Southern Storm (102 page)

Farrar farm, 20, 171

fascines, 478

Felton, Rebeca, 16

Fenn’s Bridge, 270, 274–75

Ferguson, Samuel W., 243, 254, 409, 491

Fernandina
, U.S.S., 443

Firefly
(steamer), 496

Fisher, George A., 423–24, 424, 425–26, 430, 432, 438, 442–43

Fisher, William E., 465

Flag
, U.S.S., 410

foragers, ammunition abuse, 103, 121, 162–3, 310–11; casualties, 91, 98, 114, 133–4, 146, 175, 235–6, 248, 303, 311, 543; civilian abuse, 126, 193, 277–8, 283, 297, 310; Confederate accounts, 85, 243–4, 294, 375; confiscation, 132; importance, 539; Liberty County, 449–51, 482; payment in Confederate script, 221; regular details, 101, 110–11, 234; Union accounts, 98, 101, 107–8, 110–11, 114, 124, 126, 133, 141, 145, 146, 160, 162, 171–72, 174–75, 176, 183, 219, 234, 247–48, 259, 271, 284, 297, 310–11, 312–13, 318–19, 332, 349, 355–56, 364, 373, 392–94, 470, 477, 500.
See also
bummers

Force, Manning F., 79, 107, 331

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 38, 461, 462

Forsyth Park, 19

Forsyth, Ga., 115, 125

Fort Argyle, 374

Fort Jackson, 496, 499–500, 513

Fort McAllister, 376–77, 390, 397, 402, 408, 445, 455, 471, 502; December 13 assault, 421–39; torpedo removal, 448

Foster, John G., Sherman relationship, 444–47, 476, 480–81, 486–87

Franklin, Benjamin, 57

Franklin, Tenn., November 30 battle, 300–301

Frobel, B.W., 451

Fultz, William S., 93

Galt, Laura Talbot, 537

galvanized Confederates/Rebels, 19, 250

Garrett family, 126

Gaylesville, Ala., 41

Geary, John W., 125, 133, 140, 144, 154, 159–60, 169, 270, 412, 420, 490, 494, 496, 498; accepts Savannah surrender, 496–97; Savannah occupation, 501, 509–10

Genesis Point, 376, 418, 424

Georgia State Legislature, 81, 95, 129–30

Georgia Military Institute, 151, 217

Georgia Railroad, 14–16, 133, 144, 232–33, 533

Georgia State troops, Home Guard/Local Defense (Athens and Augusta Battalions, 195, 473), (Ashley Dragoons, 241), (Hazzard’s Scouts, 353), (Foreign Battalion, 452–53, 469, 473), (Penal Battalion, 130, 151, 219); Militia (7th Regiment, 214–15), (29th Battalion Cavalry, 449); Reserves (1st Regiment, 493); State Line (1st and 2nd Regiments, 197, 201, 208, 209, 210)

Georgia troops, artillery (14th Light, 197); infantry (3rd Regiment, 528), (55th Regiment, 473)

Georgia
, C.S.S., 480, 496

Gilberg, Jacob A., 288

Gildersleeve, Henry A., 394–5

Gilmer, J. F., 533

Goodman, Wiley, 115

Gordon, Ga. (CRR No. 17), 155, 156, 161, 165, 171, 173, 174, 178, 179, 190, 191, 196, 201

Grant, Ulysses S., 23, 34; considers Sherman proposals, 40–46; Nashville battle management, 461–63, 475; Sherman relationship, 40, 475, 544; strategic thinking, 457, 459–61

Gray, Reverend, 127

Greaves, Henry, 203

Grecian, Joseph, 367

Green, Anna Maria, 17, 161, 243

Green, Charles, 505

Green, Thomas F., 17

Greensboro, Ga., 160

Griffin, Ga., 83, 84, 87, 104, 112–13, 115

Griswold, Samuel, 158, 202

Griswoldville, Ga. (CRR No. 18), described, 158–9; destruction, 159; November 22 battle, 193–215

Groce, John H., 429

Gumm Creek, 237, 245

Guyton, Ga. (CRR No. 3), 358, 365

Halleck, Henry W., 41, 44, 46, 269, 298, 460–61, 518

Hamilton, William D., 338

Hamrick, W. F., 389

Hanleiter, Cornelius R., 488

Hardee, William J., 6, 128, 165, 247, 273, 279, 353; command decisions, 178–79; Davis meetings, 6, 9–10; fails to burn Savannah cotton, 506; Macon defense, 142–43, 151, 168, 174, 178–79; opinion of Hood, 6–7; Savannah defense, 143, 231–32, 250–51, 253–54, 255, 302, 323, 368, 371, 375–77, 391–92, 409, 414, 419, 451, 454, 468–69, 473–75, 485–86, 487; Savannah evacuation, 492; seeks Sherman protection for family, 517

Hardman, Lyman, 435

Harpath River, 300

Harris, Joel Chandler, 21, 170, 171–72

Harris, Judge, 136

Harrison, Thomas H., 94

Hartridge, Alfred L., 192, 216–17, 227, 229–30, 241

Harvest Moon
, U.S.S., 446, 447, 455, 482, 486, 493, 498, 500–501

Harvey’s Creek, 424

Hatch, John P., 444

Haughawut, Wilbur F., 380

Hawley, William, 184, 406–7, 448–49, 453

Hayes, Edward M., 263–64

Hazen, William B., 58, 193, 223–24, 373–74, 463; Fort McAllister operation, 418–9, 421–43

Hazzard, Richard C., 437

Hebron, Ga., 244

Heidt, Reverend, 373

Hell Gate, 430

Henly, D. H., 215

Henry, Joseph, 57

Hickenlooper, Andrew, 463

High, Emma, 15, 141, 154

Hill, Benjamin H., proclamation, 128

Hill, Joshua, 145

Hillsboro, Ga., 16–17, 139, 148, 149, 151, 155, 156, 174

Hilton Head, S.C., 269, 481, 482, 490

Hinesville, Ga., 465, 477

Hinkley, Julian, 468

Hitchcock, Henry M., 58, 63–64, 87–88, 90–91, 99–100, 118, 127, 136–37, 142, 147–48, 162–63, 171, 173, 176–77, 186, 187–88, 218, 225, 236–37, 244, 247, 260, 275, 280–81, 293, 294–95, 305–6, 314, 320–21, 323, 326, 329–30, 351, 357–58, 365, 372–73, 374–75, 387, 407–8, 412, 416, 456, 487, 490, 504; campaign assessment, 527; considers Sherman’s point of view, 63–4, 78, 153, 237, 246, 273–74; December 10 incident, 398–99; Millen, 350–51; misses observing Fort McAllister attack, 423, 447, 455; Sandersville, 257–58, 259, 261; Sherman and African-Americans, 518; torpedoes, 387–89

Hoke, Robert F., 480

Holt family, 310

Honey Hill, S.C., November 30 battle, 298–300, 302, 444

Hood, Arthur, 449

Hood, John B., 94, 460; advises Wheeler, 104, 129; argues with Sherman, 35–6; Beauregard relationship, 10–11, 63, 65–66, 143, 231, 256; Davis meeting, 5–8; described, 5; Franklin battle, 300; Nashville battle, 461–63; opinion of Hardee, 6; plan to combat Sherman, 7; post-Atlanta campaign, 41–45, 66, 300–301

Horner, J. H., 435

Horse Creek, 333

hounds.
See
dogs

Houtz, John W., 249

Howard, Charles H., 229, 248

Howard, Frances Thomas, 20, 504, 506–7

Howard, Oliver Otis, 48–49, 69, 101, 149, 175, 188, 212, 225, 233, 264,
282, 293, 306, 321–22, 352, 366, 374, 443, 463, 502, 520, 528; command decisions, 115, 121, 125, 132–33, 138–39, 155, 164, 174, 177, 181, 196, 229, 230–31, 232, 251, 252, 358, 408

Hubert, Charles F., 270

Huffine, L. C., 434

Hughes, Samuel T., 119

Humes, William Y. C., 340

Hunt, Alexander, 496, 498

Hunter, Morton C., 292, 335

Hurricane plantation, 186–87

Hutchings, Richard, 152

Hutchinson Island, 420, 476, 485, 506

Ida
(steamer), December 10 capture, 394–95

Ihly, Jennie, 19

Illinois troops: artillery (1st Artillery, Battery H, 417n), (2nd Artillery, Battery I, 384); cavalry (10th Regiment, 390); infantry (10th Regiment, 324, 351), (12th Regiment, 253), (20th Regiment, 124, 163), (32nd Regiment, 138), (34th Regiment, 146, 248, 285), (40th Regiment, 202), (48th Regiment, 429, 434, 439), (50th Regiment, 174, 193, 253, 267, 270, 296, 332, 488, 512, 514), (55th Regiment, 114, 264, 332, 432, 470), (63rd Regiment, 123, 124, 324, 396, 514), (64th Regiment, 83, 156, 441, 482), (66th Regiment, 312, 385), (83rd Regiment, 367), (85th Regiment, 470), (86th Regiment, 176, 248, 302–3, 395), (90th Regiment, 429, 437), (93rd Regiment, 101, 107, 123, 192, 488), (101st Regiment, 245, 325), (102nd Regiment, 140, 145, 176, 242, 272), (103rd Regiment, 198, 202–3, 208, 209, 212, 213, 304, 332, 352), (104th Regiment, 235, 303, 453), (105th Regiment, 91, 272), (111th Regiment, 426, 430, 436, 437, 439), (116th Regiment, 252, 429, 430, 435, 436), (129th Regiment, 221, 311, 349, 394, 451); mounted infantry (7th Regiment, 386), (9th Regiment, 119, 257, 394–95), (16th Regiment, 257, 383), (92nd Regiment, 102, 150, 165–67, 277, 288–89, 335–39)

Indian Springs, Ga., 107, 125, 131

Indiana troops: cavalry (8th Regiment, 84, 94, 108, 276, 287, 288, 290, 292, 340–41, 417); engineers (58th Regiment, 56, 77, 120–21, 127, 135–36, 245, 246, 283–84, 327, 349, 363, 370–71, 448, 478, 502, 506); infantry (22nd Regiment, 470), (25th Regiment, 469), (48th Regiment, 101, 179, 304), (59th Regiment, 107, 179, 373); (66th Indiana, 267), (70th Regiment, 171), (74th Regiment, 320), (75th Regiment, 96, 134, 183, 236, 356, 470, 477–78), (83rd Regiment, 482), (85th Regiment, 141, 370), (87th Regiment, 363), (88th Regiment, 311), (97th Regiment, 179, 198, 202, 209), (100th Regiment, 80, 131, 202, 209, 212–14, 396, 531), (101st Regiment, 120, 371)

Indianapolis Journal
, 45

Ingraham, David P., 335

Iowa troops: infantry (2nd Regiment, 366), (4th Regiment, 365), (5th Regiment, 525), (6th Regiment, 202, 207, 495), (7th Regiment, 365, 483), (9th Regiment, 179, 374, 488), (10th Regiment, 124, 192), (11th Regiment, 93, 113–14, 179–80, 190, 267), (25th Regiment, 179, 469), (31st Regiment, 79)

Irwinton, Ga., 223, 252–53

Isondiga
, C.S.S., 496

Izard’s plantation, 420, 484, 486

Jackson’s Ferry, Ga., 229, 230–31, 232

Jackson, Ga., 105; November 17 fight, 114–15

Jackson, Nathaniel J., 377–9

Jackson, Oscar L., 315–16

Jacksonboro, Ga., 349

Jasper County, Ga., 16, 115

Jasper Springs, 512

Jenks’ Bridge, 359, 365–66, 373, 374

Jerry (slave), 319

Johnson, Bushrod R., 480

Johnson, Herschel V., 283

Johnston, Joseph E., 5, 34, 181

Jones Sr., Charles Colcock, 449

Jones, Joseph B. (plantation), 311, 314

Jones, Mary Jones, 449–50

Jones, Samuel, 280, 391, 454, 468

Jones, Theodore, 429, 430, 433

Jones, Wells S., 426, 429–30

Jonesboro, Ga., 63–64, 94; November 15 fight, 83–84

Jordan, Lee, 144, 154

Jordan, Reverend, 184

Jordan, Thomas J., 341

Kelly, Rufus, 180

Kentucky troops (C.S.): mounted infantry (Orphan Brigade, 80, 84, 93, 101, 217), (4th Regiment, 217)

Kentucky troops (U.S.): cavalry (2nd Regiment, 94, 248–49, 276, 340–41), (3rd Regiment, 94, 164, 340), (5th Regiment, 84, 108, 196, 198, 309, 340, 342)

Kerr, Charles D., 383

Kilbourne, Julius B., 263

Kilkenny Bluff, 443

Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson, 63, 165, 222, 249, 346, 356–57, 421; ambushed, 150, 286–87; campaign thoughts, 70, 164, 526; cavalry reviewed by Sherman, 64, 218, 515; command decisions, 152, 177, 286, 320; described, 348; discipline, 103; diversionary operations, 115, 125, 164, 226–27, 307–9, 356; Fort McAllister, 408–9, 418, 424, 443–44; Griswoldville, 177–78; Liberty County, 449–51; loses hat to enemy, 286–87, 291; Lovejoy’s Station fight, 94; Macon attack, 166–68; Millen rescue mission, 226–27, 262–63, 278; personal combat, 286, 339; picked by Sherman, 50; praised by Sherman, 314, 528; Reynolds’s plantation fight, 287–91; seeks permission for terror retaliation, 226, 314–15; Waynesboro fight, 314, 334–44

King’s Bridge, 376, 384–85, 390, 397, 408, 417, 421–22, 445, 446, 463, 465, 470, 481–82

King, Davis (Spence), 101

King, T. G., 215

Kingston, Ga., 59

Kirby, Colonel, 253

“L.F.J.,” 258, 261, 273

Ladd, Frederick S., 159, 362

Lamar, Caro, 20, 505

Langford, William Bedford, 212

Langley, James W., 297

Lawson, P. A., 112

Le Sage, John B., 245

Ledyard, Edwin, 399–400

Lee’s Mill, Ga., 100

Lee, Custis, 12–13

Lee, Robert E., 3, 10, 95, 189, 330, 443, 457, 480, 528

Liberty County, Union foraging, 449–51, 482

Lincoln, Abraham, 40–41, 140, 359–60, 467, 508, 521

Lithonia, Ga., 21, 96, 97, 99–100, 108, 109