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by C. Brian Kelly


  Livingstone, David, 158

  Livingstone, Robert, 158

  Lloyd, William A., 133–134

  Lockridge, Samuel A., 100

  Longstreet, Augustus, 92

  Longstreet, Garland, 92

  Longstreet, James, 89, 92, 94, 110, 111, 138, 142, 151, 196, 238

  Longstreet, James Jr., 92

  Longstreet, Louise, 92

  Longstreet, Mary Ann, 92

  Loring, W. W., 84, 169

  Louisiana, 63

  Louisville, Kentucky, 101

  Lyman, Theodore, 203

  Lynchburg, Battle of, 114

  Lyons, Nathaniel, 213

  M

  MacArthur, Arthur, 198–201

  MacArthur, Douglas, 201

  Macon, Georgia, 275

  Maddox, James, 243

  Madison, Dolley, 302

  Madison, James, 20

  Madison, Wisconsin, 190

  Magruder, John Bankhead, 41, 85, 89, 90

  Malmborg, Colonel, 120

  Malvern Hill, 90

  “Mammy Sally” (slave), 283, 289, 301

  Manassas, Battle of.

  See First Bull Run (First Manassas); Second Bull Run

  Manassas, CSA, 56, 57

  Manassas, Virginia, 47

  Manassas Gap Railroad, 42, 210

  Manassas Junction, 42

  Marblehead, USS, 180

  March to the Sea, 310

  Marine Brigade, 126

  Marl, Bess, 154–156

  Marshall, John, 20

  Martin, George W., 209

  Maryland, 63, 260, 261, 290

  Mason, George, 20

  Mauck, John W., 218

  Mayo, Joseph, 95

  McCaw, James B., 225

  McCaw, Walter Drew, 225

  McClellan, George, 36, 39, 59, 84, 85, 88, 89, 96, 97, 166, 169, 237, 239

  McCook, Alexander, 172

  McCook, Anson, 173

  McCook, Daniel, 172

  McCook, Daniel Jr., 172

  McCook, David, 49, 173

  McCook, Edward, 172–173

  McCook, Robert, 172

  McCook, Roderick, 173

  McCulloch, Ben, 205

  McDaniel, Henry D., 159

  McDowell, Irvin, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 147

  McIntosh, James McQueen, 205

  McIntosh, John Baillie, 205

  McKinley, William, 222, 224

  McLean, Wilmer, 38

  McLean House, 46

  McPherson, James, 22–24, 82

  McRae, Alexander, 100

  McRae, USS, 56, 57

  Meade, George, 145, 153, 154

  Meade, Mary, 255

  Meeks, J. L., 76

  Meigs, John, 209

  Meigs, Montgomery C., 209

  Memminger, Christopher, 17

  Memphis, Tennessee, 125, 179, 180, 277

  Mentelle, Madame, 284, 287, 301

  Merrimac, 85, 125

  Merritt, Wesley, 210

  Mexican War, 58, 83, 101, 110, 168, 170, 173, 211, 268, 289

  Middleton, Ellen, 183

  Milledgeville, Georgia, 274

  Mills, Clark, 148

  Minié, Claude Etienne, 37

  Minié balls, 15, 37, 98, 100, 120

  Minnesota, 260

  Minor, John B., 214–216

  Missionary Ridge, 114, 198, 199

  Mississippi River, 55–58, 72, 125, 170, 180, 268, 287

  Missouri, 63, 213

  Mobile, Alabama, 82, 251, 310

  Mobile Bay, 214, 310

  Molly (slave), 183

  Monitor, USS, 85, 309

  Monocacy, Maryland, 211

  Monocacy River, Maryland, 110

  Monroe, James, 20

  Montgomery, Alabama, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 27, 40, 63, 68, 76, 92, 249, 271

  Moody, George, 122

  Morgan, John Hunt, 63, 77–80, 94, 115, 116, 172, 219, 229–233, 237, 309

  Morgan, Kitty, 219, 237

  Morgan, Rebecca, 78

  Morris Island, 45

  Morrow, Robert, 161

  Morton, Oliver P., 101, 102

  Mosby, John Singleton, 77–78, 175, 208–211, 242

  Mosby’s Rangers, 207–211

  Mott, Alexander, 226

  Mount Sterling, Kentucky, 229

  Mulberry Grove plantation, 163, 181

  Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 78–79, 102, 113, 114, 115, 119, 173, 309

  Myers, John B., 80, 81, 82

  N

  Napier, Alonzo, 123

  Napoleon III, 301

  Nashville, Battle of, 82, 169, 197, 310

  Nashville (Tennessee) Turnpike, 117

  Natchez, Mississippi, 267, 268

  National Park Service, 263

  Nelson, William (“Bull”), 101, 102, 110

  Nesbit, Colonel, 159

  Newark, Ohio, 120

  New Bern, North Carolina, 161, 173

  New Market, Battle of, 114, 140, 310

  New Mexico Territory, 63, 100

  New Orleans, Louisiana, 55–58, 63, 71–72, 146, 198, 214, 233, 277, 287

  Newtown, 209

  New Year’s Day, 305

  New York, 165, 262, 296, 297

  Niagara River, 125

  Nicholas, USS, 56

  Nicolay, John, 140

  Norfolk, Virginia, 104

  North Carolina, 63, 84

  Norton, Edward, 36

  Notre Dame University, 158

  Nullification, 2–3, 8

  Nunn, David, 99

  Nurses, 148

  O

  Oakland estate, 255

  Oaths, 96, 97, 239, 278

  Oglethorpe Light Infantry, 43

  Ohio River, 80, 125

  Ohio State Penitentiary, 94, 116, 229

  Ohio Volunteers, 222

  Old Abe (the Eagle), 190–192

  Old Capitol Prison (Washington, D.C.), 147

  Onderdonk, William H., 98, 99

  Ord, Edward, 221, 307

  Ord, Mrs. Edward, 220, 221, 307

  Oregon, 291

  “Orphan Brigade,” 114

  Our American Cousin, 307

  Owen, William M., 203

  Oxford, Georgia, 69, 194

  P

  Paine, Lewis, 158, 243, 244

  Paine, William H., 157

  Palmetto Guards, 45

  Pamunkey River, 84, 108, 166

  Parker, Eliza, 281, 282

  Parker, Elizabeth, 281, 291

  Parker, John F., 308

  Parker, Robert, 280, 281

  Parks, James, 257–259

  Parks, Leighton, 151

  Parsons, Edwin, 200

  Patent Office Hospital (Washington, D.C.), 149

  Pawnee, USS, 180

  Peace Convention, 17, 25

  Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 101, 205

  Pegram, John, 214

  Pegram, Willie, 214

  Pemberton, J. C., 41

  Pemberton Landing, 255

  Pender, Dorsey, 152, 154

  Peninsular campaign, 36, 39, 84, 90, 95, 130, 166, 169, 309

  Pennsylvania, 63, 260

  Pennsylvania Dutch, 152

  Perrin, Abner, 151

  Perryville, Battle of, 173

  Petersburg, siege of, 24, 110, 134, 169, 174, 177, 181, 201–205, 210, 213, 218, 229, 252, 306

  Peterson House (Washington, D.C.), 254

  Peticolas, Alfred H., 98, 100

  Petigrew, James J., 161

  Petigru, James L., 8

  Philadelphia Centennial, 192

  Phillipi, Battle of, 252, 309

  Phillips, William, 144

  Phoebe (slave), 135

  Piccirilli brothers, 263

  Pickens, F. W., 29

  Pickett, George, 92, 253

  Pickett, Mrs. George, 253

  Pickett’s Charge, 92, 110, 142, 161, 165, 253

  Pierce, Franklin, 19, 170, 269

  Pillow, Gideon, 250

  Pinkerton, Allan, 137, 294

  Pittsburg Landi
ng, 73, 80

  Planter, CSA, 162

  Plymouth, North Carolina, 131

  Polk, James K., 213

  Polk, Leonidas, 115, 116

  Pope, John, 213

  Population, 63–64

  Porter, Andrew, 282

  Porter, David, 126, 214

  Port Royal, Virginia, 141

  Potomac River, 36, 42, 49, 51, 52, 66, 67, 110, 176, 177, 257, 260, 261, 290

  Powell, Lewis T., 158, 244

  Powhatan County, 255

  Preble, USS, 56, 57

  Prentice, George D., 78

  Prentiss, Benjamin M., 74

  Preston, Sally Buchanan (“Buck”), 195, 196, 198

  Price, Sterling, 181, 190

  Prisoners, 94, 170–171, 206–207, 275–276

  Provisional Confederate Congress, 19, 25, 42, 68

  Pryor, Roger A., 32, 33

  Pryor, Sara, 8

  Pullum, William, 288

  Pumphrey’s Livery Stable (Washington, D.C.), 243

  Pumunkey River, 89

  Q

  Queen of the West , USS, 125, 126

  Quitman’s Rifles, 109

  R

  Radical Republicans, 130

  Rappahannock River, 121, 137

  Rathbone, Henry Riggs, 253–254, 307

  Rawlins, Mrs. John A., 242

  Ready, Alice, 78–79

  Ready, Colonel, 116

  Ready, Martha (“Mattie”), 78–80, 95, 115–116, 229

  Ream, Vinnie, 148–149

  Reams Station (Virginia), 169

  Reconstruction, 162

  Red River, 126, 190

  Reed, A. M., 163

  Reed, Hattie, 164

  Reid, Whitelaw, 152, 153–154

  Republicans, 29, 130, 292, 293, 300

  Resaca, Georgia, 122

  Revere, Joseph Warren, 135–136

  Revere, Paul, 135

  Revere, Paul Joseph, 135–136

  Rice, Ida, 27

  Richland Creek, Virginia, 181

  Richmond, USS, 56, 57, 58

  Richmond, Virginia, 35, 39, 52, 63, 68, 69, 70, 83, 84, 87–95, 130, 135, 137, 169, 170, 174, 177, 181, 183, 192, 194, 206–207, 216, 219, 224, 245, 247, 251, 261, 306, 310

  Richmond Light Infantry Blues, 212

  Rich Mountain, Battle of, 309

  Riddle, Albert G., x, 49, 50, 51, 66, 67

  Rio Grande River, 100

  Ripley, Mississippi, 180

  River Queen, 306

  Roanoke Island, 161, 212

  Roanoke River, 131, 133

  Robertson, Felix H., 81

  Robertson, John, 135

  Robertson Hospital (Richmond), 135

  Rockbridge Artillery, 107

  Rock Creek (Washington, D.C.), 66

  Rogers, James, 132

  Romney, West Virginia, 211

  Roosevelt, Teddy, 192

  Rosecrans, William S., 116, 118, 126, 129, 172, 223

  Round Top, 165

  Rucker, Mrs. Daniel, 243

  Ruffin, Edmund, 8, 44, 45

  Russell, William Howard, 18, 48, 49

  S

  Salem, Virginia, 210

  Saluda, Virginia, 108

  San Antonio, Texas, 33

  Sanborn, A. L., 104

  Sand Mountain, Alabama, 123

  Santee, USS, 58

  Savage, George, 95, 96, 97

  Savage’s Station, Battle of, 134

  Savannah, Georgia, 24, 84, 102, 275

  Sayler’s Creek, 213, 226–228

  Scarlet fever, 92

  Schmidt, S., 98

  Schofield, John, 197

  Schoolteacher Regiment, 165

  Schurtz, Mrs. Carl, 128, 129, 150

  Schuylkill River, 125

  Scobell, John, 137

  Scott, Winfield, 10, 35, 168, 170

  Scouts, 206

  Scuffleburg, 207–208

  Seabrook, Cotesworth Pinckney, 107

  Séances, 304

  Secession, 8, 9, 16–20, 25, 26, 34, 39, 45, 75, 96

  Second Bull Run, 46, 107, 128, 150, 151, 166, 196, 211, 224, 246, 309

  Second Confederate Congress, 38, 192, 193, 194

  Secret Service, Confederate, 37

  Sedgwick, John, 176, 178

  Selma, Alabama, 28, 238

  Seven Days Battle, 85, 88–91, 94, 95, 134, 170, 205, 211, 213

  Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), Battle of, 92

  Seward, Frederick, 244

  Seward, William, 54, 244

  Sharpsburg, Maryland, 142

  Sheets, Chris, 76

  Shelby, Isaac, 281

  Shelby Female Academy, 284

  Shelbyville, Tennessee, 234

  Shenandoah Valley, 43, 51, 88, 91, 134, 173, 177, 205, 209, 211, 213, 309, 310

  Sheridan, Philip, 38, 101, 198, 199, 207–210, 216, 229

  Sherman, William Tecumseh, 24, 47, 49, 53, 54, 73, 120, 162, 172, 177, 195, 251, 261, 310

  Shiloh, Battle of, 72, 73–75, 81–82, 114, 120, 211, 250, 309

  Sibley, Henry H., 100

  Siegel, Franz, 128, 150–151

  Sinclair, Harry, 154–156

  Slave escapes, 161–164

  Slavery, 16, 26, 44, 60–62, 64, 102–103, 127, 161–164, 181–185, 235–236, 244–246, 248, 288, 289, 292

  Slaves, 283, 296, 301

  Slave sales, 7

  Slidell, John, 16

  Slocum, Henry W., 162

  Small, Robert, 162

  Smith, E. Kirby, 47

  Smith, George, 144–145

  Smith, Gerrit, 276

  Smith, Gustavus, 85

  Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel, 157

  Smith, Silas, 157

  Sono River (South Carolina), 180

  South Anna River, 166

  South Carolina, 63

  South Carolina Convention, 8

  South Mountain, Battle of, 144, 196, 205, 222, 309

  Spies, 36–37, 133–134, 137–139, 147, 148, 149, 206–207, 233–234

  Spinner, Francis E., 121

  Spotswood Hotel, Richmond, 39

 

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