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Tried by War

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by James M. McPherson


  in North Carolina campaign

  ordered to reinforce Rosecrans

  preparing to cross Rappahannock again

  proposing to change line of operations

  resigning army command

  Vallandigham arrested by

  Butler, Benjamin:

  Baltimore occupied by

  in Fort Fisher assault

  getting troops to Washington

  in Grant’s coordinated strategy for 1864

  in New Orleans campaign

  Petersburg advance frustrated

  as political general

  as political problem for Lincoln

  as potential presidential candidate in 1864

  removed from command

  replaced by Banks in Louisiana

  slaves declared contraband of war by

  Cameron, Simon

  Campbell, John A.

  Cedar Creek, Battle of

  Chancellorsville, Battle of

  Chandler, Zachariah

  Charleston:

  bellicose mood in 1861

  Du Pont’s attack on

  Fort Sumter

  Fort Wagner

  Chase, Salmon P.:

  on Hunter’s liberation policy

  on Lincoln after Lee’s escape from Gettysburg

  on Lincoln in operations around Norfolk

  on Lincoln’s support of colonization

  as McClellan supporter

  as potential presidential candidate in 1864

  on reinforcement of Fort Sumter

  on reinforcements from East to Rosecrans

  in Republican attempt to force out Seward

  on shooting McClellan after Second Bull Run

  Chattanooga

  Chickamauga, Battle of

  Clausewitz, Carl von

  Clay, Clement C.

  concentration in time

  Confederate States of America:

  Antietam and British recognition of

  area of

  basic military strategy of

  blamed by Lincoln for starting war

  blockade of Southern ports

  capital moved to Richmond

  Emancipation Proclamation and European recognition of

  Emancipation Proclamation’s freeing of slaves inestablishment of

  French intervention in Mexico and support for

  Greeley’s peace negotiations with

  hardening Northern attitude toward

  interior lines of

  Lincoln on bringing back into the Union

  Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty and

  Reconstruction to

  Lincoln’s refusal to recognize legitimacy of

  Peace Democrats subsidized by

  peace movement developing in

  prisoner exchange suspensed

  split in two by fall of Vicksburg and Port

  Hudson

  successes in early 1864

  threat to execute and reenslave black soldiers

  Trent affair

  Unionism in

  Union victories of spring 1862

  disheartening to

  Union victories required to forestall European recognition of

  See also Davis, Jefferson; and states and generals by name

  Confiscation Act

  Congress:

  army officers prohibited from returning slaves to their masters

  Confiscation Act passed by

  elections of 1862

  Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War

  on Lincoln’s early war acts

  Lincoln’s war powers claims exceeding powers of new militia law of 1862

  tensions with Lincoln over reconstruction

  conscription (draft)

  contraband of war, slaves as

  Copperhead (Peace) Democrats

  Crittenden, John J.

  Dana, Charles A.

  Davis, Jefferson:

  and abolition as peace condition

  Blair’s meetings with

  blamed by Lincoln for starting war

  defiance after Lincoln’s reelection

  and Gilmore-Jaquess mission

  and Greeley’s peace negotiations

  Kentucky’s neutrality observed by

  Lee placed in command by

  Lincoln’s Hampton Roads conditions rejected by military experience of

  threatening to execute and reenslave black soldiers

  Union victories of spring 1862 disheartening to

  Delaware

  desertion

  Douglass, Frederick

  draft (conscription)

  Draft Riots

  Du Pont, Samuel F.

  Early, Jubal

  Emancipation Proclamation:

  growth of support for

  international consequences of

  issuance of

  Lincoln’s decision to issue

  opposition to

  preliminary proclamation

  on recruitment of black soldiers

  in Union war effort

  Ewell, Richard

  Farragut, David Glasgow

  Florida

  Forrest, Nathan Bedford

  Fort Donelson

  Fort Fisher

  Fort Henry

  Fort Monroe

  Fort Pickens

  Fort Pillow massacre

  Fort Sumter

  Fort Wagner

  Fox, Gustavus V.

  Franklin, William B.:

  Battle of Fredericksburg

  Burnside’s attempt to transfer

  in East Texas campaign

  Grant’s suggestion for Washington command

  Lincoln’s transfer of

  scheming to have McClellan restored

  in strategy session of January 10

  on withdrawing from Peninsula

  withheld by McClellan at Second Bull Run

  Fredericksburg, Battle of

  Frémont, Jessie Benton

  Frémont, John C.

  as commander of Department of the West

  command in western Virginia for

  liberating slaves in his command

  as political general

  presidential nomination of 1864

  resignation of

  in Shenandoah Valley campaign

  supported for general-in-chief by Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War

  General Order No. 1

  generals

  Georgia:

  fall of Atlanta

  in Grant’s coordinated strategy for 1864

  in Grant’s original strategy for 1864

  Savannah

  Sherman’s campaign against Atlanta

  Sherman’s march to the sea

  Gettysburg, Battle of

  Gettysburg Address

  Gillmore, Quincy

  Gilmore, James R.

  Grant, Ulysses S.:

  in second half of 1861

  troops sent into Kentucky by

  in first half of 1862

  in advance on Corinth

  Battle of Shiloh

  conflicts with Halleck

  Fort Donelson taken by

  Fort Henry taken by

  uniting with Buell at Pittsburgh Landing

  in second half of 1862

  Confederate attempts to drive from Mississippi

  and McClernand

  outranked by Banks in Mississipi Valley

  Vicksburg campaign of

  in first half of 1863

  Lincoln and Halleck’s desire to unite Banks with

  Lincoln’s acknowledgment that Grant was right

  Vicksburg campaign of

  in second half of 1863

  on black soldiers

  Chattanooga relieved by

  considered for command of Army of the Potomac

  distance from Washington as advantage for

  given command in the West

  Mobile campaign urged by

  in first half of 1864

  appointed general-i
n-chief

  coordinated strategy for 1864

  on Early’s Washington raid

  and Lincoln and Halleck’s discussion of military strategy

  Lincoln concerned about his presidential ambitions in 1864

  Mobile campaign urged by

  Overland campaign of

  promotion to lieutenant general

  proposed strategy for Virginia

  victory as conceived by

  wanting Banks removed from command

  working with Meade

  in second half of 1864

  on exchange of black soldiers

  meeting with Lincoln on July 31

  seen as “butcher,”

  and Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley campaign

  on Sherman’s march to the sea

  on taking of Fort Fisher

  on Thomas’s delays in attacking Hood

  in 1865

  on Confederate peace commission

  Lee forced to abandon Richmond by

  Lee’s proposal for meeting with

  Lincoln’s visit to

  characteristics as commander division of responsibility with Lincoln

  excuses not made by

  learning to reduce supplies

  Lincoln’s maintenance of strategic oversight over

  marching as fast and light as the enemy

  “pertinacity” of

  political sponsorship of

  rumors of drinking of

  Greeley, Horace

  Grierson, Benjamin

  habeas corpus, suspension of

  Halleck, Henry W.:

  in second half of 1861

  appointed commander of Department of Missouri

  Scott’s support for general-in-chief

  in first half of 1862

  advance on Corinth

  command in West enlarged

  conflicts with Grant

  Grant and Buell ordered to unite at Pittsburgh Landing by

  Grant supported after Shiloh by

  Lincoln’s complaint about delays in West by

  and Lincoln’s concept of concentration in time

  and Lincoln’s General Order No. 1

  in second half of 1862

  appointed general-in-chief

  on Banks and Grant

  breakdown of

  Buell’s operations unsatisfactory to

  and Burnside’s proposed move across Rappahannock

  Burnside’s proposed move against Fredericksburg opposed by

  declining to send troops to Army of the Potomac

  on Emancipation Proclamation transforming the war

  exasperation with McClellan after Antietam

  hard-war policy accepted by

  McClellan ordered to cross Potomac in October

  McClellan’s demand for removal after Antietam

  McClellan’s resistance to orders to reinforce Pope

  and McClernand’s in de pen dent command

  as military clerk only

  Rosecrans ordered to advance on Bragg by

  and Second Battle of Bull Run

  in first half of 1863

  conflicts with Hooker after Chancellorsville

  on Grant’s Vicksburg campaign

  Hooker’s army command opposed by

  Lincoln’s failure to heed advice from

  in second half of 1863

  Burnside criticized for not reinforcing Rosecrans

  Meade encouraged to attack Lee by

  pushing Meade to attack Lee after Gettysburg

  on reinforcements from Army of the Potomac to Rosecrans

  on Rosecrans’s Tennessee campaigns of 1863

  in first half of 1864

  on Grant’s desire to remove Banks from command

  on kicking Butler upstairs

  and Lincoln and Grant’s discussion of military strategy

  replaced by Grant as general-in-chief

  on Sheridan’s being given command in

  Shenandoah Valley

  in second half of 1864

  Draft Riots feared by

  on Thomas’s delays in attacking Hood in 1865

  on Early’s Washington raid

  characteristics as commander failure to meet expectations

  on political generals

  on political interference in military affairs

 

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