Terrible Swift Sword (87 page)

Fugitive
slave law, 85

Fugitive slaves, 88,
178, 180, 192, 344-45, 366

Gaines's
Mill, Battle of, 318,

319, 320 Gainesville, Virginia, 403,
407,

409

Galena,
U.S.
ironclad, 273, 274 Gallatin, Tennessee, 355 Gamble,  Governor  Hamilton

R.,
21, 28, 452 Gauley River, 46, 48 General Orders No. 28, 375 General Orders No.
163, 442 General War Order No. 1, 135 General War Order No. 2, 187 General War
Order No. 3, 188 General War Order No. 4, 190 Gibbon, Brig. General John, 405

Glendale,
Virginia, 320 Gloucester, Virginia, 259, 260,

262,
263 Goldsborough, Flag Officer L. M., 159 ff, 160, 161, 259, 265, 316 Gooch,
Daniel W., 178 Gordonsville, Virginia, 309, 370, 372

Gortchakoff,
Prince, 129 Gosport (Norfolk) Navy Yard,

102, 194, 265 Grant, Major General Ulysses
S., army of occupation, 354, 362, 389; Belmont, battle of, 62-64; commander at
Cairo, 27, 36, 62; Fort Donelson captured, 143-51, 392; Fort Henry captured,
142-43; Halleck and, 154-55; Kentucky invaded by, 127; major general
appointment, 154; Paducah occupied by, 37, 40; Sherman and, 217; Shiloh, battle
of, 206, 212, 213, 214, 216-17, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225; speculators and, 338;
Tennessee River campaign, 137, 139, 141-51, 153, 156, 205, 206, 212, 232, 233,
291;

Vicksburg
campaign planned,

450,
455 Great Britain, 3-6, 104-9, 129,

374-78,
446 Greeley, Horace, 119-20, 349-

50

Greene,
Lieut. Samuel Dana,

202,
203 Greeneville, Tennessee, 53 Green River, 391 Greenwood, Tennessee, 358
Grenada, Mississippi, 293 Groveton, Battle of, 405-6 Guerrilla warfare, 26, 51,
56-

57, 63, 365 Gunboats,
26, 37, 63, 93, 94, 95,96, 99, 127, 142, 143, 146, 147, 149, 151, 153, 156,
159, 198, 200, 224, 227-29, 230-31, 233, 240, 241, 244, 247-48, 259, 293, 319,
326, 356, 359

Guthrie,
James, 39

Hagerstown,   Maryland,   426,

435,
436 Halfway House, 259-60 Halifax, Nova Scotia, 333 Halleck, General Henry
Wager, Buell and, 144, 449; caution of, 206, 216, 353-54; com mander in
Missouri, 121, 123-24,125,190; contraband trade and, 340; Corinth captured by,
290, 291-95; Fort Pillow and, 232; Fr6mont replacea by, 116; General-in-Chief
of the   armies,   331,   367-69; Grant and,  153, 154,  155, 206, 216, 340;
Lincoln and, 141, 190, 331; major general appointment, 82-83; McClellan and,
127-28, 144-45, 368-

69,
372, 373, 400, 415, 418, 419, 421-22, 423, 452; at Pittsburg Landing, 290-91;
Pope and, 396, 400, 402, 403, 420; reinforcements for McClellan from, 318,
354; relations with subordinates, 356; responsibilities enlarged, 190-91;
Tennessee River campaign, 137, 141, 144, 153, 155, 206-7, 227, 232; Scott and,
86

Hampton Roads,
Virginia, 87, 89, 91, 102, 103, 126, 159, 192, 194, 196, 199, 250, 259

Hanover
Court House, Virginia, 290

Hanover Junction, Virginia, 284 Hardee, Major
General William

J., 142, 151, 212,
214, 215,

219,
220, 291 Harper's Ferry, Virginia, 183,

184, 286, 288, 424,
426, 427 Harper's Ferry expedition, 183-

85

Harper's Weekly,
179,
434 Harris, Governor Isham G., 37, 41, 54

Harrisonburg,
Virginia, 282, 288-89

Harrison's Landing,
Virginia, 306, 307, 316, 319, 320, 321, 326, 367, 368, 369-70, 371, 373, 396

Hartford,
U.S.S.,
243, 245, 246, 247, 293

Hatteras, Fort, 88, 89

Hatteras Inlet, 88,
89, 90, 126, 157, 159

Havana, Cuba, 103, 332

Hay, John, 419, 423,
438, 451

Head of the Passes,
Louisiana, 157, 234, 237, 244

Heintzelman, General
Samuel

P.,
187, 253, 259, 296, 304,

305,
397, 401 Helena, Arkansas, 360 Henry, Fort, 59, 139, 140, 141-

42,
144, 145, 154 Hickman, Kentucky, 36 Hill, Major General Ambrose

Powell,
309, 311, 314, 370,

372,
408, 410, 433, 436 Hill, Major General D. H., 309,

310,
311, 320, 425, 426, 427,

431,
432 Hilton Head Island, 94, 97 Hitchcock, Brig. General Ethan

Allen,
154 Hollins, Commodore George N.,

233,
234-35, 240 Holmes, Major General T. H.,

447

Holt, Joseph, 39

Hood,
Brig. General John B., 302, 314, 430-31

Hooker, Brig. General
Joseph, 401, 408, 430, 431, 432

Huger, Major General Benjamin, 158,
161, 278, 297, 320

Hunter, Brig. General
David, 270-71, 346, 372

Hunter, Robert M. T.,
68, 102, 170

Huntersville, Virginia, 45 Hurlbut, Brig.
General Stephen A., 220

Irish Brigade, 49

Ironclads,  193-203, 234, 235,

237-38,
240, 241, 242, 249,

265,
273, 274, 358 Ironton, Missouri, 26 Island Number Ten, 205, 226-

32,
233, 242

Itasca,
U.S. gunboat, 245, 248 Iuka,
Mississippi, 449

Jackson, Andrew, 236 Jackson, Governor
Claiborne, 17, 51

Jackson,
Fort, 233, 235-37, 244, 246, 248, 249

Jackson, Tennessee,
156

Jackson,
Major General Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall), 166, 252, 253, 278-79, 280, 281,
282, 283, 284, 285-87, 288, 289, 300-1, 302, 304, 307, 308, 309-10, 311-12,
313, 314, 320, 364, 370-71, 372, 397, 401-2, 404-9, 410-11, 412-13, 424, 426,
427, 428, 430, 433

James River, 197, 240, 274, 306, 312,
316, 320, 322, 366

Jamestown,
C.S.
gunboat, 198

Jayhawkers, 52-53

Jefferson
City, Missouri, 13, 21, 26, 50

Johnson, Major A. E. H., 317 Johnson, Andrew,
53-54, 56, 57-

58, 178,
389 Johnson, Brig. General Edward,

278,
279, 282 Johnson, Reverdy, 346, 347 Johnston, General Albert Sidney, 41-42,
57, 58-59, 60, 64, 66, 124, 127, 128, 131, 132, 138, 139-41, 142-43, 145, 150,
151, 152, 153, 155-56, 157, 165, 166-69, 173, 185, 186, 204, 205-7, 212-14,
215-17, 218-19, 222-23, 226, 290, 361 Johnston, General Joseph E., 69, 80, 122,
124, 136, 163, 164, 165, 170, 183, 188-89, 252, 254, 263, 264, 265, 273,

274,
276-77, 279-80, 283,296-97, 298, 311, 382

Joint Committee on the Conduct of the
War, 178-83, 187

Joinville, Prince de, 263

Jones,
Lieut. Catesby ap R., 198, 202

Jones, J. B., 445

Jones,
Major General Samuel, 339

Jordan, Brig. General Thomas, 294

Julian, George W.,
179

Kanawha
Valley, 45 Kansas, contest for, 52-53 Kearny, Major General Philip,

401,
408, 413 Kellogg, Major Eiisha S., 312 Kelly's infantry, 16 Kenly, Colonel John
R., 284-85
Kennebec,
U.S.
gunboat, 248 Kentucky, contest for, 33-42, 111, 112, 139-41, 155, 389-. 94, 447

Kentucky
State Guard, 34 Kernstown, Battle of, 251-54 Key, Major John J., 442, 443
Keyes, General Erasmus
D.,

187,
253, 260, 296, 304, 305
Kineo,
U.S.
gunboat, 245 Kirker, John, 196 Knoxville, Tennessee, 57, 60,

293,
362, 388 Knoxville
Whig,
54

Lafayette,
Fort, 39, 182, 268 Lamon, Ward Hill, 134-35 Lane, James H., 52 Lebanon,
Kentucky, 130 Lee, General Robert E., ability to profit by foe's mistakes,
154-55; appointed full general, 71; British intervention and, 109-10, 446;
commander of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida, 98-101;
commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, 298-303, 364, 366-67, 377;
considered to head War Department, 69; control of military operations, 170-71; defense
of Richmond, 369-71, 380, 453; draft law advocated by, 113-14; Jackson and,
279, 282; Johnston and, 213, 276, 277-78; Loring and, 45; Maryland invaded by,
424, 425-33, 435; northern campaign, 372, 377, 378, 387, 395, 396-97, 398,
400-1, 403, 405, 407, 409-10, 412, 414, 415, 421, 424-25, 425-33, 435-36; Seven
Days Battle, 308-12, 313, 314, 319-20, 321, 322, 415; Sharpsburg, Battle of,
428-33; western Virginia campaign, 44-49, 64

Leesburg, Virginia,
84, 179

Letcher, Governor
John, 67, 113, 166

LewinsviUe, Virginia,
84

Lewisburg Pike, 45, 48

Lexington, Missouri, 25, 49-50, 392, 454

Lick Creek, 214

Lincoln,
Abraham, amnesty for secessionists, 28; Buell and, 61, 121, 125, 448-49;
cabinet reorganization, 133; Cameron and, 93, 116; challenged to duel by Jackson,
252; death of son, 183; defense of Washington, 188; east Tennessee and,   
55-56;   Emancipation

Proclamation, 347-48, 350-51, 423-24,437-38,
444; estimates of, by  contemporaries,  81, 120; Fort Monroe conference, 265;
Fremont and, 24, 32-33, 116; General War Orders of, 135-36, 187-88, 190; Grant
and, 154; Halleck and, 125; Harper's   Ferry   expedition and,   184-85;  
limited   war concept of,  31;  McClellan and, 75, 78-79, 85-86, 120-21, 134,  
177-78,   186-87,   188, 190-91, 254-55, 266-67, 27i-72, 276, 277, 279, 287,
317, 323-24,   327,   330-31,   416, 419,  420,  421,  451,   453; messages to
Congress, 115, 173, 455; news of
Hattera3
Inlet victory
received by, 89; Peninsula campaign and, 254-55, 265, 281, 317, 323-24;
reinforcement for McClellan and, 323-24; release of More-head by, 39;
reorganization of Army of the Potomac, 187; reprimand of Major Key, 442; Scott
and, 93; Seward and, 3, 4, 5, 318, 324; slavery issue and, 32-33, 115-18,
173-76, 270-71, 345, 346-48, 350-51,   378,   423-24,   438; Stanton and, 303;
state sovereignty and, 35;
Trent
affair
and, 109; war aims of, 123, 125,   129,   173-74,   186-88, 272, 288, 303, 325,
343, 347, 443-44

Lincoln,
Mary Todd, 120, 183 Lincoln, Robert, 183 Lincoln, Willie, 183 Little Rock,
Arkansas, 16

Little
Sewell Mountain, 48 Little Sugar Creek, 21-Logan's Cross Roads, Battle of,

130,
131, 137 London, Kentucky, 60 London
Spectator,
377 London
Times,
83, 108, 120,

176,
383, 446 Longstreet, General James, 289,

297,
299, 309, 310, 311, 314,

397,
402, 405, 407, 409, 410,

411,
428, 432, 453 Loring, Brig. General W. W.,

45, 47,
48, 166
Louisiana,
C.S.
ironclad, 240,

241,
242, 249 Louisville, Kentucky, 39, 58,

59,
61, 354, 394
Louisville,
U.S.
ironclad, 146,

147

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 59,
355

Louisville
Courier,
39

Lovejoy,
Owen, 122-23

Lovell, Major General
Mansfield, 238-40, 241-42, 248-49

Lowe, Professor T. S.
C, 260, 314

Lubbock,
Governor F. R., 382

Luray,
Virginia, 289

Lyon,
Brig. Geneial Nathaniel, 10-11, 12, 13-14, 17, 18-19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26,
28, 49, 62