Grant Moves South (85 page)

A writer of a book of this kind usually does not realize the extent of his indebtedness to others until he begins to make a list of those who have helped him. Those who are named here have been uncommonly generous with their time and with their knowledge, and I thank all of them.

Allan Nevins read the manuscript and made many suggestions which were of much value to me. He also made available much material bearing on the Missouri command of Major General John C. Frémont.

E. B. Long also read the manuscript and provided help in ways too numerous to specify. I am especially indebted to him and to his wife Barbara for supplying material for the maps which are printed with the text.

Ralph Newman of Chicago was still another who undertook the task of reading the manuscript. There were times when his Abraham Lincoln Book Shop was a sort of task force headquarters for my labors.

Paul Angle of the Chicago Historical Society helped me to find material which I needed.

Clyde Walton of the Illinois State Historical Library was similarly helpful in respect to the resources of that institution.

Colonel Willard Webb of the Library of Congress directed me to certain books which I would not have found unaided.

Edwin C. Bearss, research historian at the Vicksburg National Military Park, read the portion of the manuscript which deals with the Vicksburg campaign and saved me from the commission of a great number of errors.

Harvey Snitiker of Brooklyn was an exceptionally able and industrious research assistant.

Victor Gondos of the National Archives conducted many searches through the files for material bearing on Grant, on Halleck and on the 21st Illinois Infantry.

Stanley Horn of Nashville, from the depth of his knowledge of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, saved me (I trust) from making an egregious misappraisal of the qualities of that gallant army.

W. Terry Oliver of Glenbrook, Connecticut, made available to me the valuable papers left by Major General Charles F. Smith.

Earl Schenck Miers of Edison, New Jersey, helped me arrive at a better understanding of Grant and of the Mississippi Valley campaign.

Harley Bronson Cooper of Lynbrook, New York, let me borrow and use the manuscript memoirs of Dr. John Cooper.

Major General U. S. Grant III shared with me his reminiscences and the family traditions regarding his distinguished grandfather.

Miss Louise Lewis of Chicago gave up a day of her time to make a last-minute search for material in the newspaper files of the Newberry Library.

Stanley Barnett of Cleveland loaned me the Civil War letters of George L. Lang of the 12th Wisconsin.

J. O. Jackson of Detroit permitted me to borrow the letters of Isaac Jackson of the 83rd Ohio.

Mrs. Erie M. Funk of Long Beach, California, loaned me the letters of Abram S. Funk of the 35th Iowa.

B.C.

Index

A
GATE
.
See
Reid, Whitelaw

Alexander, Colonel John W. S.,
4
,
7
,
9

Alexandria, La.,
433

Allen, Colonel Robert,
287–288
,
331

Ammen, Colonel Jacob,
220
,
238–239
,
259

Ammen, Daniel,
487

Anderson, General Robert,
58

Appler, Colonel,
219

Army Nursing Corps,
53

Army of the Mississippi, Rosecrans given command of,
284
,
287

Army of the Potomac,
284
,
286

Army of the Tennessee,
142
,
152
,
261–262
,
289
,
335–336

Army of Virginia,
284
,
306

B
ADEAU
, A
DAM
,
287

Banks, General Nathaniel P.,
327
; replaces Butler at New Orleans,
344
; in Louisiana,
408
; in Vicksburg campaign,
432–433
,
434
,
448
,
455
,
479
; Grant sends troops to,
485

Battery Robinette,
315

Baxter, Captain A. S.,
97

Bayou Baxter,
378

Bayou Pierre,
424
,
428

Bayou Vidal,
409
,
410

Beauregard, General G. T., sent west to join Johnston,
129
; Grant suspects Polk will be replaced by,
135
; Johnston confers with Hardee and,
154
; goes to Columbus,
180
,
214
; believed to be collecting reinforcements at Columbus,
187–188
; sent to Columbus,
214
; at Corinth,
216
; at Shiloh,
237
,
239
,
243
,
244
,
245
,
247
; reported strength of,
268–269
; attempts to keep Federals from Corinth,
276
; notes change in ideas about slavery,
296
; favors execution of abolitionists,
405

Belknap, Major,
272

Belle of Memphis
, boat,
84

Belmont, Mo.,
41
; Grant recalls troops from,
43
; importance of,
70–71
; battle of,
75–80
,
81
,
83–84
; contraband seized near,
101

Ben Hur
,
88
,
225

Benjamin, Judah P.,
65–66
,
112

Bennett, James Gordon,
364

Benton, Mo.,
40

Big Black River,
436
,
439
,
445
,
450
,
461
; battle of,
445–447

Big Sandy Creek,
435

Bird's Point, Mo., W. H. L. Wallace at,
41
; Grant to go to,
42
; incident of stolen honey at,
52
; Oglesby returns to,
80
; Union pickets shot at,
92
; Oglesby takes contraband to,
101
; Grant fears attack on,
104

Birge's Missouri sharpshooters,
234

Black Bayou,
385

Blair, Frank,
412
,
430
,
436
,
442
,
460

Blair, Montgomery,
30

Blandville, Ky.,
71

Boggs, Harry,
124

Boggs, Mrs. Harry,
125

Bolivar, Tenn.,
316

Bolton, Miss.,
441

Bonneville, Mo.,
35

Bowen, General J. S.,
426
,
428
,
470
,
471

Bowling Green, Ky.,
57
,
119
,
137
,
214

Bragg, Braxton, rushed to Corinth,
214
; at Corinth,
216
; replaces Beauregard,
277
; at Shiloh,
237
,
246–247
; armed strength of,
289
; moves toward Chattanooga,
299
,
300
; moves north toward Nashville,
306
; near Ohio River,
313
; invades Kentucky,
318
; fights Rosecrans near Murfreesboro,
370
; Rosecrans opposes in Tennessee,
489

Brinton, Dr. Joseph H., on Grant,
52
,
53
; cares for sick at Mound City,
53
; and the nursing problem,
53
,
54
; on Volunteer soldiers,
61
; at battle of Belmont,
77
; on Polk,
83
; loans dressing gown to Mrs. Grant for copying,
105
; friendship for Grant,
107–108
; at theater with Grant in St. Louis,
124
; on secessionist women,
127–128
; in march on Fort Donelson,
153
; on Grant at Fort Donelson,
159
; at Donelson,
174
; discusses surrender ceremonies with Grant at Donelson,
182
; recollections of Fort Donelson,
182–183
; on Buell's jealousy of Grant,
207

Brown, Colonel B. Gratz,
19

Bruinsburg, Miss.,
425

Buckner, General Simon Bolivar, commissioned by Lincoln and Davis,
57
; at Fort Donelson,
155
,
164
,
171
,
175–176
,
177–178

Buel Colonel W. H.,
98

Buell, Don Carlos, meets Grant before Shiloh,
235
; unconcerned at sound of firing from Shiloh,
238
; at Shiloh,
243
,
244
,
245
; delicate relationship with Grant,
245–246
; aggrieved by Halleck's reorganization,
267
; ordered to Chattanooga,
279
; resumes original command,
281
; railroad-repair scheme threatened,
285
; independent of Grant,
287
; Bragg hopes to out-maneuver,
300
; Halleck dissatisfied with,
301
,
308
; railroad-repair tasks of,
304
; as target of guerillas,
305–306
,
307
; maneuvers in Kentucky,
313
; relieved of command,
318–319

Buford, Colonel N. B.,
84

Burnside, General Ambrose E.,
370
,
485

Butler, General Benjamin,
127
,
277
,
344

C
ABLE
, G
EORGE
W., quoted,
243

Cadwallader, Sylvanus,
302
,
353
,
398
,
463

Cairo
, gunboat,
184

Cairo, Ill.,
25
,
44–46
,
48
,
50–51
,
55
,
93

Caledonia, Ill.,
101

Cameron, Simon,
36
,
69

Camp Yates,
9

Canton, Miss.,
455

Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
25
,
40
,
41
,
42
,
55

Carondelet
, gunboat,
147
,
151
,
155
,
156
,
157
,
160–161
,
189

Carondolet, Mo., warships constructed at,
102

Carroll, W. C.,
251

Carter, General S. P.,
112

Champion Hill,
443
,
450
,
456

Charleston, Mo.,
41
,
55
,
71

Chase, Salmon P.,
286
,
325
,
485–486

Chattanooga, Tenn.,
279
,
307

Cheatham, General,
84

Cherry, William Harrell, Grant's headquarters in home of,
222

Cherry, Mrs. William H.,
222
,
298

Chetlain, Colonel A. C.,
65
,
207
,
234

Chewalla, Miss.,
316
,
317

Chicago Journal
,
399

Chicago Times
,
254
,
257
,
290
,
302

Chicago Tribune
,
97
,
138
,
150
,
179–180
,
302
,
330

Chickasaw Bayou,
343

Chillicothe
, gunboat,
383

Chillicothe, Mo.,
35

Cincinnati
, Foote's flagship,
139
,
143
,
144
,
150

Cincinnati Commercial
,
254
,
257

Cincinnati Gazette
,
252
,
394

Clarksville, Tenn.,
74
,
133
,
150
,
151
,
184–186
,
191
,
199
,
305

Clinton, Miss.,
441

Coffeeville, Miss.,
382

Coldwater River,
379
,
382
,
383

Columbus, Ky., strategic importance of,
37
,
41
,
42
; seized by General Pillow,
43
; in Confederate control,
56
,
57
,
60
; Grant's plans for capture of,
64
; planned demonstration against,
72
; Confederate fortifications extended at,
101
; Confederate strength at,
214
; in Union hands,
300
,
327
; on route from Memphis to Corinth,
305

Columbus, Miss.,
332

Commerce, Mo.,
40

Conestoga
, gunboat,
47
,
48
,
143
,
184

Confiscation Act,
296

Conger, A. L.,
81

Conscription, Confederate,
200

Cook, Colonel John,
92
,
205
,
209

Cooper, Dr. John,
53–54

Cooper, General Samuel,
405

Corinth, Miss.,
194
,
201
; Halleck's plan to occupy,
211–212
,
215
; Confederates rally at,
214
; as prime objective,
265–266
; Rebel strength at,
268
,
277
; Union advance to,
269–272
,
276–277
,
327
; Halleck fortifies,
279
; importance as rail center,
304
; battle of,
313–315

Cotton, as problem for Grant,
347–356

Covington, Ky.,
275

Creswell, John A. J.,
65

Crisp, Mrs.,
161

Crittenden, General George B.,
122
,
244

Crittenden, Senator John J.,
37

Crocker, General Marcellus M.,
444