Read Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Online
Authors: James M. McPherson
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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
appoints military governors,
511
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
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'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
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
Louisiana, wartime reconstruction in,
703
–9,
713
,
843
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
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