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Barnard, Brig. General J. G.,

122,
323, 324 Barnett,
T.
J., 437, 440, 443 Barr, Martin W., 39
Barton, Clara, 414 Bartow, Fort, 160 ff Bates, Attorney General Edward, 28,
118, 120, 181, 192, 344, 419, 420 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 360 Beaufort, South
Carolina, 92,

96,
116, 161 Beauregard, Fort, 94, 96, 99 Beauregard, General P. G.
T.,
65-66,
70-71, 78, 80, 140-41, 142, 143, 156, 214, 215, 216, 218-19, 224, 225, 226,
232, 233, 239, 257, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 303, 307-8, 322, 354, 361, 445
Beaver Dam Creek, 302, 311 Bell, Commander Henry H, 245 Belmont, August, 269,
386 Belmont, Missouri, 36, 63-64
Ben Hur,
147

Benjamin, Judah P.,
69, 71, 73,

113,
158, 161, 165-67, 170 Bentonville, Arkansas, 209 Bermuda, 332 Bierce, Ambrose,
46, 53 Bigelow, John, 81, 108 Bladon Springs, Alabama, 294 Blair, Francis P.,
Jr., 11, 27 Blair, Francis, Sr., 32-33 Blair, Frank, 10, 24, 25, 27 ff, 50

Blair,
Postmaster General Montgomery, 32, 89, 349, 375, 420, 438

Blenker, Brig.
General Louis, 253

Blockade, Federal,
42, 77, 78, 90, 100, 333-35

Blockade runners, 68,
87, 89, 91, 333-35

Boatswain's Swamp,
312, 313

Boone, Daniel, 56

Boonsboro, Maryland,
426

Border Ruffians, 52

Boston,
Massachusetts, 103

Boston Mountains, 208

Bowling
Green, Kentucky, 59, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 151, 153, 205, 207

Bragg, Major General
Braxton, 101, 112, 204 ff, 206, 212, 214, 215, 220, 225, 291, 294, 361-63, 377,
378, 385, 387-89, 390, 391, 392-94, 446-47, 449

Bragg,
Elsie, 361-62 Bragg, Attorney General Thomas, 73, 112, 113, 126, 128,

162,
164, 170 Breckenridge,   Brig.   General

John
C, 212, 214, 219, 220,

291,
360 Bristol Station, Virginia, 402
Brooklyn,
U.S.S.,
247 Brown, Lieut. Isaac N., 358-

59,
360 Brown, John, 52 Brown, Governor Joseph E.,

172,
380 Browning, Orville, 33, 120 Brownlow, William Gannaway,

54

Buchanan, Flag
Officer Franklin, 195, 197, 198, 199

Buckingham, Brig.
General C. P., 453

Buckner, Major
General Simon Bolivar, 34, 40, 59, 148, 149, 150, 151, 391, 392

Buell, Major General Don Carlos, 61,
52, 121, 123-24, 125,

128, 136,
137, 138, 140, 143, 153, 155, 190, 205, 206 ff, 212, 213, 216, 217, 225, 232,
291, 354, 355, 356, 362, 363, 388, 389, 393, 394, 395, 447, 448-49 Bullitt,
Cuthbert, 347 Bull Pasture Valley, 283 Bull Run, First Battle of, 1-2,

5,
9, 49, 65, 75 Bull Run, Second Battle of, 406-15

Bull Run Mountains,
402, 403, 405

Burnside, Major
General Ambrose E., 159,160-61,163,167, 281, 318, 370, 372-74, 400, 432-33,
141, 453, 455

Butler, Andrew J., 342

Butler, Major General
Benjamin F., 88, 89, 106, 116, 233-34, 245, 293, 341-42, 357, 374-76

Cairo, Illinois, 11,
13, 26, 27,

37
ff, 62, 156 Cameron, Simon, 24, 78, 82, 83,

93,
116, 133, 137, 180, 346 Camp Dick Robinson, 35, 38,59 Camp Pine Creek, 72 Canal
boats, 184 ff Cape Fear River, 334 ff Cape Girardeau, 26 Cape Hatteras, 87, 90
Cape Henry, 94 Carnifix Ferry, Virginia, 47, 48 Carolina Landing, Mississippi,

386

Carondelet,
U.S.
ironclad, 146,

229-31
Carpenter, F. B., 347 Carter, Samuel, 57 Carter, William B., 56, 59, 61

Cedar
Mountain, Battle of, 371,

395, 401 Centreville, Virginia,  65, 70,

163,
165, 168, 185, 189 ff,

192,
404-5, 407, 410, 411,

412, 413 Chambersburg,    Pennsylvania,

452

Chandler,
Zachariah, 85, 86, 178

Charleston, South Carolina, 91, 99

Charleston &
Savannah Railroad, 99

Charleston
Mercury, 7

Charles Town, West
Virginia, 184

Chase,
Salmon P., 121-22, 124,

125,
265, 337, 348, 349, 367,

420, 422, 438 Chattanooga,  Tennessee,  
151,

293,
295, 355, 356, 362, 363,

387,
388, 389 Cheat Mountain, 45, 47, 48 Cherokee Indians, 208 Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal,

184

Chesapeake
Bay, 157, 159, 186 Chesnut, Mary Boykin, 73, 103 Chicago
Tribune,
86-87 Chickahominy River, 274, 289-

90,
295-96, 301, 303, 304,

309-10,
312, 315, 316, 318,

319,
320 Chickamauga, Battle of, 62 Cincinnati, Ohio, 34, 341, 389,

390-91,
392 Cincinnati
Gazette,
96
Clark, Fort, 88, 89 Clarksville, Tennessee, 34, 140,

143,
153 Clay, Cassius, 129 Cleburne, Colonel Patrick, 59

Clifton
Forge, Virginia, 45 Cobb, Brig. General Howell,

363-64
Cochrane, John, 441 Cockletown, Virginia, 260 Colonization by free Negroes,

352-53

Columbus,
Kentucky, 36, 37, 40-41, 59, 62, 63, 64, 138, 139, 205 Commerce, Missouri, 227
Conestoga,
U.S. gunboat, 146 Confederacy, the,
67-74,  98, 110-15, 126, 164-73, 233-34, 250, 280, 288, 298, 309, 322, 331, 
363,   376-77,   378-83, 443, 447 Confiscation Act, 344-45, 365 Congress,
Confederate, 51, 64, 70-71, 73, 111, 161, 162, 164-65, 170, 171, 203, 241, 365,
381-82, 444-45 Congress, U. S., 1, 6, 25, 115, 122-23, 173, 175, 178, 192, 271,
344, 345, 454, 455
Congress,
U.S.S.,
193-94, 196,

198,
199 Conscription, 379, 384-85 Conscription Bureau, Confederate, 114

Contraband of war, 88, 106, 332-43

Cooper, Adjutant
General Samuel, 71, 393

Coosawhatchie, South Carolina, 99

Corinth, Mississippi,
156, 204-5, 214, 215, 224, 226, 232, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 318, 324, 356,
449

Cotton-sugar-salt
contraband trade, 333, 336-37, 338-40, 341, 342

Covington,
Kentucky, 138, 390

Covode,
John, 178

Cox,
Brig. General Jacob, 45,

46,
441-42 Crampton's Gap, 427 Craney Island, 194 Craven, Captain Thomas T.,

247

Creek
Indians, 208, 211 Cresson, Pennsylvania, 57 Crittenden,    Major    General

George
B., 131, 132 Crittenden, John J., 131 Crittenden, Thomas, 131 Crittenden bill,
1-2 Croatan Channel, 160, 161 Crockett, Davy, 15 Cross Keys, Virginia, 300, 303
Cross Lanes, Battle of, 46 Cross Timber Hollow, 210, 211 Culpeper, Virginia,
371, 453
Cumberland,  
U.S.S.,  
193-94,

196-97

Cumberland
Gap, 56, 57, 59 ff,

61,
64, 130, 144, 362, 388,

389,
390 Cumberland River, 57, 59, 130,

139,
144, 145, 147, 151, 153,

389

Curlew,
C.S.S., 160

Curtis,
Brig. General Samuel

R., 157, 208-10, 211-12 Cynthiana,
Kentucky, 390

Dana,
Charles A., 134 Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 133 Dare, Virginia, 158 Davis,
Captain Charles Henry,

232,
293, 356, 359 Davis, Judge David, 81, 118-19 Davis, Edward, 29, 30 Davis,
Jefferson, administrative

problems,
111-13; arms deficiencies and, 67, 74; army reorganization, 110-11, 155;
Beauregard and, 293-94; Benjamin appointed by, 69; Butler and, 233-34;
cabinet reorganization, 170; Carolina Invasion and, 90; conscription and,
171-73, 379; elected President of the Confederacy, 69; humility of, 169-70; inauguration
of, 162-65; invasion of North planned, 378-79; Johnston and, 41-42, 66, 71,
72, 155, 167-68, 189, 213, 216, 276-77, 280, 296, 382; Lee and, 44-45, 98, 303;
Lov-ell and, 242; McCulloch and, 17; Polk and, 36, 37, 64; pressure of war on,
114-15; reinforcements and, 447-48; state sovereignty and, 67-68, 125-26;
Tennessee invasion and, 35, 62; trading with the enemy and, 339; Wise recalled
by, 48 Davis, Colonel Jefferson C, 50, 210

Davis,
Varina, 110, 162
DeBow's Review,
383
Decatur, Alabama, 354 Dismal Swamp Canal, 90 Dix, Major General John A., 318

Dodge,
Colonel Grenville, 210 Donelson, Fort, 59, 140, 142,

143, 145-51, 153, 154, 155,

392

Doubleday,
Brig. General Ab-

ner,
405, 417 Dover, Tennessee, 145 Dranesville, Virginia, 84 Drewry's Bluff, 273

Du Pont, Captain Samuel, 92,

93, 94, 95, 96-97, 98 Dun-eft, Reuben
T., 39

Edgefield, Tennessee, 152, 153

Edisto
Island, 96

Elements
of
Military Art and

Science,
82
Elizabeth City, North Carolina,

90,
161 Elizabeth River, 194, 199 Elkhorn Tavern, 210, 211 ff Elkwater, Virginia,
47 Emancipation, 175-76, 270-71,

344-52,
378, 445 Emancipation Proclamation, 32,

346-49,
350-51, 423-24, 437-

44,
446, 454 Ericsson, John, 201, 203 East Tennessee, contest for, 53-

64,
111, 121, 130-32, 141-51,

152,
318, 354-56, 362-63, 392 Espionage agents, 27
Essex,
U.S.S., 236, 237 Eustis, George, 109
Evans, Brig. General "Shanks,"

83-84, 181 Ewell,
Major General Richard,

278,
279, 285, 300, 309

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia,

66, 68, 190, 191, 414
Fair Oaks, Battle of, 296-98 Falmouth, Kentucky, 284
Fanny,
U.S. tugboat, 87 Farragut, Admiral David
Glasgow, 127, 157, 233, 234, 236-37, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242-49, 293, 356-57,
359-60 Fernandina, Florida, 100 Fifth columnists, 56-57, 61 Fire rafts, 245,
247

First Connecticut
Heavy Artillery, 312

Fisher,
Fort, 334

Floyd, Brig. General
John B., 45, 46, 48, 148, 149-50, 151,

152,  155
Foote, Flag Officer Andrew, 137,

139, 141-42, 146,
147, 149,

153, 155, 226, 227-28, 229,
232, 233

Forrest, Brig. General Nathan Bedford,
62, 150, 152-53, 183, 355, 360

Foster's
infantry, 16

Fox, Gustavus V., 89,
203, 244, 259

Frankfort,
Kentucky, 35, 394, 447

Franklin,
Brig. General William B., 124, 262, 273, 296, 298, 304, 305, 411, 418-19
Franklin, Virginia, 283, 289 Frederick, Maryland, 424, 425, 426

Fredericksburg,
Virginia, 278, 281, 282, 366, 370, 397, 455

Fremont, Jessie
Benton, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33

Fremont, Major
General John Charles, 10-14, 22-30, 31-33, 35-36, 37, 49, 50, 51, 63, 83, 121,
190, 253, 278, 279, 281, 283, 284, 287, 288-89, 300, 303, 346, 364

Front
Royal, Virginia, 285, 289

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