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  Fort McPherson, 16, 138, 152-53

  Fort Phil Kearny, 159, 179-80

  Fort Randall, 10, 110, 151-17; description of, 117

  Fort Reno, 3, 133, 135-37, 140, 187

  Fort Rice, 7, 10, 34, 52, 73, 80-81, 83-86, 89-95, 97, 99-103, 105, 107-11, 113, 115, 117, 193; battle of, 106, 113

  Fort Ridgely, 191

  Fort Riley, 4, 15-17, 45-46, 52-53, 120, 137, 193, 206

  Fort Ripley, 191

  Fort Sanders, 138, 160

  Fort Sedgwick, 18, 43, 137, 139, 161

  Fort Snelling, 191

  Fort Sully, 10, 52, 79-80, 82-83, 85, 88, 97, 109, 111, 113, 115-17; description of, 116

  Fort Union, 10, 91-92, 94, 109

  Fort Wadsworth, 191

  Fort Wallace, 159, 161, 197, 201, 203-4

  Fort Wicked, 32

  Fort Zarah, 45-47, 52-53, 199, 207

  Foster, J. G., 213

  Foster, W.S., 173-75

  Freeman, Daniel, 141

  Frontier Scout, 94-97, 99-100, 108, 110

  Fulton, Washington, 23-25

  Galpin, Charles, 110

  Galpin, Mrs. Charles, 91-92, 100

  Galvanized Confederates, 121-22, 125, 211-16

  Galvanized Yankees, origin of term, 8-9; composition of, 122-23

  General Grant (steamboat), 95

  George Henry (steamship), 68

  Georgia, 89, 212-14, 216

  Georgia troops, 72, 122, 169, 206, 210; 47th Infantry, 213

  Gillette, Lee, 25-28

  Gilman’s Station, 18, 21

  Godfrey, W., 32

  Gordon, James, 203

  Goss, Warren L., 9

  Grant, Ulysses S., 6, 12-13, 53, 68-71, 73, 119, 211, 213, 216

  Grass (Sioux Indian), 97

  Gray, Patrick, 182-83

  Great Salt Lake, 148

  Greenville, S.C., 94

  Grenfell, George St. L., 163, 166-68

  Grierson, Benjamin, 122, 214-15

  Griffin, James V., 171, 176

  Grigsby, Melvin, 9

  Gros Ventre Indians, 114

  Hagerstown, Md., 58

  Hale, Jack, 123

  Hall, J. W., 21

  Halleck, H. W., 55-56, 61, 63, 144, 213

  Hamilton, Ohio, 188

  Hannibal, Mo., 192

  Hardee, W. J., 212, 214-15

  Hardy, Alexander, 75-76

  Harney, W. S., 154, 156

  Harper’s Ferry, 58, 62

  Harper’s Weekly, 195-96, 203

  Harris, Ga., 89

  Harrold, Alvin C., 76

  Harvard University, 94

  Hat Creek, Dakota Territory, 126

  Hay, John, 66

  Hayne, Julia Dean, 151

  Hayward, William, 46, 50

  Healy, Owen, 135

  Heart River, 104

  Hedges, Nathaniel, 128-29

  Hedges, Rinaldo, 25

  Herrick, George H. W., 83, 87-92, 94, 99, 104, 109

  Hickok, J. B. (Wild Bill), 3, 47

  Hilton Head, S.C., 213

  Hinds County, Miss., 76

  Hobbs, Thomas, 82

  Hoffman, James, 106

  Hoffman, William, 61

  Holladay, Ben, 15-16, 29, 139, 192, 201, 203

  Holman, Albert, 125-27, 129

  Holt, James, 135

  Horse Shoe Station, 171-72, 176, 179

  Houston, Sam, 168

  Hoyt, Charles H., 206, 208-10

  Hubert, Frederick, 207

  Hufstudler, James, 104, 106, 108

  Hughes, William, 89

  Huidekoper, Henry S., 12-13

  Hull, Lewis B., 19

  Humfreville, J. L., 183-85, 188-89, 202

  Hunkpapa Sioux, 92, 101-2

  Hutchins, Cyrus, 91

  Illinois, 2, 4-6, 9, 12-15, 19, 35, 44-45, 55-56, 59, 63-65, 70, 73, 114, 120-23, 143-44, 147, 163-68, 191, 205-6, 215

  Illinois troops, 64, 121-22; 16th Cavalry, 63; 9th Infantry, 121

  Independence, Mo., 74

  Independence Day celebrations, 99-100, 125-26, 136, 160, 185, 209-10

  Indiana, 2, 61, 64-65, 122, 143-44, 162-63

  Indianapolis, Ind., 64

  Indiana troops, 65, 122, 188; 7lst Infantry, 64

  Indians. See individual tribes

  Ingalls, A. O., 210

  Iowa, 4, 75, 88, 93, 110, 112-13, 124

  Iowa troops, 91; 3rd Cavalry, 214-15; 6th Cavalry, 80, 82, 94, 100, 113; 7th Cavalry, 4, 6-7, 18, 47, 103-5, 116, 154, 187

  Island Number Ten, 120

  James Island, S.C., 213

  Jennings, Bob, 202

  Jesse H. Lacy (steamboat), 123

  Jocelyn, Stephen E., 35

  Johnson, Andrew J., 14-15

  Johnson, George W., 141-42

  Johnson, John, 188

  Johnson, Peter, 90

  Johnson, William (Corp.), 94

  Johnson, William (Sgt.), 173-75

  Jones, Robert, 121

  Jones, Samuel, 211

  Julesburg, Colo., 10, 16-19, 21, 25, 32-34, 42-44, 119, 137, 139, 144-45, 152, 159, 169-70, 179, 182, 208-9

  Junction, Post, 17-18, 42-43

  Kansas, 2-5, 10, 15-17, 20, 23-25, 28, 44-53, 59, 109, 111, 117-22, 137, 139, 142-45, 159, 151, 169, 183, 185, 187, 190, 192-208, 210

  Kansas City, Mo., 199

  Kansas troops, 48, 145; 11th Cavalry, 35-37, 39-41, 47; 15th Cavalry, 51; 16th Cavalry, 5, 186, 189

  Kearney City, Neb., 30

  Keefe (detective), 164-67

  Kelly, Fanny, 84-85, 97

  Kelly, Michael, 135

  Kelly, Thomas, 135

  Kenny, Thomas, 32, 43

  Kentucky, 122-23, 165, 172, 183, 188, 207

  Kentucky troops, 72, 80, 122, 135, 169, 181, 183-84

  Kershaw, S.C., 90

  Kidd, J. H., 133

  King, Josias, 50-52

  Kiowa Indians, 16, 46, 49-50, 53, 207

  Knights of the Golden Circle, 181-82

  Korber, Nicholas, 140

  La Barge, Joseph, 73

  La Bonte Station, 41, 171, 176, 179

  La Framboise, Frank, 84, 97

  Lake Sibley, Kan., 121, 137

  Leavenworth, Jesse H., 52-53

  Lee, Peter, 134

  Lee, Robert E., 213-14, 216

  Leefeldt, Henry, 18

  Liggett, M. K, 135

  Lincoln, Abraham, 9, 11-14, 63, 66, 68, 75, 150, 164, 177, 181

  Little Arkansas River, 52-53

  Little Arkansas Station, 47-48, 53

  Little Blue River, 3, 21, 23, 25-28, 98-99, 121, 183

  Little Crow, 61, 63

  Livingston, Robert R, 25-27

  Lone Wolf, 52

  Louisiana troops, 72, 122, 169

  Loup River, 152

  Loyalty, 7, 58-61, 63-68

  Lucky, J. R., 90

  Lybe, A. Smith, 18, 34-40, 42

  McCarthy, Francis, 90

  McClellan, George B., 11, 56

  McClure, Ephraim, 135

  McDade, John C, 206, 209-10

  McDougall, Thomas, 8, 138

  Mackenzie, Ranald, 8, 115

  Mackey, William H., 5, 51-52

  McKinley, William, 190

  McKinney, John, 123

  McMichael, Dewitt C, 196-98

  McNairy County, Tenn., 169

  McNally, Christopher, 8, 11, 21, 25-26, 42-44, 169-70

  Macon, Ga., 212

  Mail service, 3, 20, 29, 37, 46, 109, 135, 145, 176

  Maine troops, 12th Infantry, 112

  Malone, Bartlett, 66-67

  Malone, David, 123

  Manassas, Battle of, 108

  Mandan Indians, 114

  Mars (steamboat), 112-13

  Marsh, D. W., 95

  Marsh, W. L., 85

  Marshall, James W., 121, 132, 134-35

  Marshall, Levi G., 171, 182-83, 187, 189

  Marston, Gilman, 65

  Martin, J. G., 213-14

  Maryland, 2, 12, 58, 65-67, 70-71, 87, 89, 112

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  Massachusetts troops, 122; 7th Infantry, 77; 28th Infantry, 45; 30th Infantry, 66, 77

  Matthews, Washington, 8, 114-15

  Maury, D. H., 216

  Maximilian, Ferdinand, 4

  Maynadier, H. E., 7-8, 120-21, 135, 137-38, 153, 155-56, 172, 179

  Medical examinations, 168-69

  Medicine Creek, Dakota Territory, 79

  Melville, Herman, 77

  Mercer, Asa, 71

  Merriman, William H., 87-88

  Mers, William J., 25

  Mesilla, N.M., 8

  Mexican War, 141

  Michigan troops, 122; 6th Cavalry, 133, 171

  Midway Station, 3, 18, 21, 140

  Millen military prison, 213

  Mills, Benjamin, 179

  Milwaukee, Wis., 71, 73, 88

  Minneconjou Sioux, 97

  Minnesota, 3-4, 6, 51, 61-63, 70, 88, 93, 111, 134, 191, 204

  Minnesota (steamship), 58-59 Minnesota troops, 1st Infantry, 50; 3rd Infantry, 61-62; 5th Infantry, 39

  Minnich, J. W., 14

  Mississippi, 58, 76, 87, 122, 130, 168-69, 180, 211, 214

  Mississippi troops, 72, 122, 135, 169-70; 18th Infantry, 108 Missouri, 5, 55, 61, 73-74, 91, 109, 112, 122-23, 130, 173, 192, 199, 204, 215

  Missouri River, 3, 52, 70, 73-74, 78, 83, 85, 88, 93, 96-97, 102, 109-10, 112-14, 118, 123, 191-92

  Missouri troops, 122, 134-35, 169, 185, 189; 12th Cavalry, 152; 13th Cavalry, 192, 195-98, 201; 14th Cavalry, 51

  Mizner, Henry R., 159-61

  Mobile, Ala., 180

  Molony, Thomas, 46, 49

  Montana, 3, 91, 110, 124-26, 131, 133, 136, 179

  Montana Road. See Bozeman Trail

  Monument Station, 192-93, 195-201, 203-4

  Moody, William R., 34

  Moreland, A. B., 94, 104-5

  Morgan, John, 19, 64, 162-63, 166, 172, 183, 188, 190; raid of 1863, 64, 162-63, 172, 183

  Morgan, Pinkney A., 94, 96

  Mormons, 31, 33, 148-49, 158

  Morris, Buckner, 163, 165-66

  Morris, Mary, 163, 165-67

  Morris, Sarah, 33, 97-99

  Morris, William J., 33, 98

  Morrow, Jack, 154

  Morton, Oliver P., 65

  Mulberry Creek, Kan., 49

  Mulhally’s Ranche, 21

  Muller, Carl, 99-100

  Mulligan, James A., 55-56, 60

  Murfreesboro, Term., 162

  Murray, Robert, 61

  Musgrove, Richard, 72, 191, 193-201, 203-4

  Myers, S. A., 124

  Nacogdoches, Tex., 167

  Nash, E. W., 25-26, 134, 136, 186

  Nash, William B., 160

  Nashville, Tenn., 206

  Nebraska, 2-4, 7, 9, 11, 15-18, 21, 23, 25-26, 28-33, 42-45, 59, 75, 121, 123, 125, 136-41, 143-46, 152-53, 158-59, 161, 169, 177, 179-81, 183-84, 186, 201, 205, 208

  Nebraska City, Neb., 123

  Nebraska troops, 25, 28; 1st Cavalry, 18

  Nelson, Anthony, 132

  Nelson, John, 152-53

  Nevada troops, 147, 149, 150-51, 157

  New Hampshire troops, 122

  New Jersey troops, 2nd Cavalry, 215

  New Mexico, 8, 10, 13, 48, 121, 137, 199, 205, 207-9

  Newspapers, 5, 9, 15, 28, 31, 42, 51, 69, 94-97, 99-100, 108, 110, 149-51, 158, 168, 179, 190, 195

  Newton County, Miss., 180

  New York Central Railroad, 69, 73

  New York City, 72, 112

  New York Times, 51

  New York troops, 122, 125, 135; 3rd Infantry, 213

  Niobrara River, 121, 123-26, 137, 140

  Noble, John, 214-15

  Norcross, F. M., 66

  Norfolk, Va., 12, 68, 112

  North, Frank, 19, 27, 186-87, 189

  North Carolina, 66, 68, 88, 216

  North Carolina troops, 72, 80, 82, 122, 169; 2nd Mounted Infantry (Union), 69

  Northwestern Fur Company, 114

  Norton, Henry, 145

  Noyes, S. B., 79, 83, 94-95

  O’Brien, George, 156

  Odum, John, 89

  Ohio, 2, 62, 120, 143-44, 162-63, 165, 167-68, 172, 181, 183-84, 188, 190

  Ohio River, 163, 172

  Ohio troops, 122; 11th Cavalry, 19, 35, 37-38, 41, 64, 171-74, 179, 181-90

  Omaha, Neb., 59, 75, 186

  Omaha Scouts, 25-26, 134, 136, 186-87

  Oregon Trail, 3

  O’Rielly, Henry, 19-20

  Overland Mail Route, 17, 143, 145

  Overland Stage Line, 4, 15, 19-20, 25, 29-31, 42, 70, 138-39, 148, 160

  Pacific Telegraph Line, 18, 42, 143, 148, 161, 170, 176-79

  Palmer, Henry E., 183-84, 187-88

  Parker, Leopold, 8, 115-16

  Parole system, 61-63

  Pattee, John, 103-7, 115-16

  Pawnee Indians, 26-28

  Pawnee Rock, Kan., 53

  Pawnee Scouts, 18, 21, 186-87, 189-90

  Pemberton, John, 211

  Pennsylvania troops, 122, 125; 2nd Cavalry, 123; 143rd Infantry, 123

  Petersburg, Va., 213

  Pettis, S. Newton, 12

  Pickett, W. D., 212

  Pike County, Ala., 206

  Pike County, Ky., 80

  Platte Bridge fight, 3, 38-42

  Platte Bridge Station, 28, 35-36, 38-41, 136, 171

  Platte River, 10, 15-16, 19-23, 33-34, 36, 41, 52, 59, 89, 97-98, 137-40, 142, 152, 155, 171-72, 179, 187

  Platte Station, Neb., 30

  Plum Creek Station, 29, 31-33, 139-41, 152 Point Lookout (Md.) prison, 2, 12, 65-67, 70-71, 87, 89, 112

  Ponca Agency, 125

  Pond’s Creek Station, 193, 196-98, 200-203

  Poole, W. F., 97

  Pope, John, 6, 13, 15, 53, 61, 63, 71, 73, 78, 80, 93-94, 101, 113, 139, 191

  Potawatomi Indian reservation, 193

  Potter, Carroll H., 8, 143-46, 157-58, 161, 168-69

  Powder River, 127-28, 131, 133-35, 137, 153, 179, 187, 189-90, 215

  Powder River Expedition, 3, 42, 137, 146, 151, 171, 185-90

  Powell, Elisha C, 169

  Prisons, military, 14, 55-56, 65, 67, 122. See also individual prisons Pumpkin Buttes, 128

  Railroads, 3, 69, 73, 139, 141, 161

  Ramsey, Alexander, 61

  Ranches, 20-22, 31-32, 136

  Rathbone, Henry R., 13-14

  Raynolds, W. F., 120

  Red Cloud, 3, 153

  Red Horse, 97

  Red River carts, 109

  Ree Indians. See Arickaree Indians

  Rehwinkel, Fritz, 18

  Republican River, 25, 45, 121, 137

  Rhode Island troops, 122

  Rice, James C, 82

  Richardson, Albert D., 28, 30-31

  Richmond, Byron, 43

  Roach, Newton, 90

  Roane County, Tenn., 170

  Robertson, Jack, 159

  Rockafellow, B. F., 171-72

  Rock Creek Station, 42

  Rock Island (Ill.) prison, 2, 4, 12-15, 19, 35, 44-45, 65, 70, 114, 164

  Rogersville, Tenn., 87

  Roper, Laura, 34, 99

  Rosebud River, 185, 189

  Rosecrans, William, 65

  Roy, Frederick, 173, 175-76

  Rushing, Elijah, 174-75

  Russell, Hod, 202 Russell, L. F., 116

  Ryus, William, 46

  Sackett, Delos B., 115-17

  St. Johns (steamboat), 99

  St. Joseph, Mo., 5, 192

  St. Louis, Mo., 55, 61, 73-74, 91, 109, 112, 130, 173, 204, 215

  St. Mary’s Station, 18

  St. Paul, Minn., 6

  Salina, Kan., 45-47, 50, 120, 137, 193, 199-200

  Salisbury, N.C., 213

  Salsbury, James D., 213

  Salt Lake City, Utah, 3, 20, 33, 59, 146, 148, 150-51, 157, 159-60, 177

  Sanborn, John B., 52

  Sand Creek Massacre, 16, 28, 130, 194

  San Francisco, Calif., 4


  Santé Fe, N.M., 10, 16, 199, 209

  Sante Fe Trail, 3-4, 15-17, 45-47, 52, 120, 137-38, 143, 207, 210

  Santee Sioux, 88-89, 93

  Sat ant a, 52

  Savannah, Ga., 214, 216

  Sawyers, James A., 123-24, 126-33, 137; wagon road expedition, 3, 215

  Schwartz, Peter, 51

  Scott, Winfield, 209

  Seattle, Wash., 71

  Seddon, James A., 211-14, 216

  Shanks, John T., 162-80

  Shay, Miles, 124

  Sherman, William T., 88, 136, 139-42, 161, 210, 216

  Shiloh, Battle of, 55

  Shoshone Indians, 41

  Shrader, James, 40-41

  Silver Lake (steamboat), 95

  Sioux City, Iowa, 93, 112-13, 124

  Sioux Indians, 3, 16, 21, 25, 27, 32, 34, 38, 41, 61, 63, 79, 81, 83-85, 88-89, 91-93, 97-99, 101-2, 104-7, 126, 154-57, 172, 178-80, 189-90

  Sitting Bull, 102, 104, 106-7

  Small, Charles A., 21

  Smith, Henry T, 124, 135-36

  Smith, S. W., 123

  Smith, William W., 144-47, 151, 158

  Smith’s Ranche, 21-22

  Smoky Hill River, 159, 192, 195, 197, 208

  Snake Creek, Neb., 125

  Snead, Charles, 90

  Sneath, Richard, 125

  Soldier’s Creek, Dakota Territory, 9

  Solomon River, 208

  Sons of Liberty, 163-64

  South Carolina, 88, 90, 94, 96, 211-14

  South Carolina troops, 72, 169

  South Pass Station, 10, 18, 34-35, 182

  Spotted Tail, 3, 153-56

  Spriggs, John, 180

  Spring Creek, Kan., 207

  Springfield (Mass.) Republican, 9, 28

  Stagecoaches, 3, 19-20, 25, 28-29, 46, 145, 192, 195, 197, 200-201, 203

  Stanley, Henry M., 3, 54-60

  Stanton, Edwin M., 12-13, 61-70

  Steamboats, 73, 91, 95, 99, 104, 109, 112, 123

  Steen, Enoch, 209

  Stewart, Perry, 185

  “Stockade Routes Proposal,” 19

  Stone’s River, Battle of, 162

  Straut, Hooper B., 193-95, 199-201, 204

  Stull, Thomas, 127-28, 134, 137

  Suggs, Clark, 180

  Sullivan, John, 182-83

  Sully, Alfred, 5, 7, 15, 73, 78, 80-82, 84, 86, 88-94, 99, 101-3, 109, 112-14

  Sully, Thomas, 102

  Summerville, S.C., 213

  Suse, John, 132

  Swearingen, W. W., 172

  Sweet, Benjamin, 163-68

  Sweetwater River, 3, 10, 16, 19

  Sweetwater Station, 18, 34-35, 38, 152

  Tamblyn, William, 73, 191-93, 200, 204-5

  Taylor, Joseph H., 16

  Telegraph lines, 3, 18, 20, 31, 34-35, 39, 143, 146, 152, 161, 170-72, 176-77

  Ten Bears, 52

  Tennessee, 74, 87, 122-23, 160, 162, 168-70, 206

  Tennessee troops, 72, 122, 169; 5th Cavalry (Union), 64; 10th Infantry (Confed.), 214-15; 60th Infantry (Confed.), 87

  Teton Sioux, 97, 99

  Texas, 162, 167-68

  Texas troops, 162-67

  Theaters, 149-51

  Thieleman, Christian, 63