A Yankee Horseman in the Shenandoah Valley: The Civil War Letters of John H. Black, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry

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Index When the form of a name in the text differs from that in the endnotes, the noted form is used as the main entry and variations found in the text are in parentheses. Aiken (Akin), Matthew, 29, 137n40 Alexandria, Virginia, JHB’s description of, 10 ambushes, 41, 77, 81, 91, 107–9, 148n19. See also bushwhacking Antietam, Battle of. See Sharpsburg, Battle of Army of Northern Virginia (CA), 43– 44, 50–51, 70, 91, 137–38n42 Army of the Potomac (UA), 26, 48, 81, 137–38n42, 140n17, 144n26 Army of the Shenandoah (UA), 72–73 Averell (Averill), William Woods, 62, 63, 141n4 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 140n13; attacks on, 41, 75, 76, 81; Twelfth Pennsylvania’s guard duty on, xiv, 37, 61–62 Bartley, William, 38–39, 139n3 Bath, Virginia, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry in, 34–35 battles. See under name of city or geographic location of battle Beamer, Henry C., 14, 135n18 Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 2 Bedford, Pennsylvania, JHB’s letter from, 46–47 Bell, William, 71, 72, 140n20, 143n20, 144n22 Benton, Uriah, 10 berry picking, 12, 14, 15. See also diet Black, Adam (grandfather of JHB), ix Black, Carrie (daughter of JHB), 123 Black, Jacob (father of JHB), ix Black, John Henry (JHB): children of, 123; as county treasurer, 121; Index 162 Black, John Henry (JHB) (cont.) death of, 123; devotion to family, xiii–xiv; early years, x; genealogy of, ix; honorary title of captain, 151n2; marriage to SJB, xii, 65, 86–87; Methodist affiliation, 141n21, 146n3; patriotism of, xi–xii, xiii, xiv–xv, 18, 61, 69; photos of, 59, 60; physical description , 5; post-war life, 109, 121–23; relationship to SJB, xii–xiii, xx; Republican Party loyalties, 78, 121; teaching career , x, 5, 121; veteran’s pension, 122–23 Black, John Henry (JHB), military career: on court-martial board, 92–93, 96, 97, 99; devotion to duty, xi–xv, 13, 18–19, 22, 47, 54, 66, 78, 80, 93, 100; enlistment , xi, 5, 56, 57; obituary for William Stiffler, 89, 146n39; as prisoner of war, 26–33; promotion to officer, xiii–xiv, 65, 87, 100–101, 147n11, 151n2; reenlistment , xiii–xiv, 61, 63–64, 64–65, 84, 87, 93, 95; resigning commission, 117, 119; service in Fourteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, xx, 1–4; work assignments , 7, 15, 17, 34; woundings of, xiii, xiv, 2, 71–72, 108–13, 115, 122–23, 143n20. See also Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry (UA), Company G Black, Lillian (daughter of JHB), 123 Black, Maggie (cousin of JHB), 71, 143n19 Black, Mary (mother of JHB), ix Black, Samuel (brother of JHB), 69, 142n11 Black, Susan Jane “Jennie” Leighty (SJB), xii–xiii, 132n9, 132–33n9, 133n6; care for JHB, 122; children of, 123; death of, 123; discontent expressed by, 4, 8, 16, 31, 39, 57, 66, 93, 95, 102; having fortune told, 86; JHB’s relationship to, xii–xiii, xx; Leighty cousins ’ letter, 110; letters from JHB’s comrades, 112; loyalty to JHB, xiii, 52, 67; marriage to JHB, xii, 65, 86–87; Methodist affiliation, 123, 141n21, 146n3; notified of JHB’s wounding, 108, 109–10; travel to Harper’s Ferry, 109 Blackwood (Blackmund), William J., 151n47; letter to JHB, 119–20 Blair County, Pennsylvania, ix; recruits from, x–xi, 6, 21, 22, 23, 47 Bloody Run, Pennsylvania, Twelfth Pennsylvania at, 45, 46, 47 Board of General Court Martial. See courts-martial Bolivar Heights, Virginia: JHB’s letters from, 66–70, 72–76, 78–81, 114–15; Twelfth Pennsylvania at, 143n20 Bowen, Elias, 145n38 Brannan, Thomas, 31, 138n46 Bridgeport, Virginia, JHB’s letter from, 42–43 Brissell, John, 99, 147n7 Brown, James, 147n8, 148n14 Bub, George, 138n46 Bull Run, First Battle of, 2, 135n17, 135n19 Bull Run, Second Battle of, 26, 28, 29, 62, 77, 135n19, 137–38n42 Bunker Hill, West Virginia: Fourteenth Pennsylvania in, 2; New Year’s Day (1864) skirmish at, 62, 63 bushwhacking, 42, 62, 107. See also ambushes Byrne (Burns), Patrick, 29, 137n39 Index 163 Cameron’s Depot, Battle of, 72, 144n24 Camp Davis (Maryland), JHB’s letter from, 65–66 camp life, xii, xiii, 11, 19; for paroled prisoners, 28, 30–31, 32; women visiting, 8, 20, 32, 85. See also Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry (UA), Company G, camaraderie in; winter camps Camp McReynolds (Pennsylvania), JHB’s letters from, 6–10 Camp Newton (Maryland), JHB’s letter from, 2–4 Camp Parole (Maryland), 137n34; JHB’s letters from, 27–33 Carns, Adam B. (cousin of JHB), 47 Casner...