in ten volumes (1890), and The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, in twelve volumes (1905), form the quarry from which all true accounts of his war statesmanship must be built up. Lord Charnwood's Abraham Lincoln (1917) is an admirable summary. To these titles should be added Gideon Welles's Diary, 3 vols. (1911), and, on the Confederate side, Jefferson Davis's The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, 2 vols. (1881), and Alexander H. Stephens's A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States, 2 vols. (1870). The best life of Jefferson Davis is that by William E. Dodd in the American Crisis Biographies (1907). W. H. Russell's My Diary North and South (1863) records the impressions of an intelligent foreign observer.
The present Chronicle is based entirely on the original evidence, with the convenient use only of such works as have themselves been written by qualified experts directly from the original evidence.
Albemarle, Confederate ram, Cushing destroys, 303, 318-
Albemarle Sound, command lost, 93 Alexandria (Louisiana), State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, 6-7 Allatoona (Georgia), Johnston evacuates, 348; Corse's de- fense of, 369-70 "Anaconda policy," 184 Anderson, Colonel Charles, quotes Lee, 11
Anderson, Major Robert, com- mands at Fort Moultrie, 2; at Fort Sumter, 3, 12-15; surrender, 15; leaves Fort Sumter, 16; appointed to Kentucky command, 29; superseded by Sherman, 120 Annapolis, Union troops at,
Antietam (Maryland), battle, 178, 245-46, 292 Apache Cañon, fight in, 166 Appomattox Court House (Virginia), Lee's surrender, 327, 389 Appomattox Station, Custer raids, 388
Aquia, McClellan's troops at, 228-29, 231, 234
Archer, J. T., Confederate brigadier, 298
Arizona, "War in the West," 165
Arkansas secedes, 56 Arkansas,
Arkansas Post, capture of, 164
Arlington, home of General Lee, 19 Armstrong, Commodore, at Pensacola, 4
Army, Confederate, Act pro- viding for enlistment, 11-12; at Harper's Ferry, 21-22; Jackson and, 21-22, 23-24; lack of equipment, 63, 244; advantages, 76-77; con- scription, 78; munitions, 78; relations with Federals at Vicksburg, 276; Army of Northern Virginia, 336; un- renewable wastage, 355; number of troops (1865), 380; Lee's farewell to, 393 Army, Federal, enlistments, 33; Congress votes troops and money, 34, 40; McDow- ell's, 39-40; regulars in, 79; number of troops, 79-80; conscription, 81; organi- zation, 82; Grant's (1862), 148; Army of the Cumber- land, 164, 279; Army of the Mississippi, 160; Army of
Army, Federal-Continued the Ohio, 160, 279; well equipped, 244; Army of the Potomac, 254-55, 287, 334, 336, 351, 354, 356; Army of the Tennessee, 160, 260, 280, 358; Army of Virginia, 227, 243; relations with Con- federates at Vicksburg, 276; Army of the James, 334, 336, 340, 356; reviewed in Wash- ington, 395
Army Act, Provisional Con- federate Congress passes, 11-12
Ashby, Turner, Confederate cavalry leader, 205; Harrisonburg, 207; Valley raid, 212; death, 215-16 Ashby's Gap, Johnston crosses Blue Ridge at, 45 Ashland (Virginia), Jackson at, 223
Atlanta, Southern cannon made at, 64; Northern ob- jective, 327, 336; battle, 358-59; Sherman announces fall of, 361; effect of victory, 364; Sherman's headquar- ters, 366-67; last action near, 368-70
Atlanta, Confederate ram cap- tured by Weehawken, 309 Averell, W. D., cavalry leader, 355, 357
Bailey, Colonel Joseph, 330 Bailey, Captain Theodorus, 100 Balloons, 63
Baltimore, Secessionists at Fort Sumter, 3; Massa- chusetts troops mobbed in, 16; Jackson's plan to occupy, 194 Baltimore and Ohio Railway, Jackson destroys workshop,
Banks, General N. P., super- sedes General Butler, 118;
on the Mississippi (1862), 113, 114, 167; (1863), 261, 264-65, 272, 273; commands in Shenandoah Valley, 198; in Shenandoah campaign, 199, 200, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 235; in- capacity, 261, 265, 273; com- mands Red River Expedi- tion, 318, 329, 330, 337, 338 Barrancas Barracks, 3 Bartow, General F. S., Bull Run, 48; killed, 52 Baton Rouge, Union Arsenal at, 6; Farragut captures, 107; Confederate attack, 110; Union Navy wins way to, 117
"Battle above the Clouds," Lookout Mountain, 284 Baylor, Captain J. R., pro- claims himself Governor of New Mexico, 165-66 Beauregard, General P. G. T., sons at Louisiana Military Academy, 7; and Fort Sum- ter, 12, 15-16; on the Poto- mac, 35; at Bull Run, 36, 45, 49; preparation for Shiloh, 146, 147; battle of Shiloh, 153-54; Corinth, 156; and Confederate plans, 195; attacks Butler, 340; tele- gram to Lee, 348-49; com- mand of troops opposed to Sherman, 371
Beauregard, Fort, 92 Beaver Dam Creek (Virginia), Porter's front at Mechanics- ville, 223
Bee, General B. E., Bull Run, 49; killed, 52
Bell, Commodore H. H., 99, 114
Belmont (Missouri),
attacks, 92, 121
Benjamin, J. P., Confederate Secretary of War, 70, 101, 182
Benton, flagship, 266 Bentonville (North Carolina), battle, 382-83
Bering Sea, Shenandoah in, 69 Bermuda Hundred (Virginia), Butler seizes, 339
Beverly (West Virginia), Con- federates retire to, 30 Big Black River (Mississippi), Grant's victory at, 271 Birge, H. W., and sharp- shooters, 133
Bixby, Mrs., letter to, 190-
Blackburn's Ford (Virginia),
McDowell at, 43, 46 Blair, General F. P., fight for Missouri, 25, 26, 27, 57, 131; as a general, 261 Blockade, declared, 16; effec- tiveness, 84, 91-92, 113, 244, 230; blockade-runners, 91- 92, 307-08; on Mississippi, 93; attempts to break, 308- 309, 318; double line neces- sary, 308 Bloody Angle, salient in Spot- sylvania action, 343, 344 Bonham, General M. L., Bull Run, 48 Boonville 28, 118 Boston Mountains, Confeder- ates hold, 142
(Missouri), battle,
Bowling Green (Kentucky), Johnston at, 124, 129; John- ston abandons, 141 Brackett, Colonel A. G., quoted, 10-11 Bragg, General Braxton, 287, 325-26; at Baton Rouge, 6; preparations for Shiloh, 146; succeeds Beauregard, 161; invasion of Kentucky, 161, 162, 243; march on Nash- ville, 164; sends out Morgan, 278; Chickamauga, 279; Chattanooga, 281, 305; Mis- sionary Ridge, 282, 283
Brown, John, 20, 130 Brown, J. E., Governor of Georgia, 78, 367-68
Bruinsburg (Louisiana), Grant lands force at, 267, 268 Buchanan, Commodore Frank- lin, 87
Buckingham, General C. P., and McClellan, 248 Buckner, General S. B., as a general, 136; Fort Donelson, 138; surrender, 139, 140; and Grant, 140
Buell, General D. C., commands in West, 122; and Halleck, 123; preparations for Shiloh, 146, 148, 149; battle of Shiloh, 153, 154; commands Army of the Ohio, 160; end of service, 162 Buford, John, cavalry leader at Gettysburg, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298
Bull Run, First campaign, 33,
84, 171, 172, 181, 193; pub- lic clamor for action, 34, 39- 40; disposition of forces, 34- 35, 36; Confederate problem, 36-37; Falling Waters, 38- 39; Federal preparations, 41-43; Blackburn's Ford, 43; McDowell advances, 44; Confederate preparations and plans, 44-46; Federal advance, 47; Confederate rout, 48-49; Confederates rally, 49-50; Stuart's charge,
Cairo (Illinois), Grant in com- mand at, 119, 121, 122, 261 Caldwell, Lieutenant, of the Itasca, 99
California, invasion of, 165, 167
Cameron, Simon, Secretary of War, 33-34, 120; and Sher- man, 177; Stanton succeeds, 195
Canby, Colonel E. R. S., at Valverde, 166
Carolinas, danger from West
Virginia, 29; secede, 56; effective for South (1864), 335; menace to, 336; Sher- man's march through, 372, 381-82; scene of action (1865), 380; see also North Carolina, South Carolina
Carondelet, Federal gunboat, 109, 128, 133, 134, 135, 144- 145
Castle Pinckney, 1, 2, 3 Catlett's Station (Virginia), Shields at, 204; Banks near, 235
Cayuga, Federal gunboat, 100, 101
Cedar Creek (Virginia), Sheri- dan's ride to, 363-64 Cedar Run (Virginia), battle,
Cemetery Hill (Gettysburg), Early fails at, 300 Centreville (Virginia), in Bull Run campaign, 46, 47, 54; Confederate base, 197; Mc- Dowell's corps at, 200 Chambersburg (Pennsylvania), Federals at, 23; Stuart's raid, 246-47
Champion's Hill (Mississippi), fight of, 271 Chancellorsville
(Virginia), battle of, 253, 257-58, 290; plans, 256; Federal defeat, 287 Charleston (South Carolina), forts, 1-2; beginning of hostilities, 3, 6; United States Arsenal seized, 3; surrender of Fort Sumter, 12-16; menaced, 253, 310; naval combats around, 308- 309; bombardment, 309; de- fenses in Southern hands, 326, 335, 380; Savannah citizens go to, 376 Charlestown (West Virginia), Patterson advances to, 89 Charlotte (North Carolina). Southern cannon made in, 64
Chase, S. P., Secretary of Treasury, 179
Chase, Colonel W.
demands surrender of Fort Pickens, 5
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