Wainwright, Charles S. a Diary of Battle: the Personal Journals of Colonel Charles S

Wainwright, Charles S. a Diary of Battle: the Personal Journals of Colonel Charles S

Wainwright, Charles S. A Diary of Battle: The Personal Journals of Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, 1861-1865. Edited by Allan Nevins. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1962. German soldiers, 5 Joseph Hooker, 6, 11, 12 Lincoln and Republican radicals, 9 Confederate shelling, souvenirs, 11, 13 Mud, 11-12, 13-14 Servants, no blacks, 15 Balloons, 16 Tent, 16 McClellan, newspapers, 18 Balloon, Hooker, 19 Artillery, 19-20 General Naglee, 19 McClellan, 26 Hooker, HQ, staff, quarters, food, 29 Court martial, 31 Peninsula campaign, 25ff Yorktown, 39ff Picket shooting, 40 Williamsburg, 47ff Confederate wounded, 59 Williamsburg, town, 60 McClellan orders on protecting property, 60-61 Foraging, civilian property, 62 Joseph Hooker, 66, 93, 95, 103-4, 115 General Kearny, 68 Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, 74ff Enlistments, 92 Antietam, 93ff, 111ff Henry J. Hunt, 94-95, 104, 107, 168 German sutlers, robbed, 95-96 Artillery problems, 107, 113-14 Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, habeas corpus, 108-9, 113 Lincoln and McClellan, review of troops. 109-110 Meade, 116 Discipline, Stanton, Lincoln, 117-18 Horses, disease, 124 Burnside, 123ff Thanksgiving, 129 Fredericksburg, 128ff Food, 129-30 Falmouth, 131 Fitz John Porter, 134 William B. Franklin, 147-48 James Wadsworth, 149 Servant, 152 Hooker and McClellan, 153 Artillery condition, 153 John Reynolds, 155 Emancipation Proclamation, 156 Mud march, 159ff Fitz John Porter, 161 Joseph Hooker, 162-65 Furloughs, 163 Tent, 164 Artillery condition, 165 Food, 169 Newspaper, 169 Officer appointments, 171 Food, 172 Lincoln and conscription, 173 William V. Sumner, 174 Joseph Hooker, women, 175 Cavalry, 177-78 Lincoln, Hooker, and review of troops, 177-78 Chancellorsville, 180ff Newspapers, 181-82 Hooker, Lincoln, and confidence, 182-83 Enlistments expiring, 184 Lieber, General Orders 100, 184 John Reynolds, 193 Joseph Hooker, 193-94 Joseph Hooker and George G. Meade, 202 Gettysburg, 205ff Stonewall Jackson death, 206-7 Newspapers, 207 Corps badges, 208 Ulysses S. Grant, 209-10 Joseph Hooker, drinking, 212-14 Gambling, 215 Draft and bounties, 220-21. McClellan, 223 Hooker, Stanton, Meade, 227 Whiskey, 229 John Reynolds, 229, 232-34 New York draft riots, 264, 266-67 Conscripts, 270-71 Disease and medical care, 272 Military records, 273 Dinner, speeches, Meade, alcohol, soldiers, 277-78 Sanitary Commission, woman, 278 Conscription, 280-81 Copperheads, 281 McClellan testimonial, 282, 284, 286 Radicals, emancipation, political power, continuing the war, 283 Reenlistments, 285-86 Mine Run, 291ff Marching and discipline, 292 Stragglers, 305 Knoxville battles, artillery, 306-7 Winter quarters, huts, 307-8 George G. Meade, 308-9 Abraham Lincoln, Stanton, 308 Tents, 310-11 Winter camps, 309-11 Confederate disaffection and desertion, 313 Corps memorials and reorganization, 313-14 Religious service, chaplain sermon, 316 Conscription, 318-320 Provost marshals, 319-21 Horatio Seymour, 319 Enlistments, 318-21 Sanitary Commission fair, 321-22 Kilpatrick raid on Richmond, 323ff Enlistment, black soldiers, 328-29 Corps consolidation, 335 Ulysses S. Grant, 336, 338-40, Artillery organization, 335-39 Burnside, 352 Wilderness, 348-56 Spotsylvania, 356 Sedgwick death, 360 Artillery problems, 362-63 Artillery horses, 372-73 Deserters, stragglers, executions, 375, 379 Artillery positions, 394-98 Gouverneur Warren, swearing, 405 Newspaper reporter to be thrown out of camp, 409 Inflation, 411 Stragglers, shirks, 415 Grant and McClellan compared, 419-20 Petersburg, 421ff McClellan, 431 Alabama, Kearsarge, English and the Civil War, 432 Food, vegetable, canned food, 432-33 Burnside, alcohol, 433 Earthworks, 433-34 Cowardice, resignation, 435-36 Food, 437 Confederate deserters, 438 Petersburg crater, 439ff Burnside, 448-49 Hooker and Sherman, 450-51 Recruits, bounties, 459 Election of 1864, 460ff Confederate suffering, deserters, 461 Rumor that Davis is about evacuate Richmond, 465 Confederate deserters, 470-71 Elections of 1864, 472-73 Earthworks, 482 Thanksgiving, 482-84 Confederate deserters, 483 Winter quarters, 484 Guerrillas and retaliation by burning, 490-91 George Thomas and Battle of Nashville, 492 Recruiting, bounties, 495 Fort Fisher, 495 Blair mission to Richmond, Varina Davis, 496 Columbia and Charleston taken, 498 Fort Stedman, 503-4 Fall of Petersburg, 516-17 Robert E. Lee, surrender, 523 .

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