Grant Moves South (90 page)

Smith, General Edmund Kirby,
289
,
306
,
309
,
313
,
318

Smith, General M. L.,
339

Smith, Lieutenant Commander Watson,
382
,
383
,
384

Smith's plantation,
410

Smithland, Ky.,
129
,
135
,
151

Snyder's Bluff, Miss.,
371
,
385
,
387
,
408

Soldiers, sickness among,
61–62
,
218
; behavior of,
291–296
,
335–336
; disillusionment of, on Vicksburg campaign,
366–368
; in Mississippi,
431
; in Jackson,
441
; Negro,
364
,
403–405
,
465
; Yank and Reb, at Vicksburg,
468–469
,
472
,
484
; paroled,
473–476
.
See also
Volunteers

South Carolina Volunteers, First,
364

Southern Railroad of Mississippi,
436

Sprague, Governor William (R.I.),
286

Stager, Colonel Anson,
193

Stanley, David,
311

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, refers to Grant's “unconditional surrender” note,
181
; approves promotion of Hitchcock,
187
; refuses Halleck's request for authority,
188
; and military telegraph system,
193
; congratulates armies on victory at Shiloh,
252
; selects Pope to head Army of the Mississippi,
284
; orders Halleck to send reinforcements east,
285
; countersigns McClellan's wire to Halleck,
197
; favors opening of the Mississippi,
325
; gives McClernand orders for Mississippi campaign,
326
,
339
,
340
; tells McClernand he will serve under Grant,
338
; warns Dana against interfering with policy,
413

Steele, General Frederick, Halleck suggests Grant confer with,
321
; to threaten Pemberton's flank,
332
; and expedition to Vicksburg,
339
; Grant's letter to, concerning Negroes,
402
; Sherman writes to,
418
; opposed to paroling plan,
474

Steele's Bayou,
385–386

Stevens, Corporal George A.,
13

Stone, General Charles P.,
89

Storey, Wilbur,
302

Strawberry Plains, Tenn.,
113

Stuart, Colonel David,
227–228
,
232
,
234

Sunflower River,
385

Swett, Leonard,
94–95
,
108–109

Switzerland
, ship,
417

T
ALLAHATCHIE
R
IVER
,
379

Telegraph system, military,
193

“Tennessee quickstep,”
218

Tennessee River,
48
,
123
,
136
,
138–139
,
148–149
,
180
,
210
,
279

Thayer, Colonel John, impressions of Grant at Ironton,
26–27
,
28
,
29
; leads reinforcements for attack on Fort Donelson,
151–152
,
153
; at Donelson,
166

Thomas, General George H., in East Tennessee,
122–123
; shifted to Grant's command,
266
; coolness between Grant and,
267
; resumes old command,
281
; Buell recalls,
300
; given Buell's command,
308
; offended by Rosecrans's assignment,
320

Thomas, General Lorenzo,
206
,
207
,
403

Thompson, General Jeff,
19
; leads Missouri state guards,
41
; replies to Frémont's proclamation,
43
; as threat to Federal forces in southeast Missouri,
70
; at Greenville,
71
; Grant ordered to campaign against,
71–72
; prepares to retreat,
73
; and seizure of the
Platte Valley
,
99–100

Tigress
, steamboat,
208
,
222
,
223
,
225
,
343
,
421

Tilghman, General Lloyd,
142
,
143
,
144

Tupelo, Miss.,
280
,
332

“Turtles,”
103
,
411
,
415
.
See also
Gunboats

Tyler
, gunboat,
47
,
48
,
73
,
74
,
82
,
143
,
201
,
237
,
240

Tyner, J. N.,
64–65

U
NION
M
ERCHANTS
E
XCHANGE
, St. Louis, celebration at,
179

Usher, John P.,
325

V
AN
D
ORN
, E
ARL
, defeated at Pea Ridge,
210
; armed strength of,
289
; in northern Mississippi,
300
,
306
; plans attack on Corinth or Memphis,
309
; at battle of Corinth,
313
,
314
,
315
; successful escape of,
316–317
; relieved of command,
329
; Holly Springs raid of,
340–342
,
351
,
361–362
,
372

Vicksburg, Miss., Confederates control,
277
; Halleck hopes to take,
278
; defenses of,
371–372
,
448
,
450–452
; Grant's attempts to by-pass,
376–382
; siege of,
453–466
,
468–470
; occupation of,
483

Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad,
342

Vincent, Rev. J. M.,
273

Virginia, difficulties of Federal armies in,
284

Volunteers,
61–62
; Grant and,
5
,
61
,
84
,
89
,
172
,
419

W
ALKE
, C
OMMANDER
H
ENRY
,
82
,
155–156

Wallace, Colonel W. H. L., marches to Charleston, Mo.,
41
; ordered to join Oglesby,
73
; moves up the Tennessee,
210
; with Grant near Corinth,
218
; Grant warns of imminent attack,
224
; at Shiloh,
227
,
228
,
229
,
236
,
243
; brother-in-law of,
275

Wallace, General Lew, and C. F. Smith,
88
; on stories of Grant's
drinking,
95
; at Fort Henry,
152
; at Fort Donelson,
153
,
156
; ordered back to Fort Henry,
182
; moves up the Tennessee,
210
; at Crumps Landing,
218
; commissioned major general,
223
; receives Grant's orders at Crump's Landing,
225
; at Shiloh,
226
,
241
,
244
; on paroled soldiers,
474

Warrenton, Miss.,
372

Warships.
See
Gunboats

Washburn, General Cadwallader C.,
374
.
387

Washburne, Hon. Elihu B., proposes Grant for generalship,
16–17
; Grant's letters to,
29–30
,
208
,
262
,
274
,
275
; presents Grant's plan of invasion to Lincoln,
30
; and Grant's reassignment to St. Louis,
36
; helps Grant become general,
50
; and Rawlins,
68
,
69
; defends Grant's conduce at Shiloh,
260
; and question of coastal command for Grant,
273
; Russell Jones writes to,
351
; writes Lincoln about Grant's order concerning Jews,
356

Watauga, Tenn.,
113

Webster, Colonel J. D., at Fort Donelson,
167
,
169
,
173
; goes to Clarksville,
184
; at Shiloh,
237
,
239
,
240
,
243
; on Grant's anger at Halleck,
271
; receives Grant's orders forbidding Jews on southbound trains,
354

Welles, Gideon,
86

Whipple, Henry W.,
93

Whittlesey, Colonel Charles,
125–126
,
139
,
162–163
,
174

Williams, General Thomas,
377

Willow Springs, Miss.,
428

Wilson, Colonel James H., of Rawlins and Grant,
68–69
; sent to aid Grant with attempts to by-pass Vicksburg,
379–380
,
381
; angered at failure of Fort Pemberton attack,
384
; at Vicksburg,
415
,
456–457
; on the morale of the army,
419
; and McClernand's dismissal,
467
; and the surrender of Vicksburg,
478

Wilson's Creek, Mo., battle at,
31

Wolcott, C. P.,
354

Wright, General Horatio,
308

Y
ALOBUSHA
R
IVER
,
332
,
379

Yates, Governor Richard (Ill.),
9
,
17
,
179

Yazoo Pass,
379
,
381

Yazoo River,
321
,
343
,
371
,
384–385
,
448

Young, John Russell,
208

Young's Point, La.,
374

Z
OLLICOFFER
, G
ENERAL
F
ELIX
K.,
57
,
122

About the Author

Bruce Catton (1899–1978) was a Pulitzer Prize—winning author, historian, and journalist. He served in the navy during World War I and was the director of information for the War Production Board during World War II. Catton's military and government experience inspired his first book,
The War Lords of Washington
, and he is best known for his acclaimed works on the Civil War, including
Mr. Lincoln's Army
and
Glory Road
. His most celebrated Civil War history,
A Stillness at Appomattox
, won both the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1954. Catton was also the founding editor of
American Heritage
magazine. Among his other works are
Grant Moves South; Grant Takes Command
; and a three-part chronicle endorsed by the US Civil War Centennial Commission,
The Coming Fury
,
Terrible Swift Sword
, and
Never Call Retreat
.

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