Contents
-SUBJECT INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
James Ford Rhodes (1848–1927). History of the Civil War, 1861–1865. 1917.
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North, uprising, 17; unpreparedness, 30; second uprising, 48; despondency (1862), and Lincoln’s leadership, 155; consternation over Lee’s invasion (1862), 167; and Fredericksburg, 185; dejection (1863), 201; Union meetings and leagues, better spirits, 205; return of confidence, 211; business revival, 222, 346; gloom after Wilderness campaign, 329, 333; conditions, 341–364; effect of war, 341; hard times, 341; social effect, 342, 346; during period of defeat, 346; agriculture, 347, 348; arbitrary arrests, 348–350, 353–355; character of Democratic opposition, 350–353; humanitarian work, 357; trade with the enemy, 357–359; grave conditions (1864), 360; Federal relations, 361–363; rejoicing over surrender of Lee, 436. |
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North Carolina, secession. See also Border States; Carolina march. |
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Norton, C. E., on Trent affair, 81, 83; and emancipation, 153; desponds, 155; on election of 1862, 176; on appointment of Burnside, 182; on need of victories, 205. |
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Office, scramble, 8. |
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Ohio, unpreparedness, 31; character of first troops, 31; in election of 1864, 338. |
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Ord, E. O. C., as corps commander, 430. |
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Palfrey, F. W., on McClellan as general, 181. |
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Palmerston, Lord, on British sentiment (1861), 65; and intervention, 69, 268–271; and Trent affair, 75; and blockade, 124; and Laird rams, 282; and Mason, 286. |
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Paper, scarcity in South, 367. |
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Paper money, demand notes (1861), 145; legal-tender act, 146, 147; later issues, 147, 203; justifiableness, 147; Northern private and public fractional, 203, 343–345; in South, 384, 385; Federal, in South, 385, 415; not legal tender in South, 392. |
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Parke, J. G., as corps commander, 430. |
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Patterson, Robert, in Bull Run campaign, 37–39. |
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Pawnee, Fort Sumter expedition, 12 n. |
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Peace negotiations and sentiment, in 1864, 333–336; Hampton Roads Conference, 417–419; attitude of Lee and Davis, 419; and of Lincoln, 420. |
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Pemberton, J. C., Vicksburg, 253–258. |
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Peninsular campaign, plan, 124; Yorktown, 125; Federals before Richmond, 126, 133; alarm there, 127; Jackson’s Valley operations, 127–131; Fair Oaks, 131, 132; Lee in command, 133; his defensive measures and plan of attack, 134; Seven Days; first day, 135; Gaines’s Mill, 136–138; McClellan’s overestimation of enemy, 137; McClellan’s demoralization, 139; comparison of commanders, 140–142; Federal retreat, 142; Malvern Hill, 143; losses, new base, results, 144; comparison with Wilderness campaign, 312. |
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Pennsylvania, Gettysburg campaign, 225–247; in election of 1864, 338. |
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Petersburg and Richmond campaign, Grant’s crossing of the James, 312, 322; failure to capture Petersburg, policy of attrition suspended, 322; condition of Federal army, 323; Lincoln’s visit to army, 323–325; Crater, 333; final campaign, 430–432; evacuation, 432; Federal occupation, Lincoln in Richmond, 433. |
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Peyton, C. S., on Pickett’s charge, 241, 242. |
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Philadelphia, Union League Club, 205; and Lee’s invasion (1863), 230. |
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Pickett, G. E., on Confederates in Pennsylvania, 228; charge at Gettysburg, 238–243; own conduct, 243. |
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Pillow, Fort, evacuated, 124. |
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Pittsburg Landing. See Shiloh. |
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Pope, John, Island No. 10, 124; commands Army of Virginia, 157; address to army, 158; as commander, 158, 164; retires before Lee, 159; blunders, hampering, Second Bull Run, 160; removed, 163; comparison with Grant’s Virginia campaign, 313. |
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Port Gibson, in Vicksburg campaign, 252, 253. |
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Port Hudson, surrender, 258. |
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Port Royal, captured, 110. |
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Porter, D. D., New Orleans operations, 118, 120, 121; Vicksburg, 251. |
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Porter, Fitz-John, Seven Days, 135–138, 143. |
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Porter, Horace, on Cold Harbor, 311; on Lincoln’s visit to Grant’s army, 324. |
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Postage currency, 344. |
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Postage stamps, as currency, 343. |
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Potomac River, Confederate blockade, 62. |
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Powhatan, and Fort Sumter expedition, 13. |
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Preparedness, lack in North, 30; and in South, 32; contrast with Franco-Prussian War, 33, 34. |
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Press, freedom, 394. |
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