INDEX TO VOLUME II.

ADROIT stratagem to deceive the enemy, 381.

AGENCY of Great Britain in the cause of the Rebellion, 528.

ALARM of the rebels at Cumberland Gap, 341.

ALARMING INTELLIGENCE, 96.

ALLATOONA PASS, its importance, 469.

AMERICAN SOLDIERS need only skilful officers, 227.

AMES, Maj.-Gen. Adelbert, notice of, 533; advances on Fort Fisher, 540.

ANECDOTE, 27; of Charles, servant of Andrew Jackson, 27; of Julian A. Scott, 37; of William
Scott, 38; of a slave at Yorktown, 54; of Capt. Montgomery, 59; of Gen. Heintzelman, 93;
of a little boy, 192; of Bishop Polk, 196; of Gen. Prentiss, 216; of Major Bell, 303; of
Gen. Rosecrans, 359; of M. E. Joyce, 363; of a woman at Gettysburg, 414; of a wounded
boy from S. Carolina, 415; of Gen. Howard, 431; of a corporal 60th Illinois Vols., 443; of
Gen. Sherman, 445; of a boy at Dallas, 450; of Sergeant Oatz, 453; of Capt. Courtois, 32d
N. Jersey Vols., 454; of a slave woman, 478; of Union troops in Columbia, 514; of poor
whites at Cape Lookout, 534; of Capt. Rigby, 549.

ANNOUNCEMENT of the surrender of Lee's army to the forces of Sherman, 516.

ANTIETAM, Battle of, 149 and 150.

แ RIVER, rebel lines rest upon, 147.

ANXIETY in the army and in the country, 65; of the rebel fleet, as the Carondelet ran their bat-
teries, 266.

APATHY of Pennsylvanians, 400.

ARMSTRONG GUNS found at Fort Fisher, 544.

ARMY CORRESPONDENTS. Our indebtedness to them, 412.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC on the Chickahominy, 82; its strength, 95.

ARMY OF VIRGINIA. The commands composing it, 114; the task assigned it, 115.

ARMY ROLL OF U. S. Number of men upon it at the close of hostilities, 606.

ARREST of spies and kidnappers by Colonel Truesdail, 362.

ARCHER, Col., his gallantry at Tilton, 471.

ASBOTH, Maj.-Gen., wounded, 239.

ASSAULT upon Fort Fisher, 542-3.

ATTACK upon Morris Island, 325; upon Fort Sumter, 318; made by a negro regiment, 290.
AUGUR, Gen., warmly commended, 118.

AWFUL BARBARITIES by the slaveocracy of the South, 596.

AYRES, BATTERY; its efficient service, 37.

BAKER, Lieut., his narrow escape, 59.

BALLOON CORPS, their important services, 35.

BANKS, Maj.-Gen. N. P., in the Shenandoah Valley, 71; his masterly retreat, 73; sketch of, 76.
BARNUM, Maj., 12th N. Y., tribute to his memory, 101.

BATON ROUGE attacked by rebels, 307.

BATTERY HARRISON attacked by Gen. Lee, 572.

BATTLE of Williamsburg, 51; of Cross Keys, 75; Hanover Court-House, 79; Fair Oaks,
83; Seven Pines, 92, Gaines's Mill, 99; Malvern Hill, 107; Cedar Mountain, 116; Grove-
ton, 124; South Mountain, 132; Antietam, 148; Fredericksburg, 165; Mumfordsville, 190;
Perryville, 193; Pittsburg Landing, 207; Shiloh, 215; Sugar Creek, 226; Pea Ridge, 236;
Maysville, 249; Cross Hollows, 250; Champion Hill, 283; Mill Springs, 336; Corinth, 352;
Stone River, 368; Chancellorsville, 380; Gettysburg, 403; Chickamauga, 420; Lookout

Mountain, 434; Missionary Ridge, 436; Allatoona Pass, 469; Franklin, 483;

Wilderness,

488; Spottsylvania, 492; Jericho Mills, 499; Averysboro', 516; Winchester, 548; Fisher's
Hill, 552; around Petersburg, 558; Reams's Station, 567; Hatcher's Run, 584.
BAYARD, Brig.-Geu. Geo. D., mortally wounded, 170.

BAYONET CHARGE by Fourth and Ninth Iowa, 238.

BEAUREGARD, Gen. P. T. (rebel), assigned to the Mississippi, 204; decides to attack Gen. Buell,
206; appeals to his troops, 221; fortifies Island No. Ten, 255; retreats from Branchville,
507.

BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT, 428.

BIG BETHEL, retreat of rebels from, 30.

BIGELOW, Capt., and his battery, 407.

BISSELL, Col., his energy in overcoming "impossibilities," 259.

BITTER HOSTILITY towards South Carolinians, 507.

BLUNT, Brig.-Gen. James D., moves upon Maysville, 249; attacks the enemy,

BOLIVAR, contest commenced, 132; Heights, 139.

BORDER STATES, a convention called of, 179.

BUCKNER, Gen. S. B. (rebel), his statement, 180.

250.

BUELL, Brig.-Gen. D. C., disaffection towards him, 197; relieved of command, 198.
BULL RUN, Union loss in battle of, 121.

BUMMERS, shrewdness of, 514.

BURNSIDE, Maj. Gen. A. E., his gallant conduct, 155; his unavailing call for reenforcements, 158;
his line of battle, of whom composed, 169; his successful strategy, 346.

BUTTERFIELD, Maj.-Gen. Daniel, greeted enthusiastically, 78; falls fiercely upon the foe, 79; re-
ceives varied testimony to his bravery, 80; his daring inspires his men, 100; his cool hero-
ism at Pine Mountain, 452.

BUTLER, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin F., at New Orleans, 296: his health orders, 297; abuses heaped
upon him 298; his reply to one malicious charge, 299; his even justice, 300, letter to Pres-
ident Lincoln, 304; superseded, 308; removed from command, 582.

BRADFORD, Governor, of Maryland, his proclamation, 129.

BRAGG, Maj. Gen. (rebel), eludes Gen. Buell and enters Kentucky, 189; his ravages in Ken-
tucky, 191; attacks Gen. Rosecrans at Stone River, 367.

BRAVERY of Union and rebel soldiers compared, 175.

BRECKINRIDGE, Rev. Dr., his influence and labors, 180.

BRIGADES of Brooks and Irwin drive the foe, 137.

BRITISH CONSUL, a singular statement by, 313.

BRUTALITY of rebel surgeons, 416; of Wheeler's band, 477.

CANAL cut from Mississippi River to Lake Providence, 279..

CAPABILITIES of Americans illustrated, 130,

CAPITULATION of Charleston, 508.

CAPTURE of Fort McAllister, 479.

CARTER, Brig.-Gen., his exploits, 345.

CAROLINA, NORTH, weakness and rage of the 25th Regiment, 133.

CARONDELET fitted for service, 266; runs the batteries at Island No. Ten, 267.

CARR, Col. E. A., his skill and bravery, 235; is wounded, 238.

CASEY, Brig.-Gen. Silas, sketch of, 81; his peril, 82.

CASSVILLE made a resting-place for Sherman's army, 447.

CATLETT'S STATION, rebel raid upon, 119.

CAUSE of the want of success of the Army of the Potomac, 111.

CEDAR MOUNTAIN, contest at, 116; National loss at, 118.

CEMETERY RIDGE, Gettysburg, 403; its consecration, 418.

CENTREVILLE, rebel fortifications at, 21.

CHAMBERLAIN, Maj.-Gen. I. L., notice of, 585; receives the surrender of Lee's infantry, 593.
CHAMPION HILL, battle of, 283.

CHANCELLORSVILLE, head-quarters of Gen. Hooker, 382; the brick house at, 384; Union disaster
at, 388; bravery of our soldiers at, 392.

CHARGE of Gen. Sigel's troops, 242; by Gen. Steedman, 427; by a brigade under Col Orlando
Smith, 431; of sailors at Fort Fisher, 541; of colored troops at Newmarket Heights, 571.
CHARLESTON, S. C.; its appearance when our troops entered it, 508.

Courier," graphic description of Malvern Hill, 108; statement of a correspondent

CHASE, Hon. S. P., Secretary of the Treasury, visits Fortress Monroe, 66.

CHATTANOOGA strategically important, 419; threatened danger at, 429; its position, 430.
CHESTNUT HILL RANGE, Sherman's description of, 451.

CHICKAHOMINY, our troops upon the river, 69.

CHICKAMAUGA, fearful slaughter at, 423; patriot loss at the battle of, 429.

CHURCH of the Ascension, Philadelphia, aid our wounded, 416.

COAST to be blockaded, 16.

OLD HARBOR, Maj.-Gen. Geo. Stoneman drives the enemy out of, 68; rebel efforts to drive Gen.
Sheridau out, 501.

COLUMBIA, Union forces encamped opposite, 510; a description of it, 511.

COLORED men suffer from Northern prejudice, 45; employed by Gen. Wallace, 184.

66

SOLDIERS. Their bravery at Milliken's Bend, 290; at Wagner, 328; testimony of Gen.
Keyes in favor of, 33.

COOL HEROISM of Capt. Hoel on the Carondelet, 267.

COMMISSION, Sanitary, its benevolent labors, 174, 414.

Christian, 414.

CONFISCATION ACT passed, 301.

CONFLICT at Hill's Point, 395; upon Rocky Face Hill, 443; with the ram Tennessee, 521; in
Mobile Bay, 521; Six-Mile Station, 566.

CONNECTICUT, Eleventh, at Stone Bridge, 152; Sixteenth, disaster to, 156; Eighth, noble conduct
of, 175.

CONSEQUENCE of delay at Antietam, 147.

CONSPIRACY for the death of all officers of Government, 596.

CORINTH, an important position, 205; movements towards, 219; evacuated, 221.

CORRESPONDENCE of Gen. Bragg and Col. Wilder, 190; of Gens. Grant and Pemberton, 293.

COOPERATION of Union generals, 376.

COUNCIL OF WAR at Burnside's head-quarters, 173.

CRAMPTON GAP, occupied by rebels, 132; charge up the heights, 137.

CRAWFORD, Gen., commended for gallantry, 118.

CRITTENDEN, Hon. John J., his trying position, 336; Gen. George G. (rebel) unjustly censured, 338
CROCKER, Gen. M. M., charges the rebels at Jackson, 282.

CROOK, Gen., his division assail the enemy, 550.

CROSS HOLLOWs occupied by Gen. Curtis, 228.

CRUFT, Brig. Gen., leads an advance, 370.

CRUMP'S LANDING, 205.

CURTIS, Gen. S. R., pursues rebel Price, 227; his peril, 228; his position on Pea Ridge, 231; re-
ceives astounding intelligence, 234; outflanked, 234; reply to Col. E. A. Carr, 238; his
confidence of final victory, 240.

DALTON falls into Sherman's power, 444.

DAVIES, Col., Eighth N. Y. Cavalry, deserves great commendation, 143.

DAVIS, Gen. Jefferson C., deserves honor at Pea Ridge, 245; notice of, 349.

DAVIS, Maj.-Gen. Jeff., his address to rebel troops, 112; he promises success to the Southern
army, 469; his terms of peace, 570; captured and sent to Fortress Monroe, 604.

DECISION of Maj.-Gen. Rosecrans sustained, 375.

DEEP BOTTOM, attack upon, 564.

DEFEAT of the rebels near Corinth, 215; of Gen. Price (rebel) at Iuka, 357.

DELAY in the pursuit of Lee at Antietam, 161.

DESCRIPTION by a rebel correspondent, 106; of Union officers at Columbia, S. C., 510-11.

DESPERATE FIGHTING at Fort Wagner, 327.

DESTRUCTION of stores at Savage's Station, 103; by rebel raids in Tennessee, 481; by Sheridan, 556.
DIAGRAM-Gen. Wallace at Pittsburg Landing, 211; of the Union fleet at Mobile, 520.

DIFFICULTIES in laying pontoons at Fredericksburg, 165; surmounted by Union soldiers, 341.

DILATORINESS of the Army of the Potomac, 24; misfortunes caused by, 115.

DISASTER to the Mound City, 248; at Fort Fisher, 544.

DISCOURAGEMENT of most of the officers at Pea Ridge, 240.

DISGRACEFUL OCCURRENCE at Coggin's Point, 570.

DISPATCH captured, 118; of Gen. Dix, 397.

EARLY, Maj.-Gen. (rebel), attacks Gen. Sheridan, 548.

EAST TENNESSEE and its people, 332; redeemed, 348.

EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION for blacks, 482.

EDWARDS'S STATION, battle of, 284.

EFFECT of climate upon the army, 63; of various disasters upon the country, 607.
EFFORTS at compromise, 570.

ELEVENTH ILLINOIS, terrible slaughter in its ranks, 215.

ELEVENTH CORPS, its bravery, 404.

ELLET, Col. Charles, Jr., biographical notice of, 273; severely wounded at Island No. Ten, 275;
his death, 276.

ELLIOTT, Col., Second Iowa Cavalry sent to cut the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 220.

ELLIS, Col., his ready tact, 226.

ELOQUENT Strain from Gen. Sherman, 468.

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, its effect, 614.

EMBARKATION of the second expedition against Fort Fisher, 532.

ENERGY of Gen. Butler in New Orleans, 297.

ENGLAND, her attitude in the American struggle, 80.

EPITHET applied to the Shenandoah Valley, 551.

ESTATE of Maj.-Gen. Robert E. Lee, 383.

ESTVAN, Col. (rebel army), his magnanimity, 97.

EVACUATION of Forts Pillow and Randolph, 273.

EVIDENCE of the severity of the battle at Fair Oaks, 87; of the intellectual character of Union
soldiers, 436.

EWELL, Gen. (rebel), attacks our baggage train, 498.

EXCITING naval conflict near Fort Pillow, 271.

EXPLOIT of Lieut. Cushing, 577; his perils, 578.

EXPLOSION at Corinth, 221; of an ordnance boat, 566.
EXTRACT from the "Cincinnati Gazette," 377.

FARMINGTON, account of the battle of, 218.
FAIR OAKS, why so called, 82; battle of, 83.
FAIRFAX, C. H., the Union army advance to, 20.
FEINTS of Gen. Rosecrans, near Chattanooga, 419.
FEELING at the South, 399.

FEROCITY of the savage allies of the rebels, 244.

FIELD OF BATTLE, its appearance after the contest, 243.

FIFTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS drive the enemy at Corinth, 355.

FIRST ALABAMA, Col. Geo. E. Spencer, 473.

FIRST CONNECTICUT ARTILLERY, Col. Tyler commanding, 111.
FIVE FORKS, fearful contest at, 584.

GAINES'S MILLS, battle of, 100.

"GARDES LAFAYETTE,” 87.

GARESCHÉ, Col. J. B., notice of him, 364.

GARRISON AT VICKSBURG, its heroic defence, 293.

GEARY, Gen. John W., commended for gallantry, 118.

GENEROSITY of Union soldiers, 593.

GERRARD, Gen., destroys much rebel property, 461.

GETTY, Brig. Gen. Geo. W., guards the Nansemond, 395; his troops reach the wall, and charge
at Fredericksburg, 171.

GETTYSBURG, National Cemetery consecrated at, 418.

GILLMORE, Brig.-Gen. Q. A., commands at Port Royal, 324.

GORMAN, Gen. Willis A., commended, 118.

GOD's overruling visible in this war, 76.

GORDON, N. P., Capt., executed, 610.

GRACEFUL remark of a rebel officer, 593.

GRADES OF VIRGINIANS, 63.

GRAND and appalling scene, 372; movement of the army, 574.

GRANGER, Gen., leads a land force against Fort Morgan, 525.

GRANT, Lieut.-Gen. U. S., his coolness in battle, 215; telegraphs Gen. Halleck, 281; his designs

and execution, 282; his sleepless energy, 283; assaults works at Vicksburg, 286; arrives at

Chattanooga, 430; his first efforts there, 432; his telegram to Washington, 438; he sur-

prises the foe, 497; his designs, 575.

GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION by the New York "Tribune" correspondent, 158.

GREEN, Gen, commended for bravery, 118.

GRIFFITH, Sergeant Joseph H., Twenty-second Iowa, his bravery, 287.

GROVER, Gen. Cuvier, troops led by, 48.

GROVETON, battle at, 124.

GUERRILLA BANDS in Kentucky, 182; their depredations in East Tennessee, 334.

HALLECK, Maj.-Gen. H. W., assigned to the Department of the Mississippi, 18; appointed gen-
eral-in-chief, 115; his telegrams sent Gen. McClellan, 121; his testimony before Congres-
sional Committee, 122; his dispatch to the Secretary of War, 221; he is censured, 222; tele-
graphs Hon. E. M. Stanton, 602.

HAMILTON, Gen. Schuyler, cuts a steamboat canal, 264.

HAMPTON, Gen. Wade (rebel), his villanous conduct, 513.

HAMPTON ROADS, a splendid scene in, 529.

HANCOCK, Gen. W. S., notice of, 50; his splendid bayonet charge, 52; his reply to Gen. Alexan-
der Hays, 490; his telegram to Gen. Grant, 494.

HANOVER C. H., spirited conflict at, 789.

HARDEE, Gen. (rebel), his confession, 603.

HARPER'S FERRY, its shameful surrender, 142; the cause of the reverse, 144.

HARRINGTON, John, his remarkable adventure, 37.

HARROLD'S MILLS, a little encounter at, 31.

HARTSUFF'S BRIGADE, the heroism of Twelfth and Thirteenth Massachusetts, 150.

HATCH, Brig.-Gen., wounded, 135.

HATCHER'S RUN, failure of the expedition to, 576; second attempt more successful, 583.

HEINTZELMAN, Maj.-Gen. S. P., drives the enemy with bayonets, 92.

HEROISM of troops under Gen. Casey, 86; of army and navy correspondents, 412.

HERRON, Gen. F. I, attacks the enemy at Cross Hollows, 250.

HILDEBRAND, Col., Third Brigade, his command scattered, 07.

HILL'S POINT BATTERY, its capture, 395.

HOOD, Maj.-Gen. (rebel), compelled to fight, 461; charges desperately, 463; evacuates Atlanta,
466; his army broken and routed at Nashville, 481; entirely overthrown, 487.

HOOKER, Maj.-Gen. Joseph, his report. 50; he is wounded, 151; his order of April 30th, 1863,
382; his coolness, 387; his proclamation after battle of Chancellorsville, 392; attacks Gen.
J. E. B. Stuart, 400.

HOLLINGTON, Rev. Mr., of Third Ohio, 451.

HOLT, Hon. Joseph, extracts from his appeal to Kentuckians, 177.

HOVEY, Gen. A. P., his valor at Edwards's Station, 284.

HOWARD, Maj.-Gen. O. O., his coolness, 410..

HUNTER, Gen. David, in command Southern Department, 309; proclamation of, 609.

ILLINOIS Third Cavalry, Col. McCrellis, 245.

IMPATIENCE at the North at Gen, McClellan's slow progress, 69.

IMPOSITIONS practised upon Southern people, 229.

INACTION on the Potomac, cause of, 15; Prince de Joinville's explanation, 16.

INCIDENT, 75; of an amusing character, 91; at Fredericksburg, 227; from a correspondent of the

New York "Herald," 426; at Chickamauga, 428.

INDIANA Seventh, Col. Wainwright, repulses the rebels, 136.

INDIGNATION felt at the surrender of Harper's Ferry, 142.

INEXPLICABLE want of preparation at Pittsburg Landing, 206.

INFAMOUS DEED, 569.

INFLUENCE of loyal Governors, 184.

INJURY to the Union fleet on the Tennessee, 272; to the iron-clads before Sumter, 320.
INTRIGUES of Secessionists in Tennessee, 333.

IRON BRIGADE at Gettysburg, 404.

IRWINSVILLE, Georgia, noted for the capture of Jefferson Davis and family, 604.

JACKSON, Maj.-Gen. T. J., "Stonewall," commence an expedition, 65; dashes into the Shenan-
doah Valley, 72; is at Cross Keys, 75; marches to Sharpsburg, 131; cause of his sobri.
quet, 387.