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enemy, 155 ; pursued to Mount Jackson, 155 ; 

 losses, 155 ; Sheridan promoted to be major- 

 general, 156. 



Guerrillas west of Washington, 156; cap- 

 ture of a railroad-train, 156 ; scenes, 156. 



Missouri invaded by General Price, 156 ; Fed- 

 eral force in the department, 156 ; how em- 

 ployed, 156; preparations of General Rose- 

 crans, 157; arrival of reinforcements, 157; 

 State capital saved, 157; movement of Price 

 westward, 157 ; pursuit of General Pleasanton, 

 157 ; contest, 157 ; losses of the enemy, 157 ; 

 retreat into Arkansas, 157. 



Operations in East Tennessee, 157; move- 

 ments of Breckinridge, 157 ; do. of Burbridge 

 antf. Stoneman, 157 ; destruction of salt-works, 

 158; operations in Middle Tennessee, 158; de- 

 struction at Johnsonville, 158 ; advance of 

 Hood upon Nashville, 158 ; consternation at 

 Nashville, 158 ; reinforcements sent to General 

 Thomas, 158 ; battle before Nashville, 158 ; 

 report of General Thomas, 158 ; enemy retire, 

 159 ; pursuit, 159 ; captures at Franklin, 159 ; 

 losses of Hood, 159; expedition against the 

 Mississippi Central Eailroad, 159; expedition 

 from Baton Rouge, 159 ; movement of General 

 Warren against the Weldon Railroad, 159 ; 

 results of the year, 159 ; hostilities with the 

 Western Indians, 159. 



V. Continued operations through the win- 

 ter, 38; movements of Hood, 38; do. of 

 Thomas, 38; Schofield sent to the Atlantic 

 coast, 38 ; Thomas defends the country around 

 Atlanta, 38 ; reconnoissance from Eastport 

 toward Corinth, 38; captures, 38; deserters, 

 38 ; Hood's forces march across Georgia to op- 

 pose Sherman, 38. 



No important movement by the Army of 

 the Potomac meanwhile, 38; call for troops, 

 38; attack on the Federal fleet in the James, 

 38 ; report, 38 ; marching orders issued to the 

 army before Petersburg, 38 ; movement by the 

 left, 39 ; cavalry reach Dinwiddie, 39 ; the en- 

 emy driven beyond Hatcher's Run, 39 ; rally 

 of the enemy, 39 ; contest which ensued, 40 ; 

 Lee's report, 40; losses, 40; the advantage 

 finally gained, 40. 



Small expeditions in the Shenandoah Valley, 

 40 ; capture of Generals Crook and Kelly, 41. 



The present field of decisive operations, 41 ; 

 three States, 41 ; Sherman begins his march 

 through the Carolinas, 41 ; movements of Gen- 

 eral Hatch against the Charleston & Savannah 

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Railroad, 41 ; movements of General Slocum, 

 41 ; Sherman's instructions to officers, 41 ; ad- 

 vance of his army, 43 ; opposition of Wheeler, 

 43 ; his letter to Howard, 43 ; reply of Sherman, 

 44; retreat of the enemy, 44; movement on Or- 

 angeburg, 44 ; Edisto crossed, 44 ; march upon 

 Columbia, S. 0., 44 ; bridge opposite Columbia 

 reached, 45; Columbia surrenders, 45 ; report of 

 Sherman, 45 ; burning of cotton by Hampton, 

 45; burning of the city, 45; troops which 

 first entered the city, 46; consequences of 

 Sherman's movements, 46 ; Hardee evacuates 

 Charleston, 46 ; movement of General Hatch, 

 46; surrender of the city, 46 ; report, 46; prop- 

 erty captured, 46 ; report on the first entrance to 

 the city, 47 ; movements of Hardee, 47 ; Sher- 

 man continues his march, 48 ; Winnsboro' oc- 

 cupied, 48; Rocky Mount, 48; feint against 

 Charlotte, 48 ; destruction of the railroad, 48 ; 

 Sherman's letter to Hampton, 48 ; Hampton's 

 reply, 48 ; repulse of Captain Duncan, 49 ; Che- 

 raw, 49 ; Chesterfield occupied, 49 ; property 

 captured, 49 ; Fayetteville, N. C., 49 ; march 

 upon, 49 ; its occupation, 49 ; retreat of Har- 

 dee, 49; report of Sherman on his position, 

 49 ; concentration of Confederate forces under 

 Johnston, 49; messengers of Sherman, 50; 

 success, 50 ; movements of Schofield, 50 ; ad- 

 vance upon Wilmington, 50; retreat of the 

 enemy, 50 ; occupation of the city, 51 ; Scho- 

 field operates from Newbern against Golds- 

 boro', 51 ; its capture, 51 ; further advance of 

 Sherman, 51 ; movements of Howard, 51 ; do. 

 of Kilpatrick, 51 ; do. of Slocum, 51 ; position 

 of Hardee, 52 ; attack, 52 ; Averysboro', 52 ; 

 advance of Slocum, 52 ; statement of Sherman, 

 52 ; orders to Schofield, 52 ; attack by Johns- 

 ton, 53; loss at Bentonsville, 53; Sherman 

 reaches Goldsboro', 53 ; his plans, 53. 



Grant's preparations for final conflict, 53; 

 movement of Sheridan to join Grant, 54 ; ad- 

 vance up the Shenandoah, 54 ; Staunton occu- 

 pied, 54; escape of Early, 54; expedition to 

 Scottsville, 54; burning of bridges, 54; de- 

 struction of the canal, 55 ; Sheridan arrives at 

 City Point, 55 ; takes a position on the left of 

 Grant's army, 55. 



The line of Grant's army, 55 ; attack by the 

 enemy on Fort Steadman, 55; repulse, 55; 

 loss, 55 ; Meade's congratulatory order, 55 ; in- 

 dications of the weakness of Lee, 56 ; march- 

 ing orders given to the army, 56 ; movement 

 of the cavalry, 56; do. of the infantry, 56; 



