The Darkest Days of the War- the Battles of Iuka and Corinth
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Fifty-third Illinois Infantry, 288–89, 328
Fifty-third Indiana Infantry, 283–84, 287, 328
First Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery, 146–47, 156, 160, 169, 327
First Mississippi Cavalry, 328
First Mississippi Partisan Rangers, 71, 326
First Missouri Brigade (C.S.), 38,159, 210,257,325
First Missouri Dismounted Cavalry (C.S.), 245, 325, 327
First Missouri Infantry (C.S.), 170, 174, 183, 189, 192–93, 195, 328
First Missouri Light Artillery (U.S.): Battery C, 328; Battery D, 164–65, 167, 195, 228, 327; Battery H, 164, 176, 195, 243, 327; Battery I, 160, 169, 195, 204, 228, 243, 327; Battery K, 163, 165, 204, 327; Battery M, 124, 129, 227, 325, 326
First Texas Legion, 86, 88, 90–91, 93, 96, 99,102, 106, 278, 282–84, 325>327
Ford’s Independent Illinois Cavalry Company, 149, 327
Fortieth Mississippi Infantry, 86, 95, 325*327
Forty-eighth Indiana, 81–82, 90–91, 106, 251, 325, 326
Forty-first Illinois Infantry, 328
Forty-second Alabama Infantry, 172–73, 183, 253, 255, 258–59, 261–62, 285, 328, 329
Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, 111, 200, 209, 211, 266, 325, 326
Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry, 282, 288, 289, 328
Forty-third Mississippi Infantry, 179, 207, 210, 269, 326, 327
Forty-third Ohio Infantry, 225, 259, 262, 264, 266, 275, 325, 326
Foster, Capt. George, 261–62, 265
Fourteenth Arkansas Infantry, 86, 88, 325*327
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, 282, 284, 287, 289, 328
Fourteenth Iowa Infantry, 327
Fourteenth Missouri Infantry (U.S.), 327
Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry, 146–47, 156, 160–61, 168–71, 181, 183, 327
Fourth Alabama Battalion, 166–67, 328
Fourth Minnesota Infantry, 81–82, 99, 101–2, 106, 113, 218, 250, 325, 326
Fourth Missouri Cavalry (C.S.), 326
Fourth Missouri Infantry (C.S.), 326, 327
Fuller, Col. John, 124–26, 146–47, 214, 225–26, 232–33, 256–67 passim, 275–76, 325, 326
Fulton road, 55, 64, 72, 124–25, 131
Garner, William, 285
Garrett, David, 133
Gates, Col. Elijah, 114, 210, 229, 237, 242,244–45,251,257,325,327
Gilbert, Maj. Albert, 113,117
Gilmore, Lt. Col. Jerome, 99, 106
Glendale, Miss., 65
Goodloe, Lt. Albert, 168
Gould, Pvt. Orrin, 267
Grand Junction, Miss., 309
Grant, Julia, 313
Grant, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S., 11, 31–33, 35,44, 47, 304,315,316,318,319, 320; alleged drinking problems of, 13, 17, 130, 144; strained relations of, with Halleck, 13–14, 16, 17, 34–36, 61; at Shiloh, 16; contemplates resigning, 29–30; assumes district command, 34; depressed state of mind of, 36, 47, 61, 143; communications and relations of, with Rosecrans, 36, 126, 130, 230, 293, 296, 298, 301–303, 311- 315; actions of, during Iuka campaign, 48, 51–54, 60–65, 68–70, 109, 127- 130, 132; confusion of, during Corinth campaign, 144, 148, 231, 292–293; orders Rosecrans to halt pursuit, 303; campaign of, against Vicksburg, 309, 322
Green, Brig. Gen. Martin, 10, 204, 206, 212–213, 228–229, 235, 236, 244–245, 254, 256, 308, 326, 327
Greene, Capt. James, 212, 273
Guibor, Capt. Henry, 204, 211
Guibor’s Missouri Battery (C.S.), 204, 211, 326, 327
Guntown, Miss., 52
Hackleman, Brig. Gen. Pleasant, 162, 165, 195, 208, 221–22, 319, 327
Halbert, Pvt. H. S., 266–67
Hall, Col. Cyrus, 287
Halleck, Maj. Gen. Henry, n, 11 28, 29, 33* 47_48–187; 61, 143, 148, 292, 309; strained relations of, with Grant, 13- 14, 34–36; disperses armies, 31–32; fortifies Corinth, 33; brokers Grant- Rosecrans quarrel, 302–3, 313
Hamburg road, 153
Hamilton, Brig. Gen. Charles Smith, 109, 152–53, 325, 326; background and character of, 34; actions of, during Iuka campaign, 63, 64, 72–75, 80, 82–83, 109, 131; battle actions of, at Corinth, 155, 158, 198–202, 216–18, 220, 223–24, 227, 274; actions of, during pursuit from Corinth, 277, 293–94* 301
Hancock, Col. John, 156, 181, 222
Hardee, Maj. Gen. William J., 9, 23, 43
Harrison, Capt. Samuel, 222
Hatch, Col. Edward, 70–71, 125, 131
Hatchie River, 140–52 passim, 231, 277–83, 286, 291, 299
Hawkins, Col. E. R., 282–84
Hébert, Brig. Gen. Louis, 39–40, 78, 86–87, 95, 119, 159, 210, 229, 230, 235* 3J9* 325* 327
Helm, Sgt. W. P., 88, 90, 98
Heth, Col. Henry, 6
Heyl, Lt. Charles, 260
Hickenlooper, Capt. Andrew, 327
Hirsh, I. E., 272
Holly Springs, Miss., 132, 300, 309, 316, 322
Holman, Lt. Col. John, 76–77, 79, 93–95
Holmes, Col. Samuel, 85, 217, 326
Holmes, Lt. William C., 169–72, 174, 215,272
Holston, John, 319–21
Horney, Maj. Leonidas, 248
Hoxton’s Tennessee Battery, 233, 234, 328
Hubbard, Col. Lucius, 269
Hubbell, Finley L., 133, 210, 240, 244, 249, 277
Hubert, Sgt. Charles, 274
Hudson’s Battery, 328
Hurlbut, Col. Frederick, 182
Hurlbut, Maj. Gen. Stephen A., 61, 148, 231, 276, 280, 283, 289–90, 296, 298, 303–4,313,328
Immell, Lt. L. D., 84, 103, 248
Indian Creek, 124
Ingmire, Pvt. Frank, 263–64
Iowa Brigade, 183, 254
Iuka, Miss., 51, 54, 57, 63, 124, 136; description of, 55–56, 67
Iuka and Corinth Stage Route, 55
Iuka Springs Hotel, 58, 124
Jacinto, Miss., 52, 64, 68, 136
Jacinto road, 55, 64, 68, 71, 73, 74, 77, 80, 103, 123–25, 131
Jackson, Capt. Oscar, 154, 255–56, 258–61, 263–64, 321
Jackson, Col. William H., 161, 278, 328
Jackson, Miss., 307
Jackson, Tenn., 48, 61, 136, 230, 276
Jackson Mississippian, 132
Jefferson, Maj. John, 211 -12
Jenks’s Company, Illinois Cavalry, 326
Johnson, Col. Amory K., 288–89
Johnston, Gen. Albert Sidney, 7, 9, 11–12
Johnston, Gen. Joseph, 310, 322
Joint Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War, 200
Jones, Sgt. E. E., 248
Jones, Lt. Col. William, 287
Jonesborough, Miss., 299
Jones’s Arkansas Battalion, 328, 329
Jus, Pvt.J., 87
Kavanaugh, Pvt. William, 241
Kennett, Col. John, 201
Kerr, Jerome, 266–67
Koniuszeski, Maj. Ladislaus, 93–94
Kossuth, Miss., 146–47, 149, 152, 154
Kossuth road, 149, 274
Labruzan, Lt. Charles, 253–54, 259, 261–62, 265–66
“Lady Richardson,” 168, 173
Lagow, Col. Clark, 69, 72–73, 126, 128
Landis’s Missouri Battery (C.S.), 204, 219,326,327
Lauman, Brig. Gen. Jacob, 281, 287–90, 328
Leggett, Col. Mortimer, 231
Le Gro, Capt. Ebenezer, 81–82, 101, 113
Lincoln, Abraham, 16, 28, 32, 208, 280, 314
Lippincott, Lt. John, 115
Liquor: effects of, on senior officers, 105, 130, 144, 196, 236, 277, 280, 299–300, 307, 320–21; use of, by troops, 212, 221, 225, 275, 323
Little, Brig. Gen. Lewis Henry, 39, 51, 52–54, 58, 67, 78, 87, 99–100, 114, 121,325
Logan, Brig. Gen. John A., 304
Lothrop, Lt. Col. Warren, 84
Lovell, Maj. Gen. Mansfield, 137–42, 150, 160, 173–74, 192–93> 214–16, 229–30, 271–73, 300, 306, 308, 318–19, 328
Lowrey, Col. Robert, 309
Lucas’s Battery,
327
Lyon, Brig. Gen. Nathaniel, 4
Mabry, Col. Hinchie P., 79, 88, 92, 96, 99
McArthur, Brig. Gen. John, 64, 145, 151, 154–65
passim, 173, 180–83, 186, 224, 228, 274, 276, 295, 298, 327
McCalla, Maj. Nathaniel, 219–20
McClellan, Maj. Gen. George B., 14, 16, 28, 34
McCollom, Albert, 285
McCord, Lt. William, 274
McCulloch, Brig. Gen. Benjamin, 4–5
McCurdy, William, 160
McDowell, Maj. Gen. Irvin, 127
McKean, Brig. Gen Thomas, 145–46, 152, 154, 156, 182, 183, 188, 192, 199, 224–25, 228, 274, 293, 295–96, 298, 327
McKinstry, Pvt. J. A., 261–62, 265
McLain, David, 209
McLain, Col. Robert, 101–2, 237, 240, 244,250–51,327
McNally’s Battery, 233, 328, 329
McPherson, Brig. Gen. James B., 231, 276, 293–94, 296, 299, 309, 313
Mader, Sgt. John, 197
Marietta, Miss., 53
Martin, Col. John D., 87, 112, 159, 179, 326,327
Martin, Wallace
Matthies, Col. Charles L., 75–76, 80, 92–93*95
Maury, Maj. Gen. Dabney, 6, 51, 137, 150, 229–30, 277, 306, 309, 316, 327, 329; actions of, during Iuka campaign, 53–54, 63, 67, 119–20, 131; battle actions of, at Corinth, 159, 181, 193, 214, 220, 229, 237, 240, 245, 253, 254, 256, 273; actions of, during retreat from Corinth, 278, 279, 282, 285- 86, 292
Meetinghouse, 77, 83–84, 103
Memphis, Tenn., 1–2, 304, 309, 322
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, 21–22, 23, 31, 51, 55,62,64, 144, 150–60 passim, 165, 183, 200, 213- 16, 225, 230, 236, 245, 249, 267, 317
Memphis and Ohio Railroad, 144, 152, 195, 200
Memphis road, 162, 195–96, 200, 210–11,213,225,233,276
Mersy, Col. August, 176, 178, 196, 228, 245* 327
Metamora, Tenn., 141, 291
Metamora ridge, 281–83
Mill road, 83, 85
Mississippi Central Railroad, 61, 300, 309
Mississippi River, 8–9
Mizner, Col. John, 70, 83, 125, 131, 224, 325*326
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 9, 22, 137, 144, 195, 198, 213, 216, 217, 218, 225, 228, 229, 235, 236, 267, 278
Monterey road, 152, 158
Montgomery, David, 97
Montgomery, Lt. Col. Frank, 298
Mooers, Capt. Robert, 218–19
Moore, Col. David, 166
Moore, Maj. Edwin, 166
Moore, Brig. Gen. John C., 160, 172, 181, 183, 188, 192–93, 255, 268, 282–84, 286, 327, 329
Moore, Col. William H., 236, 237, 240, 242, 245, 251, 268–69, 327
Moore house, 118 (Widow) Moore house, 74, 75, 76
Moore’s Branch, 74
Morale problems: among Confederates, 150, 189, 214–15, 246, 251, 261, 269–70, 272–73, 274, 277, 284–86, 296–306 passim, 310, 315–16; among Federals, 35, 164, 175, 180, 189, 197, 224, 235, 241–42, 244–45, 251–52, 258, 259, 264, 267–69, 287
Morgan, Col. John Hunt, 41
Morrill, Capt. John, 240
Morton, Col. Thomas, 164, 176, 196
Mower, Col. Joseph A., 62–63, 110–11, 147, 200, 208–11, 236, 275, 325, 326
Murguia, Maj. Gen. Ismael Alexander, 75
Murphy, Sgt. Dennis, 170
Murphy, Col. Robert, 54, 56, $7, 61, 211
Mutiny, 12, 38, 322
Nashville Dispatch, 324
Neil, Lt. Henry, 81, 94, 96, 98, 227, 250–51
Nelson, Joseph, 196
Newton, Pvt. John, 156, 169, 171
Nineteenth Arkansas Infantry, 213, 257, 328, 329
Ninth Arkansas Infantry, 167–68, 328
Ninth Illinois Infantry, 164, 178–79, 196, 208, 244–45, 327
Ninth Texas Dismounted Cavalry, 179, 259, 266, 286, 328, 329
Noyes, Lt. Col. Edward, 123
Oglesby, Brig. Gen. Richard, 153, 162, 176–77, 180–81, 196, 207–8, 221–22,315,319–21,327
“Old Abe,” 209,212
Oliver, Col. John, 146–57 passim, 160- 63, 181–83, 327
Oliver’s hill, 157, 165, 172–73, 181, 183, 192
Ord, Maj. Gen. Edward O. C., 61, 65, 69–70, 127–30, 144–45, 283, 286- 89,311,314
Pallissard, Lt. Armand, 288
Parkhurst, Sgt. Clint, 187, 189
Payne, Sgt. James, 205–7, 240
Pea Ridge, Battle of, 10
Pemberton, Maj. Gen. John C., 307–10, 321
Pepper, George, 109
Perczel, Col. Nicholas, 84, 102–3
Perkins, Capt. John, 209
Peters, George, 323–24
Peters, Jessie, 323–24
Peyton’s Mill, Miss., 54
Phelan, James, 307
Phifer, Brig. Gen. Charles W., 160,181, 208, 210–213, 213, 230, 255, 267, 328
Phul, Capt. Frank von, 118–19
Pike, Brig. Gen. Albert, 9
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., 17
Pocahontas, Tenn., 132, 137, 141, 149, 151,276,277
Polk, Maj. Gen. Leonidas, 9
Polk, Trusten, 118
Pope, Maj. Gen. John, 6, 17, 28, 31, 32
Porter, W. C., 122
Powell, Capt. Albert, 124
Price, Maj. Gen. Sterling, 10, 23, 42, 277, 308–9, 315, 317, 321–22, 325, 327, 332 (n.3); background and character of, 1–4; poor relations of, with President Davis, 4–5; popularity of, 10, 23, 24, 297; health problems of, 22; disastrous trip of, to Richmond, 24–26; assumes army command, 38–39; command relations of, with Bragg, 43, 50; command relations of, with Van Dorn, 43–46, 50–52, 67, 135–36, 228, 318; harasses Grant, 46; actions of, during Iuka campaign, 51–53* 57–59– 63, 70, 78, 87,114, 119–20, 123, 135; reaction of, to Little’s death, 100, 118; opposes attack on Corinth, 139–40; battle actions of, at Corinth (3October), 159–60, 176–77, 181, 203, 205, 214–15, 220; battle actions of, at Corinth (4October), 245, 254, 270–73; actions of, during retreat from Corinth, 278, 286, 296–97
Prime, Capt. Frederick, 36–37, 145
Pritchard, Col. J. A., 243–44
Purdy Ridge, 229
Purdy road, 152–53, 198, 218, 224, 228
Quimby, Brig. Gen. Isaac F., 144
Rafesnyder, Charles, 285
Randolph, George, 25, 42, 59–60, 66, 307,310
Rankin, Col. John, 103–5
Rapley’s Arkansas Battalion Sharpshooters, 328, 329
Raum, Brig. Gen. Green B., 248
Rawlins, Lt. Col. John A., 61, 153, 312–13
Ray, Will, 236
Reid, Whitelaw, 311
Rice, Col. Elliott, 240
Richardson, Capt. Henry, 228
Ricks farm, 76, 110–111, 117
Rienzi, Miss., 52, 136, 152, 278, 299
Ripley, Miss., 135–36, 278, 298, 300, 316
Ripley and Pocahontas road, 140, 280, 291
Risedorph, John, 117
Robbins, Lt. Col. Josiah, Jr., 211
Roberts, J. C., 319
Roberts, Cpl. Jesse, 166
Robinett, Lt. Henry, 37, 234, 262
Rogers, Col. William P., 253–55, 261- 62, 265, 355 (n.27) Rosecrans, Maj. Gen. William Starke, 34, 44, 104, 115, 128, 144, 153, 286, 292, 294, 316, 325, 326; background and character of, 26, 28, 139, 201; early Civil War service of, 28–29; assumes army command, 33; communications and relations of, with Grant, 36, 126–30, 293, 296, 298, 301–2, 311 -15; improves Corinth defenses, 36–37; reinforces Buell, 47–48; actions of, during march on Iuka, 52- 54, 56, 60–61, 63–65, 68, 71; fails to block Fulton road, 72–73, 130; battle actions of, at Iuka, 83, 85, 109, 111, 113, 121–23; actions of, during pursuit from Iuka, 124–26, 132; attempts of, to divine Confederate intentions, 145–46, 149–51, 157–588' J94> J97; concentrates army at Corinth, 152, 155, 163–64; battle actions of, at Corinth (3 October), 165, 194, 198–201, 205, 213, 216, 220, 223; plans of, for 4 October, 224, 225, 227; battle actions of, at Corinth (4 October), 233–34, 240, 24
2, 251–52, 267, 274, 276, 305; actions of, during pursuit from Corinth, 293, 295–96, 298, 301, 310
Ross, Col. Lawrence S., 19, 266, 286, 289, 329
Ross, Brig. Gen. Leonard, 48, 64, 67
Russell, Maj. William, 106, 113
Rust, Brig. Gen. Albert, 142–43, 151, 155, 161, 166–67, 173–174> 2I5> 223> 271–73,308,328
Ruyle, William, 243
Saltillo-Bay Springs road, 53
Sampson, Lt. Col. Ezekiel, 76
Sanborn, Col. John B., 72–73, 75, 80- 83, 85, 90–91, 96, 109–10, 218–19,
Sanitary Commission, 319
Savely, Cpl., 263
Schaumburg, Lt. Wright, 135, 306
Schilling, August, 130
Schraum, Lt. Louis, 75
Scott, Joe, 298
Scott, Col. Robert, 281, 328
Scott’s Provisional Brigade, 288, 289,
Sears, Lt. Cyrus, 80–81, 94, 96–97
Second Arkansas Cavalry, 326
Second Battery, Iowa Light Artillery, 111, 131, 195, 209–11, 326
Second Iowa Cavalry, 53, 71,124, 325,
Second Iowa Infantry, 165, 197, 207, 243, 245, 327
Second Missouri Brigade (C.S.), 159, 205, 207–8, 210, 325
Second Missouri Cavalry (C.S.), 131,326
Second Missouri Infantry (C.S.), 155, 210, 244, 325, 327
Second Texas Infantry, 63, 131, 172, 183, 234, 235, 253–64 passim, 328,
Sengstack’s Battery, 233,328
Seventeenth Arkansas Infantry, 86, 88, 325> 327
Seventeenth Iowa Infantry, 104–5, 113' 269, 325, 326
Seventeenth Wisconsin Infantry, 154, 161, 181–83, 327
Seventh Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, 328
Seventh Illinois Cavalry, 326
Seventh Illinois Infantry, 164–65, 182, 242, 267, 327
Seventh Iowa Infantry, 163, 165, 195, 240–41, 244, 327
Seventh Kansas Cavalry, 326
Seventh Kentucky Infantry (C.S.), 166, 328
Seventh Mississippi Battalion, 326, 327
Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, 46, 149–150, 291, 328
Shanks, William, 201
Sharpshooters: effectiveness of, 240–41, 261, 272, 289
Sherman, Maj. Gen. William T., 29–30, 32,144,304,315
Singletary, Pvt. Sam, 112
Sixteenth Arkansas Infantry, 325,327
Sixteenth Iowa Infantry, 82, 91, 106, 187–89, 192, 325, 327
Sixteenth Wisconsin Infantry, 154, 161- 62, 166, 183, 327
Sixth Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery, 227, 244, 249, 326
Sixth Mississippi Infantry, 328
Sixth Missouri Infantry (C.S.), 205–7, 326,327
Sixth Texas Dismounted Cavalry, 259, 266–67, 328, 329
Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry, 328