A General Who Will Fight: The Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant

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Index Adams, Charles Francis, 103, 133 Ammen, Jacob, 4 analytical determination: defined, 5–7 Badeau, Adam, 114, 127 Banks, Nathaniel P., 69–70, 73, 75, 112 Beauregard, Pierre G. T. (P. G. T. Beauregard), 2–4, 44–45, 98, 130, 159 Belmont, Battle of, 24–28, 32–34, 38, 46, 49, 159 Big Black River, Battle of, 68–69 Blair, Francis P., 67–68 Bowen, John S., 63 Bradley, Omar, 5 Bragg, Braxton, 50, 118, 159; and the Chattanooga campaign, 85–86, 91, 94–96, 100, 128 Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 32–33, 163 Buell, Don Carlos, 2, 4, 42, 44–46, 50, 53, 111 Burnside, Ambrose, 7, 157–58; and the Chattanooga campaign, 87, 91–93, 97, 102; and the Overland campaign, 116, 121–22 Butler, Benjamin, 112, 124, 130–31 Cadwallader, Sylvanus, 73–74, 101, 120, 127, 162–63 Canby, Edward, 152 Carr, Eugene, 68–69 Chalmers, James R., 4 Champion Hill, Battle of, 67 Chapultepec, Battle of, 72 Chattanooga campaign, 105, 108, 114, 128–29, 161 Chickamauga, Battle of, 85 Cist, Henry M., 90 Clausewitz, Carl von, 1, 5–7, 49, 102–3, 163–64 Coffin, Charles, 121 Cold Harbor, Battle of, 125–27, 129–31, 161 Corinth, Battle of, 50–54 Dana, Charles A., 65, 76, 78, 103, 109, 125, 161 Davis, Jefferson, 2, 55, 98, 100, 139, 148 draft riots, 136, 143–44 Dwight, William, 69–70 Early, Jubal, 134–35 Eaton, L. B., 100 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 5 Ewell, Richard, 98, 116–17, 150 Foote, Henry, 29–33, 35–36, 59–60, 169n14 Fremont, John C., 24–25, 27 Fullerton, Joseph S., 96 Gettysburg, Battle of, 109 Gorman, Willis A., 57 Grand Gulf, Battle of, 60 Granger, Gordon, 96–97 192 Index Grant, Hannah, 11, 13 Grant, Jesse, 11–13, 19 Grant, Julia Dent, 16, 18, 78, 153 Grant, Ulysses S.: and alcohol, 17, 37, 48, 78–79; and Belmont, MO, 24–28, 32–34, 118, 128; and casualties, 7, 159–62; childhood of, 11–12; and Cold Harbor, 125–30; and draft riots, 136; and early war obscurity, 157–58; and Florida, MO, 22–23, 95, 128; and Forts Henry and Donelson, 28–37, 65, 72, 79, 81, 97, 114, 117, 119, 123, 128, 156, 160, 163, 169n14; and Georgia campaigns, 139–42; historians’ view of, 7–8; integrity of, 162–63; and Iuka/Corinth campaign, 50– 54; in Mexican War, 13–16; and Nashville campaign, 137– 39, 141; and the North Anna River, 124–25; in Panama, 16–17; and Petersburg siege, 130–34, 142–48; prewar civilian life, 18–19; promoted to lieutenant general and general-in-chief, 106–7; and resource advantages, 155–57; and Spotsylvania Court House, 120–24; war philosophy of, 35–36, 49–50, 54, 71–74, 81–82, 85, 98– 99, 103, 108, 123, 127–28, 160; and war’s conclusion, 146–53; on the West Coast, 17–18; and West Point, 12–13; and the Wilderness, 116–20 Gregg, John, 67 Grierson, Benjamin, 56, 61 Halleck, Henry W., 135–36; and Chattanooga campaign, 85–86, 92–94, 98, 102, 105; Corinth, siege and battle at, 47–50, 52; and the Forts Henry and Donelson campaign, 28–30, 33, 35–38, 169n14; and Nashville campaign, 138; and Overland campaign, 111, 124–25; and Petersburg siege, 134; replaced by Grant as general in chief, 106–7; and Shiloh campaign, 41–42, 47; and Vicksburg campaign, 55, 57, 62, 69, 74, 76–79, 81–82, 84 Hancock, Winfield S., 121–22, 124, 126, 130–32, 142, 144 Hardcastle, Aaron B., 2 Harris, Tom, 22–23, 49 Harrison, William Henry, 14 Hay, John, 118 Herron, Francis, 76 Hill, Ambrose P. (A. P. Hill), 116 Hood, John Bell, 137–41, 159 Hooker, Joseph, 95, 102, 157– 58, 161 Hovey, Alvin P., 106 Howard, Oliver O. (O. O. Howard), 100 Humphreys, Andrew A., 122 Hunter, David, 103 Hurlbut, Stephen, 51, 52 Ingalls, Rufus, 162 Iuka, Battle of, 50 Index 193 Jackson, Battle of, 67 Jackson, John K., 4 Johnston, Albert Sidney, 2–4, 28, 32, 37, 41, 46 Johnston, Joseph E.: and Atlanta campaign, 113, 139, 143, 147–48; and Vicksburg campaign, 67, 70, 72, 74–75, 78, 80–81, 83–84, 160; and war’s conclusion, 150, 152 Lawler, Michael, 69–70 Lee, Robert E., 5, 50, 76, 83, 98, 103, 106, 110, 156–57, 159; and Overland Campaign, 111–14, 116–30, 161; and Petersburg siege, 131–32...