by Bruce Catton
McClure, A. K., 370–371
McCook, General Alexander McD., 244
McCulloch, General Benjamin, 31
McKeever, Chauncey, 70
McKinstry, Major Justus, 37–38, 39
McPherson, Colonel James B., Halleck sends to Fort Henry, 149–150; in attack on Fort Donelson, 152; on rumors about Grant’s headquarters, 209; with Grant near Corinth, 218; at Pittsburg Landing, 224; at Shiloh, 230, 234, 241; as superintendent of railroads, 289; ordered to Corinth, 316; complains of handling of pursuit of Van Dorn, 319; in Mississippi campaign, 328, 330, 338; given Christmas feast, 373; in Vicksburg campaign, 378, 381, 417, 422, 425, 428, 435, 439, 440, 441, 443–444, 453; Hamilton’s attack on, 396; angered at McClernand’s order of congratulation, 466; in favor of paroling plan, 474; opposed to Confederate officers keeping slaves, 481; promoted in Regular Army, 488
Mack brothers, 352–353
Magnolia, steamer, 374
Magoffin, Governor Beriah (Ky.), 37, 42, 58
Markland, A. H., 62
Marsh, Colonel C. C., 208, 209
Mason, Colonel Rodney, 305
Mayfield, Ky., 118, 120
Meade, General George Gordon, 488, 489
Mechanicsville, battle of, 284
Medill, Joseph, 261, 369–370
Memphis, Tenn, Navy occupies, 277; Sherman sent to, 279; Grant moves headquarters to, 281; anti-Union feeling in, 290, 301; Sherman at, 309; fall of, 328; contraband slaves moved to, 362
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, 215, 279, 289, 300, 304, 307, 362, 401
Memphis and Ohio Railroad, 278
Memphis Appeal, 142
Mexico, Mo., 13
“Mexico,” private, 7
Miles, W. Porcher, 405
Milliken’s Bend, La., 342, 343, 374, 409, 411, 416, 465
Mississippi Central Railroad, 279, 321, 328, 372, 379, 382, 477
Mississippi River, 327–333, 335. See also Gunboats; Porter
Missouri, conditions in (1861), 31–32
Missouri regiments: 6th, 21; 8th, 50; 25th, 227; state guards, 41
Mitchel, Ormsby, 279
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 224, 278, 289, 300, 304, 334, 337, 422
Morgan, General George W., 279, 334, 339, 344
Morgan, John Hunt, 290, 306
Morrison, Colonel William R., 156
Mound City, Ill., 48, 52–53, 102
Mower, Colonel Joe, 311
Muldraugh’s Hill, Ky., 57
Mulligan, Colonel James A., 59
Murfreesboro, Tenn., 214, 370
Murphy, Colonel R. C, 340, 355, 361–362
NAPLES, ILL., 10–11
Nashville, Tenn., 185–186, 189–190, 327
Nebraska Regiment, 1st, 26
Negro regiments, 364, 403–405, 465. See also Slaves, fugitive
Nelson, General William, Grant orders to move on Nashville, 189–190, 220; Grant orders to Pittsburg Landing, 223–224; at Shiloh, 238–239, 241, 244
New Carthage, La., 409–410, 411, 415–416, 421
New Madrid, Mo., 41, 71, 101, 195, 214, 250, 328
New Orleans, occupation of, 277
New York Herald, publishes first news of Shiloh, 251, 252; reprints Whitelaw Reid’s story of Shiloh, 252; criticizes Grant, 254–255; prints Beauregard’s plea for reinforcements, 269; on the Negro problem, 364; on fight at Chickasaw Bayou, 397
New York Times, on cotton-speculating and Grant’s advance, 349; on affairs at Vicksburg, 369, 399–400; on Grant, 390–391, 455–456; on the soldiers, 431
New York Tribune, 388, 483
New York World, on Grant, 272; spreads gloom about Vicksburg, 368–369; changes opinion of Grant, 390; on affairs at Vicksburg, 399, 400; on Vicksburg’s fate, 456
Newsham, Major Thomas J., 174
Ninth Army Corps, 460, 485
Norfolk, Mo., 56, 71
Nurses, problem of, 53–54
OGLESBY, COLONEL RICHARD, turns over Cairo command to Grant, 47; to renew armed reconnaissance in Kentucky, 59; to retire to Bird’s Point, 61; to pursue Thompson, 72–73; and battle of Belmont, 80; seizes wagons on Charleston-Belmont road, 101; at Fort Donelson, 157, 165
Ohio regiments: 5th, 229; 11th, 311; 20th, 162, 163, 165–166, 172; 35th, 295; 40th, 440; 41st, 269; 46th, 210; 53rd, 228; 54th, 234; 71st, 228, 305; 77th, 227; 81st, 234, 240
Okolona, Miss., 278
Oppossum, gunboat, 410
Ord, General E. O. C, at Corinth, 300; Grant’s estimate of, 309; and plans to attack Iuka, 309–311; and battle of Corinth, 316, 317; replaces McClernand, 467, 468
Owl Creek, bridge at, 229, 243
Oxford, Miss., Grant reaches, 332
PADUCAH, KY., Polk wants to occupy, 42; strategic importance of, 48; Union occupation of, 49; removed from Grant’s control, 50; reinforcements for, 50, 51; under C. F. Smith, 87, 135
Page, John, 63–64
Paine, General E. A., given command at Paducah, 49; relieved of Paducah command, 51; denounced by C. F. Smith for disobedience, 80; conspires against Smith, 89; orders from Grant concerning secessionists, 92; in temporary command at Cairo, 135
Paris, Tenn., 194, 200, 211
Paroled soldiers, 473–476
Pea Ridge, Ark., 210
Pemberton, General John C., 329; Grant plans to attack, 332; sends troops to Vicksburg, 342; warned about “irregular modes of supply,” 348; strength of, at Vicksburg, 373; Grierson damages communications of, 421; orders reinforcements for Port Gibson, 426; calls for reinforcements, 429; troops of, around Vicksburg, 432; confused by Grant’s movements, 436–437; problems of, 437; approaches Edwards Station, 440; moves east to fight, 442–444; in retreat, 450; besieged at Vicksburg, 454, 457, 465, 470; surrender of, 470–480; unhappy at paroling of his men, 482
Perryville, Ky., battle at, 318
Phelps, Captain S. L., 148–149, 282
Phillips, Wendell, 295
Pillow, General Gideon, Grant’s contempt for, 34; at New Madrid, 41; asks for orders to go to Columbus, 42; Polk orders to Columbus, 43, 48; presence of, at Columbus worries Grant, 56; as trial to Polk, 74; sent to Belmont, 75; at Fort Donelson, 148, 155, 164–165, 170–172, 176
Pilot Knob, Mo., 19
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., Lt. Gwin drives Confederates from, 201; Sherman in command at, 210; Union Army position at, 220; Grant’s headquarters moved to, 222; firing begins at, 223; Grant arrives at, 225; conditions in camps around, 269. See also Shiloh, Battle of
Pittsburgh, gunboat, 151, 157, 161
Platte Valley, steamer, 99
Pocahontas, Tenn., 316
Polk, General Leonidas, reported on the march to Kentucky, 37; wants to occupy Columbus and Paducah, 42; orders Pillow to Columbus, 43, 48; at Columbus, 56, 70, 101–102, 135, 214; Kentucky senate requests withdrawal of, 58; sends reinforcements to Price, 71–72; difficulties facing, in Kentucky, 73–74; tries to resign, 74; sends Pillow to Belmont, 75; sends reinforcements to Belmont, 76; his impressions of Grant, 83; after battle of Belmont, 83–84; sends instructions to Thompson, 99; armed strength of, at Columbus, 101–102; at Corinth, 216
Pope, General John, assembles army to occupy Columbus, 195; takes New Madrid and Island Number Ten, 250, 328; seizes Corinth, 276–277; ordered to pursue Confederates, 278; resumes original command, 281; given command of Army of Virginia, 284; hard pressed by Lee, 306
Port Gibson, Miss., 424, 425, 426, 428
Port Hudson, La., 408, 432, 433, 434, 455, 479
Port Royal, S. C, 110
Porter, Admiral David, Grant asks assistance from, 337, 382; on Watson Smith, 383; and Yazoo River expedition, 384–386; on the Mississippi in Vicksburg campaign, 411–416, 418, 424, 449, 460; congratulates Grant, 478
Porter, Fitz-John, 89
Post of Arkansas, 344
Postal service for troops, 62–63
Potosi, Mo., 21
Prentiss, General Benjamin M., promoted to brigadier, 17; ordered to Ironton, 22; put in command in southeastern Missouri, 27–28, 40; ref
uses to admit Grant ranks him, 42, 71; near Corinth, 218; at Shiloh, 227, 228, 229, 233; surrender of, 236, 237, 243
Price, General Sterling, in command of Missouri state troops, 31; puts Mulligan under siege at Lexington, 59; in northern Mississippi, 299, 300; armed strength of, 289, 306; at Iuka, 309; and Grant’s plans to attack, 309–311; rejoins Van Dorn, 311–312
Price’s (Pryor’s) Landing, Mo., 99
Queen of the West, ship, 416
Quinby, General Isaac F., 300
Quincy, Ill., 9–11
RAILROADS, IMPORTANCE OF, 289–290, 304; Grant’s change of thinking about, 321–323; and the supply problem for the Mississippi campaign, 330–331; Halleck’s change of thinking about, 331–332
Rawlins, John A., joins Grant at Cairo, 67–68; his devotion to Grant, 69; on Grant, 72; on the significance of the battle of Belmont, 82–83; reports to Washburne, 95–97; on effect of Halleck’s order to take Fort Henry, 134; sends orders to C. F. Smith re Fort Henry, 135; with Grant on move to Fort Henry, 138; at Fort Donelson, 175; with Grant at Savannah, 222; at Shiloh, 230, 234, 235, 239; at Corinth, 298; transmits order to Chaplain Eaton, 358–359; and James Wilson, 380; and Charles A. Dana, 389; and stories of Grant’s drinking, 95–97, 463–465
Raymond, Miss., 438
Red River, 378
Regiments. See names of states
Reid, James T., 226
Reid, Whitelaw (“Agate”), 252–254, 255, 256
Reynolds, Private Hiram, 13
Reynolds, Thomas C., 43
Richmond, La., 410
Rocket, steamer, 237
Rocky Springs, Miss., 436
Rodgers, Commander John, 47
Rolling Fork, 385
Rosecrans, General W. S., given command of Army of the Mississippi, 284, 287; urges promotion for Sheridan, 299–300; near Iuka, 300; near Corinth, 309; and plans to attack Iuka, 309–311; popularity of, 312; and the battle of Corinth, 313–315; Grant displeased with, 316, 319; in pursuit or Van Dorn, 316–317; succeeds Buell, 319; warns Grant about Forrest, 336; fights Bragg at Murfreesboro, 370; Hamilton’s attack on, 396; opposes Bragg in Tennessee, 489
Ross, General Leonard F., 382
Roundawaj Bayou, 409
Rowley, Lieutenant William R., 95, 207, 209, 259, 273
ST. LOUIS, MO., Grant at, 28–29
St. Louis, gunboat, 151, 157, 160, 161
St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad, 23
St. Louis Republican, 84
Sanitary Commission, delegation from, 393
Savannah, Tenn., 210, 219, 220
Saxon, General Rufus, 364
Schofield, General J. M., 277
Scott, Thomas A., 188, 268
Secessionist women, 127
Seventh District Regiment, 3
Shaw, Captain John M., 463–464
Sheridan, Colonel Philip, 270, 299, 308
Sherman, General William Tecumseh, his regard for C. F. Smith, 50; establishes camp at Muldraugh’s Hill, 57; replaces Anderson at Louisville, 58; fumes at unreadiness of troops, 69; replaced by Buell, 70; suffers nervous breakdown, 90; emotional pessimism of, 115; sent to Paducah, 149; in partnership with Grant, 149; his liking for Colonel McPherson, 150; given Grant’s post at Cairo, 184; Halleck assigns “column or division” in Tennessee, 187; on Grant’s officers, 209; in command at Pittsburg Landing, 210, 218–219; fails to notify headquarters of Rebels on his front, 219; sends out patrols from Pittsburg Landing, 224; at Shiloh, 227, 228, 229, 242, 244, 247; on Whitelaw Reid, 252; his fury at press criticism after Shiloh, 256, 258; on C. F. Smith, 271; in advance on Corinth, 271; tries to dissuade Grant from leaving Army, 274; on railroads as liability, 290; at Memphis, 300, 301, 309; writes to Grant about leaving interior alone, 322; in Mississippi River campaign, 328, 330, 332, 338, 339, 340; assembles forces in Memphis, 332, 334; grim tribute to Forrest, 336; at Milliken’s Bend, 342, 343; angered by the cotton problem, 350; New York World criticizes, 368; in the Vicksburg campaign, 374, 379, 380, 385, 386, 412–413, 417, 421, 422–423, 429, 435–436, 439, 442, 447, 448, 452–453; on Grant, 392; dislike of the press, 397–398, 399, 423; moves Confederate women from plantation house, 461; contrasted with Grant, 461–462; angered at McClernand’s order of congratulation, 466; and the surrender of Vicksburg, 477; pursues Johnston, 481; destroys installations at Jackson, 482–483; promoted in Regular Army, 488; quoted, 489
Sherman, Mrs. William Tecumseh, 90
Sherman, Senator John, 90, 258
Shiloh, Battle of, 225–247; elements contributing to, 219; newspaper accounts of, 252–256
Shiloh Church, 201
Sigel, General Franz, 39
Sikeston Mo., 42, 72
Slavery, Northern soldiers’ view of, 294, 295–296; Grant’s views on, and the war, 15, 33, 106, 296–297
Slaves, fugitive, Grant and Buckner discuss disposition of, 177; as problem to Grant’s army, 294–295, 356–365, 401–405; and terms of Vicksburg surrender, 480–481. See also Negro regiments
Smith, Colonel J. C., 259, 277, 325–326
Smith, General A. J., 334, 339, 438, 471
Smith, General Charles F., sent to command at Paducah, 50; Grant’s admiration for, 50; military career of, 50–51; and Grant’s plans to capture Columbus, 64; denounces Paine for disobedience, 80; complaints made against, 87–88; Grant visits, 95; and demonstration toward Mayfield, 120; fires on Fort Henry, 121–122; and plans to take Fort Henry, 132–133, 134, 135; in attack on Fort Henry, 141, 143; at Fort Donelson. 163, 166, 167, 169–170, 174, 175, 182; at Clarksville, 184, 189; Halleck asks major general’s commission for, 188; Grant visits, at Clarksville, 191; given Grant’s command and to lead expedition up Tennessee River, 197, 199, 200, 202; in the move up the Tennessee, 210, 211; forced out of action by leg injury, 212–213; chooses Federal Army position at Shiloh, 219; bedridden at Grant’s headquarters, 222; during Shiloh, 238; death of, 271
Smith, General Edmund Kirby, 289, 306, 309, 313, 318
Smith, General M. L., 339
Smith, Lieutenant Commander Watson, 382, 383, 384
Smith’s plantation, 410
Smithland, Ky., 129, 135, 151
Snyder’s Bluff, Miss., 371, 385, 387, 408
Soldiers, sickness among, 61–62, 218; behavior of, 291–296, 335–336; disillusionment of, on Vicksburg campaign, 366–368; in Mississippi, 431; in Jackson, 441; Negro, 364, 403–405, 465; Yank and Reb, at Vicksburg, 468–469, 472, 484; paroled, 473–476. See also Volunteers
South Carolina Volunteers, First, 364
Southern Railroad of Mississippi, 436
Sprague, Governor William (R.I.), 286
Stager, Colonel Anson, 193
Stanley, David, 311
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, refers to Grant’s “unconditional surrender” note, 181; approves promotion of Hitchcock, 187; refuses Halleck’s request for authority, 188; and military telegraph system, 193; congratulates armies on victory at Shiloh, 252; selects Pope to head Army of the Mississippi, 284; orders Halleck to send reinforcements east, 285; countersigns McClellan’s wire to Halleck, 197; favors opening of the Mississippi, 325; gives McClernand orders for Mississippi campaign, 326, 339, 340; tells McClernand he will serve under Grant, 338; warns Dana against interfering with policy, 413
Steele, General Frederick, Halleck suggests Grant confer with, 321; to threaten Pemberton’s flank, 332; and expedition to Vicksburg, 339; Grant’s letter to, concerning Negroes, 402; Sherman writes to, 418; opposed to paroling plan, 474
Steele’s Bayou, 385–386
Stevens, Corporal George A., 13
Stone, General Charles P., 89
Storey, Wilbur, 302
Strawberry Plains, Tenn., 113
Stuart, Colonel David, 227–228, 232, 234
Sunflower River, 385
Swett, Leonard, 94–95, 108–109
Switzerland, ship, 417
TALLAHATCHIE RIVER, 379
Telegraph system, military, 193
“Tennessee quickstep,” 218
Tennessee River, 48, 123, 136, 138–139, 148–149, 180, 210, 279
Thayer, Colonel John, impressions of Grant at Ironton, 26–27, 28, 29; leads reinforcements for attack on Fort Donelson, 151–152, 153; at Donelson, 166
Thomas, General George H., in East Tennessee, 122–123; shifted to Grant’s command, 266; coolness between Grant and, 267; resumes old command, 281; Buell recalls, 300; given Buell’s command, 308; offended by Rosecrans’s assignment, 320
Thomas, General Lorenzo, 206, 207, 403
Thompson, General Jeff, 19; leads Missouri state guards, 41; replies to Frémont’s proclamation, 43; as threat to Federal forces in southeast Missouri, 70; at Greenville, 71; Grant ordered to campaign against, 71–72; prepares to retreat, 73; and seizure of the Platte Valley, 99–100
Tigress, steamboat, 208, 222, 223, 225, 343, 421
Tilghman, General Lloyd, 142, 143, 144
Tupelo, Miss., 280, 332
“Turtles,” 103, 411, 415. See also Gunboats
Tyler, gunboat, 47, 48, 73, 74, 82, 143, 201, 237, 240
Tyner, J. N., 64–65
UNION MERCHANTS EXCHANGE, St. Louis, celebration at, 179
Usher, John P., 325
VAN DORN, EARL, defeated at Pea Ridge, 210; armed strength of, 289; in northern Mississippi, 300, 306; plans attack on Corinth or Memphis, 309; at battle of Corinth, 313, 314, 315; successful escape of, 316–317; relieved of command, 329; Holly Springs raid of, 340–342, 351, 361–362, 372
Vicksburg, Miss., Confederates control, 277; Halleck hopes to take, 278; defenses of, 371–372, 448, 450–452; Grant’s attempts to by-pass, 376–382; siege of, 453–466, 468–470; occupation of, 483
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad, 342
Vincent, Rev. J. M., 273
Virginia, difficulties of Federal armies in, 284
Volunteers, 61–62; Grant and, 5, 61, 84, 89, 172, 419
WALKE, COMMANDER HENRY, 82, 155–156
Wallace, Colonel W. H. L., marches to Charleston, Mo., 41; ordered to join Oglesby, 73; moves up the Tennessee, 210; with Grant near Corinth, 218; Grant warns of imminent attack, 224; at Shiloh, 227, 228, 229, 236, 243; brother-in-law of, 275
