Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (179 page)

   and Confederate commerce raiders,
547
–48

   cotton famine,
548
–49

   public opinion toward American war,
548
–53

   and Emancipation Proclamation,
557
–58,
567

   Roebuck motion,
650
–51

   Laird rams,
682

   Kenner mission,
837
–38

Brooks, Preston,
149
–52

Brough, John,
686

Brown, Albert Gallatin,
68
,
106
,
118
,
178

Brown, George,
289
,
290

Brown, Isaac Newton,
421

Brown, John,
84

   in Kansas,
152
–53,
169

   Harper's Ferry raid,
201
–6,
179

   trial and aftermath,
106
–9

   execution and martyrdom,
209
–13,
216
,
220
,
228

Brown, John, Jr.,
785

Brown, Joseph E.: and secession,
242
–43

   opposes conscription,
431
,
433
,
693

   and martial law,
435

   wartime aid to poor families,
615

   critic of Davis,
692
–94

Browning, Oliver,
262
–63,
356

Brownlow, William G. ("Parson"),
304
,
305

Bryant, William Cullen,
55

   on Brooks's caning of Sumner,
150

   on Dred Scott decision,
177

   on John Brown,
210

   on secession,
244

Buchanan, James,
45
,
58
,
104
,
223
,
580

   and Ostend Manifesto,
110

   1852 election,
118

   1856 election,
156
–62

   and Lecompton,
163
–67

   Dred Scott case,
173
,
178
–79,
180

   1858 elections,
188

   vetoes by,
194

   favors acquisition of Cuba,
194
–95

   and corruption issue in 1860,
225
–26,
398

   1860 campaign,
232

   denies legality of secession,
246

   opposes "coercion,"
248

   advocates compromise,
250
–51

   and Forts Moultrie and Sumter,
264
–67

Buckner, Simon Bolivar,
400
–402

Buell, Don Carlos: Union commander in Kentucky,
305
,
367
,
394
,
395
,
397
,
398

   occupies Nashville,
402

   at Shiloh,
406
,
407
,
409
–12,
414

   Corinth campaign,
415
–16

   Chattanooga campaign,
512
–16

   Perryville campaign,
518
–21

   relieved of command,
522
,
579

Buford, John,
653
–54

Bull Run, 1st and 2nd battles of,
see
Manassas, 1st and 2nd battles of

Bulloch, James D.: Confederate naval agent,
314
–15,
320

   and commerce raiders,
547

   Laird rams,
682

   efforts in France,
683
–84

Burlingame, Anson,
139

Burns, Anthony,
119
–20,
121
,
204

Burnside, Ambrose E.: at 1st Bull Run,
341

   North Carolina operations,
372

   at Antie-tam,
539
,
541
,
543
–44

   takes command of Army of Potomac,
569
–70

   Fredericksburg,
571
–74,
644

   Mud March,
584

   relieved of command,
585

   arrests Vallandigham,
596
–97

   occupies Knoxville,
670

   battle of the Crater,
758
–60

   evaluation of,
857

Burton, James H.,
474

Butler, Andrew (Benjamin's brother),
624

Butler, Andrew P.,
122
,
150

Butler, Benjamin F.,
421
,
506
,
742

   in Maryland,
286

   political general,
328

   and "contrabands,"
355
–56,
497

   Hatteras Inlet,
370

   occupies New Orleans,
419
–20

   unpopularity in South,
501

   "Woman Order,"
551
–52,
623

   trading between lines,
623
–24

   presidential politics in 1864,
715

   strategic role in 1864,
722

   battle of Drewry's Bluff,
723
–24,
731

   Petersburg campaign,
740

   keeps peace in N.Y. City,
781
–82

   and prisoner of war exchanges,
799

   Fort Fisher fiasco,
820

"Butternuts": definition of, and culture,
31

   racism,
88

   antiwar opposition,
493
,
593

   draft resistance,
607

Cable, George Washington,
420

Cadwallader, Sylvanus,
589

Calhoun, John C.: proslavery argument,
56

   slavery expansion,
57
–58,
65

   and Compromise of 1850,
69
–70,
72
and n,
73

California: American settlement in,
42
–43

   and gold rush,
44
,
45
,
64
–65,
199

   U.S. annexation of,
47
,
49
–51

   and slavery expansion issue,
52
,
65

   statehood controversy,
66
–68,
86
,
106

   and Compromise of 1850,
70
–77

Cameron, James,
344
–45n

Cameron, Simon: and 1860 election,
217
,
219

   secretary of war,
260
,
270

   inefficiency and corruption of,
313
,
317
,
321
–24,
436

   contraband policy,
355

   and arming of slaves,
357
–58,
499
,
563

   and U.S. Sanitary Commission,
481

Campbell, John A.,
822
,
851

Canby, Edward R.S.,
825

Carey, Henry,
27

Carondelet
, U.S.S.,
415
,
421

Cass, Lewis,
58
,
59
,
62
,
118

Casualties in Civil War: of officers,
330

   nature and inexactness of,
347
n

   of various armies compared,
471
–72

   and tactics,
473
–77

   estimate of civilian casualties in South,
619
and n

   huge losses in spring 1864,
732
,
733
,
742
,
743

   final toll of,
854
.
See also names of specific battles

Catholics: and nativism,
7
,
32
–33,
131
–37,
142
,
156

   political allegiance of,
30
,
223

   growing antiwar opposition of, in North,
493
–94

   and emancipation,
507

   under representation of, in Union army,
606
–7

Catron, John,
173

Cedar Creek, battle of,
476
,
779
–81

Cedar Mountain, battle of,
526

Chamberlain, Joshua L.,
659
,
850

Chambersburg (Pa.), burned by rebels,
757

Champion's Hill, battle of,
630

Chancellorsville, battle of,
476
,
639
–45,
647
, 654,
663
,
676

   diplomatic consequences of,
650
–51

   influences Lee's thinking at Gettysburg,
655

Chandler, Zachariah,
249

Charleston Mercury:
on sectionalism,
41