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peace commission and
, 108–117
, 119
, 130
, 206–9
, 210–11
, 216–17
, 218
, 293
, 294

post-war life
, 293

race and
, 5–6

resignation and
, 17
, 67
, 73

reunion and
, 28
, 29
, 165
, 197
, 207
, 208
, 218
, 261

Richmond departure of
, 256–57
, 258–59

Savannah and
, 35

Sherman and
, 90

Silver Spring and
, 25

soldier slaves and
, 31–32

South Carolina and
, 31

Stanton and
, 37
, 65
, 66
, 106–7
, 108
, 238
, 239
, 228

Steward and
, 16–17

treason charge of
, 293

two countries mandate of
, 89
, 91
, 103
, 115
, 116
, 119
, 156
, 157
, 158
, 160

Union withdrawal and
, 85

war rallies and
, 218–20

war success and
, 231–32

White House of
, 80

Davis, Maggie
, 5

Davis, Varina
, xiv
, 4
, 5
, 6
, 16
, 17
, 22
, 25
, 46
, 48
, 95
, 98
, 115
, 208
, 256
, 279
, 293
, 294

Deacon, Edward Parker
, 77

Delaware
, 34
, 189

Democratic Party
, 7
, 8
, 11
, 29
, 36
, 46
, 58
, 203
, 215
, 283

peace and
, 58

South and
, 50

Stephens and
, 62
, 65

Steward and
, 10

Dent, Julia.
See
Grant, Julia

deserters, Rebel
, 30
, 45
, 73
, 106
, 240
, 241
, 247
, 263
, 279
, 280

Deutzer, George
, 52

disarmament
, 185
, 226

Dispatch,
(No Match)87
,
118

Don
,
75–76
, 90
, 96
, 97

Douglas, Henry Kyd
, 168
, 215
, 254–55

Dred Scott v. Sandford
,
42
, 186

 

Early, Jubal
, 24
, 25
, 26
, 27
, 128
, 129
, 210

Eckert, Thomas
, x
, 122
, 123
, 126
, 131
, 150
, 153–54
, 155–58
, 159–64
, 199
, 202
, 203
, 303–4

8th Michigan
, xxi

election (1864)
, 7

Blair, Francis Preston, and
, 23

independence and
, 31

Lincoln and
, 8–13
, 27

Union survival and
, 27

Electoral College
, 59

Emancipation Proclamation
, 10
, 39
, 40
, 184
, 185
, 186
, 187
, 191

English, James
, 134

Enquirer
,
88
,
99
, 136

Europe, US and
, 81
, 82
, 84

Evans, John
, xx

Ewing, Senator
, 44

Examiner
, 49
,
73
, 74
, 75
, 124

 

Falklands
, 25

Father Matthew
, 16

federalism, South and
, 124

Fessenden, William Pitt
, 214
, 221
, 302

51st Pennsylvania
, xxi

1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
, 209

Fitzpatrick, Benjamin
, 243

Flournoy, Thomas
, 108
, 176

Foote, Henry S.
, xiv
, 78–79
, 104
, 109
, 126
, 216

Forbes, Charles
, 167
, 168
, 169
, 287
, 288

Ford's Theatre
, 287
, 288

Fort Damnation.
See
Fort Mahoney.

Fort Fisher
, 90
, 93–94

Fort Harrison
, 77

Fort Hell. S
ee
Fort Sedgwick

Fort Mahoney
, xviii
, xxi

Fort McGilvery
, xxii

Fort Monroe
, 69
, 75
, 78
, 83
, 131
, 150
, 153
, 160
, 162
, 164

Fort Morton
, 125

Fort Sedgwick
, xviii
, 52
, 146

Fort Stedman
, 249
, 254
, 256

Fort Sumter
, 6
, 42

48th Pennsylvania Volunteers
, 52

4th Massachusetts Cavalry
, 258

Fourney, John
, 174

Fox, Gustavus Vasa
, 57

France
, 76
, 77
, 83
, 84
, 85
, 107
, 179
, 183

 

Georgia
, 30
, 31
, 35
, 41
, 49
, 50
, 65
, 66
, 91
, 191
, 242

Gettysburg
, 5
, 69

Gilman, Charles W.
, 51

Gilmore, James
, 13

Gordon, John B.
, 254

Gorgas, Josiah
, xiv
, 72
, 101
, 174
, 248
, 291–92

government bonds, for slave compensation
, 196
, 210
, 212

Graham, William A.
, xiv
, 101
, 231
, 240
, 241
, 251

Grant, Julia
, 102
, 144
, 147
, 149
, 243
, 244–45
, 255–56
, 263
, 278
, 303

Grant, Ulysses S.
, 7
, 22
, 28
, 29
, 44
, 49
, 53
, 55
, 56
, 57

Blair, Preston, and
, 102

at City Point
, 278

death toll and
, 220

early life of
, 54

Eckert and
, 155
, 158
, 159
, 199

Hunter and
, 296

Lee and
, 45
, 83
, 99
, 147
, 151
, 166
, 241
, 243–46
, 263
, 270
, 273
, 275
, 277

Lincoln and
, 128
, 129
, 130
, 131
, 150
, 160–61
, 164
, 223–24
, 255
, 280

memoirs of
, 302

Mexican War and
, 76
, 77

peace and
, xi
, xvii
, xx
, xxii
, xxiv
, 7
, 11

peace commissioners and
, 120
, 121
, 126
, 130
, 131
, 141–46
, 147–49
, 153–54
, 157–59
, 178
, 204
, 206

post-war life of
, 302

presidency of
, 302

prisoner exchange and
, 210
, 245
, 246

Richmond and
, 73

Sheridan and
, 129

Sherman and
, 45
, 290
, 284

South trade and
, 74

Stanton and
, 128
, 143
, 153
, 303

Stevens and
, 297

Vicksburg and
, 69

Wallace and
, 88

war and
, 6
, 123–24

Gray Revolution
, 94

Greeley, Horace
, xi
, 11–12
, 14
, 27
, 36
, 41
, 45
, 46
, 56
, 58
, 59
, 63
, 75
, 92
, 95
, 102
, 173
, 175
, 196
, 203
, 293
, 304

Greensboro, North Carolina
, 279

 

Halleck, Henry
, 123
, 128

Hamlin, Hannibal
, 136

Hampton Roads, peace negotiation at
, 51
, 69
, 75
, 78
, 125
, 131
, 138
, 140
, 151
, 159
, 161
, 163
, 165
, 168
, 172–199
, 202–211
, 243

Hanscom, Simon P.
, 287

Hardee, William J.
, 242

Harriman, Sam
, 125
, 138
, 140

Harris, Clara
, 287
, 288

Hartranft, John F.
, 254–55

Hatch, William
, xiv
, xxi
, xxiii
, 98
, 118
, 120
, 125
, 127
, 139
, 141
, 164
, 167
, 299

Hatcher's Run
, 214
, 221
, 222
, 234
, 236

Hawthorne, Nathaniel
, 172

Hay, John
, xi
, 9–10
, 12
, 15–16
, 18
, 19
, 23
, 29
, 34
, 35
, 36
, 51
, 123
, 173
, 213
, 214
, 302
, 306

Henry (Blair's servant)
, 53
, 55
, 76
, 77
, 96

Hill, A. P.
, 120

Hill, Benjamin H.
, xiv
, 110–11
, 167
, 217
, 237
, 248

Holmes, Oliver Wendell
, 25

Hood, John Bell
, xiv
, 29–30
, 31
, 45
, 91
, 97
, 241
, 242

Houston, Sam
, 2

Hubbell, Richtmyer
, 209

Hunter, Robert M. T.
, xv
, 43
, 138
, 225
, 278

Blair and
, 88

Campbell and
, 73
, 262

Davis and
, 119
, 231
, 234
, 240

early life of
, 104–6

Lincoln and
, 269

peace commission and
, 108
, 109
, 110
, 113
, 114
, 117
, 120
, 121
, 130
, 141
, 145
, 146
, 147
, 148
, 155
, 157
, 161
, 164
, 165
, 166
, 173
, 176
, 178
, 182
, 183
, 190
, 192
, 193
, 194
, 195
, 198
, 206
, 208
, 210
, 211
216

post-war life of
, 296–97

on reunion
, 231
, 284

treason charge of
, 296

war rally and
, 224
, 231

on war success and
, 232–33

 

Illinois
, 188

Independence
,
152

independence, for South
, 6
, 13
, 73
, 82
, 101
, 111
, 116
, 209
, 222
, 250

Ingersoll, Edbon C.
, 203

 

Jackson, Andrew
, 47

Jackson, Stonewall
, 6

Jacobins
, 9
, 10
, 13
, 19
, 23
, 24
, 34
, 37
, 40
, 96
, 103
, 107
, 135
, 174
, 203
, 222
, 228

Jacques, James
, 6
, 13
, 83

Jefferson, Thomas
, 251

Johnson, Andrew
, 40
, 251
, 274
, 275
, 295
, 303

Johnson, Reverdy
, 124
, 136
, 187

Johnson's Island prison camp
, 204–5

Johnston, David
, 209

Johnston, Joseph E.
, xv
, xxiv
, 29
, 97
, 242
, 249
, 255
, 257
, 275
, 279
, 280
, 289–90

Jones, John B.
, xv
, 44
, 49
, 56
, 73
, 86–87
, 91
, 108
, 130
, 209
, 223
, 224
, 236
, 237
, 259
, 265
, 270

Juarez, Benito
, 76
, 301
, 302

 

Kean, Robert G. H.
, xv
, 43
, 49
, 88
, 98
, 100
, 101
, 223
, 236–37
, 248

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