Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 by Jacob Dolson Cox

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Loomis, Cyrus O., colonel 1st Mich, Artillery in West Virginia

Loring, Wm. W.,
brigadier general Confederate States Army, in West Virginia;
reinforces Lee;
sent to Stanton;
commanding all West Virginia forces;
ordered to push things in West Virginia;
attacks Siber, and is repulsed;
drives Lightburn out of Kanawha valley;
retreats on arrival of General Cox;
relieved from command;
forces of.

Love, John, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
defends Vernon, Indiana, against Morgan raiders.

Lowe, John W., colonel 12th Ohio,
at Scary Creek, West Virginia;
killed at Carnifex Ferry.

Lowe, Wm. W., colonel 5th Indiana commanding 3rd Cavalry Division,
protects railway in rear of Sherman's advance.

Lyons, Lord, British Ambassador,
reports plot to release confederate prisoners;

Lytle, Wm. H., colonel 10th Ohio;
wounded at Carnifex Ferry.

McArthur, John, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at battle of Nashville.

McCallum, Dan'l C., superintendent of transportation,
inspects Nashville and Chattanooga railroad;
suggests needed improvements.

McClellan, Geo. B.,
consulted by Governor Dennison;
personal appearance;
appointed major general Ohio Valley Infantry;
inspects Ohio State arsenal;
selects site for Camp Dennison;
takes General Cox's regiments to West Virginia;
appointed major general in regular army;
victory at Philippi credited to;
moves against Garnett;
Pegram surrenders to;
appointed commander Army of the Potomac;
rhetorical dispatches contrasted with personal demeanor;
characteristic faults shown in first campaign;
relieved from command of all other forces except Army of Potomac;
at Alexandria, Virginia;
greets General Cox cordially, explains importance of his duties;
discusses Peninsular campaign;
dress and popular bearing;
in command again;
cheered by Pope's army;
habitual overestimate of Lee's army;
victim or accomplice of secret service;
false estimates fatal to success;
predicted Pope's defeat;
responsible for delay in Franklin's movement;
Porter and Franklin reassigned to their commands and McDowell
relieved at his request;
plenary powers;
slow advance in pursuit of Lee;
secures copy of Lee's orders;
loses his advantage by delay;
at South Mountain;
breaks up organization of his army on eve of battle;
examines battlefield under fire;
does not appreciate importance of time;
personally selects positions for different divisions;
plan of battle at Antietam;
dilatory habits and orders responsible for failure to crush Lee;
no co-ordination of corps movements;
orders Burnside to attack;
unjust criticism of 9th Corps advance;
fails to support 9th Corps when attacked by fresh troops from
Harper's Ferry;
talks with General Cox;
politics;
consults his officers about emancipation proclamation;
issues General Order No. 163;
tempted to assume dictatorship;
chafes at Lincoln's suggestion to follow up victory;
defeats Lincoln's plans without openly antagonizing;
compared to Marshal Daun;
weakened morale of army;
removed from command;
"Own Story" exposes his weakness;
confidential relations with Burnside;
favoritism toward Porter;
jealous of Burnside;
unjust reprimand of B. in unsigned dispatch;
effect of reprimand on their relations;
not assigned to duty again;
superior to any other commander of Army of Potomac until Grant
came.

McCook, Alex. McD.,
inspector and mustering officer at Camp Jackson;
colonel 1st Ohio Inf;
opinion on expediency of Rosecrans' advance.

McCook, Daniel, major and paymaster U. S. A.,
mortally wounded in fight with Morgan raiders.

McCook, Edw. M., brigadier general U. S. Cavalry,
at Sevierville, E. Tennessee;
rejoins Thomas;
covers left flank at Varnell's;
defeated by Wheeler;
useful scouting in Atlanta campaign.

McCook, Robt., colonel 9th Ohio;
at Carnifex Ferry;
Cross Lanes;
character of;
brigade attached to Cox's command;
"Battle of Bonticou";
at Gauley Bridge;
advance on Fayette courthouse

McCoy, James C., major and aide-de-camp on Sherman's staff,
opens communication with Johnston.

McDowell, Irvin, major general United States Volunteers,
maps country about Washington;
disliked by McClellan;
under McC.'s orders at Washington;
absence from his command before second battle of Bull Run,
disarranges Pope's plans;
relieved at McClellan's request;
requests Court of Inquiry;
unscrupulously maligned;
ordered before a courtmartial.

McElroy, Jas. N.,
captain and assistant adjutant-general on General Cox's staff;
appointed major 20th Ohio;
lieutenant colonel, returns to duty on General Cox's staff as
inspector general.

McLaws, Lafayette,
major general Confederate States Army;
at Antietam;
in E. Tennessee;
commands troops on evacuation of Charleston.

McLean, N. H.,
major and assistant adjutant-general at Cincinnati;
accused of disloyalty and sent to Pacific coast;
Burnside's protest.

McMullin, Jas. R., captain 1st Ohio Battalion;
attached to Kanawha division;
at South Mountain

McPherson, Jas. B.,
appointed major general United States Volunteers;
assigned to command Army of the Tennessee;
Sherman's right before Dalton;
goes through Snake Creek Gap, without opposition;
fails to take Resaca, or break railroad;
captures position commanding railroad bridge at Resaca, and
compels its evacuation;
march to Kingston;
crosses the Etowah;
moves on Dallas;
repels fierce assault;
swings over to Ackworth;
seeks to interpose between Marietta and the Chattahoochee;
moves to Roswell and crosses Chattahoochee;
attacked on front and left flank at Atlanta;
death of, a great loss to army and personal loss to Sherman;
affability and high character.

McQuiston, John C., colonel 50th Ohio,
commanding brig, in Ruger's div, 23d army corps at Kinston;
captures 300 prisoners.

McRae, D. K., colonel 5th North Carolina,
at South Mountain;
at Antietam.

Mackall, W. W., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
chief of staff to Bragg and Johnston;
removed from that position by Hood.

Magilton, Albert L., colonel 4th Pennsylvania res.
commanding brigade at Antietam.

Magrath, A. G., Governor of South Carolina,
says fate of confederate involved in Sherman's march from
Savannah;
mentioned.

Mahone, Wm., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at South Mountain

Mallory, S. R., Secretary of Navy in Davis' cabinet,
writes letter sent by Johnston to Sherman inviting conference;
at last cabinet meeting;
reaches his home after capitulation.

Malloy, A. G., colonel 17th Wisc,
commanding brigade in Carter's division at Kinston.

Mansfield, Jos. K. F., major general United States Volunteers,
assigned to command Banks' (12th) corps;
at Antietam;
mortally wounded;
movements and losses of his corps.

Manson, Mahlon D., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
pursues Morgan raiders;
commands 2nd division 23d army corps;
relieved by White;
in temporary command of corps;
turns command over to General Cox;
at Resaca;
severely injured.

Marcy, Randolph B.,
father-in-law of General McClellan and chief of staff;
responsibility for Burnside's reprimand.

Marietta, Georgia,
military operations near;
map of vicinity.

Marshall, Humphrey,
brigadier general Confederate States Army

Martial Law,
when proper, outside field of military operations;
declared in S. Ohio counties during Morgan raid.

Martin, Wm. T., major general Confederate States Army,
in E. Tennessee;
defeated at Sevierville;
ordered to join Johnston with cavalry;
at Calhoun and Resaca.

Mason, John S., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
commanding camps at Columbus;
ordered to suppress draft riots;
precautions against plots to release confederate prisoners.

Massachusetts Troops,
21st;
27th;
8th Artillery,

Matthews, Stanley,
lieutenant colonel 23d Ohio,

Maury, Dabney H., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
in E. Tennessee;
at Mobile.

Maynard, Horace,
M. C. from E. Tennessee;
asks to have E. Tennessee regiments returned to their homes;
influential representative,

Meade, George G., brigadier general,
at Antietam;
succeeds to command of 1st Corps;
appointed major general;
inactivity after Gettysburg and consequences;
excessive caution.

Meagher, Thos. F., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
commanding provisional division of Sherman's convalescents and new
recruits;
leaves his command without authority;
relieved;
spicy correspondence concerning;
command turned over to General Carter.

Measles,
a dangerous camp disease,

Meigs, Montgomery C., quartermaster general,
nearly correct estimate of Lee's forces;
at Chattanooga;
never saw such roads;
reports strength of position and confidence of army;
approves seizure of railroads by Sherman.

Merrill, W. E.,
colonel and eng., in charge of railroad defences;
on construction and use of blockhouses.

Michigan Troops,
18th;
25th;
1st Artillery

Military Executions,

Militia,
contained more well-drilled regiments than regular army at
outbreak of war.

Militia, Ohio,
lack of uniforms and equipment;
elect their own officers;
should have been officered by young regular army officers;
re-enlistment of;
high character of;
called out during Morgan raid;
and to resist attempt to release confederate prisoners.

Miller, D. R.,
house and barn at Antietam,

Milligan, Lambdin P.,
condemned to death for treasonable practices by military
commission;
discharged by U. S. Supreme Court.

Milroy, Robt. H.,
brigadier general in West Virginia;
defeated by Stonewall Jackson;
ordered to Kanawha valley;
character of;
promotion urged by Governor Morton;
lack of transportation;
at Beverly;
controversy with Col. Cluseret;
lacked judgment.

Minors,
enlisting without parents' consent, how released,

Missionary Ridge,
depressing effect of loss on confederacy;
natural strength of;
no commander would have ordered front attack.

Monocacy River,
skirmish at.

"Montauk," monitor,
excellent practice in bombardment of Ft. Anderson, North Carolina,

Moor, August, colonel 28th Ohio,
in West Virginia;
at Raleigh courthouse;
at Princeton;
at Wolf Creek;
French's;
commanding 2nd brigade Kanawha division;
at the Monocacy, captured;
paroled;
valuable hint.

Moore, Orlando H., colonel 25th Michigan,
repulses Morgan's attack on Green River bridge;
commanding brigade in 23d army corps;
at Columbia;
in movement up right bank, Cape Fear River

Morehead, John M., ex-Governor of North Carolina,
entertains Schofield and Cox at Greensborough;
war experiences of family.

Morell, Geo. W., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam,

Morgan, Edwin D., major general United States Volunteers,
resigns.

Morgan, Geo. W., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
Cumberland Gap expedition;
bad condition of command;
E. Tennessee and Kentucky troops discontented;
in Kanawha valley;
ordered to Cincinnati.

Morgan, John H., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
raid into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio;
captured and imprisoned in Ohio penitentiary;
escapes;
futility of raid from military standpoint;
wholly unauthorized.

Morris, Thos. A.,
brigadier general commanding Indiana brigade;
takes Philippi, West Virginia;
pursues Garnett;
captures cannon and wagons.

Morton, Oliver P., war Governor of Indiana,
favors Milroy's promotion;
urges appointment of Rosecrans to succeed Buell;
dominant influence in Indiana appointments and promotions;
asks for detail of army officers to stump State.

Mott, Samuel R., colonel 118th Ohio,
in E. Tennessee;
at Mossy Creek

Mountain Department,
constituted, and Fremont placed in command;
abolished when Fremont relieved.

Mountain Howitzers,
use of.

Mower, Jos. A., brigadier general U. S. A.,
recommended by Sherman to succeed Sooy Smith in cavalry command;
promoted major general on mistaken report that he had defeated and
killed Forrest.

Mumma House,
at Antietam.

Myers, Jas. H., captain 23d Indiana Bat.,
at Cheney's.

Nagle, James, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at South Mountain;
at Antietam.

Nashville,
situation and lines of communication;
fortified and garrisoned;
conditions before battle of;
map of part of battlefield;
Schofield and Wilson's attack at.

Neff, Geo. W., lieutenant colonel 2nd Kentucky,
captures Guyandotte, West Virginia;
taken prisoner at Scary Creek;
defends Camp Dennison against Morgan raiders.

New Berne, North Carolina,
base of supply for Sherman's army.

New Hope Church,
fighting at;
formidable character of works.
New Jersey,
Taylor's brigade, disorderly retreat from Bull Run bridge;
honorable exceptions;
13th Infantry at Antietam.

Newspaper Correspondents,
difficulties of officers in field with;
"write down" some;
and make fictitious reputations for others.

Newton, John, major general United States Volunteers,
assigned to command Sheridan's division, 4th army corps;
at Rocky Face, Georgia

New York Seventh Regiment,
equal in drill to West Point cadets;
furnished 300 officers for other volunteer regiments.

New York Troops,
51st;
6th Cavalry, attached to Kanawha division temporarily;
12th Cavalry, at Kinston;
4th Heavy Artillery, reports to General Cox.

Night retreats,
not to be commended, panicky conditions.

Noble County, Ohio,
resists the draft.

Non-Combatants,
usual treatment of;
losses and perils of, in field of operations;
straits of.

Officers,
qualifications of good;
business training helpful to;
Union, usually serving in grades above their rank;
unfit, retained upon roster, deprived capable, of their just
reward;
best qualities not learned at school;
good subordinates not always fit for high command.

Official Returns,
preferable to general estimates of commanding generals;
of confederate forces in North Carolina confessedly defective.

Ohio Democrats,
at first opposed to putting down secession;
revulsion of feeling after bombardment of Sumter;
nominate Vallandigham for Governor.

Ohio Senate,
when bombardment of Sumter announced;
members drill on State House terrace.

Ohio State Election, fall of '63,
excitement attending;
soldiers vote in;
overwhelming defeat of Vallandigham;
good effect of, felt throughout North.

Ohio Troops,
in general;
1st;
3rd;
4th;
5th;
7th;
8th;
9th;
10th;
11th;
12th;
13th;
14th and 15th;
16th;
17th;
18th;
19th;
20th;
21st;
22nd;
23d;
26th;
28th;
30th;
34th;
37th;
40th;
42nd;
44th and 47th;
50th;
52nd;
61st;
89th, 91st, and 92nd;
93rd;
100th;
103rd;
104th;
115th;
118th;
125th;
Cavalry, see BURDSALL, LONG, and PFAU;
Artillery, see BARNETT, COCKERILL, and McMULLIN.

Osterhaus, Peter J., brig, general,
promoted major general on political grounds;
returns to 15th army corps, and serves throughout war.

Paine, Chas. J., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
commanding div of colored troops at Federal Ft., N C..

Palmer, Innes N., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at Beaufort, North Carolina;
Batchelder's Creek;
Gum Swamp;
in front of British Road;
ordered to support Carter;
and demonstrate toward Southwest Creek;
exaggerated impression of enemy's strength;
at second battle of Kinston;
division incorporated with Carter's under command of latter;
commands District of Beaufort.

Palmer, John M.,
major general United States Volunteers;
at Tunnel Hill;
in Snake Creek Gap;
at Resaca;
crosses river at Resaca, following Howard;
deprived of Davis' division;
complains;
corps reunited;
at Peachtree Creek

Parke, John G.,
Burnside's chief of staff;
character and services;
appointed major general;
assigned to command 9th army corps;
sent to Vicksburg with corps;
returns and goes on sick leave;
leads 9th army corps to Cumberland Gap;
chief of staff in E. Tennessee;
in command 9th army corps;
meeting with Grant;
at Dandridge;
resists Longstreet's advance toward Knoxville;
health impaired;
resumes staff position.

Paroles,
for Johnston's army prepared by Schofield;
General Hartsuff takes charge of their issue;
difficulty of ascertaining number required;
number actually paroled;
speedy accomplishment of.

Parsons, L. B., colonel quartermaster's department,
supervises transfer of 23d army corps from Clifton, Tennessee, to
Washington.

Partisan Rangers,
organized under confederate auspices, little better than
guerillas,
methods of, condemned by Stuart;
Lee;
and Rosser

Patrick, Marsena B., brig, general,
reports to General Cox in lines about Washington;
appointed provost marshal with extended powers to prevent
straggling
at Antietam

Peachtree Creek, battle of;
planned by Johnston, fought by Hood

Pearisburg, Virginia, operations near

Pegram, John, lieutenant colonel,
held position at Rich Mountain;
attacked in rear by Rosecrans;
surrenders to McClellan.

Peirpoint, F. H., Governor of West Virginia;
holds rebel sympathizers as hostages for safety of Union men;
courts established by, ignored;
calls for help in West Virginia

Pemberton, John C., lieutenant general Confederate States Army,
surrenders Vicksburg.

Peninsular Campaign,
discussed by McClellan.

Pennsylvania Troops,
10th res. infantry;
51st;
8th Cavalry;
Bat. D.

Perry, Hon. Aaron F.,
attorny for Burnside in Vallandigham _habeas corpus_ case.

Pfan, Philip, captain 3rd Ohio ind. cavalry,
at Princeton, West Virginia

Phelps, Walter, Jr., colonel 22nd New York,
at Antietam.

Philippi, West Virginia,
captured by Morris.

Pickett's Mill, Georgia,
operations at.

Pine Mountain, E. Tennessee,
difficulties of ascent.

Piper's house,
at Antietam.

Pleasanton, Alfred, brigadier general
commanding cavalry division Army of Potomac;
at South Mountain;
classmate of McClellan.

Poe, Orlando M., lieutenant of topographical engineers on coast
survey.
assists Governor Dennison in organizing regiments;
engineer on Burnside's staff, E. Tennessee;
removes heavy pontoon bridge from Loudon to Knoxville;
fortifies Knoxville;
describes privations during siege;
praises Cox's movement retiring left wing at Dalton;
fortifies Allatoona;
examines Cox's position south of Olley's Creek

Poffenberger, J.,
house and barn at Antietam.

Political Appointments,
mostly lawyers;
political leaders naturally foremost in enlisting men;
President selected from these officers for 3 months service;
not bad, if method adopted to get rid of known incompetents;
evils in actual practice;
condemned by Governor Tod;

Polk, Leonidas, lieutenant general C. S, A.,
opposes Sherman in Mississippi;
urges Johnston's appointment as successor to Bragg;
commands Army of the Mississippi;
reinforced;
urges reconciliation of Johnston with Davis;
ordered to reinforce Johnston;
concentrates at Rome;
at Resaca;
position between Dallas and New Hope Church;
killed at Pine Mountain;
underestimate of his own forces.

Pontoons, canvas,
unequalled for field use, but unfit for permanent bridges.

Pope, John, captain,
consulted by Governor Dennison;
commands Army of Virginia;
orders ridiculed;
drafted under direction of Stanton;
admits bad taste of;
hostility of Army of the Potomac;
General Cox ordered to join, with Kanawha division;
disliked by McClellan;
retires within defences of Washington after second Battle of Bull
Run;
army affronts him by cheering McClellan;
character and mistakes of;
unfair treatment of;
general conduct of campaign skilful;
plans disarranged by McDowell's absence from his command and
Porter's inactivity;
slow movement of Peninsular Army to his relief;
prefers charges against Porter and Franklin;
permanently retired from active service;
orders on assuming command disapproved by Lincoln and McClellan;
sarcastically criticised by Fitz-John Porter;

Porter, David D., rear admiral with fleet off Cape Fear;
visited by Schofield and Cox;
transports Sherman from City Point to New Berne.

Porter, Fitz-John, major general United States Volunteers,
inaction before second battle of Bull Run;
relieved from duty and corps assigned to Hooker;
reinstated at McClellan's request;
on march, South Mountain to Antietam;
classmate and intimate friend of McClellan;
in reserve at Antietam;
with John W. Garret at McClellan's headquarters;
letters to Burnside forwarded to Washington;
sarcastic comments in, most damaging evidence against Porter;
becomes unfriendly to Burnside;
notoriously favored by McClellan;
extraordinary effort to make a record against Burnside;
erroneous report in regard to withdrawal of Burnside's corps at
Antietam;
ordered before a court-martial;
cashiered.

Porterfield, G. A.,
colonel commanding confederate forces at Philippi, West Virginia

Potter, Robt. B., colonel 51st N.Y.,
at Antietam;
president military commission to try Vallandigham;
commanding division in 9th army corps, returns from Vicksburg ill
and unfit for service;
commands 9th army corps temporarily.

"Present for Duty,"
only fair basis of comparison between Union and Confederate
armies;
See EFFECTIVE TOTAL.

Presstman, Stephen W., major and church engineer on Johnston's
staff,
marks out defences at Resaca.

Prices in Confederacy in 1864.

Princeton, West Virginia,
battle of.

Privations of officers,
when marching without baggage.

Probate Court, Hamilton Co., Ohio,
tries to arrest U. S. officers for contempt of court.

Promotions,
affected by politics;
should be based on merit alone;
evil tendency of opposite policy;
those recommended by Sherman for promotion on account of
distinguished services in Atlanta campaign could not be advanced
because vacancies had already been filled by appointments made on
political grounds.

Pugh, Geo. E.,
counsel for Vallandigham;
visits V. in Canada.

Raglan, L'd,
dependence on what Wellington would have done.

Railroads,
in Kentucky and Tennessee seized and administered by Sherman in
interests of his army;
system of defences for.

Raleigh, North Carolina,
occupied by Union troops;
abject terror of inhabitants;
guarded by General Cox;
measures taken to prevent outbreak on news of Lincoln's
assassination.

Raleigh courthouse, West Virginia

Ransom, Robt., major general Confederate States Army,
in E. Tennessee;
transferred to cavalry command.

Rawlins, John A., brigadier general United States Volunteers, chief
of staff for General Grant,
sent to St. Louis to hurry reinforcements to Thomas.

Raymond, H. J.,
correspondence with Stanton about photograph of Lincoln cortege in
City Hall, New York.

Reagan, John H., p. m. general in Davis' cabinet,
excluded from conference between Sherman and Johnston;
draft of agreement presented by Johnston and rejected by Sherman;
at last cabinet meeting;
captured with Davis.

Rear-guard,
place of honor on retreat.

Regimental Histories,
value to the historian limited to actual experience of regiment,
camp gossip about other commands and generals usually worthless.

Regular Army officers,
should have officered volunteer regiments at the start;
professionals usually more likely to succeed than amateurs;
lacked, however, experience in high command or large operations;
few above rank of captain fit for field service;
theoretical knowledge comparatively small;
contempt for books;
study of strategy and grand tactics, begun after war broke out;
familiar with post and garrison duty and army regulations;
slavish adherence to French precedents;
marked conservatism prevented adoption of new and improved
weapons;
indifference and lack of patriotism;
unwillingness to go beyond orders;
spontaneity drilled out of;
superiority to volunteer officers limited to knowledge of company
and battalion drill, army regulations and administration;
keeping up separate organization with its grades, belittled actual
command in military operations, and resulted in grading regular
officers who had done little or nothing, above volunteers who had
worthily commanded divisions and corps.

Reilly, Jas. W., colonel 104th Ohio,
commanding brigade in 23d army corps, at siege of Knoxville;
at Resaca;
at Cheney's;
forces crossing of Olley's Creek at Cheney's;
intrenches three miles from continuous line of Union
intrenchments;
in temporary command 3rd division 23d army corps;
promoted on recommendation of General Cox;
at Spring Hill, Tennessee;
gets leave of absence, after Franklin;
rejoins corps in North Carolina;
commands Cox's division when latter assumes command of corps;
resigns on account of ill health.