Index.
Abbott, Henry Larcom, 130Accidental deaths and injuries, 30, 63, 195-97, 328
Adjutant, duties of, 55
Albermarle County, Va., 355
Alexander, Edward Porter, 293, 316
American Bible Society, 144
Anderson, George Thomas, 276, 286
Anderson, Richard Heron, 165, 168, 192, 209, 274
Appomattox Campaign, 238-40, 318-35, 351
Artillerists lauded, 53-58.
Artillery, Confederate, general description of, 52-58, 95
Atlanta Campaign, 300-301, 317
Atlee's Station, Va., 269-70.
Atrocities, 80-81.
Badeau, Adam, 304-305.
Baptists, 139
Barksdale, William: before the war, 26, 28-29; during the war, 64,95, 129, 131-33, 179; troops of, 26, 64- 65, 68-71, 95, 97, 128-33, 138-39, 144, 176, 179, 223, 261, 292-93.
Barnes, Beau, 252-53.
Barrett, ............ (orderly), 260-61, 270
Battle fatigue, 77
Bayonets used in action, 333
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 208, 242, 274, 309
Beers, James H., 37-44, 150, 154, 181, 183
Benjamin, Judah Philip, 26, 40
Big Bethel, Va., 44-45.
Bocock, Thomas Stanhope, 26-27.
Botts, John Minor, 31-32.
Brandon, Lane William, 115, 130, 292
Brandon, William Lindsay, 115-16, 130
Bravery, standards of, 115-17, 194, 245-46.
Breckinridge, James Cabell, 26, 308
Bristoe Station, 228
Brookin, ........... 329
Brown, John, 26, 31-33, 48, 82
Burgoyne, Marshall K., 212-14.
Burial of the dead, 41-42, 98, 116-17, 132, 143-44, 148-49, 219-20, 294-96.
Burning of wounded men, 282
Burnside, Ambrose, 127, 134, 137, 163, 228, 258, 309
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 242, 310
Cabell, Henry Coalter, 65, 121, 124, 154-57, 186-87, 230, 232, 243, 259,
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Cabell's Artillery Battalion, 55, 65, 120, 154, 258, 268, 270-73, 281, 312
Callaway, Morgan, 230-31, 270, 272, 275, 280-83, 297-99, 302
Camp equippage, 46-47, 158, 242-43.
Camp Lee, Va., 74
Camp life, 46-49, 60-61, 68-71, 145- 46, 157-58, 170-72, 268-69.
The campaigns of Gen. Robert E. Lee, 102, 307-308.
Carlisle, Pa., 205-206.
Carlton's Battery (Ga.). See--Troup Artillery (Ga.）
Carter, Thomas Henry, 53, 91, 109
Causes of the war, 49-51.
Chaffin's Bluff, Va., 311-13, 316, 318, 321-22.
Chancellorsville: description of the field, 169, 172
Chancellorsville Campaign, 41-42, 53, 139, 145-50, 154, 156-57, 159, 162- 82, 191,223,304
Charlottesville Artillery (Va.), 185, 194-96, 210, 212
Church of England, 91-92.
Civilians, Northern, 200-206.
Civilians, Southern, 229-31.
Clark's Mountain, Va., 186, 232
Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes, 113, 138
Cold Harbor, 26, 238, 263, 270-309, 339, 347; Ellyson's barn at, 301
Combat conditions described, 104, 278-80, 282-83, 330-34.
Committee on the Conduct of the War, 106, 126, 180, 211,219, 306
Confederate enlisted men, tributes to, 19, 48-58, 358-68.
Confederate Infantry: Naval Battalion, 329, 333
Confederate Museum, 357
Congressional Globe, 29
Connecticut Infantry; 27th Regiment, 174-75.
Courts-martial, 351
Crouch, Frederick William Nicholls, 49, 296
Culpeper Court House, Va., 73, 127, 192
Dahlgren Raid, 236-37.
Dame, William Meade, 240-44, 252- 53, 288-89.
Davis, Jefferson: and Lee, 17-18, 208, 312; mentioned, 26
Denman, “Buck,” 69-70, 130-31.
Desertion, Confederate, 312-13, 323- 26, 349-51.
“Dixie,” 202
Dunn House, Va., 310
“Duty is the sublimest word ...,” 361
Early, Jubal Anderson: description of and anecdotes concerning, 183-92, 204-206, 210; mentioned, 18, 50, 79, 92, 102, 105, 108, 125, 132, 150, 156, 164-65, 170, 174, 176-79, 209, 212, 214-15, 218, 232, 266, 304, 307-308.
Edward's Ferry, Va., 61-62.
Eggleston, George Cary, 227, 250, 320- 21, 348
Eggleston, J. Cary, 250-51.
Election of 1860, 25-32.
Election of officers, 73-74.
Engineer troops, 159, 182-88, 193, 338
England and Englishmen, 52, 246
Evans, Nathan George, 60-61, 65
Evelington Heights, Va., 106-107.
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Garber's Battery (Va.). See--Staunton Artillery (Va.）
Georgia Infantry: 7th Regiment, 254- 55; 8th Regiment, 254-55; 12th Regiment, 120-22; 60th Regiment, 135, 282-83.
Germans in Northern armies, 136
Gettysburg Campaign, 22, 26, 50, 52, 64, 139, 150-51, 156, 185, 192-228, 231, 267
Gilmer, Louisa Alexander (Mrs. Jeremy F.), 182
Gordon, John Brown, 188, 210-12, 215-16, 218
Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 238-40, 244, 248, 266-67, 269-70, 276, 285-88, 297, 303-10, 317, 341, 347
Griffith, Richard, 64, 85-86, 95
Guns, capture of by Confederates, 57- 58, 62, 78, 125, 197
Hallock, Gerard, 37-38.
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 79-80, 248, 305
Hand-to-hand fighting, 333-34.
Hanover Junction, Va., 228, 231,266, 269
Hardaway, Robert Archelaus, 312, 316
Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.), 125, 198
Harvard University, 51, 62, 130
Hays, Harry Thompson, 172, 197, 201, 210, 212
Evolution, 20
Ewell, Richard Stoddert: description of and anecdotes concerning, 205- 206, 236, 244-46; mentioned, 105, 192, 198-99, 209, 211, 214-15, 232, 258, 260-63, 311, 335
F Company, Junior, 44-45.
Falligant, Robert, 275-78, 280-83, 339
Featherston, Winfield Scott, 64
Firing on friends, 327-28, 333
Flags captured, 340-41.
Flintlock muskets, 40
Flood, Edward, 184-85.
Foraging, 199-200, 210, 230-31, 233- 34, 264-65, 301
Fort Harrison, Va., 316-17.
Fort Johnston, Va., 67-72, 130
Fort Lafayette, N. Y., 354
Fort Magruder, Va., 79, 81-82.
Fort Sumter, S. C., 34-35.
Four years with General Lee, 102-103, 106, 164-66, 287, 341, 350
Franco-Prussian War, 347
Fraser's Battery (Ga.), 154, 229-31, 270, 272, 275-78, 297-99, 302
Fraternization between enemies, 157, 162, 233, 313
Fredericksburg, Va.: after the war, 133; bombardment of, 128-31; churches in, 139-40; civilian refugees from, 128-33; Lee's Hill near, 134-35; religious revival at, 138-51; winter encampment near, 157-58, 167
Fredericksburg Campaign, 65, 127-37.
Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, 246
From the Rapidan to Richmond, 240- 44, 252-53, 288-89.
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Hill, Ambrose Powell: mentioned: 105-106, 188; troops of, 41, 168-69, 192, 208-10, 219
Hill, Daniel Harvey, 65-67, 69-72, 91, 158, 204
Hoke, Robert Frederick, 158, 270, 274-75, 287
Hollywood Cemetery, 42
Holmes, Theophilus Hunter, 101-102, 107
Hood's Brigade. See--Texas Brigade
Hooker, Joseph, 18, 163-66, 174, 178- 80, 191-92, 227-28, 304, 306, 339
Horse supply, 86, 199-200, 210-11, 234-35.
Houston, George Smith, 28-29.
Humphreys, Benjamin Grubb, 64, 115, 261, 292
Hunter, John, Jr., 195-96.
“I'm a good old Rebel,” 18
The impending crisis of the South, 26
Irishmen, 160, 212-14, 229-30.
Jackson, Mary Anna Morrison (Mrs. Thomas J.), 160-61.
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan: description of and anecdotes concerning, 97-101, 105-106, 121-24, 159-62, 190, 351, 362; mentioned, 18, 21-22, 65-66, 72, 74, 89, 92-93, 110, 132, 164-65, 168-70, 181-82, 188-89, 191, 201, 205, 208, 245-46, 304, 367; at Second Manassas, 122-24.
Johnson, Edward: described, 218; mentioned, 215-16.
Johnson's Island, Ohio, 120, 147, 220, 352-54.
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 18, 88-91, 300-301, 317
Jones, Hilary Pollard, 185, 193, 196, 213, 219
“Kathleen Mavourneen,” 49
Kean, William C., Jr., 45-46, 145-51, 229, 241-42, 258, 305, 316, 351
Keitt, Lawrence Massillon, 26-27, 273-74.
Kershaw, Joseph Brevard, 270, 273-78, 280-83, 286-87, 294, 299-300, 339
Killing of prisoners, 80-81.
King William Artillery (Va.), 91
Latimer's Artillery Battalion, 217-18.
Lawton, Alexander Robert, 135, 158
Lee, Fitzhugh, 18, 164, 178, 263
Lee, George Washington Custis: described, 312; mentioned, 238-39, 316-17, 332-34.
Lee, Mary Custis (Mrs. Robert E.), 238-39, 357
Lee, Robert Edward: attitude of his men toward, 18-23, 72, 169-70, 189, 205, 226, 259-60, 266, 305-306, 325; and Chancellorsville Campaign, 164- 66, 168-69, 174-81, 238; comments on Meade, 227-28; compared with divine figures, 20-21; criticized, 22, 228; description of and anecdotes concerning, 99-101, 175-78, 225-28, 232-33, 259-60, 267, 357, 361; early war career of, 17-18; and Gettysburg, 22, 191-92, 197-99, 207-208, 214-15, 222, 267; and Grant, 238- 39; and Jefferson Davis, 17-18; and Joe Johnston, 90-91; mentioned, 26, 41, 76, 187, 235, 264, 277, 341-42, 367; and Petersburg Campaign, 317; and Rappahannock Bridge, 231-32; Richmond home of, 357; and the Seven Days, 89, 91-94, 98-102, 106- 109; and Sharpsburg, 125-26; uniform and memorabilia of, 357; why called “Marse Robert,” 18-21.
Lee, Samuel Perry, 352-54.
Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 18
Leesburg, Va., 60-63, 65, 67, 71, 73, 130, 145, 310
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Medals, 341-44.
Milroy, Robert Huston, 192, 198, 210
Mine Run, Va., 228, 231, 233-35.
Mississippi Infantry: 13th Regiment, 60, 64, 95; 17th Regiment, 60, 64, 98,116, 129, 143, 176; 18th Regiment, 60, 64; 21st Regiment, 64,98, 115-17, 130-31, 179, 292-93.
Moore, ........., (Pvt., Va. Militia), 70-71.
Moore, Allen W., 297-98.
Moore, W. E., 297-99.
Mortars, 293
Morton, Allen, 50-51, 145-51.
Morton, Jeremiah, 189-90.
Morton's Ford, Va., 120, 235, 241-42, 268
Mules, 224-27.
Museum of the Confederacy, 357
Music, 18, 49, 75, 202-203, 268-69, 296-97.
Napoleon, Prince Joseph Charles Paul, 59
Napoleon I, 18, 164, 167, 337-39, 346-48.
National Tribune, 346
Negroes: mentioned, 39, 77, 99, 340; in Northern army, 316-17; proposals for employment of as Confederate infantry, 19-20.
New Haven, Conn., 25, 36-39, 44, 152, 174-75, 200, 355
New Kent Court House, Va., 87-88.
New York, N. Y., 25, 33-36, 44, 49, 92, 354
New York Journal of Commerce, 37-38.
Nicknames for generals, 18
Night blindness, 348-49.
North Anna Campaign, 266-69.
North Carolina Infantry: 5th Regiment, 80
Lincoln, Abraham: his April 1861 call --for troops, 31, 145, 189; mentioned, 163-64, 180, 192, 206, 287
Longstreet, James: mentioned, 106- 107, 122-24, 188, 231, 272, 274, 340; troops of, 41, 59, 127, 192, 219; wounded at Wilderness, 246-48.
Louisiana Guard Artillery, 197
Louisiana Infantry: 9th Regiment, 212-13.
Louisiana Tigers, 80-81, 172, 201
Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford, 34
Lutherans, 206
McCarthy, Daniel Stephens, 294-96.
McCarthy, Edward S.: family of, 294- 96; mentioned, 74, 85, 95, 159-60, 229, 260, 271, 291, 293-96.
McClellan, George Brinton, 74, 79, 88-89, 92-95, 101-104, 106-108, 125-26, 285
McDaniel, Henry Dickerson, 220-21.
McGowan, Samuel, 57-58.
McGuire, Hunter Holmes, 105, 245-46, 351
McLaws, Lafayette: described, 223; mentioned, 129, 165, 168-69, 173- 79, 182, 192, 222-24, 231, 270
Machine guns, 76-77.
Magruder, John Bankhead, 75, 79-80, 94-97, 102, 107, 160
Malvern Hill, 41, 96-97, 101-18, 130, 146, 309
Manassas, Va.: first battle of, 41, 44- 48, 59, 111, 324; second battle of, 118-24, 191
Manly's Battery (N. C.), 154, 168, 301, 310
“Marse Robert,” 18-21.
Mascots, 170-72.
Massachusetts Infantry: 20th Regiment, 130
Meade, George Gordon: Lee's comments on, 227-28; mentioned, 207, 222, 237, 288
Mechanicsville, Va., 93-94.
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Northern civilians, 200-206.
Northerners in Confederate service, 37-44.
Observation tower, 310
Orange County, Va., 120, 355-56.
Owen, William Benton, 139-45, 176-79.
Pegram, John, 110, 232-33.
Pegram, William Johnson, 53, 57, 109-10.
Pegram's Artillery Battalion, 41, 57, 110
Pender, William Dorsey, 192, 209
Pendleton, Alexander Swift, 190
Pendleton, William Nelson, 233
Peninsula Campaign, 73-117.
Percheron horses, 200
Petersburg Campaign, 238, 241, 258, 287, 290, 309-22.
Pettigrew, James Johnston, 209
Pickett, George Edward, 192, 272, 274, 311
Pioneer troops, 184-87, 210, 219, 276, 301
“Poison Fields,” Spotsylvania County, Va., 229-30.
Presbyterians, 25, 139, 160, 318
Preston, William Ballard, 31-32.
Prisoners of war, Federal, 57-58, 80-81, 174-75, 212-14, 240, 255-56, 280, 294
Promotion on the field, 336-45, 365-66.
Provost guards, 82
Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 26-27.
Railroad artillery, 95
Rainsford, William Stephen, 92-94.
Randolph, George Wythe, 48, 160
Rappahannock Bridge, Va., 228, 231-32.
Rations, 85-88, 162, 254, 326-27, 346-48.
Religion among Confederates, 20-21, 37-38, 41, 47, 65, 72, 110-15, 138- 51, 161, 181, 189, 202, 208, 211, 243-44, 255-56, 267, 298, 314, 320-21.
Richmond, Va.: after the war, 90, 188, 300, 318, 357; at the beginning of the war, 39-41, 44-45, 48; before the war, 30-31; during the war, 41, 82, 119-20, 154, 211-12, 237, 239, 294-96, 299, 318-19, 340; Lee Monument in, 300; Lee's house in, 357; Second Presbyterian Church in, 318
Richmond Examiner, 74
Richmond Fayette Artillery, 81
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, 127
Richmond Howitzers, 31-335 passim.
Richmond Howitzers Glee Club, 49, 86, 268-69, 296
Richmond Howitzers Law Club, 49
Robertson, Frederick William, 92
Rodes, Robert Emmett: description of, 261-62; mentioned, 192, 197, 209-10.
Roll of Honor, 343-44.
St. George's Church, Fredericksburg, Va., 139-40.
St. George's Church, New York, N. Y., 92
St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Va., 92
Salem Church, Battle of, 174-79, 213
Sassafras, 162
Savage Station, 64, 94-98, 116-17.
Savannah, Ga., 78, 229, 275, 317
Sayler's Creek, 261, 318, 326-35, 351
Scott, Thomas Y., 292-93.
Scott, Winfield, 36-37.
Secession Convention, Va., 189-90.
Sedgwick, John, 146-47, 164-66, 174- 79, 189, 213
Seven Days Campaign, 89, 91-118, 191
Seven Pines, 18, 88-91, 109
Seward, William Henry, 26, 288
Sharpsburg Campaign, 66, 118, 124- 27, 198
Sharpshooting, 76-77, 290, 295-301.
Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864,
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Stonewall Brigade, 324-27.
Stuart, Alexander Hugh Holmes, 31-32.
Stuart, James Ewell Brown, 106-108, 190,208,216,248
Suffolk Campaign, 339-40.
Swearing, 155, 185, 187, 189, 204
Swinton, William, 211, 214, 287-88, 303
Talcott, Thomas Mann Randolph, 187-88.
Taylor, Walter Herron, 92, 102-103, 105-107, 125-27, 132, 164-66, 208, 214-15, 226, 228, 231, 237, 239, 262-63, 267, 287, 304, 341, 350
Texas Brigade, 76-77, 124, 134,136, 192, 254-55, 257-58, 291
Texas Infantry: 1st Regiment, 254-55.
Three months in the southern states, 246
Troup Artillery (Ga.), 154, 170-71, 251, 259
Tucker, Ben F., 224-27.
Tucker, John Randolph (1812-1883), 311, 329
Tucker, John Randolph (1823-1897), 40
Uniforms, 70, 82, 84-85, 120-21, 195, 230, 242-43, 297, 312, 333, 356-57.
United States Congress, 25-32, 62
United States Marines, 26
United States Military Academy, 65, 110-11, 121
University of Virginia, 50-51, 91, 145, 277, 356
Vallandigham, Clement Laird, 26, 28-30.
Vicars, Hedley Shafto Johnstone, 230, 367
Venable, Charles Scott, 51, 277
Virginia Central Railroad, 120, 231 189, 308
Sherman, John, 26-28.
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 300, 317, 348
Slaves with Confederate armies, 136-37.
Smith, Carey, 116-17, 292
Smith, James Judson, 116-17, 292
Smith, William ( “Extra-Billy” ), 26, 110-11, 194, 202-206.
Smith, William Nathan Harrell, 27
Snakes, 276-77.
“Snickersville Blues,” 70-71.
Snowball battles, 157-58.
Soldier life, analysis of, 358-68.
Somerville Ford, Va., 232
Southern Historical Society Papers, 286
Spotswood Hotel, Richmond, Va., 45
Spotsylvania, Va.: battle of, 144-45, 156, 241, 248-69, 291, 305; Bloody Angle at, 262-64, 287, 305-306, 342; brick kiln at, 260-61; earthworks at, 288-90, 347
Spotsylvania County, Va., Poison Fields in, 229-31.
Staunton Artillery (Va.), 196-97.
Stiles, Benjamin Edward, 78, 124, 136- 37, 282-83.
Stiles, Eugene West, 39, 41, 241, 249-50.
Stiles, Joseph Clay, 25, 30, 34, 36-40, 111-15, 138-40, 158-59, 161-62, 182, 189, 356
Stiles, Josephine Clifford, 354-57.
Stiles, Randolph Railey, 36, 39, 41, 45, 48, 152-54, 182, 296-97, 355
Stiles, Robert: declaration of the intent of his book, 23-24; mother and sisters of, 36, 38,41, 120, 137, 152-54, 200-201, 351, 354-57.
Stiles, William Henry, 124, 135, 158
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Virginia Infantry: 8th Regiment, 60, 62-63; 24th Regiment, 79-80.
“Virginia State guard,” 42
Virginians and Virginia lauded, 35
War of the Rebellion: ... Official Records, 343
Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 178, 248
Washington, D. C., before the war, 25-32, 39
Washington and Lee University, 102
Waterloo Campaign, 347
Wilderness Campaign, 191, 238-48, 299, 303
Williamsburg, Va., 78-85.
Williamson, William Garnett, 183-84.
Willis, Edward, 120-24.
Winchester, Va., 185, 192-97, 210
Winter camps, 120, 127, 242-43, 312-15.
Wofford, William Tatum, 275, 278, 281-83.
Women and army morale, 324-26, 349-51.
Women on battlefields, 130-33, 229, 273, 309
Yale University, 25, 34, 48-49, 62, 68, 115-16, 130, 175, 200, 292, 351, 354-55, 363
“Yankee Doodle,” 202
