Grant Moves South (87 page)

CAMPAIGN IN MISSISSIPPI:
his district of command enlarged,
287–288
; most anxious period in the war,
289
; and problem of guerilla warfare,
291
,
305–306
,
401
; family joins him at Corinth,
297–299
; asks permission to attack in Mississippi,
300
; arrests newspaper reporter,
301–303
; argues with Sheridan,
308
; regroups his troops,
308–309
; plans to defeat Price,
309–311
; at Jackson,
313
; displeased with Rosecrans,
316
,
317–318
; attempts to cut off Van Dorn's retreat,
316
; consults Halleck about pursuing Van Dorn,
317–318
; pleased at Rosecrans's transfer,
319–320
; plans offensive southward,
320–323
; district designated military department,
321
; relations with Halleck,
321
; on McClernand,
326
; plans for Mississippi River campaign,
327–333
,
335
; rebukes men for vandalism,
336
; ordered to divide forces into four corps,
338
; letter to McClernand,
339
; tries to warn Sherman about Pemberton,
342
; in dark as to Sherman's activities,
344
; and the cotton problem,
347–352
; rebukes father for helping cotton traders,
352
; General Orders Number 11 concerning Jews,
353–356
; and problem of fugitive slaves,
356–365
,
401–405
; on the march to Vicksburg,
371–374
,
384–387
; puts McClernand in his place,
374–376
; and attempts to bypass Vicksburg,
376–382
; development of,
391–393
; attacks on,
394–399
,
462–465
; confident about Vicksburg campaign,
400–401
,
406
; family with him at Vicksburg,
414
; plans develop for Vicksburg campaign,
407–410
,
412–413
; in Vicksburg campaign,
414–449
,
450–453
; and siege of Vicksburg,
454–466
,
468–470
; decides his army to live off land,
430
; and problem of supplies,
430–431
,
434–435
; and surrender and occupation of Vicksburg,
471–485
; opposes expansion
of cotton trade,
485
; appointed major general in Regular Army,
487

Grant, Ulysses, Jr.,
125
,
298

Greeley, Horace,
388

Greenville, Mo.,
23

Greenwood, Miss.,
383

Grenada, Miss.,
321
,
328
,
332
,
333

Grierson, Colonel Benjamin,
422

Grimes, Senator,
180

Guerilla warfare,
290–291
,
292
,
304
,
305
,
401

Gunboats, problem of paying crews of,
54
; at Belmont,
75–76
; Polk's.
102
; constructed for Grant,
102–103
; problem of crews for,
103–104
; at Fort Henry,
141
,
143
,
144
,
147
; in raid up Tennessee River,
148–149
; return to Cairo,
150
; in attack on Fort Donelson,
151
,
158
,
160–161
,
163–164
,
168
,
169
,
177
; on expedition to Clarksville,
184–185
; disperse Confederates at Pittsburg Landing,
201
; in Vicksburg campaign,
382–386
,
411
,
413–417
,
424
,
460

Gwin, Lieutenant William,
201

H
ALLECK
, G
ENERAL
H
ENRY
W
AGER
, replaces Hunter,
85
; abilities,
85–87
; relationship with Grant,
86
,
98–99
,
196
,
197
,
207
,
275–276
,
288
,
321
,
327
,
392
; supports C. F. Smith,
88
,
89
; supports Sherman in face of criticism,
90–91
; on his work,
93
; favorably impressed by Grant's administration of Cairo district,
97
; correspondence with Buell,
116
; and proposed offensive in East Tennessee,
118
,
119
,
123–124
,
125
,
126
; treatment of secessionists,
127
; tries to restrain ferocious Union adherents,
128–129
; and decision to move on Forts Henry and Donelson,
129–133
,
135–138
; sends reinforcements to Grant at Fort Henry,
141
; and Grant's plan to take Fort Donelson,
146
,
150–151
; sends reinforcements to Paducah,
149
; suggests impressment of slaves,
152
; accepts public acclaim,
179
; creates District of West Tennessee,
184
; embarrassed by Grant's success at Forts Henry and Donelson,
186
; asks promotion and reassignment of Hitchcock,
187
; plans for Western Division,
187–188
; bids for his own advancement,
188
; and lapse in communications with Grant,
193–199
,
202–204
; plans raid on Confederate rail centers,
200
; given full control in the West,
206
; drops complaints against Grant,
206
; orders Grant to avoid substantial fight,
211
,
212
; many problems facing,
214–215
; orders Grant and Buell to act in concert,
245
; goes to Pittsburg Landing,
250
; exonerates Grant of Reid's charges,
262
; differing opinions of,
265
; plans new offensive,
265–266
; announces new organization,
266
; belittles Grant's plan for march on Corinth,
271
; persuades Grant to stay with Army,
274
; armed strength of, in Corinth area,
277
; has Vicksburg expedition in mind,
278
; and maintenance of railroad network,
278–279
; and problems in East Tennessee,
279–280
; revokes reorganization order,
281
; opposes Pope's being sent East,
284
; appointed General in Chief,
286–287
; enlarges Grant's command,
287–288
; on guerilla warfare,
291
; urges Grant to take harder attitude,
294
; dissatisfied with Buell,
301
,
308
; warns Grant against Price-Bragg junction,
307
; and Grant's decision to stop pursuit of Van Dorn,
317
; letter to George H. Thomas,
320
; designates Grant's district a military department,
321
; ideas on opening the Mississippi,
325
; discouragement of,
326
; promises reinforcements for Mississippi campaign,
328
; cryptic replies to Grant about Mississippi campaign,
329
,
330
; changes ideas about importance of railroads,
331–332
; cautions Grant
re
Mississippi expedition,
332–334
; and fugitive slave problem,
358
,
402
; urges reinforcement of Mississippi army,
373
; on importance of opening the Mississippi,
432–433
; chides Grant for paroling Pemberton's armies,
478–479

Halstead, Murat,
394–395

Hamilton, General C. S.,
311
; on the fight at luka,
311
,
312
; at battle of Corinth,
314
; in Mississippi Rivet campaign,
329
,
330
; his attack on Grant,
395–396

Hamlin, Hannibal,
180

Hankinson's Ferry, Miss.,
435

Hard Times plantation,
421

Hardee, General William J.,
19
; moves
on Ironton,
21
; Grant prepares attack on,
23–26
; withdraws into Arkansas,
41
; confers with Johnston and Beauregard,
154
; at Corinth,
214
,
216
; at Shiloh,
237

Harris, Governor Isham (Tenn.),
112–113
,
200

Harris, Tom,
12

Haynes' Bluff, Miss.,
408

Haynie, Colonel I. N.,
156

Hebert, General Louis,
470

Helena, Ark.,
277
,
374
,
376

Hickman, Ky.,
48
,
101

Hildebrand, Colonel Jesse,
234

Hillyer, Captain W. S., on Grant's talkativeness,
65
; sent by Grant to investigate fraud in quartermaster department,
97
; reports Confederate counterattack at Donelson,
164
; arrives at Savannah,
222
; at Shiloh,
230

Hitchcock, General Ethan Allen,
187

Holly Springs, Miss., Van Dorn at,
317
; Grant plans to move on,
328
; as Grant's advance base,
331
; Van Dorn's raid on,
340–342
; cotton traders captured at,
351

Hooker, General Joseph,
370

“Hornets' nest,”
229
,
232
,
233
,
234
,
235
,
236
,
237

Hovey, General Alvin P.,
354
,
443
,
445
,
460

Humboldt, Tenn.,
194
,
278

Hunter, General David, given Frémont's command,
85
; in Kansas,
187
; imminent transfer rumored,
273
; organizes Negro regiment,
364
,
404–405

Hurlbut, General Stephen A., promoted to brigadier,
17
; on move up Tennessee River,
210
; at Shiloh,
227
,
228
,
239
,
244
; at Memphis,
300
; ordered to march South,
309
; Grant orders to Pocahontas,
316
; in Mississippi River campaign,
338
; Grant's orders to, concerning Jews,
354
; reports on Grant's progress,
389
; Hamilton's attack on,
395
; sends reinforcements to Vicksburg,
460

I
LLINOIS
C
ENTRAL
R
AILROAD
,
94
,
96

Illinois regiments: 8th,
82
; 9th,
48
,
233
; 10th,
51
; 11th,
52
,
72
; 12th,
48
,
234
; 15th,
234
; 17th,
23
,
156
; 18th,
72
; 20th,
52
,
336
; 21st Infantry,
3–4
,
5–16
,
17
,
19
,
23
; 22nd,
75
; 24th,
23
; 27th,
78
; 29th,
72
; 37th,
62
; 40th,
210
; 41st,
232
; 48th,
156
; 49th,
156
; 52nd,
134
; 55th.
232
,
240
; 99th,
446

Indiana Regiment, 69th,
410

Iowa regiments: 2nd,
169–170
; 3rd,
277
; 6th,
228
,
240–7
th,
26
,
76
; 11th,
234
; 12th,
158
; 15th,
234
; 24th,
443

Ironton, Mo.,
18–22
,
23
,
41

Isham, W. P.,
302

Island Number Ten,
195
,
214
,
250
,
328

Iuka, Miss.,
300
,
307
,
309–311

J. D. Perry
, steamer,
100

Jackson, Miss., Grant's headquarters at,
309
; as Grant's goal,
331
; Pemberton at,
426
; Grant drives on,
439
; Federals take,
440–42
; Sherman's destruction at,
482–483

Jackson, Tenn.,
194

Jackson, Stonewall,
284

“Jayhawkers,”
129

Jefferson City, Mo.,
29
,
30–31
,
34

Jennison, Colonel C. R.,
128–129

Jews, General Orders Number 11 concerning,
353–356

Johnson, Bushrod,
178

Johnston, General Albert Sidney, put in command of Western theater,
57
; Southern hopes that he can take possession of Missouri,
66
; orders Polk to send men East,
74
; armed strength of,
115
,
117
; on effectiveness of Union gunboats,
147
; decides to divide forces,
154
; evacuates Bowling Green,
164
; agrees to abandon Ky.-Tenn. defensive line,
180
; position becomes desperate,
214
; regains initiative at Corinth,
216
; prepares to do battle,
220–221
; at Shiloh,
228
,
243
; death of,
236

Johnston, General Joseph E.,
329
; in command in Mississippi and Tennessee,
407
; to move to Jackson,
435
; as problem to Pemberton,
437
; reaches Jackson,
440
; orders Pemberton to move north,
443
; orders Pemberton to evacuate Vicksburg.
445
; on the defense of Vicksburg,
448
; hopes to relieve Pemberton at Vicksburg,
450–452
,
454
,
460
,
469–470
; pays tribute to Grant's army,
454
; protests paroling of Pemberton's men,
481–482
; evacuates Jackson,
482