Read Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Online
Authors: James M. McPherson
Tags: #General, #History, #United States, #Civil War Period (1850-1877), #United States - History - Civil War; 1861-1865, #United States - History - Civil War; 1861-1865 - Campaigns
Anderson, "Bloody Bill,"
292
,
787
,
788
Anderson, Robert: and Fort Sumter,
264
–74
recruits Kentucky unionists,
295
Andersonville prison: notoriety of,
755
,
791
conditions at,
796
controversies about,
797
–98,
801
–2,
810
Andrew, John: and 1860 election,
227
sends regiments to Washington,
274
,
286
and General Stone,
363
raises black regiments,
565
Anthony, Susan B.,
785
Antietam, battle of,
538
–44,
559
,
569
,
572
consequences of,
545
,
556
–57,
561
,
858
Antislavery movement: origins of,
8
,
88
and free soil sentiment in 1840s,
54
–55
and Whig party,
86
–87
and nativism,
137
–38.
See also
Abolitionists
Free Soil party
Republican party
Appomattox Courthouse: Lee's surrender at,
684
,
848
–50
northern celebration of,
850
–51
Arkansas, C.S.S
.,
421
–22
Armistead, Lewis A.,
662
Army, Confederate: number of men in,
306
–7n
organization and mobilization of,
316
–21,
330
–31n
election of officers,
327
–28
political generals,
328
discipline and training,
329
–31
strategy,
336
–38
tactics,
472
–77
class composition of,
614
–15
reenlistment of soldiers required in 1864,
719
.
See also
Conscription in Confederacy
names of battles
names of commanders
names of separate armies
Army, Union: number of men in,
306
–7n
organization and mobilization of,
313
,
322
–26,
330
–31n,
348
election of officers,
326
–27
political generals,
328
–29
discipline and training,
329
–31
strategy,
331
–36
tactics,
472
–77
expansion by Lincoln's call for new troops, 1862,
491
–93
ethnic and class composition,
606
–8
veteran reenlistments,
719
–20.
See also
Conscription in Union
names of battles
names of commanders
names of separate armies
Army of the Cumberland,
281
,
646
crippled by Stones River,
583
Tullahoma campaign,
669
reinforced after Chickamauga,
675
Army of the Gulf, Red River campaign,
722
Army of Mississippi (Confed.),
282
,
515
,
576
,
622
Army of the Mississippi (Union),
402
Army of Northern Virginia,
583
Lee named commander,
462
casualties of,
471
–72
Maryland invasion,
534
condition of,
535
after Antietam,
568
after Gettysburg,
671
Longstreet's divisions at Chickamauga,
672
morale in 1864,
719
Wilderness campaign,
724
casualties spring 1864,
743
Army of the Ohio,
402
at Shiloh,
412
Chattanooga campaign,
512
–13
captures Knox-ville,
670
in Georgia campaign,
744
Army of the Potomac,
282
,
525
,
685
created by McClellan,
348
–49
idleness of,
367
corps organization,
424
casualties,
471
–72
and 2nd Bull Run,
528
absorbs Army of Virginia,
533
in Antietam campaign,
538
,
540
,
541
,
581
and Emancipation Proclamation,
559
removal of McClellan from command,
561
,
569
after Antietam,
568
Burnside as commander,
570
demoralization after Fredericksburg,
584
morale rise under Hooker,
585
,
639
after Chancellors-ville,
646
in Gettysburg campaign,
651
–52,
653
–55,
663
,
667
after Gettysburg,
671
two corps to Chattanooga,
675
–76,
681
,
744
,
754
Grant makes headquarters with,
718
conscripts and substitutes,
720
and Wilderness campaign,
723
–24,
728
Cold Harbor syndrome,
735
move to Petersburg,
739
–40
crippling of, by Wilderness to Petersburg campaign,
741
–42,
743
,
756
black troops in,
759
revival of fighting tone,
780
and McClellan's presidential candidacy,
803
breakthrough at Petersburg,
844
–45,
846
Grand Review,
853
Army of the Shenandoah,
758
,
779
Army of Tennessee (Confed.),
281
Perryville campaign,
515
retreat after Murfreesboro,
582
desertions from,
613
low morale of, at Chattanooga,
681
improvement of morale under Johnston,
750
after fall of Atlanta,
807
debate over arming blacks in,
832
–33
Army of the Tennessee (Union): formal creation,
512
and Grant,
589
reinforces Chattanooga,
676
in Georgia campaign,
744
Howard named commander,
754
Army of Virginia,
501
Atchison, David R.: and Kansas-Nebraska Act,
122
–23
slavery issue in Kansas,
145
–48,
155
Atlanta: campaign for,
743
–53
battles for,
754
–56
Bagby, George W.,
428
Baker, Edward,
362
Baldwin, John,
271
"Balloon-frame" construction,
16
–17
Ball's Bluff, battle of,
362
,
367
,
444
Baltimore: assassination plot against Lincoln,
261
–62
mob attacks 6th Mass.,
285
arrest of secessionists in,
287
,
289
Banks, Nathaniel P.,
488
elected speaker,
144
political general,
328
in Shenandoah Valley,
350
,
425
,
455
defeated by Jackson,
456
–57,
501
at Cedar Mountain,
526
transferred to Louisiana,
624
capture of Port Hudson,
637
–38
Texas campaigns,
683
and Louisiana reconstruction,
703
–8