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Greeley, Horace, defection of,176

Grigsby, Colonel, Jackson and,206

Hagerstown (Maryland), Longstreet at,245

Halleck, General H. W., Federal commander in West,121,122,142; as a general,122-23; Grant and,142,146,149,155,360,363; after Shiloh,155; at Corinth,157; General-in-Chief,159; military adviser at Washington,184,228; reprimands Banks,273; censures Meade,305; orders Red River Expedition,318

Hampton Roads,MonitorandMerrimacin,85,197

Hancock, General W. S.,342; at Gettysburg,295,297; at Cold Harbor,351

Hanover Court House (Virginia), Cooke pursues Stuart from,219

Hardee, General W. J., evacuates Savannah,376

Harney, General W. S., commands Department of the West,27

Harper's Ferry, Federal forces abandon,17,20-21; Jackson at,19,21-22,23-24; strategic point,20,23; Virginia militia at,21; Johnston takes command at,25,35; Union forces on Potomac near,35,36,37; Johnston retires from,37; Banks at,199; troops gather at,213; Jackson and,214,245

Harriet Lane, U. S. S.,114

Harris, Colonel, Confederate leader,132

Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), Banks at,204,207

Harrison's Landing (Virginia), in Seven Days' battle,223,225; McClellan moves from,228,229

Hartford, Federal man-of-war, at Ship Island,94; New Orleans forts,102-03; inVicksburg campaign,265; Mobile Bay,321,322,323

Haskins, Major, at Baton Rouge,6,7

Hatteras, Alabama sinks,69,115

Hatteras Island, taken,85,92-93

Haxall's Landing (Virginia), Sheridan at,345

Hayes, R. B., quoted,364

Hazen, General W. B., takes Fort McAllister,375

Helena (Arkansas), force joins Grant,163; Confederate attack repulsed,278

Henry, Fort, Johnston at,124; blocks Federal advance,126; attack on,126-27; surrender,127,128-29; Federal march from,136; Grant ordered to remain at,142

Hill, General A. P., at Beaver Dam Creek,223-24; at Gaines's Mill,224; Gettysburg,297,302

Hill, General D. H.,280

Hilton Head (South Carolina), fleet action off,93

Holly Springs (Mississippi), Grant at,164

Hood, General J. B., battle of Atlanta,358,359,367; number of troops,371, Nashville,376; attacks Schofield,377

Hooker, General Joseph, failure in Virginia,185; Second Bull Run,238; supersedes Burnside,251,289-90; discipline,252; as a general,254; on deserters,255; joins Grant,280; at Wauhatchie,281; Lookout Mountain,282-285; Chancellors ville,287; Washington interferes with,288; Lincoln's letter to,289-290; resignation,290-91

"Hornets' Nest,"150,152

Howard, General O. O., Gettysburg campaign,295,297; at Chancellorsville,257; commands Army of the Tennessee,359

Huger, General Benjamin, against Butler,35

Hunter, General David, and Washington interference,331,338-89; Sigel replaced by,338,350; succeeded by Sheridan,339; success at Staunton,355; and Early,356

Hurlbut, General S. A., at Shiloh,152,153

Imboden, General J. D., at Bull Run,49; describes Jackson,50; Gettysburg,305

Indiana, Morgan's Raid,59,278-79

Indians, part in Civil War,60,166

Ingraham, Commodore D. N., attacks blockade at Charleston,308

"Iron Brigade," Meredith's,298

Island Number Ten, Confederates hold,142; attack on,143-45; Pope's operations,159

Itasca, Federal gunboat,99

Iuka (Mississippi), battle,162

Jackson, Governor Claiborne,25,27

Jackson, General T. J.,94,272; and negroes,19; personal characteristics,19-20; at Harper's Ferry,21-22,23-24; as disciplinarian,24,206; Johnston takes command from,25,35; commands First Shenandoah Brigade,25; at Martinsburg,37;at Falling Waters,38-39; guards while soldiers sleep,45; at Bull Run,45,48,49,52-53,54; origin of nickname "Stonewall,"49; Imboden describes,50; as a general,76; age,95; McClellan's failure against,159; maneuvering in Virginia,161; as strategist,182,194-95,216-217; campaign (1862-63),193et seq.; Lee and,194,203; Kernstown,198-99; Banks designs net for,200; forces,204; Valley campaign,205-217; McDowell,208-09; rout of Banks,210-12; summary of fortnight's work,214-15; Port Republic,216,217; pursuit of,215-16; planned attack on McClellan,221,223; attends Lee's conference,222; Seven Days,223-226; again pursued,227; Cedar Run,228-29; plans against Pope,230-31; marches north,231-32; slips away,232; at Manassas Junction,234; preparations for battle,235-36; Second Bull Run,237-43; in the Valley,248; against Hooker,254,255,256,258; wounded,258; death,259; Grant marches on,271; government interference with,332

Jackson (Mississippi), Grant wins at,271

Jackson, Camp (Missouri), Frost establishes,26; Lyon takes,26,131

Jackson, Fort, guards New Orleans,96

James Island, Fort Johnson on,2

Jefferson City (Missouri), Confederate recruiting at,27; Lyon at,28

Jetersville (Virginia), Grant goes to,387

Johnson, General Edward, commands near Staunton,208

Johnson, Fort, Charleston,2,13

Johnston, General A. S., commands in West,123,124; Logan's Cross Roads,126; Nashville,141; Pope cuts line,145; plans attack on Grant,146; Shiloh,148,149,150; death,152

Johnston, General J. E., commands at Richmond,19; at Harper's Ferry,25,35; Federal problem of attack,36; destroys stores at Harper's Ferry,37; eludes Patterson,44; joins Beauregard,45-46; Bull Run,48,49; immediate superior of Jackson,182; Davis and,195,367,381; retires to Culpeper,197; against McClellan,215; Seven Pines,218; wounded,218; Vicksburg,219,274; government mistake concerning,332; Dalton,336,347; Sherman against,346,347,357-58,382,386; Resaca,347; New Hope Church,348; evacuates Allatoona,348; at Kenesaw Mountain,348,357-58; Bentonville, 382-83; terms of surrender,394

Kanawha campaign,30;see alsoWest Virginia

Kansas, Southern sympathy in,56,57

Kearny, General Philip, Second Bull Run,238

Kearsarge, U. S. S., andAlabama,69,313-17

Kenesaw Mountain (Georgia), Johnston at,348; battle,357-58; Sherman watches Allatoona engagement from,369

Kenly, Colonel, at Front Royal,211

Kennon, Confederate naval officer,101

Kentucky, opinions divided in,29; neutral,56; Southern sympathy in,56; Confederates lose hold of eastern,125; Federals conquer,160; Bragg's invasion of,161,162,243; Morgan's raid,278,357; Grant's army in,336; Hood's objective,370

Kernstown (Virginia), battle,198-99,204

Keystone State, Confederate gunboats attack,309

Kingston (Georgia), Johnston retires to,347

Knoxville (Tennessee), Burnside occupies,279; Longstreet sent against,281; dependent upon Chattanooga,281; Bragg's connection cut,284; Grant's inspection of,328

Lacy, chaplain at Jackson's headquarters,259

Lamb, Colonel commands Fort Fisher,324,325

Lancaster (Ohio), Sherman at,8

Lebanon (Missouri), General Curtis at,122

Lebanon Springs, Jackson at,209

Lee, Fitzhugh, Stuart and,229

Lee, General R. E.,94,182,186,195,379; at San Antonio,8-9,10; military career,9; decision for South,10-11,18-19; resignation from U. S. Army,11; commands Virginia forces,19; Kanawha campaign,31,33; military adviser at Richmond36; prevision,44,147; as a leader,75-76; age,95; McClellan against,159,215; maneuvering in Virginia,161; made Commander-in-Chief,183,219,332,381; in 1862-63,193et seq.; and Jackson,194; plans Valley campaign,203; appointed to command in eastern Virginia and North Carolina,219; plan against McClellan,222-23; Seven Days,223; McClellan foils,226; sends Jackson against Pope,228; entrains Longstreet for Gordonsville,229; as strategist,230-31; divides army,231; Second Bull Run,237-243; and Longstreet,239-40,252,253-54,295; invasion of Maryland,243-45; again divides army,245; at Antietam,245-46; at Culpeper,248; Fredericksburg,249; Burnside tries to surprise,251; Hooker against,253,254,287; quoted,255-56; Chancellorsville,253,258; defeat at Gettysburg,278; no part in Chattanooga strategy,281; plans counter-attack in Pennsylvania,287-88,291,292; Brandy Station,288; position before Gettysburg,291,293; Gettysburg,293et seq.; retreat,305; attempt to bring on Third Manassas,306; on importance of Wilmington,324; at Orange Court House,336; Wilderness,341,344; Spotsylvania,342-44; illness,348; prepares for Cold Harbor,349; at Cold Harbor,350-52; losses,353; siege,354; losses,354;Petersburg,356,383-84; insoluble problem,381; leaves Petersburg,386; Sailor's Creek,387-88; asks terms of Grant,388; surrenders,388-89; terms of surrender,390-91; farewell to army,393

Lexington (Kentucky) Grant inspects,328; Morgan's raid,357

Lexington (Missouri), Price takes,29,120

Lick Creek, Grant's forces at,149,150

Lincoln, Abraham, Inaugural,11; declares blockade,16; and Lee,18; calls for Missouri's quota of volunteers,25; general call for volunteers,33; and civil control,33,182,207,228,288,329; on evaders of service,58-59; reëlection,77,364,370,379; and Grant,133,327; as war statesman,168et seq.; birth,168; education,168-69; appearance,169; personal characteristics,169-70; appointments,170-71; quoted,175,176; and Vallandigham,176; Emancipation,178; foreign policy,178-79; Cabinet,179-80; as Commander-in-Chief,180,185; and McClellan,184-85,188,221; stories,189-90; letter to a bereaved mother,190-91; Second Inaugural quoted,191-92; military orders,195-96; halts McDowell,199-200; and Hooker,252,289-90; and Stanton,330; cipher letter to Grant,332,360; and Sherman,362,374,376-77; meets Union leaders,384,385; assassination,393; approves terms of surrender,394; bibliography,399

Little Sorrel, Jackson's horse,21,195

Logan, General J. A.,261-62; replaces McPherson at Atlanta,358; Ezra Church,359; Nashville,378

Logan's Cross Roads, Confederates at,124; Thomas's victory at,125,126

Longstreet, General James, entrains for Gordonsville,229; Jackson's march against Pope,232; Second Bull Run,237; obstructs Lee's plans,239-40; at Hagerstown,245; leaves Lee,252,253; reinforces Bragg,279; Wauhatchie,281; urges help for Vicksburg,287; Gettysburg,294,295,297,299-300,301; Wilderness,341; wounded,341

Lookout Mountain,seeChattanooga

Louisiana, Union forces in,6; Sherman in,6-8; secedes,8,56

Louisiana, Confederate ironclad,97,102; as mine ship,324

Louisville (Kentucky), Bragg at,162; Grant inspects,328

Louisville, at Fort Donelson,135

Lovell, General Mansfield, evacuates New Orleans,104

Lyon, General Nathaniel, commands at St. Louis,25; fight for Missouri,25-28,57,118,131; Frémont and,119; Wilson's Creek,119-20; killed,120

McAllister, Fort, naval conflict near,309; Hazen's attack,375

McClellan, General G. B., in West Virginia,29-30,35; recalled to Washington,30; bubble reputation,31-33; former career,31; "Young Napoleon of the West,"32; newspaper publicity,32,176; force in Virginia,120,196; telegram to Grant delayed,142; Federal invasion of Virginia under,159,194et seq.; dismissal,173,248-49; Lincoln and,184-85,188,221; Democratic candidate for President (1864),186; plan of campaign,196-97; Peninsula Campaign,198-228; at Fortress Monroe,200,201; base at White House,201,203,222; in Chickahominy swamps,204; government interference with,213; Jackson aids against,215; awaits McDowell,217; number of troops,217; exaggerates number of enemy,218; Seven Pines,218; Stuart's ride around,219-20,221,246-47; Lee and,222-23; changes base to Harrison's Landing,225; Malvern Hill,225-26; plans to take Richmond,226; ordered to Aquia,228; Pope and,235; discovers Lee's plans,245; lets opportunity slip,245; Antietam,246; superseded by Burnside,248; popularity,248-49

McClernand, General J. B., Grant's second-in-command,113; fails to meet Banks,114; battle on own account,136; at Fort Donelson,137,138,139; Shiloh,153; Arkansas Post,164; as a general,261,270,272; breach of discipline,272-73; dismissal,278

McCulloch, General Benjamin at Wilson's Creek,119; killed at Pea Ridge,143

McDowell, General Irvin, assists Scott,33; crosses Potomac,34-35; Bull Run36,53; President reviews army of,39; number of troops,40; difficulties encountered,40-41,42; quoted,42; wastage in forces,46; people lose confidence in,184; kept from reinforcing McClellan,199-200; strike at Richmond,201; ordered to Valley,213; Jackson and,214; McClellan awaits,217,218

McDowell (Virginia), battle,208-09,216

McGuire, Dr. Hunter,230

McIntosh, General James, killed at Pea Ridge,143

McMahon, J. P., at Cold Harbor,352

McMahon, General Martin, quoted,354

McPherson, General J. B., killed at Atlanta,358

Macon (Georgia), Southern cannon made at,64

Maffitt, Commander J. N., commandsFlorida,115

Magruder, General J. B., and Butler,35; Yorktown,223; holds Richmond,223


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