Pawlowski, Rebecca, 140
Peachtree Creek, battle of, 27, 54, 56-58, 60-61, 62n, 202, 204, 216, 237-238, 295
Pearson, Norman, 89
Pemberton, Gen. John C., 37
Perot, Leopold, 26
Phelan, Col. James, 35, 303
Philadelphia Medical Institute, 2
Pickett, Gen. George, 252
Pickett’s Mill, battle of, 34
Polk, Gen. Leonidas, 23, 24n, 26, 39, 47, 70
Pollard, E. A., xxv, 230, 288
Pope, Gen. John, 8
Port Hudson, siege of, 37
Porter, Gen. Fitz John, 146, 231, 255
Presstman, Col. Stephen, 186, 187n
Preston, Sarah Buchanan, xl, xliii, 287-288
Purdy, Tennessee, 110
Quarles, Gen. William A., 88, 184, 223
Quintard, Dr. Charles T., 78, 117, 143, 264, 277-278
Randall, James G., 208
Ranke, Leopold von, 112
Ratchford, Maj. James W., 14, 118, 125, 231, 256, 272, 288
Rebel’s from West Point, 13
Resaca, battle of, 30, 46, 134, 234, 239-240
Revolutionary War, 2
Richmond Examiner, xxv
Ridley, B. L., 282-283, 286
Riedel, Len, 25
Rippavilla plantation, 116-117, 136, 170
Road Past Kennesaw, The: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, 268, 279
Rocky Face Gap, 29
Roddey, Gen. Philip D., 87, 93, 101
Roman, Alfred, 96, 106-107
Rosecrans, Gen. William S., 236
Ross, Gen. Lawrence S., 114-115
Rousseau, Gen. Lovell H., 185-186
Scaife, William, 66, 205
Scandals of the Civil War, 281
Schofield, Gen. John, xxi, xliii, 47, 54, 56, 64, 70, 74-75, 85, 112, 121, 130, 161, 216, 240; Franklin, battle of, xxvi, 259; Franklin, 84, 132, 138, 144, 146-147, 149-151, 153-155, 157, 159, 164, 166, 175, 234, 239; Spring Hill Affair, 116, 118-119, 130n, 133-135, 209, 216, 240, 269, 274; felt he could not hold Franklin, 161; dismisses Hood’s critics, 162; Hood’s dilemma, 162; memoirs, 162-163; abandoned Franklin, 166-167; casualties at Franklin, 167-167n; safety of Nashville, 178; approved Hood’s movement to Nashville, 181; West Point, 281-281n; Hood’s memoirs, 295; treatment of Thomas, xxvi; clique to control northern memory, xxvii Science of War, The, 79
Seddon, James, xvi, 92, 105-106, 177, 193-195, 197, 233, 245, 296
Sedgwick, Gen. John, 6
Sellers, Col. Harry, 9
Sessums, Danny, 212
Seven Day’s Battles, 8
Seven Pines, Virginia, battle of, 7, 34, 37
Sharpsburg, battle of, xxiii, 8, 14, 214, 229, 231, 257
Shaw, Lt. Henry, 161
Sheridan, Gen. Philip, xxvii, 3, 252
Sherman, Gen. William T., xii, xvii, xxvii, 24-24n, 26, 29-31, 33, 41, 44-45, 54, 59-60, 63-64, 66, 70-72, 77, 79, 82-84, 86, 90, 93-94, 98, 100-104, 106, 133, 173, 183, 192, 196, 205-206, 216-217, 220, 222, 227, 229-230, 238, 245, 262-263; Atlanta Campaign, xviii, 10; March to the Sea, xxi; death of Thomas, xxvi; Confederate deserters, 27-28; split his army at Cassville, 46-47; Cassville, 47-48; Atlanta, 53; Peachtree Creek, 54; supply lines, 62; Army of Tennessee not destroyed during the campaign, 202; “To pursue Hood is folly” quote, 239; Hood’s memoirs, 293,
Shoup, Gen. Francis, 25-26, 91, 237
Sickles, Gen. Daniel, 1, 274
Sigel, Gen. Franz, 32
Simmons, L. A., 160-161
Simpson, Harold B., xxiii-xxiv
Smith, Gen. Andrew J., 156, 161, 189-190
Smith, Gen. Edmund Kirby, xvii, 10, 35, 179-180, 206-207, 224; refuses to send help to Hood, 189-194; West Point, 252; Jefferson Davis to Confederate Congress, 305
Smith, Frank H., 43, 282
Smith, Gen. Gustavus W., 6-7, 40, 295
Smith, Jean Edward, 17
Soldier of Tennessee, 115
Southern Bivouac, xv
Southern Historical Society Papers, xv, xx, xxix
Southern History of the War, 288
Southern Historical Society, xiii-xiv, xix-xxii, xxv, xxvii, xxxiv
Southern Hospital Association for Disabled Soldiers, xxxii
Spring Hill Affair, xvi-xvii, xliii, 4, 22, 62, 112-114, 116-129, 130n, 133-137, 139, 141-144, 150, 153, 158-159, 169-174, 182, 197, 209-212, 215-216, 229, 234, 236, 240, 242-244, 246, 248, 269-270, 274, 297-298
Spring Hill, Tennessee, 145, 151-152, 154, 156, 162, 164, 211, 213
Stanley, Gen. David, 85-86, 113
Stanton, Edwin M., 79, 81, 175, 232
The State of Jones, 259
Stauffer, John, 259
Steiner, Paul, 273
Stephenson, Pvt. Philip D., 254-255
Stevenson, Gen. Carter, 26, 96
Stewart, Gen. Alexander P., 24, 61, 71, 106, 110, 116, 174, 180, 185, 217-218, 230, 243; new to Army of Tennessee, 25-26; Peachtree Creek, 54, 57-58; Ezra Church, 59, 238; poor morale, 77; Spring Hill Affair, 113-115, 118, 121-123, 240; Franklin, 138, 141, 143-145, 154, 158, 240; command meeting at Franklin, 166-167; death of Cleburne, 175; commands the Army of Tennessee, 206; Jonesboro, 219; blames Hood for Spring Hill, 246; never saw Hood impaired, 278-279; “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” 283
Stone, Col. Henry, 177
Stoneman, Gen. George, 61, 252
Stonewall of the West, 138, 172, 212, 279
Stories the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell, The: Sex in the Civil War, xl
Story of the Confederacy, The, 281
Stovall, Gen. Marcellus A., 265
Strahl, Gen. Otho, 287
Strange Battles of the Civil War, 21, 279
Strange, Maj. J. P., 102
Street Jr., James, 274
Strong, Gen. George C., 253
Stuart, Gen. James E. B., 15, 63, 253
Suffolk Campaign, 8, 14
Sunshine Church, battle of, 61
Sword, Wiley, xxii, xxv, xxxi, xxxiii-xxxv, xxxviii, xxxix, xl-xli, 11, 16, 21, 25, 84, 87, 90-91, 93, 95, 99, 103-104, 106-111, 116, 127-128, 142, 144, 147, 149, 157, 159, 166, 170-173, 194-198, 201-204, 211-213, 215, 220, 249, 251, 254-260, 270, 279, 286-290
Sybel, Heinrich von, 176
Symonds, Craig, 48, 138, 149, 172, 212, 279
Talley, Rev. John, 99, 187
Tarleton, Susan, 287
Taylor, Gen. Richard, 25, 45, 91-93, 97, 100, 105-106, 111, 179-180, 191, 195, 206; complains about Hood to Beauregard, 97; fails to notify Forrest of Hood’s plans, 100; Hood requests 20 days rations, 94; unable to supply Hood, 96; logistics, 89, 99; miscommunication, 100-102; poor communications, 108; seeking help for Hood, 195; Smith refuses to help Hood, 196; supplies for Hood, 95
Taylor, Maj. Thomas T., 67-68, 221
Tennessee Campaign, xxxi, xxxiv, xxxviii-xxxix, xl, xliii, 43, 69, 70, 72, 74, 79-91, 98, 102-103, 116-117, 121, 123, 130, 141, 157, 175, 183, 187-187n, 189, 199, 201-201n, 203, 207-211, 213, 228, 233, 239, 247, 261-262, 281, 283, 287, 291, 297
Tennessee’s Forgotten Warriors: Frank Cheatham and his Confederate Division, 281 Texas brigade, xiii, xix, xxii-xxiv, 1, 6-8, 14, 16, 146, 225, 231, 235, 247, 254, 265, 272, 286
Texas Brigade Association, xxiii-xxiv
Thomas, Gen. George H., xxv, xxviii, 4, 43, 54, 70, 74-75, 79, 81, 83-85, 93-94, 102, 119, 133, 135, 156-157, 162, 179, 184, 190, 193-194, 203, 222, 239, 259; Nashville, xxi, 177; death of, xxvi-xxvii; legacy, xxvi; response to New York Tribune letter, xxvi; solid, dependable commander, xxvii; Peachtree Creek, 54, 56, 237; size of army at Nashville, 178, 180; gains reinforcements, 180; Grant orders to launch an assault, 182-183; attacks Hood, 186; Confederate deserters, 188-189; Army of Tennessee not destroyed during the campaign, 201; Kennesaw Mountain, 230; Hood’s memoirs, 295
Thomas, Rhett, 139
Thompson, Dr. Samuel, 42, 206, 263
Thompson’s Station, 113-115, 120
Trans-Mississippi Department, xvii, 179, 189-191, 193, 206
Tupelo, Mississippi, 10, 199, 233, 239, 265
Turney, Capt. Daniel, 164
Tuscumbia, Alabama, 94-96, 98, 101-102, 105, 109-110, 199, 233
Twain, Mark, 249
United States Military Units
Illinois, 59th Infantry, 120; 84th Infantry, 160; 88th Infantry, 161; 102nd Infantry, 30
Indiana, 40th Infantry, 155
New Jersey, 4th Infantry, 256
New York, 16th Infantry, 7
Ohio, 40th Infantry, 86; 46th Infantry, 67; 47th Infantry, 221; 65th Infantry, 159; 97th Infantry, 155; 125th Infantry, 152, 161
U.S. Regulars, 2nd Cavalry, 3-5, 150
Wisconsin, 24th Infantry, 14, 86, 161
Utoy Creek, battle of, 61
Van Dorn, Gen. Earl, 4
Van Horne, Thomas B., 177, 299
Vancouver, Capt. George, 2n
Vaulx, Maj. Joseph, 137-138
Vicksburg, siege of, 37
Virginia Military Institute, xxvii
Voltaire, 227
Wagner, Gen. George D., 145, 154, 167
Walker, Col. Irvine, 31
Walker, Gen. William H. T., 57, 123n, 252, 295
Walsh, M.D., Jack D., 272
Walthall, Gen. Edward, 26, 189, 205
War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta, 16
The Wartime Papers of Robert E. Lee, 11, 17
Washburn, W. A., 146
Washburne, Elihu, 33
Washington, George, 291
Watkins, Pvt. Sam, 29, 42, 79, 153, 188, 201, 264, 277
Welsh, Jack, 275
Western and Atlantic Railroad, 90
Wheeler, Gen. Joseph, 24, 61-62, 100, 105, 202, 252
Whiting, Gen. William Henry Chase, 6-7, 231, 253
Wigfall, Capt. F. H., 42
Wigfall, Louis T., 20, 51n, 265
Wilcox, Gen. Cadmus, xiii, xx
Wiley, Bell I., 281
Williamsburg, battle of, 6
Williamson, Lt. R. S., 3
Wilson, Gen. James H., 43-44, 65, 85, 118, 135, 147, 201, 239, 264
Wofford, Col. William, 231
Wolseley, Lord Garnet Joseph, 79
Wood, Gen. Thomas, 155
Woodworth, Steven, xxxv, 53, 56, 58, 62, 140, 204, 211, 271
Wright, Louise Wigfall, 255, 260, 265
Wyatt, Col. J. N., 43
“Yellow Rose of Texas, The,” song, 281-286
Yorktown, Virginia, battle of, 6, 36-37
Young, Pvt. J. P., 118-119, 136, 138
Stephen M. Hood
Stephen “Sam” Hood is a graduate of Kentucky Military Institute, Marshall University (BBA, 1976), and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. A collateral descendant of Gen. John Bell Hood, Sam is a retired industrial construction company owner, past member of the Board of Directors of the Blue Gray Education Society of Chatham, Virginia, and is a past president of the Board of Directors of Confederate Memorial Hall Museum Foundation in New Orleans.
Author
Sam resides in his hometown of Huntington, West Virginia, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with his wife of thirty-five years, Martha, and is the proud father of two sons: Derek Hood of Lexington, Kentucky, and Taylor Hood of Huntington, West Virginia. He is compiling General Hood’s personal papers for publication with Savas Beatie.
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