A history of the Sixth Iowa infantry, Part 41

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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457, 458; Sherman criticised by, 477 Stark, Abrain S., wound received by, 294 Stars and Stripes, establishing of, 159, 160; display of, 247, 487, 488 Starvation, prevention of, 491


State capital (Mississippi), Union troops in possession of, 209


State capital (North Carolina), reference to, 444


State capital (Virginia), visit of troops to, 465


State Historical Society of Iowa, manu- script submitted to, v; editor's intro- duction written by superintendent of. x State House (North Carolina), Union soldiers at, 450, 453


State House (South Carolina), damage done to, by Union shell, 409 State University of Mississippi, site .of, 152


near, 377 Statesborough (Georgia), skirmishes Steamboats, transportation of soldiers on, 14, 22


Steele, Frederick, troops commanded by, 34


Steen (Confederate officer), troops com- manded by, 32


Stevens, Abraham B., capture of, 100 Stevens, Charles, death of, 136


Stevens' Gap, Confederates driven


through, 231


Stevenson (Alabama), Union troops near, 229, 251, 253; supplies at, 230


Stewart, Alexander B., wound received by, 99


Stewart, Alexander P., service of, as commander, 72, 311, 328, 340, 341, 346; wound received by, 312; Atlanta evacuated by, 328


Stewart, Harlan M., wound received by, 267 Stewart, Henry C., wound received by, 213


Stewart, "Loppy", trade made by, 150, 151


Stewart, Marlain M., wound received by, 318


Stewart, Robert F., death of, 368, 370 Stewart, William H., death of, 437 Stitt, Robert A., promotion of, 317, 492 Stone, George A., troops commanded by, 410, 412, 413, 459, 472


Stone, William M., candidacy of, for


Governor, 221; Iowa troops visited by, 316, 317


Stone Mountain, Union troops near. 302 Stone River, battle of, 394


Stoney Creek, Confederates driven from, 397


Stony Creek. Union camp at, 462


Stories, circulation of, among troops, 23, 453


Stoves, securing of, 48, 162


Stratton, Charles F., service of, as drum- mer, 67; wound received by, 67, 98; death of, 435


Street, S. G., train destroyed by troops . of, 172


Street, Solomon, troops commanded by. 154, 165; paroles granted by, 166, 167 Stuart, Colonel, brigade commanded by, 69


Stump, David M., service of, as captain, 2, 4, 6 Sturgis, Samuel D., troops commanded by, 32


Sugar Creek, Union troops on, 228 Sugar Valley, Union camp in, 265, 346 Sullivan, General, troops commanded by, 155


Summers, Jerome B., wound received by, 98


Summerville (Georgia), Union troops to, 347, 375, 376, 448


Sumner, Samuel, death of, 318 "Sunny South", reference to 489


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Supplies, abundance of, 31, 67, 128, 141,


144, 197, 252, 348, 434, 436; trans- portation of, 35; need of, 40, 152, 251, 420, 423, 426; leaving of, by Confederates. 113; destruction of. 116, 150, 230; taking of, from Confeder- ates, 180, 202, 223; arrival of, 229; guarding of, 273; deliverance of, at Big Shanty, 297: foraging for, 358, 359, 375, 420; shipment of, from New England, 389


Surgeon, assistant, . commission of, 5 Surgeon, chief, commission of, 27


Surgeons, services of, 31; report of, relative to physical condition of troops, 49 Surle, Anthony W., death of, 279 Sutherland, William H., death of, 204, 213


Swamps, opinion of Confederate officers relative to, 392


Swan, James, wound received by, 279; promotion of, 390: service of. 492 Swayney, William, death of, 99


Swift, Madison I., injury received by 428


Swift Creek, crossing of, 463 Swisher, J. A., index prepared by, x


"Switzerland" of United States, refer. elice to, 248


Syracuse (Missouri), troops at, 34, 37, 57; condition of soldiers in camp at, 49; music by band near, 51; Union troops sent from, 57


Tabernacle Church, Union camp at. 462 Talbot, Levi, wound received by, 213 Tallahatchie River, Confederates along, 126, 143, 145, 181, 186; bridge across, 145; fortifications along, 145, 151; troops along, 151, 153, 154, 178, 179, 180; territory along, 180; crossing of, 185, 186; destruction of crops along, 180


Tallaloosa (Mississippi), Union troops at, 187


Tattoo, sounding of, 69


Taylor, Richard, Confederate troops com- manded by, 168; execution denounced by, 168; service of, 369


Taylor, William P., wound received by, 101


Taylor, Zachary, service of, in war with Mexico, 73; son of, 168


Taylor's Ridge, Union troops at, 264, 347, 348


Tellico Plains road, Union troops on, 24S Tennessee, abandonment of, by Confed- erates, 64, 127, 250, 251, 427: Gov- ernor of, 74; troops from. 85, 86, 90, 121; return of General Buell to, 121, 127; Department of, 122; Union troops in, 122, 172, 211, 241, 247, 351, 486; Confederates in, 128, 133, 143, 154, 156, 165; Sixth Iowa in, 137, 138, 248; military situation in, 142; letter relative to, 173, 174; loyalty of citi- zens in, 247, 248; lack of provisions in, 248


Tennessee River, Grant's campaign along, 54, 57, 60, 65, 70; spring freshet in,


60, 62; transportation of troops on, 60, 224; formation of expedition on, 65; Union troops near, 66, 69, 83, 222, 226, 227, 234, 245, 253; Con- federate troops near, 75, 156, 351; topography near. 76, 255; road hear, 224; reference to, 225, 230; fishing in, 226; crossing of, 230, 233, 250, 252; guarding of, 252; foraging ex- pedition along, 256, 257


Tennessee serip, use of, as money, 134 Tennessee Valley, wealth in, 225


Tenth Army Corps, service of, 445; re- view of, 453


Tenth Iowa Infantry, appearance of, 176 Tenth Texas Infantry, assignment of, to brigade. 341


Tents, issue of, 24, 25, 141, 172; pitch- ing of, in snow, 52; arrival of, 62, 213; assembling of, 212


Terry, A. H., Union troops organized by, 453


Terry, Henry, capture of, 279


Texas, rumor of removal of Iowa troops to, 50; troops from, in Mexican war, 73; assault made by troops from, 90, 240; Union troops in. 212; sending of troops to, 481, 482


Texas, Republic of, service of Albert Sid- ney Johnston for, 73


Texas Rangers, advance of, 23; Union soldiers captured by, 81; position of, SJ, 86


Theaters, attendance at, by soldiers, 141, 195


Thielemann, Christian, battalion com- manded by, 139, 140


Third brigade, formation of. 108, 194, 263, 459; activities of. 108, 305, 407, 413; commander of, 139. 355; posi- tion of, 266, 275, 285, 302, 303, 309. 472; order of, 357; return of, to Louis- ville, 479


Third Corps, commander of, 72, 262; position of, in battle line, 74; strength of, 262


Third Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, men in, 70, 336, 459; camp of, 228, 449 ; orders received by, 234; conunand- er of, 263, 353; service of. 341, 416; position of, 359, 364, 381, 402, 403, 404, 405, 423, 429, 448; review of, 387; advance made by, 401, 402, 418, 427; badge of, 413; flag of, 443; division of, 459


Third Jowa Brigade, advance by, 410; service of, as guards, 412


Third lowa Infantry, organization of, 3 Third Kentucky Infantry, activities of, 85 Third Louisiana Infantry, camp of, 196; service of, 196


Third Missouri Infantry, consolidation of. 297


Third Texas Cavalry, service of, 202


Thirteenth Army Corps. orders relative to, 149; pass obtained by member of, 157; advance of, 199; service of, 211, 212


Thirteenth United States Infantry, as- signment of, to brigade, 139; assemb-


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ling of, at Memphis, 148; service of, 220 Thirtieth Jowa Infantry, assignment of, to brigade. 459; appearance of. 476; transfer of troops from, 479; service of officers of, 489


Thirty-first Alabama Infantry, activities of, 85; capture of, 285


Thirty-first Iowa Infantry, capture of officer of, 406; assignment of, to bri- gade, 459; appearance of, 476


Thirty-second Texas Infantry, assignment of, to brigade. 341


Thirty-second Wisconsin Infantry, as- signment of, to service, 139


Thirty-fifth Mississippi Infantry, service of, 341


Thirty-fifth Tennessee Infantry, Union flank attacked by, 85


Thirty-sixth Indiana Infantry, bravery of, 89


Thirty-ninth Alabama Infantry, position held by, 315


Thirty-ninth Jowa Infantry, location of, 341; wound of officer of, 343; service of, 343; casualties in, 343; appear- ance of, 476


Thirty-ninth Mississippi Infantry, service of, 341


Thirty-ninth North Carolina Infantry, as- signment of, to brigade, 341.


Thirty-ninth Ohio Infantry, relief sent to, 52


Thomas, Atwell, service of, at Corinth, 115


Thomas. George Henry. Sixth Iowa di- rected by, 115; confidence of north in, 243; army commanded by, 261, 273, 302, 328, 394; qualifications of, 262; attack made by, 264; location of troops under, 284; reinforcements sent to, 351


Thomas, Jacob B, wound received by, 242


Thomas, James E., wound received by, 306; promotion of, 390


Thomas, John B., wound received by, 370


Thomas, Lorenzo, inspection of troops by, 34; report of, to Secretary of War, 35 Thomas, Zachariah, wound received by, 371; promotion of, 390


.


Thompson, Jacob, service of, as cabinet member, 74


Thompson, John B., capture of, 133


Thompson, Thomas R., wound received by, 241


Thrasher, Nathaniel, wound received by, 99


Tiller's bridge, Union troops at, 419


Tilton (Georgia), surrender of Union troops at, 346


Timber, use of, in camps, 48


Tippecanoe Guards, organization of, 3, 4; assignment of, to Company K, 8


Tipton (Missouri), march from, 32, 57; troops advanced to, 34, 483; encamp- ment at, 52; celebration at, 54, 55; activities at, 58


Titus, George W., membership of, in band, 9; discharge of, 133


Titus, Samuel M., return of, to service, 133


Tobacco, exchange for, 315; scarcity of,


316; seizing of, 411; raising of, 461 Tobin, John, wound received by, 242


Toombs, Robert, service of, 369


Totten, [James], inspection of troops by, 32


Tourtellotte, J. E., division commanded by, 341; bravery of, at Allatoona. 345 Townsend, Thomas, wound received by, 101


Trabue, Robert P., service of, as com- mander, 72, 85, 86; staff officer of. 74; report of battle made by, 85, 86 Train, attack made on, 170; capture of, 172


Transportation, difficulties in, 61, 102; Ineans of, 134; inspection of, 426


Travis, Joseph W., death of, 293


Treasury Building, Union troops at, 474, 475, 476


Trenches, construction of, 206


Trenton (Georgia), Union troops near, 230, 231; military operations near, 231, 232; destruction of property at, 232; expedition to, 233; taking of prisoners near, 243


Trion Factory, Union troops at, 348 Tripp, Clark, wound received by, 99


Troops, call for, 2, 3; transportation of, 4, 20, 35; service of, 12; number of. 12, 35; advance by, 32, 33, 38, 39: equipment of, 33: number of, dropped from regiment. 33; physical test of. 33, 34; inspection of, 34, 35. 48, 389; enthusiasm of, 38, 39: hardships en- countered by, 41, 44, 232; inexperience of, in use of fire arms, 46; payment of, for services. 52; conditions among, 67. 91; breaking of rank of, 87; rallying of, 87 (see also Soldiers)


Troutman, Casper S., wound received by, 318


Truce, arrangements for, 335; suspen- sion of, 454


Trussell, George, capture of, 279; death of, 279


Tucker. Henry L., death of, 213 Tull, William D., death of, 268


Tunnel Hill, Union troops near, 234, 235; attack made on, 235, 236, 237: evacuation of, 238; Confederates at,


244; destruction of railroad near, 346 Tupelo (Mississippi), Confederate army near, 120, 121, 128; Union troops at, 122, 185


Turkeys, taking of, 147


Turkeytown Valley, Confederate troops in, 350, 351


Turner, James, wound received by, 202, 295; promotion of, 390; service of, 492


Tuscumbia (Alabama), railroad to, 224; Confederate troops at, 351


Tuttle, James M., candidacy of, for Gov- ernor, 221


Twelfth Army Corps, service of, 393; badge of, 442


Twelfth Illinois Infantry, location of, 341


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Twelfth Indiana Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 149, 194, 263


Twelfth New York Cavalry, service of, 437; capture of members of, 437


Twelfth Wisconsin Battery, position of, 439


Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry, service of, 341


Twentieth Army Corps, position of, 267, 340, 382, 474; attack made by, 274; service of, 328, 364. 386, 431, 438, 445; strength of, 355; march made by. 413; river crossed by, 422; cas- nalties in, 435


Twenty-third Tennessee Infantry, posi- tion held by, 315


Twenty-second Iowa Infantry, officer of, 221; marching of, 453


Twenty-third Army Corps, sending of, to Tennessee, 251; position of, 328; capture of members of, 437; service of, 445; review of troops in, 453


Twenty-third Indiana Infantry, encamp- ment of, 25


Twenty-third Tennessee Infantry, posi- tion of. at Shiloh, 85; Union flank attacked by, 85


Twenty-fourth Indiana Infantry, casual- ties in, 93


Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry, marching of, 453


Twenty-fourth Ohio Infantry, bravery displayed by, 89


Twenty-fourth Tennessee Infantry, posi- tion of, at Shiloh, 85; Union flank attacked by, 85


Twenty-fifth Alabama Infantry, position held by. 315


Twenty-fifth Iowa Infantry, officer of, 138, 459; assignment of, to brigade, 459; appearance of members of, 476; transfer of troops from. 479


Twenty-sixth Illinois Infantry, assign- ment of, to brigade, 194, 263. 356; return of. 259: transfer of, 313; ser- vice of, 364, 433; association of, with Iowa troops, 488


Twenty-sixth Towa Infantry, commander of. 355; assignment of, to brigade, 459; appearance of, 476


Twenty-eighth Iowa Infantry, marching of, 453


Twenty-ninth Missouri Infantry, service of. 378, 398. 422


Twenty-ninth North Carolina Infantry, assignment of, to brigade, 341


"Tyler" ( gunboat), voyage of, on Ten- nessee River, 61


Typhoid fever, prevalence of, 31, 49, 121


Udell, Grotius N., wound received by, 98 Ufford, John, service of, as chaplain, 5, 30, 129. 156


Ulrick, Tobias, death of, 464 465


"Uncle Sam", reference to. 451


"Unconditional Surrender" (see Grant, U. S.)


Union, division of, 1; devotion to, 54; celebration in honor of. 55: loyalty of citizens to, 59, 246. 255. 438, 451, 456; victory of, at Fort Henry, 65;


stories injurious to, 163; loyalty of negrois to, 169, 170; restoration of, 334, 489, 492


Union army, defeat of, at Bull Run, 10; position held by, 18, 96, 107, 270, 272, 319; casualties in, 18, 306, 307, 330, 331; services of Nathaniel Lyon in, 27; support of, by citizens of Mis- souri, 45; enthusiasm over victory of, 57; assembling of, at St. Louis, 65; Grant as leader of, 65; preparation of, 65, 95; preparation of, to se- cure Mississippi Valley, 66; location of regiments in, 69; strength of, 70, 107, 124, 139. 142, 143, 155, 184, 251, 255, 261, 262, 318, 341, 355, 357, 364, 392, 393, 408, 445, 453, 472, 474; assault by, 83; courage of, 95; defense made by, 95; criticism of, 96; victories of, 114. 115, 158, 198, 219, 285. 485-488; scattering of, 121; ter- ritory held by. 127, 152; advance of, 145, 151, 152, 158, 243, 258, 268, 431; discouragement of, 158; opinion of members of, relative to continuation of war, 167; service of negroes in, 168; relatives of soldiers in, 248; citizens of Tennessee in, 248: tribute paid to, by W. T. Sherman, 250, 251: activities of. 250, 267, 392; lack of unity in, 257, 258; conditions in, 258, 259, 261; assault made upon, 276; fortification of, 284, 396; assault made by, 325, 383; attitude of, to Lincoln, 334; return of, to Atlanta, 351; equip- ment of, 357; appearance of, 358, 408, 448; Savannah taken by, 386; efficiency of, 387; organization of, 393: capture made by, 425; military display made by, 453


Union army corps, marches made by, 418


Union causeway, Confederates near, 386 Union commanders, misunderstanding of, 65; plan of campaign of, 65, 66; opinions of. relative to war, 167; pursuit abandoned by, 210; orders of, relative to property, 210


Union fleet, communication with, 383


Union forces, command of, in Missouri, 15; reports of disaster of, 16, 17; confidence of, in leadership of John C. Fremont, 21; retreat of, 44, 179, 208; Memphis captured by, 125; suc- cess of, 127, 224; activities of, in Mississippi, 153; railroad lines oper- ated by. 154; strength of, 155, 156, 185, 187, 193, 194. 245; attacks made upon, 165; combining of, 223; movement of. to Knoxville, 245: ob- servation of, by Confederate officers, 281; property destroyed by, 354


Union Guards (Hardin County), organ- ization of, 2; assignment of, to Com- pany C, 7


Union Guards (Johnson County), organ-


ization of, 3, 4; assignment of, to Company G, 7


Union liberty pole, erection of, 54 Union money, use of, 451


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Union officer, hanging of, in Louisiana, 168


Union officers, plan of campaign of, 65, 66; promotion of, 317: care exercised by, 377; troops reviewed by, 434; con- fidence of troops in, 440; civil rights respected by, 461; activities of, 477 Union prisoners, rescue of, 373; holding of, by Confederates, 422


Union soldiers, reception of, at Croton, 17; transportation of, 21, 395; strength of, 70, 106, 149, 172, 216, 217, 221, 244, 290, 330, 440, 453; experiences of, prior to enlistment, 71, 72; participation of, in battles, 75, 81, 85; capture of, 81, 155, 208; charge against, 86; firing on, by Confederates, 94. 95: burial of, 102; patriotism of, 109, 170, 253, 254, 288; position of, 111, 301, 313, 314, 341; casualties among, 111, 307, 313, 324, 325, 330, 342, 369, 465; arrival of, at Corinth, 113; payment of, 123, 153, 216, 223, 226, 251, 259, 297, 351, 352, 420, 460, 469, 482, 494; scattering of, 127; military display of. 139, 476; regret of, in leaving Memphis, 142; ad- vance of, 114, 314, 365, 406, 400; fatigue of, 145, 146. 420; inspection of, 148. 149, 171, 216, 259, 276, 415, 444; division of, 149; hardships of, 152, 153, 189, 196, 233, 251, 257, 271, 293, 298, 315, 319, 328, 329, 426, 467; whiskey given to, 152, 171, 182, 191; treatment of, by Confeder- ates, 155; addresses to, 159, 160; re- sentment of, 161; furlonghs given to, 163; relations of, with hegroes, 169, 170, 396; health of, 173, 357, 358, 440, 446, 469; movement of, south- ward, 177; camp abandoned by, 181; enthusiasm of, 194, 195, 197, 270, 325; passes granted to, 195, 479; ac- tivities of, 197, 432; property de- stroyed by, 210; privileges granted to, 214; conduct of, 214; review of, 217; discriminating against, 223; ammuni- tion given to. 235; courage of, 249, 292, 315, 483; conditions of, 251, 252, 354, 416, 426, 441, 114, 446, 469; reenlistment of. 256; morale of, 273; Confederate guns heard by, 280; retreat of, 292, 319, 323; success of, 293, 310, 232; marksmanship of, 314, 439; assault made by, 326, 327; cus- toms acquired by, 333; expiration of term of service of, 351; treatment of, when sick or wounded, 352; confidence of, in commander, 358; song sung by, 380; appearance of, 388, 389, 434, 444, 456, 460, 472; town in pos- session of, 396; war discussed by, 451; rejoicing of, 456. 457; tions issued to, 465; pride of, 475; humiliation of, 477; conduct of, at Washington, D. C., 478; muster of, from service, 479, 481, 432, 483; amusements enjoyed by, 482; visit by relatives of, 482; activities of, 490; return of, fron service, 491; death of, on battlefields. 491; disbandment


of, 491; attitude of officers toward, 491, 492; efficiency of, 492, 493 (see also Troops and Soldiers)


Unionists, Hardce's Military Tactics adopted by, 26, 73


United States, John C. Breckinridge Vice President of, 73; government of, 146; negroes in military service of, 168: freeing of negroes in, 175; death of President of, 449, 450; taking of arms against, 455; greeting of President of, 475


United States Army, Confederate officers in, 73, 90; property delivered to of- ficer of, 454


United States Arsenal (St. Louis, Mis- souri), troops at, 22, 24, 25 United States Government, attitude of. in Civil War, 1; clothing furnished by, 20


United States greenbacks, use of, in pay- ing soldiers, 52, 134


United States marshal, assistant, service of, 349


United States naval service, activities of, 425


United States Signal Corps, officer of, 344


United States Volunteer Service, history of regiment of, vi; regiments mustered into, 3, 5; musicians in, S


Upper Savannah road, junction of, 378 Utah, expeditions against Mormans in, 73


Vacancies, filling of, 390


"Vacant Chair. The", singing of, 451 Vandervort, Gilbert G., capture of, 98 Van Dorn, Earl, Confederate troops com- manded by, 115, 135, 143, 150, 154, 155, 156, 165; expedition of, 160; ex- oneration of, 160


Vandyke, William H., wound received by, 241


Van Hook, Macon C., wound received by, 268


Vanscoy, Aaron, promotion of, 317


Van Vleet, Willard B., wound received by, 213


Van Wert (Georgia), Union troops near, 273


. Veach, James C., Union troops command. ed by, 155


Versailles (Missouri), Confederates cap- tured near, 54


Veteran furloughs, granting of, 259, 282, 482, 484


Veteran pay, receipt of, 259


Veterans, furloughs issued to, 259, 282, 482, 484; festivities of, 260; return of, to service, 260; reenlistment of, 260, 265, 484; fort inspected by, 464; muster of, from service, 482


Vice Président, service of Jolin C. Breck- inridge in office of, 73


Vicksburg (Mississippi), campaign against. 142, 148, 153. 155, 156, 155, 193-205, 215; capture of, 165, 197, 198, 219; Grant in vicinity of, 175; railroad near, 183: Union troops sent to, 194; cannonading at, 195; siege


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of, 202, 215, 394, 464, 486, 490; Con- federate retreat from, 214; equipment sent to, 219; Union camp near, 219, 251, 481; Union army called from, 250; efficiency of soldiers at, 314: wound of officers at, 318; display of banner in honor of, 475


Villa Rica road, Union troops along, 275; skirmishes along, 276, 277


Villanow (Georgia), Union camp at, 264; skirmishes near. 347


Vincent, George R., death of, 93


Vining's Station, Union troops at, 352


Vinson, Thomas G., wound received by, 318


Virginia, news of battles in, 9, 10; Con- federates in, 247, 258, 447; surrender of Confederates in, 117; motto of, 449; Grant's army in, 450, 462; topography of, 467, 468; battlefields in, 484


Voils, Charles A., wound received by, 98 Volunteers, calling for, 2, 3; service of, 200, 409


Wadsworth, Noyes W., death of, 100


Wages (see Union soldiers, payment of)


Wagon trains, arrival of, at Memphis, 194; use of, 212, 227, 256, 257, 273; guarding of, 229. 381; appearance of, 358; delay of, 372


Wagoner, David, loss of, in action, 214 Wagoners, number of, 6-8, 12


Wagons, use of, by troops, 4, 31, 35, 140, 384; number of, 33; loading of, with rations, 225; destruction of, 230; transporting of, 427


Wailes, Lloyd, wound received by, 241, 307


Waite, John W., wound received by, 329 Walcutt, Charles C., troops commanded by, 139, 235, 236, 237, 239, 263, 269. 277, 285, 290, 296, 300, 313, 330, 336, 355. 364, 365; comment of, rela- tive to Second Brigade, 238; report by, 310, 331; wound received by, 367 Walden, Madison M., service of, as cap- tain, 2, 6. 67, 77, 130; athletic ability of, 9; advance of troops under, 16; dress parade directed by, 51; scouting party directed by, 54; camp established by, 63; guard duty of company under, 77; troops commanded by, 78, 81, 83, 87, 94, 106: reinforcements brought by, 80; orders given by, 80; orders to, 80; retreat ordered by, 83; com- mand of regiment assumed by, 87; 106; Sixth Jowa commanded by, 106; illness of, 111; wife of, 134


Walker, W. H. T., Confederate troops led by, 276, 278; death of, 307


Wallace, Lew, troops commanded by, 70. 93, 125; battle renewed by troops un- der, 93: casualties in troops of. 93 Wallace, W. H. L., division commanded by, 70


Wallhill (Mississippi), Union troops at, 187; Confederates at, 188


Walnut Creek. crossing of, 448


Walthall, E. C., Confederate troops com- manded by, 311


Wapello, organization of troops in, 4


War, prediction of end of, 10; prepara- tion for, 21; division of sentiment relative to, 44; transportation of muni- tions of, 60; change in character of, 176; economic result of, 210, 211


War, Secretary of, inspection of troops by, 34; report made to, 35; peace terms criticised by, 457, 458; com- munication sent to, 457, 458; Sher- man criticised by, 477


War, Secretary of (Texas), appointment of. 73


War Department, message from, to Sixth lowa, JO; orders from, 15, 132; offi- cer of, 411; criticism by members of, 437; passes approved by, 479 "War Eagle", troops transported by, 21, 22


War songs, singing of, 483


Ward, Widow, plantation of, 191


Ware, Isaiah, wound received by, 279


Ware, Martin L., accidental injury of, 49


Ware, V. Thornton, wound received by, 370; announcement by, 386


Warehouses, guarding of, 129


Warren, Fitz Henry, camp named in honor of, 5


Warrenton (North Carolina), Union troops at, 459 Warrenton Junction (Virginia), Union troops at, 465


Warsaw ( Missouri), encampment of sol- diers near, 40; march of soldiers to, 40, 44


Warsaw road, troops along, 38


Warthen, James HI., wound received by, 294


Washington, George, birthday of, 54, 171, 257; reference to, 197; statue of. 450, 466; tomb of, 468


Washington (D. C.), problems of gov. ernment at, 1; news of battle near, 10; Sixth Iowa ordered to, 10; mis- understanding of officers at, 65; Gen- eral Halleck called to, 121; Union headquarters at. 127; opinion of offi- cers at, 107; letter written at, 175, 176; administration at, 215, 454; let- ter sent to officer in, 441; death of Lincoln at, 449; peace terms discussed at, 452, 457; Union troops in, 452, 463. 473-475, 478, 479, 490; review of troops at, 470, 473, 484; conduct of soldiers at, 478; assignments made in, 479; triumphal procession in, 490 Washington Street (St. Louis, Missouri), troops marched down, 29, 30


Wassaw Sound, Union troops at, 395 Water, scarcity of, 206, 211, 282, 315 Wateree River, Union camp at, 417; de- scription of, 418


Waterhouse, Allen C., battery command- ed by, 139


Waterloo (Alabama), Union troops at, 224


Water-valley (Mississippi), retreat Confederates in, 152


of Watson, Charles W., wound received by, 307


Waugh, William H., death of, 99 Wauhatchie, Union troops at, 233


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Way, Eli B., wound received by, 318 Wayne County, troops organized in, 4


Wayne County ( Indiana), Henry H. Wright born in, vili


Wayne County (North Carolina), county seat of, 444


Waynesborough (Georgia), Union troops at, 376


Weather, effect of, on troops, 47, 48 Weaver, John W., death of, 97


Webbville (North Carolina), Union troops near, 439


Webster, J. D., service of, at Shiloh, 88 Weed, Edward S. (see Weed, Frederick F.)


Weed, Frederick F., death of, 99


Weldon Railroad, Confederate troops along, 436; Union troops along, 446, 462


Welker, Frederick, battery commanded by, 351, 353


Wentworth, Albert, death of, 100


West, organization in, for suppression of rebellion, 21


West, Department of the, communication to commander of, 43


West Chickamauga Creek, Union troops along, 234


West Point and Montgomery road, Con- federate troops along, 336


West Point Military Academy, graduates of, 71, 72, 73


West Point Railroad, Union troops along, 321


West Street (Savannah, Georgia), Union troops on, 387, 388


West Tennessee, Department of, 127, 149 West Tennessee Cavalry, assignment of, to brigade, 185


Westenhaver, Marcellus, diary kept by, vii; wound received by, 98, 294, 311; Confederate flag found by, 182


Western and Atlantic Railroad, junction of, 271; Union troops along, 282


Western Department (Confederate), troops from, 95; inspection of, 120


Western Department ( Union), John C. Fremont in command of, 20; Confed- erate forces united against, 64; As- sembling of, at St. Louis, 65; troops from, 95; operations of, 127; troops in, 127, 155; success of, 158


Western Division, service of General Beauregard in, 73


West's Cross-Roads, Union camp at, 418 Wharfboats, guarding of, 129


Wharton, John A., report of battle made by, 81; troops commanded by, 81, 85; wound received by, 85


Wheeler, Joseph, service of, as com- mander, 72, 90, 165, 227, 230, 256, 262, 319, 350, 351, 358. 363, 365, 369. 376, 418, 427, 436, 445; report to, 437


Whippy Swamp Post Office, Union camp near, 399


Whiskey, giving of, to Union troops, 152, 171, 182, 191


White ( Confederate officer), troops com- manded by, 165, 172


White, [J. F.], troops commanded by, 154


White, Richard E., service of, as cap- tain, 3; service of, as lieutenant, 4, 8; advance of troops under, 16; troops commanded by, 78; reinforcements brought by, 80; death of, 84, 101 White Hall, Union camp at, 353, 356


White House, Union troops at, 474, 475 Whitecotton, Peter, activities of, 255


Whitefield, J. W., - Confederate troops commanded by, 202


White's Station, Union camp at, 125; orders issued at, 130


Whiteside (Tennessee), Union troops at, 250


Whitmore, William S., wound received by, 99


Wiggins, Jackson, death of, 99


Wiggins, Lafayette, wound received by, 97; capture of, 97


Wightman, George Il., death of, 241 Wilder, J. T., brigade commanded by, 283 Will, Jacob, wound received by, 100


Williams, A. S., Union troops command- ed by, 355


Williams, John, service of, as captain, 3, 4. 7, 78; command of regiment by, 82; wound received by, 84, 100, 129, 138; promotion of, 116; absence of, 129; resignation of, 138


Williams, Reuben, brigade commanded by, 263, 309


Williams, Vine G., wound received by, 101 · Williamson. James A., brigade command- ed by, 355


Willis, Robert A., promotion of, 390


Willison, A., Union troops led by, 235, 236, 266, 356; wound received by, 266, 331


Wills, R. A., service of, 492


Wills Valley, Union troops in, 230; tak- ing of prisoners in, 243


Willsey, George W., death of, 99


Willsey, William H., death of, 99


Wilmington (North Carolina), capture of. 425; Union troops sent to, 426; refugees sent to, 428


Wilmington River, Union troops along, 394


Wilson, Captain, train destroyed by troops of, 172


Wilson, Arthur, wound received by. 101 Wilson, Eliakin S., wound received by, 241, 293


Wilson, James C., loss of, in action, 214 Wilson's Creek ( Missouri), battle of, 25, 27, 196; death of Nathaniel Lyon at, 27; promotion of soldiers at, 28; ru- mor of Confederate troops at, 41; reinforcements needed at, 42; visit to battlefield of, 43; Union camp near, 377


Winchester (Tennessee), march of troops to, 229


Windsor (South Carolina), Union troops at, 403 Wine, giving of, to soldiers, 59; taking of, 223


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Winnsborough (South Carolina), Union troops at, 413


Winter camp, lack of facilities for, 45; conditions in, 252, 253; location of, 255


Winter Camp (Grand Junction, Tennes- see), activities at, 162-176


Winter quarters, establishment of, 44, 50, 158; homesickness in, 50


Withers, J. M., service of, as conmander, 72


Wolf River, Union troops along, 156 Wolf's plantation, Union troops near, 406 Women, hardships of, 210; patriotism of, 481


Wood, General, brigade commanded by, 74


Wood, Isaac N., capture of, 97; wound received by, 97, 241


Woodruff, Jackson, capture of, 98


Woods, Charles R., division commanded


by, 309, 336, 337. 347, 353, 355, 334, 369, 379, 381, 387, 402, 406, 431, 432, 468, 472; orders given by, 375; appearance of, 407; service of, at Columbia, 413; presence of, in camp, 429


Woods, William B., brigade commanded by, 412, 413, 472; service of, at Co- lumbia, 413


Woodward, Emmet B., service of, as lieu- tenant, 6; selection of, as regimental adjutant, 8; participation of, in pa- rade, 11; service of, as Captain, 130 Wooley's bridge, Union troops at, 273 Worthington, Thomas, troops of, 60


Worthington, W. H., orders received by, relative to advance of troops, 15; reinforcements brought by, 18; return of, to Keokuk, 19


Wounded, care of, 93, 94, 101, 211, 292, 371; number of, 297


Wright, Lieutenant-Colonel, wound re- ceived by, 331


Wright, Charles W., wound received by, 242, 294; death of, 317


Wright, Cyrus P., service of, as lieuten- ant, 164; death of, 271


Wright, George W., wound received by, 292


Wright, Henry H., history of regiment compiled by, v, vii, viii, x; death of, v, vii; sketch of life of, viii; commis- sion of, 390


Wright, Julius C., membership of, in band, 9; discharge of, 132


Wright's bridge, Union troops at, 378


Wry, Joseph, wound received by, 213


Wyatt ( Mississippi), Union troops &t, 145, 153, 179, 180


Wyatt's Crossing, Union troops at, 462 Wyatt's plantation, Union camp on, 466


Yazoo River, battle near, 158; Union troops along, 195, 212


Yazoo road, scouting along, 197


Yazoo Valley, defeat of Union troops in, 153; fortifications in, 196; topography of, 196


Yellow fever, fear of, 372


Yellow Stone, Union troops at, 352


Yingling, William, capture of, 100


Yockna River, marches in vicinity of, 142-161


Yocknapatalfa River, Union troops along, 150


"Yockney", reference to, 484 Yocona River (see Yockna River)


Young, Henry, death of, 101


Young, W. H., brigade commanded by, 341


Young's Point, camp at, 195


Zickerick, W., battery commanded by, 351, 353


Zimmer, James M., capture of, 98


Zollicoffer Building (Nashville, Tennes- see), veterans' camp at, 259


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