Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 by Jacob Dolson Cox

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Bradley, D. C., lieutenant 65th Ill.,
aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff.

Bragg, Braxton, general Confederate States Army,
invades Kentucky;
sends large forces to Johnston's assistance in Mississippi;
reinforced by Longstreet's corps before Chickamauga;
forces of, opposing Rosecrans;
weakened by absence of Morgan;
losses at Chickamauga;
unable to break line of supplies for Chattanooga;
orders Longstreet to E. Tennessee;
intends crushing Burnside and quick return;
defeated at Chattanooga;
Longstreet's return cut off;
evil consequences;
asks for investigation;
want of confidence in;
directed to turn command over to Hardee;
quoted by Davis;
correspondence with Johnston;
with Hood;
goes to Atlanta to examine condition of affairs and reports;
exposes habitual underestimate of their forces by confederate
generals;
commanding department of North Carolina;
headquarters at Wilmington;
forced to evacuate by General Cox;
forces of, Feb. 10th;
serves under Johnston;
concentrates all forces and attacks General Cox at Kinston;
mistaken order;
waits for reinforcements;
final attack at Kinston;
repulsed;
forces of, at Kinston;
at Chester, South Carolina;
captured near Athens, Georgia

Brannan, John M., brigadier-general United States Volunteers;
at Chickamauga.

Breckinridge, John C., Secretary of War Confederate States Army,
admits slavery to be dead;
takes part in Sherman-Johnston conference;
at Davis' last cabinet meeting;
decides Hampton's troops bound by capitulation but H. himself free
to ignore;
escapes to Cuba.

British Army,
weak points revealed;
not so apt in learning new lessons as our own.

Brough, John, Union Democrat,
defeats Vallandigham.

Brown, Rev. Fred. T., chaplain 7th Ohio,
trip from Sutton to Gauley through enemy's lines to bring Cox
information.

Brown, Jos. E., Governor of Georgia,
tenders 5000 militia for defence of Atlanta;
urges reinforcements to prevent fall of Atlanta;
exasperation with confederate government;
bitter correspondence with confederate war department;
mentioned.

Brownlow, James P., colonel 1st E. Tennessee Cav.

Brownlow, Wm. E., "Parson,"
leading loyalist at Knoxville.

Buckner, Simon B., major general Confederate States Army,
commanding in E. Tennessee;
joins Longstreet in siege of Knoxville.

Buell, Don Carlos, major general United States Volunteers,
General Cox ordered to join;
order countermanded on Rosecrans' protest;
objects to invasion of E. Tennessee;
sends Garfield to Big Sandy, and Morgan to Cumberland Gap;
retreats before Bragg;
ordered before military commission;
why Rosecrans chosen to succeed.

Buford, Abram, brigadier-general Confederate States Army,
commanding division Forrest's cavalry

Buford, N. B.,
appointed major-general United States Volunteers;
not confirmed.

Bull Run,
second battle of, guns heard at Washington;
news of Pope's defeat reaches Washington.

Bull Run bridge,
stout defence by Scammon.

Burbank, Sidney, major, mustering officer at Camp Jackson.

Burdsall, Henry W., commanding ind. Co. Ohio Cavalry.

Burnside, Ambrose E.,
twice declines command of Army of Potomac and urges McClellan's
retention;
commanding right wing;
first impressions of;
at South Mountain;
sharp reply to Hooker's report;
relations with McClellan;
command divided at Antietam;
leaves Cox in command of 9th army corps;
understanding of McClellan's plans;
practically without command;
order to attack, when received;
efforts to hurry advance;
McClellan's true friend;
heartily advocates emancipation and advises McC. on subject;
forwards Porter's dispatches about Pope to Washington;
held responsible by Porter for his court-martial;
grieved by division of his command, and McC.'s withdrawal of
confidence;
and unjust reprimand;
explains delay;
fine appearance on field;
cordial manners, popularity with his troops;
sincerity and unselfishness;
appointed to succeed McC. in spite of his protests;
dispiriting effect of his defeat at Fredericksburg;
ordered to Department of the Ohio;
plans for occupying E. Tennessee;
headquarters at Cincinnati;
character and habits of;
General Order No. 38;
warns Cincinatti papers against publishing military information;
causes arrest and trial of Vallandigham;
suppresses "Chicago Times";
overruled by the President;
plans campaign into E. Tennessee;
efforts to agree with Rosecrans on plan of advance;
directed to send 9th army corps to Vicksburg;
departure with staff for E. Tennessee;
recall;
organizes raids into West Virginia, E. Tennessee, and S. W.
Kentucky;
efforts to catch Morgan;
declares martial law in southern Ohio, during Morgan raid;
imprisons Morgan and his officers in Ohio penitentiary;
dramatic announcement of fall of Vicksburg;
rejoices in return of 9th army corps;
Halleck's unjust treatment of;
concentrates forces and advances into E. Tennessee;
captures General Frazer and 2500 men at Cumberland Gap;
impossibility of co-operating with Rosecrans;
congratulated by President and Halleck;
asks to be relieved;
organizes and arms E. Tennessee volunteers;
directed to move toward Chattanooga and support Rosecrans;
inability to reach River before battle of Chickamauga;
explains to War Department;
concentrates near Loudon;
attacks confederate General Jones and drives him into Virginia;
relations with Rosecrans;
informs Grant of his situation and necessities of troops;
opposes Longstreet;
well-conducted retreat to Knoxville;
relieved of command;
habitual unfriendliness of Halleck;
Congress passes resolutions of thanks;
at his best in such commands;
lack of system and other faults;
offers General Cox corps command in E. Tennessee;
recommends him for such appointment to General Foster;
plans another expedition to North Carolina;
not allowed to carry it out.

Burnside's Bridge,
across the Antietam;
least promising point of attack;
carried by Cox's command;
losses at.

Butler, Benj. F., major general United States Volunteers,
relieved of command;
criticises Grant in farewell order;
further assignment to command opposed by Grant.

Butler, M. C., major general Confederate States Army,
sent to assist Johnston in driving back Sherman;
included in Johnston's capitulation.

Butterfield, Daniel, major general United States Volunteers,
interferes with Schofield's advance;
declines to act on his request;
claims to outrank S. and disputes his authority.

Buzzard Roost,
strong defensive position at Dalton, Georgia;
attacks on, by Newton, and Geary.

Byrd, Robt. K., colonel E. Tennessee volunteers;
commanding cavalry in E. Tennessee;
at crossing of Olley's Creek

Cameron, Daniel, commanding brig, in Cox's division 23d army corps,
carries bridge over Noyes' Creek;
supports Byrd beyond Olley's Creek;
intrenches between Byrd and Reilly.

Camp Dennison, Ohio
camp of instruction;
laid out by General Cox;
huts built;
floors laid;
drilling of militia;
water works;
routine at;
measles at;
re-enlisting of three months men at.

Camp Jackson, near Columbus, Ohio,
first depot of recruits.

Camp Lookout, West Virginia;
amusing incident.

Campbell, John A., ex-justice U. S. Supreme Court,
confederate peace commander.

Campbell, John A., major and assistant adjutant-general on
Schofield's staff.

Canby, Edw. R., major general United States Volunteers,
Grant plans movement by.

Cantey, James, brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at Resaca.

Carnifex Ferry, West Virginia,
map of;
battle of.

Carrington, Henry B., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
superseded by Hascall at Indianapolis;
restored at Morton's request;
active in prosecuting Knights of Golden Circle.

Carter, John C.,
captain U. S. steamer "Michigan";
aids in defeating plot to release rebel prisoners.

Carter, Samuel P.,
assists in re-occupation of Kanawha valley;
commanding division of mounted troops;
advance into E. Tennessee;
joins 23d army corps;
succeeds Meagher in command of division at Beaufort, North
Carolina;
in advance on Kinston;
good conduct in first day's battle;
again, on final assault;
commanding division composed of Palmer's and his own;
transferred to third (Cox's) division of 23d army corps, when
latter assumes corps command.

Casement, John S., major 7th Ohio,
brings 400 to Charleston after surprise at Cross Lanes;
colonel of 103rd Ohio;
recruits new brass band for his brigade;
at battle of Nashville;
on expedition to North Carolina;
on advance up right bank Cape Fear River

Cavalry,
activity of confederate;
raids usually costly affairs;
difficulties of mounting;
enormous waste of horses;
outpost and patrol duties more important than showy raids.

Cave Spring, Georgia,
description of;
rendezvous for Hood and Beauregard.

Chalmers, James R., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
commanding division in Forrest's cavalry, at battle of Nashville.

Chantilly, battle of.

Chaplains, army.

Charleston, South Carolina,
fall of, has depressing effect on Confederacy.

Charleston, West Virginia,
strategic position;
taken by General Cox;
inundated;
headquarters of General Cox winter of 1861-2;
remissness of city officials;
reoccupied by General Cox.

Chase, Salmon P.,
Secretary of Treasury;
differences with President Lincoln:
corresponds with Garfield;
chief justice, entertains General Cox.

Chattanooga, Tennessee,
siege by Bragg;
line of supplies opened;
lines of communication with Nashville and North;
fortified and garrisoned.

Cheatham, Benj. F., major general Confederate States Army,
controversy with Hood;
at battle of Atlanta;
succeeds to command of Hardee's corps;
at battle of Nashville;
joins Bragg's army in North Carolina;
after capitulation, moves across Great Smoky Mountains with
Tennessee troops.

Chickamauga, battle of.

Chief Command, strain of, as compared with subordinate position.

Chief of Staff, importance of position

Christ, B. C., colonel 50th Pennsylvania,
commanding brigade at South Mountain;
at Antietam.

Christian, Wm. A., colonel 26th New York,
commanding brig, at Antietam.

Christie, S. L.,
captain and aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff;
resigns on account of ill health.

Cincinnati,
headquarters Department of the Ohio;
in 1863 a centre for rebel sympathizers;
refuge for Southern women;
defended against Morgan raiders;
enthusiasm over surrender of Vicksburg.

Claassen, Peter J., colonel 132nd New York,
commanding brig at battle of Kinston.

Clarke, Melvin, lieutenant colonel 36th Ohio,
at South Mountain

Clay, Cassius M., major general United States Volunteers,
not assigned to duty;
resigns and is appointed min. to Russia.

Clayton, H. D., major general Confederate States Army,
at Kinston;
falls on Upham's flank.

Cluseret, Gustave,
colonel and aide-de-camp on Fremont's staff;
amusing controversy with General Milroy;
military chief of Paris commune in 1870.

Cobb, Howell, brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at South Mountain

Coburn, John, colonel 33rd Indiana commanding brigade,
captured by Van Dorn.

Cochrane, John, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
war Democrat, consults McClellan about Emancipation Proclamation;
publishes recollections of interview;
attempts to bring McClellan and Chase into harmony.

Cockerill, Giles J., commanding battery D 1st Ohio artillery,
at Kolb's farm.

Coffee,
value of, in army rations;
improvised coffee-mills.

Colburn, A. V., colonel and assistant adjutant-general on
McClellan's staff,
accompanies him on rides about Washington.

Coleman, Aug. H., lieutenant colonel 11th Ohio,
leads charge up Cotton Mountain, West Virginia;
at South Mountain;
killed at Burnside bridge.

Coleman, D., colonel Confederate States Army,
commanding brigade at battle of Nashville.

Colored Troops,
excellent conduct in skirmish at Federal Point.

Colquitt, Alfred H.,
colonel Confederate States Army commanding brigade at Antietam.

Comly, James M.,
major 23d Ohio;
repulses attack at Pack's Ferry, West Virginia

Comstock, C. B.,
lieutenant colonel engineers on Grant's staff;
gets key to cipher dispatches;
reprimanded by Stanton;
accompanies Terry's expedition against Ft. Fisher;
suggests flanking Hoke's position at Federal Point;
plan adopted by Schofield, but fails on account of heavy gales and
deep sands;
explains Schofield's use of hospital steamer "Spaulding".

Confederate Army,
dwindles as hopes of success vanish;
disorders threatened on capitulation;
complete submission to U. S. authority;
paroled and sent home;
manifest interest in drill and discipline of U. S. troops.

Confederate Currency,
enormous depreciation of. 195.

Conine, Jas. W.,
lieutenant and aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff;
appointed colonel of 5th U. S. Colored troops.

Connecticut Troops,
8th Infantry at Antietam;
11th Infantry at Antietam;
15th Infantry at Kinston.

"Contrabands,"
slaves of confederate officers coming into Union lines;
term gradually applied to all escaped slaves;
difficulties in treatment of.

Cook, Asa M., captain 8th Massachusetts Artillery,
at South Mountain

Coon, Datus E., colonel United States Volunteers,
commanding 2nd brigade Wilson's cavalry at Nashville;
captures enemy's cavalry baggage train.

Cooper, Jos. A., colonel 6th E. Tennessee,
promoted brigadier general and assigned to command 2nd division
23d army corps;
at Johnsonville, Tennessee;
ordered to Beard's Ferry;
masterly retreat from.

Cooper, Samuel, adjutant and inspector general Confederate States
Army,
capitulates with Johnston's army;
tries to preserve confederate archives.

Corps Commander,
takes precedence over ranking major generals not assigned to corps
command.

Corse, John M., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
successfully defends Allatoona.

Cotton Mountain, West Virginia,
overlooking Gauley, seized by Floyd;
annoying fire from;
Floyd's position on, carried by Cox and Schenck.

Couch, Darius N., major general United States Volunteers,
at Yorktown;
ordered to observe A. P. Hill at Harper's Ferry;
should have come on field of Antietam not later than Hill;
but did not appear;
reports to General Thomas for duty, assigned to 4th army corps;
owing to dissatisfaction in that corps assigned to 23d army corps;
outranks General Cox and displaces him as second in command;
at battle of Nashville;
on march from Columbia to Clifton;
commands 23d army corps _en route_ from Clifton to Washington;
sails with his division to Beaufort, North Carolina;
commands two divisions 23d army corps left at Wilmington;
ordered to support of Cox at Kinston;
commands 2nd division 23d army corps under General Cox.

Coughlan, James,
lieutenant 24th Kentucky and aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff;
daring ride at Olley's Creek;
captured near Atlanta, exchanged, and killed at Franklin.

Councils of War,
why they never fight.

Cox, Jacob D.,
in Ohio Senate;
assists Governor Dennison in enrolling and organizing State
militia;
appointed brigadier general O. S. V. April 23d, 1861;
inspects State arsenal with McClellan;
in command of Camp Jackson;
inspects site with McClellan and lays out Camp Dennison;
first lessons in camping out and brigade drill;
extensive reading of military works;
all but one of his regiments ordered away;
ill effects of repeated change of command;
appointed brigadier general United States Volunteers;
confirmed;
ordered to Kanawha valley with raw regiments not yet equipped;
begins operations on a base 100 miles broad;
with 3400 men ordered to drive out Wise, who had 4000;
begins advance July 11th;
wild rumors;
affair at Scary Creek;
turns enemy's flank at Tyler Mountain;
captures Charleston;
presuming colonels;
quiet manner often led to similar difficulties;
experience with newspaper correspondents;
captures Gauley Bridge with 1500 stands of arms and munitions of
war;
congratulated by McClellan and Rosecrans;
establishes post at Gauley, scouts in all directions, sends out
detachments to deceive enemy;
left with only 1800 men to oppose Wise and Floyd with 8000;
suppresses mutinous excitement;
meets Rosecrans at Cross Lanes;
joined by McCook's brigade;
at Camp Lookout;
at Big Sewell Mountain;
skirmish with Wise's legion;
difficulty of obtaining supplies forces retirement to Camp
Lookout;
holds post at Gauley during occupation of Cotton Mountain by
Floyd;
carries Cotton Mountain by front attack up river face;
commands District of Kanawha, headquarters at Charleston;
ordered to report to Buell in Kentucky, countermanded on
Rosecrans' protest;
first military execution ordered;
weeding out incompetents and improving drill and discipline of
Kanawha division;
scrutiny of correspondence between confederates and residents
within the lines;
dealing with non-combatants;
disapproves of test oaths;
policy with regard to escaped slaves;
controversies with owners;
prefers seasoned volunteers to regulars;
rapid improvement of volunteer officers;
rebuilds bridge at Gauley;
uses batteaux for transportation on upper Kanawha;
reports to Fremont 8500 seasoned troops under his command;
pursuant to Fremont's plan of campaign moves to Princeton, West
Virginia;
affair at Princeton;
retires to Flat Top Mountain, on advices that Jackson's defeat of
Banks upsets campaign;
ordered to Washington with his command;
Kanawha division marches 90 miles in 3-1/2 days fully equipped,
over mountain roads;
impressions of Secretary Stanton;
in defences of Washington under McClellan;
meets Pope and McDowell retreating to Washington;
commends general scheme of Pope's campaign;
learns through his scouts of Lee's invasion of Maryland;
methods of collecting and sifting information;
condemns McClellan's spy system;
ordered to report to Burnside;
first impressions;
attached to 9th Corps and takes advance;
shocked at straggling in Army of Potomac;
meets General Reno;
good impression made by Kanawha division;
at the Monocacy;
at Frederick, Maryland;
supports Pleasanton;
commands in action at Fox's Gap, South Mountain;
Reno arrives late in day, is killed almost immediately, and Cox
succeeds to command of the corps;
expresses his pride in the conduct of the Kanawha division;
meets McClellan and principal officers of Army of Potomac at
headquarters;
retained in command of 9th Corps;
part it was to take in the battle;
carries Burnside bridge and fords in front and drives confederate
right wing back to Sharpsburg;
movement arrested by arrival of A. P. Hill's division from
Harper's Ferry and flank attack;
holds his position and sleeps on battlefield;
gets hints of a project to make McClellan dictator;
consulted by McC. as to how he should treat Emancipation
Proclamation;
warns him against putting himself in opposition to administration;
accompanies Lincoln in ride over battlefield of Antietam;
promoted to major general and command of 9th Corps;
ordered to return to Kanawha valley, overrun by confederate forces
in his absence;
commands District of West Virginia;
takes leave of 9th Corps;
Stanton;
and Chase;
reports to General H. G. Wright at Cincinnati;
impressions of;
inspects commands of Morgan and Lightburn;
contracts for wagons and transportation;
reoccupies Kanawha valley, driving out Loring, Echols, and
Jenkins;
administration of affairs in West Virginia;
headquarters at Marietta;
staff reorganized;
appointment as major general not confirmed;
severe disappointment;
evils of subjecting military appointments to political action;
reports to General Schenck at Baltimore;
ordered to Columbus to assist Governor in enrolling and organizing
conscripts;
commands Military District of Ohio, headquarters at Cincinnati;
relations to Burnside;
disinclined to arrest Vallandigham followers;
District of Mich, added to his command;
acting chief of staff for Burnside;
transacts business of the Department of the Ohio, in Burnside's
name;
firm dealing with extreme Democratic partisans;
nomination fails because it had support of neither regular army
officers nor politicians;
secures approval of immediate commanders;
urgent to obtain field command;
reads Kinglake's "Crimean War" and derives comfort from record of
experiments and blunders in English Army;
defeats plot to free prisoners on Johnson's Island;
offered corps command in E. Tennessee by Burnside;
investigates treatment of prisoners at Johnson's Island;
ordered to report to commanding general in E. Tennessee;
winter ride over Mountains;
meets Burnside and staff coming out;
assigned to command District of Kentucky;
distaste for such commands;
assigned to command 23d army corps;
at Strawberry Plains;
first meeting with Grant;
reports to Sheridan at Dandridge, in;
retreat to Strawberry Plains;
drives back rebel advance toward Knoxville;
threatened with pneumonia;
winter quarters at Knoxville;
yields command of 23d army corps to Major General Stoneman;
asks for command of Sheridan's division 4th army corps;
Major General Newton gets it;
meets Schofield;
acts as chief of staff for Schofield;
amusing occurrence on grand rounds;
at Newmarket, E. Tennessee;
at Morristown;
offers plan of campaign for Army of the Ohio;
approved by Schofield;
offered permanent position as chief of staff, or division in 23d
army corps;
takes latter;
second in command to Schofield;
ordered to join Sherman, drives enemy out of E. Tennessee and
destroys railroad back to Knoxville;
march to Dalton;
first meeting with Sherman and Thomas;
commands extreme left at Dalton;
retires left wing in presence of enemy;
movement praised by Sherman and Schofield;
protects exposed flank by fallen timber;
beginning of field intrenchments;
marches through Snake Creek Gap and takes position on left of
army;
carries intrenchments on confederate right at Resaca;
commands advance and extreme left on march from Resaca to
Cassville;
outflanks confederate army and forces abandonment of position
before Cassville;
follows confederate rearguard to crossing of Etowah River;
privations when marching without baggage;
on march to New Hope Church lines;
assumes command of 23d army corps on Schofield's becoming
disabled;
turns confederate position at New Hope Church;
closer relations with Sherman;
unseen perils, narrow escape;
heavy rains and discomfort;
gloomy thoughts;
occupies position on extreme right, separated a mile from rest of
army;
forces crossing of Noyes' Creek;
supports Hascall at Kolb's farm, against Hood's attack;
forces crossing of Olley's Creek, intrenches in commanding
position beyond enemy's left flank;
holds position gained, three miles from continuous lines of
Sherman's army, for several days;
effects crossing of Chattahoochee at Soap Creek;
extreme right flank southwest of Atlanta;
his division covers its front with intrenchments in fifteen
minutes;
at Decatur, Georgia;
in command of Army of the Ohio during October campaign;
mild reproof of brig, commander who prefers a cursing;
in pursuit of Hood;
Sherman plans to take 23d army corps on march to the sea with Cox
in command;
Schofield protests, Cox yields;
resumes command of his own division;
recommended for promotion by Schofield and Sherman, App. C;
farewell to Sherman;
march to Dalton; visits Chattanooga;
and Nashville;
votes for Lincoln, on train;
pet lizard; at Franklin, Tennessee;
at Columbia;
at Pulaski;
race back to Columbia;
writes book on "Battle of Franklin;"
at Nashville, after retreat from Franklin;
position as second in command, reduced by appointment of Major
General Couch to a division;
at battle of Nashville;
exposure on night after battle;
pursuit of Hood;
revisits Franklin and studies battlefield;
also Spring Hill and Columbia;
rebuilds bridges and improves roads;
suffers from malarial poisoning;
obtains sick leave;
does not use it, as active campaigning is proposed;
earnestly recommended for promotion by Schofield and Thomas, App.
C;
appointed major general as of Dec. 7, to fill vacancy caused by
McClernand's resignation;
hard march from Columbia to Clifton;
still suffering from malaria;
goes home while 23d Corps is transported from Clifton to
Washington;
rapid improvement in health, and new zeal; rejoins corps at
Washington;
interviews with Stanton, Chase, Garfield, Dennison, Schenck, Henry
Ward Beecher, Henry Winter Davis, and others;
sails with his division to Cape Fear River, North Carolina; at
Federal Point;
commands column ascending right bank of Cape Fear River, capturing
Ft. Anderson
and Town Creek, with two cannon and 400 prisoners, and compelling
evacuation
of Wilmington;
uses discretion in not strictly obeying Schofield's orders;
permanent assignment to command 23d army corps urged by Schofield,
App. C;
takes command of troops at New Berne, North Carolina, and advances
on Kinston;
two battles at Kinston;
losses at Kinston, chiefly in Upham's brigade, which was
surprised;
hears sound of battle of Bentonville, fifty miles away;
occupies Goldsborough;
permanently assigned to command 23d army corps, App. C;
march to Raleigh;
vigorous measures to stop pillage and arson;
precautions against soldiers wreaking vengeance for assassination
of Lincoln;
commands western district of North Carolina, with headquarters at
Greensborough;
interview with General Hardee;
with Johnston;
visit to Salisbury, confederate treatment of prisoners denounced;
recognizes local courts and magistrates;
notes complete submission on part of North Carolina people to
results of the war;
limits authority to preserving the peace;
visits Guilford-Old-Court-House, and battlefield;
sentiments inspired thereby.