Africa.-Native governments, 1; Egypt, 1; cities, 1; pop-
ulation, 1; Abyssinia, 1; its emperor, 1; Liberia, 1;
Madagascar, 1; Mauritius, 1; population, 1; Senegal, 1;
Catholics in Africa, 1; Protestants in Africa, 2; negro
tribes, 2.
Agriculture.-Crops in 1863, 2; frosts, 2; crops of England
and France, 2; crops of 1862 and 1863 compared, 2; grape
culture, 2; amount of each of the principal crops in the
northern States and Territories, 8; varieties of grapes,
4; California grape culture, 4; wine making, 4; cotton
in the Western States, 4; flax, 4; wool manufacture, 4;
sheep, 4; agricultural fairs, 4; grants of land by Govern.
ment, 5; foreign agriculture, 5; crops in Sweden, 5; ex-
ports, 5.
Alabama.-Military affairs, 6; disturbances, 6; appeal of
the governor to the planters to raise provisions, 6; ad-
dress to the people by members of Congress, 7; extra
session of the Legislature, 7; its object, 7; Gov. Short-
er's message, 7; resolutions on independence, 7; on the
employment of slaves, 7; State election, 7; letter of
Gov. Watts on reconstruction, 7; address of Jefferson
Davis at Mobile, 8; commerce of the State, 8.
America.-Political subdivisions, 8; important events, 8;
Central America, 8; Colombia, 8; Venezuela, 8; en-
croachments of European powers, 9; France, 9; Amer-
ican continental alliance, 9; changes in relation to
slavery, 9.
Anglican Churches.-Summary of them, 10; bishops, 10;
Metropolitans, 10; Church of Liberia, 10; its organi-
zation, 10; do. Hayti, 11; Confederate Episcopal Church,
11; dioceses and missions in United States, 11; Board
of Missions, 11; American Church Missionary Society,
11; Church Union Society, 11; Church of England, 12;
works of Bishop Colenso, 12; proceedings relative there-
to, 12; controversy on the "Essays and Reviews," 12;
attempt to establish a monastic order, 12; Brother Ig
natius, 12; movement to open communication with the
Russian Church, 18; its success, 18.'
ANTHON, JOHN.-Birth, 18; death, 18; education, 18; pub-
lic services, 13.
ANTHONY, HENRY B., Senator from Rhode Island, 183; on a
resolution of inquiry, 259.
Anthropology (see Ethnology).
Arkadelphia, in Arkansas, 14; position, &c., 14.
Arkansas.-Military operations in, 14; capture of Little
Rock, 14; letter of the mayor surrendering the city, 14;
behavior of the troops, 14; effect of the capture of Lit-
tle Rock, 15; address of Gen. Blunt, 15; feeling of the
people, 15; proclamation of President Lincoln, 16.
Arkansas Post-Its position, 16; capture, 16.
Arkansas River.-Course, 16; outlet, 16.
Army, Confederate.-Acts of Congress, 16; proclamation
of Jefferson Davis, 16; number estimated from conscrip-
tion, 17; who were residents in Richmond and liable to
conscription, 17; report of the Conscript Bureau, 17;
order of Gen. Pemberton relative to paroled prisoners,
17; source of weakness, 17; address of Jefferson Davis
to the soldiers, 17; bounties, 18; numbers in the army,
18; pay of soldiers, 18; ages of conscripts, 18; debate in
Congress on the exemption of farmers, 18; supplies of
the army, 18; desertion, &c., 18; three-years' men re-
enlist, 19; officers who formerly belonged to the army
of the United States, 19, 20.
Army of the United States.-Its numbers, 20; rate of deple-
tion, 20; the conscription measure, 21; call for troops
in June, 21; do. in October, 21; different from previous
ones, 21; strength of the army in October, 1863, 21;
volunteering, 22; folly of recruiting by new regiments,
22; order of the War Department relative to bounties,
22; furlough to veterans, 23; means used to promote
the efficiency of the army, 28; orders to consolidate
regiments, 23; difficulties, 24; deserters, 24; procla-
mation of pardon to deserters, 24; its effects, 24; con-
scription act relative to deserters, 25.
Colored troops, 25; employed at Hilton Head and New
Orleans, 25; acts of Congress relative thereto, 25; rela-
tive to freedmen, 25; action in the House of Represent-
atives, 25; order of Secretary of War to enlist, 26; move.
ments in various States under the order, 26; Gen.
Thomas sent to the southwest, 26; his speech to the
troops, 26; its effects, 26; orders of Gen. Banks to raise
a corps d'Afrique, 27; order of the Secretary of War to
systematize the enlistment, 27; Gen. Thomas again sent
southwest, 27; new policy, 28; recruiting in States ex-
empted from the emancipation proclamation, 28; how
managed, 28; number of colored soldiers, 28; pay,
28; officers, 28; character of the troops, 28; bravery, 28;
testimony of Gen. Banks, 28; do. of Gen. Hunter, 29.
Invalid corps, 29; its object, 29; numbers, 29; exam-
ination of officers, 29.
Ambulance corps, 29; orders for, 29; organization, 80.
Signal corps, 80; telegraph corps, 30; pensioners, 80;
expenditures for fortifications, 80; army material pro-
vided, 30; ordnance material on hand, 80; officers re-
lieved, 31; army corps commanders, 31; departments,
81; officers of the army, 82, 83; casualties, 33.
Army Operations.--Plan of the movement against Vicksburg,
34; surrender of Holly Springs, 34; Gen. Grant's order, 34;
loss at Holly Springs, 34; attack on Davis's Mills, 84;
other stations on railroad to Corinth, 34; effects on Gen.
Grant, 34; do. on the plan of the campaign, 85; move-
ments of Gen. Sherman, 85; appears at the mouth of the
Yazoo, 85; moves up the river, 35; his plan, 85; char-
acter of the country, 36; bayous, 86; landing of Gen.
Blair, 86; organization of Gen. Sherman's force, 36;
plan of attack on the bluffs in the rear of Vicksburg, 36;
landing and movement of the troops, 36; bivouac, 86;
reconnoitring, 36; repulse of Gen. Steele, 86; change in
the order of movements, 86; position of the forces, 87;
assaults upon the bluffs, 37, 38; repulse, 38; withdrawal
of the troops, 38; arrival of Gen. McClernand, 38; ad-
dress of Gen. Sherman to the troops, 38; Gen. Pemberton
in command at Vicksburg, 88; address to his troops, 88.
Plan to attack Arkansas Point, 39; White river, 89;
movement of the fleet, 89; position of Fort Hindman,
39; bombardment, 39; assault, 89; surrender, 89, 40;
expedition up the White river, 41.
Gen. Grant leaves Memphis for Vicksburg, 41; as-
sumes command, 41; plans for the attack on Vicksburg,
41; the canal, 41; routes by which to reach the rear of
Vicksburg, 42; Lake Providence, 42; Yazoo Pass, 42.
Queen of the West runs the blockade, 42; her expe-
dition down the river, 43; returns, 43; second expedi-
tion, 43; moves up the Atchafalaya, 43: captures the
Era No. 5, 48; Fort Taylor, 43; attack on, 43; injury
to the Queen, 44; capture of, 44; escape of the officers
with the De Soto, 44; meets the Indianola, 44; descrip-
tion of the Indianola, 44; runs the batteries at Vicks-
burg, 44; pursues the Webb, 45; returns to Big Black
river, 45; is captured by the Webb and Queen of the
West, 45.
Situation of Lake Providence, 45; how connected
with Red River, 45; route of the proposed canal, 45;
Situation of Moon Lake, 45; Yazoo Pass, 45; Coldwater,
45; route, 45; advance of the gunboats, 46; the force,
46; Fort Pemberton, 46; its situation, 46; Greenwood,
46; force of the enemy, 46; attack on the fort, 47; re-
pulse, 47; its cause, 47; expedition withdrawn, 47.
Expedition by way of Cypress Bayou, 47; the route,
47; its progress, 47; fleet withdrawn, 47; cause of the
failure, 47.
Route from Milliken's Bend to New Carthage, 48:
rams Switzerland and Lancaster attempt to pass the
batteries at Vicksburg, 48; Gen. Grant orders New
Carthage to be occupied, 48; advance of Gen. Mc-
Clernand, 48; Perkins' plantation reached, 48; bad
roads, 48; transports at the same time run the batteries
at Vicksburg, 49; march of the troops below Vicksburg,
50; attack on Grand Gulf by the gunboats, 50; report
of Admiral Porter, 50; do. Gen. Grant's, 50; transports
run the batteries at Grand Gulf, 50; troops prepare to
cross the Mississippi, 50; landed at Bruinsburg, 50; ad-
vance of the Thirteenth Corps, 50; Port Gibson, 50;
enemy encountered, 50; repulsed, 50; Bayou Pierre,
50; Hawkinson's Ferry, 51; Gen. Grant's report of the
crossing of the Mississippi, 51; Admiral Porter's report
of the capture of Grand Gulf, 51; movement of Gen.
Sherman up the Yazoo, 51; its object, 51; attacks
Haines's Bluff, 51; position of Gen. Banks at this time,
51; ferries over the Big Black river, 52.
Col. Grierson's raid, 52; his force, 52; leaves La
Grange, 52; reaches Ripley, 52; New Albany, 52;
skirmish, 52; King's Bridge, 52; Pontotoc, 52; return
of Major Lall, 52; Columbus, 52; Louisville, 52; Nich-
ols's plantation, 52; Raleigh, 52; Brandon, 52; Stork-
ville, 52; expedition of Capt. Forbes, 52; Pearl river,
58; Gallatin, 58; Brookhaven, 58; Summit, 58; Ed-
ward's Bridge, 58; preparation to stop him at Osyka,
54; Greensburg, 54; Clinton, 54; arrives at Baton
Rouge, 54.
Arrival of Gen. Sherman, 54; advance of Gen. Grant,
54; route of Gen. McPherson, 54: do. of Gen. Sherman,
54; do. of Gen. McClernand, 54; despatch of Gen. Grant,
54; battle of Raymond, 54; further advance, 55; capture
of Jackson, 55; movements of the enemy, 55; battle of
Champion Hills, 57; fight at Black river, 58; Gen. Sher
man marches upon Bridgeport, 58; Walnut Hills oceu-
pied, 58; supplies for the troops, 58; investment of
Vicksburg, 58; report of Admiral Porter, 58; do. of ex-
pedition to Yazoo City, 59; retreat of Pemberton to
Vicksburg, 59; assault on the works made by Gen.
Grant, 59; a second assault, 60; how made, 60; report
of Gen. Grant, 60; report of the enemy, 61; report of
Admiral Porter on the assault on Vicksburg, 61; siege
determined upon, 62; how conducted, 62; reenforce.
ments to Gen. Grant, 62; attack on Milliken's Bend, 62;
sinking of the Cincinnati, 63; report of Capt. Bache, 63;
progress of the siege, 63; flag of truce, 63; proposal to
surrender, 63; correspondence, 63; opinion of Gen.
Grant of the terms of surrender, 64; despatch of Ad-
miral Porter, 65; result of the campaign, 65; letter of
President Lincoln to Gen. Grant, 65; report of Gen.
Halleck, 66; new expeditions, 66; Gen. Sherman sent
to attack Gen. Johnston, 66; despatches of Gen. Grant,
66.
Destruction of property at Jackson, Miss., 66; negroes
flocking after the army, 67; their views, 67; expedition
against Yazoo City, 67; movement of Gen. McPherson,
68; vast extent of the military campaign, 68.
Gen. Banks sails for New Orleans, 68; the expedition,
68; his movements, 68; naval force on the lower Missis
sippi, 68; attack on Port Hudson, 68; loss of the Missis
sippi, 68; movement of the land forces, 69; the Teche
country, 69; forces there, 69; movements of Gen. Welt-
zel, 69; objects of Gen. Banks, 69; concentrates at
Brashear, 69; advances, 70; success of Gen. Grover, 70;
New Iberia, 70; further operations, 70; surrender of
Alexandria to Admiral Porter, 70: country occupied by
Gen. Banks, 70; despatch of Admiral Porter on the cap-
ture of Alexandria, 71; order of Gen. Banks to organize
a corps d'Afrique, 71; movements of Gen. Sherman,
71; do. of Gen. Augur, 71; advance upon Port Hudson,
72; Port Hudson, 72; fire opened by Gen. Banks, 79;
report of Gen. Banks on the conduct of colored troops,
73; second assault on Port Hudson, 73; activity of the
enemy west of the Mississippi, 78; their success, 78;
complete investment of Port Hudson, 74; its surrender,
74; correspondence, 74; terms of surrender, 75; further
movements of Gen. Banks, 75.
Gen. Burnside's position, 75; another movement con
templated, 75; storm, 75; movement abandoned, 76;
order of Gen. Burnside surrendering the command, 76;
his statement relative to his resignation, 76; order of
Gen. Hooker on taking command, 76; order of the War
Department, 76; Congress passes a resolution of inquiry,
76; report of the Committee of Inquiry, 77; letter of
Gen. Cochrane, 78; order of Gen. Burnside dismissing
certain officers, 78; his testimony before the committee,
79; assumes command of the Department of Ohio, 79;
raids, 79; position of Gen. Hooker's and Gen. Lee's ar
mies, 80; advance of Gen. Hooker across the Rappahan.
nock, 81; his order, 81; his position, 81; movements of
the enemy, 81, 82; report of Gen. Lee, 82;
of Gen. Sedgwick, 82; Lee's report of these move-
ments, 83; further movements of Gen. Hooker, 88.
Movements of Gen. Stoneman, 83; Kilpatrick's move.
ments, 84; his report, 84; movements of Lieut-Col
Davis, 84; his report, 85.
Orders of Gen. Hooker, 85; orders of Gen. Lee, 85;
despatch of Secretary Stanton to governors of Northern
States, 85; proclamation of President Lincoln relative
to the conscription of aliens, 85; order of Secretary
Stanton relative to the sending of intelligence by tele-
graph, 86; order of Gen. Wool, 86; official report of the
loss at Chancellorsville, 86; flag of truce from Gen. Lee,
86; report of Gen. Halleck, 86; loss of the enemy, 86;
letter of Gen. Lee to Gen. Jackson, 87; Gen. Jackson's
wounds and death, S7; order of Gen. Lee, 87; recon-
noissance, 87; Movements of Gen. Lee northward, 87;
his objects, 88; commencement of his march, 88.
Order of the War Department creating two new de-
partments, 88; departments and commanders, 88; proc-
lamation of Gov. Curtin, 88; order of Gen. Couch, 89;
position of Gen. Hooker, 89; movements of Gen. Lee,
89, 90; his purpose, 90; attack at Berryville, 90; do. on
Winchester, 90; retreat of Gen. Milroy, 92; court-mar-
tialled, 92; decision of President Lincoln on its verdict,
92; report of Gen. Halleck, 92; evacuation of Martins-
burg, 92; report of Gen. Lee, 92; spoils taken, 92; ad-
vance of Col. Jenkins, 93; invasion of Maryland and
Pennsylvania, 93; proclamation of President Lincoln,
93; despatch to Gov. Seymour of New York, 98; move-
ments in New York, 94; thanks of the President to Gov.
Seymour, 94; proclamation of Gov. Curtin, 94; do. of
Gov. Parker, of New Jersey, 94; do. of the governor of
Maryland, 94; do. of the governor of West Virginia,
95; do. of the governor of Ohio, 95; movement of troops
from New York, 95; troops from New Jersey, 96; ap-
peal of Gov. Curtin to the people of Philadelphia, 96;
State organizations in the field, 96; proclamation of
Gov. Curtin, 96; troops from other States, 97; scenes at
Harrisburg, 97; do. at Pittsburg, 97; do. at Baltimore,
97; movements of Gen. Hooker, 97; his objects, 98:
cavalry contests, 98; Gen. Pleasanton's report, 98; Gen.
Lee's report of Hooker's position, 98; orders to his
troops, 99; Gen. Cooper's letter to Gen. Lee, 99; do. of
Mr. Davis, 99; advance of the Confederate army, 100;
order of Gen. Ewell, 100; advance toward Harrisburg,
100; do. York, 101; order of Gen. Lee, 101; Confeder-
ates fall back, 101; Gen. Hooker resigns his command,
102; Gen. Meade assumes command, 102; impression
upon the army, 102; its advance toward Gettysburg,
102; Meade's address before battle, 102; Gettysburg,
102; Gen. Reynolds encounters the enemy, 103; the
battle of Wednesday, 108; Gen. Meade's position, 104;
Gen. Lee's position, 104; battle of Thursday, 105; report
of Gen. Lee, 106; despatch of Gen. Meade, 106; battle
of Thursday, 106; despatch of Gen. Meade, 107; address
to his army, 107; announcement of President Lincoln,
108: movements of Gen. Lee, 108; movements of
Pennsylvania troops, 108; address of Gen. Lee to his
army, 108; pursuit by Gen. Meade, 108, 109; despatches
of Gen. Meade, 109; denied by Gen. Lee, 109; contra-
dicted by Gen. Meade, 109; Col. Kilpatrick's report, 111;
capture of Vicksburg announced, 111; proclamation of
President Lincoln, 111; address of Gen. Meade to citi-
zens along the Orange and Alexandria railroad, 111;
movements of Gen. Dix, 112.
Advance of Gen. Morgan, 112; crosses the Cumber-
land, 112; moves across Kentucky, 112; crosses the
Ohio, 112; pursuit by Gen. Hobson, 112; movements in
Indiana, 118; enters Ohio, 114; advances toward West-
ern Virginia, 114; skirmishes at the Ohio river, 114;
despatches of Gen. Shackelford, 115; capture of Gen.
Morgan, 115.
Operations of Gen. Rosecrans, 115; expedition of Gen.
Jeff. C Davis, 115; attack on Fort Donelson, 115; expe
dition under Col. Colburn, 115; do. under Gen. Sheri-
dan, 116; do. under Col. Hall, 116; attack on Gen.
Granger, 116; movement on McMinnsville, 116; expe
dition of Col. Streight, 116; instructions to Col. Streight
by Gen. Garfield, 116; movements of Col. Streight, 117;
his surrender, 117; letter of Gen. Rosecrans to Gen.
Halleck relative to the force in his front, 118; reply of
Gen. Halleck, 118; answer of Gen. Rosecrans, 118;
movements commenced by Gen, Rosecrans, 118; move-
ments of his corps, 119; retreat of Gen. Bragg, 119; its
effect, 119; first object of Gen. Rosecrans, 119; crossing
the Tennessee, 119.
Movement of Gen. Burnside, 120; his command, 120;
position of Gen. Buckner, 120; advance of Gen. Burn-
side, 120; reaches Kingston, 121; enters Knoxville, 121;
his reception, 121; movement upon Cumberland Gap,
121; other movements, 121; occupation of Chattanooga,
121; despatch of Gen. Halleck to Gen. Rosecrans, 121;
do. to Gen. Burnside, 122; reply of Gen. Rosecrans, 122;
reports of Gens. Rosecrans, Foster, and Meade, as to
movements of the enemy, 122; despatches of Gen. Hal-
leck, 122; position of Gen. Rosecrans' forces, 123; his
advance, 123; Lafayette, 123; attack on Gen. Negley,
123; concentration of Gen. Rosecrans, 124; operations
of the Confederate army, 124; topographical view, 125;
order of Gen. Bragg to advance, 125; charge of inca-
pacity against Gen. Bragg, 125; approach of the two ar-
mies, 125; battle of Chickamauga, 126; firmness of Gen.
Thomas, 128; he falls back, 128; loss of Gen. Rosecrans,
128; concentrates at Chattanooga, 128; address of Gen.
Rosecrans to the army, 128; forces sent to Gen. Rose-
crans, 128; Hooker's corps, 129; Grant ordered to the
command, 129; movements of Gen. Hooker, 129; opens
the river below Chattanooga, 129; supplies reach Chat-
tanooga, 130; movement of Gen. Longstreet in East
Tennessee, 130; plan of Gen. Grant, 130; his attack on
Gen. Bragg, 130; his defeat, 131.
Movements of Gen. Burnside in East Tennessee, 181;
advance of Gen. Longstreet, 181; siege of Knoxville,
131; movements of Gen. Sherman, 133; diversion of
Gen. Averill in West Virginia, 133.
Position of the armies of Gens. Meade and Lee, 133;
Meade falls back, 133; advance of Gen. Lee, 133; he re-
tires, 184; losses in cavalry, 134; advance of Gen.
Meade, 184; Mine Run, 134; movements in West Vir
ginia, 184; Gen. Averill's raid, 134; operations in North
Carolina, 185; do. in southeast Virginia, 135; Gen. Fos-
ter sent to Charleston, 135.
Gen. Gilmore moves on Charleston, 135; attacks Mor-
ris Island, 135; his report, 135; capture of a portion,
136; fortifications, 136; naval force, 136; attack on Fort
Wagner, 187; repulse, 187; Gen. Gilmore's works on
Morris Island, 188; Swamp Angel, 188; advances his
works, 188; opens fire upon Fort Sumter, 138; report
of the enemy of the bombardment, 139; report of Gen.
Gilmore, 139, 140; letter of Gen. Beauregard, 141; reply
of Gen. Gilmore, 141; effect of the shells fired at Charles-
ton, 142; capture of Fort Wagner, 142; report of Gen.
Gilmore, 142; night assault upon Sumter, 142.
Movements of Gen. Banks, 142; expedition to the
mouth of the Sabine 142; its repulse, 143; capture of
Brownsville, 143.
Movements in Missouri, 143; operations of Gen.
Marmaduke, 144; retires to Arkansas, 144; movement
of Gen. Cahill, 144; Gen. McNeil, 145; expedition of
Col. Clayton, 145; advance of Gen. Blunt, 145; Gen.
Steele's movements, 146; capture of Little Rock, 146;
Quantrell's raid, 146; attack on Gen. Blunt, 146,
Department of the Northwest, 146; operations against
the Indians, 147.
Result of the operations of the year, 147.
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