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Authors: James M. McPherson

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   and
Uncle Tom's Cabin
,
88
–89

Fulton, Robert,
12

Furman, James,
243

Gadsden, James, and Gadsden Purchase,
108

Gaines' Mill, battle of,
466
–68,
471
,
476
,
733
,
812

Garner, Margaret,
120
–21

Garnett, Robert S.,
300
–301

Garrett, John W.,
287

Garrison, William Lloyd,
84
,
204

   burns Constitution,
120

   indicts Republican racism,
159

   on John Brown,
203

   and 1860 election,
227

   on outbreak of war,
312

   criticizes Lincoln,
505

   hails Emancipation Proclamation,
558

   at Republican national convention,
716

Geary, John W.,
161
,
162
,
163

German Americans: and nativism,
7
,
131
,
138
,
141
,
142

   and temperance,
134

   vote in 1860,
217
,
218
,
223

   unionism of, in Missouri,
291

   growing antiwar opposition of German Catholics,
493

   underrepresentation in Union army,
606

Gettysburg, campaign and battle of,
338
,
471
,
609
,
610
,
636
,
647
–48n,
653
–63,
676

   consequences of,
664
–65,
682
,
684
,
685
,
691
,
695
,
719
,
745
,
831
,
858

   aftermath,
666
–67

   Lincoln's address,
859

Gibbon, John,
282

Gibbons, James S.,
491

Giddings, Joshua,
61
,
68
,
124
,
142

Gilmer, John,
261
,
263

Gilmore, James R.,
767
–68

Gist, States Rights,
812
–13

Gladstone, William E.,
548
,
552
,
556

Glendale, battle of,
469

Gordon, John B.,
726
,
845
,
850

Gorgas, Josiah: sides with South,
282

   achievements as chief of ordnance,
319
–20,
320
n,
380
,
857

   on Gettysburg and Vicksburg,
665

   on battle of Nashville,
815

   sees no hope,
816

   on revival of war spirit,
825

Granger, Gordon,
674

Grant, Ulysses S.,
84
n,
282
,
325
,
483
,
559

   and Mexican War,
4
–5

   occupies Paducah,
296

   on logistical shortages,
322
–23

   Union general,
329

   and strategy,
332

   on Mc-Clellan,
358

   cooperation with navy in West,
392

   qualities of leadership,
395
–96,
419
,
423
,
857

   capture of Fort Henry,
396
–97

   capture of Fort Donelson,
397
–402,
406
,
407

   and Shiloh,
407
–15

   Corinth campaign,
416
,
511

   casualties in armies commanded by,
476

   confiscation of slaves,
502

   commander of Army of the Tennessee,
512
,
515
,
518

   battles of Iuka and Corinth,
522
–23

   failure of first Vicksburg campaign,
577
–79

   maneuvers in winter 1863,
586
–88,
593
,
625
,
626

   question of his drinking,
588
–90

   and copperheads,
595

   "Jew order" of,
622
–23

   spring 1863 campaign captures Vicksburg,
627
–38,
645
,
646
,
650
,
653
,
669

   goes to Chattanooga,
676
,
677
–80

   plan for campaign against Mobile,
683

   on black soldiers,
687
n

   and freedmen,
710

   as presidential possibility,
715
,
717

   named general in chief,
718

   on substitutes and bounty men,
720

   strategic plans for 1864,
721
–22,
724

   battle of the Wilderness,
725
–26

   of Spotsylvania,
728
–33

   Cold Harbor asault,
734
–37,
812

   move to Petersburg,
739
–41

   criticism of for heavy casualties,
742
,
759

   defended by Lincoln,
743

   Petersburg siege,
751
,
756
,
777
,
778
,
811
,
826
,
830

   and Early's Washington raid,
757

   sends Sheridan to the Valley,
758

   battle of the Crater,
759
–60

   anger at southern violations of prisoner paroles,
792

   and breakdown of prisoner exchanges,
793
,
799
–80

   on McClellan's candidacy,
803

   on soldier vote,
804

   on Sherman's march to the sea,
807
–8

   prods Thomas at Nashville,
813

   and Benjamin Butler,
820

   and Hampton Roads peace conference,
822

   plans Alabama campaigns,
825

   breakthrough at Petersburg,
844
–45,
846

   and Lee's surrender,
848
–50

   weeps for Lincoln,
853

Greeley, Horace,
13
,
42
,
138
,
224
,
821

   on territorial aquisition,
49

   on slavery,
96

   and temperance,
135

   and Lecompton,
167

   on tariff,
192

   on John Brown,
210

   and 1860 election,
217
,
227

   on secession,
251
–52

   "Forward to Richmond" editorials,
334

   on 1st Bull Run,
347
,
348

   on military arrests,
436

   and emancipation,
505

   Lincoln's letter to,
510
,
859

   target of draft rioters,
610

   "peace negotiations" in 1864,
762
,
766
–68

Greenhow, Rose O'Neal,
340
,
434
n

Gregg, William,
94
,
96
,
97

Grier, Robert,
172
,
173
,
179

Grierson, Benjamin, and Grierson's raid,
628

Grow, Galusha,
168
,
496

Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of,
3
–4,
50

Guerrillas and guerrilla warfare,
307

   in Missouri,
292
,
783
–88

   in West Virginia,
303

   in Virginia,
501

   in Tennessee,
513
,
515

   Mosby and,
737
–38

   and Sheridan's Valley campaign,
778
–79

Habeas corpus, writ of: in Union: Lincoln's suspension of,
287
–90,
433
–34,
436
,
560

   in Confederacy, suspended,
429
,
433
–35,
697
,
693

   and military arrests in 1862,
493
–94

   issue exploited by Democrats,
592
,
597
,
598
–99,
716

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