Index.
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Acquia Creek, attack on rebel batteries at, 1.486.Adams, Charles Francis, proposition to amend the Constitution offered by, 1.234.
Alabama, secession movements in, 1.59; secession convention in, 1.172; march of Gen. Mitchel into, 2.266; military operations to the fall of Mobile, 3.506-3.514; Gen. Wilson's march through, 3.514.
“Alabama,” Confederate cruiser, escape of from a British port, 2.569; details of her conflict with and destruction by the Kearsarge, 3.435.
Albany, Democratic convention at, 1.207.
“Albemarle,” ram, at the siege of Plymouth, 3.470; fight of with the Sassacus, 3.471; destruction of by Lieut. Cushing, 3.472.
Albemarle Sound, naval operations in, 2.176; Gen. Reno's expedition on, 2.314.
Alexandria, occupation of by Union troops, 1.482.
Alexandria, La., occupation of by National troops, 3.254; abandonment of by Gen. Banks's forces, 3.268.
Allatoona Pass, battle of, 3.397.
Allegheny Summit, battle at, 2.103.
Ambulances, Philadelphia firemen's, 1. 579.
Amelia Court-House, Gen. Lee's retreating forces at, 3.552.
Amendments to the Constitution, proposed, 1.87, 241.
American Society for the Promotion of National Union, 1.207.
Anderson, Major, Robert, succeeds Col. Gardner in command in Charleston harbor,1.118; warning letters of, 1.119, 125, 127; raises the United States flag on Fort Sumter, 1.130; his action in relation to the Star of the West, 1.156, 159; refuses the demand of Gov. Pickens for the surrender of Fort Sumter, 1.160; his letter declaring his inability to hold Fort Sumter, 1.306; details of his defense and surrender of Fort Sumter, 1.310-1.334; movements ordered by in Kentucky, 2.77.
Anderson, Mrs., her journey to and from Fort Sumter, i, 132-135.
Andersonville, cruelties inflicted on Union prisoners at, 3.599.
Andrews, J. J., secret expedition of against the Chattanooga and Atlantic railway, 2.300.
Annapolis, Gen. Butler's operations at, 1.435; march of New York and Massachusetts troops from toward Washington, 1.439.
Annapolis Junction, Gen. Butler at, 1.439.
Antietam, battle of, 2.476.
Appomattox Court-House, Lee's surrender at, 3.558.
Arkansas, a majority of the people of averse to secession, 1.201; how the ordinance of secession was passed in, 1.474; military movements in, 2.250-2.260; cooperative movements of Gen. Steele in, 3.270-3.273; cavalry fights in, 3.274.
Arkansas Post, battle of, 2.581.
“Arkansas,” ram, escape of to Vicksburg, 2.528; destruction of, 2.529.
Arlington Heights, City of Washington commanded by, 1.480; occupation of by Gen. Sandford, 1.485.
Arlington Hose before and after the war, 1.422, 423.
Armies, National, the disbandment of, 3.582; statistics of at the close of the war, 3.583.
Arms, measures taken by Conspirators for transferring to Southern States, 1.121; seizure of in New York, 1.230; purchase of in Europe, 2.25.
Army of the Cumberland, organization of begun by Gen. Sherman, 2.78; demoralized condition of, 2.538; movements of from Murfreesboroa to Chattanooga, 3.120-3.142; on the defensive, at Chattanooga, 3.143; command of assigned to Gen. Thomas, 3.144.
Army of the James, movements of against Petersburg and Richmond, 3.317-3.324 visit of the author to in 1864, 3.586.
Army of the Potomac, reorganization of by McClellan, 2.23; organization and movements of, 2.129-2.149; immobility of, 2.150; continued inaction of, II, 353; ordered by President Lincoln to be set in motion, 2.356; other orders of the President in relation to, 2.357; its advance on Manassas commenced, 2.358; various movements of, 2.370-2.386; movements of under McClellan to the battle of Malvern Hills, 2.402-2.434; wasted condition of, 2.441; withdrawal of from the Peninsula, 2.444; movements of under Burnside, 2.485-2.494; exhausted condition of when Hooker took command, 3.17; great number of absentees from, 3.18; important changes made by Hooker in the organization of, 3.19; badge designations in, 3.20; its Chancellorsville campaign under Hooker, 3.23-3.39; under Hooker and Meade till the battle of Gettysburg, 3.45-3.75; again in Virginia, 3.98; movements of in Virginia to the retreat from Mine Run, 3.98-3.111; reorganization of under Grant, 3.292; movements of to the battle of Spottsylvania Court-House, 3.295-3.309; further movements of to the crossing of the James and the investment of Petersburg, 3.324-3.340; to the battle of Boydton road, 3.350-3.362; casualties in in 1864 (note), 3.862; further movements of to the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, 3.530-3.551, and to the surrender of Lee, 3.552-3.558.
Army of the Tennessee, Sherman appointed to the command of, 3.144.
Army of Virginia, operations of under Pope, 2.442-2.463.
Arrow Rock, Mo., battle near, 3.218.
Arsenal at Charleston, seizure of by State Militia, 1.137. [624]
Arsenal at Chattanooga, seizure of, 1.170.
Arsenal at St. Louis, saved by the energy of Lyon, 1.466.
Asboth, Gen., at the battle of Pea Ridge, 2.256.
Ashby, Gen., Turner, death of, 2.395.
As' land, Stonewall Jackson at, 2.414.
Assassination of President Lincoln, 3.565.
