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Authors: James M. McPherson
Tags: #General, #History, #United States, #Civil War Period (1850-1877), #United States - History - Civil War; 1861-1865, #United States - History - Civil War; 1861-1865 - Campaigns
McDowell, battle of,
455
McDowell, Irvin: planning for Bull Run campaign,
335
,
338
campaign and battle,
339
–46,
406
and Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign,
457
,
460
,
461
,
464
,
489
,
501
McHenry, William ("Jerry"), fugitive slave,
86
McLean, John, and Dred Scott case,
171
,
173
,
175
,
176
McLean, Wilmer,
849
McPherson, James B.: in Corinth campaign,
416
Vicksburg campaigns,
586
,
627
,
630
–31
death of,
754
Madison, James,
280
Magoffin, Beriah,
293
–94,
295
,
296
Mahan, Dennis Hart,
331
Mahone, William,
760
Mallory, Stephen R.,
314
Malvern Hill, battle of,
469
–70,
476
,
477
Manassas, 1st battle of,
281
,
309
,
321
,
327
,
352
,
353
,
354
,
362
,
366
–67,
405
,
406
,
413
,
538
campaign and battle,
339
–45
strategic results,
346
–47
psychological consequences,
347
–50,
365
,
370
,
403
,
491
Manassas, 2nd battle of: background,
524
,
526
–27
diplomatic consequences,
555
and party politics,
48
–49
and slavery issue,
51
,
104
,
106
–7
Martial law,
see
Habeas corpus
Marx, Karl,
550
Maryland: kept in Union,
284
–87,
293
,
350
arrest of secessionists,
287
–90
coolness to Lee's invasion,
535
–36
abolishes slavery,
805
Mason, James M.,
72
and fugitive slaves,
79
and Kansas-Nebraska Act,
122
threatens secession,
158
and John Brown,
207
favors Davis for C.S.A. president,
259
on impact of Fort Donelson,
403
expects British mediation,
555
and Kenner mission,
838
Mason, John,
110
Maximilian, Ferdinand,
683
–84
May, Samuel J.,
86
Mayer, Arno,
245
Meade, George Gordon: in Mexican War,
5
at Fredericksburg,
572
replaces Hooker in command,
652
battle of Gettysburg,
653
,
655
–63
slow pursuit of Lee,
666
–67
on Cold Harbor,
735
and Petersburg assaults,
741
battle of the Crater,
758
–59
at Appomattox,
848
–49
evaluation of,
857
Meagher, Thomas,
328
Mechanicsville, battle of,
464
,
466
–67
Medical care in Civil War armies: women and,
477
–84
ambulance service,
484
–85
evaluation of,
486
–87.
See also
Disease in Civil War armies
Medill, Joseph,
590
Meigs, Montgomery,
368
efficiency as quartermaster general,
324
–25,
857
on Union strategy,
335
–36
on Peninsula campaign,
424
Memminger, Christopher,
438
–39,
442
Memphis: naval battle of,
418
,
421
center of trade between lines,
620
–23
Merrimack, U.S.S
.: scuttled in 1861,
279
–80
converted to ironclad
C.S.S. Virginia
,
314
,
373
Merryman, John, and
ex parte Merryman
,
287
–89
Mexico: acquisition of territory from,
3
–4,
6
,
42
,
48
–51
influence of experience in Mexican War on Civil War strategy and tactics,
3
–5,
332
,
334
,
473
war with,
47
–50,
59
,
131
,
138
,
281
,
317
and Gadsden Purhcase,
108
and filibustering,
111
–12
Miles, Dixon,
538
Mill, John Stuart,
550
Mill Springs (Logan's Cross Roads), battle of,
305
Milliken's Bend, battle of,
634
Milroy, Robert H.,
303
Minié Claude E.,
474
Missouri: clashes in during 1861,
290
–92,
334
guerrilla warfare in,
292
,
350
,
783
–87
battle of Wilson's Creek,
351
–52
Frémont and,
353
–54
Price's invasion of,
787
–88
Missouri Compromise: and limitation of slavery expansion,
8
,
51
,
57
,
58
,
65
,
72
and Kansas-Nebraska Act,
121
,
123
,
154
,
157
Mobile Bay, battle of,
282
,
761
,
775
Monitor, U.S.S.:
design and construction of,
373
–75
fight with
Virginia
,
376
–77
battle of Drewry's Bluff,
427
Montgomery, James,
292
Morgan, John Hunt: cavalry raids in Kentucky and Tennessee,
513
–14,
515
–16,
579
,
628
Ohio raid,
763
Mormons: settlement at Great Salt Lake,
42
–44,
66
conflict with U.S. government,
44
–45
and slavery,
76
persecution of,
145
–46
Morrill, Justin, and land-grant college act,
451
Mosby, John Singleton,
737
–38
Mott, Lucretia,
36
Murfreesboro, battle of,
see
Stones River
Myers, Abraham,
319
Napoleon I,
331
,
336
,
473
,
515
,
775
,
807
,
855
Napoleon III: and moves for recognition of Confederacy,
384
,
546
,
650
–51
Mexican adventure,
553
–54,
683
–84
and Kenner mission,
838
Nashville, Union capture of,
401
–3