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The above letter from Gen. Shafter shows that my opinion of Gen. Grierson coincides with that held by the former.
This being my first attempt at book-writing, I became so much. interested after I begun with my stenographer and typewriter that I had 5,500 pages in duplicate from my diary of thirty-eight years of an accumulated official correspondence and other material. When I arranged to have a book of 700 pages printed, I had to eliminate a large portion of interesting matter on hand. In some subsequent edition of this work much of what remains will be included.
It would be to the interest of the service and the country at large to reorganize the Army, and to thoroughly investigate the War Department in regard to Army matters during the past twenty-five years and adopt some system where such men as General John M. Wilson, Chief of Engineers, and many others who have performed their duty so faithfully and to the interest and credit of the service, can be rewarded and have merit recognized, in some way, without political and social influence.
I believe the reader will acknowledge that I have not ket back any of the news tending to place me in a bad light before the public, but in exposing the character and animus of the creatures who have tried to ruin me, I may not be the bad man they have sought to make me appear.
I have many friends among the diplomats and none whom I value more highly than Minister Wu Ting Fang, of China, who has demonstrated that he is of the highest order in the art of diplomacy.
I may be pardoned if I refer to Dr. E. C. Bedloe, sometime consul at Amoy, China, who has been my constant friend, and who is one of the most popular of all our consuls.
Abercrombie, Gen., 65.
Adams, A. W., 386, 396, 700.
Adams, C. H., 366.
Adams, Lt., 165.
Ainsworth, F. C., 10, 663.
Ainsworth, S., 366.
Albany Journal, 8.
Albee, G. E., 12, 278, 282, 283, 285, 298,
468.
Albright, C., 379, 445.
Aldrich, N. W., 632.
Alcorn, Sen., 390.
Alderson, J. D., 657.
Alexander, A., 148.
Alexander, C., 421.
Alexander, Prof., 159.
Alexandria Gazette, 41, 149.
Alexandria Sentinel, 41.
Alger, R. A., 692, 694, 700, 718, 723.
Allen, Lt., 255, 263.
Allen, T. E., 362.
Alley, J. B., 540.
Allison, F. H., 171, 174, 189, 196.
Allison, W. B., 652.
Allman, Lt., 306.
Alvord, H. S., 248.
Alvord, T. G., 359, 366, 718.
Ames, -, 679.
Amick, Lt., 250, 253.
Anaconda Standard, 8.
Anandale, 15, 19, 23, 144.
Anderson, A., 247.
Anderson, G. S., 598.
Anderson, Hon.. 566, 581.
Anderson, T. M., 10, 70, 71.
Andrews, G. L., 458, 502.
Angelica, Sister, 644, 648, 649.
Anheuser Brewery, 562.
Anthony, H. B., 366, 442.
Apache Bill, 274, 301.
Appleman, A. R., 371, 386.
Appleman, Mrs., 615.
Appomattox, C. H., 141.
Arapahoes, 312.
Arlington Heights, 65, 115, 116, 140,
142, 226.
Armes, Cecily, 522, 548, 566, 577, 613,
633, 641, 644.
Armes, C. H., 16, 19, 149, 251, 275, 332,
472.
Armes, Dorothy, 646, 680.
Armes, Ethel M., 522, 613, 631, 633, 641,
645, 646, 663, 680, 681.
Armes, G. A., ancestry, 13; birth and
parentage, 15, 16; boyhood, 17-24;
espouses Union cause, 26; calls on
Secretary Seward, 27; arrest No. 1,
29; arrest No. 2, 32; received by Mr.
Seward, 33; appointed messenger,
33; first military duty, 38; wounded
at Fairfax C. H., 47; arrest No. 3,
48; opens a store, 52; arrest No. 4,
53; wounded, 55; escapes amputa-
tion, 56; visits his mother, 57; sells
watermelons, 58; wounded at Wil-
liamsburg, 59; runs a hotel and
stage, 59; in the sutler business, 61;
enlists as private, 64; declines to
black boots, 65; made a sergeant,
65; made a lieutenant, 66; at Ports-
mouth, N. H., 72; arrest No. 5, 72;
arrest No. 6, 75; arrest No. 7, 78;
letters from Gov. Woodbury, 79-80;
returns to Washington, 82; takes
dispatches to Gen. Grant, 88; on
Gen. Hancock's staff, 89; unhorsed,
90; fighting near Hanover C. H., 92;
at Cold Harbor, 95; extracts from
diary, 97-112; at Fort Stevens, 115;
at Elmira and Utica, N. Y., 117;
commissioned as captain in 2d N. Y.
Art., 118; at Hatcher's Run, 122-126;
at
Petersburg, 136; arrest No. 8,
137: court-martialed, 137; com-
manding at Fort Whipple, Va., 142;
at the trial of Mrs. Surratt, 143; on
duty at Fairfax C. H., 145; at the
"Grand Union Tournament," 147;
buys a farm, 152; resolves to go to
the frontier, 154; at Fort Ellsworth,
163; at Fort Wallace, 167; arresting
Benham, 176; letter from Gen.
Bates, 178; at Fort Sedgwick, 181;
attacking Indians, 186-189; arrest
No. 9, 193; arrest No. 10, 197; rescu-
ing the woodchoppers, 206; makes
report to Capt. Mix, 210; meets
Spotted Tail, 217; made captain in
10th Cavalry, 222; returns to Wash-
ington, 224; studies for examina-
tion, 225; passes, 228; at Carlisle
barracks, 229; at Ft. Leavenworth,
229; scouting, 231; at Ft. Hays, 235;
wounded by Indians, 239; fights
with Indians, 243; makes report to
Capt. Corbin, 245; arrest No. 11, 250;
arrest No. 12, 253; court-martialed,
257; acquitted, 259; arrest No. 13,
264; court-martialed, 268; arrest
No. 14, 275; skirmishes with Indians,
270-285; arrest No. 15, 282; at Ft.
Lyon, 286; makes report to Gen. Mc-
Keever, 293; arrest No. 16, 298; ar-
rest No. 17, 306; prefers charges
against Maj. Graham, 307; at Camp
Supply, 303-313; arrest No. 18, 313;
at Ft. Leavenworth, 318-334; letter
to Col. Merrill, 319; court-martialed,
323; in close confinement, 327; sen-
tenced to dismissal, 333; returns to
Washington, 336; becomes real es-
tate broker, 336; efforts to be re-
stored, 337-350; buys Washington
Transcript, 352; advocates Hancock
for President, 353; petitions for re-
storation, 354-358; at Saratoga tour-
nament, 360-367; the duel, 363; an-
tagonism of Belknap, 369; large real
estate deals, 371; ready to avenge
Gen. Ryan, 372; secures honorable
discharge, 377; letters of congratu-
lation, 378; his marriage, 380; hos-
tility of Belknap, 387-389; real es-
tate deals, 390-396; his charges
against Belknap, 397; writes to him,
401; causes his resignation, 403;
complimented by the press, 404;
Blaine's attack of vertigo, 411;
works on his case in Congress, 412-
416; his bill passes, 417; indebted to
Watterson, 418; President refuses
to sign, 419; efforts to reopen case,
421-425; applies to Secretary of
War, 426-428; bill for restoration in
Congress, 431; works on his case,
435-437; bill passes both Houses,
438-449; visits Hon. C. J. Faulkner,
450; restored as captain, 451; goes
to Texas, 452; arrest No. 20, 455; re-
leased, 458; scouting, 462-466; arrest
No. 21, 467; hostility of "The Dutch-
man,"
468; closely confined, 478;
sentence commuted, 479; at Ft. Mc-
Kavett, 480; court-martialed, 481-
489; ill health, 494; at Ft. Stockton,
495; hostility of Col. Wade, 501; re-
turns to Washington, 502; efforts to
secure a transfer, 502; returns to
Texas, 504; at Ft. Stockton, 504; let-
ter to Secretary of War, 510; scout-
ing, 519-522; trouble with Col. Wade,
323; before retiring board, 527; rec-
ommended for retirement, 528; is
retired, 530; indignant, 531; returns
to Washington, 532; writes to Pres-
ident Arthur, 532; at real estate
again, 534; letter to the President,
539; real estate deals, 543-557; vis-
its Gov. Woodbury, 548; goes to Cal-
ifornia, 558-562; buys Oxford Mili-
tary Academy, 563-565; assumes
charge, 567; letters from patrons.
568; closes the academy, 570; organ-
izes riding school, 573; visits St.
Louis, 576; appointed a notary pub-
lic, 586; insulted at inaugural pa-
rade, 586; altercation with Beaver,
588; pulls his nose, 589; arrest No.
22, 590; court-martialed, 591; sus-
pended for five years, 593; receives
gold medal, 593; letter to Secretary
of War, 598; persecuted by Scho-
field, 602; plans extension of Conn.
Ave., 605; aided by Senator Stewart,
607; large real estate deals, 609-617;
moves into "Fairfield," 614; corre-
spondence with War Dept., 628-630;
sentence remitted, 630; entertains
his old regiment, 633; takes part in
Cleveland inauguration, 634; attends
Senator Faulkner's wedding, 637;
visits Florida, 640; celebrates his
birthday, 641: entertains Unity
Club, 641; notified of divorce pro-
ceedings, 643; opposes daughter's
marriage, 644; writes to Cardinal
Gibbons, 648; efforts to be made
lieut.-colonel, 650-660; arrest No. 24,
661; is released, 663; Judge Brad-
ley's opinion, 663; writes to Scho-
field, 667; to D. S. Lamont, 670;
again to Schofield, 673; attends
opening of Hotel Chamberlin, 680;
domestic troubles, 681; visits Rich-
mond, 682; Rochester, 682; avoids
the District courts, 683; arrest No.
25, 683; tricks a deputy marshal,
685; visits Burlington, Vt., 685; his
wife secures divorce, 688; buys Ap-
pomattox battlefields, 691; visits
Appomattox, 693-697; visits Albany,
N. Y., 698; works on his brevet case,
700-704; writes to Secretary of War,
707; scores Schofield in another,
710; writes to the President, 712;
applies to be made brig.-general,
713-724; writes to Gen. Miles, 719;
to Gen. Corbin. 729; to Gen. Miles
again, 732; to Secretary of War, 739.
Armes, G. K., 455, 522, 577, 614, 646,
650, 663, 725, 730.
Barker, E. A., 242, 243, 245, 247, 252.
Barlow, F. C., 10, 92-95, 98, 103, 104, 105,
107, 108, 110, 112.
Barnard, Judge, 547, 640.
Barnett, W. B., 162, 263.
Barnitz, A., 323, 324.
Barnum, Gen., 599.
Barr, Col., 543, 597.
Barrett, O. D., 352, 638.
Barry, Father, 644, 648, 649.
Barry, T. H., 12, 352, 367, 368.
Bartlett, J. J., 581.
Bartley, Miss A., 340.
Bartley, T. W., 336, 341, 345, 355, 421.
Barton, C. S., 119, 502.
Bash, D. V., 11.
Bassett, T. E., 264.
Batchelder, Miss, 631.
Batchelder, R. N., 10, 93, 543, 639, 669,
702, 727.
Batchelder, W. W., 349, 433.
Bates, A. E., 164-171, 177, 179, 181, 182.
Bates, E. W., 486, 487.
Bates, J. A., 12.
Bates, Mrs., 496.
Batter, Corp., 247.
Bayard, T. F., 398, 407, 574.
Bayliss, Mrs., 556.
Beach, Capt., 387.
Beal, Mrs., 701.
Beale, E. M., 581, 621, 634.
Beale, R., 643.
Beale, T., 625.
Bean, J. W., 12, 45.
Bear Creek, 281.
Beard, Mrs., 390.
Beardslee, Adm'l, 703.
Beauvais Ranch, 219, 220.
Beaver Creek, 245, 248, 249, 303.
Beaver, J. A., 559, 577, 584, 585, 586,
587, 588, 593, 596, 597, 599, 600, 629,
635, 658, 659, 660, 665, 685, 723.
Beck, W. H., 271, 279, 282, 284, 286, 289,
291, 292, 351, 455, 632.
Beck, Mrs., 286, 293, 641.
Beck, Sen., 537.
Becker, - 239, 240.
Becker, P. A., 247.
Beckwith, A., 33.
Beckwith, P. E., 571.
Beckwith's Ranch, 464.
Bee, H. P., 503, 512.
Beebe, Maj., 198, 203, 257, 259, 502.
Beebe, Mrs., 198.
Beecher, Lt., 249, 271, 275.
Beeman,
Beese, W., 189.
Belden, J. J., 8, 657, 717.
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