pares his plan of operation, 178; conflict of statement between Halleck and, 184; moves his army, 187; arranges for pon- tons, 190; writes to Cullum, 197; dêter- mines to fight Lee at Fredericksburg, 200; crosses the Rappahannock, 213; prepares his order of battle, 215; fights the battle of Fredericksburg, 216; determines to renew the battle, 227; finally decides to recross the Rappahannock, 228; preliminary re- port of the battle, 234; decides to make a new movement, 237; is stopped by the President, 238; writes to the President and Halleck, 239, 240; makes a movement to Banks' Ford, 243; is relieved of com- mand and returns home, 244; causes of failure of, 245; tenders his resignation, which is not accepted, 246; takes leave of the Army of the Potomac, 248; is assigned to command the department of the Ohio, 261; issues order No. 38, 265; arrests Val- landigham, 268; submits a statement of the case to Judge Leavitt, 270; sends away his prisoner, 273; opinions of, respecting liberty of speech and the press, 275; pre- pares a plan for movement on East Ten- nessee, 278; despatches Ninth Corps to Jackson, 279; is the guiding mind of the pursuit of Morgan, 300; advances upon East Tennessee, 302; reception of, by the people of East Tennessee, 308, 309; enters Kingston and Knoxville, 309; receives the surrender of Cumberland Gap, 310; re- ceives intelligence of Rosecrans' success, 311; offers his resignation, 312; is ordered to occupy the Holston Valley, 313: is or- dered to reenforce Rosecrans, 314; at Car- ter's Station, 316; prepares a plan to march to the coast, 319; his differences with Hal- leck, 321; the wisdom of his plans, 324; con- fers with Dana and Wilson, 331; fights Longstreet at Lenoir's, 333; again at Camp- bell's Station, 335; is besieged at Knoxville, 342; defends himself with great tenacity, 346; beats off Longstreet, and is relieved by Sherman, 352; is relieved of the command of the department by Foster, 355; returns to Providence, 357; is thanked by Congress, 357; is ordered to recruit the Ninth Corps, 365; leaves home for his last campaign, 367; reviews the Corps at Washington, 368; proceeds to Warrenton Junction, 369; reenforces Grant in the Wilderness, 372; fights at Spottsylvania, 383; moves to the North Anna, 390; waives his rank in favor of Meade, 394; in the battle of Cold Har- bor, 397; crosses the James, 408; attacks on the 17th and 18th of June, 409; approves plan for a mine in front of Petersburg, 422; his language misconstrued by Meade, 425; submits a plan of attack, 426; opinion of, respecting colored troops, 428; plan of attack disapproved, 429; discusses the matter with Meade, 430; issues his battle order, 434; urges upon his commanders the necessity of a prompt advance, 440; orders in the colored troops, 442; is indig- nant with Meade, 444; desires aid from Meade and is refused, 445; is ordered to withdraw his troops, 447; Meade prefers charges against, 451; court of inquiry in- vestigates the action of, 452; protests against the constitution of the court, 452;
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is censured by the court, 453; testimony of before the court, 455; examination of the points of the court against, 455; com- mittee on the conduct of the war exoner- ates, 461; granted leave of absence, 463; the resignation of accepted, 463; elected Governor of Rhode Island, 464; affection and esteem of the Ninth Corps for, 464; 513, Burnside, Edgehill, father of A. E., 4. marries Pamelia Brown, 4. Burrage, Maj., writes account of siege, 342. Butler's B. F. Gen., success at the South, 106; failure before Petersburg, 405. Butterfield, Gen., in command of Fifth Corps, 210, 215; relieves Couch's Corps, 226. Byington, killed before Knoxville, 492. Byrd, Col., in command of cavalry in East Tennessee, 312.
Cairo, the Ninth Corps at, 280, return to, 288.
Camden, battle of, 81. Cameron, Col. kill at Bull Run, 17. Cameron, Col. at siege of Knoxville, 473. CAMPAIGN IN MARYLAND, THE-SOUTH
MOUNTAIN, 118.
CAMPAIGN IN MISSISSIPPI, THE, 279. Campbell, J. A., peace commissioner, 473. Campbell's Station, battle of, 335; Long- street defeated at, 337. Carey, E. M., Maj. of 12th Ohio, com- mended by Cox, 161. Carey, S., Aide de camp, 518. Casey, James S., commissary of musters, 520.
Carolina City, occupied by Parke, 71. Carpenter, Capt. commands rebel bat- tery at Antietam, 136. Carpenter, Capt., killed, 493. Carruth, Lieut. Col., in command of 35th Mass., 145, commands brigade, 523. Carter, S. P. Gen., raids into East Ten- nessee, 292. Caskie, Capt., commands rebel battery at Antietam, 136. Cedar Creek, Gen. Sheridan's brilliant exploit at, 479.
Cedar Mountain, Gen. Reno joined McDowell at, 107. Cemetery Hill, enemy fortifies, 412, attack upon, ordered by Meade, 427; attack upon, ordered by Burnside, 435. Centreville, Army of Potomac under McDowell at, 15; Army of Potomac under Pope at, 110, 111. Chamblos,
S., assistant quartermas- ter, 519. Chandler, C. L., Lieut., fell at the North Anna, 392. Chantilly, battle of, 114. Chapin, Col., commands brigade in East Tennessee, 333.
Chaplains, character and services of, 502. Chaplin, J. C., Lieut. in command of gunboat, 22n.; at Elizabeth City, 49. Chattanooga, Rosecrans in possession of, 311; scarcity of supplies at, 323; Grant at, 328.
Chickamauga, Rosecrans, defeated at,
319.
Chief of Cavalry, 516. Chiefs of artillery, 517, 525. Chipman, Major of 59th Mass., killed, 493. Christ, B. C. Col., commands brigade in 9th
Colhoun, E. R., Lieut. in command of gunboat, 28 n. Collingwood, Lieut. 29th Mass., killed,
493.
Colored Troops, Burnside's opinion of, 366; joined the 9th Corps, 367; duty of guarding trains committed to, 375; in 18th corps, 406; rejoined the Corps, 419; ex- pected to assault Petersburg, 427; Meade's opinion of, 429; Grant's opinion of, 430, 431: at the assault in the crater, 442, 444; reorganized, 467; at Pegram farm, 468; at Hatcher's run, 470; at Bermuda Hun- dred, 471.
Commissaries of musters, 520. Commissaries of subsistence, 519. Committee on Conduct of War, testi- mony before, 185, 432; investigates mine affair, 460; opinion of, relating to mine, 461.
Comstock, Lieut., engineer in Army of Potomac, 191; makes mistake in posting troops, 379. CONCLUSION, 490. Confederacy Southern, not recognized, 159; bisected, 304; proved a shell, 323; in the gripe of Grant, 419; Sherman demon- strates weakness of, 475. Congress frigate, burned, 53. Congress, passes law organizing corps,
104; thanks Burnside and his troops, 357. Conine, J. W. Lieut., Aide to Cox, 162, 518. Connecticut 8th infantry, in N. C. ex- pedition, 22; in battle of Roanoke Island, 42; in battle of Newbern, 61; volunteers to cross Rappahanock, 212; in Roster, 527.
Connecticut 10th infantry, in N. C. ex- pedition, 21; at battle of Roanoke Island, 42; officers of, killed, 46; in Roster, 533. Connecticut 11th infantry, in N. C. ex- pedition, 22; at Hatteras Inlet, 36; at New- bern, 56, 58, 60, 61: at Antietam, 142; in Roster, 527. Connecticut 15th, in Roster, 527. Connecticut 16th, in Roster, 527. Connecticut 21st, in Roster, 527. CONQUEST AND OCCUPATION of East Ten- nessee, 811. Conway, T. W., Chaplain of 9th New York, 83.
Cook, Capt. commands battery in Ninth Corps, 124, 171, 526.
Cooke's Life of Jackson, referred to, 230. Corps Commanders, 513. Couch, D. N., at West Point, 6. Couch, Gen, commands division in Army of Potomac, 119, 121; commands corps in Army of Potomac at the battle of Freder- icksburg, 223, 226. Couillard, Joshua Capt., commands gnn- boat, 22 n.
Court of Inquiry ordered to investigate the mine affair, 451; testimony before, 454; finding and opinion of, 453; decision of, unsupported by testimony, 454.
Cox, J. D. GEN., commands division in 9th Corps, 122, 520; at the battle of South Mountain, 124; commands corps, 132, 513; sketch of, 160; retires from command, and moves division west, 160; promoted, 162; on duty in Ohio, 488; resigns his commis- sion, 489; is elected Governor of Ohio, 489. Crawford Gen, in command of a divis- ion near Petersburg, 411, 412. Crenshaw Capt., commands rebel battery at Fredericksburg, 219. Crittenden, Thos. L., despatch from, 311; in command of first division, Ninth Corps, 382, 521; his division at the North Anna, 392; his division at Cold Harbor, 397; re- tires from the command, 401 Crittenden W. L., at West Point, 6. Croatan Sound, obstructed by enemy, 35; Union fleet in, 36; barricade removed from, 47. Crocker, Frederic, Capt., in command of gunboat, 22 n.
Crook, Gen., commands brigade at An- tietam, 135, 522; attacks bridge, 143; crosses the creek, 146; commands division, 520. Croome, Lieut., killed at South Mountain, 124; commended by Cox, 161. Cullum, G. W. Gen., Burnside writes to, 178, 197. Cumberland frigate, sunk in Hampton Roads, 58. Cumberland Gap, occupied tempora- rily, 31; enemy's garrison at left without orders, 306; attacked and summoned, 309; surrendered to Burnside, 310. Cummings Col., in command of rebel brigade at Antietam, 143. Curtin, Col. commands 45th Pennsylvania, 283, 529; in command of brigade 390, 523; at the battle of Cold Harbor, 397; gallant ex- ploit of, in front of Petersburg, 409, 410; promoted to brevet Brigadier General, 474; supports Griffin's attack on Peters- burg, 483; commands division, 522,
DeCourcy, Col., meets raiders and defeats them, 291; invests Cumberland Gap, 305. De Montiel, Lieut. Col, bravery, death, and sketch of, 46.
De Wolf, Jas. F. Capt., assistant commis- sary, 21, 519.
Dearborn O. M., ordnance officer, 516. DELIVERANCE THE, OF EAST TENNESSEE, 259; its great importance, 360. DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE, Burnside assumes command of, 32; boun- daries of limited by conquest, 76; Burn- side relinquishes, 94; Foster in command of, 95; good feeling in, 97. Department of the Cumberland, the, Rosecrans in command of, 311; Rosecrans relieved from command, 328; Thomas ap- pointed to command, 328. DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, THE, 261; Burnside in command of, 261; Wright re- lieved from, 261; constitution of, 261; civil affairs of assuming prominence, 265; trea- son not to be permitted in, 271. Dewey, Capt. of the 20th Michigan, killed, 493. Dickenson, Capt. in command of battery in Ninth Corps, 171, 532; killed at Freder icksburg, 223.
Dismal Swamp Canal, to be occupied, 34. Division commanders, 520 Doherty, Maj. of the 57th Massachusetts,
killed, 493. Doubleday Gen., in command of divis- ion at South Mountain, 126; in command of division at Fredericksburg, 218; holds Stuart in check at Fredericksburg, 220. Douty, Jacob, Lt., heroic conduct of, 436. Downey, Master's mate in command of gunboat, 22 n.
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Fairchild, H. S., Col., commands 89th New York at Camden, 80; commands a brigade at South Mountain, 125, 522. Fairfax Court House. movement up- on, 15; retreat of Pope to, 113. Falmouth, army at, 200; description of,
205.
Farquhar, Capt., testimony of, before Court of Inquiry, 455. Fearing, George R., Lieut., aide de camp, 21, 517; daring reconnaisance of, 65. Fearns, Charles W.. Adjutant, killed in front of Knoxville, 340.
Fenton, W M., Col., commands brigade, 522. Ferrero, Edward, Col., commands the 51st New York, 42; commands brigade, 84, 522; gallantry of his brigade at Groveton, 118; gallantry of his brigade at South Mountain, 125; promoted to Brigadier General, 144n; gallant attack of his brigade at Freder Icksburg, 223; commands the trenches be- fore Jackson, 286; occupies Jackson, 286; fails of confirmation. 318; afterwards ob- tains confirmation, 318; commands divis-
ion in the Ninth Corps, 332, 521; at Lenoirs and Campbell's station, 333,335; his opinion of the battle of Campbell's station,337; com- mands at fort Sanders, 343, 350; commands colored division of the Ninth Corps, 367; commands the trains of the army, 375; ar- rives at Petersburg, 420; is not allowed by Meade to lead the attack on the mine, 429; is ordered to move his division after Gen. Willcox's, 435; sends his command into the fight, 442; is censured by court of in- quiry, 453; denies the declaration of the court, 458; produces affidavits in contra- diction of the court, 458; at the Pegram farm, 469; at Hatcher's run, 470; is de- tached from the Ninth Corps, 471; in com- mand at Bermuda Hundred, 471; is brevet- ted Major General, 471. Fifth Corps in Maryland, 119; in Virginia, 160; at Fredericksburg, 210; Butterfield commands, 210; Warren commands, 376. See Warren. FIRST COMMANDER of the NINTH CORPS, THE, 1.
First Corps in Maryland, 119; in Virginia, 160; at Fredericksburg, 220. See Reynolds, J. J.
FIRST RHODE ISLAND, Burnside in com- mand of, 13; at Washington, 14; at the battle of Bull Run, 15; returns home, 19; is thanked by the General Assemby, 19; pri- vate soldiers of, become officers, 505. Fisher, fort, captured, 475. Fitch, A. H., Maj, member of military commission, 269.
Fitch, E. B., Capt., Quartermaster on Cox's Staff, 162, 519.
Fitch, Lieut. Commander, in command of fleet on the Ohio, 296; prevents Morgan's escape, 297; admirable conduct of, 300. Flagler, D. W., ordnance officer, 21, 516; assists Parke at Fort Macon, 72; com- mands battery at Fort Macon, 73. Flusser, Charles W., Lieut., in command
of gunboat, 22n; a promising officer, 54; commands expedition to Norfolk Canal, 84. Floyd, J. B., Burnside embarassed by, 9. Foote, Flag Officer, success of, at Fort Henry, 49.
Forrest, Gen., rebel, attacks our troops at Marysville, 339.
Foster, Col., enters Knoxville, 309; moves against Sam. Jones, 313; at Carter's, 316; at Blue Springs, 325. Foster, John G., Gen., at West Point, 6; in command of brigade at Annapolis, 21; lands troops at Roanoke, 39; opens the battle of Roanoke Island, 40; receives the surrender of Roanoke, 45; opens the battle of Newbern, 57; advances upon Fort Thompson, 61; commands expedition to Washington, 78; commands expedition to Columbia, 79; in command of department of North Carolina, 94; sketch of, 94; in command of department of the Ohio, 355; general order of, 356. Foster, John L., Capt., captain of gun- boat, 22n.
Fourth Corps in Maryland, 119. Franklin, Charles L., Lieut., intrepidity of, 38.
Franklin, W. B., Gen., in command of Corps in Virginia, 107; joins Pope, 113;
at Crampton's Gap, 121; at Antietam, 139; in command of left grand division, 187, 210; opinion of, respecting pontons, 196: lays bridges across the Rappahannock, 222; crosses the Rappahannock, 214; is or- dered to attack, 215; is sluggish in temper- ament, 217; treats his orders contemptu- ously, 221; loses his opportunity, 231; settles into obscurity, 231. Frazer, Capt. of 21st Mass., captured, but captures his guard in turn, 65; killed, 493. Frazer, Gen., rebel commander at Cumber- land Gap, 309; surrenders Cumberland Gap to Burnside, 310. Frederick, Md., occupied by Lee, 119; by Burnside, 120. Fredericksburg, description of, 203. FREDERICKSBURG, THE BATTLE OF, 210 Fremont, J. C., Gen., in command in Virginia, 102.
French, Chas. A., Master, commands gun- boat, 23n
French, W. H, Capt, a staff officer, 262n., 520; a private in 1st R. I., 505. French, W H., Gen., commands a division at Antietam, 139; at Fredericksburg, 226. Fricker, J., Lieut., in command of Signal Corps, 49.
Gadsden, Charles A., Lieut., killed at the battle of Camden, 83. Galpin, killed at Knoxville, 493. Garrard, Col., is attacked at Rogersville, 330; under Willcox, 354. Georgia Regiments at Antietam, 143; in the attack on Fort Sanders, 351. Getty, Gen., commands division in the Ninth Corps, 163, 171, 211, 521; sends 89th New York across the Rappahannock, 213; at the battle of Fredericksburg, 224; Getty's division separated from the Ninth Corps, 253; men of, inscribe their tents with the initials, 9th A. C.' 253n Gibbon. Gen., makes a brilliant advance at South Mountain, 127; commands divis- ion in the army of the Potomac, 210; at the battle of Fredericksburg, 220. Gibson. Capt., commands battery at Anti- etam. 140. Giddings, John E., in command of gun- boat, 23n. Gilbert, Col., commands brigade in 23d corps, 313. Gillmore, Q. A., Gen., captures Fort Pulaski, 74; commands in Kentucky, 262; is relieved, 264; fails in attacking Peters- burg, 405. Gilmour, Major, mortally wounded on the Tolopotomoy, 492. Gittings, Capt., commands battery in siege of Knoxville, 343. Goddard, R. H. I., distinguishes himself and is brevetted, 495; a private in the 1st R. 1., 505; assistant Inspector General, 515. Goddard, Wm. Maj., A. D. C, 533. Goldsborough, L. M., Flag Officer, commands the naval forces in the North Carolina expedition, 22; sails trom Hatte- ras Inlet, 36; attacks rebel batteries at Ro- anoke Island, 37; issues, with Burnside, a proclamation, 51; leaves the waters of North Carolina, 54; receives the thanks of Congress, 75. Goodrich, E. R., Capt, commissary of
subsistence, 21, 519; promoted to Lieuten- ant Colonel, 304; a member of military com- mission, 269. Goodwin, J. H., Jr., Lieut., killed at the battle of Roanoke Island, 45. Gordon, Gen., commands rebel attack on Fort Stedman, 476.
Goss, Lieut. of the 21st Mass., killed, 493. Gould, Col., of the 59th Massachusetts,
killed, 493; commands brigade, 524. Gowen, Geo. W., Capt., killed while in command of 48th Pennsylvania, 495; A. D. C., 517.
Graham, Col., in East Tennessee, 354; fights the enemy at Walker's Ford, 355. Granger, Gen., commands a corps in East Tennessee, 352. Grant, U. S., Gen., besieging Vicksburg, needs re-enforcement, 279; Ninth Corps sent to, 280; Gen. Pemberton surrenders to, 281; thanks the Ninth Corps in general orders, 287; assumes command of the mili- tary division of the Mississippi, 327; is anxious in regard to East Tennessee, 330; is relieved of his anxiety by Burnside, 332; despatches to Burnside from, 343; attacks and defeats Bragg, 347; military genius of, commended, 353; appointed Lieutenant General, 351; makes his headquarters with the army of the Potomac, 354; opens the campaign of 1864 by crossing the Rapidan, 371; commends Burnside's march, 373, turns Lee's position in the Wilderness, 376; attacks Lee at Spottsylvania, 378; ad- vances to the North Anna, 389; intention of, to beat Lee North of the James, 390; attacks at the North Anna, 391; retires from the North Anna and crosses the Pa- munkey, 394; fights the battle of Cold Har- bor, 397; retires from Cold Harbor and crosses the James, 401; considerations re- specting the movements of, 401; puts his army in front of Petersburg, 408; fixes his grasp on Lee and his army, 419; impatient for attack, 422; disapproves of the use of colored troops to lead the attack of July 30, 431; believes if they had led, it would have been a success, 431n; at the headquar ters of Ninth Corps on the 30th of July, 437; refuses to order court martial to try Burnside, 451; examined before court of inquiry, 454; remarkable statement of, 460; despatches the 6th Corps to Washington, 463; endeavors to extend his lines on the left, 469; permits peace commissioners to pass through the lines, 473; allows desert- ers to come in with arms, 476; compli- ments Hartranft, 479; prepares to strike the final blow, 481; strikes the blow, 482; Lee surrenders to, 486. Graves, C. L., Master, in command of gun-boat, 23n. Graves, Frank, Col., mortally wounded in the Wilderness, 375. Graves, G. W., Master, in command of gun-boat, 23n. Gregg, Gen.. engages the enemy on the 30th of July, 450. Griffin. Charles, Gen, at West Point, 6; loses battery at Bull Run, 17; commands division in the Army of the Potomac, 210;
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at the battle of Fredericksburg, 226; at- tacks at Poplar Spring Church, 467. Griffin, S. G., Lieut. Col., leads expedi- tion to Elizabeth City, 80; at the battle of Camden, 80; Col., commands the 6th New Hampshire, 144; makes reconnaisance, 281; commands brigade in Mississippi, 283, 522; commands in trenches before Jackson, 285; gains an advantage in the Wilderness, 373; saves Hancock from defeat, 384; wins his star, 384; at Cold Harbor, 398; brilliant exploit of, 409; attacks the enemy on the 30th of July, 439; decides with Gen. Hart- ranft to withdraw the troops from the crater, 449; examined before court of in- quiry, 456; attacks at Poplar Spring Church, 467; holds the left of the Ninth Corps, 471; attacks Petersburg, 482, com- mands division, 484, 522; wins his brevet, 481
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Hall, H. Seymour, Lieut. Col., wounded at the mine, 445.
H a 11, Theron E, asst. quartermaster, 519. Halleck, H. W., Gen general in chief, 101; visits McClellan, 102, 104; orders with- drawal from Peninsula, 105; is not on friendly terms with McClellan, 118; disap- proves the evacuation of Harper's Ferry, 122; becomes impatient with McClellan, 168; visits Burnside at Warrenton, 183; makes untrue assertions respecting Burn- side's plan, 184; testimony of, before Com- mittee on Conduct of War, 185; Wood- bury's statement respecting, in regard to pontons, 191, 194, 195; despatch to Burn- side respecting Woodbury, 199; letter of Burnside to, 234; correspondence of Burn- side with, 239; orders Ninth Corps to Grant, 279; unwittingly causes false secu- rity to the people of Kentucky, 292; orders Morgan's imprisonment, 299; orders the occupation of the upper Holston, 312; suggests the re-enforcement of Rosecrans, 315; correspondence with Burnside, 318; curtness of, 320; unacquaintance of, with practical warfare, 321; indecision of, 321; is relieved by Grant, to the satisfaction of Hamblin, Col., brigade of, re-enforces all, 364. Hamilton's Crossing, enemy's line Parke, 485. at, to be attacked, 212; Franklin ordered Hampton Roads, North Carolina Ex- to seize, 215; the key to rebel position, 229. pedition in, 22; rebel steamer Merrimac in, 53; Mr. Lincoln receives Peace Commis- sioners at, 473. Hancock, W. S., Gen., commands a divis- ion in Army of the Potomac, 210; in the battle of Fredericksburg, 226; in the battle of the Wilderness, 373; saved by Col. Grif- fin, 384; to move and fight the enemy wherever he might find him, 389; move- ment of interfered with by Ewell, 389; at Milford Station, 390; assisted by Potter at the North Anna, 392; at Cold Harbor, 397; in front of Petersburg, 406; makes a feigned attack at Deep Bottom, 434; orders to, on the day of the mine's explosion, 434,
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