From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America

by James Longstreet

Lexington, Va., May 25, 1866.

General J. Longstreet:

My dear General,—I was very glad to receive your letter of the 18th, but you told me so little of yourself that I presume you intend writing to me again shortly. But what you did say was very satisfactory, and I am much pleased to know that your prospects in a commercial point of view are good and progressive. I hope they may regularly and surely advance. I feel much obliged by your kind proposition as regards myself. For the present I must remain where I am. When I see that I have done all the good that I can accomplish for Washington College I may find it necessary to do something that will enable me to procure a competence for my family. I will then turn my hand to whatever may offer. For myself I want nothing but my food and clothes. I send in compliance with your request a number of autographs, enough, I should think, to last for all time; but if they will be of any service to you I will send more. Mr. Lowe has not yet reached Lexington. It will give me pleasure to see him when he does, as he comes from you. As you did not mention your arm, I hope that is improving too. You must never omit to mention it, Mrs. Longstreet, and your children when you write. I see Garland very often in my walks, but very rarely at my house.... All unite in kindest regards to yourself and family.

Most truly yours,
R. E. Lee.

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INDEX.

A.
Adams, General, wounded at Chickamauga, [446].
Alden, Bradford R., at Jefferson Barracks, [17];
friendliness of, to Longstreet, [632].
Alexander, General E. P., at Fredericksburg, [311], [316];
at Gettysburg, [389], [390], [391];
notifies Pickett to advance, [392];
goes to Tennessee with Longstreet, [437];
on Lookout Mountain, [463];
at Campbell’s Station, [493];
at Knoxville, [497];
at Mechanicsville (1864), [553];
letter of, to Longstreet, on affairs at Wilderness, [570], [571].
Amazon Creek, engagement at, [606].
Amusement of soldiers, [325], [326].
Anderson, General G. B., at Seven Pines, [94];
at South Mountain, [222];
mortally wounded at Sharpsburg, [249].
Anderson, General G. T., at Sharpsburg, [242], [247];
wounded at Gettysburg, [372];
brigade of, receives Farnsworth’s cavalry charge, [395];
in retreat from Gettysburg, [428];
joins Hood’s division in Tennessee, [462];
in assault of Fort Sanders, [502], [503], [505], [506];
at Wilderness, [562];
captures prisoners at Farmville, [617].
Anderson, Lieutenant-General R. H., at Williamsburg, [72], [75], [76];
at Seven Pines, [94];
at Sharpsburg, [247], [249];
report of interview with General Lee at Gettysburg, [357];
in fight at Little Round Top, [372];
in command of left division on Rapidan (1864), [553];
division of, in the Wilderness, [559], [562];
succeeds Longstreet, wounded, [565];
at Five Forks, [602];
in engagement at Amazon Creek, [606];
makes attack at Rice’s Station, [613];
letter to, from General Lee, [639].
Antietam, battle of. See [Sharpsburg].
Appendix, [639].
Appomattox, surrender at, officers urge negotiations for surrender, [618];
General Grant asks surrender, [619];
General Lee replies, asking terms, [619];
interview of General Pendleton with General Lee, [620], [621];
General Grant states terms for surrender, [622];
General Lee proposes meeting with General Grant, [622];
Sheridan’s decisive action, [622];
General Lee gives orders for march to Appomattox Court-House, [623];
an account of last scenes of activity, [624];
General Lee confers with Longstreet and Mahone, [624], [625];
General Lee rides to meet General Grant, [625];
Longstreet endeavors to recall Lee, [626];
General Custer’s demand of surrender from Longstreet, [627];
truce ordered, [628];
sympathy of soldiers for General Lee, [629];
Generals Grant and Longstreet meet, [630];
details of capitulation arranged, [630];
number of troops surrendered and paroled, [631].
Archer, General, at Shepherdstown, [264];
at Fredericksburg, [309];
captured at Gettysburg, [354], [389].
Arista, General, in command of Mexican forces, [22].
Armies. See [Confederate], [Federal], [Army of the Potomac], [Army of Northern Virginia].
Armistead, General, at Malvern Hill, [143];
killed beside Federal battery in Pickett’s charge (Gettysburg), [394].
Armstrong, General, at Chickamauga, [441];
makes great capture of cattle, [530];
in sharp engagement on the French Broad, [532].
Army corps. See [Corps].
Army of Northern Virginia, losses of, in Maryland campaign, [266], [267];
condition of, on entering Maryland, [284];
reorganized in October, 1862, [290];
strength of, at Fredericksburg, [305];
strength and organization of, at Fredericksburg, [317] et seq.;
divided into three corps, [332];
in readiness for Gettysburg campaign, [334];
organization of, in Gettysburg, [410];
in retreat from Gettysburg, [426] et seq.;
strength of, in 1864, [552-554];
capitulation of, at Appomattox, [631].
Army of Observation, [18].
Army of Occupation, [19].
Army of the Potomac, organization of, in Maryland campaign, [209], [271];
strength of, at Antietam, [265];
losses of, at Antietam, [266];
reorganized by General Burnside, [292];
strength of, at Fredericksburg, [305];
in false position at Fredericksburg, [323];
before Gettysburg, [335];
Meade succeeds Hooker in command of, [348];
organization of, at Gettysburg, [415];
strength of, in 1864, [552];
crosses the Rapidan, [555];
posting of, at Five Forks, [593].
Army of the Tennessee, first victory of the, [456];
Longstreet offered command of, [466];
Hardee offered command of, [466] (note).
Army of Virginia organized, [153];
strength of, [153], [157].
“Attrition,” policy of, [551].
Averill, General, makes raid from West Virginia into East Tennessee, [521], [522].
Avery, Colonel, death of, at Gettysburg, [375].
Ayres, General, at Five Forks, [598], [599], [601].
B.
Badeau, General, quoted on strength of Army of Potomac in 1864, [552], [553].
Baird, General, at Chickamauga, [441].
Baker, E. D., [61].
Ball’s Bluff, engagement at, [61].
Banks, General N. P., in command of Second Corps, Army of Virginia, [153];
his battle against Jackson at Slaughter Mountain, [157].
Barksdale, General, at Fredericksburg, [301], [303];
takes battery at Gettysburg, [370];
guiding spirit of the battle, [371];
mortally wounded, [372].
Barlow, General, at Antietam, [250];
fall of, [252], [266];
at Gettysburg, [355].
Baxter, Colonel, crosses the river at Fredericksburg under fire, [303].
Beauregard, General G. T., at West Point, [16];
at Manassas, [33], [35];
instructions to commanders, [36];
order for battle, [44];
order miscarries, [46];
in charge of left, [49];
brave charge by, [50];
ordered West, [64];
proposal to bring, into Gettysburg campaign, [336];
prejudice against, of Davis, [432], [545];
Longstreet writes President Davis in favor of, [547].
Beauregard, Lieutenant R. T., at Chickamauga, [441].
Beaver Dam Creek. See [Mechanicsville].
Bee, General Bernard E., at Manassas, [46], [48];
gives name of “Stonewall” to Jackson, [49].
Benning, General, at Gettysburg, [370], [396];
in retreat from Gettysburg, [431];
at Chickamauga, [448];
at Petersburg, [606].
Bermuda Hundred, Pickett’s division assigned to, [574];
assault on, by Parke (Petersburg), [605].
Berry, General, at Fredericksburg, [309].
Birney, General, at Fredericksburg, [309];
at Gettysburg, account of affair at Peach Orchard, [366];
at Wilderness, [559].
Blackburn’s Ford, engagement at, [38].
See [Manassas, First].
Blair, Hon. Montgomery, peace mission of, [583].
Bonham, General M. S., at Manassas, [52].
Bostan, Colonel, killed, [630].
Boteler’s Ford, [264].
See [Shepherdstown].
Bowen, Orderly, killed at Wilderness, [564].
Bragg, General Braxton, at West Point, [17];
threatening near Chattanooga, [434], [436];
Longstreet at head-quarters of, [438];
plan of, for Chickamauga, [439];
gives orders to Longstreet’s division commanders, [447];
disturbed by plan of battle, [452];
absence of, from field, [455], [457];
order for retreat, [456], [457];
did not know result of Chickamauga until next day, [458];
receives report of battle from Longstreet, [461];
refuses to pursue the enemy, [462], [463];
officers call for removal of, [464];
puts Generals Polk and Hindman under charges, [465];
inquiry in regard to, by President Davis, [465];
on affairs subsequent to Chickamauga, [471];
criticism upon, [472];
ignores signal service reports and is surprised, [474], [475];
plans to capture Hooker’s rear-guard by night attack, [475];
orders Longstreet into East Tennessee, [481];
urges Longstreet to make rapid movement, [483];
orders speedy attack of Knoxville by Longstreet, [501];
orders Longstreet to co-operation with his army after defeat at Chattanooga, [507];
relieved of command by General Hardee, [515];
called to Richmond as commander-in-chief, [516];
suggestions of, before authorities at Richmond, [545];
action of, after Chickamauga criticised by Longstreet before authorities at Richmond, [546];
ordered to Wilmington, [580];
comment on, by Confederate newspaper, [582] (note).
Branch, General L. O’B., report of, on march to Mechanicsville, [123].
Brandy Station, cavalry engagement at, between Stuart and Pleasonton, [338].
Brannan, General, at Chickamauga, [442].
Bratton, Colonel, in attack on Hooker’s rear-guard near Lookout Mountain, [476], [477].
Breckenridge, Major-General J. C., at Chickamauga, [441];
in assault, [445], [446];
appointed Secretary of War, [583], [584].
Bristoe Station, engagement at between Ewell and Hooker, [170].
Brockenbrough, General, at Fredericksburg, [307];
at Gettysburg, [354].
Bryan, General, in assault on Fort Sanders, [505], [520].
Buckner, General Simon, at Chickamauga, [439];
gives opinion adverse to Bragg, [465];
letter to, from Longstreet, [484], [485].
Buford, General, at Gettysburg, [351], [352], [353].
Bull Run. See [Manassas].
Bull’s Gap, Longstreet’s army at, [542].
Burnside, General A. E., ordered to Fredericksburg to aid Pope, [159];
begins work at “Burnside’s bridge,” [244];
continuance of, [254], [256], [257], [258];
McClellan’s orders to, for taking bridge, [258];
effects crossing, [260];
battle concentrates against, [261];
his advance arrested, [262];
assigned to command Army of the Potomac, [291];
reorganizes army in three “Grand Divisions,” [292];
submits plan to President Lincoln, [292];
plan of, for crossing Rappahannock at Fredericksburg, [301];
plan of, for battle, [304];
orders that Marye’s Hill must be carried before night, [312];
orders of, to Franklin criticised, [315];
memorandum of, for renewal of attack on Marye’s Hill, captured, [316];
abortive moves by, [322] et seq.;
in East Tennessee, [434], [436], [480], [481];
has army of twenty-five thousand men north of Knoxville, [482];
acts on defensive at Knoxville, [488];
sends troops to Little Tennessee River, [490];
report of, on condition at Knoxville, [499], [500];
relieved of command at Knoxville by General Foster, [514];
in command of Ninth Corps in Virginia, [552].
Burnside’s bridge. See [Burnside, General A. E.], and [Sharpsburg].
Butler, General Benjamin F., in front of Richmond, [575], [576];
move on Fort Fisher, [580].
C.
Campaign in far South, consideration of, [540].
Campaign of 1864, [551] et seq.
Campbell, Judge J. A., [583].
Campbell’s Station, engagement at, [492], [494].
Cannon-shots, remarkable, [254], [255].
Capitulation. See [Appomattox, surrender at].
Carr, General, at Dandridge, [526].
Cashtown, Lee calls for concentration at, [348].
Chambersburg, Confederates at, [351].
Chancellorsville, losses at, [327];
criticism upon, [329], [330].
Chantilly, battle of, [193];
killing of Kearny and Stevens at, [194].
Charles City Cross-Roads. See [Frayser’s Farm].
Chattanooga, Federal army at, [462] et seq.
Cheatham, General, at Chickamauga, [441];
gives opinion adverse to General Bragg, [465].
Chester Gap, Longstreet’s command at, in retreat from Gettysburg, [431].
Chickahominy River, McClellan advances to, [82] (see [Seven Pines]);
fighting along the, in summer of 1862, [120] et seq.;
McClellan changes base from, to James River, [132].
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];