by H. W. Brands
Davis, Jefferson, 8.1, 9.1, 14.1, 16.1, 24.1, 27.1, 30.1, 31.1, 33.1, 36.1, 37.1, 39.1, 39.2, 40.1, 43.1, 46.1, 47.1, 49.1, 49.2, 70.1
Day, Major
Delano, Columbus, 71.1, 76.1, 77.1
Delaware, 21.1, 45.1, 56.1
De Loche (Union loyalist)
Democracy in America (Tocqueville)
Democratic National Convention:
of 1860
of 1868
of 1872
Democratic Party, U.S., 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1, 7.1, 11.1, 29.1, 34.1, 50.1, 51.1, 54.1, 62.1, 62.2, 63.1, 63.2, 65.1, 65.2, 71.1, 76.1
Grant’s lame-duck presidency and
Indian policy and
Louisiana electoral conflict and, 73.1, 75.1
see also specific elections
Dent, Fanny
Dent, Fred
Dent, Frederick, 2.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 15.1, 16.1
Dent, John
Dominican Republic, 60.1, 65.1, 65.2, 79.1, 84.1
congressional commission on
Grant’s memo and
Hatch affair and
Sumner and, 61.1, 65.1
treaty of annexation and, 60.1, 61.1
Douglas, John
Douglas, Stephen A., 7.1, 11.1, 13.1, 14.1
Compromise of 1850 and
death of
Kansas-Nebraska Act and, 9.1, 9.2
Lincoln’s debates with
Douglass, Frederick, 12.1, 61.1
Douglass, John, 76.1
draft, 34.1, 39.1, 45.1
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Drexel, Anthony, 71.1, 80.1, 83.1
Driver, Warren
Early, Jubal, 41.1, 42.1, 44.1
Eckert, Thomas
Egypt
election of 1868, 60.1, 62.1, 70.1, 73.1
black vote in
Grant as candidate in
Grant elected in
Grant nominated in, 56.1, 65.1
Grant’s drinking as issue in
Jewish traders issue in
Ku Klux Klan violence and
election of 1872, 65.1, 65.2, 73.1, 74.1, 78.1, 85.1
Caesarism accusation in, 65.1, 65.2
Democrats in, 65.1, 65.2
Grant nominated in
Grant reelected in
Greeley in, 65.1, 65.2
Indians and
Liberal Republicans in, 65.1, 65.2, 65.3
Republican rift in
Schurz and, 65.1, 65.2
Sherman nominated in
Sumner and, 65.1, 65.2
election of 1876, 72.1, 74.1, 76.1, 80.1
electoral commission in
recount controversy in
Republican ticket in
third term question and
elections:
of 1844, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
of 1856, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1
of 1858
of 1860, 13.1, 14.1, 42.1, 50.1, 51.1
of 1862, 27.1, 27.2, 29.1, 30.1
of 1864, 33.1, 37.1, 42.1, 42.2, 45.1, 45.2, 51.1, 65.1, 70.1
of 1866
of 1868, see election of 1868
of 1869
of 1872, see election of 1872
of 1873
of 1880, 81.1, 82.1, 84.1, 85.1
of 1882, 84.1, 85.1
of 1884
Elrod, William, 68.1, 69.1
Emancipation Proclamation, 34.1, 64.1
abolitionism and
issuing of
Lincoln’s cabinet and
origin of
treatment of former slaves and
Emerson, Eliza Irene Sanford
Emerson, John
Enrollment Act of 1863
Equal Rights (newspaper)
Erie Canal
Erie Railroad, 59.1, 59.2, 59.3, 69.1
Essex (gunboat)
Evarts, William
Ewell, Richard, 33.1, 49.1
Ewing, Thomas
Fessenden, William, 9.1, 54.1
Fetterman, William
Fifteenth Amendment, 57.1, 58.1, 62.1, 73.1, 75.1, 79.1, 87.1
enforcement of
Fish, Hamilton, 58.1, 63.1, 64.1, 65.1, 70.1, 70.2, 71.1, 72.1, 75.1, 76.1, 76.2, 79.1, 79.2, 80.1, 80.2
Alabama claims and
Dominican annexation debate and, 60.1, 60.2
Fish, James
Fisk, James, 59.1, 59.2, 59.3
Five Forks, Battle of
Flint, Joseph
Flint, Moses
Flint, Saunders
Flood, John
Florida, 2.1, 14.1, 57.1, 65.1, 79.1, 79.2
Florida, CSS
Flournoy, Robert
Flowers, Andrew, 63.1
Floyd, John, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3
Foot, Solomon
Foote, Andrew, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1
Foote, Henry
Ford, Charles, 65.1, 65.2, 68.1
Ford’s Theater
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 38.1, 46.1
Fort Pillow massacre and
Fort Donelson campaign, prl.1, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 25.1, 86.1
aftermath of
Grant’s resolve in
gunboat artillery duel in
surrender ultimatum in
weather and
Fort Fisher, 47.1, 47.2
Fort Henry, 21.1, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1, 25.1
Fort Humboldt
Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
Fort Pemberton
Fort Pillow massacre
Fort Stedman
Fort Stevens
Fort Sumter, 15.1, 17.1, 24.1
Fortune, Emanuel
Fort Wagner
Fourteenth Amendment, 52.1, 53.1, 53.2, 56.1, 57.1, 62.1, 62.2, 62.3, 62.4, 63.1, 70.1, 87.1
Fourth Infantry Regiment, U.S., 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
drinking culture of
France, 2.1, 2.2, 15.1, 27.1, 27.2, 82.1
in Franco-Prussian War
Grant’s visit to
Mexico occupied by, 51.1, 59.1, 64.1
Franco-Prussian War, 64.1, 80.1
Fredericksburg, Battle of
Freedmen’s Bureau, 52.1, 62.1
Free Soil Party, U.S., 11.1, 65.1
free trade
Frémont, Jessie Benton, 11.1, 21.1
Frémont, John, 7.1, 11.1, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 24.1
emancipation decree of
French and Indian War
Friends of the Union
Fry, James
Fry, Joseph
Fugitive Slave Act, 7.1, 27.1
Garfield, James, 62.1, 67.1, 82.1, 82.2, 82.3, 83.1, 84.1
assassination of
Garrison, William Lloyd
Gary, Martin
Geary, John
Gebhard, Mrs. J. G.
General Order No. 11
Georgia, 14.1, 56.1, 62.1, 65.1, 79.1
Ku Klux Klan violence in, 62.1, 63.1
military rule reestablished in
secession of
see also Atlanta campaign; Sherman’s march
Germany, Imperial
Gettysburg, Battle of
aftermath of
casualties in
Pickett’s charge in
Stuart at
Gibbon, John, 40.1, 77.1
Giddings, Joshua
Gladstone, William
gold, 67.1, 71.1
Black Hills strike of, 77.1, 79.1
California strike of, 7.1, 55.1
currency debate and, 72.1, 76.1
gold conspiracy, 59.1, 76.1, 76.2
Chapin letter and
Congressional investigation of, 59.1, 59.2
Corbin’s testimony on
federal debt and
Gould’s testimony on, 59.1, 59.2
government sell-off and
Grant and
Golden Gate (ship), 7.1
Goode, Simon
Gordon, John B., 39.1, 39.2, 39.3, 49.1, 87.1
Gould, Jay, 59.1, 59.2, 59.3, 60.1, 69.1, 8
4.1, 85.1
Grace, William
Grand Gulf, Battle of
Granger, Gordon
Grant, Clara
Grant, Ellen “Nellie”, 9.1, 10.1, 26.1, 68.1, 81.1, 83.1, 85.1
wedding of
Grant, Frederick Dent, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 17.1, 37.1, 38.1, 56.1, 57.1, 68.1, 68.2, 72.1, 80.1, 83.1, 84.1, 85.1, 86.1, 86.2
Grant, Hannah Simpson, 1.1, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1
Grant, Ida
Grant, Jesse (father), 1.1, 1.2, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 16.1, 19.1, 29.1, 68.1
Grant, Jesse (son), 10.1, 12.1, 26.1, 68.1, 80.1, 83.1
Grant, Julia Dent, 2.1, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 48.1, 50.1, 51.1, 56.1, 56.2, 59.1, 59.2, 65.1, 65.2, 72.1, 85.1, 85.2, 85.3, 85.4, 85.5, 87.1
on Belknap scandal
family slaves of, 11.1, 12.1, 37.1, 68.1
as First Lady, 68.1, 82.1, 83.1
Galena home of
Grant family and
Grant-Lincoln visit and
Grant’s Civil War correspondence with, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 31.1, 31.2, 39.1, 39.2, 40.1, 40.2, 41.1, 48.1
Grant’s courtship of
Grant’s death and
Grant’s first meeting with
Grant’s general correspondence with, 12.1, 16.1, 53.1
Grant’s Mexican War correspondence with, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Grant’s wartime visits with, 26.1, 37.1, 50.1
Grant’s western posting correspondence with, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2
income from Grant’s memoir of
Lincoln assassination reaction of
New York City home of
on Supreme Court appointments
third-term question and
vanity of
in world tour, 80.1, 80.2, 80.3, 80.4, 81.1, 82.1
Grant, Mary (sister), 7.1, 10.1, 16.1, 19.1, 21.1, 22.1, 58.1
Grant, Mary (sister-in-law)
Grant, Mathew
Grant, Orvil, 7.1, 12.1, 76.1
Grant, Simpson, 11.1, 12.1
Grant, Ulysses, Jr. “Buck”, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 56.1, 79.1, 80.1, 83.1, 85.1, 86.1
Grant, Ulysses S.:
as acting war secretary, 54.1, 54.2
arming of former slaves and
in attempt to rejoin army
business deals and speculations of, 1.1, 8.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 68.1, 83.1, 84.1, 85.1
Caesarism accusation and, 65.1, 65.2
California posting of
cancer of, 85.1, 86.1
Civil War articles of
as colonel of militia
commercial horse farm of
constitutionalism as viewed by
contraband trade and, 29.1, 35.1
critics and doubters of
Dana’s assessment of
death of
decision-making style of
depression of, 8.1
descriptions of, 1.1, 37.1
Detroit posting of
drinking of, 8.1, 9.1, 16.1, 21.1, 24.1, 25.1, 30.1, 33.1, 42.1, 65.1, 87.1
education of
1860 election and
1864 election and, 37.1, 45.1
1864 Virginia campaign and, 39.1, 39.2, 45.1
1866 election and
family background of
farming efforts of, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1
as father
financial difficulties of, 83.1, 84.1, 85.1
first battle of, prl.1, 3.1, 4.1
first decisive command actions of
funeral and mourning of, 87.1, 87.2
gold medal awarded to
Grant & Ward business failure and
in Great Plains tour
Hamer’s assessment of
health of, 1.1, 6.1, 8.1, 11.1, 58.1, 83.1, 85.1, 86.1
honored for Chattanooga victory
horsemanship of, 1.1, 1.2, 7.1
Jewish traders in General Order No. 11 of
Johnston’s surrender and
journal of, 80.1, 86.1
leadership style of
in leather business, 12.1, 15.1
Lee contrasted with, 48.1, 49.1, 87.1
Lee’s surrender to
legacy of
Lincoln assassination news and
Lincoln on
Lincoln’s City Island meeting with
Lincoln’s correspondence with, 34.1, 35.1, 48.1
Lincoln’s first meeting with
malaria of
memoirs of, prl.1, 85.1
Memphis occupation and
Mexican railroad investment of
in Mexican War aftermath
Mexico intervention urged by
migraines of, 17.1, 58.1, 74.1
in Missouri operations
name of, prl.1, 1.1, 1.2
New York City home of
onset of Civil War and
Oregon posting of
Paducah occupation and
pallbearers of
in Panama crossing
politics disliked by, prl.1, 42.1, 45.1, 52.1, 56.1, 58.1
as popular hero
poverty of, 11.1, 85.1
Prentiss’s confrontation with
presidency of, see Grant, Ulysses S., presidency of
promoted to brigadier general, 19.1, 20.1
promoted to commander in chief
promoted to lieutenant general
promoted to major general
public speaking and, 38.1, 48.1, 57.1, 80.1, 80.2
in railroad accident
in real estate business
resigns commission
revelation regarding fear of
Sackett’s Harbor posting of
St. Louis sojourn of
secession crisis and, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1
security of the Union and
self-sufficiency of
as slave owner, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1
slavery question and, 27.1, 35.1
staff of, 30.1
tanning work disliked by
in tour of South
and treatment of former slaves
unauthorized leave incident and
Union armies reviewed by
Union League address of
visualization gift of
volunteer regiments trained by, 16.1, 16.2
Wallace’s assessment of
as war hero
wedding of
as West Point cadet
in world tour, see World tour (Grant’s), 1877–79
as writer, 85.1, 86.1
Grant, Ulysses S., presidency of:
acknowledgment of mistakes in
cabinet appointments in, 58.1, 65.1
civil service reform in
currency debate in, 69.1, 71.1, 72.1, 76.1, 80.1
economic depression in, 69.1, 71.1, 74.1, 76.1
fiscal policy in, 57.1, 58.1, 58.2
Grant’s income in
inaugural address in
legacy of
political appointments in
railroad scandals and
scandals in final months of
second inaugural address in
third-term question and, 74.1, 78.1
unification of nation and
Grant, Virginia “Jennie”, 7.1, 59.1, 59.2
Grant & Ward
Grass, The (Sioux chief)
Great Britain, 2.1, 2.2, 15.1, 17.1, 27.1, 57.1, 60.1, 60.2, 80.1
Grant’s tour of
recognition of Confederacy and, 27.1, 27.2, 64.1
settlement of Oregon dispute and
slavery abolished by
Treaty of Washington and, 67.1, 80.1
U.S.’s Alabama claims on, 64.1, 65.1, 68.1
Greece
Greeley, Horace, 9.1, 60.1
1872 election and, 65.1, 65.2
Grant criticized by
open letter to Lincoln of
Green, Lieutenant
&nbs
p; Green, Shields
Greenbacks, 69.1, 71.1, 76.1
Greenhow, Rose O’Neal
Griffith, McKinstry
Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of
Guiteau, Charles
habeas corpus, writ of, 62.1, 63.1
Haiti, 60.1, 61.1, 61.2, 65.1
Halleck, Henry W., 21.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 31.1, 31.2, 33.1, 34.1, 36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 36.4, 38.1, 40.1, 43.1, 44.1, 46.1
appointed general-in-chief
as chief of staff
contraband cotton trade policy and
in Corinth campaign
and Forts Henry and Donelson campaign, 21.1, 21.2
Grant’s bureaucratic relationship with, 23.1, 25.1
Grant’s correspondence with, 38.1, 39.1, 39.2, 40.1, 40.2, 41.1, 41.2, 44.1, 51.1
and Sherman’s alleged mental problems
Sherman’s correspondence with
Hamer, Thomas, 1.1, 1.2, 5.1
Hamilton, Schuyler
Hamlin, Hannibal, 13.1, 42.1
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 39.1, 40.1, 41.1, 82.1, 83.1, 87.1
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, 17.1, 19.1
Hardscrabble (log house), 9.1, 11.1
Hare, William
Harpers Ferry raid
Harris, Colonel
Harris, Tom
Harrison, Carter
Harrison, William Henry, 2.1, 57.1
Haskell, Frank
Hatch, Davis
Hawley, Joseph
Hay, John
Hayes, Lucy
Hayes, Rutherford, 78.1, 79.1, 79.2, 80.1, 80.2, 81.1, 82.1, 83.1, 87.1
Henry Clay (steamer)
Hewitt, James
Hillyer, William, 26.1, 31.1
Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, 58.1, 61.1, 63.1
Hoar, George
Hodges, Henry
Hodgskin, James
Hong Kong
Hood, John Bell, 43.1, 43.2, 46.1, 47.1
Hooker, Joseph, 27.1, 33.1, 36.1, 36.2, 36.3
House of Representatives, U.S., 2.1, 4.1, 9.1, 14.1, 51.1, 52.1, 52.2, 52.3, 58.1, 61.1, 62.1, 79.1
Belknap scandal and
Civil Rights Act of 1875 in
1874 election and
1876 election and
1882 election and
Johnson impeachment and, 54.1, 54.2
Judiciary Committee of
slavery issue in
Ways and Means Committee of
Wilmot Proviso in
see also Congress, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Houston, Sam, 2.1, 9.1
Howard, Charles
Howard, Oliver, 34.1, 47.1, 87.1
Huggins, Allen
Hunter, David, 41.1, 42.1
Hunter, R. M. T.
Huntington, Collis
Hurlbut, Stephen, 24.1, 24.2, 28.1, 29.1, 31.1
Idaho
Illinois, 11.1, 16.1, 20.1, 75.1, 82.1
Independent Democrats
India
Indians, prl.1, 2.1, 8.1, 52.1, 53.1, 55.1, 57.1, 67.1
commission approach and
election of 1872 and
Fetterman massacre and
Fort Laramie Treaty and
gold discoveries and, 55.1, 77.1, 79.1
Grant’s legacy and
Grant’s policy for