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Piper, Count, 164, 285, 366
Pittsburg Landing (bloody Shiloh), 208
Pleasanton, Alfred, 316
Plundering, 114, 121, 141, 425–426, 514
Point Lookout prison camp, 340, 426
Point of Rocks, 409, 414
Pomeroy, Senator-elect, 71
Poore, Ben: Perley, 368, 369, 371
Pope, John, 40, 208, 220–222, 224, 228, 229–230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 249, 255, 269, 386, 396, 515
Port Hudson, 314, 318
Port Republic, 215
Port Royal, 149, 503
Porter, Andrew, 135, 138, 170, 178, 180, 184, 219
Porter, David D., 211–212
Porter, Fitz-John, 138, 159, 219, 230, 237, 239, 241, 242–243, 274
court-martial of, 280
Porter, Horace, 478
Post-Office, General, 6, 7, 15, 79
Potomac, Army of the, 136, 138, 139, 141, 144, 146, 149, 157, 158, 159, 160, 180, 199, 200, 201, 205, 208, 211, 218–219, 222, 224, 230, 233, 234, 239, 242, 318, 391
advance of, 164, 212–217, 225, 272, 316, 346, 394–396
depleted, 333
dissension in, 232, 280
embarcation of, from Alexandria, 203–204
and Grant, 386, 387
inactivity of, 143–164, 334
incapacity of officers of, 243
reorganization of, 161, 245–247
review of, 284–285, 511–512, 513
withdrawal of, 228, 275
Potomac Light Infantry, 66, 79
Potter Committee; see Loyalty of Clerks, Select Committee on
Potter, John F., 178, 179
Pre-inauguration period, 44–51, 450–452
Presidential election
of 1852, 3
of 1860, 24, 38
of 1864, 428, 434–435, 442
Prices, rising, 337–339, 344
Prisoner of Chillon, 187
Prisoners of war, 106, 131, 152, 166–196, 215, 339–340, 388, 397, 398, 402, 440, 443
examination of, 179, 188–190
Privateering, 74, 440
Profiteering, 77–78, 87, 93, 111, 148, 152, 159, 174–175, 182, 198, 213, 286
Prohibition of liquor to soldiers, 135
Prostitution, 321–332
Pryor, Roger A., 65, 67, 178, 440, 548
Quaker guns, 143, 165, 202, 208, 210, 213
Quarters for troops, 35–36, 74, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 95
Quinine Lady; see Buckner, Louisa P.
Quirk, Patrick, 301
Railway, street, 227, 236, 273, 283, 345, 436
segregation of Negroes on, 301–302, 313
Rapidan River, 228, 286, 333, 346, 392–393
Rappahannock
Department of, 212
River, 164, 213, 228, 273, 275, 280, 286, 346
Rappahannock Station, 334, 339
Rayford, Thomas John; see Jordan, Thomas
Raymond, W. G., 327
Reconstruction, 210–211, 389, 438–439, 471, 497, 515
Reed, James, 309
Relay House, 68, 97
Relief associations, 255–256, 259, 263, 270
Renfrew, Baron; see Wales, Prince of
Reno, Fort, 414, 416, 424
Republican party, 3, 24, 25, 46, 47, 147, 189; see also
Black Republicans
campaign, 429–430, 432–434
national convention of, 1864, 388, 389, 404–405
opposition to, 278, 388
radical wing of, 25–26, 49, 108–109, 149, 155–156, 179, 201, 222, 226, 294
split in, 211, 388–389, 428
Renolds, John F., 138, 230, 285, 317
Rhode Island regiments, 78, 80, 82, 84–85, 87, 109, 135, 347
Rice, Henry M., 20–21
Richmond, 132, 160, 251
advance on, 204, 207, 212–215, 232–233, 395
battle of, 395–404, 465
fall of, 465, 469, 472
made capital of the Confederacy, 106
secessionists in, 69, 97
Richmond Enquirer, 3, 69
Richmond Examiner, 27
Ricketts, James B., 409, 412
Riddle, Albert G., 124, 127, 198
River Queen, 464, 469
Roanoke Island, 158
Roberts, Maude, 331–332
Rosecrans, Williams S., 3, 280, 320, 335, 536
Rucker, Daniel H., 271, 550
Runyan, Fort, 109
Russell, William Howard, 63, 110, 115–116, 120, 123, 126, 128, 130, 145, 158, 356, 358
Sabotage, 76, 198
Sacramento Union, 284
Sala, George Augustus, 344
Salm-Salm, Prince Felix, 366
Sandford, Charles W., 101, 102, 109
Sanford, E. S., 200, 218
Sanitary Commission, 259, 265–266, 267, 268, 344
work of, 265, 269, 273, 399, 401
Sanitary conditions, 95, 266
Saratoga Fort, 418
Savage’s Station, 217
Savannah, 436, 437, 472, 513
Scala’s Marine Band, 19, 39, 56, 88, 317, 357, 366, 375, 395, 456
Schaeffer, F. B., 33
Schenck, Robert C., 112, 236, 348
Schleiden, 285
Schurz, Carl, 94, 97, 221, 285, 548
Scott, Thomas A., 82, 103, 549
Scott, William, 138
Scott, Winfield, 2–5, 15, 17, 23, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35–37, 38, 41, 42–43, 44, 46, 50, 52, 54, 62, 63, 65, 66, 69, 70, 73, 76, 77, 79, 84, 96, 97, 104, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 120, 122, 125, 130, 133, 137, 139, 170, 183, 222, 223, 249, 357, 515, 542, 543, 549, 556
and Butler, 98
and McClellan, 134, 145–146
and McDowell, 102
Southern sympathies of, 2–3
Scrip, 225
Seaton, W. W., 92
Secession, 23, 26, 27, 29, 31, 35, 67, 73, 97, 98, 108
Secessionists, 4, 25–26, 33
Maryland, 27, 41, 75, 97, 119, 177
South Carolina, 3
Virginia, 65, 69
Washington; see Washington, secessionists sympathy in
Secret service, 143, 167, 441–442, 475
Sectionalism, 22, 500
Sedgwick, John, 138, 285, 287, 334, 394, 395, 402, 417
Seizure of federal property in South, 26, 29
Seven Days, battles of the, 217, 219, 220, 229, 232, 259, 269, 287
Sewage system; see Sanitary conditions
Seward, Augustus, 485, 486
Seward, Fanny, 485, 486
Seward, Frederick, 41, 43, 244, 308, 351, 357, 478, 486–487, 549
Seward, Mrs. Frederick, 216, 486
Seward, William H., 23, 25, 27, 30–31, 41, 44, 45–46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 54, 57, 61–62, 63–64, 65, 66, 89, 97, 117, 125, 141, 142, 148, 151, 153, 155, 162, 169, 174, 177, 178, 179, 183, 186, 216, 217, 220, 241, 246, 278, 285, 289, 306, 308, 318, 332, 341, 343, 346, 349, 352, 353, 357, 369, 384, 387, 390, 392, 439, 454, 463, 464, 466, 468, 469, 475, 482, 484–487, 493, 496, 507, 527, 540, 549, 555
Seward, William H., Jr., 414
Seymour, Horatio, 434
Sharpsburg; see Antietam
Shaunnessy, Mary, 301
Sheldon, A. F., 462
Sheldon, N. E., 169, 173, 184
Shenandoah,
Army of the, 429, 432
Department of the, 212
Valley, 113, 192, 193, 194, 206, 215, 315, 397, 407, 426
laid waste, 430
Sheridan, Phil, 392, 394, 397, 414, 429, 431, 432, 464, 467, 469, 481, 510, 511, 532, 547, 549–550
Sherman, John, 60, 550
Sherman, William T., 3, 59, 112, 114, 115, 131, 138, 158, 209, 318, 346, 386, 391, 397, 428, 440, 464, 470, 478, 498, 510, 512, 514, 528, 537, 539, 541, 542, 545, 546, 547, 550
March of, to the sea, 436–437
Shiloh, 209, 219, 385, 513
Sickles, Daniel E., 42, 138, 219, 285, 317, 368, 379, 550–55
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Sickness in camps, 105, 243
Sigel, Franz, 208, 219, 221, 230, 236, 237, 239, 397, 403, 406, 407, 408, 529
Sight-seers, 122–126, 141, 150, 203, 216, 235, 284–285, 287, 419, 420, 422–423, 441, 457, 494, 508
Silver Grays’ Home Guard, 79
Silver Spring, 17, 316, 416, 418, 421, 424, 425
Sisters of Charity, 261
Slaughter Mountain, 228, 271
Slave States
loyal, 306
military preparations in, 23, 58
in Peace Conference, 35
in politics, 3, 59
propitiation of, 30, 292–293
refusal of, to send volunteers, 67
Slavery
constitutional amendment abolishing, 438
controversy over, 3, 18, 21, 25–26, 49, 108, 145, 155, 249, 295, 312
Lincoln on, 48, 151, 290, 293, 298
Olmsted on, 264
and the war, 290–314, 319
Slidell, 20, 22, 25, 151
Slocum, Henry W., 285, 513
Slocum, Fort, 419, 422, 423
Smallpox epidemic, 266, 307, 310, 350
Smith, Caleb B., 48, 279, 289, 370, 390
Smith, Mrs. C. M., 378
Smith, W. F., 138, 281
Smithson, William T., 340
Smithsonian Institution, 6, 8, 13, 16, 93, 104, 254, 295, 325, 420
Smuggling of liquor, 135, 175, 176, 335
Soldiers’ Home, 17, 265, 424
President’s cottage at, 19, 356, 373
Soldiers’ Rest, 231, 310
Soldiers’ Retreat, 213, 231, 244
South Carolina
Firing of, on Union flag, 30, 67
secession of, 26, 28
seizure of Federal property in, 26
suspension of Federal courts in, 25
South, Department of the, 305
South Mountain, 249
Southworth, Mrs. E.D.E.N., 458
Spangler, Edward, 448, 479, 484, 500, 503, 507, 509, 547
Speculation, 225, 287, 391
Speed, James, 454, 490, 498, 507, 551
Spies; see Espionage
Spinner, General, 491
Spiritualism, 377
Spotsylvania, 396, 397
Sprague, Mrs. William; see Chase, Kate
Sprague, William, 78, 84, 347, 551
Stackpole, Thomas, 356, 370
Stanton, Edwin M., 31, 42, 65, 93, 159, 162–163, 191, 220, 279, 286, 290, 313, 315, 391, 401, 406, 432, 437, 454, 475, 484–485, 487, 513, 527, 531, 533, 534, 537, 542, 547, 549, 551–552, 555, 556
and Finley, 267
and Grant, 392, 395, 429–430, 473, 498
and Hammond, 267–268, 400
and Hitchcock, 205
and labor, 338
and L. C. Baker, 183, 195
and Lincoln, 45, 147, 373, 416, 478, 482–483, 496
and McClellan, 147, 154, 155, 156, 160, 205, 208, 214, 217–218, 223, 234, 241, 250, 251, 252
and Mrs. Lincoln, 353, 382
and Stone, 157
as War Secretary, 179, 180, 197–201, 210–211, 214, 229, 240, 243, 310, 332, 334, 340, 409, 410, 434, 466, 467, 493, 498–507
Stanton, Ellen, 199
Stanton, Mary, 199
Staples, John Summerfield, 430
Star of the West, 30, 32, 67
State Department, 7, 57, 71, 177, 179, 467
State sovereignty, 3, 22, 25, 167
Stevens, Fort, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423
Stevens, Thaddeus, 109, 210, 307, 381, 438, 440, 552
Stewart, Brigade-Surgeon, 169, 184–185
Stock market
falling, 4, 250
speculation on, 287
Stoddard, William O., 361, 362
Stoeckl, Baron, 349, 366
Stone, Charles P., 15, 33, 34, 35, 41, 53, 72, 79, 99, 138, 139, 144, 145, 229, 274, 295, 372, 515, 552
trial of, 157
Stoneman, George, 139, 284, 287, 348
Strasburg, 215
Streetcars; see Railway, street
Strikes, 337–339
Strong, Robert, 454
Stuart, Jeb, 250, 314, 316, 333
Sturgis, Rifles, 168, 169
Sturgis, S. D., 220, 230, 231–232, 281
Sumner, Charles, 8, 19, 22, 25, 31, 46, 48, 57, 108, 121, 286, 301, 307, 380, 382, 439, 443, 449, 458, 465, 530, 544, 552
Sumner, Edwin V., 40, 45, 138, 161, 220, 233, 234, 235, 237, 242, 281, 285, 514
Sumter, Fort, 27, 52, 78, 406, 440, 473
failure of naval attack on, 285
fall of, 67, 96, 385
problem of, 61–63, 64–65
recapture of, 440
reinforcement of, 28, 30, 32
Supplies
army, 231, 234–236, 251
seized by rebels, 232, 250
distribution of, 265, 271
hospital, 262, 269, 398–400
Surratt, Anna, 447, 500, 543
Surratt, John, 447, 448, 449, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 490, 491, 502, 506, 507, 541, 552–553, 555
Surratt, Mrs., 447, 448, 463, 473, 500, 503, 506, 507, 508, 509–510, 541, 552, 555, 556
Swampoodle, 13, 193, 228, 301, 328
Sweet, Professor, 135
Taney, Chief Justice, 21, 54, 176, 431
Tassara, Señor, 366
Taylor, Bayard, 349
Telegraph
application of, to military use, 103, 104, 116, 125, 163, 164, 395, 435, 437, 465
censorship of, 199–200, 368
Tennessee
Army of the, 346, 391, 513
provisional government in, 439
secession of, 108
Tennallytown, 139, 246, 414, 416, 417
Texas
secession of, 29
Thanksgiving Day proclamation, 345
Theatres, 340–344, 445, 446
Thomas, George H., 158, 335
Thomas, Lorenzo, 208, 312, 346, 437, 551
Thompson, Jacob, 5, 20, 28, 436, 499, 553
Todd, Alec, 376, 378
Todd, David, 361, 376
Todd, Lockwood, 72
Todd, Samuel, 376
Toombs, Senator, 22, 25, 29, 37
Tortures, camp, 138
Totten, Joseph G., 62
Townsend, E. D., 125, 469
Townsend, George Alfred, 508
Trade
decline of, 4, 13, 143
increased, 87, 103
Train, George Francis, 458
Transportation, 75, 77, 80, 87, 103, 119, 135–136, 204, 271, 272
shortage, 231–232, 234–236, 244
of wounded, 258–260, 265, 268–269, 400, 401, 467
Treason, 26, 28, 33, 59, 131, 136, 145, 157, 161, 176, 189, 198, 210, 234, 239, 243, 248, 497, 498
Treasury Department, 6, 7, 9, 15, 29, 50, 125, 129, 467
as barracks for soldiers, 85
as citadel of defense, 70, 71, 77, 79
fraudulence in, 391
Trent affair, 151
Trollope, Anthony, 12, 15, 152, 156
Trumbull, Lyman, 25, 127, 145, 161, 553
Turner, Ella, 444, 491, 500
Twiggs, David, 58, 70
Tyler, Daniel, 115, 121, 122
Tyler, John, 36, 42, 46, 543
Unconditional Union party, 299–300, 301
Unemployment, 61
Uniforms, Union, 159
Union Democratic party, 299–300
Union Hotel, Georgetown, 86
as hospital, 275, 278
Union Light Guard, 374, 452
Unpreparedness for war, 55; see also, Washington, defense of
Usher, John, 320, 390, 540
Vaccination, 264, 266, 350
Van Buren, Martin, 228
Van Valkenburg, Congressman, 228
Varnum, Joseph Bradley, 88
Veteran Reserves, 393, 410, 411, 415, 452, 466, 492, 496, 505, 509
Vicksburg, 280, 314, 384, 386, 392, 514
Victories, Union, 158, 208–210, 211–212, 317, 334–335, 429–430, 432, 439–440
Vigilantes, 183
Villard, Henry, 129, 275, 358, 359, 553–554
Virginia
Army of, 221, 222, 227, 230, 231, 233, 238, 242, 244
blockade of, 97
Department of, 207
disunion in, 62, 65
initiation of peace conference by, 35–36
Military Institute, 425
National sentiment in, 65
Peninsula, 163, 201, 204, 212, 216, 217, 220, 222, 225
provisional government in, 438
secession of, 67, 73, 76, 98
Virginians, The, 22
Volunteers (see also Militia)
rebel, 130, 149
Union, 81–107, 111, 228, 244
cowardice of, 127, 132
disaffection among, 96
irresponsibility of, 89–95, 104–106
lack of facilities for, 85–86, 90, 95
President’s call for, 67, 97, 137, 217, 336, 351, 426
untrained, 112, 114, 116, 149, 229
Von Limburg, M., 366
Wade, Benjamin F., 22, 25, 109, 124, 127, 145, 156–157, 202, 208, 210–211, 226, 242, 307, 365, 497, 554
Wade-Davis Manifesto, 428
Wadsworth, James S., 85, 138, 207–208, 214, 215, 220, 239, 244, 255, 273–274, 285, 302, 304, 305, 307, 402–403, 514
Wales, Prince of, 24, 87–88
Wallace, Frances, 378
Wallace, Lew, 219, 412, 424, 508
Wallace, William, 378
Wallach, Richard, 223, 299–300, 301, 317, 320, 336, 472
Wallach, W. D., 92–93, 299
Wallack, J. W., 343, 462
Walworth, Mansfield T., 186–187, 190, 554
Walworth, Reuben H., 186, 554
War correspondents; see Newspapers, correspondents of
War Department
censorship, 199–200
chaos in, 160, 411, 422, 424, 426
detective system, 181–183, 186–190, 195–196
illuminated, 467
jurisdiction over political prisoners of, 179
program of terror, 500, 501, 505–506, 509
in second election campaign, 433–434
War of 1812, 111
Ward, Artemus, 289–290
Warren, Fort, 151, 176, 182, 191
Warren, Gouverneur K., 334, 394, 395
Warrenton, 251, 273
Turnpike, 242
Wartime legislation, 108, 135–136, 151, 177, 294, 295
Washburne, Elihu B., 33, 41, 43, 385–386, 554
Washington, 6–15
defense of, 21–22, 32, 33–36, 65–66, 79–80, 81–107, 136–140, 147–148, 157, 162, 206–208, 214, 230, 233, 238, 248, 316, 409–424
dejection in, 152–154
deliverance of, 80–83, 423–424
Department of, 99, 102, 410