New York, Monitor launched,
87; draft riot, 174
Newbern (North Carolina),
expedition against, 93; Rich-
mond menaced from, 252-
253; attempt against, 318;
in Union hands, 383; meet-
ing of Union leaders at,
384
Norfolk Navy Yard, Federal
abandonment of, 17, 86
North, peace parties, 58; see
also Pacifists; population
(1861), 60-61; resources, 62-
63, 64; transport facilities,
64-65; sea-power, 64, 66-68,
82, 85, 310; see also Navy,
United States; commerce,
66; total forces, 79-80, 83;
conscription, 80, 81; conduct
of soldiers, 227-28; Lee's
invasion, 295; conditions in
1864, 361
North Carolina, blockade, 16;
defeat at Hatteras Island,
92-93; loses defenses, 93;
see also Carolinas
lina), joint expedition
against, 93
Patterson, General Robert,
commands on Potomac, 35,
37; and plans for Bull Run,
36; Falling Waters, 38-39;
occupies Martinsburg, 39;
advance, 39; and Johnston,
44
Pea Ridge (Arkansas), battle,
Pemberton, General J. C.,
escapes Federal trap, 163,
260; Chickasaw Bluffs, 164,
260; commander at Vicks-
burg, 274, 275; plans escape,
276; surrender, 277
Pensacola (Florida), beginning
of war, 3-5; evacuation, 6;
South uses garrison to rein-
force Virginia, 93; Farragut
directs Gulf blockade from,
111
Pensacola, Confederate ship,
100, 102
Peninsula Campaign, McClel-
lan plans, 196-97; campaign,
198-204
Pendleton, Major A. S., mem-
ber of Jackson's staff, 259
Perryville (Kentucky), battle,
162
Petersburg (Virginia), strate-
gic rail gap at, 65-66; win-
ter quarters, 334; Butler fails
to take, 340; Grant at, 356,
383, 384; Lee leaves, 386
Philippi (West Virginia), bat-
tle, 30, 31
Pickens, Fort, 4, 5
Pickett, G. E., charge at
Gettysburg, 301-04
Pillow, General G. J., at Fort
Donelson, 136, 137; escape,
139
Pillow, Fort, Federal vessels
rammed at, 158
Pinckney, Castle, see Castle
Pinckney
cavalry leader, 305
Point Pleasant (Ohio), Grant
born at, 130
Pope, General John, Grant
declines patronage of, 131;
Island Number Ten, 144,
145; reinforces Halleck at
Pittsburg Landing, 155;
transfer to Virginia, 159,
226; quoted, 226-27; within
reach of Jackson and Lee,
229; retires safely, 230;
Jackson captures dispatches
of, 230; Lee divides army
against, 231; Jackson's plan
against, 232; Jackson march-
es around, 232-34; reinforce-
ment, 234; Jackson eludes,
235; Second Bull Run, 237,
238, 239, 240, 242, 243
Port Gibson (Mississippi), 270
Port Hudson (Louisiana), 110,
117, 156, 261, 265, 278, 310
Port Republic (Virginia), 216,
Port Royal (South Carolina),
Confederate defeat, 92;
Grant moves base to, 350
Porter, Admiral D. D., con-
ceives idea of attack on New
Orleans, 93; on Mississippi,
108, 167; succeeds Davis,
110; capture of Arkansas
Post, 164; Vicksburg cam-
paign, 261, 262, 266, 267,
274; Mississippi command,
278; attacks Fort Fisher,
324, 325; on Red River, 330;
at City Point conference,
384, 385
Porter, Commander W. D.,
at Fort Henry, 127
Potter, Captain R. M., on
Lee's decision, 10
Powell, Fort, 320
Powhatan, U. S. S., Porter
commands, 93
Prentiss, General B. M., at
Shiloh, 149, 151
Press, perverts public opinion,
176-77; no government cen-
sorship, 333
Prestonburg, Garfield defeats
Marshall near, 125
Price, Sterling, becomes Con-
federate general, 27; takes
Lexington (Missouri), 120;
Grant prevents reinforce-
ments for, 121; attacks Cur-
tis in Missouri, 143; against
Grant, 161; defeated at
Iuka, 162-63
Privateers, 16, 68
Profiteers, 61
Pulaski, Fort, 93, 372
Reno, General L. J., Second
Commander, in
charge of blockade, 114
Resaca (Georgia), battle, 347
Reynolds, General J. F.,
Second Bull Run, 237, 238;
Gettysburg, 295, 298; killed,
297
Rhind, Commander, fires
mine-ship Louisiana, 324
Rich Mountain (Virginia),
battle, 30, 31-32
Richmond, plan to raid Har-
per's Ferry arranged at, 20;
Federal objective, 34, 35,
200, 204, 336, 342; Tredegar
Iron Works, 64; Grant and
Lee at grips around, 186;
McClellan threatens, 201,
203, 204, 210, 217, 223; plan
to evacuate, 202; change of
plan, 202; Jackson starts for,
207; Magruder to hold, 223;
saved, 243; Sheridan's raid,
344, 345-46; Grant marches
toward, 350; consternation
after Cold Harbor, 355;
Army of the James against,
356
Richmond, Federal ship, 102
"River Defense Fleet," 70,
97
River War (1862), 116 et seq.;
(1863), 260 et seq., 327
Roanoke Island captured, 93
"Rock of Chickamauga," nick-
name for General Thomas,
280, 370
Rodgers, Commander John,
and first flotilla on Missis-
sippi, 118
Roe, Commander of the Sas-
sacus, 319
Rosecrans, General W. S., suc-
ceeds McClellan, 30; Army
of Mississippi under, 160;
holds Memphis-Corinth rails,
161; replaces Buell, 162;
victory at Corinth, 163; com-
mands Army of Cumberland,
164; Stone's River, 164-65;
maneuvers Bragg south, 279;
Thomas supersedes, 280;
Confederate plan to crush,
287; Chattanooga, 305
Sabine Cross Roads (Louisi-
ana), Banks's defeat at, 330
Sabine Pass (Texas), in Con-
federate hands, 115, 310
Sable Island, Butler's troops
at, 104
Sailor's Creek (Virginia), Lee's
defeat at, 387
St. Louis, Haskins goes to, 6;
Lyon commands at, 25, 28;
Lyon marches prisoners
through, 27; Harney makes
peace, 27; conference, 27-28;
Frémont's headquarters, 118;
Frémont fortifies, 119; Hal-
leck's headquarters, 121
St. Louis, Federal gunboat,
St. Philip, Fort, 96, 100, 104
Salem Church (Virginia),
Jackson reaches, 232
San Antonio (Texas), surren-
der to State, 8-9; Lee at, 9-
10; Sibley's retreat, 166
San Carlos, Fort, 4
Santa Rosa Island, Slemmer
defends, 4
Sassacus, fight with Albemarle,
319
Savannah (Georgia), South
holds, 253; Sherman plans
march to, 372; Sherman
reaches, 375; Hardee evacu-
ates, 376
Savannah
(Tennessee),
Shiloh campaign, 147, 148
Schofield, General John, Nash-
ville campaign, 377
Scott, General Winfield, Gen-
eral-in-Chief, orders to Slem-
mer, 4; and Lee, 9, 18; mili-
Scott, General-Continued
tary adviser at Washington,
33, 36; civilian interference
with, 33, 37; Grant's admir-
ation for, 131; prevision,
147; "Anaconda policy," 184
Seddon, J. A., Confederate
Secretary of War, 252
Sedgwick, General John, Vir-
ginia campaign, 256
Selma (Alabama), Southern
cannon made at, 64
Seminary Ridge, Lee's head-
quarters, 296
Semmes, Captain Raphael of
Alabama, 311, 315, 316
Seven Days' Battle, 223-26;
balloon used in, 63
Seven Pines (Virginia), battle,
218
Seward, W. H., Secretary of
State, 179; on McClellan,
188
Sharpsburg, see Antietam
Shenandoah, Confederate raid-
er, 69, 311, 326, 381
Shenandoah Brigade, First,
Jackson in command of,
25
Shenandoah Valley, Johnston
in, 36; Sheridan's raid, 189;
Kernstown, 198-99; posi-
tions (April, 1862), 200;
forces, 200, 204; Jackson's
maneuvers, 205-07; Mc-
Dowell, 208-09, 216; Front
Royal, 210-12; Winchester,
212; pursuit of Banks, 212-
213; summary of Jackson's
accomplishment in, 214-15;
pursuit of Jackson, 215-16;
Cross Keys, 216; Port Re-
public, 216; Jackson's strat-
egy, 216-17; Ewell in, 291;
Stanton's interference, 331-
333; Sigel in, 337; Hunter's
retreat, 356; Early in, 356,
362; Sheridan in, 362; Ope-
quan Creek, 362; "Sheri-
dan's Ride," 363-64; Cedar
Creek, 363-64; Federal vic-
tory, 364
Sheridan, General P. H., raid
helps Lincoln's reëlection,
189; Chattanooga, 285;
Stanton falsifies Grant's or-
der to, 332-33; as a general,
337-38; Grant and, 339,
340, 348; Todd's Tavern,
342; Richmond raid, 344,
345-46; Cold Harbor, 350,
351; raid, 355; Trevilian,
355; Opequan Creek, 362;
"Sheridan's Ride," 363-64;
in Washington, 362; later
operations, 384; Five Forks,
386
Sherman, General W. T., col-
onel in Louisiana State Mili-
tary Academy, 6-8; leaves
Louisiana, 8; and Lyon, 26;
assists Scott, 33; account of
McDowell's march, 42; as
a leader, 76, 94, 261, 338;
Port Royal expedition, 93;
age, 95; attempt to take
Vicksburg, 114; Kentucky
command, 120; reported in-
sane, 121, 177; diffident
about rise, 131; Shiloh, 149,
150, 152, 153; joins Grant,
163; Chickasaw Bluffs, 164,
260; and Lincoln, 189;
Vicksburg campaign, 267;
commands Army of Tennes-
see, 280; Chattanooga, 281,
282, 283, 285; Red River
Expedition spoils stragegy
of, 318, 347; and Stan-
ton, 330; on relative forces
in South, 334; threatens
Georgia, 336; Dalton, 336,
347; fitness for command,
338; advance, 345, 346-47;
Resaca, 347; New Hope
Church, 348; at Allatoona,
348; at Kenesaw, 348, 357;
maneuvers Johnston, 357-
Sherman, General-Continued
358; battle of Atlanta, 358-
359; asks reinforcements, 360;
announces fall of Atlanta,
361; Lincoln's reply to, 362;
campaign (1864), 366 et seq.;
quoted, 366; at Atlanta,
366-67; Hood's attempt on
Allatoona, 369-70; pre-
ponderance of force, 370;
March to the Sea, 372-76;
presents Savannah to Lin-
coln, 376-77; march through
Carolinas, 381-83; confer-
ence at City Point (Virginia),
384-85; terms of surrender
to Johnston, 386, 394; on
Lincoln, 393-94
Shields, General James, Kerns-
town, 198, 199; at Catlett's
Station, 204; Port Republic,
216
Shiloh, Grant's army assem-
bles near, 143, 146; Confeder-
rate preparations, 146-47;
Grant's position and force,
147-49; battle, 149-55;
losses, 154; outcome, 154;
result, 154-55
Shine, Elizabeth, mother of
Farragut, 95
Ship Island, taken, 92; Far-
ragut at, 94, 96
Sibley, General H. H., in New
Mexico, 166
Sickles, General D. E., at
Gettysburg, 294
Sigel, General Franz, Wilson's
Creek, 120; Second Bull
Run, 237; command in Shen-
andoah Valley, 337; Hunter
replaces, 350
Simpson, Grant's mother's
name, 129
Slavery, Lee and, 19; see also
Emancipation, Negroes
Slemmer, Lieutenant, com-
mand at Pensacola, 3; de-
fends Fort Pickens, 4-5
Smith, General A. J., at Tu-
pelo, 357
Smith, Captain C. F., Grant's
admiration for, 131; as a
leader, 135-36; Fort Donel-
son, 138, 139; ordered by
Halleck to command expedi-
tion, 142; Shiloh, 152
Smith, General G. W., and
Jackson's plan, 194, 195
Smith, Giles, Chattanooga,
282
Smith, General Kirby, Bull
Run, 53
Smith, William, quartermaster
on Kearsarge, 316
Sons of Liberty, 59
South, seceding States of, 56;
war party in, 57; population
(1861), 60-61; resources, 62-
64; transportation, 64-66;
sea-power, 66-68; see also
Navy, Confederate; reason
for fighting, 75; advantages,
75-77; raiders, 311; situation
(1864), 335; losses (1864),
367; cause lost, 379; number
of troops, 380
South Carolina, secedes, 1;
defeat at Port Royal, 92;
see also Carolinas, Charles-
ton
South Mountain, Stuart at, 245
Spotsylvania (Virginia), battle,
342-43
Stanton, E. M., Secretary of
War, 179; and Lincoln, 179;
military interference, 181,
207, 290, 291, 338; and Lee,
182; Cameron succeeded by,
195; Banks and, 211; orders
McClellan to Aquia, 228;
and Hooker, 252, 290; for-
bids use of cipher, 330-31;
and Grant's orders, 332-
333, 363
Star of the West, merchant
vessel fired on at Charleston,
3, 4
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