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Adams, Brooks, acknowledgment to,
284 n.

Adams, C. F. [1], on British and Bull
Run, 46; and recognition of Con-
federate belligerency, 64; on British
sentiment (1861), 65, 66; and Trent
affair, 75, 77; on need of a victory,
86; and British and blockade, 110;
and Alabama, 263-266; and inter-
vention, 270; on British and Emanci-
pation Proclamation, 275; and Laird
rams, 279-283.

Adams, C. F. [2], acknowledgment to, 83.
Adams, Henry, on first call for troops,

16; on regret at civil war, 29.
Agassiz, Louis, on the army, 341.
Agriculture, Northern, 347, 348;

con-

dition of Southern, 369; tithe and
impressment there, 386-389.

Alabama, secession, 5.

of Lee, 434; surrender of Lee, 435;
rejoicing, 436.

Arbitrary arrests, in North, 348-350,
353-355; Democratic opposition, 353;
comparison of Southern conditions,
393-395. See also Habeas corpus.
Argyll, Duke of, and Emancipation
Proclamation, 273.

Arkansas, secession, 25. See also Border
States.

Armistead, L. A., in Pickett's charge,
killed, 241.

Army, Confederate, early lack of ma-
terials, effect of blockade, 32; con-
scription, 95, 382; destruction essential
to Federal success, 365; supply of
munitions and arms, 377; desertion,
382-384; lack of food; 414; Lee
General-in-chief, 415; enlistment of
slaves, 417.

Alabama, construction and sailing, 262- Army, Federal, regulars (1861), 9 n.;

267; British atonement, 267.

Albert, Prince Consort, and Trent affair,
74.

Alexander, E. P., on Chancellorsville,

218; at Gettysburg, 238, 239.
Alexandra, stopped, 279.
Amusements at North, 342.
Anderson, Robert. See Sumter, Fort.
Andrew, J. A., on want of vigor (1861),
36; and Trent affair, 71; as war
governor, 361.

Antietam campaign, Lee's invasion of
Maryland, purpose, 163-166; Har-
per's Ferry, consternation in North,
167; Lee's plans disclosed to Mc-
Clellan, South Mountain, Lee con-
centrates, 169; battle of Antietam,
losses, Confederate retirement, in-
adequate Federal results, 170; and
Emancipation Proclamation, 170,

189.

Appomattox campaign, generalship, 429,
434 n.; forces, 430, 434; Lee's plans,
431; final attack and evacuation of
Richmond, 431-434; Grant's pursuit

first call, 16; lack of arms, 30; early
and later character of men, 31, 302, ·
331, 341; response to first calls,
Lincoln's policy, 31; Russell on early
condition, 36; first volunteer act,
47; Congress and Lincoln's extra-
legal call, 48; McClellan's general
command, 61; Stanton stops recruit-
ing (1862), 142; call of 1862, Lincoln's
diplomacy, 155-157; search for a
leader, Halleck General-in-chief, 157;
Conscription Act, 202; draft, 287;
draft riots, 287-291; bounties, brokers,
jumping, 291, 300-302; call (Oct.,
1863), 299; calls under act of 1864,
299, 328; difficulty in filling ranks,
acceptance of draft, 300; develop-
ment of generals, 302; Lieutenant-
General, Grant commands, 303; failure
to use breech-loading rifles, 355;
Lincoln's tribute, 357; danger in
draft (1864), 361.

Army of Northern Virginia. See John-
ston, J. E.; Lee, R. E.

Army of the Cumberland. See Buell,

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D. C.; Rosecrans, W. S.; Thomas, | Blair, F. P., Jr., and struggle in Missouri,
G. H.
26; on pillage in Carolina march, 425.

Army of the Ohio, Schofield commands, Blair, Montgomery, and Frémont, 51,
314.

Army of the Potomac, named, 48. See
also campaigns and commanders by

name.

Army of the Tennessee, origin, 97 n.
See also Grant, U. S.; McPherson,
J. B.; Sherman, W. T.; and cam-
paigns by name.

Army of Virginia. See Pope, John.
Atlanta, Ga., destruction in, 401. See
also next title.

Atlanta campaign, strategy, 306; forces
and commanders, conditions of con-
test, 314; Sherman and Johnston,
policy of advance and retreat, 315;
Federal communication and supplies,
316; New Hope Church, Kenesaw
Mountain, Sherman and Thomas,
317; progress, B31; Hood displaces
Johnston, his attacks, 332; capture
of Atlanta, political effect, 337.
Augusta, Ga., and Sherman's march,
403.

53; and Trent affair, 71; and Mc-
Clellan, 162–164; on Pope, 164;
belief in Sherman's ability, 164;
and Emancipation Proclamation, 174;
on Hooker, 208.
Blockade, proclaimed, 20;
effect on
Southern preparations, 32; effective-
ness, 110, 380; and battle of Mobile
Bay, 337; importance, 365, 380; and
scarcity, 366; development of run-
ning, 377, 380; end of running, 414.
Bolton, C. K., acknowledgment to, vi.
Bonds, first Federal act, 47; 5-20s, 147,

148; issue of 1863, 203; popularity,
206; value (1864), 330; Southern,
384, 387.

Border States, and compromise, 3;
Lincoln's problem, 6, 7, 10; secession,
20, 24-26; not seceding, 24, 26; and
Frémont's emancipation order, 53;
and compensated emancipation, 150-
152.

Boston, Union Club, 205.

Aylett, W. R., on Armistead in Pickett's Bounties, to volunteers, 291,
charge, 241.

Baker, E. D., death, 59 n.

Ball's Bluff, battle, 59 n.

Baltic, Fort Sumter expedition, 12.
Baltimore, riot against Federal troops,
17-19.

brokers, jumping, 300-302.

300;

Bragg, Braxton, on Shiloh, 106; in-
vasion of Kentucky, 167, 177, 178;
Stone's River, 199; manoeuvred out
of Tennessee, 292; Chickamauga,
293-295; siege of Chattanooga, 294;
defeat and retreat, 298, 299.

Bancroft, Frederic, on recognition of Bright, John, on newspaper recrimina-
Confederate belligerency, 64 n.
Banking, national banks authorized, 204.
Banks, N. P., defeat by Jackson, 128,
129; under Pope, 157; Port Hudson,
258.

Barnard, J. G., and Gaines's Mill, 136.
Barter, in South, 385.

Bates, Edward, and Trent affair, 81, 82.
Beauregard, P. G. T., and Fort Sumter,

11-16; Bull Run, 37-42; Shiloh,
98-107; Corinth, 110.

tion, 69; on Trent affair, 73, 81; and
Emancipation Proclamation, 273, 274.
Bristol, England, and Emancipation
Proclamation, 273.

British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society,

and Emancipation Proclamation, 275.
Brooks, Phillips, on the war, 341; on
hard times, 342; on period of defeat,
346.

Brough, John, on critical financial
condition, 360; as war governor, 361.
Beecher, H. W., on Frémont's removal, Bryce, James, on Lincoln's power, 355.
55.

Belligerency, resentment of recognition

of Confederate, 64, 65.

Belmont, August, on business revival,
347.

Buckner, S. B., Fort Donelson, 91;
Chickamauga, 293.

Buell, D. C., Shiloh, 98, 104, 105;
Perryville campaign, 177, 178; Mor-
ton's antagonism, 178; relieved, 179.

Benjamin, J. P., and Great Britain, 284; Bull Run campaign, first, clamor for

as Cabinet officer, 395.

Bigelow, John, Jr., acknowledgment to,

V.

Blair, F. P., Sr., and Hampton Roads
Conference, 417.

advance, 36, 37; Lincoln's idea and
consultation, Federal plan, 37; Federal
advance, Johnston eludes Patterson,
38; battle, 39-41; Davis and, 40;
Federal retreat, 41; Lincoln and de-

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feat, 42-44; strategy, courage
spectacle, 44, 45; effect, 45; effect
on foreign affairs, 46, 66.
Bull Run campaign, second, Pope's
command, 157, 158; Lee's advance,
159; battle, 160; Washington after,
160-163; Lee's invasion, 163.
Bulloch, J. D., and Laird rams, 280, 284.
Bummers, Sherman's, 406, 425.
Burnside, A. E., declines command of
Army of the Potomac, 159, 162;
commands it, 180; fitness considered,
182, 183; Fredericksburg, 183–186;
subsequent action, 186; and superiors
and subordinates, relieved, 207; com-
parison with Grant's Virginia cam-
paign, 313.

Business, revival in North, 222, 330,
346; depression, 341. See also Com-

merce.

Butler, B. F., "contrabands," 49; at
New Orleans, 123.

Cabinet, crisis, 187-192.
Cæsar,
438.

Julius, fame, and Lincoln's,

Cairnes, J. E., on slavery, 261.
Cameron, Simon, on unpreparedness,
31; as Secretary of War, 32, 84; and
Frémont, 53, 54; and Trent affair,
71;
negro-soldier recommendation,

84; dismissed, 85.
Campbell, J. A., and Fort Sumter
negotiations, 8; on deserters, 383;
on civil administration, 393; Hampton
Roads Conference, 417-419.
Carlyle, Thomas, Southern sympathy,
277, 278.

423,

Carolina campaign, Sherman's, natural
difficulties, 422; destruction,
424; pillage and outrages, 425-427;
news, union with Schofield's force,
427; surrender of Johnston, 437.
Cassville, Ga., in Atlanta campaign, 315.
Cattanach, Miss, acknowledgment to, vi.
Chancellorsville campaign, Federal plan
and advance, 211; Hooker's boastful
order, first day, 212; superiority of
Confederate leadership, 213, 219-221;
second day: Confederate plan for
flank movement, 213; Jackson's march
and attack, 214-218; third day, 218,
219; Federal retreat, 219; effect on
Lincoln, 221; on North, 222.
Chandler, Zachariah, and McClellan's
inactivity, 60; and Meade, 210.
Charleston, S. C., and secession, 1;
blockade-running, 379, 380; evacua-

tion, 424; destruction and want,
425. See also Sumter.

Charleston Courier, on scarcity, 366-
368, 375.

Chase, S. P., on Trent affair, 83; and
appointment of Stanton, 86; on Fort
Donelson, 92; and Merrimac, 113,
117; and legal tenders, 146; sale of
bonds, 148, 206; as finance minister,
149, 193; and Hunter's emancipation
order, 150; and McClellan, 159, 162,
180; and Pope's campaign, 160; and
Cabinet crisis, 190-192; character,
and Lincoln, 193-195; and Hooker,
224; and Chattanooga, 295; Presi-
dential candidacy (1864), 318, 319;.
on Wilderness campaign, 320; and
fractional currency, 343-345; on
financial breaking-point, 360.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Federal occupa-
tion, 293; Bragg's siege, 294; Lin-
coln's conference on, reënforcement,
295; scarcity, Rosecrans's irresolu-
tion, 296, 297; Thomas supersedes
him, 296; reopening of supply route,
297, 298; Grant's arrival, 297; battle,
298, 299.

Chesnut, Mrs. James, on wrench of
secession, 29; on early effect of
blockade, 32; on Davis's early mis-
givings, 35.

Chicago Tribune, suggests Lincoln take
active command, 222.

Chickamauga campaign, Bragg's turn
on Rosecrans, Federal concentration,
Confederate reënforcements, 293; first
day, second day, Federal rout,
Thomas's stand, 294. See also Chatta-
nooga.

Cincinnati, O., alarm (1862), 176.
Civil War, aggression, 16, 34, 35;

Lincoln on central idea, 35; Critten's
resolution on purpose, 47; lack of
reprisals, 438.

Cobb, Howell, and enlistment of slaves,
417.

Cockburn, Sir Alexander, on Alabama,
263-266.

Coffee, price in North, 342; scarcity in
South, 367.

Cold Harbor, battle, 311.
Collier, Sir R. P., and Alabama, 265.
Colonization of negroes, project, 151, 174.
Columbia, S. C., burning, 424.
Commerce, between the belligerents,
357-359; barter in South, 385;
prices there, 386. See also Blockade;
Business; Railroads.

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Committee of thirteen, 3.
Compromise, efforts of Congress, 3-5;
proposed popular vote, 5; proposed
amendment to protect State slavery,
413.

Confederate States, formation, 5; up-
rising, 23; Border States join, 24-
26; Richmond capital, 25; unanimity
of sentiment in, 27; expected success,
28; unpreparedness, 32; permanent
government inaugurated, 94; zenith,
166; and reunion, 352; trade with
the enemy, 357-359; scarcity, 365-
369; food conditions, 369; railroads,
370-374; scarcity of iron, 374-377;
conduct of slaves, 380-382; fiat
money, repudiation, 384, 385; taxa-
tion and bonds, 384, 387; currency
of Federal greenbacks, 385, 415;
barter, 385; prices, 386, 414; agri-
cultural tithe and impressment, lack
of credit, 386-389; women, 389-391;
religion, 391; no legal tenders, 392;
arbitrary power in, 392-394; social-
ized state, 394; press, 394; character
of non-military administration, 395-
397;
distress, 413-415; financial
collapse, 414; discontent and criti-
cism, 415, 416.

Confiscation, act, 50; lack of, 438.
Congress, Thirty-sixth: attempts at
compromise, 3-5; amendment pro-
tecting state slavery, 413. - Thirty-
seventh: extra session called, 17;
resolution on purpose of war, 47;
army, conscription, 47, 202; bonds,
47, 147, 203; taxation, 47, 148;
and

Lincoln's extra-legal actions,
48;
legal tenders, 146-148, 203;
control of transportation, 148; gradual
compensated emancipation, 149, 198;
and administration, 188, 204; frac-
tional currency, 203, 343; national
banks, 204; character of work, 204;
Democratic opposition, 351-353.
Thirty-eighth complexion, 175; army,
299; finances, 300; Lieutenant-
Generalcy, 303; day of humiliation,
329; Thirteenth Amendment, 412.
Congress, destroyed, 112.
Conscription, Confederate, 95, 382;

Federal act, 202; need in North,
287; New York riots, 287-290; as
stimulus to volunteering and bounties,
291; general acquiescence, 300; dan-
gers (1864), 361.

Constitution, Confederate, 5.
Contraband, slaves as, 49.

Copperheads, application of term, 350.
Corinth campaign, 110.
Cotton, and British sentiment, 65-67;
Northern trade, price, 358.
Couch, D. N., and succession to Burn-
side, 209; Chancellorsville, 211, 213,
219; Gettysburg campaign, 227, 229.
Courts, in South, 393. See also Habeas

corpus.

Covode, John, and Meade, 210.
Cox, J. D., on regret at civil war, 29;
on J. E. Johnston, 62 n.; on pillage
by Sherman's troops, 406; Franklin,
409, 410; on conduct in Carolina
campaign, 425, 426.

Crater fight, 333.
Crittenden, J. J., efforts for compro-
mise, 3, 5; resolution on purpose of
war, 47.

Crittenden Compromise, 3.
Cumberland, destroyed, 112.
Curry, J. L. M., on scarcity of paper, 369.
Curtin, A. G., and Lee's invasion (1862),
168; (1863), 229; as war governor,
361.

Dabney, Thomas, on railroad difficulties,
374.

Dana, C. A., at Vicksburg, 254 n., 255,
257; on Chattanooga, 296, 297, 299;
on Wilderness, 309; on suspension
of attrition policy, 322; on occupation
of Richmond, 434.

Dana, R. H., on Grant's appearance,
305.

Davis, Jefferson, and attack on Fort
Sumter, 16; authorizes privateering,
20; and Virginia, 25; advantage of
military training, 33; on Northern
aggression, early misgivings, 34; and
Bull Run, 40; inauguration, 94; and
McClellan's approach, 127; and Lee
and Johnston, 134; and Lee's plan
against McClellan, 140; and pro-
longation of the war, 259 n.; on British
attitude, 285; removes Johnston, 332,
412; and suspension of writ of habeas
corpus, 392; as administrator, com-
parison with Lincoln, 396, 429; on
March to the sea, 408; public dis-
content, 415; influence, blind hope-
fulness, 416; opposes submission,
419; on evacuation of Charleston,
425; and evacuation of Richmond,
432.

Delane, J. T., and Trent affair, 75.
See also London Times.

Democratic party, policy in Northwest,

INDEX

201; and arbitrary arrests, 349, 353;
Copperheads and War Democrats,
350; spokesmen, 351; character and
justification of opposition, 351-353.
See also Elections.

Desertion, in Confederate army, 382-384.
Dicey, Edward, on Anglo-Saxon rela-
tions, 67.

443

issue of preliminary Proclamation,
173, 174; final Proclamation, 196;
legal basis, 197; value abroad, re-
ception in England, 198, 272-276;
slaves' knowledge of Proclamation,
381, 408; Thirteenth Amendment, 412.
Emerson, R. W., on reëlection of Lincoln,
339.

Dickens, Charles, Southern sympathy, England. See Great Britain.

278.

Direct tax, 47.

Disraeli, Benjamin, and Northern re-
verses, 278.

District of Columbia, abolition of
slavery, 149. See also Washington.
Donelson, Fort, importance, 86, 87;
failure of naval attack, 87; Con-
federate sortie, 88,
89;
Grant's
prompt action, 89; Federal charge,
90; surrender, 91; effect, 91, 94;
credit, 92; not followed up, 94, 97.
Draft. See Conscription.

Ericsson, John, Monitor, 111, 116.
Ewell, R. S., corps command, 225;
advance in Pennsylvania, 226, 227;
evacuation of Richmond, 432.
Exeter Hall, meeting on Emancipation
Proclamation, 274.

Fair Oaks, battle, 131, 132.
Farragut, D. G., opportunity, 118;
New Orleans, 119-123; appreciation,
123; Mobile Bay, 336.

Federal property, Lincoln policy in se-
ceded States, seizure there, 6.

Drewry's Bluff, naval attack (1862), Federal relations in North, 361–363.

127 n.

Dudley, T. H., and Alabama, 263–265;
and Laird rams, 279, 281.

Early, J. A., Gettysburg campaign, 227;
in Shenandoah Valley (1864), 325;
raid on Washington, 326–328; defeats
by Sheridan, 338, 339.
Elections, 1860: and slavery, character,
1; and secession, 2. 1862: un-
favorable to administration, 175.
1863: favorable to administration,
299.1864: disaffection from Lin-
coln, Chase's candidacy, 318, 319,
334, 335; trend toward Lincoln's
renomination, 319; Grant and can-
didacy, 320; effect of Wilderness
campaign, 320; Lincoln renominated,
321; Democratic nomination and
platform, 335, 337; effect of victories,
337-339; State elections, 338;
sult, meaning, 339.

re-

Fré-

Fessenden, W. P., on need of military
advance (1861), 36; and legal tenders,
146; and Cabinet crisis, 189, 190;
on Lincoln, 195; on 37th Congress,
205; on financial danger (1864), 360.
Finances, improvement in Federal, 206;
bad condition (1864), 330; burden,
360; collapse of Confederate, 414.
See also Bonds; Money; Taxation.
Fisher, Fort, captured, 414.
Fiske, John, on Vicksburg, 254.
Fite, E. D., on Northern agriculture, 347.
Five Forks, battle, 431.
Florida, secession, 5.

Florida, construction and sailing, 262.
Food conditions in South, 369, 414.
Foote, A. H., Fort Henry, 86; Fort
Donelson, 87, 90; Island No. 10,
124; on Halleck, 157, 163.
Foreign affairs, Seward's proposed policy,
8; and question of military advance,
37; effect of Bull Run, 46. See
also Belligerency; Blockade; Great
Britain; Mediation; Napoleon III;
Neutrality.

Fox, G. V., Fort Sumter expedition, 12;
as Assistant Secretary of War, 110;
and plan against New Orleans, 118;
on Farragut's success, 123; on Laird
rams, 284; and Early's raid, 326, 328.
Fractional currency, issue, 203, 345;
in South, 385.

Eliot, T. D., and Cameron's negro-
soldier recommendation, 85 n.
Emancipation, contrabands, 49;
mont's order, 51-53; in District of
Columbia and territories, 149; policy
of, gradual and compensated, 149-
152, 174, 198, 420; Lincoln and
Hunter's order, 150; preparation of
Proclamation, 152, 170, 171; attitude
of radicals, 153; Greeley's appeal,
Lincoln's reply, 154; Antietam and France. See Napoleon III.*
Proclamation, 170, 198; pros and Franco-Prussian War, preparedness, 33.
cons, 172; final Cabinet meeting, Franklin, W. B., in Peninsular cam-

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