Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayWood, William
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Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray
Wood, William
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Lacy, chaplain at Jackson's headquarters
Lamb, Colonel commands Fort Fisher
Lancaster (Ohio), Sherman at
Lebanon (Missouri), General Curtis at
Lebanon Springs, Jackson at
Lee, Fitzhugh, Stuart and
Lee, General R. E.; at San Antonio; military career; decision for South;
resignation from U. S. Army; commands Virginia forces; Kanawha campaign;
military adviser at Richmond; prevision; as a leader; age; McClellan
against; maneuvering in Virginia; made Commander-in-Chief; in 1862-63;
and Jackson; plans Valley campaign; appointed to command in eastern
Virginia and North Carolina; plan against McClellan; Seven Days;
McClellan foils; sends Jackson against Pope; entrains Longstreet for
Gordonsville; as strategist; divides army; Second Bull Run; and
Longstreet; invasion of Maryland; again divides army; at Antietam; at
Culpeper; Fredericksburg; Burnside tries to surprise; Hooker against;
quoted; Chancellorsville; defeat at Gettysburg; no part in Chattanooga
strategy; plans counter-attack in Pennsylvania; Brandy Station;
position before Gettysburg; Gettysburg; retreat; attempt to bring on
Third Manassas; on importance of Wilmington; at Orange Court House;
Wilderness; Spotsylvania; illness; prepares for Cold Harbor; at Cold
Harbor; losses; siege; losses; Petersburg; insoluble problem; leaves
Petersburg; Sailor's Creek; asks terms of Grant; surrenders; terms of
surrender; farewell to army
Lexington (Kentucky) Grant inspects; Morgan's raid
Lexington (Missouri), Price takes
Lick Creek, Grant's forces at
Lincoln, Abraham, Inaugural; declares blockade; and Lee; calls for
Missouri's quota of volunteers; general call for volunteers; and civil
control; on evaders of service; reëlection; and Grant; as war statesman;
birth; education; appearance; personal characteristics; appointments;
quoted; and Vallandigham; Emancipation; foreign policy; Cabinet; as
Commander-in-Chief; and McClellan; stories; letter to a bereaved mother;
Second Inaugural quoted; military orders; halts McDowell; and Hooker;
and Stanton; cipher letter to Grant; and Sherman; meets Union leaders;
assassination; approves terms of surrender; bibliography
Little Sorrel, Jackson's horse
Logan, General J. A.; replaces McPherson at Atlanta; Ezra Church; Nashville
Logan's Cross Roads, Confederates at; Thomas's victory at
Longstreet, General James, entrains for Gordonsville; Jackson's march
against Pope; Second Bull Run; obstructs Lee's plans; at Hagerstown;
leaves Lee; reinforces Bragg; Wauhatchie; urges help for Vicksburg;
Gettysburg; Wilderness; wounded
Lookout Mountain, _see_ Chattanooga
Louisiana, Union forces in; Sherman in; secedes
_Louisiana_, Confederate ironclad; as mine ship
Louisville (Kentucky), Bragg at; Grant inspects
_Louisville_, at Fort Donelson
Lovell, General Mansfield, evacuates New Orleans
Lyon, General Nathaniel, commands at St. Louis; fight for Missouri; Frémont
and; Wilson's Creek; killed
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