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the land, and the nation, redeemed and purified, should remain evermore a government of the people, based on the worth and dignity of man.

“On man, as man, retaining yet,

Howe'er debased and soiled and dim,

The crown upon his forehead set,

The immortal gift of God to him."

NOTES TO CHAPTER XXV.

(1) Alfred E. Lee, Magazine of American History, October, 1886, p. 387.

(2) Idem, p. 388.

(3) Charleston Mercury, December 26, 1863.

() John H. Gilmer, Richmond Dispatch, December 19, 1863.

(5) Mason to Benjamin, unpublished Confederate State papers, November 4, 1862. (6) Slidell to Benjamin, unpublished Confederate State papers, November 4, 1862. () Mann to Benjamin, unpublished Confederate State papers, August 13, 1863. (*) De Leon to Benjamin, unpublished Confederate State papers, July 30, 1862. (2) Richmond Examiner, quoted in Richmond Enquirer, January 2, 1864.

INDEX.

(B. British; C, Confederate; U, Union.)

405, 407, 442, 449, 450, 451, 452.
Baldwin, Colonel (U.), 234.
Baldwin, General (C.), 66, 285.
Banks, Nathaniel P., Gen. (U.), 43, 44, 56,
160, 298, 308, 311.

ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (U.), appointed | BAIRD, ABSALOM, Gen. (U.), 395, 396, 402
Minister to Great Britain, 17; discloses Na-
poleon's plans, 30; finds England aiding
the Confederacy, 32; protests against the
departure of the Enrica, 33; predicts the
fate of Mr. Roebuck's motion, 332; protests
against vessels being built for the Confed-
eracy, 363; accuses England of making war
upon the United States, 364.

Alabama Regiment, Ninth, 156, 157; Forty-
fourth, 248. Forty-eighth, 243.

Barksdale, William, Gen. (C.), 149, 155, 235,
236, 248, 249, 250.

Barlow, Francis C., Gen. (U.), 134, 135, 210.
213, 214, 219, 220, 223, 231.
Barnard, Judge, 325.

Alexander, E. P., Cɔi. (C.), 235, 265, 266, 269, Barnes's, James, Gen., division (U.), 245.
270, 271.

Allen, Captain (U.), 180.

Ames, Adelbert, Gen. (U.), 169, 213, 217, 258.

Anderson, G. B., Gen. (C.), 278.

Anderson, Major (U.), 352.

Bartlett's brigade (U.), 156, 157.

Barton, General (C.), 70.

Barton's brigade (C.), 285.

Bate, General (C.), 402, 446, 447, 451.
Bates, Colonel (U.), 204.

Anderson, Patton, Gen. (C.), 391, 413, 417, Battery, Arnold's Rhode Island (U.), 265, 464;
446, 451.

Anderson, Robert H., Maj. gen. (C.), 109,
111, 129, 131, 132, 145, 151, 156, 158, 197,
210, 235, 236, 239, 245, 248, 250, 259, 262,
264, 265, 272, 464, 465.

Andrew, John A., Gov. of Massachusetts (U.),
327, 343.

Archer, James S., Gen. (C.), 202, 205, 206, 207,
214, 265.

Armistead, Lewis, Gen. (C.), 265, 272, 275.
Army of the Cumberland, (U.), 1, 36, 434,
446, 449.

Army of Northern Virginia (C.), 462, 474.
Army of the Potomac (U.), 2, 99, 104, 160,
167, 188, 189, 315, 462.
Army of the West (C.), 473.

Arrowsmith, Captain (U.), 140, 141.
Audenreid, Major (U.), 461.

Augur, C. C., Gen. (U.), 308.

Averill, John T., Gen. (U.), 104, 108, 467, 468,
469, 470.

Ayers. Romeyn B., Gen. (U.), 246 250.

Backman's (C.), 278; Best's (U.), 148; Bran
der's Virginia (C.), 214; Brown's Rhode
Island (U.), 464; Clark's (U.), 134, 240, 244,
248; Carter's Virginia (C.), 214; Cushing's
Fourth United States (U.), 265, 276, 280; Dil-
ger's First Ohio (U.), 139, 213, 214, 215, 219;
Dimmick's (U.), 148, 149; Fifth Maine (U.),
151, 213, 232, 258; Fifth Massachusetts (U.),
240, 244; Fifteenth New York (U.), 240;
First New York (U.), 212; First Ohio (U.),
138, 142; Fourth United States, 212, 213,
217; Gregg's (U.), 473; Gaillard's (U.), 347;
Hall's (U.), 206, 207, 208, 210, 223, 276,
Hart's (U.), 240, 244; Hazlett's (U.), 245,
246,247, 331; Lewis's (U.),151; Livingston's
(U.), 134; Loomis's (U.), 448; Martin's (U.),
140, 142; Marye's (C.), 201; McKethan's
(C.), 347; Ninth Massachusetts (U.), 240,
244, 249; Pennington's (U.), 263; Poague's
(C.),464; Randol's (U.), 263, 278; Randolph's
(U.), 240; Rhett's (C.), 243; Rittenhouse's
(U.), 265; Rorty's (U.), 265; Seeley's (J.),

Blair, F. P. (U.), 66, 73, 289, 291, 293, 294.
Blake, Captain, Navy (U.), 39.
Botts, John M. (U.), 6.

151; Second Maine (U.), 203, 210; Sixth | Bigelow, John, Capt. (U.), 240, 244, 248, 249.
New York (U.), 104, 173; Smith's (U.), 76; Birney, David B., Gen. (U.), 133, 134, 147,
Smiths Fourth New York (U.), 240, 243, 148, 465.
244, 245; Thirteenth New York 213;
Thomas's (U.), 253, 254; Tidball's (U.), 201;
Wiederick's (U.), 258; Winslow's (U.), 240,
244, 245; Woodruff's (U.), 265.
Battles: Galveston, 36; Hatteras and Alabama,
37; Arkansas Post, 43; Port Hudson-fleet
and batteries,44; Queen of the West and City
of Vicksburg, 48; Port Gibson, 65; Jackson,
68; Champion Hills, 70; Big Black River, 73;
Montauk and Fort McAilister, 83; Charles-
ton Harbor, 87; Montauk and Nashville, 87;
monitors and Fort McAllister, 88; monitors
and Fort Sumter, 88; Hartwood Church,
104; Kelley's Ford, 107; Suffolk, 112;
Chancellorsville, 137; Marye's Hill, Fred-
ericksburg, 155; Salem Church, 156; Bran-
dy Station, 169; Winchester, 174; Aldie, 178; ¦
Middleburg, 179; Upperville, 184; Gettys-
burg, First Day, 201; Second Day, 228;
Third Day, 259; Falling Waters, 282; siege
of Vicksburg, 289; siege of Port Hudson,
308; Morris Island, 334; monitors and Fort
Wagner, 338; Fort Wagner, 343; siege of
Fort Wagner, 356; bombardment of Sum-
ter, 356; monitors and Fort Moultrie, 363;
Dug Gap, 396; Chickamauga, 401; Wau-
hatchie, 431; Lookout Mountain, 445; Mis-
sionary Ridge, 445; Campbell's Station,
457; Fort Sanders, 458; Bristoe, 464; Rap-
pahannock Station, 466.

Baxter's brigade, 204, 205, 213, 215, 220.
Baylor, Lieutenant (C.), 398.

Beatty, John, Gen. (U.), 407, 450.

Bowen, General (C.), 66, 70, 73, 74, 285, 304.
Bradley, Private (U.), 446.
Bragg, Braxton (C.), in Tennessee, 77; at Tul-
lahoma, 160, 161; possible effect of mov-
ing to Vicksburg, 294; driven from Ten-
nessee, 316; sends Morgan on a raid, 328;
loss by Morgan's surrender, 330; sends
troops to East Tennessee, 370; joined by
Buckner, 380; retreats from Murfreesboro,
385; forced to Chattanooga, 386, 389, 390;
reinforced, 391; moves towards Chicka-
mauga, 392; prepares to attack Rosecrans,
395,396,397,398; moves to cross the Chick-
amauga, 399; joined by Longstreet, 401;
in battle, 402, 405, 406, 407, 408, 415, 416;
his probable loss,419; at Missionary Ridge,
420, 422, 424, 426, 431; sends Longstreet to
East Tennessee, 434, 437; writes to Grant,
438; sends troops to Longstreet, 442; at-
tacked, 445; withdraws troops from Look-
out Mountain, 446, 447; attacked, 448, 449;
defeated, 451, 452; retreats to Dalton, 455,
458, 460; succeeded by Johnston, 467; his
defeat a crushing blow to the Confederacy,
474.

Brannan, J. M., Gen. (U.), 402, 407, 408, 409,
413, 415, 416, 417, 418, 441.
Breckinridge, John C., Gen. (C.), 396, 405,
407, 414, 419.

Brewster's brigade (U.), 249.

Beauregard, G. T., Gen. (C.), 87, 348, 355, 356, Brooks, Adjutant (U.), 208.

359, 361, 363.

Bell, Commodore (U.), 39.

Benjamin, Judah P.(C.), receives letters from
Mason, 26; from Slidell, 27; from Mr.
Hotze, 164; from Mason, 165, 330, 331;
sends troops to crush the Union party in
East Tennessee, 370; gives orders for the
treatment of Tennessee Unionists, 377; re-
ceives a letter from Mason, 475; letters
from Slidell and others regarding slavery,
476.

Benjamin, Lieutenant (U.), 458.
Benning's brigade (C.), 245.

Benton's brigade (U.), 292.

Berdan, Hiram, Col. (U.), 134, 149, 235.
Berry, Hiram G., Gen. (U.), 140, 141, 142, 143,
145, 147, 148, 149, 150.

Biddle's, George H., brigade (U.), 212, 219.

Brooks's division (U.), 155, 156.
Brown, General (C.), 402.
Brown, John (U.), 176.

Brown, Lieutenant (U.), 183, 265, 269.
Brownlow, Rev. W. G. (U.), 368, 372.
Buchanan, James, President, 381.
Buckner, Simon B., Gen. (C.), 378, 380, 391,
397, 401, 405.

Buell, Don Carlos, Gen. (U.), 128.
Buford, John, Gen. (U.), 169, 170, 173, 184,
194, 195, 198, 200, 201, 202, 203, 209, 211,
219, 230.

Buford's brigade (C.), 73, 285.

Bulloch, Captain (C.), 33, 352.
Burbridge, Stephen G., Gen. (U.), 292.
Burling, George C., Col. (U.), 240, 248.
Burnham's brigade (U.), 155, 156.
Burns, John (U.), 204.

Burnside, Ambrose E., Maj.-gen. (U.), dis- Į
satisfaction in his army, 99; transferred to
Ohio, 100; mentioned by Longstreet, 162;
sends reinforcements to Vicksburg, 297; at
Cincinnati, 328; moves towards Knoxville,
378; takes possession of the (C.) arsenal,
380; moves east through Kentucky, 389;
at Knoxville, 434; Grant sends a message
to. 437; Bragg sends more troops against,
442; reinforcements sent by Grant, 455;
concentrates his troops, 456, 457; repels the
attack on Fort Sanders, 458, 459, 460; fol-
lows Longstreet east, 461, 467.
Burrell, Colonel (U.), 36.

Bushbeck, General (U.), 129, 135, 139.
Butler, Benjamin F., Gen. (U.), 96.

cre a result of, 384; imitated by the "Jones
County Confederacy," 472; its power wan-
ing, 473, 474; slavery its corner-stone, 475,
477.

Confederate cotton loan, 165.
Connecticut Regiment (U.), Sixth, 337, 341,
345,346; Seventh, 338; Eighth, 112; Tenth,
343; Fourteenth, 264; Seventeenth, 216,
217.

Conscription act, Confederate, 6.
Copperhead, 9, 321, 343.
Corcoran, Michael, Gen. (U.), 113.
Corse's brigade (U.), 448.
Costar, General (U.), 223, 263.
Couch, D. N., Gen. (U.), 150, 175.
Crawford's brigade (U.), 246.
Crittenden, George B., Gen. (C.), 372.

CALDWELL'S division (U.), 246, 250, 463, 464, Crittenden, Thomas L., Gen. (U.), 390, 392,
465.

395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 405, 413, 415, 416.

Calef, Lieutenant (U.), 201, 202, 203, 205, 206. | Crosby, Captain (U.), 142.

Candy's brigade (U.), 261.

Carlin's brigade (U.), 446.

Carney, Sergeant (U.), 346, 350.
Carpenter, Lieutenant (U.), 140.

Carr, Joseph B., Gen. (U.), 66, 69, 73, 233.
Carrington, H. B., Col. (U.), 12.
Carrol, General (C.), 370, 371, 376.
Carrol, Thomas R. (U.), 47, 258.
Cesnola, Colonel (U.), 179.

Chamberlain, Joshua L., Col. (U.), 247.
Chambliss, Colonel (C.), 183, 185, 226.
Charleston Battalion (C.), 348.

Chase, Salmon P. (U.), 14.

Cross's brigade (U.), 246.

Croxton's brigade (U.), 402.
Cruft's brigade (U.), 442, 445, 452.
Crutchfield, Captain (C.), 143.
Cummings, General (C.), 70, 73, 285.
Cunningham, Miss Sallie (C.), 468.

Curtin, A. G., Governor of Pennsylvania (U.),
175, 188.

Cushing, Lieutenant (U.), 111, 112.

Custer, George A., Gen. (U.), 226.

Cutler's brigade, 203, 205, 206, 207, 212, 215,
219.

Cheatham, B. F., Gen. (C.), 385, 402, 405, 407, DAHLGREN, ADMIRAL (U.), 359, 363.

446, 447, 451.

Churchill, T. J., Gen. (C.), 40, 43.

Clayton's brigade (C.), 402.

Cleburne's division (C.), 396, 405, 407, 446,
448, 455.

Cochran's brigade (C.), 285.

Cockerell, General (C.), 70, 73.

Colgrove, Colonel (U.), 261.

Colquitt's brigade (C.), 136.

Colston's division (C.), 136, 140, 152.
Colville, Colonel (U.), 253, 254.
Confederacy, the, object of, 2; recognized by
Great Britain as a war-making power, 18;
founded on slavery, 114; recognition by
England and France desired, 163; the im-
portance of Vicksburg to, 285; its losses,
316, 317; effect of Gettysburg and Vicks-
burg on its English friends, 330; its high
tide, 332; opposed in East Tennessee, 366;
controls the treasury of Tennessee, 367;
its conscription, 378; the Lawrence massa-

Davis, Colonel (U.), 170.

Davis, Jefferson (C.), controls the men of the
South, 5; message of, to the Confederate
Congress, 8; commissions Semmes Captain
of the Navy, 34; speaks at Vicksburg, 56;
sends messages to Pemberton and Johns-
ton, 67; announces the blockade of Charles-
ton raised, 87; expects aid from England,
114, 164; his government built on slavery,
177; feelings towards Johnston, 294; or-
ders Johnston to attack Grant, 297; men-
tioned by pickets, 298; a Richmond paper
his organ, 317; controls the military force
of Tennessee, 367, Governor Harris, of
Tennessee, writes to, 370; grants request
of a Tennessee girl for her father's life,
376; visits the army at Lookout Mountain,
424; addresses the soldiers, 425; plans to
expel Burnside from Tennessee, 434; a
county of his State secedes, 471, 472; his
State invaded, 473; dissatisfaction of the

people with, 475; writes to the Pope, 476; | Forrest, N. B., Gen. (C.), 402, 420, 424.

changes since his inauguration, 477.
Davis, Sergeant (U.), 446.

Davis's brigade (C.), 195, 202, 205, 206, 207,208,

214, 409, 464.

Davis's division (U.), 402, 408, 415, 416, 461.
Deas's brigade (C.), 417, 452.
De Courcy, Colonel (C.), 378.

De Leon, Mr. (C.), 476.

De Trobriand's brigade (U.), 240, 245, 246.
Delaware brigade, First (U.), 264.

Dessane, Captain (U.), 138.

Devens, Charles, Gen. (U.), 139, 140.

Devereux, Colonel (U.), 276.

Forts: Anderson, 109; Donelson, 94, 95,
Hindman, 40, 43; Johnson, 359; Marshal,
356; McAllister, 87, 88; Moultrie, 91, 92,
356, 363; Pemberton, 54, 65; Preble, 352;
Pulaski, 333; Ripley, 359; Sanders, 457.
458, 461; Sumter, 2, 83, 88, 91, 92, 94, 334,
337, 338, 345, 349, 355, 356, 359, 360, 363,
366, 473; Wagner, 91, 333, 334, 337, 338,
341, 344, 345, 347, 349, 350, 355, 356, 360,
363, 475; Warren, 21; Wood, 441, 448, 449.
Foster, J. G., Gen. (U.), 109, 378.
Fowler, Colonel (U.), 208.
Franklin's brigade (U.), 148.

Devin, Thomas C., Gen. (U.), 133, 135, 138, Fraser, General (U.), 381.
195, 201, 205.

Freemantle, Lieutenant-colonel, 230, 277.

Dole's brigade (C.), 136,139,214,215,219,223 French, William H., Gen. (U.), 178, 189, 190,
233.

Donnoughmore, Lord, 475.

281.

French's division (C.), 111, 112.

Doubleday, Abner, Gen. (U.), 128, 206, 208, Frick, Colonel (U.), 192.

209, 210, 216, 219.

Douglass, Charles S. (U.), 368.

Dudley, Captain (U.), 140.

Fullerton, Colonel (U.), 414, 415.

GAMBLE, WILLIAM, Gen. (U.), 195, 201, 205.

Duffie, Alfred N., Col. (U.), 104,108,169,173, Gardner, General (C.), 44, 77, 81, 308, 311.
178, 179, 180, 183.

Dupont, Admiral (U.), 98.

EARLY, JUBAL, Gen. (C.), at Fredericksburg,
152, 155; at Hamilton's Crossing, 157; at
Banks's Ford, 158; on the way to York,
185, 186, 188; enters York, 191, 194; en-
gages with Colonel Frick at Wrightsville,
192; near Gettysburg, 196; reaches the
town, 214,216,219,220,257; Stuart's search
for, 226; attacked at Rappahannock Sta-
tion, 466; sent to Staunton, 468.
Echols, John, Gen. (C.), 468.
Ector's brigade (C.), 297, 402.

Ellet, Alfred W., Col. (U.), 48.
Emilio, Captain (U.), 346.

Erickson, Lieutenant (U.), 248, 249.
Erlanger, Baron, 164.

Eustis's brigade (U.), 155, 258.
Evans, General (C.), 297.

Ewell, R. S., Gen. (C.), 464, 465, 466.
Ewing, Captain (U.), 291, 292, 470.

FARNSWORTH, E. J., Gen. (U.), 226, 278.
Farragut, Admiral (U.), 43, 44, 47, 52, 95, 308.
Featherstone's brigade (C.), 73.
Ferrero's division (U.), 457.

Field, Colonel (C.), 265, 452, 455.

Foltz, Surgeon (U.), 44.

Foote, H. S. (C.), 6, 8.

Forney, General (C.), 285, 304.

Garfield, James A., Gen. (U.), 416, 417, 418.
Garnett, Richard (C.), 265, 271, 272.
Geary, John W., Gen. (U.), 148, 151, 261, 431,
432, 442, 445, 452.

Geible, Sergeant (U.), 258.
Georgia Regiment (C.), Seventh, 370, 371;
Ninth, 278; Sixteenth, 370; Thirty-second,
348; Fiftieth, 248.

Getty, George W., Gen. (U.), 111, 112.
Gibbon's division (U.), 146, 152, 155, 158, 233,
250, 264, 265, 272.

Gilmer, John H. (C.), 475.

Gilmore, Quincy A., Gen. (U.), 333, 334, 337,
338, 341, 347, 348, 349, 355, 356, 359, 360,
363.

Gist, Colonel (C.), 68, 297, 446, 448.

Gordon, J. B., Gen. (C.), 192, 214, 219, 220.
Graham, General (U.), 134, 147, 240, 248, 249.
Granger, Gordon, Gen. (U.), 398,399,413,414,
415, 416, 417, 418, 442, 455, 460, 461.
Grant, Ulysses S. (U.), in Mississippi, 40;
takes command at mouth of the Arkansas,
43; rigs a mock steamer, 57; tries to turn
the Mississippi, 52; his removal attempted,
57; obstacles in his way, 58; lays new plans,
62; orders Sherman to join him, 66; re-
ceives orders from Halleck, 67; in rear of
Vicksburg, 68, 69; at Champion Hills,70,74;
in the Vicksburg campaign, 81, 82, 160,
161; attacks the city, 285, 286, 289, 290,
292; misled by despatches from McCler-

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