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Index
Numbers in italics refer to maps.
abolitionist movement, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1, 8.1, 14.1
Academy of Music, 10.1, 13.1, 13.2
actors, 6.1, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1, 7.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1
Adams, Henry, 1.1, 7.1, 14.1, 14.2
Adams, John Quincy, 4.1, 7.1
Adams, Julius
Adams, Mary
Adobe Walls, Battle of
African Americans:
emancipation of, 9.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
empowerment of, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, epl.1, epl.2
equality for, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 13.1, 16.1, epl.1, epl.2
fear of, 11.1, 11.2
free, 5.1, 5.2, 9.1
GAC’s ambivalence toward, prf.1, 3.1
McClellan’s letter of policy toward
in military, 4.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
population of, 2.1, 14.1, 15.1
postwar injustice against, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 16.1, 16.2
prejudice against, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2
in racial hierarchy, 7.1, 9.1, 11.1
rights denied to, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2
stereotype of, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 16.1
suffrage for, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 16.1
violence against, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2
as within American culture
women
see also contrabands; slaves; specific individuals
Agassiz, Louis
Akerman, Amos T., 14.1, 16.1
Alabama, 1.1, 14.1
alcohol use, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, epl.1, epl.2
GAC’s abstinence from, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, 15.1
Alcott, Louisa May
Aldie, Battle of, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
Alexandria, La., 9.1, 9.2
Alexandria, Va., 2.1, 2.2
Alexis, Grand Duke
Alger, Russell, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1
Allburger, Private
American culture:
aggressive ideology of
on the cusp of modernity, prf.1–xix, prf.2, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, epl.1, epl.2, epl.3, epl.4
literary scene in
patrician society in, 1.1, 3.1, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1
rise of corporate culture in, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1
rise of professionalism in
American Revolution
Ames, Adelbert, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, 10.1, 14.1, 16.1
Amissville, Va., 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Anatomy of Melancholy (Burton)
Anderson, Robert, 1.1, 3.1
antelope, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 15.1
Antelope Hills
Anthony, Susan B.
Antietam, Battle of (Sharpsburg), 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 14.1
Antietam Creek, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1
Appomattox Court House, Lee’s surrender at, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 16.1
Arapahoes, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, epl.1
Arikaras, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, epl.1, epl.2
Arkansas River, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 15.1
Native American peace meeting at, 11.1, 15.1
Army, U.S., Regular, prf.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1,
11.1
as constabulary force, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2
in enforcement of Reconstruction Act
GAC’s ambition for advancement in, 8.1, 9.1
GAC’s challenge to, 12.1, 12.2
and Native Americans, see Indian conflicts and wars
organizational structure of, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1
outposts on Great Plains
post–Civil War reorganization of, 10.1, 15.1
professionalism of
reduction of, 13.1, 16.1
reform of
U.S. Volunteers vs., 2.1, 8.1, 11.1
see also Cavalry, U.S. Army; Infantry, U.S. Army
Army and Navy Journal
Army Bill
Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate), 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2
in final battles, 8.1, 8.2
GAC’s fraternizing with
at Gettysburg, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1
Army of the Cumberland (Union), 6.1, 16.1
Army of the Potomac (Union), 2.1n, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 11.1
I Corps
V Corps, 3.1, 4.1, 8.1
VI Corps, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
XIX Corps
Bureau of Military Information of, 4.1, 4.2
Cavalry Corps of, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2; Michigan Brigade (2nd Brigade of 3rd Cavalry Division, later 1st Brigade of 1st Cavalry Division), 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 5.2, 5.3, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 10.1, 11.1
in final battles, 8.1, 8.2
at Gettysburg, 4.1, 5.1
infantry of, 4.1; 1st Michigan, 3.1; 4th Michigan, 2.1; 7th Michigan, 2.2, 4.2; New York regiments, 2.3
mobilization of
in Peninsula Campaign, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
reunion of
in victory celebration
Army of the Tennessee, 15.1, 16.1
Army of Virginia (Union)
Army of West Virginia (Union), 8.1, 8.2
Arnold, Mary
arson, campaign of
artillery, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
Aspinwall, William H., 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 13.1, 16.1
assymetrical warfare
Astor, John Jacob, III, 3.1, 4.1, 10.1
Astor, John Jacob, Jr.
Athens, Ohio
Atkins (scout)
Atlanta, Ga., 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Atlantic, 3.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
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