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The Bloody Road to Richmond

“He was to go for Lee” Foote,
Civil War, vol. 3
.

“hammer continuously against” Foote,
Civil War, vol. 3.

“No one could see the fight” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“You Yanks don't call this” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“The men fought the enemy” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“Our spirits rose” Foote,
Civil War, vol. 3.

“If you see the president” Perret,
Ulysses S. Grant.

“General Grant will not retreat” Botkin,
Civil War Treasury.

“General Lee to the rear!” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“If you will promise me” Foote,
Civil War, vol. 3.

“I never expect to be” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“Lee's army is really whipped.” McPherson,
Battle Cry.

“The men were calmly writing” Foote,
Civil War, vol. 3.

“June 3, 1864. Cold Harbor” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“We started with a yell” Furguson,
Not War but Murder
.

“To your guns, boys” Furguson,
Not War but Murder.

“It seemed more like a volcanic” Foote,
Civil War, vol. 3.

“The dead covered five acres” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“I regret this assault more” McPherson,
Battle Cry
.

“They call me a butcher.” Perret,
Ulysses S. Grant.

“You could put a piece” Foote,
Civil War, vol. 3.

“There were days when I could” Carpenter,
Six Months.

“Mr. President, you are standing” Botkin,
Civil War Treasury.

“We could blow that fort” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“Suddenly the earth trembled” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“the saddest affair I have” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“What is all this struggling” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“Lincoln is deader than dead.” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“I told Mr. Lincoln” Sandburg,
Abraham Lincoln.

“I am going to be beaten” McPherson,
Battle Cry.

“The most restless man” Botkin,
Civil War Treasury
.

“Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“Since Atlanta I have felt” Chesnut,
Diary from Dixie.

“You know, that reminds me” Carpenter, Six Months.

“I had rather stay out here” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire
.

“Say, Yank!” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“We will be free” McPherson,
Battle Cry.

“Like demons they rush in!” Burge,
Woman's Wartime Journal
.

“I can make the march” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire
.

“War is cruelty” Foote,
Civil War, vol. 3.

“We will hang Jeff Davis” Nevin,
Sherman's March
.

“The stench in some places” Andrews,
War-Time Journal

“I beg to present you” McPherson,
Battle Cry.

“We will let her know” McPherson,
Battle Cry.

“I have felt, ever since” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“With malice toward none” Lincoln,
Speeches and Writings.

“On reaching the door” Douglass,
Life and Times.

“Here comes my friend” Douglass,
Life and Times.

“Edward, unless you come” Channing,
Confederate Ordeal.

“with empty stomachs” McCarthy,
Detailed Minutiae.

“A note was handed” Botkin,
Civil War Treasury.

“We were startled by heavy” Trudeau,
Men of War.

“Richmond was literally a sea” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“Old men and women” Trudeau,
Men of War.

“Thank God I have lived” McPherson,
Battle Cry.

“I wonder if I could get” Foote, Civil War,
vol. 3.

“There is nothing left for me” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“In my rough traveling suit” Grant, Personal Memoirs.

“I have come to meet you” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“They fall on each other's” McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire.

“The war is over” McPherson,
Battle Cry.

“It is by miracles” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“That is the last speech” McPherson,
Battle Cry.

“We must both be more” Carpenter,
Six Months.

“I can't save him” Sandburg,
Abraham Lincoln.

“Now he belongs to the ages.” Sandburg,
Abraham Lincoln.

“I am glad to see one real” McPherson,
Battle Cry.

“We are all Americans.” McPherson,
Battle Cry
.

What Ever Happened To â¦

“Useless, useless” Winik, April 1865.

“If I desired to kill the Senator” Schlesinger,
Congress Investigates.

“Oh, I pitched in with them” Haskell,
Battle of Gettysburg
.

“Jeff Davis Captured in Hoop Skirts” Ross,
First Lady of the South.

“Hello, I am Mrs. Grant” Ross,
First Lady of the South.

“Forty years of my life” Douglass,
Life and Times.

“God bless you, Douglas.” Wells,
Stephen Douglas
.

“I am naturally fond of adventure” Edmonds,
Nurse and Spy.

“We wish now for good feeling” Freeman,
R. E. Lee.

“No, I will go right back” Freeman,
R. E. Lee.

“There was a cheerless cold rain” Commanger,
Blue and the Gray.

“I know this foul murder” Chesnut,
Diary from Dixie.

“Now in this world” Oates,
Abraham Lincoln.

“I feel that a great weight” McClellan,
McClellan's Own Story
.

“to place my side of the story” McClellan,
McClellan's Own Story
.

“It were better for his memory” Sears,
George B. McClellan.

“[They] could hardly believe it was” Ransom,
Andersonville Diary
.

“I am sick and tired of fighting” Fellman,
Citizen Sherman.

“So you're the little woman” Hedrick,
Harriet Beecher Stowe.

“Save my civil rights bill.” Sumner,
Works of Charles Sumner.

“All they need is an equal” Uya,
Robert Smalls
.

Index

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African Americans: enlistment of
Amputations
Anderson, Robert: Fort Sumter and
Andrews, Eliza
Antietam
Appomattox, meeting at
Arkansas: secession of
Army of the Potomac
Atchison, David
Auld, Thomas
Autry, James L.: quoted

Banks, Nathaniel
Barton, Clara
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chancellorsville: losses in; start of
Battle of Chattanooga
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Manassas. See Battle of Bull Run
Battlefields: confusion on
Beauregard, P.G.T.
Bedell, Grace
Bee, Barnard: quoted
Bell, John
Benton, Thomas Hart
Billings, John
“BillyYank,”
“Bleeding Kansas,”
“Bloody Lane,”
Body lice
Booth, John Wilkes
Border states: Lincoln's concern regarding
Boyd, Belle
Bragg, Braxton
Breckinridge, John: as Southern Democratic nominee
Breckinridge, Lucy: quoted
Brock, John C.
Brooks, Preston; Andrew Butler and
Brown, Henry “Box,”
Brown, John: hanging of; life of; march into Harpers Ferry; question of insanity
Buchanan, James: as “last president,” quoted
Buckner, Simon
Buford, Harry T.: real identity of
Bull Run, Battle of
Burns, John; quoted
Burnside, Ambrose
Butler, Andrew
Butler, Sarah: quoted

Cadman, George H.
Cailloux, AndrÃ©: killing of; life of
Calhoun, John C.
Carney, William: death of; Fifty-fourth Massachusetts
Chamberlain, Joshua
Chancellor, Sue
Chancellorsville, Battle of
Chattanooga, Battle of
Chesnut, Mary
Chickamauga, Battle of
Christian William
Civil War: bloodiest battle of; first man to die in; turning points of
Clark, Harvey
Clay, Henry
Clem, Johnny: death of; quoted
Cold Harbor
Combahee River Raid
Commonwealth, The
Compromise of 1850.
See also
Clay, Henry
Confederacy: decision to support; lack of shoes for; surrender at Vicksburg
Confederate States of America
Cotton gin
“Crime Against Kansas, The” (speech)
Crittendon, John
Cross, Edward: quoted
Crowder, John
Cumberland (ship)

Dame, William
Dangerfield Newby
Davis, Jefferson: blame placed on; death of; life of; national day of mourning; quoted; son's death; view of Northerners
Davis, Joe: death of
Davis, Varina
Democrats
Despotism: defined by Lincoln
Diet: for soldiers
Disunion: discussed in Congress
Douglas, Stephen; as Northern Democratic nomineee; political aspirations of
Douglass, Frederick: death of; Fifty-fourth Massachusetts; fight against slavery and; invitation to the White House; quoted
Doyle, James
Dred Scott decision
Duvall, Betty
Dysentery

Edes, Edward
Edmonds, Sarah Emma
Election of 1860: North versus South and; results of
Election of 1864: results
Elmira: escape from
Emancipation Proclamation
Emerson, Irene
Enlisting: reasons for

Fifty-fourth Massachusetts
“Fighting Joe.” See Hooker, Joseph
Fleetwood, Christopher
Fletcher, William
Food: shortage of
Foote, Henry
Fort Donelson; Union victory at
Fort Henry: Union victory at
Fort Sumter: crisis at; start of war
Foster, William
Fourth of July
Fredericksburgh, Battle of
Free papers
Free states
Free-Soilers

Gettysburg Address
Gettysburgh, Battle of
Gold: discovered in California
Goss, Warren: quoted
Granger, Gordon
Granny Lee.
See also
Lee, Robert E.: versus Little Mac
Grant, Ulysses S.: death of; life of; message for Abraham Lincoln; movement south; quoted; victory at Shiloh
Greene, Catherine
Greenhow, Rose O'Neal

Hamby, W.R.
Hamilton, William
Hammond, James: quoted
Hancock, Winfield
Harris, Isham: quoted
Heth, Henry
Hill, A.P.
Hodam, James
“Honest Abe.” See Lincoln, Abraham
Hooker, Joseph
Hough, Daniel
Hunter, Alexander

Infections: amputation and

Jackson, Anna
Jackson, Mary
Jackson, Thomas J.; amputation of arm; nickname for
“Johnny Reb,”
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Joseph
Johnston, Albert Sdiney
Johnston, Joseph
Jones, John
Julian, George: quoted

Kansas: race to
Kansas-Nebraska Act: Douglas's defense of; explained
Kimball, George: quoted
Krzyzanowski, Wlodzimierz: quoted

Lamb, Roger: quoted
Leale, Charles
Lee, Robert E.: death of; decision between Union and Confederacy; Harpers Ferry and; quoted; resignation from U.S. Army; Spotsylvania prediction; starved soldiers of
Lice
Lincoln, Abraham.
See also
Emancipation Proclamation; 1864 election results; beard of; calls to drop out of race; death of son; family life of; inauguration ceremony; opinion of secession; plans for reconstruction; quoted; as Republican nominee; rumors of assassination plans; support for; as “the original gorilla,” on William Rosecrans
Lincoln, Mary
Lincoln, Willie: death of
Lincoln-Douglas debates
Little Mac: versus Granny Lee
“Little Mac.” See McClellan, George
Little Round Top
Longstreet, James
Lord, Lida
Loughborough, Mary
Louisiana Native Guard
Lowe, Thaddeus
Lunt, Dolly
Lyman, Joseph

Mason, James
Maull, John
McCarthy, Carlton
McClellan, George: 1864 election results; death of; as first Democratic candidate; as new leader of Union; quoted
McCrae. Lucy
McCrillis, John: quoted
McDowell, Irving
McGuire, Hunter
Mclntosh, Bob
Meade, George
Merrimac (ship)
Metal shortage
Miller, Dora
Milliken's Bend: attack on
Mississippi: battle in; secession from the Union
Missouri Compromise
Mitchell, Barton
Monitor (ship)
Moon, Lottie
Myers, Elizabeth

Nebraska Territory: division of
New York City Draft Riots
New York Tribune
Newby, Harriet: quoted
North Carolina: secession of

Oates, William; quoted
“Old Snapping Turtle.” See Meade, George

Parker, Ely
Perry, Martha
Pickett, George
“Pickett's Charge,”
Pierce, Tillie: quoted
Pinkerton, Allan
Planciancios, Anselmo
Planter (ship)
Political parties
Port Hudson: attack on
Porter, Fitz John
Porter, Horace: quoted
Powell, Lewis
Prejudice: in the army
Pryor, Agnes
Purvis, Robert

Ramsay, H. Ashton: quoted
Ransom, John; quoted
Rappahannock River
Rebel yell
Reconstruction: plans for
Reese, Harry
Republicans; nomination for president
Rosecrans, William

Scott, Dred: life of; Supreme Court's decision on
Scott, Winfield: blockade of South; opinion of Robert E. Lee
Self-government: defined
Seven Days
Seward, William; quoted
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Shiloh: battle at; Johnny Clem and
Slavery.
See also
Underground Railroad: cotton gin and; and Northerners' view; and Southerners' view
Slaves.
See also
Underground Railroad: cotton gin and; Lincoln's declaration of freedom for; runaway
Smalls, Robert
Snakes
Soldiers: African American; conditions of; diet of
Southern army: food shortages in; lack of shoes for
Spanish-American War
Stanton, Edwin: quoted
Stonewall Jackson. See Jackson, Thomas J.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Stuart, Jeb: quoted
Sumner, Charles; Andrew Butler's attack on; events in Kansas

Taney, Roger B.
Tenessee: secession of
Thirteenth Amendment: Congress approval of
Thomas, George
Thompson, Frank
Tubman, Harriet
Typhoid fever

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Stowe)
Underground Railroad
Union: decision to support; victories
of
Union soldiers: diet of
United States: growth of; land added in 1840s, 10
Upson, Theodore

Velasquez, Loreta Janeta
Vicksburg: journey to; siege on

surrender at

Vincent, Strong
Virginia (ship)
Virignia: secession of

Webster, Daniel
Weld, Stephen Minot: quoted
Welles, Gideon
Whitney, Eli

Yancey, William; quoted
Young, Jesse

Zettler, Berrien; quoted