Read Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief Page 35


  on political generals

  on political interference in military affairs

  Hampton Roads Conference

  hard-war policy

  Harney, William

  Harpers Ferry

  Haupt, Herman

  Hay, John:

  on causes of McClellan’s behavior

  in Greeley’s peace mission

  on Halleck’s hatred of responsibility

  with Lincoln and Seward on visit to McClellan

  as Lincoln’s private secretary

  on McClellan as never ready to fight

  reports on Lincoln by

  Hitchcock, Ethan Allen

  Holly Springs

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.

  Hood, John Bell

  Hooker, Joseph:

  appointed to army command

  Battle of Chancellorsville

  Burnside’s attempt to cashier

  conflicts with Halleck

  failure to meet expectations

  generals as dissatisfied with

  intrigues to replace Burnside

  and Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania

  on need for dictator

  overconfidence of

  plan for campaign of 1863

  resigning his command

  Howard, Oliver O.

  Hunter, David

  Hunter, Robert M. T.

  Island No. 10

  Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall”:

  Battle of Chancellorsville

  Battle of Fredericksburg

  Lee’s retreat from Maryland covered by

  in Maryland invasion of 1862

  opposing Pope on Rappahannock

  Second Battle of Bull Run

  Shenandoah Valley campaign of

  Jaquess, James

  Johnson, Andrew

  Johnston, Albert Sidney

  Johnston, Joseph E.:

  Battle of Bull Run

  Battle of Seven Pines

  becoming commander of Army of Tennessee

  forced south by McClellan’s offensive on the Peninsula

  in Grant’s coordinated strategy for 1864

  and Lincoln’s Occoquan Valley plan

  in Lincoln’s Special Order No. 1

  in McClellan’s Urbana plan

  pulling back from Yorktown toward Richmond

  in Union strategy for 1864

  withdrawal to Culpeper

  Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War

  Kentucky:

  Battle of Perryville

  Bragg’s invasion of

  Confederate cavalry raids in 1862

  and Frémont’s emancipation policy

  Lincoln’s call for militia refused by

  Lincoln’s effort to prevent secession of

  in McClellan’s August 1861 plan

  neutrality policy of

  Key, John

  Knoxville

  Lee, Robert E.:

  abandoning Richmond

  Battle of Antietam

  Battle of Chancellorsville

  Battle of Gettysburg

  on exchange of black soldiers

  in Grant’s coordinated strategy for 1864

  in Grant’s original strategy for 1864

  Grant’s Overland campaign of 1864 against

  invasion of Maryland of 1862

  invasion of Pennsylvania of 1863

  Jackson ordered to create diversion in Shenandoah Valley

  Jackson sent to oppose Pope on Rappahannock

  Meade’s confrontation in Virginia in 1863

  Meade urged to attack after Gettysburg

  proposal for meeting with Grant

  Second Battle of Bull Run

  Seven Days’ battles

  Sherman’s march affecting supplies for

  surrender of

  taking command in Virginia

  Lincoln, Abraham:

  in first half of 1861

  advancing money to purchase arms and vessels

  blockade of Southern ports proclaimed by

  border state secession prevented by

  decision to attack Confederate force at Manassas, Virginia

  draft of 75,000 militia

  exploring options before taking office

  first inaugural address on upholding federal law

  Fort Sumter crisis

  habeas corpus suspended by

  patronage appointments as preoccupation of

  promise to avoid destruction of Southern property

  secession’s legitimacy denied by

  three-year volunteers called by

  “war powers” doctrine of

  in second half of 1861

  arrest of Maryland legislators approved by

  bill for enlistment of 500,000 volunteers

  and East Tennessee Unionists

  McClellan appointed general-in-chief by

  McClellan given command of Army of the

  Potomac by

  McClellan’s opinion of

  McClellan’s snub of Seward and

  near-term strategy after Bull Run

  political generals appointed by

  relations with Frémont

  relations with McClellan

  strategic plan of December 1861

  Trent affair

  in first half of 1862

  considering removal of McClellan in March

  General Order No. 1

  issued by

  Grant supported after Shiloh by

  in Halleck-Grant conflict

  McClellan removed as general-in-chief by

  and McClellan’s failure on Peninsula

  on McClellan’s Harpers Ferry fiasco

  on McClellan’s having to act on Peninsula

  McClellan’s Peninsula strategy approved by

  McClellan’s Urbana plan approved by

  in Norfolk-area operations

  plans of January 1862

  and Shenandoah Valley campaign

  Special Order No. 1

  issued by

  Stanton appointed secretary of war by

  on Vallandigham conviction

  visit to Scott in June

  in second half of 1862

  anger with McClellan after Second Bull Run

  Army of the Potomac’s bond with

  Banks given command in Louisiana by

  and Battle of Fredericksburg

  on Battle of Stones River

  on black soldiers

  and Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky

  Buell removed from command by

  on Buell’s campaign in East Tennessee

  Buell urged to follow up Perryville

  Burnside given command of Army of the

  Potomac by

  Burnside offered army command in July

  call for 300,000 more volunteers

  and criticism of Burnside by his generals

  forced to neglect Mississippi River Valley

  habeas corpus suspended by

  Halleck appointed general-in-chief by

  on Halleck’s breakdown at Second Bull Run

  hard-war policy adopted by

  and Lee’s invasion of Maryland

  McClellan finally removed from command by

  McClellan returned to command after Second

  Bull Run

  on McClellan’s destroying rebel army if possible

  McClellan told to show more initiative

  McClellan urged to follow up Antietam by

  McClernand given in de pen dent command by

  opinion that McClellan wouldn’t fight

  Pinkerton interrogated about Antietam by

  reinforcing Army of the Potomac after Seven Days

  and Republican attempt to force out Seward after Fredericksburg

  reviewing Army of the Potomac after Seven Days

  Rosecrans urged to fight by

  taking responsibility for defeat on Peninsula

  in first half of 1863

  and Battle of Chancellorsville

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bsp; Burnside’s resignation accepted by

  on Du Pont’s attack on Charleston

  and generals’ dissatisfaction with Hooker

  and Grant’s Vicksburg campaign

  Hooker appointed to army command by

  on Hooker’s overconfidence

  Hooker’s resignation accepted by

  on Lee’s army as true objective

  and Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania

  political opposition to

  in second half of 1863

  acknowledging that Grant was right

  and Battle of Gettysburg

  Burnside ordered to reinforce Rosecrans by

  on cavalry counter-raids

  Frederick Douglass’s meeting with

  on French intervention in Mexico

  Gettysburg Address

  Grant considered for command of Army of the Potomac

  Grant given command in the West by

  lack of belief in Meade

  Meade appointed to army command by

  Meade urged to attack Lee after Gettysburg

  on Mobile campaign

  on New York City Draft Riots

  and prisoner exchange suspension

  Proclamation of Amnesty and

  Reconstruction

  on reinforcements from East to Rosecrans

  and Rosecrans’s Tennessee campaigns

  on Vicksburg’s surrender

  in first half of 1864

  anxiety in May

  Butler as political problem for

  concern about Grant’s presidential ambitions in 1864

  on continuing to fight “if it takes three years more,”

  division of responsibility with Grant

  on Early’s Washington raid

  Grant appointed general-in-chief by

  and Halleck and Grant’s discussion of military strategy

  on Northern overconfidence in May

  renomination for presidency

  in second half of 1864

  anticipating defeat in election

  blind memorandum of August 23

  call for 500,000 more volunteers

  conditions for peace of

  on destroying Southern resources

  election of 1864

  and Gilmore-Jaquess mission

  on Greeley’s peace negotiations

  meeting with Grant on July 31

  and peace transactions of summer

  popularity with soldiers of

  and Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley campaign

  on Sherman’s march to the sea

  on Thomas’s delays in attacking Hood

  Wade-Davis bill killed by

  in 1865

  assassination of

  and Blair-Davis meeting

  on bringing South back into Union

  Grant-Lee meeting prohibited by

  Grant’s headquarters visited by

  at Hampton Roads Conference

  on proposal that Virginia legislature repeal secession ordinance

  Richmond visited by

  second inaugural address of

  and slavery (see also Emancipation Proclamation)

  abolished in District of Columbia by

  colonization supported by

  on constitutional amendment to abolish

  and Frémont’s emancipation policy

  on saving Union as goal of war

  seeking abolition in border states

  as strategist on central idea of Civil War

  as Clausewitzian

  on concentration in time

  dynamic conceptions of

  on his military ser vice

  as his own general-in-chief

  learning functions of commander in chief on the job

  military strategy studied by

  role in military strategy