves by military officers, 153; oath required of public officers, 819; act to admit West Vir- ginia as a State, 820; appoint a committee of inquiry relative to Burnside's movements, 878; report, 874; acts relative to colored troops, 419; action relative to slaves and free colored persons, 667.
Coal Harbor-Battle near, between Grant and Lec, 575. COBB, Brig.-Gen. HOWELL-Address on taking the chair in the Montgomery Congress, 13; speech at Atlanta, 55; in command under Gen. Johnston at Richmond, 249;
COLEMAN, Col. A. H.-Biographical notice of, 786. COLLINS, Capt. N.-Captures the Florida, 649; report, 649. COLMAN, W. D.-Biographical notice of, 789. Colored troops-(See Army U. 8.)
Columbia, S. C.-Captured by Sherman, 677. Columbus, Ky.-Fortified by Gen. Polk, 95; evacuation of, 181, 162; occupied by a Federal force, 188, 162. Commissioners-Sent to Washington by Mr. Davis from Montgomery, 20; their negotiations fail, 20. Connecticut-Response to the first call for troops, 28; appro- priates $2,000,000 to war purposes, 51.
CONNOR, Brig.-Gen. PATEICK E.-In command in Idaho, 484. CONOVER, Com. T. A.-Biographical notice of, 791. COOKE, COL --In command at Bull Run, 70. Cook, Brig. Gen. H. F.-Biographical notice of, 768. COOPER, Gen -Defeated by Blunt in Arkansas, 482. COOPER, Brig.-Gen. JAMES-Biographical notice of, 748. COOPER, Capt. T. C.-Biographical notice of, 777. CORCORAN, Brig.-Gen. MICHAEL-Marches from New York
with the 60th regiment, 30; commands at Bull Run, 79; taken prisoner, 79; retained at Richmond as a hostage, 322; biographical notice of, 771. Corinth-Its position, 172-180; siege of, 180-182; evacuation of, 182; defence of, by Rosecrans, 292. Corps d'Afrique-Organized by Gen. Banks, 868, 654. Corpus Christi-Capture of, 200. CORSE, Brig.-Gen. JOHN M.-Moves to Allatoona, 610; sent to Rome with reënforcements, 610; burns public build- ings at Rome, 614; pushed forwards toward Savannah, 620; in Sherman's march through the Carolinas, 675, 694. COUCH, Maj.-Gen. DARIUS N.-In the battles before Rich- mond, 246; advances in Maryland, 267; commands 2d corps at the battle of Chancellorsville, 878; in command of the department of Susquehanna, 885; his order, 886; movements in Pennsylvania, 405, 588; at the battle near Nashville, 680; commands in the advance on Goldsboro, 688.
COUTHONOY, Lieut. J.-Shipwrecked and surrenders, 442. COWEN, B. R.-Adj.-Gen. of Ohio, 551; order, 551. COWLES, Col. D. S.-Biographical notice of, 758. Cox, A. S., M. D.-Biographical notice of, 757. Cox, Brig.-Gen. JOHN D.-In command in Western Virginia, 259; commands a division of 23d corps, 534; at Kenesaw, 534; commands 23d corps, 610; moves to Rome, 610; at the battle near Nashville, 680; supports the advance of Terry, 682; commands 3d division of 23d corps, 682; lands near Cape Fear River, 682.
COXE, R. C.-Biographical notice of, 721. Crampton's Gap-Battle of, 269.
CRANE, Lieut.-Col. L. H. D.-Biographical notice of, 782. CRAVEN, Capt. T. A. M.-In the battle below New Orleans, 194; commands a fleet up the Mississippi, 199; com- mands the Tecumseh, 646; lost, 646; biographical notice of, 787. CRAWFORD, Brig.-Gen. SAMUEL W.-Commands a brigade in Banks' corps, 256-258; at Antietam, 271; commands 3d division of 5th corps, 548; at the Wilderness battle, 555.
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