Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (189 page)

McDowell, battle of,
455

McDowell, Irvin: planning for Bull Run campaign,
335
,
338

   campaign and battle,
339
–46,
406

   corps commander,
425
,
454
,
455

   and Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign,
457
,
460
,
461
,
464
,
489
,
501

   at 2nd Bull Run,
529
,
531
,
533

McHenry, William ("Jerry"), fugitive slave,
86

McLean, John, and Dred Scott case,
171
,
173
,
175
,
176

McLean, Wilmer,
849

McPherson, James B.: in Corinth campaign,
416

   Vicksburg campaigns,
586
,
627
,
630
–31

   Atlanta campaign,
744
–45,
752

   death of,
754

Madison, James,
280

Magoffin, Beriah,
293
–94,
295
,
296

Magruder, John B.,
426
,
467
–68

Mahan, Dennis Hart,
331

Mahone, William,
760

Mallory, Stephen R.,
314

Malvern Hill, battle of,
469
–70,
476
,
477

Manassas, 1st battle of,
281
,
309
,
321
,
327
,
352
,
353
,
354
,
362
,
366
–67,
405
,
406
,
413
,
538

   background,
335
–36,
338

   campaign and battle,
339
–45

   strategic results,
346
–47

   psychological consequences,
347
–50,
365
,
370
,
403
,
491

Manassas, 2nd battle of: background,
524
,
526
–27

   battle,
528
–33,
642
,
648

   diplomatic consequences,
555

Manifest Destiny,
42
,
46

   and Mexican War,
5
,
51

   and party politics,
48
–49

   and slavery issue,
51
,
104
,
106
–7

Mann, Horace,
20
,
21
,
29

Martial law,
see
Habeas corpus

Marx, Karl,
550

Maryland: kept in Union,
284
–87,
293
,
350

   arrest of secessionists,
287
–90

   coolness to Lee's invasion,
535
–36

   abolishes slavery,
805

Mason, James M.,
72

   and fugitive slaves,
79

   and Kansas-Nebraska Act,
122

   threatens secession,
158

   and John Brown,
207

   favors Davis for C.S.A. president,
259

   and
Trent
affair,
367
,
389
–91,
444

   on impact of Fort Donelson,
403

   expects British mediation,
555

   and Kenner mission,
838

Mason, John,
110

Maximilian, Ferdinand,
683
–84

May, Samuel J.,
86

Mayer, Arno,
245

Meade, George Gordon: in Mexican War,
5

   at Fredericksburg,
572

   replaces Hooker in command,
652

   battle of Gettysburg,
653
,
655
–63

   slow pursuit of Lee,
666
–67

   Virginia operations,
675
,
681

   relations with Grant,
718
,
722

   on Cold Harbor,
735

   and Petersburg assaults,
741

   battle of the Crater,
758
–59

   at Appomattox,
848
–49

   evaluation of,
857

Meagher, Thomas,
328

Mechanicsville, battle of,
464
,
466
–67

Medical care in Civil War armies: women and,
477
–84

   ambulance service,
484
–85

   evaluation of,
486
–87.
See also
Disease in Civil War armies

Medill, Joseph,
590

Meigs, Montgomery,
368

   efficiency as quartermaster general,
324
–25,
857

   on Union strategy,
335
–36

   on Peninsula campaign,
424

Memminger, Christopher,
438
–39,
442

Memphis: naval battle of,
418
,
421

   center of trade between lines,
620
–23

Merrimack, U.S.S
.: scuttled in 1861,
279
–80

   converted to ironclad
C.S.S. Virginia
,
314
,
373

Merryman, John, and
ex parte Merryman
,
287
–89

Mexico: acquisition of territory from,
3
–4,
6
,
42
,
48
–51

   influence of experience in Mexican War on Civil War strategy and tactics,
3
–5,
332
,
334
,
473

   and slavery issue,
4
,
51
–58

   war with,
47
–50,
59
,
131
,
138
,
281
,
317

   and Gadsden Purhcase,
108

   and filibustering,
111
–12

Miles, Dixon,
538

Mill, John Stuart,
550

Mill Springs (Logan's Cross Roads), battle of,
305

Milligan, Lambdin P.,
599
n,
782

Milliken's Bend, battle of,
634

Milroy, Robert H.,
303

Minié Claude E.,
474

Missouri: clashes in during 1861,
290
–92,
334

   guerrilla warfare in,
292
,
350
,
783
–87

   divided allegiance,
293
,
342

   battle of Wilson's Creek,
351
–52

   Frémont and,
353
–54

   Price's invasion of,
787
–88

Missouri Compromise: and limitation of slavery expansion,
8
,
51
,
57
,
58
,
65
,
72

   and Kansas-Nebraska Act,
121
,
123
,
154
,
157

   and Dred Scott case,
171
,
175

Mobile Bay, battle of,
282
,
761
,
775

Monitor, U.S.S.:
design and construction of,
373
–75

   fight with
Virginia
,
376
–77

   battle of Drewry's Bluff,
427

Montgomery, James,
292

Morgan, John Hunt: cavalry raids in Kentucky and Tennessee,
513
–14,
515
–16,
579
,
628

   Ohio raid,
763

Mormons: settlement at Great Salt Lake,
42
–44,
66

   conflict with U.S. government,
44
–45

   and slavery,
76

   persecution of,
145
–46

Morrill, Justin, and land-grant college act,
451

Morton, Oliver P.,
299
,
322
,
596

Mosby, John Singleton,
737
–38

Mott, Lucretia,
36

Murfreesboro, battle of,
see
Stones River

Myers, Abraham,
319

Napoleon I,
331
,
336
,
473
,
515
,
775
,
807
,
855

Napoleon III: and moves for recognition of Confederacy,
384
,
546
,
650
–51

   Mexican adventure,
553
–54,
683
–84

   and Kenner mission,
838

Nashville, Union capture of,
401
–3