The Coming Fury

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