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Morse, John T. (John Torrey), 1840-1937

"Abraham Lincoln, Volume II"

i.;
protection of Washington;
passage of Massachusetts troops through Baltimore;
proclamation of blockade;
naval situation;
second call for volunteers, army increased;
military episodes of 1861;
campaign of Bull Run;
character and organization of Northern armies;
McClellan commander-in-chief;
civilian officers in;
attempt to force McClellan to advance;
administration of War Department by Stanton;
Lincoln's plan for;
debate as to plan of Virginia campaign;
General War Order No. I;
adoption of McClellan's plan;
discussion of McClellan's and Lincoln's plans;
evacuation of Manassas;
removal of McClellan from chief command;
creation of army corps;
character of Western military operations;
Northern successes along the coast;
campaign in Missouri and Arkansas;
operations in Kentucky;
campaign of Forts Henry and Donelson;
capture of New Madrid and Island No.;
career of the ram Merrimac;
battle of Merrimac and Monitor;
capture of New Orleans;
battle of Memphis;
cruise of Farragut on Mississippi;
Halleck commander in West;
advance of Grant and Buell on Corinth;
battle of Shiloh;
Halleck's advance on Corinth;
part played in war by politics;
question of protection of Washington, see vol. ii.;
reinforcement of Fremont;
Peninsular campaign;
transportation to Fortress Monroe;
Yorktown;
retention of McDowell before Washington;
advance of McClellan;
Jackson's raid on Harper's Ferry;
McDowell ordered to pursue Jackson;
criticism of Lincoln's orders;
Seven Pines and Fair Oaks;
halt and retreat of McClellan;
Malvern Hill;
retreat continued;
discussion of campaign;
Halleck commander-in-chief;
abandonment of campaign;
Army of Virginia formed under Pope;
Pope's campaign in Virginia;
Cedar Mountain;
second battle of Bull Run;
quarrels between officers;
reinstatement of McClellan;
reorganization of army;
Lee's campaign in Maryland;
Antietam;
McClellan fails to pursue Lee;
Lincoln's proposals;
McClellan superseded by Burnside;
Fredericksburg campaign;
quarrels in army;
Burnside succeeded by Hooker;
Chancellorsville campaign;
failure of Hooker to fight Lee in detail;
Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania;
Hooker replaced by Meade;
battle of Gettysburg;
failure of Meade to pursue Lee;
Bragg's invasion of Kentucky;
battle of Perryville;
Buell replaced by Rosecrans;
battle of Stone's River;
Rosecrans drives Bragg out of Tennessee;
siege and capture of Vicksburg;
fall of Port Hudson;
Rosecrans' Chattanooga campaign;
battle of Chickamauga;
siege of Chattanooga;
Rosecrans replaced by Thomas, Grant given command of West;
battle of Chattanooga;
liberation of East Tennessee;
Meade's campaign in mud;
steps leading to draft;
diminishing influence of politicians in;
Grant made lieutenant-general;
new plan of campaign;
Grant's Virginia campaign;
battle of Wilderness;
battle at Spottsylvania;
battle of Cold Harbor;
Butler "bottled up";
Early's raid against Washington;
Sherman's Atlanta campaign;
capture of Mobile;
Sheridan's Valley campaign;
Sherman's march to the sea;
Thomas's destruction of Hood's army;
sinking of the Alabama and of the Albemarle;
decay of Confederate army in 1865;
siege of Petersburg;
march of Sherman through Carolinas;
Bentonsville;
attempts of Lee to escape;
Five Forks;
abandonment of Petersburg and Richmond;
flight of Lee to Southwest;
Appomattox;
surrender of Lee;
surrender of Johnston.


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