Chapter L: Appendix (2)

Chickamauga, battle of (_see_ Westward movement), Longstreet arrives at
Bragg's head-quarters, 438;
plan for, 439;
Confederate purpose to push between enemy and his base at Chattanooga,
440;
Confederate positions, 440, 441;
Union positions, 441, 442;
General Bragg orders direct assault, 443, 445;
battle opened by advance of General D. H. Hill's corps, 445;
General Helm killed, 446;
attack by Cleburne, 446;
Longstreet's troops assault, 447;
wounding of General Hood, 448;
Federals driven back, 448, 449;
change in plan by Longstreet, 450;
right wing ceases active battle, 452;
contention by left wing as independent battle, 455;
the Union army melts away, 455, 456;
rejoicings of Confederates, 456;
General Thomas marches for Rossville Gap, 456;
retreat was made before issue of Rosecrans's order, 457;
Confederates hold Snodgrass Hill, 457;
losses, 458;
heavy losses by regiments, 459;
Longstreet urges pursuit of the Federals, 461 _et seq._;
absence of both commanders from the field, 472;
action of Bragg after close of, referred to at Richmond by Longstreet,
546.

Cleburne, General, at Chickamauga, 441, 446.

Cobb, General, attacked by Franklin at Crampton's Pass, 229, 230;
at Fredericksburg, 303;
killing of, 311.

Colgrove, Colonel Silas, finds Lee's "lost order," 213.

Confederate army, organization and strength of, at Manassas (First), 57;
strength of, at Sharpsburg, 265, 266;
losses of, at Sharpsburg, 266;
condition of, on entering Maryland, 284;
reorganized, 290;
strength of, at Fredericksburg, 305;
numbers and organization of, at Fredericksburg, 317 _et seq._;
divided into three corps, 332;
ready for Gettysburg campaign, 334;
organization of, at Gettysburg, 410;
in retreat from Gettysburg, 426 _et seq._;
strength and losses of, at Chickamauga, 458;
losses of, at Knoxville, 508;
strength of, 1864, 552;
capitulation of, 630.

Confederate flag. _See_ Flag.

Confederate soldier, tributes to, 200, 288;
amusement of, 325.

Congress, Confederate, tenders vote of thanks to General Longstreet, 550;
expresses want of confidence in President Davis, 583;
passes law for appointment of commander-in-chief, 583.

Cooke, Colonel, at Sharpsburg, 250, 267.

Corps, army, two provisional, organized by McClellan on Chickahominy, 82;
First (Confederate), losses of, at Sharpsburg, 266;
First (Confederate), firmness of, 334;
Second (Confederate), leading on march into Pennsylvania, 340;
First (Confederate), on march into Pennsylvania, 341;
Third (Confederate), march of, to Gettysburg, 344;
First (Confederate), at Gettysburg, 397 _et seq._;
vote of thanks to First (Confederate), in Congress, 550;
Ninth (Federal), under Burnside, 552;
General Lee on services of First (Confederate), 639.

Corpus Christi, army concentrates at, 19.

Corse, General, at Five Forks, 595, 600, 601;
captured, 614.

Couch, General D. N., at Seven Pines, 95, 98;
at Harper's Ferry, 229, 232.

Councils of war, at Richmond, April, 1862, 66;
Johnston's, before Seven Pines, 85, 86;
by General G. W. Smith, at Seven Pines, 107;
of Lee and his officers, June, 1862, 121;
in spring of 1864, at Richmond, 543-595.

Cox, General J. D., with Pleasonton, opens battle of South Mountain,
221, 223;
at Burnside's bridge in command of Ninth Corps, 258.

Crampton's Pass, description of, 206;
General Franklin ordered to, by McClellan, 217;
Hampton's cavalry at, 229;
Franklin and Cobb have engagement at, 229, 230.

Crittenden, General T. L., at Chickamauga, 442;
goes before court of inquiry, 465.

Crook, General, at Burnside's bridge (Antietam), 259;
attacks Confederate trains, 612.

Cross, Colonel, at Antietam, 266.

Cullen, J. S. D., letter of, to General Longstreet on second day at
Gettysburg, 383 (note).

Cumberland Church, engagement at, 615.

Cumberland Gap, engagement at, 513.

Cumming, Lieutenant, bravery of, at Fort Sanders, 520.

Curtin, Andrew G., Governor of Pennsylvania, letter of, to General
McClellan, 282.

Custer, General, at Gettysburg, 396;
defeats and captures most of Early's command at Waynesboro', 590;
at Five Forks, 598;
division of, at Appomattox, 622;
demands and is refused surrender of Longstreet, 627.

D.

Dandridge, affair at, 528 _et seq._

Danville Railroad, Longstreet on guarding of, 650.

Davis, Lieutenant-Colonel H., escapes with command from Harper's Ferry,
231.

Davis, Jefferson, President, in council, April, 1862, 66;
high opinion of McClellan, 66;
on battle-field (Frayser's Farm), 134;
letter to, from General Lee, relative to peace proposition, 204;
prejudice of, against Johnston and Beauregard, 432;
visits Army of Tennessee and makes inquiry as to General Bragg, 465;
proffers command to Longstreet, 466;
urges promotion of General Law, 467;
holds second conference with commanders at Bragg's head-quarters, 468;
favors Longstreet's suggestion for change of base to Rome, Georgia,
469;
leaves army more despondent than he found it, 470;
orders Longstreet to march to Bragg's relief, 507;
gives Longstreet discretionary authority over troops in the
department, 511;
orders Longstreet to send Martin's cavalry to Johnston, 539;
in council with Generals Lee, Longstreet, and Bragg, 545, 546;
want of confidence in, expressed by Congress, 583;
receives news of defeat at Petersburg in church at Richmond, 607.

Davis, General Jefferson C., at Chickamauga, 442.

Dearing, General, killed, 630.

Dent, Frederick, home of, 18.

Dent, Miss Julia, meets Lieutenant Grant, 18.

Dent, Marshall, maternal grandfather of author, 13.

Dent, Mary Ann, mother of author, 14.

Desertion, Longstreet on suppression of, 651.

Deshler, General, mortally wounded at Chickamauga, 446.

Devens, General, 590, 598.

Doby, Captain, killed at Wilderness, 564.

Doubleday, General Abner, in engagement against Jackson at Groveton,
176, 177;
at Antietam, 241;
at Fredericksburg, 309;
in command of a corps at Gettysburg, 353, 355.

Douglas, Colonel, killed at Sharpsburg, 243.

Dranesville, engagement at, 62.

Duncan, Captain J. H., defends Fort Gregg (Petersburg), 607.

Duryea, Colonel, charge of, at Burnside's bridge (Antietam), 259.

E.

Early, General Jubal A., at Manassas, 39;
at Williamsburg, 78;
at Sharpsburg, 242, 245;
appointment of, as lieutenant-general, 332;
on march to Gettysburg, 344;
in battle, 374, 375;
charges of, against Longstreet and First Corps, 397;
comment on, 402;
defeat in the Valley, 579;
command of, captured by Custer at Waynesboro', 590.

East Tennessee campaign, Longstreet ordered to, 480, 481;
organization of Confederate command for, 482;
move to Sweetwater, 483;
transportation under Bragg's quartermaster, 483;
letter of General Longstreet to General Buckner on delays, etc., 484,
485;
Buckner's endorsement, 485;
on short rations, 486;
orders to General Wheeler, 487;
"looked like campaign against Longstreet instead of Burnside," 488;
description of country, 488, 489;
engagement on the Little Tennessee River, 490;
engagement at Campbell's Station, 492-495;
Federals behind their works at Knoxville, 495;
gallant assault on Fort Loudon repulsed, 497;
Longstreet reinforced by General Bushrod R. Johnson, 501;
McLaws's orders to his command for assault of Fort Sanders, 503;
McLaws urges delay because of report of Bragg's defeat, 504;
reply to, by Longstreet, 504;
the assault made, 505, 506;
troops recalled on a misconception, 506, 507;
Bragg orders Longstreet to co-operate with his army after defeat at
Chattanooga, 507;
losses at Knoxville, 508;
Longstreet finds it impracticable to join Bragg, 509;
columns advancing for relief of Burnside, 510;
Longstreet marches up the Holston Valley, 511;
he is followed by General Parke, 512;
engagement at Cumberland Gap, 513;
want of clothing and shoes, 515, 521;
presence of Longstreet causes concern to Federal authorities and
General Grant, 515, 516;
charges against General Robertson, 517;
General McLaws ordered relieved from duty, 518;
General Law resigns under privilege, 519;
honorable mention of officers, 520;
the army revels in plenty on the French Broad, 520, 521;
brilliant achievement of General W. E. Jones at Cumberland Gap, 522,
523;
strategic importance of the field, 524, 538;
Foster advances against Longstreet, 525;
Union army makes stand at Dandridge, 526;
affair at, 528 _et seq._;
Longstreet drinks to health of Granger, 529;
General Foster calls Dandridge's expedition "a foraging excursion,"
530;
General Grant orders Foster to offensive against Longstreet, 532;
despatches on Longstreet from General Grant to Generals Halleck,
Thomas, and Schofield, 535-538;
Longstreet asks for ten thousand additional troops, 539;
Longstreet's purpose towards close of campaign, 539;
withdrawal eastward of Longstreet's command, 540;
authorities would not support campaign, 541;
Longstreet and his original command from Virginia rejoins General Lee
on the Rapidan, 547;
vote of thanks to General Longstreet and First Corps by Confederate
Congress, 550.

Edwards's Ferry. _See_ Ball's Bluff.

Elections of 1862, 1864, 479.

Elzey, General, arrives at Manassas, 49;
succeeds Kirby Smith, 50.

Emancipation Proclamation, issue of, made practicable by victory at
Antietam, 288, 289;
elections of 1862 not in support of, 479.

Ewell, General R. S., at West Point, 17;
engagement of, with Hooker, at Bristoe Station, 170;
loses a leg at Groveton, 177;
appointed to command of Second Corps on death of Jackson, 332;
engages Milroy at Winchester, 339;
march of, to Gettysburg, 344;
captures beeves and flour, 345;
in fight on Cemetery Hill, 355, 356;
attacked by Ruger, 387;
in retreat from Gettysburg, 431, 432;
in command of Second Corps on Rapidan (1864), 553;
becomes engaged in Wilderness, 558, 562;
takes several officers prisoners, 565;
in retreat from Petersburg, 612, 613;
brave stand and final surrender of, 614.

F.

Fairfax, Colonel, at Sharpsburg, 250;
takes scout to Longstreet, 345;
letter from, to General Longstreet on interview with General Lee,
"sunrise order," etc., 380, 381 (note);
drinks with Longstreet to health of Gordon Granger, 530;
captures a trooper on the French Broad, 532;
on delay at Wilderness after wounding of Longstreet, 567.

Fair Oaks. _See_ Seven Pines.

Falling Waters, Confederates at, in retreat from Gettysburg, 428, 429.

Farmville, panic of Confederate teamsters at, 616;
engagement at, 616, 617.

Farnsworth, General, charge of, at Gettysburg, 395;
killed, 395.

Federal army, organization and strength of, at Manassas (First) 57, 58;
strength and losses of, at Antietam, 265, 266;
reorganized by Burnside, 292;
strength of, at Fredericksburg, 305;
in false position, 323;
before Gettysburg, 335;
Meade succeeds Hooker in command of, 348;
organization of, at Gettysburg, 415;
strength and losses of, at Chickamauga, 458;
losses of, at Knoxville, 508;
strength of, in 1864, 552;
how posted at Five Forks, 593.

Ferrero, General, at Burnside's Bridge (Antietam), 259;
in East Tennessee campaign, 490;
covers retreat, 492.

Field, General, at Wilderness, 562-564;
gives account of battle, 567;
before Richmond, 577;
division of, withdrawn, 604;
division of, at Appomattox, 629.

Fiser, Colonel, wounded in assault on Fort Sanders, 520.

Fisher, Fort, move against, 580.

Fitzhugh, Captain, captured and loses despatch, 160.

Five Forks, battle of, General Grant's move around the Confederate
right, 595;
General Lee endeavors to anticipate, 596;
opening of, favorable to Confederates, 596;
General Grant orders Fifth Corps into battle, 597;
Sheridan's strategic plan, 598;
the battle irretrievable for Confederates, 599;
Pickett's battle, 599-602;
losses, 601, 602;
General Lee on, 604.

Flag, Confederate, origin of, 56.

"Foot Cavalry" of Virginia, 146.

Forrest, General, at Chickamauga, 441.

Foster, General John G., reaches Knoxville and relieves Burnside of
command at, 513, 514;
at Blain's Cross-Roads, 514;
assigns true cause for Longstreet's failure to follow, 515;
plans to intrench at Bull's Gap, 516;
army of, advances against Longstreet, occupying Dandridge, 526;
suffering from an old wound, gives command to General Parke, 528;
calls Dandridge expedition a "foraging excursion," 530;
urged to offensive by General Grant, 531, 532;
assaults Fort Gregg (Petersburg), 607.

Fowler, Captain W. H., at Chickamauga, 441.

Franklin, William B., given command of Sixth Corps, 82;
encounters Jackson at White Oak Swamp, 133;
arrives at Centreville to reinforce Pope, 190;
ordered by McClellan to Crampton's Pass, 217;
engages General Cobb of McLaws's command, 229, 230, 232;
report by, 257;
placed in command of Left Grand Division Army of the Potomac, 292;
arrives before Fredericksburg, 297;
troops of, enter Fredericksburg, 304;
orders to, by Burnside, criticised, 315.

Frayser's Farm, battle at, Longstreet encounters main force of
McClellan's army at, 133;
President Davis has narrow escape on the field, 134;
Jenkins captures Randol's battery, precipitating battle, 135;
Heintzelman's report of fight, 135;
McCall's report, 136;
General Holmes's account, 137;
General Kearny's account, 137;
capture of General McCall, 138, 139.

Frederick, Md., Confederates in, 201, 202, 205;
McClellan's army at, 213.
_See_ Maryland campaign.

Fredericksburg, battle and campaign of, Burnside's plans for, submitted
to President Lincoln, 292;
Union army on march to, 293;
General Sumner calls on civil authorities for surrender of town, 293;
reply of the mayor, 294-296;
citizens of, move beyond danger, 296;
description of field of, 297-299;
signal for battle, 301;
plans of Federals for crossing the river, 301, 302;
work of General Hunt and Colonel Hall, 302;
Federals occupy eastern part of town, 303;
Sumner's and Franklin's troops occupy city, 304;
plan of Federal commander, 304;
strength of the armies, 305;
mist veils the confronting armies, 306;
Confederate positions, 307;
General Meade's advance, 308;
the opening against the Confederate left, 309;
killing of General Cobb, 311;
destructive work of artillery, 311;
desperate charges by Griffin and Humphreys, 312;
before the stone wall on Marye's Hill, 313;
comparison of charges by Federals with those of Pickett, Pettigrew,
and Trimble at Gettysburg, 314;
criticism of orders to Franklin, 315;
losses in battle, 315, 316;
Burnside plans to renew attack, 316;
strength of armies in battle, 317;
organization of Confederate army, 317 _et seq._

Fremantle, Lieutenant-Colonel, of the Coldstream Guards, as guest of Lee
and Longstreet, 343;
congratulations of, to Longstreet on Pickett's charge, 394.

French, General William H., at Fredericksburg, 309, 310.

G.

Gaines's Mill, battle at, the Hills attack Fitz-John Porter, 126;
Longstreet's reserve engages, 127;
Anderson, Pickett, and Hood's charges, 129;
letter of Longstreet upon, to General Lee, 656.

Garfield, General James A., communication of, on Rosecrans's order to
retreat from Chickamauga, 457.

Garland, General Samuel, at Seven Pines, 94;
killed at South Mountain, 221;
allusion to, 223.

Garnett, R. B., at West Point, 16, 17;
killed in Pickett's charge (Gettysburg), 394.

Gary, General, in affair on Williamsburg road, 578.

Gee, Captain, killed at Five Forks, 599.

Generalship, power of battle in, rather than in numbers, 551.

Getty, General, in opening of battle of Wilderness, 558;
advance of, 559.

Gettysburg, battle and campaign of, first mentioned, 331, 334;
Confederate plan of campaign, 335, 336;
Hooker discovers Federal withdrawal from Fredericksburg, 337;
cavalry engagement in rear of the march, 338;
confusion in regard to cavalry orders, 342;
municipal authorities of Gettysburg and York surrender to General John
B. Gordon, 345;
Longstreet suggests change in direction of march, 347;
Federal corps' locations, 347, 348;
General George G. Meade succeeds Hooker in command of Federals, 348;
positions of armies June 30, 349, 350;
Confederate cavalry not at hand, 351;
description of field, 352 _et seq._;
preliminary fighting, 353, 354;
the battle opens, 354;
General John F. Reynolds killed, 354;
fight on Cemetery Hill, 355, 356;
Federals retreat through town, 356;
Howard forms new lines, 357;
forces engaged (on first day), 357;
Lee had not intended to deliver general battle, 358;
Lee seriously affected by absence of cavalry, 359;
commands of Longstreet's corps hurried forward, 359;
second day's battle, 362;
front of Meade's position, 363;
march of Sixth Corps (Federal), 364;
position of Confederates, 364;
Lee settles on attack by his right, 365;
advance of First Corps (Confederate), 366;
time of reaching position, 366;
Hood reports advantage of move to the right, 367;
renews appeal, 368;
opportunity for Confederate right seen by Halleck in Washington, 368;
Barksdale of McLaws's opens the fight and takes battery, 370;
Little Round Top the citadel of the field, 371;
fight at the hill and Brick Church, 371;
many officers killed or wounded, 371, 372;
Longstreet with Wofford's brigade on Little Round Top, 372;
Meade reinforces against Longstreet, 373;
losses of Longstreet and Meade on second day, 373;
late arrival of cavalry, 373;
Federals draw artillery from their right against Longstreet's battle,
374;
"man on the left who did not care to make battle win," 375;
General Pendleton on the order for "battle at sunrise," 377 _et seq._;
refutation of, 378-384;
losses on second day, 376, 377;
third day's battle, 385 _et seq._;
Lee's plans, 386;
Ruger opens against Ewell, 387;
Longstreet did not approve attack as made, 388,
but he prepared carefully for the assault, 389, 390;
Confederates on the left driven from their trenches, 391;
Longstreet assents to Pickett's advance, 392;
Pickett's, Trimble's, and Pettigrew's charge, 394;
Farnsworth's cavalry charge, 395;
the Confederate First Corps, 397;
Lee's acknowledgment of fault, 400;
epitome of battle, 402;
Cemetery Hill and Marye's Hill compared, 403;
impossibility of taking Cemetery Hill, 404;
forces engaged and losses in battle, 409;
organization of Confederate army, 410 _et seq._;
organization of Federal army, 415 _et seq._;
Confederate retreat, 426.

Gibbon, General, in engagement with Jackson at Groveton, 176;
at South Mountain, 224;
at Antietam, 241, 266;
at Fredericksburg, 309;
wounded in front of Pickett's charge (Gettysburg), 394;
on assaulting columns, on the 3d, at Gettysburg, 399;
at the Wilderness, 558, 559;
at Petersburg, 606-608.

Gist, General, at Chickamauga, 446.

Glendale. _See_ Frayser's Farm.

Goggin, Major, reports taking of Fort Sanders impossible, 505, 506.

Gold, price of, reaches 200, 317;
Longstreet advocates impressment of, 588, 641, 646, 649.

Gordon, General John B., authorities of Gettysburg and York surrender
to, 345;
corps of, assigned for sortie against Fort Steadman, 592;
at Appomattox, 623, 624.

Goree, Colonel T. J., 47;
on repulse of Pickett at Gettysburg, 400.

"Grand Divisions," Army of the Potomac organized in, 292.

Granger, General Gordon, covers gap in Mission Ridge at Chickamauga, 442;
in severe contention against Longstreet's left, 457;
in command of Federals at Dandridge, 528;
on Longstreet, 529.

Grant, General Ulysses S., at West Point, 17;
joins Fourth Regiment in Missouri as lieutenant, 18;
takes part in theatricals, 20;
operations of, at Vicksburg, 478;
assumes command of armies in Tennessee, 482;
orders Longstreet driven out of East Tennessee, 516;
visits Knoxville, 525;
wants Longstreet driven from Tennessee, 531;
urges General Foster to the offensive, 532;
despatches of, to Generals Halleck, Thomas, and Schofield, on plans
to drive Longstreet from Tennessee, 534-536;
finds Longstreet too far from his line of operations to properly
engage against, 538;
assigned as commander-in-chief, 543;
with Army of the Potomac, 552;
had no general plan for campaign (May, 1864), 555;
prepares for immediate battle (Wilderness), 556;
orders Ninth Corps into battle, 561;
plan of, for left attack in front of Richmond, 575, 576;
letters to, from General Lee, on military peace convention, 585, 586;
draws from East and West to strengthen combination against, 590 _et
seq._ (_see_ Five Forks, battle of);
gives up attack of Richmond by north side of James, 591;
gives orders for grand move by his left, 592;
number of troops in command of, 593;
movement by left begun, 595;
purpose of the latter, 596;
orders concerted assault at Petersburg, 604;
rides over captured works, 606;
asks surrender of General Lee, 619;
letter to, from General Lee, asking terms for surrender, 619;
renews efforts to strike across head of Confederate march, 620;
writes General Lee as to terms of surrender, 621, 622;
letter to, from General Lee, proposing meeting, 622;
arranges details of capitulation, 630;
tribute to, 630;
gives General Longstreet letter to President Johnson, 633;
inaugurated President, 638;
appoints Longstreet surveyor of customs at New Orleans, 638;
General Lee on interview with, 649.

Grant, Mrs. Ulysses S., proposed meeting of, with Mrs. Longstreet to
bring about peace, 584.

Grapevine Bridge. _See_ Mechanicsville.

Greene, General George S., at Gettysburg, 374.

Gregg, Fort (Petersburg), 606, 607.

Gregg, General D. McM., at Gettysburg, stubborn fight of, 396.

Gregg, General Maxcy, killed at Fredericksburg, 309;
captured with part of command by Rosser and Mumford, 617.

Griffin, General, attack of, at Fredericksburg, 312.

Groves, Major R. E., at Chickamauga, 441.

Groveton, engagement at, between Jackson and Pope's troops, 175.
_See_ Manassas, Second.

Gunboats, McClellan's facetious remark concerning, 151.

H.

Hagerstown, Confederates at, on retreat from Gettysburg, 427, 428.

Hall, Colonel Norman J., in command of troops attempting to cross river
at Fredericksburg, 302;
report of, 303.

Halleck, General Henry Wager, at West Point, 17;
assumes command as general-in-chief of Federal armies, 153;
thinks the capital in peril, 214;
letter to, on affairs in Maryland, 214-216;
Meade communicates purpose to, 349;
suggests to Meade that Lee may turn his left, 360;
sees opportunity for Confederate right at Gettysburg, 368;
concern of, over Longstreet's presence in East Tennessee, 515, 516;
despatch to, from General Grant, on Longstreet, 534-536;
despatch of, to General Grant, 537;
right in estimate of strategic importance of Longstreet's presence in
Tennessee, 538.

Hampton Roads conference, 583.

Hampton, Wade, at Manassas, 48;
wounded at Seven Pines, 98;
at Crampton's Gap, 229;
wounded at Gettysburg, 396;
ordered to join Johnston in the Carolinas, 589.

Hancock, Winfield Scott, takes two redoubts at Williamsburg, 77;
christened "The Superb," 80;
takes command of Richardson's brigade at Antietam, 251;
makes well-organized advance at Fredericksburg, 310;
assumes Federal command under special assignment on field of
Gettysburg (first day), 356;
wounded in Pickett's charge, 394;
on Meade's intentions on third day at Gettysburg, 398;
in command of Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, 552;
intrenches at night along front in Wilderness, 558;
advance of, in morning, 560;
movement against left of, by Longstreet, 562;
on Longstreet's advance, 568.

Hardee, General, commissioned lieutenant-general, 290;
offered and declines command of Army of Tennessee, 466;
succeeds Cheatham in command of corps, 469.

Hardie, General, at Fredericksburg, 307.

Harper's Ferry, capture of, proposed by Lee, 201;
plan for movement against, 202;
description of, 207;
situation at, 228;
McLaws at, 231;
Colonel Davis escapes from, 231;
Colonel Miles' commandant of, mortally wounded, 232;
surrendered by General White, 232;
holding of, not of strategic value, 286;
let alone in Gettysburg campaign, 287;
abandoned by Federals, 339.

Harrison, Fort, captured by Federals, 575.

Harrison, scout, employed by Longstreet, 324;
sent out with secret orders, 333;
makes report, 346.

Harrison's Landing, McClellan's army at, 145.

Hartranft, General, at Campbell Station, 492, 520;
at Fort Steadman, 594, 595.

Haskell, Colonel J. C., rides to recall General Lee from meeting General
Grant at Appomattox, 626.

Hatton, General, killed at Seven Pines, 98.

Hayes, Rutherford B., wounded at South Mountain, 223.

Hays, General H. T., at Gettysburg, 374.

Hazlett, Captain, battery of, on Little Round Top, 371;
killed, 372.

Heintzelman, General, in command of left wing on Chickahominy, 84;
report of, on Frayser's Farm fight, 135.

Helm, General Benjamin H., killed at Chickamauga, 446.

Heth, General, at Wilderness, 556, 558, 560;
on failure to intrench, 565;
at Petersburg, 605, 609;
at Farmville, 617.

Hill, Lieutenant-General A. P., promoted major-general, 85;
at Mechanicsville, 123 _et seq._;
at Gaines's Mill, 126;
intercepts orders of General Pope, 172;
at Harper's Ferry, 231;
arrives from Harper's Ferry in time to assist at Sharpsburg, 261;
makes strong battle against Burnside, 262;
at Shepherdstown, 264;
tactical moves by, at Antietam, 266;
appointed to command of Third Corps, 332;
marches towards Gettysburg, 350, 353;
in fight, 355, 356;
in retreat from Gettysburg, 431;
in command of Third Corps on Rapidan (1864), 553;
death of, at Petersburg, 605.

Hill, General D. H., at Williamsburg, 74;
asks permission to attack Hancock's redoubts, 77;
the movement made with heavy loss, 78;
humor of, 113;
letter to Longstreet denying proposed abandonment of Richmond when Lee
took command, 115, 116;
in conference with Lee on attacking McClellan, 121;
at Mechanicsville, 124;
at Gaines's Mill, 126;
at South Mountain, 221, 222, 224;
explains to General Lee the situation at South Mountain, 227;
at Sharpsburg, 241, 242, 251, 253;
horse shot under, by a cannon-ball, 254;
"like a game-cock" at Sharpsburg, 266;
record of, 332 (note);
at Chickamauga, in right wing, 441;
opens battle by front assault, 445;
urges change of tactics, 455;
writes petition for relief from Bragg, 465;
gives President Davis opinion adverse to Bragg, 466;
relieved of duty, 469.

Hindman, General T. C., in left wing at Chickamauga, 439;
advance of, 448;
relieved under charges by Bragg, 465.

Hoke, General, in front of Richmond, 574, 575;
in affair on Williamsburg road, 577;
sent to Wilmington, 580.

Holmes, General, on fight at Frayser's Farm, 137;
commissioned lieutenant-general, 290.

Hood, General J. B., at Gaines's Mill, 128, 129;
report on fight at Frayser's Farm, 137;
advance of, at Turkey Bridge, 139;
at Second Manassas, 188, 189;
at South Mountain, 222;
at Sharpsburg, 242, 266;
at Fredericksburg, 306, 317;
march of, from Chambersburg to Gettysburg, 361;
reports on advantage of move to the right (Gettysburg, second day),
367;
renews appeal, 368;
seriously wounded, 370;
division of, in third day's fight (Gettysburg), 393, 396;
in retreat from Gettysburg, 431;
division of, starts for Tennessee, 437;
arrival at Chickamauga, 439;
brigades of, in left wing, 439, 440;
leads advance, 447;
wounding of, 448;
successor for, considered, 467;
division of, in engagement on Little Tennessee, 490;
supersedes Johnston in command of Army of Georgia, 572;
army of, reduced to a skeleton, 581.

Hooker, General Joseph, at Williamsburg, 73, 75;
at Frayser's Farm, 138;
engagement of, with Ewell at Bristoe Station, 170;
at South Mountain, 223;
at Antietam, 241;
heavy loss in troops of, 243;
wounding of, 245;
given command of Centre Grand Division, Army of the Potomac, under
Burnside, 292;
arrives at Hartwood, near Fredericksburg, 297;
marches for fords of the upper Rappahannock, 326;
at Chancellorsville, 328, 329;
discovers abandonment of Fredericksburg by Confederates, 337;
succeeded by Meade, 348;
in Tennessee, 474.

Hoskiss, Major J., on capture of Early's command, 591.

Hotchkiss, Major T. R., at Chickamauga, 441.

Howard, General O. O., at Fredericksburg, 310;
approach to Gettysburg, 355;
retreats to Cemetery Hill, 356;
forms new lines after retreat, 357.

Howell, Captain E. P., at Chickamauga, 441.

Huger, General, Johnston's orders to, for Seven Pines, 89.

Humphreys, Major-General A. A., desperate attack by, at Fredericksburg,
312;
account by, of fight before the stone wall, 313;
at Gettysburg, 367, 373;
at Chickamauga, 440;
spirited advance of, 448;
in assault of Fort Sanders, 505;
honorably mentioned, 520;
as chief of staff gives strength of Army of the Potomac, 1864, 552;
quoted on affair on Williamsburg road, 578;
at Fort Steadman, 595;
at Petersburg, 606;
in pursuit of Confederates, 611;
in engagement at Rice's Station, 614.

Hunt, General, at Fredericksburg, 302.

Hunter, Colonel David, wounded at Manassas, 46.

Hunter, Hon. R. M. T., 583.

Hunton, General, capture of, 614.

I.

Imboden's cavalry, halt of, at Hancock vexes General Lee, 359.

Impressment of gold, urged by Longstreet, 588, 641, 646;
of men, urged by Longstreet, 644.

J.

Jackson, Lieutenant-General Thomas Jonathan, at Manassas, 46;
christened "Stonewall," 49;
order to, from General Lee, June 11, 1862, for movement against
McClellan, 114;
reinforced by Lawton and Whiting for that purpose, 115;
in conference with Lee and Longstreet, June, 1862, 121;
lateness of, at Mechanicsville, 123;
at Gaines's Mill, 126;
encounters Franklin at White Oak Swamp, 133;
ordered to follow McClellan's retreat from Malvern Hill, 146;
fails to support Magruder, 149, 150;
engages with Pope's forces at Slaughter Mountain, 156, 157;
move of, on Manassas Junction, 167, 168;
engages King's division at Groveton, 175, 177;
sustains attack at Manassas, 180, 182;
in heavy battle with Fitz-John Porter, 187;
some characteristics of, 191, 192;
hard pressed by Stevens at Chantilly, 193;
comment on move of, to Manassas Junction, 197, 198;
ordered by Lee to move against Harper's Ferry, 202, 231, 232;
leaves Harper's Ferry to rejoin Lee, 233;
arrives on field of Sharpsburg, 236;
division of, receives attack of Hooker at Sharpsburg, 241;
withdraws, 242;
ordered by General Lee to turn Federal right, 257;
commissioned lieutenant-general, 290;
called by Lee towards Fredericksburg, 299, 309;
loses opportunity for advance, 313;
severely wounded at Chancellorsville, 328;
death of, 332;
comment on, at Sharpsburg, 401 (note);
comment on, in Chickahominy campaign, 406;
at Second Manassas, 407.

James River, Confederate troops on, in April, 1862, 67;
McClellan changes base to, from the Chickahominy, 132;
Longstreet assigned to command north of, 574.

Jenkins, General Micah, at Seven Pines, 95, 100;
at Frayser's Farm, 135;
at Fredericksburg, 311;
ordered to Chambersburg with cavalry brigade, 340;
brigade of, transferred to Hood's division and goes to Tennessee, 437;
joins Hood's division after battle of Chickamauga, 462;
Longstreet urges appointment of, to command of Hood's division, 467;
engages in attack on Hooker's rear-guard, 475-477;
at Lenoir's Station, 491;
at Campbell's Station, 494;
before Knoxville, 495;
at Dandridge, 526;
ordered to Strawberry Plains, 531;
ordered to bridge the Holston River, 538;
takes part in flank move, 563,
and riding with Longstreet expresses high hopes, 563;
mortally wounded, 564;
tribute to, 566.

Jetersville, Confederates halted at, 610.

Johnson, General Bushrod R., at Chickamauga, 439;
before Snodgrass Hill, 450;
in assault on Fort Sanders, 505;
severely engages Federals at Cumberland Gap, 513;
honorable mention of, for march to Bean Station, 519;
in affair near Dandridge, 532;
at Five Forks, 596, 597;
division of, mostly escapes in retreat from Petersburg, 614.

Johnson, Major-General Edward, advance at Gettysburg (evening of second
day), 374, 387.

Johnson, President, letter to, from General Grant on Longstreet, 633,
634;
reconstruction policy of, 635.

Johnson, General R. W., at Chickamauga, 442.

Johnston, General Joseph Eggleston, position of, before Manassas, 35,
41, 43;
forces arrive at Manassas, 44;
on field, 49;
called to Richmond for council with War Department, 65;
at Williamsburg, 79;
compliment of, to Longstreet, 80;
prepares to attack McClellan before McDowell can reach him, 85;
calls council before Seven Pines, 85, 86;
orders to Generals Smith and Huger, 89;
orders troops to sleep on their lines, 100;
wounded at close of Seven Pines, 100;
high regard for, in army, 112;
President Davis jealous of, 432;
plan for campaign of, suggested by General Bragg, 545;
superseded by Hood, 572;
Longstreet asks for recall of, to service, 588;
assigned to command in the Carolinas, 589.

Jones, General D. R., at Savage Station, 132;
at Antietam, 260;
overcome by the killing of his brother-in-law, Colonel Kingsbury, 262.

Jones, General J. M., at Gettysburg, 374;
in opening of Wilderness, 558.

Jones, General J. R., wounded at Sharpsburg, 243.

Jones, General Samuel, raid against, at Salem, by General Averill, 521,
522.

Jones, General W. E., sent to arrest Union advance at Cumberland Gap,
503;
fights engagement at Walker's Ford, 508;
brilliant achievement of, at Cumberland Gap, 522, 523.

K.

Kearny, General Philip, at Williamsburg, 75;
at Seven Pines, 96;
report of, on battle, 99;
report of, on fight at Frayser's Farm, 137;
orders to, from Pope, on eve of Manassas (Second), 178;
opens against Jackson's left at Manassas, 182;
at Chantilly, 193;
killed, 194.

Kemper, General, wounded in Pickett's charge, 394.

Kershaw, General, at Elk Ridge, 208;
at Sharpsburg, 245;
at Gettysburg (opening of second day), 370;
at Chickamauga, 440;
charge of, 448;
at Cumberland Gap, 513;
honorably mentioned, 519;
in Wilderness, 563, 564;
with Early in the Valley, 579;
crosses a fired bridge at Richmond, 609;
surrenders at Rice's Station, 614.

Keyes, General E. D., on battle of Seven Pines, 110.

Kilpatrick, General J., at Gettysburg, 395, 396;
follows Confederate retreat, 427, 428, 430.

Kingsbury, Colonel, killed at Burnside's Bridge (Antietam), 259;
killing of, overcomes General D. R. Jones, his brother-in-law, 262.

Knoxville, siege of, description of town and Federal works, 495;
a gallant dash repulsed, 497;
Federal positions, 498, 499;
Fort Loudon (or Sanders) described, 499;
McLaws ordered to assault fort, 500;
General Bushrod R. Johnson marches to reinforce Longstreet, 501;
McLaws's orders to his command for assault of Fort Sanders, 503;
McLaws urges delay because of Bragg's reported defeat, 504;
Longstreet's answer thereto, 504, 505;
the assault made, 505, 506;
troops recalled under a misconception, 506, 507;
Bragg orders Longstreet to co-operate with his army, 507;
losses in, 508.

L.

Lamb, Colonel, wounded at Fort Fisher, 582.

Lane, General, at Fredericksburg, 309;
succeeds Pickett in command of charge at Gettysburg, 394.

Latane, Captain, killed on Stuart's raid, 118.

Latrobe, Colonel, at Fredericksburg, 316.

Law, General E. M., march of, to Gettysburg, 365;
succeeds to command of Hood's division at Gettysburg, 370;
in Chattanooga campaign, 464;
claims of, for promotion, urged by President Davis, 467;
takes part in night attack on Hooker's rear-guard, 476, 477;
order for preferring charges against, 477;
late report on Federal retreat from Lenoir's Station, 491 (note);
at Campbell's Station, 494;
charge against, that he withheld attack improperly, 495;
slow march of, 514;
resigns under privilege, 519;
action of President Davis towards, 548;
rearrest ordered by General Longstreet, 549.

Lawton, General, ordered by Lee to reinforce Jackson, 115;
wounded at Sharpsburg, 243.

Leadbetter, General, makes reconnoissance at Knoxville, 501;
favors attack of Fort Sanders, 502;
adds postscript to General Longstreet's letter urging determined
assault of Fort Sanders, 505.

Lee, General Fitzhugh, left in command of cavalry by Stuart, 160;
failure to comply with instructions, 160;
consequences of that failure, 196;
attacked by Pleasonton at South Mountain, 229;
on General R. E. Lee at Gettysburg, 401;
on Longstreet, 405;
charges that Longstreet lost his way in Wilderness, 568, 569;
recalled to join Longstreet at Richmond, 591;
at Five Forks, 597, 598;
in retreat from Petersburg, 610.

Lee, General G. W. C., on Longstreet at Wilderness, 569;
at Five Forks, 596;
at Rice's Station, 613, 614.

Lee, General Robert E., assigned to command at Seven Pines, 109;
impression of, in the army, 112, 113;
established in confidence, 114;
plans simultaneous attack on front and rear of McClellan, 115;
adopts suggestion of Longstreet making change in plans against
McClellan, 120;
orders Longstreet's reserve into action at Gaines's Mill, 127;
at Frayser's Farm with President Davis, 134;
abandons his original plan at Malvern Hill, 144;
campaign of, against McClellan reviewed, 147 _et seq._;
momentary facetiousness, 149;
letter of, to General Magruder, 150;
original plan for pursuit of McClellan, 152;
enjoys increased esteem of his army, 158;
plans of, for striking Pope, 159;
witnesses retreat of Pope, 162;
on field of Manassas, 181, 182;
decides to cross Bull Run and reach Pope's rear, 186;
joins Longstreet on field and rides under fire, 189;
injury to, in stampede, 192;
letters of, to General Pope on killing of Kearny, 194;
decides to enter Maryland, 200;
orders of, for Maryland campaign, 203;
address of, to people of Maryland, 280;
letter of, to Jefferson Davis, suggesting peace proposition, 204;
celebrated "lost order" of, 203, 212, 213;
receives information of Federal advance at South Mountain, 219;
prefers stand at Turner's Pass, 220;
orders withdrawal of troops from South Mountain, 228;
with Longstreet and Hill on field at Sharpsburg, 254;
orders flank move by Jackson, 257;
sends for brigades left at Harper's Ferry, 261;
calls Longstreet his old war-horse, 262;
in contempt of Federal army disperses forces, 284;
description of, 285;
reorganizes army of Northern Virginia, 290;
on retirement of McClellan, 291;
advice of, to citizens of Fredericksburg, 299;
orders of, at opening of battle, 308;
narrowly escapes death or injury from a shell, 312;
goes to Richmond, 317;
orders Longstreet to return from Suffolk, 326;
grief of, over loss of Stonewall Jackson, 328;
his conduct of battle of Chancellorsville, 329;
falls on plan of Northern invasion, 331;
plans of, for Gettysburg, 335, 336;
caution of, in revealing plans to Richmond authorities, 336, 337;
orders of, to cavalry chief, 341;
issues orders for march of army to Harrisburg, 344;
refuses to credit information of Scout Harrison, 347;
changes direction of march, 348;
order for concentration at Cashtown, 348, 351;
mind disturbed by absence of cavalry, 351;
calls Longstreet to ride with him towards Gettysburg, 351;
expresses regret at absence of cavalry, 357;
on field of Gettysburg at close of first day, 357;
had not intended delivering general battle, 358;
gives discretionary order for Second Corps to attack Cemetery Hill,
359;
official report of, on first day's battle, 359 (note);
settles on making the opening (second day) by his right, 365;
alleged order of, to Longstreet for battle at sunrise, 377 _et seq._;
excitement of, 384;
on battle of Gettysburg, third day, 385;
plans of, 386;
claimed attack was not made early enough, 388;
on the field with the right, 395;
official report of, on Longstreet's battle on the right, 397;
acknowledges fault at Gettysburg, 399, 400;
comments upon, 400, 401;
on field and responsible for Gettysburg, 402, 405;
review of campaigns of, 406;
review of orders of, for Gettysburg, 407 _et seq._;
"harder to move than his lieutenant," 409;
in the retreat from Gettysburg, 429, 430;
desires retirement, 432;
Longstreet mentions westward movement to, 434;
goes to Richmond, 434;
letter from, to Longstreet, 435;
letter to, from Longstreet, 435;
parting with Longstreet, 437;
letter from, to Longstreet, 469, 470 (note);
favors sending Pickett's division to Longstreet, 539;
Longstreet's suggestion to, of plans for continuance of war, 544;
goes to Richmond to confer with authorities, 544;
suppressed excitement of, in council with Richmond authorities, 546;
becomes impatient in Longstreet-Law affair, 549;
compared with General Grant, 554;
gives orders against general engagement, 558;
endeavors to lead a brigade in charge, 560;
assumes command on field after Longstreet is wounded, 565;
delays advance, 565, 567;
alleged saying of, concerning Longstreet, 569;
hard labors of, 573;
becomes anxious about line on north side of the James, 579;
hears from Longstreet proposition of General Ord for peace meeting,
584;
letters of, to General Grant on military peace convention, 585, 586;
reply to, from General Grant, 587;
consents to sortie against Fort Steadman, 592;
strength of, for defence of Richmond, 593, 594;
endeavors to anticipate Grant's move around his right, 596;
at Petersburg, 604, 605;
gives orders for retreat, 608;
at Jetersville, 610;
realizes fulness of disaster at Rice's Station and Sailor's Creek,
614, 615;
at Farmville, 616;
urged by officers to negotiate for surrender, 618;
letter to, from General Grant, asking surrender, 619;
replies to, asking terms, 619;
letter to, from General Grant, stating terms of surrender, 621;
writes General Grant, proposing meeting, 622;
gives orders for advance to Appomattox Court-House, 623;
still hopes to break through the Federal cordon, 624;
confers with Longstreet and Mahone, 624, 625;
rides to meet General Grant, 625, 626, 628;
sympathy for, of troops, 629;
letter of, to General R. H. Anderson, 639;
letter of, to General Longstreet, congratulating him on convalescence,
639;
letter to, from Longstreet, 640;
letter to, from Longstreet, on impressment of gold, 641;
letter from, to Longstreet, 642;
letter to, from Longstreet, on impressment of men, 644;
letter from, to Longstreet, 645;
letter to, from Longstreet, on impressment of gold, 646;
letter to, from Longstreet, on interview with General Ord, 647;
letter to, from Longstreet, on exchange of prisoners, 648;
letter of, to Longstreet, on interview with General Grant, 649;
letter to, from Longstreet, on use of gold, 649;
letter to, from Longstreet, on guarding Danville Railroad, 650;
letter to, from Longstreet, on Sheridan's operations, 652;
letter of, to Longstreet, on proposed history, 654;
letter of, to Longstreet, suggesting preparation of memoirs, 656;
letter to, from Longstreet, on battle of Gaines's Mill, 656;
letter of, to Longstreet, on prospects, etc., 657.

Lee, Lieutenant-Colonel S. D., at Sharpsburg, 243.

Lee, General W. H. F., at Five Forks, 596, 597, 598;
in engagement at Jetersville, 610.

Leesburg, Confederate army at, on the way to Maryland, 201.

Lenoir's Station, Federal retreat at, 491.

Letters. _See_ Lee, Longstreet, Grant, etc.

Lewinsville, J. E. B. Stuart disperses Federals at, 60.

Liddell, General, at Chickamauga, 441, 446.

Lincoln, President, telegrams from, on Lee in Maryland, 209;
letter to, from McClellan, on prospect in Maryland, 214;
issues emancipation proclamation, 288, 289;
General Burnside submits plans to, 292;
humorous advice of, to Hooker, 329;
position in Hampton Roads conference, 583;
desire attributed to, for devising means for payment of slaves, 585.

Long, General A. L., letter of, to General Longstreet, on order for
"battle at sunrise" (Gettysburg), 380 (note);
gives account of appeal of Lee's officers for surrender, 618;
on interview of Generals Lee and Pendleton about surrender, 620.

Longstreet, Lieutenant-General James, birth of, 13;
appointed to West Point, 15;
assigned to duty as brevet lieutenant at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri,
16;
goes to Louisiana, 18;
to Florida, 18;
assigned lieutenant, 18;
goes to Corpus Christi, 19;
at Palo Alto, 25;
at Resaca de la Palma, 27, 28;
at outbreak of civil war, 29;
leaves Albuquerque, 30;
arrives at Richmond, 32;
appointed brigadier-general, 33;
reports to Beauregard at Manassas Junction, 33;
stays retreat at Blackburn's Ford, 39;
advance of, at Manassas, 44;
orders batteries to fire on Federal retreat, 52;
criticism of, on McDowell, 54;
on Tyler's reconnoissance, 55;
on Beauregard, 56;
invited to dine with the enemy, 60;
promoted major-general, 61;
marches to Culpeper Court-House, 65;
meets President Davis and General Lee in war council at Richmond, 66;
on McClellan, 66;
at Williamsburg, 72, 74;
opposes attack on Hancock's redoubts, 77;
estimates forces engaged at Williamsburg, 79;
Johnston's testimonial to, 80;
in command of right wing from James River to White Oak Swamp, 81;
to strike against Federal right at Seven Pines, 85;
in council with Johnston, 86;
ordered to Williamsburg road, 86;
tactical handling there left to him, 88;
complaint against, by General Smith, 90;
endeavors to harmonize with Huger, 92;
his battle on the Williamsburg road, 96;
plans for resuming battle of Seven Pines at daylight, 103;
asks for reinforcements and a diversion, 108;
makes appeal for ten thousand men to renew fight at Seven Pines, 109;
meets General Lee, 112;
suggests to Lee movement against McClellan's right flank, 114;
letter to, from D. H. Hill, 115, 116;
suggestion of, for method of attack on McClellan adopted by Lee, 120;
in conference with Lee and others, 121;
at Mechanicsville, 124;
puts his reserve into action at Gaines's Mill, 127 _et seq._;
encounters main force of McClellan at Frayser's Farm, 133;
on the field with President Davis and General Lee, 134;
at Malvern Hill, 142, 145;
review by, of campaign, 147;
ordered to Gordonsville with ten brigades, 158;
proposes move against Pope's right, 159;
rides with Lee to Clarke's Mountain, 161;
orders arrest of Toombs, 161,
and release of, 166;
reaches Thoroughfare Gap, _en route_ for Manassas, 173;
arrival on field of Manassas, 180;
makes reconnoissance and reports against attack, 182;
right flank of, ordered attacked by Porter, 184;
orders batteries to attack Porter, for Jackson's relief, 187;
arrives on field of Chantilly, 194;
objects to movement against Harper's Ferry, 201, 202;
orders to, for Maryland campaign, 203;
march of, 206;
expresses to General Lee preference for concentration at Antietam
rather than at Turner's Pass, 219;
at South Mountain, 222;
estimate of troops of, at South Mountain, 226;
position of, in the line, preparatory to battle of Sharpsburg, 234;
advance against his left by Hooker, 236;
troops of, enter fight, 242;
sustains strong attack of General Richardson, 249;
ride of, with General Lee and D. H. Hill on field of Sharpsburg, 254;
orders McLaws and Walker to prepare to assault, 256;
called by General Lee his "old war-horse," 262;
criticism of, on Maryland campaign, 279 _et seq._;
commissioned lieutenant-general, 290;
marches to Culpeper Court-House, 291;
marches for Fredericksburg, 293;
on the heights, 293;
position of troops of, at Fredericksburg, 305;
views his lines preparatory to battle, 306;
differs with General Jackson as to the enemy's purpose, 323;
covers route to Richmond, 323;
ordered to south side of James River, 324;
employs one Harrison as scout, 324;
ordered to rejoin Lee, 326;
criticism of, on battle of Chancellorsville, 329, 330;
proposes measures to General Lee for relief of Vicksburg, 331;
urges that campaign in Pennsylvania should be one of defensive
tactics, 331;
sends Scout Harrison out with secret orders, 333;
takes up march for Gettysburg, 337;
directions to Stuart for movement of cavalry, 342;
orders treated with contumely, 343;
entertains Colonel Fremantle, 343;
Harrison, the scout, reports to, 346;
suggests, on information received, change of march eastward, 347;
rides with General Lee towards Gettysburg, 351;
proposes to General Lee move around the Federal left, 358;
orders columns of First Corps hurried forward for battle, 359;
advances with command, 366;
rides with Wofford's brigade into fight at Little Round Top, 372;
losses of (on second day), 373, 376, 377;
alleged order to, for "battle at sunrise," 377 _et seq._;
letter to, from Colonel Taylor, 379;
letter to, from Colonel Venable, 379;
letter to, from General Long, 380;
letter to, from Charles Marshall, 380;
letter to, from Colonel Fairfax, 380, 381;
letter to, from J. S. D. Cullen, 383, 384;
losses of, on third day, 385 _et seq._;
sends scouts to find way for striking the enemy's left, 385;
interview with General Lee, 386;
did not believe in attack as made, 388;
carefully prepares for making assault, 389, 390;
not advised of failure of Confederate left, 392;
rides to batteries, 395;
testimony to claims of, at Gettysburg, 400;
Fitzhugh Lee upon, 403;
Franco-German war affords parallel for suggestion of, for move around
Federal left, 404;
refutation of the statement that he was "hard to move," 405 _et seq._;
_resume_ of action of, at Gettysburg, 407 _et seq._;
in the retreat from Gettysburg, 429, 430;
urges on Secretary of War Seddon a westward movement, 433, 434;
mentions the matter to General Lee, 434;
letter to, from General Lee, 435;
letter from, to General Lee, 435;
transportation ordered for movement of, to Tennessee, 436;
route of, on westward movement, 436, 437;
parting with Lee, 437;
reaches General Bragg's head-quarters, 438;
placed in command of General Bragg's left wing, 439;
orders to division commanders of, from General Bragg, 447;
orders Hood's division to assault, 447;
rides with General Buckner and comes under fire of the enemy, 450;
lunches on the field, 451;
reports to General Bragg on battle of Chickamauga, and urges pursuit
of enemy, 461;
gives opinion to President Davis against Bragg, 465;
declines assignment to command of Army of Tennessee, 466;
offers resignation to President, who declines it, 467;
urges appointment of General Micah Jenkins to command of Hood's
division, 467;
suggests change of base to Rome, Georgia, 468;
letter to, from General Lee, 469, 470 (note);
calls a signal force from Virginia to Tennessee, 471;
defends position, 472, 473;
arranges night attack on Hooker's rear-guard, 475, 476;
reviews effects and possibilities of Western move, 478, 479;
ordered on campaign in East Tennessee, 480, 481;
organization of command of, 482;
letter of, to General Buckner on East Tennessee campaign, 484, 485;
troops of, on short rations, 486;
orders of, to General Wheeler, 487;
command of, in engagement on Little Tennessee, 490;
orders McLaws to assault fort at Knoxville, 500;
reinforced by General Bushrod R. Johnson, 501;
ordered by Bragg to attack Knoxville, 501;
orders of, to McLaws for assault of Fort Sanders, 502;
letter to, from McLaws, urging delay in attack on Fort Sanders, 504;
answer of, thereto, 504;
recalls troops and gives reasons for, 505-507;
ordered by Bragg to co-operate with his army after defeat at
Chattanooga, 507;
finds conformance to order impracticable, 509;
marches up the Holston Valley, 511;
presence of, in East Tennessee causes concern to Lincoln, 515,
and to Grant, 516;
orders relief of General McLaws, 518;
makes honorable mention of officers, 520;
renews effort to be relieved from service, 524;
marches to Dandridge, 526;
enters Dandridge and drinks to General Gordon Granger, 529;
General Grant gives orders that he be driven from Tennessee, 531;
Foster ordered to offensive against, 532;
despatches concerning, from General Grant to Generals Halleck, Thomas,
and Schofield, 535-537;
orders concentration of forces, 538;
asks for ten thousand additional troops, 539;
purpose of, in latter part of campaign, 539;
on campaign in the far South, 540;
withdrawal of command eastward made necessary, 540;
asked by Richmond authorities for suggestions, 543;
ideas of, on prosecution of the war, 544;
goes to Virginia and submits plans to General Lee, 544;
criticism of, on Bragg before Richmond authorities, 546;
visits wife at Petersburg, 546;
returns to Tennessee, 547;
rejoins General Lee on the Rapidan, 547;
receives vote of thanks in Congress, 550;
in command of First Corps on the Rapidan (1864), 553;
takes short route of march to field of battle (Wilderness), 556, 557,
559;
troops of, form under fire, 560;
repulses Hancock, 561;
makes flanking movement on Hancock's left, 562;
rides with flanking party, 563;
severely wounded, 564;
borne to the rear, 566;
Northern historian and General Hancock on advance of, 568;
Fitzhugh Lee upon, 568;
letter to, from Colonel Taylor on controversy as to guide at
Wilderness, 569;
letter to, from General Alexander on same subject, 570, 571;
letter to, from Colonel Venable on same, 571;
absent on leave, 572;
again at front, and meets General Lee, 573;
letter of, to Colonel Taylor, 574;
assigned to command on north side of James River, 574;
orders roads broken with ploughs, 580;
puts stop to picket-firing, 581;
meets General E. O. C. Ord and hears proposition for peace convention,
583, 584;
disclaims authority to speak on, 584;
communicates proposition for meeting, to General Lee, 584;
advocates impressment of gold and men, 588;
starts in pursuit of Sheridan, 592;
visits General Lee at Petersburg, 604;
receives A. P. Hill's corps as part of his command, 608;
on retreat from Richmond, 609;
marches for Farmville, pressed by the enemy, 610;
saves High Bridge, 612;
crosses Appomattox at Farmville, 615;
not among those of Lee's officers who urged surrender, 618;
says "not yet" in regard to surrender, 619;
refuses to bear to General Lee report of officers favoring surrender,
620;
calls for interview with General Lee, 624;
endeavors to recall General Lee from ride to General Grant, 626;
forms last line of battle, 626;
refuses to surrender to General Custer, 627;
meets General Grant, 630;
formally surrenders command, 630, 631;
visits Washington, 632;
calls on General Grant, 633;
receives letter to President Johnson, 633;
interview of, with the President, 634;
is relieved from political disabilities, 634;
engages in business in New Orleans, 634, 635;
favors holding States under the President's reconstruction policy, 635;
letter of, on the subject to J. M. G. Parker, Esq., 636, 637;
attacked by New Orleans press, 637;
appointed surveyor of customs, 638;
tribute of, to his old nurse, 638;
letter to, from General Lee, congratulating on convalescence, 639;
letter from, to General Lee, 640;
letter of, to General Lee, on impressment of gold, 641;
letter to, from General Lee, on policy of campaign, 642;
letter of, to General Lee, on impressment of men, 644;
letter to, from General Lee, 645;
letter of, to General Lee, on impressment of gold, 646;
letter of, to General Lee, on "peace" interview with General Ord, 647;
letter of, to General Lee, on exchange of political prisoners, 648;
letter to, from General Lee, on interview with General Grant, 649;
letter of, to General Lee, urging use of gold, 649;
letter of, to General Lee, on guarding Danville Railroad, 650;
letter of, to A. A. General Taylor, on suppression of desertion, 651;
letter of, to General Lee, on Sheridan's operations, 652;
letter of, to General Taylor, on policy towards new organizations, 653;
letter to, from General Lee, on proposed history, 654;
letter of congratulation from General Lee, 655;
letter to, from General Lee, suggesting preparation of memoirs, 655;
letter of, to General Lee, on battle of Gaines's Mill, 656;
letter to, from General Lee, on prospects, etc., 657.

Longstreet, Mrs. James, proposed meeting with Mrs. Grant to bring about
peace, 584;
in church at Richmond, hears news of defeat at Petersburg, 607.

Longstreet, Owen & Co., letter to, from General Lee, 655.

Longstreet, Richard, settles in America, 13.

Longstreet, Robert Lee (son of General Longstreet), birth of, 546.

Longstreet, William, applies steam to navigation, 1787, 14;
letter to Governor Telfair, 14.

Lookout Mountain, Confederates upon, 463;
attack near, on Hooker's rear-guard, 476, 477.

Lost orders, Lee's to Stuart, captured by Pope, 160, 196;
Lee's "General Order No. 191," in Maryland campaign, 203, 212, 282,
283.

Loudon, Fort. _See_ Sanders, Fort.

Lubbock, Colonel, 48.

Lyle, Captain, in affair on Williamsburg road, 578.

M.

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.