Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xv
4. Introduction xvii
5. Editorial Procedure xxvii
6. Abbreviations xxix
7. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
8. Preface 3
9. Ancestry - Birth - Boyhood 5
10. West Point - Graduation 16
11. Army life - Causes of the Mexican War - Camp Salubrity 27
12. Corpus Christi - Mexican Smuggling - Spanish Rule in Mexico - Supplying Transportation 38
13. Trip to Austin - Promotion to Full Second Lieutenant - Army of Occupation 47
14. Advance of the Army - Crossing the Colorado - The Rio Grande 54
15. The Mexican War - The Battle of Palo Alto - The Battle of Resaca de la Palma - Army of Invasion - General Taylor - Movement on Camargo 60
16. Advance on Monterey - The Black Fort - The Battle of Monterey - Surrender of the City 70
17. Political Intrigue - Buena Vista - Movement against Vera Cruz - Siege and Capture of Vera Cruz 78
18. March to Jalapa - Battle of Cerro Gordo - Perote - Puebla - Scott and Taylor 86
19. Advance on the City of Mexico - Battle of Contreras - Assault at Churubusco - Negotiations for Peace - Battle of Molino del Rey - Storming of Chapultepec - San Cosme - Evacuation of the City - Halls of the Montezumas 95
20. Promotion to First Lieutenant - Capture of the City of Mexico - The Army - Mexican Soldiers - Peace Negotiations 111
21. Treaty of Peace - Mexican Bull Fights - Regimental Quartermaster - Trip to Popocatapetl - Trip to the Caves of Mexico 121
22. Return of the Army - Marriage - Ordered to the Pacific Coast - Crossing the Isthmus - Arrival at San Francisco 132
23. San Francisco - Early California Experiences - Life on the Pacific Coast - Promoted Captain - Flush Times in California 139
24. Resignation - Private Life - Life at Galena - The Coming Crisis 146
25. Outbreak of the Rebellion - Presiding at a Union Meeting - Mustering Officer of State Troops - Lyon at Camp Jackson - Services Tendered to the Government 160
26. Appointed Colonel of the 21st Illinois - Personnel of the Regiment - General Logan - March to Missouri - Movement against Harris at Florida, Mo. - General Pope in Command - Stationed at Mexico, Mo. 170
27. Commissioned Brigadier-General - Command at Ironton, Mo. - Jefferson City - Cape Girardeau - General Prentiss - Seizure of Paducah - Headquarters at Cairo 179
28. General Fremont in Command- Movement against Belmont - Battle of Belmont - A Narrow Escape - After the Battle 190
29. General Halleck in Command - Commanding the District of Cairo - Movement on Fort Henry - Capture of Fort Henry 198
30. Investment of Fort Donelson - The Naval Operations - Attack of the Enemy - Assaulting the Works - Surrender of the Fort 206
31. Promoted Major-General of Volunteers - Unoccupied Territory - Advance upon Nashville - Situation of the Troops - Confederate Retreat - Relieved of the Command - Restored to the Command - General Smith 219
32. The Army at Pittsburg Landing - Injured by a Fall - The Confederate Attack at Shiloh - The First Day’s Fight at Shiloh - General Sherman - Condition of the Army - Close of the First Day’s Fight - The Second Day’s Fight - Retreat and Defeat of the Confederates 228
33. Struck by a Bullet - Precipitate Retreat of the Confederates - Intrenchments at Shiloh - General Buell - General Johnston - Remarks on Shiloh 241
34. Halleck Assumes Command in the Field - The Advance upon Corinth - Occupation of Corinth - The Army Separated 253
35. Headquarters Moved to Memphis - On the Road to Memphis - Escaping Jackson - Complaints and Requests - Halleck Appointed Commander-in-chief - Return to Corinth - Movements of Bragg - Surrender of Clarksville - The Advance upon Chattanooga - Sheridan Colonel of a Michigan Regiment 262
36. Advance of Van Dorn and Price - Price Enters Iuka - Battle of Iuka 277
37. Van Dorn’s Movements - Battle of Corinth - Command of the Department of the Tennessee 284
38. The Campaign against Vicksburg - Employing the Freedmen - Occupation of Holly Springs - Sherman Ordered to Memphis - Sherman’s Movements down the Mississippi - Van Dorn Captures Holly Springs - Collecting Forage and Food 291
39. Headquarters Moved to Holly Springs - General McClernand in Command - Assuming Command at Young’s Point - Operations above Vicksburg - Fortifications about Vicksburg - The Canal - Lake Providence - Operations at Yazoo Pass 302
40. The Bayous West of the Mississippi - Criticisms of the Northern Press - Running the Batteries - Loss of the Indianola - Disposition of the Troops 316
41. Attack on Grand Gulf - Operations below Vicksburg 329
42. Capture of Port Gibson - Grierson’s Raid - Occupation of Grand Gulf - Movement up the Big Black - Battle of Raymond 338
43. Movement against Jackson - Fall of Jackson - Intercepting the Enemy - Battle of Champion’s Hill 348
44. Battle of Black River Bridge - Crossing the Big Black - Investment of Vicksburg - Assaulting the Works 362
45. Siege of Vicksburg 368
46. Johnston’s Movements - Fortifications at Haines’ Bluff - Explosion of the Mine - Explosion of the Second Mine - Preparing for the Assault - The Flag of Truce - Meeting with Pemberton - Negotiations for Surrender - Accepting the Terms - Surrender of Vicksburg 379
47. Retrospect of the Campaign - Sherman’s Movements - Proposed Movement upon Mobile - A Painful Accident - Ordered to Report at Cairo 394
48. First Meeting with Secretary Stanton - General Rosecrans - Commanding Military Division of Mississippi - Andrew Johnson’s Address - Arrival at Chattanooga 404
49. Assuming the Command at Chattanooga - Opening a Line of Supplies - Battle of Wauhatchie - On the Picket Line 413
50. Condition of the Army - Rebuilding the Railroad - General Burnside’s Situation - Orders for Battle - Plans for the Attack - Hooker’s Position - Sherman’s Movements 422
51. Preparations for Battle - Thomas Carries the First Line of the Enemy - Sherman Carries Missionary Ridge - Battle of Lookout Mountain - General Hooker’s Fight 434
52. Battle of Chattanooga - A Gallant Charge - Complete Rout of the Enemy - Pursuit of the Confederates - General Bragg - Remarks on Chattanooga 443
53. The Relief of Knoxville - Headquarters Moved to Nashville - Visiting Knoxville - Cipher Dispatches - Withholding Orders 452
54. Operations in Mississippi - Longstreet in East Tennessee - Commissioned Lieutenant-General - Commanding the Armies of the United States - First Interview with President Lincoln 464
55. The Military Situation - Plans for the Campaign - Sheridan Assigned to Command of the Cavalry - Flank Movements - Forrest at Fort Pillow - General Banks’s Expedition - Colonel Mosby - An Incident of the Wilderness Campaign 475
56. Commencement of the Grand Campaign - General Butler’s Position - Sheridan’s First Raid 491
57. Sherman’s Campaign in Georgia - Siege of Atlanta - Death of General McPherson - Attempt to Capture Andersonville - Capture of Atlanta 498
58. Grand Movement of the Army of the Potomac - Crossing the Rapidan - Entering the Wilderness - Battle of the Wilderness 510
59. After the Battle - Telegraph and Signal Service - Movement by the Left Flank 531
60. Battle of Spottsylvania - Hancock’s Position - Assault of Warren’s and Wright’s Corps - Upton Promoted on the Field - Good News from Butler and Sheridan 539
61. Hancock’s Assault - Losses of the Confederates - Promotions Recommended - Discomfiture of the Enemy - Ewell’s Attack - Reducing the Artillery 546
62. Movement by the Left Flank - Battle of North Anna - An Incident of the March - Moving on Richmond - South of the Pamunkey - Position of the National Army 558
63. Advance on Cold Harbor - An Anecdote of the War - Battle of Cold Harbor - Correspondence with Lee - Retrospective 572
64. Left Flank Movement across the Chickahominy and James - General Lee - Visit to Butler - The Movement on Petersburg - The Investment of Petersburg 582
65. Raid on the Virginia Central Railroad - Raid on the Weldon Railroad - Early’s Movement upon Washington - Mining the Works before Petersburg - Explosion of the Mine before Petersburg - Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley - Capture of the Weldon Railroad 597
66. Sheridan’s Advance - Visit to Sheridan - Sheridan’s Victory in the Shenandoah - Sheridan’s Ride to Winchester - Close of the Campaign for the Winter 615
67. The Campaign in Georgia - Sherman’s March to the Sea - War Anecdotes - The March on Savannah - Investment of Savannah - Capture of Savannah 628
68. The Battle of Franklin - The Battle of Nashville 649
69. Expedition against Fort Fisher - Attack on the Fort - Failure of the Expedition - Second Expedition against the Fort - Capture of Fort Fisher 657
70. Sherman’s March North - Sheridan Ordered to Lynchburg - Canby Ordered to Move against Mobile - Movements of Schofield and Thomas - Capture of Columbia, South Carolina - Sherman in the Carolinas 666
71. Arrival of the Peace Commissioners - Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners - An Anecdote of Mr. Lincoln - The Winter before Petersburg - Sheridan Destroys the Railroad - Gordon Carries the Picket Line - Parke Recaptures the Line - The Battle of White Oak Road 679
72. Interview with Sheridan - Grand Movement of the Army of the Potomac - Sheridan’s Advance on Five Forks - Battle of Five Forks - Parke and Wright Storm the Enemy’s Line - Battles before Petersburg 689
73. The Capture of Petersburg - Meeting President Lincoln in Petersburg - The Capture of Richmond - Pursuing the Enemy - Visit to Sheridan and Meade 700
74. Battle of Sailor’s Creek - Engagement at Farmville - Correspondence with General Lee - Sheridan Intercepts the Enemy 710
75. Negotiations at Appomattox - Interview with Lee at McLean’s House - The Terms of Surrender - Lee’s Surrender - Interview with Lee after the Surrender 717
76. Morale of the Two Armies - Relative Conditions of the North and South - President Lincoln Visits Richmond - Arrival at Washington - President Lincoln’s Assassination - President Johnson’s Policy 728
77. Sherman and Johnston - Johnston’s Surrender to Sherman - Capture of Mobile - Wilson’s Expedition - Capture of Jefferson Davis - General Thomas’s Qualities - Estimate of General Canby 738
78. The End of the War - The March to Washington - One of Lincoln’s Anecdotes - Grand Review at Washington - Characteristics of Lincoln and Stanton - Estimate of the Different Corps Commanders 747
79. Conclusion 756
80. Acknowledgments 765
81. Index 769