A history of the Sixth Iowa infantry, Part 39

Author: Wright, Henry H., 1840-1905; State Historical Society of Iowa cn
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Iowa City, Ia., The State historical society of Iowa
Number of Pages: 1110


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Montgomery Railroad, junction of. 319, 329


Monticello (Georgia), Union troops at, 356


Montrose, company organized at, 3, 4, 7; assignment of troops from. to Company H, 7


Montrose Guards, organization of, 3, 4, 7 Moore, David, troops under, 16, 19 Moore, Nathan B., death of, 318


Moore, William H., wound received by, 26S


Moore, William S., capture of. 99


Morale, improvement of. 53, 67


Moreland. David, death of, 99


Morey, Joseph K., wound received by, 9S; promotion of, 124


Morgan. John H., service of, as com- mander, 72, 85


Morganton (Tennessee), Union camp at, 246, 248


Mormons, expedition against, 73


Morris, Abraham W., wound received by, 286


Morris, Thomas H., wound received by, 98 Morrisville (North Carolina), Union troops at, 449


Morrow's mill, Union camp near, 329


Morton Battery ( Indiana), assignment of, to brigade, 60, 61; location of, 63, 76; reinforcements sent to, 78; ac- tivities of, 78. 79


Morton Factories, ruins of, 225


Moscow (Mississippi), Union troops at, 123, 124, 125, 182, 184, 191


Moss, J. W., capture of, 324; wound received by, 324


Mount Pleasant, consolidation of troops from, 4; assignment of troops froin, to Company K, 8


Mount Pleasant ( Mississippi), Union troops at, 182, 187, 190


Mount Pleasant (Tennessee), Union camp at, 221; burning of, 221


Mount Vernon (Virginia), Union troops at, 468


Mount Zion Church, Union troops near, 413


Mountain, crossing of, 256


Mounted foragers, name given to, 473


Mounted infantry, service of, 185, 187, 283, 39S. 399, 400, 401, 402


Mouse Creek Station (Tennessee), Union troops at, 246


Mower, Joseph A., troops commanded by, 422, 432, 474


Muchmore, Win. H., death of, 217


Muddy Springs (South Carolina), Un- ion camp near, 417


Mueller, Captain, battery commanded by, 149


Mules, use of, 31, 232; number of, 33, 189; loss of, in battle, 102, 367: cap- ture of. 180, 189, 191, 229, 230, 358, 359, 379, 436


Munchmore, Wm. H. (see Muchmore, Wm. H.)


Murders, number of. 154


Murfreesborough (Tennessee), military expedition &t, 165


Murphy, Kobert G., wound received by, 213


Muscatine, chaplain from, 5; promotion of officers from, 28


Muscle Shoals (Alabama), Union troops near, 226


Music, effect of, on soldiers, 89; partici- pation of soldiers in, 348, 349


Musicians, number of, 6-8, 12; selection of, 8, 9 (see also Band)


Muskets, issuing of, 16, 31, 46, 67; firing of, 76, 367; abandonment of, in Confederate camp, 202


Musselman, Daniel F. M., death of, 311 Musselman, Samuel G., wound received by, 268


Mustering in, date of, 488


Mustering officer, arrival of. 489


Mustering out, orders for, 488; date of. 488; ceremony of, 489


Nahunta Creek, skirmishes along, 446 Nahunta Depot, Confederate troops at, 436


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Nancy's Creek, Union troops along, 302 Napoleon (Arkansas), Union troops at, 195


Nashville (Tennessee), defeat of Con- federates at, 64; Buell's army at, 65; Confederate troops hear, 156; military operations at, 165; soldiers leave for, on furlough, 259; veterans at, 260; hospitals at, 352


Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, Union troops along, 229


Nashville and Huntsville Pike, Union troops on, 228


National Guard, service of Henry H. Wright in, viii


"Navigator", embarkation of troops on, 480; position of, on Ohio River, 481 Navy. victory won by, 198; blockade by, 389, 425


Navy yard, guarding of, 129


Nebraska, troops reviewed by Governor of, 123


Negro refugees, wounds of, 188; num- ber of, in Richmond, 465


Negroes, hanging of, in Louisiana, 168; military service of, 168, 453; number of, in camps, 169; food given to, 169; religious services held by. 169; loyalty of, to Union, 169; sending of, north- ward, 170; pranks played on, 170; taking of, as prisoners, 172; surround- ings of, 175; colonization of, 175; free- ing of, 175, 180, 139; service of, in sonth, 176; escape of, 169; capture of, 190, 191; treatment of, by Union troops, 396; earthworks erected by, 396 Nelson, William, report made by, on con- dition of soldiers, 89; character of, 89; death of, 89


Neuse River, crossing of, 434, 436, 448, 460: city situated on, 444


New Albany (Indiana), Union soldiers near, 493


New Albany ( Mississippi). Confederate forces at, 183; road leading to, 185; Union troops at, 186


New Albany and Salem Railroad, Union troops on, 493


New Babylon (Georgia), Union troops at, 352


New Berne road. Union troops along, 439 New England, troops from, 199; sailing vessels from, 389


New Hope (Georgia), General Sherman at, 345; Confederate army near, 346 New Hope Church, battle at, 274, 282; abandonment of, by Confederates, 288: Confederate troops at, 340, 342; Un- ion troops at, 490


"New Kentucky", troops transfer to, 194 New London, consolidation of troops from, 4


New Market (South Carolina), Union camp at, 421


New Orleans ( Louisiana), Union troops at, 212


New York cavalry, service of, 437


New York City, mention of. 157


Newport, Thomas J., wound received by, 98


Newspapers, communications in, relative


to expedition to Texas, 50; receipt of, 128, 111, 173, 334, 339, 441; influ- ence of, 159; war methods criticised by, 166; exclusion of, from camp. 166; reading of, 173, 453; publication of. 451; price of, 451; orders published in, 469; war stories in, 473


Newton Grove Cross-Roads (North Caro- lina), Union camp near, 428


Nichols' Ferry, Union troops at, 417


Nickajack Creek, Union troops along, 298, 299


Niekajack Gap. Union camp near, 232 Nickajack Trace, Union troops along, 230 Nickerman, Charles, capture of, 100


Nineteenth Alabama Infantry, assault made by, 90; service of, 314 Ninetieth Illinois Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 194, 263


Ninety-third Illinois Infantry, service of, 341; assignment of, to brigade, 459 Ninety-seventh Indiana Infantry, assign- ment of, to brigade, 140, 194, 263, 275, 356, 364; service of, 207, 264, 365, 367, 403; position held by, 276, 285, 310, 366; casualties in, 330; service of officer of, 367, 406; skirmishes led by, 430; association of, with Iowa troops, 188


Ninety ninth Indiana Infantry, assign- ment of, to brigade, 149, 194, 263; activities of, 177


Ninth Army Corps, officer of, 199; troops attached to, 199; advance of, 199; &c- tivities of, 203, 204, 207, 211; com- mander of, 209; review of, 470


Ninth Illinois Infantry, service of, 422


Ninth Jowa Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 459; appearance of, 476


Ninth Kentucky Infantry, assault made by, 323


Ninth Texas Cavalry, service of, 202


Ninth Texas Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 341


Non-commissioned officers, appointment of, 6-8; muster of, from service, 300: service of, 492; promotion of. 492, 493 Nonconnah (Tennessee), Union troops at, 221


Nonconnah Creek, Union camp along, 141 Non-veterans, camp maintained by, 260; arrival of, at Missionary Ridge. 260; muster of, from service, 300, 301; ill- ness of. 301


Noonday Creek, topography of land near,. 283; Union troops near, 284; battle at, 285


North Carolina, Uuion army in, vi, 393, 426, 441; campaigns through, vi, 398, 441, 412, 487, 490; troops on border of, 425: swamps in, 428; roads in, 433; Confederate troops in, 445, 458: surrender of capital of, 448; orders issued in, 459; march of troops through, 466; fortifications in, 466


North Edisto River, crossing of, 405


North Liberty, company organized at, 3, 4; assignment of troops from, to Com- pany G, 7


Northern States, conditions in, 1, 334: opposition to Emancipation Proclama.


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tion in, 170; recai;e of mail from, 334 Nottoway River. Urile troops along, 462 Nunn, George E., stesd commanded by, 4; service cf, as lieutenant, 7, 130; service of, es caresin, 164, 231, 232; wound received by, 242; muster of, from service, 343


Oak Ridge ( Mississippi), Union camp at, 197, 216


Occoquan River, eressing of, 468


Ocmulgee River. : opcgraphy near, 360; Union troops nes :. 360, 364; crossing of, 361, 374; bridge over, 372; width of, 373


Oconee River, skirmishes along, 373; bridges over, 3:4


Officers, subordination of. 4; return of, 4, 455; inexperience of, 5; selection of, 8: number of, at Camp Warren, 12; destruction of property by, 19, 20; privileges granted to, 28, 164, 214. 220; criticism of, 29, 50, 166; inspection of troops by, 34, 35, 463: activities of, 39, 233, 477; furloughs received by, 45, 163, 216. 335; com- mendation of. 53; misunderstanding of, 65; plans of. for campaign, 65, 66; military education of, 71; political in- fluence of, 71. 335; experiences of, prior to enlistment, 71. 72: orders to, 75, 109, 117-120. 139, 389; casual- ties among. 95. 330; change in roster of, 129; promotion of, 130; leave of absence issued by. 131, 132; oppor- tunity to visi: with, in camp, 134; restriction placed upon, 116; punish- ment of. 147. 145: character of, 164, 250. 282, 4,5: Vicksburg campaign criticised by, 215; training of, 218; efficiency of. ' 335: absence of, 349; muster of, 349, 492; expiration of term of, 351; appearance of, in camp, 407; property given to. 455; military bear- ing of, 456: Lowers given to, 473; assembling of. 473, 474; passes grant- ed to, 479: reports by, 482, 483; addresses by. 455, 489-491; attitude of soldiers towsrd. 491, 492 Officers, county. dlection of, 221, 352 Officers, non-commissioned (see Non- commissioned (Avers)


Officers, State, election of, 135, 221, 352 Official report, strength of army indicat- ed by, 74


Ogden, Jasper, wound received by, 242 Ogeechee River. destruction of railroad to, 373; Union troops near, 376, 379, 385; crossing of. 377, 378, 379; to- pography Hear. 377, 378; swamps along, 380: protecting of cattle near, 382; Confedezste fort on, 382; Union fleet on, 353: supplies on, 383, 384, 385


Ogle, William T .. service of, as wagon- master, 31


Ohio, assembling of army in, 65; casual- ties iu tro Fo from. 86; reinforcements brought to troops from, 88, 89; bravery of troops from. 89: activities of troops from, 94, 110; plan of invasion of,


by Confederates, 128; visit of citizens of, in camp, 316; welcome of troops to, 81


Ohio River, voyage of soldiers up, 59, 60; overflow of, 60; Union troops along, 154, 353, 480; crossing of, 493 Okolona (Mississippi), Union troops at, 185, 186


"Old Abe" (see Lincoln, Abraham) Old Fort Pickering, Union troops at, 125, 128, 137


"Old Glory," reference to, 451


"Old Kentucky Home," singing of, 380 Old State House (Columbia, S. C.), Un- ion troops at, 410 "Old Tecumsch" (see Sherman, William T.)


Old Town Creek, crossing of, 463


Oliver, Jolin M., troops commanded by, 229, 252, 263, 309, 310, 313, 413 One Hundred and Third Illinois Infan- try, activities of. 177, 235, 236, 326, 365, 403; assignment of, to brigade, 183, 194, 263, 275, 356, 364; casual- ties in, 266, 278, 330, 331; position of, 285, 310, 366; association of, with Iowa troops, 488


One Hundredth Indiana Infantry, as- siginnent of, to brigade, 149, 194, 263, 356, 364; skirmishes led by, 266; transfer of, 313; service of, 326, 352; position of, 366, 430; association of, with lows troops, 488


Oostanaula River, Confederate troops 1.ear, 265, 269; crossing of, 269; Union troops along, 272


Orangeburg (South Carolina), Union troops at, 403, 405, 487 Orangeburg and Columbia road, Union camp along, 406


Orangeburg road, Union troops along, 405


Ord, Edward O. C., troops commanded by, 199, 212


Orders, issuing of, 131, 132, 356


Orman, John H., wound received by, 99, 130; service of, as licutenant, 130; absence of, 130


Ortinan, James S., wound received by, 100


Osage River, troops along. 32, 40; Con- federate recruits along, 42, 44; cross- ing of, 44


Osburn. Robert H., death of, 278


Osceola, company organized at, 2; as- signment of troops from, to Company F. 7


Ossian Creek. Union camp near, 467 Osterhaus, Peter J., troops commanded by, 234, 263, 351. 355, 369; troops reviewed by, 337; instruction received by, 350; address delivered by, 352; report made by, 386, 387


Otterville ( Missouri), encampment near, 47


Outposts, guarding of, 66; advance of, at Shiloh, 77


Oviatt, William H., troops in charge of, 4; wound received by, 213, 318, 370 Ovington, Charles, capture of, 97; wound received by, 213


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Owen, George W., loss of, in action, 214 Owens, Lewis L., wound received by, 100 Owl Creek, troops along, 62, 63, 69, 74, 78, 81, 86; Chion guards at bridge on, 62, 77, 79, 80; bridge over, 62, 63, 77, 78, 79, 80; camp near, 63, 69; location of, 63, 76, 81; attack made near, 67, 76, 78, 85; stream emptying into, 77, Confederate troops on bridge of, 81, 86


Oxford, troops from, 4


Oxford (Mississippi), Confederate troops at, 126, 145, 152; Union troops at, 128, 145, 158, 172; Union victory at, 145


Pacific Coast, service of Albert Sidney Johnston as commander along, 73 Padgett, William, wound received by, 99 Paducah ( Kentucky), arrival of Union troops at, 60


Paint Rock Creek, Union troops along, 256.


Palmetto (Georgia), Confederate army at, 336; Jefferson Davis at, 339


Panola (Mississippi), Union troops at, 128, 173, 187; Confederate troops at, 181, 186, 190


Panola road, Union troops along, 153 Panora ( Mississippi), Union camp near, 180; Confederates at, 181


Panora road, Union troops on, 180


Panunkey River, crossing of, 467


"D'ap Thomas" (see Thomas, George H.) Parades, popularity of, 26; holding of, 53, 123, 135, 139, 171, 189, 216, 218, 444, 456


Parke, John G., troops commanded by, 199, 211; skirmishers led by, 207; comment of, relative to attack on Jack- son, 209


Parkersburg (West Virginia), Union troops at, 480


Parrott guns, use of, 88, 276, 303, 353, 409


Parsons, M. M., Confederate troops com- manded by, 32


Partridge, Andrew, wound received by, 101


Passes, limiting of, 131; granting of, 195, 214. 444, 450, 479


"Pathfinder" (see Fremont, John C.)


Patriotism, development of, 27, 109, 485, 486; exercise of, by officers, 478; indications of, 481


Patterson, William P., wound received by, 100


Pay, receipt of, 32


Payı


army


visited by, 47, 107,


108, 129, 494


Payne, Charles J., death of, 98


Payton, John, service of, 111


Payton, Joseph F., service of, 111; wound received by, 241


Payton, William, service of, 111


Pea Ridge (Arkansas), defeat of Con- federates at. 64; Union troops en- camped at. 106; battle at, 196


Peace, negotiations for. 449. 452, 454, 489; signing of, 452, 454; rejection of terms of, 457


Peach Tree Creek, Union troops at, 302, 303. 490


Pearl River, Union troops swim in, 211 Peay's Ferry, Union troops at, 117 Peck, Morris, membership of, in band, 9; discharge of, 132


Pemberton, John C., Confederate troops commanded by, 143, 156; report sent to, 172; capture of troops under, 193 Penalties, imposing of, on soldiers, 131 Pendleton's bridge, Union camp at, 462 Pennsylvania, plan of invasion of, by Confederates, 128


Pennsylvania Avenue ( Washington D.C.), Union troops on, 471, 473, 474 Pensacola (Florida), troops from, 64 Perrigo, Joseph, wound received by, 97 Petersburg ( Virginia), Union troops at, 459, 462


Petersburg and Richmond pike, Union troops on, 463


Peterson, Charles M., death of, 306


Petrie house, skirmishes at, 204


Pettus, General, Confederate troops com- manded by, 285


Philadelphia (Tennessee), Union camp at, 246


Philbrook, Christopher C .. death of, 100 Philips, Samuel B., service of, 7, 130 Phillips, Pleasant J., Confederate troops commanded by, 369


Photographs, exchange of, 438


Picket, Michael, death of, 271


Picket duty, Union troops engaged in, 112, 197; hardships of, 259


Picket line, skirmishes along, 110


Pickets, stationing of. 62, 163; attacks made upon. 67, 190; noise of enemy heard by, 69; orders to, 109; advance of, 113; activities of, 114, 118, 418; service of, 178, 187, 216, 256, 265, 372, 377, 378, 379, 405, 411, 414, 420, 429, 454; Union troops engaged as, 197; fidelity of, 377


Pickett, George E., charge led by, 205 Piedmont (West Virginia), Union troops at, 480


Pierce, James M., wound received by, 294


Pierre, John, wound received by, 97


Pies, sale of, 47; kind of, 47, 5S


Pigeon Roost Creek, Union camp along. 182


Pigeon Roost road, Union troops on, 140, 142, 144


Pigs, taking of, by soldiers, 147


Pine Hill, Confederate troops at, 283; appearance of, 283; Union troops at. 284; death of Confederate officer at. 284; abandonment of, by Confederates, 286


Pine Mountain, Confederate troops at, 284


Pinevilla (Missouri), Confederate troops at, 43 Pineville (North Carolina), Union troops at, 447 Piney Wood Hotel, Union camp at, 475 Pipe, Edward, membership of, in band, 9; discharge of, 132


Pittsburg Landing, Union troops at, 61,


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62, 69. 70: camp at, 63, 69; selce- tion of position at, 65, 76, 87; refer- ence to, 66; Confederates at, 70; char- acter of officers at, 71: Ohio troops near, 88; return of officer to, 111; lack of fortifications at, 114


Place. J. T., address by, 121


Plantations, plundering of, 146, 358, 359; description of, 173-175; use of, as drill ground, 216, 217


Planters, condition of life among, 461 Planter's Factory, width of river at, 373 Platoons, formation of, 137


Pleasant Valley ( Mississippi), Union camp at, 185, 186


Plummer, Seymour B., wound received by, 97


Plundering, punishment for, 38; orders against, 146, 147 Plymate, Isaac R., wound received by, 241


Plymesser, Samuel J., wound received by, 100, 242, 295


Pneumonia, prevalence of, 31


Pocahontas (Tennessee), Union troops hear, 122, 22]


Pocotaligo (Georgia), Confederates at, 396, 397, 398; Union troops at, 397, 467


Poe, O. N., troops commanded by, 363, 439


Pohick Church, Union troops near, 46S Pointe Coupee Louisiana battery, ser- vice of, 341


Political campaign, interest of soldiers in, 334, 359 Politicians, influence of, on military life, 54


Politics, effect of, on military affairs, 54, 166


Polk, Leonidas, service of, in organizing troops, 64; Confederate troops com- manded by, 72, 74, 121, 240. 262, 296; military training of, 73: service of, as bishop, 73; service of, at Cor- inth, 115; death of, 284


Pomme-de-Terre River, encampment on, 40 Pond, Preston, service of, as command- er, 72


Pond Creek, skirmishes near, 321


Pontoon boats, material for construction of, 374.


Pontoou bridges, use of, 230, 233, 234. 235, 244, 264, 269, 298, 351, 353. 372, 373, 377, 379, 386. 397, 398, 404, 405, 409, 410, 413, 417, 421. 422, 424, 426, 427, 428. 434, 448, 460, 461, 462, 463, 465. 466, 467, 468 Pontoon wagon, equipment carried by, 374


Pontotoc ( Mississippi). Confederate troops at, 156, 185; Union troops at, 172, 186


Poots, Joseph, wound received by, 242


Pope, John, troops commanded by. 15, 32, 121, 127; inspection of Union troops by, 48; location of troops un- der, 53; troops visited by member of staff of, 104; advance of troops of, 105; service of, at Corinth, 115


Poplar Springs (South Carolina), Union troops near, 405 Pork, sharing of. with citizens, 210; abundance of, 225 l'ort Hudson (Mississippi), Union vic- tory at, 219


Port Royal Ferry, Union troops at, 397 Port Royal Island, disabled soldiers sent to, 384; Union troops in possession of, 396


Porter, David D., Grant supported by, 166; message to, 197, 198; loyalty of, 198


Portland ale, cotton exchanged for, 389 Post, Captain, wound received by, 331 Post quartermaster, establishment of, 191 Potatoes, abundance of, 136; taking of, 359


Potomac Department (Union Army), ad- vance of, 258


Potomac River, Union troops near, 127, 468, 470; reference to, 452; crossing of, by troops, 471


Potts, B. F., brigade commanded by, 302 Potts, John M. C., death of, 278


Poultry, abundance of, 225; taking of, 359


Powder magazines, destruction of, 325 Powder mills, destruction of, 415


Powder Springs (Georgia), Union troops at, 352


Poweshiek County, death of officer in, 349


Prather, Lorenzo D., death of, 99 Pratt, George W., death of. 241


Prentiss, Benjamin M., division com- manded by, 69, 70, 71, 77


President of the United States, votes cast for, by Union troops, 352 (see also Lincoln, Abraham)


Price. Caleb T., wound received by, 370 Price, Hiram, address by, 494


Price, Sterling, army of, 28, 30, 43, 44, 135, 143, 156; position of, 32, 41, 42, 43; men enlisted against, 35. 52; support. of, by citizens of Missouri, 44, 45; defeat of, 64


Price, William H., capture of, 100


Prisoners, number of, in guard house, 55: number of, from Sixth Iowa, 97- 101: guarding of, 129; work of, on fortifications, 132; rations of, 132; exchange of, 134, 335; holding of, by Union forces, 137; treatment of, by Confederates, 155; number of, 155, 279, 280; taking of, 163, 172, 185, 186, 187, 192, 198, 243, 276, 291, 306, 313, 343, 368, 437; rescue of, 373


Privates, number of, 6-8


Procter's Creek, Union camp along, 463 Profane language, order issued relative to use of, - 26, 27


Promotions, vacancies filled by, 27, 28; discontent of troops relative to, 54; frequency of, 163; announcements of, 389, 390, 391


Property, protection of, 38, 120, 167. 426, 461; destruction of, 154, 157, 161, 190, 209, 210, 232, 244, 245,


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354, 373, 412, 413, 414, 415, 417, 418, 425


Prospect (Tennessee), Union camp at, 228


Provisions, lack of, 91, 218, 420; leav- ing of, by Confederates. 113; lack of, in Confederate hospitals, 121; distri- bution of, to citizens, 216; taking of, by troops, 223, 411, 436


Provost guards, soldiers on duty as, 129, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 171, 426; service of Sixth Iowa as, 136


Prussell, William A., wound received by, 295


Public buildings, visiting of, by Union troops, 450


Public property, repossession of, 489


Pulaski road, Union troops on, 228


Pumpkin Vine Creek, skirmishes along, 273


Pumpkin Vine road, skirmishes along, 280


Purdy road, Union troops slong, 62, 63, 69, 77, 114; bridge on, 63; attack made along, 67; sound of enemy heard along. 69; Confederate troops on, 78; guarding of, 78


Quarles, W. A., brigade commanded by, 311


Quartermaster, selection of, 8; supplies received by, 31, 146; drugs secured from, 49; duty of, 120; horses taken by, 232, 379


Quartermaster-sergeant, appointment of, 8


Queen's Hill, Confederate camp at, 202 Quick's Church, Union camp near, 422 Quillen, Thomas, wound received by, 101 Quincy ( Missouri), troops advanced to, 40


Quirk (Confederate officer), (see Guirk) Quota, securing of, in Iowa, 2


Raids, number of, 249


Railroad bridge, burning of, 60, 116; use of, by Confederates, 29S


Railroad depot, destruction of, 416


Railroads. use of, in transporting troops. 4 : operation of. 154, 222; guarding of, 165, 263; Union troops along. 172; repairing of, 178, 297, 430; destruc. tion of, 183. 211. 245, 321, 340, 341, 345, 346, 353, 354, 373, 376. 387, 403, 404, 409, 414, 422, 480; aband- onment of, by Confederates, 317


Rain, river swollen by, 62; troops in, 62, 68, 104, 144, 145, 213, 361, 362, 374; discomfort of soldiers caused by, 92, 104; military operation retarded by, 104


Rains, Gabriel J., troops commanded by, 32


Raleigh (North Carolina), reference to, 444; Confederate troops near, 445; roads to, 445, 447; advance of troops to, 446; surrender of, 418; troops near, 448, 449, 453, 459, 460. 466, 484, 487; soldiers at, 451; Grant at, 454; peace terms signed at, 455, 477; orders issued at, 459; march of troops


from, 461, 464; display of banner in honor of, 475


Raleigh road, skirmishes along, 435 Ramine, Alfred G., capture of, 99


Ramsey, John, Union troops led by, 236 Rappahannock River, Union troops near, 467


Rarick, Abraham C., service of, as lieu- tenant, 130, 164; wound received by, 213, 291


Rarick, Orin S., promotion of, 390; ser- vice of, as captain, 435, 436, 492; bravery of, 437


Rations, supply of, 11, 33, 48, 63, 67, 103, 128, 140, 146, 152, 162, 177. 182, 215, 233, 245, 246, 249, 251. 252, 271, 297, 312, 316, 333, 351, 378, 382, 385, 434, 440, 474; giving of, to prisoners, 132; reduction of. 152; loading of, on wagons, 225; arrival of, 229; scarcity of, 249, 251. 271; distribution of, to citizens, 465 Rawlins, John A., report inade to, 469 Rebellion. property of persons engaged in, 167; suppression of, 334


Rebellion, War of, Official Records of, vii, ix


Recruits, enlistment of, in Iowa, 45; re- cciving of, 116, 124: service of, 339; casualties among, 339


Red River, military activities along, 196 "Red Shirt" Company, organization of, 4 Redfield, James, Union troops command- ed by, 341; wound received by, 343


Reed, George, death of. 98


Reed. George H., Union troops com- manded by, 356


Reederville (Georgia), Union camp at, 375


Reedy, George, death of, 99


Reedy Mills, Union troops at, 467


Reem's Station, Union troops at, 462. 463


Reinforcements, arrival of, 138


Reenlistment, questions relative to, 254; troops respond to, 236, 259


Refugees, organization of, 419; move- ment of, northward, 426; number of. in Richmond, 465 (see also Negro refugees)


Regimental adjutant, selection of, 8; con- duet of, at Shiloh, 91


Regimental bands, music by, 388


Regimental quartermaster (see Quarter- master)


Regimental Silver Band, organization of, 123


Regimental wagons, use of, 356. 357 Relics, finding of, by Union soldiers, 182 Religious services, holding of, 48, 105, 122, 148, 149, 156, 169


Republic, powers of, 486; saving of, 483 Republican party, votes cast for, 135, 221


Resaca (Georgia), battle of, 261-274, 346, 347; Union troops at. 263, 346. 490; skirmishes near, 265; Confed- erates at. 265, 267, 347; artillery near. 269; field hospital near, 271: abandonment of, by Confederates, 288;




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