=, brevet major-general United States army,
siege of Fort Pulaski, 278
=Gilmer, John A.=, member of Congress, tendered cabinet appointment, 164
=Gilmore, J.R.=, visits Jefferson Davis with Jaquess, 462
=Gist, William H.=, governor of South Carolina, inaugurates secession, 175
=Goldsborough, L.M.=, rear-admiral United States navy,
commands fleet in Roanoke Island expedition, 277, 278
=Gordon, John B.=, Confederate lieutenant-general,
United States senator, in assault of Fort Stedman, 504, 505;
in defense of Petersburg, 509
=Graham, Mentor=, makes Lincoln election clerk, 23, 24;
advises Lincoln to study grammar, 25;
aids Lincoln to study surveying, 40
=Grant, Ulysses S.=, eighteenth President of the United States,
general, and general-in-chief United States army, early life, 264;
letter offering services to War Department, 264, 265;
commissioned by Governor Yates, 265;
reconnaissance toward Columbus, 265;
urges movement on Fort Henry, 265, 266;
capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, 266-268;
ordered forward to Savannah, 271;
Pittsburg Landing, 272-274;
asks to be relieved, 275;
co-operates with adjutant-general of the army in arming negroes, 350;
repulses rebels at Iuka and Corinth, 380;
Vicksburg campaign, 380-383;
ordered to Chattanooga, 389;
battle of Chattanooga, 390, 391;
pursuit of Bragg, 391, 392;
speech on accepting commission of lieutenant-general, 394;
visits Army of the Potomac and starts west, 394;
placed in command of all the armies, 394;
conference with Sherman, 395;
plan of campaign, 395, 397;
returns to Culpepper, 395;
fear of presidential interference, 395, 396;
letter to Lincoln, 396;
strength and position of his army, 396, 397;
instructions to Meade, 397;
battle of the Wilderness, 398;
Spottsylvania Court House, 398, 399;
report to Washington, 399;
Cold Harbor, 399;
letter to Washington, 399, 400;
siege of Petersburg, 400-402;
sends Wright to Washington, 403;
withholds consent to Sherman's plan, 410;
gives his consent, 411;
orders to Sherman, 413;
adopts Sherman's plan, 414;
attempt to nominate him for President, 1864, 442, 443;
depressing influence on political situation of his heavy fighting, 463;
admits peace commissioners to his headquarters, 483;
despatch to Stanton, 484;
pushing forward, 502;
telegraphs Lee's letter to Washington, 503;
reply to Lee, 504;
orders to General Parke, 505;
issues orders for the final movement of the war, 506;
number of men under his command in final struggle, 507;
his plan, 507;
battle of Five Forks, 507-509;
orders Sheridan to get on Lee's line of retreat, 509, 510;
sends Humphreys to Sheridan's assistance, 509;
telegram to Lincoln, 509;
pursuit of Lee, 510-513;
sends Sheridan's despatch to Lincoln, 511;
correspondence with Lee, 512, 513;
receives Lee's surrender, 513-515;
forbids salute in honor of Lee's surrender, 515;
visit to Lee, 515;
goes to Washington, 515;
learns terms of agreement between Sherman and Johnson, 523;
ordered to Sherman's headquarters, 523;
gives Sherman opportunity to modify his report, 523, 524;
at Lincoln's last cabinet meeting, 531;
invited by Mrs.
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