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press coverage. See newspaper correspondents
Preston, Maj. (Confederate Army), 234
Price, Gen. (Confederate Army), 173, 245
prisoners of war
Atlanta and, 234, 238–239, 244
Cold Harbor and, 200, 202, 205, 208, 209, 215
conditions of, 238–239
Fort Donelson and, 36
information from, 203, 252
Opequan and, 266, 269
Petersburg and, 221, 225, 226
Shiloh and, 64–65
taken at Gettysburg by Lee, 154, 155, 156
taken at Gettysburg by Yankees, 160, 161, 162, 166, 167
treatment of, 287–288
Vicksburg and, 176
The Wilderness and, 187, 191
public reactions in the North
fall of Vicksburg and, 179, 180– 181
fears of the Merrimac and, 51
public reactions in the South. See also noncombatants
enthusiasm and, 1, 2–5, 18, 136, 276–277
fall of Vicksburg and, 172
Grant’s strategy and, 219
Norfolk riot and, 135
Virginia citizens, 276–277
R
railroads. See also communications
Atlanta and, 242–244, 251, 252– 253, 258
communications interruptions and, 219–220, 222, 277– 278
Gettysburg and, 151
Opequon and, 272
Petersburg battle and, 219–220, 222, 228
raids on, 156, 234–237, 242–243, 244, 265, 272
Second Manassas and, 95, 96–97, 101–102
Ransom, Gen. (Confederate Army), 116
Rappahannock River, 150, 186, 189
Raymond, Henry J. (Times editor), 23, 129, 197, 217
reinforcements
Antietam and, 112, 123–124
Atlanta strategy and, 246
Fort Donelson and, 38
Fort Sumter and, 6, 8
Manassas and, 34
Shiloh and, 62–63, 64
Republican Party, 217
Reynolds, D. H. (Confederate Army), 234
Reynolds, J. F. (Union Army), 147, 152, 160, 161, 162–163, 164
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 275
Rhodes, Gen. (Confederate Army), 154, 265, 266, 269, 272
Richardson, Col. (Union Army), 30
Richardson, Gen. (Union Army), 117, 125
Richmond, VA. See also Confederate States Government
battle of Cold Harbor and, 211
battle of The Wilderness and, 190, 191
as captured city, 285–291
dispatches from, 38–39, 57–58, 81
reports from, 154, 170, 186, 187, 198, 200–203, 265
Richmond Dispatch (newspaper) on Cold Harbor, 203–204
on Fredericksburg, 137–138
on Opequan, 268
on Petersburg, 221–222
on Second Manassas, 76, 79–80
Richmond Enquirer (newspaper), 112
Richmond Examiner (newspaper), 76, 77, 83, 92
Richmond-Petersburg Campaign. See Petersburg, battle at
Richmond Sentinel (newspaper), 170
Richmond Star (newspaper), 134– 135
Ricketts (Union officer), 202, 210
Ripley, Gen. (Confederate Army), 112, 115, 116
Roanoke (Union ship), 38
Robinson, Beverly (Confederate Army), 91
Robinson, Gen. (Union Army), 162
Roddy, Gen. (Confederate Army), 244
Rodes, Gen. (Confederate Army), 272
Rosseau, Gen. (Union Army), 243
Rowe, J. E. (Confederate Army), 89
rumors and misinformation
Atlanta and, 235, 236, 241
Cold Harbor and, 200, 202, 203– 204, 213
correspondents and, 197, 200
First Manassas and, 33
Fort Sumter and, 5
Fredericksburg and, 129, 145
Gettysburg and, 159–160
Second Manassas and, 79–80
Shiloh and, 58
Russell, Gen. (Union Army), 272, 272
S
St. Lawrence (Union ship), 38
Salter, George (“Jasper”), 1, 8
Sangster, William (Confederate Army), 24
San Jacinto (Union ship), 135
Savannah Republican (newspaper), 138–139, 175, 222–225, 242–243
Scales, Gen. (Confederate Army), 173
Schenck, Gen. (Union Army), 32
Schimmelfennig, Gen. (Union Army), 162
Second Bull Run. See Manassas, Second battle at
Second Cold Harbor. See Cold Harbor, battle at
Second (II) Corps (Union Army), 232
Second Rhode Island Regiment (Union Army), 27
Seddon, J. A. (Confederate Secretary of War), 170, 264
Sedgwick, Gen. (Union Army), 123–124, 128, 194
Seigling, Rudolph (Confederate Army), 88
Semmes, Capt. R. (Confederate Navy), 135
Semmes, Paul J. (Confederate Army), 175
Seymour, Gen. (Union Army), 187, 193
Shalloe, Gen. (Union Army), 187
Sharpsburg. See Antietam, battle at
sharpshooters
Confederate Army, 158, 164, 168
Union Army, 201, 224
Shenandoah Valley Campaign. See Opequon, battle at
Sheperdstown, VA. See Antietam, battle at
Sheridan, Philip (Union Army), 200–201
Appomattox Court House and, 294
Cold Harbor and, 216
Opequon and, 263, 269, 270, 271, 272
Petersburg and, 220, 225
Sherman, William T. (Union Army)
Atlanta and, 233, 234, 239, 240, 241, 249, 251, 253, 254– 255, 259–260, 261–262
First Manassas and, 28
the press and, 233
Shiloh and, 64, 66
strategy and, 239, 256, 257
Shiloh, battle at, 53–66
commentary on, 53, 65–66
illustrations from, 55, 60
Northern reportage on, 61–65
Southern reportage on, 54–61
Sickles, Gen. (Union Army), 85, 159
Siegel, Gen. (Union Army), 133– 134
Sigel, Gen. (Union Army), 93, 94, 95, 100, 101
Sinclair, Col. (Union Army), 142
Sixth (VI) Corps (Union Army)
battle of The Wilderness and, 188
Cold Harbor and, 202, 205, 210, 212
Opequan and, 271, 272
Sloan, Col. (Confederate Army), 27–28
Slocum, Gen. (Union Army), 161
Smith, Col. (Confederate Army), 173
Smith, G. W. (Confederate Army), 83
Smith, Gen. (Confederate Army), 172
Smith, Gen. (Union Army), 40, 208, 210–211, 215, 226, 227
Smith, Kirby (Confederate Army), 86, 116, 118, 245
South Carolina. See also Charleston, SC; Fort Sumter, battle at
cavalry unit from, at Williamsburg, 69–72
death of Jenkins and, 188–189
independence and, 2–4
South Carolina Zouaves, 90–91
spectacle
battle at Atlanta and, 237, 258
battle at Gettysburg and, 165– 166
bombardment of Fort Sumter, 6, 7, 11
night attacks and, 212
Opequan and, 272
Spotsylvania Courthouse, 196
Stafford, Leroy A. (Confederate Army), 186, 196
Stanton, Edwin M. (U. S. secretary of war), 179, 226, 228, 280, 283
Stark, Gen. (Confederate Army), 112
Starke, Gen. (Confederate Army), 114, 115
Star of the West (steamer), 2
Stetson, Quartermaster (Union Army), 32
Stevens, Capt. (Union Army), 164
Stevens, Clemant H. (Confederate Army), 234
Stevens, Major (Confederate Army), 11
Stewart, Gen. (Confederate Army), 252
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sp; Stewart County, TN. See Fort Donelson, battle at
Stoneman, Gen. (Union Army), 243, 245
Stovall, Gen. (Confederate Army), 174
Stuart, Jeb (Confederate Army), 80, 100, 118, 151, 168
Sullivan Island, 10, 11, 12, 15
Sumner, Gen. (Union Army), 116, 141, 143, 144, 146–147
supply lines. See also railroads
Atlanta and, 245, 249, 257, 260, 261
Fort Donelson and, 41
Fort Sumter and, 14
surrender. See Appomattox Court House, surrender at
Swinton, William (Times correspondent), 183, 197, 228–232
Syracuse, NY, 180
T
Tabb, Capt. (Confederate Army), 85
Taliaferro, Gen. (Confederate Army), 100
Taylor, Gen. Dick (Confederate Army), 172
Taylor, Gen. (Union Army), 95, 100, 103–104, 105–106
Taylor, Maj. (Union Army), 62
Taylor, Wilson (Confederate Army), 89
T.B. Watts (Union ship), 135
telegraph. See also communications
Antietam and, 112, 116–117
Atlanta reports and, 234, 237– 238, 240, 244–245, 248– 249, 252–253
Cold Harbor reports and, 198, 201–202
Fort Donelson and, 35, 36, 38, 58
Fredericksburg reports and, 134– 135
Gettysburg reports and, 152– 153, 154–155
Opequon reports and, 264
Petersburg reports and, 218, 220
problems with, 129, 187, 222
role of, 129, 151
Shiloh and, 54
Vicksburg reports and, 170
war spirit in Virginia and, 276– 277
Tennessee, battles fought in. See Fort Donelson, battle at; Shiloh, battle at
Terry, Gen. (Confederate Army), 272, 272
Third Winchester. See Opequon, battle at
Thomas, Gen. (Confederate Army), 184
Thomas, Gen. (Union Army), 64
Thomson, Randolph (Confederate Army), 221
Tildenmore, O. A. (Union Army), 96
Todd’s Tavern combat. See The Wilderness, battle in
Tompkins, Adj. (Confederate Army), 85
Toombs, Gen. (Confederate Army), 114
Torbett, Gen. (Union Army), 271
Trimble, Gen. (Confederate Army), 85
troop morale. See Confederate troop morale; Yankee troop morale
trophies of war, 8
Truman, Gen. (Union Army), 187
Tyler, Gen. (Union Army), 30, 143, 208, 209, 215
Tyler (Union gunboat), 63
U
U. S. government, 51
Upton, Gen. (Union Army), 272
USS Congress (Union ship), 38, 39, 52
USS Cumberland (Union ship), 38, 45, 51, 52
USS Harriet Lane (steam cutter), 5, 7, 8, 10, 15
USS Monitor (Union vessel), 45, 48, 49–50, 50, 52
Utica, NY, 180
V
Vicksburg, siege of, 169–182, 176
commentary on, 169, 182
illustrations from, 176, 177, 179, 181
impact of fall of, 182
Northern reportage on, 169, 178– 181
reports of fall of, 155–156, 170, 172
soldiers’ experience during, 175
Southern concern about, 130– 131
Southern reportage on, 170–178
Vilworth, Gen. (Confederate Army), 234
Vinton, Gen. (Union Army), 142, 143
Virginia, State of
battles fought in (see Appomattox Court House, surrender at; Hampton Roads, naval battle at; Manassas, First battle at; Manassas, Second battle at; Opequon, battle at; Petersburg, battle at; The Wilderness, battle in)
House of Delegates in, 276–277
secession of, 45
war spirit in, 276–277
Virginia (Confederate ship), 39
Visitelly, Frank (artist), 84
W
Wadsworth, Gen. (Union Army), 152, 160, 162, 185, 186, 190, 193
Walke, Captain (Union Navy), 35
Walker, Gen. (Confederate Army), 113
Walker, L. P. (Confederate secretary of war), 16–18
Wallace, Gen. (Union Army), 40–41
Wallace, Lew. (Union Army), 62, 63
Warren, Gen. (Union Army), 161, 211
Washburne, Elihu, 179
Washington, D.C., 23, 145, 179
Washington Chronicle (newspaper), 134, 198
Washington College, 279
Washington Evening Star (newspaper), 93–94
Washington Star (newspaper), 75, 99–101
Watts, Gen. (Union Army), 166
Watts Hill, in Cold Harbor battle, 209–210
Webster, Col. (Union Army), 63
Weitzel, Gen. (Union Army), 288
Welles, Gideon (U.S. secretary of the navy), 178, 179
Wharton, Gen. (Confederate Army), 269, 272, 272
Wheeler, Gen. (Confederate Army), 234, 249, 252–253, 261, 267
Whipple, Capt. (Union Army), 30
White, Col. (Union Army), 102
Whitfield, Gen. (Confederate Army), 155
Whiting, Major (Union gunner), 9
Wigfall, Senator (Confederate Army), 15
Wilcox, Gen. (Confederate Army), 184, 201
Wild, Col. (Union Army), 117
The Wilderness, battle in, 183–196
commentary on, 183, 195–196
Confederate claims of victory in, 189–192
illustrations from, 188, 190, 192, 193, 195, 196
Lee’s dispatches from, 186, 187– 188
Northern reportage on, 193–195
6th Corp in, 188
Southern reportage on, 184–192
Yankee claims of success in, 194– 195
Wilkeson, Bayard (Union Army), 151
Wilkeson, Sam (Times correspondent), 151
Wilkie, Francis Bangs (Times correspondent), 35, 53, 169, 233
Williams, Col. (Confederate Army), 55
Williamsburg, battle at, 67–74
commentary on, 67, 74
illustrations from, 70, 71, 72, 74
Northern reportage on, 72–73
Southern reportage on, 68–72
Wilmington, DE, 156
Winchester, VA, 173. See also Opequon, battle at
Wise, Col. (Confederate Army), 221
Withers, Col. (Confederate Army), 174
Witherspoon, John (Confederate Army), 88
women and children. See noncombatants
Wood, Thomas J.(Union Army), 64, 66
Worden, John (Union Navy), 50– 51, 52
wounded troops
Gettysburg and, 157, 168, 173
Northern medical personnel and, 99, 145
treatment of, 60, 118–119, 136, 157, 159, 192, 193–194, 201, 238
The Wilderness and, 192, 195
Wright, Gen. (Confederate Army), 115, 156, 157
Wright, Gen. (Union Army), 210– 211
Y
Yankee raiding parties, 200, 203, 234–237, 241, 265. See also railroads
Yankee troop morale at Cold Harbor, 214
at Fort Donelson, 36, 40
at Fredericksburg, 132, 138, 142
at Gettysburg, 161, 166
at Opequan, 266
York, Gen. (Confederate Army), 267, 269
Z
Zook, Gen. (Union Army), 161
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
SECESSION
CHAPTER 1: Fort Sumpter
CHAPTER 2: First Manassas
CHAPTER 3: Fort Donelson
CHAPTER 4: Hampton Roads
CHAPTER 5: Shiloh
CHAPTER 6: Williamsburg
CHAPTER 7: Second Manassas
CHAPTER 8: Antietam
CHAPTER 9: Fredricksburg
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CHAPTER 10: Gettysburg
CHAPTER 11: Vicksburg
CHAPTER 12: The Wilderness
CHAPTER 13: Cold Harbor
CHAPTER 14: Petersburg
CHAPTER 15: Atlanta
CHAPTER 16: Opequon
CHAPTER 17: A Casualty of War
CHAPTER 18: Appomattox Court House
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX