Authors: Bruce Catton
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
Snyder's Bluff, Miss.,
371
,
385
,
387
,
408
Soldiers, sickness among,
61â62
,
218
; behavior of,
291â296
,
335â336
; disillusionment of, on Vicksburg campaign,
366â368
; in Mississippi,
431
; in Jackson,
441
; Negro,
364
,
403â405
,
465
; Yank and Reb, at Vicksburg,
468â469
,
472
,
484
; paroled,
473â476
.
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,
385â386
Stevens, Corporal George A.,
13
Stone, General Charles P.,
89
Storey, Wilbur,
302
Strawberry Plains, Tenn.,
113
Stuart, Colonel David,
227â228
,
232
,
234
Sunflower River,
385
Swett, Leonard,
94â95
,
108â109
Switzerland
, ship,
417
T
ALLAHATCHIE
R
IVER
,
379
Telegraph system, military,
193
“Tennessee quickstep,”
218
Tennessee River,
48
,
123
,
136
,
138â139
,
148â149
,
180
,
210
,
279
Thayer, Colonel John, impressions of Grant at Ironton,
26â27
,
28
,
29
; leads reinforcements for attack on Fort Donelson,
151â152
,
153
; at Donelson,
166
Thomas, General George H., in East Tennessee,
122â123
; 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,
71â72
; prepares to retreat,
73
; and seizure of the
Platte Valley
,
99â100
Tigress
, steamboat,
208
,
222
,
223
,
225
,
343
,
421
Tilghman, General Lloyd,
142
,
143
,
144
“Turtles,”
103
,
411
,
415
.
See also
Gunboats
Tyler
, gunboat,
47
,
48
,
73
,
74
,
82
,
143
,
201
,
237
,
240
Tyner, J. N.,
64â65
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,
316â317
; relieved of command,
329
; Holly Springs raid of,
340â342
,
351
,
361â362
,
372
Vicksburg, Miss., Confederates control,
277
; Halleck hopes to take,
278
; defenses of,
371â372
,
448
,
450â452
; Grant's attempts to by-pass,
376â382
; siege of,
453â466
,
468â470
; occupation of,
483
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad,
342
Vincent, Rev. J. M.,
273
Virginia, difficulties of Federal armies in,
284
Volunteers,
61â62
; Grant and,
5
,
61
,
84
,
89
,
172
,
419
W
ALKE
, C
OMMANDER
H
ENRY
,
82
,
155â156
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,
16â17
; Grant's letters to,
29â30
,
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,
125â126
,
139
,
162â163
,
174
Williams, General Thomas,
377
Willow Springs, Miss.,
428
Wilson, Colonel James H., of Rawlins and Grant,
68â69
; sent to aid Grant with attempts to by-pass Vicksburg,
379â380
,
381
; angered at failure of Fort Pemberton attack,
384
; at Vicksburg,
415
,
456â457
; 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
Yates, Governor Richard (Ill.),
9
,
17
,
179
Yazoo River,
321
,
343
,
371
,
384â385
,
448
Young, John Russell,
208
Young's Point, La.,
374
Z
OLLICOFFER
, G
ENERAL
F
ELIX
K.,
57
,
122
About the Author
Bruce Catton (1899â1978) was a Pulitzer Prizeâwinning 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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