ARMY OPERATIONS (1862). 



nal Corps, 39 ; operations in Arizona and De- 

 partment of the Columbia, 39 ; difficulties with 

 the Modoc Indians, 39. 



XIV. Expenditures of the department, 52 ; 

 strength of the army, 52 ; recruiting, 52 ; mili- 

 tary divisions, 53 ; mortality statistics of the 

 army, 53 ; national cemeteries, 54 ; survey of 

 the lakes, 54; explorations, 54; work of the 

 Engineer Corps, 54; arsenals, 54; service of 

 the Signal-Office, 54; transfer of the com- 

 manding general from Washington to St. Louis, 

 55. 



XV. Headquarters, 41 ; military divisions, 

 41 ; officers, 41 ; desertions, 41 ; expenditures, 

 41 ; arsenals, 41 ; military operations, 42 ; sig- 

 nal-service, 42 ; national cemeteries, 42 ; pres- 

 ervation of 'war records, 42. 



ARMY OPERATIONS. II. Number and posi- 

 tions of the Federal forces, January, 1862, 24 ; 

 number and positions of Confederate forces, 

 January, 1862, 24; results of the previous 

 year, 24 ; what required to organize and equip 

 the Federal army, 25 ; plans of the Government 

 for the war, 25; influence of railroads on 

 military operations, 25; movements in Ken- 

 tucky, 25 ; object of the Confederate officers, 

 25; defeat of Humphrey Marshall, 25; dis- 

 patches of Colonel Garfield, 25, 26; procla- 

 mation of General Crittenden, 26 ; position at 

 Mill Spring, 26 ; movements of General Thomas, 

 27; defeat of General Zollicoffer, 27"; forces 

 on each side, 27 ; thanks of the Government, 

 27; effect of the victory at the North, 27. 



Reconnoissances in Kentucky, 28; plan of 

 the campaign and force of General Buell, 28 ; 

 from what States, 28 ; naval force to cooper- 

 ate, 28 ; gunboats, 28 ; order of the President 

 for an advance of all the forces, 29; effect, 

 29 ; movements after the battle of Mill Spring, 

 .29 ; advance upon Fort Henry, 29 ; its capture 

 by the gunboats, 31 ; advance of the gunboats 

 up the Tennessee into Alabama, 31 ; prepara- 

 tions for an attack on Fort Donelson, 31 ; 

 forces of General Grant, 32 ; Confederate force, 

 32 ; remarks of Senator Trumbull, 32 ; location 

 of the fort, 32 ; attack by the gunboats, 33 ; 

 conflict with the land-forces, 33 ; summons to 

 surrender, 33 ; surrender, 33 ; troops captured, 

 33; effects, 35; Clarksville surrendered, 35; 

 advance of General Buell, 36 ; address of Gen- 

 eral Mitchell, 36 ; evacuation of Nashville, 36 ; 

 it surrenders, 37; effect upon the Southern 

 people, 37; address of General Halleck to the 



troops, 37 ; movement of gunboats to Colum- 

 bus, 37; its occupation, 37; proceedings at 

 Nashville, and important events elsewhere, 38. 



Expedition of General Burnside, 38; sails 

 from Fortress Monroe, 38 ; the storm, 89 ; its 

 disasters, 39 ; address of General Burnside, 39 ; 

 advance up Pamlico Sound, 39 ; capture of 

 Roanoke Island, 40 ; thanks of the President, 

 40 ; expedition to Elizabeth City, 40 ; address 

 of General Burnside and Commodore Golds- 

 borough to the people of North Carolina, 41 ; 

 proclamation of Governor Clark, 41 ; advance 

 upon Newbern, 42 ; defeat of the Confederate 

 force, 42 ; congratulations of General Burn- 

 side, 42 ; movement toward Beaufort, 44 ; ex- 

 pedition to Washington, N. 0., 44 ; capture of 

 Fort Macon, 44 ; advance toward Norfolk 

 under General Reno, 44; skirmishes, 44; ex- 

 pedition to the Dismal Swamp Canal, 45 ; sub- 

 sequent movements of General Burnside, 45. 



Expedition to South Carolina, 45; move- 

 ments against batteries, at Seabrook Island, 

 46 ; approaches to Savannah, 46 ; explorations 

 at Wall's Cut, 46; further reconnoissances, 

 47; Wilmington Narrows, 47; attack on the 

 vessels under Commodore Tatnall, 47 ; prep- 

 arations to capture Fort Pulaski, 48 ; attack, 

 48 ; surrender, 49 ; expedition against Fernan- 

 dina, 49 ; its capture, 51 ; expedition to Bruns- 

 wick, Georgia, 51 ; St. Simon's Sound, 51 ; St. 

 John's River, 51 ; Jacksonville, its surrender, 

 51 ; Union proceedings, 61 ; report of Com- 

 modore Dupont, 51 ; Mosquito Inlet, 52 ; move- 

 ments toward Charleston, 52 ; Wappoo Creek, 

 53 ; movement against Hilton Head, 53. 



Movements in Missouri, 53 ; skirmishes at 

 Mount Zion and Fayette, 53 ; occupation of 

 Springfield by General Curtis, 54 ; advance into 

 Arkansas, 54 ; report of General S. Price, 54 ; 

 driven from Cross Hollow, 54; address of 

 General Curtis to the people, 54 ; position and 

 strength of his forces, 55 ; advance of Con- 

 federate forces, 56 ; preparations for the bat- 

 tle at Pea Ridge, 56; the battle, 56, 57; flag 

 of truce, 57; correspondence, 57; retreat of 

 the Confederate forces, 58 ; movements of 

 General Curtis, 58 ; advance to Batesville, 58 ; 

 lack of supplies, 58 ; ten regiments sent to 

 Corinth, 58 ; moves to Helena, 58 ; expedition 

 down the Mississippi, 58 ; expedition to White 

 River under General Ho.vey, 58; subsequent 

 operations in Arkansas, 58 ; Cross Hollow, 60 ; 

 Cane Hill, 60 ; Crawford's Prairie, 60. 



