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Authors: Bruce Catton

Grant Moves South (89 page)

Page, John,
63–64

Paine, General E. A., given command at Paducah,
49
; relieved of Paducah command,
51
; denounced by C. F. Smith for disobedience,
80
; conspires against Smith,
89
; orders from Grant concerning secessionists,
92
; in temporary command at Cairo,
135

Paris, Tenn.,
194
,
200
,
211

Paroled soldiers,
473–476

Pea Ridge, Ark.,
210

Pemberton, General John C.,
329
; Grant plans to attack,
332
; sends troops to Vicksburg,
342
; warned about “irregular modes of supply,”
348
; strength of, at Vicksburg,
373
; Grierson damages communications of,
421
; orders reinforcements for Port Gibson,
426
; calls for reinforcements,
429
; troops of, around Vicksburg,
432
; confused by Grant's movements,
436–437
; problems of,
437
; approaches Edwards Station,
440
; moves east to fight,
442–444
; in retreat,
450
; besieged at Vicksburg,
454
,
457
,
465
,
470
; surrender of,
470–480
; unhappy at paroling of his men,
482

Perryville, Ky., battle at,
318

Phelps, Captain S. L.,
148–149
,
282

Phillips, Wendell,
295

Pillow, General Gideon, Grant's contempt for,
34
; at New Madrid,
41
; asks for orders to go to Columbus,
42
; Polk orders to Columbus,
43
,
48
; presence of, at Columbus worries Grant,
56
; as trial to Polk,
74
; sent to Belmont,
75
; at Fort Donelson,
148
,
155
,
164–165
,
170–172
,
176

Pilot Knob, Mo.,
19

Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., Lt. Gwin drives Confederates from,
201
; Sherman in command at,
210
; Union Army position at,
220
; Grant's headquarters moved to,
222
; firing begins at,
223
; Grant arrives at,
225
; conditions in camps around,
269
.
See also
Shiloh, Battle of

Pittsburgh
, gunboat,
151
,
157
,
161

Platte Valley
, steamer,
99

Pocahontas, Tenn.,
316

Polk, General Leonidas, reported on the march to Kentucky,
37
; wants to occupy Columbus and Paducah,
42
; orders Pillow to Columbus,
43
,
48
; at Columbus,
56
,
70
,
101–102
,
135
,
214
; Kentucky senate requests withdrawal of,
58
; sends reinforcements to Price,
71–72
; difficulties facing, in Kentucky,
73–74
; tries to resign,
74
; sends Pillow to Belmont,
75
; sends reinforcements to Belmont,
76
; his impressions of Grant,
83
; after battle of Belmont,
83–84
; sends instructions to Thompson,
99
; armed strength of, at Columbus,
101–102
; at Corinth,
216

Pope, General John, assembles army to occupy Columbus,
195
; takes New Madrid and Island Number Ten,
250
,
328
; seizes Corinth,
276–277
; ordered to pursue Confederates,
278
; resumes original command,
281
;
given command of Army of Virginia,
284
; hard pressed by Lee,
306

Port Gibson, Miss.,
424
,
425
,
426
,
428

Port Hudson, La.,
408
,
432
,
433
,
434
,
455
,
479

Port Royal, S. C,
110

Porter, Admiral David, Grant asks assistance from,
337
,
382
; on Watson Smith,
383
; and Yazoo River expedition,
384–386
; on the Mississippi in Vicksburg campaign,
411–416
,
418
,
424
,
449
,
460
; congratulates Grant,
478

Porter, Fitz-John,
89

Post of Arkansas,
344

Postal service for troops,
62–63

Potosi, Mo.,
21

Prentiss, General Benjamin M., promoted to brigadier,
17
; ordered to Ironton,
22
; put in command in southeastern Missouri,
27–28
,
40
; refuses to admit Grant ranks him,
42
,
71
; near Corinth,
218
; at Shiloh,
227
,
228
,
229
,
233
; surrender of,
236
,
237
,
243

Price, General Sterling, in command of Missouri state troops,
31
; puts Mulligan under siege at Lexington,
59
; in northern Mississippi,
299
,
300
; armed strength of,
289
,
306
; at Iuka,
309
; and Grant's plans to attack,
309–311
; rejoins Van Dorn,
311–312

Price's (Pryor's) Landing, Mo.,
99

Queen of the West
, ship,
416

Quinby, General Isaac F.,
300

Quincy, Ill.,
9–11

R
AILROADS
, I
MPORTANCE OF
,
289–290
,
304
; Grant's change of thinking about,
321–323
; and the supply problem for the Mississippi campaign,
330–331
; Halleck's change of thinking about,
331–332

Rawlins, John A., joins Grant at Cairo,
67–68
; his devotion to Grant,
69
; on Grant,
72
; on the significance of the battle of Belmont,
82–83
; reports to Washburne,
95–97
; on effect of Halleck's order to take Fort Henry,
134
; sends orders to C. F. Smith
re
Fort Henry,
135
; with Grant on move to Fort Henry,
138
; at Fort Donelson,
175
; with Grant at Savannah,
222
; at Shiloh,
230
,
234
,
235
,
239
; at Corinth,
298
; transmits order to Chaplain Eaton,
358–359
; and James Wilson,
380
; and Charles A. Dana,
389
; and stories of Grant's drinking,
95–97
,
463–465

Raymond, Miss.,
438

Red River,
378

Regiments.
See
names of states

Reid, James T.,
226

Reid, Whitelaw (“Agate”),
252–254
,
255
,
256

Reynolds, Private Hiram,
13

Reynolds, Thomas C.,
43

Richmond, La.,
410

Rocket
, steamer,
237

Rocky Springs, Miss.,
436

Rodgers, Commander John,
47

Rolling Fork,
385

Rosecrans, General W. S., given command of Army of the Mississippi,
284
,
287
; urges promotion for Sheridan,
299–300
; near Iuka,
300
; near Corinth,
309
; and plans to attack Iuka,
309–311
; popularity of,
312
; and the battle of Corinth,
313–315
; Grant displeased with,
316
,
319
; in pursuit or Van Dorn,
316–317
; succeeds Buell,
319
; warns Grant about Forrest,
336
; fights Bragg at Murfreesboro,
370
; Hamilton's attack on,
396
; opposes Bragg in Tennessee,
489

Ross, General Leonard F.,
382

Roundawaj Bayou,
409

Rowley, Lieutenant William R.,
95
,
207
,
209
,
259
,
273

S
T
. L
OUIS
, M
O
., Grant at,
28–29

St. Louis
, gunboat,
151
,
157
,
160
,
161

St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad,
23

St. Louis Republican
,
84

Sanitary Commission, delegation from,
393

Savannah, Tenn.,
210
,
219
,
220

Saxon, General Rufus,
364

Schofield, General J. M.,
277

Scott, Thomas A.,
188
,
268

Secessionist women,
127

Seventh District Regiment,
3

Shaw, Captain John M.,
463–464

Sheridan, Colonel Philip,
270
,
299
,
308

Sherman, General William Tecumseh, his regard for C. F. Smith,
50
; establishes camp at Muldraugh's Hill,
57
;
replaces Anderson at Louisville,
58
; fumes at unreadiness of troops,
69
; replaced by Buell,
70
; suffers nervous breakdown,
90
; emotional pessimism of,
115
; sent to Paducah,
149
; in partnership with Grant,
149
; his liking for Colonel McPherson,
150
; given Grant's post at Cairo,
184
; Halleck assigns “column or division” in Tennessee,
187
; on Grant's officers,
209
; in command at Pittsburg Landing,
210
,
218–219
; fails to notify headquarters of Rebels on his front,
219
; sends out patrols from Pittsburg Landing,
224
; at Shiloh,
227
,
228
,
229
,
242
,
244
,
247
; on Whitelaw Reid,
252
; his fury at press criticism after Shiloh,
256
,
258
; on C. F. Smith,
271
; in advance on Corinth,
271
; tries to dissuade Grant from leaving Army,
274
; on railroads as liability,
290
; at Memphis,
300
,
301
,
309
; writes to Grant about leaving interior alone,
322
; in Mississippi River campaign,
328
,
330
,
332
,
338
,
339
,
340
; assembles forces in Memphis,
332
,
334
; grim tribute to Forrest,
336
; at Milliken's Bend,
342
,
343
; angered by the cotton problem,
350
;
New York World
criticizes,
368
; in the Vicksburg campaign,
374
,
379
,
380
,
385
,
386
,
412–413
,
417
,
421
,
422–423
,
429
,
435–436
,
439
,
442
,
447
,
448
,
452–453
; on Grant,
392
; dislike of the press,
397–398
,
399
,
423
; moves Confederate women from plantation house,
461
; contrasted with Grant,
461–462
; angered at McClernand's order of congratulation,
466
; and the surrender of Vicksburg,
477
; pursues Johnston,
481
; destroys installations at Jackson,
482–483
; promoted in Regular Army,
488
; quoted,
489

Sherman, Mrs. William Tecumseh,
90

Sherman, Senator John,
90
,
258

Shiloh, Battle of,
225–247
; elements contributing to,
219
; newspaper accounts of,
252–256

Shiloh Church,
201

Sigel, General Franz,
39

Sikeston Mo.,
42
,
72

Slavery, Northern soldiers' view of,
294
,
295–296
; Grant's views on, and the war,
15
,
33
,
106
,
296–297

Slaves, fugitive, Grant and Buckner discuss disposition of,
177
; as problem to Grant's army,
294–295
,
356–365
,
401–405
; and terms of Vicksburg surrender,
480–481
.
See also
Negro regiments

Smith, Colonel J. C.,
259
,
277
,
325–326

Smith, General A. J.,
334
,
339
,
438
,
471

Smith, General Charles F., sent to command at Paducah,
50
; Grant's admiration for,
50
; military career of,
50–51
; and Grant's plans to capture Columbus,
64
; denounces Paine for disobedience,
80
; complaints made against,
87–88
; Grant visits,
95
; and demonstration toward Mayfield,
120
; fires on Fort Henry,
121–122
; and plans to take Fort Henry,
132–133
,
134
,
135
; in attack on Fort Henry,
141
,
143
; at Fort Donelson.
163
,
166
,
167
,
169–170
,
174
,
175
,
182
; at Clarksville,
184
,
189
; Halleck asks major general's commission for,
188
; Grant visits, at Clarksville,
191
; given Grant's command and to lead expedition up Tennessee River,
197
,
199
,
200
,
202
; in the move up the Tennessee,
210
,
211
; forced out of action by leg injury,
212–213
; chooses Federal Army position at Shiloh,
219
; bedridden at Grant's headquarters,
222
; during Shiloh,
238
; death of,
271

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