Rise to Greatness (81 page)

cotton and

ex-slaves in

Grant drives Confederates from

Tennessee and Ohio Railroad

Tennessee River

Texas

Thomas, Benjamin Franklin

Thomas, Edward

Thomas, George

Thouvenel, Edouard

Todd, Alexander “Aleck” (Mary’s half-brother)

Todd, David (Mary’s half-brother)

Todd, Elizabeth (Mary’s sister)

Todd, Samuel (Mary’s half-brother)

transcontinental railroad

Treasury Department

Trent
crisis

Trumbull, Lyman

Turner, Levi

“Twenty Years Ago” (song)

ultras

Underground Railroad

Union

cabinet and

differences within, and slavery

economic advantages of

first victories of Grant and

hope for easy restoration of

Lincoln’s goal of preserving

Union armies.
See also
Army of the Cumberland; Army of the Ohio; Army of the Potomac; Amy of the Tennessee; Army of Virginia; western armies;
and specific battles, campaigns, and commanders

condition of, in early 1862

condition of, in early 1863

demoralization and

desertions and

Emancipation Proclamation and

fissures in position of

foraging and

funding of

Lincoln as commander in chief and

Lincoln grilled by Congress on

McClellan firing and

medical care and

multiple used, vs. Confederate line

New York and

recruitment and

reinforcements and

supply depots of, plundered

size of

slaves flee to

troops on leave from

Union League

Union Navy.
See also specific battles, commanders, and ships

Union rallies

United States, survival of, as republic

U.S. Army, pre–Civil War

U.S. Congress

abolitionists and

achievements of

colonization and

elections of 1862 and

emancipation and

Emancipation Proclamation and

homestead act and

Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War

Lincoln’s annual message to, of 1861

Lincoln’s annual message to, of 1862

Sioux executions and

Trent
affair and

U.S. Constitution

president’s war powers and

slavery and

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Sanitary Commission

U.S. Senate

anti-slave trade treaty and

Committee on Naval Affairs

Foreign Relations Committee

Seward resignation demanded by

West Virginia and

U.S. Supreme Court

appointments to

Vallandigham, Clement

Vanderbilt, Cornelius

Vanderbilt
(Union ship)

Van Dorn, Earl

Vicksburg

Grant move on

Victoria, Queen of England

Vinton, Francis L.

Virginia.
See also
Peninsula Campaign; Richmond;
and specific battles and locations

Confederate retreat into

reorganization of armies in

McDowell and McClellan advances in, post-Yorktown

Virginia
(Confederate ironclad, formerly
Merrimack
)

burning of

Hampton Roads Battle vs.
Monitor

Voorhees, Daniel W.

Wade, Benjamin “Bluff Ben”

Wadsworth, James A.

Ward, Artemus

War Department

Stanton replaces Cameron as secretary

Warrior
(British armored ship)

Washburne, Elihu

Washington, George

Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis

Washington, D.C.

Confederate retreat from

condition of, in early 1862

defenses of

emancipation in

free blacks in

Fugitive Slave Act and

McClellan heads defense of

McClellan stays near, during Second Manassas

rumor mills of

society of

Union rally of August 6

wounded soldiers and

Washington
Evening Star

Watson, Peter

Watt, John

Waud, Alfred

Weed, Thurlow

Welles, Gideon

Welles, Hubert

Welles, Mary Ellen

Wellington, Duke of

West, settlement of

western armies.
See also specific battles and commanders

western Virginia

West Point

West Virginia, statehood and

Whig Party

White House

midnight ball of February 5

New Year’s Day open house of 1862

New Year’s Day open house of 1863

presidential quarters in

White House (Custis family mansion)

Whiting, William

Whitman, Walt

Whittier, John Greenleaf

Wickliffe, Charles

Wikoff, Henry “Chevalier”

Wilkes, Charles

Wilkinson, Morton

Willard’s Hotel

Williamsburg, Battle of

Willis, Nathaniel Parker

Wilson, Henry

Wilson’s Creek, Battle of

Winchester, Battle of

Wisconsin, University of

Wood, Fernando

Wood Lake, Battle of

Wool, John

Worden, John

Yates, Richard

York River

Yorktown Siege

Zacharie, Isachar

Zachringer, Conrad

Zollicoffer, Felix

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

D
AVID VON
D
REHLE
is the author of three previous books, including the award-winning
Triangle
, an account of the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire that
The New York Times
called “social history at its best.” An editor-at-large at
Time
magazine, he lives with his family near Kansas City, Missouri.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Von Drehle, David.

    Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year / David Von Drehle. — 1st ed.

           p. cm.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    ISBN 978-0-8050-7970-8

    1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865. 2. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Military leadership. 3. Political leadership—United States—History—19th century. 4. United States—Politics and government—1861–1865. 5. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865. I. Title. II. Title: Abraham Lincoln and the making of America.

    E457.45.V67 2012

    973.7092—dc23

    [B]                                         2012013053

First Edition 2012

Maps by Gene Thorp

eISBN 978-0-8050-9608-8