Index. ^37 rison there under M.ij. Anderson. After 4 years of the fiercest and bloodiest war in history, it ended in April, 1S65, by the .surrendering of the Confederate armies then in the field. During the conflict the United States enlisted 3,688,523 men, as shown In the message of President Grant to Congress Dec. 2, 1872. The Confed- erate States, as shown from statistics, en- listed between 650,000 and 700,000 men. A brief mention of the chief battles of the war will be found in this volume, under their appropriate names. The exact num- ber of men enlisted by the Confederate States and their losses cannot begivenhere for want of the official records. The losses on the side of the United States for killed, wounds received in action, etc., were 9,584 officers and 349,944 men. Their public- debt increased from about $90,000,000 in 1861 to over $2,600,000,000 in 1S65. The results of the war were the abolition of slavery, the failure of the States in their efforts to secede, and their return to the Union. Act recognizing existence of, etc., 104. Amendment to, 113. Alabama, destruction of the Hatter- as by the, referred to, 305. Alabama, operations in, 483. Alien enemies — ■ Banishment of, proclaimed, 131. Regulations respecting, 132. Sequestration of estates of, re- ferred to, 30S. Alleghany Mountain, W. Va., bat- tle of, referred to, 154. Arkansas — Battles in, referred to, 214. Invasion of, by United States forces referred to, 345. Operations in, 4S3. Armistice, violation of, by United States alleged, 118. Army, Confederate States, in. (See Army, Confederate States.) Attempts of United States to reen- force Fort Pickens referred to, 118. Attitude.of foreign powers in, dis- cussed, 278, 348, 444, 485. War between the States (Continued): Attitude of United States toward Confederate States and begin- ning of, discussed, 32, 63, 117, 184, 277. Baker's Creek, Miss., battle of, re- ferred to, 386. Battles and operations of. (See also the several battles; ency- clopedic articles.) Discussed, 72, 78, 122, 124, 136, 139, 185, 189, 196, 197, 208, 210, 232, 240, 276, 332, 345, 448, 482, 544- Report of — Publishing of, disapproved, 454. 455. 457. 498. To be transmitted, 147. Transmitted, 127, 197, 210, 214, 241, 247, 248, 250, 251, 255, 298, 299, 311, 313, 316, 384, . 3 8 5. 3 86 . 39i. 4 o6 > 454. 455, 45 6 - 457. 498, 499. 5°3. 5H< 53°. 534. 535, 537. 53 8 . 539- Belligerency of Confederate States recognized by foreign powers, re- ferred to, 280. Belmont, Mo., battle of, referred to, 137- Big Bethel, Va., battle of, referred to, 137. Blockade of Confederate ports — Binding effect of, and attitude of foreign powers regarding, dis- cussed, 142, 282, 349. Proclamation announcing, dis- cussed, 76. Blue Springs, Tenn., operations at, 402. Bridgeport, Ala., operations at, 245- Bull Run, Va., battle of, or first battle of Manassas — Dispatch of President Davis to Congress regarding, 124. Referred to, 137. Carrick's Ford, W. Va., action at, referred to, 198.
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