Rebels at the Gate: Lee and McClellan on the Front Line of a Nation Divided
Page 42
William Batts Letters
John L. Griffin Diary
Alexander H. Stephens Papers
Georgia Department of Archives and History (GDAH)
James Atkins Diary, transcript
Huntington Library (HL)
Edward Willis Papers
Indiana Historical Society (IHS)
David Beem Papers
Schuyler Colfax Papers
William Houghton Papers
James M. King Journal
George W. Lambert Journal
Harris Milroy Papers
Robert H. Milroy Papers
Thomas Prickett Papers
George Rogers Diary
Augustus Van Dyke Letters
Indiana State Library (ISL)
Ebenezer Dumont Papers
Julia Dumont Gordon Scrapbook
George W. Julian Papers
Kirkpatrick Family Scrapbook
Library of Congress (LC)
Lucian Barber Papers
Frederick W. Lander Papers
George B. McClellan Papers
Orlando Poe Papers
Alf. Welton Diary
Lilly Library, Indiana University (IU)
Frank Ingersoll Letters
Alexander Mack Memorial Library, Bridgewater College, Virginia (MML)
Adam W. Kersh Letters, typescript
Museum of the Confederacy, Eleanor S. Brockenbrough Library (MC)
R.T. Mockbee, “Historical Sketch of the 14th Tenn. Regt. of Infantry, C.S.A. 1861–1865”
Tucker Randolph Diary
William B. Taliaferro Papers
National Archives (NA)
Record Group 109
Record Group 393
Ohio Historical Society (OHS)
James Dawson Papers
Hugh B. Ewing Papers
Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA)
Oliver Taylor, “The War Story of a Confederate Soldier Boy,” extracts from the Bristol (TN, VA) Herald-Courier, January 23–February 27, 1921
Upshur County Historical Society, Buckhannon, WV (UCHS)
Marsha L. Phillips Diary, typescript
University of Virginia (UVA )
A.L. Hench Collection
Virginia Historical Society (VHS)
Margaret A. Baldwin Papers
Robert P. Carson, “Recollections,” typescript
William Garnett Chisholm Papers
R.S. Garnett Papers
Stuart Family Papers
West Virginia State Archives (WVSA)
C.S. Morgan Manuscript
Parson Parker, “Sufferings of the Twelfth Georgia Reg't, in the Mountains of Virginia”
Boyd B. Stutler Collection
West Virginia University (WVU)
Roy Bird Cook Collection
Jacob Pinock Papers
Joseph Snider Diary
Private Collections (PC)
Army of the Northwest Papers
R.N. Avery Letter
C.R. Boyce Letter
Walter A. Clark Diary
Samuel V. Fulkerson Letters
P.R. Galloway Letters
James C. Gamble Letters
E.D. House Diary
Dewitt C. Howard Letter
Nathan Kimball Letter
Ben May Letters
Benjamin Randals Journal
J.W. Ross Letter
J.H. Slaughter Letters
W.B. Tabb Letter
U.S. General Orders
Clayton Wilson Letters
INDEX
A
Alexandria Gazette, The, 33
Appomattox Court House, 1
Arnold, Laura Jackson, 279, 280
B
Bailey Brown, Thornsberry, 53, 54
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 2, 7, 88, 140, 161, 184, 239, 264
Barbour Jeffersonian, The, 72
Beatty, John, 94, 99, 100, 105, 125, 134, 135, 139, 141, 147, 151, 169, 242, 310
Beauregard, P.G.T., 128, 310
Benham, Henry, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 117, 119, 206, 303
Bierce, Ambrose, 71, 76, 95, 138, 233, 242, 246, 253, 257, 258, 297, 313
Boreman, Arthur, 77, 294
Boston Advertiser, 243
Brown, John, 10
raid on Harpers Ferry, 10
Bryant, E.B., 140
bushwhackers, 150
C
Cammack, John, 44, 52, 53, 69, 83, 86, 187, 231, 259, 307
Campbell, Archibald, 237, 241, 263, 285, 291
Carlile, John, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 54, 55, 75, 77, 78, 79, 179, 180, 288, 289, 290, 291, 309
Cheat Mountain, 122, 125, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 144, 147, 151, 161, 162, 167, 169, 170, 171, 184, 185, 186, 187, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 202, 203, 219, 220, 223, 224, 225, 229, 231, 238, 242, 244, 246, 247, 250, 257, 261, 262, 269, 277, 285, 298
Chenoweth, Joseph, 86
Chenoweth, Lemuel, 61, 62
Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 97, 108
Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 61, 72, 116
Cincinnati Times, 233
Clark, Leonard, 156, 157, 158, 162, 163, 217, 218, 219, 310
“Clarksburg Resolutions”, 26
Cox, Charles, 123, 303
Cox, Jacob, 14, 46, 174, 205, 213
Crozet. Claudius, 6
D
Daingerfield, Fauntleroy, 71, 72
David, T.B.A., 90, 121
Davis, Billy, 47, 48, 49, 50, 110, 115, 246, 281, 307
Davis, Jefferson, 84, 119, 156, 160, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 185, 203, 208, 209, 212, 217, 238, 272, 277, 287, 291
DeLagnel, Julius, 154
Dennison, Governor William, 14, 22
Dorset, James, 153
Dumont, Ebenezer, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 113, 230
E
Elwood, John, 91, 306
F
Fletcher, William, 76, 94, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 163, 164, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 310
Floyd, John, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 272, 299, 310
Fort Sumter, 1, 6
G
Garnett, Robert, 35, 36, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 100, 104, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 122, 123, 125, 141, 206, 252, 302
Gordon, Jonathan, 114, 115, 252
Gordon, Josie, 252, 253, 257, 259, 260
Grant, Ulysses S., 21, 32, 134, 272, 301, 302
Green, Mary Jane, 155, 156
Green, Richard, 155
H
Hall, James, 113, 186, 231, 242, 245, 255, 258, 262, 264, 268, 269, 286, 312
Hanger, James, 71, 72, 304
Hart, David, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 107, 108, 303
Hart, Nancy, 156
Hayes, Rutherford B., 150, 151, 276, 311
Hermann, Isaac, 95, 96, 117, 118, 165, 198, 245, 246
Higginbotham, John, 93, 107, 306
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 93, 106, 123, 184, 305
Humphreys, Mrs. Thomas, 67
I
Indianapolis Journal, 50
J
Jackson, Henry, 141, 142, 149, 167, 183, 185, 186, 198, 224, 227, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 247, 248, 308
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall”, 37, 124, 129, 142, 144, 160, 239, 247, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 279, 286, 287, 299, 302, 305
Johnson, Edward, 226, 230, 249, 250, 251, 254, 255, 256, 258, 260, 261, 268, 286, 308
K Kelley, Benjamin, 51, 52, 56, 57, 58, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 77, 239, 264, 266, 303
Kerr, Abbie, 65, 155
Kimball, Nathan, 151, 171, 186, 194, 203, 238, 307
L
Lander, Frederick, 66, 67, 68, 69, 97, 98, 100, 103, 239, 264, 266, 305
Latham, George, 22, 26, 52
Laurel Hill, 86, 88, 92, 94, 95, 96, 101, 104, 109, 110, 116, 123, 127, 164, 232, 245, 265
Lee,“Light Horse Harry”, 34
Lee, Robert E. resigns from the army, 31
rejects command of Union troops,
31–33
family of, 33
accepts command of Virginia troops, 34
assembles his military staff, 35
mobilizes his forces, 36–38
reacts to Philippi defeat, 83–84
terminated as general-in-chief of Virginia troops, 84
named brigadier general in Confederate army, 84
advances to Valley Mountain, 161–62
reconnaissance during Mexican War, 164
reconnaissance on Valley Mountain, 164
physical description, 165
confirmed a full general, 167
deals with Wise and Floyd, 177–79
drafts “Special Order No. 28”, 185
nearly captured at Becky Creek, 195
reacts to the death of his aide-decamp, 202
on the loss at Cheat Mountain, 203–04
deserts efforts to reclaim Western Virginia, 215–16 and “Traveller”, 216
labeled “Granny Lee”, 217
sent to supervise South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida, 217
confronts Union invaders on south Atlantic coast, 272–73
appointed liaison with military authorities, 272
claims victory at Fredericksburg, 292
after the first campaign, 299–300
Lincoln, Abraham, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 34, 35, 37, 40, 42, 46, 51, 55, 57, 63, 78, 79, 80, 128, 129, 133, 155, 167, 179, 181, 237, 239, 240, 241, 264, 270, 271, 285, 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, 297, 301
Loring, William, 143, 144, 160, 161, 163, 164, 167, 168, 183, 184, 185, 190, 198, 199, 202, 213, 215, 234, 245, 247, 248, 265, 266, 267, 268, 299, 304, 307
Luther vs. Borden, 78
M
Madison, James, 9
Marshall, Chief Justice John, 9
Mason, John, 10
McClellan, Ellen “Nelly”, 87, 89, 125, 133
McClellan, George B. becomes major general of Ohio Volunteers, 13–15
childhood of, 15
enters U.S. Military Academy, 15
in the Mexican War, 16
marries Ellen “Nelly” Marcy, 17
assembles and organizes Ohio troops, 17–22
orders invasion of Grafton, 56–58
reacts to Philippi victory, 72
leads troops to Western Virginia, 88
implements telegraph line usage, 90
surveys Rich Mountain, 93–94
plans attack on Rich Mountain, 98–99
takes possession of Beverly, 121–23
accepts Confederate surrender at Beverly, 124
builds Army of the Potomac, 239–41
Army of the Potomac remains idle, 270–71
removed from post of general-inchief, 271
Army of the Potomac departs for Richmond, 272
defeated at Yorktown, 287
after the first campaign, 300–02
McLeod, Mollie, 65, 155
Milroy, Robert, 67, 69, 111, 243, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 261, 285, 286, 305
Monarch of the River, 61, 304
Monroe, James, 9
Morris, Thomas, 64, 70, 72, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 302
Morrow, Isaac, 99, 100
N
Northwestern Virginia Railroad, 7, 8
P
Parsons, “Tanner Jim”, 118
Pegram, John, 93, 96, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 123, 124, 303
Pierpont, Francis, 54, 55, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 237, 277, 286, 287, 292, 293, 294, 308
Pierpont, Julia, 278
Poe, Orlando, 21, 97, 98, 107
Pool, J.T., 137, 170, 191, 225
Porterfield, George, 37, 38, 52, 54, 55, 58, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70, 72, 83, 304
Proclamation of 1763, 5
R
“Reform Convention” of 1850, 10
Reid, Whitelaw, 15, 61, 72, 73, 75, 77, 111, 113, 115, 116, 133, 304
Reynolds, Joseph, 134, 141, 154, 156, 162, 164, 171, 183, 196, 198, 199, 201, 203, 204, 224, 225, 227, 228, 230, 231, 233, 245, 248, 307
Rich Mountain, 86, 88, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 104, 108, 109, 121, 122, 123, 126, 153, 154, 162, 164, 210, 277, 278, 301
Richmond convention, 25
Richmond Daily Dispatch, 193, 268
Richmond Enquirer, 174
Robinson, John, 52, 53
Rosecrans, William, 91, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 129, 134, 156, 163, 166, 176, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 214, 215, 217, 224, 238, 248, 285, 302
Rust, Albert, 184, 185, 186, 187, 193, 194, 198, 202, 203, 229, 250, 265, 299
S
Scott, Winfield, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 31, 32, 33, 36, 55, 88, 91, 92, 94, 121, 122, 126, 129, 134, 164, 166, 240
Sewell Mountain, 177, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216, 299
Spotswood, Alexander, 3
Statham, Charles, 101, 102, 103
Sturm, Henry, 226, 227
Sullivan, Betsy, 280
“Summit,” Ben, 243
T
Taliaferro, William, 36, 86, 87, 113, 114, 116, 117
Thomas, Sixth Lord Fairfax, 4
Toney, Marcus, 39, 40, 43, 45, 165, 190, 266, 311
Traveller, 216, 300, 311
Travellers Repose, 223, 224, 228, 230, 234, 250, 276
Treaty of Paris, 5
Turner, Nat, 9
turnpikes, 7
Beverly and Fairmont Road Turnpike, 7
James River and Kanawha Turnpike, 7, 8, 174, 177, 207, 210
Northwestern Turnpike, 7, 8
Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, 7, 8, 85, 86, 110, 135, 137, 184, 185, 196, 223, 225
Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike, 7, 177
U
Underground Railroad, 9
V
Van Pelt, Mary, 280, 309
Virginia Central Railroad, 104, 134, 142, 223
Virginia General Assembly , 9
W
Washington, George, 5
Washington, John, 35, 159, 162, 200, 201, 202
Western Virginia Star, 24
Wheeling conventions first convention, 26–30
second convention, 77–81
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, 180, 237, 258, 263, 280, 291
Willey, Waitman, 27, 28, 29, 55, 72, 77, 179, 263, 288, 290, 309
Willey, William, 55, 72, 309
Wise, Henry, 24, 25, 128, 160, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 272, 299, 310
Worsham, John, 43, 44, 45, 144, 168, 190, 238
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
W. Hunter Lesser has had a twenty-year career as an archaeologist and historical interpreter. His writings on America's past have spanned topics from ancient Native American sites to Kentucky moonshine stills. A lifelong student of the Civil War, he served as a technical advisor for the Conservation Fund's The Civil War Battlefield Guide. He resides in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia.