by Alan Axelrod
USS Merrimack, 223–230
USS Minnesota, 226
USS Monitor, 3, 219–230
USS Pawnee, 38–40
USS Pocahontas, 38–40
USS Powhatan, 38–40
USS San Jacinto, 235
V
V Corps, 206
Vallandigham, Clement, 100–101
Van Dorn, Gen. Earl, 140–143
Vicksburg, Mississippi, 93
Vicksburg, siege of, 139–148
Virginia Military Institute (VMI), 216
W
Wade, Sen. Benjamin, 246–248
Wade-Davis Bill, 6, 246–248
Walker, Leroy Pope, 38
Wallace, Maj. Gen. Lew, 162–163, 166, 169
War Democrats, 90
War of 1812, 118, 139
The War Powers of the President and the Legislative Powers of Congress in Relation to Rebellion, Treason, and Slavery (Boston, 1862), 48
Warne, Kate, 23–27
Warren, Brig. Gen. Gouverneur K., 81–82, 154
Washington, George, 128, 130, 133, 190, 214
Washington, Martha Custis, 130
Washington Peace Conference, 1861, 27–28
Webster, Daniel, 11–12, 210–211
Weed, Brig. Gen. Stephen, 81–82
Weed, Thurlow, 86–89
Weitzel, Maj. Gen. Godfrey, 59
Welles, Gideon, 113
West Point
Anderson instructs on use of artillery, 37
Beauregard at, 42
Burnside graduates from, 191
Civil War generals as, 149–150
Custer graduates dead last, 60
Hooker graduates from, 179
Lee as engineer, 130–132
Nathan Evans “Shanks,” 125
Sherman predicts bloody war (Class of 1840), 118–119
teaches Napoleonic rules of war, 155
Vicksburg siege of, 142
Western and Atlantic Railroad, 152
Western Empire, 100
Western Sanitary Commission, 234
Western Theater, 121, 140–141, 234, 238
Wheatland, 37
Whig Party, 20
White Oak Swamp Creek, 135
Whiting, William, 48
Why it’s significant
“Black Lincoln” is Inaugurated, 18
Congress Passes the Homestead Act of 1862, 171–177
Defeated, Grant Advances, 149
Gen. Beauregard Opens Fire on Fort Sumter, 31
The Gentleman from South Carolina Canes the Gentleman from Massachusetts, 7
The Ironclads Clash at Hampton Roads, 219
John Brown Raids Harpers Ferry, 208
John Wilkes Booth Assassinates Abraham Lincoln, 102
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 128
Lee Divides and Conquers at the Second Battle of Bull Run, 201
Lee Surrenders to Grant, 56
Lincoln Chooses Burnside to Lead the Army of the Potomac, 189
Lincoln Wins Reelection, 86
New York Draft Rioters Set Fire to the Orphan Asylum for Colored Children, 93
“Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation,” 44
Shiloh Creates a New American Reality, 159
Stonewall Jackson Falls to Friendly Fire at Chancellorsville, 178–188
Two Minutes at Gettysburg, 68
Vicksburg falls to Grant, 139
Wigfall, Colonel Louis, 12–16, 42–43
“wigwag” flag signals, 125
Wilkes, Capt. Charles, 235
Willard’s Hotel, 27–28
William of Normandy (William the Conqueror), 68
Williams Canal, 143
Wills, David, 71–72
Wilmot, David, 10–11, 209–210
Wilmot Proviso, 10–11, 210
Wilson, Henry, 15
Winslow, Capt. John A., 241
Wisconsin Territory, 16–17
Wise, Henry A., 216
Wood, Mayor Fernando, 95
Wool, Gen. John E., 122
Worden, Lt. John L., 228–229
World War I (1914–18), 219
World War II (1939–1945), 219
Wyandotte Constitution, 212–213
X
XI Corps, 77, 79, 182
Y
Yazoo Delta, 145
Yazoo Pass, 144
Yazoo Pass Expedition, 144
“Young Napoleon,” 46, 50, 86–89, 149, 190–191, 201–202
Author Biography
Alan Axelrod is a popular military historian, whose Civil War books include The Real History of the Civil War: A New Look at the Past (2012), Generals South, Generals North: The Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered (2011), The Horrid Pit: The Battle of the Crater, the Civil War’s Cruelest Mission (2007), Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Civil War (1998; Second Edition, 2003), and The War between the Spies: A History of Espionage During the American Civil War (1992). He has also written widely on the American Revolution, World War I, and World War II, and is the author of biographies of George S. Patton Jr. and Omar Bradley, as well as the co-author of a biography of George C. Marshall.
A former university professor and publishing executive, Alan Axelrod is president and CEO of the Ian Samuel Group, Inc., a creative services firm. He has been a creative consultant (and on-camera personality) for The Wild West television documentary series (Warner Bros., 1993), Civil War Journal (A&E Network, 1994), “The American Experience” series (PBS, 2016), and The Discovery Channel, and he has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, Fox Network affiliates in Philadelphia and Atlanta, and numerous radio news and talk programs, including National Public Radio.
He and his wife, the artist Anita Arliss, make their home in Atlanta.
Senator Charles Sumner, as photographed by Mathew Brady. Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration, March 4, 1861. Lincoln is barely visible under the wooden canopy. Library of Congress
The Sylvester Rawding family’s house was typical of the sod houses erected by homesteaders on the treeless Great Plains. This photograph was made by Solomon D. Butcher in 1886. Wikimedia
An ornamental print of the Emancipation Proclamation, published by R. A. Dimmock of New York City in 1864. Wikimedia
General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard, first general officer in the Confederate service and the commanding officer at the Battle of Fort Sumter. National Archives and Records Administration
The Wilmer McLean House, Appomattox Court House, Virginia, site of Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865. Library of Congress
President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication to the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863. The president is visible slightly left of center, behind the blurred mass of people, facing the camera, head slightly down and tilted to his right. Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address, March 4, 1865. He stands, bare-headed, before a small white table, speech in hand. Architect of the United States Capitol
The New York Draft Riot. Illustration from Harper’s Weekly titled “The Rioters Burning and Sacking the Colored Orphan Asylum.” Wikimedia
John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln. Library of Congress
Major General Irvin McDowell, defeated at the First Battle of Bull Run. Library of Congress
Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia. Library of Congress
“Whistling Dick,” a Confederate eighteen-pounder, formed part of the defenses of Vicksburg, Mississippi. A projectile from this gun set USS Cincinnati aflame on May 28, 1863, sinking it. Wikimedia
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant at Cold Harbor during the brutal Overland Campaign. Photograph by Edgar Guy Fawx. Library of Congress
Battle of Shiloh, American Civil War, a chromolithograph published by Louis Prang and Company, New York City, 1888, from a painting by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930). Wikimedia
A Mathew Brady photograph of the battlefield at
Bull Run following the Second Battle of Bull Run, August 28-30, 1862. National Archives and Records Administration
Ambrose Burnside as photographed by Mathew Brady. National Archives and Records Administration
The Death of Stonewall Jackson as depicted in a Currier & Ives print. Library of Congress
John Brown, photographed in Kansas, about 1856. Wikimedia
Union infantryman in a Hardee hat. Library of Congress.
John L. Worden, commanding officer of USS Monitor. Library of Congress