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
McAllister, Fort, naval conflict near; Hazen's attack
McClellan, General G. B., in West Virginia; recalled to Washington; bubble
reputation; former career; "Young Napoleon of the West"; newspaper
publicity; force in Virginia; telegram to Grant delayed; Federal invasion
of Virginia under; dismissal; Lincoln and; Democratic candidate for
President (1864); plan of campaign; Peninsula Campaign; at Fortress
Monroe; base at White House; in Chickahominy swamps; government
interference with; Jackson aids against; awaits McDowell; number of
troops; exaggerates number of enemy; Seven Pines; Stuart's ride around;
Lee and; changes base to Harrison's Landing; Malvern Hill; plans to
take Richmond; ordered to Aquia; Pope and; discovers Lee's plans; lets
opportunity slip; Antietam; superseded by Burnside; popularity
McClernand, General J. B., Grant's second-in-command; fails to meet Banks;
battle on own account; at Fort Donelson; Shiloh; Arkansas Post; as a
general; breach of discipline; dismissal
McCulloch, General Benjamin at Wilson's Creek; killed at Pea Ridge
McDowell, General Irvin, assists Scott; crosses Potomac; Bull Run;
President reviews army of; number of troops; difficulties encountered;
quoted; wastage in forces; people lose confidence in; kept from
reinforcing McClellan; strike at Richmond; ordered to Valley; Jackson
and; McClellan awaits
McDowell (Virginia), battle
McGuire, Dr. Hunter
McIntosh, General James, killed at Pea Ridge
McMahon, J. P., at Cold Harbor
McMahon, General Martin, quoted
McPherson, General J. B., killed at Atlanta
Macon (Georgia), Southern cannon made at
Maffitt, Commander J. N., commands _Florida_
Magruder, General J. B., and Butler; Yorktown; holds Richmond
Mallory, S. R., Confederate Secretary of Navy
Malvern Hill (Virginia), battle
Manassas, Johnston at; Jackson at; location; Federal base; base destroyed;
Battle of Second; _see also_ Bull Run
_Manassas_, Federal ram
Marshall, Colonel Charles, Lee's aide-de-camp
Marshall, General H. M., with Johnston in Kentucky
_Martha Waskington_, story of Lincoln on board
Martinsburg (West Virginia), Jackson marches on; Patterson occupies;
Confederates reach; Jackson destroys Federal stores at
Maryland, border slave State; Confederate hope for; Southern sympathy in;
sea-power keeps for Union; Jackson's plan to enter; Confederate invasion;
Federals massed in
Mason, Fort, Lee from
Matamoras, contraband imported into
Matthews Hill, battle of Bull Run
Meade, General G. G., quoted; as a general; succeeds Hooker in command;
Gettysburg; Lincoln's dissatisfaction with; Army of Potomac under; headed
for Richmond; Cold Harbor; Petersburg
Mechanicsville (Virginia), battle
Memphis, Confederate rams lost at; Confederate fleet at; Grant in command
at; Sherman's army from; Grant returns to; Grant leaves; Grant considers
retirement on
_Mercedita_, Confederate gunboats attack
Meredith, Solomon, "Iron Brigade" at Gettysburg
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