ARMY OPERATIONS (1868). 



the expedition, 68 ; his movements, 68 ; naval 

 force on the Lower Mississippi, 68 ; attack on 

 Pert Hudson, 68 ; loss of the Mississippi, 68 ; 

 movement of the land-forces, 69; the Teche 

 country, 69; forces there, 69; movements of 

 General Weitzel, 69 ; objects of General Banks, 

 69; concentrates at Brashear, 69; advances, 

 70 ; success of General Grover, 70 ; New Ibe- 

 ria, 70; further operations, 70; surrender of 

 Alexandria to Admiral Porter, 70; country 

 occupied by General Banks, 70; dispatch of 

 Admiral Porter on the capture of Alexandria, 

 71 ; order of General Banks to organize a corps 

 d'Afrique, 71 ; movements of General Sher- 

 man, 71 ; do. of General Augur, 71 ; advance 

 upon Port Hudson, 72; Port Hudson, 72; fire 

 opened by General Banks, 72 ; report-of Gen- 

 eral Banks on the conduct of colored troops, 

 73 ; second assault on Port Hudson, 73 ; activ- 

 ity of the enemy west of the Mississippi, 73 ; 

 their success, 73 ; complete investment of Port 

 Hudson, 74; its surrender, 74; correspondence, 

 74 ; terms of surrender, 75 ; further movements 

 of General Banks, 75. 



General Burnside's position, 75 ; another 

 movement contemplated, 75 ; storm, 75 ; move- 

 ment abandoned, 76 ; order of General Burnside 

 surrendering the command, 76 ; his statement 

 relative to his resignation, 76 ; order of General 

 Hooker on taking command, 76 ; order of the 

 War Department, 76 ; Congress passes a reso- 

 lution of inquiry, 76 ; report of the Committee 

 of Inquiry, 77 ; letter of General Cochrane, 78 ; 

 order of General Burnside dismissing certain 

 officers, 78 ; his testimony before the commit- 

 tee, 79 ; assumes command of the Department 

 of Ohio, 79; raids, 79; position of General 

 Hooker's and General Lee's armies, 80; ad- 

 vance of General Hooker across the Rappa- 

 hannock, 81 ; his order, 81 ; his position, 81 ; 

 movements of the enemy, 81, 82 ; report of 

 General Lee, 82 ; movements of General Sedg- 

 wick; 82; Lee's report of these movements, 

 83 ; further movements of General Hooker, 83. 



Movements of General Stoneman, 83; Kil- 

 patrick's movements, 84 ; his report, 84 ; move- 

 ments of Lieutenant- Colonel Davis, 84; his 

 report, 85. 



Orders of General Hooker, 85; orders of 

 General Lee, 85 ; dispatch of Secretary Stan- 

 ton to Governors of Northern States, 85 ; proc- 

 lamation of President Lincoln relative to the 

 conscription of aliens, 85 ; order of Secretary 



Stanton relative to the sending of intelligence 

 by telegraph, 86 ; order of General Wool, 86 ; 

 official report of the loss at Chancellorsville, 

 86 ; flag of truce from General Lee, 86 ; report 

 of General Halleck, 86 ; loss of the enemy, 86 ; 

 letter of General Lee to General Jackson, 87 ; 

 General Jackson's wounds and death, 87 ; or- 

 der of General Lee, 87; reconnoissance, 87; 

 movements of General Lee northward, 87 ; his 

 objects, 88 ; commencement of his march, 88. 

 Order of the War Department creating two 

 new departments, 88; departments and com- 

 manders, 88; proclamation of Governor Cur- 

 tin, 88 ; order of General Couch, 89 ; position 

 of General Hooker, 89 ; movements of General 

 Lee, 89, 90 ; his purpose, 90 ; attack at Berry- 

 ville, 90; do. on Winchester, 90; retreat of 

 General Milroy, 92 ; court-martialled, 92 ; de- 

 cision of President Lincoln on its verdict, 92 ; 

 report of General Halleck, 92 ; evacuation of 

 Martinsburg, 92; report of General Lee, 92; 

 spoils taken, 92 ; advance of Colonel Jenkins, 

 93 ; invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, 

 93 ; proclamation of President Lincoln, 93 ; 

 dispatch to Governor Seymour, of New York, 

 93 ; movements in New York, 94 ; thanks of 

 the President to Governor Seymour, 94 ; proc- 

 lamation of Governor Curtin, 94 ; do. of Gov- 

 erner Parker, of New Jersey, 94; do. of the 

 Governor of Maryland, 94 ; do. of the Govern- 

 or of West Virginia, 95 ; do. of the Governor 

 of Ohio, 95 ; movement of troops from New 

 York, 95 ; troops from New Jersey, 96 ; appeal 

 of Governor Curtin to the people of Philadel- 

 phia, 96; State organizations in the field, 96; 

 proclamation of Governor Curtin, 96; troops 

 from other States, 97; scenes at Harrisburg, 

 97; do. at Pittsburg, 97; do. at Baltimore, 97; 

 movements of General Hooker, 97 ; his objects, 

 98 ; cavalry contests, 98 ; General Pleasanton's 

 report, 98; General Lee's report of Hooker's 

 position, 98 ; orders to his troops, 99 ; General 

 Cooper's letter to General Lee, 99 ; do. of Mr. 

 Davis, 99 ; advance of the Confederate army, 

 100; order of General Ewell, 100; advance 

 toward Harrisburg, 100; do. York, 101 ; order 

 of General Lee, 101; Confederates fall back, 

 101 ; General Hooker resigns his command, 

 102 ; General Meade assumes command, 102 ; 

 impression upon the army, 102; its advance 

 toward Gettysburg, 102 ; Meade's address be- 

 fore battle, 102; Gettysburg, 102; General 

 Reynolds encounters the enemy, 103 ; the 



