Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (194 page)

   on Thomas,
813

   and land for freedmen,
841

   administrative talents of,
857

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady,
36

Star of the West
(ship),
266

Stearns, Charles,
203
–4

Stearns, George L.,
204
,
207

Stephens, Alexander H.,
185
n

   and election of 1848,
59

   and Taylor administration,
66
,
67
–69

   Compromise of 1850,
74
,
86

   on filibustering,
109
,
114

   in 1852 election,
118

   and Kansas-Nebraska Act,
125

   on Le-compton debate,
168

   and Dred Scott case,
172

   on Democrats in 1860,
215

   as conditional unionist,
237

   fears war,
238

   slavery as cornerstone speech of,
244

   elected Confederate vice president,
258
–59

   on cotton as lever of foreign policy,
383

   opposes martial law,
435

   mission to Washington in 1863,
650

   mission aborted,
664

   opposition to Davis,
692
–94

   on northern Democratic platform in 1864,
772

   on treatment of p.o.w.'s,
802

   on loss of Fort Fisher,
821

   at Hampton Roads conference,
822
–24

Stevens, Thaddeus: antislavery Whig,
87

   radicalism of,
227
–28

   on the war as revolution,
358

   on war taxes,
448

   power of,
496

   ironworks of destroyed by rebels,
649

   conquered provinces theory of reconstruction,
699

   on reconstruction as revolution,
701

Stone, Charles P.,
362
–63

Stones River, battle of,
580
–83,
586
,
645
–46,
669
,
676

Stonewall Brigade: at 1st Manassas,
342

   in Shenandoah Valley,
429

   at Cedar Mountain,
526

   at 2nd Manassas,
528
–29

   at Appomattox,
850

Stowe, Harriet Beecher,
38
,
88
–91

Strader v. Graham
,
171

Strategy in Civil War: of Union armies,
331
–36

   of Confederate armies,
336
–38,
472

   Confederate strategic decisions after Chancellorsville,
646
–47

   southern military strategy to influence northern presidential election,
720
–21,
734

   Grant's strategic plan for 1864,
721
–22

   Lee's strategy of attrition,
734

Stringham, Silas,
370

Strong, George Templeton,
484

   on Gettysburg,
664

   depressed in 1864,
757
–58

   on capture of Atlanta,
772
–73

Stuart, James E. B. ("Jeb"),
206
,
276
,
513
,
639
,
737

   at 1st Manassas,
341

   first ride around McClellan,
462
–64

   at 2nd Manassas,
528

   and Antietam,
537

   second ride around McClellan,
561

   at Chancellorsville,
640
–44

   battle of Brandy Station,
649

   in Gettysburg campaign,
653
,
656
,
660
–61,
663

   killed at Yellow Tavern,
728

Sultana
, explosion of,
853

Sumner, Charles,
227

   leader of Conscience Whigs,
60

   founder of Free Soil party,
62
,
63

   on Kansas-Nebraska Act,
124

   elected to Senate,
138

   and Know Nothings,
139

   speech on Kansas,
149

   assaulted by Brooks,
150
–52

   on British recognition of Confederate belligerency,
388

   and emancipation,
505

   on copperheads,
591

   on Chancellorsville,
645

   state suicide theory of reconstruction,
699

Sumner, Edwin V.,
461
,
541

Sumter, C.S.S
.,
316
,
547

Sutter, John,
64

Tactics, in Civil War, and casualties,
472
–77

Taney, Roger B.: and Dred Scott case,
172
–79,
181

   and
ex parte Merryman
,
288
–89

Tariff: as a political issue,
158
,
160
,
188
,
192
–93,
438

   and Republican platform in 1860,
220
–21,
225

   and Union war finance,
442
–43,
451

Taxes,
see
Finance

   Tariff

Taylor, Richard,
633
–34,
722
–23

Taylor, Zachary,
6
,
634
,
722

   and Mexican War,
3
–4

   presidential candidate,
4
,
58
–60,
63
,
118

   president,
65

   and slavery expansion issue,
66
–69,
88
,
105
,
106

   and Compromise of 1850,
73
–75

   death of,
74

Temperance movement,
22
,
24
,
29
,
31

   and nativism,
133
–36

   and politics,
158
,
223

Terry, Alfred,
820

Texas, annexation of,
47
,
51
,
53
,
59

   and Compromise of 1850,
70
–71 and n,
73
–75

Thirteenth Amendment: guaranteeing slavery,
256

   abolishing slavery, Senate passage of,
706
,
712
–13

   endorsed by Republican platform,
716

   House passage of,
823
,
838
–40

   ratification,
840
,
842

Thomas, George H.: in Mexican War,
5

   stays loyal to Union,
281

   victor at Logan's Cross Roads,
305

   in Corinth campaign,
416

   at Chickamauga,
672
–75

   takes command of Army of Cumberland,
676
,
677

   and assault on Missionary Ridge,
678
–80

   in Georgia campaign,
744
,
754

   defends Nashville,
808
,
811

   battle of Nashville,
813
–15

   and Alabama raid,
825

Thompson, Jacob: Confederate agent in Canada,
763
–64

   intrigue with copperheads,
765
–66,
783

Thompson, M. Jeff,
353
n

Thoreau, Henry David,
41
–42,
210

Ticknor, George,
861

Times
(London): on Civil War strategy,
336

   on 1st Bull Run,
348

   on McClellan,
359

   expects Confederate success,
367

   on
Monitor-Virginia
battle,
377

   and blockade,
383

   on cotton embargo,
384

   hostility to North,
551

   favors mediation,
554

   on Emancipation Proclamation,
558

   on Early's raid,
757

Tocqueville, Alexis de,
605

Todd, George,
292

Tompkins, Sally Louisa,
478

Toombs, Robert: and 1848 election,
60

   and Taylor administration,
66
,
67
–69

   on southern unionists,
86

   in 1852 election,
118

   and 1856 election,
158

   on John Brown,
212

   and secession,
252
,
254

   candidate for C.S.A. president,
258

   political general,
328

   denounces Davis,
435
,
543
,
692
–93

   at Antietam,
543

   opposes arming of slaves,
835