Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War (67 page)

Adams, Abigail
Adams, Col. Charles Francis
Albany Evening Journal
Alcatraz Island
Aldrich, Mrs. Alfred Proctor
Alexandria (Louisiana)
Allatoona Pass (Georgia)
alligators
American Freedman’s Inquiry Commission
Ammen, Brig. Gen. Jacob
Anaconda Plan
Anderson, Brig. Gen. Robert
Andersonville (Georgia) prison
Antietam, Battle of (1862)
Appler, Col. Jesse J.
Appomattox Court House (Virginia): Chamberlain’s salute to Confederates at; surrender at; unburied bodies at
Appomattox River
Arkansas Post
(Arkansas)
Arlington Heights (Arlington National Cemetery)
Army and Navy Gazette
(Britain)
Arrow War (China)
Arthur, Chester A.
Associated Press
Atlanta (Georgia): campaign; destruction of; Southern evacuation of
Atzerodt, George A.

Badeau, Lt. Col. Adam
bagpipes
Baker, Maj. Gen. Edward
Ball’s Bluff (Virginia), ambush at (1861)
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
Bancroft, George
Banks, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel
Barnes, Surgeon Gen. Joseph K.
Barnwell (South Carolina)
Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
battalion, Confederate 1st South Carolina
“Battle above the Clouds,”
Beard (Mormon businessman)
Beaufort (North Carolina)
Beauregard, Gen. P.G.T.; in Carolinas campaign; at Shiloh
Belknap, Brig. Gen. William W.
Belmont (Missouri), Grant’s attack on
Bennett, James and Nancy
Benton, Thomas Hart
Benton Barracks (Missouri)
Bentonville (North Carolina), Battle of (1865)
Bevier, Col. Robert S.
Big Black River
Black Hawk War
blacks: Lincoln on future rights of; question of vote for; Sherman’s attitude toward;
see also
slaves
black soldiers: enter Richmond marching to tune of “Dixie,” in Grand Review; at Milliken’s Bend; Stanton on need for; in Texas
Booth, John Wilkes
Bowen, Maj. Gen. John
Bowers, Col.
Bowling Green (Kentucky)
Boyd, David French
Brag (card game)
Bragg, Gen. Braxton
Breckinridge, Maj. Gen. John C.; in Sherman’s negotiations with Johnston
brevet rank proposed for mules
Briant, Capt. C. E.
Bridgeport (Alabama)
brigade, Confederate, 1st Missouri
Britain: Henry-Donelson campaign as seen in; Trent affair and
Brown, John
Brown’s Ferry (Tennessee)
Bruinsburg (Mississippi)
Buchanan, James
Buckner, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buell, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos; Shiloh battle and
Bull Run (Manassas): First Battle of (1861); Second Battle of (1862)
bummers
Burlington (New Jersey)
Burns, Barnabas
Burnside, Maj. Gen. Ambrose

Cable, George Washington
Cairo (Illinois); military district of
California: Frémont’s business associates from; Grant as captain in; Sherman as bank manager in; Sherman’s military service in; Vigilance Committee in
Calfornia volunteers
Calhoun, John C.
Camden (New Jersey)
Cameron, Col. James
Cameron, Simon
Campbell, Pvt. Alexander
Campbell, James
Campbell, John A.
Canfield, Mrs. Herman
Canton (China), U.S. 1856 landing at
Carolinas campaign (1865); truce in
Carrier, Father J. C.
Carson, Kit
Casey, James F.
Caseyville (Kentucky)
cavalry: in Grand Review; Sherman on Union and Confederate
Cedar Creek (Virginia), Battle of (1864)
Centreville (Virginia)
Chamberlain, Maj. Gen. Joshua
Champion’s Hill (Mississippi), Battle of (1863)
Chancellorsville (Virginia), Battle of (1863)
Chapultepec, Battle of (1847)
Charleston (South Carolina); Fort Sumpter at; Sherman’s posting to
Charlotte (North Carolina), Davis in
Chase, Salmon P.
Chattanooga (Tennessee), Battle of (1863); confusion and disharmony at; soldiers’ impromptu assault on Missionary Ridge; topography of
Chess wagons, in Grand Review
Chewalla (Tennessee)
Chicago Tribune
Chickamauga Creek (Georgia), Battle of (1863)
Chickasaw Bluffs (Mississippi)
Cincinnati (Ohio); Grant at McClellan’s headquarters in
Cincinnati Commercial
City Point (Virginia), conference at; Sherman at
Clarksville (Tennessee)
Clay, Henry
Cleburne, Maj. Gen. Patrick Ronayne
Cleveland, Grover
Cobb, Maj. Gen. Howell
cockfights, during March to the Sea
Cold Harbor (Virginia), battle at (1864)
Collierville (Tennessee)
Coloma (California)
Columbia (South Carolina)
Columbus (Kentucky)
Confederate States of America: basic strategy of; burning of records of; Lincoln’s cabinet approves martial law for; postwar Union occupation of
Congress.
See
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Congressional Medal of Honor
conscription, Union
Constellation (man-o’-war)
contrabands: definition of; in Grand Review;
see also
blacks; slaves
Cooke, Maj. Giles B.
Cooper, James Fenimore
Copperheads
Corinth (Mississippi); Halleck’s advance on
Corse, Brig. Gen. John M.
Corwith Brothers (Galena, Illinois)
cotton, speculation in
Covington (Georgia)
Covington (Kentucky)
Crane, James (chaplain)
Crater, Battle of the (1864)
Crimean War
Cullem, Brig. Gen. George W.
Cumberland: Army of the; Department of the
Cumberland River
Custer, Maj. Gen. George Armstrong

Dakota Territory, Sioux in
Dana, Charles A.; as Lincoln’s spy on Grant
Danville (Virginia), Davis retreats to
Davis, Henry Winter
Davis, Jefferson; becomes Confederate president; capture of; flight of; Grant vetoes kidnapping of; Johnston replaced at Atlanta by; Lee leaves final power of surrender in hands of; Lincoln’s visit to White House of; Lincoln urged to make peace with; on March to the Sea; Richmond evacuated by; and surrender by Johnston
Davis, Brig. Gen. Jefferson C.
Davis, Joseph Evan, death of
Davis, Marina
Delaware
Democratic party: 1864 convention of; “Peace” branch of; Sherman suggested as candidate of; “War” branch of
Dennis, Brig. Gen. Elias S.
Dennison, William
Dent, Emma (Mrs. Emma Casey)
Dent, Brig. Gen. Frederick
Dent, John
Dent, Nellie
desertions, Confederate
Dinwiddie Court House (Virginia).
“Dixie” (song): black troops enter Richmond to tune of; Lincoln on Union capture of
Dodge, Maj. Gen. Grenville
Duvall, Bettie

Early, Maj. Gen. Jubal
Ebeneezer Creek (Georgia)
eclipse of the moon at Chattanooga battle
Edinburgh Review
Egypt, the Grants in
Elements of Military Art and Science (Halleck)
Emancipation Proclamation (1863); Preliminary
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Engels, Friedrich
England. See Britain
Ewell, Maj. Gen. Richard
Ewing, Brig. Gen. Charles
Ewing, Brig. Gen. Hugh Boyle
Ewing, Maria
Ewing, Philemon
Ewing, Thomas
Ewing, Brig. Gen. Thomas, Jr.

Fairfax Court House (Virginia)
Farragut, Vice Adm. David
Fayetteville (North Carolina)
Field, Maunsell B.
Fisher’s Hill (Virginia), Battle of (1864)
Five Forks (Virginia), Battle of (1865)
Foote, Rear Adm. Samuel
foragers, on March to the Sea
Ford, Charles W.
Forrest, Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford
Fort Donelson (Tennessee), Grant’s campaign against
Fort Gregg (Virginia)
Fort Henry (Tennessee); Grant’s campaign against
Fort Lafayette (New York)
Fort McAllister (Georgia)
Fort Moultrie (South Carolina)
Fortress Monroe (Virginia)
Fort Stedman (Virginia)
Fort Sumpter (South Carolina)
France, Mexican puppet regime of
Franklin, Maj. Gen. William Buel
Frederick (Maryland)
Fredericksburg (Virginia), Battle of (1862)
Freedmen’s Bureau
Frémont, Maj. Gen. John Charles emancipation proclamation of
Frost, Brig. Gen. Daniel

Gaines’s Mill, Battle of (1862)
Galena (Illinois); at opening of Civil War
Garfield, Brig. Gen. James A.
Geary, Brig. Gen. John W.
Georgia: Sea Islands of; Sherman’s march through
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania), Battle of (1863)
Giles, Col.
Ginder, Henry
Glenn, Miss
glory look
Gold Rush (California)
Goldsboro (North Carolina)
Goode, Col. Simon S.
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Gulf (Mississippi)
Grand Review (Washington, D.C.)
Granger, Maj. Gen. Gordon
Grant, Frederick Dent (Grant’s son); attempted kidnapping of as major general in the Phillipines
Grant, Hannah (Grant’s mother)
Grant, Jesse (Grant’s father)
Grant, Jesse (Grant’s son)
Grant, Julia Dent (Grant’s wife) City Point visit of; Corinth visit of; at Grand Review; Grant’s letters to ; later life of; Mrs. Lincoln and; at outbreak of Civil War; peculiar experiences of, just before Lincoln’s assassination; strabismus of; Vicksburg visits of in Washington victory celebrations; wedding and honeymoon of
Grant, Mary (Grant’s sister)
Grant, Nellie (Grant’s daughter)
Grant, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S.: on black troops; on civil government in South; in civilian life before Civil War; in Civil War Army of the Tennessee commander; Belmont attack by; Cairo military district commander; and Chattanooga campaign; on Civil War prospects; cohesive Union strategy imposed by; Cold Harbor and Petersburg; colonel of 21st Illinois; Confederate prisoners saluted by; Congressional joint resolution of praise; descriptions of; desire to leave army after Shiloh; 1864 division of labor with Sherman; funeral of; as general in chief; at Grand Review; Halleck’s assistant after Shiloh; Henry-Donelson capture by; on Hood; horsemanship of inner power and stubbornness of; and Iuka battle; and Jewish expulsion; Lee’s surrender accepted by; letter from would-be assassin of; on Lincoln; living off the land; lock of hair auctioned by; McClellan and; memoirs of; on Mexican War as unjustful; Nashville capture ordered by; nickname of; at outbreak of Civil War; personal characteristics of drinking; popularity of; as President; presidential nomination of 1864 refused; previous military career of; ranks held by Captain; Colonel; Brigadier General; Major General; Major General in Regular Army; Lieutenant General; round-the-world trip of; on secession; and Sherman as army commander; Sherman-Johnston surrender terms; Sherman’s friendship with Sherman’s march through Carolinas approved by; Sherman’s March to the Sea and; Shiloh battle simplicity of; sorting mail on railroad cars; at Spotsylvania Court House; takes over West from Halleck; Thomas’s attack on Hood ordered by; Vicksburg siege by; victory celebrations by; in Wilderness
Grant, Ulysses S., Jr. (Grant’s son)
Gravelly Creek (Virginia)
Greeley, Horace
Greene, Gen. Nathanael
Gregg, Brig. Gen. John
Grenada (Mississippi)
Grierson, Maj. Gen. Benjamin, raid by
Griffin, Maj. Gen. Charles
Guangzhou (China), U.S. 1856 landing at
guerrillas; proposal that Confederate Army become