When the memorandum of the agreement between Johnston and Sherman reached Stanton, he sent Grant to the general in hot haste, and then published in the newspapers, which need not have known anything of the affair, a full account of the unwise compact, and an indignant repudiation of it by the Government. Naturally this brought down a furious attack upon Sherman. All his past services were forgotten for a time, and he was even called a "traitor." The public quickly saw the injustice of this attitude; so did most of the men in the Government, and they hastened to appease Sherman, who was violently incensed over what he called Stanton's insult. I think he never forgave the Secretary. When, on May 19th, he reached Washington with his army, which he had marched northward across the battlefields of Virginia, he refused to have anything to do with Stanton, although Grant tried his best to bring about a reconciliation and the President and several members of the Cabinet showed him every attention.
I was, of course, curious to see what General Sherman would do in passing before Mr. Stanton to take his place on the stand. The general says in his Memoirs that, as he passed, Stanton offered his hand and he refused to take it. He is entirely mistaken. I was watching narrowly. The Secretary made no motion to offer his hand, or to exchange salutations in any manner. As the general passed, Mr. Stanton gave him merely a slight forward motion of his head, equivalent, perhaps, to a quarter of a bow.
In May I had been asked to become the editor of a new paper to be founded in Chicago, the Republican. The active promoter was a Mr. Mack, and the concern was organized with a nominal capital of five hundred thousand dollars. Only a small part of this was ever paid up; a large block of the stock was set aside as a bonus to induce a proper man to become the editor. Mr. Mack had offered the post to me, and, through the influence of the Hon. Lyman Trumbull and other prominent men of Illinois, I was persuaded to accept it. In deciding on the change, I had arranged to stay in Washington until I could finish the routine business upon which I was then engaged, and until Mr. Stanton could conveniently spare me. This was not until the 1st of July. On the first day of the month I sent to the President my resignation as Assistant Secretary of War, and a few days later I left the capital for Chicago.
[INDEX.]
Army of the Cumberland reorganized, [126].
Augur, General, and the spy, [183];
in command at Washington, [244].
Baltimore merchants arrested, [236].
Banks, General, besieges Port Hudson, [80].
Bates, Edward, impressions of, [171].
Beauregard, General, [222].
Blair, Montgomery, character, [170], [231].
Booth, J. Wilkes, [281].
Bragg, General, driven across the Tennessee, [104];
maneuvers to reach Chattanooga, [107]-[111];
evacuates Lookout Mountain, [148];
retreats, [151].
Burnside, General, shut up in Knoxville, [135];
character, [138];
forces, [138];
repulses Longstreet, [154];
relieved by Sherman, [154];
transferred to command of Ninth Army Corps, [191].
Cairo, the claims commission, [12].
Campbell, Judge, negotiations with President Lincoln, [266], [270].
Canada, proposed Confederate expedition from, [243].
Cedar Creek, [248].
Champion Hill, [53].
Chase, Salmon P., impressions of, [169].
Chattanooga, defense of, [120];
battle, [143].
Chickamauga, [111].
Cipher dispatches, [22];
Confederate, [280].
Cold Harbor, [208].
Conkling, Roscoe, [17], [177], [263].
Cotton speculation, [17].
Crittenden, General, censured for conduct at Chickamauga, [122];
relieved, [126].
Dana, Charles A., resigns from the Tribune, [1];
first meeting with Lincoln, [2];
early correspondence with Stanton, [4]-[11];
commissioner of War Department, [21];
at the front with Grant, [30] et seq.;
gets a horse, [45];
assistant adjutant general, [82];
Assistant Secretary of War, [103];
with the Army of the Cumberland, [105] et seq.;
at Chattanooga, [132];
interview with Burnside at Knoxville, [138];
on duty at Washington, [156] et seq.;
relations with Stanton, [159];
with the Army of the Potomac, [189] et seq.;
with Sheridan in the valley, [248] et seq.;
at Richmond, [263];
last interview with Lincoln, [274];
becomes editor of the Chicago Republican, [290].
Davis, Jefferson, capture, [282];
imprisonment, [284].
Drouillard, Captain, [116].
Early, General, menaces the capital, [228];
withdraws, [232].
Everett, Edward, [182].
Five Forks, [263].
Foster, General J. G., supersedes Burnside, [191].
Frémont, General, [5], [6].
Garfield, General, [118].
Grand Gulf, attack on, [42].
Granger, General Gordon, in command at Nashville, [105];
at Chickamauga, [119];
at Missionary Ridge, [149];
fails to relieve Burnside, [152].
Grant, General, impressions of, [15], [61];
conduct at Shiloh criticised, [15];
plan for Vicksburg campaign, [30];
self-control, [43];
invests Vicksburg, [56];
asks re-enforcements, [80];
enters Vicksburg, [99];
rapid mobilization of his army, [101];
at Chattanooga, [133];
at Missionary Ridge, [148];
made general in chief of the United States army, [186];
crosses the Rapidan, [187];
maneuvers against Lee, [200]-[207];
at Cold Harbor, [208];
charges of butchery, [209];
in camp at Cold Harbor, [213];
marches on Petersburg, [217] et seq.;
prepares for siege, [224].
Halleck, General, obstructs Grant's plans, [156];
Grant's chief of staff, [186];
character, [187].
Hancock, General, his energy, [190];
at Spottsylvania, [195];
advancing to Richmond, [201];
at Cold Harbor, [208].
Herron, General, [70], [87].
Hooker, General, ordered to Lookout Valley, [134];
at Lookout Mountain, [147].
Hovey, General, [63], [217].
Hudspeth, Mrs., gives evidence in conspiracy trial, [279].
Humphreys, General, [192].
Hunter, General, defeats Jones, [229];
Grant's defense of, [233].
Jackson, entered by United States army, [52].
Johnson, Andrew, [105];
urges punishment of rebels, [269].
Johnston, General J. E., threatens Grant during siege of Vicksburg, [83], [84], [289].
Lee, General R. E., defeated in the Wilderness, [193];
maneuvers against Grant, [201]-[207];
Grant's estimate of, [215];
outwitted by Grant, [222];
driven from Petersburg, [263];
surrender, [271].
Lincoln, President, impressions of, [171]-[185];
relations with his cabinet, [171];
as a politician, [174]-[181];
his mercifulness, [183];
visits the lines before Petersburg, [224];
re-election, [260];
seeming flippancy, [261];
in Richmond after surrender, [266];
propositions to Confederates, [267];
assassinated, [274].
Logan, General, [53], [67].
Longstreet, General, [119], [139].
Lookout Mountain, [147].
McClellan, dissatisfaction with, [8];
absurd claims for, [9].
McClernand, General, commands movement on Grand Gulf, [32];
his annoying delays and inefficiency, [59], [89];
removal, [90].
McCook, General, censured for conduct at Chickamauga, [122];
relieved, [126].
McPherson, General, in movement on Grand Gulf, [41];
at Raymond, [51];
ability, [58];
springs the mines before Vicksburg, [91].
Meade, General, commands army of the Potomac, [189];
character and ability, [189];
before Petersburg, [221];
difficulties with subordinates, [226].
Milliken's Bend, [86].
Mississippi, reopening of, [30].
Missionary Ridge, [148].
"Morse," case of, [235].
Negro troops, their bravery, [86], [220].
Nevada, why admitted, [174], [175].
Newspaper correspondents, trouble with, [215].
New York and Chicago, plans for burning, [241].
Ord, General, supersedes McClernand, [90].
Parsons, Colonel, [253].
Pemberton, General, defeated at Champion's Hill, [53];
retreat and losses, [55];
asks for terms, [95];
humiliation, [96];
surrenders Vicksburg, [99].
Porter, Admiral, runs the Vicksburg batteries, [36];
character, [85].
Porter, General, halts fugitives at Chickamauga, [116].
Port Gibson, [44].
Presidential campaign of 1864, [260].
Railroads seized by the Government, disposition of, [255].
Rawlins, Colonel J. A., and the Confederate Mason, [54];
character, [62], [72].
Raymond, engagement at, [51].
Richmond surrendered, [263];
evacuated, [264].
Rosecrans, General, his delays, [104];
occupies Chattanooga, [107];
concentrates his army, [110];
at Chickamauga, [111];
prepares to defend Chattanooga, [120];
indecision and incapacity, [123], [127];
transferred to Department of the Missouri, [131].
Schofield, General, troops transferred, [252].
Secret service, [235] et seq.
Sedgwick, General John, [190].
"Selby" and "Leenea" letters, [276], [277].
Seward, Wm. H., impressions of, [168].
Shepley, General, military governor of Richmond, [267], [270].
Sheridan, General, at Chickamauga, [116];
at Chattanooga, [145];
at Missionary Ridge, [150];
major-general, [248];
affection of the army, [249];
wins at Five Forks, [263].
Sherman, General, impressions of, [29];
commands a corps in Grant's army, [31];
destroys public property in Jackson, [53];
before Vicksburg, [57];
in pursuit of Johnston, [84];
ordered to join the forces at Chattanooga, [136];
bridges the Tennessee, [146];
at Missionary Ridge, [148];
relieves Burnside at Knoxville, [154];
letter on the relief passes, [165];
difficulties with Stanton, [289].
Smith, General A. J., [64], [95], [97].
Smith, General "Baldy," [206], [207], [208], [219].
Spottsylvania, [195].
Stanton, E. M., early correspondence with Dana, [4]-[11];
forbids army speculations in cotton, [20];
gives complete authority to Grant, [52];
appearance and character, [157];
relations with his subordinates, [159];
friction with Blair, [170];
arrests the Baltimore merchants, [236].
Strouse, Congressman, case of, [159].
Table of Union losses, [210].
Thomas, General, heads off the Confederates from Chattanooga, [111];
holds the field at Chickamauga, [118];
his high qualities and Stanton's esteem, [124];
supersedes Rosecrans, [131];
charge of his troops at Missionary Ridge, [150].
Thompson, Jacob, [239], [273].
"Turkey movement," [252].
Vicksburg, campaign plans, [25], [30];
batteries run, [36];
attack on, [56];
siege, [57], [78]-[99];
surrender, [99].
Virginia Legislature, negotiations with President Lincoln, [267].
Wallace, General Lew, [229], [231].
War Department, immense business, [161].
Warren, General, [190], [202], [206], [209].
Washburn, General, [71].
Washington, panic at, [229].
Watson, P. H., and the forage fraud, [162].
Weitzel, General, in command at Richmond, [264], [266], [270].
Welles, Gideon, impressions of, [170].
Wilmot, David, [163].
Wilson, General J. H., [137], [227].
Wright, General, [191], [207], [208].
THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
[A] A month later General Frémont was assigned to the command of the "Mountain Department," composed of parts of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
[B] General E. V. Sumner, who had just been relieved, at his own request, from the Army of the Potomac and appointed to the Department of the Missouri. He was on his way thither when he died, on March 21st.