Page numbers in bold refer to main
subject entries; page numbers in italics
refer to illustrations.A
abatis 93, 240, 240
abolitionism
American Anti-Slavery Society 14,
24, 26
attacks on abolitionists 11 , 26–27
black abolitionists 24–25, 26, 27
British anti-slavery movement 76
case for 23, 26
Dred Scott case 27
gradualists 26
postal Campaign (1835) 26
radical abolitionists 34–35
see also slaves, slavery
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National
Historic Site 357
Adams, Charles Francis 77
Adams, John Quincy 20
Adams grenades 277
Adobe Wells, Battle of 141
African-American Civil War Memorial
and Museum 372
African-Americans 162–167, 340–341
black churches 340–341
black officers 169
citizenship 309, 341
civil rights 85, 162, 345, 349
Confederate soldiers 163, 306
education 340, 340 , 341
free-labor relations 335
land redistribution 340
literacy 339, 341
prisoners of war 168, 193, 256, 257
racism and discrimination 17, 23, 169,
340, 341, 342, 342 , 345, 349
sharecroppers 331 , 335, 340, 341
Union soldiers 25, 55, 88, 161, 168–169,
171, 193, 226, 227, 274
voting rights 162, 309, 338, 339, 341,
342, 345, 349
see also slaves, slavery
agriculture 16–17
Alabama 44, 198, 343, 350
secession 46
CSS Alabama 77, 99, 282, 283, 284–285
Alaska 332
CSS Albermarle 281, 287, 354
Alexandria, Virginia 44, 58
USS Alligator 281
Ambulance Corps 183 , 205
Amelia Court House, Virginia 316
amendments to the Constitution
see Constitution
American Anti-Slavery Society 14, 24, 26
American Colonization Society 162
American Revolution 55, 224
“American system” of manufacture 17
American Telegraph Company 221
ammunition workers 199
amnesties for Confederate soldiers 338
Amnesty Act 333
amputations 205, 205 , 334
Anaconda Plan 64, 65 , 72, 100, 265
Anderson, General Richard 240
Anderson, Major Robert 39, 40– 41 , 43 ,
51, 52, 59
Anderson, William T. (“Bloody Bill”) 288 ,
289
Andersonville, Georgia 209, 209 , 256 ,
257, 257 , 258–259, 335boots
cavalryman’s 149
infantryman’s 110
Borcke, Major Heros von 251
Border Ruffians 31
bounty men 88, 89
Bowie knife 142
Bowser, Mary 130
Boyd, Belle 130, 131
Boydton Plank Road (Petersburg) 235,
275
Brady, Matthew 48, 125, 186, 244–245,
247, 270
Bragg, General Braxton 49, 106,
144–145, 144 , 291
at Chattanooga 145, 197, 210, 215
at Chickamauga 145, 183, 210, 211
at Perryville 83, 143
at Shiloh 144
at Stones River 143, 146
background and character 144
commands Army of Tennessee 83, 187
and George Thomas 216
Kentucky Campaign 81, 83, 142–143,
218
leadership failings 145
Mississippi Campaign 144–145
timeline 145
War with Mexico 144
Brandy Station, Battle of 178, 178 , 179,
250–251
bread riots, Richmond 200
breastworks 261
Breckinridge, Major General John C. 101,
143, 241, 254
at New Market 241, 248, 254–255
at Stones River 143
presidential nomination 15, 36, 36 , 37
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield
Site 358
Brice’s Crossroads, Battle of 263, 288, 291
Britain
Alabama claims 283
anti-slavery movement 54, 76
cotton exports to 17, 76
dispute over British-built warships 333
neutrality 72, 76
and relations with the Confederacy 76,
160, 161
Royal Navy 73, 76
textile industry 17, 54, 76, 76
Trent affair 45, 76, 77
War of 1812 14, 16, 20, 47, 55, 65, 72,
98
USS Brooklyn 97
Brooks, Preston 32
Brown, John 12 , 15, 23, 25, 166
Raid on Harpers Ferry 34–35
Brown v. Board of Education 349
Buchanan, Admiral Franklin 94, 95, 286,
287
Buchanan, James 31, 46, 308
Buchanan, John 32
Buckner, Brigadier General Simon Bolivar
105, 105
Buell, Major General Don Carlos 106,
142, 143, 216
Buena Vista, Battle of 20
Buford, General John 180
Bull Run, First Battle of (First Manassas)
42 , 45, 59, 60–63, 64, 66, 216, 218,
221, 316
Bull Run, Second Battle of (Second
Manassas) 59, 67, 80 , 81, 113,
120–123, 126, 172 , 187
bullet molds 68, 253
Bulloch, James D. 282, 283Andersonville National Historic Site
352–353
anesthesia 204
Anglo-U.S. War see War of 1812
antibiotics 205
Antietam, Battle of 25, 67, 67 , 80 , 81, 83,
125, 132–135, 160, 172, 187
Antietam National Battlefield 356–357
Apache Wars 141
Appomattox Court House, Virginia 316,
319
Appomattox Court House National
Historical Park 368
arbitration principle 283
Archer, Colonel Fletcher H. 254
Arizona 21, 44, 140, 141
Arkansas 44, 46, 47, 51, 343, 350
CSS Arkansas 101, 102–103
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee
Memorial 368
Arlington National Cemetery 68, 331
Armistead, Brigadier General Louis 183
Army Medical Department 209
Army of the Confederacy see Confederate
Army
Army of the Cumberland 143, 296, 347
Atlanta Campaign 292
Chattanooga Campaign 215, 217
Chickamauga Campaign 210–211, 212
Army of Georgia 307, 329
Army of the James 209, 248, 254
at Bermuda Hundred 254, 262
Army of the Mississippi,
Mississippi Campaign 100–101
Army of Northern Virginia 187
at Cold Harbor 260–261
at Gettysburg 180–185
at Second Bull Run
(Second Manassas) 80 , 83
invasion of the North 178–179
Maryland Campaign 126–127
reorganization 120
siege of Petersburg 274–275
Wilderness Campaign 238–243
Army of the Ohio 216, 292
Army of the Potomac 65, 66, 67
at Chancellorsville 174–175
at Cold Harbor 260–261
at Five Forks 315
at Gettysburg 180–185
at Second Bull Run
(Second Manassas) 121
formation from Army of Virginia and
other units 121, 126–127
military reforms 174
northern Virginia offensive 120, 197
Peninsula Campaign 80, 116–117, 116
Seven Days Battles 80 , 118–119
siege of Petersburg 261, 274–275
victory parade 307, 329
Wilderness Campaign 238–243
Army of Tennessee 49, 83, 143, 187, 210,
217, 231 , 232, 233, 265, 275, 296,
300–301
Army of the Union see Union Army
Army of the Valley 254, 268–269
Army of Virginia
at Second Bull Run 83
formation 120
integration into Army of the Potomac
121, 126–127
arsenals 68
Arthur, Chester A. 345
artillery
coastal artillery 276
drill 64
field artillery 128–129Napoleon gun-howitzer 129, 182
siege artillery 276–277, 277
Associated Press 16
Association for the Relief of Maimed
Soldiers 204
Atchison, David 30, 31
Atlanta, Georgia
Battle of 292–295, 293
fall of 233, 233 , 294 , 296
Sherman’s advance on 149, 217, 218,
292–293
Atlantic Blockading Squadron 74
Austro-Prussian War 221
Averasboro, North Carolina 306B
Babcock, Orville E. 345
Baker, Lafayette C. 131
Ball’s Bluff, Virginia 45
Baltimore, Maryland 51
Banks, Major General Nathaniel 110,
111, 120, 288
Red River Campaign 288
Baptist Church 22
Barlow, Francis 261
Barnard, George 245
Barton, Clara 208–209, 208
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 44, 83, 101
Battery Wagner, Charleston 276
Battle of Old Men and Young Boys 254
battle reenactments 348
Baylor, Lieutenant Colonel John R. 140
Beauregard, General P. G. T. 49, 51, 250
at Bermuda Hundred 51, 248, 254, 262
at Corinth 106, 205
at First Bull Run (First Manassas) 51,
60, 61, 61 , 63
at Fort Sumter 44, 51, 52
at Petersburg 51, 255, 262, 263
at Shiloh 51, 106
background 51
defense of Charleston 221, 280–281
relieved of command 106
Bee, Brigadier General Barnard E. 61,
112
Beecher’s Bibles 15, 31
Bell, John 36, 37
Belle Isle, Virginia 256
Belmont, Battle of 45, 197
Benjamin, Judah P. 131
USS Benton 155
Bentonville, Battle of 306
Berdan, Colonel Hiram 261
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia 209, 248,
254, 262
Bethesda Church, Virginia 260
Bethel Church, Virginia 44
Beyer, Edward 54
Big Black River, Battle of 158, 192
Bingham, George Caleb 13 , 17
binoculars 128, 197
black codes 332, 342, 342
black dispatches 130
Black Hat Brigade 121
Blair, Francis P., Jr. 70
Blenker, Brigadier General Ludwig 172
blockade-running 72, 72, 73, 221, 265,
282, 286
Bloody Angle (Spotsylvania) 241, 243,
248
Blunt, General James G. 226, 226 , 227
boarding axes 283
Booneville, Battle of 44
Booth, John Wilkes 131, 320–322, 320Index
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