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Lyons,
Lord, 77, 108-9

MacFarland,
J. E., 109 Mackall, Brig. General W. W., 232

Madrid
Bend, 227, 233 Magoffin, Governor Beriah, 34, 35, 36-37, 38, 112

Magruder, Major General John

B.,
310-11, 313, 315, 319,

320,
322 Mallory, Stephen R., 73, 170,

200,
203, 237-38, 242, 322,

358, 360,
379, 399 Malvern Hill, Battle of, 309,

320, 322,
371 Manassas, 3attle of,
see
Bull

Run,
Battle of
Manassas,
C.S.
ram, 247 Manassas, Virginia, 136, 137,

185,
190, 191, 254, 402, 403,

404, 405, 406, 410, 415, 418 Mansfield,
Brig. General Joseph

K. F., 198, 341, 432 Marble, Manton, 270,
329, 440-

41

Marcy, Brig. General Randolph

B.,
184-85, 323 Marston, Captain John, 201 Martial law in Missouri, 29-30,

31,
36 Mason, James, 102-10 Massanutten Mountain, 300 Matamoros, Mexico, 332 Maury,
Betty Herndon, 366 Maynard, Horace, 58 McCall, Brig. General George

A., 302, 304
McCallum, Brig. General D. C,

380

McClellan, General
George Brinton, advance on Centreville, 189, 190-92; Antietam, Battle of,
428-34; Buell and, 61, 137; commander of Army of the Potomac, 44, 74-76;
Committee on Conduct of the War and, 180-82; emancipation and, 441-43;
General-in-Chief of the armies, 86; Grant and, 154; Great Britain intervention
and, 106; Halleck and, 353, 373, 400-1, 418-19, 421, 422-23, 450; Harper's
Ferry expedition, 183-85; Hatteras Inlet campaign, 159; illness, 119, 123; Lee
and, 310, 311, 369-70, 371, 372, 380, 424-25, 426, 427, 435, 436; Lincoln and,
75, 78-79, 85-86, 120-21, 124, 125, 134, 177-78, 186-87, 188, 190-91, 254-55,
266-67, 271-72, 276, 277, 279, 287, 317, 323-24, 326-27, 330, 415-16, 419, 421,
422, 451-52, 453; Peninsula campaign, 253-56, 257-63, 264-76, 279-80, 284,
289-90, 299-300; personality of, 415-17; Pinkerton and, 256-57; political
pressures on, 176-78; Pope and, 364, 366-68, 398; Port Royal expedition, 92-93;
procrastination of, 124-25, 128, 353, 400, 450-52; reinforcement for, 322-24,
326-27; removal from command, 415-16, 453-54; Richmond campaign, 121-22,
136-37, 167, 203, 302, 303, 304-8, 310-11, 312, 313, 321, 329, 364, 380; Scott
and, 77-83, 85-87; Seven Days Battle, 313, 314-20, 321; Seven Pines, Battle of,
296, 297; Seward and, 78; Stanton and, 134, 136, 138-39, 330-31, 415; Yorktown
campaign, 239, 263, 264, 265

McClernand, Brig.
General John A., 147, 220, 221, 450

McCulloch, Brig.
General Ben, 15, 17-18, 19, 20, 50, 112, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211

McDougall, James, 174, 179 McDowell, General
Irvin, 124, 187, 253, 255, 260-61, 262, 269, 273, 275, 278-79, 280, 281, 282,
283, 284, 287, 288-89, 296, 303, 304, 364, 366, 402, 409, 410 McDowell,
Virginia, 283 McGown, Brig. General John

P.,
232-33 McKinstry, Major Justus, 24, 27, 28

Meade,
General George Gordon, 437 Meadow Bluff, Virginia, 48 Meagher, Brig. General
Thomas F., 269 Mechanicsville, Virginia,  284,

302,
309, 310, 311 Meigs, Montgomery, 124, 373 Memminger, Christopher, 112, 381-82

Memphis, Tennessee, 290, 293, 294, 336,
338, 341, 358

Memphis
& Charleston Railroad, 354

Merrimack,
U.S.S., 102, 194, 195, 200;
see
also Virginia,
C.S. ironclad

Miles,
Porcher, 445

Militia,
state, 384

Mill Springs, Kentucky, 130

Milnes, Richard Monckton, 104

Milroy, Brig. General
Robert, 281

Milton, Governor John, 448
Minnesota,
U.S.S., 87, 196, 198,

199,
201, 202, 203
Mississippi,
C.S.
ironclad, 240-

41,
242, 247, 249 Mississippi, contest for, 289-95 Mississippi River, 26, 40, 207,

226-27,
232-33, 237-38, 239,

250,
293, 294, 356, 360 Missouri, contest for, 10-33, 49-

53,
111, 128, 157, 209-11 Missouri River, 13 Mobile, Alabama, 156 Mobile & Ohio
Railroad, 290,

292

Money problems, Confederate,

112-13,
38T-82
Monitor, 
U.S. 
ironclad,   186,

199-203,
259, 273 Monroe, Fort, 191, 203,. 250,

252,
253, 255, 256, 265,' 266,

281,
304, 318 Montgomery, Alabama, 68
Moore,
Governor,
C.S. ram, 247 Moore,
Governor T O., 242 Morehead, Governor Charles S.,

39

Morgan, Brig. General
George

W.,
388, 390 Morgan, Colonel John Hunt,

355
ff, 360, 388, 390 Mulligan, Colone* James A., 49-

50,
454-55 Mumford, William B., 341 Munfordville, Kentucky, 391,

393

Murfreesboro,
Tennessee, 151,

153,
156, 205, 355, 389 Murray, E. C, 240 Myers, A. C, 379

Napoleon, Prince, 77

Nashville,
C.S.S., 105

Nashville, Tennessee,
41, 138, 140, 143, 151, 152-53, 183, 205, 217, 336, 337-38, 355

Nashville
Banner,
54

Nassau, B.W.I., 332, 333, 336, 340

Navy,
Confederate, 160-61, 193-

203, 205, 265 Navy,
U. S., 87-98, 99, 102, 141-42, 186, 193-94, 195-203, 227-31, 232, 236-37,
242-49, 258, 259, 265, 273-74, 293, 333, 334, 357, 359-60 Navy Department,
Confederate,

170, 240, 241 Navy
Department, U. S., 87,

89-90, 203, 356-57 Nelson,
Major General William,

35,
390 Neosho, Missouri, 50-51 New Berne, North Carolina, 318 Newcastle, Duke of,
105 New Madrid, Missouri, 33, 204,

227,
228, 231, 232 New Market, Virginia, 284 New Orleans, Louisiana, 111, 127, 156,
157, 162, 233-34, 235, 236, 237-43, 248-49, 293, 336, 339-42, 343, 375-76
Newport News Point, 193, 199 New York
Times,
51,
174, 426 New York
Tribune,
349
New York
World,
270,
441 Nicolay, John, 185, 343-44 Night Riders, 26 Norfolk, Virginia, 90, 167,
265,

278,
281 North Carolina, contest for, 126-27

Odell,
Moses F., 178 Ohio River, 35, 61, 390 Orange & Alexandria Railroad,

370,
402 Osceola, Missouri, 52 Osterhaus, Colonel Peter J., 210 Owl Creek, 214-15,
220, 222

Paducah,
Kentucky, 37, 40, 156

Pakenham,
General, 236 Palmerston, Lord, 104, 374,376 Pamlico Sound, 88, 158, 159
Parkersburg, West Virginia, 43 Pearce, Brig. General N. B., 16, 17

Pea Ridge, Battle of,
210, 212, 291

Peninsula campaign,
250-63, 264-76, 277-80, 281, 287, 289-90, 296-98, 301-31, 365-66, 367-69, 400

Pensacola,
Florida, 156

Perryville,
Battle of, 447

Phelps,
Lieut. S. L., 142

Philadelphia
Navy Yard, 92

Piatt,
Donn, 135

Pierpont,
Governor Francis H., 43, 324

Pike, Brig. General
Albert, 208, 211

Pillow,
Fort, 232, 290, 293 Pillow, Brig. General Gideon J.,

36,
37, 63, 64, 148-49, 150,

151,
152, 155 Pilot   Town,   Louisiana,   157 Pinkerton, Allan, 256-57, 417
Pinola,
U.S. gunboat, 245 Pisani, Camille Ferri,
77 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 138
Pittsburgh,
U.S. gunboat, 146-

47,
231

Pittsburg
Landing, Tennessee, 206 ff, 214-26, 232, 290, 291

Point
Pleasant, 227

Polk, Major General
Leonidas, 36-37, 38, 39-40, 41, 54, 56, 59, 62, 63, 64, 69, 148, 151, 205, 212,
214, 215, 220, 233. 291

Pollard,
E. A., 48-49 Pontoon bridges, 183-84 Poolesville, Maryland, 84

Pope, Major General John, 26, 27, 205,
227-28, 229, 231, 232, 233, 291, 292, 364-67, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 395-97,
398, 400-4, 406-14, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421-22, 423

Porter,
Commander David Dixon, 236, 237, 241, 242, 244-45, 247, 293, 356 Porter, Brig.
General Fitz John, 269-70, 273, 284, 290, 296, 298, 302, 308, 309-10, 312, 314,
315, 320, 328-29, 367, 397, 406-7, 409, 417, 421, 436, 440-41, 443 Port Hudson,
Louisiana, 360 Port Republic, Virginia, 300 Port Royal, South Carolina, 334
Port Royal Sound, 91-92, 94-

96,
100, 104 Potomac River, 183, 185 Prentiss, Brig. General Benjamin M., 13, 220,
222, 223 Price, Major General Sterling, 16-18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 50-51, 52, 62,
63, 112, 207-8, 209, 210, 211, 291-92, 362, 449 Pulaski, Fort, 100, 334

Railroads, 26, 43, 45, 56, 59, 90, 99,
101, 137, 140, 142, 183, 184, 185, 252, 253, 274, 290, 293, 296, 307, 354, 355,
363, 370, 379-80, 391, 402

Raleigh, North Carolina, 90

Rams, 241, 247, 293

Randall, Governor Alex, 8, 31

Randolph, George W.,
170, 339 ff, 363

Rapidan River, 372, 395, 396

Rappahannock River, 186, 188,

189, 364, 366, 370, 396, 397, 401

Rectortown,
Virginia, 453 Red River, 360

Reno, Major General Jesse, 396,

401-2,
408 Reynolds, Brig. General J.J., 47 Reynolds, Brig. General John

F.,
402

Richardson,
Brig. General Israel, 432 Richmond, Kentucky, 389 Richmond, Virginia, 67-68,
114, 115, 121-22, 124, 125, 162, 186, 287, 290, 310, 321, 323-24, 369-70, 372,
373, 377, 379

Richmond & York
River Railroad, 322, 274, 296, 301, 305, 306

Richmond
Examiner,
8, 67, 74, 101

Richmond
Whig,
70,
74 Riddle, Albert Gallatin, 2
Rinaldo,
H.M.S.,
109
Roanoke,
U.S.S.,
196, 198, 201 Roanoke Island, 158-61, 170, 281

Rockcastle Hills, 60

Rolla, Missouri, 14, 25, 26

Romney, Virginia, 166

Rosecrans, Major
General William S., 44, 46-47, 48, 449-50, 455

Royal Geographical Society, 102

Ruggles, Brig.
General Daniel, 204

Russell, Lord John,
4, 5, 104,

108,
109, 374, 376 Russell, William Howard, 83,

108, 120, 123, 176, 178

St.
Lawrence,
U.S.S., 198

St. Louis,
Missouri, 11-12, 13,

14,
22, 26, 28, 156
St. Louis,
U.S.
ironclad, 146 St. Philip, Fort, 233, 235-37,

246,
247-48, 249 Salem, Virginia, 402 Sanford, Colonel Edward S.,

317

San
Jacinto,
U.S.S., 102
Saturday
Review,
377 Savage Station,
Virginia, 320 Savannah, Georgia, 92, 98, 99, 334

Savannah,
Missouri, 206, 217 Savannah River, 100, 334 Schenck, Brig. General Robert C,
283

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