Contents
-SUBJECT INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
James Ford Rhodes (1848–1927). History of the Civil War, 1861–1865. 1917.
Subject Index
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Meredith, George, on closing of Civil War, 438. |
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Merrimac, reconstruction as iron-clad, 111; Hampton Roads, Monitor fight, 112–117; effect on McClellan, still feared, 116; further career, 117. |
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Metals, scarcity in South, 369. See also Iron. |
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Mexico, French in, 270. |
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Mill, J. S., on slavery, 261; and Emancipation Proclamation, 272. |
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Mill Spring, battle, 98 n. |
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Milledgeville, Ga., Sherman’s occupation, 403–405. |
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Minnesota, and Merrimac, 112. |
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Missionary Ridge, battle, 298, 299. |
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Mississippi, secession, 5. See also Vicksburg. |
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Mississippi River, importance, 118, 247–249; reopened, 258. |
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Missouri, and secession, 25; Frémont’s command, 50–56. See also Border States. |
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Missouri Compromise, attempt to renew and extend, 3. |
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Mobile, Ala., closed to blockade-runners, 336. |
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Mobile Bay, battle, 336; political effect, 337. |
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Moltke, Graf von, on preparedness, 33. |
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Mommsen, Theodor, on Cæsar, 438. |
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Money. See Paper money; Specie payments. |
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Monitor, construction, 111; Merrimac fight, 114–116; founders, 117 n.; repulsed at Drewry’s Bluff, 127 n. |
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Montgomery, Ala., convention, 5. |
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Morgan, Fort, surrender, 336. |
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Morse, J. T., on unpreparedness, 30; on “contrabands,” 49. |
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Morton, O. P., on unpreparedness, 30; and Confederate invasion of Kentucky, 176; as war governor, 178, 361; and Buell, 179; and Democratic legislators, 201. |
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Motley, J. L., on recognition of Confederate belligerency, 64; on Grant, 303. |
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Moultrie, Fort, abandoned, 7. |
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Mud march, Burnside’s, 186. |
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Munitions of war, supply in South, 377. |
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Murfreesborough, battle, 199, 200. |
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Napoleon I, advice on military study, 128 n. |
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Napoleon III, neutrality proclamation, 64 n.; and joint intervention, 69, 124, 271; offer of mediation, 201, 272; and Mexico, 270; and construction of Confederate vessels, 285; and Slidell, 286. |
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Nashville, Tenn., and Fort Donelson, 87, 91; evacuated, 92. See also Nashville campaign. |
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Nashville, Fort Sumter expedition, 12 n. |
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Nashville campaign, adequacy of Thomas’s force, 398–400; Hood invades Tennessee, Schofield’s retreat, Franklin, 398, 409; Thomas’ delay, Grant’s attitude, 410, 411; battle of Nashville, ruin of Hood’s army, 411. |
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Nassau, Bahamas, and blockade-running, 379. |
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National banks, authorized, 204. |
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Navy, Confederate, Merrimac, 111–117; British-built cruisers, 262–268, 279; Laird rams, 279–284; Napoleon and construction, 285. |
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Navy, Federal, Western river operations, 86, 87, 124; at outbreak, 110; and armor-plating, 111; construction of Monitor, 111, 117; Hampton Roads, Merrimac-Monitor fight, 112–116; New Orleans campaign, 118–124; Mobile Bay, 336. See also Blockade. |
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Negro soldiers, Cameron’s unauthorized recommendation, 84; and Lincoln, 324; Confederate enlistment, 417. |
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Nelson, William, Shiloh, 103, 105, 106. |
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Netherlands, neutrality proclamation, 64 n. |
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Neutrality, British and other proclamations, 64; character of British, 260. |
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New Hope Church, battle, 317. |
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New Mexico, and slavery, 4. |
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New Orleans, La., importance, 118; Federal plan against, 118, 119; bombardment of forts, 119; passage of forts, 120–123; surrender, 123; effect, 123, 124; effect abroad, 124. |
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New York City, Union League Club, 205; draft riots, 287–291. |
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New York Herald, attack on British attitude, 69. |
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New York Seventh Regiment, arrival in Washington, 23. |
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New York Tribune, on hard times, 342. See also Greeley, Horace. |
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Nicolay, J. G., on regret at civil war, 29; on Cameron, 84; on political conditions (1864), 334, 335. |
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