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Company G, Sixth Iowa Infantry, num- ber of men in, 7; date of muster of, 7 : officers of, 7, 116, 130, 138, 164, 390, 391; position of, 78, 268; casual- ties in, 99, 100, 213. 217, 241, 242, 268, 282, 294, 293, 306, 307, 311, 317, 318, 329, 435; prisoners taken from, 100, 243, 437; advance made by, 267; activities of, 268, 269
Company H, Sixth Iowa Infantry, num- ber of men in, 7; date of muster of, 7: officers of, 7, 130, 138, 164, 231, 390, 391; order received by, 82: pris- oners taken from, 100, 243, 437; cas- ualties in, 100, 213, 242, 268, 271, 279, 286, 295. 317, 318: expedition by troops of, 157; service of, 231, 437; Confederates attacked by, 267
Company I, Sixth Iowa Infantry, num- ber of men in, 7; date of muster, 7; officers of, 7, 8, 80, 130, 138, 164, 310, 391; advance of, 16, 267; battle- field visited by, 43; service of, as guards, 62, 171; skirmishes of. 78; casualties in, 80, 100, 202, 204, 205, 213, 214, 241, 242, 279, 286, 295, 306, 311, 317, 330, 370, 371, 437, 464, 465; charge by, 82, 83; retreat of. 83; prisoner from, 101, 243; transfer of, 194; road examined by, 222
Company K, Sixth Iowa Infantry, num- ber of men in, 8; date of muster of, 8; Adjutant-General's report relative to, 8; officers of, 8, 130, 164, 192, 317, 390, 391; advance of, 16, 267; send- ing of, to front, 78; formation of, in battle line, 80; prisoners taken from, 101, 192, 243; casualties in, 101, 213, 217, 241, 242, 243, 268, 279, 295, 311, 318, 329, 370; expedition by troops of, 157
Company drill, participation in, 26, 40, 132, 149. 171, 185, 216, 441 Concerts, giving of, by band, 123, 133
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Confederacy, support of, in Missouri, 30, 44, 45: plans to advance against, 52, 60; efforts of, to seenre victory, 64, 167; destruction of fleet of, 125: plans approved by, 154; officers of, 160, 167; slavery in, 168; warning issued to, relative to treatment of negroes, 168; Grant's order respected by, 168; currency of, 226, 451; conscription by, 248; Union troops in, 261, 392; military leaders of, 369; defeat of, 393, 481; price of newspapers in, 451; capital of, 457
Confederacy, President of (see Davis, Jefferson )
Confederate army, book by officer of, 26; order to advance to, 32; location of, 43; discouragement of, 61; prepara- tion of, for battle of Shiloh, 65, 75; concentration of. 72, 156, 258; com- manders of, 73, 227, 258. 370; strength of, 74, 105, 120, 121, 143, 198. 241. 318, 369, 370, 421, 427, 445, 458; assault made by, 85, 220, 310; organization of. 95; casualties in. 96, 243; retreat of, 117, 120, 430, 486: inspection of. 120: position of, 127, 128, 270, 336, 430, 449; sus- pension of officers of, 143; attack on, 183, 198, 237, 258, 261; surrender of, 19S, 447, 452, 459; river guarded by, 202: activities of, 232; advantages gained by, 243; citizens of Tennessee in, 248: conditions in, 258, 259, 261; fortifications of, 284, 209, 302, 380, 396; religious enthusiasm in. 316; political attitude of, 334; attitude of, toward possession of Atlanta, 335; destruction of bridge by, 421, 422; hostilities of, 459
Confederate barracks, destruction of. 452 Confederate generals, efficiency of. 370 Confederate infantry, activities of, 78
Confederate officers. efforts of, to secure victory. 64; conference of, at Shiloh, 75: taking of, as prisoners, 137, 231, 2×5; communication written by, 239; list of, 263; disagreement among, 270; casualties among, 278, 284, 324; ser- vice of, 418; conditions of. 463
Confederate rangers, activities of, 255 Confederate soldier, Union officer killed by. 305
Confederate soldiers, number of. 32, 74, 156, 172, 207, 209, 210, 235, 402; party in honor of return of. 54; sight of, by Union forces, 60; concentra- tion of. 64, 66; defeat of, 64, 198, 224, 238, 307, 313, 342; engagements with, 64. 130; surrender of, 65, 95. 96, 198, 222; attacks made by, 67, 90, 170, 179, 187, 207. 304, 300, 311, 342, 366, 367, 380. 381, 408; dogs belonging to. at Union outposts. 69; sounds heard by, 69; organization of, 72, 323; report concerning, at Shiloh, 74. 75. 76. 86, 90, 101: activities of, 78, 328. 432: casualties among, 86, 96. 101, 111. 121. 307, 311, 312, 325, 342. 343. 370. 435; retreat of, 88, 94, 95, 96, 110, 113, 152, 180,
186, 214, 238, 267, 269, 270, 271, 282, 291, 298, 299, 303, 323, 325, 365, 367, 402, 403. 406, 407, 408, 409; criticism of, 96; cowardice of, 96; plunder looted from Union by, 96; burial of, 102; camp occupied by, 103; hospitals for, 106: bugle of, heard in Union camp, 112; supplies abandoned by, 113; commanders of, 121: campaigns of, 128; punishment received by, 143; shelter of, 143; evacuation of positions by, 145, 222, 238, 269, 286, 298, 401, 446; forti- fications of, 151, 152, 196, 214, 386. 446; prestige of. 153; confidence of, 160; review of, 160; capture of, 165, 324; negroes hanged by, 168; use of negroes by, 176; scouting party of, 179; ambuscade by, 181; defeat of, at Vicksburg, 198; equipment left by, 202; Corinth evacuated by, 222; posi- tion of, 284, 314, 366, 445; Chatta- hoochee River crossed by. 299; snp- plies for, 300; change in campaign of, 303; siege conducted by, 315; cavalry expedition against, 319; cattle cap- tured for, 319; work of artillery of, 320. 322; selection of, 324; meeting of, in truce, 335; railroad abandoned by, 317; resistance offered by, 360; escape of, from Savannah, 386; bridge burned by, 407, 408; property destroyed by, 412, 413; marksman- ship of, 439; sorrow of, at death of Lincoln, 449; discouragement of, 451; disbandonment of, 451; condition of, 463; number of, in Richmond, 465 Confederates, Hardee's Military Tactics adopted by, 26, 73; story told by, relative to battle of Shiloh, 76, 86, 90, 101; resources of, 191; cotton pledged by, 389
Congaree River, Union troops along, 406, 407, 409; crossing of, 409, 410
Congress, resolution passed by, relative to Grant's service, 243; act of, rela- tive to military affairs, 258; troops reviewed by members of. 471; address by member of, 494
Conner, Archibald, death of. 100
Conroy, Thomas, wound received by, 213 Conscription, opposition to, 121, 248; Confederate recruits obtained by, 128 Constitution of the United States, preser- vation of, 159; authority of, 488; obedience to, 491
Cook, John L., wound received by, 101; service of. as lieutenant, 164; capture of, 192, 390 Coosa River, topography near. 248; Un- ion troops along, 272; crossing of, 346, 351
Copi. consolidation of troops from, 4 Corbly, Jacob I., wound received by, 306 Corinth (Mississippi), railroad to, 63; Confederate forces at, 64, 72, 74, 120, 121, 133, 135, 142, 143; advance of Union troops to, 65, 66, 105, 106, 107, 113; Union troops at, 106-127, 155, 172, 177, 221; capture of Con- federates near, 110; fortifications at,
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111, 114; evacuation of, 113, 111, 115, 120. 121, 127, 143, 221, 222; cam- paign against, 114; defense of, 115; service of General Rosecrans at, 121, 122; march of Union troops from, 125, 126: scouting expeditions near, 128; guard hear, 144: battle at, 196, 338, 394, 464; efficiency of soldiers at, 314; display of banners in honor of, 475; siege of, 484 Corinthi road, skirmishes on, 67, 68, 69, 77; Union troops on, 114, 116
Corn, abundance of, 136, 321, 379 Corn fodder, taking of, by officers, 146 Corn meal, grinding of, 423
Corporals. duty of, 119
Corps badge, adoption of, 442, 443 Corps flag, adoption of, 443
Corse, John Murray, commission of, as major, 5; participation of, in parade, 11; attitude of, relative to use of profane language, 26, 27; guns tested by, 31; troops drilled by, 37, 123, 124; order given by, to unfurl flag, 39; camp visited by, 53; troops in- spected by, 53, 137; Sixth Iowa visited by, 104; return of, to command, 112; regiment commanded by, 129, 136, 137, 138; relatives , entertained by, 134; service of, as lieutenant-colonel, 139; expedition led by, 157; promo- tion of, 163, 216: troops assembled by, 178, 179; cheers led by, 182; order of, relative to fatigued soldiers, 183: ser- vice of, as colonel, 188; command giv- en by. 192; division commanded by, 203, 204, 308, 336, 353, 355, 372, 380, 381, 403, 429. 432, 462. 472; skirmishers commanded by. 207; con- gratulation sent to, 208; report made by, 208, 343; brigade commanded by, 216, 217, 224, 229, 230. 231, 236, 238, 239; troops commanded by 218, 232, 239. 240, 341, 344, 364, 449, 476; attitude of, toward soldiers, 227; service of, as general, 235, 387: charge led by, 235, 238. 239; wound received by, 236, 237, 239, 343, 344; bravery of, 238, 345; reply of, to General French. 342; appearance of, 107
Corydon, troops organized at, 3, 4
Cotton, value of. 389; destruction of, 412; production of, 461
Cotton gin, mention of, 174
County officers, election of, 135
Court of Inquiry, Confederate, conven- ing of, 160
Court-martial, convening of, 148
Courtney, Richard W., wound received by, 370. 435; discharge of, from ser- vice, 435
Covington (Georgia), Union troops at, 356
Cowan, Captain, battery commanded by, 341
Cowden, William, wound received by, 279 Cowles, Byron K., selection of, as com. missary-sergeant, 8; service of, as cal- tain. 130
Cox, Jacob, wound received by, 294
Cox, Jacob D., troops commanded by, 453 Cox's bridge, skirmishes near, 429 Craig, Harrison, death of, 213
Crawfish Springs ( Georgia), Union camp at, 264
Crawford, Robert, death of, 101
Crawford, William B., death of, 98
Crawfordsville ( Indiana), Union troops at, 493
"Crescent City", Union troops on, 59, 222, 483; voyage of, on Tennessee River, 60, 61
Crichton, Peter F., promotion of, 163; muster of, from service, 349
Criminal injustice, cases of, 249. 250
Crocker's Brigade, advance led by, 397; appearance of, 476
Cross Key's road, Union troops along, 302
Croton, secessionist troops near, 16, 17: skirmishes near, 18; troops embarked at, 19
Crow, William G., wound received by, 294
Crows, shooting of, by recruits. 46
Cruelty, officer charged with, 160
Crump's Landing. Union troops station- ed at, 70; topography near, 87; bat- tle renewed by troops from, 93 Cumberland (Virginia), Union troops at, 480
Cumberland Gap, control of, 127
Cumberland Mountains, Union troops near, 229, 253
Cumberland River. Grant's campaign along, 54; victory at Fort Donelson on banks of, 57; veterans embarked on, 259
Cummins, Francis Markoe, service of, as lieutenant-colonel, 27; promotion of. 28; orders given by, relative to Sixth Iowa, 78: troops directed by, 80; ar- rest of, 80; discharge of, 112
Curtis, Samuel R., camp named in honor of, 30; inessage delivered by, 42; troops organized under, 52
Cutting, Henry P., wound received by, 213
Cypress Creek, burning of bridge over. 116; factories along, 225; Union camp near, 461
Dade County (Missouri), passage of troops through, 43
Dallas (Georgia), march of troops to. ward, 273; Union troops near, 275, 282, 283, 487, 490; battle at, 282, 487; death of Union officer at, 306; road to, 340; Confederate army near, 346; Union victory at, 487
Dallas and Villa road. crossing of, 275 Dalton, Alexander, death of, 241
Dalton (Georgia), Confederate army at, 261, 262, 265; campaign near, 264, 265; retreat of Confederates from, 267; Union army at, 319, 346; de- struction of railroad near, 346; sur- render of Union troops at, 346
Davenport, muster of troops from ser- vice at, vi; veterans at, 260; Union troops at, 493, 494
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Davis. Enoch, wound received by, 307, 317
Davis, Jefferson, appointment of Albert Sidney Johnston made by, 72; mem- ber of staff of, 120; report made to, 120, 121; Confederate troops reviewed by, 160. 336, 339; plantation of, 212 Davis, Jefferson C., Union troops com- manded by, 32, 245, 355, 474; officer shot by, 89
Davis, Robert B., death of, 241
Davis, Samuel H., wound received by, 213
Davis, Uriah M., death of, 268
Davis, William, death of, 99
Davis' Cross-Roads, Union troops at, 348
Davis' Mills, Union troops at, 144, 156, 178
Day, Isaac, wound received by, 329
Dayton, L. M., service of, as captain, 344
Dayton, consolidation of troops from, 4
Dead, burial of. 18, 102, 206, 312. 371; number of, on battlefield, 93, 94 Deaf, institutions for, 450, 451
Deas, Z. C., Confederate troops led by, 315
Deaths, frequency of, in camps, 217
Decatur (Georgia), Union troops near, 302, 329; Confederate troops near, 351 De Gress, F., Illinois battery commanded by, 276, 277, 278, 303, 305, 351, 353, 409
De Jarnett's plantation, 467
Delany, Zeph. F., death of, 99
Delap. William, death of, 95
Delong, Gilbert E., capture of. 101
Democratic party, votes for, 135, 221
Deniston, Wilson D., service of, as cap- tain, 4, 8
Denver, J. W., troops commanded by, 139, 144, 149, 155; troops reviewed by, 171
Department of the Cumberland, service of, 219
Department of the South, expeditions made by, 397
Department of Tennessee, reference to, 122; passes obtained by member of, 137
Department of the West, communication to commander of, 43
Depots, guarding of, 129, 176 Deserter, escape of, 349
Desertion, attempts at. 167
Des Moines, National Encampment at, v
Des Moines County, company organized in, 3; Sixth Jowa Infantry Volunteers organized in, 5; assignment of troops from, to Company I, 7
Des Moines County Fair Grounds, se- lection of, as camp ground. 5
Des Moines Rapids ( Mississippi River). low water at, 14
Des Moines River. secessionists on banks of, 15, 16; railroad on banks of, 17; troops near, 18, 483
Des Moines Valley Railroad, secessionist troops near station on, 16; troops transported by, 16
Devore, Benjamin F., wound received by, 307
Devore, Elijah D., service of, 437
Diary, keeping of, by Marcellus Westen- haver, vii
Dickerman, Willard A., Union troops commanded by, 275; death of, 278, 331 Dickey, T. Lyle, cavalry directed by, 155 Diehl. Jolin, wound received by, 213
Dillon's Ferry, Union troops at, 379
Diplomatic Corps, troops reviewed by members of, 471
Disabled soldiers, care of, 384, 397, 441, 453
Discharges, frequency of, 163
Ditto, John, capture 100; wound received by, 100, 242
Ditto, Michael, death of, 311
Dixie, troops started to, 14; letter rela- tive to, 173-175
Dodge, Grenville M., Union troops com- manded by, 149, 155, 263, 309; wound received by, 318
Dodge, John W., service of, 437
Dog, shooting of, 151
Dogs, approach of, from enemy's camp, 69
Dollard, Peter, activities of, 255
Donsay, Charles F., wound received by, 371
Douglas, Joseph M., service of, as lieu- tenant, 7, 130
Douglas, Stephen A., candidacy of, for President, 226
Dourty, Johu, loss of, in action, 214 "Down on the Swanee River," singing of, 380
Draft law, evasion of, 349 (see also Con- scription )
Drake, F. M., appointment made by, viii Dress parades, holding of, 11, 12, 45,
156, 185, 192, 489; guns tested in, 31 Drewry's Bluff, Union troops at, 464 Drill, troops engaged in, 156, 218, 389; proficiency attained in, 456
Drugs, securing of, from quartermaster, 49
Drummer boy, wound received by, 67, 68 Drunkenness, officer charged with, 160 Dugdown Mountain, Union troops at, 352 Dumfries ( Virginia), Union troops at, 466, 468
"Dunbar", arrival of, 234
Duncan, James B., death of, 98
Duncan farm, mention of, 365
Dupree, Allen, wound received by, 317
Durham's Station, meeting of officers at, 454
Dwellings, burning of, 204, 210
Early Grove ( Mississippi), Union troops at, 187, 190, 221
Earthworks, erection of, 49, 108, 266, 313, 383, 396, 401, 407, 431 (see also Fortifications)
East Chickamauga (Georgia), Union troops at, 234
East Chickamauga Creek, Union troops at, 233; crossing of, 238
East Chickamauga River, Union camp near, 233
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East Macon ( Georgia), Confederate troops at, 369 East Point ( Georgia), Union troops near, 319, 329, 335, 336
Eastpoint (Tennessee), Union troops at, 222
Eastport (Mississippi), Union troops at, 224; rations issued at, 229
Eden (Georgia), Union troops near, 378 Eden Court House, Union camp near, 378
Edisto River, Confederates along, 403; skirmishes along, 404; Union troops on, 405, 487
Edwards, Eugene E., service of, as lieu- tenant, 6, 130
Egbert, Andrew J., wound received by, 98, 293
Eighteenth Alabama Infantry, assault made by, 90
Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, encamp- ment of, 25
Iowa Infantry, officers of, 124
Eighteenth Wisconsin Infantry, service of, 341
Eighth Iowa Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 31; report of retreat of, 53 Eighth Missouri Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 108; advance made by, 110 Eldora, company organized at, 2, 4; assignment of troops from, to Company C, 6
Election, holding of, among Iowa troops, 135, 158, 221, 352
Eleventh Army Corps, service of, 245, 393
Eleventh Iowa Infantry, appearance of, in parade, 476
Elk River, Union troops on, 228
Elliott, Robert W., wound received by, 213, 295
Ellis, Joseph, wound received by, 329, 370
Elrick, Thomas J., service of, as lieu- tenant, 130, 164; wound received by, 307; death of, 311
Ely, David C., enlistment of, 4; service of, as wagon-master, 31
Emancipation Proclamation, issuing of, 158; opposition to, 170
Engineer troons, strength of, 363; com. mander of, 363
Englishman, plantation owned by, 269, 270
Ennis, Thomas J., service of, as adjutant, 51, 53. 54, 129; mistake of, 52; arrest made by, 80; activities of, at Shiloh, 91; confidence of regiment gained by, 91: troops commanded by, 137, 267, 292; promotion of, 163; bravery of, 238; wonnd received by, 241; charac- ter of, 253; service of, as major, 280, 306; illness of, 297; return of, to Service, 300; death of, 310, 331; horse of, 428
Epidemics, .prevalence of, in camps, 49 Equipment, lack of, in camps, 23, 28, 245, 246; supply of, 31, 63, 64, 103, 128, 141, 162, 177, 185, 195, 351,
352, 389; abandonment of, 33, 271; destruction of, in battle, 102; assemb- ling of, 212; arrival of, 213, 260; carrying of, 233; storage of, in camp, 264; shipment of, to Chattanooga, 352; sending of, to Fort McAllister, 383, 384
Erickson, Charles A., wound received by, 317
Eriksson, Erik Mckinley, volume edited by, x
Etowah River, Confederate troops along, 271; Union troops along, 272, 273; railroad bridge over, 345; crossing of, 346
Fuharlee Creek, Union camp on, 273 Evans, Oliver P., death of, 98, 99
Ewing, Hugh, division commanded by, 224, 231, 232, 234, 240, 257; report by, 231, 232
Expeditions, conducting of, against Con- federate soldiers, 165
Explosion, accident resulting from, 416, 422
Exposure, troops subjected to, 61
Ezra Chapel, Union victory at, 487, 490 Ezra Church, Union troops near, 309; loss of Confederates at, 324
Factories, destruction of, 300
Fairburn (Georgia), Union troops near, 321
Fairfax Court House (Virginia), Union troops at, 465
Falkner, W. C., Confederate troops com- manded by, 154, 165, 172
Falling Creek, Union troops along, 429 Famine, prevention of, 491
Far River, crossing of, 461
Farewell addresses, delivery of, 485 Farewells, saying of, 489, 494
Fast, Orlando J., service of, 430 Fayette Mills, Union camp at, 228
Fayetteville (North Carolina), march to, 409-424; Union troops near, 423,
424; description of, 425, 426
Fayetteville (Tennessee), Union troops at, 228
Ferguson, S. W., troops commanded by, 227
Ferree, John C., wound received by, 242, 268
Ferry, Franklin, death of, 101
Fever, prevalence of, 26, 49, 58, 101, 104, 149, 299
Field hospitals, establishment of, 272; troops in, 297, 301, 331; need of, 299 (see also Hospitals)
Field works, erection of, 378
Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry, position of, at Shiloh, 85, 86
Fifteenth Army Corps, orders relative to, 149, 351; advance of, 199, 244, 276, 277, 327, 356, 376, 377, 385, 398, 405, 407, 413, 421; service of, 212, 238, 245, 250, 252, 266, 293, 306, 319, 379, 387, 394, 403, 422, 445; composition of, 212, 224, 336, 351, 355; camp of, 219, 245, 263, 347, 359, 375, 423, 425, 452, 463, 466;
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commander of, 224, 263, 308, 479; reinforcements of, 233; casualties in, 240, 311, 324, 325, 357, 135; prop- erty destroyed by, 245; praise given to, by General Sherman, 251, 473; return of, to Chattanooga, 25 ;; arrival of, at Missionary Ridge, 260; position of, 275, 276, 263, 286, 304, 309, 321, 322, 323, 325, 339, 348, 351, 357, 379, 382, 383, 397, 429, 431, 439, 446, 473; attacks on, 275, 276, 305, 309, 312; Confederate guns heard by, 280; transfer of, to Acworth, 282; officers of, 344, 387, 394: enthusiasmn in camp of, 352; supply train in charge of, 372; arrival of, at Colum- bia, 411: river crossed by, 422, 424; review of troops in, 434, 435; capture of members of, 437; houses built by, 463; march made by, 463, 464, 467, 475; parade of, 471, 472, 476; badge of, 473
Fifteenth Michigan Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 194, 263; commander of, 229; service of, 252; service of officer of, 313
Fifth Army Corps, river crossed by, 471 Fifth Division, number of men. in, 76, 108: commander of, 132
Fifth Iowa Infantry, assembling of, at Camp Warren, 5; character of troops in, 9: departure of, from Camp War- ren, 12; orders received for, 15; re- enforcements from troops of, 18
Fifth Kentucky Infantry, activities of, 85, 86, 323
Fifth Missouri Infantry, consolidation of, 297
Fifth Tennessee Infantry, position of, at Shiloh, 85; commander of. 86
Fiftieth Alabama Infantry, position held by, 315
Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, location of. 341 Fifty-first Tennessee Infantry, assault on Union troops made by, 90
Fifty-second Tennessee Infantry, assault on Union troops made by, 90
Fifty-third Ohio Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 108. 119. 194, 263 Fifty-third Tennessee Infantry, assign- ment of, to brigade, 311
Fifty-fourth Ohio Infantry, assigninent of, to brigade, 108; battle line formed by, 110; camp of. 140
Fifty-fifth Illinois Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 108; advance led by, 110
Fifty-fifth Tennessee Infantry, assign- ment of, to brigade, 311
Fifty-seventh Illinois Infantry, location of, 341
Fifty-seventh Ohio Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 108: battle line formed by, 110
Fire places, use of, by U'nion troops, 162 Firewood, securing of, 22, 146. 147
First Alabama Cavalry ( Union), capture of members of. 227; recruits of. 255 First Alabama Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 311
First Brigade, First Division, position of,
357, 422, 472; commander of, 376; service of, 378, 407, 412; advance made by, 410; camp of, 411; assign- ment of troops to, 459; return of, to Louisville, 479
First Brigade, Fourth Division, composi- tion of. 263; position of, 266, 275, 285, 302, 304, 309; activities of, 305; transfer of members of, 313
First Brigade, Fifth Division, battle line, formed by, 77, 108; attack made by, 110; commander of, 139
First Brigade, William S. Smith's, or- ganization of, 194
First Corps, commander of, 72, 262; position of, in battle line, 74; strength of, 262
First Division, advance by, 208, 268, 401, 402, 408, 409, 410, 417, 418, 420, 429, 453; orders received by, 234; commander of, 263, 353, 375, 472; position of, 266, 304, 309, 327, 046, 350, 357, 359, 361. 364, 376, 377, 379, 381, 383, 399, 403, 404, 405, 406, 423, 429, 431, 434. 439, 4.16, 472; activities of, 269, 292, 350, 432; casualties in, 330; troops in, 336, 866, 472; review of troops in, 337, 387; march made by, 339, 353, 453. 460, 468, 470; camp of, 347, 356, 372, 375, 394. 396, 399, 400, 408, 406, 423, 427, 428, 446, 447. 449, 452, 461, 463, 466, 471, 479; fortifications of, 373: arrival of, at Savannah, 386; badge of, 443: flag of, 443; river crossed by, 462; repre- sentatives of, 476
First Illinois Artillery, service of, 187
First lowa Battery, officer of, 263; ser- vice of, 277, 350
First Iowa Cavalry, colonel of, 5
First Iowa Infantry, promotion of officers of, 28
First Michigan Engineers, 473
First Missouri Engineers, strength of, 375: inention of, 473
First Texas Legion, service of, 202 First-lieutenants, names of, 6-3
Fish, Charles II., service of, as signal officer. 344
Fishing Creek. Union Camp along, 461
Fitch, Wm. C., wound received by, 293 Fithian, Daniel P., taking of, as prisoner, 100
Fitz-Henry, Daniel. taking of, as pris- oner, 100; wound received by, 279 Flag, adoption of, 443
Flag, Confederate, finding of, by Union troops, 182
Flag, United States, firing on, at Fort Sumter, 1: unfurling of. 39, 247; reflection of. 50; fying of. at Shiloh, 84; establishing of, 159, 160
Flag of truce, request made under, 18; sending of, to Savannah, 385
Flags, display of, 84, 381, 444, 474, 481 Flat Rock Church, Union camp at, 418 Fleming, Charles, death of, 437, 438; rescue of, from Confederates, 438 Flint River, crossing of, 321, 329 Floral wreaths, presentation of, 472, 473
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Florence (Mississippi), factories near,
225; Union troops near, 225, 226, 227; description of. 226
Florence ( South Carolina), Union troops at, 422
Florence College, Union camp at, 225 Florida Brigade, composition of, 278 Flour, sharing of, with citizens, 210 Folk's bridge, Union troops at, 447
Food, provision of, for troops, 5, 11, 23, 67, 348, 440; purchase of, by govern- ment, 120; scarcity of. 384
Foot, Perry 'L., wound received by, 100 Foote, Andrew H., victory of, 60
Foote, Perry L. (see Foot, Perry L. )
Foragers, supplies obtained by, 51, 54,
135, 136, 150, 153, 163, 182, 225, 229, 348, 358, 359, 375, 379, 403, 426; casualties among, 401, 419; rail- road destroyed by, 422
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