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SUBJECT INDEX
Fighting units of both Confederate and Union armies have been indexed in the following manner: Entire armies are indexed under their full name at the time of the events related. Corps, wings, and divisions have been indexed as entries following the main entry for each army, but only when some action was taken by the entire unit. Where brigades are identified in the text, they have been indexed as subentries of their divisions. Individual regiments (listed in the appendix) are indexed alphabetically and identified parenthetically as to army by the abbreviations AC for Army of the Cumberland and AT for Army of Tennessee.
Abolitionists, 24, 205
Ammunition. See Arms
Arms: bayonets used in charges, 78, 96, 114, 117–18, 143, 157, 164, 183, 186, 193; Confederate replenishment of ammunition, 103, 104, 123, 134, 138, 150, 157; and conservative use of ammunition, 59, 78; muskets replaced by rifles, 33, 143; for Ohio militia, 16; “refuse guns” issued to Confederates, 153; standard Union issue of ammunition and arms, 49; Union ammunition train captured and recaptured, 105–6, 107–8; Union battle issue of ammunition, 78; for Union cavalry, 19, 21, 25, 26; Union replenishment of ammunition, 116, 122, 124, 127, 133, 142–43, 148–49, 153–54, 156, 158; use of carbines versus sabres, 25, 106. See also Artillery
Army of Kentucky: consolidated with Army of the Mississippi, 31; role in Kentucky campaign, 4–5. See also Army of Tennessee
Army of Northern Virginia: and Fredericksburg offensive, 27; Johnston's command of, 10
Army of Tennessee: Bragg's command of, 31, 33, 159–62; conscription of soldiers for, 41, 194; consolidation of troops as, 31, 35; deployment at Stones River, 40, 47; desertion from, 41–42; morale in, 38, 42, 202, 212; organization of, 31, 38–39, 217; size of, 29; staff under Bragg, 31–35, 38, 90, 94, 95–96, 115, 182, 209–18 passim; Union troops captured by, 55, 86, 88, 103, 104–5, 106, 134, 143, 148, 166, 170. See also names of individual regiments
Army of Tennessee, Artillery: captured by Union forces, 71, 195; deployment of, 49, 50, 57, 59, 67, 70–71, 72, 79, 92, 105, 121, 123, 141, 142, 148, 150, 166, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182–83, 194–95
Army of Tennessee, Cavalry: delaying tactics of, 49–50, 55, 57, 76, 202, 203; deployment at Stones River, 47, 51, 59, 67, 105; part dispatched to western Tennessee, 40, 45, 55; poor performance of, 59, 64; reconnaissance by, 55; in retreat from Kentucky campaign, 8; Wheeler's
command of, 35
—Pegram's Brigade of, 47, 59, 64, 160, 177, 181, 183, 196
—Wharton's Brigade of, 47, 49–50, 55, 56–57, 59–60, 64, 68, 76, 104, 174, 177, 195, 196
—Wheeler's Brigade of, 47, 51–52, 55, 58, 59–60, 64, 171–72, 202, 203
Army of Tennessee, Hardee's Corps: deployment at College Grove, 62; deployment at Eagleville, 40, 47, 55–56; deployment at Murfreesboro, 56, 59, 76, 79; Hardee's command of, 33–34
—First Division: Anderson's command of, 34–35; Anderson's division disbanded and replaced by Breckinridge's division, 38; deployment at Murfreesboro, 59, 61, 159–61, 177–95 passim, 201; First Brigade of, 47, 61, 72, 158, 161, 162–64, 181–82, 187–88; Fourth Brigade (see Orphan Brigade); Jackson's Brigade of, 47, 59, 61, 161, 164; ordered to Murfreesboro, 7, 29; Second Brigade of, 61, 161, 164–65, 174, 181–82, 186–87, 188, 194, 195; Third Brigade of, 61, 161, 164–66, 179, 181, 182, 187, 189, 194; in winter quarters at Murfreesboro, 31, 47. See also Army of Tennessee, Polk's Corps: Third Division
—Second Division: Cleburne's command of, 34; deployment at Eagleville, 47; deployment at Murfreesboro, 56, 59, 61, 72, 73, 83, 89–91, 123, 141, 148, 149, 150, 158, 159, 199, 201; First Brigade, 90, 98, 102, 123, 124, 138, 141, 148, 149; Fourth Brigade of, 47, 54, 56–57, 90, 98, 102, 122–123, 138, 141; Second Brigade, 90, 94, 96, 97, 103–4, 141, 148, 149; Third Brigade, 90, 92–94, 102, 123–24, 141, 148, 149–50
—McCown's Division: assigned to Hardee's Corps, 38; assigned to Kirby Smith during Kentucky campaign, 10; deployment at Chattanooga, 2; deployment at Murfreesboro, 56, 59, 69, 71, 72–73, 83–88, 89–91, 104, 134, 199, 201; deployment at Readyville, 40, 55; First Brigade of, 85, 90, 102, 104, 135, 144–45; McCown's command of, 35, 213–14; Second Brigade of, 85, 89–90, 102, 104, 134–35, 139–40, 141, 144; Third Brigade of, 71, 72–73, 85, 86, 94, 96–97, 103, 104, 135, 144
Army of Tennessee, Polk's Corps: Davis's review of, 38; deployment at Murfreesboro, 59, 76, 79; in winter quarters at Murfreesboro, 31, 47
—First Division: Cheatham's command of, 31, 76, 212–13; deployment at Murfreesboro, 59, 61, 76, 90, 109, 133–34, 199, 201; Fourth (Preston Smith's) Brigade, 113–15, 121, 138, 141, 148, 149; ordered to Murfreesboro, 29; Second Brigade of, 131–33, 155, 156, 165; Third Brigade of, 47, 64, 117, 118–21, 134, 156
—Second Division: deployment at Murfreesboro, 59, 61, 71, 76, 142, 199, 201; First (Deas’) Brigade of, 47, 61, 72, 109–12, 113, 165; Fourth (Anderson's) Brigade of, 61, 115, 116, 117–20, 121, 124; Second Brigade of, 61, 65, 142, 152–54; Third (Walthall's) Brigade of, 61, 124, 196; Withers's command of, 31, 76
—Third Division: Breckinridge's command of, 32–33; transferred to Hardee's Corps, 38. See also Army of Tennessee, Hardee's Corps: First Division
Army of the Cumberland: Confederate troops captured by, 54, 58, 103, 203; defense of Nashville by, 19; discipline in, 19–20; morale of, 44, 129; naming of, 15; organization of, 14, 21, 26; Rosecrans's command of, 14, 15, 18–21, 22–23, 26, 44–45, 128–31, 135, 172–76, 191; size of, 21; staff under Rosecrans, 23–26, 65–66, 83, 99–100, 133, 135, 151. See also names of individual regiments; Army of the Ohio; Fourteenth Army Corps
Army of the Cumberland, Artillery: captured by Confederate forces, 88, 96, 134, 143, 181; deployment of, 51, 57, 77, 82, 85–86, 87, 91, 92–94, 95, 96, 98, 102, 111, 119, 120, 122–23, 124, 125, 126, 133, 136, 137, 139, 155, 162, 165, 177, 180–81, 191–92
Army of the Cumberland, Cavalry: deployment around Murfreesboro, 46, 50–51, 56, 58–59, 62, 68, 85, 105, 106; equipment for, 19, 20–21, 25, 26; problems with deployment of, 49, 50–51; reorganization of, 24–25
—First Brigade: deployment at Lavergne, 46, 51
—Second Brigade: deployment at Franklin, 46, 50–51; deployment at Stones River, 104, 105–6
—Reserve: deployment at Stones River, 46, 49
Army of the Cumberland, Center: deployment at Nolensville, 45–46, 50, 52; deployment at Stones River, 77; Thomas's command of, 21–23
—First Division: deployment at Nolensville, 52, 57–58, 63; deployment at Owen's Store, 50; deployment at Stones River, 71, 78, 122, 130, 131, 134–37; First Brigade of, 131, 137; Fourth Brigade of, 131, 136, 137, 139, 140; Second Brigade of, 131, 137–39; Third Brigade of, 172
—Second Division: deployment at Brentwood, 47, 50; deployment at Stewartsboro, 52, 57; deployment at Stones River, 65, 71, 78, 152, 180; Second Brigade of, 141–42, 180, 193, 195, 197, 203; Third Brigade of, 142–43, 193
—Third Division: First Brigade of, 50, 52
—Fifth Division: Second Brigade of, 180, 193, 195, 197, 203
Army of the Cumberland, Left Wing: cavalry support for, 51; Crittenden's command of, 24; deployment at Lavergne, 46, 52, 55; deployment at Stones River, 58, 63, 64–65, 71, 128, 174
—First Division: deployment at bridge over Stewart's Creek, 58; deployment at Stones River, 65, 77, 78; First Brigade of, 58, 65, 130–31, 155, 158–59, 162, 197; Second Brigade of, 65, 156; Third Brigade of, 65, 66–67, 130, 146, 148, 180
—Second Division: deployment at Stones River, 51, 65, 77; First Brigade of, 65, 152, 154–55, 157, 180, 193; Second Brigade of, 58–59, 151–52, 154, 165, 166, 195, 196; Third Brigade of, 65, 139, 180, 189, 196
—Third Division: deployment at Stones River, 76–77, 128, 129, 146–48, 175; First Brigade of, 144, 145, 146, 148, 175, 178, 180, 188–89, 195, 196, 198; Second Brigade of, 130, 146, 148, 175, 179, 180, 189; Third Brigade of, 130, 175, 177, 179, 180, 185–86, 188, 189
Army of the Cumberland, Miscellaneous Brigades: Pioneer Brigade, 129, 131, 144, 148, 180, 191, 202
Army of the Cumberland, Right Wing: deployment at Murfreesboro, 63, 67–68, 70–71, 72, 77; deployment at Triune, 45, 46, 48–50, 52–54, 57; McCook's command of, 23–24, 116–17; and occupation of Nashville, 19; reconnaissance by, 62; supply trains of, 172
—First Division: deployment at Stones River, 48–50, 68, 70–71, 91, 117, 121, 197; First Brigade of, 49, 79, 91–92, 102, 103; Second Brigade of, 49, 79, 102, 103, 121, 191; Third Brigade of, 49, 68, 109–12, 115
—Second Division: deployment at Stones River, 50, 56, 57, 68, 70, 71, 78, 81, 88, 101, 104; First Brigade of, 62, 79, 81–82, 87; Second Brigade of, 71, 79, 82, 85–86, 104; Third Brigade of, 91, 94–95, 102–3
—Third Division: deployment at Nolensville, 50; deployment at Stones River, 68, 70–71, 117, 131; First Brigade of, 71, 79–80, 111, 124, 134; Second Brigade of, 122, 124, 158; Third Brigade, 122–23, 124, 127, 134, 148–49
Army of the Mississippi: attack on Nashville by, 19; Beauregard's command of, 2; Bragg's command of, 2, 3–4, 10; discipline in, 4; Hardee's command of, 36; reorganization of, 31; role in Kentucky campaign, 5–7; size of, 29; withdrawal from North, 2. See also Army of Tennessee
Army of the Ohio: Buell's estrangement from, 12–14, 15, 21–22; campaign against Chattanooga, 2, 13, 21; command offered to Thomas, 21–22; desertions from, 13, 18–19; discipline in, 12–13; role in Kentucky campaign, 5, 6–7, 8; Rosecrans's command of, 14, 15. See also Army of the Cumberland; Fourteenth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac: and Fredericksburg campaign, 27
Artillery: James Rifles, 181; Parrott guns, 92, 95, 119. See also Army of Tennessee, Artillery; Army of the Cumberland, Artillery
Asbury Church, 146, 148
Athens, Alabama: Union sacking of, 13
Augusta Chronicle, 208
Bardstown, Kentucky: Confederate withdrawal to, 5–6; Union advance to, 6–7
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Confederate expedition against, 37
Blanton house, 115, 117, 119, 122, 123
Bole Jack Road, 57, 68
Brentwood, Tennessee: Union occupation of, 47, 50
Brick Kiln, 118, 119, 120
Burials: of Confederate dead, 169; of Union dead, 169, 171, 203
Burris, Widow. See Widow Burrows (or Burris) farm
Burrows, Widow. See Widow Burrows (or Burris) farm
Casualties. See Injuries and casualties
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Chattanooga, Tennessee: Confederate defense of, 2, 21, 30, 36; Confederate retreat to, 216, 218; Union threat to, 2, 13; visit of President Davis to, 38
Chattanooga Rebel, 208, 209
Chicago Board of Trade Battery (Pioneer Brigade, AC), 17, 131, 144, 146, 181, 191, 194
Chicago Tribune, 206
Chickamauga, Georgia: Union defeat at, 28, 207, 217
Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi, 45, 205
Cincinnati Commercial, 18, 206
Cincinnati Gazette, 206
Cobb's Kentucky Battery (AT), 67, 72, 166
Columbia Pike, 30
Combat engineers: Union brigade of, 25
Confederate Congress, 1
Confederate Veteran, 98
Conscription, of soldiers, 41, 194, 214
Corinth, Mississippi: Confederate offensive against, 37; Rosecrans's command at, 16, 24, 25, 37; Union control of, 2, 16
Cowan farm and house, 61, 65, 151–52, 153, 154, 155, 157, 162, 164, 165; graveyard, 144
Cumberland, Department of the: and Fourteenth Army Corps, 14; Rosecrans's command of, 16–17
Democratic party, 205–6
Desertion: from Confederate armies, 8, 29, 41–42, 161–62; from Union armies, 13, 18–19
Doctor's Creek, Kentucky. See Perryville, Kentucky
Double quick time, rate of, 33; Confederate advance using, 85, 183; Union advance using, 67
Drinking, excessive: among Confederates, 43–44, 109, 120, 134, 212–13; among Union army, 44, 107, 142, 198, 204; and whiskey given to Confederates before battle, 83, 103
Duck River: strategic position of, 8, 30. See also Shelbyville, Tennessee
Eagleville, Tennessee: Confederate troops in, 40, 47, 56
Eagleville Pike, 57, 62
East Tennessee, Department of, 2
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, 30
Edmondson Pike, 48–49
Eighteenth Ohio Infantry (AC), 155
Eighteenth Tennessee Infantry (AT), 187
Eighth Indiana Battery (AC), 157
Eighth Kentucky Infantry (AC), 63
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