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    The 20 Most Significant Events of the Civil War

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      Army of Tennessee, 66–67, 151, 162–170

      Army of the Ohio, 166–199

      Army of the Potomac. see also Battle of Antietam (Sept. 17, 1862); Battle of Chancellorsville (April 30-May 6, 1863); Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863); Buford, Maj. Gen. John; Bull Run, Second Battle (Aug. 28-30 1862); Burnside, Maj. Gen. Ambrose; McClellan, Maj. Gen. George Brinton; Pope, Maj. Gen. John; Seven Day Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)

      Buford holds high ground, 75–80

      Burnside chosen to lead, 4, 189–200

      Chancellorsville, 180–183

      defeated, Grant advances, 149–158

      McClellan training, 192–193

      McClellan underestimates numbers, 46–52

      as McClellan’s “bodyguard,” 87–88

      naval support for, 229

      ordered to restore order at New York riots, 98

      Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps, 156

      Army of Virginia, 87, 134–136, 178–188, 202–207. see also Pope, Maj. Gen. John; Seven Day Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)

      Association for the Relief of Maimed Soldiers, 233

      Atlanta (Sept. 2, 1864), 101

      Atlanta Campaign (May 7-Sept. 2, 1864), 91–92

      Atzerodt, George A., 108, 114–115

      B

      Baltic, 38–40

      Banks, Brig. Gen. Nathan, 144

      Banks, Nathaniel P., 15

      “Barbarism of Slavery,” 16

      Barnes, Surgeon Gen. Joseph K., 113

      Bartow, Gen. Francis, 125–126

      Battery C, Independent Pennsylvania Artillery, 112

      Battle of Antietam (Sept. 17, 1862), 69, 87–88

      Battle of Appomattox (April 9, 1865), 6, 60–67, 249

      Battle of Bull Run, First, 1861, 2

      Battle of Cerro Gordo (April 18, 1847), 131

      Battle of Chancellorsville (April 30-May 6, 1863), 4, 69, 75, 136–137, 178–188

      Battle of Chapultepec (Sept. 12-13, 1847), 131

      Battle of Drewry’s Bluff (May 15, 1862), 229

      Battle of Five Forks, (1862), 60

      Battle of Fredericksburg (Dec. 11-15, 1862), 69, 75, 179, 195–199

      Battle of Gaines Mill (June 27), 135

      Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), 56, 68–71, 75–84, 132, 137–138, 149. see also Buford, Maj. Gen. John; Chamberlain, Maj. Gen. Joshua Lawrence; Pickett, Maj. Gen. George; “Pickett’s Charge”

      Battle of Groveton (1862), 205

      Battle of Hampton Roads (March 8-9, 1862), 219

      Battle of Hastings, 1066, 68

      Battle of Malvern Hill (July1, 1862), 135, 201–202

      Battle of Megiddo, 1469 BC, 68

      Battle of New Bern (March 14, 1862), 192

      Battle of Oak Grove (June, 25, 1862), 135

      Battle of Seven Pines (1862), 134

      Battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862), 150, 159–170

      Battle of White Oak Swamp Creek (June 30, 1962), 135

      Battle of Wood Lake (Sept. 23, 1862), 240

      Battle of Yellow Tavern (May 11, 1863), 156–157

      Battle of Yorktown, 1781, 68

      Bayou Baxter, 144

      Bayou Macon, 144

      Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T., 2, 7, 37–43, 122–124, 126–127, 168. see also Battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862); Bull Run, First Battle of (July 21, 1861); Fort Sumter

      Bee, Brig. Gen. Barnard, 124–125

      Bell, John, 20

      Bellows, Henry Whitney, 234

      Ben-Hur, 162

      Bethel Station, 162

      Bill of Rights, 214

      Bittersdorf, August, 105

      “Black Hat Brigade,” 77, 205

      “Black Lincoln,” 31, 107

      “Black Lincoln” is Inaugurated, 18

      Black River, 144

      Blackburn’s Ford, 122–125

      Blair, Postmaster Gen. Montgomery, 37, 48–49

      “Bleeding Kansas,” 12, 17, 209

      Bliss, Dr. Willard, 113

      Bloody Angle, 156–157

      Bloody Bill Anderson Leads the Centralia Massacre, September 27, 1864, 248–249

      Bloody Lane, 52, 56

      Bolton, Lt. James, 111

      Bonaparte, Napoleon, 201–202

      Booth, John Wilkes, 6, 22, 107–111, 113–114, 116

      border states, challenge of, 45–47

      Bowdoin College, 56

      Brady, Mathew, 190

      Bragg, Gen. Braxton, 140, 169

      Breckenridge, Gen. John C., 20, 169

      British Sanitary Commission, 234

      Brooks, Preston, 1, 7–9

      Brooks assaults Sumner, 7

      Brown, John, 1, 107–108, 132–133, 208–218

      Brown, Oliver, 216

      Brown, Watson, 216

      Buchanan, Capt. Franklin, 224–225

      Buchanan, President James, 18, 20, 23, 28, 37–43, 212, 214–217, 232

      Buckingham, Catharinus Putnam, 194–195

      Buell, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos, 49, 140, 166, 169–170

      Buford, Maj. Gen. John, 70, 75–80

      Bull Run, 49, 58

      Bull Run, First Battle of (July 21, 1861), 86–87, 117–122, 136, 149, 179, 190

      Bull Run, Second Battle (Aug. 28-30 1862), 49, 87, 136, 201–207

      Burns, George H., 25

      Burnside, Maj. Gen. Ambrose, 4, 52, 100, 125–126, 149, 179, 189–200. see also Army of the Potomac; Battle of Fredericksburg (Dec. 11-15, 1862); “Mud March”

      Burroughs, Joseph “Johnny Peanuts,” 110–111

      Butler, Andrew, 13

      Butler, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F., 143, 237–238

      Butler’s Ditch, 143

      C

      Calhoun, John C., 10–11, 210

      California, 11–12

      Cameron, Simon, 38

      Canby, Maj. Gen. Edward R. S., 67, 114

      Cannae, 216 BC, 51

      Cashtown, 70

      Cass, Lewis, 210

      Castle Pinckney, 34

      casualties, Gettysburg, 71–72

      Cemetery Hill, 79, 82–85

      Cemetery Ridge, 78, 132

      Centreville, 122

      Chalmers, Brig. Gen. James R., 245

      Chamberlain, Maj. Gen. Joshua Lawrence, 56–58, 82

      Chamberlain holds Little Round Top, 78–82

      Champion Hill, 145

      Charles L. Webster and Company, 64

      Charleston Harbor, 32–33

      Chase, Salmon P., 53, 87–89

      Cheat Mountain, 134

      Chesnut, James, 40

      Chew, Robert L., 38

      Chickahominy, 158

      Chickasaw Bluffs, 143

      Chinn Ridge, 126

      The Citadel, 35

      citizenship of Americans, mid-nineteenth century, 95

      City of Louisiana, 234

      Civil War Timeline

      #1 Preston Brooks assaults abolitionist Charles Sumner, 1

      #2 “Black Lincoln” Is Inaugurated, 2

      #3 General Beauregard Opens Fire on Fort Sumter, 2

      #4 Lincoln Issues the “Preliminary” Emancipation Proclamation, 4

      #5 Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 6

      #6 Two Minutes at Gettysburg, 5

      #8 New York Draft Rioters Set Fire to the Orphan Asylum for Colored Children, 5

      #9 John Wilkes Booth Assassinates Abraham Lincoln, 6

      #10 The Rebels Win at Bull Run, 2

      #11 Lee Rises to Top Command in the Confederacy, 3

      #12 Vicksburg Falls to Grant, 5

      #13 Defeated, Grant Advances, 5–6

      #14 Shiloh Creates a New American Reality, 3

      #15 Congress Passes the Homestead Act of 1862, 3

      #16 Stonewall Jackson Falls to Friendly Fire at Chancellorsville, 4

      #17 Lincoln Chooses Burnside to Lead the Army of the Potomac, 4

      #18 Lee Divides and Conquers at the Second Battle of Bull Run, 4

      #19 John Brown Raids Harpers Ferry, 1

      #20 The Ironclads Clash at Hampton Roads, 3

      The 54th Massachusetts Inf
    antry Regiment Assaults Fort Wagner, 5

      Bloody Bill Anderson Leads the Centralia Massacre, 6

      Confederate “Diplomats” Mason and Slidell Are Seized from the British-flagged Trent, 2

      Congress Passes the Wade-Davis Bill, 6

      CSS Alabama Is Commissioned by the Confederate States Navy, 4

      The Dix-Hill Prisoner Exchange Is Signed, 3

      The Great Santee Sioux Uprising Begins in Minnesota, 3

      Nathan Bedford Forrest Leads the Fort Pillow Massacre, 5

      South Carolina Secedes from the Union, 1

      The United States Sanitary Commission Is Authorized, 2

      Clarke, John Sleeper, 108

      Clay, Henry, 11–12, 210–211

      Clemons, Samuel Langhorne, 64

      coastal forts, 32–33

      code of chivalry, 13–14

      Cold Harbor, 158

      Coldwater River, 144

      Colored Orphan Asylum, 96–101

      “commutation fee,” 95

      compensated emancipation, 22, 45–47, 54

      Compromise of 1850, 211

      Confederate Army of Tennessee, 151

      Confederate “Diplomats” Mason and Slidell Are Seized from the British-flagged Trent, November 8, 1861, 234–236

      Confederate States, 18

      Confederate States, birth of, 21. see also abolitionist movement; Army of Northern Virginia; Lee, Gen. Robert E.; slavery issue

      Confederate War Department, Richmond, Virginia, 99

      “Confederate White House,” 59

      Conger, Col. Everton J., 114

      Congress Passes the Wade-Davis Bill, Mandating a Punitive Reconstruction Policy, July 2, 1864, 246–248

      Conscription Act, 99

      conscription law, 94–95

      Constitutional Union Party, 20

      “Convention of the People of South Carolina,” 232

      Cook, Elmira, 72–73

      Cook’s Mill, 72–73

      Copperheads, 99–101

      Corbett, Sgt. Corbett, 114

      “Crime Against Kansas,” 13

      Crimean War (1853-56), 234

      Crittenden, John J., 14–15, 23

      Crittenden Compromise, 14, 23

      Crump’s Landing, 162

      CSS Alabama, 3, 240–243

      CSS Alabama Is Commissioned by the Confederate States Navy, August 24, 1862, 240–243

      CSS H. L. Hunley, 221–222, 230

      CSS Sumter, 240–243

      CSS Virginia (Merrimack), 219, 224–230

      Culp’s Hill, 78–79, 82

      Curtin, Governor Andrew Gregg, 71–72

      Custer, Brevet Maj. Gen. George Armstrong, 60, 63

      Custis, George Washington Parke, 130, 132

      D

      Dana, Charles A., 105–106

      Davis, President Jefferson. see also Lee, Gen. Robert E.

      appoints Davis as personal military advisor, 134

      appoints Lee, 128, 132

      and Battle of Shiloh, 168

      and Bull Run, 122–123

      and Dix-Hill Cartel, 237

      evacuates Richmond, 59

      and Fort Sumter, 38

      as interim president of the Confederate states, 21, 93–94

      Mason and Slidell named “diplomats,” 234

      offers to negotiate with Lincoln for peace, 24

      Davis, Rep. Henry Winter, 246–248

      Deer Creek, 145

      Democratic National Convention, 1864, 101

      Democratic Party, 20, 87–89

      Department of East Louisana, Mississippi and Alabama, 67

      Devil’s Den, 81

      Dix, Maj. Gen. John A., 237–238

      Dix-Hill Cartel, 237–238

      The Dix-Hill Prisoner Exchange Is Signed, July 22, 1862, 236–238

      Dixie, 26–27

      “Dixie Greys,” 163–169

      Dixon, Elizabeth, 112

      Dixon, James, 112

      Doubleday, Capt. Abner, 41, 78

      Douglas, Frederick, 90

      Douglas, Stephen A., 20–22

      draft riot, 96–101

      Dred Scott v. Sandford, 16–17, 213

      E

      Early, Maj. Gen. Jubal, 70, 77–78, 126, 182

      East Cemetery Hill, 78

      Eastern Theater, 150, 238

      Edmundson, Henry A., 13–15

      8th Wisconsin Regiment, 142–143

      Elmira (Hellmira), 64–65, 236–237

      Elzey, Gen. Arnold, 126

      Emancipation Proclamation, 55, 72, 96, 99, 243

      Emerson, Dr. John, 16–17

      Emmett, Dan, 26–27

      Enrica, 241

      Ericsson, John, 226–227

      “Evacuating Lee,” 134

      Evans, Col. Nathan “Shanks,” 125

      Everett, Edward, 71–74

      Ewell, Maj. Gen. Richard Stoddart, 61, 78–79

      Ewell’s Corps, 156

      F

      Fairfax Court House, 122

      Farey, Lieutenant Henry S., 40

      54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Assaults Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, 243–244

      Fifth Amendment, 17, 214

      54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 101

      “fire-eaters,” 33, 36, 40

      1st Cavalry, 133

      1st Artillery, 34

      1st Division (Forrest’s Cavalry Corps), 245

      1st Rhode Island Volunteer Regiment, 192

      Flexner, James Thomas, 128

      Florence Trenchard, 106–107

      Ford, Frank, 108

      Ford, Gen. John Salmon “Rip,” 67

      Ford, Harry Clay, 108

      Ford’s Theatre, 103, 106–108, 115

      Forrest, Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford, 5, 49, 143, 244–246

      Fort Calhoun, 130

      Fort Donelson (falls to Grant on Feb. 11, 1862), 140–141, 147, 160–161

      Fort Hamilton, 130

      Fort Henry (falls to Grant on Feb. 6, 1862), 140–141, 160–161

      Fort Hill, 142

      Fort Monroe, 130

      Fort Moultrie, 33–35

      Fort Pemberton, 145

      Fort Pickens, 41

      Fort Pillow Garrison, 245–246

      Fort Pillow Massacre, 246

      Fort Pulaski, 44–45, 130

      Fort Sumter, 7, 32–35, 37–43, 103, 120

      Fort Wagner, 2nd Battle (July 18, 1863), 101

      Fort Warren, 235

      Fox, Gustavus V., 37, 41

      Franklin, Maj. Gen. William B., 135, 195, 197–198

      “Free Soil Militia,” 211

      Free Soil Party, 12

      Freedman’s Bureau, 175

      Frémont, Gen. John Charles, 20, 44, 90

      fugituve slave law, 12

      G

      Garnett’s & Golding’s Farms (June 27–28), 135

      Gen. Beauregard Opens Fire on Fort Sumter, 31

      Gen. Order 9, 66

      Gen. Order Number 38, 100

      General Order No. 182, 194–195

      Georgia Relief and Hospital Association, 233

      Gettysburg Address, 5, 68, 72–75

      G.I. Bill, 171

      “Gibraltar of the Chesapeake,” 130

      “Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” 93

      “Gibraltar of the West,” 141

      Goodman, Sgt. Thomas, 248–249

      Gordon, Brig. Gen. John Brown, 52, 56–57, 61–63

      Gosport Navy Yard, 221–222

      gradual emancipation, 45–46

      “Grand Divisions,” 195–198

      “Granny Lee,” 134

      Grant, Gen. Ulysses S. see also Appomattox Court House, Virginia; Army of the Potomac; Battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862); Cold Harbor; Fort Donelson (falls to Grant on Feb. 11, 1862); Fort Henry (falls to Grant on Feb. 6, 1862); Overland Campaign; Vicksburg, siege of; Yazoo Pass Expedition

      Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 249

      Booth plans to shoot, 109

      on Burnside, 194

      declines Ford’s Theatre invitation, 103–105

      and Draft Riots, 93

      Pe
    rsonal Memoirs, 63–64, 140, 160–161, 194

      surrender at Appomattox, 22

      at Vicksburg, 56–67

      Vicksburg, siege of, 5–6

      Grant, Julia, 105

      Great Redoubt, 142

      The Great Santee Sioux Uprising Begins in Minnesota, August 17, 1862, 238–240

      Great Sioux Nation, 238

      Great Western Depot, 18

      Greeley, Horace, 45

      Greene, Lt. Samuel Dana, 228–229

      Grover’s Theatre, 108

      Gurley, Rev. Phineas T., 112–113

      H

      Habana, 240

      “Hail to the Chief,” 107

      Hale, Lucy Lambert, 103

      Hale, Senator John P., 103

      Halleck, Maj. Gen. Henry Wager “Old Brains,” 140–141, 145–146, 149–150, 155, 199

      Hall’s Rifle Works, 214

      Hamlin, Hannibal, 48

      Hammond, James Henry, 222

      Hancock, Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, 78, 156

      Hannibal, 51

      Hanson, Alexander Contee, 129

      Hardee, Gen. William J., 169

      hardtack, 180

      Harlem & New Haven Railroad, 96–97

      Harpers Ferry, 208–218

      Harper’s Weekly, 97–98

      Harris, Clara, 106–107, 110, 115

      Harrison, Henry Thomas, 75

      Harrison’s Landing, 49

      Hawk, Harry, 109–111

      Hay, John, 105

      Hayes, President Rutherford B., 175

      Hayne, Isaac W., 36

      Headley, Joel T., 96–97

      Heintzelman, Maj. Gen. Samuel P., 206

      Henry House Hill, 125–127, 206

      Herold, David, 108–109, 114–115

      Heth, Gen. Henry, 68, 75, 77

      Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 214

      High Bridge, 62

      Hill, Gen. A. P., 77

      Hill, Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey, 51–52, 70–71, 75, 237–238

      HMS Trent, 2

      Homestead Act, 1862, 3, 171–177

      Hood, Maj. Gen. John Bell, 81–82

      Hooker, Gen. Joseph “Fighting Joe,” 52, 136–137, 149, 152, 178–188, 195. see also Battle of Chancellorsville (April 30-May 6, 1863)

      Hope, John, 192

      Hornet’s Nest, 163–166

      Hough, Private Daniel, 43

      Howard, Gen. O. O., 77, 182

      Howard, Joseph, Jr., 26–27

      Howe, Samuel Gridley, 214

      Hunter, Maj. Gen. David, 44–45

      I

      I Corps, 77–79, 193, 205

      Iberian Peninsula, 201–202

      II Corps, 79

      III Corps, 79–81

      Illinois, 18

      Inaugural Address, Second, 91–92

      The Indispensable Man, 128

      Irish immigrants, New York, 96–97

      “Iron Brigade,” 77, 205

      ironclads, clash of, 219–230

      Island No. 10, 143, 203

      IX Corps, 193, 206

      J

      Jackson, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall,” 2–4, 49–51, 124–127, 130–131, 178–188, 216. see also Battle of Chancellorsville (April 30-May 6, 1863); Battle of Fredericksburg (Dec. 11-15, 1862); Bull Run, First Battle of (July 21, 1861); Bull Run, Second Battle (Aug. 28-30 1862)

     


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