From Fort Henry to CorinthForce, M. F. (Manning Ferguson)
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From Fort Henry to Corinth
Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Dixon, Lieutenant (afterward Captain), 24, 43
Dodge, Colonel, 15
Donelson, Fort, situation of, 24, 28, 33;
description of, 34 et seq.;
surrender of, 60;
number of its garrison, 61 et seq.
Dougherty, Colonel H., 20
Dover, Tenn., 33
Drake, Colonel, 54
Drake, Lieutenant Breckenridge, 159
Dresser's Battery, 136
Dresser, Captain, 31
Dubois, Captain, 5
Dug Springs, Mo., engagement at, 5
Eastport, 91
Elbert, Captain, 13
Elliot, Colonel, 87, 189
Essex, the, 30
Farmington, 186-189
Fayetteville, Ark., 12
Fearing, Major, 128, 130
Fitch, Colonel G.N., 70
Fitch, Lieutenant, 129
Fletcher, Lieutenant, 78
Florence, Ala., 32
Floyd, General J.B., 37, 45 et seq.;
his advice in the council at Fort Donelson, 59;
leaves Fort Donelson, 59
Foote, Commodore A.H., concurs in Grant's plans as to Forts Henry
and Donelson, 27;
his part in the campaign, 28 et seq.;
report of, 31;
at Fort Donelson, 38, 43, 46;
wounded, 46;
returns to Cairo, 54;
at Island No. Ten, 79 et seq., 191
Forrest, Colonel, 58, 152
Fort Donelson (see Donelson, Fort)
Fort Heiman, 28
Fort Henry, situation of, 24, 28;
expedition against, 27 et seq.;
surrender of, 31
Fort Holt, 20
Fort Pillow, 19;
abandoned, 19
Frankfort, Ky., 18
Frederickstown, Mo., 16
Fremont, General John C., appointment of, 7;
early measures and orders of, 8, 9;
relieved from command, 10;
correspondence with General Grant, 18
Frost, General D.M., 2
Fulton, Lieutenant-Colonel, 128
Gantt, Colonel, 59, 69
Georgetown, Mo., 9
Gibson, General, 144, 172
Gilmer, General J.F., constructs Confederate works in Kentucky
and Tennessee, 24, 31, 34; leaves Fort Donelson, 59
Gladden, General, 141, 164
"Golden State," the, 96
Granger, Captain, 6
Granger, General Gordon, 69, 70, 86 et seq., 190
Grant, General Ulysses S., commanding at Cape Girardeau, 17;
commanding District of Southeast Missouri, 18;
his plans as to Columbus, etc., 19, 20;
at Belmont, 21 et seq.;
plans for expedition against Forts Henry and Donelson, 26, 27;
his conduct of the campaign, 28 et seq.;
at Fort Donelson, 37 et seq.;
his despatch demanding its surrender, 60;
made Major-General, 65;
assigned to command military department of Tennessee, 65;
traits of, 92;
his proposed movement up the Tennessee, 93;
in disfavor with General Halleck, 94 et seq., 130;
arrival at Savannah, 102;
his directions to McClernand at Shiloh, 155;
orders to Nelson, 158;
directions to Thirty-Sixth Indiana, 158;
consultation with Buell, 164;
orders to Sherman, 173;
orders to Wallace, 174;
sends out Hurlbut, 177;
size of his army at Pittsburg Landing, 179;
loss in his army, 181;
sends Sherman and Wood in pursuit, 182;
appointed second in command, 184
Graves, Captain, 60
Gray, Captain, 82
Green, Captain, 60
Greenville, Ark., 19
Groesbeck, Colonel John, 70
Gumbart, Lieutenant, 49
Guy, Captain, 60
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