15th, 88; 27th, 1033; 34th, 637 AlbemarleiC.S.S.y. battle with U.S.S. Sassacus, 785; destruction <strong>of</strong>, 365, 514, 785 Aldie, Va.: skirmish at, 162, 377 Aldrich, A. P., 392 Aldrich, J. H., 838 Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth, 8 Alexander, Andrew J., 378, 636 Alexander, Ed<strong>war</strong>d Porter, 9 Alexandria (blockade runner), 222 Alexandria, Va.: capture and occupation <strong>of</strong>, 428, 796, 989; attitude and morale <strong>of</strong> inhabitants <strong>of</strong>, 33, 989; mentioned, 507, 885, 944 Alice (C.S.S.), 858 Alice Price (U.S. transport), 774 Allatoona, Ga.; see Franklin and Nashville Campaign Allatoona Hills, Ga.; see Atlanta Campaign Allen, A. B. W., 563 Allen, Charles Julius: reminiscences and autobiographical writings <strong>of</strong>, 14 Allen, E. J., 33, 724 Allen, George, 678 Allen, George, Jr.: death <strong>of</strong>, 678 Allen, Henry Watkins, 10, 557 Allen, Isaac Jackson, 11 Allen, Samuel E., 12 Allen, William: <strong>war</strong> record <strong>of</strong>, 792 Allen, William A. H., 13 Allen family, 14 296 Allentown, Pa., 646 Alsop's Farm; see Spotsylvania Campaign Alston, Jacob Motte, 15 Alston family, 15 Alvord, Augustus V., 16 Alvord, Jabez, 17 Ambulance Corps (U.S. Army), 382, 946 <strong>American</strong> Coaster (blockade runner), 842 <strong>American</strong> Freedmen's Inquiry Commission, 582 <strong>American</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Aeronautics and Astronautics, 18 <strong>American</strong> Medical Association, 815 <strong>American</strong> Missionary Society, 422 Ames, Adelbert, 346 Amherst County, Va.: bonds issued in, 191 Amite River, La.: operations along, 360 Anderson, Charles D., 206 Anderson, Finley, 78 Anderson, Frank Maloy, 19 Anderson, Isabel Perkins, 712 Anderson, John Emerson, 20 Anderson, Richard H., 930 Anderson, Robert, 21; correspondence <strong>of</strong>, 212, 238, 850, 955, 1042, 1059; notes <strong>from</strong> Cabinet meetings concerning Anderson, 87; mentioned, 1034 Anderson T. M., 21 Anderson-Moler families, 22 Anderson County, Kans., 22 Andersonville Prison: conditions at, 599; letters <strong>of</strong> prisoners, 599; list <strong>of</strong> U.S. soldiers buried at, 54;
elease <strong>of</strong> prisoners, 1020; treatment <strong>of</strong> prisoners at, 345, 448, 1020; mentioned, 197; see also Wirz, Henry Andrew, John Albion, 91, 823 Anglin, John S., 23 Annapolis, Md.: Burnside expedition prepared at, 586; sick and wounded soldiers at, 12; mentioned, 765 Annual Report <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Signal Officer (1863), 659; see also Signal communications Anonymous, 24 Anthony, Susan B., 897, 1048 Antietam Campaign, 33, 335, 351-53, 363, 386, 391, 442, 452, 466, 472, 488, 522-23, 526, 571-72, 578, 618, 699, 725, 735, 766, 772, 859, 894, 912, 938, 944, 991, 1021; see also Sharpsburg, Battle <strong>of</strong> "An Appeal to <strong>the</strong> Democracy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> South," 761 Appomattox Campaign, 25, 112, 162, 193, 346, 391, 500, 542, 576, 715, 758, 778, 846, 869; condition <strong>of</strong> C.S. Army on eve <strong>of</strong>, 411; U.S. dispatches concerning, 231; attitude <strong>of</strong> C.S. and U.S. soldiers during, 636 Appomattox Courthouse, Va.: General Lee's surrender at, 193, 532; effect <strong>of</strong> surrender on Lee's army, 159; mentioned, 1040; see also McLean House Aquia Creek, Va.: skirmish at, 796; see also Battle <strong>of</strong> Aquia Creek, Va. Archer (C.S.S.): list <strong>of</strong> vessels captured by, 265 Are Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Privateersmen Pirates? (1861), 424, 430 Arkansas (C.S.S.): engagements with enemy vessels, 686; mentioned, 246 Arkansas: campaigns in, 41, 44, 46, 48, 339, 491, 598, 630, 702, 894, 946; see also Fort Hindman expedition; Pea Ridge, Battle <strong>of</strong>. Impact <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>war</strong> on, 156; Indian volunteers <strong>from</strong>, 61; Unionist volunteers <strong>from</strong>, 946; opposition to Federal policy in, 275; skirmish in, 246 Arkansas Post expedition; see Fort Hindman expedition Arlington Heights, Va.: occupied by Federal soldiers, 428 Arms and ammunition, 94, 242, 578, 784, 803, 903, 1006, 1023; imported by <strong>the</strong> Confederacy, 1006; manufacture <strong>of</strong>, 220, 749, 856, 1006; procurement <strong>of</strong>, 132, 718; promotion <strong>of</strong> new and improved weapons, 863; returns and reports on, 189, 405, 492, 500, 507, 552, 591, 638, 736, 743, 758; rules and regulations concerning, 656; seizure <strong>of</strong>, 105, 507, 562; see also Arsenals; Torpedoes Armstrong, James D., 912 Armstrong, James F., 606 Army; see Confederate States Army; U.S. Army; Black 297
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