Strong, George Templeton. The Diary of George Templeton Strong. 4 Vols. Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas. : Macmillan, 1952. Vol. 3

Howell Cobb and secession, 54-55 Samuel J. Tilden, 56 Republicans and secession, 56 Wide Awake demonstration, 56-57 Slave trade, 57 Winfield Scott, 57-58 Election day, 58-59 Election returns, 60 Secessionists, slavery, race, 60 Peaceable secession, 61-63, 72-73 Secession and financial crisis, 62-63 Political crisis and lavish dinners, 63 Slavery, upper south, secession, 64 Concession, politicians, Republicans, personal liberty laws, 65-66 North-South differences, 68 James Buchanan, message on secession, 69 Compromise, Republicans, failure, 71 Fort Moultrie, Charleston, Robert Anderson, 74-75 Weed, Seward, Greeley, Republicans, 76 Sectional compromise, 77-80 Secession prospects, 78 Episcopalian Vinton and national crisis, 81 Robert Anderson, Moultrie, Sumter, 81 Buchanan and secession, 85 Washington, compromise efforts, 86ff William H. Seward, 89 Compromise and slavery, 91 Peaceable secession, slavery, disease, 93-96 Republicans and compromise, 94 Religion and slavery, 96-97 Virginia, Unionists, secession, 97-98 Sectional crisis and compromise, 98 Lincoln, speeches on way to inauguration, 100 Lincoln assassination plot, Harrisburg, 101-2 Lincoln and Republican party, 102-3 Washington Peace conference, 103-4 Lincoln inaugural, 104ff Southern unionists, 112 Secession and war, 114 Fort Sumter, 114ff Lincoln call for volunteers and newspapers, 120-21 Reaction to Sumter, patriotic volunteering, 121

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Sumter, James Gordon, Bennett, New York Herald, 122 Journal of Commerce, mob, American flag, 123 Flags and churches, 124 Major Robert Anderson, 125 Church and state, 125-26 Union mass meeting, 127-28 Gardiner Spring, 127-28 Raising troops, 132-33 Drilling, 134ff Flags everywhere, 135 Sermon of doubtful loyalty, 136 Hannibal Hamlin, 139 Border states, 140 Northerners vs. southerners as soldiers, 141 Nature of the war and conflict between north and south, 142 Southern press rhetoric, 144 English diplomacy, 145-46 Elmer Ellsworth, 146-47, 152 Soldiers, stink, disease, 148 Montgomery Blair, 151 Irvin McDowell, 154, 179 Robert E. Lee and Arlington, 154-55 Contrabands, slaves, 156-57 Stephen A. Douglas, 157 Sanitary Commission, 159-60, 164-65, 172-74, 178-79, 183-84, 207 Crittenden-Johnson resolution, 160 National Hymn Committee, 161-63 Washington described, 164-66 Benjamin F. Butler, 166-67 First Bull Run, 168ff Barbarous Confederates, 170, 174 Washington hospitals, 173 Dorothea Dix, 173-74 Vigorous war measures, 175-76 British, French, and Bull Run, 176-77 Fremont proclamation, slaves, 177-78, 184 Balloons, 179 Medical Department in army, 181-82, 186-88 Fears financial losses, involvency, enlistment, 182 Missouri affairs, 182-83 Montgomery Meigs, 187 Simon Cameron, 187-88 Fremont and St. Louis Sanitary Commission, 188-89 Spies and traitors, 190 Winfield Scott, 191-92, 195 John C. Fremont, slaves, emancipation, 191

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Mason and Slidell, 192-93, 196-98 Greenbacks, legal tender, 201 McClellan and Stanton, 203 Henry Wilson, 203 Charles Stone, 206 Fort Donelson, 206-7 Sanitary Commission, McClellan, Lincoln, Stanton, 207 Stanton and letter of New York Tribune, 208 Gordon, slave trader hanged, 208-9 Merrimac, ironclads, floating batteries, 210 Advance of McClellan's army and Confederate abandonment of Manassas, 211 Confederate letters, 213 Merrimac, 214 Shiloh, 215-17 Emancipation in Washington D.C. 216-17 Sanitary Commission and medical bureau, 217-18 Sanitary Commission and Hospital ship, 219-20 Black Confederate sharpshooter, 222 Soldier morale, hospitals, 224 Lincoln and Norfolk, 225 Sanitary Commission, 226 Valley campaign, 226ff Stanton and Sanitary Commission, 227 Morale, gloom, 241 (previous pages have much on Seven Days) Conscription, draft, 243-44 McClellan and Lincoln, 244-45 John Pope and disaster, 247 Stanton and Sanitary Commission, 248-49 Wounded and Pope, 253-54 Pope, McClellan and Fitz John Porter, 254 Halleck, Mary Lincoln, intelligence leaks, 255 Sanitary Commission, 257-58 Antietam, hospitals, burial, 259-61 Emancipation Proclamation, 261-62 Episcopal church and the war, religion, 262-63, 265-66 1862 elections, Wadsworth, Seymour, 263ff Alabama unionist, 267 Elections and arbitrary arrests, 268-69 Horace Greeley, 270 Course of the war and future, 274-75 Sanitary Commission, 275-78 Fredericksburg, 276ff Seward and cabinet crisis, 282 Ambrose Burnside, 282 Christmas, 282 Emancipation Proclamation, and Lincoln, 282-84

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Rosecrans, 287 Fitz John Porter and McClellan, 287, 289 Joseph Hooker, 290. 312, 317 Frederick Law Olmsted, 291 William H. Seward, 291-92 Sanitary Commission, 294 Morale, 295 Burnside, Fredericksburg, Franklin, McClellan, 297 France and mediation, 297 Frederick Law Olmsted, Sanitary Commission, 304-5 Benjamin F. Butler, women, New Orleans, 305 Stanton and Surgeon General Hammond, 306 Copperheads, 310 Christian Commission, 311 English relations, 311 Union League; rival leagues, 312 Sanitary Commission, Henry W. Bellows, Stanton, 313-15 Chancellorsville, 317ff New York Union League, 321-22, 325 Rumors, 323 Black troops, 325 Joseph Hooker and Robert E. Lee, 325-26 Blockade running, 326 George G. Meade and Gettysburg, 326ff Rumors, victory, skepticism, 328 Conscription, Horatio Seymour, copperheads, 333 New York draft riots, 335-341 Horatio Seymour and draft riots, 340, 352 Draft riots and Irish, 342-43 John Hunt Morgan, 343 New Orleans affairs, 344-45 William Lowndes Yancey, 346 Stakes of the war, 347 Black troops, 347. Draft, Irish, blacks, copperheads, insurrection, 348-49 Confederates and black troops, 350 Thomas Carlyle on the , 351 Charles A. Dana and U.S. Grant, 352 War, victory, morale, 354 Christianity, the poor, and the war, religion, 356-57 Rosecrans, Chickamauga, 357ff Charleston, 360 Black troops, Fort Wagner, 361 Maryland secessionism, 362 Contraband gangs, 362 1863 elections, McClellan, 364, 368

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Chickamauga, William S. Rosecrans, religion, 366 Burnside, executions in Tennessee, 367-68 Confederate deserters, starvation, Union prisoners, 371-72 Henry Ward Beecher, Sanitary Commission, 372-73 Chattanooga battles, 373ff Henry W. Bellows, Sanitary Commission, Copperheads, 375-77 Abraham Lincoln, reconstruction, popularity, 379 Memminger report on Confederate finances, 381-82 Sanitary Commission, 382 Reconstruction, 386-87 Shelling of Charleston, 387 Horatio Seymour, 389 Archbishop John Hughes, 390 Washington, Willard's Hotel, 393 Robert E. Lee, 395 Blockade running and Confederate agents, 395 Confederate internal divisions, 396-97 Morale and expectations for year in the war, 398 Sanitary Commission, Metropolitan Fair, raffle, 402-3 Gurowski, 405 and black troops, 411-12 Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, Sanitary Fairs, women, morality, 412-14 Ulysses S. Grant, 416 Sanitary Fair, 419ff Women's Sanitary Fair and Sanitary Commission, 421-27, 430-31 Finances, Grant, McClellan, 423 Gold prices, 428-29 Sanitary Fair and votes for Grant and McClellan, 432 Sanitary Commission, Washington, 437ff Stanton and Sanitary Commission, 442 Grant and Overland campaign, 442ff Nathaniel P. Banks and Red River campaign, 443 John Sedgwick, 444 Spotsylvania Courthouse, 445ff Public morale, 447 Copperheads, newspapers, fictitious Lincoln proclamation, Manton Marble, 449, 451 Horatio Seymour, 451-52 Morale, Grant, gold prices, 452 1864 election and nomination fight, 453 West Pointers, Grant, McClellan, 454 Cleveland convention, Fremont, McClellan, Grant, 455 Lincoln, Johnson, New York World, 457-58 Morale, Gold, Grant, 458 Grant and Petersburg, 459 Gold prices, 460

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