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    Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

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      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

     
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