4. Based on RS, p. 108.
5. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 1, p. 538.
6. Surby, pp. 120–21. Surby learned of this incident, probably from Samuel Nelson, after he rejoined the Seventh Regiment.
7. Grierson, p. 436.
8. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 1, pp. 537–38.
9. Grierson, pp. 437, 439.
10. RS, p. 108.
11. Grierson, pp. 439–40.
12. St. Louis (Missouri) Republican, as cited in Springfield, Illinois State Journal, May 21, 1863.
13. RS, p. 108.
14. Based on Surby, pp. 126–27. As a friend later described it to Surby, who on that day still lay wounded at Newman’s Plantation, Miss.
15. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 1, pp. 528–29.
16. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 3, p. 264.
17. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 1, p. 540.
18. Ibid., pp. 549–50.
SEVENTEENTH DAY—Sunday, May 3
1. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 1, pp. 33–34, 58.
2. Francis Grierson, The Valley of Shadows, New York, 1913, p. 297 (1948 ed., p. 262).
3. Grant, Memoirs, vol. 1, p. 489.
4. Grierson, p. 483.
5. RS, p. 109.
6. FFL, Stephen Forbes to Nettie Forbes, May 11, 1862. Description of a similar camp scene.
7. Forbes, p. 120.
8. FFL, Henry Forbes to Nettie Forbes, May 23, 1863; Henry Forbes to Flavilla Forbes, May 23, 1863.
9. FFL, Henry Forbes to Frances Snow, June 24, 1863.
10. FFL, Stephen Forbes to Nettie Forbes, Aug. 2, 1863.
11. Grierson, pp. 450–51; RS, pp. 109–10.
12. New York Times, May 18, 1863.
13. George H. Hepworth, The Whip, Hoe, and Sword; or the Gulf-Department in ‘63, Boston, 1864, p. 285.
14. New York Times, May 18, 1863.
15. RS, p. 111.
16. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 3, p. 289.
17. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 3, pp. 347, 360.
18. Grierson, p. 493.
19. Based on RS, p. 118.
20. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 3, pp. 493, 508.
21. RS, p. 119.
22. RS, p. 119.
23. OR, ser. I, vol. 24, pt. 3, p. 530.
24. Ibid., p. 528.
25. RS, p. 119; Benjamin Grierson to Alice Grierson, July 28, 1863 (Grierson Papers).
26. RS, pp. 125, 127.
27. Surby, pp. 156–81.
28. FFL, Stephen Forbes’s journal, Oct. 18, 1864.
29. Ibid., Sept. 2, 1864.
Index
A | B | C | D | E
F | G | H | I | J
K | L | M | N | O
P | Q | R | S | T
U | V | W | Y
Adams, Gen. John, 113, 127, 144
Adams, Col. Wirt, 82, 157, 159, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 171, 172, 176, 177, 179, 183, 186, 188, 190, 207, 208, 234
Agnew, Surgeon Archibald, 136
Alligator Bayou, 235n
Amite River, 190, 191, 204, 208, 209, 220
Appomattox, Va., 241
Arkansas River, 7
Artesia Depot, Miss., 82, 83
Ashmead, Capt. William, 214
Augur, Gen. Christopher C, 216
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, 155
Augustus Plantation, 84
Bahala, Miss., 161
Baldwyn, Miss., 82
Banks, Gen. Nathaniel P., 114, 216, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238
Barteau, Lt.-Col. Clark R., 50, 51, 54, 60, 91, 99, 103, 117, 118, 156 military record, 33-35 early life, and military activities, 45-47 pursuit of the Second Iowa Cavalry, 66-71, 89, 90
Baton Rouge, La., 128, 167, 168, 177, 181, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 203, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 220, 222, 223, 225, 232, 233
Battery K, First Ill. Artillery, 6 and passim
Bayou Pierre, 181
Beach, Dr. Asahel, 39
Beach, Elizabeth Jane, 39
Beauregard, Miss., 161n
Beauregard, Gen. Pierre G. T., 82, 86
Bender Plantation, 116, 119
Benton Barracks (St. Louis, Mo.), 26
Big Black Bridge, 156, 157
Big Black River, 156
Bird’s Point, Mo., 14, 26
Birmingham, Miss., 117, 118, 143n
Blackburn, Lt.-Col. William, 62, 86, 94, 98, 99, 100, 101, 122, 138, 139, 175, 192, 196, 201, 202, 203, 207, 219, 239, 240 in charge of scouting, 64 described, 72 in action at Newton Station, 107-113 in action at Wall’s Bridge, 197-99 wounded, 199 death of, 241
Blackland, Miss., 82
Bogue Chitto, Miss., 183, 187
Bogue Chitto Creek, 179
Bogue Falema River, 114
Bowen, Gen. John S., 106, 157, 163
Bowman, T. H., 212
Bragg, Gen. Braxton, 82
Brandon, Miss., 125
Brookhaven, Miss., 168, 173, 175, 179, 182, 184, 187
Brown, Col. Alexander J., 206
Brown, Lt.-Col. W. N., 170
Bruinsburg, Miss., 181, 208
Bryan, Capt. B. F., 214
Bryson, John, 84
Buckner, Gen. Simon, 127, 144
Buena Vista, Miss., 90
Buffington, Sgt. William, 74, 80, 85, 116, 191
Buford, Gen. Abraham, 91, 92
Bullard, Cpl. Jonathan, 97
Bull Run, battle of, 134
Butler, Gen. Benjamin, 174n
Butternut Guerillas, the, 80, 85-87, 135, 136, 138, 148, 151-55, 172, 175, 185, 194-99, 203, 213, 214 organized, 74 first raid, 74-75 capture of Pearl River Bridge, 94-95 advance on Newton Station, 99-102 action at Newton Station, 107-113
Cairo, Ill., 14, 25
Cameron, Simon (Secretary of War), 14
Camp Butler, Ill., 11, 26, 73, 79, 145
Camp Creek, Miss., 118
Camp McClellan, Iowa, 11, 26
Camp Moore, La., 220
Cavalry, Confederate, superiority of, 10
Cavalry, equipment of, 14-15, 17-18
Cavalry, Union, development of, 9-18
Cavalry, Union, table of organization of, 19
Cavalryman, life and routine of, 27-30
Cedarville, Ill., 79
Chalmers, Maj. Alexander, 33, 43
Chalmers, Gen. James R., 35, 37, 38, 39, 114, 144
Charleston, Mo., 26
Charleston (Mo.) Independent, 26
Chesterville, Miss., 31, 36, 39, 43, 45, 47, 59
Chiwapa Creek (below Pontotoc), 45, 54
Chunkey River, 58, 111
Clark, Maj. M. R., 168, 174
Clear Springs, Miss., 57, 62, 65, 67n, 72n
Cleveland, Ohio, 46
Cleveland, Capt. S. B., 163, 164, 165, 172
Clinton, La., 177, 205, 207, 232, 234
Coldwater, Miss., 37
Columbus, Miss., 5, 6, 33, 59, 62, 63, 65, 67n, 72, 177
Columbus (Miss.) Republic, 75
Comite River, 212, 213, 214, 219, 234
Confederate army units Eighteenth Mississippi Cavalry, 33 Fifty-Fifth Tennessee Infantry, 206 First Alabama Cavalry, 147, 148 First Mississippi Cavalry, 47, 163, 165 First Mississippi Infantry, 188 First Tennessee Cavalry, 47 Louisiana Legion, 177, 178, 207, 234 Mississippi state troops, 30, 39, 43, 44, 47, 66, 69, 71, 118, 210 Partisan Rangers, Mississippi, 8, 20, 22, 26, 35, 169, 178 Second Alabama Cavalry, 59, 69, 90, 103 Second Tennessee Cavalry, 33, 46, 47, 50, 59, 66, 67-71, 90, 118, 156 Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, 46, 47 Thirty-Fifth Alabama Infantry, 128 Twentieth Mississippi Mounted Infantry, 168, 169, 171 Twenty-Seventh Alabama Infantry, 156
Corinth, Miss., 26, 33, 37, 38, 46, 164
Crystal Springs, Miss., 155
Cunningham, Lt.-Col. James, 59, 69, 90, 103
Daggett Plantation, 45
Davenport, Iowa, 11
Davis, Jefferson, 34, 164, 168, 174n
De Baun, Maj. James, 178, 188, 192-93, 195, 196, 200, 201, 207, 220
Decatur, Miss., 81, 97, 101, 102, 108, 117
De Shroon Plantation,
179, 180
Dinsmore (citizen of Macon, Miss.), 84-85
Dockery, Col. Thomas, 156
Douer, Pvt. William, 147
Douglas, Pvt. George, 202, 240
Dudley, Col. Nathan, 218
Duke, Basil, 177
Eby, Pvt. Henry, 42, 78, 136n
Edgar County, Ill., 73
Edwards Depot, Miss., 156
Eighteenth Mississippi Cavalry, 33
Ellis Plantation, 20
Ellsthorp, Charles, 143
Enterprise, Miss., 97, 128, 131-32, 142, 144, 150, 155
Estes Plantation, 89, 93
Falkner, Col. William C, 20, 165, 166
Falkner Plantation, 20
Farragut, Adm. David, 52, 205
Faulkner, William, 20
Fayette, Miss., 160, 163, 164, 165, 172, 177
Fifty-Fifth Tennessee Infantry, 206
First Alabama Cavalry, 147, 148
First Louisiana Cavalry, 234
First Mississippi Cavalry, 47, 163, 165
First Mississippi Infantry, 188
First Tennessee Cavalry, 47
Forbes, Capt. Henry C, 6, 52, 79, 92, 97, 132, 138, 149, 150, 210, 232 comment on uniform, 11, 14-15 background and military record, 79-80 in diversion toward Macon, 79-85, 98-99 skirmish at Philadelphia, Miss., 116-17 wrong turn at Newton Station, 128-29 flight from Enterprise, 130-32 overtaking regiment, 142 crossing Williams’ Bridge, 205 battle fatigue, 225-26 comment on raid, 226 appointed lieutenant-colonel, 242
Forbes, Sgt. Stephen A., 81, 102, 117, 130, 132, 143, 149, 150, 175, 225 comment on uniform, 14 comment on soldiering, 20 comment on looting, 42 capture in 1862, 82-84 overtaking regiment, 140, 142 comment on Colonel Wirt Adams, 164 describes Southland, 227 comment on leaving La Grange, Tenn., 242 appointed captain, 242
Forest Station, Miss., 124, 126, 136, 144, 156
Forrest, Gen. Nathan Bedford, 9, 38, 48, 164, 236, 241
Fort Donelson, 46
Fort Sumter, 46
Fourth Wisconsin Mounted Infantry, 234
Fowler, Uriah, 74, 196, 197, 198
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 224
Fulton, Miss., 46
Gallatin, Miss., 158, 160
Gallatin County, Ill., 125
“Galvanized Confederate,” definition of, 35n
Gardner, Gen. Franklin, 114, 156, 163, 177, 188, 192, 204, 205, 206, 207, 210, 234, 235, 236
Garland, Maj. W. H., 204
Garlandville, Miss., 114-15, 121, 126, 128, 132, 138
Garlandville Avengers, the, 132
Garman’s Mills, Miss., 50
Gaston, Lt. James, 195
Gholson, Miss., 99
Gholson, Maj.-Gen. Samuel, 34, 35, 99, 103, 118
Gill Plantation, 179, 181, 186
Godfrey, Capt. J. Franklin, 217
Goodwin, Col. Edwin, 131, 150
Gorgas, Josiah, 52
Graham, Maj. John M., 23, 31, 33, 45, 77, 88, 242
Grand Gulf, Miss., 105, 106, 107, 113, 120, 124, 127, 139, 154, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 172, 177, 178-79, 180, 185, 232
Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., 8, 37, 38, 51, 58, 105, 159, 161, 172, 175, 177 and passim; views on looting, 41 moving on Vicksburg, 168 attack at Grand Gulf, 181 acknowledges value of raid, 222, 223 asks for Grierson’s cavalry, 232-33, 237 overcomes Vicksburg, 234
Graupner, Herr, 26
Greensburg, La., 204, 207, 220
Grenada, Miss., 60, 91
Grierson, Col. Benjamin H. extent of command, 6 background and early years, 23-25 military record, 25 at Sloan Plantation, 32-33 conversation with Mrs. Beach, 40 detaches Hatch for diversionary raid, 62-64 in action at Newton Station, 111-13 decision to make for Baton Rouge, 185 meeting with Union troops in Louisiana, 217 march into Baton Rouge, 218-19 summarizes success of raid, 219 commended by Grant, 223 speech in New Orleans, 231 commands First Cavalry Brigade, 233 appointed brigadier-general, 234 credited with surrender of Port Hudson, 236 ordered to Vicksburg, 237 appointed chief of cavalry, 238 injured, 238 mentioned, passim
Griffin, Cornelius, 202
Hager, Sgt. George, 69
Halleck, Maj.-Gen. Henry W., 25, 58, 159, 179, 219, 222
Ham, Capŧ. T. W., 47, 48, 68, 69, 90
Hamilton, J. R., 224
Hancock, Sgt. Richard, 50-51
Hard Times Landing, La., 106, 113, 168
Hargraves, Miss., 159
Harlan, Senator James, 11
Harper’s Weekly, 224
Hartsville, Tenn., 46
Hartsville (Tenn.) Plaindealer, 46
Hatch, Col. Edward, 9, 22, 31, 39, 43, 47, 90, 99, 103, 117, 118, 143, 241 background, military record, 61-62 detached from brigade with Second Iowa Cavalry, 62-65 encounter with Barteau, 66-71 raid on Okolona, 89
Hazlehurst, Miss., 150, 152-55, 156, 157, 158, 163, 167, 171, 176, 182, 184
Hemmenway (cavalryman), 28
Hepworth, George, 230
Herring, Capt. Joseph, 111, 182
Hill, James, 40
Hinson, Lt. Joseph, 212
Hodge, Dr., 140
Hodge Plantation, 133, 140
Holly Springs, battle of, 134
Horses, cavalry, regional characteristics, 10 requisitioning of, 38 return of disabled mounts to La Grange, 55 procurement by Surby’s scouts, 86 crossing swamp near Okolona, 89 gift to Grierson, 231 mentioned, passim
Houlka River, 71
Houston, Miss., 53, 56, 57, 59, 60, 72n
Hughes, Pvt. Rees M., 202, 239, 241
Hurlbut, Gen. Stephen A., 8, 9, 52, 58-59, 107, 169-70, 178, 217, 219, 220
Ingate, Capt. F., 60
Inge, Maj. W. M., 47, 48, 68, 90
Island Number Ten, 14, 26
Iuka, Miss., 26, 164
Jackson, Miss., 8, 38, 59, 88, 90, 104, 106, 113, 120, 125, 144, 149, 152, 155, 156, 168, 169, 170, 171, 178, 238
Jackson, Col. James, 156
Jackson (Miss.) Appeal, 167
Jacksonville, Ill., 24, 25, 32, 186, 215, 239
Jacobs, Karl, 224
Jasper County, Miss., 115
Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., 34, 48, 92, 103, 127, 143, 168, 169, 170
Jonican, Vernon, 18
Kelly, Lt.-Col., 52
Kelly, Lycurgus, 74, 152, 153, 198
Kilgore, Dr. Benjamin, 57, 62
Kilgore Plantation, 57, 62, 66
King’s Bridge (New Albany, Miss.), 33, 39, 43
Kirk, Alice, 24
La Grange, Tenn., 5, 6, 26, 34, 37, 48, 58, 61, 63, 71, 72, 143, 178, 216, 242
Lake Providence, La., 8
Lake Station, Miss., 113, 127, 144
Leaf River, 124, 138
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 234
Leighsburg, battle of, 134
Leseure, Sgt.-Maj. Augustus, 87, 202, 240, 241
Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., 241
Liberty, Miss., 183, 186, 187, 192
Lincoln, Abraham, 7, 24, 49, 106, 220
Lippincott, Lt. Thomas W., 144n
Loomis, Col. Reuben, 21, 62, 210, 241
Looting, 41-42
Loring, Gen. William W., 91, 92, 104, 113, 127, 128
Louisiana Legion, 177, 178, 207, 234
Louisville, Miss., 87, 89, 97
Love, Maj. Hiram, 55, 56, 64, 67
Love, Capt. R. C, 125, 140, 167, 182, 183, 187, 188, 203
Lynch, Capt. John, 88, 97, 98, 210
Mackadore, Dr., 135, 136
Mackadore Plantation, 124, 126, 135, 137, 138
Macon, Miss., 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 88, 92, 97, 98, 103, 129, 142, 150
Macon (Miss.) Beacon, 85
Magee, Warren, 45
Magnolia, Miss., 186, 189, 190, 191, 240
Magnolia Grove, La., 219, 233
Manassas, battle of, 134
Marshall, Capt. Samuel, 210
Martin, Charles, 116
McCausland, Lt. William, 11, 28, 81, 129, 131
McClellan, Gen. George B., 11
McClernand, Gen. John, 10
6, 180
McKnight, Capt. Moses, 47
Memphis, Tenn., 37, 38, 61, 107, 178, 227, and passim
Memphis & Charleston Railroad, 6
Meredosia, Ill., 24, 25
Meridian, Miss., 9, 85, 91, 92, 104, 106, 113, 127, 128
Miles, Col. W. R., 177, 178, 207, 208
Milliken’s Bend, La., 58, 107
Mississippi Central Railroad, 55, 58, 71
Mobile, Ala., 83, 127, 132
Mobile & Ohio Railroad, see under Railroads
Molino, Miss., 22, 30, 31
Montpelier, Miss., 71, 72n
Montrose, Miss., 116
Morgan, John Hunt, 10, 73, 149
Morgan County, Ill., 24
Morton, Maj. George, 68
Morton, Miss., 113
Mosby, John, 9
Muscatine, Iowa, 61, 62
Natchez, Miss., 158, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 172, 176, 177
Nelson, Cpl. Samuel, 74, 124-26, 135-36, 140, 167, 198, 203, 204, 205, 212-13, 214
New Albany, Miss., 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 39, 43, 55, 60
New Carthage, La., 106
Newell, Lt. G. W., 191, 202, 204
Newman Plantation, 202, 203, 207, 240
New Orleans, La., 34, 227, 228, 230-32, 234
New Orleans & Jackson Railroad, see under Railroads
New Orleans (La.) Era, 231
Newton County, Miss., 81
Newton Station, Miss., 98, 99, 101, 102, 105, 107-13, 114, 117, 118, 119, 127, 128, 129, 143n, 155, 156, 161, 167, 178
New York Times, 79, 88, 145, 223, 224, 225, 230
Nichols, Elias, 122, 123
Nichols Plantation, 123
Noxubee River, 81, 85, 98
Oakland Plantation, 52, 133
Ohio Wesleyan University, 46
Okolona, Miss., 33, 50, 53, 54, 60, 63, 89, 90, 114, 143n, 144, 178
Orizaba, Miss., 22
Osyka, Miss., 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 201, 207, 210, 239, 241
Oxford, Miss., 54, 55, 58, 60, 114, 144
Palo Alto, Miss., 67, 69, 89, 91, 143
Panola, Miss., 37, 114
Paris, Ill., 73
Parker, Pvt., 79n
Partisan Rangers, Mississippi, 8, 20, 22, 26, 35, 169, 178