Best Little Stories from the Civil War: More than 100 true stories
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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