Lincoln’s replacement of McClellan with
Mud March of
in North Carolina campaign
ordered to reinforce Rosecrans
preparing to cross Rappahannock again
proposing to change line of operations
resigning army command
Vallandigham arrested by
Butler, Benjamin:
Baltimore occupied by
in Fort Fisher assault
getting troops to Washington
in Grant’s coordinated strategy for 1864
in New Orleans campaign
Petersburg advance frustrated
as political general
as political problem for Lincoln
as potential presidential candidate in 1864
removed from command
replaced by Banks in Louisiana
slaves declared contraband of war by
Cameron, Simon
Campbell, John A.
Cedar Creek, Battle of
Chancellorsville, Battle of
Chandler, Zachariah
Charleston:
bellicose mood in 1861
Du Pont’s attack on
Fort Sumter
Fort Wagner
Chase, Salmon P.:
on Hunter’s liberation policy
on Lincoln after Lee’s escape from Gettysburg
on Lincoln in operations around Norfolk
on Lincoln’s support of colonization
as McClellan supporter
as potential presidential candidate in 1864
on reinforcement of Fort Sumter
on reinforcements from East to Rosecrans
in Republican attempt to force out Seward
on shooting McClellan after Second Bull Run
Chattanooga
Chickamauga, Battle of
Clausewitz, Carl von
Clay, Clement C.
concentration in time
Confederate States of America:
Antietam and British recognition of
area of
basic military strategy of
blamed by Lincoln for starting war
blockade of Southern ports
capital moved to Richmond
Emancipation Proclamation and European recognition of
Emancipation Proclamation’s freeing of slaves inestablishment of
French intervention in Mexico and support for
Greeley’s peace negotiations with
hardening Northern attitude toward
interior lines of
Lincoln on bringing back into the Union
Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty and
Reconstruction to
Lincoln’s refusal to recognize legitimacy of
Peace Democrats subsidized by
peace movement developing in
prisoner exchange suspensed
split in two by fall of Vicksburg and Port
Hudson
successes in early 1864
threat to execute and reenslave black soldiers
Trent affair
Unionism in
Union victories of spring 1862
disheartening to
Union victories required to forestall European recognition of
See also Davis, Jefferson; and states and generals by name
Confiscation Act
Congress:
army officers prohibited from returning slaves to their masters
Confiscation Act passed by
elections of 1862
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
on Lincoln’s early war acts
Lincoln’s war powers claims exceeding powers of new militia law of 1862
tensions with Lincoln over reconstruction
conscription (draft)
contraband of war, slaves as
Copperhead (Peace) Democrats
Crittenden, John J.
Dana, Charles A.
Davis, Jefferson:
and abolition as peace condition
Blair’s meetings with
blamed by Lincoln for starting war
defiance after Lincoln’s reelection
and Gilmore-Jaquess mission
and Greeley’s peace negotiations
Kentucky’s neutrality observed by
Lee placed in command by
Lincoln’s Hampton Roads conditions rejected by military experience of
threatening to execute and reenslave black soldiers
Union victories of spring 1862 disheartening to
Delaware
desertion
Douglass, Frederick
draft (conscription)
Draft Riots
Du Pont, Samuel F.
Early, Jubal
Emancipation Proclamation:
growth of support for
international consequences of
issuance of
Lincoln’s decision to issue
opposition to
preliminary proclamation
on recruitment of black soldiers
in Union war effort
Ewell, Richard
Farragut, David Glasgow
Florida
Forrest, Nathan Bedford
Fort Donelson
Fort Fisher
Fort Henry
Fort Monroe
Fort Pickens
Fort Pillow massacre
Fort Sumter
Fort Wagner
Fox, Gustavus V.
Franklin, William B.:
Battle of Fredericksburg
Burnside’s attempt to transfer
in East Texas campaign
Grant’s suggestion for Washington command
Lincoln’s transfer of
scheming to have McClellan restored
in strategy session of January 10
on withdrawing from Peninsula
withheld by McClellan at Second Bull Run
Fredericksburg, Battle of
Frémont, Jessie Benton
Frémont, John C.
as commander of Department of the West
command in western Virginia for
liberating slaves in his command
as political general
presidential nomination of 1864
resignation of
in Shenandoah Valley campaign
supported for general-in-chief by Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
General Order No. 1
generals
Georgia:
fall of Atlanta
in Grant’s coordinated strategy for 1864
in Grant’s original strategy for 1864
Savannah
Sherman’s campaign against Atlanta
Sherman’s march to the sea
Gettysburg, Battle of
Gettysburg Address
Gillmore, Quincy
Gilmore, James R.
Grant, Ulysses S.:
in second half of 1861
troops sent into Kentucky by
in first half of 1862
in advance on Corinth
Battle of Shiloh
conflicts with Halleck
Fort Donelson taken by
Fort Henry taken by
uniting with Buell at Pittsburgh Landing
in second half of 1862
Confederate attempts to drive from Mississippi
and McClernand
outranked by Banks in Mississipi Valley
Vicksburg campaign of
in first half of 1863
Lincoln and Halleck’s desire to unite Banks with
Lincoln’s acknowledgment that Grant was right
Vicksburg campaign of
in second half of 1863
on black soldiers
Chattanooga relieved by
considered for command of Army of the Potomac
distance from Washington as advantage for
given command in the West
Mobile camp
aign urged by
in first half of 1864
appointed general-in-chief
coordinated strategy for 1864
on Early’s Washington raid
and Lincoln and Halleck’s discussion of military strategy
Lincoln concerned about his presidential ambitions in 1864
Mobile campaign urged by
Overland campaign of
promotion to lieutenant general
proposed strategy for Virginia
victory as conceived by
wanting Banks removed from command
working with Meade
in second half of 1864
on exchange of black soldiers
meeting with Lincoln on July 31
seen as “butcher,”
and Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley campaign
on Sherman’s march to the sea
on taking of Fort Fisher
on Thomas’s delays in attacking Hood
in 1865
on Confederate peace commission
Lee forced to abandon Richmond by
Lee’s proposal for meeting with
Lincoln’s visit to
characteristics as commander division of responsibility with Lincoln
excuses not made by
learning to reduce supplies
Lincoln’s maintenance of strategic oversight over
marching as fast and light as the enemy
“pertinacity” of
political sponsorship of
rumors of drinking of
Greeley, Horace
Grierson, Benjamin
habeas corpus, suspension of
Halleck, Henry W.:
in second half of 1861
appointed commander of Department of Missouri
Scott’s support for general-in-chief
in first half of 1862
advance on Corinth
command in West enlarged
conflicts with Grant
Grant and Buell ordered to unite at Pittsburgh Landing by
Grant supported after Shiloh by
Lincoln’s complaint about delays in West by
and Lincoln’s concept of concentration in time
and Lincoln’s General Order No. 1
in second half of 1862
appointed general-in-chief
on Banks and Grant
breakdown of
Buell’s operations unsatisfactory to
and Burnside’s proposed move across Rappahannock
Burnside’s proposed move against Fredericksburg opposed by
declining to send troops to Army of the Potomac
on Emancipation Proclamation transforming the war
exasperation with McClellan after Antietam
hard-war policy accepted by
McClellan ordered to cross Potomac in October
McClellan’s demand for removal after Antietam
McClellan’s resistance to orders to reinforce Pope
and McClernand’s in de pen dent command
as military clerk only
Rosecrans ordered to advance on Bragg by
and Second Battle of Bull Run
in first half of 1863
conflicts with Hooker after Chancellorsville
on Grant’s Vicksburg campaign
Hooker’s army command opposed by
Lincoln’s failure to heed advice from
in second half of 1863
Burnside criticized for not reinforcing Rosecrans
Meade encouraged to attack Lee by
pushing Meade to attack Lee after Gettysburg
on reinforcements from Army of the Potomac to Rosecrans
on Rosecrans’s Tennessee campaigns of 1863
in first half of 1864
on Grant’s desire to remove Banks from command
on kicking Butler upstairs
and Lincoln and Grant’s discussion of military strategy
replaced by Grant as general-in-chief
on Sheridan’s being given command in
Shenandoah Valley
in second half of 1864
Draft Riots feared by
on Thomas’s delays in attacking Hood in 1865
on Early’s Washington raid
characteristics as commander failure to meet expectations
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