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;
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,
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,
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
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.
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,
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-
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-
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.
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.
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
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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