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JAMES ISLAND, Union force lands upon it, 310; Gen. H. H. Terry attacks it, 325.

JEFFARDS, Col., Fourth Michigan, mortally wounded, 407.

JERICHO MILLS, patriots victorious in a skirmish here, 499.

JOHNSON, Andrew, Military Governor of Tennessee, 200; his appeal, 201; notice of, 599.

JOHNSON, Brig.-Gen. Richard W., sketch of, 192.

JOHNSTON, Maj.-Gen. Joseph E., notice of, 49; his military ability, 56; seriously wounded, 89;
threatens Gen. Grant in the rear, 289; surrenders to Maj.-Gen. Sherman, 602.

JOHNSTON, Maj.-Gen. Albert Sydney (rebel), notice of, 214.

JONESBORO', battle near, 465.

JOY OF THE SLAVES along the line of Gen. Sherman's raid, 475.

KAUTZ, Gen., destroys a railroad near Burksville, 560; with Wilson, flanked and retreats, 561.

KEARNY, Maj.-Gen. Philip, notice of, 49; testifies to the bravery of Casey's troops, 88; a daring
speech of, 110; his death, 127.

KENESAW MOUNTAIN abandoned, 455.

KENTUCKY, a traitor in its gubernatorial chair, 176; to be invaded, 181; punished for her neu-
trality, 339.

KEOKUK, iron-clad, sustains a heavy fire, 319; is disabled, 320; sinks, 321.

KEYES, Gen. E. D., where stationed, 82.

KINGSBURY, Col., shot at Antietam Bridge, 153.

KILPATRICK, Gen. J., his memorable four days' ride, 463.

KNOXVILLE with difficulty held by Union troops, 346; defences erected, 347; besieged by Gen.
Bragg, 432.

LAFOURCHE DISTRICT, an occurrence in, 305.
LANDRUM, Col. J. J., defends Cynthiana, 182.
LAUREL HILL, Union troops repulsed at, 571.

LA VERGNE, a rebel force routed at, 192.

LEE, Maj.-Gen. Robert E., his proclamation to the people of Maryland, 129; attacks Gen. Han-
cock's position, 411; retreats towards Williamsport, 412; his loss at Gettysburg, 413; orders
evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, 587.

LEE'S MILLS, attack upon, 35.

LEGGETT, Gen., captures a hill commanding Atlanta, 459.

LETTER from a niece of Jefferson Davis, 60; of Gen. Butler, 530.

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, ingenious device at the battle of, 291.

LINCOLN, President, his order, Jan. 27, 1862, 17; telegram from, 32; his letter to Gen. McClellan,
65; he visits Fortress Monroe and Norfolk, 66; telegraphs Gen. McDowell, 73; telegraphs
Gen. McClellan, 74; visits the Army of the Potomac, 111; orders Gen. McClellan to pursue
Lee, 130; sends congratulatory letter to Gen. Grant, 295; telegraphs Gen. Rosecrans, 378;
his speech at Gettysburg, 418; sends message to Gen. Sherman, 479; visits the army at
Petersburg, 558; reëlected by an overwhelming vote, 579; is seen in Richmond, 590; is
assassinated at Washington, 595; a telegram sent Lieut.-Gen. Grant, 600; his proclamation,
May, 1862; his act of Emancipation, 613.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, surrendered, 253.
LOGAN, Maj.-Gen. John A., sketch of, 461.
LONG BRIDGE, interesting scene upon it, 20.

Loss of Union soldiers in seven days' battles, 108; by both armies at Antietam, 161; at Perry-
ville, 196; of Union forces at Shiloh, 216; of Sigel and Asboth's forces, 244; at the battle of
Corinth, 356; at Chickamauga, 429; at Lookout Mountain, 439; of the two armies near
Leggett's Bald Top, 461; the two first days in the Wilderness, 491; of Union soldiers i
assaulting Petersburg, 587.

LOSS AND GAIN of Fort Steedman, 583.

LOST MOUNTAIN captured, 453.

LOUDON HEIGHTS, position of, 139.

LOVELL, rebel steamer, sunk, 275.

LOWELL, Col. Charles B., notice of, 555.

MACKALL, Gen. (rebel), surrenders New Madrid, 268.

MAGNITUDE of the War in America, 224.

MAGOFFIN, B., Governor of Kentucky, his insolent reply to President Lincoln, 176.

MAINE REGIMENT, Fifth, their bravery, 59; Second, their heroic valor, 79; Sixteenth, volunteers,
undertake a daring enterprise, 170.

MALVERN HILL, a description of it, 107; McClellan's account of the battle, 108.

MANASSAS, its evacuation discovered, 20; chagrin of Union troops, 22; afterwards seized by the
rebels, 120.

MANSFIELD, Brig.-Gen. Jos. K. F., notice of, 150.

MAP of Peninsular Campaign, 26; of Fair Oaks and Seven Pines, 85; of Pope's Campaign, 127;
battle of Antietam, 146; South Mountain, 130; of Pittsburg Landing, 204; Gen. Wallace at
Pittsburg Landing, 211; battle of Pea Ridge, 230; of the Mississippi River from Cairo to
Island No. Ten, 257; attack on Island No. Ten, 262; the Mississippi River from Island No. Ten
to Vicksburg, 281; Mississippi River from Vicksburg to New Orleans, 292; Fortifications of
Corinth, 354; battle of Murfreesboro' or Stone River, 367; battle of Chancellorsville, 386;
of Gettysburg, 402; Chickamauga, Saturday's battle, 422; of second day's battle at Chicka-
mauga, 425; of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, 435; Atlanta to Savannah, 472;
Gen. Thomas's campaign, 485; campaign of Wilderness, 495; Savannah to Goldsboro', 512;
Fort Fisher and Wilmington, 537; siege of Petersburg and Richmond, 569.

MARCH of Gen. Howard's columns, 474.

MARIETTA, Georgia, desolated, 455.

MARSHALL, Col. Humphrey, his career, 335.

MARMADUKE, Gen. (rebel), driven by Gen. Blunt, 250; attacks Springfield, Missouri, 251.

MARYE'S HEIGHTS, valorous fighting at, 171.

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, 139; order of Col. Ford, 140.

MASON, Col. Rodney, unjustly censured, 192.

MASSACHUSETTS Fifteenth, losses of, 152; Nineteenth and Twentieth, heroic conduct of, 166;
Twentieth at Petersburg, 558.

McCook, Gen. Robert, brutally murdered, 189.

McCook, Maj.-Gen. Alex. McDowell, sketch of, 193.

MCCLELLAN, Maj.-Gen. Geo. B., his genius, 17; relieved of general command, 18; feelings of the
army towards him, 19; his probable intentions, 23; his conflict with the Government, 25;
his kindly spirit, 55; undue regard for rebel property, 64; he strangely censures Gen.
Casey's troops, 84; is on the left bank of the Chickahominy, 93; telegraphs President Lin-
coln, 96; telegraphs Secretary Stanton, 102; retreats to Harrison's Bar, 110; pleads for re-
enforcements, 111; his proclamation of July 4th, 112; he remonstrates against Gen. Hal-
leck's measures, 115; telegraphs Gen. Halleck, 121; telegraphs President Lincoln, 123;
his persistent caution, 131; telegraphs Gen. Halleck, 138; extract from his report, 147;
relieved from command, 163.

MCCULLOCH, Col., his boast, 290.

MCDOWELL, Maj.-Gen. Irwin, ordered to join Gen. McClellan, 70; his prompt obedience, 73; tel-
egram from Secretary Stanton, 72; his spirit, 95; Gen. Pope's commendation of, 118.
MOKAY POINT, expedition against, 322.

MCKNIGHT, Col. Arthur A., sketch of, 393

MCNEIL, Gen., pursues Marmaduke, 251.

MCPHERSON, Maj.-Gen., killed, 460; Gen. Sherman's opinion of him, 461.

MCVICKAR, Lieut. C., New York Sixth Cavalry, 384; notice of, 385.

MICHIGAN Seventh, its daring adventure, 166.

MILES, Col. D. S., receives orders from Gen. Wool, 139; number of the force at Harper's Ferry,

140; mortally wounded, 142.

MILITARY road needed through Cumberland Gap, 343.

MILL SPRINGS, battle of, 337.

MINE under Petersburg, 564.

MISTAKE of the Memphis "Argus," 256; in the battle of Antietam, 162.

MITCHEL, Maj.-Gen., his death, 323.

MOBILE BAY, conflict in its waters, 519.

MOBILE, its capture, 526.

MONITOR, the iron-clad sunk, 310.

MONITORS disabled off Sumter, 319; speedily repaired, 321.

MONOCACY JUNCTION, conflict at, 562.

MONONGAHELA, accident to her, 522.

MONTAUK IRON-CLAD, its invulnerability, 314.

MOON LAKE CANAL, 279.

MORGAN, Gen. John (rebel), commits depredations, 182.

MORGAN, Gen. Geo. W., abandons Cumberland Gap, 344.

MORTON, Gen. James St. Clair, notice of, 365.

MOSBY, the guerrilla, captures a supply train, 548; enters Maryland, 562.

MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, its position, 18; its creation and commander, 72.

MOVEMENT made by Hooker, Grover, and Sickles, 96; of forces under Wilcox and Crook, 155;

for the occupation of East Tennessee, 345; of Howard, Slocum, and Meade, 381.
MUMFORDSVILLE, furious attack upon, 190.

MURDEROUS CHARGE at Big Black River, 285.

MUSIC, its effect upon the troops, 106.

MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS of Gen. Hooker, 380; of Gen. Sheridan, 585.

NAPOLEON I., striking remark of, 19.

NARROW ESCAPE of soldiers at Fredericksburg, 173.

NATIONAL LOSs at Turner's Gap, 136; at Gettysburg, 413.

NAVAL CONFLICT in Charleston Harbor, 312; between the Alabama and Kearsarge, 527.

NEGLEY, Brig.-Gen. James L., notice of, 192.

NELSON, Brig.-Gen. Wm., supersedes Gen. Lew. Wallace, 185; notice of, 186; joy at his arrival
at Pittsburg Landing, 209.

NEW ATTEMPT to seize the Southside Railroad, 582.

NEW IRONSIDES and other vessels open upon Fort Fisher, 538.

NEW JERSEY First Regiment, 59.

NEW MADRID Occupied by rebels, under Maj. McCown, 256; Gen. Pope's reconnoissance, 257;
hurried evacuation of, 261.

NEW YORK Forty-fourth Regiment, quick reply of one of its captains, 79; Twenty-first and
Twenty-second, 136; Thirty-fourth, sadly cut up, 152; Ninth, terrible slaughter of, 169.

NEW YORK "Times" correspondent, 411.

NIGHT ATTACK of the rebels, 388.

NORFOLK, expedition against, 66.

NORTHERN MEN, different views of, 43.

OATH of Col. Henry McCulloch, 290; of rebel Gen. Ewell, 408.

OBJECT of Gen. Grant at Petersburg, 557 -

OFFENSIVE PARAGRAPH in General McClernand's order, 288.

OFFICIAL REPORT of Gen. G. W. Morgan, 342; of Admiral Farragut, 523.

OHIO Tenth, and its heroic Colonel Lytle, 195; Twenty-third receives the surrender of Twenty-
fifth North Carolina, 133.

ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH N. Y., its valor, 550.

OPINION of the Jackson "Appeal," 280.

OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Corps at Gettysburg, 405.

ORANGEBURG destroyed, 509.

ORCHARD KNOB captured, 433.

ORDER of President Lincoln, 18; to subordinates, from Gen. McClellan, 145; orders of Admiral

Farragut, 519; of Admiral Porter, 540.

ORGANIZATION of General Sherman's army, 507.

PANIC of the Union forces at Pittsburg Landing, 208.

PARTICULARS of the surrender of Gen. Lee, 593.

PARTY SPIRIT in the army, 379.

PATRICK, Gen., Provost-Marshal, his energetic measures, 167.

PATRIOT FORCE reduced by malaria, 81; battery, contest for, 51.

PEA RIDGE, infamy attached to this battle, 244.

PECK, Maj. John J., his position on the Nine-Mile Road, 88; is stationed at Suffolk, 394; his
bravery commended, 397.

PELHAM, Maj. John (rebel), tribute from Stonewall Jackson, 169.

PEMBERTON, Gen. (rebel), pithy speech of, 292.

PENNSYLVANIA First Regiment sent to check rebels, 84; alarm prevailing in, 130; reserves hotly
engaged, 135; upon Round Top, 407; they drive Hood, 412.

PERFIDY of the rebels, 434.

PERIL of the army before Richmond, 99.

PERRYVILLE, terrible battle at, 193, 194.

PERPLEXITIES of General Butler's position, 302.

PETERSBURG formidably defended, 504; shelled, 559; assault of, 586.

PHELPS, Brig.-Gen. John W., his character and conduct, 302.

PHILADELPHIA CHURCH renders important aid to the sick and wounded, 416.
PICTURESQUE SCENE at West Point, 62; on the Rappahannock, 165.

PIKE, Gen. Albert G. (rebel), employs Indian allies, 228.

PINE MOUNTAIN evacuated, 452.

PITHY reply to Gen. French, 470.

PITTSBURG LANDING, Gen. Grant at, 202; a description of, 205.

PITTSBURG, gunboat runs the batteries at Island No. Ten, 267.

PLAN of the foe, 81; of Gen. Lee, 118; of battle and assignment of officers at Lookout Moun-
tain, 432.

POINT PLEASANT occupied by Gen. Pope, 258.

POLK, Gen. Bishop (rebel), killed, 452.

POPE, Maj.-Gen. John, effect of his proclamation, 114; his force at Cedar Mountain, 118; his re-
treat, 119; cause of his failure, 120; his report, 121; he is relieved of his command, 127;
sketch of, 256; he proceeds to Commerce, Missouri, 257.

PORTER, Gen. Fitz John, notice of, 32; valor of his troops at Groveton, 124; dismissed the
service, 121.

PORTER, Lieut., killed, 542.

PORTSMOUTH (Va.) burned by rebels, 67.

PORT GIBSON taken by Gen. Grant, 280.

PORT REPUBLIC, fight at, 75.

POSITION of troops at White Oak Swamp, 103; assumed by Gen. Franklin, 106; on June 27,
100; of the rebel troops, Sept., 1862, 128.

PREJUDICE against the negro, and its consequences, 222-3.

PRENTISS, Gen., surprised and captured, 207.

PREPARATIONS for a third day's fight at Pea Ridge, 239.

PRICE, Gen. Sterling (rebel), his winter-quarters at Springfield, 224; he miscalculates Gen.
Curtis's plans, 225; he occupies Iuka, 350; his course after leaving Iuka, 351.

PRINCE DE JOINVILLE, his statement, 22; his inquiry, 92; his touching words, 93; his testi-
mony, 96.

PRINCE, Gen., honorably mentioned, 118.

PRIZE found at New Madrid, 261.

PROCLAMATION of Gov. Magoffin, of Kentucky, 177; of Maj.-Gen. John Pope, 114; of Gov. Cur-
tin, of Pennsylvania, 130; of Gov. Rector, Arkansas, 228; of rebel generals, 312.

PROGRESS of the bombardment at Fort Fisher, 539.

PROPOSALS of Lieut-Gen. Grant for the surrender of Gen. Lee, 592.

PRO-SLAVERY officers in Union army, 610.

PURSUIT of the rebels to Sugar Creek, Missouri, 226.

QUANTREL, the guerrilla, enters Lawrence, Kansas, 251.

QUINT, Chaplain A. H., his speech in Boston, 528.

RACE for Spottsylvania, 492.

RAID under Gen. Warren, 580.

RALEIGH surrendered, 517; conduct of its people, 518.

RAM ARKANSAS, its destruction, 307.

RAYMOND, a brief, spirited struggle at, 282.

READ'S FORD, skirmish at, 421.

REASONS for delay in attacking Mobile, 525.

REBELS, through spies, informed of plans of Union officers, 19; mean treachery of, 45; at
Williamsburg kindly cared for by Union soldiers, 54; the vigorous plans of, 83; assault
Union troops, 84; are pursued in their retreat from Crampton Gap, 137.

REBEL raiders, their success, 98; their aspect on entering Frederick, 129; force at Fredericks-
burg, 168; plans for Northern invasion, 181; efforts to maintain the war, 204; their
threats, 224; their barbarity, 249; their view of the bombardment of Island No. Ten, 263;
their view of the loss of Island No. Ten, 268; fleet, its end, 276; their designs relative to
Gen. Grant, 281; schemes well planned, but defeated, 357; force hurled upon the Eleventh
Army Corps, 385; ignorance of the facts concerning the war, 417; boast, 457; barbarity,
460 and 509; re-enforcements driven from Fort Fisher, 540.
RECAPITULATION of Union victories, 203.

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RECEPTION of the rebel army in Maryland, 129; of a rebel charge, 136.

RECONNOISSANCE in preparation for battle, 148; of the batteries of Island No. Ten, 264
RECTOR, GOV., characteristic document of, 245.

REMARKS of the Prince de Joinville, 90.

REMARK of Robert Toombs disproved, 441; of a rebel officer, 378.

REMARKABLE FACT, 314.

RENO, Maj.-Gen., mortally wounded, 134.

REPEATED and bloody skirmishes, 502-3.

REPORT of Congressional Committee respecting battle of Williamsburg, 52; of Gen. Burnside,
after the battle of Fredericksburg, 164.

REPLY of Gen. Halleck to Gen. McClellan, 138; of Gov. Harris to President Lincoln, 332.
REPULSE of the enemy by the Sixth Tennessee, 344; of the rebels by Hooker's force, 437; at
Petersburg, 565; of the Army of the James, 575.

REQUISITION of Col. Ford disregarded, 139.

RESACA attacked by General McPherson, 443.

RESULTS of Vicksburg campaign, 294.

RETREAT of the rebels from Manassas, 19; ordered by Gen. Pope, 125; of General Burnside
from Fredericksburg, 173.

REWARD offered for the apprehension of Jefferson Davis, 603.

REYNOLDS, Gen. J. J., resists a rebel charge, 99; gallant fighting of his corps, 403; killed at
Gettysburg, 404.

REYNOLDS, Lieut., directs a gun from a tree-top, 459.

RHODE ISLAND Fourth suffer by treachery of rebels, 156.

RICHARDSON, Capt., Seventh Wisconsin, 405.

RICHMOND, Virginia, why, its conquest is desirable, 16; evacuated and set on fire by rebels,

589.

RICHMOND "Examiner," a statement in, 42.

RINGGOLD, the rebels concentrate at, 438.

ROBERTS, Brig.-Gen., his gallantry, 118.

ROBINSON, James F., succeeds Gov. Magoffin, 182.

RODMAN, Maj.-Gen. Isaac P., his division cross at the ford, 153; wounded, 157; notice of, 157.
ROLLA, Union forces occupy this point, 224.
ROSECRANS, Maj.-Gen. W. S., commands Gen. Smith's Division, 220; His plans unfolded, 353;
prepares to attack Chattanooga, 345; his orders, 357; is assigned to Gen. Buell's command.
358; nothing too small for his notice, 360; proves himself a true military leader, 370; forms
grand combinations, 371; his bayonet charge, 372; is removed, by order of Gen. Grant,

430.

ROUSSEAU, Gen. Lovell S., entitled to a nation's gratitude, 179; sketch of, 195; his cavalry
force, 456.

ROWETT, Col., killed, 470.

SAILOR'S CREEK, Gen. Lee driven from his stand here, 590.

SAVANNAH, GA., evacuated and surrendered, 480; people suffer from famine, 482.

SCENE of picturesque beauty, 30; in the camp on a dark and rainy morning, 77; after the battle
of Seven Pines, 93; enacted below Fredericksburg, 380; at Cemetery Hill, 408; at the
death-bed of President Lincoln, 595. .

SCHOFIELD, Maj.-Gen., crosses the Chattahoochee, 456.

SECRETARY OF WAR telegraphs Gen. G. B. McClellan, 95.

SEDGWICK, Maj.-Gen. John, killed, 493.

SEMINARY Hill, Gettysburg, 403.

SENTIMENTS of many Kentuckians, 177.

SEWARD, W. H., Hon., severely wounded, 596.

SEYMOUR, Gen., repulses the rebels, 100.

SHARPSBURG, its position, 145; rebel positions near, 147.

SHARPSHOOTERS, their efficient service, 34.

SHAW, Col. Robert G., Fifty-fourth Mass., killed at Fort Wagner, 328; a true hero, 612.
SHERIDAN, Maj.-Gen. Philip Henry, notice of, 369; in the Shenandoah, 547; falls upon the rebel
Early, 549; pursues Early to Fisher's Hill, 551; inspires his troops with his own valor,
554; his cavalry nearly overpowered, 558; his impetuosity, 586; his telegram to Gen.
Grant, 588.

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