Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 by Jacob Dolson Cox

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Cox, Theodore, brother of above, vol.
aide-de-camp, at South Mountain and Antietam;
lieutenant in 11th Ohio and aide-de-camp by appointmentt;
at skirmish before Knoxville;
at Knoxville;
adjutant general on General Cox's staff;
accuracy and business system of;
issues orders for good conduct of troops on shipboard.

Crane, Orrin J., major 7th Ohio, at Antietam.

Cranor, Jonathan, colonel 40th Ohio, in West Virginia

Crawford, Samuel W., brigadier general United States Volunteers, at
Antietam.

Creighton, Wm. R., lieutenant colonel 7th Ohio,
comes in with Tyler after surprise at Cross Lanes;
reproaches himself with cowardice;
record of gallantry, until killed at Ringgold, Georgia

Crittenden, Eugene W., colonel commanding cavalry
brigade in 23d army corps, reports to General Cox at Olley's Creek

Crittenden, Thos. L., major general United States Volunteers, in E.
Tennessee.

Crome, G. L., lieutenant McMullin's battery;
killed at South Mountain

Crook, Geo., captain 4th U. S. Infantry, colonel
36th Ohio, at Cross Lanes;
Summersville;
personal description of;
captured at Cumberland;
first vote; at Lewisburg, West Virginia;
defeats Heth;
attached to Kanawha division;
reports to Pope at Warrenton, Virginia;
commanding brig, in Kanawha division;
supports Scammon;
at South Mt;
attached to Sturgis' division at Antietam;
carries ford of Antietam above Burnside bridge;
promoted brig, general;
ordered to Clarksburg, West Virginia;
commands Kanawha division;
marches from Clarksburg to Gauley Bridge;
at Gauley Bridge;
transferred to Rosecrans' command in Tennessee;
commends discipline of Kanawha division,

Cross Lanes, West Virginia,
7th Ohio surprised at and routed;
consultation of Rosecrans and Cox at.

Cutler, Hon. Wm. P.,
M. C. from Marietta, Ohio, expresses popular distrust of Lincoln's
ability.

DALTON, Georgia,
geography of vicinity;
impregnable to attack from north or west;
operations about;
strong character of defensive works.

Dana, Chas. A.,
Assistant Secretary of War;
cipher dispatches to Stanton about Rosecrans and his officers;
visits Burnside at Knoxville;
reports to Grant;
judgment of army officers at Chattanooga;
advises Stanton concerning interview between Lincoln and
confederate peace commanders;
concerning prayers for the President in Episcopal churches at
Richmond.

Dandridge, E. Tennessee, affair at;
a surprise all around;
both armies retreat.

Davis, David, Justice of U. S. Supreme Court,
change in views regarding trial by military commissions in
Indiana;

Davis, Henry Winter, M. C. from Maryland,
dines with General Cox in Washington;
opposes re-election of Lincoln;
witty and scathing denunciation of L.

Davis, Jefferson, President Confederate States Army, advises
with Lee about successor to Bragg;
differences with Beauregard and Johnston;
finally appoints Johnston;
urges aggressive action;
correspondence with Johnston;
plans thwarted by long discussion;
begs Johnston to retreat no further;
receives no encouragement from him;
sends Bragg to Atlanta to examine and report on condition of
affairs;
relieves Johnston and appoints Hood;
convinced Hood needs intellectual guidance;
urges Hardee to hold Charleston, and stop Sherman on line of
Combahee River;
startled by Beauregard's confession of inability to stop Sherman;
notes difference between B.'s estimate of forces available and
official returns;
goes to Danville on fall of Richmond;
thence to Greensborough, North Carolina;
orders arrest of Governor Vance's peace commanders;
advised by all his generals and cabinet that further prosecution
of war was hopeless;
authorizes Johnston to negotiate with Sherman;
holds last cabinet meeting at Charlotte;
unanimous decision that confederacy is conquered;
assents to Johnston's surrender;
reputed "plunder" nearly all paid out to Johnston's troops and his
personal escort;
tries to escape beyond Mississippi;
captured S. E. of Macon.

Davis, Jeff. C., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
commanding division in Army of the Cumberland;
movement on Rome;
occupies Rome;
attached to McPherson's command temporarily;
assault on Kennesaw.

Dawes, Ephraim C., major 53rd Ohio,
analysis of opposing forces in Atlanta campaign.

Dawes, Rufus R., lieutenant colonel 6th Wisc.,
at Antietam;
"Service with the Sixth Wisconsin," cited.

Day, D. W. H., captain and assistant quartermaster,
accompanies General Cox on winter ride to E. Tennessee;
selects wagons and teams;
marks fords;
keeps teams moving;
secures tents and flies for army headquarters;
in charge of horses and mules sent from E. Tennessee to Kentucky
for pasture;
energy commended.

Dayton, Ohio,
assaults on soldiers at, not punished by local courts;
how punished.

DeCourcey, John F., colonel 16th Ohio,
in West Virginia campaign fall of '62;
moves on Cumberland Gap.

Defensive Tactics,
generally better in rough country.

Dennison, Wm., Governor of Ohio,
prepares State for war;
appoints McClellan major general;
sends two regiments to Washington;
incessant work;
urges McClellan to occupy West Virginia in force;
at Washington;
mediates between Lincoln and McClellan;
supported by Cox in Ohio senatorial contest;
postmaster general;
entertains General Cox.

De Trobriand, P. R., colonel 55th New York,
says New York 7th furnished 300 officers for Union army.

De Villiers, Chas. A.,
brigadier major on General Cox's staff;
captured outside of lines at Scary Creek;
escapes and reports for duty at Gauley;
hazardous ride to report occupation of Cotton Mountain by Floyd;
crosses New River, scales cliffs and assaults enemy on Cotton
Mountain.

Devin, Thos. C., colonel 6th New York Cavalry,
ordered to report to General Cox.

Dick, Robt. P., resident of Greensborough, North Carolina,
in whose grove army headquarters were established, since appointed
U. S. District Judge;
advises colored people to hire out to others than their old
masters.

Dickson, Wm. M.,
cited as to Key's influence over McClellan.

Discretion,
to be exercised by subordinate on detached service in obeying
orders issued without full knowledge of his position.

Doddridge, cashier of a Charleston, West Virginia bank,
Union man;
paymaster in Union army.

Dodge, Grenville M., major general United States Volunteers,
commands 16th Corps;
builds bridge over Chattahoochee at Roswell.

Donaldson, James L., colonel United States Volunteers, chief
quartermaster at Nashville,
describes Thomas's feelings after Nashville campaign.

Doolittle, Chas. C., colonel 18th Michigan,
commanding post at Decatur, repulses Hood;
joins General Cox at Stevenson;
chief of staff for General Cox;
takes command of Reilly's division 23d army corps;
carries enemy's intrenchments and captures eight guns at battle of
Nashville;
and returns to his own regiment when 23d Corps goes to Washington.

Doubleday, Abner, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
commanding division, at Antietam.

Douglas, Stephen A.,
speech at Columbus after fall of Ft. Sumter;
pledges support of Dem. party to Lincoln's administration.

Dow, Tristram T., major 112th Ill.,
appointed inspector general on Cox's staff;
reconnoitres fords before Kinston;
carries message from Schofield to Hoke.

Draft,
preferred to system of raising new regiments and letting old ones
die out;
Sherman cited;
act providing for;
weakened by commutation clause;
insignificant numbers drafted in Ohio.

Drayton, Thos. F., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at South Mountain

Duke, Basil W., brigadier general Confederate States Army, history
of Morgan raid cited.

Dunham, Robert T., captain and assistant adjutant-general on
General Geo. W. Taylor's staff at Bull Run
bridge,

Dunker Church, on battlefield of Antietam,

Durell, Geo. W., captain battery D Pennsylvania Artillery,
at South Mountain;
at Antietam.

Duryea, Abram, brigadier general United States Volunteers, at
Antietam.

Early, Jubal A., brigadier general Confederate States Army, at
Antietam.

East Tennessee,
plans for Union advance into, Rosecrans';
approved by McClellan;
Fremont's;
ignorance of topography: combination of the two adopted;
fails because separate columns defeated and driven back by Jackson
before concentration effected;
occupation of E. Tennessee urged by Lincoln on all general
officers in the West;
Burnside's plan;
proposes railroad from Danville to;
Chattanooga best base for supplies;
confederate forces in;
map of;
rejoicing of people at Burnside's coming;
terror and indignation when he was ordered to leave and join
Rosecrans;
military operations in;
Sherman's horror of;
importance of holding;
impossibility of supplying army in, by mountain roads;
terrible destruction of draft animals;
privations of army in, during winter of;
almost unanimous re-enlistment, in spite of hardships;
absence of forage;
fearful blizzard;
sufferings of troops;
bitterness of feeling between loyalists and secessionists.

East Tennessee troops,
unwillingness to serve away from home;
discipline lax, courage and devotion unexcelled;
1st Cavalry;
1st Infantry;
6th Infantry;
East Tennessee University, at Knoxville, fortified;

Echols, John C., brigadier general Confederate States Army, pursues
Lightburn down the Kanawha;
supersedes Loring in command of West Virginia forces;
resumes positions abandoned by Loring;
retreats before General Cox;
ordered to make his way from West Virginia into N. W. part of
South Carolina,

Effective Total,
meaning of, in confederate reports;
leads to habitual underestimate of their forces by confederate
commanders.

Elliott, Washington L., colonel 47th Ohio, in
West Virginia;
in E. Tennessee;
at Mossy Creek

Ellsworth Zouaves, equal in drill to West Point cadets,

Emancipation Proclamation, how received in McClellan's army.

Enyart, David A., lieutenant colonel 1st Kentucky,
routs confederate militia at Boone courthouse, West Virginia;
crosses Kanawha, scales cliffs and helps capture Cotton Mountain

Episcopal Clergy, at Richmond,
ordered by Stanton to pray for the President of the U. S.

Evans, N. G., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
in Maryland campaign;
at Antietam.

Ewell, Benj. S., colonel Confederate States Army,
on Johnston's staff;
sent to Richmond to explain Johnston's position;
reports to Johnston.

Ewell, R. S., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
division of, at Antietam,

Ewing, Hugh, colonel 30th Ohio,
in Kanawha Division;
reports to Pope at Warrenton, Virginia;
at South Mountain

Executive Power,
exercised in spite of adverse judicial decisions,

Ezra Church, battle of,

Fairchild, Harrison S., colonel 89th New York,
at South Mountain; at Antietam.

Fayette courthouse, West Virginia,
advanced post;
Union troops.

Ferrero, Edw., colonel 51st New York,
at South Mountain;
at Antietam;
in E. Tennessee;
at Ft. Sanders.

Field Intrenchments,
development of;
facility in making;
costliness of assaulting;
at New Hope Church;
at Cold Harbor; at Ezra Church;
confederate troops refuse to assault breastworks;
at Kinston.

Fitch, E. P.,
quartermaster on General Cox's staff;
arrives at Alexandria with trains and baggage of Kanawha Division;
at Antietam; chief quartermaster District of West Virginia

Flat-top Mountain, West Virginia,
barrier to approach from S. W. Virginia;
advance of Kanawha Division to;
key point for movement to S. West Virginia;
description of;
abandoned by U. S. troops.

Floyd, John B.,
unites with Wise to drive Union forces out of Kanawha valley;
surprises and routs 7th Ohio at Cross Lanes;
mysterious inaction thereafter;
defeated at Carnifex Ferry;
differences with Wise;
marches to Fayette courthouse;
and occupies Cotton Mountain, from which he shells Gauley Bridge;
driven off the Mountain by General Cox;
escapes capture by reason of Benham's inactivity;
indirectly commends General Cox's administration of Kanawha
District.

Foraging,
easily degenerates into pillaging and arson;
Blair and Howard recommend its prohibition;
Sherman promises to stop it after reaching North Carolina;
vigorous measures of General Cox to repress;
country near Raleigh stripped bare by Slocum's "bummers".

Force, Manning F.,
lieutenant colonel 20th Ohio;
brig, general, married sister of General Pope's wife.

Foreign Intervention, threatened. 485.

Forrest, Nathan B., brigadier general cavalry Confederate States
Army,
captures Col. Bloodgood's command near Nashville;
compared with Morgan;
successful handling of mounted troops;
Mower promoted for reputed defeat of;
ordered to join Hood, captures Athens, repulsed at Pulaski;
ordered to raid Western Tennessee;
causes panic and destruction of three steamboats and stores at
Johnsonville;
joins Hood at Florence;
covers Hood's turning movement east of Columbia;
attacks at Spring Hill;
absence seriously felt by Hood at battle of Nashville;
commands rearguard on Hood's retreat;
at Okolona.

Forts,
masonry and earthworks discussed.

Ft. Anderson, Cape Fear River,
attacked by "Montauk" and gunboats;
captured by General Cox.

Ft. Fisher,
captured by General Terry;
where described.

Ft. Sanders, Knoxville, E. Tennessee,
named after General W. P. Sanders;
described;
assault on, by Longstreet's forces, repulsed.

Ft. Sumter,
bombardment announced in Ohio Senate;
occasions popular uprising, without distinction of party;
flag raised again by Anderson.

Foster, Abby Kelley,
shouts "Glory to God" when bombardment of Sumter announced.

Foster, John G.,
appointed major general United States Volunteers;
succeeds Burnside in E. Tennessee;
assigns General Cox to command 23d army corps;
Sturgis to cavalry corps;
demonstrates to Grant impossibility of winter campaign;
disabled by fall of horse;
gives veteran furlough to several regiments;
concentrates at Knoxville;
sends horses and mules to pasture in Kentucky;
permanent winter quarters;
retires from command on account of ill health;
again explains to Grant, at Nashville, impossibility of winter
campaign in E. Tennessee.

Foster, John W. colonel United States Volunteers,
operations in E. Tennessee;
at Mossy Creek

Fourth U. S. Artillery, battery B,
at Antietam.

Fox's Gap, in South Mountain,
captured by Kanawha Division under General Cox.

Franklin, battle of,
undeceives Thomas as to Hood's intentions;
where described.

Franklin, F. E., major 37th Ohio,
at Princeton, West Virginia

Franklin, Wm. B., major general United States Volunteers,
ordered to join Pope;
slow in moving;
assigned position near Alexandria;
relieved on charges preferred by Pope;
reinstated at McClellan's request;
with 6th army corps, held in reserve, at Antietam.

Frazer, John W., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
captured with 2500 men by Burnside at Cumberland Gap.

Frederick, Maryland,
confederate army concentrates near;
evacuated by;
a loyal city;
demonstration on arrival of Union troops;
grand army encamped near.

Fremont, John C., major general United States Volunteers,
commands Mountain Department;
appointment on political grounds;
plan for advance on E. Tennessee;
modifies it on Rosecrans' suggestion;
separate columns defeated before concentration effected;
relieved of command;
not again assigned to duty.

French, Samuel G., major general Confederate States Army,
joins Johnston's army at Kingston, Georgia

French, W. H.,
captain and commissary on Burnside's staff.

French, Wm. H., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam.

French's Mill, West Virginia,
operations near.

Frietchie, Barbara,
a fictitious character.

Frink, Chas. S.,
surgeon major, General Cox's division;
treats General Cox for illness due to exposure after battle of
Nashville.

Frizell, Jos. W.,
lieutenant colonel 11th Ohio;
traps confederate cavalry near Hawk's Nest, West Virginia

Fry, Jas. B., colonel and assistant adjutant-general U. S. A.,
on Lincoln's reasons for certain military appointments;
provost-marshal-general at Washington;
ably administers draft laws.

Furnace,
for tent, field construction.

Gallup, Geo. W., lieutenant colonel 14th Kentucky commanding brigade
in 23d army corps,
at Johnsonville, Tennessee

Garfield, Jas. A.,
in Ohio Senate;
resolves to enter army;
defeated in election for colonel of 7th Ohio;
appointed colonel of 42nd Ohio;
in Big Sandy valley;
Rosecrans' chief of staff;
sums up answers of general officers and urges Rosecrans to
advance;
influence of his report;
sent to Washington with Rosecrans' report after battle of
Chickamauga;
questioned by Stanton;
tells General Cox the story of Chickamauga;
leaves army to enter Congress;
chairman of commission on military affairs;
regard for Rosecrans;
letter to Chase about R.'s inaction at Murfreesborough;
defended;
entertains General Cox in Washington;
draws out his guests.

Garland, Samuel, Jr., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
killed at South Mountain

Garnett, Robt. S., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at Beverly, West Virginia;
retreats after battle of Rich Mountain;
killed near Carrick's Ford;
lacking in enterprise.

Garrard, Israel, colonel cavalry United States Volunteers,
in East Tennessee;
at Decatur and Stone Mountain, Georgia

Garrard, Kenner, brig, general,
commanding cavalry division in McPherson's army;
movement on Rome;
reports confederate cavalry at Kennesaw superior in numbers;
destroys Georgia RAILROAD east of Atlanta;
in pursuit of Hood.

Garrett, John W., President B. and Official Records R. Co.,
suggests dictatorship of McClellan.

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia,
key point of Kanawha valley;
captured by General Cox with 1500 stand of arms and munitions of
war;
importance of position;
map of;
how fortified;
Rosecrans' headquarters;
cannonaded from Cotton Mountain by Floyd;
bridge reconstructed;
burned on Lightburn's retreat;
supplies forwarded to, by batteaux on upper Kanawha;
Lightburn's abandonment of, criticised;
reoccupied by General Cox.

Geary, John W., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at Wauhatchie;
assaults Rocky Face, at Dug Gap, repulsed with loss.

Georgia,
map of northern.

Gibbon, John, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
high opinion of volunteers;
deficient knowledge of military history;
at South Mountain;
at Antietam.

Gibbs, Ira B.,
lieutenant and com's'y on General Cox's staff;
shoots Serg. Joyce of 2nd Kentucky for refusing to obey orders;
courtmartialed and acquitted;
excused from attending execution of a mutineer.

Gibson, Horatio G., captain 2nd Ohio Artillery,
at South Mountain

Giddings, Hon. Joshua R., consul general at Montreal,
makes light of plot to releases confederate prisoners.

Gilbert, Samuel A., colonel 44th Ohio,
in second Kanawha campaign;
marches his brigade 60 miles in 52 hours, in E. Tennessee

Gillmore, Quincy A.,
brigadier general commanding District of Kentucky;
resists Pegram's raid and drives him out of Kentucky

Gilmer, Jeremy F., major general Confederate States Army, Davis'
Chief of Engineers,
sent to advise with Beauregard.

Gilmer, John A.,
one of Governor Vance's peace commanders.

Goldsborough, North Carolina,
place of meeting of Sherman's and Schofield's armies.

Goodrich, E. R.,
lieutenant colonel, and chief comm's'y on Burnside's staff.

Goodrich, Wm. B.,
colonel commanding brigade in Greene's division at battle of
Antietam;
killed at Antietam.

Gordon, Geo. H., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam.

Graham, Milton,
lieutenant colonel 11th Kentucky Cavalry

Graham, Wm. A., ex-Governor of North Carolina,
heads Vance's peace delegation;
candidate for Vice President on ticket with Scott;
mentioned.

Granger, Gordon,
captain and mustering officer at Camp Dennison;
states reasons why theoretical knowledge of regular army officers
so small;
appointed major general United States Volunteers;
at Chickamauga;
sent to relief of Knoxville;
dissatisfaction of Grant and Sherman;
in E. Tennessee;
at Dandridge.

Granger, Robt. S., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
sent to reinforce Col. Doolittle at Decatur;
posted at Stevenson;
suffers pontoon bridge to fall into hands of Hood;
ordered to Decatur again.

Grant, U. S., major general United States Volunteers,
high opinion of volunteers;
accepts emancipation policy as best;
policy of attrition;
captures Vicksburg;
"copious worker and fighter, but a very meagre writer";
growing faith of administration in;
in command of Division of the Mississippi;
approves substitution of Thomas for Rosecrans;
reticent and averse to controversy;
hears in silence and decides;
good story about Washington;
at Chattanooga;
culmination of good fortune;
sends Granger and Sherman to relief of Knoxville;
characteristics;
visits army in E. Tennessee;
reticence;
riding-school story;
sees for himself condition of troops and mountain roads;
reports destitution and impracticability of supplying army by
mountain roads;
correspondence with General Foster;
asks promotion of Sherman, McPherson, and W. F. Smith;
embarrassments about cipher dispatches;
objects to Stoneman;
correspondence with Schofield;
appointed lieutenant general and goes to Washington;
scatters army at Chattanooga, to secure supplies and forage;
puts Sherman in charge of Western armies and assumes command in
Virginia;
plans simultaneous advance of eastern and western armies;
slow to learn unprofitableness of assaulting intrenched positions;
on appointments of brigadiers in Sherman's army;
confidence in McPherson; secures his rapid promotion;
dissatisfied with Thomas;
reasons for his feeling;
favors winter campaigns by Sherman and Thomas;
plans advance on Selma and Mobile;
orders Schofield and 23d corps sent to Washington;
praises Sherman's readiness for further operations;
sends Schofield to carry out new plan of campaign in North
Carolina;
unselfish attitude toward Sherman;
relieves Butler and opposes his further assignment to command;
receives confederate peace commanders at his headquarters;
congratulates Sherman;
outlines his own plans;
prevents Lee's union with Johnston;
recommends Schofield's appointment as brigadier in regular army
and permanent assignment of Cox and Terry to corps commands;
brings administration's disapproval of Sherman-Johnston convention
to Sherman;
considerate treatment of Sherman;
returns to Washington;
condemns injustice to Sherman;
smooths away causes of Sherman's irritation.

"Grape Vine Telegraph,"

Great Smoky Mountains,
picturesque character of.

Greene, Geo. S., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam;
in 20th Corps and on court-martial at Washington;
goes to North Carolina, with General Cox and volunteers as staff
officer at Kinston;
commands provisional division of returning officers and men
belonging to Sherman's army.

Grigsby, A. J., colonel commanding Winder's brigade, Jackson's
division,
at Antietam.

Guerillas, in West Virginia,
annoyance by and suppression of.

Guilford-Old-Court-House, North Carolina,
and battlefield visited.

Gunn, W. A.,
locates line for railway from Danville to E. Tennessee

Guthrie, J. V., colonel 1st Kentucky,
correspondence with General Cox, App. Army;
in West Virginia

Guyandotte, West Virginia,
taken by 2nd Kentucky;
occupied.

Habeas Corpus, writ of,
used to release minors enlisting without parents' consent;
U. S. officers directed not to recognize, unless issued by U. S.
Courts.

Hagood, Johnson, brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at Ft. Anderson, N. C;
routed at Town Creek by General Cox, losing two cannon and 400
prisoners;
repulsed at Kinston.

Halleck, Henry W.,
commands Western Department;
authorizes Pope to send for General Cox's Kanawha Division;
commits defence of Washington to McClellan;
sacrifices Pope;
owed his appointment as commander in chief largely to Pope;
expected to take command in the field;
but does not, and remains bureau officer until close of war;
responsible in part for McClellan's slow pursuit of Lee in
Maryland;
sends McClellan peremptory orders to advance after Antietam;
persistently favors regular army officers over volunteers;
directs Burnside to advance into E. Tennessee;
correspondence with Burnside shows forgetfulness and lack of
appreciation;
inconsistency between official and private letters to Rosecrans;
fails to understand distances and difficulties of transportation
in E. Tennessee;
indecision of character;
wrong interpretation of Burnside's reports and action;
thinks personal presence of Grant with Army of Potomac
indispensable;
criticises Meade;
friendly relations with Sherman;
correspondence with;
on enormous waste of cavalry horses;
tells Sherman he is accused of hostility to the blacks;
assigned to command Department of Virginia;
orders Meade to pay no attention to Sherman's truce;
forfeits Sherman's life-long friendship by his orders and
dispatches after Sherman-Johnston convention;
goes to Pacific coast at close of war and dies soon after;
disclaims personal hostility to Sherman;
explanation of his attitude;
notes complete submission to U. S. authority at Richmond.