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McCall, General John A., joins Army of Potomac, 122; at Mechanicsville, 124; at Gaines's Mill, 126; report of, on Frayser's Farm, 136; captured at close of battle (Frayser's Farm), 138; his tenacity of battle, 139.

McClellan, General George B., 61; called "the young Napoleon," 63; delay in marching against Johnston at Centreville, 64; concentrates army on the James River, 65; President Davis's high opinion of, 66; not on field of Williamsburg until late in the day, 80; at White House, 82; organizes two provisional army corps, 82; orders troops withdrawn from Mechanicsville, 125; orders change of base to James River, 132; main force of, encounters Longstreet at Frayser's Farm, 133; masterly retreat of, 132-140, 151; strength of his position at Malvern Hill, 141; shows himself well equipped in science of war, 151; on a gunboat on the James, 151; reaches Alexandria, 171; marches in slow pursuit of Lee in Maryland, 208; report of, on march, 209; receives Lee's "lost order," 213; writes President Lincoln of prospects in Maryland, 214; writes General Halleck on same, 214-216; "makes haste slowly" after receiving the "lost order," 216; orders for advance of commands, 217; prisoners claimed by, at South Mountain, 225; army of, in position at Antietam, 234; on field with Hooker, 237; disapproves of attack by Franklin, 257; orders Burnside to take bridge over Antietam, 258; neither plan nor execution of, strong at Antietam, 267; letter to, from Governor Curtin, 282; slow march of, after Lee in Maryland, 282; his position at opening of Maryland campaign, 284, 285; opinion of, against holding Harper's Ferry, 286; description of, 285; compared and contrasted with Lee, 285; crosses the Potomac, south of the Blue Ridge, 290; relieved from command, 291.

McCook, General A. McD., at Chickamauga, 442; goes before court of inquiry, 465.

McCook, Colonel D., at Chickamauga, 442.

McDowell, General Irvin, at West Point, 16; in the field, 35; at Centreville, 37; plan for battle at Manassas, 43; pushes battle by artillery arm, 49; gallant effort of, to recover lost power, 50; criticism of, 54, 56; in command of Third Corps, Army of Virginia, 153; march of, to Manassas intercepted by Jackson, 176, 177; at Manassas, 190.

McElroy, Colonel, death of, 520.

McLaws, Major-General L., at Williamsburg, 70; at Seven Pines, 107, 108; march of, in Maryland campaign, 207, 208; orders from, at Crampton's Pass, 230; at Maryland Heights, 231; arrives at Sharpsburg, 244; brigades of, enter battle, 245, 247; losses of Lee's army in, 266; at Fredericksburg, 307 _et seq._; at Gettysburg, 370, 393, 396, 397; in retreat from Gettysburg, 431; brigades of, start with Longstreet's command for Tennessee, 437; two brigades of, arrive at Chickamauga, 439; but commander and other brigades too late, 440; finally joins Longstreet, 462; posts army in semicircle near Chattanooga, 463; engages in attack on Hooker's rear-guard, 476, 477; in engagement on Little Tennessee, 490; reaches Knoxville, 495; advance of, 497; ordered to assault of fort, 500; again ordered to assault, 502; orders of, to command for assault, 503; letter of, to General Longstreet, urging delay of assault, 504; letter to, from General Longstreet, 504; makes assault, 505, 506; relief of, ordered by General Longstreet, 518; inquires cause therefor, 518; is restored to duty, 548.

Magruder, Fort, at Williamsburg, 68; attack on, 73.

Magruder, General J. B., 66; reinforced by Huger and Early, 67; builds fortifications at Williamsburg, 68; engages with Sumner at Allen's Farm and Savage Station, 132.

Mahone, General William, in battle of Wilderness, 562; arrests advance of Hancock before Richmond, 576; at Petersburg, 606; describes General Lee's reception of disaster in retreat to Appomattox, 614, 615; fires High Bridge, 615; at Cumberland Church, 615; at Farmville, 617; in conference with General Lee at Appomattox, 625.

Malvern Hill, battle of, 141; positions of troops on field of, 141, 142; Confederates make poor use of artillery, 143; General Lee abandons his original plan, 144; battle begun by advance of the Confederate right, 144; Confederates repulsed, 144; Federals march to Harrison's Landing, 145; Jackson ordered to follow retreat, 146; casualties, 151.

Manassas (or Bull Run), first battle of, field chosen by Beauregard, 33; description of, 34; Beauregard's plan of battle, 36; McDowell's arrival, 35, 37; opening of battle, 38, 46; forces available, 41; McDowell's advance driven back, 46; Terry's and Lubbock's reconnoissance, 45, 48; fight assumes large proportions, 48; Jackson christened "Stonewall," 49; Beauregard in command on left, 49; Kirby Smith's forces arrive, 50; McDowell makes effort to recover lost power, 50; flight of Federals, 51; Longstreet's order to fire on retreat countermanded by General Bonham, 52; pursuit revoked, 53; losses, 53; criticism of McDowell, 54, 56; Tyler's reconnoissance, 55; Confederate battle-flag, 56; organization of forces, 57, 58.

Manassas (or Bull Run), second battle of, making ready for, 163 _et seq._; strength of confronting armies, 169; advance of Pope to, 170; Jackson first on the field, 171; Pope reaches the Junction, 172; first passage of arms on field, 172; Longstreet at Thoroughfare Gap, 173, 174; engagement at, 175, 176; Jackson attacks King's division at Groveton, 175, 176; Pope's orders to Porter, 178, 179; battle opened by Federals against Jackson's right, 180; positions of troops, 181; Kearny opens against Jackson's left, 182; Longstreet reports against attack, 182; Lee returns to first plan of battle, 183; Confederate advance anticipated by Federals, 184; Pope on his orders to Porter, 185; Pope mistakenly thinks Confederates retreating, 185, 186; Porter ordered against Jackson's front, 186; Longstreet orders batteries against Porter, 187; charge of Longstreet's troops, 187; Lee rides under fire, 189;

## action of United States regulars, 190;

Federals retreat, 190; Jackson and Stuart ordered in pursuit, 191; forces engaged, and losses, 195; retreat covered by Sumner, 196; review of campaign, 196, 197.

Manassas Junction, Longstreet reports at, to Beauregard, 33; raid on, by Stuart and Trimble, 167; engagement at, 169.

Manning, Colonel P. T., wounded while lunching with Longstreet on field of Chickamauga, 451.

Mansfield, Major-General Joseph K. F., crosses the Antietam preparatory to battle, 237; mortally wounded at Antietam, 242.

Marshall, Colonel, letter of, to General Longstreet, on alleged order by General Lee for battle "at sunrise," 380 (note).

Martin, Major-General, 441; supersedes Wheeler in command of Confederate cavalry at Knoxville, 500; operations against Sturgis's cavalry, 522; in affair at Dandridge, 526, 527; in affair near Dandridge, 532; President Davis orders cavalry of, sent to Johnston, 539; leaves Longstreet for Georgia, 542.

Marye, Captain, at Manassas, 40.

Maryland campaign, the, 199 _et seq._ (_see_ Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, etc.); review of, 279 _et seq._

Mason, George T., killed on the Rio Grande, 23.

Matamoras, Taylor's army at, 22.

May, Charles, heroism of, at Resaca de la Palma, 28.

Meade, General George G., at South Mountain, 223-225; at Antietam, 241; handsome advance of, at Fredericksburg, 308, 309; succeeds Hooker in command of the Army of the Potomac, 348; wires General Halleck of plans, 349; suggestion to, by General Halleck that Lee may turn his left, 360; position of, on second day at Gettysburg, 363; recognizes and fears move by Confederate right, 368; holds council on night of second day, 376; not apprehensive of Lee's left, 389; attempts to bring his left against Longstreet's battle, 396; on suggestion of Longstreet to work towards his line of communications, 404; concentrates army at Warrenton, 432; before the battle of the Wilderness, 552; orders his troops into action, 559; at Petersburg, 608; follows retreat, 610, 611.

Mechanicsville, battle of, attack by A. P. Hill, 123, 124; losses of first day, 124; McClellan orders withdrawal, 125.

Memoirs of General Longstreet, suggested by General Lee, 655.

Merritt, General Wesley, Sheridan's chief of cavalry, 590, 598.

Mexican war, beginning of, 18; precipitated by movement to the Rio Grande, 21, 22; first hostilities, 23; Palo Alto, 25; Resaca de la Palma, 26.

Miles, Colonel Dixon H., mentioned by McClellan, 215; mortally wounded at Harper's Ferry, 232; orders to, from General Wool, 286.

Miles, General, at Petersburg, 608.

Miller, Captain, at Gettysburg, 395.

Mills, Colonel Roger Q., commands brigade at Chickamauga, 446.

Milroy, General, fights severe engagement with Ewell at Winchester, 339.

Minnegerode, Rev., pastor of church in Richmond, 607.

Mitchell, General R. B., at Chickamauga, 442.

Moore, Colonel, killed at Seven Pines, 99.

Morgan, General John T., in engagement on Little Tennessee River, 490; in affair near Dandridge, 532.

"Mud March," the, 323.

Mumford, General T. T., at Five Forks, 596, 597; ordered by Longstreet against Ord's bridge-burners, 612; at Cumberland Church, 615; captures part of Gregg's cavalry, 617; at Appomattox, 629.

Naglee, General, at Burnside's Bridge (Antietam), 259.

Napoleon, quotation from, 405.

Negley, General, at Chickamauga, 442.

Negroes, Confederate Congress provides for enrolment of, as soldiers, 582; suffrage of, 636.

Nichols, General W. A., at Gettysburg, 374; extends hospitality to Longstreet, 632, 633.

North Carolina, Fifth Regiment, slaughter in ranks of, at Williamsburg, 78.

Nurse, the old, 638.

Ord, General E. O. C., 62; meets General Longstreet, 583; proposes meeting of commanders in interest of peace, 584; called by General Grant to south side of the James, 595; following Confederate retreat from Petersburg, 610; orders burning of High Bridge, 611; at Appomattox, 623, 624; interview with, described by Longstreet, 647.

Orders, lost. _See_ Lost orders.

Owen, Edward, 635.

Owen, Miller, 635.

Owen, William, 635.

Palmer, General J. M., at Chickamauga, 442.

Palo Alto, 24.

Parke, General John G., in command at Knoxville, 496; takes the field along the rear of Longstreet's march, 512; assumes command of Federals in field on march to Dandridge, 528; at Fort Steadman, 594, 595; at Petersburg, 605, 606.

Parker, J. M. G., letter to, from General Longstreet, 636, 637.

Patrick, General, at Antietam, 266; carries Sumner's demand for surrender of Fredericksburg to civil authorities and General Longstreet, 294; in attack, 309.

Patterson, Robert, opposing Johnston in the Valley, 42, 53.

Peace, propositions for, by General Lee, 204; to be secured because gold had gone up to 200, 317; talk of, 582; mission of Hon. Montgomery Blair, 583; proposition of General Ord to Longstreet for meeting of commanders in interest of, 583, 584; proposed meeting of wives of Generals Grant and Longstreet in interest of, 584; correspondence of Generals Lee and Grant, 585, 586; General Grant disclaims authority to act upon, 587; Longstreet on interview with General Ord, 547.

Pegram, Colonel, at Five Forks, 597; mortally wounded, 599.

Pegram, General, at Chickamauga, 441.

Pemberton, General, commissioned lieutenant-general, 290; with President Davis before Army of the Tennessee, 469; troops threaten mutiny when they hear Davis's purpose to assign him to command of Polk's corps, 470.

Pender, General, at Shepherdstown, 264; at Fredericksburg, 307; at Gettysburg, 354.

Pendleton, General, at Shepherdstown, 264; saw opportunity for the right at Gettysburg, 368; charges of, against First Corps, 377; delivers to General Lee opinion of officers favorable to surrender, 618; interview with General Lee on proposition for surrender, 620, 621.

Peninsula, the, 68.

Peninsular campaign (_see_ Chickahominy, Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines's Mill, Malvern Hill, etc.), losses in, 151.

Pennsylvania, invasion of, 331, 334. _See_ Gettysburg.

Perry, General, at Gettysburg, 371.

Petersburg, battle of, Confederates cross the James, 603; General Grant's concerted assault, 604; General Wright makes opening assault, 605; death of General A. P. Hill, 605; General Grant rides over captured works, 606; news of, received by President Davis in church at Richmond, 607; fierce assaults on Fort Gregg, 607; heavy losses at Fort Whitworth, 608; Lee gives orders for retreat, 608; Lee purposed to join Johnston in North Carolina, 610.

Pettigrew, General, wounded and captured at Seven Pines, 98; charge of, at Gettysburg, compared with those of Meade's divisions at Fredericksburg, 314; at Gettysburg, 352; position of, on third day (Gettysburg), 388; famous charge, 393; wounding of, 394; attacked by Kilpatrick in retreat from Gettysburg, 430.

Pickett, General George E., at Seven Pines, 108; at Gaines's Mill, 127, 128; at opening of Fredericksburg, 309; his charge at Gettysburg compared with that of Meade's division at Fredericksburg, 314; position of, on third day, 388; Alexander gives notice to, and Longstreet affirms order for advance of, 392; General Lee favors sending division of, to Longstreet, in Tennessee, 539; recalled, to join Longstreet, 591; ordered to join Lee at Petersburg, 592; opens battle of Five Forks, 596, 597; rides under fire to his command, 599; position at Five Forks not of his choosing, 600; generalship of, 601; reinforced too late, 599, 602; in engagement at Amazon Creek, 606; escapes capture at Rice's Station, 614.

Pleasonton, General Alfred, in Maryland campaign, 209, 210; pushes Confederate cavalry back from the Maryland mountains, 216; opens battle of South Mountain, 221; crosses bridge No. 2 (Antietam), 252; in command of cavalry division under Burnside's reorganization, 292; engages Stuart's cavalry at Brandy Station, 338; drives Stuart back to Ashby's Gap, 341.

Poe, Captain, constructs Federal earthworks at Knoxville, 496; report on work by citizens and contrabands, 500.

Political prisoners, General Lee upon exchange of, 586; General Grant upon, 587; Longstreet on exchange of, 648.

Polk, General Leonidas (Bishop), commissioned lieutenant-general, 290; in command of right wing at Chickamauga, 439; put under charges by General Bragg, 465.

Pope, Major-General John, in command of Army of Virginia, 153; displays bold front as a diversion, 154; injudicious orders of, 154; "General Orders No. 11," 155; his attitude towards non-combatants contrasted with Scott's in Mexico, 155, 156; engages with Jackson at Slaughter Mountain, 157; increases strength of his army, 159; captures one of Lee's orders and officers, 160; puts army in retreat across the Rappahannock, 160; head-quarters of, raided by Stuart, 165; forms plan to attack Lee, 166; concentrates Army of Virginia at Warrenton, 168; orders for advance and concentration at Manassas, 171; reaches Manassas Junction, 172; orders to Porter, 178, 179; orders for attack at Manassas, 180; orders Porter to attack Longstreet's right, 184; his report upon, 185; mistakenly supposes Confederates retreating, 185, 186; letter to, from General Lee, on death of Kearny, 194; criticism of, in Manassas campaign, 197.

Porter, Major-General Fitz-John, in command of Fifth Corps, 82; at Mechanicsville, 122; at Gaines's Mill, 126; at Malvern Hill, 141; ordered by Pope to Manassas, 171; march of, delayed, 171; Pope's orders to, for Manassas, 178; ordered to attack Longstreet's right flank, 184; receives order too late, 185; ordered to attack Jackson's front, 186; hard battle against, by Jackson and Longstreet, 187, 188; at Antietam, 234; ordered ready to enter battle, 252.

Porter, Theoderic, in theatricals on Mexican frontier, 20; killed on the Rio Grande, 23.

Potomac, Army of. _See_ Army of the Potomac.

Potter, General R. D., in East Tennessee campaign, 490, 492.

Powell, William H., report of, on Second Manassas, 190.

Preston, General William, at Chickamauga, 439, 450 (note); gains Snodgrass Hill, 455.

Provisional Army Corps, two organized by McClellan, 82.

Rains, General, leaves percussion shells at Williamsburg, 79.

Ransom, General, at Fredericksburg, 309, 310, 313; at Five Forks, 596, 598; horse killed, 599.

Reed, General Theodore, mortally wounded in engagement at Cumberland Church, 615.

Regulars, United States, at First Manassas, 37, 51; at Second Manassas, 189, 190.

Reno, General Jesse, division of, joins Pope at Culpeper, 159; captures signal station, 161; killed at South Mountain, 223.

Resaca de la Palma, 26-28.

Retreats, the great (McClellan's), 132-152; from Gettysburg, 426 _et seq._

Reynolds, General John F., at Mechanicsville, 126; ordered to attack at Manassas (Second), 180; in command of right wing of Union army at Gettysburg, 353; death of, 354.

Reynolds, General, at Chickamauga, 441.

Rice's Station, 611; engagement at, 613, 614.

Richardson, General I. B., at Sharpsburg, 244, 247; brave advance of, against Confederate centre, 248, 250; occupies Piper House at Antietam, 251; mortally wounded, 251.

Richardson, Colonel John B., at Second Manassas, 188; at Sharpsburg, 258, 269; at Fredericksburg, 319; at Gettysburg, 411.

Richmond, apprehended advance on, 64; practicable routes to, 64; D. H. Hill's denial of reported proposed abandonment of, when Lee assumed command, 115, 116; Burnside's march for, 293; route to, covered by Longstreet after Fredericksburg battle, 323, 324; armies again in front of, 572 _et seq._ (_see_ Richmond, campaign of, in 1864); news of Petersburg received at, 607.

"Richmond authorities," forced to extremity, call for suggestions as to conduct of the war, 543; Lee and Longstreet confer with, 544. _See_ Richmond, campaign against.

Richmond, campaign against, in 1864, fall of General J. E. B. Stuart, 573; Longstreet assigned to command north of the James, 574; Confederate positions, 575; General Grant conceives plan for left attack, 575, 576; Mahone arrests advance of Hancock, 576; affair on the Williamsburg road, 576-578; closing scenes of (1864), 579; Sherman's movements come into remote bearing upon affairs around the capital, 580; Longstreet orders roads broken up with ploughs, 580; General Grant strengthens combination against Richmond, 590; General Grant orders a grand move by his left, 592; General Lee gives consent to sortie against Fort Steadman, 592; positions and strength of Federal army, 593; General Lee's strength, 593, 594; storming of Fort Steadman, 594; losses at Fort Steadman, 595; General Grant begins movement around the Confederate right, 595; General Lee endeavors to anticipate the movement, 596 (_see_ Five Forks, battle of, Petersburg, battle of, etc.); Longstreet in retreat marches for Farmville, 610; General Meade's pursuit, 610, 611; movements of Generals Ord and Longstreet, 611, 612; High Bridge saved by Longstreet, 612; engagement at Rice's Station, 613, 614; Confederate disaster, 614; General Lee's reception of the news described by General Mahone, 614, 615; engagement at Cumberland Church, 615; panic among Confederate teamsters at Farmville, 615; engagement at Farmville, 616, 617. _See_ Appomattox, surrender at.

Ridgely, Randolph, heroism of, at Resaca de la Palma, 27.

Ripley, General, wounded at Sharpsburg, 243.

Robertson, General J. B., in engagement at Lookout Valley, 476, 477; charges and specifications against, 517; sentenced to suspension, 548.

Robinson, James, Longstreet's guide in Wilderness, 548.

"Rock Brigade," at Chickamauga, 448; at Petersburg, 606.

Rodes, General R. E., takes Federal redoubt and battery at Seven Pines, 94; at South Mountain, 224; at Sharpsburg, 247; at Gettysburg, 355, 374.

Rosecrans, General W. S., threatening of, in Georgia, 433; understood Bragg's plan for Chickamauga, 439; rides along Union lines on eve of battle, 443; at Chattanooga, 463; reports condition of army deplorable, 470; superseded in command by General George H. Thomas, 472.

Rosser, Colonel, on the Rappahannock, 164, 218, 221; General, saves portion of Early's command and reports to Longstreet, 591; at Five Forks, 596; ordered by Longstreet against Ord's bridge-burners, 612; at Cumberland Church, 615; captures part of Gregg's cavalry, 617.

Ruff, Colonel, honorably mentioned, and death of, 520.

Ruger, General, opens against Ewell (Gettysburg, third day), 387, 388.

Sailor's Creek, Confederate disaster at, 613-615.

St. John, Brigadier-General F. M., appointed commissary-general of subsistence, 583.

Sanders, Fort, assault on, by General McLaws, 505, 506.

Scales, General, wounded at Gettysburg, 389.

Scammon, Colonel, at Burnside's Bridge (Antietam), 259.

Schofield, General J. M., despatch to, from General Grant, on driving Longstreet out of Tennessee, 535, 536; despatch of, to General Thomas, 537.

Schurz, General Carl, at Gettysburg, 355.

Scott, General Winfield, 37; treatment of non-combatants in Mexican war, 156; advice of, as to "wayward sisters," 631.

Scout Harrison employed by Longstreet, 324; reports to Longstreet before Gettysburg, 346.

Seddon, Secretary of War, sends scouts to Longstreet, 324; Longstreet calls on, and makes proposition to, for Western movement, 327, 409; Western movement again urged on, by Longstreet, 433, 434.

Sedgwick, General, division of, leads Sumner's advance at Sharpsburg, 244, 245; encounters heavy fire, 246; in command of Sixth Corps, 552.

Semmes, General, at Gettysburg, 370; mortally wounded, 371.

Seven Days' Retreat, McClellan's, 132, 152.

Seven Pines (or Fair Oaks), battle of, 81; new line of defence, 81; McClellan advances to the Chickahominy, 82; preliminary affairs, 82; positions of the armies, 83, 84; Johnston seeks to strike McClellan before McDowell can reach him, 85; Johnston holds council, 85, 86; Longstreet ordered to Williamsburg road, 86; tactical handling there left to him, 88; terrific storm on eve of battle, 88; Johnston's orders for Generals Smith and Huger, 89; lack of harmony between Longstreet, Smith, and Huger, 90, 92; hour of opening battle, 93; Garland and the two Andersons strongly engage, 94; Rodes takes Federal redoubt and battery, 94; Longstreet's battle on the Williamsburg road, 96; McClellan orders Sumner's corps to the fight, 97; Sumner's reports quoted, 98; General Smith beaten, 98; General Johnston orders troops to sleep on their lines, 100; Johnston wounded, 100; summary of forces and losses, 101, 102; Longstreet plans for resuming battle at daylight, 103; the second day's battle, 105; General Smith holds a council, 107; Longstreet asks for reinforcements and a diversion, 108; Pickett's brave stand, 108; losses, 110; criticism on General Smith, 110, 111; the battle should not have been lost by the Confederates, 110; Keyes's corroboration, 110.

Seward, Secretary, 583.

Seymour, General, taken prisoner at Wilderness, 565.

Shaler, General, captured at Wilderness, 565.

Shannon, Lieutenant, at Chickamauga, 441.

Sharpsburg (or Antietam), battle of, preliminaries, 227 _et seq._; head of Lee's army reaches the Antietam, 233; Union army on the field, 234; McClellan makes reconnoissance, 234; description of the field, 235; Hooker advances against Longstreet, 236; Jackson arrives from Harper's Ferry, 236; General Mansfield crosses the Antietam, 237; the bloodiest single day of the war, 239; comparison with other battles, 240; battle opens, 241; fall of General Mansfield, 242; heavy losses in General Walker's, Hood's, and Hill's commands, 243; Federals in heavy columns cross the Antietam, 244; Sumner's advance, 245, 247; Richardson's march against the Confederate centre, 248; Longstreet's battle on the Hagerstown pike, 249; fall of G. B. Anderson, 249; Richardson mortally wounded, 251; attack against Confederate centre reduced to defensive, 252; Pleasonton crosses bridge No. 2, 252; his threatening demonstration checked, 253; D. H. Hill's horse shot under him, 254; Jackson ordered to turn Federal right, 257; McClellan's orders to Burnside to take bridge, 258; charge of Colonel Duryea, 259; advance against Longstreet's right, 260; arrival of General A. P. Hill, 261; Burnside's progress arrested, 262; meeting of Lee and Longstreet after close of battle, 262; Lee withdraws across the Potomac, 263 (_see_ Shepherdstown); strength of armies, 265; losses, 266; McClellan's plan and execution not strong, 267; Confederate troops engaged in, 267; Federal troops engaged in, 271; full significance of battle, 288; comments on Stonewall Jackson at, 401 (note).

Shepherdstown, Lee's army crosses Potomac at, 263; engagement at, 264, 265.

Sheridan, General P. H., at Chickamauga, 442; in command of Federals of Foster's army on march to Dandridge, 528; in fight at Yellow Tavern, 573; marches cavalry from the valley to join Sherman, 590; in battle of Five Forks, 596, 597, 598; at Petersburg, 606; at Appomattox, 622; Longstreet on operations of, 652.

Sherman, General William T., at West Point, 17; advance of, at Manassas, 48; marching on Chattanooga, 480; proposes to strike Hardee, 515; movements of, come into remote bearing upon matters around Richmond, 580; progressive movements of, 581.

Sickles, General Daniel, at Fredericksburg, 309; in affair at the Peach Orchard (Gettysburg), 366, 371; wounded, 371.

Sigel, General, in command of First Corps, Army of Virginia, 153; ordered by Pope to attack at Manassas (Second), 180.

Sims, Captain, at Appomattox, 627.

Slaughter Mountain, battle at, 157.

Slaughter, M., mayor of Fredericksburg, reply of, to General Sumner's demand for surrender, 294-296.

Slocum, General Henry W., at Crampton's Pass, 229; at Gettysburg, 356.

Smith, General E. K., commissioned lieutenant-general, 290.

Smith, Major-General G. W., reports for duty with Army of Northern Virginia, 60; called to Richmond for council with War Department, 65; Johnston's orders to, for Seven Pines, 89; complaint of, against Longstreet, 90; beaten at Seven Pines, 98; command devolved upon, temporarily, after Johnston was wounded, 100; standing of, 103; holds council, 107; criticism upon, 110, 111; resignation of, 111.

Smith, General Kirby, arrives on field of Manassas, 49; is wounded, 50.

Smith, General M. L., in Wilderness, 561; makes reconnoissance and leads flanking force, 562, 563.

Smith, Major Melancthon, at Chickamauga, 441.

Smith, General W. F., at Crampton's Pass, 229; opens line of railway on the Tennessee, 472; move of, against Confederate sharp-shooters, 473.

Soldiers, the Confederate, tributes to, 200, 288; amusement of, 325.

Sorrel, Lieutenant-Colonel G. M., 47; goes with Longstreet to Chickamauga, 438; communicates to General McLaws order of relief from General Longstreet, 518; leads divisions in flanking party in Wilderness, 562; appointed brigadier, 581.

South Mountain, description of, 218; advance of Union forces to, 219; battle of, opened by Generals Pleasonton and Cox, 221; General Garland killed, 221; Federals in superior strength numerically, 222; General Reno killed, 223; the strong battle against General Rodes, 224; exhaustion of the troops, 225; losses, 225; Lee orders withdrawal of troops from, 228.

Staff of General Lee, 573.

Steadman, Fort, sortie against, 592 _et seq._

Steamboat invented by William Longstreet, 14.

Steedman, General, at Chickamauga, 442.

Stephens, Hon. Alex. H., 583.

Steuart, General George H., marches through McConnellsburg and Carlisle, 345; at Gettysburg, 374; at Five Forks, 600.

Stevens, General I. I., at West Point, 17; division of, joins Pope on Rappahannock, 161; at Manassas (Second), 182; killed at Chantilly, 194; tribute to, 195.

Stewart, General, at Chickamauga, 439; makes strong advance and assault, 447.

Strawberry Plains. _See_ Dandridge.

Stribling's battery, captured at Suffolk, 325.

Stuart, General J. E. B., disperses Federals at Lewinsville, 60; at Dranesville, 62; opposes Hooker on the Hampton and Yorktown roads, 68, 69; at Williamsburg, 75; reconnoissance by, around McClellan's army, 116-119; cuts off Stoneman's cavalry at Savage Station, 130; at Erlington Heights, 146; raids General Pope's head-quarters, 165, 166; captures supplies, etc., at Manassas Junction, 167; cavalry of, in first passage of arms on field of Manassas, 172; takes a map on the field, 183; in pursuit of Pope's retreat, 193; at Maryland Heights, 229; rides around Union army at Sharpsburg and Harper's Ferry, 290; engages Pleasonton's cavalry at Brandy Station, 338; orders to, from General Lee, for march to Pennsylvania, 340; driven by Pleasonton back to Ashby's Gap, 341; directions to, from Longstreet, for movements by cavalry, 342; late arrival of, at Gettysburg, 373; stubborn fight of, on third day, 396; covering Confederate retreat from Gettysburg, 428; death of, at Yellow Tavern, 572, 573; character of, 573.

Sturgis, General, at Burnside's Bridge (Antietam), 259; operations against Martin's cavalry, 521, 522; occupies Dandridge, 526; in affair at Dandridge, 526; attempts to strike Martin's rear, 527.

Suffolk, General Longstreet's operations about, 324.

Sumner, General E. V., in command of right on Chickahominy, 84; ordered by McClellan into battle at Seven Pines, 97; reports of, 98; defeats Magruder at Savage Station, 132; gallant covering of retreat from Second Manassas, 196; Lee's "lost order" found in camp of, 213; advance of, at Sharpsburg, 245; eagerness and bravery of, 247; in command of Right Grand Division Army of the Potomac, 292; calls for surrender of Fredericksburg, 293; troops of, enter Fredericksburg, 304.

"Sunrise order" for battle at Gettysburg, 377 _et seq._

Surrender. _See_ Appomattox, surrender at.

Sykes, General, in command of United States regulars at Manassas, 51; at Second Manassas, 189; at Fredericksburg, 313; corps of, at Little Round Top, 371.

Taliaferro, General, wounded at Groveton, 177; at Fredericksburg, 309.

Taylor, Colonel Erasmus, on Lee's acknowledgment of fault at Gettysburg, 400; takes guide to Longstreet in Wilderness, 557; letter of, to Longstreet, on controversy as to guide at Wilderness, 569.

Taylor, General, mortally wounded at Manassas Junction, 170.

Taylor, Assistant Adjutant-General W. H., letter of, to General Longstreet, on order for "battle at sunrise" (Gettysburg), 379 (note); on supporting Longstreet at Gettysburg, 397; states strength of Army of Northern Virginia (May, 1864), 553; letter to, from Longstreet, 574; reports Lee's strength for defence of Richmond, 593, 594; letter to, from Longstreet, 651; letter to, from Longstreet, on policy towards new organizations, 653.

Taylor, General Zachary, in command of "army of observation" in Louisiana, 18; moves to the Rio Grande, 21; calls for volunteers, 23; at Resaca de la Palma, 27.

Tennessee, Army of the. _See_ Army of Tennessee.

Tennessee campaign, 438 _et seq._ _See_ Chickamauga, battle of, etc.

Tennessee, East, campaign of. _See_ East Tennessee campaign.

Terry, Colonel, 48, 596.

Terry, General, before Richmond, 576; in second expedition against Wilmington, 582; at Five Forks, 595, 597, 600.

Texas seeks annexation, 18.

Thomas, Colonel, death of, 520.

Thomas, General George H., at West Point, 17; commands four divisions of Rosecrans's army at Chickamauga, 441-443; calls for reinforcements, 446; supersedes General Rosecrans in command, 472; called on by General Foster for troops to aid in campaign against Longstreet, 533; despatch from General Grant to, on Longstreet, 534-537; despatch to, from General Schofield, 537.

Thompson, Major, killed, 630.

Thoroughfare Gap, Longstreet's advance column at, 173; description of, 174. _See_ Manassas, Second.

Tidball's artillery at Fort Steadman, 594.

Toombs, General Robert, on the Chickahominy, 113; ordered under arrest by Longstreet, 161; released, 166; at Second Manassas, 189; gallantly defends bridge against Burnside, 257; forced to retire, 260.

Triggs, General, at Chickamauga, 449.

Trimble, General, in engagement on Rappahannock, 164; at Manassas Junction, 167; charge of, at Gettysburg compared with that of Meade's men at Fredericksburg, 314; position of, at Gettysburg, third day, 388; in the famous charge, 393; wounding of, 394.

Turner, General, at Petersburg, 607; assaults Fort Whitworth, 608.

Tyler, General, reconnoissance of, at Manassas, 38, 55.