Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (182 page)

   of North Carolina troops,
694

   and
694
–95n

   epidemic of, in 1865,
820
–21,
844

Desertions from Union army: after Fredericks-burg,
584

   of substitutes and bounty men,
606
,
720

Disease in Civil War armies,
326
,
472
,
485
–88,
512
,
588
.
See also
Medical care in Civil War armies

Dix, Dorothea,
483

Dobbin, James,
123

Doolittle, James,
180

Douglas, Stephen A.,
107

   and Compromise of 1850,
70
,
75

   1852 election,
118

   Kansas-Nebraska Act,
121
–25

   and 1854 elections,
127
–29

   on Kansas,
147
,
157

   and Lecompton,
166
–68

   on Dred Scott decision,
177
–78,
179
n,
180

   contest with Lincoln in 1858,
181
–88,
198
,
218

   and federal slave code issue,
195

   on John Brown,
211

   and 1860 election,
213
–16,
223
–32,
703

   and secession,
252

   on Lincoln's inaugural address,
263

   supports war for Union,
274

Douglass, Frederick,
185
,
794

   on fugitive slave law,
84

   and 1856 election,
160

   on nonviolence,
203
,
204

   and John Brown,
205

   and 1860 election,
228

   opposes concessions to secessionists,
251

   urges wartime emancipation,
354

   criticizes Lincoln,
505
,
509

   praises Emancipation Proclamation,
558

   on black soldiers,
564

   on freedmen's policy in Louisiana,
711

   attends inaugural reception,
840

Draft,
see
Conscription

Dred Scott v
.
Sandford:
background,
170
–73

   justices' opinions,
174
–76,
181

   public reaction,
176
–80,
183
,
188

Drewry's Bluff, battle of: (1862),
427

   (1864),
724

Du Pont, Samuel,
371

Dudley, Thomas H.,
547
,
555

Durant, Thomas J.,
705

Dwight, Timothy,
41

Eads, James B.,
393

Early, Jubal,
743

   at Chancellorsville,
640
–41,
644

   gets corps command,
734

   stops Hunter in Valley,
739

   invasion of Maryland,
756
–58,
813

   routed by Sheridan at Winchester and Fisher's Hill,
777

   and Cedar Creek,
779
–80,
858

East Tennessee: unionism in,
304
,
512

   guerrilla and military actions,
305
–6

   Union capture of Knoxville and Chattanooga,
670

Eaton, John,
710

Economy, U.S.: and economic development,
6
–7,
9
–10

   and labor,
10
–11,
13
–15,
17
–18,
21
–26

   and transportation revolution,
11
–13

   and "American system of manufactures,"
15
–18

   and education,
18
–21

   women and,
33
–34

   in the South, and slavery,
39
,
91
–102

   and Panic of 1857,
190
–93

   difficulties in Confederate economy,
437
–42

   productivity of northern wartime economy,
449

   Civil War and transformation of American economy,
452
–53,
816
–19

Education: and economic growth,
18
–21

   and literacy,
19
–20

   in South,
20
–21,
40
–41,
94

   and social mobility,
29
–30

   role of women in,
35
–36

   and nativism,
132
,
135

   land-grant colleges,
193
–94,
451

   of freedmen during Civil War,
371
,
498

Elections, C.S.A.: congressional (1863),
689
–92,
696

   state election, in North Carolina (1864),
698

Elections, U.S.A., congressional: of 1846 and 1847,
4
,
48

   of 1854,
126
–30,
140

   of 1858,
188

   of 1862, and emancipation issue,
505
–9,
557
,
560

   and war issues,
535
,
560
–61

   results of (1862),
561
–62,
689
,
858

Elections, U.S.A., presidential: (1848),
4
,
58
–64,
104

   (1852),
4
,
107
,
117
–19,
131

   (1856),
153
–62

   of 1860,
194
,
195
,
201

   Democratic conventions in 1860,
213
–16

   Republican convention,
216
–21

   campaign and election,
222
–33,
506

   (1864), abortive candidacy of Chase and Frémont,
713
–15,
716

   renomination of Lincoln,
716
–17

   impact of military events on,
718

   Confederate hopes for election of Peace Democrat,
721
,
743

   postponement of Democratic convention,
765

   Republicans depressed,
770
–71

   Democrats nominate McClellan,
772

   impact of Atlanta on,
773
–76

   and of Sheridan's victories,
777
–78,
780
–81

   Republicans exploit copperhead activities,
781
–83,
788
,
791

   Democrats exploit race issue,
788
–90

   soldier opinion of McClellan,
803

   soldier vote for Lincoln,
804
–5

   meaning of Lincoln's reelection,
806

Elections, U.S.A., state: in 1863,
597
–98,
599
–600,
684
–88

   soldier vote in,
688

Ellet, Alfred,
418

Ellet, Charles,
417
–18

Ellet, Charles, Jr.,
418

Emancipation of slaves: condition for admission of West Virginia,
303
–4

   Frémont's edict in Missouri,
352
–53,
356
–58

   military necessity argument,
354

   contrabands,
355

   growing northern support for,
494
–96

   laws for,
496
–500

   enforcement in field,
501
–2

   McClellan deplores,
502
–3

   political issue, and Democratic opposition,
505
–10,
592
,
594
–95,
608
–9,
684
–88

   and Lincoln's reconstruction policy,
699
,
703
–6,
712
–13

   and peace issue in 1864,
768
–71

   Maryland achieves,
805

   issue at Hampton Roads conference,
822
–23,
823
–24n

   Confederate debate on,
831
–36

   and Kenner mission,
837
–38.
See also
Confiscation

   Emancipation Proclamation

   Thirteenth Amendment

Emancipation Proclamation (Sept. 1862),
357
,
489

   Lincoln's decision to issue,
502
–4

   delays announcement,
505
,
510

   issuance after Antietam,
545
,
557
–58

   response to,
557
–58,
567

   and army,
558
–60

   and 1862 elections,
560
–61

   endorsed by House,
562

   final Proclamation issued,
563
,
703

   Democratic attacks on,
594
–95

   voter endorsement in 1863,
688