Hamilton, Schuyler,
appointed major general United States Volunteers;
resigns.
Hammond, John W.,
lieutenant colonel 65th Indiana at battle of Nashville.
Hampton, Wade, brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at the Monocacy;
at South Mountain;
appointed lieutenant general to outrank Wheeler;
opposed to Vance's peace negotiations;
retires from Raleigh;
arranges for interview bet. Johnston and Sherman;
refuses to be included in Johnston's capitulation.
Hancock, Winfield S., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam;
sent from 6th Corps to command Richardson's division 2nd Corps;
classmate of McClellan.
Hanson, Chas. S., lieutenant colonel 20th Kentucky,
captured at Lebanon, Kentucky
Hardee, Wm. J.,
lieutenant general Confederate States Army;
succeeds Bragg in temporary command Army of Georgia;
declines permanent command;
quoted by Davis;
sent to reinforce Polk;
forces increased;
at Dallas;
at battle of Atlanta;
controversy with Hood;
at Jonesboro;
impeaches Hood's statement of his losses;
transferred to Savannah;
evacuates Charleston;
rumored junction with Bragg;
fails to reach Wilmington;
forces of;
low estimate contradicted by official reports;
reports to Bragg at Goldsborough;
at Averasborough;
commands army in absence of Johnston;
arranges details of capitulation with Schofield;
reputation and character of;
end of war only a question of time after first year;
humorous report of General Cox's treatment of old woman asking for provisions;
reported Salkehatchie swamps impassable when Sherman was marching through them at rate of 13 miles a day;
determines to go abroad for a time.
Hardie, Jas. A.,
colonel United States Volunteers and inspector general
Harker, Chas. G., commanding brig, in Newton's division 4th army corps,
at Rocky Face;
relieves Hanson's brigade at Resaca;
wounded at Resaca.
Harland, Edw., colonel 8th Conn.,
at South Mountain;
at Antietam;
commanding brigade in Palmer's division at Kinston.
Harper's Ferry,
attacked by Jackson;
and taken;
A. P. Hill left in charge of.