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Mallory, S. R., Confederate Secretary of Navy,71

Malvern Hill (Virginia), battle,225,226

Manassas, Johnston at,44; Jackson at,45,234; location,46-47; Federal base,232,233; base destroyed,234,235; Battle of Second,237,292;see alsoBull Run

Manassas, Federal ram,101

Marshall, Colonel Charles, Lee's aide-de-camp,389

Marshall, General H. M., with Johnston in Kentucky,124,125

Martha Waskington, story of Lincoln on board,221

Martinsburg (West Virginia), Jackson marches on,37; Patterson occupies,39; Confederates reach,213; Jackson destroys Federal stores at,215

Maryland, border slave State,17; Confederate hope for,24; Southern sympathy in,56,243-44; sea-power keeps for Union,85; Jackson's plan to enter,194; Confederate invasion,243-45; Federals massed in,291

Mason, Fort, Lee from,8

Matamoras, contraband imported into,307,308,310

Matthews Hill, battle of Bull Run,47,48,50

Meade, General G. G., quoted,178; as a general,185,292; succeeds Hooker in command,291,292; Gettysburg,295,299,300-01; Lincoln's dissatisfaction with,305; Army of Potomac under,334; headed for Richmond,342; Cold Harbor,351; Petersburg,359

Mechanicsville (Virginia), battle,223

Memphis, Confederate rams lost at,70; Confederate fleet at,97; Grant in command at,159; Sherman's army from,163; Grant returns to,164; Grant leaves,260; Grant considers retirement on,263

Mercedita, Confederate gunboats attack,308-09

Meredith, Solomon, "Iron Brigade" at Gettysburg,298

Merrimac, only Confederate man-of-war,70; duel withMonitor,85-91,197; destroyed,202

Mesilla (New Mexico), Baylor establishes capital at,166

Metacometagainst Fort Morgan,322

Mexican War, Grant serves in,131

Mexico, France warned from intervention in,329

Middle Creek (Kentucky), Garfield occupies line of,125

Mill Springs (Kentucky), Confederates at,124; battle,125

Milroy, R. H., in Jackson's Valley campaign,208,209; driven from Winchester,291

Mine Run (Virginia), battle,306

Minnesota, Merrimacattacks,89,91

Missionary Ridge,seeChattanooga

Mississippi, secedes,56; conflicting authorities balk navy,69-70

Mississippi, Confederate ship,100,102; burnt at New Orleans,97

Mississippi River, Union power on,68; Federal problem,105; River War (1862),116et seq.; River War (1863),260et seq.; Federals hold,310-11,370

Missouri, saved for Union,25-29,56-57; Southern sympathy in,56; River campaign (1862),121-22; Curtis in,122,143

Missouri River, made Federal line of communication,28-29; last Confederate foothold on,120

Mitchel, General O. M., raid,161

Mobile, fleet drawn from,107; in Southern hands,310,335-336; Farragut against,317,337; Fort Morgan,320-23; army sent against,327; Sherman desires attack on,347; Grant's plan to help Farragut,349; taken,188,319,361,364

Monitor, duel withMerrimac,85-91,197; Lincoln on plans for,189

Monocacy River, Wallace delays Early at,356

Monroe, Fortress, Federal forces at,35,36,85,86;Monitorat,88; McClellan's plan for position at,197,198; McClellan at,200,229; McClellan leaves,201

Montauk, Union monitor,309

Montgomery (Alabama), provisional Confederate Congress,11

Morgan, J. H., Raid,59,278-279; surrender,279; Kentucky raid,357

Morgan, Fort Farragut against,320-23

Mosby, J. S., Confederate cavalry leader,339

Moultrie, Fort,1-2,3,13

Mount Pleasant battery,13

"Mud March," Burnside's,251,252,255,263-64; Mulligan, Colonel James, at Lexington (Missouri),120

Murfreesboro (Tennessee), Buell at,162

Nashville, Buell reinforces Grant from,146; Buell defends,162; Grant's headquarters,327; Thomas sent from,370; Thomas faces Hood at,376; battle,377-378

Nashville, Confederate privateer,309

Navy, Confederate, sea-power of South,68-71; poor administration,69-70;see alsoNavy, United States

Navy, United States, stands by Union,68; keeps command of sea,68; size (1861),71; Welles's report on,72; Fox as Assistant Secretary of Navy,72-73; Promotion Board,73; training,73-74; growth,74; Naval War (1862),84et seq.; fivefold duty of,111; Farragut and,307et seq.; blockade-runners complicate task of,307; part in River War (1862),128,133,134-35,144-45

Navy Act,12

Negroes, fidelity to South,60; North uses as troops,60,79; New York draft riots,174;see alsoEmancipation, slavery

Nelson, William, at Shiloh,149,153

New Hope Church (Georgia), fighting near,348

New Madrid (Missouri), Pope at,144;Carondeletarrives at,145

New Mexico, as base of California invasion,165; Baylor proclaims himself Governor,165-66; Sibley in,166

New Orleans, Confederate rams lost at,70; attack conceived,93; strategic importance,94; joint expedition necessary,94; Farragut commands enterprise,94; Welles's orders,94,96; Farragut's plan,96-97,98;Mississippiburned at,97; preparations,97-98; passing of forts,97-103; taken,104-105,156,201; Farragut at,110,113,115,317; Baton Rouge garrison withdrawn to,110

New York,Monitorlaunched,87; draft riot,174

Newbern (North Carolina), expedition against,93; Richmond menaced from,252-253; attempt against,318; in Union hands,383; meeting of Union leaders at,384

Norfolk Navy Yard, Federal abandonment of,17,86

North, peace parties,58;see alsoPacifists; population (1861),60-61; resources,62-63,64; transport facilities,64-65; sea-power,64,66-68,82,85,310;see alsoNavy, United States; commerce,66; total forces,79-80,83; conscription,80,81; conduct of soldiers,227-28; Lee's invasion,295; conditions in 1864,361

North Carolina, blockade,16; defeat at Hatteras Island,92-93; loses defenses,93;see alsoCarolinas

Ohio, Morgan's Raid,59,278,279; Vallandigham case,175-76

Olustee (Fla.), victory of,380Oneida, Confederate ship,100

Opequan Creek (Virginia), Sheridan's victory at,362,363,364

Orange Court House (Virginia), Lee at,336

Ord, General E. O. C., Read on staff of,387

Pacifists, in North,58,80,172,173,174; Peace party encouraged by Cold Harbor,353

Paducah (Kentucky), Grant forestalls enemy at,121; Grant's position at,122

Pamlico Sound (North Carolina), joint expedition against,93

Patterson, General Robert, commands on Potomac,35,37; and plans for Bull Run,36; Falling Waters,38-39; occupies Martinsburg,39; advance,39; and Johnston,44

Pea Ridge (Arkansas), battle,143

Pemberton, General J. C., escapes Federal trap,168,260; Chickasaw Bluffs,164,260; commander at Vicksburg,274,275; plans escape,276; surrender,277

Pensacola (Florida), beginning of war,3-5; evacuation,6; South uses garrison to reinforce Virginia,93; Farragut directs Gulf blockade from,111

Pensacola, Confederate ship,100,102

Peninsula Campaign, McClellan plans,196-97; campaign,198-204

Pendleton, Major A. S., member of Jackson's staff,259

Perryville (Kentucky), battle,162

Petersburg (Virginia), strategic rail gap at,65-66; winter quarters,334; Butler fails to take,340; Grant at,356,383,384; Lee leaves,386

Philippi (West Virginia), battle,30,31

Pickens, Fort,4,5

Pickett, G. E., charge at Gettysburg,301-04

Pillow, General G. J., at Fort Donelson,136,137; escape,139

Pillow, Fort, Federal vessels rammed at,158

Pinckney, Castle,seeCastle Pinckney

Pinola, Federal gunboat,99

Pipe Creek, Meade's army at,296

Pittsburg Landing,seeShiloh

Pittsburgh, Federal ironclad at Fort Donelson,135; at Island Number Ten,145

Pleasant Hill, battle,330

Pleasonton, General A., cavalry leader,305

Point Pleasant (Ohio), Grant born at,130

Pope, General John, Grant declines patronage of,131; Island Number Ten,144,145; reinforces Halleck at Pittsburg Landing,155; transfer to Virginia,159,226; quoted,226-27; within reach of Jackson and Lee,229; retires safely,230; Jackson captures dispatches of,230; Lee divides army against,231; Jackson's plan against,232; Jackson marches around,232-34; reinforcement,234; Jackson eludes,235; Second Bull Run,237,238,239,240,242,243

Port Gibson (Mississippi),270

Port Hudson (Louisiana),110,117,156,261,265,278,310

Port Republic (Virginia),216,217

Port Royal (South Carolina), Confederate defeat,92; Grant moves base to,350

Porter, Admiral D. D., conceives idea of attack on New Orleans,93; on Mississippi,108,167; succeeds Davis,110; capture of Arkansas Post,164; Vicksburg campaign,261,262,266,267,274; Mississippi command,278; attacks Fort Fisher,324,325; on Red River330; at City Point conference,384,385

Porter, FitzJohn, position,222; Beaver Dam Creek323; Gaines's Mill,224; Second Bull Run,239; Pope's order,239

Porter, J. L., Naval Constructor to Confederate States,86

Porter, Commander W. D., at Fort Henry,127

Potter, Captain R. M., on Lee's decision,10

Powell, Fort,320

Powhatan, U. S. S., Porter commands,93

Prentiss, General B. M., at Shiloh,149,151

Press, perverts public opinion,176-77; no government censorship,333

Prestonburg, Garfield defeats Marshall near,125

Price, Sterling, becomes Confederate general,27; takes Lexington (Missouri),120; Grant prevents reinforcements for,121; attacks Curtis in Missouri,143; against Grant,161; defeated at Iuka,162-63

Privateers,16,68

Profiteers,61

Pulaski, Fort,93,372

Quaker City, Confederate gunboats attack,309

Rations, before Vicksburg,269-70; Grant supplies Lee's army,392

Rawlins, J. A., Grant's chief staff officer,135

Raymond (Mississippi), battle,271

Read, Colonel Theodore, at Sailor's Creek,387

Red River Expedition (1864),318,329,337,347,349

Reno, General L. J., Second Bull Run,238

Renshaw, Commander, in charge of blockade,114

Resaca (Georgia), battle,347

Reynolds, General J. F., Second Bull Run,237,238; Gettysburg,295,298; killed,297

Rhind, Commander, fires mine-shipLouisiana,324

Rich Mountain (Virginia), battle,30,31-32

Richmond, plan to raid Harper's Ferry arranged at,20; Federal objective,34,35,200,204,336,342; Tredegar Iron Works,64; Grant and Lee at grips around,186; McClellan threatens,201,203,204,210,217,223; plan to evacuate,202; change of plan,202; Jackson starts for,207; Magruder to hold,223; saved,243; Sheridan's raid,344,345-46; Grant marches toward,350; consternation after Cold Harbor,355; Army of the James against,356

Richmond, Federal ship,102

"River Defense Fleet,"70,97

River War (1862),116et seq.; (1863),260et seq.,327

Roanoke Island captured,93

"Rock of Chickamauga," nickname for General Thomas,280,370

Rodgers, Commander John, and first flotilla on Mississippi,118

Roe, Commander of theSassacus,319

Rosecrans, General W. S., succeeds McClellan,30; Army of Mississippi under,160; holds Memphis-Corinth rails,161; replaces Buell,162; victory at Corinth,163; commands Army of Cumberland,164; Stone's River,164-65; maneuvers Bragg south,279; Thomas supersedes,280; Confederate plan to crush,287; Chattanooga,305

Sabine Cross Roads (Louisiana), Banks's defeat at,330

Sabine Pass (Texas), in Confederate hands,115,310

Sable Island, Butler's troops at,104

Sailor's Creek (Virginia), Lee's defeat at,387

St. Louis, Haskins goes to,6; Lyon commands at,25,28; Lyon marches prisoners through,27; Harney makes peace,27; conference,27-28; Frémont's headquarters,118; Frémont fortifies,119; Halleck's headquarters,121

St. Louis, Federal gunboat,135

St. Philip, Fort,96,100,104

Salem Church (Virginia), Jackson reaches,232

San Antonio (Texas), surrender to State,8-9; Lee at,9-10; Sibley's retreat,166

San Carlos, Fort,4

Santa Rosa Island, Slemmer defends,4

Sassacus, fight withAlbemarle,319

Savannah (Georgia), South holds,253; Sherman plans march to,372; Sherman reaches,375; Hardee evacuates,376

Savannah (Tennessee), in Shiloh campaign,147,148

Schofield, General John, Nashville campaign,377

Scott, General Winfield, General-in-Chief, orders to Slemmer,4; and Lee,9,18; militaryadviser at Washington,33,36; civilian interference with,33,37; Grant's admiration for,131; prevision,147; "Anaconda policy,"184

Seddon, J. A., Confederate Secretary of War,252

Sedgwick, General John, Virginia campaign,256

Selma (Alabama), Southern cannon made at,64

Seminary Ridge, Lee's headquarters,296

Semmes, Captain Raphael ofAlabama,311,315,316

Seven Days' Battle,228-26; balloon used in,63

Seven Pines (Virginia), battle,218

Seward, W. H., Secretary of State,179; on McClellan,188

Sharpsburg,seeAntietam

Shenandoah, Confederate raider,69,311,326,381

Shenandoah Brigade, First, Jackson in command of,25

Shenandoah Valley, Johnston in,36; Sheridan's raid,189; Kernstown,198-99; positions (April, 1862),200; forces,200,204; Jackson's maneuvers,205-07; McDowell,208-09,216; Front Royal,210-12; Winchester,212; pursuit of Banks,212-213; summary of Jackson's accomplishment in,214-15; pursuit of Jackson,215-16; Cross Keys,216; Port Republic,216; Jackson's strategy,216-17; Ewell in,291; Stanton's interference,331-333; Sigel in,337; Hunter's retreat,356; Early in,356,362; Sheridan in,362; Opequan Creek,362; "Sheridan's Ride,"363-64; Cedar Creek,363-64; Federal victory,364

Sheridan, General P. H., raid helps Lincoln's reëlection,189; Chattanooga,285; Stanton falsifies Grant's order to,332-33; as a general,337-38; Grant and,339,340,348; Todd's Tavern,342; Richmond raid,344,345-46; Cold Harbor,350,351; raid,355; Trevilian,355; Opequan Creek,362; "Sheridan's Ride,"363-64; in Washington,362; later operations,384; Five Forks,386


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