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269 Index Adams County, Ill., 31; 50th Illinois Volunteer Infantry from, 21, 67, 213– 14; Roe life in, 1, 14, 16, 21–22, 90, 161 African Americans, 80, 90, 105, 120, 140, 153, 162, 250n50; as cooks for 50th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 190; at Fort Pillow, 79; in Grand Review of the Armies, 209; as refugees, 102, 108, 177; regiment of in Rome, 113, 230n25, 237n36; as Union soldiers, 81. See also 44th U.S. Colored Infantry; 3rd Alabama Colored Infantry Alabama, 90, 92, 134, 229n23; map of, 70; Roe stationed in, 3, 21, 76, 81–82 Albuquerque, N.Mex., 19, 62, 65; Roe’s opinion of, 38, 52; 7th U.S. Infantry at, 37–38, 51, 58–59, 63, 225n29, 226n33 Allatoona, Ga., 4, 123, 125–26, 140 Allatoona Pass, Battle of, 6, 140, 147, 149, 161, 164, 171, 228n18, 238n44, 245n26; 50th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in, 21, 54, 129–30, 230n24; Roe’s description of, 123, 125–26 Allatoona Pass, Ga., 122–23; map of, 122; photo of, 123–24 Apache Indians, 54–58 Arizona, 54, 62–63; map of, 56; Roe escort duty to, 2, 9, 20, 54, 56, 58; 7th U.S. Infantry in, 19, 29, 48, 51, 59, 225n29 Arkansas River (Colo.), 19–20, 34–35, 48 Army of Georgia, 202; in Carolinas Campaign, 168–71, 175, 177–78, 180, 210, 248n40; in Grand Review of the Armies, 204, 208; in March to the Sea, 135–37, 155, 240n2. See also 14th Army Corps; 17th Army Corps Army of Tennessee, Confederate, 73, 172, 204, 229n23, 234n18, 239n46; Johnston as commander of, 174, 236n33. See also Confederate Army Army of the Cumberland, 93–94, 232n34. See also 14th Army Corps Army of the Ohio, 135, 204 Army of the Potomac, 98, 160, 205–7, 210 Army of the Tennessee, 199, 210, 215, 229n22, 230n27, 236n24, 251n58; at Battle of Lay’s Ferry, 74; in Carolinas Campaign, 168, 171, 175, 178, 180, 199, 248n40; commanders of, 205, 236n33; in Grand Review of the Armies, 204, 208–9; march for Richmond by, 204–5; in March to the Sea, 136–37; reorganization of, 135, 177–78, 238n42. See also 15th Army Corps; 17th Army Corps; 16th Army Corps Athens, Ala., 76–81, 119 Atlanta, Battle of, 112, 119, 141, 236n33, 236n34; Roe’s view of, 116 Atlanta, Ga., 90, 123, 137, 151; battle for, 98, 103, 112; burning of, 94, 139, 141; Roe’s march to, 87–88, 140; Sherman’s Army capture of, 4, 107, 110–11, 116–17, 124, 135–36, 156, 208, 245n27 Atlanta Campaign, 21, 71–72, 75, 175; map of, 71 Augusta, Ga., 136, 168, 171, 173–74, 181, 183, 186–87, 249n41 Augusta and Charleston Railroad, 171, 199 Averasborough, Battle of, 178, 181 Axon, Samuel Edward, 160 Ball’s Ferry, Ga., 137, 242n28 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 211–12 Bane, Moses M., 67, 103–4, 232n34, 235n22, 236n26 Bascom Affair, 54 270 index Baylor, John R., 2, 59–60, 225n15, 226n29, 226n35 Bear Creek Station, Ga., 137, 241n25 Beaufort, S.C., 163, 167, 183, 186 Beauregard, P. G. T., 155, 173–75 Bentonville, Battle of, 5, 21, 54, 178–79, 181, 251n59; drawing of, 197; Roe’s description of, 196–98, 251n62 Bentonville, N.C., 179, 251n59 Bickerdyke, Mother, 208, 253n17 Bigger, Matthew M., 102, 104, 107, 109–11, 113, 130, 160, 176 Bitter Creek (Wyo.), 6, 26, 29–31, 41–42, 221n3 Blacks Fork (Wyo.), 19, 30, 40 Blair, Frank P., Jr., 100, 176, 179, 208, 235n24, 245n24 “The Blind Half Hundred.” See 50th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Branchville, S.C., 171, 183, 186–87, 249n46 Bridgers Pass (Wyo.), 19, 26, 28, 32, 43 Browning, Jeremiah, 126 Bryan, Francis, 28, 32 Buena Vista Hotel (Rome, Ga.), 96, 105, 234n20 Burnham, Horace L., 161 Butler, Matthew, 175, 179 Butterfield Overland Mail, 54–55, 57–58, 62, 224n11 Cache la Poudre River (Colo.), 33–34, 37, 46 Cadman, George, 73–74, 76 Calhoun, Ga., 72–73, 127 Calhoun Ferry, Ga., 86, 231nn29–30 Camden, S.C., 168, 175, 191 Camp Butler, Ill., 68 Camp Floyd (N.Mex.), 37 Camp Walbach (Wyo.), 6, 33, 222n10 Camp Yates, Ill., 68 Canby, Edward R. S., 1, 20; and Battle of Valverde, 60–62, 64–65; as commander of Department of New Mexico, 59, 62–63; as commander of Fort Bridger, 18–19 Cantonment Burgwin (N.Mex.), 36, 50, 223n16 Carolinas Campaign, 176, 199, 245n27, 250n49, 252n64; destruction of pine woods during, 172; hardship of soldiers during, 180, 251n55; map...

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