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 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 Confeder
ate 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
Maryland, advance of Army of Potomac through, 162-65, 195-96, 211-14; Union sentiment in, 162-65. See also Antietam
Maryland volunteer regiments: 1st Cavalry, 228-29; 2nd, 302
Mason and Slidell, 89, 322
Massachusetts volunteer regiments: 2nd, 175, 280; 6th, 121, 272; 10th Battery, 171; 11th, 62; 12th, 39-40, 169, 243, 271, 319; 15th, 71, 74-78, 137, 286-87; 19th, 179, 284; 20th, 69, 71-77, 185, 288; 21st, 180, 305, 316; 22nd, 163, 194; 29th, 168; 35th, 238; 37th, 171, 175
Mathias Point, navy action at, 86
Meade, General George G., 5, 37, 55, 114, 206; at Antietam, 258, 266, 271, 320; at South Mountain, 238, 240
Meagher, General Thomas F., 167-68; at Antietam, 295
Meals of Union troops, 178-83
Meat issued to troops, 181-82
Mechanicsville, battle of, in Seven Days' Battles of peninsular cam-
paign, 133 Medical discharges from army, 184 Michigan volunteer regiments: 2nd, 205; 3rd, 34, 45, 170; 4th, 116-17; 7th, 287; 17th, 175, 235-37, 306, 331 Military intelligence. See Secret service
Mini6 bullets, 186; wound caused by, 189
Minnesota, 1st Regiment, 72, 137, 139,
168-69, 267, 288 Mitchell, Corporal Barton W., 212-13,
280
Morton, Oliver Perry, governor of Indiana, 160
Mowrer, General Joseph A., 203
Mozart Regiment. See New York volunteer regiments, 40th
Muskets, 186-87
Napoleon gun, 190
New Hampshire volunteer regiments: 5th, 125, 137, 206, 242, 243, 296; 6th, 302
New Jersey volunteer regiments: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 133, 139, 227; 13th, 167; 24th, 332
New York Cky, proposal of secession, 154-55
New York volunteer regiments: 5th, 35, 38, 133; 6th, 177; 8th Cavalry, 228-31; 9th, 163, 167, 232, 242, 309; 10th, 35, 38; 14th, 178; 16th, 132, 223, 227; 21st, 175; 28th, 278, 319; 33rd, 116; 34th, 286; 40th (Mozart), 168; 42nd (Tammany), 76, 287; 48th, 176; 51st, 303-5; 55th, 45, 72, 111, 127, 162, 170, 180; 56th, 138; 57th, 125, 175, 205; 59th, 287; 61st and 64th, 203-4; 63rd, 69th, and 88th, see Irish Brigade; 75th, 62; 76th, 22; 79th (Highlanders), 65-66, 306; 80th, 275, 319; 97th, 104th, and 105th, 163; 100th, 138; 107th, 167; 128th, 175, 185
Northern Virginia, Army of. See Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
Noyes, Captain George Freeman, quoted, 16, 163-64, 242, 319
Numerical strength of army units, 184-85
Officers, reactions of soldiers to, 175
Ohio troops under command of McClellan, 55-58
Ohio volunteer regiments: 8th, 293; 11th, 233-34; 23rd, 234; 30th, 234; 125th, 185
Orange and Alexandria Railroad, 3-12
Patrick, General, 274 Pawnee, U.S.S., warship, 86 Pelham, John, 23
Peninsular campaign, 1-2, 87-88, 92-157; camp at Harrison's Landing, after retreat, 141-57; disposition of troops for defense of Washington, 100-1, 103-7; final approach toward Richmond, 156; Gaines's Mill, battle of, 133-34; Glendale, battle of, 138-40; Malvern Hill, battle of, 140-41; Mechanicsville, battle of, 133; preparations for attack on Yorktown, 107-10; retreat from, 13 5—41; Savage Station, battle of, 137; Seven Days' Battles, 131—41; Seven Pines, battle of, 124-25; Williamsburg, battle of, 110-12
Pennsylvania volunteer regiments: 8th Reserve, 271; 13th (Bucktails), 127, 165-66; 29th, 167; 45th, 235-37, 308; 46th, 278; 51st, 237-38, 242, 303-5; 56th, 22; 71st, 75-76; 72nd, 286; 81st, 297; 90th, 267-«8; 104th, 138; 107th, 163, 267-68; 118th (Corn Exchange), 194; 125th, 279, 281, 287-88; 128th, 277; 130th, 242; 132nd, 291
Philadelphia, reception of Union troops in, 170-71
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad, 120 Philadelphia Brigade, 286 Physical examinations of Federal recruits, 166-67, 184 Pickett, General George, 115 Pinkerton, Allan, as head of Army
Secret Service, 119-23, 129 Pittman, Colonel, 213 Pleasonton, General Alfred, 233, 242 Pope, General John, 49-50, 152; composition of forces under, in Army of Virginia, 27-33; and Halleck, 196-98, 207; relieved of command after Second Bull Run, 49-50, 207; at Second Bull Run, 3-4, 6-13, 24-49 Port Royal expedition, 236 Porter, Commodore David, 32 Porter, Captain David Dixon, 32, 86 Porter, General Fitz-John, 32, 207, 329-30; at Antietam, 255, 307, 313-14, 317; in peninsular campaign, 128, 130, 133-34, 145; at Second Bull Run, 24-25, 26, 34-39 Potomac, Army of. See Army of Potomac
Potomac River, Confederate control
of, 85-88, 90, 94 Privateersmen, Union treatment of, 78 Protection of property by Federal officers, 115-16, 157 Protests of soldiers, 174-75 Provisions of Union troops, 178-83
Railroad difficulties of Second Bull Run, 3-12
Ramsey, Alexander, governor of Minnesota, 168
Radons, army, 178-83
Reception committees for volunteers en route Washington, 169-70
Recruitment, Federal, 184-85; closed during peninsular campaign, 148
Regimental strength, average, 184-86
Regiments, formation of and replacements for, 184-86
Reno, General Jesse, 32, 41, 44-45; at South Mountain, 219-21, 235-37
Replacement of troops, customs of, 185
Revere, Major Paul Joseph, 77-79 Reynolds, General John F., 29, 34-38, 160, 219
Rhode Island volunteer regiments: 4th, 175, 311; 7th Cavalry, 228
Richardson, General Israel B., 204-5; at Antietam, 260, 294-99; at South Mountain, 242
Richmond, Va., in peninsular campaign, 2, 134—36; plans for attack on, 87-88, 92-100
Ricketts, General James, at Antietam, 258, 266, 270; at Second Bull Run, 29, 39-40; at South Mountain, 238
Rifles, 187-89
Roanoke Island expedition, 220, 256 Rodes, General Robert, 240-41 Rodman, General Isaac, 303, 308-11
Savage Station, battle of, in Seven Days' Battles of peninsular campaign, 137
Sawyer, Charles Carroll, 171
Scott, General Winfield, 58, 60-61, 84-85; quoted, 31
Second Bull Run. See Bull Run, second battle of
Secret service, Union Army, 87, 119-22, 129
Sedgwick, General John, 206, 208; at Antietam, 282-87
Seven Days' Battles in peninsular campaign, 131-41; Gaines's Mill, 133-34; Glendale, 138-40; Malvern Hill, 140-41; Mechanicsville, 133; Savage Station, 137
Seven Pines, battle of, in peninsular campaign, 124-25
Seward, William H., Secretary of State, 89, 92, 209
Sharpsburg. See Antietam
Sherman, General William Tecumseh,
65, 203
Shields, General James, 105
Shiloh, battle of, 117, 151
Shoulder patches, origin of, 31
Sickness in army, 183-84
Sigel, General Franz, 28-29, 200; at Second Bull Run, 10, 33, 39^11
Skirmish line, development of, 192
Slavery, as issue in first year of war, 69-71, 79-80. See
also Abolition sentiment; Emancipation
Slaves, escaped (contrabands), 180
Slidell and Mason, 89, 322
Slocum, General Henry W., 132
Smalley, George, 314-15
Smith, General Kirby, 160
Smith, General William F., 155
Smoothbore musket, 187
Songs of Union troops, 39-40, 171-74
South Mountain, battle of, 222-45; disposition of troops at time of finding lost dispatch, 214-18; McClellan's plans for crossing, 218-22; topography of, 214, 218, 223
Springfield rifle, 186-89
Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, 83, 90, 117, 129, 198; during Second Bull Run, 11, 198; telegram from McClellan after retreat from Richmond, 142, 149
Stevens, General Isaac, 45
Stevens, Thaddeus, 219
Stone, General Charles P., 69-71, 73-80
Stonewall brigade, in Second Bull Run, 22-23
"Straw-foot," origin of, 25
Stuart, General J. E. B., 115, 327; at
Antietam, 266, 284-85; reputation
of, 10; at Second Bull Run, 23, 47;
at South Mountain, 223, 224 Sturgis, General Samuel D., 6-7; at
Antietam, 302-3, 305-6, 312 Sumner, Charles, 70 Sumner, General E. V., 45, 113-14; at
Antietam, 254-55, 282-89, 299, 307;
Sumner, General E. V. (cont'd)
in peninsular campaign, 112, 124-25, 134, 137, 139; at South Mountain, 242, 243
Surgeons, regimental, 184
Surgery, quality of, 188-89
Sykes, General George, 35-39, 41; at Antietam, 313
Tactics, field, changes during war in, 192-94; effect of technical improvement in weapons on, 187-88, 191-92
Tammany Regiment. See New York volunteer regiments, 42nd
Taylor, General George, 139, 146-47
"Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground," song, 172-73
Texas brigade, 34, 39
Treason, suspicions of, 97-98; against McClellan, 100-1, 117-18, 150; after Second Bull Run, 13, 43
Trenches, protection offered by, 192
"Vacant Chair, The," song, 173 Virginia, Army of. See Army of Virginia
Virginia, Confederate ironclad, 108 Virginia, final campaign of McClellan in, 326-27; peninsular campaign in, see Peninsular campaign; western, McClellan's campaign in, 56-57 Volunteer nurses at Second Bull Run, 11-12