ARMY OPERATIONS (1864). 



123; hot weather, 124; condition of the ar- 

 my, 124. 



Second movement against Lynchburg, 124 ; 

 Sigel removed and Hunter appointed to com- 

 mand, 124; positions of Crook and Averill, 

 124 ; do. of Breckinridge, 124 ; force of the 

 enemy, 125; plan of Morgan to recall Bur- 

 bridge, 125 ; his advance into Kentucky, 125 ; 

 return of Burbridge from East Tennessee, 125 ; 

 orders of General Hunter, 125 ; his advance, 

 125 ; advance of Crook and Averill, 126 ; junc- 

 tion with Hunter, 126 ; capture of Staunton and 

 Lexington, 126 ; burning of the Virginia Mili- 

 tary Institute, 126 ; advance to the neighbor- 

 hood of Lynchburg, 126 ; the city reenforced, 

 126; retreat of Hunter, 126; pursuit of the 

 enemy, 126; dispatch from General Hunter, 

 126; suppression of the West Virginia press, 

 127; letter of General Hunter, 127; reasons 

 for his retreat through "West Virginia, 127; 

 raid of General Sheridan to Gordonsville, 127. 



Force detached by Lee to invade Maryland, 

 128 ; appearance at Martinsburg, 128 ; capture 

 of Hagerstown, Frederick, etc., 128; orders 

 of the commanding officer, 128 ; calls for troops, 

 128 ; plunder, 130 ; defeat of General Wallace, 

 130 ; excitement at the North, 130 ; reenforce- 

 ments sent from Grant's army, 130 ; approach 

 of the enemy to Baltimore, 130 ; destruction 

 of railroads and bridges, 130 ; attack on Wash- 

 ington, 130; retreat and pursuit by General 

 Wright, 130 ; battle with Averill, 130 ; results 

 of the invasion, 131 ; repulse of General Crook, 

 131 ; skirmishes along the Upper Potomac, 

 131 ; Mosby's Rangers, 131 ; capture and burn- 

 ing of Chambersburg, 131 ; pursuit of the en- 

 emy, 132 ; result of all these operations, 132 ; 

 Sheridan appointed to command in the Shen- 

 andoah Valley, 132 ; affairs at Petersburg, 132 ; 

 movement from Hilton Head, 132 ; movement 

 from Vicksburg, 132. 



Changes in the command of the Army of 

 the James, 132 ; position of this army, 132 ; 

 movement upon Richmond, 132 ; a feint, 133 ; 

 preparations to explode a mine, 133 ; plan of 

 assault, 133 ; the explosion and assault, 133 ; 

 failure, 134; loss, 134; another mine exploded, 

 134 ; letter of General Grant on the state of 

 affairs, 134; battle at Reams Station, 134; or- 

 der of General Grant relative to deserters, 135 ; 

 raid of the enemy on General Meade's left, 135 ; 

 letters of Grant and Sherman on the draft, 

 135 ; movement north of the James to capture 



Richmond, 135, 136 ; loss, 136 ; movement at 

 Hatcher's Run, 136 ; report of General Grant, 

 136 ; do. of General Lee, 136. 



Position of the army in and about Atlanta, 

 136 ; position of General Hood, 137; his force, 

 137 ; withdrawal of the Georgia militia, 137 ; 

 tour of Jefferson Davis, 137; movement of 

 Hood, 137; operations of Forrest, 137 ; move- 

 ments of Sherman, 138; attack on Allatoona, 

 138 ; further operations of Hood in the rear 

 of Sherman, 138; Beauregard in command, 

 139 ; failure of Hood to interrupt the Federal 

 communications, 139 ; plans of Sherman, 140; 

 prepares to march south, 140 ; his force, 140 ; 

 order relative to his march, 141 ; General Slo- 

 cum's order to his troops, 141 ; the lines of 

 railway in Georgia, 141, 142 ; distribution of 

 Sherman's army, 142 ; his order to march, 143 ; 

 movement of Howard, 143 ; movements of the 

 left wing, 145; views of the enemy on the 

 evacuation of Atlanta, 145 ; appeal of Beaure- 

 gard, 145 ; do. of the Georgia Senators, 145 ; 

 do. of the Georgia delegation at Richmond, 

 146 ; action of Governor Brown, 146 ; Milledge- 

 ville, 146; advance of the right wing, 146 ; 

 movement of the left, 146; Ogeechee River 

 reached, 147; encounter with Wheeler, 147; 

 demonstration toward Augusta, 147 ; Millen 

 reached, 147 ; advance between the Ogeechee 

 and Savannah Rivers, 147; the right closing 

 on the rear of Savannah, 148 ; scouts from 

 Sherman reach the coast, 148 ; Fort McAllis- 

 ter, 148 ; its reduction, 149 ; Sherman's dis- 

 patch to the Secretary of War, 149; invest- 

 ment of Savannah, 149 ; evacuation by General 

 Hardee, 150; details of the capture, 150; de- 

 struction by Sherman in Georgia, 150 ; occu- 

 pation of Savannah, 151 ; order of General 

 Sherman for the government of the city, 151 ; 

 public meeting, 151 ; resolutions, 152 ; other 

 movements, 152. 



Sheridan in command on the Upper Potomac, 

 152 ; battle at Opeqnan Creek, 152 ; his report, 

 152 ; his force, 154; force of the enemy, 154 ; 

 attack on Fisher's Hill, 154; prisoners, 154; 

 repulse of Averill at Brown's Gap, 154 ; Sher- 

 idan's report of his march, 154; burning of 

 buildings in the Shenandoah Valley, 154 ; re- 

 port of a spectator, 154 ; report of a committee 

 of citizens, 155 ; Sheridan falls back to Cedar 

 Run, 155 ; sudden attack of the enemy, 155 ; 

 rout of the Federal troops, 155 ; arrival of 

 Sheridan on the field, 155; repulse of the 



