McClellan, General, sent to Crimea by Davis, 170; clears West Virginia of Confederates, 181; supersedes McDowell, 181; trains army of the Potomac, 185; his defects, 185; lands on Yorktown peninsula, 186; besieges Yorktown, 186; beaten by Lee, 186; retires to Harrison's Landing, 186; superseded, 187; reinstated, 189; fights Lee at Antietam, 189; Democratic candidate for the Presidency, 200; defeat of, 200 McDowell, General, advances into Virginia, 180; defeated at Bull Run, 180-181; superseded, 181; ordered to join McClellan, 186; fails to cut off Jackson, 186 McKinley, William, elected President, 234; re-elected, 235; assassinated, 235 McLane, Jackson's Secretary to the Treasury, 104; favourable to the U.S. Bank, 104; transferred to State Department, 106 Madison, James, a member of the Convention, 42; writes for the _Federalist_, 51; President, 77; his pacific leanings, 78; war forced on, 79; re-elected by sectional vote, 79 Maine, colonized from New England, 5; admitted as a State, 86 _Maine_, the, blown up, 234 March to the Sea, Sherman's, 201 Maryland, founded by Lord Baltimore, 4; early history of, 5; strategic importance of, 177; menacing attitude of, 177; Lincoln's success with, 177; Lee invades, 187; Southern illusions concerning, 188; refuses to rise, 188-189; becomes a Free State, 203 "Maryland! My Maryland!" 188 Mason-Dixon Line drawn, 7; becomes boundary of Slave States, 41 Mason and Slidell, Confederate envoys to Europe, 182; seized by Captain Wilkes, 182; English anger over seizure of, 183; Northern rejoicings over, 183; returned by Lincoln, 183 Massachusetts, a Puritan Colony, 5; resists Tea Tax, 17; charter of, revoked, 18; attempt to coerce, 25; Hartford Convention called by, 81; votes for War with Mexico, 120; Webster's influence with, 127; Sumner Senator for, 139; troops from, stoned in Baltimore, 177 Maximilian, placed on Mexican throne, 213; his death, 214 _Mayflower_, the, voyage of, 5 Meade, General, defeats Lee at Gettysburg, 196; permits him to retire unhammered, 196 _Merrimac_, the, exploits of, 184; duel with the _Monitor_, 184 Mexican War, outbreak of, 120; compared to Boer War, 120-121; opposition to, 121; successful prosecution of, 122; results of, 122-123 Mexico, Texas secedes from, 115; dispute with, over Texan boundary, 120; U.S. goes to war with, 120; Calhoun opposes invasion of, 121; defeat of, 122; peace terms dictated to, 122; Lincoln fears filibustering in, 161; Napoleon III. interferes in, 213 Mexico City taken, 120 Ministers, excluded from Congress, 45 Missionary Ridge, charge up, 198 Mississippi, Davis Senator for, 140; secedes from Union, 161 Mississippi River, upper, secured by Grant's victories, 184; whole in Federal control, 196