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by S. C. Gwynne


  McClellan’s criticism in, 489

  slavery position of, 238, 383, 384

  total war strategy in, 397

  Conner, Z. T., 304, 398

  Contreras, Battle of, 106, 117

  Cooke, John Esten, 527, 560

  Cooper, Samuel, 68

  Corbin, Bertie, 508, 510, 511

  Corbin, Jane Wellford, 508, 510–11

  Corbin, Kate, 508, 510, 511, 567

  Corbin, Richard, 508

  Corinth, Battle of, 480

  Cornwallis, Charles, 458

  Corse, Montgomery D., 555

  Couch, Darius, 520

  Coyner, Samuel, 313, 315

  Crawford, Samuel, 402, 403, 405, 406

  Crimean War, 230

  Crist, Ephraim, 223

  Crittenden-Johnson resolution, 168

  Cromwell, Oliver, 24

  Cross Keys, Battle of, 319–22, 326, 332

  casualties in, 321

  Crutchfield, Stapleton, 278, 280, 378, 531, 542, 568

  Cuchillo Negro, 179

  Cumberland, Md., Union supply depot at, 184

  Cummings, A. C., 90

  Dabney, Robert Lewis, 26, 33–34, 45–46, 118, 264, 270, 285, 295, 333, 355, 367, 372, 398, 487, 515, 556–57, 568

  Davidson, J. D., 156, 157

  Davis, J. B., 223

  Davis, Jefferson:

  death sentences commuted by, 515

  early war strategy of, 68, 170

  at First Manassas conclusion, 94, 171, 387

  Fredericksburg reaction of, 502–3

  Halleck’s letter from, 396

  in Harpers Ferry evacuation decision, 48

  Harpers Ferry victory report to, 459

  hero status of, 295

  Jackson mourned by, 552, 554, 555

  in Jackson resignation incident, 185, 186–87, 189, 190

  Jackson’s fall 1861 meeting with, 171, 172, 387

  Jackson’s relationship with, 45, 51, 53, 94, 171, 172, 178, 185, 186–87, 189, 190, 196, 386–87, 392, 552

  Lee’s military advisory role for, 3, 44, 172, 244, 335

  Lee’s peace proposal suggestion to, 447

  Mexican-American War service of, 3, 171

  national prayer day designation by, 515

  public persona of, 171–72

  in Richmond defense planning, 268, 312, 327

  Southern criticism of, 194, 502

  as US secretary of war, 230

  valley campaign strategy of, 301, 312

  weapons supply problems of, 42

  Davis, Joseph, 386

  Democratic Party, US:

  1860 splintering of, 22

  McClellan’s support in, 490

  Second Manassas and, 450

  slavery position of, 383, 447

  diarrhea, 54, 174, 215, 355, 451

  Dickinson, Gardiner, 508

  Dickinson, Jane Parke, 508

  Dickinson, Netty Corbin, 508

  “Dixie,” 464, 513

  Donnelly, Dudley, 293, 294

  Doubleday, Abner, 428, 430, 466, 474

  Douglas, Henry Kyd, 26–27, 171, 183, 210, 247, 258, 259, 262, 264, 285, 294–95, 302, 307, 317, 321, 322, 390, 392, 413, 433, 449, 464, 465, 479, 484, 489, 518, 554, 555, 567–68

  Dred Scott case, 21

  dysentery, 54, 174, 387

  dyspepsia, 113, 125, 198, 344

  Early, Jubal, 67, 93, 100, 381, 401–2, 405, 411, 413, 433, 436, 469, 470, 471, 497, 499, 500, 512, 518, 522, 530, 534, 545, 567, 571–72

  Echols, John, 220, 221

  Elzey, Arnold, 93, 278

  Emancipation Proclamation, 385, 480–81, 490, 503

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 481

  Emma (slave), 155

  Enfield rifle, 230, 233, 451

  Europe:

  Confederacy supported in, 169, 170, 193, 386, 450, 481

  Jackson’s trip to, 151, 483

  Evans, Nathan “Shanks,” 78, 81–82, 83, 84, 100, 167

  Ewell, Richard, 246–47, 391, 466, 473, 558, 567, 570–71

  in Cedar Mountain Battle, 401, 405

  at First Manassas Battle, 76, 87

  at Gettysburg Battle, 560

  at Jackson’s funeral, 555

  Jackson’s relationship with, 5, 246, 247, 250, 260, 266–68, 269–70, 271, 281, 322–23, 473

  postwar life of, 571

  at Second Manassas Battle, 416, 419, 421, 422, 423, 429

  in Seven Days campaign, 355, 359, 366, 370, 371

  spring 1862 position of, 240

  in valley campaign, 244, 246, 250, 255, 264, 266–68, 269–70, 271, 272, 273, 277, 278, 281, 284, 285, 286, 291, 292, 293, 294, 296, 310, 316, 319, 320, 321, 322–23, 324, 325, 326

  Falling Waters, Battle of, 49–51, 52, 61, 65

  Fancy, see Little Sorrel

  Farragut, David, 277

  Faulkner, Charles, 515

  Faust, Drew Gilpin, 557

  First Confederate Congress, 2

  1st Virginia Brigade:

  in Falling Waters Battle, 49–51, 52, 61, 65

  First Manassas camp of, 67

  in First Manassas defensive line, 69, 79–80

  in First Manassas Henry Hill fight, 88, 89–90, 91–92, 98, 103

  First Manassas losses in, 90–91, 98

  First Manassas marching orders of, 80

  Jackson’s First Manassas placement of, 87

  Jackson’s training of, 52–56

  pre–First Manassas movement of, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65–66

  see also Stonewall Brigade

  Fishburne, Clement, 510

  Florida, mid-1800s population of, 112

  Flournoy, Thomas, 278, 280, 281

  Foote, Andrew H., 277

  Ford, Gerald, 569

  Forney, John W., 558

  Forrest, French, 555

  Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 73

  Fort Donelson, Battle of, 7, 192, 194, 195, 287, 334

  Fort Hamilton, Jackson’s US Army posting at, 111–12

  Fort Henry, Battle of, 7, 194, 195

  Fort Meade, Jackson’s US Army posting at, 112–17, 118

  Fortress Monroe:

  Confederate army’s mid-July 1861 position at, 56

  McClellan’s planned attack on, 203

  Fort Sumter, Battle of, 13, 56–57, 428

  France, Confederacy’s support in, 193, 386, 450

  Franklin, Benjamin, 556

  Franklin, William B., 376, 377, 414, 419, 438, 439, 440, 441, 445, 456, 459–60, 462, 464, 476, 477, 496, 498, 499, 500, 504

  Frederick, Md.:

  Confederate arrival in, 449, 453, 465, 559–60

  Jackson’s fame in, 449

  McClellan’s arrival at, 454

  Union force at, 176–77

  Whittier’s poem about, 559–60

  Fredericksburg, Battle of, 193, 493–503, 519

  aftermath of, 504

  Burnside’s plan in, 496–97

  casualties in, 498, 500, 501, 502, 504

  city’s destruction in, 494, 496

  Jackson’s defensive position in, 497, 498, 499

  Lee’s deployments in, 494, 496

  Longstreet’s position in, 494, 496, 500, 501

  Northern reaction to, 502

  Fredericksburg, Va.:

  Burnside’s planned attack on, 491–92, 493

  Confederate 1862–1863 winter camp near, 508–18, 519

  Hooker’s attack on, 521, 526, 532, 533, 534, 538, 545

  spring 1863 Confederate position at, 521, 522, 530

  Union force at, 7, 239, 243, 244, 267, 272, 277, 288, 301, 397

  Freeman, Douglas Southall, 187

  Frémont, Jessie, 168

  Frémont, John C.:

  Allegheny Mountains force of, 239

  Banks’s reinforcement by, 289, 302

  Jackson’s proposed attack on, 245

  Lincoln’s relationship with, 168

  presidential bid of, 199

  resignation of, 394, 395

  in valley campaign,
249, 250, 251, 255, 256, 289, 300, 302, 305–6, 309, 310–11, 312, 313, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325–26, 334

  Western command of, 168

  French, Caroline Read, 112, 114, 115

  French, William H., 112–13, 114–17, 118, 260, 344, 366, 387, 474–75, 476, 500, 501, 572–73

  Front Royal, Battle of, 274–75, 277, 278–81, 283, 297

  Lincoln’s reaction to, 288–89

  Front Royal, Va.:

  Jackson’s planned attack on, 245, 271, 272, 273

  McDowell’s retaking of, 302, 304, 305, 308

  Shields’s arrival at, 309

  Shields’s departure from, 313

  Union force at, 272

  Fry, Birkett, 344

  Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 237

  Fulkerson, Samuel, 185, 186, 217, 219, 221, 227, 279, 287, 317

  Gaines’s Mill, Battle of, 364–69, 399, 502

  Galena, 374

  Gardner, William, 346

  Garnett, Richard B., 181, 183, 219, 220, 222, 224, 226, 227, 258–60, 261, 304, 398, 554, 555, 570

  Garnett, Thomas S., 402, 403, 405

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 20, 25

  Geary, John, 288, 299, 300, 308

  Gettysburg, Battle of, 233, 560, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572

  Gibbon, John, 427, 428, 430, 455, 472, 498, 499, 500

  Gilham, William, 23, 154, 181–82, 186, 260

  Gittings, John, 40

  Glendale, Battle of, 374–78

  Glendale, Va., Confederate army’s approach of, 371

  Gordon, George H., 274, 293, 403

  Gordon, John B., 247, 567

  Gordonsville, Va.:

  Jackson’s arrival at, 398, 399

  Jackson’s withdrawal to, 406

  Longstreet’s march to, 410

  Pope’s advance on, 398, 406

  strategic importance of, 393

  see also Cedar Mountain, Battle of

  Graham, Fanny, 197, 483–84

  Graham, James, 178, 180, 189, 197, 198

  Grant, Ulysses S., 481

  early victories of, 192, 194, 334, 338

  Fort Donelson success of, 287, 334

  infantry charges by, 231

  innovative tactics of, 335

  Mexican-American War service of, 103, 104, 179, 229

  presidential campaign of, 571

  resignation incident of, 192

  at Shiloh Battle, 253

  total war tactics of, 46, 166, 173, 572

  transformed by Civil War, 6

  Grattan, Charles, 41

  Great Britain, Confederacy’s support in, 193, 386, 450, 481

  Greeley, Horace, 59, 98, 166

  Greenleaf, Charles H., 274, 275

  Gregg, Maxcy, 364, 432–33, 499, 503

  Griffin, Charles, 88, 90

  Grigsby, Andrew, 264, 469, 470

  Grover, Cuvier, 432

  Guiney’s Station, Va., Jackson’s death at, 544, 546–51, 552–53

  Halleck, Henry Wager, 192, 396, 398, 410, 416, 418–19, 437, 439–41, 446, 452, 481, 489, 490

  Hampton, Wade, 83, 84, 100, 377

  Harman, John A., 42–43, 195, 196–97, 263–64, 301, 316, 321

  Harman, Michael, 182–83

  Harper, Kenton, 38

  Harpers Ferry, Va.:

  Army of the Valley in approach of, 302, 303

  Confederate evacuation of, 48, 52

  defensibility of, 44, 48

  escaped slaves in, 238

  Jackson’s early war command at, 35, 37–45, 47

  Jackson’s retaking of, 453–54, 456, 457, 458–60, 461, 478, 480

  John Brown’s raid on, 22–23

  Johnston’s command assignment at, 47–48; see also Army of the Shenandoah Valley

  strategic value of, 35, 44

  Union occupation of, 53, 61, 239, 282, 288, 300, 301, 453, 454, 456, 457

  Union surrender at, 458, 459, 460

  Harper’s Weekly, 389, 558

  Harrison, William Henry, 556

  Harrisonburg, Va.:

  Banks’s camp at, 242, 245

  Banks’s withdrawal from, 250, 256

  Jackson’s approach of, 268, 269

  Lincoln’s battle plan for, 305, 306

  Harrison’s Landing, Va., Union base at, 361, 366, 369, 370, 374

  “Harwell,” 549

  Hatch, John, 436–37, 441, 442, 446

  Hawkins, Willis, 304

  Hawks, Wells J., 43, 225, 304, 555

  Hay, John, 441

  Hays, Samuel L., 341

  Heintzelman, Samuel, 74, 81, 369, 373, 374, 418

  Hervey, George Winifred, 122

  Hetty (slave), 155, 547, 550, 553, 561

  Hill, A. P.:

  in Antietam Battle, 473, 477–78, 479

  in Cedar Mountain Battle, 399, 403, 405, 406, 516

  in Chancellorsville Battle, 531, 539, 540, 541, 543

  death of, 569

  in Fredericksburg Battle, 497, 499

  at Harpers Ferry surrender, 459, 473

  Jackson’s relationship with, 337, 342, 344, 399, 464–65, 497, 515–16

  McClellan’s relationship with, 345

  pre-Chancellorsville position of, 522

  promotion of, 569

  in Richmond defense planning, 336

  at Second Manassas Battle, 416, 418, 419, 422, 423, 432, 433

  in Seven Days campaign, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 364, 365, 371, 375, 376, 377, 378

  Hill, D. H.:

  in Antietam Battle, 469, 475

  in Cedar Mountain Battle, 401

  in Fredericksburg Battle, 500

  Jackson’s friendship with, 104, 105, 108, 115, 117, 123, 130, 131, 132, 133, 142, 144, 148, 152, 262, 333, 336, 450, 472, 483, 489, 515

  postwar life of, 569–70

  pre-Antietam intelligence leak caused by, 454

  pre-Antietam movements of, 454, 456

  in Seven Days campaign, 356, 364, 368, 371, 379, 381, 382

  in South Mountain Battle, 456

  spring 1862 position of, 196, 201, 203

  western transfer of, 515

  Hill, Isabella Morrison, 152, 570

  Hoge, Moses, 392

  Hoge, Mrs., 553

  Holmes, T. H., 75

  “Home Sweet Home,” 513

  Hood, John Bell, 367–68, 434, 436, 437, 444, 467, 468, 469, 502, 521

  Hooker, Joseph, 104, 465–66

  administrative skill of, 520

  in Antietam Battle, 465–66, 467, 468, 469, 470, 474, 527

  Army of the Potomac appointment of, 504

  Burnside’s hatred of, 491, 504

  Chancellorsville Battle planning by, 528

  Chancellorsville headquarters of, 523, 537

  Chancellorsville position of, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 554

  enemy strength assessments by, 520, 532

  Fredericksburg attack by, 521, 526, 532, 533, 534, 538, 545

  Jackson’s assessment of, 544

  Jackson’s pre-Chancellorsville threatening of, 525–27

  McClellan’s hatred of, 466

  postwar life of, 573

  at Second Manassas Battle, 421, 432, 442, 527

  in Seven Days campaign, 354, 369

  spring 1863 movements of, 518, 519–20, 521, 522, 526, 527

  Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 558

  Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 226, 258, 264–65, 294, 303–4, 305, 306, 315, 324, 327, 355, 365, 398, 405, 409, 511, 516, 529–30, 560

  Houston, Sam, 171

  Howard, McHenry, 310

  Howard, O. O. “Otis,” 520, 532, 533, 534, 535, 538

  Howe, Julia Ward, 162

  Howells, William Dean, 26

  Huger, Benjamin, 352, 371, 375, 376, 379, 393

  Hunter, David, 74, 81, 110, 575

  Hunter, Henry, 511

  Imboden, John D., 40, 41, 85–86, 89, 103, 248, 249

  Independent, 559

  Iron Brigade, 427, 429, 466, 472

  Jackson,
A. J., 568

  Jackson, Alfred, 180

  Jackson, Conrad Feger, 499

  Jackson, Cummins, 137–38, 139, 155, 341

  Jackson, Elinor Junkin (Ellie), 142–48, 149, 150, 151, 438, 492, 562, 569

  Jackson, Elizabeth, 136, 138

  Jackson, Jonathan, 136

  Jackson, Julia Laura, 493, 511, 516, 517, 518, 547, 548, 550, 553, 555, 561, 565

  Jackson, Julia Neale, 136–37, 512

  Jackson, Mary Anna Morrison (Anna), 17, 18, 23, 34, 36, 39, 42, 50, 51, 54, 64, 79, 101, 102, 134, 152–54, 155, 156, 157, 172, 174–75, 184, 189, 197, 198, 200, 216, 226, 236, 239, 258, 264, 296, 327, 334, 340, 355, 373, 376, 398–99, 407, 484, 486, 488, 492–93, 497, 510, 511, 516–18, 522, 544, 547–48, 549–50, 552, 553, 554, 555, 561, 565, 566, 569, 570, 574

  Jackson, Mary Graham, 492, 562

  Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall”:

  ambition of, 33, 101, 113, 333

  Anna and Julia’s 1863 visit to, 516–18

  Anna’s biography of, 565

  Anna’s fall 1861 visit to, 174–75

  in Antietam Battle, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472–73, 478, 479, 527, 530

  A. P. Hill’s relationship with, 337, 342, 344, 399, 464–65, 497, 515–16

  arm amputation of, 543, 568

  Army of the Valley’s secret transfer by, 1, 4, 5–6, 8–9, 335–36

  Ashby’s praise by, 319

  authority issues of, 113–14, 132, 191, 387

  Banks’s troop strength estimates by, 284

  Banks’s valley campaign contest against, 207, 209, 211, 212, 213, 215, 217, 227, 228, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242–44, 245, 246, 249–50, 251, 255, 256, 265, 266–73, 274, 275, 277, 278–81, 282–87, 290, 291–98, 299, 300, 307, 334

  battlefield prayers of, 89, 294, 325, 333, 401, 500, 527, 537

  battlefield servant of, 478–79; see also Lewis, Jim

  battle preparations of, 355

  birth of, 136

  boot size of, 119, 120, 129, 130

  cavalry officers of, 43, 398, 406; see also Ashby, Turner; Munford, Thomas; Stuart, James Ewell Brown (Jeb)

  in Cedar Mountain Battle, 398, 399, 400–406, 407, 516

  Chancellorsville attack of, 536–38

  Chancellorsville departure of, 544–45

  Chancellorsville flanking march of, 529–32, 533–36, 544

  Chancellorsville night reconnaissance by, 539–41

  in Chancellorsville planning, 528, 529

  Chancellorsville wounding of, 541–44

  childhood of, 15, 136–39, 512

  children of, 147, 153, 157, 198, 492–93; see also Jackson, Julia Laura

  children’s treatment by, 135, 140, 150, 510–11

  Civil War entry of, 13, 14, 16–17, 18–19, 20, 29, 30–31, 32–36

  Civil War’s transformation of, 6–8, 29, 40, 54, 171, 175, 177–78, 179, 185, 334, 390, 482–89

  coat of, 488, 497

  in combat, 49–51, 61, 85–87, 88–89, 90, 91, 103, 105, 106, 107, 217, 224, 292, 293, 294, 324, 379–80, 400–401, 403–4, 406–7, 420, 428, 429, 433, 472–73, 497

 

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