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Abercrombie, Capt, James, 47 Abolition, 183 Accotink Creek: cavalry engagement on, 111; march to, 96 Adkins, Mr., 268 African race, ¤rst landed, 156 Alabama home front. See home front Alabama government: Chief Justice Alabama Supreme Court, 14, 281; constitutional convention, 12; House of Representatives, 3; legislature, 3, 4; Secession Convention, 3, 12, 15, 16, 19 Alabama volunteers, 81 Alexander, Edward Porter, 213 Alexandria, Virginia,42,45,53,69,76; Doolan’s farm engagement, 104; foraging , 115; government stores, 205; rumor , Union advance, 51; troops to, 51; Washington to fall, 51 Allen, Dick, 259 Allen, James, 254 Allen,Tom,65 Allen,Willie,102 Allison, James, 254 Ambrotype, 115, 118, 124, 197 American Revolution, southern cause: custodians of, 2; similarity to, 19 Amelia Court House,Virginia,276 Anderson, Col., 33 Anderson, Dr., 116 Anderson, Gen. Richard H., 6, 7, 9, 27, 154, 219, 230; observed by WCM, 7; orders furloughs, 247; provost duty, 6; recovered from wounds, 188; at Sayler’s Creek, 277 Anderson, Miss, 270 Anderson’s division. See military units— divisions Anderson, Maj., 27 Anderson’s daughter, 216 Antietam Creek, defensive line, 175 Appomattox Court House, 9, 242, 273, 278 Appomattox River, 156, 275, 277 Aquia Creek, 102 Arkansas, beef, 96 Arlington Heights, 58, 59, 63, 68, 70 Arlington,Virginia,74,87 Armaments, artillery: amount in Wilcox brigade, 83; artillery barrage, 194, 108; chief of, 245; description of Fredericksburg barrage, 198, 270; drill, 70; masked batteries, 87; Napoleon guns, 229; pieces at Centreville, 95; siege guns, McClellans, 151 Armaments, guns: En¤eld ri®e, 163; half of recruits not armed, 158; improved musket, 53; Minnie muskets, 157; pistol, 51; sharp’s ri®e, 157; smoothbore , 151 Armaments, gun boats, 169; on Pamunkey , 162; rebel rams, 258; Union, 123, 165, 268; USS Monitor, 152 Armaments, Barlow knives, 164; Union rockets, 214 Army of Northern Virginia.See military units—armies . . . Index Army of the Potomac. See military units—armies . . . Army of the Shenandoah. See military units—armies . . . Army of the Tennessee. See military units—armies . . . Artillery. See armaments, artillery Ashby Gap Road, 128, 144 Athens, Alabama, 3–7, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21–23, 32–34, 47, 50, 54–56, 59–62, 64–66, 71, 72, 79, 80, 83–85, 89, 90, 123, 127, 139, 164, 171, 248, 273, 274, 281; arrival home of WCM, 279; brutality in, 168, 170; burning of, 183; captured by Forrest, 269; county seat,¤rst trains in, 3; founded, 3; departure of troops, 20; deserter destination, 264; occupation by Union troops, 123, 143, 161, 211, 243; prices in, 91; raised Union ®ag, 18; sack of, 149, 170; candidates speaking in, 89; stampede of citizens, 233; Turchin’s raid, 371n48; Union troops passed through, 257 Athens Banner, 20, 33, 46, 62 Athens Herald, 13 Athens Post, 14 Atlanta, Georgia, 243, 254; fall of, 266; importance of, 267; Atlantic coast, 215 Aunt Lucy, 61 Bailes, Jeff, 179 Bailey, Ef¤e, 61 Bailey, James, 40, 43, 47, 66; childhood friend of WCM,39;grave inscription, 146; death of, 39, 52, 66, 169; doubt of death, 61, 64; expected to die, 45; family disturbed by death, 55; lucky to die early, 37, 312; obituary, 53, 72, 100, 110; thought healing, 50; wounded, 40, 43 Balloons, Union, 70, 214, 231, 235 Ball’s Bluff, Battle of, 77, 94, 95, 182; casualties, 94; death of Col. Baker, 94; Union prisoners, 93 Balthrops, Virginia (Warwick River),151 Baltimore, Maryland, 148; Athens merchants , 3; Confederate friends, 181; Lincoln speech in, 255 Baltimore Pike, 237 Bands. See camp life, bands Banks, Gen. Nathaniel P . (Union): “every body whips Banks,” 255; Jackson’s commissary, 235 Bank’s Ford, 226, 228, 235 Barefooted. See camp life, boots and shoes Barksdale, Gen. William: 194, 219; Barksdale ’s brigade, Gettysburg, 212, 237; Barksdale brigade,Fredericksburg, sharpshooters, 194 Barrett ¤eld (Limestone Co.), 82 Bartlett, Gen. William F ., 263 Bass, Tom, 57–59, 64, 67, 71; messmate, 58 Battles. See individual battles by name Batts, Sgt. Ted, 206, 207; death of, 230; recruiting in Alabama, 185, 187 Baugh, Lt. Thomas B.: captured, 265, 268; command of co. at Sharpsburg, 183; elected, 177; nature of, 233 Beating the war badly, 255 Beattie, Andrew, 13, 22, 34, 35, 45, 48, 52, 53, 58, 60, 62, 65–67, 71, 81, 82, 85, 89, 208, 222, 254 Beattie, Berry, 13, 34, 35, 48, 55, 222 Beattie, David, 208, 222 Beattie, family, 13, 337n22 Beattie, Josiah, 13, 34 Beattie, Martha F ., 2 Beauregard, Gen. P . G. T., 7, 35, 40–42, 45, 51, 58, 87, 89, 104...
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