Grant Moves South

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,” 218r />
  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