67; fails to hold Bragg together, 69; or dered to advance, 70, 71 ; censured by Lincoln, 71 ; strategy against Bragg, 72 ; forces him to Chattanooga, 78 ; pursues, 79; justifies delay at Murfreesboro", 80; forced to advance, 81 ; plan of campaign, 86; elation over forcing Bragg out of Chattanooga, 89 ; fancies him in retreat, 96; disillusion, 104 ; attempts to concentrate his army, 97 ; anxiety, 108 ; achievement on first day of Chickamauga engage ment, 124 ; report, 125 ; night council, 126 ; sends help to Thomas, 131, 137; orders army right to retire behind left, 137; fatal order to Wood, 138, 139; cut off from army, flees to Rossville, 147, 165 ; allows Garfield to return, 157, but will not him self, 167; does not send McCook and Crit- tenden back, 165; report of second day, 166; fatal order to abandon Lookout Mt., 202; confidence restored, 168; empty proclamation, 169; comparison with Bragg, 170; proposes amnesty to Lincoln, 210; welcomes V., 179, 184; resentment at Washington authorities, 184 ; censures Wood, McCook, Crittenden, and Negley, 184, 185 ; not a party to their punishment, 188 ; favors to V., 213 ; vague plans, 185; scheme to open safe communications with down-river, 207, 217; relieved from com mand, 208 ; review of his downfall, 210-213. Rousseau, Lovell H., lawyer before the war, 1 : 328 ; recruits loyal Kentuckians, 205; division commander under Buell, 220 ; at Shiloh, 247-249; in Perryville campaign, 311, 315-323 ; cheered by ist Wisconsin, 317; inquires into Gilbert s appointment, 324; denounces him, 328; military qualities and appearance, 328 ; under Rosecrans, 55 : 61, 168. Russell, Majors & Waddell, stage line to Cherry Creek, 1 : 106, 115, 130. St. Paul & Northern Pacific Co., founded by V., 3 : 306. Saxton, Rufus, in charge of Sea Island freedmen, 8:9; character and appearance,
- administration, 22.
Scheel, Johann, brother-iu law of Theodor A. Engelmann, 1 : u; forester and register of deeds, 27; kindness to V., 42. Schoepf, Albin, German Hungarian sol dier, 1: 296; in Perryville fight, 320. Schurz, Carl, in Lincoln campaign, 1 : 138; takes his division to Bridgeport, 2 : 178 ; in battle of Wauhatchie,J225-228 ; vilified by Hooker, 226-228; in attack on Missionary Ridge, 251 ; editor of N. Y. Evening Post, 338 ; praised by Bismarck, 354. Schweninger, Ernst, arranges visit to Bismarck from V., 2: 346; care of Bis marck, 350, 352, 355. Scott, Winfield, safeguards Lincoln s in auguration, 1: 158; for abandoning Forts Sumter and Pickens, 159; decrepitude, 168, 178; failure to get military intelligence, 169 ; shelved, 179 ; against offensive move ment, 180, 181. Severance, Theodoric C., collectorat Port Royal, JJ : ii ; his family in Boston, 52. Seward, William H., loses nomination for Presidency, 1 : 137 ; belief in peaceful solution of rebellion, 160 ; flattered by N. Y. Herald, 171; talk with V., 339. Shaw, Robert Gould, 8 : 54. Sheridan, Philip H., appearance, 1: 329; in Perryville fight, 314, 320-322; talk with V., 329; command under Rosecrans, /8: 61 ; at Chickamauga, 120; engages Hind- man, 144 ; rejoins Thomas, 145, 146 ; in advance on Missionary Ridge, 248. Sherman Silver Act, causes stringent money market, 2 : 342 ; catastrophe pre dicted by V., 359; his efforts to repeal the act, 360, 363. Sherman, William Tecumseh, V. s first talk with, 1: 183; at Bull Run, 183, 188, 190, 195; under Gen. Anderson in Ken tucky, 207, 208; succeeds him, 209; aver sion to newspaper correspondents, 209; habit as a talker, 210 ; forecast of magnitude of conflict, 210, 21 1 ; interview with Secre tary Cameron, 211; mind reported un balanced, 211, 212; relieved of command, 213; at Shiloh, not suspecting attack, 257; position, 257; driven back and wounded, 250, 251 ; in the pursuit to Cor inth, 252, 271; gruff to V., 272; at siege of Corinth, 274, 278; press-censorship at > Memphis, 2 : 238 ; ordered to Chattanooga, 232; movement north from Vicksburg, 234-236; joins Grant, 236; bold river trip to Bridgeport, 237; delayed in getting iSth Corps to mouth of Chickamauga, 242; advance on Missionary Ridge, 251- 254- Shields, James P., 1 : 77. Shiloh, rebel preparations for battle, 1: 2 54 2 55-257; attack, 258; Federal rout, 243-246; second day s victory, 247-251;
