Army Life: From a Soldier's Journal

Index

Abbott, Dr., 281 abolitionist views, 246–50 Acacia (steamboat), 95, 302n2 advance to Clarendon, 92–94 ague attacks: during the battle of Vicksburg, 162–63; convalescent camp stay, 182; at Old Town encampment, 98; at Perkins’ Place plantation, 133; on return to Thirty-third Illinois, 261; swamp environments, 70; winter in Texas, 236–37 Alderson, Soldier, 128 Algiers, Louisiana, xviii, 183, 194–95, 263 Allen, General, 36–37 Alton, Illinois, 15, 114 ambush, 33–34 American Party, xii ammunition trains, 116–17 amusements, 38–40 Anaconda Plan, 306n1 apples, 40, 42–43 Aransas Inlet, Texas, 202 Arcadia, Missouri, 21, 34–48, 101, 108, 120 Arcadia Seminary, 34–48, 110, 120 Arkansas River, 72 arms trade, 313n1 army cap rescue, 82–83 army newspaper, 231–33, 271, 271–76 army rations. See rations and provisions arrival home, 268–69 artillery engagements: Battle of Black River, 146–49; Battle of Vicksburg, 159–60, 164–65, 170; Cache River engagement, 76–77, 81, 300n1; Matagorda Island, Texas, 214–19 Atchafalaya River, 189, 190 Augusta, Arkansas, 75–76 bad drinking water, 210–11 Bailey, Colonel, 150–51, 195, 229, 240–42, 257–58 Bailey, Cyrus A., 111, 128, 237 Bailey’s Pasture, 240–41 Baker, Colonel, 56, 58, 300n1 ballot box guards, 250–51 Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 183; background information, 311n3; at Brashear City, 190; evacuation petition, 239; regiment re-enlistments, 235; Texas expedition, xviii, 314n1(XXV), 319n1; troop review, 182–84 Barnesville, Missouri, 116 Barr’s Landing, Louisiana, 193 Bassen, Colonel, 298n1 Batesville, Arkansas, xvii, 68–72 battle losses. See also regiment casualties: Battle of Fredericktown, 31; Battle of Vicksburg, 152–63, 310n3; Cache River engagement, 91, 300n1; Springfield engagement, xvi Battle of Black River, 143–52, 145 Battle of Carthage, xvi Battle of Champion Hills, 140–43 Battle of Cotton Plant. See Cache River engagement 329 Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Battle of Fredericktown, xvii, 29–34, 32 Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern), xvii Battle of Raymond, 138, 309n5 Battle of Shiloh, xvii Battle of Vicksburg, 152–61, 157, 172–75, 306n1. See also Siege of Vicksburg battle strategies, 138–40, 154–58 Bayou Bouef, Louisiana, 184 Bayou DeView, 93 Bayou La Forche, Louisiana, 259 Bayou Teche Campaign, 191 Belleview Valley, Missouri, 117, 121, 126 Benton, William P., 74, 131, 137, 300n1, 300n5 Berryman, Rev. J. C., 297n1 Berry, W. M., 232 Berwick City, Louisiana, 192, 194 Besse, Sargeant, 162 Big Bayou, 224, 240 Big Black River Bridge, 145 Bigger, Corporal, 91 Biggerstaff, William, 131, 161 Big River, 224 Big River Bridge engagement, 279–80 Bird’s Point, Missouri, xii, xvi, 30, 63, 298n9 blackberries, 260 Black River: Confederate troops, 272, 274; crossings, 55, 68, 74–75; Jacksonport, Arkansas, 66; Union encampments, 102–5 Black River, battle of, 143–52, 145 Black River encampment, 102–5 Blair, Frank, xiv, xv, xvi blanket game, 39 Bloomington, Illinois, 37 Boas, Sutler, 233 Boernstein, Henry, xvi boiled water, 211 bone cave, 69 Boonville, Missouri, xvi Bovee, Charles, 58, 97–99 Bowen, John S., 176, 176, 300n1, 310n3 (XX) boxing, 39 Bragg, Junius, 260 Brashear City, Louisiana, xviii, 185–91, 260–61 Braton, Brigadier General, 300n1 brave girls, 52, 132 Brazos Island Texas, 314n1(XXV) Breckenridge Democrats, xiii Brookfield, A. M., 45 Bross, Deacon, 267 Brownsville, Texas, xviii, 319n1 Bruinsburg, Mississippi, 134 buffalo chips, 208 Burbridge, Stephen G., 193, 313n6 burial grounds, 44–45, 56, 97, 257 Burnham, Lieutenant: dyeing incident, 24; encounters with rebel forces, 108; hawk-shooting incident, 113; marching commands, 28; regiment command, 307n6; return home, 129; typhoid fever, 99 Burnside, General, 110 Burrows, Elisha, 24 Butler, General, 62, 179, 195–96 Cache River, 76–77 Cache River engagement, xvii, 79–92, 300n1 Cairo, Illinois, 100–101, 128 Camp Butler (Illinois), xi, 8, 265–68 Camp Hovey (Missouri), 21–22, 34 Camp Jackson “affair,” xv Camp of Matagorda Island, 241–43 cane rollers, 169, 310n (XIX) cannon balls, 214–17 cannon rescue, 82–83 canteens, 11–12, 161 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 30, 101 captured cannon, 142, 151–52 captured Union soldiers, 27, 272–76, 295n7 card games, 38 Carlin, William P.: background information, 296n9; Battle of Fredericktown, 29–31, 33; brigade command, 56; at Fort Hovey, 118; rent vouchers, 36–37 Carr, Eugene A., 126, 127, 129, 137, 298n1, 306n3 - Index 330 Carrollton, Louisiana, 182, 184, 258–59, 311n4 Carthage, battle of, xvi Carthage, Missouri, 130–31, 275 Cassandra (steam propeller), 263–65, 320n2 casualties. See also...