Southern Storm (103 page)

Little Ogeechee River, 423–24, 430, 480

Little Ohoopee River, 282

Little River, 161n, 184

live oaks, 374, 423, 448, 493

Lockhart, William James, 282

Lockner Creek, 372; December 9 incident, 380–83

Locust Grove, Ga., 107

Logan, John A., 462

Lonergan, Jonathan, 317

Long Bridge, 246

Louisiana Military Seminary, 25

Louisiana troops: band (20th Regiment, 7).

Louisville, Ga., 270, 273, 275, 280, 283, 291, 302, 303, 529, 539; destruction of, 284–85, 297

Lovejoy’s Station, Ga., 6, 84; November 16 fight, 94

Lufburrow, Matthew, 351

Lumpkin’s Station, Ga., 334

Lunt, Dolly Sumner.
See
Burge, Dolly Sumner Lunt

Macon and Western Railroad, 14, 16, 80, 84, 108

Macon Daily Telegraph
, 112, 129, 215

Macon
, C.S.S., 371, 414–16

Macon, Ga., 3–5, 9, 16, 95, 103, 112, 142, 157, 188; Cobb defense, 84–85, 112, 194; Hardee defense, 142–43, 178–79; November 20 fight (Dunlap’s Hill), 164–68; Sherman bypasses, 70; Taylor defense, 193–94, 198, 199

Madison, Ga., 15–16, 112, 140–41, 144, 145, 154–55

Maguire, Thomas, 111

Mallard, Robert Quarterman, 450

Mallory, Mr., 314

Mallory, Rollin, 158

Manley, Emma, 105

Mann, James N., wounded, 211

March to the Sea, Altamaha River operation, 463, 469–70, 477, 482; animal incidents, 132, 155–56, 271, 327, 356, 364; animal requisition, 54, 357–58; authorized destruction, 53, 85, 92, 136–37, 144, 154, 155, 157, 160–61, 169, 186, 220, 253, 260, 271, 349–50, 385, 529–30, 532–33, 539–40; campaign assessments, 526–28; cattle herd, 51–52, 111, 127, 156, 267, 297, 412–13; civilian experiences, 82, 97, 99, 105–6, 109, 115–17, 126, 131, 140, 141, 145, 149, 171, 219, 243, 248, 258–60, 273, 287, 294, 304–5, 310, 312, 355, 365; communication by rocket, 149; cotton destroyed, 101, 108, 110, 114, 140, 145, 154, 160–61, 174, 219, 253, 270; cotton not destroyed, 225; forage liberally, 52–53, 108, 136–37; grass fires, 350; Hinesville operation, 465, 470, 477; maps, 56, 149, 229, 272, 418; march discipline, 79, 131, 351; marching orders, 50–52, 100, 102, 117, 163, 223–24; marching pace, 79, 82, 83, 91–92, 97, 101, 111, 117, 132–33, 138, 154, 156, 163, 169–71, 172, 174, 175, 251, 267, 282, 295–96, 312, 327, 333, 348–50, 363–64, 369–70; morale/mail, 465–66, 470; obstructed roads, 349, 355, 362, 364, 367, 372; oysters, 513; popular impressions, 535–38; pioneers, 55–56, 120, 223, 226, 283, 295, 312, 333, 349, 351, 355, 367, 370, 371, 374, 421, 481, 532; plan precedents and orders, 47–57; rape, 243; ration scarcity, 406, 412–13, 441, 448, 452, 465; rice making by soldiers, 452; straggling/stragglers, 82, 88, 117, 142, 147, 159–60, 173, 186, 254, 283, 334; swamps, 154, 190, 217, 224, 244, 246, 249, 251, 267, 283, 284, 285, 295, 296, 304, 312, 317, 333, 339, 347, 349, 355–56, 363, 364, 366, 378–80, 386, 394, 397–98; torpedoes, 129, 387–88, 426, 428, 434–35, 448, 456; total war designation, 534–38; unauthorized destruction, 82, 98–99, 109, 140, 176, 310, 364; use of African-Americans, 54–55, 531–32; wagon train, 50–51, 77, 79, 83, 90, 91, 97, 100–102, 107, 117, 121, 138–39, 149, 154, 170–71, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179–80, 193, 219, 226, 234, 270, 332–33, 349, 358, 363, 373; weather planning, 57–58; wing commanders, 48–49

“Marching Through Georgia” (song), 536–38

Marietta, Ga., 60

Markland, A. H., 467

Marshall, Matt, 171

Martin, James, 79

Martin, James S., 430, 438

Massachusetts troops: band (33rd Regiment, 88); infantry (2nd Regiment, 92, 261, 325, 380, 406, 453, 468, 484–85), (33rd Regiment, 92), (54th Colored Regiment, 299)

Massey, R. J., 178, 236

Maybank plantation, 449

McAdoo, William G., 130

McAllister, Joseph L., 417, 423

McCaskey, William S., 500

McCauley, C. M. T., 380

McClintock, James M., 132, 425, 432, 438

McClure, A. K., 360

McCoy, James, 118

McDonough, Ga., 100

McKinley, Guy, 219

McKinley, William, 184, 219

McLaws, Lafayette, 143, 328, 330–31, 365, 400, 493

McLeans, J. C., 215

McSweeny, Captain, 358

Meade, George Gordon, 49

Medway River, 443

Mendel, W. H., 493

Mercer, Hugh W., 400

Merritt, Nehemiah, 440

Michigan troops: artillery (1st Artillery, Battery B, 202, 204–5); cavalry (9th Regiment, 159, 286, 335, 336–37, 362); engineers and mechanics (1st Regiment, 56, 92, 108, 246, 316, 420, 463); infantry (19th Regiment, 110, 175, 326, 350), (21st Regiment, 441)

Middleton house, 426, 429, 440, 443

Midway Church, 469, 477

Mill Creek, 332, 367

Milledgeville, Ga., 17–18, 112, 113, 228, 161; destruction of, 219, 220–23, 235, 242; Confederate reoccupation, 243–44, 254; evacuation, 129–30; mock legislative session, 222–23; Union occupation, 181–85, 220–23, 224–27, 233–36

Milledgeville Hotel, 184

Millen, Ga. (CRR No. 8), 18–19, 251, 275, 293; destruction, 326; Union occupation, 315–16

Miller, Jerry J., 93

Miller, John A., 160

Mills, Thomas J., 426

Minnesota troops: artillery (Light Artillery, 1st Battery, 68, 101, 224, 351, 414, 417n); infantry (2nd Regiment, 111, 183, 235, 382), (4th Regiment, 123, 138, 405–6)

Missouri troops: artillery (1st Artillery, 385); engineers (1st Regiment, 56, 79–80, 123, 131, 155–56, 253, 264, 317, 366, 408, 421); infantry (6th Regiment, 429), (23rd Regiment, 284), mounted infantry (29th Regiment, 84, 115, 122)

Mobile, Ala, 34, 191, 301

Monteith Swamp, December 9 fight, 377–80

Montevideo plantation, 449

Montgomery, Ala, 8–9, 352

Monticello, Ga., 132, 139, 148–49

Moore, John, 100

Moore, Joseph, 245, 283

Morgan, James D., 186, 285

Morse, W. H., 414–15

Mountain Springs Church, 196

Mower, Joseph A., 386, 463, 469

Moye, J. C., 281

Murder Creek, 172, 176–77

Murray, Eli H., 288, 340–42

National Tribune
, 273n

Nashville, Tenn., December 15–16 battle, 461–63

Neal, John, 69

Nelson, George, 439

Nemaha
(revenue cutter), 444

Nesbit, Dr., 176

New Hope Church, 280

New Jersey troops: infantry (13th Regiment, 98, 171, 220, 257, 484), (35th Regiment, 350)

New York Herald
, 33, 76–77, 109, 134, 136, 140, 142, 150, 153, 164, 171, 286, 336, 339

New York Post
, 306

New York Times
, 34, 45

New York troops: artillery (1st Artillery, 415–16, 479); infantry (17th Regiment,
234–15, 257, 465), (102nd Regiment, 495, 496, 498), (107th Regiment, 133–34, 184, 485), (123rd Regiment, 325, 377–78, 406, 532), (134th Regiment, 159–60, 420), (137th Regiment, 282, 498), (149th Regiment, 111, 183–84), (150th Regiment, 133, 394–95, 485)

Newborn, Ga., 142, 147, 152

Nichols, George, 305, 306, 439, 440; torpedoes, 388

North Carolina troops, infantry (Baker’s Brigade, 493), (10th Battalion, 380)

Norton, Samuel E., 338, 342, 347

Oakey, Daniel, 51

Ocmulgee River, 115, 116, 122, 129, 131, 132, 138–39, 142, 148–49, 155–56, 164

Oconee, Ga. (CRR No. 14), 267

Oconee River, 140, 144, 154, 159–60, 184, 189, 219, 233, 235, 254, 267; defense, 143, 165, 180, 191–92, 216–18, 219–20, 224, 227–28, 229–32, 241, 251–55, 255–56, 264–65

Ogeechee Creek, 323, 330, 350–52

Ogeechee River, 273, 309, 312, 313, 315, 316, 317, 318, 322, 323, 324, 331–2, 347, 352, 354, 358–59, 364, 365, 374, 376, 384, 389, 390, 397, 401–2, 408, 417, 418, 445, 455, 465, 475, 482, 501.
See also
Fort McAllister, December 13 assault

Ogeechee Shoals, 248–49

Ohio troops: cavalry (5th Regiment, 288, 339, 342), (9th Regiment, 336–37, 362), (10th Regiment, 79, 102, 165–68, 336–38, 342); infantry (5th Regiment, 75, 176), (21st Regiment, 311), (29th Regiment, 133, 245, 334, 470, 488, 499), (30th Regiment, 179, 264, 429, 434, 435), (31st Regiment, 134), (32nd Regiment, 219, 224, 316), (38th Regiment, 441), (39th Regiment, 413, 441), (43rd Regiment, 316), (46th Regiment, 198, 202), (47th Regiment, 193, 267, 317, 385, 426, 431, 436, 437, 439, 470), (52nd Regiment, 298), (53rd Regiment, 324), (54th Regiment, 426), (57th Regiment, 252), (61st Regiment, 175, 379), (63rd Regiment, 315–16, 326, 405), (66th Regiment, 512), (68th Regiment, 331, 452), (70th Regiment, 332, 429, 431, 435, 436, 437, 439), (74th Regiment, 441), (81st Regiment, 253, 267, 385), (89th Regiment, 284), (94th Regiment, 97), (105th Regiment, 134, 135, 284, 448, 470, 532), (113th Regiment, 146, 235, 257)

Old Bay, 332

Old Savannah Road, 316

Oliver, Ga. (CRR No. 4 1/2), 323; December 4 probe, 330–31

Oliver, John M., 366–67, 384–85, 429

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 21

Opelika, Ga., 8

O’Reilly, Thomas, 86

Orme, Mrs. Richard McAllister, 18, 220–21

Ossabaw Sound, 423, 442, 444, 445, 446, 455, 471, 498, 501

Osterhaus, Peter J., 69, 102, 115, 157; Ball’s Ferry fight, 252–53; described, 195–96; Griswoldville fight, 195–201, 212

Oxford, Ga., 15, 134, 137

Palmetto, Ga., 5–8

Parks Mill, 154, 159–60

Parry, Augustus C., 436

Pennsylvania troops: artillery (Battery E, 500); cavalry (9th Regiment, 94, 150, 196, 198, 249, 340–41, 449); infantry (28th Regiment, 133, 326), (79th Regiment, 311, 452), (111th Regiment, 92, 140), (147th Regiment, 441, 470, 470, 514)

Pennyworth Island, 485

Philadelphia Inquirer
, 262, 286, 517

Philadelphia
, U.S.S., 411

Philips, Henry L., 431

Philips, Pleasant J., 197, 199, 200, 202–3, 203–4, 205–6, 208–9, 210–11, 213–15

Phillips Academy, 221

pioneers.
See
March to the Sea

Pitts Chapel, 179

Pitts, John W., 147

Planter’s Factory, 115, 122, 129; described, 124–25; destroyed, 149–50, 155

Plumb, William, 207

Poe, Orlando M., 511, 538; Atlanta destruction, 60, 62, 67, 77, 86; Buffalo Creek, 244–47; described, 55–57; Eatonton Factory destruction, 161

pontoons, 43, 55–56, 120–21, 123, 127, 131, 135–36, 139, 184, 193, 245–47, 264–65, 283, 303, 305, 317, 327, 365–66, 370–71, 383–84, 417, 468–69, 479–80, 485–86, 497; described, 120–21; importance, 538. See also
bridges

Pooler, Ga. (CRR No. 1), 331, 389

Port Royal, S.C., 231, 410–11, 466

Post, S. V. W., 88

Potter, John, 325

Potts, Benjamin F., 219, 481

Price, John M., 483–84

Prior, Felix W., 368

prisoners, 35–36, 148–49, 157, 236, 395–96, 489–90

Puckett, Aunt Winnie, 109

Pulaski House, 504

Pulaski Monument, 512

Quillin, Martha Amada, 98–99

Quimby, George W., 442; mission to contact fleet, 390–91, 401–2, 410–12

Quincy Daily Whig & Republican
, 516

railroads, destruction, 92, 100, 108, 119, 125, 133, 141, 144, 168, 171, 191, 192, 220, 223, 251–52, 259, 264, 270, 271, 278, 281, 296–97, 303, 310, 316, 324, 384–85, 394, 449, 463, 469–70, 477, 482, 532–33; intelligence gathering, 232–33; Sherman’s orders, 226; trains captured, 385–86, 506

Rains, George Washington, 250

rape.
See
March to the Sea
Red Legs
(tugboat), 501–3

Reese, Chauncey B., 397, 417

Reese, Louise, 17, 149, 174–75

Reese, Tabitha, 17

Reid, George W., 133–34

Resolute
, C.S.S., 414–16, 448–49, 476, 479

Reynolds plantation, November 28 fight, 287–91

Reynolds, J. A., 500

Rice, Elliott W., 365–66

Riceboro, Ga., 477

Richmond, Va., 3, 5, 13, 67, 94–95, 228–29, 268, 353–54