Brandy Station, see Battle of Brandy Station Brewer, W. S., 57
Broadhead, Sarah, 137
Brown, John, 3
Bucktails, 60
Buford, John, 32, 32–37, 39–43, 41, 49
Burgwyn, Henry King, Jr., 55, 56, 56–57
Burns, John “Old Patriot”, 53, 53
Butler, Margaret Coats, 19
C
Carter, Anne Hill, 2
Catton, Bruce, 164, xii, xiii
Cemetery Hill, 35, 47, 50, 60–63, 62, 66, 72, 76, 84, 108
Cemetery Ridge, 71–72, 78, 81, 84, 90–91, 93, 96–99, 104–105, 112–113, 115
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 84–90, 85, 88, xi
at dedication of monument, 159, 159–160
as Governor of Maine, 164
Siege of Petersburg, 164
Chambersburg, 14, 16, 17, 28, 32, 108, 134
Chancellorsville, 7, 13, 18, 20, 49
Cheek, William, 56
Chicago Times, 154
Coffin, Charles, 116, 123, 126
Columbia Bridge, 17
Colvill, William J., 97, 97, 98
Confederate soldiers graves of, 139
Confederate States Army Lee promoted to full general, 4
Corby, William, 94, 94–95, 164
Culp, Wesley, 14, 15
killed on Culp’s Hill, 166
Culp’s Hill, 62, 63–65, 73, 76, 100–105, 109, 109–111, 113
map of, 101, 111
Curtin, Andrew, 15, 145, 145, 152
Custer, George, 116, 118, 118, 119, 119
Appomattox, 165
Battle of Little Big Horn, 165
Great Sioux War, 165
Custis, Mary Anna Randolph, 2
Cutler, Lysander, 43–44
D
Davis, Jefferson, 1, 9, 40, 44
Davis, Joseph R., 46
Dawes, Charles G., 165
Dawes, Rufus, 16, 43–44, 102, 164–165
Battle of the Wilderness, 164
at Culp’s Hill, 65–66
Fall of Seminary Ridge, 58–59
served in U.S. House of Representatives, 165
Siege of Petersburg, 164
de Trobriand, James. see Trobriand, James Regis de
Devil’s Den, 79, 80–81, 85, 140
sharpshooter killed at, 82
“Dixie”, 27–28
Doubleday Abner, 43, 58, 58, 62
E
Early, Jubal, 54, 63, 64
Emancipation Proclamation, 31, 151, 157
painting of first reading of, 30
Everett, Edward, 152, 152–156
Ewell, Richard S., 1, 14, 14, 16–17, 24, 32
advanced from Carlisle toward Gettysburg, 34, 37, 49–54
advances to Culp’s Hill, 63–67, 76, xvii attacks Culp’s Hill, 100, 104, 109
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 166
Battle of the Wilderness, 166
withdraws troops from Gettysburg, 137
F
Fahnestock Brothers, 25, 49, 83, 103, 144, 163
Fairfax, John W., 77
Faulkner, William, 121
Finley, Lieutenant, 124, 126
First Minnesota, 98, 98–99
Foote, Shelby, 107, xii Ford, Gerald R.
grants Lee pardon, 5
Fredericksburg, 1, 7, 10, 13, 16, 17, 20, 85, 128
Freemont, John C, 1
Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, 27–28, 61, 66, 77, 128
on General Ewell, 14
on General Hood, 80
on General Lee, 6
on General Longstreet, 26
on General Pickett, 120
on General Stuart, 23
G
Garfield, James, 143
Gates, Mary Beman, 164
Gerrish, Theodore, 87, 89
Gettysburg Address, 154–156, 155, 156
Gettysburg College, 25, 163
Gettysburg Council of War, 104
Gettysburg Memorial Association, 160–161
Gibbon, John, 71, 105
Gitt, George, 153
Goldsborough, William, 101, 110
Gordon, John Brown, 50, 52
Grant, Ulysses S., 3, 5, 8, 164
Greeley, Horace, 30
Greene, George Sears, 101, 101–102
Gregg, David McMurtrie, 117, 118
Gurney, Eliza, 150
H
Halleck, Henry, 20, 105
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 48, 93–99, 98, 113, 116
arrives on Cemetery Hill, 61–63, 62
Battle of Cold Harbor, 165
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 165
Battle of the Wilderness, 165
called upon by Meade, 48–49
execution of Lincoln assassins, 165
injured, 124
learns of Armistead’s injuries, 126–128
loses presidential bid against James Garfield, 165
Harper’s Ferry, 3 Harper’s Weekly, 155
Harrisburg, 9, 16, 21
Haskell, Franklin “Frank”, 73, 73, 78, 121–123
Battle of Cold Harbor, 164
Bruce Catton on, 164
on Cemetery Ridge, 81, 112–115
informs Meade of win after Pickett’s Charge, 129–130
Hay, John, 147–150
Herr’s Ridge, 39, 40, 55
Heth, Henry, 34, 38, 38, 39–40, 52
disobeys Lee’s instructions, 40
injured, 58
at McPherson’s Ridge, 54
at Seminary Ridge, 59
Hill, A. P.. see Hill, Ambrose Powell, Jr. Hill, Ambrose Powell, Jr., 26, 32, 38, 49–52, 76, 77, 81
Battle of Cold Harbor, 167
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 167
Battle of the Wilderness, 167
Siege of Petersburg, 167
Hodam, James, 17, 51
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 159
Homestead Association, 143
Hood, John Bell, 27–28, 71, 76–86, 79, 97
attacks the Wheat Field, 90
Hooker, Joseph, 10, 10–11, 16–18, 24
Howard, Oliver Otis, 42, 48, 49–52, 58, 62
Humiston, Amos, 141, 142
children of, 142, 143
Humiston, Phylinda, 141, 143
I
Imboden, John, 134–135
Irish Brigade, 94, 164
Iron Brigade, 16, 42, 45, 50, 54–58, 60
J
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall”, 18, 20, 64
Jacobs, Michael, xvii Jefferson, Thomas, 131
Johnson, Andrew, 5, 164
Johnson, Edward “Allegheny”, 64, 64, 101, 102, 109, 110
Johnston, Joseph E., 7
Jones, John, 57, 102
K
Kelly, Patrick, 94
Kidd, J.H., 36
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
quotes Gettysburg Address, 157
L
Lamar, G. B., 92
Lane, John R., 57
Lee, Custis, 18
Lee, Henry Harry, III, 2
Lee, Robert E., 2–5, 74–76, 77, 108, 167
on abolishment of slavery, 5
accepts command of Virginia state forces, 4
appointed Colonel of First Regiment of Cavalry, 3
Appomattox, 168
attack into Pennsylvania, 1
at Cemetery Ridge, 113–115
children of, 2, 3, 18
citizenship restored, 168
at Culp’s Hill, 61–63
death of, 5
disobeyed by Stuart, 24
foresees Appomattox, 128
“Marse Lee”, 7
offered command of Union army, 3–4
pardoned by Gerald R. Ford, 5
on Pickett’s Charge, 129
plans to continue attack, 103–106
promoted to full general, 4
resigns from U.S. army, 4
retreats to Virginia, 133–134
at Seminary Ridge, 114
Siege of Petersburg, 168
surrender at Appomattox, 5
victory at Chancellorsville, 18
Washington and Lee University, 168
writes letter to sister, 4, 6
Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 3, 4
Lincoln, Abraham, 7, 18, 30, 148, 164
assassination of, 168
blames Meade, 148
command crisis, 17
comments on Lee, 11
depression after death of William, 150
Emancipation Proclamation, 151
faith of, 150
Gettysburg Address, 154, 155, 156
offers Lee command of Union army, 3, 6
opinions on slavery, 30–31
prepares Gettysburg Address, 145–146
re-election of, 168
refuses to accept Meade’s resignation, 22
Thirteenth Amendment, 168
visits Daniel Sickles, 165
visits the Old Patriot”, 53
writes letter to Horace Greeley, 30
Lincoln, Edward, 150
Lincoln, MaryTodd, 149, 149, 150
Lincoln, Tad, 148, 150
Lincoln, William Wallace, 148, 150
Lochren, William, 98
Longstreet, James, 26, 75–81, 97
approaching Gettysburg, 63
Battle of Appomattox, 167
Battle of the Wilderness, 167
became scapegoat for the “Lost Cause”, 167
at Cemetery Hill, 108–109
at Chambersburg, 28, 32, 36
at Culp’s Hill, 100, 104–105
Fremantle on, 66
at Pickett’s Charge, 120
Lutheran Theological Seminary, 24, 25, 34, 57, 59
M
Marshall, Charles, 77
Marvin, Matthew, 99
McClellan, George, 7, 7, 149
McClellan, Georgia, 112, 163
Mclntosh John B., 118
McKeen, Henry Boyd, 164
McLaws, Lafayette, 76, 90, 91, 97, 97
McPherson Farm, 37
McPherson’s Ridge, 36, 40–42, 41, 42
bodies of Union soldiers, 138
Meade, George Gordon, 19, 19–22, 21, 37–38
under attack at Cemetery Hill, 80
at Cemetery Ridge, 71, 97, 104–106, 112–113
chosen by Lincoln, 18
at Culp’s Hill, 100
defensive plan unravels, 78
disobeyed by Sickles, 79–81
failure to prevent Lee’s escape, 22
farmhouse headquarters on Cemetery Hill, 72, 72–73
informed of win after Pickett’s Charge, 129–130
met by Tillie Pierce, 74
orders Hancock to advance to Gettysburg, 48
orders Howard to advance to Gettysburg, 49
orders the First Corps to Gettysburg, 32–34
receives Thanks of Congress, 166
resigns from command, 22
Meade, Richard Worsam, 19
Mexican War, 1, 3, 20
Mississippi River, 8
Moore, Edward Alexander, 28
Morrow, Henry A., 56, 56, 57
Mulholland, St. Clair, 95, 96
Myers, Elizabeth Salome “Sallie”, 29, 61, 65, 163
N
National Park Service, 161
New Orleans capture of, 8
New York Times, 17, 140, 141
New York Tribune, 30
Nicolay, John, 147
O
Oates, John A.
death of, 89
Oates, William Calvin, 85, 86
Battle at Chickamauga, 166
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 166
Battle of the Wilderness, 166
governor of Alabama, 166
served in U.S. House of Representatives, 166
Siege of Petersburg, 166
oath of allegiance, 5
orphanage. see Homestead Association
“Our Union Forever”, 34
Owen, William, 28
P
Peach Orchard, 78–81, 90–93, 92, 96
dead horses, 138
Pennsylvania attack into, 1, 4, 14
supplies captured, 16
Pennsylvania Dutch, 17
Pettigrew, James Johnston, 35, 38, 56, 58, 113, 115
Philadelphia, 21 Philadelphia Inquirer, 141
Pickett, George, 76–77, 104–106, 108, 119, 120
Pickett’s Charge, 5, 21, 57, 113, 116, 120–129, 123
map of, 122
Pierce, Matilda “Tillie”, 132, 133, 140, 163, xv-xvii, xv, xv-xvii, XV
becomes a nurse for the wounded, 68
evacuated to farm near Two Taverns, 102–103
home of, xv
leaves for Weikert’s Farm, 46
meets General Meade, 74
returns home to Gettysburg, 143
tends to General Weed, 90, 107
tends to Union soldiers, 82
witnesses arrival of first Union soldiers at Gettysburg, 34
witnesses Ewell’s corps, 16
writes about the militia, 15
Psalm 144:5, 39
Pye, Edward, 45
R
Reid, Whitelaw, 20, 72
Reynolds, John F., 36–38, 37, 42, 44, 63
approach on Gettysburg, 42–43
death of, 49, 50, 73 Richmond Enquirer, 11
Rock of Erin, 123
Rodes, Robert E., 51, 51
Roosevelt, Franklin, 161–162
S
Sanitary Commission, 139
Saunders, William, 145, 145
Sawyer, Franklin, 124
Schurz, Carl, 68, 69, 134–135
Scott, Winfield, 1, 6
Second Bull Run, 35
Second Manassas, 7
Second Wisconsin. see Iron Brigade
Seminary Ridge, 40, 43, 47, 58–63, 77, 78, 114, 128
fall of, 59
in Pickett’s Charge, 120
Sergeant, Margaretta, 19
Seward, William H., 147, 150, 152
Shiloh, 8
Sickles, Daniel, 42, 78, 91, 96–97
leaves Little Round Top undefended, 83
leg bone on display, 165
lobbies for and receives Medal of Honor, 165
moves on the Peach Orchard, 78–81
visited by Abraham Lincoln, 165
Skelly, Daniel, 25, 25, 140, 163
attempts to spy for the Union, 103
comments on the Confederate withdrawal, 137
finds home occupied by Rebels, 67–68
recalls tension among people of Gettysburg, 34, 82
role in recovery efforts, 143–144
sees General Lee, 74–75
witnesses fighting at Gettysburg, 40, 49–50
witnesses helping of wounded, 59
Skelly, Johnston “Jack”, 14, 15, 111, 163–166
slavery, 29
abolishment of, 5, 168
Slocum, Henry, 71, 100
Soldiers National Cemetery for Union dead, 144–145
Sorrel, Moxley, 32, 52
Springfield Republican, 155
Steuart, George H., 110
Stevens, George T., 13
Stewart, Alexander, 65
Stewart, Henry, 163
Stone, Roy, 60
Stratford Hall Plantation, 2
Stuart, J. E. B.. see Stuart, James Ewell Brown
Stuart, James Ewell Brown, 9–11, 10, 23–24, 105, 166
confronts Custer, 116–118
described by Sorrel, 52
disobeys Lee’s instructions, 24, 32
Lee annoyed at the absence of, 28–32, 54
Sumner, Charles, 156
Susquehanna River, 17, xvii Sykes, George, 71, 80, 81, 84
T
Taneytown, 32, 38, 47, 48
Taneytown Road, 47, 72, 80, 132
Texas
secedes from Union, 3
Second Calvary
regiment, 3
“The Bonnie Blue Flag”, 27
“The Campbell’s are Coming”, 43
Thirteenth Amendment, 31, 151
Traveller, 49
wreath presented to, 27
Trimble, Isaac Ridgeway, 113, 114, 127
Trobriand, James Regis de, 31, 31, 90, 164
Twentieth Maine Infantry Memorial, 160
Twenty-fourth Michigan, 56–57, 57
Twenty-sixth North Carolina, 56–57
U
Union Lee on dissolution of, 3
Unknown Soldier of Gettysburg, 141–142
V
Vicksburg, 8
surrendered to Grant, 134
Vincent, Strong, 84, 84, 85, 90
Virginia Battle of Winchester, 111
debates joining Confederacy, 3
Lee retreats for, 133–134, 148
supplies captured, 14
Virginia, Northern, 60
army of, 1, 4, 7, 164, 166–167
W
Wade, Jennie. see Wade, Mary Virginia “Ginnie”
Wade, Mary Virginia “Ginnie”, 14, 15, 111–112, 163–164, 166
Wadsworth, James, 42, 43, 59
Waller, Frank Asbury, 46
Warren, Gouverneur, 21, 71, 80, 83, 83–84
field glasses of, 83
Washington College, 5
Weed, Stephen H., 90, 107, 107
Weikert, Beckie, 68, 140
Weikert, Jacob, 46
Weikert Farm, 46, 67, 82, 90, 102–103, 132, 133
West Point, United States Military Academy, 1, 2, 3, 19, 35
Wheat field, 78–79, 81, 85, 90, 94, 96
Wilcox, Cadmus Marcellus, 97, 98, 99, 129
Wilkeson, Bayard, 140, 141
Wilkeson, Samuel, 140, 141
Williamsport, 21, 22
Wills, David, 145, 145, 152
Wilson, LeGrand, 69
Wilson, Woodrow, 161
Winchester, Virginia, 14, 15, 111
Wright, A. R., 99–100