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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, 33; 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, 877; abandonment of, recommend-
ed by McClellan, 878; investment of, by Gen.
Jackson, 878; surrender of, to Confederate
forces, 879; recapture of, 384; 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.

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

Harrisonburg, dispatches of Fremont from, 275,
276.

Harrison's Landing, Army of the Potomac at, 292;
Pope's movements intended to facilitate McClel
lan's retirement from, 824; delay of McClellan
in leaving, 326; excuses of Gen. McClellan for
not leaving, 336.

Hartford Convention, resolutions adopted by the,
21.

Hartsuff, Gen., wounded at Antietam, 881.
Hartsville, Mo., movements of Marmaduke and
Porter against, 605.

Harney, Gen., superseded by Gen. Lyon, 105.
Hatch, George, Mayor of Cincinnati, proclamation
of, 404.

Hatcher's Run, battle of, 692.

Hayes, Gen. Alexander, death of, 511.

Hayne, of South Corolina, nullification advocated
by, 23; declares the principles of State sover-
eignty established, 25.

Hazen, Gen., takes Lookout Mountain, 496; takes
Fort McAllister, 653.

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

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

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

Helper, John Rowan, effect of the publication of
his book, 34.

Henry, Alexander, call to arms addressed by, to
the citizens of Philadelphia, 457.
Hicks, Col., repulses Forrest at Paducah, 564.
Hicks, Gov., extract from his address to the people
of Maryland, 80; suggests Lord Lyons as "ine-
diator," 80.

Hilton Head, operations of Gen. T. W. Sherman
in the vicinity of, 343; schools for negroes es-
tablished at, 844.

History of the Federal Constitution, 17.
History of various attempts to resist the National
Government, 18-30.

Hobson, Gen., entire force under, captured by Mor-
gan, 730.

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Holmes, Gen., retreat of, before Gen. Steele, in
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, 634;
operations of, against Nashville, 635-640; driven
over the Tennessee by Gen. Thomas, 610; end
of his career, 641.

Hooker, Gen. Joseph, biographical sketch of, 443;
at the battle of Antietam, 880; wounded at An-
tietam, 381; at the battle of Fredericksburg,
893; Burnside superseded by, in command of
the Army of the Potomac, 898; his short cam-
paign against Richmond, 442-450; confident
order of, 445; remarks on his Richmond cam-
paign, 450; superseded by Gen. Meade, 453;
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,
596; at the battle of Antietam, 831; appointed
to command the Army of the Tennessee, 586.
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; su-
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.

Illinois, important contributions from, of officers
and men, 169.

Imboden, Gen., worsted at Williamsport, 464;
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 Government, 853.
Interest-bearing debt of the United States, 353.
"Interior lines," held by the Confederate armies,
139.

Intrigue among officers of Burnside's army, 896.
Iron-clads built for the navy, 189; attack with, on
the Charleston forts, 502.

Island No. Ten, operations against, 802-804; 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, 330; after the capture of Harper's Ferry,
recrosses the Potomac, 380; 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, 428.
Jacksonville, occupation of, by Federal troops,

843; evacuation of, by order of Gen. Hunter,
344; occupation of, by Gen. Seymour, 616.
James Island, disastrous operations on, under Gen.
Benham, 347; abandonment of, 847.
James River, crossing of, by Grant's army, 598.
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,
178; 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, 93; at Winchester, 98; junction of,
with Beauregard, 100, letter of, to Gen. T. J.
Jackson, 272; defent of, by Grant, at Jackson,
426; force under the command of, May, 1864,
569; superseded by Gen. Hood, 580; reinstated
in command of the forces opposed to Sherman,
712; concentrates at Raleigh, 713; details of his
surrender to Gen. Sherman, 734–786.

Jonesboro, battle of, 589.

Jordan, Edward, opinion of, in relation to the gold
bill, 673.

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, 284;
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 Royal, 269.
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 occupa
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 Buell,
899-408; Morgan's raid in, 780.

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

Kilpatrick, Gen. Judson, biographical sketch of
710; raid of, from Stevensburg to Richmond,
472; operations of nis cavalry on the march to
Savannah, 681, 682; surprise of, by Wade Hamp-
ton, 718.

Kingston, Sherman's forces at, 572

Kinston, operations against, 701; occupation of
702.

Kirke, Mr., visit of, to Davis at Richmond, 669.
"Knights of the Golden Circle," institution of the
order of, 31.

Knoxville, capture of, by Burnside, 484; his de-
fence of, 495; Longstreet retreats from, on the
approach of Sherman, 501,

Knoxville Whig, suspension of the, 129.

Lafayette, Ga., Confederate forces concentrated at,

485.

Lake Providence, attempt to cat 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, 186.

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

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

Laurel Hill, near Kichmond, 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 of
86; commissioned general in the Confederate
service, 118; 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
Legislature of Kentucky, Union majority in, 162;
action of, in favor of expelling Confederate
troops, 164; loans and the calling out of volun-
teers authorized by, 165.
Legislatures, Northern, assistance tendered by, to
the Federal Government, 58.

728.

Legs, want of, with McClellan's army, 385
Letcher, Gov., reply of, to President Lincoln'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, 478.

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, 357; letter of, to Horace Greeley, 858;
emancipation proclamations of, 356, 359, 361;
letter of, to McClellan, urging more energetic ac-
tion, 886; reply of McClellan to, 887; letter of,
to Gen. Grant after the fall of Vicksburg, 434;
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-
a-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, from 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.
Louisiana, secession movements in, 40; popular
secession vote in, 41.

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

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

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

Lovell, Gen. M., defence of New Orleans intrusted
to, 363.

Lynchburg, arrival of Hunter before, 550; his
rapid retreat from, 581.

Lyon, 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.

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

McCauley, Commander, destruction of national
property by, at Gosport Navy Yard, 74; super-
seded by Commodore Paulding, 74.
McCausland, Gen., fires Chambersburg, 558,

McClellan, Gen. George B., biographical sketch of,
229; appointed to the command of the Fourth
Military Department, 110; operations of in
Western Virginia, 110-113; 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, 145; 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, 228-245; com-
mand of restricted to the Department of the
Potomac, 233; 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, 261; 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, 252; various dispatches of, 283;
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, 883; 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, 355; troops gradually
detached from the command of, 876; 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, 834; ordered by Mr. Lincoln to cross the
Potomac, 385; 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, 887; advance of, by way
of Leesburg, 390; 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, 301.

McDowell, Gen. Irwin, biographical sketch of, 90;
force under, at and near Alexandria, June, 1861,
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, 23.
McKinstry, Major J., appointed provost-marshal
in St. Lonis, 11; 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, 583; defeats Gen. Gregg near Raymond, 425;
operations of from Vicksburg. 597; force under
the command of, May, 1861, 568; death of, 584.
Magoffin, Gov, reply of, to Pres. Lin oln's call for
troops, 73; protests against the occupation of
Hickman and Columbus by Confederate troops,

163

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

Mails in the Confederate States in charge of John
H. Reagan, 87.

Malvern Hill, battle of, 290; attack on the Con-
federate position at, by Hooker and Sedgwick,
337.

Manassas, Gen. Beauregard at, 97; advance of
Gen. McDowell's force towards, 98; description
of the Confederate works at, 231; sudden aban-
donment of, by the Confederate force, 234.
Manassas, the steam ram, blockading fleet below
New Orleans attacked by, 209.

Mann, Mr., Confederate commissioner to Europe,
216.

Mansfield, battle of, 600.

Mansfield, Gen. J. K. F., blographical sketch of
90; force under, in Washington, June, 1861, 96,
mortally wounded at Antietam, 381.

Mantua, Napoleon at, 186.

Manufactures, how called into being in the North,
120; commenced in the South, 120.

. Marcy, Mr., proposition of, to European powers, in
relation to privateering, 115; language of, in re-
lation to privateering, 191.

Marianna, capture of, by Gen. Asboth, 615.
Marietta, occupation of, by Gen. Sherman, 577.
Marines, assault of, on Fort Fisher, 697.

Marion, defeat of Breckinridge at, by Gillem and
Burbridge, 782.

Marmaduke, Gen., operations of, against Spring-
field, 605; defeat of, by Gen. Steele, 606; repulse
of, at Cape Girardeau, by McNeil, 606; defeated
by Gen. A. J. Smith near Lake Village, 608.
Marshall, Humphrey, with four regiments, driven
out of Kentucky by Col. Garfield, 172.
Marshall House, Alexandria, death of Col. Ells-
worth at, 90.

Martial law declared in St. Louis by Gen. Fre-
mont, 151.

Martinsburg, Sigel driven from, to Harper's Ferry,
551.

Marye's Hill, carried by Sedgwick's troops, 448.
Maryland, position of, in relation to secession, 45;
preamble and resolution passed by the legisla-
ture of, 46; position of, at the outbreak of the
rebellion, 80; action of the legislature of, 82;
invasion of, by Gen. Lee, 877; raid of Gen.
Stuart into, 886; second invasion of, 451; loyalty
of the people of, 454; invasion of, by a rebel
force under Early, 551-553.

Maryland Heights occupied by McClellan after
the battle of Antietam, 884,

Mason and Slidell, seizure of, by Captain Wilkes,

222; restoration of, to the British flag, 223;
action of Congress with regard to the arrest of,
854.

Massachusetts Sixth Regiment attacked by rioters
in Baltimore. 77.

Massachusetts Eighth Regiment, departure of, for
Washington, 78; machinists in the ranks of, 79.
Massacre at Fort Pillow, report of the Congress-
ional committee on. 565.

Matamoras, extensive contraband trade of, 598.
Mathias Point, Va., death of Capt Ward at, 93.
Meade, Gen. George G., biographical sketch of,
456; at the battle of Antietam, 880; succeeds
Hooker in cominand of the Army of the Poto-
inac, 455; dispatch of, after the battle of Gettys-
burg, 463; retreat of, from the Rapidan, before
Lee, 467; advance of, towards the line of the
Rappahannock, 468; dispatches of, after crossing
the Rappahannock, 469; advance of, over the
Rapidan, 470; retreat of, to Brandy Station,
470; illness of, 471; dispatches of, after the bat-
tles for the Weldon Railroad, 558.
Meadow's Bluff, Union stores destroyed at, 551.
Meagher, General, wounded at the battle of Antie-
tam, 881.

Mechanicsville, battle of, 538.

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Memminger, C. G., circular of, addressed to Con-
federate State officers, 119.

Memorandum of agreement between Gens. Sher-
man and Johnston, 736.

Memphis, naval engagement near, 817.
Meridian, expedition of Sherman to, 562.
Merrimac, exploits of off Fortress Monroe, 245–
250; blown up by the rebels, 256, 257.
Merritt, Gen., destruction effected by, in Loudon
and Fauquier counties, Va., 655,

Message of Pres. Buchanan of Dec., 1860, 50; of
Jan., 1861, 52,

Message of Pres. Davis, to the first Confederate
Congress, extracts from, 88; to the Richmond
Congress, 115.

Message of Pres. Lincoln to the Thirty-seventh
Congress, 121.

Mexico, relations with the Government of, 221.
Miles, Colonel, in command at Harper's Ferry,
877; surrenders Harper's Ferry, 879.
Militia, call of Pres. Lincoln for 75,000, 78; response
of the Northern States to the call for, 76; called
out for the defence of Pennsylvania, &c., 458.
Militia, Virginia, armory at Harper's Ferry seized
by, 74; notice of Col. Samuel Johnson to, 129.
Millen, cruelties practised by the Confederate
Government on the prisoners at, 741.

Mill Spring, camp of Gen. Zollicoffer at, 171; de-
feat and death of Zollicoffer at the battle of, 172.
Milroy, Gen. R. H., Confederate camp in the Al-
leghany Mountains attacked by, 185; camp cap-
tured by, at Huntersville, 186: rapid march of
to the support of Banks, 279; driven out of
Winchester by Ewell, 452.

Mine at Petersburg, construction of the, 546; ex-
plosion of, 547; the assault after the explosion,
548, becomes a slaughter-pen, 549.
Mine Run, Gen. Lee's army at, 470.

Mine sprung by the enemy at Petersburg, 554.
Ministers, American, circular addressed to, by

Secretary Black, 216; circular addressed to, by
Secretary Seward, 217.

Minnesota frigate, fights o., with the Merrimac,
247-249.

Mississippi, secession movements in, 37; ordinance
of secession of, 88.

Mississippi River, Louisiana convention in favor
of free navigation of, 41; navigation of, declared
free by the Confederate Congress, 48; forts on,
below New Orleans, 863; opened by the fall of
Vicksburg and Port Hudson, 443.

Missouri, early operations of Gen. Lyon in, 104-
106; Hamilton R. Gamble appointed provisional
governor of, 116; action of the Confederate Con-
gress in relation to, 116; operations of Gen.
Fremont in, 147-160; situation of affairs in, after
the death of Gen. Lyon, 150; martial law pro-
claimed in, by Gen. Fremont, 153; important
measures adopted in, by Gen. Halleck, 179;
affairs in, under the management of Gen. Hal-
leck, 295-802; military operations in, 604; in-
vaded by Gen. Price, 608.

Missouri Compromise, history of the, 22; repeal
of the, 28.

Missouri State convention, action o., 116
Mitchel, Gen. Ormsby McKnight,__bfograpnical
sketch of, 312; Bowling Green, Ky., occupied
by, 175; operations of, in Tennessee and Ala-
bama, 812; supersedes Gen. Hunter in command
of the Department of the South, 347.
Mob at Baltimore attack the Massachusetts Sixth
Regiment. 77.

St. Louis attack troops, 105.
Mobile, siege of, 610-615; description of the de-
fences of, 610; capture of the ram Tennessee in
the harbor of, 618; surrender of the forts of, 614;
military operations against, 704–706; evacuation
of, 706.

Meigs, Lieut. John R., retaliation ordered by Mobs, influence of, on the Northern press, 183,

Sheridan for the murder of, 648.

Money, paper, effect of the excessive issue of in

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the Confederate States, 120; large issue of, au-
thorized by the Federal Government, 348, 850.
Monitor, arrival of the, off Fortress Monroe, 248;
fight of, with the Merrimac, 248.

Monocacy River, defeat of Gen. Wallace at the,

552.

Monroe, John F., Mayor of New Orleans, surren-
ders the city to Commodore Farragut, 366.
Montauk, iron-clad, attack of, on Fort McAllister,
501.

Montgomery, proceedings of the Confederate Con-
gress at, 83, 86; occupation of, by Gen. Wilson,
789.

Montgomery Convention, delegates to the, 47;
constitution adopted by the, 47.

Morehead, ex-Governor, arrest of, 161.

Morgan, Gen. George W., capture of Cumberland
Gap by, 409.

Morgan, Gen. John H., biographical sketch of, 781;
activity of guerrillas under, in Kentucky, 399;
raid of, in Ohio, note, 781; his raid in Kentucky,
730; surprised and killed, 781.

Morris, Gen., operations of, in Western Virginia,

110-113.

Morris, Gen. W. H., death of, before Spottsylvania
Court-House, 517.

Morris Island, operations against, 504.
Mortar, description of the, 227.

Mosby, supply train captured by, at Berryville,
643; murders Union cavalrymen, 644; surren-
der of, 728.

Mound City, steamer, explosion of the boiler of
the, at St. Charles, Ark., 318.

Mulligan, Col., his defence of Lexington, Mo., 157;
surrender of, 157.

Mumfordsville, fight near, between Indianians

and Texas Rangers 169; capture of, by Gen.
Bragg, 401; reoccupation of, by Gen. Buell,
404.

Murfreesboro', battle of, 413-417; fortified by Rose-
crans, 480; attack on, by Forrest and Bates, 635.
Murphy, Col, driven out of Iuka.

Musket, old smooth-bore superseded by the rifle,
224.

Napoleon in Italy, 185; at Austerlitz, and at Man-
tua, 186; at Bautzen, 187.
Nashville, surrender of, to Gens. Buell and Nelson,
178; Gen. Thomas sent to direct operations at,
630 Hood advances on, 634; field order issued
at, by Gen. Thomas, 636; Hood driven back
from, 640.

Nashville, steamer, cruise of the, 194.
Nashville and Louisville Railroad, important effect
of the closing of the, 161.

Natchez, surrender of, to a Union force, 868.
National Freedmen's Relief Association, 344.
Navigation laws, action of the Confederate Con-
gress in relation to, 49.

Navy, Federal, condition of, in 1861, 122; condi-
tion of, at the outbreak of the rebellion, 186; ves-
sels purchased for, 188; list of vessels built for,

189.

Navy Yard at Gosport, destruction of national
property at 74.

at Pensacola burned, 208.
Negroes, Chief-Justice Taney on the rights of, 29;
schools for, established at Hilton Head, 844; gal-
lantry of, in the assault on Fort Wagner, 506.
Negro soldiers put on an equal footing with white,

662.

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Neutrality, extract from an address to the people
of Kentucky, advocating, 161.
policy of the British government, 218;
Seward on, 218.

Newbern, description of, 838; Burnside's opera-
tions against, 839; occupation of, 840; Gen. Fos-
ter appointed military governor of, 840; Gen.
Pickett's demonstration against, 620.

New England, hostility to the National Govern-
ment in, in 1807-15, 20; State rights doctrine
in, 21.

New Madrid, occupation of, by Gen. Pillow, 152;
evacuation of, by the Confederates, 303.
New Orleans, expedition of Gen. Butler against,
363-867; destruction of cotton and tobacco at,
865; surrender of, to Commodore Farragut, 866;
occupation of, by Gen. Butler, 8367; mayor and
common council of, arnested, 867.
Newspapers in the South compelled to support
the Confederate Government, 129.
Northern disloyal, suppressed, 188.
New York, memorials from, laid before Congress,
55; response of, to the President's call for
troops, 78; draft riot in, 466; rebel plot to burn,

748.

New York Fire Zouaves at Alexandria, 90.
Legislature, aid offered by, to the Fed-
eral Government, 58.

Seventh Regiment, departure of, for
Washington, 78.

Nicaragua, Walker's expedition into, 29.

Noleman, Capt., defeat of a party of Confederates
by, in Missouri, 153.

Nominations, Republican, of 1864, 663; Demo-
cratic, 665, 666.

Norfolk, destruction of national vessels and prop-
erty at, 14; evacuation of, by the rebels, 256;
occupation of, by Gen. Wool, 257.

North Anna River, crossed by Grant's army, 527;
recrossed, 528.

North Carolina, progress of secession in 44; se-
cession ordinance of, 45; Confederate constitu-
tion adopted by, 45; Burnside's operations on
the coast of 206; operations of Burnside in,
338-842; Hon. Edward Stanly appointed mili-
tary governor of, 842; military operations in,
619-623, 699-702; Sherman's operations in, 718-
716.
Northwest, address of Gen. Bragg to the people of
the, 401.
Nullification, Jefferson's doctrine of. 20.
in Georgia and Alabama in 1825, 22;
in South Carolina in 1882, 24; Presi-
dent Jackson's opinion of, 25.

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Opelika, raid of Gen. Rousseau to, 580.
Orange Court-House, Lee's army at, 465.
Orders, special field, of Sherman, for the march to
Savannah, 680 after the surrender of Savannah,
685; after the occupation of Goldsboro', 716; re-
organizing his army, 733.

Ordinance of secession of Alabama, 39; of Arkan-
sas, 43; of Florida, 39; of Georgia, 40; of Loui-
siana, 40; of Mississippi, 88; of North Carolina;
45; of South Carolina, 35; of Texas, 41; of Vir-
ginia, 42.

Ordnance boat, explosion of, at City Point, 554.

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