L

Lamoreaux, S. B., Major, 9th New York

Heavy Artillery, in Petersburg as-
sault, ii., 195

Lander, F. W., Colonel (U. S.), aide to

McClellan, at Rich Mountain, i., 193
Lane, Geo. W., of Alabama, United
States Judge, mentioned, i., 272
Laurel Hill, W. Va., held by Garnett,
i., 190

Law, applicable to slaves in Territories,
i., 73, 89; as to Hebrew slavery,
319

Lawson, O. A., Captain, 3d Ohio, at

Middle Fork Bridge, i., 191
Leadbetter, Danville, General (C. S.),
at Bridgeport, i., 274. 275
Lecompton constitution, pro-slavery,
i., 95; peculiar vote on, 96, 97
Lee, Fitzhugh, General (C. S.), resigns
from United States Army, i., 169; at
Smithfield, ii., 107; at Opequon,
wounded, 109, 117; at Dinwiddie
and Five Forks, 189, 190; at Appo-
mattox, 203; in council of war, 221,
222; Major-General Spanish War,
mentioned, 288, 291, 292

Lee, G. W. Custis, Major and General

(C. S.), resigns from United States
Army, i., 169; service, 223, note;
capture at Sailor's Creek, 223, note;
ii., 208, 209; referred to, 306
Lee, Robert E., General (C. S.), resig-
nation as Colonel United States
Army, reasons therefor, i., 167-169,
note; commands Confederates West-
ern Virginia (1861), 189, 206, note;
at Valley Mountain, 206; order for
attack on Reynolds, quoted, 216; let-
ter to Governor Letcher, 218; re-
pulse at Elk Water and Cheat
Mountain, 220-223; correspondence
relating to death of Washington, and
attack on Cheat Mountain, 224, 225;
under shadow, 225, 226; called to
Richmond, 226; at Antietam, Chan-
cellorsville, and Fredericksburg, ii.,
1-3; movement of army to Gettys-
burg, 25-27; on absence of cavalry
at Gettysburg, 27; responsibility of
Pickett's charge, 32; retreat from
Gettysburg, 33, 34; escapes across
Potomac, 33; apprehension as to
battle north of Potomac, 33; retreats
behind Rapidan, 44; advance to Bris-
toe, withdrawal, 48-57; endorsement
on Hill's report, quoted, 53; at Mine

Run, 65-68; says too old to com-
mand, 68; plans of campaign (1864),
76, 77; in Wilderness and Spotsyl-
vania, 78-93; despairs of result of
battle of Wilderness, 87; suggests
peace negotiations, 159; approves
enlistment of slaves, they to become
free, 159; conference with Davis and
Longstreet on peace negotiations, 180;
writes Grant, empowered to make
peace, 180; at Petersburg, 188-200;
dispatches to evacuate Richmond,
quoted, 197, 198; evacuates Peters-
burg, 198; retreat to Amelia Court-
House, thence to Appomattox Court-
House, 201-225; divides army into
two wings, 203; exclamations regard-
ing his army at Sailor's Creek, 214,
215; in a panic, 218; answers Grant's
demand to surrender, 218, 219; ad-
vised by his generals to surrender,
221; last council of war, 221; plan
for escape, its failure, 222, 223; truce
and surrender, 223-227; letters to
Grant on surrender, 225, 226; terms
of surrender, 225; number surren-
dered, asks for rations, 227; inter-
view with Grant, retires to Richmond,
228

Lee, S. P., Admiral (U. S. N.), men-
tioned, ii., 162

Lee, W. H. F., Major (C. S.), at Elk
Water, i., 223; service in war and
rank, 223, note

Letcher, John, Confederate Governor
Virginia, spiteful refusal to furnish

Union troops, i., 182; letter from
Lee, 225; residence burned, ii., 97
Lexington, gunboat, at Shiloh, i., 255
Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858), effect
of, on public opinion, i., 117
Lincoln, Abraham (M. C.), opposed
Mexican War, i., 67; debates
with Douglas, 117; elected Presi-
dent (1860), 119, 120; inaugural
(1865), on the war, reading of Bible
and prayer of opposing parties,
quoted, 138; opposes bargaining into
Presidency, quoted, 144; approves
law abolishing slavery in District of
Columbia, and in all Territories (29),
147, 148; belief that nation could
not exist half slave and half free,
quoted, 150, 151; instrument of God,
151; character illumined by time,
155; President, reasons for not evac-
uating Sumter, 171, 172; proclama-
tion for troops, pleads for peace and

Lincoln, Abraham - Continued

Union, first inaugural, quoted, 177,
178; Congress convened by, 177;
letter to Greeley on saving the Union,
178; not understood, 178; second
call for troops, 181; reasons for
standing by McClellan, 204; orders
commission for Buckner, 229; dis-
approves proclamation to free slaves,
etc., 230, 231; war orders, and criti-
cism over, 235-237, note; appoints
Turchin a Brigadier-General, 280;
promises his Maker to issue proclam-
ation to free slaves, issued September
22, 1862, ii., 2, 3; telegram relating
to Milroy, 6; quoted on Milroy at
Winchester, 20; interest in army
movements, characteristic telegrams
to Hooker, 24; urges Meade to at-
tack Lee, 34; - Conkling letter on
Emancipation Proclamation, quoted,
46, 47; letter urging Meade to battle,
quoted, 59; dispatch to Grant rela-
tive to movement of troops, 102;
congratulates Sheridan, 117; corre-
spondence with Wood on peace nego-
tiations, 160; with Duff Green, 161;
relating to Stephens' peace mission,
quoted, 162; letters to Greeley on
peace, 164-166; relations with Gree-
ley, 167, 168; refuses to recognize
Jacquess as peace negotiator, 169,
170; correspondence as to peace with
Raymond, 172, 173; abandonment
of slavery a condition of peace, 164,
166, 174, 177; assents to Blair, Sr.,
going on peace mission, 174; corre-
spondence with Blair, 176; meets
Davis' peace commissioners, 177,
178; reference to Charles I., 178;
instructions to Seward on terms for
peace, 177; instructs Grant to have
no political conference with Lee,
quoted, 181; desire to conquer Lee
without Western army, 188; at City
Point, Petersburg, and Richmond,
199, 200; dispatch to Stanton, 199;
sanctions calling Virginia Legislature
together, 199; conditions of restora-
tion of the Union, 200; return to
Washington, death and incidents of,
200, note; dispatch to Grant, "Let
the thing be pressed," 204; death an-
nounced to army, 228; referred to, 252
Lincoln, Benjamin, General in Revolu-
tion, character and misfortunes of,
i., 180, note

Locust Grove, see Orange Grove, Va.

Logan's Cross Roads, Ky., battle at,
i., 234

Lomax, L. L., General (C. S.), at Front
Royal, ii., 131, 152

Long, A. L., General (C. S.), at Lee's
surrender, ii., 222

Longstreet, James, resigns as Captain
United States Army, and theory as to
right to, i., 165, 166; theory that en-
listed men could not join rebellion,
166; General (C. S.), movement to
Gettysburg, ii., 26; criticises Stuart's
cavalry raid, 27; at Gettysburg, 29-
32; disapproves Pickett's charge, 30;
goes to Georgia, 48; at Knoxville,
71; plan of campaign (1864), 76, 77;
in Wilderness, wounded by his own
men, 87: fake dispatch to Early, 129,
155; interviews with Ord, Davis, and
Lee on peace negotiations, plan for
ladies and officers to negotiate, 179,
180; at Petersburg, 197; at Rice's
Station, 205, 214, 215; in retreat,
218, 219; refuses to advise Lee to
surrender, of Lee's last council of
war, 221; tried to recall Lee from
meeting Grant, 222, note; appointed
to carry out terms of surrender, 227
Loomis, C. O., Captain Cold Water
(Mich.) Battery, at Rich Mountain,
i., 191

Loring, W. W., General (C. S.), order
quoted for attack on Cheat Mountain,
i., 214; mentioned, 218
Louisiana, secedes from Union, i., 130;
seizes United States mint and coin,
159; thanks from Confederate Con-
gress, 160; coins United States bul-
lion, 160, note.

Louisiana Purchase (1803), cost, i., 42;
extent of, 42, note; Article Three,
cession of, effect on slavery, 42-44;
Dred Scott decision as to Article
Three of treaty, 43, 44, III
Lovejoy, Elijah P., editor of abolition
paper, killed (1837), Alton, by mob
from Missouri, i., 123

Lovejoy, Owen, Member of Congress
from Illinois, denounces slaveholding,

i., 123

Lowell, Chas. R., Colonel (U. S.), in
Opequon, ii., 114; killed at Cedar
Creek, 153

Ludlow, Wm., Major-General, Gov-
ernor of Havana, referred to, ii.,
292, 295

Lundy, Wm., anti-slavery agitator, i.,

60

McCabe, Chas. C., (Bishop M. E.
Church), Chaplain 122d Ohio, effi-
ciency and character, i., 311;
incident with secession ladies, 323;
captured, caring for wounded, ii., 19
McCann, T. K., Captain (U. S.), A.

Q. M. in charge Hunter's train, ii., 98
McCausland, John, General (C. S.),
mentioned, ii., 97; affair at Bunker
Hill, 108; burns Chambersburg, 125
McClellan, Geo. B., General (U. S.),
orders as to transportation for troops,
headquarters, etc., i., 184, 185; proc-
lamation to Western Virginia, quoted,
188; concentrates at Clarksburg, 190;
orderly at Rich Mountain carries mes-
sage to enemy, 194, 195, note; inac-
tivity at Rich Mountain, 197-199;
quoted on Rich Mountain, 199, 200;
moves to Cheat Mountain, 202; sum-
moned to Washington, 203; charac-
ter of, 203, 204; talk of dictatorship,
letter to wife, quoted, 203; on Chick-
ahominy, at Malvern Hill, and Antie-
tam, ii., 1, 2; relieved, 3 ; mentioned,
i., 236, 237

McClennan, M. R., Colonel 138th Penn-
sylvania, at Brandy Station, ii., 56;
at Orange Grove, 63, 64; wounded,
63; in Wilderness, 80-83; at Monoc-
acy, 99

McClernand, John A., General (U. S.),
at Fort Donelson, i., 238 ; at Shiloh,
247, 249, 255

McCook, Alex. McD., on Green River,

Ky., i., 233; at Shiloh, 250; at Per-
ryville, 302-305; informs Buell of
situation at Perryville, 304
McCook, Anson G., General (U. S.),
mentioned, i., 285

McCook, Robt. L., General, mentioned,

i., 191, 207; killed by guerrillas near
New Market, Ala., 285

McCooks of Ohio, in Civil War, i.,
285

VOL. II.-22.

McDougal, Leonidas, Captain, 3d Ohio
killed, Perryville, i., 305
McElwain, Wm. S., Major, 110th Ohio,
incident at Rapidan, ii., 79; killed
in Wilderness, 84; mentioned, 300
McKenzie, James W., of Kentucky,

asks that reporters' gallery, House of
Representatives, be opened, ii., 273
McKinley, Wm., Company Sergeant,
Second Lieutenant, Captain, and Bre-
vet Major, mentioned, i., 208; Presi-
dent, referred to, ii., 288; calls for
troops, Spanish War, 288; reviews
army at Savannah, 291; approves rati-
fication of treaty with Spain, 298
McKnight, Captain New York
battery, mentioned, ii., 49, 136
McLaws, Lafayette, General (C. S.), at
Gettysburg, ii., 31, 32

McLean, John, Justice Supreme Court
(1857), holds Third Article of cession
of Louisiana Province did not per-
petuate slavery, i., 44; dissents in
Dred Scott case, 103

McMeans, R. R., Surgeon 3d Ohio,
mentioned, i., 210

McMeans, Mrs., wife of Surgeon 3d
Ohio, mentioned, i., 266

McNeil, J. H., Captain (C. S.) of guer-
rillas, West Virginia, affair with, i.,
313, 315

McPherson, James B., General (U. S.),
at Shiloh, i., 250; at Corinth, 291, 292
McReynolds, A. T., Colonel Ist New
York Cavalry, at Winchester, ii., 13,
18

Mabry, W. H., Colonel Ist Texas,
Spanish War, death of, in Cuba, ii.,
292

Mackall, W. W., General (C. S.), cap-
tured at Island No. 10, i., 262
Madison, James, President, letter of

(1833), against slavery's demands,
quoted, i., 60

Magoffin, Beriah, Governor, declares
Kentucky will furnish no Union
troops, quoted, i., 182

Mahone, Wm., General (C. S.), quoted
on Lee at Sailor's Creek, ii., 214,
215; referred to, 216

Maine, admitted (1820) as a State, i., 50
Maine, battleship, destroyed, ii., 287
Mallory, Stephen R., Florida (1861), of

Central Cabal, i., 132

Mann, Horace, cited, i., 40; defence
of Drayton for larceny of slaves, 146,
note; reference to Methuselah, 146,
note; remark on Miss Dix, ii., 86

Mansfield, Lord (Wm. Murray), an-
nounced slaves could not be held un-
der English Constitution (1772), i.,
8; decision binding on American
colonies, 8, 19

Manson, M. D., Colonel 10th Indiana,
at Rich Mountain, i., 195
Marengo, battle of, compared with
Cedar Creek, ii., 155, 156, 191
Marrow, I. H., Colonel 3d Ohio,
speech at Rich Mountain, quoted, i.,
193; mentioned, 221, 241
Marshall, Humphrey, General (C. S.),
defeat in Eastern Kentucky, i., 234
Marshall, James W., discovers gold in
California, i. 71

Martin, David, Chief-Justice of Kansas,
referred to, ii., 250, note
Maryland, ratifies amendment to Con-
stitution to make slavery perpetual,
i., 141; response to call for troops,
181

Mason, Edwin C., Colonel 7th Maine,
reference to, wounded, Wilderness,
ii., 85

Mason, Rodney, Colonel (U. S.), sur-
renders Clarksville, dismissal from
army, revocation of order of, i., 297
Mason, Samson, of Ohio, mentioned, i.,
245

Mason and Slidell, Confederate Com-

missioners, taken by Captain Wilkes,
i., 237, note

Massachusetts, General Court returns
stolen Africans, i., II; held blacks
and Indians as slaves, II; abolished
slavery (1780), 30

Massachusetts Regiment, 6th, fired on
in Baltimore, i., 179
Mather, Cotton (Puritan), proposition to
capture William Penn and crew of
Welcome, and sell them for rum and
sugar, i., II, note

Matthews, Stanley, Lieutenant-Colonel
23d Ohio, mentioned, i., 208
Meade, Geo. G., General (U. S.), as-
signed to command Army of Poto-
mac, ii., 22, 27; birth, character, and
military service, 25; movement of
army to Gettysburg, 27-29; at Gettys-
burg, 29-32; pursuit of Lee from
Gettysburg, 33, 34; failure to attack
Lee north of Potomac, 33, 34; pur-
suit of Lee, 44; retreat and pursuit of
Lee, 49-57; personal characteristics,
58; quoted in reply to Halleck, 59;
at Orange Grove, 60-65; Mine Run
campaign, 66-68; retires army to

Brandy Station, 67; plan for cam-
paign (1864), 74, 75; reduces trans-
portation, 75; Wilderness, 77-93;
quoted on Ricketts' division, 91; at
Petersburg, 188-200; starvation or-
der, 204; dispatch from Grant, 205;
pursuit of Lee, 201-224; energy
while ill, 224; referred to, 306
Meigs, John R., Lieutenant of Engi-
neers (U. S.), Sheridan's staff, killed
by guerrillas, ii., 124

Meloy, Wm. T., Lieutenant, 122d
Ohio, mentioned, i., 311

Mercy not an attribute of war, i., 176;
ii., 153

Merrill, Wm. E., Lieutenant of Engi-

neers (U. S.), capture of, i., 213
Merritt, Wesley, General (U. S.), at
Smithfield, ii., 107; in Opequon,
109-116; in Luray Valley, 120; at
Tom's Brook, 126; at Cedar Creek,
128-157; at Sailor's Creek, 205–216;
in pursuit of Lee's army, 216–224;
appointed to carry out terms of sur-
render, 227

Methodist Episcopal Church South en-
dorses disunion and slavery, i., 137
Mexican War (1846-48), to acquire
slave territory, i., 66–75; an intrigue,
67; appropriations to buy peace, 68;
jealousies in, 68; numbers and casu-
alties in, ii., 155, 231, note
Mexico, independence of Spain pro-
claimed (1821), i., 62; abolished sla-
very (1837), 62; cessions to United
States, 70; efforts to have ceded ter-
ritory made free, 72

Michigan, slavery held to exist in by Jay
treaty, i., 28; Constitution (1837) put
an end to slavery, 28

Middle Fork Bridge, affair at, i., 191
Miles, Nelson A., Major-General (U.
S.), mentioned, ii., 297

Mill Springs, Ky., battle of, casualties
in, i., 234, 235

Miller, Rev. Milton J. Chaplain 110th
Ohio, mentioned, ii., 243
Milroy, Robert H., General (U. S.),
personal description, i., 311; mode of
conducting the war, 312; Davis'
proclamation as to, 312; incident on
Alleghany Mountains, speech on
emancipation, quoted, 315, 316; in
Shenandoah Valley, quoted, 317–324;
emancipation of slaves, 317-320; in
battles at Winchester, ii., 4-21; re-
luctance to believe in attacks on Win-
chester, telegrams, quoted, 4, 5, 12;