Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 by Jacob Dolson Cox

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Reno, Jesse L., major general United States Volunteers,
commands 9th army corps;
praises marching of Kanawha division;
observes affair at the Monocacy;
approves Cox's advance on Fox's Gap;
comes to Cox's position just before sunset;
killed a few minutes afterward;
succeeded by General Cox in command of corps;
classmate of McClellan.

Resaca,
fortified and occupied by Johnston;
map of;
natural strength of position;
battles around;
evacuated by Johnston.

Reynolds, D. H., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at Resaca.

Reynolds, Jos. J.,
in command of Cheat Mountain district;
repulses attack by Loring;
at Romney;
opinion as to expediency of Rosecrans' advance.

Rhind, Alex. C., commander U. S. N.,
at Kinston.

Rice, Henry M., senator from Minnesota,
questions power of President to appointment additional major and
brig, generals.

Rich Mountain, West Virginia,
fortified by Garnett;
held by Pegram;
battle of.

Richardson, Israel B., major general United States Volunteers,
supports cavalry advance toward Antietam;
at Antietam;
mortally wounded.

Richmond, Lewis,
lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant-general on Burnside's
staff, leaves E. Tennessee.

Ricketts, Jas. B., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam.

Ricks, Augustus J., lieutenant on staff of General Cox, since Judge
of U. S. District Court N. District of Ohio,
vivid account of celebration of Lee's surrender in Sherman's army.

Rifled Guns,
superiority over smooth-bores.

"Rigors of Climate,"
laughable excuse for going South in August.

Ripley, Roswell S., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at Antietam.

Rockcastle River, Kentucky,
picturesque character of.

Rocky Face, Georgia,
description of;
natural defence of Dalton;
northern extremity carried by Newton;
sharp and rugged character of ridge.

Rodman, Isaac P., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
in Maryland campaign;
at South Mountain;
first position at Antietam;
ordered to cross at ford below Burnside's bridge;
killed at Antietam;
on left at Antietam.

Rosecrans, Wm. S.,
captain and engineer on McClellan's staff;
appointed brigadier general in regular army;
at Rich Mountain, West Virginia;
succeeds McClellan in Department of West Virginia;
comes to Gauley and assumes chief command;
defeats Floyd at Carnifex Ferry;
characteristics of;
at Big Sewell Mountain;
on the retreat;
in camp near Gauley;
mode of dealing with privates;
strong excitement when Floyd seized Cotton Mountain;
plan for capturing Floyd's army;
foiled by Benham's inactivity;
plans expedition into E. Tennessee;
physical obstacles;
winter quarters at Wheeling;
sends reinforcements to Buell;
attitude in regard to escaped slaves;
new plan for advance into E. Tennessee;
turns over command to Fremont;
sent to conduct Blenker's division to Fremont;
regards Porter as McClellan's confidential adviser;
appointed major general;
directed to move on Chattanooga;
inability to agree with Burnside;
unwillingness and inaction;
secures opinions of division commanders;
Garfield's summing up;
dissatisfaction of administration;
forces of, opposed to Bragg;
inactivity enables Bragg to send reinforcements to Johnston;
on promotion as a reward for merit;
again urged by Stanton and Halleck to advance;
querulous disposition;
drives Bragg out of Tennessee;
plans, after reaching Chattanooga;
demoralized by defeat at Chickamauga;
relations with Burnside;
relieved from command;
sends Garfield to Washington with his report;
conduct at Chickamauga;
described by Dana;
House resolution of thanks fails in Senate;
resents Garfield's letter to Chase;
plans for supplying army at Chattanooga;
sent to Missouri;
sends A. J. Smith with two divisions to Thomas.

Ross, L. S., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at Olley's Creek;
driven off by Reilly and Cameron.

Rosser, Thos. L.,
colonel 5th Virginia Confederate States Army;
condemns "Partisan Rangers" in Virginia

Rousseau, Lovell H.,
appointed major general;
repulses Forrest at Pulaski;
at Murfreesborough.

Rucker, E. W., colonel Confederate States Army,
commanding brigade in Chalmers' cavalry division at battle of
Nashville;
wounded and captured.

Rue, Geo. W., major 9th Kentucky Cavalry,
in Morgan raid.

Ruffin, Thos. Jr.,
colonel 13th North Carolina

Ruffner, Lewis,
prominent Union man in West Virginia

Ruger, Thos. H., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
transferred from 20th army corps to 2nd division 23d army corps;
joins at Johnsonville, Tennessee;
at Columbia;
Franklin;
assigned to command new division 23d army corps;
on march from Columbia to Clifton;
brevet major general;
reports to General Cox at Beaufort, North Carolina with new
division;
at Gum Swamp;
at battle of Kinston;
repulses Hoke's attack;
mentioned.

Rullett and Clipp houses,
at Antietam.

Sale, John B., military secretary of General Bragg,
takes special message to Johnston.

Salisbury, North Carolina,
confederate treatment of prisoners at;
prison pen described.

Sanders, Wm. P., colonel 5th Kentucky cavalry,
raid into E. Tennessee;
pursuit of Morgan raiders;
defeated at Richmond;
turns tables on Scott at Lancaster;
made brigadier general;
resists Wheeler in E. Tennessee;
splendid conduct before Knoxville;
mortally wounded.

Sanitary Commission reaches E. Tennessee with needed supplies.

Saunders, E. D.,
assistant adjutant-general on Gen Cox's staff;
killed while riding at his side;
loss severely felt.

Savage, Jas. W., colonel 12th New York Cavalry,
at Kinston.

Scammon, E. P., colonel 23d Ohio,
at Canfex Ferry;
history and characteristics;
succeeds to command of Schenck's brigade;
at Fayette courthouse;
at Flat Top Mountain;
at Princeton;
at French's;
commands 1st brigade Kanawha division;
at Bull Run bridge;
at the Monocacy;
supports Pleasanton;
attached to Rodman's division;
at Antietam;
promoted;
commands division in Kanawha valley;
at Fayette courthouse;
heads off Morgan at Pomeroy, Ohio

Scary Creek, West Virginia,
skirmish at.

Schenck, Robt. C., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
in West Virginia;
movements near Gauley;
efforts to intercept Floyd;
leaves West Virginia on account of ill health;
under Fremont in Mountain Department;
appointed major general;
political acquaintance and influence secures confirmation;
commands District of Maryland with West Virginia annexed;
attitude toward Lincoln.

Schleich, Newton,
brigadier general Ohio Valley Infantry.

Schofield, John M.,
appointed major general in 1862, not confirmed;
reappointed as of first date;
opposition to confirmation;
appointed to command Army of the Ohio;
arrives at Knoxville;
instructed to drive Longstreet out of E. Tennessee;
impossibility of making campaign explained;
remains on defensive;
reports to Sherman;
instructed to join him;
even temper;
permanently assigned to command 23d army corps;
unites with Sherman's army;
left wing of army before Dalton;
manoeuvres at Dalton;
dissatisfied with Hovey;
asks to have him removed;
praises Cox's movement, retiring left wing;
orders advance at Resaca;
advances on extreme left from Resaca to Cassville;
hindered by Hooker's getting on his line of march;
concentrates at Cartersville;
appoints Hascall commander 2nd division in place of Judah;
again hindered by Hooker;
movements south of the Etowah;
disabled by fall of horse;
turns command over to General Cox;
resumes command;
question of rank with Butterfield;
outflanks confederate army and compels abandonment of New Hope
lines;
at Kolb's farm;
demonstrates on extreme right;
says importance of position gained by General Cox, south of
Olley's Creek, cannot be overestimated;
at Smyrna;
across the Chattahoochee;
builds wooden bridge;
wide circuit east of Atlanta;
attacked by Cheatham at Atlanta;
at Rough and Ready;
at Decatur, Georgia;
turns command of corps over to General Cox during October;
classmate and roommate of McPherson;
commands all troops in Chattanooga and vicinity;
objects to being relegated to Department command;
resumes command of Army of the Ohio;
wants corps filled up to its quota;
reports to Thomas;
commands all forces assembling at Pulaski;
at Columbia;
limited to careful defensive;
holds on at Columbia under orders from Thomas;
deprived of benefit of cavalry;
earnestly demands General Cox's promotion;
at battle of Nashville;
in pursuit of Hood;
asks to have 23d corps transferred to eastern army;
corps filled up;
at Clifton, Tennessee;
transferred with corps to Washington;
appointed to command Department of North Carolina;
headquarters on steamer "Spaulding," controversy over;
efforts to flank Hoke out of position on Federal Point;
approves General Cox's discretion in not obeying orders;
asks permanent assignment of General Cox to 23d Corps command, and
General Terry to new corps
in advance on Kinston;
in temporary command of Sherman's army;
promoted to brigadier general in regular army;
on march to Raleigh;
commands District of North Carolina;
prepares paroles and arranges details of capitulation of
Johnston's army;
loans horses to the needy and issues rations to Johnston's troops;
proclaims an end of slavery;
confers with Hardee at Greensborough.

Schurz, Carl,
appointed major general United States Volunteers

Scofield, Levi T., lieutenant 103rd Ohio,
topographer on General Cox's staff.

Scott, Thos. M., brig, gen, Confederate States Army,
raid into southern Kentucky;
defeated by Sanders at Lancaster.

Scott, Winfield, General U. S. A.,
mistake in discouraging service of regular army officers with
volunteer regiments.

Seddon, Jas. A., Secretary of War, Confederate States Army,
correspondence with Johnston;
correspondence with B. H. Hill.

Sedgwick, John, major general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam;
severely wounded.

Separate Commands,
evils of, in same field of operations;
ridiculed by Napoleon.

Sevierville, E. Tennessee,
cavalry combat at.

Seward, Wm. H., Secretary of State,
goes with Lincoln to meet confederate peace commander's.

Seymour, Truman, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam.

Shackelford, Jas. M., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
in Morgan raid;
captures Morgan and most of his command;
operations in E. Tennessee

Shelter Tent,
substituted for all other kinds;
advantages of.

Sheridan, P. H.,
first vote;
appointed major general United States Volunteers;
reasons for opposing Rosecrans' advance in Tennessee;
at Chickamauga;
at Missionary Ridge;
in E. Tennessee;
at Dandridge;
personal appearance;
slow development as a commander;
builds bridge which lands on an island;
retreats to Strawberry Plains;
transferred to eastern army;
part assigned in final round-up of Lee's army.

Sheriff of Hamilton Co., Ohio,
directed to arrest U. S. officers for contempt of court;
comical perplexity.

Sherman, Hon. John,
senator from Ohio;
correspondence with Wm. T.

Sherman, Wm. T.,
appointed colonel of regulars;
high opinion of volunteers
studies evolutions of the line after Bull Run;
acquiesces in Emancipation policy;
urges draft to fill up regiments in the field;
commands Department of the Tennessee;
hastens to Chattanooga;
marches to relief of Burnside;
horror of E. Tennessee;
dissatisfied with Granger;
good dinner at Burnside's headquarters, explanation of;
Meridian expedition;
promoted to command Mil. Division of the Mississippi;
visits Schofield at Knoxville;
urges confirmation of his appointment as major general;
correspondence with Halleck;
modest estimate of his own powers;
studies problem of supplying his army in the field;
takes possession of railroads from Louisville to Nashville and
Nashville to Chattanooga;
cuts down personal and headquarters baggage to bare necessities
and sets example himself;
accurate judgment of opposing forces;
concentrates for Atlanta campaign;
forces of;
personal appearance and characteristics;
cordial relations with Thomas;
orders for operations about Dalton;
satisfied Johnston's position could not be carried by assault;
orders demonstrations to cover McPherson's movement;
congratulates Schofield on Cox's movement retiring left wing;
declines to relieve Hovey;
presses after Johnston when he evacuates Resaca;
unwilling to give up hope of general engagement;
compelled by results to avoid assaults on intrenched positions;
losses on campaign compensated by arrival of Blair's (17th) corps;
recommends acceptance of Hovey's resignation;
indignation at promotion of Hovey and Osterhaus;
foresees probable necessity for attack at Kennesaw;
uneasy at stretching of lines;
hopes to break through enemy's lines;
orders demonstrations on both flanks and assaults by two columns
in middle
both assaults fail;
might have succeeded if followed up;
recognizes importance of position gained by General Cox on right
flank forces confederates to give up Atlanta or assume desperate
aggressive;
closes in on Jonesboro;
occupies Atlanta;
steady diminution in forces of;
offers promotion to any one who will capture or kill Forrest;
odd mistake, resulting in promotion of General Mower;
orders citizens to leave Atlanta;
leaves of absence and furloughs freely granted;
orders certain officers to report to governors of Indiana and Mo.
for duty--on the stump;
courteous treatment of subordinates;
would have given Logan command of Army of Tennessee but for
Thomas' opposition;
praises L.'s handling of that army at battle of Atlanta;
sends back troops to protect railroads against Hood's raid;
leaves 20th army corps to garrison Atlanta;
plans March to the Sea;
pursuit of Hood;
tires of countermarching to protect his communications;
praises Cox's management of 23d army corps;
recommends his promotion to be major general;
urges Halleck to send reinforcements to Thomas;
orders Schofield to report to Thomas with 23d Corps;
cuts communications and starts on March to the Sea;
plans campaign from Savannah, north;
inspiring quality of his leadership;
unselfish relations to Grant;
opposes bill providing for another lieutenant general;
knows Carolina campaign involves great risks;
where described;
general outline;
captures Columbia;
effects junction with Schofield and Terry, confident he can whip
Lee and Johnston combined;
battles of Averasborough and Bentonville;
losses at;
leaves Schofield in command, goes to City Point to consult Lincoln
and Grant;
endorses Schofield's request that Cox be assigned to permanent
command of 23d Corps and Terry, of new corps;
prohibits foraging after reaching Goldsborough;
moves upon Raleigh;
extravagant demonstrations of army, on learning of Lee's
surrender;
receives Governor Vance's peace delegation;
negotiates informally for withdrawal of North Carolina from
confederacy;
on Johnston's request agrees to an armistice;
stringent orders against pillage and arson;
fears outbreak of army on hearing news of Lincoln's assassination;
measures to prevent;
announces first step toward disbandment of confederate armies;
attitude before war on slavery question;
emphatic statements that if the South loses the war it loses
slavery;
freedom for the blacks to be secured, but they are unfit to assume
political rule;
set no limits on their following the army, except military
necessity;
representative colored men had confidence in him;
allots Sea-island lands to freedmen for cultivation with Stanton's
approval;
wrath against men chiefly responsible for secession and war;
conference with Lincoln only three weeks before he met Johnston;
understood his policy to involve guaranty of rights as citizens,
as soon as rebels laid down their arms, and recognition of existing
State governments as _de facto_ to prevent anarchy;
aware that Weitzel had authorized Virginia legislature to assemble
with Lincoln's consent;
not aware that permission was revoked;
meets Johnston with heavy burden of Lincoln's assassination on his
mind;
expresses full confidence in Johnston's sincerity;
sends full copies of Johnston's overture and his reply to Grant
and Stanton;
no notice taken of them;
witnesses Johnston's distress when advised of Lincoln's
assassination;
declines to deal with confederate government;
will recognize _de facto_ State governments only;
gives Johnston Lincoln's views;
regards slavery as utterly dead, but does not insist on irritating
acknowledgments;
reasons for depositing arms at State capitals;
loses nothing by delay, while negotiations in progress;
drafts memo or basis of agreement to be submitted to respective
principals;
sends it to Grant;
urges on Johnston a public declaration that slavery is dead and
predicts an era of good feeling to follow;
says war to perpetuate slavery was an insult to the intelligence
of the age;
warns Johnston of intense feeling at the North over Lincoln's
assassination;
changes the situation;
notifies Johnston of termination of truce and demands surrender of
his army on terms given to Lee;
resents Stanton's distrust as evidenced in orders to Grant to
direct operations against the enemy;
supposed the memo reflected Lincoln's ideas and purposes;
asks Grant to remain until capitulation finally signed;
farewell letter to Johnston;
field order No. 65;
deeply wounded by Stanton's press dispatches condemning his
conduct;
first heard of Davis' "plunder" through Grant;
takes immediate steps to prevent his escape with it;
imputation of Stanton that he could be bribed;
strikes back at Stanton in letter to Grant and in his report;
popular regard for, soon asserts itself;
life-long friendship for Halleck destroyed by latter's "plunder"
dispatch, and orders to disregard his truce;
refuses H.'s proffered hospitality, and denounces "diabolical
plot" to ruin him;
says he will defend his truce at all hazards;
theoretic discussion of his right and ability to do so;
sympathy of his subordinates;
leaves Raleigh, visits Charleston and Savannah;
notes complete submission to U. S. authority in Savannah.

Siber, Edward, colonel 37th Ohio,
at Raleigh courthouse;
retreats before Loring;
operates on south bank of Kanawha.

Sigel, Franz, major general United States Volunteers,
commands 11th Corps;
Pope's proposal to consolidate Kanawha division with, and put all
under Hooker.

Sill, Joshua W.,
ordnance officer at Camp Dennison;
character and heroic death at Stone's River

Simmonds, Seth J., captain Kentucky battery,
attached to Kanawha division;
at South Mountain;
at Antietam.

Simonton, Chas. H., colonel commanding brigade Confederate States
Army,
captured at Town Creek by General Cox.

Sisters of Charity,
in hospitals at Camp Dennison.

Skirmishing Advance,
described.

Slack, John Jr.,
deputy U. S. Marshal at Charleston, West Virginia

Slavery,
question, most troublesome in all border States;
admitted to be dead as result of war;
Sherman urges upon Johnston frank acknowledgment of fact, as
likely to usher in era of good feeling;
end of, in North Carolina, proclaimed by Schofield.

Slaves,
common belief among, that property of whites was to be taken away
and divided among them;
difficulties in getting them to work;
embarrassments of housekeepers.

Slemmer, Adam J., major 16th U. S.,
at Ft. Pickens;
inspector general on Rosecrans' staff;
good qualities.

Slocum, Henry W., major general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam;
succeeds Hooker in command of 20th Corps;
left to garrison Atlanta;
commands Army of Georgia, composed of 14th and 20th Corps;
march past 23d Corps at Goldsborough;
chaffing between soldiers;
at battles of Averasborough and Bentonville;
on march to Raleigh;
"bummers" of, forage country bare near Raleigh;
marches through Raleigh.

Smith, Andrew J., major general United States Volunteers,
ordered to reinforce Thomas at Nashville;
delayed in starting;
at Nashville;
at battle of Nashville;
supports cavalry in pursuit of Hood;
ordered to Eastport;
at Clifton awaiting transportation.

Smith, Benj. F., leading lawyer and "new state man,"
in West Virginia;
U. S. District Atty., father of Major Smith of Confederate States
Army;
demands return of son's escaped slave, refused by General Cox;
acts as advocate for return of others' slaves.

Smith, E. Kirby, major general Confederate States Army,
threatens Cincinnati;
commanding in trans-Miss, department.

Smith, Gustavus W., major general Confederate States Army,
commands Georgia militia and prepares line of defence on Nickajack
Creek, and Chattahoochee.

Smith, Wm. F., major general United States Volunteers,
at Antietam;
consulted by McClellan as to what he should do about Emancipation
Proclamation;
chief engineer, Army of the Cumberland;
opens new line of supply for Chattanooga;
transferred to Eastern Army;
on the James.

Smith, W. P.,
master of transportation on Kanawha River

Smith, Wm. Sooy, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
selected by Grant to command cavalry of Western army;
ordered to co-operate with Sherman's column;
fails to do so.

Soldier Vote,
in Ohio State election, 1863;
in 1864.

Southern People,
complete submission immediately after the war;
reaction and political exasperation.

South Mountain,
passes of;
battle of.

Spears, Jas. G., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
in Morgan's command;
at Blain's Cross-roads;
assigned to 23d army corps

Spies,
army, false reports of Lee's strength;
worse than useless to McClellan;
conscious, or unconscious, purveyors of false news.

Splaine, Henry, colonel 17th Massachusetts,
commanding brigade in Carter's division at battle of Kinston,
North Carolina.

Sprague, Wm., Governor of R. I.,
on McClellan's favoritism for Porter.

Staff Officers,
services hidden from view, chances for promotion less than those
of line officers;
qualifications and appointment of.

Stafford, Leroy A., colonel 9th La.,
commanding brigade at Antietam.

Stager, Anson, colonel,
suerintendent of military telegraphs at Washington.

Stahel, Julius,
appointed major general United States Volunteers.

Stanley, David S.,
appointed major general United States Volunteers.

Stanley, Timothy R., colonel 18th Ohio,
at Chattanooga;
in Ohio Senate at outbreak of war.

Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War,
first meeting with;
disapproves of restoring McClellan to command;
pleasant leavetaking;
maintains right of President to appoint additional major and
brigadier generals;
reports six major generals at home with no assignments to duty;
informs himself about conditions of things in Rosecrans' army;
dismisses telegraph operator for revealing cipher to Grant's
engineer;
adopts new cipher known only to operators;
this system criticised;
asks Sherman to detail certain officers to stump northern States;
impatience with Thomas before battle of Nashville;
cordial manner with General Cox;
petulance about Schofield's use of hospital steamer for
headquarters;
inquires about Sherman's treatment of the negro;
approves his allotment of sea-island lands to the freedmen;
dispatch to Dix, reflecting on Sherman;
false implications of;
refutation;
nine criticisms of Sherman-Johnston Convention considered;
objections, really to Lincoln's policy;
position against amnesty not sustained by the people;
orders Sherman's subordinates not to obey his orders;
ignores capitulation, while paroles were being issued;
_suppressio veri_;
mutilates Grant's dispatch for publication;
constitutional inability to admit that he was in the wrong;
publishes Halleck's "plunder" dispatch in garbled form;
evident purpose to humiliate Sherman;
makes no public explanation;
tells Howard that Sherman had put administration on the defensive;
regarded Sherman's convention and dispatch as acts of vanity to be
put down.

Starke, Wm. E., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at Harper's Ferry;
killed at Antietam.

Steedman, James B., brig, gen, United States Volunteers,
questioned by Stanton about Rosecrans and Thomas;
at Chickamauga;
ordered to Tuscumbia to destroy Hood's bridge of boats;
later ordered to Cowan and Nashville;
at Nashville;
at battle of Nashville;
ordered to Decatur, Alabama

Sterl, Oscar W., colonel 104th Ohio,
commanding Reilly's old brigade in 23d army corps, in movement up
right bank of Cape Fear River.

Sterling, Jas. T., lieutenant colonel 103rd Ohio,
accompanies General Cox on winter ride to E. Tennessee;
at Dandridge;
at skirmish before Knoxville;
inspector general on General Cox's staff, resigns for business
reasons.