see also Ashby, Turner; Munford, Thomas; Stuart, James Ewell Brown (Jeb)
Confiscation Acts, 238
Congress, US:
Ball’s Bluff investigation by, 167
Confiscation Acts in, 238
McClellan’s criticism in, 489
slavery position of, 238, 383, 384
total war strategy in, 397
Conner, Z. T., 304, 398
Contreras, Battle of, 106, 117
Cooke, John Esten, 527, 560
Cooper, Samuel, 68
Corbin, Bertie, 508, 510, 511
Corbin, Jane Wellford, 508, 510–11
Corbin, Kate, 508, 510, 511, 567
Corbin, Richard, 508
Corinth, Battle of, 480
Cornwallis, Charles, 458
Corse, Montgomery D., 555
Couch, Darius, 520
Coyner, Samuel, 313, 315
Crawford, Samuel, 402, 403, 405, 406
Crimean War, 230
Crist, Ephraim, 223
Crittenden-Johnson resolution, 168
Cromwell, Oliver, 24
Cross Keys, Battle of, 319–22, 326, 332
casualties in, 321
Crutchfield, Stapleton, 278, 280, 378, 531, 542, 568
Cuchillo Negro, 179
Cumberland, Md., Union supply depot at, 184
Cummings, A. C., 90
Dabney, Robert Lewis, 26, 33–34, 45–46, 118, 264, 270, 285, 295, 333, 355, 367, 372, 398, 487, 515, 556–57, 568
Davidson, J. D., 156, 157
Davis, J. B., 223
Davis, Jefferson:
death sentences commuted by, 515
early war strategy of, 68, 170
at First Manassas conclusion, 94, 171, 387
Fredericksburg reaction of, 502–3
Halleck’s letter from, 396
in Harpers Ferry evacuation decision, 48
Harpers Ferry victory report to, 459
hero status of, 295
Jackson mourned by, 552, 554, 555
in Jackson resignation incident, 185, 186–87, 189, 190
Jackson’s fall 1861 meeting with, 171, 172, 387
Jackson’s relationship with, 45, 51, 53, 94, 171, 172, 178, 185, 186–87, 189, 190, 196, 386–87, 392, 552
Lee’s military advisory role for, 3, 44, 172, 244, 335
Lee’s peace proposal suggestion to, 447
Mexican-American War service of, 3, 171
national prayer day designation by, 515
public persona of, 171–72
in Richmond defense planning, 268, 312, 327
Southern criticism of, 194, 502
as US secretary of war, 230
valley campaign strategy of, 301, 312
weapons supply problems of, 42
Davis, Joseph, 386
Democratic Party, US:
1860 splintering of, 22
McClellan’s support in, 490
Second Manassas and, 450
slavery position of, 383, 447
diarrhea, 54, 174, 215, 355, 451
Dickinson, Gardiner, 508
Dickinson, Jane Parke, 508
Dickinson, Netty Corbin, 508
“Dixie,” 464, 513
Donnelly, Dudley, 293, 294
Doubleday, Abner, 428, 430, 466, 474
Douglas, Henry Kyd, 26–27, 171, 183, 210, 247, 258, 259, 262, 264, 285, 294–95, 302, 307, 317, 321, 322, 390, 392, 413, 433, 449, 464, 465, 479, 484, 489, 518, 554, 555, 567–68
Dred Scott case, 21
dysentery, 54, 174, 387
dyspepsia, 113, 125, 198, 344
Early, Jubal, 67, 93, 100, 381, 401–2, 405, 411, 413, 433, 436, 469, 470, 471, 497, 499, 500, 512, 518, 522, 530, 534, 545, 567, 571–72
Echols, John, 220, 221
Elzey, Arnold, 93, 278
Emancipation Proclamation, 385, 480–81, 490, 503
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 481
Emma (slave), 155
Enfield rifle, 230, 233, 451
Europe:
Confederacy supported in, 169, 170, 193, 386, 450, 481
Jackson’s trip to, 151, 483
Evans, Nathan “Shanks,” 78, 81–82, 83, 84, 100, 167
Ewell, Richard, 246–47, 391, 466, 473, 558, 567, 570–71
in Cedar Mountain Battle, 401, 405
at First Manassas Battle, 76, 87
at Gettysburg Battle, 560
at Jackson’s funeral, 555
Jackson’s relationship with, 5, 246, 247, 250, 260, 266–68, 269–70, 271, 281, 322–23, 473
postwar life of, 571
at Second Manassas Battle, 416, 419, 421, 422, 423, 429
in Seven Days campaign, 355, 359, 366, 370, 371
spring 1862 position of, 240
in valley campaign, 244, 246, 250, 255, 264, 266–68, 269–70, 271, 272, 273, 277, 278, 281, 284, 285, 286, 291, 292, 293, 294, 296, 310, 316, 319, 320, 321, 322–23, 324, 325, 326
Falling Waters, Battle of, 49–51, 52, 61, 65
Fancy, see Little Sorrel
Farragut, David, 277
Faulkner, Charles, 515
Faust, Drew Gilpin, 557
First Confederate Congress, 2
1st Virginia Brigade:
in Falling Waters Battle, 49–51, 52, 61, 65
First Manassas camp of, 67
in First Manassas defensive line, 69, 79–80
in First Manassas Henry Hill fight, 88, 89–90, 91–92, 98, 103
First Manassas losses in, 90–91, 98
First Manassas marching orders of, 80
Jackson’s First Manassas placement of, 87
Jackson’s training of, 52–56
pre–First Manassas movement of, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65–66
see also Stonewall Brigade
Fishburne, Clement, 510
Florida, mid-1800s population of, 112
Flournoy, Thomas, 278, 280, 281
Foote, Andrew H., 277
Ford, Gerald, 569
Forney, John W., 558
Forrest, French, 555
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 73
Fort Donelson, Battle of, 7, 192, 194, 195, 287, 334
Fort Hamilton, Jackson’s US Army posting at, 111–12
Fort Henry, Battle of, 7, 194, 195
Fort Meade, Jackson’s US Army posting at, 112–17, 118
Fortress Monroe:
Confederate army’s mid-July 1861 position at, 56
McClellan’s planned attack on, 203
Fort Sumter, Battle of, 13, 56–57, 428
France, Confederacy’s support in, 193, 386, 450
Franklin, Benjamin, 556
Franklin, William B., 376, 377, 414, 419, 438, 439, 440, 441, 445, 456, 459–60, 462, 464, 476, 477, 496, 498, 499, 500, 504
Frederick, Md.:
Confederate arrival in, 449, 453, 465, 559–60
Jackson’s fame in, 449
McClellan’s arrival at, 454
Union force at, 176–77
Whittier’s poem about, 559–60
Fredericksburg, Battle of, 193, 493–503, 519
aftermath of, 504
Burnside’s plan in, 496–97
casualties in, 498, 500, 501, 502, 504
city’s destruction in, 494, 496
Jackson’s defensive position in, 497, 498, 499
Lee’s deployments in, 494, 496
Longstreet’s position in, 494, 496, 500, 501
Northern reaction to, 502
Fredericksburg, Va.:
Burnside’s planned attack on, 491–92, 493
Confederate 1862–1863 winter camp near, 508–18, 519
Hooker’s attack on, 521, 526, 532, 533, 534, 538, 545
spring 1863 Confederate position at, 521, 522, 530
Union force at, 7, 239, 243, 244, 267, 272, 277, 288, 301, 397
Freeman, Douglas Southall, 187
Frémont, Jessie, 168
Frémont, John C.:
Allegheny Mountains force of, 239
Banks
’s reinforcement by, 289, 302
Jackson’s proposed attack on, 245
Lincoln’s relationship with, 168
presidential bid of, 199
resignation of, 394, 395
in valley campaign, 249, 250, 251, 255, 256, 289, 300, 302, 305–6, 309, 310–11, 312, 313, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325–26, 334
Western command of, 168
French, Caroline Read, 112, 114, 115
French, William H., 112–13, 114–17, 118, 260, 344, 366, 387, 474–75, 476, 500, 501, 572–73
Front Royal, Battle of, 274–75, 277, 278–81, 283, 297
Lincoln’s reaction to, 288–89
Front Royal, Va.:
Jackson’s planned attack on, 245, 271, 272, 273
McDowell’s retaking of, 302, 304, 305, 308
Shields’s arrival at, 309
Shields’s departure from, 313
Union force at, 272
Fry, Birkett, 344
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 237
Fulkerson, Samuel, 185, 186, 217, 219, 221, 227, 279, 287, 317
Gaines’s Mill, Battle of, 364–69, 399, 502
Galena, 374
Gardner, William, 346
Garnett, Richard B., 181, 183, 219, 220, 222, 224, 226, 227, 258–60, 261, 304, 398, 554, 555, 570
Garnett, Thomas S., 402, 403, 405
Garrison, William Lloyd, 20, 25
Geary, John, 288, 299, 300, 308
Gettysburg, Battle of, 233, 560, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572
Gibbon, John, 427, 428, 430, 455, 472, 498, 499, 500
Gilham, William, 23, 154, 181–82, 186, 260
Gittings, John, 40
Glendale, Battle of, 374–78
Glendale, Va., Confederate army’s approach of, 371
Gordon, George H., 274, 293, 403
Gordon, John B., 247, 567
Gordonsville, Va.:
Jackson’s arrival at, 398, 399
Jackson’s withdrawal to, 406
Longstreet’s march to, 410
Pope’s advance on, 398, 406
strategic importance of, 393
see also Cedar Mountain, Battle of
Graham, Fanny, 197, 483–84
Graham, James, 178, 180, 189, 197, 198
Grant, Ulysses S., 481
early victories of, 192, 194, 334, 338
Fort Donelson success of, 287, 334
infantry charges by, 231
innovative tactics of, 335
Mexican-American War service of, 103, 104, 179, 229
presidential campaign of, 571
resignation incident of, 192
at Shiloh Battle, 253
total war tactics of, 46, 166, 173, 572
transformed by Civil War, 6
Grattan, Charles, 41
Great Britain, Confederacy’s support in, 193, 386, 450, 481
Greeley, Horace, 59, 98, 166
Greenleaf, Charles H., 274, 275
Gregg, Maxcy, 364, 432–33, 499, 503
Griffin, Charles, 88, 90
Grigsby, Andrew, 264, 469, 470
Grover, Cuvier, 432
Guiney’s Station, Va., Jackson’s death at, 544, 546–51, 552–53
Halleck, Henry Wager, 192, 396, 398, 410, 416, 418–19, 437, 439–41, 446, 452, 481, 489, 490
Hampton, Wade, 83, 84, 100, 377
Harman, John A., 42–43, 195, 196–97, 263–64, 301, 316, 321
Harman, Michael, 182–83
Harper, Kenton, 38
Harpers Ferry, Va.:
Army of the Valley in approach of, 302, 303
Confederate evacuation of, 48, 52
defensibility of, 44, 48
escaped slaves in, 238
Jackson’s early war command at, 35, 37–45, 47
Jackson’s retaking of, 453–54, 456, 457, 458–60, 461, 478, 480
John Brown’s raid on, 22–23
Johnston’s command assignment at, 47–48; see also Army of the Shenandoah Valley
strategic value of, 35, 44
Union occupation of, 53, 61, 239, 282, 288, 300, 301, 453, 454, 456, 457
Union surrender at, 458, 459, 460
Harper’s Weekly, 389, 558
Harrison, William Henry, 556
Harrisonburg, Va.:
Banks’s camp at, 242, 245
Banks’s withdrawal from, 250, 256
Jackson’s approach of, 268, 269
Lincoln’s battle plan for, 305, 306
Harrison’s Landing, Va., Union base at, 361, 366, 369, 370, 374
“Harwell,” 549
Hatch, John, 436–37, 441, 442, 446
Hawkins, Willis, 304
Hawks, Wells J., 43, 225, 304, 555
Hay, John, 441
Hays, Samuel L., 341
Heintzelman, Samuel, 74, 81, 369, 373, 374, 418
Hervey, George Winifred, 122
Hetty (slave), 155, 547, 550, 553, 561
Hill, A. P.:
in Antietam Battle, 473, 477–78, 479
in Cedar Mountain Battle, 399, 403, 405, 406, 516
in Chancellorsville Battle, 531, 539, 540, 541, 543
death of, 569
in Fredericksburg Battle, 497, 499
at Harpers Ferry surrender, 459, 473
Jackson’s relationship with, 337, 342, 344, 399, 464–65, 497, 515–16
McClellan’s relationship with, 345
pre-Chancellorsville position of, 522
promotion of, 569
in Richmond defense planning, 336
at Second Manassas Battle, 416, 418, 419, 422, 423, 432, 433
in Seven Days campaign, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 364, 365, 371, 375, 376, 377, 378
Hill, D. H.:
in Cedar Mountain Battle, 401
in Fredericksburg Battle, 500
Jackson’s friendship with, 104, 105, 108, 115, 117, 123, 130, 131, 132, 133, 142, 144, 148, 152, 262, 333, 336, 450, 472, 483, 489, 515
postwar life of, 569–70
pre-Antietam intelligence leak caused by, 454
pre-Antietam movements of, 454, 456
in Seven Days campaign, 356, 364, 368, 371, 379, 381, 382
in South Mountain Battle, 456
spring 1862 position of, 196, 201, 203
western transfer of, 515
Hill, Isabella Morrison, 152, 570
Hoge, Moses, 392
Hoge, Mrs., 553
Holmes, T. H., 75
“Home Sweet Home,” 513
Hood, John Bell, 367–68, 434, 436, 437, 444, 467, 468, 469, 502, 521
Hooker, Joseph, 104, 465–66
administrative skill of, 520
in Antietam Battle, 465–66, 467, 468, 469, 470, 474, 527
Army of the Potomac appointment of, 504
Burnside’s hatred of, 491, 504
Chancellorsville Battle planning by, 528
Chancellorsville headquarters of, 523, 537
Chancellorsville position of, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 554
enemy strength assessments by, 520, 532
Fredericksburg attack by, 521, 526, 532, 533, 534, 538, 545
Jackson’s assessment of, 544
Jackson’s pre-Chancellorsville threatening of, 525–27
McClellan’s hatred of, 466
postwar life of, 573
at Second Manassas Battle, 421, 432, 442, 527
in Seven Days campaign, 354, 369
spring 1863 movements of, 518, 519–20, 521, 522, 526, 527
Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 558
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 226, 258, 264–65, 294, 303–4, 305, 306, 315, 324, 327, 355, 365, 398, 405, 409, 511, 516, 529–30, 560
Houston, Sam, 171
Howard, McHenry, 310
Howard, O. O. “Otis,” 520, 532, 533, 534, 535, 538
Howe, Julia Ward, 162
Howells, William Dean, 26
Huger, Benjamin, 352, 371, 375, 376, 379, 393
Hunter, David, 74, 81, 110, 575
Hunter, Henry, 511
Imboden, John D., 40, 41, 85–86, 89, 103, 248, 249
Independent, 559
Iron Brigade, 427, 429, 466, 472
Jackson, A. J., 568
Jackson, Alfred, 180
Jackson, Conrad Feger, 499
Jackson, Cummins, 137–38, 139, 155, 341
Jackson, Elinor Junkin (Ellie), 142–48, 149, 150, 151, 438, 492, 562, 569
Jackson, Elizabeth, 136, 138
Jackson, Jonathan, 136
Jackson, Julia Laura, 493, 511, 516, 517, 518, 547, 548, 550, 553, 555, 561, 565
Jackson, Julia Neale, 136–37, 512
Jackson, Mary Anna Morrison (Anna), 17, 18, 23, 34, 36, 39, 42, 50, 51, 54, 64, 79, 101, 102, 134, 152–54, 155, 156, 157, 172, 174–75, 184, 189, 197, 198, 200, 216, 226, 236, 239, 258, 264, 296, 327, 334, 340, 355, 373, 376, 398–99, 407, 484, 486, 488, 492–93, 497, 510, 511, 516–18, 522, 544, 547–48, 549–50, 552, 553, 554, 555, 561, 565, 566, 569, 570, 574
Jackson, Mary Graham, 492, 562
Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall”:
ambition of, 33, 101, 113, 333
Anna and Julia’s 1863 visit to, 516–18
Anna’s biography of, 565
Anna’s fall 1861 visit to, 174–75
in Antietam Battle, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472–73, 478, 479, 527, 530
A. P. Hill’s relationship with, 337, 342, 344, 399, 464–65, 497, 515–16
arm amputation of, 543, 568
Army of the Valley’s secret transfer by, 1, 4, 5–6, 8–9, 335–36
Ashby’s praise by, 319
authority issues of, 113–14, 132, 191, 387
Banks’s troop strength estimates by, 284
Banks’s valley campaign contest against, 207, 209, 211, 212, 213, 215, 217, 227, 228, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242–44, 245, 246, 249–50, 251, 255, 256, 265, 266–73, 274, 275, 277, 278–81, 282–87, 290, 291–98, 299, 300, 307, 334
battlefield prayers of, 89, 294, 325, 333, 401, 500, 527, 537
battlefield servant of, 478–79; see also Lewis, Jim
battle preparations of, 355
birth of, 136
boot size of, 119, 120, 129, 130
cavalry officers of, 43, 398, 406; see also Ashby, Turner; Munford, Thomas; Stuart, James Ewell Brown (Jeb)
in Cedar Mountain Battle, 398, 399, 400–406, 407, 516
Chancellorsville attack of, 536–38
Chancellorsville departure of, 544–45
Chancellorsville flanking march of, 529–32, 533–36, 544
Chancellorsville night reconnaissance by, 539–41
in Chancellorsville planning, 528, 529
Chancellorsville wounding of, 541–44
childhood of, 15, 136–39, 512
children of, 147, 153, 157, 198, 492–93; see also Jackson, Julia Laura
children’s treatment by, 135, 140, 150, 510–11
Civil War entry of, 13, 14, 16–17, 18–19, 20, 29, 30–31, 32–36