Charleston (South Carolina), forts, [1-2]; beginning of hostilities, [3], [6]; United States Arsenal seized, [8]; surrender of Fort Sumter, [12-16]; menaced, [253], [310]; naval combats around, [308-309]; bombardment, [309]; defenses in Southern hands, [326], [335], [380]; Savannah citizens go to, [376]
Charlestown (West Virginia), Patterson advances to, [39]
Charlotte (North Carolina), Southern cannon made in, [64]
Chase, S. P., Secretary of Treasury, [179]
Chase, Colonel W. H.. demands surrender of Fort Pickens, [5]
Chattahoochee River, Johnston crosses, [358]
Chattanooga, Buell's objective, [160]; Bragg's base, [161], [162]; Confederates retire on, [278]; Bragg at (1863), [279], [281], [305]; key to strategic area, [281]; battles on Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, [281-85]; significance of victory, [285-86]; Grant moves headquarters from, [327]; Grant inspects, [328]; Federal headquarters, [336]; Sherman starts from, [346]
Chestnut, James, Confederate officer at Fort Sumter, [12-13]
Chickamauga (Georgia), battle, [279-80], [305-06]; result of Federal defeat, [280]
Chickasaw Bluffs (Mississippi), Sherman's assault, [164], [260]