Farragut, Admiral David G., biographical sketch

of, 421; fleet of, pass the Mississippi forts, 364;
letter of, to the Mayor of New Orleans, demand-
ing surrender; fleet of, pass the Vicksburg bat-
teries. 368; fleet of, pass the Port Hudson batter-
ies, 421; operations of, against Mobile, 611-615.
Fay, Col., Gen. Zollicoffer killed by, 172.

Fayetteville, Ark., Gen. Cabel repulsed at, by Col.
Harrison, 606.

Fayetteville, N. C., occupation of, by Sherman's
forces, 713.

Ferocity of the Southern press and people, 129.
Fessenden, Mr. William Pitt, financial manage-
ment of, 677.

Finance measures of Secretary Chase, 127.,

inances, Federal, disordered condition of, at the
beginning of the war, 57; condition of, in 1861,
123; chapter on, 348-354; in 1864, 672-679.
inances of the Confederate States, 118-121.
'isher's Hill, battle of, 646.

'ishersville, capture of, by Sheridan, 707.
itch, Col., occupation of Fort Wright and Mem-
phis by, 317; battery at St. Charles stormed by,

318.

ive Forks, battle of, 721-723.

lorida, secession movements in, 89; expedition to
the east coast of, 333; places occupied in, 844;
Gen. Asboth's expedition in, 615; other military
operations in, 615-619.

Corida, steamer, formerly the Oreto, sails from
Mobile, 372; rebel cruiser, history of the, 627;
capture of, in the Bay of San Salvador, 627.

oyd, John Buchanan, biographical sketch of, 65;
esignation of, 51; escape of, from Fort Donel-
son, 177; compelled by Gen. Rosecrans to retreat
rom the Gauley River, 183.

isser, Lieut. Commander, singular death of, 621.
ote, Rear Admiral Andrew H., biographical
ketch of, 173; fleet of gunboats prepared at Cairo
under the direction of, 173; surrender of Fort
Henry to, 174; wounded at the siege of Fort
Donelson, 176; death of, 504.

rest, Gen., defeats Smith and Grierson at West
oint, 563; operations of, in Tennessee and Ken-
icky, 563-567; operations of, against Sherman's
ommunications, 630, 631; re-enforces the army
General Hood, C33; defeated by Gen. Milroy
ear Murfreesboro', 635; defeated and driven
ut of Selma by Gen. Wilson, 738.

t Beauregard, S. C., capture of, 200.

t Darling, unsuccessful attack upon, by iron-
ads, 256; failure of Butler's attempt upon, 531.
de Russey, La., capture of, 599.

- Donelson, description of, 175; siege and cap-
re of, 175-177; results of the capture of, 177.
Fisher, description of, 687; torpedo vessel ex-
oded near, 6SS; failure of the attack upon, 688;
respondence between Porter and Butler in re-
ion to the attack upon, 683, 689. language of
n. Bragg in relation to the attack upon, 690;
cond expedition against, under General Terry
Admiral Porter, 690-696; capture of, by as-
lt, 698; killed and wounded at, 693.
Gaines, investment of, by Gens. Granger and
aby, 611; Mobile, surrender of, 614

Fort Hatteras, surrender of, to a force under Gen.
Butler, 146.

Fort Henry, on the Tennessee, siege and capture
of, 174; results of the capture of. 174.
Forts Jackson and St. Philip, bombardment and
surrender of, 864. 865.

Fort McAllister, attack on, by the iron-clad Mon-
tauk, 501; capture of, by Gen. Hazen, 683; dis-
patch of General Sherman after the capture of,
683.

Fort Macon, N. C., siege of, 341; capture of, 342.
Fort Mahone, Petersburg, capture of, 724.
Fort Morgan, Mobile, surrender of, 615.
Fort Moultrie, garrison transferred from, to Fort
Sumter, 52-65.

Fort Pickens, Florida, garrisoned by Federal
troops, 66; re-enforced by Colonel Harvey Brown,
72; fire opened from, on the navy yard and de-
fences of Pensacola, 208.

Fort Pillow, description of, 564; taken by assault,
565; details of the massacre at, 565-567.
Fort Powell, Mobile, surrender of, 614.

Fort Pulaski, siege of, 844; surrender of, 845.
Fort Steadman, near Petersburg, capture and re-
capture of, 717-719.

Fort Sumter, garrison of Fort Moultrie transferred
to, 52-65; attempt to re-enforce, 52–66; bombard-
ment of, 68-70; names of officers in, during the
bombardment, 68; arrival of Gen. Wigfall at, 70;
surrender of, 72; effect of the fall of, 78; attack
on, with iron-clads, 503; made a shapeless
mass of ruins" by Gillmore, 507; national flag
restored on, by Gen. Anderson, 704.

Fort Wagner, siege of, 505-508.
Fort Walker, S. C., capture of, 200.
Fort Wright, siege of, 814, 315; evacuation of, 315;
occupation of, by Col. Fitch, 817.
Fortifications, how far valuable, 135.
Fortifications erected around St. Louis, 153.
Fortress Monroe, head-quarters of General Butler
at, 91; army of McClellan at, 241; return of Mc-
Clellan's ariny to, from Harrison's Landing, 337.
Forts, Federal, seized by State authorities, 67.
Forts at Charleston, notice of the, 64.

Forts in the Slave States at the outbreak of the re-
bellion, 85.

Forts on Cape Fear River, capture of, 699, 700.
Foster, Gen., part taken by, in the attack on New-
bern, 339; appointed military governor of New-
bern, 340; assigned to command the Department
of the Ohio, 501; opens communications with
Savannah, 685.

France, relations with the government of, 217; ac-
tion of the government of, in relation to the
seizure of Mason and Slidell, 223.

Franklin, Benjamin, Federal Constitution not
satisfactory to, 18.

Franklin, Gen. William Buell, biographical sketch
of, 599; at the battle of Antietam, 882; at the
battle of Fredericksburg, 893; relieved from
duty with the Army of the Potomac, 398; expe-
dition of, to Sabine Pass, 596.

Franklin, Tenn., attack upon, by Van Dorn, 481;
Hood repulsed at, by Schofield, 634.
Frauds in the War Department, 32.
Frederick, Md., march of the Confederates upon,
377 arrival of Hooker's army at, 453.
Fredericksburg, Burnside's operations against,
891; battle of, 893.

Freedmen's Bureau established, 662.

Fremont, Gen. John Charles, biographical sketch
of, 271; extensive command assigned to, 106;
operations of, in the West, 147-160; martial law
declared in St. Louis by, 151; proclamation of,
in Missouri, of August, 1861; complaints, made
against, by Col. Blair, 155; alleged extravagance
of, 156; dispatch of, in relation to the fall of Lex-
ington, 158; advance of, toward Lexington, 159;
reoccupies Springfield, 159; order transmitted
to, from the Secretary of War, 159; superseded

by Gen. Hunter, 160; placed in command of the
Mountain Department, 238; operations of, in
Virginia, 270-279; dispatches of, to Harrison-
burg, 275, 276; dispatch of, from Port Republic,
Va, 276; severe measures adopted by, against
plunderers, 278; resignation of, 278; order of
Stanton relieving, 279.

French, Gen., at the battle of Antietam, 882;
forces the passage of the Rappahannock at Kel-
ly's Ford, 465.

Front Royal, Col. Kenly surprised at, 169.

Frost, Gen., surrender of, at Camp Jackson, to
Capt. Lyon, 104.

Fugitive slave law, opposition to, in the North, 27.

Gaines's Mills, battle of, 285.
Galveston, operations at, 208.
Gamble, Hamilton R., appointed provisional gov.
ernor of Missouri, 116.

Gantt, Hon. E. W., defection of, from the Confed-
erates in Arkansas, 607.

Gardner, Gen., correspondence of, with Gen. Banks
in relation to the surrender of Vicksburg 441.
Garfield, Col., Humphrey Marshall driven out of
Kentucky by, 172.

Garnett, Gen., defeat and death of, at Carrick's
Ford, 112.

Garrard, Gen., raid of, to Covington, Ga., 584.
Garrisons in Federal forts in the Slave States at
the outbreak of the rebellion, 85.

Gauley Bridge, rapid retreat of Gen. Wise from,
181; operations in the vicinity of, 182-184.
Geary, Col., attacked by a rebel force near Bolivar
Heights, Va., 211.

Georgia, opposition to the National Government

in, in 1823, 22; Indian claims to lands in, extin-
guished by treaty, 23; forts in, seized by Gov.
Brown, 40; operations of Sherman in, 567-596,
679-686; appeals of Beauregard and the Georgia
delegation to the people of, 681; appeal of Sena-
tor Hill to the people of, 652.

Georgia, privateer, where built and armed, 875;
capture of the, 627.

Georgia Convention, secession resolution and or-
dinance passed by, 40.

Gettysburg, battle of, 458-463.

Gillem, Gen., defeated by Breckinridge near Bull
Gap, 731; operations of, in Southwest Virginia,
782.
Gillmore, Gen. Quincy Adams, biographical sketch
of, 504; his capture of Fort Pulaski, 345; suc-
ceeds Hunter in command of the Department
of the South, 504; operations of, against Morris
Island, 505; dispatch of, announcing the capture
of Fort Wagner, 50s; in Butler's attack on Fort
Darling, 531; the Florida expedition planned
by, 616; operations of, against Charleston, 702;
dispatch of, announcing the surrender of Charles-

ton, 703.

Glendale, battle of, 290.

Gold, rapid disappearance of, in the Confederate
States, 120; rise in the premium on, 849-
851; measures of Congress to prevent dealing
in, 674; effect of legislation on the price of, 675;
monthly course of the premium on, in 1862-
1865, 679.

Gold bill, repeal of the, 676.

Goldsborough, occupation of, by Gen. Schofield,
702, 716.

Gordonsville, retreat of the Confederate forces to,
from Manassas, 235,

Gortchakoff, Prince, remarkable letter of, 220.
Gosport Navy Yard, destruction of national prop-
erty at, 74.

Government, National, history of various attempts
to resist the, 18-30; war powers of the, 355.
Governors of slaveholding States, reply of, to Pres-
ident Lincoln's call for troops, 78.
Grain, large export of, to Europe, 352, 854

Grand Gulf, occupation of by Gen. Grant 43;
march of Gen. Grant's army from, toward Vicks
burg, 423-427.

Granger, Gen., attacked by Van Dorn st Frank-
lin, Tenn., 481.

Grant, Lieut-Gen. Ulysses S., biographical sketch
of, 150; occupies Paducah. 163, 171; proclamation
issued by, at Paducah, 163; surrender of Fort
Donelson to, 177; army of at Pittsburg LanÉ DE
surprised by Gen. Johnston. 807; losses of the
army of, 811; apology for, 812; appeinted to
the command of West Tennessee, 315; opera
tions of, against Vicksburg, 420-430; core-
spondence of, with Pemberton, in relation to the
surrender of Vicksburg, 430–432; letter of Pres-
ident Lincoln to, after the fall of Vicksberg,
434; called to command the army in Tennes
see, 495; drives Bragy from Lookout Mountin
500; appointed lieutenant-general, 573; firmal
presentation of his commission to, 471; con-
respondence of, with President Lincoln 477; his
plan for the capture of Richmond, 530; eve-
respondence of, with Gen. Lee, in relatia ta
terms of surrender, 726-725; sent from Wash
ington to Sherman, at Raleigh, 786.
Graves House, Ga., skirmish at, 512.
Greble, Lieut., death of, at Big Bethel, 95.
Greeley, Horace, letter of President Linea ta
858; letters of, in relation to proposites fe
peace, 669, 670; telegram of President Lincoln
to, 671; final reply of Clay and Holcombe to,

672.

Grierson, Col. cavalry raid of from Lagrange,
Tenn., to Baton Rouge, La., 434.

Grierson and Smith, Gens.. cavalry expedition o
from Memphis toward Meridian, 562.
Griswoldville, Ga., battle of, 681.
Guerrillas, activity of in Western Missouri, 158;
letter of Gen. Sherman in relation to the treat
ment of, 57S

Guinney's Station, Gen. Torbert at 525
Gunboats, fleet of prepared at Cairo, 173: Fort
Henry, on the Tennessee, captured by the sid
of, 174; compelled to retire from the attack on
Fort Donelson, 176; screw, built for the navy,
189: iron-clad, compelled to retire from Fort
Darling, 256; important assistance rendered by,
at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, 809; first
with the rebel fleet, near Memphis $17;
tack made with, on Sabine Pass, 596; ca; tare of
the rebel ram Tennessee by, 613
Gunboat Unadilla, description of, 190.

Guns, calibre, weight, &c., of, in the United
States service, 221.

Guyandotte, a small body of Union troops ser
prised at, 185.

-

Habeas Corpus, suspension of, by the President,
130; opinions of Taney and Bates as to the Prest-
dent's power to suspend the, 130; opinion of
Reverdy Johnson in relation to the suspension
of, 181.

Hagerstown, troops concentrated at, 897; Stuart's
cavalry driven out of, 464; occupation of by
rebel cavalry, 552.

Haines's Bluff, attacks of Sherman upon, 419, 422,
423.

Hainesville, Va., battle at, 109.

Halleck, Gen. Henry Wager, biographical sketch
of, 295; command of the Western Department
assumed by, 179; placed in command of the De-
partment of the Mississippi, 238; severe mess-
ures of, with regard to secessionists, 296; affairs
in Missouri under the management of, 293–33:
order of, excluding fugitive slaves from Federal
camps 296; appointed to the Departinent of
the Mississippi, 802; dispatches of, in relation
to the evacuation of Corinth. 315-316: opers-
tions of, against Corinth, 813-317; made coc-

mander-in-chief, 319; correspondence of, with
McClellan in relation to Harper's Ferry, &c.,
378; correspondence of, with Secretary Stanton,
in relation to the condition of Gen. McClellan's
army, 388; testimony of, in relation to the delay
at Fredericksburg, 395; relieved from duty as
commander-in-chief, and appointed chief of staff,

478.

Hampton, Wade, carries off cattle from Coggin's
Point, 559; accused by Sherman of having fired
Columbia, 712.

Hancock, Gen. Winfield Scott, biographical sketch
of, 520; organization of the second army corps
under, 475; famous charge of his corps near
Spottsylvania Court-House, 520.

Hardee, Gen. William J., biographical sketch of,
152; escape of, from Savannah, 684.
Harkins, Col., his surrender of Union City to For-
rest, 563.

Harper's Ferry, John Brown's raid at, 83; armory
at, seized by Virginia militia, 74; railroad bridge
at, burnt by Johnston's troops, 108; command
assumed at, by Gen. Sigel, 278; Col. Miles in
command at, 377; abandonment of, recommend-
ed by McClellan, 378; investment of, by Gen.
Jackson, 878; surrender of, to Confederate
forces, 879; recapture of, 884; retreat of Sigel
to, from Martinsburg, 551.

Harris, Gov., reply of, to Pres. Lincoln's call for
troops, 73; Louisville and Nashville road closed
by, 161.

Harris, Richard, inaugurated provisional rebel
governor of Kentucky, 403.

Harrisburg, public property removed from, on the
approach of the rebels, 454.

Iarrison, Col. M. La Rue, repulses Cabell at Fay-
etteville, 606.

Harrisonburg, dispatches of Fremont from, 275,

276.

Carrison's Landing, Army of the Potomac at, 292;
Pope's movements intended to facilitate McClel-
lan's retirement from, 324; delay of McClellan
in leaving, 826; excuses of Gen. McClellan for
not leaving, 336.

artford Convention, resolutions adopted by the,
21.

artsuff, Gen., wounded at Antietam, 381.
artsville, Mo., movements of Marmaduke and
Porter against, 605.

rney, Gen., superseded by Gen. Lyon, 105,
tch, George, Mayor of Cincinnati, proclamation
of, 404.

teher's Run, battle of, 692.

yes, Gen. Alexander, death of, 511.

yne, of South Corolina, nullification advocated
y, 23; declares the principles of State sover-
gnty established, 25.

zen, Gen., takes Lookout Mountain, 496; takes
Fort McAllister, 688.

d-quarters, scene at Grant's, 516.

kman, Gen., made prisoner in Butler's attempt
Fort Darling, 531.

ena, Ark., repulse of Price and Marmaduke at,
Gen. Prentiss, 606.

per, John Rowan, effect of the publication of
s book, 34.

ry, Alexander, call to arms addressed by, to
e citizens of Philadelphia, 457.

Es, Col., repulses Forrest at Paducah, 564.
s, Gov., extract from his address to the people
Maryland, 80; suggests Lord Lyons as "me-
tor," 80.

on Head, operations of Gen. T. W. Sherman
the vicinity of, 343; schools for negroes es-
lished at, 344.

ory of the Federal Constitution, 17.
ory of various attempts to resist the National
vernment, 18-30.

on, Gen., entire force under, captured by Mor-
,780.

Hollins, Capt. G. N., fleet fitted out by, at New Or
Jeans, 203.

Holly Springs, Grant's dépôt of supplies destroyed
at, 412.

Holmes, Gen., retreat of, before Gen. Steele, în
Ark., 606.

Hood, Gen. John B., biographical sketch of, 580;
supersedes Gen. Johnston, 580; letters of, in re-
lation to the removal of the inhabitants of At-
lanta, 593; Sherman's letter to, 594; operations of,
against Sherman's communications, 631; retires
before Sherman into Northern Alabama, 632;
army of, re-enforced by Forrest, 633; repulsed
at Franklin, 634; advances on Nashville, 684;
operations of, against Nashville, 635-640; driven
over the Tennessee by Gen. Thomas, 640; end
of his career, 641.

Hooker, Gen. Joseph, biographical sketch of, 443;
at the battle of Antietam, 380; wounded at An-
tietam, 381; at the battle of Fredericksburg,
393; Burnside superseded by, in command of
the Army of the Potomac, 898; his short cam-
paign against Richmond, 442-430; confident
order of, 445; remarks on his Richmond cam-
paign, 450; superseded by Gen. Meade, 455;
farewell address of, 455; at Lookout Mountain,
500; relieved by Gen. Slocum, 586.

Hotels in New York, attempts of Confederates to
burn, 743.

Houston, Gov., adverse to the secession movement
in Texas, 41.

Howard, Gen. Oliver Otis, biographical sketch of,
586; at the battle of Antietam, 351; appointed
to command the Army of the Tennessee, 356.
Howitzer, description of the, 227.

Hunter, Gen., wounded at Bull Run, 101; super-
sedes Fremont in Missouri, 160; retreat of, from
Springfield, followed by Price, 178; transferred
to the Kansas department, 179; placed in com-
mand of the Department of the South, 344; sur
perseded by Gen. Mitchel, 847; supersedes Sigel
at Cedar Creek, 550; defeats Gen. Jones near
Staunton, 550; advances to Lynchburg, 550; pre-
cipitate retreat of, into Western Virginia, 551;
superseded by Gen Sheridan, 553.

Huntsville, Ala., capture of, by Mitchel's forces,
847.

Imboden, Gen., worsted at Williamsport, 461;
capture of Charlestown by, 467.

"Impending Crisis," effect of the publication of
Helper's, 34.

Inaugural address of Mr. Lincoln, 60; effect of, on
the South, 61; second, 745.
Income tax, 350.

Indian lund, stocks of, abstracted by Godard
Bailey, 52.

Indianola steamer, capture of, 421.

Indians, lands owned by, in Georgia, Alabama, &c.,
22; titles of, to lands in Georgia, extinguished by
treaty in 1825, 23.

Inflation of prices, enormous in the Confederate
States, 119.

Ingraham, Capt., his attack on the blockading fleet
off Charleston, 502.

Interest, large actual, paid by dovernment, 353,
Interest-bearing debt of the United States, 353.
"Interior lines," held by the Confederate armies,
139.

Intrigue among officers of Burnside's army, 396.
Iron-clads built for the navy, 189; attack with, on
the Charleston forts, 502.

Island No. Ten, operations against. 802-304; sur-
render of, to Commodore Foote, 305.
Italy, Napoleon in, 185,

Iuka, occupation of, by Gen. Price, 409.

Jackson, Gen. Thomas Jonathan, biographical
sketch of, 265; movement of, towards Hancock,
Md., 186; operations of, in the valley of the
Shenandoah, 265–270, 272-279; letter of Gen. J.
E. Johnston to, 272; pursuit of, by Gens. McDow-
ell and Fremont, 274; movement of, towards
Thoroughfare Gap, 825: escape of, from Pope,
829, 880; after the capture of Harper's Ferry,
recrosses the Potomac, 880; operations of, against
Hooker, 446; death of, 446.

Jackson, Gov., reply of, to Pres. Lincoln's call for
troops, 73-104; flight of, from Jefferson City,
105; opposed to United States troops passing
through Missouri, 116.

Jackson, President, measures taken by, for the
coercion of South Carolina, 25.

Jackson, capture of, by Gen. Grant, 426.
Jacksonville, occupation of, by Federal troops,

843; evacuation of, by order of Gen. Hunter,
844; occupation of, by Gen. Seymour, 616.
James Island, disastrous operations on, under Gen.
Benham, 847; abandonment of, 847.
James River, crossing of, by Grant's army, 538.
James River Canal, property destroyed on, by
Col. Dahlgren, 472.

Jaques, Col. James F., visit of, to Davis at Rich-
mond, 669.

Jefferson, Thomas, Federal Constitution not satis-
factory to, 18; action of, in support of State
rights, 19; language of, in relation to nullifica-
tion," 20.

Jefferson City, occupation of, by Gen. Lyon, 105.
Jenkins, Gen., death of, 513.

Johnson, Andrew, of Tennessee, biographical sketch
of, 750; resolution moved by, in the Senate,
124; appointed military governor of Tennessee,
173; nomination of for the Vice-Presidency,
663; address of, on taking the oath of office as
President, 750; proclamations of, in relation to
reconstruction, 751, 752.

Johnson, Reverdy, opinion of, as to the power of
the President to suspend the habeas corpus,

181.

Johnson's Island, plot to release rebel officers con-
fined on, 743.

Johnston, Col. Samuel, notice of, to Virginia mili-
tia, 1292.

Johnston, Gen. A. S., concentration of Confederate

forces under, at Corinth, 306; death of, at the
battle of Pittsburg Landing, 309.
Johnston, Gen. Joseph Eccleston, biographical
sketch of, 98; at Winchester, 95; junction of,
with Beauregard, 100, letter of, to Gen. T. J.
Jackson, 272; defeat of, by Grant, at Jackson,
426; force under the command of, May, 1864,
569; superseded by Gen. Hood, 550; reinstated
in command of the forces opposed to Sherman,
712; concentrates at Raleigh, 718; details of his
surrender to Gen. Sherman, 734–786.
Jonesboro, battle of, 589.

Jordan. Edward, opinion of, in relation to the gold
bill, 675.

Judges of United States Courts, treason defined
by, 132.

Kansas, efforts to make a Slave State of, 29.
Kautz, Gen., cavalry raid of, from Suffolk, towards
Petersburg, 530; cavalry expedition of, against
the Richmond and Danville Railroad, 581.
Kautz and Wilson, expedition of, against the
Weldon and Danville Railroads, 544.
Kearny, Gen. Philip, biographical sketch of, 234;
death of, 835.

Kearsarge, corvette, details of her fight with the
Alabama, 623–627.

Kelley, Gen, march of to Philippi, 110; rebel
troops driven out of Romney by, 185.
Kelly's Ford, battle of, 468.

Kenesaw Mountain, description of, 574–576; battle
of. 577.

Kenly, Col., surprised at Front Roral, 263.
Kennedy, Capt. Robert C., executed for complicity
in the plot to burn New York, 744
Kentucky, neutral policy of, 45; Union sentiment
in, 87; military operations in. 160-179; neutral-
ity policy attempted in, 161; Union majority in
the legislature of, 162; action of the legislature
of, in favor of expelling Confederate troops, 164;
course of, decided by the Confederate occa
tion, 164; State and National forces in, placed
under command of Gen. R. Anderson, 165; sta-
tions and numbers of Confederate troops in. 166;
large number of Federal troops in, 171; opera
tions of Bragg and Kirby Smith in, against Buel
899-408; Morgan's raid in, 730,

Keokuk, iron-clad, injured in the attack en Fort
Sumter, 503.

Kilpatrick. Gen. Judson, biographical sketch of
710; raid of, from Stevensburg to Richmond,
472; operations of nis cavalry on the march tə
Savannah, 681, 682; surprise of, by Wade Hamp
ton, 713.

Kingston, Sherman's forces at, 572

Kinston, operations against, 701; occupation of
702.

Kirke, Mr., visit of, to Davis at Richmond, 69.
"Knights of the Golden Circle," institution of the
order of, 31.

Knoxville, capture of, by Burnside, 44: his de-
fence of, 499; Longstreet retreats from, on the
approach of Sherman, 501.

Knoxville Whig, suspension of the, 129.

Lafayette, Ga., Confederate forces concentrated at,

455.

Lake Providence, attempt to cut a canal to, from
the Mississippi, 421.

Lane, Gen., remarks of, on the disorganization of
the Army of the Potomac, 141.

Lancaster, Mr., carries off Capt. Semmes and
others in the Deerhound, 626
Lander, Gen., death of, 156.

Lands in Georgia, Indian titles to, extinguished by
treaty, 1825, 23.

Laurel Hill, West Virginia, battle of, 111; capture
of rebel camp st, 112.

Laurel Hill, near Richmond, attack upon, by Gen
Birney, 559.

Law of blockade, 190–192.

Lawrence, atrocities of Quantrell at, 607.

Lee, Gen, Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 put down
by, 19.

Lee, Gen. Fitzhugh, repulsed by colored troops at
Wilson's Wharf, 632.

Lee, Gen. Robert Edmund, biographical sketch oĹ
86; commissioned general in the Confederate
service, 113; on the Peninsular campaign, 294;
invasion of Maryland by, 377: troops concen-
trated by, at Harper's Ferry, 877; his invasion
of Maryland and Pennsylvania 451-460; retreat
of, after the battle of Gettysburg, 464; appointed
to command all the rebel armies, 712; corre-
spondence of, with Gen. Grant, in relation to
the terms of surrender, 726-725; surrender of
723.

Legislature of Kentucky. Union majority in, 162;
action of, in favor of expelling Confederate
troops, 164; loans and the calling out of volan-
teers authorized by, 165.
Legislatures, Northern, assistance tendered by, to
the Federal Government, 58.

Legs, want of, with McClellan's army, 885
Letcher, Gov., reply of, to President Lenin's call
for troops. 78; efforts of, to induce Western Vir-
ginia to join in secession, 89.

Letters of marque, &c., offered by Jefferson Davis,

74.

Lexington, Ky., occupation of, by General Kirby |
Smith, 401.

Lexington, Mo., advance of the Confederates to,
152; description of, 156; garrison of, re-enforced
by Col. Mulligan, 156; siege and surrender of,
157; Gen. Price's report in relation to, 158;
Fremont's dispatch in relation to the surrender
of, 158.

Lieutenant-general, office of, revived by Con-
gress, 473.

Lincoln, Abraham, biographical sketch of, 747;
great public interest in the views of, 58; journey
to Washington and threatened assassination of,
59; inauguration of, 59; inaugural address of,
60; message of, to the Thirty-seventh Congress,
121; extract of a letter from, to Fremont, 155;
first general war order of, 215; letter of, to Mc-
Clellan, urging energetic action, 242; reply of, to
various dispatches of McClellan, 284; proposi-
tion of, to Border States in relation to emancipa-
tion, 857; letter of, to Horace Greeley, 358;
emancipation proclamations of, 356, 359, 361;
letter of, to McClellan, urging more energetic ac-
tion, 386; reply of McClellan to, 387; letter of,
to Gen. Grant after the fall of Vicksburg, 484;
proclamation of, calling out militia, 453; an-
nouncement of, after the battle of Gettysburg,
463; telegram of, to Gen. Meade, after the pas-
sage of the Rappahannock, 469; order of, for the
draft of April, 1864, 478 correspondence of, with
Gen. Grant, after his appointment to the lieuten-
ant-generalship, 477; proclamation of, ordering
the draft of September, 1864, 546; his reconstruc-
tion plan. 659; vote for, in 1864, 668; instructions
of, to Mr.Seward, for his conference with Stephens
and others, 744; interview of, with rebel com-
missioners at Fortress Monroe, 745; inaugural
address of, 745; assassination of, 747; obsequies
of. 749.

Little Osage crossing, defeat of Price's forces at,
610.

Little Rock, occupation of, by Gen. Steele, 606;
retreat of Gen. Steele to, froin Camden, 604.
Loan, produce, in the Confederate States, 120.
Loans authorized by Congress, 127.
Longstreet, Gen. James, biographical sketch of,
487; address of, to his soldiers, before Richmond,
281; at the battle of Chickamauga, 488; opera-
tions of, against Burnside, at Knoxville, 498;
compelled by Sherman to raise the siege of
Knoxville, 501.

Lookout Mountain, description of, 492; taken by
Gen. Hazen, 496.

Lost Mountain, description of, 575; battle of, 575.
Louisians, secession movements in, 40; popular
secession vote in, 41.

ouisiana Convention, secession ordinance passed
by, 40; action of, with regard to the navigation
of the Mississippi, 41.

ouisiana, Western, lost to Union arms, by the fall
of Brashear City, 438.

ouisville and Nashville Railroad, important effect
of the closing of, 161.

ovell, Gen. M., defence of New Orleans intrusted
to, 863.

ynchburg, arrival of Hunter before, 550; his
rapid retreat from, 551.

von, Gen., surrender of Gen. Frost to, at Camp
Jackson, 104; early operations of, in Missouri,
105; why not re-enforced by Fremont, 147;
Operations of, in Missouri, 148; death of, at the
battle of Wilson's Creek, 149.

ons, Lord, suggested by Gov. Hicks as "medi-
ator," 80.

Cauley, Commander, destruction of national
roperty by, at Gosport Navy Yard, 74; super-
eded by Commodore Paulding, 74.
Causland, Gen., fires Chainbersburg, 558.

McClellan, Gen. George B., biographical sketch of,
229; appointed to the command of the Fourth
Military Department, 110; operations of, in
Western Virginia, 110-118; called to take com-
mand of the Army of the Potomac, 140; reforins
commenced by, 141; precautionary measures of
145; general order of, in relation to Sabbath
observance, 146; improvement brought about
by, in the Army of the Potomac, 210; order
issued by, in relation to depredations by soldiers,
211; succeeds Gen. Scott in command of the
armies of the United States, 214; inaction of the
Army of the Potomac under, 215; operations of
the Army of the Potomac under, 225-245; com-
mand of restricted to the Department of the
Potomac, 238; address of, to the Army of the
Potomac, 238; orders of, to Adjutant-General
Thomas, 239; at Fortress Monroe, 241; letter of
President Lincoln to, urging energetic action,
242; dispatches of, in relation to the capture of
Yorktown, 251; dispatch of, in relation to the
battle of Williamsburg, 254; opportunity lost
by, after the battle of Seven Pines, 263; dispatch
of, 263; address of, to the army, 264; corrected
dispatches of, 264, 265; re-enforcements demand-
ed by, 273; operations of, against Richmond,
279-295; dispatch of, in relation to McDowell's
corps, 281; dispatch of, in relation to Jackson's
movements, 282; various dispatches of, 288;
reply of President Lincoln to, 284; address of,
to the Army of the Potomac, after the seven
days' battles, 291; extraordinary answer of, to
Pope's request for rations, 888; excuses of, for
not leaving Harrison's Landing, 336; arrival of
the army of, at Fortress Monroe, 337; language
of, addressed to Mr. Lincoln, in relation to the
policy of the government, 855: troops gradually
detached from the command of, 376; placed in
command of the troops in and around Washing-
ton, 377; dispatch of, to Halleck, in relation to
Harper's Ferry, &c., 878; recaptures Harper's
Ferry, 384; ordered by Mr. Lincoln to cross the
Potomac, 885; dilatory policy of, 384; corre-
spondence of, with Halleck, with regard to army
movements, 885; letter of the President to,
urging more energetic action, 386; reply of, to
the President's letter, 387; advance of, by way
of Leesburg, 890; superseded by Gen. Burnside,
890; merits and demerits of, 891; nomination
of, for the Cresidency, 665; his letter of accept-
ance, 667; vote for, 668.

Macon, surrender of, by Howell Cobb, to Gen.
Wilson, 738

McCook, Gen.. escape of, from a superior force at
Newman, 585.

McCulloch, Gen. Ben., biographical sketch of, 298;
killed at the battle of Pea Ridge, 801.

McDowell, Gen. Irwin, biographical sketch of, 90;
force under, at and near Alexandria, June, 1-61,
96; advance of, towards Manassas, 98; corps of,
retained for the defence of Washington, 241;
corps of, sent to the support of Gen. Banks, 260.
McDowell, Va, battle of, 272,

McIntosh, Creek chief, assassination of, 28.
McKinstry, Major J., appointed provost-marshal
in St. Louis, 151; suppresses the War Bulletin
and the Missourian, 152.

McNeil, Gen John, rebel prisoners shot by, 605;
repulses Marmaduke's attack on Cape Girardeau,
606; supersedes Gen. Blunt, 608.
McPherson, Gen. James B., biographical sketch
of, 83; defeats Gen. Gregg near Raymond, 425;
operations of, from Vicksburg, 597; force under
the command of, May, 1864, 568; death of, 584.
Magoffin, Gov., reply of, to Pres. Lincoln's call for
troops, 78; protests against the occupation of
Hickman and Columbus by Confederate troops,

163.

Magruder, Gen. John Bankhead, biographical
sketch of, 93.