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The Commanders

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by Robert M. Utley


  Department of California, 6, 139, 148, 209, 210

  Department of Dakota, 6, 50, 51, 81, 82, 84, 101, 118, 123, 186, 198

  Department of Kansas, 163, 165

  Department of Missouri, 153, 163

  Department of Texas, 6, 27, 31, 32, 33, 50, 98, 123, 140, 141, 148, 149, 167, 169, 171, 208, 210

  Department of the Atlantic, 123

  Department of the Columbia, 6, 45, 46, 47, 77, 81, 112, 139, 206, 207

  Department of the Gulf, 19, 32, 141

  Department of the Lakes, 166

  Department of the Missouri, 6, 31, 33, 50, 98, 113, 123, 139, 165, 209

  Department of the Northwest, 159, 163, 165, 206

  Department of the Ohio, 138

  Department of the Platte, 6, 22, 23, 25, 27, 50, 60, 64, 83, 84, 87–88, 96, 118, 123, 139, 141, 148, 187, 198, 206, 207, 208, 210

  Department of the South, 33, 163, 188

  Department of West Point, 86–87, 112

  Department of West Virginia, 43

  Devil’s River, 144, 145

  Díaz, Porfirio, 142, 143, 144, 145

  Division of the Atlantic, 88, 117

  Division of the Missouri, 6, 22, 32, 50, 64, 88, 98, 163, 165, 167, 174, 186

  Division of the Pacific, 6, 77, 88, 117, 174

  Dodge, Grenville M., 165

  Dodge, Richard I., 51

  Dodge City, Kans., 171

  Dranesville, Va., 133

  Drewry’s Bluff, Battle of, 183, 184

  Drum, William F., 119, 120

  Dull Knife, 56, 58, 50

  Duncan, Thomas, 26

  Du Pont, Samuel, 179, 181

  Eagle Pass, Texas, 143

  Early, Jubal, 41–43, 135

  Endicott, William C., 64

  Ezra Church, Battle of, 7, 72

  Fair Oaks, Battle of, 69, 92

  Fetterman, William J., 20, 22, 186

  Fifth Cavalry, 11–12, 25–26

  Fifth Infantry, 55–56, 96, 99, 101, 103, 106, 109, 111, 126, 198

  Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry, 182

  First Cavalry, 45

  First Connecticut Infantry

  Fisher’s Hill, Battle of, 41, 42

  Five Forks, Battle of, 44, 94–95

  Flipper, Henry, 86

  Florida, 63, 64, 115, 116, 117, 127, 151, 166, 181

  Folly Island, S.C., 181

  Foote, Andrew H., 155

  Force, Manning F., 172

  Ford, James H., 165

  Forsyth, James W., 120, 121, 122

  Fortieth Infantry, 96

  Forts: Abraham Lincoln, Dak. Terr., 51, 55, 189, 191, 192, 197; Apache, Ariz., 114, 115, 116, 117; Baldwin, Va., 137; Bascom, N.Mex., 32; Benton, Mont., 110; Boise, Ida., 45, 84; Bowie, Ariz., 47, 63; Buford, Dak. Terr., 110, 111, 200; Beauregard, N.C, 179; C. F. Smith, Mont., 20; Clark, Texas, 29, 33, 142, 143, 144, 146; Colville, Wash., 129; Concho, Texas, 28, 32, 99, 171, 172; Custer, Mont., 109; Dalles, Ore., 129; Dodge, Kans., 32, 99, 171; Donelson, Ky., 154, 155; Duncan, Texas, 30, 142, 143; Ellis, Mont., 51, 186, 191; Fetterman, Wyo., 11, 52, 53, 56, 191; Gregg, Va., 137; Griffin, Texas, 28, 32, 98, 171; Harker, Kans., 98; Harrison, Va., 136; Hays, Kans., 98; Henry, Ky., 154, 155; Hoskins, Ore., 18; Huachuca, Ariz., 114; Humboldt, Calif., 18; Jones, Calif., 36, 37; Keogh, Mont., 84, 109, 110, 111, 200; Lane, Ore., 18, 37; Lapwai, Ida., 78, 80; Laramie, Wyo., 23, 24, 186, 187; Leavenworth, Kans., 6, 33, 63, 96, 98, 101, 113, 114, 166, 169, 175; Marion, Fla., 115, 116; McAllister, Ga., 73; McIntosh, Texas, 28; Monroe, Va., 95, 132; Orford, Ore., 18; Peck, Mont., 103, 104; Phil Kearny, Wyo., 20, 186; Pulaski, Ga., 180, 181; Reno, Wyo., 20; Rice, Dak. Terr., 13; Richardson, Texas, 28; Selden, N.Mex., 12, 13; Shaw, Mont., 82; Sill, Ind. Terr., 28, 32, 64, 98, 167, 171; Snelling, Minn., 186; Stevenson, Dak. Terr., 186; Stockton, Texas, 27–28; Sumter, S.C., 132, 153, 178, 181, 182; Terwah, Calif., 38, 39; Totten, Dak. Terr., 186; Union, N.Mex., 99, 169; Vancouver, Wash., 17, 113, 206; Wagner, S.C., 181–82; Walker, N.C., 179; Walla Walla, Wash., 131; Walsh, Canada, 108, 111, 199; Whipple, Ariz., 48, 50; Wingate, N.Mex., 169; Yakima, Wash., 18; Yates, N.Dak., 119, 120

  Fourth Cavalry, 29–31, 32, 56, 145

  Fourth Infantry, 17, 36, 38

  Freedmen’s Bureau, 48, 74–77, 89, 96, 139

  Frémont, John C., 152, 153

  Frenchman’s Creek, 111

  Gatling gun, 10–11, 99

  Gallatin Valley, Mont., 186

  Galveston, Texas, 146

  Garesché, Julius P., 132

  Garnett, Robert, 38

  Gatewood, Charles B., 115, 116, 117

  Georgia, 72, 82, 93, 166

  Germain sisters, 100–101

  Geronimo, 61, 62–64, 88, 113–17, 122, 175

  Gettysburg, Battle of, 71, 94

  Ghost Dance, 118

  Gibbon, John, 4, 22, 51, 52, 53, 82–83, 137, 158, 191, 192, 195, 196

  Gillmore, Quincy, 180, 181, 182, 183

  Goldsboro, N.C., 185

  Goose Creek, 53, 54

  Gordon, David S., 26

  Gordon, John B., 137

  Gordonsville, Va., 19, 157

  Governor’s Island, N.Y., 88

  Grand Review, 73

  Grant, Orvil, 192

  Grant, Ulysses S., 3, 4, 6, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 71, 73, 76, 95, 96, 133, 134, 135, 136, 128, 141, 154, 155, 165, 167, 171, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 191, 192, 201

  Gray Beard, 101

  Great Sioux Reservation, 50, 59, 64, 188, 189

  Grierson, Benjamin H., 28, 167

  Grimball’s Landing, Battle of, 181

  Halleck, Henry W., 46, 70, 153, 154, 156, 157, 159

  Hancock, Winfield Scott, 71, 88, 93, 95, 188

  Harney, William S., 22, 187

  Harper’s Ferry Arsenal, Va., 132

  Harrison, Benjamin, 119

  Hartford, Conn., 178

  Hatchie, Battle of, 134

  Havana, Cuba, 148

  Hayes, Rutherford B., 40, 42, 57, 81, 111, 112, 143, 146, 147, 174, 210

  Heintzelman, Samuel P., 158

  Helena, Mont., 84, 186

  Henry, Guy V., 48

  Henry’s Lake, Ida., 83

  Hickock, James B., 139

  Hill, A. P., 19

  Hillsboro, N.C., 73

  Hilton Head, S.C., 181

  Hood, John B., 37, 73

  Hooker, Joseph, 70, 71, 72

  Hopping, Enos B., 17

  Hotchkiss howitzer, 10, 99, 162

  Howard, Oliver O., 48, 49, 61, 64, 69, 92, 95, 96, 113, 116, 117, 123, 210, 211; Arizona mission, 75; arm amputated, 69; and Bannock War, 86, 207; at Chancellorsville, 70; Civil War career, 69–73; commands Army of the Tennessee, 72; commands Department of the Columbia, 77, 207; death, 89; described, 67; evaluated, 89, 207–8; at Gettysburg, 71; heads Freedmen’s Bureau, 74–77; in Nez Perce War, 77–86, 109–10, 200, 207; piety of, 67, 78, 89, 207; promoted brigadier general in Regular Army, 73; promoted brigadier general of Volunteers, 69; promoted major general in Regular Army, 88; promoted major general of Volunteers, 70; retires, 88; and Whittaker case, 86–87

  Howard’s Wells Massacre, 27–28, 30

  Howard University, 74, 75

  Hudson’s Bay Company, 129

  Hughes, Robert P., 196–97

  Humphreys, Andrew J., 94, 95

  Hunter, David, 180

  Hurbut, Stephen A., 133

  Idaho, 6, 45, 47, 77, 84, 86, 113, 186

  Illinois, 151, 153, 167

  Indian Rights Association, 64

  Indian Territory, 6, 27, 28, 29, 58, 85, 113, 114, 167, 169

  Infernal Caverns, Battle of, 46, 50

  Inspector General’s Department, 5, 6

  Iowa, 6, 161

  Iron Star, 107

  Island No. 10, Battle of, 154–55, 175

  Iuka, Battle of, 133

  Jackson, Miss., 134–35

  Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall), 19, 70, 133, 157, 158, 159

  James Island, Battle of, 181

  James River, 94, 183
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br />   Johnson, Andrew, 3, 22, 74

  Johnston, Joseph E., 72, 73, 134–35

  Jones Island, 180

  Judah, Henry M., 36–37, 38

  Judge Advocate General’s Department, 5

  Kamiakin, 129

  Kanawha Division, 40

  Kansas, 6, 31, 51, 96, 98, 100, 167, 187

  Kansas Pacific Railway, 167

  Kayatena, 65

  Kayitah, 115, 116

  Kelley, Benjamin, 43

  Kendall, N.Y., 17

  Kennebeck Arsenal, N.Y., 69

  Kent, J. Ford, 121

  Kentucky, 151, 154

  Keyes, Erasmus D., 131

  Kickapoo Indians, 27, 30

  Killdeer Mountain, Battle of, 162

  Kiowa-Comanche Reservation, 28, 31, 98, 167

  Kiowa Indians, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 98, 99, 100, 165, 167, 169, 171

  Klamath River, 36

  Ku Klux Klan, 96

  Knoxville, Tenn., 72

  Lame Deer, 106–7

  Lapwai Agency, Ida., 78

  Lauderdale, John Vance, 169

  Lawton, Henry W., 114, 115, 116, 117

  Lee, Robert E., 19, 40, 43, 69, 70, 73, 93, 95, 132, 137–38, 157, 158

  Leeds, Me., 69

  Lewisburg, Battle of, 39

  Lincoln, Abraham, 19, 39, 70, 74, 132, 135, 136, 152–53, 154, 156, 159, 160, 178, 185

  Lincoln, Robert T., 87

  Lipan Apache Indians, 27, 30, 142, 144, 145

  Little Bighorn, Battle of, 7, 10, 54, 56, 102, 195–96

  Little Bighorn River, 54, 195, 197, 198

  Little Crow, 159

  Little Missouri Badlands, 162

  Little Missouri River, 162

  Little Wolf, 56, 58, 59

  Logan, John A., 72, 73

  Lolo Trail, 81, 82, 83

  Longstreet, James, 136, 137, 157, 158

  Looking Glass, 81, 82

  Los Angeles, Calif., 129

  Louisiana, 32, 135

  Louisville, Ky., 151

  Lyman, Wyllys, 99

  Mackenzie, Ranald S., 29–31, 32, 56, 58, 98, 100, 106, 112, 141, 142, 145–46, 148, 172, 206, 208, 210

  Maine, 70, 73, 151

  Malheur River, 45

  Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses, 20

  Manassas, First Battle of. See Bull Run, Battle of

  Manassas, Second Battle of, 157–59, 161, 174, 175

  Manassas, Va., 178

  Manassas Junction, Va., 157

  Mankato, Minn., 160, 161

  Marsh, Grant, 192–93, 197

  Martine, 115, 116

  Maryland, 40, 43, 70, 127, 132, 135

  Massachusetts, 20, 93

  Maus, Marion P., 63, 65

  Maxey, Samuel B., 148

  McClellan, George B., 18, 40, 69, 92, 133, 153, 156, 157–59

  McClellan Creek, Battle of, 100–101

  McClernand, John M., 134, 135

  McCrary, George W., 108, 111, 143

  McDowell, Irvin, 6, 77, 78, 84, 112, 133, 147, 156, 174, 178, 207

  McIntosh, Archie, 46, 48, 49

  McKinley, William, 124

  McLaughlin, James, 119

  McLean, Wilmer, 138

  McPherson, James B., 74

  Meade, George G., 71, 93, 95, 96, 137

  Medical Department, 5

  Medicine Lodge Treaty, 24, 28, 187

  Memphis, Tenn., 133, 154

  Merritt, Wesley, 28, 84, 87

  Mescalero Apache Indians, 27, 30, 145

  Mexican Central Railroad, 148

  Mexican War, 15, 17, 127, 152

  Mexico, 27, 29–32, 61–63, 113, 114, 141, 142, 152, 208, 210

  Mexico City, Mexico, 148

  Miles, Nelson A., 4, 32, 33, 55–56, 57, 64, 87, 88, 112, 118, 175, 198, 200, 210, 211; ambition, 93, 96, 104, 105, 111, 117, 123, 200, 209; and Apache campaign, 63, 114–18, 206; and Bear Paw battle, 85, 109–10, 206, 207; called Bear Coat, 103; Canadian border operations, 108–11, 199; in Civil War, 91–96; as colonel in Fifth Infantry, 96; commands Department of Arizona, 114–18; commands Department of the Columbia, 112–13, 206, commands Division of the Missouri, 118–24; commands Division of the Pacific, 117–18, 206; commands U.S. Army, 124; confronts Sitting Bull, 103; death, 125; described, 91; evaluated, 112, 117, 122, 126, 206–7; and Ghost Dance troubles, 118–23; promoted brigadier general in Regular Army, 112, 147; promoted brigadier general of Volunteers, 93; promoted major general in Regular Army, 118; promoted lieutenant general, 125; promoted major general of Volunteers, 95; publications, 125; and Red River War, 99–101, 171–72, 206; retires, 125; in Sioux campaign of 1876, 102–12; wounded, 93

  Milk River, 103, 110, 111

  Milwaukee, Wisc., 161

  Minnesota, 6, 152, 159, 161, 162, 163, 186

  Minnesota Volunteers, 159, 161

  Missionary Ridge, Battle of, 7

  Mississippi, 138

  Mississippi River, 134, 154, 155, 202

  Missouri, 6, 153, 167

  Missouri River, 13, 22, 24, 50, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 102, 103, 109, 111, 161, 162, 163, 186, 188, 189, 197

  Modoc Indians, 46

  Mogollon Mountains, 48

  Mogollon Rim, 48

  Monacacy, Battle of, 135

  Montana, 6, 20, 53, 81, 82, 84, 104, 162, 186, 189, 191, 200, 207

  Montana Column, 195

  Monterey, Battle of, 152

  Monterey, Calif., 127, 128

  Montieth, J. B., 78

  Moore, Tom, 47

  Morris Island, S.C., 181, 182, 183

  Muddy Creek, Battle of, 107, 109

  Musselshell River, 103

  Myer, Albert J., 111

  Nebraska, 6, 113, 139

  Nevada, 6, 139

  New Haven, Conn., 178, 179, 183, 185, 200, 201

  New Haven Grays, 178

  New Madrid, Mo., 154, 155

  New Mexico, 6, 12, 61, 100, 152, 167, 169, 171

  New Orleans, La., 19, 141

  New York, 69, 88, 94, 123, 148

  New York Tribune, 191

  Nez Perce Indians, 77–86, 200, 211

  Nez Perce War, 77–86, 88, 109, 117, 206, 207

  Ninth Cavalry, 4, 28

  Ninth Infantry, 131

  North Carolina, 73, 96

  North Dakota, 118

  Northern Pacific Railway, 188, 189

  northern plains, 20, 50, 101, 186, 209

  North Mountain, 42

  North Platte River, 20

  North-West Mounted Police, 107, 111, 199

  Oglala Sioux, 25

  Ohio, 36, 39

  Ollokot, 81

  Omaha, Nebr., 6, 20, 22, 23, 25, 50, 58, 59, 87, 118, 139, 209

  Opequon Creek, Battle of, 41, 42

  Orange and Alexandria Railway, 157

  Ord, Edward O. C., 9, 33, 112, 127, 184, 208, 210, 211; appointed brigadier general of Volunteers, 132; in Appomattox campaign, 137–38; Civil War service, 132–38; commands Department of the Platte, 139–40; and correspondence with Sherman, 141, 144–45; death, 148; described, 127, 134; evaluated, 138, 148–49, 209–10; forcibly retired, 147–48; and incursions into Mexico, 142–46; prewar service, 130–32; promoted major general of Volunteers, 133; and Texas Democrats, 141–42, 145, 148; and Treviño, 143–44, 146, 148; wounded, 134, 136

  Ord, Molly, 132, 135, 136

  Ord, Roberta, 146, 148

  Ordnance Department, 5, 10, 69, 173

  Oregon, 6, 18, 36, 37, 45, 77, 84, 86, 113, 129, 130

  Owyhee River, 45

  Pacific Northwest, 37, 38, 39, 45, 85, 113, 132

  Pacific Railway, 152

  Paiute Indians, 45, 46, 63, 86, 89, 207

  Palo Alto, Battle of, 17

  Palo Duro Canyon, Battle of, 32, 100, 172

  Panic of 1873, 188

  Pawnee Indians, 25–26, 56

  pay and promotion, 6–8

  Pay Department, 5

  Peace Commission of 1867–69, 22–25, 187, 201, 208

  Peace Policy, 28, 48, 98, 167, 188

/>   Peachtree Creek, Battle of, 99

  Pea Ridge, Battle of, 153

  Pecos River, 27, 28

  Pemberton, John C., 134

  Peninsula Campaign, 18, 69, 133, 156, 157

  Pennsylvania, 71

  Pennsylvania Avenue, D.C.

  Perry, David, 45, 80

  Petersburg, Va., 44, 73, 94, 95, 135, 136, 137, 163, 185

  Philippine Insurrection, 15

  Piedras Negras, Mexico, 142, 143

  Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 58, 59, 118, 120, 122

  Pitt River, 46

  Pitt River Expedition, 37

  Pitt River Indians, 45

  Platte River, 165, 188, 189, 191

  Platte River Road, 23

  Pocotaligo, S.C., 181

  Point Pleasant, Mo., 154

  Ponca Commission, 112

  Ponca Indians, 59–60, 64, 211

  Pope, Clara, 169, 175

  Pope, John, 5, 15, 18, 31, 39, 51, 88, 96, 98, 99, 100, 139, 186, 208, 210, 211; appointed brigadier general of Volunteers, 153; Civil War career, 152–59; commands Army of Virginia, 156–59; commands Department of the Missouri, 165, 166; commands Department of the Northwest, 159; commands Division of the Missouri, 165; commissioned brigadier general in Regular Army, 166; death, 175; defeated at Second Manassas, 156–59; described, 151–52; ego, 153; evaluated, 175, 209; and plains campaign of 1865, 165–66; on policy, 163, 166, 167–70, 172–74, 175; promoted major general of Volunteers, 155; and Red River War, 171–72, 209; retires, 175; and Sioux campaign of 1863, 161–62, 209; and Sioux campaign of 1864, 162, 209; wins Island No. 10, 154–55

  Pope, Nathaniel, 151

  Porter, David D., 184, 185

  Porter, Fitz John, 158, 159, 161, 174

  Port Hudson, La., Battle of, 19–20

  Portland, Ore., 6, 46, 77, 80, 207

  Port Royal, S.C., 179

  Potomac River, 92, 126

  Potter, Joseph H., 141

  Powder River, 20, 22, 25, 50, 51, 56, 102, 165, 166, 188, 191, 192, 197, 198

  Powder River, Battle of, 52, 56, 101

  Prescott, Ariz., 6, 48

  Price, Sterling, 133

  Price, William R., 32, 99, 100, 171

  Proctor, Redfield

  Puerto Rico, 124

  Pullman Strike, 123

  Quartermaster General’s Department, 5, 172

  Rains, Gabriel J. 129, 130

  Raleigh, N.C., 185

  Ramsey, Alexander, 160

  Randall, George M.

  Rapid City, S.Dak., 120

  Rappahannock River, 18, 158

  Reconstruction, 3, 32, 96, 138, 166, 186, 188

  Red Cloud, 20, 23, 24, 57, 58, 187, 188, 191

  Red Cloud Agency, Nebr., 57, 106, 110, 191

  Red River, 28, 98, 100, 135

  Red River Expedition, 20

  Red River War, 31–32, 33, 51, 98–101, 112, 126, 141, 171–72, 174, 209

 

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