Read Rebels at the Gate: Lee and McClellan on the Front Line of a Nation Divided Online
Authors: W Hunter Lesser
Tags: #History, #Americas, #United States, #Civil War, #Military
G
Garnett, Robert,
35
,
36
,
83
,
84
,
85
,
86
,
87
,
88
,
90
,
92
,
94
,
95
,
96
,
100
,
104
,
109
,
110
,
111
,
112
,
114
,
115
,
116
,
117
,
119
,
122
,
123
,
125
,
141
,
206
,
252
,
302
Gordon, Josie,
252
,
253
,
257
,
259
,
260
Grant, Ulysses S.,
21
,
32
,
134
,
272
,
301
,
302
Green, Richard,
155
H
Hall, James,
113
,
186
,
231
,
242
,
245
,
255
,
258
,
262
,
264
,
268
,
269
,
286
,
312
Hart, David,
98
,
99
,
100
,
101
,
102
,
103
,
107
,
108
,
303
Hart, Nancy,
156
Hayes, Rutherford B.,
150
,
151
,
276
,
311
Hermann, Isaac,
95
,
96
,
117
,
118
,
165
,
198
,
245
,
246
Hotchkiss, Jedediah,
93
,
106
,
123
,
184
,
305
Humphreys, Mrs. Thomas,
67
I
Indianapolis Journal
,
50
J
Jackson, Henry,
141
,
142
,
149
,
167
,
183
,
185
,
186
,
198
,
224
,
227
,
230
,
231
,
232
,
233
,
234
,
247
,
248
,
308
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall”,
37
,
124
,
129
,
142
,
144
,
160
,
239
,
247
,
264
,
265
,
266
,
267
,
268
,
279
,
286
,
287
,
299
,
302
,
305
Johnson, Edward,
226
,
230
,
249
,
250
,
251
,
254
,
255
,
256
,
258
,
260
,
261
,
268
,
286
,
308
K
Kelley, Benjamin,
51
,
52
,
56
,
57
,
58
,
64
,
67
,
68
,
69
,
70
,
71
,
72
,
77
,
239
,
264
,
266
,
303
Kimball, Nathan,
151
,
171
,
186
,
194
,
203
,
238
,
307
L
Lander, Frederick,
66
,
67
,
68
,
69
,
97
,
98
,
100
,
103
,
239
,
264
,
266
,
305
Laurel Hill,
86
,
88
,
92
,
94
,
95
,
96
,
101
,
104
,
109
,
110
,
116
,
123
,
127
,
164
,
232
,
245
,
265
Lee,“Light Horse Harry”,
34
Lee, Robert E. resigns from the army,
31
rejects command of Union troops,
31
–33
family of,
33
accepts command of Virginia troops,
34
assembles his military staff,
35
mobilizes his forces,
36
–38
reacts to Philippi defeat,
83
–84
terminated as general-in-chief of Virginia troops,
84
named brigadier general in Confederate army,
84
advances to Valley Mountain,
161–62
reconnaissance during Mexican War,
164
reconnaissance on Valley Mountain,
164
physical description,
165
confirmed a full general,
167
deals with Wise and Floyd,
177
–79
drafts “Special Order No.
28
”,
185
nearly captured at Becky Creek,
195
reacts to the death of his
aide-decamp
,
202
on the loss at Cheat Mountain,
203
–04
deserts efforts to reclaim Western Virginia,
215
–16 and “Traveller”,
216
labeled “Granny Lee”,
217
sent to supervise South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida,
217
confronts Union invaders on south Atlantic coast,
272
–73
appointed liaison with military authorities,
272
claims victory at Fredericksburg,
292
after the first campaign,
299
–300
Lincoln, Abraham,
10
,
13
,
14
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
21
,
22
,
23
,
24
,
25
,
26
,
27
,
31
,
34
,
35
,
37
,
40
,
42
,
46
,
51
,
55
,
57
,
63
,
78
,
79
,
80
,
128
,
129
,
133
,
155
,
167
,
179
,
181
,
237
,
239
,
240
,
241
,
264
,
270
,
271
,
285
,
289
,
290
,
292
,
293
,
294
,
297
,
301
Loring, William,
143
,
144
,
160
,
161
,
163
,
164
,
167
,
168
,
183
,
184
,
185
,
190
,
198
,
199
,
202
,
213
,
215
,
234
,
245
,
247
,
248
,
265
,
266
,
267
,
268
,
299
,
304
,
307
Luther vs. Borden
,
78
M
Madison, James,
9
Marshall, Chief Justice John,
9
Mason, John,
10
McClellan, Ellen “Nelly”,
87
,
89
,
125
,
133
McClellan, George B. becomes major general of Ohio Volunteers,
13
–15
childhood of,
15
enters U.S. Military Academy,
15
in the Mexican War,
16
marries Ellen “Nelly” Marcy,
17
assembles and organizes Ohio troops,
17
–22
orders invasion of Grafton,
56
–58
reacts to Philippi victory,
72
leads troops to Western Virginia,
88
implements telegraph line usage,
90
surveys Rich Mountain,
93
–94
plans attack on Rich Mountain,
98
–99
takes possession of Beverly,
121
–23
accepts Confederate surrender at Beverly,
124
builds Army of the Potomac,
239
–41
Army of the Potomac remains idle,
270
–71
removed from post of general-inchief,
271
Army of the Potomac departs for Richmond,
272
defeated at Yorktown,
287
after the first campaign,
300
–02
Milroy, Robert,
67
,
69
,
111
,
243
,
250
,
251
,
252
,
253
,
255
,
256
,
257
,
258
,
261
,
285
,
286
,
305
Monroe, James,
9
Morris, Thomas,
64
,
70
,
72
,
88
,
91
,
92
,
93
,
94
,
95
,
109
,
110
,
111
,
112
,
114
,
302
N
Northwestern Virginia Railroad,
7
,
8
P
Parsons, “Tanner Jim”,
118
Pegram, John,
93
,
96
,
100
,
101
,
103
,
104
,
105
,
106
,
109
,
123
,
124
,
303
Pierpont, Francis,
54
,
55
,
77
,
78
,
79
,
80
,
81
,
237
,
277
,
286
,
287
,
292
,
293
,
294
,
308
Pierpont, Julia,
278
Porterfield, George,
37
,
38
,
52
,
54
,
55
,
58
,
61
,
63
,
64
,
65
,
67
,
69
,
70
,
72
,
83
,
304
Proclamation of 1763,
5
R
“Reform Convention” of 1850,
10
Reid, Whitelaw,
15
,
61
,
72
,
73
,
75
,
77
,
111
,
113
,
115
,
116
,
133
,
304
Reynolds, Joseph,
134
,
141
,
154
,
156
,
162
,
164
,
171
,
183
,
196
,
198
,
199
,
201
,
203
,
204
,
224
,
225
,
227
,
228
,
230
,
231
,
233
,
245
,
248
,
307
Rich Mountain,
86
,
88
,
92
,
93
,
94
,
95
,
96
,
97
,
98
,
101
,
102
,
104
,
108
,
109
,
121
,
122
,
123
,
126
,
153
,
154
,
162
,
164
,
210
,
277
,
278
,
301
Richmond convention,
25
Richmond Daily Dispatch
,
193
,
268
Richmond Enquirer
,
174
Rosecrans, William,
91
,
98
,
99
,
100
,
101
,
102
,
103
,
104
,
105
,
106
,
107
,
129
,
134
,
156
,
163
,
166
,
176
,
205
,
206
,
207
,
208
,
210
,
211
,
214
,
215
,
217
,
224
,
238
,
248
,
285
,
302
Rust, Albert,
184
,
185
,
186
,
187
,
193
,
194
,
198
,
202
,
203
,
229
,
250
,
265
,
299
S
Scott, Winfield,
16
,
17
,
19
,
20
,
22
,
31
,
32
,
33
,
36
,
55
,
88
,
91
,
92
,
94
,
121
,
122
,
126
,
129
,
134
,
164
,
166
,
240