Defeating Lee: A History of the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac

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375 i n dex Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. Abbott, Henry L., 26, 118, 132, 137, 160 Adams, John G. B., 44, 55, 142 Adams, William, 254 Albright, Charles, 98 Aldrich, S. H., 233 Alexander, Edward Porter, 169, 170 Alexandria, Va., 43 Allen, Amory, 64, 146, 214 Angle, the. See Gettysburg Antietam, Battle of, ix, 48–55, 56, 57, 62, 63, 68, 69, 70, 75, 78, 91, 155, 187, 198, 201, 202, 214, 238, 240, 241, 242, 252, 254; Piper house, 53, 242; Sunken Road (“Bloody Lane”), ix, 51–52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 64, 155, 198, 241, 242, 245, 252, 254; West Woods, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 57, 68, 72, 238. See also Maryland Campaign Antietam Creek, Md., 48, 52, 56, 58 Appleby, Benjamin, 104 Appomattox Court House, Va., ix, xii, 224, 226, 227, 253 Appomattox River, 224 Army and Navy Journal, 123 Army corps: badges, 95; building blocks of Union army, ix; debate over creation, 5–7; in Europe, 4; lack of published histories, x Army of Northern Virginia, xi, xiii, 126, 147, 154, 195, 196; at Appomattox , 224; at Bristoe Station, 133, 135; at Fredericksburg, 68; at Gettysburg, 116, 121, 122; manpower strength in, 29, 69, 108, 116, 133, 200; and Maryland Campaign, 45; at Mechanicsville, 35; and Peninsula Campaign, 35, 38; at Petersburg, 223; at Second Bull Run, 43 Army of the James, 144, 200 Army of the Potomac, ix, x, xi, xii, 15, 59, 126–127, 157, 160, 171, 209, 215, 229, 231; at Antietam, 48–55; and battlefield reunions, 243–44; at Bolivar Heights, 58–59; at Bristoe Station, 133–136; at First Bull Run, 1, 3; at Second Bull Run, 45; and Burnside, 65; casualties in, 25, 55–56, 82, 103, 121, 143, 178; at Chancellorsville , 101–103; at Cold Harbor, 182– 191; “Cold Harbor syndrome,” 188–189; corps badges, 94, 146; corps commanders , 66–67, 130–131; daily life in, 34–35, 42, 177; at First Deep Bottom, 204–205; at Second Deep Bottom, 206; desertion in, 91; discipline in, 25, 90, 163, 182; and draft, 127; and drill, 24; and Emancipation Proclamation, 86–87; at Fair Oaks, 29–31, 33; at Five Forks, 223; at Fredericksburg , 67, 69–70; at Gaines’ Mill, 35; at Gettysburg, 108, 111–122; at Glendale, 37; and Grand Divisions, 65–66, 100; and Grant, 150, 181; at Harris Farm, 180; and Hooker, 110; illness in, 92; at Jerusalem Plank Road, 200–201; at Laurel Hill, 171–172; and Lincoln, 84; at Malvern Hill, 38; manpower strength 376 index in, 4, 33, 45, 62, 66, 105, 109, 131, 180, 200, 218; and Maryland Campaign, 45; and Meade, 110; at Mechanicsville, 35; at Mine Run, 138–141; morale in, 41, 57–58, 84, 89, 96, 136, 177–179, 180, 188–189; at Morton’s Ford, 143–144; and Mud March, 89; officers in, 8–9, 13, 88–89, 96, 100, 129–131, 147, 155, 231; organization of units in, 3–5, 11, 14–15, 29, 34, 70, 103–105, 106, 109–110, 166, 203–204; and Peace Democrats, 93; and Peninsula Campaign, 28, 35–36; at Petersburg, 192–200, 213–214, 215, 221; at Po River, 171–172; and presidential election of 1864, 216; at Rappahannock Station, 137; reinforcement of, 33–34, 38, 46, 62, 70, 82, 109, 180; reorganization of (1864), 146–148; replacement soldiers in, 131–132, 137, 161–162, 218; review at Falmouth, 86, 98; review at Stevensburg, 152–153; review at Washington, 226; at Saylor’s Creek, 224; at Spotsylvania, 171–172, 173–177; staff officers in, 149; unit identity in, xii, 33, 41, 57, 113, 124–125, 313n45; urban composition of, 18; and veterans’ memories, 232–233; and volunteers of 1861, 142–143; and Weldon Railroad, 207; at the Wilderness, 166–171. See also individual corps and units Army of the Tennessee, 222 Army of Virginia, 42, 43–44, 45, 125 Artillerist Manual, 99 Atlanta, Battle of, 215, 247 Auburn, Va., 133 Ayling, Augustus D., 35 Ayres, Romeyn B., 114 Baker, Edward D., 19 Baker, William, 226 Ball’s Bluff, Battle of, 13, 25, 26, 50 Baltimore, Md., 26, 62, 229 Banes, Charles, 242 Banks, Nathaniel P., 4 Barksdale, William, 115 Barlow, Francis C., 40, 155, 156, 173, 202, 239; at Cold Harbor, 184, 186; at Second Deep Bottom, 206–207; description of, 155; and discipline in the Second Corps, 181; and Hancock, 194–195; at Jerusalem Plank Road, 201–202; at Petersburg, 193, 196 Bassett, Edward, 23, 69 Batchelder, George...