Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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