Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (188 page)

   rescinds Grant's "Jew order,"
622
–23

   on Grant's Vicksburg campaign,
638

   on Chan-cellorsville,
645

   and Stephens's mission,
650
,
664

   replaces Hooker with Meade,
651
–52

   and Gettysburg campaign,
653
,
664

   urges Meade to pursue Lee,
666
–67

   prods Rosecrans,
668
–69

   on Rosecrans in Chattanooga,
675

   puts Grant in command at Chattanooga,
676

   issue of peace negotiations,
694
,
697

   names Grant general in chief,
718

   likes Grant's strategy,
722
,
726

   removes Sigel,
724

   on northern over-optimism,
731

   determination to fight to victory,
742
–43

   at Fort Stevens,
757

   issues new call for troops,
758
,
765

   and peace issue in 1864,
761
–62,
766
–71

   on Sons of Liberty,
783

   and exchange of war prisoners,
791
,
798
–99

   on southern treatment of black prisoners,
794

   Sherman's march to the sea,
808
,
811

   policy of unconditional surrender,
816
,
822
,
824
,
844

   relieves Butler of command,
820

   Hampton Roads peace conference,
822
–24,
836

   visits Richmond,
846
–47

Lincoln, Abraham,
as wartime political leader:
and western Virginia,
298
,
859

   ability to express Union war aims,
309
,
549

   foreign policy,
389

   and
Trent
affair,
390
–91

   leadership qualities compared with Davis's,
429
,
857

   and war finance,
442
,
444
,
447

   appoints military governors,
511

   on 1862 elections,
562
,
689

   cabinet crisis of Dec. 1862,
574
–75

   fears copperheads,
591

   they attack him,
594
–95

   and Vallandigham,
596
–99

   policy toward Mexico,
683

   1863 state elections,
684
–85

   public letter to Democrats,
687

   renomination in 1864,
713
–17

   southern hopes for defeat of,
721
,
734

   copperheads attack "tyranny" of,
765

   expects to lose 1864 election,
771

   capture of Atlanta raises prospects,
773

   carries Missouri,
788

   target of Democratic racist attacks,
789
–90

   wins soldier vote,
804

   reelected,
805
–6

Lincoln, Abraham,
and emancipation and reconstruction:
pledges non-interference with slavery,
312

   revokes Frémont's edict,
353
,
356
–58

   decides to issue emancipation proclamation, 489,
502
–4

   moves toward emancipation,
494

   plea to border states,
498
–99,
503

   delays issuance,
505

   and colonization,
508
–9

   reply to Greeley,
510
,
859

   Karl Marx on,
550

   issues preliminary Proclamation,
557
–58

   issues final Proclamation,
562
–63

   and black soldiers,
564
,
565
,
687
–88

   amnesty and reconstruction proclamation (1863),
698
–99,
809

   differences with Congress and radicals,
700
–702

   Louisiana reconstruction experiment,
703
–9

   vetoes Wade-Davis bill,
712
–13

   sticks to emancipation as condition of peace,
768
–71

   emancipation issue at Hampton Roads conference,
823
–24 and n

   and 13th Amendment,
838
–39,
840
,
841
–42

   moves toward Negro suffrage in reconstruction,
843
–44

   last speech, on reconstruction,
851
–52

   assassination of,
853

Lister, Joseph,
486

Logan, John A.,
328
,
329

Logan's Cross Roads (Mill Springs), battle of,
305

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,
89
,
161
,
210

Longstreet, James,
583

   in Mexican War,
5

   at Williamsburg,
427

   at Seven Pines,
461

   at Gaines' Mill,
467

   at Glendale,
469

   at Mal-vern Hill,
470

   given corps command,
471

   at 2nd Manassas,
528
–31

   at Antietam,
541

   after Antietam,
569

   at Fredericksburg,
571
–72

   confronts Federals in southside Virginia,
638
–39,
645

   suggests western strategy,
646

   and Pennsylvania invasion,
647
,
647
–48n,
649

   at Gettysburg,
653
–63

   goes to Georgia,
671
,
696

   at Chickamauga,
672
–74

   criticizes Bragg,
676

   besieges Knoxville,
677

   fails at Knoxville,
681

   hopes for election of northern peace president,
721

   battle of the Wilderness,
725
–26

Lopez, Narciso,
105
–6,
108

Louisiana, wartime reconstruction in,
703
–9,
713
,
843

Lowell, James Russell,
51
,
333

Lyon, Nathaniel: and struggle for Missouri,
290
–92,
334

   and Wilson's Creek,
350
–52

McCallum, Daniel,
514

McCauley, Charles,
279
–80

McClellan, George B.,
247
,
574
,
652
,
662
,
701
,
743
,
813

   in Mexican War,
4

   in western Virginia,
299
–301,
335

   creates Army of Potomac,
348
–50

   defects of personality,
358
–60

   defects of military and political acumen,
361
–65,
444

   contracts typhoid,
367

   comparison with Grant,
396

   Peninsula campaign,
423
–27,
437
,
454
,
457
,
460

   and Seven Pines,
461

   Seven Days' battles,
462
–70,
488
–89,
490
,
499
–500,
511
,
512
,
734
,
812

   opposes emancipation,
502
–6

   rivalry with Pope,
524

   withdrawn from Peninsula,
525

   and 2nd Bull Run,
528
,
532

   restored to full command,
533
–34

   Antietam campaign and battle,
536
–45

   on Emancipation Proclamation,
559
–60

   relieved of command,
562
,
570
,
715
,
753

   after Antietam,
568
–69

   pressure for restoration to command,
584

   endorses Woodward for governor,
685

   Democratic presidential nominee,
771
–72

   acceptance letter,
775
–76

   candidacy hurt by Union victories,
777

   Confederate hopes for election of,
803
,
806

   loses soldier vote,
804
–5

   wins three states,
840

   evaluation of generalship,
857

McClernand, John A.: political general,
328

   at Fort Donelson,
400

   and Vicksburg campaigns,
577
–78,
579
,
587
,
593
,
630
–31

McCulloch, Ben,
351
,
404
–5