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by Nester, William


  Sickles, Dan, 204, 293

  Sigel, Fitz, 190, 191, 207

  Sims, Thomas, 50

  slavery, 17, 24, 26, 36–54, 77–79, 83–86, 90, 92, 98–99, 121, 124, 157–58, 204, 216, 239, 301–2

  Slidell, John, 68, 129–30

  Smith, Caleb, 106

  Smith, Gerrit, 18, 40, 88

  Smith, Joseph, 81

  Smith, Kirby, 291, 296

  Soule, Pierre, 64

  South Carolina, 21, 43, 44, 61, 95, 96–97, 99, 109, 111, 149, 188, 214, 238, 239, 246, 286, 298

  Beaufort, 240

  Charleston, 99, 111, 135, 214

  Columbia, 214

  Speed, James, 215

  Speed, Joshua, 27, 30, 70, 215

  Stanley, David, 284

  Stanley, John, 275

  Stanton, Edwin, 103, 126, 143, 177, 180, 197–98, 199, 200, 215, 220, 240, 241, 289, 312

  Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 18, 253

  Stearns, George, 88

  Stephens, Alexander, 45, 90, 99, 216, 234

  Stevens, Thaddeus, 105, 146, 225, 230, 234

  Stewart, Alexander, 243

  Stiles, George, 82

  Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 37, 40, 276

  Streight, Abel, 179–80

  Stuart, James Edward Brown (Jeb), 88, 142, 174, 175, 192, 296

  Stuart, John, 27

  Sumner, Charles, 46, 61, 146, 147, 152, 228, 233, 269, 272, 273, 306

  Sumner, Edwin, 138

  Sun Tzu, 2

  Sutter, John, 16

  Tait, Arthur, 275

  Taney, Roger, 50, 77–78, 107, 114, 211, 249

  Tappan, Arthur, 40

  Tappan, Lewis, 40

  Taylor, Richard, 191

  Taylor, Zachery, 6, 13, 20, 21, 46–47, 62, 72

  Tennessee, 39, 57, 99, 114, 124–25, 171, 180–82, 207, 215, 237, 239

  Chattanooga, 171, 179, 180–82

  Clarksville, 133

  Franklin, 213

  Knoxville, 180, 181

  Memphis, 57, 134, 176, 244

  Murfreesboro, 185

  Nashville, 45, 133, 171, 179, 213

  Pulaski, 213

  Terry, Alfred, 214, 284

  Texas, 12, 15, 48, 62, 98, 179, 191, 197, 239, 246, 263, 309

  Brownsville, 150,197

  Galveston, 171

  Thayer, Eli, 59

  Thomas, George, 131, 180, 181–82, 213, 214

  Thomas, Lorenzo, 229

  Thompson, Jacob, 204

  Thoreau, Henry David, 89, 278

  Tilden, Samuel, 286, 287

  Tilton, Theodore, 210

  treaties and agreements

  Brussels Declaration (1874), 203

  Clayton-Bulwer (1850), 65

  Fort Laramie (1851, 1868), 284

  Guadeloupe Hidalgo (1848), 15, 63

  Hague Conventions (1899, 1907), 203

  Kanagawa (1843), 70

  Marcy-Elgin (1854), 65

  Nanjing (1842), 68–69

  St. Petersburg Declaration (1868), 203

  Webster-Ashburton (1842), 62

  Trumball, Lyman, 59

  Turner, Nat, 44

  Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens), 250, 277, 282, 309

  Tweed, “Boss” William, 253

  Tyler, John, 274

  Unionists, 124, 120–21, 124, 239

  United States, pre-1860

  American Revolution, 278

  Bank of the United States (First, Second), 160, 165

  bills

  Fugitive Slave Act (1793), 49

  Fugitive Slave Act (1850), 46, 48–51, 104, 148

  Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), 46, 55–57, 58, 59, 68, 73, 77

  Militia Act (1795), 112, 113

  Missouri Compromise (1820), 19, 45, 56, 78, 79, 97

  Northwest Ordinance (1789), 39, 77, 78, 79

  Southwest Ordinance (1790), 39

  Texas annexation (1845), 15, 62, 309

  Congress, 12, 13, 14, 16, 26, 30–31, 39, 42, 44, 49, 56, 57, 60, 78, 80, 81, 85, 96, 278

  House of Representatives, 12, 15, 30, 39, 44, 57, 76, 94

  Senate, 12, 44, 57, 61, 94

  Constitution, 2, 3, 32, 38–39, 42, 58, 72, 78, 79, 85, 89, 107, 108, 113, 114, 183, 201, 234, 304, 305

  Declaration of Independence, 2, 3, 58, 79, 85, 104, 106–7, 305, 312

  economy, 90–92, 293

  Panic of 1837, 160–61, 165

  Panic of 1857, 82–83, 165

  elections

  1848, 20–21

  1852, 53–54

  1856, 72–74

  Federalist Papers, 42

  foreign policy, 61–70

  Gadsden Purchase, 63

  Louisiana Purchase, 262

  Monroe Doctrine, 110, 129, 309

  Tyler Doctrine, 62, 274, 309

  institutions

  Indian Bureau, 262

  Interior Department, 262

  Supreme Court, 76, 114, 116, 228

  Barrow v. Baltimore (1833), 237

  Cohen v. Virginia (1821), 42

  Dred Scott v. John Sandford (1857), 46, 77–79, 84, 96, 107, 237

  Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842), 49

  Strader v. Graham (1851), 50, 77, 78

  Utah, 15, 47, 48, 49, 254

  Promontory Point, 255

  Salt Lake City and valley, 81

  Vallandigham, Clement, 146, 184–85, 210

  Van Dorn, Earl, 134–35, 156, 171, 196

  Van Buren, Martin, 19, 20, 21

  Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 64, 66

  Vermont, 39, 40, 55

  Vesey, Denmark, 44

  Virginia, 44, 97, 99, 114, 124, 155, 170, 174, 175, 176, 190, 215, 239, 291

  Blue Ridge Mountains, 207

  Centerville, 126

  Charlottesville, 208

  City Point, 219

  Gordonsville, 141

  Hampton Roads, 216

  Harpers Ferry, 114

  Harrison Landing, 142

  Jamestown, 260

  Lynchburg, 190, 207

  Manassas, 125, 143

  Norfolk, 140, 190

  Petersburg, 193, 216, 219, 291

  Richmond, 114, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 174, 190, 193, 216, 219, 291

  Shenandoah Valley, 117, 119, 141, 142, 154, 190, 191, 207, 208–9, 291, 298

  Tredegar Industrial Complex, 134

  Urbana, 138, 139

  Warrenton, 192

  Williamsburg, 140

  Winchester, 117, 207

  Yorktown, 140

  Volny, Constantin de, 26

  Voting Rights Act (1965), 305

  Wade, Benjamin, 20, 139, 146, 147, 206–7, 210

  Walker, David, 41

  Walker, Robert, 79–80

  Walker, William, 66–67

  Warner, Charles, 277

  wars (non–Civil War)

  American Revolution (1775–83), 128

  Black Hawk (1832), 25, 46

  Crimean (1854–56), 83

  Dakota (1862), 266–68

  1812 (1812–15), 46, 65, 112, 128

  Great Sioux (1876–77), 284

  Indian (1824–76), 260–84

  Mexican (1846–48), 5, 11–15, 19, 20, 46, 47, 53, 61–62, 65, 112, 117, 119, 131, 294

  Mormon (1858–59), 81–82

  Opium (1839–42), 68–69

  Seminole (1814–19, 1835–42, 1855–58), 46

  Spanish-American (1898), 64

  Washburne, Elihu, 243

  Washington, Booker T., 231

  Washington, George, 33, 38, 190

  Washington City (DC), 17, 26, 30–31, 47–48, 49, 72, 85, 97, 104, 106, 107, 113, 120, 124, 138, 143, 144, 154, 173, 192, 216, 226, 232–33, 238

  Alexandria, 114–15

  Capitol, 17, 107, 226, 242

  Ford’s Theater, 221

  Freedman’s Memorial, 307

  Warrenton, 192

  Washington Monument, 107

  White House, 17, 107, 109, 128, 226, 242

  Willard Hotel, 107, 189

  Watkins, Carleton, 276
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  Wayland, Francis, 160

  Webster, Daniel, 20, 46, 62, 309

  Weed, Thurlow, 152

  Weld, Theodore, 40

  Welles, Gideon, 106, 110, 111, 136, 195, 215, 295

  Weston, George, 92

  West Virginia, 124, 298

  Wheeling, 123

  Wheeler, Joe, 296

  Whig Party, 5, 12, 13, 19–20, 21, 25, 26–27, 28, 46–48, 52, 53, 54, 70–71, 76, 94, 105, 160, 232

  Whistler, James, 275

  White, Anna, 279–80

  White, Morton, 249, 250

  Whitman, Walt, 20, 89, 277

  Whittaker, Frederick, 279

  Whittier, John Greenleaf, 89

  Wilkes, Charles, 129–30

  Wilkes, George, 210

  Williams, George, 250

  Wilmot, David, 12

  Wilmot Proviso, 12, 19

  Wimar, Charles, 275

  Wirz, Henry, 234

  Wisconsin, 45, 71, 77, 93, 169

  Ripon, 71

  Wise, Henry, 135

  Wittredge, Worthington, 274

  women’s rights, 18

  Declaration of Sentiments, 11, 18

  Married Women’s Property Act, 18

  National Women’s Loyal League, 253

  National Women’s Suffrage Association, 253

  Seneca Falls Convention, 18–19, 253

  Women’s Christian Temperance Union, 254

  Wood, Fernando, 184

  Wood, John, 95

  Woodbury, Levi, 53

  Wyoming, 254

  Yancey, William, 43

  Yates, Richard, 146

  Young, Brigham, 81–82, 154

 

 

 


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