Rise to Greatness

by David Von Drehle

  Convention of 1860

  elections of 1862 and

  Emancipation and

  in key positions

  McClellan and

  Supreme Court and

  Democratic Unionists

  Derickson, Charles

  Derickson, David

  Dix, Dorothea

  Dix, John A.

  Doughty, John

  Douglas, Stephen A.

  Douglass, Frederick

  Douglass, Lewis

  Dred Scott decision

  Drouyn de L’Huys, Edouard

  Duke, Basil

  Eads, James

  eastern theater. See also specific armies and battles

  Eckert, Thomas

  Edmunds, James M.

  Eggleston, Mr.

  elections

  of 1832

  of 1860

  of 1862

  of 1864

  of 1868

  Ellsworth, Elmer

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo

  emancipation. See also slavery; slaves, escaped

  compensated gradual

  Frémont orders

  Hunter orders

  Lincoln moves toward

  Lincoln overrules

  Lincoln reveals decision on, to Seward and Welles

  McClellan and

  military and, in enemy lands

  pressure for

  self-liberating slaves and

  Taney and

  transcontinental railroad and

  Union divisions over

  Washington, D.C., and

  Emancipation Proclamation

  attack by Greeley and

  announcement of

  cabinet and

  divine will and

  elections of 1862 and

  Europe and

  impact of

  signed

  written

  Ericsson, John

  Europe

  Ewing, Philemon

  Ewing, Thomas

  Ewing, Thomas, Jr.

  Fair Oaks, Battle of (Seven Pines)

  Farragut, David

  federal government bonds

  federal spending

  Fessenden, William P.

  Fields, David Dudley

  Fisher, George

  Florida

  Floyd, John

  Foote, Andrew

  Foote, Shelby

  Foreman, Amanda

  Forrest, Nathan Bedford

  Fort Donelson

  Fort Heiman

  Fort Henry

  Fort Magruder

  Fort Monroe

  Fort Pulaski

  Fort Ridgely raid

  Fort Sumter attack

  Fox, Gustavus

  France

  Franklin, William B.

  Frederick, Maryland

  Fredericksburg, Battle of

  free blacks. See also emancipation; Emancipation Proclamation; slavery; slaves, escaped

  citizenship rights of

  deportation proposed

  enlistment of, in Army

  Frémont, John C.

  French, Benjamin

  Frietchie, Barbara

  Front Royal, Battle of

  Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

  Gaines’ Mill, Battle of

  Gardner, Alexander

  Garrett, Thomas

  Gassendi (French warship)

  Gatling, Richard

  Gay, Sidney Howard

  General Land Office

  George III, King of England

  Gettysburg, Battle of

  Gettysburg address

  Gibbon, James Sloan (poet)

  Gibbon, John (general)

  Gilbert, Benjamin

  Gillespie, Joseph

  Gladstone, William Eward

  Gloire, La (French ship)

  Goethe, Johann W. von

  Goldsborough, Louis

  Goodell, William

  Goodwin, Doris Kearns

  Gordon, Nathaniel

  Grant, Julia

  Grant, Ulysses S.

  background of

  communications cut

  Corinth and

  cotton and

  foraging and

  Forts Henry and Donelson and

  future victories of

  Halleck vs.. 166–67

  Jewish merchants and

  Lincoln’s admiration for

  moves toward Jackson and Vicksburg

  Nashville and

  Oxford and

  public opinion of

  retreat from Mississippi and

  Sherman and

  Shiloh and

  slaves and

  western victories and

  Gravelet, Jean-François

  Great Britain

  Greeley, Horace

  Green, Horace

  Grimes, James

  Grow, Galusha

  Guelzo, Allen

  Gurley, Phineas

  Gurowski, Adam de

  Hagerstown, Maryland

  Haiti

  Hall, William

  Halleck, Henry Wager “Old Brains”

  background of

  Buell and

  Corinth and

  as general-in-chief over McClellan

  Grant and

  Lincoln’s disregard for

  McClellan and

  public opinion and

  Shiloh and

  slavery and

  Tennessee campaign and

  western strategy and

  Hamilton, Alexander

  Hamilton, James

  Hamlet (Shakespeare)

  Hamlin, Hannibal

  Hampton Roads

  Battle of Ironclads at

  Lincoln’s Norfolk campaign and

  Hartford (Union warship)

  Harpers Ferry

  John Brown’s raid on

  McClellan and

  Harper’s Weekly

  Harris, Ira

  Harrison, Benjamin, IV

  Harrison’s Landing

  Hatch, Ozias

  “Haunted House, The” (Hood)

  Haupt, Herman

  Hawes, Richard

  Hay, John

  Hay, Milton

  Heintzelman, Samuel

  Henry, Joseph

  “Hermann, Herr” (sleight-of-hand artist)

  Herndon, William

  Hill, A. P.

  Hill, Daniel H.

  Holland, J. G.

  Holly Springs

  Battle of

  Van Dorn raid on

  Holt, Joseph

  Homestead Act (1862)

  Honduras

  Hood, Thomas

  Hooker, Joseph

  Howe, Julia Ward

  Howe, Samuel Gridley

  Huger, Benjamin

  Hunter, David

  Hurlbut, Stephen

  Hyde, Joshua

  Il Trovatore (Verdi)

  Ile à Vache colony

  Illinois

  Interior Department

  internal revenue system

  ironclad gunboats

  Battle of

  destruction of Virginia

  Ironside (British ship)

  Isacks, A. J.

  Island No. 10, Battle of

  Iuka, Mississippi

  Jackson, Andrew

  Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall”

  James River

  Jay, John

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jewish merchants

  Johnson, Andrew

  Johnson, Oliver

  Johnson, Reverdy

  Johnston, Albert Sidney

  Johnston, Joseph E.

  Jomini, Antoine-Henri

  Jones, Catesby

  Julian, George

  Kansas

  Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

  Kaskel, Cesar

  Keckly, Elizabeth

  Kentucky

  Confederates invade

  Key, John

  Key, Thomas

  Keyes, Erasmus

  King, Prestonr />
  King John (Shakespeare)

  Knights of the Golden Circle

  Laird Brothers

  Lamon, Ward Hill

  land-grant colleges

  Lane, Harriet

  Lee, Fitzhugh

  Lee, Mary Custis

  Lee, Robert E.

  Antietam and

  commands Confederate Army

  estates of, seized

  Fredericksburg and

  Maryland drive of

  McClellan’s firing and

  McClellan’s Peninsula campaign vs.

  Pope’s advance and

  retreat of, post-Antietam

  Seven Days’ battles and

  Union foraging and

  Leopold I, King of Belgium

  Lewis, Sely

  Liberator (newspaper)

  Liberia

  Lincoln, Abraham

  abolitionists and

  achievements of, in 1862

  advisors and

  annual message to Congress of 1861

  annual message to Congress of 1862

  Antietam and

  anti-slave trade treaty and

  appearance of

  Aquia Creek visits by

  Army and, in early 1862

  Army and, in early 1863

  Army hospital conflict and

  Army of the Potomac commanders and

  assassination threats and

  Banks reassigned by

  becomes own general in chief, over McClellan

  bodyguards and

  border states and

  Browning’s friendship with

  Buell fired by

  Burnside appointed by, to replace McClellan

  Burnside’s North Carolina expedition and

  Butler’s offense to British and

  cabinet and

  cabinet presses, to fire McClellan

  Chase’s rivalry with

  Clay’s influence on

  colonization and

  commitment of, after Richmond defeat

  compensated emancipation and

  confiscation by Army and

  Congress and

  contrabands and Army and

  Cooper Union speech by

  cotton trade and

  coup threats vs.

  death of friends and

  death of son Willie and

  Derickson’s friendship with

  desertions and

  Douglas debates and

  early biographers on

  early life of

  economic opportunity and

  election of

  elections of 1862 and

  Emancipation Proclamation and

  Emerson and

  Europe and

  Fair Oaks and

  fault lines in Confederacy and

  Fort Sumter and

  Fredericksburg and

  free blacks meet with

  freed blacks and

  Front Royal and

  General Land Office and

  generals’ inaction and

  generals under McClellan appointed by

  General War Order No. 1 and

  Grant and

  Greeley criticizes

  habeas corpus and

  Halleck appointed general in chief by

  hard war philosophy and

  “House Divided” speech by

  humor and storytelling by

  Hunter’s emancipation order and

  Inaugural Address by, First

  Inaugural Address by, Second

  Ironclad Battle and

  Jersey City speech by

  Jewish merchants and

  leadership of, doubted

  legislation and

  letter to Quintin Campbell by

  literature and poetry and

  marriage and family and

  McClellan appointed by, as general in chief

  McClellan appointed by, as head of army in Washington

  McClellan as problem for

  McClellan at Second Manassas and

  McClellan at Yorktown and

  McClellan fired by

  McClellan in Maryland and

  McClellan placed under Halleck by

  McClellan post-Antietam and

  McClellan’s conflict with, after Shenandoah losses

  McClellan’s misjudgment of Lee

  McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign vs. Richmond and

  McClellan’s Potomac bridge fiasco and

  McClellan’s retreat from Peninsula and delay in firing

  McClellan-Stanton dispute and

  McClellan treason rumors and

  McClellan visited by

  military commissions and courts-martial and

  military draft and

  military tactics and strategy and

  Minnesota Sioux and

  Mississippi River command and

  New Orleans and

  New Year’s Day of 1862 and

  New Year’s Day of 1863 and

  Norfolk campaign by

  patronage jobs and

  personality of

  Pope and

  power of

  principles of

  public opinion and

  recruitment and

  religion and

  Scott advises, on reorganization of command

  séances and

  secretaries Nicolay and Hay and

  Seven Days and

  Seward resignation crisis and

  Seward’s relationship with

  Shenandoah and

  Sherman and

  Shiloh and

  slavery and emancipation and

  slavery outlawed in U.S. territory and

  slavery outlawed in Washington and

  social life and

  son Robert and

  son Tad and

  Stanton appointed Secretary of War by

  Stones River and

  Supreme Court and

  taxes and

  technology and

  transcontinental railroad and

  Trent crisis and

  Union preservation as goal of

  Union rally of August 6 and

  Virginia theater reorganized by

  war council and

  war expanded by

  war powers and

  Washington attack feared by

  western campaign and

  West Virginia statehood and

  White House quarters of

  Wood demand for negotiation with South and

  wounded soldiers visited by

  Lincoln, Edward “Eddie” (son)

  Lincoln, Mary Todd

  Bennett and

  children and family life and

  Christmas and

  death of Willie and

  deaths of half-brothers and

  Emancipation Proclamation and

  emotional problems of

  freed slaves and

  French and

  personality of

  relationship of, with husband

  scandals and

  Seward and

  shopping and

  social life and

  Soldiers’ Home cottage and

  son Bob and

  spiritualism and

  wounded soldiers and

  Lincoln, Robert “Bob” (son)

  Lincoln, Thomas “Tad” (son)

  Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie” (son)

  death of

  scrapbook of

  Lindsay, William

  Little Crow, Chief

  Livermore, Mary

  London Times

  Longstreet, James

  “Lost Heir, The” (Hood)

  Louisiana

  black Union troops in

  Emancipation Proclamation and

  Louisiana Purchase

  Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), Emperor of France

  Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, first Viscount

  Macbeth (Shakespeare)

  Macomb Eagle

  Madiso
n, James

  Magruder, John

  Mallory, Stephen

  Malvern Hill, Battle of

  Manassas

  captured by Union

  First Battle of (First Bull Run)

  Second Battle of (Second Bull Run)

  Manassas (Confederate ironclad)

  Marble, Manton

  Marcy, Randolph

  Maryland

  Confederate drive to

  escaped slaves and

  Lee and

  Lincoln visits McClellan in

  Mason, James

  Mason, Rodney

  Maximilian, Archduke of Austria

  Maynard, Nettie Colburn

  McCall, George

  McClellan, George B.

  aftermath of firing and

  Antietam and

  Antietam and, delays following

  appointed general in chief

  appointed to head army in Washington

  appointed to lead Union Army

  cabinet and

  cabinet and, demand for firing of

  Confederate property and

  corps commanders and

  desertions and

  eastern theater and

  Emancipation Proclamation and

  fired

  firing of, demanded

  Front Royal and

  Grant and

  Halleck replaces, as general in chief

  Hampton Roads Ironclad Battle and

  Harrison’s Landing bivouac of

  leaks and

  Lee misjudged by

  Lincoln delays firing

  Lincoln removes, as general in chief

  Lincoln reorganizes forces under

  Lincoln’s early relationship with

  Lincoln’s war council and

  Maryland campaign and

  military dictatorship threat and

  Peninsula campaign vs. Richmond and

  Peninsula retreat and

  Pope and

  presidential ambitions of

  reinforcements and

  Second Manassas and

  secret plans of

  Seven Days’ battles and

  Shenandoah losses and

  slavery and

  soft- vs. hard-war policy and

  Stanton and

  treason rumors and

  western generals and

  Yorktown and

  McClellan, Mary Ellen

  McClernand, John

  McClure, Alexander

  McCoy, Benjamin

  McCullough, William

  McDowell, Irwin

  McPherson, James

  Meade, George

  Meagher, Thomas

  Medill, Joseph

  Meigs, Montgomery

  Memphis, capture of

  Memphis and Charleston Railroad

  Mercier, Henri

  Merrimack. See Virginia

  Mexican War

  Mexico

  France and

  slave colonies and

  Miami (Union cutter)

  Michigan

  military conscription (draft)

  Militia Act (1794, 1862)

  Miller, Samuel

  Mill Springs, Battle of

  Minnesota, Sioux war in

  Minnesota (Union warship)

  Mississippi

  Mississippi (Confederate ironclad)

  Mississippi River

  Missouri

  Missouri Compromise

  Mitchell, Barton

  Mobile, Alabama

  Monitor (Union ironclad)

  Monroe Doctrine

  Moorhead, J. K.

  Moran, Benjamin

  Morgan, John Hunt

  Morrill, Justin

  Morse, Freeman

  Mumford, William