MILITARY HISTORY OF ULYSSES S. GRANT, FROM APRIL, 1861, TO APRIL, 1865. BY ADAM BADEAU, BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL UNITED STATES ARMY, D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET. 1881. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE LIBRARY OF ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by In the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Court of the United States for the District 3 PREFACE TO VOLUME I. THE fact that I became a member of General Grant's personal staff, before he assumed command of the armies of the United States, and that I have since remained with him, is the voucher that I offer for the correctness of this history. I have not meant to state one fact, unless it came under my own per sonal observation, or has been told me by the general of the army, or one of his important officers, or unless I know it from official papers. When I deviate from this rule, I make the deviation known. The correspondence, telegraphic and written, of the headquarters of the armies, is accessible to me. I have also been allowed to examine all papers under the control of the War Department; and, as many of the rebel archives are now in the possession of the government, I have seen the original reports made by the rebel generals, of every battle but two, which I have attempted to describe. Those two are Corinth and Iuka, at neither of which General Grant was present in person. The original rebel field returns have also been closely examined by me. No statement of rebel movements or strength is made in this volume, unless taken from these sources; or, if otherwise, the source is named. Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Ord, and Wilson, and the officers of General Grant's staff, as well as Admiral Porter, have afforded me much valuable information, and given me all the assistance in their power, that I have desired. The Honorable Edwin M. Stanton has also furnished me with information which I could not otherwise have obtained. The present volume brings my narrative down to the period when General Grant was made Lieutenant-General, and assumed command of all the national armies. It refers to scenes and events, many of which I did not personally witness, as I first reported to him, in person, in February, 1864. His private as well as official correspondence, and daily conversation for years with himself and the officers who ac companied him in his earlier campaigns, are my prin. cipal authority. I have his permission now to make known whatever I have learned from these various sources. My opinions, however, have not been submitted to General Grant. For them I alone am responsible. But, those opinions are based exclusively on the facts |