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Jones, J. Russell,
351
,
382

Jonesborough, Ill.,
101
; Tenn.,
113

K
ENTUCKY:
clings to neutrality,
36–37
,
41–42
; neutrality violated,
43
,
48
; Confederate defense of,
56
,
57–58
; importance of, to Confederacy,
60

Kentucky House of Representatives, Grant's telegram to,
49–50

Kittoe, Dr. Edward,
293

Knives, Confederates',
182

Knox, Tom,
397–398

Kountz, Captain W. J.,
120

L
AGOW
, C
OLONEL
C
LARK
,
209
,
273

LaGrange, Tenn.,
336
,
359

Lake Providence,
378
,
379
,
380–381
,
409

Lake St. Joseph,
409

Lane, General James H.,
128

Lauman, Colonel Jacob,
82

Lawler, General Michael,
446

Lee, General Robert E., takes initiative from McClellan,
289
; successes in Virginia,
306
; captures Harpers Ferry,
309
; his invasion of Maryland fails,
313
,
318
; in defeat in Virginia,
489

Lee, General Stephen D.,
452

Lexington
, gunboat,
47
,
48
,
73
,
74
,
143
,
201
,
237
,
240

Lexington, Ky.,
59

Lexington, Mo.,
31
,
35

Lincoln, Abraham, realizes value of Cairo as base,
25
; and Frémont's emancipation order,
33
,
70
; signs commission for Buckner,
57
; Leonard Swett threatens to take supply contract problem to,
94
; on Grant,
95
; “Memorandum for a Plan of Campaign,”
110
; anxious to establish Federal force in East Tennessee,
111
; message to Halleck
re
East Tennessee offensive,
115–116
; impatient with Buell,
117
; discouraged by Halleck's letter,
118
; demands action in Tennessee and Kentucky,
119
,
129
,
137
; has Grant promoted to major general,
188
; intervenes in Grant's favor,
206
; directs Halleck's attention to East Tennessee,
279
; interested in campaign in East Tennessee,
285–286
; issues preliminary proclamation of emancipation,
313
; congratulates Grant,
318
; on strategy and morale,
325
; favors opening of Mississippi River,
325
; endorses McClernand's expedition,
326
; on Grant as fighter,
371
; intrigued by idea of bypassing Vicksburg,
377
; and stories of Grant's drunkenness,
396–397
; revokes court-martial sentence of Tom Knox,
397
; begins to understand Grant,
398
; letter to Grant,
488–489

Little Bayou Pierre,
428

Livermore, Mary,
393–394

Logan, John,
444
,
476
,
481

Louisville
, gunboat,
151
,
157
,
161

Lyon, General Nathaniel,
31

M
C
A
RTHUR
, J
OHN
,
165
,
166

McClellan, General George B., asks for C. F. Smith,
51
; anonymous accusations handicap to,
89
; and the campaign in East Tennessee,
110
,
113–114
,
116
,
119
,
137
; messages to Buell
re
Tennessee offensive,
137–138
; congratulated on fall of Fort Donelson,
180
; refuses Halleck's request for authority,
188
; complains of inadequate reports from Halleck,
195
,
198
; supports Halleck in desire to discipline Grant,
198
; removed from over-all command,
205
; too busy to give attention to Tennessee,
215
; moves on Richmond,
280
; asks for reinforcements in Virginia,
284
; in trouble in Virginia,
289
; at Antietam,
309
; returns to private life,
370

McClernand, General John A., promoted to brigadier,
17
; in Kentucky,
73
; countermands order of Brinton,
108
; and plans to take Fort Henry,
132
,
134
; in the attack on Fort Henry,
141
,
144
; at Fort Donelson,
156
,
162
,
163
,
165
,
166
,
167
,
169
,
171
,
175
,
182
; moves up Tennessee River,
210
; commissioned major general,
223
; at Shiloh,
227
,
228
,
232
,
244
,
247
; given charge of reserve,
266
; reports to Grant on Confederate strength,
268
; ordered to prepare to move east,
285
; at Jackson, Tenn.,
300
; goes to Washington to see Lincoln,
323
,
324
; plan to open Mississippi River,
324
,
325
;. abilities of, assessed,
325–326
; given independent command in Mississippi campaign,
326–327
; Grant hears rumors about,
329
,
330
; asks to be
sent to Mississippi,
334
; disquieted by lack of orders to move,
338
; ordered to report to Grant,
339–340
; joins Sherman and takes charge,
343–344
; Grant has showdown with,
374–376
; Hamilton's attack on,
396
; in Vicksburg campaign,
410
,
411
,
412
,
416
,
417
,
418
,
422
,
452–453
,
456
; relieved of command,
466–468

McClure, A. K.,
370–371

McCook, General Alexander McD.,
244

McCulloch, General Benjamin,
31

McKeever, Chauncey,
70

McKinstry, Major Justus,
37–38
,
39

McPherson, Colonel James B., Halleck sends to Fort Henry,
149–150
; in attack on Fort Donelson,
152
; on rumors about Grant's headquarters,
209
; with Grant near Corinth,
218
; at Pittsburg Landing,
224
; at Shiloh,
230
,
234
,
241
; as superintendent of railroads,
289
; ordered to Corinth,
316
; complains of handling of pursuit of Van Dorn,
319
; in Mississippi campaign,
328
,
330
,
338
; given Christmas feast,
373
; in Vicksburg campaign,
378
,
381
,
417
,
422
,
425
,
428
,
435
,
439
,
440
,
441
,
443–444
,
453
; Hamilton's attack on,
396
; angered at McClernand's order of congratulation,
466
; in favor of paroling plan,
474
; opposed to Confederate officers keeping slaves,
481
; promoted in Regular Army,
488

Mack brothers,
352–353

Magnolia
, steamer,
374

Magoffin, Governor Beriah (Ky.),
37
,
42
,
58

Markland, A. H.,
62

Marsh, Colonel C. C.,
208
,
209

Mason, Colonel Rodney,
305

Mayfield, Ky.,
118
,
120

Meade, General George Gordon,
488
,
489

Mechanicsville, battle of,
284

Medill, Joseph,
261
,
369–370

Memphis, Tenn, Navy occupies,
277
; Sherman sent to,
279
; Grant moves headquarters to,
281
; anti-Union feeling in,
290
,
301
; Sherman at,
309
; fall of,
328
; contraband slaves moved to,
362

Memphis and Charleston Railroad,
215
,
279
,
289
,
300
,
304
,
307
,
362
,
401

Memphis and Ohio Railroad,
278

Memphis Appeal
,
142

Mexico, Mo.,
13

“Mexico,” private,
7

Miles, W. Porcher,
405

Milliken's Bend, La.,
342
,
343
,
374
,
409
,
411
,
416
,
465

Mississippi Central Railroad,
279
,
321
,
328
,
372
,
379
,
382
,
477

Mississippi River,
327–333
,
335
.
See also
Gunboats; Porter

Missouri, conditions in (1861),
31–32

Missouri regiments: 6th,
21
; 8th,
50
; 25th,
227
; state guards,
41

Mitchel, Ormsby,
279

Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
224
,
278
,
289
,
300
,
304
,
334
,
337
,
422

Morgan, General George W.,
279
,
334
,
339
,
344

Morgan, John Hunt,
290
,
306

Morrison, Colonel William R.,
156

Mound City, Ill.,
48
,
52–53
,
102

Mower, Colonel Joe,
311

Muldraugh's Hill, Ky.,
57

Mulligan, Colonel James A.,
59

Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
214
,
370

Murphy, Colonel R. C,
340
,
355
,
361–362

N
APLES
, I
LL
.,
10–11

Nashville, Tenn.,
185–186
,
189–190
,
327

Nebraska Regiment, 1st,
26

Negro regiments,
364
,
403–405
,
465
.
See also
Slaves, fugitive

Nelson, General William, Grant orders to move on Nashville,
189–190
,
220
; Grant orders to Pittsburg Landing,
223–224
; at Shiloh,
238–239
,
241
,
244

New Carthage, La.,
409–410
,
411
,
415–416
,
421

New Madrid, Mo.,
41
,
71
,
101
,
195
,
214
,
250
,
328

New Orleans, occupation of,
277

New York Herald
, publishes first news of Shiloh,
251
,
252
; reprints Whitelaw Reid's story of Shiloh,
252
; criticizes Grant,
254–255
; prints Beauregard's plea for reinforcements,
269
; on the Negro problem,
364
; on fight at Chickasaw Bayou,
397

New York Times
, on cotton-speculating and Grant's advance,
349
; on affairs at Vicksburg,
369
,
399–400
; on Grant,
390–391
,
455–456
; on the soldiers,
431

New York Tribune
,
388
,
483

New York World,
on Grant,
272
; spreads gloom about Vicksburg,
368–369
; changes opinion of Grant,
390
; on affairs at Vicksburg,
399
,
400
; on Vicksburg's fate,
456

Newsham, Major Thomas J.,
174

Ninth Army Corps,
460
,
485

Norfolk, Mo.,
56
,
71

Nurses, problem of,
53–54

O
GLESBY
, C
OLONEL
R
ICHARD
, turns over Cairo command to Grant,
47
; to renew armed reconnaissance in Kentucky,
59
; to retire to Bird's Point,
61
; to pursue Thompson,
72–73
; and battle of Belmont,
80
; seizes wagons on Charleston-Belmont road,
101
; at Fort Donelson,
157
,
165

Ohio regiments: 5th,
229
; 11th,
311
; 20th,
162
,
163
,
165–166
,
172
; 35th,
295
; 40th,
440
; 41st,
269
; 46th,
210
; 53rd,
228
; 54th,
234
; 71st,
228
,
305
; 77th,
227
; 81st,
234
,
240

Okolona, Miss.,
278

Oppossum
, gunboat,
410

Ord, General E. O. C, at Corinth,
300
; Grant's estimate of,
309
; and plans to attack Iuka,
309–311
; and battle of Corinth,
316
,
317
; replaces McClernand,
467
,
468

Owl Creek, bridge at,
229
,
243

Oxford, Miss., Grant reaches,
332

P
ADUCAH
, K
Y
., Polk wants to occupy,
42
; strategic importance of,
48
; Union occupation of,
49
; removed from Grant's control,
50
; reinforcements for,
50
,
51
; under C. F. Smith,
87
,
135

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