Your Brother in Arms: A Union Soldier's Odyssey

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287 Geographic locations refer to Virginia, unless otherwise noted Achilles, 174 Adams, Billy, 60, 62-63 Aide-de-camp, 212, 218-21, 231-34 Alcohol use: and applejack, 228, 230, 231, 237; distribution of whiskey to Union troops, 168; by Ledlie, 205; by Archibald McClelland, 130-31; Archibald McClelland’s abstention from, 31, 32, 33, 171, 172; George McClelland’s abstention from, 27, 220, 221; by Pickett and Fitzhugh Lee during Five Forks battle, 258; quinine mixed with whiskey for prevention of illnesses, 219, 221; suspicions of alcohol use by Hooker, 84, 88; U.S. Christian Commission and temperance , 220; and Weldon Railroad Raid, 228, 230, 237 Aldie, 107 Alexander, Edward Porter, 52, 53, 80, 84, 103 Alexandria, 20, 197, 267 Allabach, Peter H.: as brigade head in Fifth Army Corps, 10, 30, 56, 73; and Chancellorsville battle, 87; at Fredericksburg battle, xviii, 54-59, 61, 62; temporary absence of, 78 Alleghenies, 13-15 Allegheny Arsenal explosions, 28, 29 Allegheny County, Pa. See Pittsburgh, Pa. Allen, David P., 271 Allen, E. Jay: and drills for 155th Pennsylvania Infantry, 10, 39-40; and Fredericksburg battle, 56, 62, 63; health problems and retirement of, 70, 77, 78, 106; and oyster feast in Washington, D.C., 20-21; and reunions of 155th Pennsylvania Infantry, 78 Ambrotype, 176-77, 178 Ambulance corps, 23, 59, 64, 75, 86, 181, 226, 261, 264, 265, 272. See also Hospitals Amelia Court House, 259 Ames, Mr., 219 Amnesty proclamations, 163, 165, 281n1 Anderson, Richard H., 183, 255, 256 Animals. See Horses and mules; Livestock Anthony, Sterling, 128 Antietam, battle of: battlefield following , 24, 25, 125; beginning of, 22; casualties from, 20, 23, 24, 25; description of, 20, 30; Lee’s army after, 20, 23, 26, 28, 37; march of Union and Confederate troops to Sharpsburg, Md. before, 8, 16, 18-24; McClelland’s movements after, 24-35. See also Sharpsburg, Md. Apple Jack Raid, 227-28, 230-31, 236-38 Appomattox Court House, 260, 261-62 Appomattox River, 259 Index 288 Index Aquia Creek, 60, 268 Aquia Landing, 63 Arlington Heights, 9-10, 15, 20, 40, 268, 270 “An Army Corps on the March” (Whitman), 39 Army of Northern Virginia: after Antietam battle, 20, 23, 26, 28, 30, 37; artillery of, 82, 84, 87, 97; confidence of, 95; and crossing of Rappahannock River by Union soldiers, 51-52, 62; deserters from, 240, 246, 252, 253; disadvantages and desperate condition of, in 1864-1865, 239, 240, 241, 246, 252, 253; draft and manpower shortages for, 167, 173, 174, 239; flanking movements by, 82-83, 99, 101-2, 146, 147-48, 182, 207; food shortages for, 239, 240, 241, 246, 247, 249; at Fredericksburg, 39, 48, 51, 60; at Mine Run, 149-50, 152-53; Rebel yell by, 184, 192, 196, 210; and reinforcements for Carolina coast, 66; retreat of, from Petersburg, 259-60; scorn of, against Union soldiers, 67, 70, 73; sharp shooters in, 51, 190, 235; shoes needed by, 98; size of, 19, 20, 32, 39, 48, 84, 97, 145-46, 148, 239, 240, 241; and skirmishes along Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers (fall 1863), 146-50; supplies and supply system for, 96, 239, 240, 254, 255, 259; surrender of, 260, 261-62. See also Cavalry; Lee, Robert E.; Prisoners of war; and specific generals and battles Army of Tennessee, 216 Army of the James, 180, 203 Army of the Potomac: bounty for enlistment and reenlistment in, 7, 12, 167; Burnside as commander of, 38, 41, 50-51, 66; Burnside’s removal from command of, 55, 68, 70; commanders of, under Meade, 146; communication problems within, 90, 91, 204, 236, 257; conflicts between Western Army and, 268; corps badges in, 68-69, 89, 158, 269; crossing of Rappahannock River by, 51-52, 54, 56-57, 60-65; deserters from, 93, 94, 121-22; draft, manpower shortages, and new recruits for, 113, 115, 120-22, 155, 156, 167-68, 173, 219, 221, 222, 223; drills and parades by, under Hooker, 69, 71, 72-73; enlistment obligations in, 71; exhaustion of, 106, 113, 116, 117, 120, 154, 192; Grand Review of, in May 1865, ix, 268-70; and Grant as commander of all Federal armies, 165-66, 175; and Grant’s 1864 spring offensive (Overland campaign), 179-202; Hooker as commander of, 68, 70, 74, 96-97; Hooker’s removal from command of, 97, 107; Lee on, 19; and Lee’s retreat after Gettysburg battle, 104, 105, 111-12, 116, 11920 ; low morale of, after battle of Fredericksburg, 65, 66-68...