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Hay, D. B., scouting, 65; his return to camp, 66; his story, 66.
Hay, assistant quartermaster, pre- pares hospital for prisoners, 321. Hayett, Lieutenant, 474.
Hayne, Colonel, assaults a redoubt, 497.
Hays, Rev. Mr., allows Federals in his church, 525.
Hays, Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin F., 570 ; in battle, 562.
Hazen's brigade, its position at Shi- loh, 373; in pursuit of Bragg, 625. Hazzard, Colonel George W., 138; his
education, 265; not in command, 402.
Head, General, in Fort Donelson, 295. Heffren, IIon. Horace, his speech, 640. Heiman, General, in Fort Donelson, 295
Heiman, Fort, its condition, 287; is deserted, 290; is entered by Union troops, 290.
Heintzelman, General, his assertion, 520; in battle of the Orchards, 525; falls back, 528; his night march through White Oak Swamp, 535; in battle of Glendale, 536, assumes responsibility, 537; at Malvern Hill, 538 ; reaches the Rappahan- nock, 586 ; hastens after Jackson, 587 ; in battle of Bull Run, 588. Henderson, Lieutenant-Colonel James M., at Wild Cat, 245.
Henderson, Mrs., her kindness, 253. Hendricks, Captain Isaac, at Wild Cat, 245.
Hendricks, Mrs., her kindness, 253.
Hendricks, Lieutenant-Colonel John
A., 172; in command, 172; at Pea Ridge, 202; his death, 203; his birthday celebration, 207.
Hendricks, Thomas A., bis votes for Governor, 629; is proposed as peace commissioner, 634.
Henry, Fort, commands the Tennessee, 278; its position and defences, 286; its garrison, 287; is attacked, 289 ; surrenders, 290, loyalty of people in the region, 314.
Herring, Captain, scouting, 232.
Hickman, taken by Polk, 220.
Higgins, Captain, in search of Cap- tain Coon, 84.
Highman, Captain John K., his death, 187.
Hildebrand, Colonel, his position at Shiloh, 359; is driven, 161.
Hill, Captain, adventure of, 81.
Hill, General A. P., in council, 526 ; attacks McCall, 528; pursues Heintzelman, 535.
Hindman, General, at Rowlett's Sta- tion, 237; is wounded, 372.
Hodges, Adjutant Joseph C., at Shi- loh, 362.
Hollenback, J., scouting, 65; is. wounded, 68; found dead, 68; his burial, 68.
Hollowell, J., scouting, 65; at Pat- terson's creek, 67. Holly river, 95.
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Holman, Lieutenant-Colonel Jesse L., his promotion, 209.
Hooker, General, his division, 439; commends Third Indiana, 440 ; re- sembles Lamachus, 515; his posi- tion in battle of Fair Oaks, 519; re- connoitres, 522 ; his position in the siege, 522; in battle of the Or- chards, 525; holds intrenchments, 532; in battle of Glendale, 536; his report, 537; fights Ewell, 587. Hoosiers, loyalty of, 315; in Wash- ington, 545.
Hospitals, in Camp Morton, 16; on Mustoe's farm, 52; in London, 250; at Crab Orchard, 253; at Paducah, 276; at Elizabethtown, 276; else- where in Kentucky, 277; before Fort Donelson, 311; in Indianapo- lis, 320 ; at Cumberland Ford, 428; in siege of Richmond, 523; aban- doned, 533; privations of, 493.
Houma, outrages committed in, 555; punishment of, 556; amount of property destroyed and carried away from, 557.
Hovey, Major General Alvin P., his politics and his success in civil life, 158; displeases Buchanan, 159 ; his popularity with his regiment, 159; in Warrensburg expedition, 193; at Shiloh, 374 ; is promoted, 395; his administration at Memphis, 423. Howell, James, his coolness, 558.
Howe's battery, at Greenbrier, 92. Hudson, Colonel R. N., on Fremont's staff, 168; quoted, 177; remains with the army, 184.
Huger, General, in council of war, 256; follows Heintzelman, 535.
Humphreys, General George, in Mex- ican war, 434.
Hundred and First regiment, 616. Hunter, General, in Fremont's army, 176; in the march to Springfield, 183; succeeds Fremont, 183; re- treats, 185; on the Pacific railroad, 190.
Hunter, Colonel James S., is promo- ted, 599.
Huntersville, its situation, 77; valley of, 118; expedition against, 100; sickness in, 120; jail in, 126.
Huntsville, its situation, 401 ; its cap- ture, 402.
Hurlbut, General, 150; at Shiloh, 359 ; in second day of Shiloh, 374. Huttonsville, in possession of rebels, 36; in possession of Union troops.
77; ownership of, 103; Sullivan's camp near, 103.
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Illinois troops at Pea Ridge, 202; in Kentucky at the close of 1861, 226; in siege of Donelson, 301; in Turchin's brigade, 329; enter Co- lumbus, 344; spike guns, 350; at Shiloh, 359.
Imagination, power of, 16.
Indiana, material condition of, 1, 3; population, 1, 2; character of its people, 2, 3, 4; schools of, 3; vote of in 1860, 8; quota under the first call, 12; military institutions, 14; finances, 14; troops in St. Louis, 162; custom of country people, 163; regiments in Ken- tucky in December, ISG1, 226; its condition in September, 1861, 227; promptness in helping Kentucky, 227; beloved by her soldiers, 255; her troops before New Madrid, 348 ; her troops everywhere in the front, 431; regiments in Valley of · Virginia, 445; not yet in a defeat, 491; her troops in the new levy, 605; her promptness in giving as- sistance to Kentucky, 606.
Indianapolis Journal, on the treatment of prisoners, 316; on what Indiana has done, 605.
Indians, action of Missouri Legisla- ture in regard to, 148; at Pea Ridge, 201.
Iowa troops, at Pea Ridge, 204; at Donelson, 298.
Irish, proposition of, 236.
Irish Regiment, see Thirty-Fifth.
Irish Regiment, Second, failure of, 140.
Island No. 10, its situation, 346; is bombarded, 350; surrenders, 351. Ivy Station, 474.
J.
Jackson, General H. R., at Camp Bar- ton, 91.
Jackson, Governor, his reply to the President, 147; is prepared for emergencies, 148; continues pre- parations, 151; retires into the in- terior, 151.
Jackson, General, his division at Chaplin Hills, 616; is killed, 617. Jackson, General T. J., his character,
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442 ; at Harper's Ferry, 443; sum- inary of his movements in the Val- ley, 445; marches north, 446; ar- rives at Romney, 447; at Mount Jackson, 449; at Kernstown, 450 ; his position, 451; his mistake, 452; in the battle, 452; his disappoint- ment, 454 ; his resolution, 454; his plan, 455; drives Milroy, 458; on Winchester Heights, 459; on the Potomac, 460; retreats, 460; has- tens his flight, 462; at Cross Keys, 462; at Port Republic, 465; his secresy, 524; is at Ashland, 524; in council, 526; his regard for Lee, 526; at Gaines' Mill, 529; at White Oak creek, 535; at Slaughter mountain, 574; in conference with Hill and Taliaferro, 582 ; at Grove- ton, 588; in battle of Bull Run, 590.
Jackson's brigade, lost at Shiloh, 372. Jacksonborough, 427.
Jacksonport, 208.
Jail, in Huntersville, 126; in Norfolk, in Columbia, 496.
James river, its source, 441; army on, 538.
Jameson, Dr., in charge of Camp Morton, 325.
Jim, in jail, 127; learns his letters, 128.
Joe Holt, camp, 219.
Johnson, General Richard W., his brigade, 233; succeeds MeCook in command of the second division, 599; in fight at Gallatin, 602.
Johnson, Dr., 460.
Johnson, Senator, remonstrates with the President, 218.
Johnson, General Bushrod, in Fort Donelson, 295; fights, 302; is wounded, 372.
Johnston, General A. S., assumes command in Bowling Green, 332; at Edgefield, 336; at Murfreesboro, 342; at Corinth, 352; his reputa- tion, 353; is killed, 372.
Johnston, General Joseph E., report about, 408; at Harper's Ferry, Winchester and Manassas, 443; at Winchester, 444; determines to at- ack Mcclellan, 518; makes attack, 519; is wounded, 520.
Johnston, General Edward, rein- forces Jackson, 456.
Joinville, Prince de, on battle of Fair Oaks, 521; in council of war, 531.
Jones, Colonel William, 139; made Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifty- Third, 327.
Jones, Colonel Fielder A., in three month's campaign, 229; scouting, 232.
Jones, Colonel James G., 138; his position in civil life, 265 ; gives up fugitives, 404 ; in battle of Chaplin Hills, 622.
Junod, Lieutenant, his death, 85.
K.
Kanawha River, its source, 441.
Kanawha Valley, its importance, 75; Lee in, 90; movements in, 431. Kansas, struggle for, 6.
Kearney, General, like Lamachus, 515; his position in the battle of Fair Oaks, 519; his position in the investment of Richmond, 522; in the battle of the Orchards, 525; holds intrenehments, 532; in bat- tle of Glendale, 536; his protest at Malvern Hill, 540; in battle of Bull Run, 588; guards the rear, 591; his death, 592.
Keigwin, Colonel James, at Cumber- land Ford, 427.
Keith, Colonel John A., his expedi- tion to Houma, 556; captures rebels, 559; in battle of Baton Rouge, 561; is wounded, 564.
Keith, Lieutenant Colonel Squire Isham, killed at Chaplin Hills, 619.
Kelley, General, plans attack on Phillippi, 30; leads a column, 31; is wounded, 33; his command, 444.
Kelley, Captain James R., in battle of Winchester Heights, 454.
Keys, General, in Fair Oaks, 519; his assertion, 521; guards the train, 535; at Malvern Hill, 538.
Kemper, John Wesley, his anxiety, 490; his resolution, 500; scares a lady, 506; his hardships and his hopes, 521.
Kentucky, compared to an ancient queen, 216; divisions in, 217; its commerce, 217; recruiting within, 219; invaded, 220; its legislature, 221; walled in, 224, as it appeared to Sherman, 224; accumulation of troops and stores in, 226; its blue grass region, 224; its gratitude to
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distinguished men, 227; its deliv- erance. 344.
Kentucky kitchen, scene in, 257.
Kentucky troops, at Wild Cat, 245; at Logan's cross roads, 279; in siege of Donelson, 300; at Shiloh, 347 ; in fight at Gallatin, 602; at railroad bridge of Munfordsville, 604; in battle of Richmond, 607; in battle of Chaplin Hills, 616.
Kernstown, its situation, 450; battle of, 452.
Kidd, Captain Meredith HI., 141. Kilpatrick, Colonel, 573.
Kimball, General Nathan, his educa- tion and profession, 74; distin- guishes himself at Buena Vista, aud is court martialed, 75; on the summit of Cheat mountains, 77; in search of guerrillas, 80; recon- noiters, 83; offends his soldiers, and regains their esteem, 87; his conduct at Greenbrier, 92; is pro- moted, 444; commands Shields' di- vision in the battle of Winchester Heights, 450; defeats Stonewall Jackson, 453; drives rebels from Front Royal, 461.
King, General, 437.
King, Clay, ravages the country near Paducah, 273; eludes the forces sent against him, 274.
Kinnykeet, Twentieth at, 489.
Kirk, Colonel, at Shiloh, 380.
Kirtley, Captain Levi, in command of cavalry company, 434. Kistler, his kindness, 130.
Kise, Colonel William C., at Logan's cross roads, 280; his promotion, 395.
Kitchen, Dr., in charge of hospital, 325.
Klaus, Captain Martin, 140; at Pea Ridge, 204.
Klaus' battery, see First battery.
Klein, Major Robert, his company at Camp Wicklyffe, 263; his company at Shiloh, 383.
Knight, Corporal Isaac, is commend- ed, 565.
Knowles, Henry, commended, 617. Know-nothing party, 6.
Knox, Camp, remembered, 191.
L.
Laird, Captain Samuel, his ardor, 312.
| Lamachus, urges speed in the siege of Syracuse, 516.
La Mine, embankment on, 195, 212; winter quarters on, 216.
Lamphere, Lieutenant, in battle of Richmond, Kentucky, 608.
Lander, General, in attack on Philip- pi, 31; in ascent of Rich Mountain, 53, his command, 444; arrives at and retreats from Romney, 445; his expedition to Bloomery Gap, 448; his death, 448 ; his services, 448.
Lane, IIenry S., elected Governor, 629; his message, 630.
Lane, General James, 170; ordered to Lexington, 171.
Latham, Adjutant Matthew A., 559; reconnoitres tothe Amite river, 559 ; in charge of the regiment, 561; his deatlı, 564; is commended, 665. Lauman, General, his brigade, 297; feels the works at Donelson, 298; assaults the north-west angle of the fort, 308; assumes command of brigade at Shiloh, 359; attacked by Texans, 366; makes a charge, 367; retreats, 367.
Laurel Hill, General Garnett at, 36 ; march to, 47; skirmish near, 48; is abandoned by Confederates, 51; entered by Union troops, 52; its fortifications destroyed, 60.
Loc, Colonel, his appearance, 112. Lee, General Robert E .. his army in West Virgina, 79; encampment, 79; his plan of advance, 81; climbs the mountains, 82; gains the rear off fortifications, 82, 83; attacks in every quarter, 84, 85, 86; retreats, 87; cause of his fail- ure, 87; removal to Kanawha re- gion, 90 ; blockade of Huntersville road, 100; his examination of Fletcher, 117, enquiries, 117; his forco at Huntersville, 118; at Mt. Sewell, 433; goes to Richmond, 433; his army grows, 523; his council of war, 526; his plans, 527; his directions, 528; his ex- pectations, 528; at Gaines' Mill, 529, his army deceived, 532; at Glendale, 536; his army at Mal- vern, 538; pursues Pope, 585; at Bull Run, 592; hastens towards Washington, 592.
Leetown, Army of the Southwest at, 200.
Leesburg, battle of, at Hatteras, 492. Legion, Home, its duties, 73.
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Legislature, Indiana, its regular ses- sion in 1861, 620; elects officers, 628; passes joint resolutions of committee on federal relations, 630; adopts resolutions to accept the in- vitation to Virginia, 635; adjourns, 638; its special session, 639; its unanimity, 640; elects officers, 640 ; adopts resolutions and passes acts in favor of quelling rebellion, 643; appropriates money for the pay- ment of militia, 648 ; passes an act for the organization of militia, 650; assumes a loan made by the Gov- ernor, 650; authorizes boards of commissioners to appropriate mon- ey for certain purposes, 650; passes other acts of the same general ten- dency, 651.
Legislature of Kentucky, its patriotic resolutions, 221.
Legislature of Missouri, its servility, 148; renounces loyalty, 178.
Lemon, Rev. Orange V., receives a present, 263.
Lenox, Edwin, faithful in death, 612. Lewinsville, skirmish near, 437.
Lewis, Dr. Andrew H., 140.
Lexington, Kentucky, Clay's monu- nient in, 241.
Lexington, Missouri, is besieged, 171; surrenders, 173; retaken, 175.
Lexington, Virginia, its name, 443. Lexington, gunboat, goes up the Ten- nessec, 284; before Fort Henry, 287; goes to Florence, 292; before Donelson, 301; at Pittsburg Land- ing, 369.
Libby Prison, cruel regulations of, 133 ; guards of, 495; rations of, 396; William Reed in, 523 ; Harvey Bas- sett in, 526.
Lilly, Captain Eli, 141.
Lincoln, President, his election, 8; his first proclamation, 11; his mes- sage, 47; his embarrassments, 73; his reply to Johnson, 218; issues general war order, 285; his pa- tience, 387; described by a soldier, 469 ; visits Norfolk, 506; his inter- view with McDowell, 511; assumes his proper position, 511; his war order, 512; remonstrates with Mc- Clellan, but yields to him, 512; urges speed, 516; is pained, 524; calls for more troops, 572; after Pope's defeat, 594.
Lindsay, Sergeant, his coolness, 349.
Link, Colonel William H., in Mexican war, 434 ; his care of his regiment, 435; meets flying cavalry, 607; in battle of Richmond, 610.
Linsday, J. C., 229.
List, Samuel V., his letter from near Fredericksburg, 468; his patriot- ism in a hospital, 593.
Little Rebel, in naval engagement, 416.
Little Rock, threatened by Curtis, 208.
Lockwood, General, his expedition, 545.
Logan, Captain Thomas H., his efforts to destroy the Fanny, 488.
Logan's Cross Roads, Thomas at, 279; battle of, 280; losses at, 282; ef- fect of battle of, 281.
Loggerhead Inlet, 486.
London, Kentucky, rendezvous for fugitives, 249; sickness at, 250.
Longstreet, General, in battle of Gaines' Mill, 529; in council of war, 525; follows Mcclellan, 535. Loomis' Battery, Greenbrier, 92; in battle of Chaplin Hills, 616.
Loring, General, his interview with Fletcher, 116; moves toward Rom- ney, 446.
Louis, le Grand, 1; his politics, 423. Louis, Philippe, his sons, 531.
Louisville, threatened and saved, 222; threatened and saved again, 604.
Louisville Journal, on renegade Ken- tuckians, 217.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, blockaded, 217; a war path, re- paired, 243.
Lovejoy, Colonel, on Fremont's staff, remains at Springfield, 184.
Lowe, Colonel, killed at Frederick- town, 186.
Lozier, Rev. John H., organizes a regimental church, 265.
Lying, southern habit of, 408.
Lyon, General, in command of St. Louis arsenal, 148; his efforts to prescrve peace, 150; pursues Price, 151; his anxiety, 152; his death, 155.
Lynchburg, prisoners at, 475; prison grounds at, 476.
Lytle, Captain James N., his death, 526.
Lytle, Colonel, his noble words, 618. Lytle's brigade, in battle of Chaplin Hills. 617.
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McCall, General, his position in the siege of. Richmond, 522; at Me- chanicsville, 528; at Glendale, 536. McClellan, General, his advance, 22 ;
his difficulties, 35; his appearance, 44; at Buckhannon, 48; his report, 59; his forbearance, 59; reported killed, 408 ; lis promotion, 508; his standing in public estimation, 508; his mode of action, 509; is made commander-in-chief, 510 ; is doubt- ed, 511; changes his plan, 512 ; gives orders to move, 513; on bat- tle ground of Manassas, 513; pre- pared to go to the James, 513; em- barks, 514; is compared with Ni- cias, 515; changes second plan, and moves to Yorktown, 516; dc- lays, 516 ; changes plan again, 517; his unfairness, 517; his dispatch from Yorktown, 518; his dispatch from Williamsburg, 518; his rea- sons for continuing his present route, 518; extends his line, 518; loses an opportunity, 520; finishes his defences, 522; his quarters, 523; entreats reinforcements, 523; wants to write an article, 523; prepares for advance and for retreat, 523; moves forward, and casts off ro- sponsibility, 524; his orders at Fair Oaks, 125 ; begins change of base, 530; holds council of war, 530; leaves Savage's Station, 533; at Malvern Hill, 538; his grave, 541; is ordered to unite with Pope, 572; is urged to hasten, 586; his troops begin to arrive, 586; holds back, 589.
MeClernand, General, before Fort Henry, 288; his position before Donelson, 297; is attacked, 302; holds his ground and sends for aid, 303; is driven, 304; his position at Shiloh, 359; his promptness, 362; in second day of the battle of Shi- loh, 374.
McCook, General A. Mc.D., organizes troops at Camp Nevin, 233; arrives at Shiloh and is engaged, 373; is promoted, 599 ; looks towards Chat- tanooga, 801; commands corps, 614; reaches Chaplin Hills and reports, 614.
McCook's division, see Second divis- ion.
McCook, Brigadier General Edward I
M., his family, 268; is promoted, 395.
McCulloch, General, quarrels with Price, 170; unites with Price, 175; returns to Missouri, 191; his ap- pearance, 201; his death 203.
McCrea, Captain Edward T., at Wild Cat, 245.
McDowell, receives Lincoln, 469; concentrates his forces, 471; his interview with the President, 511; is retained for the defence of Washington, 517; in Pope's army, 571; in conference with Pope, 576; his letter about Harter, 584; at Bull Run, 588.
McDowell, Milroy at, 455; engage- ment at, 457.
McFarren, Louis, killed at Wild Cat, 245.
McGinnis, General George F., his diligence and his promotion, 275; at Shiloh, 874.
McGriffin, Captain, at Shiloh, 377.
MeHenry, Colonel, in siege of Fort Donelson, 307.
McHenry, Fort, guarded by Indiana troops, 544.
McIntire, Lieutenant Colonel William T. B., at War Trace, 406.
McIntosh, General, at Pea Ridge, 201; his death, 203.
Mckinstry, General, commands di- vision in Fremont's army, 176; at Springfield, 183.
McLean, Hon. W. E., at Camp Vigo, 138.
McLernan, J. C., prisoner, his letter, 323.
McMillan, General James W., au- thorized to raise a regiment, 135; is wounded, 559; goes down the Lafourche, 567.
McMillan, John, 559.
Mc Minnville, skirmish near, 412.
McMullen, Captain Henry, crosses the Tennessee in a sugar trough, 291.
McMullen, Colonel John W. T., 140; his popularity, 270 ; his style of eloquence, 271.
McPherson, murdered, 4.
McReynolds, Lieutenant Colonel W. C., 139.
Madison, its liberality, 13; departure of the Forty-Sixth from, 263.
Magoffin, Governor, his politics, 218; writes to the President, 219; exer- cises the right of veto. 221.
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Magruder, General, at Yorktown, 516; at Fair Oaks, 525; in council, 527; follows Heintzelman, 535.
Mahan, Lieutenant-Colonel John R., 139; in expedition to Blue's Gap, 446.
Maine troops, at Baton Rouge, 550.
Majthenyi's cavalry, escorts Fre- mont, 462; employed as messen- gers, 572.
Malvern Ilill, its situation and form, 537; army on, 538; battle of, 539. Mann, Alexander, in prison, 123. Manomy, Colonel James M., 140. Mansfield, General John S., 140.
Mansfield, General J. R. F., on the Twentieth, 500.
Manson, General Mahlon, his birth, character and early career, 28; re- enters the service, 137; at Logan's cross roads, 280; his promotion, 395; at Richmond, 607; sends a message to Nelson and moves for- ward, 608; his force, 609; in the battle, 610; his opinion of the con- duct of the troops in the battle of Richmond, 611.
Marshall, Humphrey, recruits in Ken- tucky, 223; threatens Nelson. 223; holds Confederate right in Ken- tucky, 278.
Marshall, Captain George S., his pro- motion, his resignation and his death, 209.
Martin, Dr. W. W., his efficiency, 389.
Martin, Colonel Roger, 140.
Martin, his capture, 34.
Martinsburg, Banks at, 448 ; is fright- ened, 459.
Mason, Lieutenant, at Munfords- ville, 603.
Mason, Colonel, his mistaken report, 452.
Mason, Commissioner, his house, 449; · his capture, 500.
Masonic Lodge, in Thirty-Ninth regi- ment, 229.
Massachusetts troops, in Baltimore, 16; enter Winchester, 437; on Winchester Heights, 459; at Baton Rouge, 560; at Slaughter Moun- tain, 575.
May, Major Isaac M., is wounded, 587; overlooked and deserted, 592 ; his death, 592.
Mayfield, rebel force at, 273; expedi- tions against, 274.
| Measels, in St. Louis, 164; in Camp Nevin, 234.
Mechanicsville, battle of, 528.
Meikel, Colonel George W., writes to Mrs. Bassett, 526.
Meldrum, Mr. Richard, at a burial, 421.
Memphis, is threatened by Foote, 414 ; its anxiety, 415; looks on at the naval combat, 416; surrenders, 417; is insulted, 417; is concilia- ted, 418; is under the command of Fitch, 417; is entered by Union troops, 419 ; is under the command of Slack, 420; is exasperated, 422; is subdued, 425.
Memphis Appeal, on Hoosiers and Buckeys, 61.
Memphis Argus, on Federal soldiers, 418; has new editors, 422.
Memphis Avalanche, on Federal sol- diers, 418 ; on Fitch's order, 418.
Memwherter, Jake, his coolness, 248. Mendenhall's battery at Shiloh, 378.
Meredith, General Solomon, author- ized to raise a regiment, 136; his height, 437; in battle of Gains- ville, 587.
Merrimac river, to be illumined by southern camp-fires, 150.
Merrimac, vessel, rumor about, 501 ; appears, 501 ; her fight with Cum- land and Congress, 502; threatens the Minnesota, 503; canses univer- sal alarm, 503; fights with the Monitor, 504; her guns, 504. Messengers, Pope's, 570.
Metcalfe's cavalry, meets Kirby Smith, 607; meets Colonel Link, 607.
Michigan troops, in Kentucky, 226; at Logan's cross roads, 279; on the Constitution, 548; at Baton Rouge, 560.
Militia, two classes of, 72.
Miller, General John F., 137; his pro- fession and his position in civil life, 230; in command of barracks at Nashville, 355.
Mill Spring, its situation, 278; Thomas advances to, 281.
Milroy, Major General Robert H., bis age, 24; his education and career previous to the war, 26; his prompt- ness in recruiting, 26; his daring on Laurel Hill, 50; his entrance into rebel camp, 51; his pursuit of Garnett, 52; at Carrick's Ford, 59; is the last to stop, 58; on the sum-
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mit of Cheat mountain, 91; his night march, 92 ; at Greenbrier, 92; his promotion and his activity, 94; offends a teamster, 95 ; in command of Cheat mountain district, 97; in battle of Alleghany, 97; re-enters the service, 137; at McDowell, 455 ; in Fremont's corps, 456; his en- gagement at McDowell, 457; re- treats to Franklin, 458; at Cross Keys, 463; at Slaughter mountain, 575; on the Rappahannock, 586; at Groveton, 588 ; at Bull Run, 590; in the retreat, 591.
Minnesota troops, in Kentucky in De- cember, 1861, 226 ; at Logan's cross roads, 279.
Minnesota, ship, at Fortress Monroe, 501; is threatened, 503.
Minor, Capton Milton F., 141.
Mississippi troops, at Huntsville, 119. Missouri, given up to slavery, 6; its importance, population and posi- tion, 146; its action on the break- ing out of the rebellion, 147; its perplexities, 148; its disturbance, 149; its struggle, 150; its condi- tion on Fremont's arrival, 153; is taken into the Confederacy, 178; soldiers' name for, 199.
Missouri Legislature, its character and action, 148; its remnant 178. Missouri troops, at Pea Ridge, 206;
on the La Mine, 211; at Paducah, 275; at Donelson, 300; at Shiloh, 374.
Mitchell, General O. M., his char- acter, 329; his division, 329; ad- vances, 330; his address to his soldiers, 331; pursues the enemy, 333; encamps near Edgefield, 333; waits for Buell, 337; moves to- wards Huntsville, 352 ; his march, 401; captures railroad stock, 403; compliments his troops, 409; is complimented, but neglected by the Government, 409; surprises Bridge- port, 411; his report, 411; his word falsified, 597; is removed, 599.
Moccasin Rangers, their character, 96; fire on the Thirteenth, 96.
Moffet, Captain W., his capture, 573. Monroe, Fortress' its situation, 500;
Twentieth at, 485; forces before, 501.
Montgomery, Commodore, at Mem- phis, 115; in naval combat, 416.
Moodey, Colonel Gideon C., volun-
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