INDEX.

BOYCE, W. W., speech of in favor of secession, i. 47.
Boydton Plank Road, battle of, iii. 361.

BRADFORD, Major, W. F., murder of after the capture
of Fort Pillow; iii. 246.
BRAGG, Gen., his invasion of Kentucky, ii. 506; his
proclamation, ii. 507; junction of with Kirby Smith
at Frankfort, ii. 507; retreat of into East Tennessee,
ii. 511; defeated by Rosecrans at Murfreesboro', ii.
551; compelled by Rosecrans to abandon Middle
Tennesee, iii. 123; at Chattanooga, iii. 124; at La-
fayette, iii. 182; attacks and defeats Rosecrans near
the Chickamauga, iii. 135-140; incompetency of, iii.
142; driven from Lookout Mountain, Missionaries'
Ridge, and Ringgold, iii. 165–169.

Brandenburg, the guerrilla Morgan at, iii. 93.
Brandy Station, Buford's dash on Stuart near, iii. 100.
Brashear City, Gen. Weitzel's expedition against,

ii. 530: Gen. Banks's forces concentrated at, ii. 599;
capture of by Confederates, iii. 220.

Breckinridge, JOHN C., nomination of for the Presi-
dency, i. 28; flight of from Kentucky, ii. 77; treach-
ery of, i. 374.

Bridgeport, Hooker crosses the Tennessee at, iii. 151.
Bridges, railway, destruction of, in Maryland, i. 417.
BRIGHT, JOHN, champion of the Republic in England,
ii. 159.

Bristow Station, battle of, iii. 105.

BROWN, Col. H., takes command at Fort Pickens, i. 369.
BROWNLOW, Rev. W. G., imprisoned at Knoxville, ii.
38; permitted to leave the Confederacy, ii. 39; house
of visited by the author, in 1866, iii. 284.
Brownsville, Texas, capture of by Gen. Banks, iii. 223.
Bruinsburg, Grant crosses the Mississippi at, ii. 603.
BUCHANAN, Commodore McKEAN, death of, at the
battle of the Bayou Teche, ii. 597.

BUCHANAN, President JAMES, conspirators in the cab-
inet of, i. 43; his message of Dec. 30, 1860, i. 64; his
indecision, i. 78, 283; distrusted by the Southern con-
spirators, i. 143; painful position of, i. 146; changes
in his cabinet, i. 146; his message of Jan. 8, 1861, i.
218; disruption of his cabinet, ii. 527.
BUCKNER, Gen. SIMON B., left in command of Fort
Donelson by Floyd and Pillow, ii. 219; terms of sur-
render offered to by Grant, ii. 220.
BUELL, Gen. DON CARLOS, in command of the Depart-
ment of the Ohio, ii. 179; operations of, in Kentucky,
fi. 190-195; leaves Nashville to join Grant at Savan--
nah, ii. 264; at the battle of Shiloh, ii. 280; his move-
ments against Bragg in Kentucky, ii. 508; relieved
by Rosecrans, ii. 511, 523,

625

Rosecrans against Bragg, iii. 128; movements of,
about Knoxville, iii, 155; his defense of Knoxville
againt Longstreet, iii. 171-175.
Business relations between merchants of Northern
and Southern States, i. 114.

BUTLER, Gen. BENJ. F., his expedition to Maryland, i.
434; saves the frigate Constitution, i. 486; at Annap-
olis Junction, i. 489; his occupation of Baltimore, i.
446; proclamation issued by, i. 447; recalled from
Baltimore, i. 448; put in charge of military affairs at
Fortress Monroe, i, 498; operations directed by, i.
500-514; his expedition against the Hatteras forts, ii.
106; commissioned to raise a volunteer force in New
England, ii. 108; troops raised by in New England,
ii. 323; put in command of the New Orleans expedi-
tion, ii. 324; expeditions sent out by from New Or-
leans, ii. 530; superseded by Gen. Banks, ii. 530; his
plan for surprising Richmond, iii. 287; co-operative
movements of against Petersburg and Richmond, iii.
$17-324; his Fort Fisher expedition, iii. 476–481.
Butte à la Rose, capture of, ii. 600.

C.

Cabinet, President Lincoln's, i. 295.

Cairo, Union camps formed at, i. 472; designs of Gen.
Pillow against, ii. 71.

CALHOUN, JOHN C., declaration of (note), i. 41.
Camden, Ark., capture of by Gen. Steele, iii. 270.
CAMPBELL, Judge J. A., his letter to Seward in rela-
tion to Fort Sumter, i. 304.

Campbellville Station, Tenn., battlo at, iii. 156.
Camp Dick Robinson, established in Kentucky by
Wm. Nelson, ii. 78.

Camp Hamilton, Col. Duryee and Gen. Pierce at, i. 502.
Camp Joe Holt, formed in Kentucky by Roussean, ii. 72.
Camp Wild Cat, battle at, ii. 89.

Canal across the peninsula at Vicksburg, ii. 594.
Canal, flanking, at the siege of Island No. 10, ii. 243.
CANBY, Col. E. R. S., operations of, in New Mexico,
ii. 154-189; assigned to the Military Division of
West Mississippi, iii. 269.

Cane River, battle at, fii. 265.
Cape Fear River, British blockade runners in, iii. $15;
capture of Forts on, iii. 489.

Cape Girardeau, Marmaduke's attempt on, iii. 213.
Capitol at Washington, proposition to biow up with
gunpowder, i. 523.

Carnifex Ferry, battle of, ii. 93.
Carrick's Ford, battle of, i. 585.
Carthage, Mo., battle near, ii. 43.

BUFORD, Gen., his dash on Stuart at Brandy Station, CASEY, Gen. SILAS, at Seven Pines, ii. 408.
iii. 100.

Bull's Gap, Gen. Gillem defeated at by Breckinridge,
iii. 287.

Bull's Run, details of the battle of, i. 584-603; flight
of the National army from, i. 603, and the retreat, i.
606; results, i. 608; losses at (note), i. 608; effect of the
defeat at, ii. 17; why the Confederates did not follow
up their success at, ii. 22; second battle of, ii. 460.
Burning of the Gosport Navy-Yard, i. 396.
BURNSIDE, Gen. A. E., at Bull Run, i. 595; his opera-
tions on the North Carolina coast, ii. 166–175, 305-
312; at the battle of Antietam, ii. 480; his Freder-
icksburg campaign, il. 485-494; his movements
checked by President Lincoln, il. 495; superseded by
Hooker, il. 497; movements. under, in the Depart-
ment of the Ohio, ili. 127; called to co-operate with

VOL III.-40.

CASS, Gen. LEWIS, letter of Gen. Wool to, i. 76; his
resignation as Secretary of State, i. 77; the re-enforce-
ment of Charleston forts urged by, i. 127; how he
regarded the secession of South Carolina, i. 141.
Castle Pinckney, description of, i. 117.
Catawba River, railway bridge over destroyed by
Major Moderwell, iii. 505.

Cedar Creek, battle of,. Hii. 369.
Cedar Mountain, battle of, ii. 449.

Cemetery at Chattanooga, visit of the author to in
1866, iii. 178.

Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, battles at, iii. 69, 71.
Centreville, McDowell's advance on, i..597.
Chambersburg, incursion of Stuart to, ii. 484; Jenkins
and Ewell at, iii. 58; burnt by Confederates under
McCausland, iii. 349.

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Charleston, Democratic convention at in 1860, i. 18; | Columbia, Indiana, sacked by Morgan, iii. 92.
excitement in at the election of Lincoln, i. 49; “1860 | Columbus, Ga., capture of by Gen. Wilson, iil. 519.
Association" in, i. 95; liberty pole crected in, i. 98; Columbus, Ky., occupation of by Gen. Polk, il 74;
secession convention assembled at, i. 101; military evacuation of by Polk's troops, il. 235.
preparations in, í. 124; seizure of the post-office and COLYER, VINCENT, philanthropic efforts of at New
custom-house in, i. 139; conflagration în, ii. 129; Berne, ii. 308.
operations of Gillmore and Dahlgren against the de-
fenses of, iii. 200-211; shells thrown into by Gillmore,
iii. 208; blockade of declared by Ingraham and Beau-
regard to be raised, iii. 191; naval operations under
Dupont against the defenses of, iii. 192-197; evacuation
of by Hardee, iii. 462; visit of the author to in 1866,
iii. 481.

Cincinnati, Democratic convention at in 1856, 1. 21; Congress, the thirty-eighth, members of (note), fii. 981.

INDEX.

Convention, Republican, at Chicago in 1860, i. 30.
Convention, secession, of South Carolina, i. 100, 101;
sensation produced by the proceedings of, i. 113.
Conventions, national, in 1864, iii. 444–450.

COOKE, Gen St. G., at the battle of Gaines's Farm, ii. 423.
Cool Arbor, battle of, iii. 829.

"Cooper Shop" association in Philadelphia, i. 577.
Coosawhatchie River expeditions, iii. 189.
CORCORAN, Col. MICHAEL, a prisoner in Richmond, ii. 26.
Corinth, visit of the author to in 1866, ii. 284; inac-
tion of Gen. Halleck before, ii. 290; cautious move-
ments against, ii. 291; evacuation of by Beauregard,
ii. 293; inaction of Halleck at, ii. 295; occupation of
by Rosecrans, ii. 517; approach of Price and Van
Dorn to, ii. 518; battle of, ii. 519.

CORSE, Gen., at the battle of Missionaries' Ridge, iii.
167; his defense of Allatoona Pass, iii. 897.
Corydon, Ind., the guerrilla Morgan at, iii. 93.
COSTE, Capt. N. L, faithless conduct of, i. 138.
Cotton, restrictions laid by the Confederates on the ex-
portation of, i. 547; destruction of on the Southern
seaboard, ii. 125; and in New Orleans, ii. 342; suffer-
ings of English operatives for want of, ii. 571.
"Cotton is king,” i. 82.

"Cotton loan," the Confederate, î. 546.

Count of Paris, on McClellan's staff, ii. 131.

Cox, Gen. J. D., operations of in Kanawha Valley, i. 587.
Cox, S. S., his peace proposition, ii. 29.
Crampton's Gap, battle at, ii. 471.

Crawfish Spring, forces of Rosecrans near, iii. 132.
"Crittenden Compromise,” i. 89; final action on in the
Senate, i. 223.

CRITTENDEN, JOHN J., his rebuke of Clingman, i. 79;
amendments to the Constitution proposed by, i. 89;
debates on his proposition, i. 223; joint resolution of-
fered by, i. 573; his resolution adopted, ii. 28.
Cross-Keys, battle of, ii. 396.

CROXTON, Gen., raid in Alabama and Georgia, ¡¡i. 521.
Cruisers, Confederate, career of, iii. 432-439.
Crump's Hill, Gen. A. L. Lee at, iii. 256.

Culpepper Court-Ilouse, retreat of Lee to after the
battle of Gettysburg, iii. 99.

627

DAVIDSON, Gen., expedition of from Baton Rouge, iii.

415.

Davis, JeffersON, Buchanan's indecision condemned
by, i. 73; soft words of in the Senate, i. 81; his pro-
position to amend the Constitution, i. 223; chosen
President of the Confederacy, i. 252; inauguration of,
i. 257; his cabinet, i. 258; sketch of, i. 259; character
of contrasted with that of Lincoln, i. 275; leaves
Montgomery for Richmond, i. 547; remarkable speech
of at Richmond, i. 548; caprice and obstinacy of, ii.
21; his message to the first Congress at Richmond,
ii. 82; his reorganized cabinet, ii. 34; elected Presi-
dent of the Confederacy for six years, ii. 567; his
cabinet, ii. 567; on the fall of Atlanta and Confeder-
ate finances, iii. 454; flight of from Danville, iii. 576;
capture and imprisonment of, iii. 578.
DAVIS, JOHN, heroism displayed by on board the “Val-
ley City," ii. 175.

Decatur, siege of by Hood, HI. 417.
"Declaration of Independence" of South Carolina, i.
111.

Deep Bottom, lodgment effected at by Gen. Foster, iii,
340; movement from against Richmond, iii. 851, 353.
Defenders of Fort Sumter, names of (note), i. 829.
Delaware, loyal sentiment of the people of, i. 198.
DEVENS, Gen., at the battle of Chancellorsville, iii. 29.
Dinwiddie Court-House, Sheridan at, iii. 539.
Dismal Swamp Canal, expedition under Commodore
Rowan to obstruct (note), ii. 315.

Disunion, early threats of in the South (note), i. 63.
Dix, Dorothea L., beneficent labors of, i. 575.
DIX, Gen. JOHN A., his telegram in relation to the
American flag, i. 185; speech of in New York at the
Union Square meeting, i. 355; appointed Secretary
of the Treasury, i. 116.

Donaldsonville, bombardment of, ii. 528.
DOUBLEDAY, Gen., at the battle of Gettysburg, iii. 61.
DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A., Domination of for the Presi-
dency, i. 27; last days of, i. 457.

Draft of May 8, 1863, opposition organized against. ¡¡L
83; active resistance to, iii. 86; suspended in New
York, iii. 90.

Culp's Hill, battle on, iii. 70; visit of the author to in Draft Riots in New York, iii. 88-91.
1863, iii. 76.

Cumberland, Col. Lewis Wallace at, i. 528.
"Cumberland," frigate, sunk by the Merrimack, ii. 361.
Cumberland Gap, captured by the Nationals under G.
W. Morgan, ii. 303; abandoned by Morgan, il. 502;
recaptured by Burnside's troops, iii. 129.
CURTIN, GOV., calls out militia of Pennsylvania, iii. 52.
CURTIS, Gen. S. R., operations of in Arkansas, ii. 250-
260; his march from Batesville to the Mississippi, ii.

525.

CUSHING, Lient., destroys the ram Albemarle, iii. 472.
CUSTER, Gen., raid of to Berner's Bridge, ¡¡i. 291.
Custom-house at Charleston, seized by the State, i. 189.
Cynthiana, burnt by the guerrilla Morgan, iii. 232.

D.

DAHLGREN, Admiral JOHN A., in command of the
squadron off Charleston, iii. 200.

Drainsville, battle near, ii. 151.

Drewry's Bluff, unsuccessful naval attack on, ii. 402;
Gen. Butler's attempt on, iii. 321.
Droop Mountain, battle at, iii. 113.
Drywood Creek, Mo., skirmish at, iî. 66.
Dublin Station, Va., battle near, iii. 315.
Dug Springs, battle at, ii, 46.

DUKE OF Chartres, on McClellan's staff, ii. 131.
DUPONT, Admiral S. F., commands the naval force in
the Port Royal expedition, ii. 115; operations of on
the coast of Florida, ii. 320; operations of against the
defenses of Charleston, iii. 192–197.

Dutch Gap, Confederate naval attack on obstructions
at, iii. 531.

Dutch Gap Canal, construction of, iii, 357.
Duval's Bluf, capture of, ii. 592.

DWIGHT, Gen., at the siege of Port Hudson, ii. 631.
E.

DAHLGREN, Col. ULRIC, raid of on the James River EARLY, Gen. JUBAL, expedition sent out by in the
Canal, and death, iii. 290,

Dalton, Gen. Palmer's movement on, iii. 241; visit of
the author to in 1866, iii. 399.

DANA, expedition of from Vicksburg, fii, 415.

Shenandoah Valley, fii. 813; his invasion of Mary-
land and Pennsylvania, iii. 341-350; operations of in
the Shenandoah Valley to the battle of Cedar Creek,
iii. 86-872.

East Tennessee, cruel treatment of Unionists in, ii.
36-39; minor military movements in, iii. 281; jour-
ney of the author in, in 1866, iii. 283, 287.
Edenton, N. C., capture of, ii. 176.
Elizabeth City, N. C., capture of, ii. 174.

ELLET, Col. C. L., exploits of in the "Queen of the West,"
ii. 589.

ELLET, Gen. A., in the Red River expedition, iii. 253.
Ellison's Mill, skirmish at, ii. 404; battle at, ii. 419.
ELLSWORTH, Col. E. E., death of, i. 483.

Emancipation, first act of Congress concerning, ii. 29;
consideration of in Congress and by Lincoln, ii. 554
558; the Chicago memorial in relation to, ii. 558;
preliminary proclamation of, ii. 558; definitive proc-
lamation of, ii. 559.

Emancipation Proclamation, effect of on the Con-
federates, iii. 229; firm stand of President Lincoln
in relation to, iii. 230.

EMORY, Gen., at battle of Pleasant Grove, ii. 258.
ERICSSON, Capt. Jons, the " Monitor" built by, ii. 360.
Europe, Confederate emissaries at the courts of, i. 565;
attitude of sovereigns of in 1861, i. 570; effect in of
the news of the battle of Bull's Run, ii. 19.
EWELL, Gen., surrender of at Sailor's Creek, iii. 554,
EWING, Gen. HUGH S., his defense of Pilot Knob against
Price, iii. 277.

F.

Fairfax Court-House, Lieut. Tomkins's dash upon, i.
487; McDowell's advance on, ii. 586; Col. Stoughton
carried off from by Moseby, ii. 21; Hooker at, iii. 52.
Fair Oaks Station, battle near, ii. 410; second battle
near, ii. 412; visit of the author to in 1866, ii. 439.
Falling Waters, battle at, i. 524.

Falmouth, Hooker's head-quarters near, iii. 24.
FARRAGUT, Admiral DAVID G., his passage of the forts
below New Orleans, il. 331-336; panic at New Orleans
on the approach of his fleet, ii. 342; his reply to Mayor
Monroe, ii. 343; his bombardment of the batteries at
Vicksburg, ii. 526; operations of against the Mobile
forts, iii. 489-444.

Fast-Day, proclaimed by Buchanan, i. 77.

i. 165; operations of Dupont and Wright on cost of
ii. 820; expedition of Gen. Seymour to, lii. 466–409.
"Florida," Confederate cruiser, career of, iii. 433.
FLOYD, JOHN B., Becret treachery of, i. 45; national arms
transferred to the South by, i. 121; implicated in the
Indian Trust Fund robbery, i. 144; his flight to Eich-
mond, i. 146; flight of after the battle of Carnifex
Ferry, ii. 97; flight of from New River, il 102; in
command at Fort Donelson, ii. 210; flight of under
cover of night, ii, 219.

Folly Island, batteries erected on by Vogdes, iii. 201
FOOTE, Commodore ANDREW H., flotilla under the com-
mand of, ii. 198; operations of on the Cumberland
River, ii. 232; death of, iii. 200.
FORREST, Gen. N. B., his capture of Murfreesboro' and
approach to Nashville, ii. 501; routed at Parker's
Cross-Roads, ii. 552; raid of in Tennessee as far as
Jackson, iii. 237; escape of into Mississippi, fii. 28;
repulses Gen. W. S. Smith at West Point and Oke-
lona, iii. 239; raid of through Tennessee into Ken-
tucky, iii. 243; his capture of and massacre at Fort
Pillow, iii. 244-246; defeated at Tupelo by Gen. A. J.
Smith, iii. 248; his dash into Memphis, iii. 245; re-
pulsed by Gen. Rousseau at Pulaski, iii. 416.
Fortifications in Charleston harbor, description of i.
117; anxiety of conspirators respecting, i. 120.
Fort Anderson, capture of, lii. 492.
Fort Barlow, capture of, ii. 173.
Fort Beauregard, capture of, il. 120.
Fort Blunt, Confederates repulsed at, iii. 213.
Fort Clark, capture of, ii. 108.

Fort Clinch, found abandoned by Dupont, ii. $20.
Fort de Russy, capture of, iii. 254.

Fort Donelson, siege of, ii. 206-219; battle of, il 215;
surrender of, ii. 220; effect of the fall of at home and
abroad, ii. 222; the author's visit to in 1966, ii. 226;
attempt of Wheeler to recapture, ili. 116.

Fort Fisher, expedition against under Gens. Butler and
Weitzel and Admiral Porter, ill. 476-481; second and
successful expedition against, lil, 484–489; visit of th
author to in 1866, iii. 481.

Fort Gaines, seizure of, i. 175; recapture of, iL. 448.

FAULKNER, CHARLES J., inischievous influence of in Fort Hatteras, capture of, ii. 108.
Europe, i. 565.

Fayetteville, Ark., repulse of Confederates at by Col.
Harrison, iii. 213; relieved by Gen. Curtis, iii. 280.
Fayetteville, N. C., arsenal at seized by State troops, i.
386; Sherman at, iii. 497.

FELTON, S. M., his account of the first assassination
plot (note), iii. 565.

Fernandina, occupation of by Nationals, ii. 821.
FERRERO, Gen., services of at Knoxville, iii. 178.
Finances, Confederate, schemes in relation to, i. 544;
bad-condition of in 1863 and 1864, iii. 227, 228.
Finances, national, condition of at the close of 1860, i.
115; toward the close of Buchanan's term, i. 297; and
in 1863 and 1864, iii. 226.

"Firing the Southern heart,” i. 41.
Fisher's Hill, battle of, lif. 366.
Five Forks, battle of, iii. 542.

Flag, national, General Dix's telegram in relation to, i.
185; shot away at Fort Sumter, i. 326; torn down in
New Orleans after being raised by Farragut, ii. 343;
but raised again permanently, ii. 344; raised again at
Fort Sumter by Gen. Anderson, iii. 465.
Floating battery at Charleston, i. 312.
Florida, secession movements in, i. 60; conventions in,

Fort Henry, operations of Grant and Foote against, ¡L
200-202; battle of, ii. 203; capture of li. 205.
Fort Hindman, capture of, ii. 581.
Fort Jackson, surrender of to Captain Porter, il, 889.
Fort Jefferson, re-enforcements thrown into, 1. 36.
Fort McAllister, bombardment of by Dupont, iii. 199;
capture of by Gen. Hazen, iii. 412

Fort Macon, capture of, ii. 312; visit of the author to
in 1864, ii. 313.

Fort Marion, capture of, ii. 822.

Fort Morgan, seizure of by State troops, i. 174; sur-
render of to Farragut, iii. 443.

Fort Moultrie, description of, t. 117; garrisons of trans-
ferred to Fort Sumter by Major Anderson, i. 129;
seizure of by South Carolina troops, i. 137.
Fort Norfolk, seizure of by insurgents, i. 398.
Fort Pemberton, Ross's expedition against, ii. 587.
Fort Pickens, attempt to seize frustrated by Lient.
Slemmer, i. 167; surrender of demanded by insure-
ents, 1. 173; siege of, 1. 863-871; Pensacola navy-yard
and Confederate forts bombarded from, ii. 111.
Fort Pillow, evacuation of by Confederates, IL. 299;
capture of by Forrest, lii. 245; cruel massacre of ne-
gro and white troops at, fii. 246.

INDEX.

Fort Pulaski, seizure of by State troops, i. 179; siege
and recapture of, ii, 316–319.

Fort Randolph, evacuation of by Confederates, ii. 298.
Fort St. Philip, surrender of to Capt. Porter, ii. 339.
Fort Sanders, repulse of Longstreet at, iii. 173.
Fort Steadman, capture of by Lee's troops, iii. 537;
recapture of, iii. 538.

Fort Sumter, description of, i. 118; garrison of Fort
Moultrie transferred to by Maj. Anderson, i. 129;
preparations in Charleston for an attack on, i. 136;
excitement occasioned throughout the country by
Anderson's occupation of, i. 140; preparations for the
re-enforcement of, i. 152; surrender of demanded by
Gov. Pickens, i. 160; demand sent to Washington
for the surrender of, i. 283, and Secretary Holt's re-
ply, i. 285; Government charged with bad faith in
relation to, i. 305; letter of Anderson declaring his
inability to hold, i. 306; history of the unsuccessful
attempt to relieve, i. 306–309; siege and surrender of,
i. 810-334; excitement occasioned by the fall of, i.
335; Dupont's attack on with iron-clads, ii. 193;
bombardinent of by Gillmore, iii. 207; unsuccessful
boat expedition against, iii. 210; old flag raised on by
Gen. Anderson, iii. 465.

Fort Taylor, re-enforcements thrown into, f. 363.
Fort Tyler, capture of by La Grange, iii. 520.
Fort Wagner, unsuccessful assaults on by Gen. Strong,
iii. 202-204; evacuated by Confederates, iii. 210.
Fort Walker, capture of, ii. 120.

Fortress Monroe, seizure of contemplated by Floyd, i. |
126; Gen. Butler placed in command at, i. 499; mili.
tary movements near, i. 500; Gen. Wool relieves
Butler in command at, ii. 105.

Forts in Alabama, seizure of, i. 174.
Forts in Florida, condition of, i. 361.

Forts in Georgia, seizure of, i. 179.
Forts at Knoxville (note), iii. 175.
Forts in Louisiana, seizure of, i. 181.

Forts in North Carolina, seized by Gov. Ellis, i. 161.
Forts in Southern States, seizure of urged by con-
spirators, i. 154; names and location of those seized
(note), i. 298.

Forts in Texas, surrendered by Gen. Twiggs, i. 270.
"Forward to Richmond," popular cry of, i. 574, 579
(and note), i. 580.

FOSTER, Gen. JOHN G., in the Burnside expedition, ii.
167; operations of in North Carolina, iii. 181-185;
succeeds Burnside in command of the Army of the
Ohio, iii. 281.

Franklin, battle near between Van Dorn's forces and
Col. Colburn's, iii. 117; Van Dorn's attack on repulsed,
iii. 118; battle of, iii. 421; visit of the author to the
battle-field of, in 1866, íii. 422.

FRANKLIN, Gen., at the battle of Fredericksburg, ii.
491; failure of his Sabine Pass expedition, iii. 221;
in the Red River expedition, iii. 253.
Fredericksburg, Army of the Potomac set in motion
toward, ii. 486; position of the Confederates at, il.
487; battle of, ii. 491-493; Early driven from by
Sedgwick, iii. 35.

Frederickton, Mo., battle at, ii. 81.

Free-Labor States, uprising of the people of, 1. 343.
FREMONT, Gen. JOHN C., appointed to the Western
Department, ii. 59; fortifies St. Louis, il. 60; his
movement to secure Bird's Point and Cairo, ii. 61;
proclaims martial law in St. Louis, ii. 62; his confis-
cation and emancipation proclamation, ii. 64; modi-

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fies it by order of the President, ii. 65; why he did
not re-enforce Mulligan at Lexington, 11. 70; moves
with a large force against Price, ii. 71; at Jefferson
City, ii. 78; his pursuit of Price, ii. 79; at Spring-
field, ii. 81; superseded by Hunter, ii. 83; ovation to
at St. Louis, ii. 84; assigned to the "Mountain De-
partment," iL 359; with Blenker's division, ii. 371; at
Strasburg, ii. 395.

FRENCH, Gen., at the battle of Fredericksburg, ii. 493.
FRIETCHIE, BARBARA, story of told by Whittier, ii. 466.
Front Royal, Kenly driven out of by Ewell, ii. 391.
FROST, DANIEL M., camp of Missouri State troops
formed by near St. Louis, i. 467; compelled to sur-
render by Lyons, i. 468.

Fugitive Slave Law, remarks on the, i. 67.

G.

Gaines's Farm, battle of, tii. 422.
Gala day in Charleston, i, 98.
Galveston, surrender of to Commander Renshaw, ii
589; capture of by Magruder, 11. 594: blockade of re-
established by Farragut. ii. 394.

GARDNER, Gen. FRANK K., his defense of Port Hudson
against Gen. Banks, ii. €31.

Gauley Mountain, Rosecrans at the summit of, ii. 94.
GEARY, Gen., at the battle of Wauhatchie, iii. 153.
"George Griswold," ship, sent to England with food
for operatives, ii. 571.

Georgia, secession movements in, l. 51; divided senti-
ment of the legislature of, i. 52; action of the legisla-
ture, i. 58; secession agitation in, i. 176; convention
in, i. 178; Sherman's campaign in against Johnston
and Hood, iii. 374-399; Sherman's march through to
Savannah, iii. 405-414; visit of the author to, iii. 399.
"Georgia," Confederate cruiser, seized (note), iii. 435.
Gettysburg, Lee's forces at, iii. 57; great battles at, ii.
59-78; visits of the author to in 1863, iii. 76, and in
1866, iii. 79; weapons and missiles used at, lii. TS;
national cemetery at, iii. 80; important influence of
the national victory at, iii. 81, SS.

GILLMORE, Gen. Q. A., operations of against Fort Pu-
laski, ii. 316; appointed to the Department of the
South, iii. 198; operations of against the defenses of
Charleston, iii. 200-211.

| Glasgow, Ark., capture of by Price, iii. 279.
Glendale, battle of, ii. 480.

Gloucester Point, attempt of W. H. F. Lee to surprise,
iii. 21.

Goldsboro, N. C., Foster's expedition against, iii. 181;
capture of by Gen. Schofield, iii. 494; junction of
Schofield's, Terry's and Sherman's forces at, iii. 508.
GOLDSBOROUGH, Commodore Louis M., naval operations
of on the coast, of North Carolina, ii. 166-175.
Grafton, National troops at, i. 497; McClellan at, 1. 581.
Grand Ecore, Porter's gun-boats at, iii. 256.
Grand Gulf, batteries at passed by Porter's fleet, ii.
603; abandoned by the Confederates, ii. 604.
GRANGER, Gen. G., his defense of Franklin against Van
Dorn, iii. 118; at the battle of Chickamauga, iii. 139;
operations of against Forts Gaines and Morgan, iii.
443.

GRANT, Gen. U. S., occupies Paducah, ii. 76; operations
of in Kentucky, ii. 85; against Fort Donelson, ii. 207–
234; movements of on the Tennessee, and his victory
at Shiloh, ii. 261-283; operations of against Vicksburg,
ii. 588-591, 608-614; 615-628; appointed to the Mill-