Mr Lincoln's Army (63 page)

Bucktails.
See
Pennsylvania, 13th Regiment

Buford,
General John, 27, 205 Bull Run, first battle of, 57, 193 Bull Run, second
battle of, 1-52, 19-51; civilian volunteer nurses at, 11-12; Gainesville,
20-23; Northern reaction after,  159-60; preliminary situation, 3-10; retreat from,
42-52 Burnside, General Ambrose, 220, 255-57; at Antietam, 254-57, 301-3,
307-13; made commander of Army of Potomac, 327-28; at Second Bull Run, 26
Buskirk, Captain David, 167 Butler, General Ben, 200

Cabinet,
presidential, plans for running war, 198-99

Cameron,
Simon, Secretary of War, 153

Cannon, 190-91

Casualty figures,
interpretation of, 189-90

Cavalry,
Confederate, 10, 71; Federal, 10, 205-6.
See
also
Harper's Ferry garrison

Centreville, Va., in Second Bull Run,

10-13,
44-45 Chandler, Zachariah, 199 Chantilly, Va., battle at, in Second

Bull Run retreat, 44-46 Chaplains, 176-77

Chase,
Salmon P., Secretary of Treasury, 82-83, 93, 129, 198 Chicago
Tribune,
quoted,
169 Chilton, General R. H, 212, 213 Civil authority imposed on military,

79-83, 92-95 Cobb, Colonel, 18 Coffee ration, 182 Cogswell,
Colonel Milton, 76-77 Cold  Harbor,  first battle  of. 
See

Gaines's Mill Colgrove, Colonel Silas, 213 Command of Union
Army, problem

of, 198-207 Complaints of soldiers, 174-75 Confederate Army
of Northern Virginia, accession of Robert E. Lee to command of, 125; lost
dispatch, plans disclosed by, 212-15; quality of leadership of, 200-1, 207;
spirit of, 48; strength of, at Antietam, 251-53, 298; strength of, in
peninsular campaign, 108-9, 121-23.
See
also
Antietam; Bull Run;
Peninsular campaign

Connecticut
volunteer regiments: 8th, 308; 11th, 304; 12th, 185; 16th, 259, 310-11, 313
Contrabands (escaped slaves), 180 Cooking army meals, 178-83 Copperhead
movement, 154—55 Cox, General Jacob, 12-13, 202; at Antietam, 257, 303-4, 311;
at South Mountain, 220-21, 233-35 Crawford, General Samuel, 278-79

Crook,
Colonel George, 302 Cross, Colonel E. E., 125, 206, 296 Curtin, Andrew G.,
governor of Pennsylvania, 54, 160, 219 Custer, Lieutenant George A., 115

Dana,
General N. J. T., 73; at Antie-tam, 287

Davis,
Colonel Benjamin F., 228-31 Davis, Jefferson, 108, 322 Dennison, William,
governor of Ohio, 55

Devens,
Colonel Charles, 74—78 Diseases of troops, 183-84 "Dixie," 170

Doubleday,
General Abner, 37; at Antietam, 258, 266-67, 272; at South Mountain, 232; at
Second Bull Run, 22, 37

Duryee,
General Abram, 163, 271

Early, General Jubal, at
Antietam, 285 Emancipation, attitude of Lincoln on,

152-53, 208-9 Emancipation Proclamation, 322-23 England,
American relations with, 89-

90, 208, 322-23 Espionage.
See
Secret
service Everett, Edward, 40 Ewell, General Richard, 23

Fair
Oaks, battle of, in peninsular campaign, 124—25

Federal
forces, organization of, under McClellan, 60-66

Ferrero,
Colonel Edward, 303-5

Field
tactics, changes during war in, 192-94; effect of improved weapons on, 187-88,
191-92

Fieldpieces,
artillery, 190-91

Flanking movements,
importance of, 192-93

Food
in Union Army, 178-83 Foote, Admiral Andrew H., 196 Formations, intricacy of,
193, 310-11 Fortress Monroe.
See
Monroe

Foster, Stephen, 173 France, proposal of intervention, 322
Franklin, General William Buel, at Antietam, 251, 255, 294, 298-99; in peninsular
campaign, 128, 134; in planning Federal strategy, 92-93; in Second Bull Run,
10-11, 44-45; at South Mountain, 218, 221-27, 231, 244

Frayser's Farm.
See
Glendale

Frederick,
Barbara Frietchie incident in, 220-21; finding of lost dispatch at, 211-14; reception
of Federal troops in, 163-64, 211

Fremont,
General John Charles, 28, 153, 199; mission assigned to, during peninsular
campaign, 104; public sentiment for, 160

French,
General William H., 125; at Antietam, 290-97; at South Mountain, 242

Frietchie, Barbara, 220-21

G-2.
See
Secret service

Gaines's Mill, battle of, in Seven Days'

Battles of peninsular campaign, 133-

34

Gainesville,
battle of, in Second Bull Run, 20-23

Garland, General Samuel, Jr., 234

Gettysburg, battle of, 191

Gibbon.
General John, 17-19, 217-18; at Antietam, 272, 274, 320; at Second Bull Run,
19-23, 36-41, 50; at South Mountain, 238^10

Glendale,
battle of, in Seven Days' Battles of peninsular campaign, 138^0

Gordon, General George H., 47; at

Antietam, 276-77, 279-81, 288 Gordon, General John B.,
quoted, 188 Gosson, Captain Jack, 294-95 Government authority in military matters,
79-83, 92-95 Grant, General U. S., 56; supported by Lincoln, 151

Greeley,
Horace, Lincoln letter concerning emancipation written to, 152

Greene,
General George Sears, 281-82, 294

Halleck,
General Henry W., 84; after Antietam, 326-28; characteristics of, 195-98; made
general-in-chief, 154-56; plans for Maryland campaign, 195-96; pursuit of
Beauregard after Shiloh, 117; during Second Bull Run, 5, 10, 26

Hamlin, Hannibal, Vice-President of

United States, 150 Hampton, General Wade, 211 Hancock,
General Winfield Scott, 18,

206; at Antietam, 299; at Second

Bull Run, 8-9 Hardtack, 181

Harper's Ferry garrison, capture of,

before Antietam, 195-96, 214-31;

escape of cavalry regiment from,

227-31
Harriet
Lane,
cutter, 86 Harrison's
Landing, Federal camp at,

in retreat from peninsular campaign,

141-57

Hatch, General John, 49-50; at South

Mountain, 238, 258; at Second Bull

Run, 25, 34-38 Haupt, Colonel Herman, 1-12 Hawkins, Colonel
Rush, 87 Hayes, Colonel Rutherford B., 234 Hazzard, Captain George W., 137, 138
Health of troops, 183-84 Heintzelman, General S. P., 30, 114; in

peninsular campaign, 107, 112, 134,

136

Hill,
General A. P., 200; at Antietam, 311-12, 317; in Glendale battle of peninsular
campaign, 138-39; at Second Bull Run, 33, 45; at South Mountain, 215, 231

Hill,
General D. H, 140, 201, 212; at Antietam, 251, 274, 276, 279, 281, 291-97; at
South Mountain, 215,

217, 221, 231, 234-39, 245 Holmes, Captain Oliver Wendell,
Jr., 77, 287

Hood,
General John B., at Antietam, 258, 273-76, 280; at Second Bull Run, 34, 39, 41

Hooker,
General Joe, 30, 112-13; at Antietam, 254-55, 257-59, 266-69, 275-77, 280,
314-15; in peninsular campaign, 111-13, 131, 135-36, 138, 156; at Second Bull
Run, 6, 10, 27, 34-35, 37; at South Mountain, 238, 240, 243

Howard,
General Oliver Otis, 31, 46, 114, 203; at Antietam, 286-87

Howe, Julia Ward, 40

Howitzers, mountain, 39

Hughes,
John Joseph, Archbishop of New York, 168

Hunt, General Henry J., 191

Hunter, General David, 200

Hyde, Major Thomas, 113

Illinois, 12th Cavalry,
228-31 Illness and disease in army, 183-84 Indiana volunteer regiments: 14th.
293; 19th,
see
Black Hat Brigade; 27th, 69, 163, 166-67, 211-12, 267, 277,
280

Infantry formations, intricacy of, 193—

94, 310-11 Irish Brigade, 137, 167-68, 294-99,

319

Iron Brigade.
See
Black Hat Brigade

Jackson,
General T. J. (Stonewall), 67, 200; at Antietam, 251, 263-66, 317; Kernstown,
attack at, 104-5; in peninsular campaign, 128, 130, 141; at Second Bull Run,
22-23, 26-28, 33-36, 44-45; in Shenandoah campaign, 19; at South Mountain, 215,
216, 231

John Brown song, 40

Johnston, General Albert Sidney, 17

Johnston, General Joseph E., 61, 66-

Johnston,
General Joseph E.
(cont'd)
67, 71, 99; in peninsular campaign, 108-9, 122, 124-26

Joint
Committee on Conduct of War, 79-80, 199

Kane, Colonel Thomas,
165-66 Kearny, General Philip, 31-32, 63, 112-13, 150, 180; in peninsular campaign,
111-13, 131, 135-36, 139, 145-46; at Second Bull Run, 33-42, 44-45 Kelly,
Colonel, 296 Kernstown, Va., battle at, 105 Keyes, General Erasmus, 135
Kimball, General Nathan, 213, 291 King, General Rufus, 19, 24-25 Knapsacks, 194
Kopp, Captain, 212, 280

Lander, General, quoted,
78

Lee, General Fitzhugh, 242

Lee,
General Robert E, 207, 329; at Antietam, 244, 250-53, 281, 285, 298, 306-7,
311, 314, 317; accession to command of Army of Northern Virginia, 125; in
peninsular campaign, 108-9, 130-31, 133-34, 138, 140; preceding Antietam, 195,
208, 213-17; relationship with civil authorities, 93; at Second Bull Run, 9,
28, 44-45; at South Mountain, 217; spirit of army under, 48

Lee, Colonel William R., 70, 73-79

Lincoln,
Abraham, Baltimore assassination plot against, 70-71, 120-21; conference with
McClellan after retreat from Richmond, 146-54; emancipation, attitude on,
152-53, 208-9; Emancipation Proclamation, 322-23; and England, 89-90; and McClellan,
58, 90, 92-94, 100-1, 109-10, 148-49, 245; measures taken by, to protect
Washington during peninsular campaign, 103-7; problem of army high command,
198-200; visit with McClellan after Antietam, 325-27

Logan, General John A., 203

Longstreet,
General James, 125, 128, 200; at Antietam, 251, 298; in Glen-dale battle of
peninsular campaign, 138-39; at Second Bull Run, 34, 38; at South Mountain,
215, 217, 239

"Lorena," song, 173

Lost
dispatch before Antietam, finding of, 211-15

Loyal League, 121

McCall, General, 128, 138

McClellan,
General George B., in advance through Maryland, 195; at Antietam, 249-57, 282,
289-90, 299-321; character of, 53-54, 57-61, 67-68, 88-92, 123; and civil authority,
81-84, 88-95, 117-19; in command of Ohio troops, 55-58; demoted to command of
Army of Potomac, 103; devotion of soldiers to, 50-53, 115-17, 146, 232, 326;
farewell to army, 329-30; invested with command of division of Potomac, 58-68;
loss of command, 323-28; lost dispatch found in Maryland advance, 213-18;
misconception of Confederate strength, 67, 105, 108, 121-23, 129, 134-35, 156,
238, 251-52, 313; in peninsular campaign, 97-142; planning strategy of Virginia
campaign, 85-95; political reaction to, 100-1, 117-18, 142-57, 324-25; prewar
career of, 54; promoted to general-in-chief, 83-85; during Second Bull Run,
1-5, 8, 10-11; rejoined with army after Second Bull Run, 49-52; relationship
with Lincoln, 58, 90, 92-94, 100-1, 109-10, 148-49; at South Mountain, 215-45

McClure, A. K., 151, 219

McDowell,
General Irvin, 28-30, 238; during peninsular campaign, 103-4, 106-7, 116, 128;
in planning Federal

McDowell, General Irvin
(cont'd)
strategy,
92; at Second Bull Run, 10, 19-20, 24, 35-41, 49; suspected of treason, 43-^14
McKinley, Sergeant William, 234 McLaws, General Lafayette, at Antietam, 285;
at South Mountain, 215, 216, 223-27, 229, 231 McPherson, General James B., 30
Magruder, General John B., 108, 134 Maine volunteer regiments: 2nd, 65; 7th,
116, 164, 299; 10th, 260, 277, 279; 19th, 63 Malvern Hill, battle of, in Seven
Days' Battles of peninsular campaign, 140 Manassas.
See
Bull
Run Manhattan-Brooklyn rivalry, 177 Mansfield, General Joseph K. F., 243; at
Antietam, 254-55, 260, 266-67, 276-80 Marcy, Ellen, 312