James Ford Rhodes (1848–1927). History of the Civil War, 1861–1865. 1917.
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Lyons, Lord, and mediation, 21; and Trent affair, 74, 78, 79.
McClellan, G. B., on unpreparedness in Ohio, 30; on Ohio troops, 31; commands Army of the Potomac, 48; organization of army, 56–58; over-estimation of enemy, 57, 137; unjustifiable inactivity (1861), 58–62; Lincoln’s patience, 60; general command, 61; hard responsibility, 62; conceit, illness, 63; and Trent affair, 72; and Grant after Fort Donelson, 93; further loss of opportunity, 95; and Merrimac,116; and plans against New Orleans, 118; Peninsular plans, 124; relieved of general command, Yorktown, 125; before Richmond, 126, 127, 133; never ready to attack, 131, 144; Fair Oaks, 131, 132; Lee’s plan against, 134; Seven Days, 135–144; why he failed, 138–142; dislike of fighting, 141; after Peninsular campaign, antipathy of Radicals, 158, 162, 163; Halleck rejects plans, army withdrawn from Peninsula, 159; failure to coöperate with Pope, 160; restored to command after Second Bull Run, 161–163; Blair on, 164; Antietam campaign, 168–170; inertness after Antietam, 179, 180; removed, 180, 181; as commander, 181; and succession to Hooker, 231; comparison with Grant’s Virginia campaign, 312; pressure for restoration (1864), 328; Presidential campaign, 335, 337–339.
McClernand, J. B., Fort Donelson, 88–90; Shiloh, 102; Vicksburg, 251.
McClure, A. K., on Lincoln and Grant after Shiloh, 108.
McDowell, Irvin, Bull Run campaign, 37–42; and Peninsular campaign, 125, 126; and Jackson’s Valley operations, 129, 130; under Pope, 157.
McGuire, Hunter, on Jackson at Chancellorsville, 214.
March to the sea, planning, division of forces with Thomas, 398–400; beginning, 400–402; force, 402; spirit of troops, 402, 404; supplies, equipment, 402; progress, foraging, 403; lack of resistance, 403, 408; destruction, 404–406; pillage, 406; effect on slavery, 407; moral effect, 408; first news, capture of Savannah, 409.
Maryland, and passage of Federal troops, 17–23; does not secede, 24; and Lee’s invasion, 164–166.
See also Antietam; Border States.
Mason, J. M., Trent affair, 70–83; leaves England, 285, 286.
Massachusetts Eighth Regiment, arrival at Washington, 23.
Massachusetts Sixth Regiment, Baltimore affair, 17–19; at Washington, 21.
Meade, G. G., at Gaines’s Mill, 137; on McClellan, 144; on need of military leader, 157; on army in Antietam campaign, 168; on McClellan after Antietam, 180; and removal of McClellan, 180, 181; and succession to McClellan, 183; on Fredericksburg, on movements after Fredericksburg, 186; on Hooker, and succession to Burnside, character, 209; on restoration of morale, 210; on Chancellorsville, 212, 220; at Chancellorsville, 219; on retention of Hooker, 224; commands Army of the Potomac, 231–233; Gettysburg campaign, 233–245; and Pickett’s charge, 242, 244; failure to attack Lee in retreat, 245–247; loses aggressiveness, Lincoln’s confidence lost, 291, 292, 313; retains command under Grant, 304; on Wilderness campaign, 310n.,312.
Mediation and intervention, proposed (1861), 69; French offer, 201, 272; British plans, 268–270; French plans for joint, 271.
