Howard, Thomas
Howard (Aug. Hurt) house
Hulsey, Maj. William H. (CSA)
Hurt, Augustus
Hurt, George M. Troup
Illinois
Illinois troops
Indiana troops
Intrenchment Creek
Iowa troops
Iverson, Brig. Gen. Alfred (CSA)
Ives, Washington (CSA)
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, Lt. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” (CSA)
Johnson, Col. Abda (CSA)
brigade
Johnson, Gen. Albert Sydney (CSA)
Johnson, Andrew
Johnston, Gen. Joseph Eggleston (CSA)
removed from command of the Army of Tennessee
Jones, Col. Bushrod (CSA)
brigade
Jones, Col. Wells S. (USA)
brigade
Jonesboro, Battle of
Kelly, Capt. Samuel (CSA)
Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of
Kentucky
Kentucky troops
Kernstown, Second Battle of
Key, Capt. Thomas J. (CSA)
Kolb’s Farm, Battle of
Laird, Lt. Seth M. (USA)
battery
Lampley, Col. Harris D. (CSA)
Landgraeber, Maj. Clemens (USA)
Lane, Capt. Charles (USA)
Lee, Gen. Robert E. (CSA)
Lee, Lt. Gen. Stephen D. (CSA)
Leggett, Brig. Gen. Mortimer D. (USA)
description and career
division
Leggett’s Fort
Leggett’s Hill (Bald Hill), (See also Bald Hill)
Leigh, Vivien
Leird, John C. (CSA)
Lewis, Brig. Gen. Joseph H. (CSA)
Lightburn, Brig. Gen. Joseph A. J. (USA)
Lincoln, Abraham
Blind Memorandum
cabinet
and generals
hopes for Atlanta campaign
political woes (1864)
reelection (1864)
Logan, Maj. Gen. John A. “Black Jack” (USA)
campaigning for Lincoln
Longstreet, Lt. Gen. James (CSA)
Louisiana Battery (CSA)
Louisiana troops
Lowell, James Russell
Lowrey, Brig. Gen. Mark P. (CSA)
Lowrey’s Brigade (CSA)
Lynch, Capt. Frank (USA)
Mackall, Brig. Gen. William W.
Macon & Western Railroad
Magevney, Col. Michael Jr. (CSA)
brigade
Malloy, Col. Adam G. (USA)
Malvern Hill, Battle of
Manassas, Battle of
Maney, Brig. Gen. George E. (CSA)
division
Manigault, Brig. Gen. Arthur M. (CSA)
Manigault’s Brigade (CSA)
Manning, Lt. Col. Michael W. (USA)
Marietta, Ga.
Marthasville, Ga.
martial law
Martin, Col. James S. (USA)
brigade
Maryland campaign
Mathes, Capt. Pleasant T. (USA)
Maurice, Maj. Thomas D. (USA)
McClellan, Maj. Gen. George (USA)
McCullough, Col. James (CSA)
McDonald, Henry (USA)
McDonough Road
McGinnis, Sgt. B. J. (CSA)
McKee, John (USA)
McPherson, Maj. Gen. James B. (USA)
caution as commander
description and career
killed
monument to
Meade, Maj. Gen. George (USA)
Medill, Joseph
Mercer, Brig. Gen. Hugh W. (CSA)
description and career
division (Walker’s)
Mercer’s Brigade (Barkuloo, Rawls, Guyton commanding) (CSA)
Mersy, Col. August (USA)
brigade
military campaigns, turning points in
Military Division of the Mississippi (USA)
military education
Miller, Maj. T. G. (CSA)
missing soldiers
Missionary Ridge, cyclorama of Battle of
Mississippi Battery
Mississippi troops
Missouri troops
Mitchell, Margaret
Mitchell, Robert G. (CSA)
Montgomery, Col. Milton (USA)
Morrill, Col. John (USA)
Morrill’s brigade
Mott, Lt. Col. Samuel R. (USA)
Mrs. Terry’s Mill Pond
Munson, Capt. Gilbert (USA)
Murray, Lt. Albert M. (USA)
Murray, Col. John E. (CSA)
National Union Party
Neighbors, Sgt. J. E. (CSA)
New Hope Church, Battle of
newspapers
Neylund, Lt. Col. William N.
Nicolay, John
night time
fighting
marches
Nisbet, Col. J. Cooper (CSA)
North Anna, Battle of
North Carolina troops
Northerners, Southern sympathizers among (Copperheads)
Nutt, Lt. Edmund E. (USA)
Ohio troops
Oldham, Martin Van Buren (CSA)
Oliphant, William J. (CSA)
Oliver, Col. John M. (USA)
brigade
Oliver, Capt. Starke H. (CSA)
Olmstead, Col. Charles H. (CSA)
Oostanaula River
Orphan Brigade (CSA), xv
Orr, Capt. John (USA)
Overland campaign
Parrott cannons
Peace Democrats
Peachtree Creek
Peachtree Creek, Battle of (July 20, 1864)
Pennsylvania campaign
Person, Maj. Richard J. (CSA)
Petersburg, Va.
Union losses at
Phillips, Henry L. (USA)
Porter, James W. (USA)
Potts, Col. Benjamin F. (USA)
brigade
Powell, John Wesley
Powell, Lt. Walter H. (USA)
Powell, Capt. William V. (USA)
Pressley, Col. James F. (CSA)
Preston, Sally Buchanan “Buck”
prisoners,
railroads
destruction of
Raub, Lt. Theodore (USA)
Rawls, Lt. Col. Morgan (CSA)
brigade
Red River campaign
Resaca, Battle of
Reynolds, Brig. Gen. Alexander W. (CSA)
Reynolds, Pvt. George (USA)
Rice, Brig. Gen. Elliott W. (USA)
brigade
Richmond, Va.
Riley, Pvt. Edward (USA)
Roswell, Ga.
routs
Royall, William W. (CSA)
Rusk, Lt. Col. Jeremiah M. (USA)
Russaw house
Sancraite, Pvt. Charles F. (USA)
Sanders, Lt. Col. Addison H. (USA)
Schofield, Maj. Gen. John M. (USA)
Scott, Col. Robert K. (USA)
secession
Seven Days battles
Shane, Col. John (USA)
Sharp, Col. Jacob H. (CSA)
brigade
Sheldon, Lt. Col. Charles S. (USA)
Shelley, Thomas J. (USA)
Shenandoah Valley campaigns
Sherfy, Lt. William H. (USA)
Sheridan, Maj. Gen. Philip (USA)
Sherman, Maj. Gen. William T. (USA)
command changes by
description and career
headquarters
memoirs
report on the Battle of Atlanta
sorrow for McPherson’s death
Shiloh, Battle of
Siegel, Maj. Gen. Franz
signal officers
Simms, Bill (CSA)
slavery
Slocomb, Capt. Cuthbert H. (CSA)
Smith, Col. George A. (CSA)
Smith, Br
ig. Gen. Giles A. (USA)
description and career
division (4th Division, XVII Corps, USA)
Smith, Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. (CSA)
brigade
Smith, Brig. Gen. James A. (CSA)
brigade
Smith, Col. Milo (USA), brigade
Smith, Brig. Gen. Morgan L. (USA)
description and career
Smith, Brig. Gen. Thomas Benton (CSA)
Smyth, Lt. Samuel S. (USA)
Snake Creek Gap
Sniff, Sgt. Amos (USA)
South Carolina troops
Southerners, fighting for the North
spiking of guns
Spotsylvania, Battle of
Sprague, Brig. Gen. John W. (USA)
brigade
description and career
Stanton, Secretary of War Edwin
Stevens, Brig. Gen. Clement H. (CSA)
Stevenson, Maj. Gen. Carter L. (CSA)
Stevenson’s Division (CSA)
Stevens’s Brigade (G. A. Smith commanding) (CSA)
Stewart, Lt. Gen. Alexander P. (CSA)
Stones River, Battle of
Stovall’s Brigade (Abda Johnson commanding) (CSA)
straggling
Strahl, Brig. Gen. Otho F. (CSA)
description and career
Strahl’s Brigade (CSA)
Strong, George Templeton
Strong, Lt. Col. William F. (USA)
Sugar Creek
surgery, field
Sweeny, Brig. Gen. Thomas W. (USA)
description and career
division
Taylor, Maj. William A. (CSA)
Tennessee
Tennessee troops
Texas troops
Thomas, Gen. George H. (USA)
Thomas, Capt. Lovick P. (CSA)
Thompson, James (USA)
Tillman, Lt. Col. James D. (CSA)
Transcontinental Railroad
Troup Hurt house
Truell, Pvt. Edwin M. (USA)
tuberculosis
Turner, Case (guide)
Turner, James (CSA)
Turner, Capt. William B. (CSA)
Tuttle, Truman G. (USA)
Tyler’s Brigade (CSA)
Union Pacific Railroad
Van Sellar, Lt. Col. Henry (USA)
Vicksburg campaign
Virginia troops
Walcutt, Col. Charles C. (USA)
brigade
insubordination of, in not retreating
Walker, Col. Francis M. (CSA)
brigade
description and career
Walker, Capt. James B. (USA)
Walker, Maj. Gen. William H. T. (CSA)
description and career
killed
Walker’s Division (Hugh W. Mercer commanding) (CSA)
casualties
Wallace, Lt. Col. John (USA)
Wangelin, Col. Hugo (USA)
brigade
Washington, D.C., Confederate threats to
Washington, George
Watkins, Sam (CSA)
Weed, Thurlow
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Wheeler, Capt. Horatio N. (USA)
Wheeler, Maj. Gen. Joseph (CSA)
“white house”
Widow Parker’s house
Wilderness, Battle of the
Wiles, Lt. Col. Greenberry F. (USA)
Wilkinson, Col. John C. (CSA)
Williams, Col. Reuben (USA)
brigade
Williamson, Col. James A. (USA)
Wilson, Henry
Wilson, Col. John A. (CSA)
Winn, Col. William J. (CSA)
Wisconsin troops
Woods, Brig. Gen. Charles R. (USA)
Worden’s Battalion (USA)
wounded soldiers
agonies of
treatment of
Wray, Cpl. James G. (USA)
Wright, Maj. Gen. Horatio G. (USA)
writ of habeas corpus
Yates, Richard
Yorktown Peninsula
Young, Lt. Col. Robert B. (CSA)
brigade
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