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Tried by War

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by James M. McPherson


  Longstreet, James

  Louisiana:

  Banks replacing Butler in

  Corps d’Afrique in

  exemption from Emancipation Proclamation in federal-occupied

  Lincoln on reconstruction in

  New Orleans

  Red River campaign

  Lyon, Nathaniel

  McClellan, George B.:

  in first half of 1861

  in western Virginia

  in second half of 1861

  becoming general-in-chief

  Confederate invasion of Maryland predicted by

  conflict with Scott

  delaying action in Virginia

  given command of Army of the Potomac

  Lincoln and Seward snubbed by

  memorandum of August 8

  strategic plan for winning war

  typhoid attack of

  in first half of 1862 (see also Peninsula campaign of)

  congressional and cabinet disillusionment with

  on East Tennessee invasion

  Harpers Ferry fiasco of

  Lincoln considering removal in March

  Peninsula strategy of

  practice march to abandoned Confederate works

  removed as general-in-chief

  on Shenandoah Valley campaign

  treasonable motives attributed to

  Urbana plan of

  in second half of 1862

  anger with after Second Bull Run

  Battle of Antietam

  considering resignation after Emancipation

  Proclamation

  delay in reinforcing Pope

  and Lee’s invasion of Maryland

  Lee’s orders for Maryland campaign found by

  Lincoln on destroying Lee’s army if possible

  Lincoln’s removal from command

  Lincoln’s urging to follow up Antietam

  Northern Democratic support for

  Northern disappointment with after Antietam

  ordered to combine with Pope’s army

  on poor condition of cavalry

  Pope’s defeat desired by

  returned to command after Second Bull Run

  Second Battle of Bull Run

  after removal from command

  Army of the Potomac carrying legacy of

  generals’ scheme to restore

  as presidential candidate in 1864

  characteristics as commander

  Army of the Potomac’s support for

  Buell compared with

  charisma of

  failure to meet expectations

  Lincoln’s opinion that he wouldn’t fight

  maneuver and siege strategy of

  messiah complex of

  as never quite ready to fight

  overcautiousness of

  overestimating enemy strength

  refusal to take responsibility for failure

  supplies as impediments to

  Peninsula campaign of

  Battle of Seven Pines

  Battle of Williamsburg

  Halleck deciding fate of

  held up at Yorktown

  on holding back of McDowell’s corps

  Lincoln’s insistence on action

  protesting order to withdraw

  Seven Days’ battles

  siege strategy for taking Richmond

  relationships with and views on others on cabinet members

  friendship with Burnside

  on Lincoln

  relations with Stanton

  social and political views of as Democrat

  hard-war policy opposed by

  on slavery

  McClernand, John

  McDowell, Irvin:

  Battle of Bull Run

  corps held back from Peninsula campaign

  Occoquan Valley plan of

  ordered to link up with McClellan

  in Shenandoah Valley campaign

  on supplies for Union armies

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

  Magruder, John B.

  Manassas:

  First Battle of Bull Run

  Johnston’s withdrawal to Culpeper from

  Lincoln’s decision to attack Confederate force at

  in Lincoln’s General Order No. 1

  in Lincoln’s Occoquan Valley plan

  Second Battle of Bull Run

  Maryland:

  abolition movement in

  Baltimore

  Battle of Antietam

  in Early’s Washington raid

  Lee’s invasion of 1862

  Lincoln’s refusal to prevent meeting of legislature

  McClellan’s prediction of Confederate invasion

  members of legislature arrested

  secession efforts in

  Meade, George G.:

  appointed to army command

  Battle of Chancellorsville

  Battle of Fredericksburg

  Battle of Gettysburg

  confronting Lee in Virginia in 1863

  favored by anti-Hooker generals

  favored by Stanton and Halleck for army command

  in Grant’s coordinated strategy for 1864

  Grant’s suggestion for Washington command

  left in command of Army of the Potomac by Grant

  Lincoln’s urging to attack Lee after Gettysburg

  Meigs, Montgomery: and Battle of Bull Run

  estimate of Confederate forces in Virginia

  and Frémont

  at Halleck-McClellan discussions

  Lincoln’s complaint about state of war in January 1862

  on McClellan’s complaints about cavalry

  and military plans of January 1862

  on national mood in January 1863

  panic after Seven Days

  urging Lincoln to assert his prerogative

  Memphis

  Merryman, John

  Mexico

  military strategy:

  Burnside’s proposal to change line of operations

  as evolving under Lincoln

  Grant’s coordinated strategy for 1864

  Lincoln, Halleck, and Grant’s discussion in early 1864

  Lincoln as Clausewitzian

  of Lincoln’s General Order No. 1

  Lincoln’s near-term strategy after Bull Run

  Lincoln’s plan of December 1861

  Lincoln’s quest for a strategy in 1861

  Lincoln’s role in

  Lincoln studies

  McClellan’s August 1861 plan

  McClellan’s Peninsula strategy

  McClellan’s Urbana plan

  maneuver and siege strategy of McClellan and Buell

  plans of January 1862

  public opinion and

  Scott’s envelopment proposal

  slavery issue involved in

  military tribunals

  Mine Run campaign “miscegenation,”

  Mississippi:

  Confederates’ attempt to drive Grant out of

  Halleck’s advance on Corinth

  Holly Springs

  See also Vicksburg

  Mississippi River:

  Banks given task of opening

  Frémont to campaign down

  Island No. 10 captured

  Lincoln forced to neglect

  in McClellan’s plan for winning war

  McClernand’s proposed campaign down

  opening of

  Pope’s capture of forts along

  in Scott’s strategy to end rebellion

  Missouri:

  abolition movement in

  conflict over secession in

  Frémont as commander in

  Halleck appointed commander in

  Lincoln’s call for militia refused by

  Schofield replaced by Rosecrans in

  Mobile

  Monocracy, Battle of

  Morgan, John Hunt

  Mud March

  Nashville


  national strategy:

  cautious military strategy trumped by

  electing war candidates in

  as evolving

  Lincoln’s role in

  prevention of foreign intervention in

  Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction and

  transformed by Emancipation Proclamation

  New Orleans

  New York City Draft Riots

  Nicolay, John

  Norfolk

  North Carolina:

  fall of Fort Fisher

  Grant’s proposed strategy for 1864

  Lincoln’s call for militia refused by

  New Bern and Beaufort harbors closed

  Plymouth recaptured by Confederates

  Union attack on coast of

  Occoquan Valley

  officers:

  commissioning of

  majority as Democrats

  political generals

  Ohio gubernatorial election of 1863

  operations

  Patterson, Robert

  Peace (Copperhead) Democrats

  Peninsula campaign:

  Battle of Seven Pines

  Battle of Williamsburg

  Halleck’s decision on fate of

  Lincoln’s review of Army of the Potomac after Seven Days

  Lincoln’s urging McClellan to strike

  McClellan’s closing in on Richmond

  McClellan’s protest about withdrawal from

  McDowell’s corps held back from

  Seven Days’ battles

  Siege of Yorktown

  Stuart’s cavalry operations in

  Pennsylvania:

  Battle of Gettysburg

  Early’s burning of Chambersburg

  Lee’s invasion of 1863

  Stuart’s cavalry raid into

  Perryville, Battle of

  Petersburg

  Pinkerton, Allan

  Pittsburgh Landing

  Poison Springs massacre

  policy, Lincoln’s role in

  Pope, John:

  in advance on Corinth

  appointed commander of Army of Virginia

  Army of the Potomac ordered to combine with

  bombastic address to troops of

  failure to meet expectations

  hard-war policy of

  McClellan’s delay in reinforcing

  McClellan’s desire for defeat of

  McClellan’s taking command of forces under

  Mississippi River forts and Memphis captured by

  Porter, David D.

  Porter, Fitz-John

  Port Hudson

  Port Royal Bay

  Powhatan (ship)

  prisoner exchanges

  Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

  Raymond, Henry

  Red River campaign

  Richmond:

  in Burnside’s proposed strategy

  Confederate capital moved to

  fall of

  “Forward to Richmond!” editorials

  in Grant’s coordinated strategy for 1864

  in Grant’s original strategy for 1864

  Lincoln on Lee’s army, not Richmond, as true objective point

  Lincoln’s visit to

  in McClellan’s August 1861 plan

  McClellan’s closing in on

  McClellan’s plan to take by siege

  in McClellan’s Urbana plan

  Meade’s proposal to force Lee back toward

  Ripley, James

  Rosecrans, William S.:

  Battle of Chickamauga

  Battle of Stones River

  Chattanooga taken by

  failure to meet expectations

  Halleck’s orders to advance on Bragg

  to Missouri

  reinforcements from Army of the Potomac to

  replaced with Thomas by Grant

  replacing Buell

  Tennessee campaigns of 1863

  Savannah

  Scott, Winfield:

  Anaconda Plan of

  and Battle of Bull Run

  on Butler’s occupation of Baltimore

 

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