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INDEX Abdul Aziz, 363 Abolitionism, 46, 119. See also Slavery Adams, Charles Francis, 363 Adams, Henry, 284 Adams, Jasper, 20-21 Alexander, Charles j., 491, 492 Alexander II, Czar, 363 Alexandria, La., 124, 138 Allatoona Pass, Ga., 291-92 Amadeus I, King, 363 American Revolution, 1,2, 7 Ames, Adelbert, 426-27 Anderson, George W., 307 Anderson, Mary, 481 Anderson, Mrs. Robert, 353, 492 Anderson, Robert, 43, 44, 154-56, 158, 160, 339 Andersonville Prison, 279, 290, 305 Andrassy, Count Julius, 363 Angela, Mother, 197 Anthony, D. C., 239 Appler, Jesse, 177 Arkansas Post, 208, 209, 210 Army. See Confederate forces; Sherman, William Tecumseh; Union forces; and names of generals and battles Arnold, Isaac N., 448-49 Arthur, Chester A., 439, 445, 446, 448 Ashlock, 34, 35 Atlanta, Battle of, 277, 280, 283-84, 287, 288 Atlanta, Ga.: importance of, 260; Sherman's order for evacuation of, 285-86; after Sherman's capture of, 288-89; destruction of, 299-300; Sherman's postwar visit to, 472 Audenreid, Joseph C., 419 Audenreid, Mary, 418, 419-20, 485 Augur, C. C., 380, 390, 428 Badeau, Adam, 413, 461 Bancroft, George, 363 Banking: Sherman's banking job in California, 91-104; failure of Page and Beacon of St. Louis, 99-100; Sherman's handling of bank crisis, 99-102; Sherman's closing of San Francisco bank, 110-14; Sherman's opening of bank in New York, 110; closing of New York bank, 113; offer to Sherman to manage American bank in London, 121, 124, 129-31 Banks, Nathaniel P., 203, 217, 221, 249, 250, 255, 256, 262, 263, 269 Banning, Henry, 429, 432-34, 436 Barnard, Major j. G., III Barnum, P. T., 482 Barrett, James M., 489 Barrett, Lawrence, 491, 494 Bartlett, William H. C., 21 Battles. See names of specific battles Beauregard, P. G. T.: at West Point, 23; and Sherman's superintendency of Louisiana Military Seminary, 126, 127, 131, 134; Union officers' view of, 148-49; in Tennessee during Civil War, 175; at Battle of Shiloh, 179180 ; after Battle of Shiloh, 188; 613 INDEX ---------------------------*--------------------------Beauregard , P. G. T. (cont.) and Sherman's march to the sea, 300; as commander of the Military Division of the West, 319 Beckwith, Amos, 297 Beckwourth, james, 513n56 Beecher, Philemon, 7, 8, 15 Belknap, W. W., 385-88, 423 Bell, john, 133, 135, 155 Belmont, Mo., 172 Bennett, james, 342 Bennett House, 342 Benton Barracks, 167, 168 Berard, Claudius, 21 Bestor, Norman S., 72 Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 261 Bierstadt, Albert, 482 Big Tree, 394, 395, 396, 397 Bingham, J. B., 241 Black Kettle, 396 Blacks: enlistment in Union forces, 270-71,314-15; response to Sherman, 312-13, 321; Sherman's order to give abandoned lands to, 314-15; vote for, 351; after Civil War, 365-68, 372; and Sherman on fair treatment of, 372. See also Reconstruction; Slavery Blaine, james G., 30, 439, 448, 450-51, 453, 458, 493 Blair, Frank, 142,212,234,271, 289, 297, 464, 466 Blair, Montgomery, 142, 143,346, 464 Bonneville, Benjamin de, 487 Booth, Edwin, 481 Bowling Green, Ky., 157, 158 Bowman, Samuel M., 465 Boyd, David French: at Louisiana Military Seminary, 127, 129, 133, 134; friendship with Sherman, 129, 255,362,405; and Sherman's fear of anarchy, 139; as Confederate soldier and prisoner-of-war, 255-56; and Sherman on violence against blacks, 372; and Sherman on Hayes, 429; and Sherman's death, 494 Boynton, Henry Van Ness, 464-66 Bragg, Braxton: at West Point, 23; meeting with Sherman after graduation from West Point, 31; Company K of, 42; at Fort Moultrie, 43; in Corpus Christi, Tex., 45; in St. Louis, 85; and bank crisis, 101; as reference for Sherman, 120; on Sherman's superintendency of Louisiana Military Seminary, 125, 126, 134, 137, 138; on need for military academy in Louisiana, 127; in Civil War, 175-80, 232, 237, 242, 243, 245, 260; postwar friendship with Sherman, 471 Bragg, Edward S., 434 Breckinridge, john C., 134, 135, 155, 175, 344, 345 Bridgeport, Ala., 241-42, 243 Brown, joe, 289, 290, 304 Brown, john, 125, 134 Browning, Orville H., 284 Brownson, Orestes, 49, 88 Buchanan, james, 109, 121,448, 454 Buckner, Simon, 156, 157, 158-59 Buell, Don Carlos: at West Point, 23; as backer in Sherman's banking enterprise, 101; Sherman's request to, for job in Pay Department, 120; and Sherman's superintendency at Louisiana Military Seminary, 123, 133; in Kentucky during Civil War, 163; as commander of Army of the Ohio, 174; at Battle...

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