Red Water, Battle of, 104, 105
Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, 12
Regular Army, 3, 9, 19, 20, 39, 44, 45, 73, 77, 96, 153, 154, 155, 166, 174, 177, 185, 186, 201, 202
Reim’s Station, Battle of, 94
Remolino, Mexico, 30, 145
Reno, Marcus A., 195, 196, 197
Republican River, 26
Republican River Expedition, 25–26, 208
Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, 17
Reynolds, J. J., 52–53
Reynolds, John F., 71
Richmond, Va., 43, 92, 94, 135, 136, 137, 183, 186
Richmond and Petersburg Railway, 183
Rio Grande, 13, 27, 29, 30, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146
Rocky Mountains, 165
Rogue River, 181, 130
Rogue River War, 18, 36, 37, 129, 130, 132
Root, Elihu, 125
Rosebud, Battle of the, 53–54, 197
Rosebud Indian Reservation, 58, 118
Rosebud River, 53, 54, 102, 106, 195, 197
Rosecrans, William S., 133
Royer, Daniel F., 118
Ruger, Thomas H., 118, 120, 122
Russell, Gerald, 13
Sacramento, Calif., 129
Salmon River, 80
Salt River Canyon, 50
San Antonio, Texas, 6, 27, 29, 32, 33, 141, 143, 146, 209
San Antonio–El Paso Road, 27
Sanborn, John B., 165
San Carlos Indian Reservation, 6, 61, 62
Sand Creek Massacre, 165
Sanford, George B., 83
San Francisco, Calif., 6, 65, 77, 88, 117, 129, 123, 130, 131, 139, 174
San Rodrigo River, 30
San Simon Valley, 116
Santa Fe Trail, 152
Santee Sioux, 159, 161
Savannah, Ga., 73, 179, 180
Savannah River, 160
Saylor’s Creek, Battle of, 44
Schofield, George W., 10
Schofield, John M., 6, 73, 86–87, 88, 123, 174, 185
Schwatka, Frederick, 113
Second Cavalry, 26, 106, 109, 111
Second Connecticut Infantry, 178
Sedgwick, John, 69
Seminole Indian War, 69, 127
Seminole-Negro Scouts, 30, 142, 144, 145
Seven Days, Battles of, 92
Seventh Cavalry, 7, 101, 109, 120, 122, 123, 189, 192, 195, 196, 197, 199, 208
Seventh Connecticut Infantry, 179
Shafter, William R., 30, 124, 142–43, 145–46, 148, 210
Sheepeater Indians, 86, 207
Shenandoah Valley, Va., 39, 40–43, 133, 135, 138, 148, 157, 158
Sheridan, Philip H., 3, 4, 6, 28, 29, 31, 32, 36, 41, 51, 59, 64, 74, 88, 89, 95, 98, 101, 102, 104, 111, 114, 115, 117, 137, 138, 139, 140, 165, 167, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 188, 201, 207, 208, 209; attitude toward Apache scouts, 113–14; and Crook, 42–43, 60–63, 113–14, 204–6; death, 117; and Ord, 141, 144–45, 146–47, 149, 210; and Sioux campaign of 1876, 53–55, 191–92, 199; and Terry, 188–89, 192, 196
Sherman, John, 86, 113, 123
Sherman, Mary, 86
Sherman, Thomas W., 179, 180
Sherman, William T., 3, 4, 17, 22, 24, 31, 50, 53, 55, 60, 62, 71, 78, 87, 98, 108, 110, 111, 128, 133, 134, 139, 140, 143, 166, 167, 170, 171, 174, 180, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 206; and Howard, 74, 76, 81, 83–84, 207; and Miles, 104, 105, 200; and Ord, 144–47, 149, 210; and professionalization, 14–15; and staff conflict, 5–6
Shiloh, Battle of, 155
Shoshone Indians, 26, 45, 53–54, 56, 86, 89, 204, 207, 211
Sibley, Henry H., 159, 160, 161–62
Sickles, Daniel, 70
Sieber, Al, 49
Siegel, Franz, 70, 156, 158
Sierra Madre, 61–63, 113
Signal Corps, 5
Simon’s Bluff, Battle of, 181
Sioux Indians, 23, 26, 50, 51, 54, 59, 63, 88, 101, 102, 106, 108, 165, 197, 199, 208, 211
Sioux War of 1876, 191–98
Sisseton Sioux Indians, 161
Sitting Bull, 50, 55–56, 57, 81, 84, 102–4, 106, 107, 111, 119, 188, 189, 198, 200; death, 120
Sixth Cavalry, 99
Sixty-First New York Infantry, 93
Skeleton Canyon, 116
Skull Cave, Battle of, 50
Slim Buttes, Battle of, 55
Slocum, Henry W., 71, 73
Smith, Andrew J., 18, 37
Smith, William F., 183
Snake River, 45, 80
Sonora, 61–63, 114
South Atlantic coast, 179
South Canadian River, 100
South Dakota, 50, 118, 188
Southern Pacific Railroad, 33, 114
southern plains, 24, 25, 101, 139, 192
South Mountain, Battle of, 40
South Pass, Wyo., 26
Spanish-American War, 15, 89, 124–25
Spokane Plain, Battle of, 131, 132
Spotsylvania, Battle of, 93
Spotted Tail, 24, 57, 58, 106
Spotted Tail Agency, 57
Springfield, Ill., 152
staff departments, 5
Staked Plains, 29, 31, 98, 99, 100, 152, 169, 171, 172
Stambaugh, C. B., 26
Standing Bear, 59–60
Standing Bear v. Crook, 60
Standing Rock Agency, N.Dak., 119
Stanley, David S., 189
Stanton, Edwin M., 42, 43, 70, 74, 95, 156, 159, 185, 186
steamer Far West, 192–93, 197
steamer Josephine, 197
Steele, Frederick, 45
Steptoe, Edward J., 131
St. Louis, Mo., 6, 22, 24, 175, 187
Stoneman, George, 48
Stono River, 181
Stony Lake, Battle of, 162
St. Paul, Minn., 6, 55, 110, 118, 159, 161, 186, 187, 188, 189, 192, 198, 199, 200, 201, 208
Strong, George C., 182
Stuart, J. E. B., 133, 158
Sturgis, Samuel D., 84
Subsistence Department, 5
Sully, Alfred, 22, 161–62, 163, 166
Sully Peace Commission, 22
Summersville, Va., 39
Summit Springs, Battle of, 26
Sumner, Edwin V., 121
Sweetwater Creek, 100
Sutherland’s Station, Battle of, 95
Sutter, John, 129
Sweetwater mines, Wyo., 26
Sword, George, 57
Taft, Alfonso, 6, 172, 173
Tall Bull, 26
Taylor, Nathaniel G., 22
Taylor, Zachary, 152
Tejada, Sebastian Lerdo de, 31, 142
Teller, Henry M., 61
Tennessee, 40
Tenth Cavalry, 4
Terry, Alfred H., 4, 10, 22, 51–52, 53, 54–55, 64, 83, 85, 88, 91, 102, 104, 108, 109, 110, 111, 147, 210, 211; appointed colonel, Second Connecticut, 178; appointed colonel, Seventh Connecticut, 179; and Battle of Fort Fisher, 184–85; and Battle of Fort Wagner, 181–82; Civil War career, 179–86; commands Department of Dakota, 186–200; commands Division of the Missouri, 200; and Custer, 192, 195; death, 200; described, 177, 180, 197; evaluated, 201, 208; and Peace Commission of 1867, 187; promoted brigadier general of Volunteers, 180; promoted brigadier general in Regular Army, 185; promoted major general in Regular Army, 200; retires, 200; and Sheridan, 188–91, 208; and Sioux Campaign of 1876, 191–98, 208
Teton Sioux Indians, 50, 161, 162, 186, 187, 189
Texas, 6, 12, 27–33, 51, 141, 145, 152, 167, 169, 210
Texas and Pacific Railroad, 33
Texas Panhandle, 31, 98, 171
Third Artillery, 127, 129, 131
Third Cavalry, 12, 47, 52
Third Infantry, 44
Thirteenth Infantry, 18
Thirty-Sixth Ohio Infantry, 39
Thomas, George H., 71, 73
Thomas, Minor T., 162
Thoroughfare Gap, Va., 157
Tibbles, Thomas H., 59–60
Tongue River, 53, 102,
104, 106, 108, 188, 195, 197, 198, 199
Tonto Apache Indians, 48, 50
Tonto Basin, 48–49
Tonto Basin Campaign, 47–50, 113
Toohoolhoolzote, 78–79, 81
Treaty of 1863 with Nez Perce, 77, 78
Treaty of 1868 with Sioux, 24–25, 50, 51, 59, 187
Treviño, Gerónimo, 143–44, 146, 148, 149
Tucson, Ariz., 47, 116
Tule Canyon, Battle of, 99, 100, 101, 172
Turret Peak, Battle of, 50
Twelfth Infantry, 20
Twenty-Fifth Infantry, 4, 141
Twenty-Fourth Infantry, 4, 141, 142
Twenty-Second Infantry, 102, 106
Twenty-Second Massachusetts Infantry, 92
Twenty-Third Infantry, 45
Two Buttes, Battle of, 18
Tybee Island, 180
Tyler, Daniel T., 178, 179
Umatilla Indians, 86, 207
unceded Indian territory, 24, 188
Union Pacific Railroad, 22, 23, 139
U.S. Army, 91, 116, 125, 126, 206
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 58, 77, 78, 166, 187
U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 191
U.S. Congress, 3, 4, 6–7, 20, 22, 24, 74, 75, 114, 123, 124, 138, 140, 151, 172, 174, 185, 187, 209
U.S. Department of the Interior, 31, 166, 187
U.S. House of Representatives, 75–76, 141
U.S. House Committee on Military Affairs, 76, 170, 173
U.S. secretary of the interior, 75, 78, 98, 120, 171, 189, 191
U.S. secretary of state, 108
U.S. secretary of war, 4, 125, 173, 189, 191
U.S. Senate, 166
U.S. War Department, 3, 4, 14, 39, 44, 60, 62, 74, 75, 95, 116, 123, 124, 163, 166, 167, 172, 174, 187
Utah, 6
Ute Indians, 174
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 17, 113, 206
Van Dorn, Earl, 133
Vera Cruz, Mexico, 148
Verde River, 48
Vermont, 69
Vicksburg, Battle of, 12, 19–20, 134, 135, 138, 148
Vienna, Va., 178
Virginia, 18, 70, 92, 156, 183, 186, 188
Virginia Central Railway, 157
Virginia City, Mont., 83
Volunteer Army, 3, 9, 39, 166, 202
Wallace, Lew, 135
Wallowa Valley, 77–78
Walsh, James M., 108, 111, 199
Warrenton Pike, 158
Washakie, 54
Washington, 6, 38, 45, 77, 85, 86, 113, 127, 129, 131
Washington, D.C., 5, 18, 22, 39, 42, 58, 61–62, 70, 71, 75, 92, 95, 96, 118, 119, 124, 133, 136, 141, 143, 153, 156, 161, 175, 192
Washita River, 98, 100, 101
Watervleit Arsenal, N.Y., 69
Wauhatchie, Battle of, 72
Weawea, 46
Weitzel, Godfrey, 184
Wessells, Henry W., 59
Western Flotilla, 155
Westminster, Mass., 91
West Point Military Academy, N.Y., 14, 17, 18, 36, 69, 72, 86–87, 91, 127, 151, 177, 202
West Virginia, 40
Wheaton, Frank, 82
White Bird, 81
White Bird Canyon, Battle of, 80
White Mountain Apaches, 48, 60, 61
White Mountain Indian Reservation, 61, 62
White Mountains, 47
Whitestone Hill, Battle of, 162
Whiting, W. H. C., 185
Whittaker, Johnson C., 86–87, 219n13, 112
Wilcox, Philip P., 61
Wilderness, Battle of, 93, 183
Williamson, R.S., 37
Wilmington, Calif. 48
Wilmington, N.C., 184, 185
Winchester, Va., 41
Wind River, 26
Wind River Indian Reservation, 26, 27
Wisconsin Volunteers, 161
Wolf Mountain, Battle of, 105, 106
Wood Lake, Battle of, 159
Wool, John E., 129
Wounded Knee, conflict at, 121, 123
Wright, George, 131–32
Wright, Horatio G., 137
Wyoming, 104
Yakima Indians, 18, 129
Yakima Indian War, 18, 129, 131, 132
Yale University, 178
Yanktonai Sioux Indians, 161
Yavapai Indians, 48, 50
Yellowstone National Park, 83, 84, 88
Yellowstone River, 20, 22, 51, 52, 55, 56, 84, 102, 103, 110, 111, 117, 189, 191, 192, 197, 198, 199
Zaragoza, Mexico, 142, 144
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