Southern Storm (104 page)

Richmond Dispatch
, 94

Richmond Examiner
, 67, 228–29

Richmond Sentinel
, 228, 353

Richmond Whig
, 229

Robertson, Felix H., 288

Robinson, James S., 378

Robinson, Mrs. Philip, 160

Rocky Comfort Creek, 284

Rocky Creek, 294, 309, 313; December 2 fight, 319–20

Roe, Lewis F., 270

Rome, Ga., 59

Romney Marsh, 501

Rose Dhu Island Battery, 424, 442

Rosemary Creek, 327

Ross, Levi, 302–3

Rough and Ready, Ga., November 15 fight, 80

Rutledge, Ga., 133

Salkehatchie River, 516

Sample, Sue, 304–5, 312–13

Sampson
, C.S.S., 414–16

Sandersville, Ga., 241, 259–62, 529, 539; November 25 fight, 247; November 26 fight, 256–59

Savannah and Gulf Railroad, 384–5, 449, 463, 482, 506, 533

Savannah Campaign, development and evolution, 33–58

Savannah
, C.S.S., 480, 496, 500, 503

Savannah Morning News
, 499

Savannah-Ogeechee Canal, 385, 390; December 9 fight, 374

Savannah Republican
, 499

Savannah River, 16, 354–55, 356, 359, 361, 370, 371, 374, 391–92, 394–95, 400, 406, 407, 419, 441, 453–54, 476

Savannah, Ga., 19–20, 280, 351, 353, 409; Beauregard considers expendable, 375, 454–55; defenses, 65, 143, 365, 377, 400, 409; evacuation, 487–97; evacuation planning, 468–69, 479–80, 485–86; evacuation pontoon, 486, 494, 497–8; Hardee surrender response, 473–75; material captured, 506; Sherman surrender demand, 471–72; siege conditions, 405, 478, 489–90; Southern response to surrender, 511; surrendered, 496–7; threatened, 65; Union occupation, 498–521; Union siege operations, 405–7, 412–14, 420–21, 448–49, 452–53, 463–65, 470–71, 478, 483–84, 490–91

Savannah River Squadron, 480, 491, 496

Scarboro (CRR No. 7), 313, 317, 322, 323, 324, 331

Schofield, John M., 300

Scott, Mrs., 118

Screven’s Ferry, 503

Scudder, Jotham, 282

Scull’s Creek, 317

Sebastopol, Ga. (CRR No. 10), 255, 302, 303

Seddon, James, 280

Selfridge, James L., 378–80

Shady Dale, Ga., 142, 153, 162

Sherfy, William H., 426

Sherman, Charles Celestine, 518

Sherman, Ellen Ewing, 24, 25, 466, 518

Sherman, William Ewing (Willy), 23–24, 518

Sherman, William Tecumseh: African-American interaction, 99–100, 118, 136, 173, 186–7, 320–21, 518–21; antipathy toward England, 517–18; Atlanta, 69, 77–8, 87–8, 90–91; briefs soldiers on campaign, 71; called insane, 25; campaign assessment, 547–8; campaign planning, 538–40; cavalry management, 275–76; civilian interaction, 147–78, 176–77, 237, 248, 261–62, 373; collective responsibility, 29, 226, 246; command decisions, 186, 225–26, 262, 292–93, 307–9, 314–15, 321–22, 323, 330, 351–52, 357–58, 365, 408, 418–19, 442–43, 445–47, 456, 466, 471, 475–77, 480–85, 544–46; command style, 118–19; considers options, 99, 142, 185–86, 225–26; Dahlgren relationship, 446–47, 455–56, 482; death of sons, 23–24, 518; December 10 incident, 398–99; described, 25–26, 295, 328; destiny, 31; expels Atlanta civilians, 35; fears social disruption, 29–30; forage liberally incident, 136–37; foraging (approves), 41, 43, 147; foraging (disapproves), 27; Fort McAllister, 397, 407, 417, 421–39; Foster relationship, 444–47, 476, 480–81, 486–87; free press, 30, 274, 373; Georgia political machinations, 37; Grant relationship, 40, 447, 456–61, 475, 544; hard war, 31; idealized vision of America, 28–29; Kilpatrick relationship, 226–27, 314, 358, 528; leadership qualities, 26–27; learns of Savannah surrender, 502; limits POW exchange, 35–36; Louisiana Military

Seminary, 25; march orders, 48–55, 77–8, 225–6; March to the Sea authorship, 33–34;
Memoirs
, 33, 87, 99, 188n, 223, 272, 331, 460, 463, 475, 487, 536, 546; Meridian

Campaign, 47; military expertise, 26–28; Milledgeville occupation, 218, 224–27, 236; newspaper praise, 516–17; perpetual motion, 26; personality, 24–32, 90–91, 273–74, 466; philosophy of war, 27–8; political generals, 48; postage stamp, 536; proposes to capture Augusta, 37;
proposes to capture Columbus, 36; proposes to capture Macon, 37; proposes Savannah campaign, 38–46; racial prejudices, 30–31, 518–21; removes Augusta from target list, 225–26; removes Macon from target list, 70; reviews troops, 514–15; Sandersville, 257–8, 261–62; Savannah occupation, 504–5, 507–8, 511, 514–15; soldier sightings, 87, 99, 109, 137, 222, 259, 293–94, 328, 330, 388, 514–15; southern animosity, 536–37; southern guilt, 29, 32; Special Field Orders No. 15, 521; Special Field Orders No. 120, 48–55, 373; storm metaphors, 31–32; supremacy of law, 29–30; terror retaliation, 226, 245–46, 314–15; Thomas relationship, 38, 43–46, 460, 463; torpedoes, 387–89, 441, 448; views Atlanta destruction, 69, 87, 91; weather acumen, 57–58, 127

Sherwood, Frederick, 270

Shull, John S., 96

Shuttinger, Louis, 431

Sloan, Thomas S., 500

Slocum, Henry W., 42–43, 48–49, 62, 69, 78, 119, 140, 141, 162, 171, 184, 272, 373, 407, 453, 467, 472–73, 481, 501, 528, 531, 539

Smethurst, John, 247

Smith, Giles A., 219, 224, 230–31

Smith, Gustavus W., 125, 129, 197, 199, 204, 215, 368, 400, 451, 493–94; seeks Sherman protection for family, 517

Smith, John E., 192, 272, 313

Smith, Milo, 196

Smith, Robert F., 257

Snelling, David R., 187–88

Social Circle, Ga., 120, 125–26, 142

Southern Telegraph Company, 419, 533

Spanish moss, 267, 374, 448

Spencer, George, 116, 163

Spier’s Turnout (CRR No. 11), 281

Spring Hill, Tenn., 300 Springfield, Ga., 363–64

Stanley, T. N., 434

Stanton, Edwin, 41; Savannah visit, 519–21

Statesboro, Ga., December 4 fight, 332

Stiles, Robert M., 485–86

Stockbridge, Ga., 100, 101; November 15 fight, 84; November 16 fight, 93

Stoneman, George, 150, 165

Stone Mountain, Ga., 82, 91, 92, 96

Storrow, Samuel, 325

Strathy Hall, 423

Strong, William E., 61, 265–66, 440

Stubbs family, 80

Swan
(steamer), 492, 497

Sylvan Grove, Ga., 105, 117

Sylvania, Ga., 330, 349

Tarver, Judge, 294

Tattnall, Josiah, 491–2

Taylor, Richard, 128, 231; appointed to Macon defense, 103–4; Davis meeting, 9; declines to provide Georgia support, 9; Macon defense, 193–3, 198, 199; reacts to Beauregard appointment, 9; reacts to Hood plan, 9

Taylor, Thomas, 193

Taylor, Zachary, 9

Tennessee troops (C.S.): infantry (24th Regiment, 167)

Tennille, Ga. (CRR No. 13), 247, 250, 254, 255, 259, 270, 271, 273, 280

Texas troops: cavalry (8th Regiment, 134, 185)

Thackeray, William, 19

Thomas Station, 328, 334, 528

Thomas, George H., 38, 41, 281, 300–301, 447, 460–61, 475, 521, 547; Nashville battle, 461–63; Sherman relationship, 38, 43–46, 460, 463; worries about Tennessee defense, 42–46

Toombs, Robert A., 95, 112, 199, 323

Toomsboro, Ga. (CRR No. 15), 228

Towaliga River, 108

Travis, Tillie, 14–5, 134–5

Trego, Alfred, 220, 272

Il Trovatore
, 88

Turkey Roost Swamp, 377.
See also
Monteith Swamp

Turnwold plantation, 170.
See also
Harris, Joel Chandler

Tybee Roads, 490

Union Causeway, 453, 473, 485, 487, 489, 503

United States Customs House, 498, 504

Vaughan, J. A., 432

Vaun, Mr., 176–77

Verdi, Giuseppe, 88

Vernon River, 423–24, 430

Walcutt, Charles C., 196, 198, 201, 202, 204–5, 209; wounded, 210

Walker, Edmund B., 15–16, 141

Wallace, William, 120

Walnut Creek, 165–8

Walthourville, Ga., 477

Ward, William T., “Old Shaky,” 370

Ware, V. Thornton, 495

Wayne, Henry C., 150, 178n, 180, 191–92, 216–18, 227–28, 229–30, 251, 253–54, 313, 323, 330

Waynesboro, Ga., 19, 22, 278, 347; December 4 battle, 334–44 weather, 57–58, 127

Weller, John, 80, 84, 217, 218, 219, 224

Wellman, D. L., 406

Wells, Johnny, 305–6, 313

Wentz, F. J., 338

Wheeler, Joseph, 39, 125, 129, 276, 347, 375, 486, 540–41; Beauregard considers replacing, 256; combat, 102, 157, 285–91, 361–62; command decisions, 63, 174, 195, 200, 232, 247, 264, 276–77; described, 63, 256; Ebenezer Creek incident, 383; foraging excesses, 112–13, 294, 375, 541–42; foraging policy, 85; Griswoldville actions, 195–200; Macon defense, 151, 157, 168; ordered into South Carolina, 419; reports on Federal advance, 64–65, 83, 93, 111–12, 129, 312; Reynolds plantation fight, 288–89; Rocky Creek fight, 319–20; Sandersville fight, 256–59, 260; seeks guidance, 112; Waynesboro, 278, 334–44

Whitehead, Catherine, 277–78

Whitfield, Matthew, 153

Widney, Lyman, 318–19

Wilcox, M. K., 215

William (slave), 20, 505

Williams, Alpheus S., 69, 453, 479, 515

Williams, William F., 215

Williamson, James A., 365

Wilson, Kline, 363

Winder, John H., 448

Winegar, Charles E., 415–16, 479

Wisconsin troops: artillery (10th Battery, 288, 336, 340–1), (12th Battery, 452); infantry (3rd Regiment, 98, 184, 380, 406–7, 414, 416, 419, 448, 453, 468, 484–85, 489), (12th Regiment, 364, 483), (16th Regiment, 364, 470), (21st Regiment, 135, 146, 452–53), (22nd Regiment, 282, 325, 414, 448), (26th Regiment, 514), (31st Regiment, 98, 247, 379–80), (32nd Regiment, 390)

Womble, George, 21

Woodhull, Maxwell Van Zandt, 456–58

Woods, Charles R., 196

Work, Henry Clay, 536–8

Wright’s Bridge, 358, 365–6

Wright, Ambrose Ransom, 189, 400, 491

Wright, Oscar, 176

Wrightsville, Ga., 282

W. W. Coit
(steamer), 509

Yellow River, 97, 110, 118, 120, 127, 135

Zachry family, 126