Thirty-sixth Indiana Infantry (AC), 139, 140, 156, 180, 191, 195
Thirty-third Ohio Infantry (AC), 137
Triune, Tennessee: Confederate troops in, 40, 47, 50, 57; Union advance against, 45, 46, 50, 52, 54, 57
Tullahoma, Tennessee, 29, 30, 202, 208, 210, 218
Tupelo, Mississippi: Confederate forces in, 2, 37
Twelfth Tennessee Infantry (AT), 115
Twentieth Louisiana Infantry (AT), 162, 187
Twentieth Tennessee Infantry (AT), 166, 187, 192
Twenty-fifth Illinois Infantry (AC), 111, 112, 113–14, 115
Twenty-fifth Louisiana Infantry (AT), 193
Twenty-fifth Tennessee Infantry (AT), 92, 94, 124
Twenty-first Illinois Infantry (AC), 71, 98, 99, 203
Twenty-first Kentucky Infantry (AC), 186
Twenty-first Michigan Infantry (AC), 111, 117, 119, 125
Twenty-first Ohio Infantry (AC), 143, 193, 197
Twenty-first Wisconsin Infantry (AC), 172
Twenty-fourth Mississippi Infantry (AT), 124, 127, 143
Twenty-fourth Ohio Infantry (AC), 139, 141, 156, 180, 189, 195
Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry (AC), 79, 111, 112, 118, 119, 122
Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry (AC), 82, 86, 95
Twenty-ninth Mississippi Infantry (AT), 126–27, 134
Twenty-ninth North Carolina Infantry (AT), 135, 136, 140, 141
Twenty-second Illinois Infantry (AC), 70, 117, 119, 124, 133
Twenty-second Indiana Infantry (AC), 79, 91, 92–94
Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry (AC), 119, 123, 133, 134, 148
Twenty-seventh Mississippi Infantry (AT), 127, 143
Twenty-seventh Tennessee Infantry (AT), 119, 120
Twenty-sixth Alabama Infantry (AT), 111–12
Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry (AC), 156, 157, 165
Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Artillery (AC): Battery B, 192
Twenty-third Kentucky Infantry (AC), 139, 141, 165, 180, 189, 195
Twenty-third Tennessee Infantry (AT), 92, 97
Vicksburg, Mississippi: Confederate defense of, 36, 37; Union offensive against, 27, 35, 45, 205
Warren Light Artillery (AT), 148
Washington Artillery, Fifth Battery (AT), 72, 166, 194–95
Waters's Alabama Battery (AT), 125, 195
Wayne's Hill: ford of Stones River northwest of, 66, 76–77, 180, 196; strategic position of, 60, 67, 72, 166
West Virginia, Department of: Rosecrans's command of, 16
White's (Tennessee) Battery (AT), 104
Widow Burrows (or Burris) farm and house, 105, 106, 141, 146, 148, 149, 150
Widow Smith house, 71, 86, 98, 113
Wilkinson Crossroads, 68
Wilkinson Turnpike, 67, 71, 79, 95, 96, 102–3, 104, 105, 107, 115, 117, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 133, 139, 141; bridge on, 69
Wilson Pike, 45, 50, 51, 52
Wright's Tennessee Battery (AT), 187, 195
Yell Rifles, 90
INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES
Adams, Brig. Gen. Daniel W., 47, 61, 162, 164
Adams, Pvt. Jacob, 197
Alexander, Col. John, 99
Anderson, Col. Charles, 97
Anderson, Col. Nicholas, 139–40
Anderson, Brig. Gen. J. Patton, 34–35, 38, 61, 124, 131, 141–42, 196
Anderson, Lt. Col. John, 154, 157
Andrews, Col. Julius A., 144–45
Autry, LTC James, 127
Baldwin, Lt. A. T., 80
Baldwin, Col. Philemon P., 94–95, 97
Barnes, James, 71–72
Beatty, Col. John: celebrates Christmas, 44; contempt for Crittenden and McCook, 24; on drinking of superiors after battle, 204; esteem for Thomas, 23; fights alone in cedars, 137–39; mentioned, 175, 198; praises Rosecrans, 15; quarrels with Rosecrans, 17–18
Beatty, Col. Samuel: actions 31 December, 128, 130, 145–46, 148; actions 2 January, 175, 180, 188; mentioned, 17
Beatty, Capt. Taylor, 112
Beauregard, Gen. Pierre G. T., 2
Berry, John, 97–98
Bickham, William D., 18, 23, 54, 76, 116, 206
Blake, Col. William, 169
Blakemore, George, 150
Bradley, Capt. Cullen, 181, 192
Bradley, Col. Luther P., 148–49
Bragg, Gen. Braxton: actions 2 January, 177, 179; actions after Stones River campaign, 216–18; actions as theatre commander, 35–38; actions during Union advance, 55, 59–60, 69, 72; appearance and character of, 3–4; calls to Breckinridge for reinforcements, 159–61; concentrates army at Murfreesboro, 29–30, 55–56; confident of victory, 174; and councils of war, 73–76, 197; court-martials McCown, 213–14; criticized in press, 208–9; as disciplinarian, 4; and invasion of Kentucky, 1–3, 5–8; issues circular letter, 209; and Jefferson Davis, 8, 11, 29, 210; loses confidence of army, 202; mentioned, 12, 28, 47, 123, 150, 171, 194; occupies Middle Tennessee, 7–8; quarrels with Breckinridge, 215–16; quarrels with Cheatham, 212–13; quarrels with subordinates before Stones River, 1, 3, 10–11, 32–33, 35, 41–42; rebukes Cheatham, 109; rejects Cheatham-Withers letter, 199; reorganizes army, 31; and retreat from Murfreesboro, 200–202; scatters forces, 40
Bramblett, Capt. W. P., 178
Brantly, Col. W. F., 125
Breckinridge, Maj. Gen. John C.: actions before battle, 61, 72; actions 2 January, 177–79, 182–83, 186, 196; attacks Round Forest, 164; biographical, 32; mentioned, 29, 47, 207; occupies Murfreesboro, 7; quarrels with Bragg after Stones River, 215–16; quarrels with Bragg before Stones River, 32–33, 41–42; refuses to send reinforcements, 159–61; responds to circular letter, 210
Brent, Col. George, 29, 40, 43, 177, 196, 202
Brown, Pvt. A. H., 113
Buckner, Lt. Col. John, 178–79, 192
Buckner, Maj. Gen. Simon B., 34, 216–18
Buell, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos, 2, 5, 6–8, 12–14, 21–22, 24
Burke, Col. Joe, 107
Burks, Col. J. C., 86
Burnside, Maj. Gen. Ambrose, 27–28
Bush, Capt. Asahel K., 117, 119, 124
Bush, Squire H., 201
Butler, Pvt. Jay, 99
Carlin, Colonel William P., 49, 98, 102–3, 121, 191
Carpenter, Maj. S. D., 156
Carpenter, Capt. Stephen, 111
Carter, Col. John, 155
Chalmers, Brig. Gen. James R., 5, 61, 153
Chase, Salmon P., 22
Cheatham, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F.: advises retreat, 199; attacks Sheridan, 117; biographical, 31; censured by Polk, 213; drinking problems of, 109, 133, 213; mentioned, 29, 59, 76, 201, 218; quarrels with McCown, 72–73
Chipley, Capt. Stephen, 186
Clare, Maj. William, 214
Clay, H. B., 183
Cleburne, Maj. Gen. Patrick R.: actions 31 December, 90–91, 123, 141, 148; biographical, 34; explanation of failure of attack on Nashville Pike, 150; mentioned, 47, 56, 73, 201; responds to circular letter, 210
Cobb, Capt. Robert, 67
Cockerill, Capt. D. T., 162
Cole, James, 87
Collier, Maj. Daniel, 156
Collins, Maj. Joseph, 95
Cooper, Gen. Samuel, 36, 215
Cope, Sgt. Alexis, 88–89
Coward, Joe, 134
Cox, Col. John, 104, 162
Crittenden, Maj. Gen. Thomas L.: actions 31 December, 128–30; actions 2 January, 180, 191–92; actions during Union advance, 58, 64–66; biographical, 24; at council of war, 173; drinking after battle, 204; incompetence of, 24; mentioned, 46, 52, 55, 70; regard for Rosecrans, 16
Crofton, Capt. Robert, 136
Cruft, Brig. Gen. Charles, 51, 154–55, 193
Curtis, Maj. Gen. Samuel, 27
Darden, Capt. Putnam, 92
Davis, Jefferson (President of Confederate States): and Bragg, 8, 11, 29; actions after Stones River, 210–11, 217–18; appoints Johnston theatre commander, 37; concern for Western theatre, 35; and Hardee, 33; and invasion of Kentuc
ky, 1, 6; and Kirby-Smith, 10–11; orders Lee reinforced, 27; and Polk, 8, 10; visits army, 38
Davis, Brig. Gen. Jefferson C.: actions during Union advance, 48–50, 57, 68, 71; attacked by Cleburne, 91; mentioned, 197; reacts to defeat, 121
Day, Sgt. Lewis, 71, 79
Dennison, William, 16
Dick, Lt. Col. George, 148
Dodge, Col. Joseph B., 85–86, 95
Donelson, Brig. Gen. Daniel S., 69, 154
Doolittle, Dr. Charles, 103
Dornblaser, Thomas, 203
Douglas, Maj. W. F., 150
Dysart, Capt. Alexander, 89
Ector, Brig. Gen. M. D., 73, 85, 87, 90, 144–45
Edgarton, Capt. Warren, 82, 85
Edsall, Capt. C. P., 80
Erb, William, 169, 185, 197
Erdelmeyer, Col. Frank, 87, 89
Estep, Lt. George, 162, 181, 191
Field, Col. H. R., 120
Fisher, Capt. Horace, 52, 62
Fitch, Michael H., 175
Forrest, Brig. Gen. Nathan B., 7, 55
Freeman, Sgt. Henry, 129
Freemantle, Sir Arthur, J. L., 3
Fulmer, Capt. Jesse, 136
Furay, M. S., 206
Fyffe, Col. James P., 130, 146, 148, 175
Gammage, Washington L., 73
Garesche, Col. Julius P., 25–26, 62, 166
Gibson, Joseph, 143
Gibson, Col. Randall, 181, 187
Gibson, Col. William, 83, 87, 104
Gilbert, Maj. Gen. Charles, 6
Gillaspie, Pvt. Ira, 142
Gooding, Col. Michael, 79
Gorgas, John, 85
Govan, Col. D. C., 150
Grainger, Gervis, 41, 188, 193–94, 201
Grant, Maj. Gen. U. S., 16, 25–28
Graves, Maj. Rice, 178–79, 195
Green, Johnny, 43, 162, 201
Greusel, Col. Nicholas, 112–13, 115, 119, 122, 134
Grider, Col. Benjamin, 175, 185, 188–89, 195
Grose, Col. William, 139, 155, 157, 180
Halleck, Maj. Gen. Henry, 21–22, 27–28, 45
Hannaford, Cpl. Ebenezer, 47, 58, 62, 65, 139–40, 167–68, 170, 204
Hanson, Brig. Gen. Roger, 61, 183, 186
Hardee, Lt. Gen. William J.: actions 31 December, 90–91, 123, 134; actions 2 January, 178; actions during Union advance, 56, 72–73; advises retreat, 200; biographical, 33; complains about lack of reinforcements, 150; at council of war, 197; criticizes Stones River line, 60; despairs of victory, 175; dismisses Cheatham-Withers letter, 200; mentioned, 34, 36, 47, 52, 54, 55, 212, 216; opposition to Bragg after Kentucky, 1; at Perryville, 6–7; physical appearance of, 33–34; responds to circular letter, 209
Harker, Col. Charles, 66–67, 130, 146, 148
Harper, Col. R. W., 104
Harrington, Col. F. A., 133–34
Harris, Isham, 211
Harrison, Col. Thomas, 56
Hascall, Brig. Gen. Milo S., 130–31, 156–59, 165
Hattaway, Herman, 27
Haynie, James, 142
Hazen, Col. William B.: actions 2 January, 195; biographical, 151; describes Round Forest, 152; holds the Round Forest, 154, 159, 165–66; mentioned, 58
Heg, Col. Hans C., 15, 44, 99–100, 102, 191
Hescock, Capt. Henry, 124
Hill, Lt. Gen. D. H., 216–18
Hobart, Col. Harrison C., 198
Holmes, Lt. Gen. Theophilus, 37
Hooks, Sgt. M. C., 120
Hotchkiss, Capt. Charles, 88–89
Houghtalling, Capt. Charles, 124, 133
Hubbard, Maj. Elisha, 112
Hunt, Col. Robert, 67
Hunter, Alfred, 197
Hurd, Lt. Col. Orin, 86
Jackson, Pvt. John, 47
James, Lt. R. F., 120
Johnson, Andrew, 13–14
Johnson, Brig. Gen. Bushrod R., 23, 92, 102, 123, 141, 149
Johnson, Brig. Gen. Richard W., 50, 57, 68, 79, 85, 103
Johnston, Pvt. John, 213
Johnston, Cpl. Joseph, 194
Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., 10, 37, 210–11
Johnston, William Preston, 179
Jones, Archer, 27
Jones, Lt. Col. Fielder, 80, 87
Jones, Lt. S. M., 102
Kennett, Col. John, 46, 106
Kinley, Maj. Isaac, 140
Kirby, Maj. Isaac, 102
Kirby Smith, Lt. Gen. Edmund, 2–6, 10–11, 36, 38
Kirk, Brig. Gen. Edmund N., 80, 82, 85–86, 104
Knefler, Col. Frederick, 145
Lathrop, Dr. David, 62
Lavender, Lt. Col. F. M., 187
Lavender, Capt. John, 86
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 27–28
Lewis, Pvt. Asa, 41–42, 161
Lewis, Col. Joseph H., 194
Liddell, Brig. Gen. St. John R.: attacks Baldwin, 94–95; biographical, 96; brigade routed, 149; on Cheatham's drinking, 213; mentioned, 141, 149, 175; opposes retreat, 200–201; and Union surgeons, 103, 149
Liddell, Willie, 103
Lincoln, Abraham, 14, 206–7
Locke, Col. M. F., 85
Longstreet, Lt. Gen. James, 216–18
Loomis, Col. J. Q., 47, 109, 112
Lovell, Gen. Mansfield, 36
McClain, Col. Richard, 185
McClellan, Maj. Gen. George B., 16
McCook, Maj. Gen. Alexander McD.: actions 31 December, 82, 116–17; actions during Union advance, 48, 54–57, 62, 67–68, 70–71; biographical, 23–24; contempt of army for, 24; at council of war, 173–74; failure of at Stones River, 134; and faulty troop dispositions, 77–79; mentioned, 7, 19, 45, 204
McCown, Maj. Gen. John P: actions 31 December, 85, 87–88, 94, 104, 134–35, 144; and Bragg, 35; court-martialed, 213–14; mentioned, 2, 10, 38, 55–56, 69, 201; quarrel with Cheatham, 72–73
McGregor, Pvt., 126
McMurray, William, 187
McNair, Brig. Gen. Evander, 73, 85–86, 94, 96
McReynolds, Maj. J. T., 123
Magee, John, 43, 170
Manderson, Maj. Charles, 44, 145–46, 188–89
Maney, Brig. Gen. George, 47, 69, 117–21, 133
Manigault, Col. A. M., 61, 114–15, 117–19, 124, 133
Marks, Dr. Solon, 79, 101–2, 170
Marshall, Brig. Gen. Humphrey, 36
Matthews, William, 100
Maxwell, Sgt. James, 43, 170
Mebane, Lt. John, 195
Mendenhall, Capt. John, 191–92
Miller, Col. John, 142–43, 193, 195
Miller, Maj. Silas, 113, 116
Miller, Col. William, 187
Millikin, Col. Minor, 105–6
Minty, Col. Robert, 46, 51
Mitchell, Lt. John, 113
Mitchell, Brig. Gen. Robert B., 21
Mix, Capt. James, 58–59
Moore, Col. W. L., 157
Morgan, Brig. Gen. John H., 19, 43, 55
Morton, Capt. James St. Clair, 25, 146, 191
Morton, Oliver P., 13–14, 205
Murray, Lt. Col. John, 150
Nash, William, 203
Negley, Brig. Gen. James S., 47, 50, 52, 57, 141, 203
Nevins, Allan, 205
Newlin, Sgt. William, 171
Niebling, Col. James, 143
Nourse, Pvt. James, 171, 194
Otis, Capt. Elmer, 107
Owen, Ira, 170–71
Paine, Capt. Hendrick, 92
Palmer, Col. Joseph B., 164–65, 186, 189
Palmer, Brig. Gen. John M.: actions 31 December, 151–52, 154; actions 2 January, 180, 193; actions during Union advance, 51–52, 64–66; biographical, 65–66
Parkhurst, Col. John, 131
Parsons, Capt. Charles, 139, 162
Pegram, Brig. Gen. John, 47, 59, 64, 160, 177, 196
Pemberton, Lt. Gen. John C., 35
Pickett, Maj. W. D., 56, 178, 194
Pillow, Brig. Gen. Gideon J., 182, 186–87, 196, 214
Pinney, Capt. Oscar, 92, 94
/> Pirtle, Lt. Alfred, 136, 140
Polk, Lt. Gen. Leonidas: actions during Kentucky campaign, 5–7; actions 31 December, 162, 164; actions 2 January 178, 180–81; censures Cheatham, 213; and Davis, 8, 10; endorses Cheatham-Withers letter, 199; feelings of army toward, 8–10; mentioned, 36, 43, 47, 126, 182, 200; military record of, 10; opposition to Bragg after Kentucky, 1; proposes turning movement, 76; quarrels with Bragg after Stones River, 211–12; religious sentiments of, 44
Polk, Brig. Gen. Lucius, 90, 98, 102, 124, 134, 141, 148
Post, Col. P. Sidney, 49, 91–92, 102
Preston, Brig. Gen. William: actions 31 December, 164, 165–66; actions 2 January, 181–82, 189, 194; on carnage of battle, 171; disdain for Bragg, 208, 212; mentioned, 179, 218
Price, Col. Samuel W., 175, 180
Price, Maj. Gen. Sterling, 36–37
Pugh, Maj. John, 105
Quintard, Rev. Charles, 213
Rains, Brig. Gen. James E., 89–90, 135, 139, 141
Ready, Mattie, 43
Reid, Whitelaw, 15
Rennard, John, 89, 168–69
Robert, Charles, 43
Roberts, Col. George W., 117–19, 133
Robertson, Capt. Felix, 177, 182–83, 194, 215
Robuck, J. E., 126–27, 134
Rosecrans, Maj. Gen. William S.: actions 31 December, 106–8, 128–31, 146, 148–49, 158–59, 166; actions 2 January, 191, 197; actions during Union advance, 52–56, 61–63, 65–68, 70; appointed army commander, 14–15; calls council of war, 172–74; character of, 16–18; early life and service, 15–16; esteem for Thomas, 23; mentioned, 30, 180, 216; plan of advance, 44–46; plan of battle, 76–77; praised by Lincoln, 206; refuses to advance, 26, 28; religious sentiments of, 18; reorganizes army, 18–21, 24–25
Rousseau, Maj. Gen. Lovell H.: actions 31 December 131, 135–38, 145; actions during Union advance, 57–58, 71; biographical, 135; mentioned, 50, 52, 204
Russell, John, 203
Savage, Col. John, 158
Savage, Lt. Col. L. N., 158
Scales, Lt. Col. J. J., 125–26
Schaefer, Col. Frederick, 119, 134
Scott, Dr. John, 186
Scott, Col. Joseph, 193
Scribner, Col. Benjamin F., 137
Sedgewick, Col. Thomas, 152
Shanks, William, 17, 23
Shannon, Lt. H, 96
Shephard, Lt. Col. Oliver H., 155–56
Sheridan, Brig. Gen. Philip H.: actions 31 December, 111, 117–19, 121–23, 129, 133, 158; actions during Union advance, 50, 57, 68, 70–71; fears attack, 79–80
Sill, Brig. Gen. Joshua W., 6, 79–80, 111–13
Simmons, Sgt. Louis, 189
Simonson, Capt. Peter, 95
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