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List of Names and Terms
Adams (Union supply steamer)
Adams, Charles
Alexandria, Louisiana
Allen, Henry W.
Anderson, Daniel
Andres, Captain
Andrews, Christopher
Arkansas, Department of (Union)
Arkansas, District of (Confederate)
Arkansas Artillery Batteries
Arkansas Cavalry Regiments
Arkansas Infantry Regiments (Confederate)
Arkansas Infantry Regiments (Union)
Army Corps, Union
Atlanta Campaign
Banks, Nathaniel P.
Bassett, Owen
Bearss, Edwin
Beauregard, Pierre G. T.
Big Black, battle of
Blair, Francis P.
Blessington, Joseph
Blunt, James G.
Boggs, William R.
Bondi, August
Boydston, Cyrus
Bragg, Braxton
Bragg, Junius
Brown, John
Burns, Simon
Butler, Benjamin
Cabell, William
Caldwell, Joseph
Camden Expedition
Camden fortifications
Cameron, Simon
Campbell, L. A.
Carr, Clark
Carr, Delia
Carr, Eugene A.
Cedar Creek, battle of
Chattanooga, battle of
Chippewa, Union supply steamer
Churchill, Thomas J.
Clark, John
Clayton, Powell
“conciliatory policy” in Arkansas
Confederate national policy for defense
Crawford, Samuel J.
Crawford, William
Cunningham, Lieutenant
Curtis, Samuel R.
Darnall, Marmaduke
Davidson, John W.
Davis, Isaac
Davis, Jefferson President CSA
DeMorse, Charles
Dengler, Adolph
Dockery, Thomas
Doniphan, Alexander
Douglas, Stephen A.
Drake, Francis
Duncan, William
Early, Jubal A.
Eastport, USS
Edwards, John (aide-de-camp, Jo Shelby)
Edwards, John (commander, 18th Iowa Infantry)
Elkins’ Ford, engagement at
Elliot, Benjamin
Emory, William H.
Englemann, Adolph
Fabian defensive policy
Fagan, James
Farragut, David G.
Foote, Shelby
Forrest, Nathan B.
Fort De Russy
Franklin, William B.
Free-Soil Germans
Frontier, District of
Frontier Division
Garrett, John
Gause, Lucien C.
Gettysburg, Battle of
Grand Ecore, Louisiana
Grant, Ulysses S.
; Greathouse, Frank M.
Greene, Colton
Grinstead, Hiram
Gulf, Army of (Union)
Halleck, Henry W.
Harrell, J. H.
Hawthorn’s Brigade
Heinemann, H. A.
Helena, battle of
Henry, Charles A.
Hoke, Robert F.
Holmes, Theophilus
Homer, Confederate supply steamer
Hood, John B.
Illinois Artillery units
Illinois Infantry Regiments
Indian Territory, District of (Confederate)
Indiana Artillery units
Indiana Cavalry Regiments
Indiana Infantry Regiments
Iowa Cavalry Regiments
Iowa Infantry Regiments
Jackson, Claiborne F.
Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall”
James, Army of the
Jenkins, Wilton
Jenkins’ Ferry, battle of
Johnston, Albert S.
Johnston, Joseph E.
Kansas Cavalry Regiments
Kansas, Department of
Kansas Infantry Regiments
Kearney, Stephen
Kentucky Campaign, 1862
Kimball, Nathan
Kister, Frank
Krez, Conrad
Krumbhaar, Butler
Lee, Robert E.
Lexingtion, siege of
Lincoln, Abraham, President of the United States and Administration
Little Missouri River, crossing of
Little Rock
Little Rock & Memphis Railroad, description of
Lothrop, Charles
Lyon, Nathaniel
Mackey, Cyrus H.
Magruder, John B.
Mansfield, Louisiana, battle of
Marks, Samuel
Marks, William
Marks’ Mills, battle of
Marmaduke, John S.
Martin, John B.
Maxey, Samuel B.
Maximillian I
McClellan, George B.
McClernand, John A.