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428 index 428 index • abbott, Joseph C. (Col.), 51, 54 abbott’s, Joseph C., Brigade, 26; fighting on oct. 7, 58–62, 64; casualties of fighting on oct. 7, 65; new offensive after, 66; separated from their command, oct. 27, 150; skirmish along darbytown Road, 174 adams, William t. (lt.), 207–8 aiken house, 119; Meade moves headquarters from, 134 aiken’s, Hugh K. (Col.), South Carolinians, 130 alabama infantry: 4th, 42; 8th, 269; 9th, 13; 10th, 237, 269 alexander, e. Porter (Brig. gen.), 22, 28; actions on oct. 7, 34, 55–56; after new Market Road, 66; opinion of failure at new Market Road, 70–71; plans improved entrenchments at darbytown Road, 74–75, 78–79; success of plan at darbytown Road, 88–89; plans for pen to hold Union prisoners under fire, 91–92; reports increases in troop numbers, 110; trench lines built by terry’s Corps, 150 allen, george (Crpl.), 178–79 almond Creek, 26 ambulance Corps, Union: 278, 279 ames, adelbert (Brig. gen.), 78, 80; criticizes Kautz and Pond after oct. 13 assault, 88–89; orders line to extend to Charles City Road, 150 ames’s, adelbert, division: assault on oct. 13, afternoon, 85–86, 88; moves along darbytown Road, oct.27, morning, 149; presses enemy lines along darbytown Road, oct. 27, afternoon, 174, 176; sketched, ready for battle, by William Waud, 152 anderson, george t. (Brig. gen.), 58 anderson, Richard H. (lt. gen.), 58, 81; after fighting at new Market Road, 64; Chaffin’s Farm war council, 26, 28, 29; comments on lee after new Market Road, 71; leadership of, 29; talks with longstreet, 112 anderson’s, george t., Brigade, 38, 40–42, 53, 58–59, 167; at darbytown Road, 88 antietam, Battle of, 19 armstrong, nelson (U.S. artillery), 142 armstrong house, 192 armstrong’s Mill, 139–40; Confederate pickets at, 202; fighting at, 203; grant’s headquarters at, 227; Meade’s headquarters, 276–77; Roebling ’s reconnaissance at, 195 army of the James, 19; consolidates gains, end of Sept., 23; improves position after new Market Road, 74–75; strength of, 20; as support for army of the Potomac during operation to take the South Side Railroad, 129–30, 145; threatened by lee’s efforts to recapture Fort Harrison, 30; travels lightly on sixth offensive , 137. See also Butler, Benjamin F. Army and Navy Journal, 68, 123, 294–95 army of northern virginia, 6, 22; artillery, 81, 85; desertion in, 12; First Corps: soldiers cheer longstreet’s return, 112; impresses civilians, “walking wounded” and detail men into the ranks, 110–11; loss of combat leaders, 15; Second Corps, 7, 29; suggestion to use armed slaves, 111; troop strength, 14; troop strength at darbytown Road, 78 ———Third Corps, 107; clashes at Petersburg, 67; troop strength, 14, 111; working on defense line south of dabney house, 131. See also Hampton’s, Corps, Cavalry; lee, Robert e. army of the Potomac, 1, 7, 19; casualties during overland Campaign, 6, 19; casualties suffered by, oct. 27, 288; configuration of Union lines around Petersburg gives advantage to, 100; as leader in the offensive to take the South Side Railroad, 129–30; reliability of, 20; rumors of attack, oct. 24, 141; strength of, 19; “trenching has come to be a science,” 191–92; two pronged strategy to end war, 109; view of compromise with Confederates, 302; votes for lincoln, 303. See also Meade, george g. artillery, Union: Parrot rifled guns, 141 index 429 atkinson, Robert (C.S.), 250 atlanta, ga, 4; Union victory at, 5 atlee, Jacob S., 28 ayres’, Romeyn (Bvt. Maj. gen.), division: aids Hancock’s Corps, 276–77; follows griffin’s division, 143; marches out of Fort Cummings , 183; Maryland brigade from, joins Crawford’s division mission, 229; in reserve along duncan Road, 192; in reserve behind griffin’s men; 228; Babcock, John (Capt.), 131–33, 136–37; reports captured Confederates’ numbers, 289 Bacon, edward (Capt.), 150 Badeau, adam (grant’s aide), 125, 195, 226, 305 Bamberg, Frank (lt.), 219, 256 Barker, t. g. (Maj.), 207–8, 256 Barnard, John g. (Union engineer), 23, 117–18, 124–25 Barringer’s, Rufus (Brig. gen.), north Carolinians , 130, 208–10; north Carolinians at Boydton Plank Road, 219, 270 Bartlett, J. S. (C.S.), 265–66 Barton, Clara, 176 Barton, Seth M. (Brig. gen.), 92 Bass, Frederick (Col.), 61 Bates’s, delevan (Col.), Brigade, 186–87; casualties , 187 Battery 45 (C.S.), 130, 213–14, 238 Battery Cowherd, 161 Battery ewell: blocks nine Mile Road, 169; fires on USCt, 171...

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