An Artilleryman's Diary

by Jenkins Lloyd Jones

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INDEX

• Abbeville (Miss.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [17], [21].
• Abolitionists, views of, [309].
• Acworth (Ga.), 80th Ohio at, [236];
  • raids near, [243].
• Adairsville (Ga.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [225];
  • raid at, [239], [240].
• "Adriatic," Mississippi steamboat, [93].
• Alabama, inhabitants, [160];
  • view into, [331];
  • Logan in, [263];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery, [112];
  • troops from, [78];
  • 1st Cavalry, [105], [106], [118].
• Albion (Wis.), correspondence with, [34], [111];
  • school at, [243];
  • Jones visits, [339].
• Alexander, Col. Jesse I., at Oxford, [20];
  • Buntyn Station, [25];
  • Huntsville, [209];
  • commands expedition, [211], [212].
• Allatoona (Ga.), military depot, [262];
  • raids near, [243];
  • troops at, [229], [239], [244], [251];
  • inspection, [266].
  • See also [Battles].
• "Alone," Mississippi steamboat, [39], [42].
• American Messenger, cited, [306].
• Amsden, Lieut. Marcus, forages, [124];
  • at Huntsville, [169];
    • Allatoona, [257].
• Anderson, Maj. Robert, at Fort Sumter, [322].
• "Anglo Saxon," transport, [117].
• Anthony (negro), at Oxford, [19];
  • straggler, [223];
  • sermon by, [239].
• Arkansas, 6th Wisconsin Battery in, [37].
• "Armada," Mississippi steamboat, [39], [45].
• Armies—
  • Cumberland, troops in, [125], [130];
    • at Missionary Ridge, [313].
  • Frontier, troops from, [70], [71].
  • Potomac, reverse for, [3].
  • Tennessee, troops from, [130];
    • casualties in, [238];
    • commander, [233];
    • at Nashville, [272].
  • Western, commander, [260].
• Arnold, Dr. ——, of 12th Wisconsin Battery, [10], [11].
• Athens (Ala.), troops at, [205];
  • troops from, [209].
• Atlanta (Ga.), military center, [337];
  • railroad at, [254];
  • Sherman, [246];
  • 15th Corps, [247];
  • 20th Corps, [260];
  • captured, [232]-[234], [245].
  • See also [Battles].
• Atlantic Monthly, mentioned, [39], [68], [186], [309].
• Atlantic Ocean, Sherman reaches, [266].
• "Autocrat," Mississippi gunboat, [39].

• Babcock, Byron, sick, [9], [186];
  • portrait, [364].
• Bailey, William M., at Buntyn Station, [29].
• Baker, Frederick T., wounded, [67], [101];
  • forager, [175].
• Ballou's Monthly, cited, [296].
• "Baltic," Mississippi gunboat, [39].
• Baltimore (Md.), convention at, [218].
• Bancroft, Marion L., on furlough, [315], [325].
• Banks, Gen. Nathaniel P., reinforces Grant, [61].
• Banks, Robert E., death, [324], [339].
• Barry, Gen. William F., at Nashville, [302].
• Bartlett, Samuel C., sermon by, [196].
• Bass (Tenn.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [304].
• Battles—
  • Allatoona, [255]-[258].
  • Atlanta, [232], [233], [245], [246].
  • Champion Hills, troops at, [148], [257];
    • casualties, [174];
    • McPherson, [233].
  • Chattanooga, [148], [339].
  • Chickamauga, [339].
  • Corinth, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [7], [8], [48], [101], [148], [255];
    • Missouri Brigade, [257];
    • casualties, [10], [55].
  • Dalton, Wheeler at, [239], [240].
  • Franklin, Hood at, [279].
  • Gettysburg, victory, [80].
  • Grand Gulf, [50], [51].
  • Iuka, [6], [7], [257].
  • Jackson, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [56]-[59], [148];
    • McPherson, [233].
  • Kenesaw Mountain, [340].
  • Lookout Mountain, [136]-[143], [330], [331].
  • Missionary Ridge, [136]-[143], [313], [339];
    • Matthies at, [184];
    • Corse, [256].
  • Murfreesboro, [26], [285];
    • casualties at, [50].
  • Nashville, [280]-[288].
  • Port Gibson, [51].
  • Raymond, [55], [148].
  • Ringgold, [144].
  • Shiloh, casualties at, [55].
  • Tunnel Hill, [141]-[143], [339].
  • Vicksburg, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [148];
    • McPherson, [233].
    • See also [Vicksburg].
• Beauregard, Gen. Gustave T., son of, [144].
• Beaver, Corp. Sampson, at Buntyn Station, [25];
  • Memphis, [28], [31];
  • Huntsville, [206];
  • forager, [120];
  • on furlough, [81].
• Beecher, Henry Ward, [322];
  • sermon by, [86], [310].
• Bellefonte (Ala.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [157], [222].
• Benedict, George W., sick, [11];
  • at Memphis, [99];
  • portrait, [129], [364].
• Beniczky, K. W., New York photographer, [274].
• Bennett, John L., on furlough, [81].
• Benoit, Frank, on furlough, [315], [325].
• Benson, Bradley, death, [312].
• Berger, Christian, portrait, [364].
• Bickerdyke, Mary A., army nurse, [191], [192];
  • at Etowah Bridge, [267].
• Big Shanty (Ga.), railroad at, [223], [251], [254].
• Bird Spring (Ala.), picnic at, [217].
• Blair, Gen. Frank J., commands corps, [110], [113], [209];
  • orders from, [214];
  • at Missionary Ridge, [139].
• Blake, B. F., forager, [158];
  • at Dickson Station, [113], [114];
    • Bridgeport, [154], [155].
• Bolton, Capt. William H., commands battery, [60].
  • See also [Illinois].
• Boomer, Col. George B., Vicksburg campaign, [53];
  • killed, [63].
• Booth, ——, at Huntsville, [184].
• Booth, John W., killed, [328].
• Booth, Robert L., sick, [252].
• Booth, William H., at Whiteside, [149];
  • mustered out, [252].
• Bowen, Gen. John S., at Vicksburg, [76].
• Bowman, ——, forager, [16].
• Bragg, Gen. Braxton, in Chattanooga campaign, [269], [329], [331];
  • defeated, [18], [144];
  • retreats, [127], [145].
• Brady, Dr. ——, at Vicksburg, [80].
• Breckinridge, Gen. John C., at Corinth, [7].
• Brewer, Gen. Richard H., at Chattanooga, [314].
• Bridgeport (Ala.), equipments at, [146];
  • submarine mine, [329];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery, [127]-[130], [148]-[156], [224], [270].
• Brodhead (Wis.), recruits from, [210].
• Brownlow, William G., author, [28], [29].
• Brownsboro (Ala.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [162], [221].
• Budlong, Capt. Syria M., assistant inspector-general, [165], [167], [177], [219], [233].
• Buntline, Ned. See [Judson, Edward Z.]
• Buntyn Station (Tenn.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [24]-[32], [103].
• Burdick, Edgar A., portrait, [364].
• Burnham, Oliver J., at Etowah Bridge, [235];
  • Nashville, [276];
  • portrait, [128], [364].
• Burnham, William A., portrait, [128].
• Burnside, Gen. Ambrose E., news from, [6];
  • in Chattanooga campaign, [145].
• Burnsville (Miss.), troops at, [107];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery, [109].
• Butler, Gen. Benjamin F., at Petersburg, [208];
  • Richmond, [209];
  • builds canal, [321].
• Byhalia (Miss.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [22];
  • Van Dorn, [26].
• Byness, Henry J., at Buntyn Station, [29];
  • Bridgeport, [152].

• Cairo (Ill.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [2].
• Calkins, Miss ——, at Vicksburg, [90].
• Calkins, Luman H., discharged, [90].
• Calhoun, ——, home of, [210].
• Calhoun (Ga.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [225];
  • railroad, [226].
• Calvinism, doctrines of, [166], [292].
• Cameron Hill (Tenn.), described, [341];
  • artillery at, [323].
• Camp Barry (Tenn.), [275], [288];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [278].
• Camp Proper (Ala.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [128].
• Camp Randall (Wis.), recruits at, [179], [182].
• Campbell, Coulter, sick, [39];
  • death of, [85].
• Campbell, John, discharged, [26].
• Campbell, Milton, at Memphis, [23], [33].
• Canada, Peace Commissioners in, [234].
• Canton (Ga.), expedition near, [261].
• Carpenter, David L., promoted, [237];
  • at Chattanooga, [317].
• Carpenter, Rollin B., portrait, [364].
• Cartersville (Ga.), military center, [240], [268];
  • funeral at, [242];
  • expedition from, [264];
  • Sherman at, [259];
  • troops, [236], [238];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery, [229], [243], [284];
  • skirmish near, [234];
  • wounded at, [239].
• Carr, Gen. Eugene A., at Vicksburg, [77].
• Casper, Silas B., at Etowah Bridge, [238].
• Cassville (Ga.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [229].
• Cedar Mountain (Ala.), Logan at, [263].
• Chadwick, Rev. John W., sermon, [312].
• Charleston (S. C.), troops from, [57];
  • captured, [309].
• Chattanooga (Tenn.), military center, [231], [242], [246], [265], [270], [272], [302];
  • railroad at, [244], [264];
  • communications with, [128], [129];
  • newspapers from, [253], [254];
  • sick at, [263];
  • prisoners, [246];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery, [131]-[137], [145]-[148], [180], [224], [269], [303]-[359], [366];
  • reported evacuated, [124];
  • Gazette, [234], [319], [342].
  • See also [Battles].
• Chattanooga Valley, excursion to, [355], [356].
• Cherokee County (Ga.), expedition into, [262].
• Chicago (Ill.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [2], [363];
  • convention, [246].
• Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 6th Wisconsin Battery on, [2].
• Chickamauga Station (Ga.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [144], [145].
• Chickasaw (Ala.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [115], [117].
• "Chillicothe," United States gunboat, [98].
• Christian Commission. See [United States Christian Commission].
• Christian Enquirer, mentioned, [85], [176], [220], [306], [308], [312].
• Christian Luminary, cited, [306].
• Christmas Day, celebration, [21], [157], [291]-[293], [295].
• Cincinnati Commercial, cited, [349].
• "City of Madison," Mississippi steamboat, [87].
• "Clara Bell," Mississippi steamboat, [93].
• Clark, Lieut. Samuel P., inspecting officer, [35], [81];
  • drillmaster, [114], [217];
  • orders from, [162];
  • commands expedition, [22], [240], [241];
  • commands battery, [191];
  • relieved, [250];
  • sick, [182], [183], [189];
  • at Buntyn Station, [25];
    • Byhalia, [22];
    • Chattanooga, [133];
    • Chickasaw, [117];
    • Etowah Bridge, [247];
    • Germantown, [24];
    • Glendale, [107], [109];
    • Huntsville, [167], [202];
    • Larkinsville, [159];
    • Louisville, [216];
    • Memphis, [100];
    • Nashville, [170];
    • Oxford, [20];
    • Vicksburg, [60], [81], [83], [89], [90];
  • portrait, [250].
• Clark, Mrs. S. F., at Memphis, [100];
  • Glendale, [106], [109];
  • Huntsville, [179].
• Clinton (Miss.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [56], [58], [59].
• Cogswell, Capt. William, commands battery, [112], [116], [135], [138], [140], [169], [172], [173], [196], [197], [199], [271].
  • See also [Illinois].
• Colburn, William, at Memphis, [23].
• Colburn, John, substitute, [244].
• Coleman, Dr. ——, at Huntsville, [165], [171].
• College Hill (Tenn.), camp at, [301].
• Collierville (Tenn.), expedition to, [14], [15];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [24], [103].
• Collins, Rev. Nathan G., army chaplain, [194].
• Columbia (S. C.), waterworks at, [166].
• Columbus (Miss.), Wisconsin troops at, [30].
• Confederacy, supplies for, [123], [132];
  • clothing of, [115];
  • property, [227];
  • factory, [118];
  • refugees from, [98];
  • scrip, [18];
  • defeated, [77], [268], [291], [319].
• Cooper, ——, county seat of, [235].
• Corinth (Miss.), described, [110];
  • hospital at, [7], [191], [220];
  • railroad, [151];
  • telegraph, [107];
  • troops for, [99], [101];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [9]-[12], [30], [104];
  • division, [95].
  • See also [Battles].
• Corps—
  • 4th, guards railroad, [247];
    • at Chattanooga, [131], [313], [316], [327];
    • at Etowah Bridge, [260].
  • 11th, in Chattanooga campaign, [129];
    • at Missionary Ridge, [141];
    • pursues Bragg, [143], [144].
  • 12th, in Chattanooga campaign, [129].
  • 13th (McClernand's), at Vicksburg, [62].
  • 14th, at Etowah Bridge, [260], [268].
  • 15th, commander, [147], [233];
    • medical inspector, [173];
    • orders for, [249];
    • troops in, [110], [156];
    • recruits for, [210];
    • concentrated, [263];
    • pursues Bragg, [143], [145];
    • in Georgia campaign, [317];
    • at Atlanta, [247];
      • Chattanooga, [136];
      • Etowah Bridge, [260];
      • Goldsboro, [325];
      • Larkinsville, [158];
      • Memphis, [99];
      • Tunnel Hill, [339].
  • 16th (Dodge's), orders for, [100];
    • at Huntsville, [205];
      • Decatur, [219];
      • Nashville, [277].
  • 17th, orders for, [34];
    • troops in, [156];
    • defeats Forrest, [209];
    • at Huntsville, [209], [212]-[214].
  • 20th (Slocum's), troops in, [125];
    • at Atlanta, [245], [260].
  • 23rd, at Cartersville, [259].
  • Wilson's Cavalry, at Chattanooga, [344], [345].
  • For Confederate Corps see names of commanders.
• Corse, Gen. John M., at Allatoona, [256], [257].
• Covenant, cited, [46], [85], [89], [176], [196], [220].
• Cowan Station (Tenn.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [126].
• Creeks—
  • Battle, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [127].
  • Bear, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [111], [112].
  • Beaver Dam, crossed, [185].
  • Chickamauga, Gen. Smith at, [136];
    • 15th Corps, [143];
    • 6th Wisconsin Battery, [144];
    • excursion to, [350], [351], [353].
  • Clear, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [5], [106].
  • Herrington's, crossed, [17].
  • Mud, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [223].
  • Richland, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [122], [123].
  • Shoal, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [119].
  • Sugar, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [121].
• Crocker, Gen. Marcellus M., at Huntsville, [209].
• Cypress Mills (Ala.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [118].

• Dallas (Ga.), retreat towards, [257].
• Dalrymple, George D., election clerk, [267].
• Dalton (Ga.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [225], [269];
  • skirmish, [228], [239];
  • reinforcements for, [239];
  • Wheeler repulsed at, [240];
  • surrender, [328], [330].
  • See also [Battles].
• Danville (Miss.), prisoners captured at, [6].
• Davis, Daniel J., sick, [71], [75], [89], [90], [300]-[303], [312], [313];
  • gift for, [219];
  • at Bridgeport, [150], [151];
    • Chattanooga, [269], [346];
    • Etowah Bridge, [252], [253];
    • Huntsville, [165], [166], [171], [174], [191], [193], [198];
    • Larkinsville, [160];
    • Nashville, [263], [275], [291], [292];
    • Whiteside, [149];
  • portrait, [364].
• Davis, Ebenezer J., at Vicksburg, [70], [72], [82].
• Davis, Jefferson, at Chattanooga, [336];
  • captured, [335], [344].
• Davis, Gen. Jefferson C., commands division, [141].
• Davis Mills (Tenn.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [12], [13].
• Day, Addison W., at Buntyn Station, [29];
  • portrait, [364].
• Dearburn, A., driver, [18].
• Decatur (Ala.), military center, [201];
  • railroad at, [190], [197], [205];
  • troops, [218];
  • 17th Corps, [214];
  • troops from, [219];
  • skirmish near, [200].
• Decherd (Tenn.), railroad station, [359];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery near, [126].
• De Golyer, Capt. Samuel, at Vicksburg, [61].
• Demmer, Herman, portrait, [364].
• Democratic party, policy of, [153].
• "Diana," Mississippi gunboat, [39].
• Dickson Station (Ala.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [112]-[115].
• Dillon Capt. Henry, drillmaster, [114], [169], [170];
  • inspecting officer, [109], [186], [218], [219], [233];
  • chief of artillery, [165], [245];
  • commands division, [145];
  • orders from, [167], [168];
  • on military court, [177];
  • imposes penalty, [194];
  • on furlough, [34];
  • promoted, [75];
  • at Chattanooga, [135], [147];
    • Corinth, [8], [10];
    • Buntyn Station, [28];
    • Dickson Station, [113], [115];
    • Etowah Bridge, [246], [251];
    • Fayetteville, [124];
    • Glendale, [106];
    • Helena, [39];
    • Huntsville, [172], [175], [196];
    • Jackson, [57];
    • Lafayette, [24];
    • Larkinsville, [160], [161];
    • Memphis, [34], [102];
    • Missionary Ridge, [140];
    • Moscow, [14];
    • Nashville [155];
    • Oxford, [20];
    • Rienzi, [4], [6];
    • Vicksburg, [50], [70], [73],[79];
    • Whiteside, [149];
  • portrait, [250].
• Dixon, Sergt. Edgar P., scout, [26];
  • forager, [243];
  • promoted, [188];
  • on Yazoo expedition, [42];
  • at Bridgeport, [154];
    • Etowah Bridge, [232], [236];
    • Graysville, [144];
    • Huntsville, [165], [204], [206], [217];
    • Larkinsville, [158];
    • Rienzi, [4];
    • Vicksburg, [86];
  • portrait, [250].
• Dodge, Gen. Grenville M., commands corps, [205];
  • at Decatur, [219].
• Dodge Hollow (Wis.), Jones family at, [29].
• Dollins, Col. James J., death of, [63].
• Dowden, William H., at Memphis, [99].
• "Duke of Argyle," Mississippi steamboat, [46].
• Dutch, Lieut. ——, mustering officer, [328].
• Dye, Reason, on furlough, [315], [317].
• Dziewanowski, Mikolay, scout, [26];
  • forager, [120];
  • on guard, [360];
  • commands expedition, [262];
  • promoted, [250], [357];
  • reduced to ranks, [296];
  • at Cartersville, [250];
    • Chattanooga, [325];
    • Nashville, [285];
    • Vicksburg, [83];
  • portrait, [250].

• Eagion, John C., veteran, [159];
  • promoted, [251].
• Early Grove (Miss.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [15].
• "Eastman," United States gunboat, [98].
• Eastport (Miss.), river crossing at, [116].
• "Eclipse," Mississippi steamboat, [99].
• Eddy, Lieut. Henry G., on foraging expedition, [185].
• "Ed Walsh," Mississippi steamboat, [87].
• "E. H. Fairchild," Mississippi steamboat, [39].
• Eillinstine, O., drowned, [43].
• Elkhorn, Gen. ——, home of, [45];
  • paroled, [41].
• Elkton (Tenn.), 6th Wisconsin Battery near, [123].
• Ellet, Col. Charles, commands Mississippi fleet, [39].
• Elston, Albert D., at Etowah Bridge, [232].
• "Emerald," Mississippi steamboat, [93].
• Etowah (Ga.), railroad at, [239].
• Etowah Bridge (Ga.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [229]-[268];
  • pay received at, [366].
• Etowah Valley, expedition into, [258].
• Evans, Alice, death of, [92].
• Evans, David, sick, [11];
  • punished, [194];
  • on excursion, [354];
  • in Louisiana, [37];
  • at Etowah Bridge, [230];
    • Huntsville, [184];
    • Chattanooga, [305], [313], [316], [345];
    • Kingston, [226], [228];
    • Nashville, [288], [300]-[303], [361];
    • Vicksburg, [68], [70], [72], [86];
  • portrait, [128].
• Evans, Corp. Evan W., forager, [16], [120], [178];
  • on expedition, [211];
  • guard, [189];
  • sick, [11], [44], [82], [96];
  • promoted, [188];
  • gift for, [219];
  • sister of, [92];
  • returns home, [252];
  • correspondence with, [108], [262], [263], [265], [333];
  • at Bridgeport, [128], [148], [150], [154];
    • Brownsboro, [162];
    • Buntyn Station, [25]-[27], [31];
    • Cartersville, [244];
    • Chattanooga, [134];
    • Corinth, [9], [12];
    • Dickson Station, [113]-[115];
    • Etowah Bridge, [231], [232];
    • Glendale, [105];
    • Huntsville, [164], [166], [174], [181], [198], [202], [204], [206], [217];
    • Kingston, [226]-[229];
    • Larkinsville, [158], [159];
    • Memphis, [28], [33];
    • Moscow, [14];
    • Vicksburg, [80], [83], [84], [86], [89]-[91], [93];
    • Waterloo, [117];
    • Whitesburg, [202];
    • Whiteside, [149];
  • portrait, [250], [364].
• Evans, John E., at Chattanooga, [344]-[347].
• Ewing's Battery, at Chattanooga, [136].

• Fancher, Lieut. John W., recruiting officer, [239];
  • at Spring Green, [1];
  • Vicksburg, [70];
  • resigns, [87], [90].
• Fancher, Rev. ——, at Vicksburg, [90].
• Fayetteville (Tenn.), size, [126];
  • railroad at, [125];
  • 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [123], [124].
• Ferris, Corp. Stephen A., on furlough, [81];
  • at Huntsville, [208].
• Finn, Charles W., at Millikens Bend, [46].
• Fisher, George, hospital steward, [39].
• Fisk, Gen. Stuart W., at Murfreesboro, [50].
• Flamme, John A., portrait, [364].
• Flannery, Hugh, portrait, [128], [364].
• Florence (Ala.), 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [118], [119].
• Forrest, Gen. Nathan B., threatens Huntsville, [197], [207], [211];
  • defeated, [209];
  • at Nashville, [283];
    • Tuscumbia, [112].
• Forts—
  • Arkansas Post, [31].
  • Creighton, [323].
  • Gillem, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [278]-[293].
  • Greenwood, enemy at, [43];
    • assault on, [44].
  • Hall, 6th Wisconsin Battery at, [191], [193], [202], [203].
  • Hill, described, [90];
    • Missouri Brigade at, [257].
  • Phelps, drill ground near, [329].
  • Pillow, massacre at, [199], [207].
  • Morgan, captured, [245].
  • Negley, [286];
    • skirmish at, [280], [282], [287].
  • Sigel, fighting at, [287].
  • Sumter, ceremony at, [322].
• François, Jules, portrait, [364].
• Franklin (Tenn.), headquarters at, [289].
  • See also [Battles].
• Franklin County (Tenn.), county seat of, [126].
• Fremont, Jessie, Story of the Guard cited, [216].
• Fremont, Gen. John C., body-guard of, [245].
• French, Gen. Samuel G., at Allatoona, [256].