by Bruce Catton
Gellott, Coleman, 355 General of the Armies, 172.
See Scott, W. General convention, 124, 126,
237
Georgia, 2, 7-8; Baltimore Democratic conventions, 71; Charleston Democratic conventions, 26, 36-37; legislature, 106-7, 112-14; on Lincoln election, 106-7; at Montgomery convention, 211, 212, 213; secession, Jan. 19, 1861, 187; secession sentiments, 237
Germans, 52, 373, 376, 380, 381, 385
Germantown, 450
Germantown, U.S.S., 349
Gettysburg, Pa., 79
Gilmer, John A„ 168-69
Gilmore House, 70
Gist, William H., 106-9, 113, 127, 131
Gosport Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 178, 349-52, 380
Governor's Island, N. Y., 178
Governors, Southern, on secession, 107-8
Grafton, W. Va., occupation of, 410
Great Britain. See England
Greble, J. T., 441
Greeley, Horace, 50; Bull Run, first battle of, 471-72; Chicago Republican convention, 59; Crittenden plan, 199; "Forward to Richmond," 443, 471; on Union, 115. See also New York Tribune
Greene, Colton, 374
Griffin, Charles, 461
Grinnell, Moses H., 50
Grow, Galusha, 13, 421
Gulf Coast, 176
Gulf Squadron, 193, 202. See also Cotton states
Gulf states, 84, 245
Gurley, Dr., 264
Gurowski, Adam, 401-403, 420, 441
Guthrie, James, 37
Habeas corpus, 357, 360 Hall, J. Norman, 183, 186, 312
Halstead, Murat: Baltimore Democratic conventions, 74, 78; Charleston Democratic conventions, 7-8, 11, 24, 25, 32, 38; Chicago Republican convention, 47, 54, 56, 59, 62-63, 67; on Congress, U. S., 418, 419; Lincoln inaugural, 266; Seward, 21; Yancey, 35. See also Cincinnati Commercial Hamilton, D. H., 151 Hamlin, Hannibal, 266; inauguration, 105; Vice-President, 266; Vice-Presidential nominee, 65 Hammond, James H., 112, 128 Hampton Roads, 120, 178,
179, 430 Hampton, Wade, 458, 459 Handcraftsmen, 83 Handy, A. H.: in Baltimore, 139-40, 166; on secession, 139-40
Harney, William S., 376, 386,
387, 511 n. Harper's Ferry, W. Va., 12,
17-18, 336, 448, 454 Harper's Weekly, on Washington inauguration, 261 Harriet Lane, U.S.S., 174, 298, 322
Harris, Isham G., 203, 334, 366-67
Harrisburg, Pa., 104, 224 Hart, Peter, 305, 321, 323 Hartford, Conn., 90 Hartstene, H. J., 312 Hawley, Joseph, 280 Hay, John, 217, 344, 348; on
Northern militia, 327 Hayne, J. W., 186 Hazard, George, 218 Heintzelman, Samuel P., 455,
457, 462 Helper, Hinton Rowan, 14-16, 16, 17. See also Impending Crisis, The Henry, Judith, 461
Henry house hill, 457-58, 459, 461, 462, 464, 470
Hessians, 381
Hibernian Hall, 6
Hickman, John, 424
Hicks, Thomas B., 357; on arrests, 359; Baltimore riot, 343, 344, 346; on Union troops in Maryland, 353
Hicox, Virgil, 396
Hill, R. C. (Crazy), 468-69, 520 n.
Hinks, Edward, 175-76
Holt, Joseph, 125, 161, 372; forts issue, 167, 189, 263; ordnance scandals, 176; Pickens, 187; Postmaster General, 123; Secretary of War, 174; on security, 188
Home guard: Columbia, District of, 225; Kentucky, 372; St. Louis, 376-77, 386; South Carolina, 306-7
Homemade manufactures, 83
Homestead bill, 23, 93. See also Free-farm system
Hospitals, 320
Hotchkiss, Jededia, 415
Hough, Daniel, 326
House of Representatives, U. S. See U. S. House of Representatives
House servants, 5
Houston, Sam, 196, 235-36, 289
Howitzers, 319. See also Artillery
Humphreys, F. C, 141-42 Hunter, David M„ 218, 455 Hunter, R. M. T, 37, 46, 158, 294
Hurlbut, Stephen A., 282-83, 299
Hyer, Tom, 50
Illinois, 57-58, 110 Illinois Central Railroad, 408 Illinois State Journal, 91, 92 Immigrants, 79-81. See also
Foreign-born Impending Crisis of the South
—How to Meet It, The, 13,
15. 16, 18. 485 n. See also
Helper, H. R. Inaugurations: Buchanan at,
263, 265; of Davis, J., 256-57; Douglas at, 266; of Hamlin, 105, 265-66; of Lincoln, 105, 261-62, 265-72; of Stephens, A., 220
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., 222
Indiana: Chicago Republican convention, 57, 58-59, 62; on Douglas, 8; election day, 110; state election of 1860, 103, 106
Indianapolis, Ind., 218, 219-20
Indianola, Tex., 235
Indians, 195
Indian Trust Fund, 173
Industrial Revolution, 80, 83, 88; in South, 83, 216
Industry: cotton-spinning, 82; Europe, 82, 84; Factories, 79, 83; iron, 83; protection for, 84, 91, 93, 209; of South, 435; textile, 82-83, 84; Tredegar Iron Works, 438
Institute Hall, 6, 24, 38, 132
Interior Department. Sec U. S. Interior Department; Secretary of. See U. S. Secretary of the Interior
Internal improvements, 84, 209, 239
Iowa, 77
"Iron-black Republicans," 248 Iron industries, 83 Isherwood, Benjamin F., 349-50
Jackson, Andrew, 113, 257 Jackson, Claiborne F., 195,
334, 373-90 Jackson, James T., 394, 395,
458, 469, 512 n.-13 n., 519
n.
Jackson, Thomas, 336, 447, 454, 458; as Stonewall Jackson, 459, 460
Jackson, Miss., 189-90
James, George S., 314, 315-16, 317-18
James Tsland, S. C, 136
James River, 430
Jamison, D. F., 131, 132, 184
Jefferson City, Mo., 384, 385
Johnson, Andrew, 37; in Senate, 424-25
Johnson, Herschel V., 76
Johnson, Reverdy, 70
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 431-32
Johnston, Joseph E., 127; Bull Run, first battle of, 446, 448, 454, 455, 457, 468, 476; Bunker Hill, 447; character, 432; Patterson, 446-47, 448; Shenandoah, 432, 434, 444, 446-47; Washington, capture of, 469, 521 n.; Winchester, 447
Jones, Roger, 336
Judd, Norman B., 51, 59, 62, 223-24
Kanawha Valley, 412, 413, 415
Kansas, admission of, 1858, 6, 12, 44, 45, 56, 193
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 29, 99
Keitt, Lawrence, 140, 146
Kellogg, William, 17, 167, 168
Kelly, Moses, 190
Kemper, Del., 460-61
Kentucky: Baltimore Democratic conventions, 73; Chicago Republican convention, 51; Congressional election, 422; Crittenden's compromise proposal, 195; Davis, J., 369, 370; election of 1860, 113; home guard, 372; legislature, 139, 195, 370; Lincoln, 369, 370-73; "Lincoln rifles," 372-73; militia, recruiting of, 372; neutrality, 370-73, 437; secessionism, 195, 365, 370; Unionists, 139, 372
Keyes, Erasmus, 289
Key West, Fla., 275
King, Willard, 61
King Cotton, 84, 138. See also Cotton
Know-Nothing party, 57, 80; Bates, 52, 60; Bell, 47; in Congress, 13; election of 1860, 104; fears of, 48. See also American party
Lake Michigan, 55 Lamar, Lucius Q. C, 17
Lamon, Ward: Chicago convention, 51; Davis, D., 104; Fort Sumter, 283-84, 299, 308; Washington journey, 225-26
Lancaster, Pa., 238, 264
Lane, Henry S., 63, 423-24
Lane, James H., 348
Lane, Joe, 37, 77
Laurel Mountain, 413
Lawrenceburg, Ind., 220
Leake, Shelton F., 16
Lecompton Constitution, 45, 47, 55
Lecompton convention, 44 Lee, Robert E.: on Baltimore Democratic conventions, 68; Brown, John, 40-41; on Civil War, 204, 477; colonel, 337; election of 1860, 69; 1st U. S. Cavalry, 337; lieutenant colonel, 227; loyalty of, 228, 231-33, 336; prisoner of war, 231; resignation, 337-38, 339; in San Antonio,
228, 230-31, 233; on secession, 228; 2nd U. S. C
avalry, 227; Scott, 234, 337, 338; struggle of, 228, 233, 337-39; Texas, Department of, 68, 231; U. S. Army command, offer of, 338; Virginia, loyalty to,
231-33; Virginia forces, in command, 331, 339; Washington journey, Feb. 13, 1861, 227-28, 230-33
Lee, Stephen D., 309, 313, 324, 325, 326
Lee, Sydney Smith, 339
Legends: Douglas and Lincoln's hat, 266; first shot at Fort Sumter, 314-15, 316-17, 317; Ruffin at Fort Sumter, 316-17, 317; Stonewall Jackson, 459-60
Legislatures, state: Arkansas, 195; Delaware, 193; Georgia, 106-7, 112-14; Kentucky, 139, 195, 370; Maryland, 194, 355-56, 357; Mississippi, 113, 139; Missouri, 195, 375, 384-85; New York, 202, 221; North Carolina, 194, 366; Ohio, 221; South
Carolina, 108-9, 112; Tennessee, 194, 202, 367; Texas, 196; Virginia, 196-97; West Virginia, 414 Letcher, John, 202-3; on call for troops, 334-35; Gosport Navy Yard, 350; program, 196
Lincoln, Abraham: administration: after Bull Run, 472, Fort Sumter, 278, Missouri, 390, on own, 220-21, policy of, 291; assassination plots, 223-26, 262; birthplace, 216, 369. See also Kentucky; Black Republican, 78; Buchanan, 187, 266; cabinet: appointments, 167, 200-1, 239, 244, 263, 266, 273, 280, Bull Run disaster, 472, Fort Pickens, 285-87, Fort Sumter, 279, 281, 284, 295, 330, Manassas Junction plan, 443-45, first meeting, 273, members, 247-48, 285, policy in, 292; call for troops proclamation, 330-31; Cleveland, Ohio, 221; Columbus, Ohio, 221; compromise efforts, 201-2- Confederacy, nature of, 239; Congress: member of, 268, message to, 421-23; as dark horse, 52; Davis, Jefferson: on, 192-93, similarity with, 217; on Declaration of Independence, 222; description, 202, 284-85; to Dodge, 242; Douglas, 20, 44, 266, 328-32; election of 1860: 72, 106, campaign, 93-95, 97, 103, nomination, 93, ratification meeting, 91-92, reactions to, 114-19, returns, 109, 110-11, 113; Ellsworth, 393, 394; Fort Pickens, 275-79, 295; Fort Sumter, 263, 267, 268-69, 271, 273 ff., 295, 296 ff.. 303, 330, abandonment, 300, trade for Virginia, 300, 333, relief expedition, 300-1; forts issue, 170-71, 219-20, 271, 273 ff.; Fox, 282, 297-98; Gilmer, 168-69; Greeley, 471-72; Harney incident, 387; Hartford, 90; hope for solution, 342; inauguration, 105, 128, 265-72, address, 266-67, 269-70, 499 n.; Indianapolis, 219-20; Kentucky, 369, 370-72; Lawrenceburg, Ind., 220-21; Lee, 68; military rule, 357; Negroes, 86, 170; New England, 90; New York State, 221; Nicolay, 115; nomination, 93; as Old Abe, 64; and peace convention, 239, 241; Philadelphia, 222; Pickens, 303; Pittsburgh, 221; policies, drastic, 361; political sagacity, 53; Powhatan incident, 300-1; as President, 269 ff.; Presidentelect, 111 ff.; presidential candidate, 51 ff.; Republican party, 92, 200-1; Rochester, Pa., 221; secession, 118, 170, 267, 330; Seddon, 242; Seward, 288, 289-90, 291-92, memorandum, 292; slavery, 20, 21-22, 114, 167 ff., 201-2, 400-1; South, 94, 100, 114, 189, 219-20, 423, image in, 95, 100; Springfield speech, 218; Stephens, 46, 114-15; on Union, 115, 267; Virginia secession convention, 299-300, 328; war proclamation, Apr. 15, 1861, 330-31; war program, 417, 473-74; Washington, journey, 217-26
Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham, 111, 114; description, 285; Washington journey, 218
Lincoln-Douglas debate, 1858, 20, 44, 52
"Lincoln rifles," 372
Lincoln, Robert, as "Prince of Rails," 217
Lincoln, Tad, 218
Lincoln, Willie, 218
Linder, Mr., 25
Little Rock arsenal, 195-96
Liverpool, 84
Logan, John, 10
Logan, Stephen, 51
London Times, 284, 302, 361-62, 464. See also Russell, W. H.
Louisiana: Baltimore Democratic conventions, 71, 75; Charleston Democratic conventions, 26; Lincoln election, 106; secession, Jan. 26, 1861, 187, 190; secession sentiments, 237
Louisville Journal, 416
Lovejoy, Elijah, 22
Lovejoy, Owen, 22-23, 23-24, 424
Lubbock, F. R., 71
Lyon, Nathaniel, 376, 378, 379, 380, 386, 387; death, 510 n.; seizure of Missouri, 387-90
Lyons, Lord, 353
Macarthy, Harry, 190 McCauley, Charles S., 349, 350
McClellan, George B.: Bull Run, first battle of, 467; career, 404-9, 514 n.; public hero, 416; Scott, 405, 410, 438; Shenandoah Valley, 467; Virginia, Western, 410-15; war plan, 442 McClelland, U.S.S., 191 McClernand, John A., 10, 18, 424
McClure, Alexander K., 61
McCulloch, Ben, 230, 231, 234
MacDougall, Joseph A., 424
McDowell, Irvin: advance of, 449-51, 452-53, 519 n.-20 n.; at Bull Run, 456, 457, 461, 462, 463, 466-67; career, 401-3; Manassas Junction plan, 443-45, 453-54; Scott, 444, 445, 467; troops of, 401, 403, 445, 449-50
McGrath, A. G., 184
Machinery, semi-automatic, 82
McLean, John, 62
McLean's Ford, 453
McQueen, J. W., 146
Magoffin, Beriah, 195, 334, 370, 372, 509 n.
Mallory, Charles, 398
Mallory, Stephen R., 259, 276
Manassas (city), 405, 406, 407, 453
Manassas, battle of. See Bull Run, first battle of
Manassas Gap Railroad, 445, 454
Manassas Junction, 444, 448 Manassas Junction plan, 443-45
Manchester, 83, 84 Mann, A. Dudley, 341, 436 Marching clubs, 50. See also
Wide-Awakes Marines, U. S. See U. S.
Marines
Marion Artillery Company, 132
"Marseillaise," 112, 138 Marshall, Anne, 338-39 Maryland: anti-secessionism, 194; Baltimore. See Baltimore; Baltimore conventions, 74; call for troops, 343; commissioners, 356; Confederate Congress, 355; Gel-lott proclamation, 355-56; importance of, 343; legislature, 194, 355-56, 357; Lincoln, 356-57; militia, 343; neutrality, 356; ordinance of secession, 194, 356; Republican national convention, 51; secession, 139, 194, 356; in Union, 355-57, 365; unionists, 139, 356 Maryland Institute, 76 Massachusetts: Baltimore Democratic conventions, 75, 77; 8th Infantry, 353; pro-Union resolution, 202; 6th militia regiment, 344-45, 348; and South, 332-33 Mass production, 83 Masters, 5, 86 Maury, Betty, 430, 430-31 Maury, Matthew F., 430-31, 433
Medill, Joseph, 51, 61
Meigs, Montgomery, 288-89,
299, 300 Meigs plan, 288-89 Memminger, Christopher, 259 Memphis, Tenn., 139 Mercer, Samuel, 300 Mercier, French minister, 242-
44
Merrick, R. T., 35 Merrimack, U.S.S., 24, 349,
350, 352, 405. See also Virginia, C.S.S.
Merryman, John, 359; arrest of, 359-60; case, 508 n.
Mexican War, veterans of, 143, 228, 230
Mexico, 291
Michigan, 240, 270
Middle West, 6, 221; abolitionism, 2. See also Northwest
Miles, William Porcher: at Fort Sumter, 324; forts truce, 146; Pickens, restraining, 250-51, 253; secession, on speedy, 138
Military Hall, 38
Military rule, in Baltimore area, 357-58
Military secrets, 182, 443, 447
Militia: Bull Run, first battle of, 445; call for, 330-31; Columbia, District of, 262; description of, 327-28; enlistment quotas, 332; enlistment terms, 445; Kentucky, 372; Maryland, 343; Massachusetts, 344-45, 348, 353; Missouri, 375, 385-86, 389-90; New York, 353, 354; seizure of forts, 187; South Carolina, 135, 151, 154, 155, 185; U. S., 121-22, 328, 332, 445
Milledgeville, Ga., 114
Mills House, 132
Minnesota, 240, 270
Minnesota, U.S.S., 430, 431
Mint, U. S., 190
Minute Men, 112, 475
Mississippi: anti-secessionism, 189; Charleston secession convention, 26, 132; commissioner, 166, 193, 195; Davis, J., honors for, 190; election of 1860, 107; legislature, 113, 139; secession, Jan. 9, 1861, 185, 187, 189-90; secession convention, 190; secessionism, 237
Mississippi Free Trader, 105
Mississippi River, 377, 442, 444
Mississippi Valley, 443 Missouri: Camp Jackson affair, 378-80, 388; Confederate supporters, 373, 385; in doubt, 365; election of 1860, 113; legislature, 195, 375, 384-85; militia, 375, 385-86, 389-90; neutrality, 384, 388; ordinance of secession, 196, 384; politics in, 373-74, 388-90; Repu
blican convention, 51; St. Louis arsenal plot, 374-78, 512 n.; St. Louis riot, 381-83; secession convention, 195, 374, 384; secessionism, 195, 374, 375; South Carolina secession, 139; unionists, 373, 384, 385, 387, 388, 389
Missouri Republican, 378
Mitchell's Ford, 453
Mobile, Ala., 109, 120; secession celebration, 189; South Carolina secession, 139
Mobile Register, 109
Moderates, 21; southern, 168, 203
Moffat, S. H, 74
Mohawk, U.S.S., 278, 284
Montgomery, Ala.: Confederate capital, 205, 206; description of, 205-6; Exchange House, 206, 215; Montgomery Hotel, 206; population, 362; South Carolina secession, 139
Montgomery commissioners, 264
Montgomery convention, Feb. 4, 1861, 205-16; border states, 207; chairman, Cobb, H. as, 206; character of, 207-8, 210; Confederate States of America, creation of, 210; a Congress, 207, 212, 213; Constitution, 208-10, 213, provisional, 207, 210, 213; Davis, J. at, 211, 215-16; fire-eaters, 208, 210, 211; galleries, 207; harmony, 207, 213; President: provisional, 207; selection of, 210, 211-13; tasks, 206-7; secession states at, 205, 206; secrecy, 207; Vice-President, selection of, 213
Montgomery Hotel, 206
Montgomery Post, 223
Montgomery Weekly Advertiser, 256, 270, 392 Moore, Andrew B., 107 Moore, Thomas O., 106 Morny, Count de, 436 Morris, T. A., 410, 412 Morris Island, S. C, 315; batteries on, 174, 255, 321; Star of the West, 180; under attack, 320 Mortars, 319; seacoast, 314 Moultrie House, 320 Moultrieville, S. C, 155 Mount Vernon, Ala., 187 Murphy, Isaac, 368
National convention of states, 197
National Democratic party. See
Democratic party National Intelligencer, 420 Nativism, 80
Naval appropriation bill, 23-24
Naval Observatory and Hydro-graphical Office, 429
Navy, U. S. See U. S. Navy
Navy Department, U. S. See U. S. Navy Department
Negroes, 80-82; in Charleston, S. C, 4-5; deportation, 86; equality of, 86, 92, 95, 170, 203-4; extermination of, 14; Helper on, 14; Leake on, 16; Lincoln, 86, 306; Olmstead on, 86; protection against, 306-7; tickets of leave, 4. See also Slaves
Nelson, William, 372
Neutrality: Kentucky, 370, 437; Missouri, 384, 388
New Jersey, 57, 59, 60, 61
New Orleans, La., 120, 233; in Anaconda plan, 442-43, 444; seizure of Federal property, 190-91; South Carolina secession, 139
New Orleans Daily True Delta, 105, 205
New South, 237
Newspaper correspondents. See Reporters
