Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (183 page)

   legal force of,
706
,
841
–42

   moral force of,
832
,
858

Emerson, John,
170

Emerson, Luther O.,
491

Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
51
,
204
,
209

Ericsson, John,
374
,
378
,
393

Evans, George Henry,
193

Evans, Nathan ("Shanks"),
341

Everett, Edward,
221
,
222

Ewell, Richard S.: in Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign,
454
,
456
,
458

   gains corps command,
648

   Pennsylvania invasion and Gettysburg,
653
–56,
659
–61

   at the Wilderness,
726

   breakdown from stress,
734

Ewing, Thomas,
785
–86,
787

Ezra Church, battle of,
754
–55

Fair Oaks, battle of,
461
–62,
464
,
641

Fanon, Frantz,
203

Farragut, David Glasgow,
552

   remains loyal to Union,
281
–82

   capture of New Orleans,
419
–20,
427
,
623

   fails to capture Vicksburg,
420
–22

   Port Hudson campaign,
637

   battle of Mobile Bay,
761
,
775

Fehrenbacher, Don,
174

Fessenden, William Pitt,
124
,
443
–44,
446

Filibustering,
203

   in Cuba,
105
–10

   and William Walker,
110
–16

   fear of, in secession crisis,
253

Fillmore, Millard: and Compromise of 1850,
74
–76

   and fugitive slave law,
82
–83,
85

   fails of renomination,
117

   American party nominee in 1856,
154
,
156
–57,
216
,
217

Finance of war: in Confederacy,
437
–42,
443
,
615
–17

   in Union,
442
–48,
452
–53,
593
–94

   election issue in 1863,
690
,
693
.
See also
Inflation

Finley, Clement A.,
482

"Fire-eaters," (southern nationalists),
69

   on Compromise of 1850,
76

   and fugitive slave law,
86

   and Lecompton,
166

   strategy in 1860,
234
–35

   urge attack on Fort Sumter,
273

Fisher's Hill, battle of,
777

Fitzhugh, George,
196
–97,
199

Florida, C.S.S
.,
315
,
547
,
682

Floyd, John: corruption of as sec. of war,
226

   operations in western Virginia,
301
–3,
372

   Confederate general,
328

   at Fort Donelson,
398
,
400
–401

Foote, Andrew H.,
392
,
395

   and capture of Fort Henry,
396

   and Fort Donelson,
398
–401,
406

   Island No. 10,
415

Foote, Henry S.,
68

Forrest, Nathan Bedford,
276
,
628
,
787

   at Fort Donelson,
401
–2

   and Shiloh,
412
–13

   raids foil Union advances in Tennessee,
513
–14,
515
–16

   raids in Grant's rear,
578

   and in Rosecrans's,
579

   at Chickamauga,
674

   quarrels with Bragg,
676

   threats to Sherman's supply line,
723

   Fort Pillow massacre,
748
,
794

   Brice's Crossroads,
748

   Tupelo,
749

   raids in Tennessee,
807
,
808

   and Hood's invasion of Tennessee,
812
,
813
,
815

   and Wilson's raid,
825

Fort Donelson, Union capture of,
397
–402,
406
,
407
,
415
,
580

   consequences of,
403
–4,
413
–14,
428

Fort Fisher, battles of,
819
–20,
821
,
838

Fort Henry, Union capture of,
395
,
396
–97

   consequences of,
403
–4,
428

Fort Pickens, in secession crisis,
263
,
266
,
268
,
270
,
273
n

Fort Pillow: Union capture of,
417

   Forrest's attack and massacre of black soldiers,
748
and n,
793
,
794
–95

Fort Stedman, battle of,
845

Fort Sumter: and secession crisis,
263
,
264
–74,
576

   northern response to firing upon ,
274
–75,
308

   southern response,
276
–78,
294

   Union attack in 1863,
646

Fort Wagner, battle of,
686
–87

Foster, Stephen,
491

Fox, Gustavus V.: and Fort Sumter,
268
–69,
270
,
271
,
273

   asst. sec. of navy,
313

France: and question of Confederate recognition,
383
,
384
,
650
–51

   and blockade,
385

   and mediation moves in 1862,
546
,
548
,
553
–56

   Mexican adventures of,
683
–84

   and Kenner mission,
837
–38

Franklin, battle of,
812
–13

Franklin, William B.,
537
,
543
,
571
–72,
584

Fredericksburg, battle of,
571
–74,
592
,
596
,
655
,
735
,
759

Free-labor ideology: and social mobility,
27
–29

   and slavery,
39
–40,
55

Free Soil party: birth of,
61
–62

   election of 1848,
63
–64

   after election,
67
and n,
138

   and Compromise of 1850,
76

   in 1852,
119

   and Kansas-Nebraska Act,
123
–24

   absorbed by Republicans,
126

Freedmen: at Port Royal,
371

   policy toward, and reconstruction issue in Louisiana,
706
–7

   in future of South,
709
–12

   question of land for, and Sherman's Order No. 15,
841
–42

Freedmen's aid societies,
498
,
709
–10

Freedmen's Bureau,
710
,
842
,
859

Freedom,
see
Emancipation Liberty

Freeport doctrine,
178
,
183
–84,
214

Frémont, Jessie Benton,
155
,
353

Frémont, John C.: and California,
49

   1856 presidential candidacy,
155
–62

   military commander in Missouri,
350
–51

   emancipation edict,
352
–53,
356
–58,
499

   relieved of command,
354
,
394

   given western Virginia command,
424
–25

   and Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign,
455
–60,
488
,
641

   resigns command,
501

   1864 presidential candidacy,
715

   withdraws candidacy,
776

Fugitive slave law,
40
,
71
and n,
75
,
77

   background,
78
–79

   operation of,
80
–81,
88
,
117
,
119
–20

   northern resistance to,
81
–86,
119
–221

   southern insistence on enforcement,
86
–87