Collection Created by Dr. George C. Rable

Author Surname Beginning with “M”

Collection created by Dr. George C. Rable

Documents added as of September 2021

McDonald, David. “Diaries of Judge David McDonald.” Indiana Magazine of History 28

(December 1932): 282-306.

Trip to Washington,, 1862, 294ff Federal courts, 294ff Buckner and treason charge, 295 Poor women, poverty, 295 McClellan, 295 Treason, debate in Senate, 296 Lincoln, mixed assessment, 296-97 Indiana appointments, 297 Gideon Welles, 297 Montgomery Blair, 297 Senator James Harlan, 297 McClellan and Army of the Potomac, 298 Methodist sermon, 298 Indiana soldiers, wounded soldiers, 298 Sisters of Charity, 298-99 Unitarian service, 299 McClellan on the Peninsula, 299 Judicial appointment, 1864, 299ff Many soldiers in Washington, 300 Visit with Lincoln, 300-1 Railroad journey to Washington, 301 Elihu Washburne, 302 Unitarian sermon against slavery, 302 Death of Roger Taney, 302-3 Supreme Court, 303 Spiritualist, 304 James S. Lane, Lincoln, judicial appointment, 305

McNelly, James Boies. “I Am to Write a Few Things.” Civil War Times Illustrated 35

(February 1997) electronic, no pagination

7th Kentucky Infantry Columbus Kentucky Belmont Diarrhea Corinth Vicksburg Hospital Baton Rouge

Harrisburg, Tupelo Nathan Bedford Forrest Brice’s Crossroads Hood’s Tennessee campaign Selma

McQuaid, John L. and L. H. Mangum. “Cleburne’s Last Charge.” Civil War Times Illustrated

36 (February 1998): electronic, no pagination.

Disputes earlier accounts of Cleburne’s death Body several yards from the Federal works Death of General Granbury Cleburne had two horses killed the charged the works on foot

Mansur, W. H. “Diary of Lieutenant W. H. Mansur.” United Daughters of the Confederacy

Magazine 11 (December 1948): 9-10.

3rd Missouri Infantry, Co. C Atlanta campaign, 9 Skirmishing, 9 Hood’s Tennessee campaign, battle of Franklin, wounded, 10

Marchmann, Mrs. George. “Six Weeks to Texas.” Edited by Maury Darst. Texana 6 (Summer

1968): 140-52.

Journey from New York to Texas, 1861 New York, hostility to southern sympathizers, 140 Zouaves and carnival atmosphere, 141 Bull Run, 141 Ellsworth funeral, 141-42 Shopping, bargains, 142 Left Jersey City, 142 New Albany, Indiana, 143 Louisville, 143 Musicians, 144 Unsure of Unionists or Confederates, 145 Food, 146 Calhoun, Kentucky, 146 Refugees, 146 Fort Sumter, 147 Southern gentlemen and slaves, faithful slaves, 147-48

Steamboat to New Orleans, 148 New Iberia, stage coaches, 149 Mules, 151 Train to Houston, 152

Marcy, Henry Orlando. “”Robbing the Owner or Saving the Property from Destruction?’

Paintings in the Middleton Place House.” South Carolina Historical Magazine 78 (April

1977): 92-103.

Medical director, Sherman’s staff, Carolina campaign Middleton Place Plantation, library, 94 Troops arrive to destroy the house, 94 Drayton Place, 95 Library burned, blacks robbed, 95 Claims that Marcy took paintings, 96 Theft of books and paintings, 96

Maupin, Socrates. “Socrates Maupin’s Journal as Chairman of the Faculty, University of

Virginia.” Albermarle County Historical Society Papers 3 (1942-43): 56-69.

Chairman of the Faculty, University of Virginia Student dies of diphtheria, 57 Students enters army, 59 et passim Professors, students, and militia draft, 59, 61 Federals approaching Charlottesville, 62 Turner Ashby, buried in university cemetery, 63-64 Wounded soldiers from Port Republic, 64 Student firing pistol on the lawn, 65 Students left university without leave to go to volunteer at Spotsylvania, 69

Mervin, Charles K. “Jottings by the War: A Sailor’s Log—1862-1864.” Pennsylvania

Magazine of History and Biography 71 (April, July 1947): 121-51, 242-82.

USS Princeton and Powhattan Enlistment, 122 Stolen alcohol, 124 Port Royal, 128 Fugitive slaves, 129

Burial at sea, 131 Charleston, 131ff Accident to captain, 142 Accidental death, 143 Philadelphia, 149 Ship repairs, 150 Saratoga, 242-43 Cape Haytien, 243ff Port Au Prince, 250 Havana, 252 Key West, 253 Mail, letters, 255 St. Domingo, 255 Lice, 255-57 St. Thomas, 258 Black women want sailors to come ashore, 259 Alcohol, 259 Boxing, 260 Sabbath, 265 Privateer, 266 Sailor falls to his death, 266-67 Sailor pay, 168 Minstrels on board ship, crew in show, 275 Political discussion, 276 Fort Fisher, 279-81

Minor, Hubbard Taylor, Jr. ‘”I am Getting a Good Education . . .” Civil War Times Illustrated

13 (November 1974): 25-32.

Naval academy cadet. Patrick Henry school ship Religious service, 26 Uniform, 26 Studying, 27ff Richmond, 27 Teeth fixed, 27 Religious service, 29 Confirmation, asked to teach a class of young women, 31 Challenged to a duel, 33

Minor, Hubbard Taylor, Jr. “Diary of a Confederate Naval Cadet.” Civil War Times Illustrated

13 (December 1974): 24-36.

Confederate naval cadet, Savannah, Georgia Ironclad Savannah, 25ff

Captured USS Water Witch, 25-28 Back to the Patrick Henry, studying, 32 Dysentery, 35 Fall of Richmond, 35

Minor, John B. “John B. Minor’s Civil War Diary.” Edited by Anne Freudenberg and John

Casteen. Albermarle County Historical Society Magazine 22 (1963-64): 45-55.

University of Virginia professor Sheridan’s raid, 45ff Mud, 46-47 Early defeated at Waynesboro, 46 Confederate pickets driven in, 48 Arrival of Yankees, 49 George A. Custer, 49 General Merritt, 52 Divine protection, 53 Guard, 54 Rosser’s Confederates, 54 Attempted rape of slave, 54 Relief at departure of Yankees, 55

Moore, Josephus C. “Diary of a Confederate Soldier.” Edited by Larry G. Bowman and Jack B.

Scroggs. Military Review 62 (February 1982): 20-34.

18th Tennessee Infantry, Co. F Enlistment, 21 Measles, 21 Furlough, 23 Soldier pay, 25 Fort Donelson, taken prisoner, 26-28 Prisoner at Camp Butler, 28 Prisoner death, 32 Prisoner exchange, 32 Oath, 32-33

Morrow, Henry A. ”To Chancellorsville with the Iron Brigade: The Diary of Colonel Henry A.

Morrow: Part I.” Civil War Times Illustrated 14 (January 1976): 12-22.

24th Michigan Infantry Mud March, Henry J. Raymond, Burnside, 12, 14 Hooker, arrest of Solomon Meredith, 14-15

Get rid of McClellan influence, Franklin, Baldy Smith, John Reynolds, Wade, Chandler, Wilkinson, 15 Meredith favors McClellan. opposed to black soldiers, 16 Washington Union meeting, Andrew Johnson, Andrew Foote, 16 Cavalry review, Lincoln, 17 Hooker, 17 Chancellorsville, 18-21 General Wadsworth, 18 General Reynolds, 20-21 Asks why the retreat, 22

Morrow, Henry A. “The Last of the Iron Brigade: The H. A. Morrow Diary: Conclusion.”

Civil War Times Illustrated 14 (February 1976): 10-21.

24th Michigan Infantry Rejoining the regiment, 10 Loss of confidence in Meade, confidence in Grant, 10 Poor discipline in army and much criticism of superiors, 10 Meade denied he had been for McClellan and deplored Chicago platform, 11 Sickles and Burnside, 11 Benjamin Butler, speech on offering terms to the Confederates, 12 Lack of faith in Sheridan, 13 Fort Morton, mortar, crater, 13 Picket shooting by Confederates, 13-14 Petersburg, 14ff Property destruction, 15 Expedition to destroy railroad, 15-16 Deplores and destruction of property and rapes, 16 Soldiers murdered near Sussex courthouse, 16 General Warren, Butler, 17 End of 1864 and beginning of 1865, 18 Hampton Roads conference, 19 Picket truce, 19 Marching, Hatcher’s Run, casualties, 20 Wounded, 20

Mumford, William Taylor. “Diary of the Vicksburg Siege.” American History Illustrated 12

(December 1977): 46-48.

1st Louisiana Artillery, 2nd Lieutenant Vicksburg campaign, 46ff Gunboats, 46 Artillery fire at Union ship trying to pass Vicksburg, 46

Grand Gulf, 46-47 Man killed by sharpshooters, 47 Federal assault on Vicksburg, 47 Burial truce, 47 Mortar fire, 47-48 Surrender of Vicksburg, 48

Murray, Frances. “The Moral Regiment at the Battle of Vicksburg.” Civil War Times Illustrated

45 (February 2006): electronic, no pagination.

33rd Illinois Infantry Vicksburg campaign Champion Hill, Big Black Sharpshooters Assault on Vicksburg Siege, confidence Artillery fire Soldier pay, sutler Surrender of Vicksburg

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McAlpine, Newton. “Beleaguered Petersburg.” Blue and Gray 2 (1893): 172-74.

61st Virginia Infantry Petersburg, 172ff Night blindness, 172 Mahone, 172-73 Weldon railroad, 173-74

McRae, James C. “The ‘Bloody Fifth’.” Southland 2 (July 1898); 180-89.

5th North Carolina Infantry Formation of regiment, 180-81 First Manassas, 181 Peninsula campaign, Yorktown, 181-82 Williamsburg, 182-84 Seven Pines, Seven Days, 184 Antietam, 185 Fredericksburg, 185 Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, 185 Bristoe Station, 185-86 Mine Run, 186 Overland campaign, Wilderness, 186

Spotsylvania Courthouse, 186-87 Appomattox, list of soldiers who surrendered, 188-89

Marshall, J. K. “Head Quarters, 42nd Reg’t N.C.T.” Our Living and Our Dead (October 1873):

451-54.

42nd North Carolina Infantry Skirmish at Goldsboro, North Carolina, railroad, bridge, 451ff Casualties, 453

Mills, Luther Rice. “Letters from the Trenches.” Wake Forest Student 31 (1911-12): 261-95.

26th Virginia Infantry [will only include a letter not found in Mills, Luther Rice. “Letters of Luther Rice Mills--a Confederate Soldier.” North Carolina Historical Review 4 (July 1927): 285-310. Conscription, substitute, 264 Souvenirs, Peninsula campaign, 264

Mills, William Howard. “Army of the Potomac under Hooker.” Magazine of American History

15 (February 1886): 185-95.

14th U.S. Infantry Joseph Hooker. 185 McClellan, Lincoln and Hooker, 187 Discipline, 188 Butterfield, 188-89 Organization, 189-91 Mosby, 192 Badges, 193-94 Lincoln, 195

Mills, William Howard. “Chancellorsville.” Magazine of American History 15 (April 1886):

370-81.

14th U.S. Infantry Chancellorsville, 370ff Geography, 370-72 Hooker’s plan, 372-373 Stoneman, 373-74 Regiments, expiration of enlistments, 374 Marching orders, river crossing, 375-79 Opportunities missed in the preliminaries, 379-81

Mills, William Howard. “From Burnside to Hooker: Trans of the Army of the Potomac, 1863.”

Magazine of American History 15 (January 1886): 44-56.

14th U.S. Infantry Burnside, post-Fredericksburg plan, 44 Organization of Army of the Potomac, 44-45 General Newton and Cochrane visit Washington, Lincoln, Seward, 45-48 Mud March, 49- Hooker, 50-56 McClellan, 51 Burnside, 51-55 Army of the Potomac, casualties, 56

Moncure, E. C. “Reminiscences of the Civil War.” Bulletin of the Virginia State Library 16

(July 1927): 49-76.

9th Virginia Cavalry Overland campaign, Spotsylvania Courthouse, ride with Robert E. Lee, 49-52 Confederate Scout, Wade Hampton, 53-58 Prisoners, 54 Trying to get information from an inarticulate woman on the Federals, 57 Refugees, 58 Another scouting expedition, Wade Hampton, 59-64 Lincoln assassination, Asteroth, David Herald, 64-66 Near Falmouth, skirmishes with McDowell’s troops, 66-67 Stuart’s raid around McClellan’s army, 67-69 Seven Days, 69-70 Skirmishes in fall of 1863, 70ff Drowning, 73 Food, 74 Skirmish at Jones Church, 75-76

Mosby, John S. “Stuart in the Gettysburg Campaign—A Defense of the Cavalry Commander.”

Journal of the United States Cavalry Association 20 (1910): 1150-62.

Virginia, 43rd Battalion Cavalry Thinks Stuart has been maligned in official reports on Gettysburg, 1150ff Criticizes Walter Taylor, 1150-51 Confusing reports by Lee, 1152-54 Stuart’s choices, 1154-55 A. P. Hill, 1155-56 Stuart conducted on June 25, 1156-57

Hill and Henry Heth, 1157-58 Lee know of Hooker’s movements, 1158-1160 Lee’s last order to Mosby, 1161-62

Moore, Martin V. “The Crossing of the Potomac by the Confederate Cavalry.” Southern

Historical Monthly 1 (1876): 73-78.

1st North Carolina Cavalry Jeb Stuart’s crossing the Potomac into Maryland in 1862 Fitz Lee crossed before Hampton, 74-75 Slow crossing, romantic description, 75-78

Moore, Martin V. “General Stuart in Pennsylvania. The Great Cavalry Expedition of 1862.”

Southern Historical Society Transactions 1 (1874): 121-34.

1st North Carolina Cavalry 1862 campaign planned by Lee, not by Stuart, 121 Began on October 9, 122 Prisoners captured, 123 Cheering for Stuart, 123 Praises Christian conduct of the soldiers, 123 Terror of Pennsylvanians, 124 Chambersburg, destruction of supplies, 125=27 Civilian reactions, 127-29 Escaped the enemy, 132-33 Achievements of the raid, 133-34

Documents Added as of January 2020

McArthur, Henry S. “A Yank at Sabine Pass.” Civil War Times Illustrated 12 (December

1973): 38-43.

75th New York Infantry USS Clifton Richard Taylor, Donaldsonville, 38 Tents, 38 On boats headed for Texas, 39 Sabine Pass, 39ff Captured, boat captured, 42-43

McClanahan, John. “Fort Donelson in October, 1862.” Lincoln Herald 69 (Summer 1967): 92-

96.

83rd Illinois Infantry, Captain Fort Donelson, Illness in regiment, diarrhea, fever. 93-94 Skirmishing, prisoners, 93-94 Mead, Christopher. “Baptism of Fire at Chancellorsville.” Edited by Edward G. Longacre.

Manuscripts 35 (Winter 1983): 59-63.

12th New Jersey Infantry, Corporal Chancellorsville campaign, 60-63

Mesnard, Luther B. “The Rise and Survival of Private Mensard.” Edited by Robert

Hoffsommer. Civil War Times Illustrated 24 (January 1986): 18-25; February 1986): 10-

17, 44-45.

55th Ohio Infantry, Private, 25th Ohio Infantry, Major, Memoir Mess, shanty, 20 Cards, gambling, 20 Eleventh Corps generals, 21 Furlough, 21 Troops reviewed by Lincoln, 21 Guard duty, trick, 21-22 Tobacco, 22 Dancing, 22 Chaplain, 22 Hooker, 22 Corduroy roads, 22 Chancellorsville, 22-25 Gettysburg, 13-14 Wounded, 13 Field hospital, 14 Philadelphia hospital, 15 Infected arm, 15 Bummers, 15 Chattanooga, Hooker, Lookout Mountain, 16 Food, rations, 16 Orchard Knob, 17 Knoxville, East Tennessee campaign, 16, 44 Christmas, food, 44 Reenlistment, 44-45 Hilton Head, 45

Fort Pulaski, 45

Moore, William H. “Writing Home to Talladega.” Civil War Times Illustrated 29 (November-

December 1990): 56, 71-74, 76-78.

25th Alabama Infantry, Lieutenant Chickamauga, 71 Casualties, 71 Marriage, 71 Chattanooga, 71ff Thoughts of home, 71-72 Conscription officers, 72 People at home forget them, 72 Women reading at home, 72 Officer election, brother AWOL, 73 Railroad travel, 74 Conditions in Talladega, 74 Joseph Johnston, 74 Review of the army, 76 Atlanta campaign, 76ff Trouble with officers, 77 Moore mortally wounded, 78

Moran, Frank E. “Colonel Rose’s Tunnel at Libby Prison.” Century Magazine 35 (March

1888): 770-790.

73rd New York Infantry Libby prison, tunnel escape, 770ff Thomas E. Rose, 770ff Libby prison described, 770 Chickamauga prisoners, 771-72 Donated clothing, 773 Work on tunnel, 773ff Organizing escape party, 774 Working on the opening, 775-77 Working in sewers, odor, 778 Air for the digger, 779 Roll call, fooling the guards, 780 Rats, 781 Breakthrough covered with a plank, 783 Escape and fate of various parties, 784ff Drawing of Libby and escape tunnel, 786-87 Guards arrested, 787

Documents added as of October 2019

Morton, Philo S. and John P. Wilson. “A Scratch with the Rebels.” Edited by Carolyn P.

Scribner. Civil War Times Illustrated 32 (January-February 1994): 49.

100th Pennsylvania Infantry, Lieutenant and Private Describes how James McCaskey was killed at Secessionville, 49

Documents added as of August 2019

McCardle, William H. “William H. McCardle’s Account of the Great War Between the States.”

Edited by Charlotte Capers. Journal of Mississippi History 9 (1947): 174-81.

Odds against the Confederacy, 174 Farragut and Vicksburg, 176 Ram, Arkansas, 176-77 Van Dorn and Holly Springs, 177-78 Vicksburg campaign, 178ff Pemberton, 179-81

McCook, Daniel. “The Second Division at Shiloh, by a Staff Officer.” Harper’s New Monthly

Magazine 28 (1863-64): 828-33.

Grant and Buell heading to Shiloh and he had to look after embarkation of troops, 829 Rumors of defeat, 829 Great confusion on landing, 830 Second day of fighting, 830ff Found dead friend in a Confederate uniform, 831, burial, 832-33 Artillery, 832

McCook, Edward Moody. “Six Weeks in the Mud.” Overland Monthly 2 (March 1869): 215-

21.

Shiloh, 215ff Confederate exultant on evening of April 6, 216 Dead on the battlefield, 216-17 Shiloh caused realization that war would last longer, 217 Lay in mud after Shiloh, Halleck, 217

Grant, 217 Horrible rain and mud, 217ff Governors arrive looking after volunteers, 218 Surgeons, 218-19 Chaplains, 219-220 Shiloh, 221

McNamara, J. H. “My Knapsack.” Land We Love 6 (February 1869): 316-19.

Secession, 316 Drill, 317 Camp Jackson, 317 Alcohol, 318

Maltman, John Scott. “Andersonville Prison.” Michigan University Magazine 3 (January-July

1869); 134-37, 178-82, 221-26, 270-75, 311-17, 343-51, 392-400.

17th Michigan Infantry Overland campaign, 135 Spotsyvlania Courthouse, 135-36 Taken prisoner, 136 Food, 137 Robbery, 137 Railroad journey, 178ff Danville, 179 Charlotte, Confederate women, 180 Andersonville, 181ff Guard camps, 221 Sergeant of ninety, dividing rations, food, 222 Prisoners hungry for news, 223 Food, 225 Describes old prisoners, 226 Filth, 226 Crowded conditions, 271-73 Exposure, 273-75 Food and hunger, 311- Prison ate officer’s dog, 314 Dead line, 316 Sickly marches, stream, 343-44 Depravity, murder, stealing, 344 Raiders, 344-47 Escape attempts, 347-48 Hospital, 349-50 Death and corpses, 350 Prisoner exchange, 350-51

Florence prison, 392 Escape, 393 Captured by Confederate scouts, slave cabinet, 397 Florence, 398 Food, whipping, 398-99 Florence hospital, 399

Matteson, Elisha C. “Dear Sister—They Fight to Whip.” Civil War Times Illustrated 30

(May/June 1991): 16-17, 58-59.

9th Iowa Infantry Vicksburg. Yazoo River expedition, 16-17 Burial truce, 17 Health, 58 General Steele, alcohol, 58 Canal, 58 Smallpox, 59 Food supplies and Confederates, 59 Mortally wounded, death, 59

Maury, Dabney Herndon. “The Campaign Against Grant in North Mississippi.” Southern

Magazine 11 (November 1872): 598-605.

Van Dorn and Corinth, 598-603 Sterling Price, 598 Confederate numbers, 599 Critique of the battle of Corinth, 603-5 Bowen and Van Dorn, 604-5 Rosecrans, 605

Maury, Dabney Herndon. “The Defence of Mobile in 1865.” Southern Magazine 12 (1873):

289-95.

Trying to force a siege of Mobile, 289 Spanish Fort, 289-91 Fort Blakely, 291 Evacuation of Mobile, 291 Surrender at Meridian, 292. 295 Conduct of troops during defense of Mobile, 292-93 Spanish Fort, ammunition, artillery, 293-95

Maury, Dabney Herndon. “Grant’s Campaign in North Mississippi in 1862.” Southern

Magazine 13 (November 1873): 410-17.

Van Dorn falling back from Corinth, 410 Morale, 411 Narrow escape across the Hatchie River, 412 Holly Springs, failure of Grant, 413-414 Sherman, Stephen D. Lee, Chickasaw Bayou, 414-16 Criticizes Sherman, 417

Maury, Dabney Herndon. “Recollections of the Campaign Against Grant in North Mississippi in

1862-63 of Generals Van Dorn and Price Against Grant.” Southern Magazine 3 (May

1872): 607-12.

Will not criticize any of the generals, 607 Van Dorn, Sterling Price, Corinth, 608 Iuka, battle, 609-12

Documents added as of July 2019

McMahon, Martin Thomas. “The Sixth Army Corps.” United States Service Magazine 5

(March, April 1866): 204-14, 289-300.

William B. Franklin, 204 Seven Days, 205-6 Cheering McClellan in Washington, 206 Antietam, 207 Supplies, Halleck, 207-8 Removal of McClellan, 208 Fredericksburg, 208-9 John Sedgwick, 209ff Chancellorsville, Salem Church, 209-212 Gettysburg, 212-14 Defending lack of pursuit after Gettysburg, 289-90 Emory Upton, 292 Rapidan, 291 Winter quarters, women, 292 Sedgwick, 292 Mine Run, 293 Overland campaign, 294ff

Wilderness, 293 Spotsylvania Courthouse, 295-96 Cold Harbor, 296 1864 Valley campaign, 297 Fisher’s Hill, 297 Guerrillas, 297 Cedar Creek, 297-98 April 2 Petersburg breakthrough, 299-300

Morgan, Michael R. “From City Point to Appomattox with General Grant.” Journal of the

Military Service Institution of the United States 41 (September-October 1907): 227-255.

Chief Commissary of Subsistence Grant and Overland campaign, 228ff Grant described, 229-30 Characteristics of Grant, 230 George H. Thomas, 231 Grant’s camp, 232 Dutch Gap canal, 232-33 Lincoln in 1864, 233 Soldiers and McClellan, 234 Mary Lincoln, 235 Explosion at City Point, Grant, 236 Hampton raid on Federal cattle, Grant, Stanton, 236-37 Thomas W. Sherman. 237 Fort Fisher, Rawlins, General Terry, 240-42 Family, no political ambition, 243 Grant as a writer, 244 Grant and strategy in spring of 1865, 245 Grant, Lincoln, and fall of Petersburg, 246-47 Appomattox campaign, singing, music, 247-48 Appomattox surrender, 249-53

Documents added as of June 2019

McBryde, John Lauren. “Random Recollections of an Octogenarian.” Sewanee Review 31

(1923): 50-59.

Sumter, fatal accident with bayonet in January 1861, 50-51 Sullivan’s Island, accident, oysters, poor marksmanship of artillery, 52-53 First shots in Charleston, 53-55 Edmund Ruffin, 53-54 Enlistment, 55-56 Foraging, 57

Judah P. Benjamin, meeting in African church, failure of Hampton Roads conference,58- 59

McClure, Alexander K. “The Martrydom of Three Heroes of the Civil War.” Book of the Royal

Blue 5 (July 1902): 12-16.

Injustice on Fitz John Porter, Curtin, Patterson, Lincoln regretted judgment, 12-15 Gouverneur Kimble Warren, Five Forks, Grant, Sheridan, 15 William A. Hammond, 15-16

McClure, Alexander K. “Why McClellan Failed as a Leader of the Union Army.” Book of the

Royal Blue 5 (June 1902): 5-9.

Grant an offensive general and McClellan a defensive general, 5 Great organizer and universally loved, 6 Lincoln showed great patience with McClellan, 7 Notes McClellan’s cautious approach at Antietam, 8

“Maj. Gen. Sterling Price.” Land We Love 1 (September 1866): 364-74.

Biographical sketch, 364ff Arkansas secession and Price, 367 Ben McCulloch, 368ff Wilson’s Creek, 368-69 Earl Van Dorn, 371-72 Jefferson Davis, 372-73

Morgan, Michael R. “A Glimpse of the Great War of the Rebellion.” Journal of the Military

Service Institution of the United States 45 (1909): 161-70.

Fort Monroe, secession, newspapers, 161 Oath, 162 Some southern officers left the fort, 162’ Promotions in rank, 163 General Thomas Sherman, 164ff Ships, 165 Port Royal, 165-67

Munford, Thomas T. “The Amenities of War.” Journal of the Military Service Institution of the

United States 49 (1911): 419-20.

Charles Stone, A. P. Hill, fraternization, 419-20

Munford, Thomas T. “A Confederate Cavalry Officer’s Reminiscence.” Journal of the United

States Cavalry Association, 4 (1891): 276-88; 5 (1892): 65-75.

2nd Virginia Cavalry Arms, 276 Camp slaves, 276 Battles, 277 Affection for soldiers in the regiment, 278 Record of service, 279 Joseph Johnston, 280-82 Officer elections, 283 1862 Valley campaign, 283-88 Turner Ashby, 286 Pope, Second Bull Run campaign, 67 1862 Valley campaign, Jackson, Ashby, 67-70

Documents added as of May 2019

McBride, George W. “My Recollections of Shiloh.” Blue and Gray 3 (1894): 8-12.

15th Michigan Infantry Chaotic conditions on landing, 8 Our men without cartridges, 8 Fires his first shot, 9 See blackened faces of fiendish foes, 9 Irish Iowan, 10 Skulkers at river bank, 10 Desperate and heroic struggle toward evening, 10-11 Enemy drive back before Buell’s men arrived, 11-12

McBride, George W. “Shiloh, After Thirty-two Years.” Blue and Gray 3 (1894): 303-10.

15th Michigan Infantry Veterans assemble for 32nd anniversary of the battle, 303ff Landscape much changed, 304 Description of the ground, 305-6 Sunken road, 306 Soldiers on both sides deeply touched, 307 Burial of hatred, 310

McClure, William T. “The Fourth Kansas Militia in the Price Raid.” Transactions Kansas State

Historical Society 8 (1904): 149-51.

4th Kansas Infantry (Militia) Fort Leavenworth, 149 Passes, 149 Shawnee Mission to Independence, 150 Fighting in campaign against Sterling Price, 150-51

Mackley, John. “The Civil War Diary of John Mackley.” Edited by Mildred Throne. Iowa

Journal of History 48 (April 1950): 141-68.

2nd Iowa Infantry, Sergeant Enlistment, officers election, 143-48 Monroe City skirmish, casualties, 150-51 Confederate prisoners, 160-61 Destruction of items in McDowell College Museum, 162

Manning, Edwin C. “A Kansas Soldier.” Transactions Kansas State Historical Society 10

(1908): 421-28.

2nd Kansas Cavalry General James G. Blunt, 421ff Charging on some Confederate forces, 421ff Samuel J. Crawford, 421-28 Cane Hill, 422 Jenkin’s Ferry, 422 Prairie Grove, 422 Pleasonton, 423 Vincent B. Osborne, 2nd Kansas Infantry, 425-26 Powell Clayton, 1st Kansas Infantry, 426-27 Cyrus Leland, 10th Kansas Infantry, 427

Martin, George W. “A Kansas Soldier’s Escape from Camp Ford, Texas.” Transactions Kansas

State Historical Society 8 (1904): 405-15.

6th Kansas Cavalry Robert Henderson, enlistment, 406 Red River campaign, 406 Foraging, 407 Steele’s Arkansas campaign, 407 Battle of Poison Spring, 407-8

Henderson taken prisoner, 408 Camp Ford Prison, Tyler, Texas, 408 Food, Shreveport, 409 Prison hospital, 409 Escape attempt, tunnel, 410 Four men shot at dead line, 410 Release if oath to Confederacy taken, 410-11 Escape, 411 Help from slaves, 412 Unionists, food, 412 Ate a skunk, 413 Captured by guerrillas and pretended to be an Iowan, 413 Escape, 413 Black soldiers, Fort Smith, 414

Martin, John A. “Some Notes on the Eighth Kansas Infantry and the Battle of Chickamauga:

Letters of Col. John A. Martin.” Edited by Martha B. Caldwell. Kansas Historical

Quarterly 13 (1944): 139-45.

8th Kansas Infantry Corinth, Mississippi, 139 Paperwork in difficult circumstances, 139-40 Chickamauga, 140ff Sheridan, 141ff Military occupation, 144 Recruiting, 145

Documents added as of April 2019

McBride, George W. “With Ewing at Tunnel Hill.” Blue and Gray 4 (1894): 221-26.

15th Michigan Infantry Capture Confederate pickets along Chickamauga Creek, 221 Tunnel Hill, 222ff General Morgan Smith, 224 Corse, 226

McClain, David. “The Story of Old Abe.” Wisconsin Magazine of History 8 (1925): 407-14.

8th Wisconsin Infantry Eagle captured in spring of 1861 captured by young Indian, 407 Eagle was purchased and brought to Co. C of the 8th Wisconsin, 407 Eagle was cheered at Camp Randall, 408

Eagle briefly flew away but brought back by a policeman, 408 Eagle screamed through battle of Corinth, 409 Confederates wanted to kill or capture eagle Old Abe, 410 Corinth, 411 Various eagle bearers, 412 et passim Eagle bearers’ duties, 413-14

McCreary, James Bennett. ‘The Journal of My Soldier Life.” Register of the Kentucky

Historical Society 33 (1935): 97-117, 191-211.

11th Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate) Richmond, Kentucky battle, 98 Raising regiment, enlistment, 98-100 Meditates on past and his country, arrayed against Unionist family members, 98-99 Inauguration of Governor Hawes, Confederate governor of Kentucky, 100 Soldiers shot by a guerrilla, 100 Bragg’s Kentucky campaign, retreat, 100-1 Cumberland Gap, 102 First death in the regiment, 102 Knoxville, food, 102 Officer election, 103 Dinner, woman, piano music, alcohol, 104 Murfreesboro, 106 Hartsville battle, Bragg, 107-8 Troop review, brigade, 109 Return to Kentucky, 110 Christmas, 110 Elizabethtown, 110 Captured Yankee stories, Christmas food, 111 Presented with sword, 112 John Hunt Morgan, 112-14 et passim Bragg usually retreats, 114 Fired on by guerrillas, 191 Political speech, 192 Soldier died of fever, wife arrived too late, 194 Greasy Creek battlefield, 195-96 Horses killed on march, 196 Woman and daughter, 197 Green River battle, casualties, 197 Morgan’s men crossing Ohio River, 198 Destruction in Ohio, 199 Buffington, 200 Taken prisoner, 200 Johnson’s Island, 201 Surrender of Morgan, Columbus, 201ff

Daily prison routine, 202 Escape of Morgan and others, 202 Christmas, food, 203 Suffering in prison, 203-4 Sent to Charleston, 204 Morris Island, guarded by black soldiers, 205 Artillery fire, 205 Death of John Hunt Morgan, 206 Food and tobacco from women of Charleston, 206 Bombardment of Charleston, 207 Fort Pulaski, 208 Exchange rumor, 209 Election of 1864 Letters and money, 210

McFarland, Baxter. “The Eleventh Mississippi Regiment at Gettysburg.” Publication of the

Mississippi Historical Society Centenary Series 2 (1918): 549-68.

11th Mississippi Infantry Casualties at Gettysburg, 549ff Third day at Gettysburg, 550-561 Casualties by company, 565-67

M’Gehee, Valentine Meriwether. [Diary, December 1862-March 1863.] Publications of the

Arkansas Historical Association 4 (1917): 140-51.

2nd Arkansas Infantry Stones River, 142-45 Hospital, 145 Expects war to soon be over, 148 Copperheads and opposition to Lincoln, 148 Jefferson Davis, fasting, humiliation, and prayer, 149

McKim, Randolph H. “Glimpses of the Confederate Army.” American Review of Reviews 43

(1911): 432-37.

2nd Maryland Infantry Soldiers of great varying backgrounds, 432 University of Virginia students, 432 Intellectual discussions in camp, 433 Denies that soldiers were fighting slavery. 433-34 Even the educated eager to volunteer as privates, 434

Strong sense of duty, not economic motives, 434 Most Confederates were native born, 434 Comraderies and good cheer among Confederate soldiers, 435 Country boys had trouble getting used to camp life, 435-36 Confederate camps and equipment, 436-37 Amusements, 437 Petersburg, a private and John B. Gordon, honor, 437

McNeilly, J. S. “A Mississippi Brigade in the Last Days of the Confederacy.” Publications of

the Mississippi Historical Society 7 (1903); 33-55.

21st Mississippi Infantry Benjamin Humphreys, 33 Numbers and losses in the Army of Northern Virginia, 35-38 Supply, pay, winter, 38 Food, no meat ration, 39 Deserters, Yankee encouragement, 40 Humphreys’ brigade on slave soldiers, 41 April 2, 1865, Petersburg, 42-45 Abandonment of Richmond, 46-47 General Lee at Amelia Courthouse, 47-48 Appomattox, 54

Magee, Warren G. “The Confederate Letters of Warren G. Magee.” Edited by Bell Irvin Wiley.

Journal of Mississippi History 5 (1943): 204-13.

39th Mississippi Infantry Conscription, 206 Deserters, 206-7 Port Hudson, 207ff Slave camp servant, 208 Bragg, 210 Horrors of war, so many deaths, 210 Prisoner in New Orleans, 212 Johnson’s Island, rumors of exchange, food, 212-13

Montgomery, W. A. “W. A. Montgomery’s Record of the Raymond Fencibles.” Edited by P. L.

Rainwater. Journal of Mississippi History 6 (1944): 113-18.

12th Mississippi Infantry Co. A, Raymond Fencibles Women, flag presentation, 113 Departure of troops, 114

Roster, 115-118

Documents added as of February 2019

Mann, Thomas H. “A Yankee in Andersonville.” Century Magazine 40 (1890): 447-61, 606-22.

18th Massachusetts Infantry Enlistment, 447 Overland campaign, Wilderness, 447-448 Taken prisoner, 448 Robert E. Lee, 448 Treatment by Confederate soldiers, 448 Robbed, 449 Danville, 449-50 Food, water, 449 Flour, baking, 450 Railroad journey, 450ff Charlotte, women, 451 Buying food, 451 Food, corn, 451 Andersonville, 451ff Rumors of exchange, 452 Wirz, 453ff Food, 454ff Cookhouse, 455 Deaths, 456ff Wells water, 456 Escape attempt, tunnel, 456ff Religion, Catholic priest, 457-58 Guard, Home guards, 458 Cooking, 458 Sutler, trading, 459 Flies and maggots, 459 Alcohol, beer, 460-61 Tobacco, 461 Prisoners, 606 Skulkers and gamblers, 606 Theft, 606-7 Raiders, trial, hanging, 607-9 Food, 609 Tunnel, 609-10 Water, 610 Union League, 610 Wirz News of Sherman and Atlanta, 610

Escaped from train on way to Savannah, 611 Captured fed and put back on a train, 612 Savannah, 612 Charleston, 612 Camp, dead line, 613 Escape, 614 Slave, 615 Dogs, 616 Recaptured, 617 Florence, 617ff Food, 618 Election of 1864, 619-20 John H. Winder dies, 620-21 Comment by E. A. Craighill, Ibid., 41 (1890): 154-55 Robert E. Lee, 154 Wells, water, 154

McBryde, John Lauren. “An Eyewitness to History.” Civil War Times Illustrated 2 (January

1964): 37-41.

1st South Carolina Infantry Bayonet accident, 38 Food, 38 Fort Sumter, 38-40 Fairfax Courthouse, 40-41

McCalla, Margaret Eliza. “The Wartime Experiences of Margaret McCalla: Confederate

Refugee from East Tennessee.” Edited by Robert Partin. Tennessee Historical Quarterly

24 (Spring 1965): 39-53.

East Tennessee refugee Unionist meetings after secession vote, 40 Decision to refugee, 42 Refugee journey, 43ff Son’s death, 44 Food prices, 45, 47 Christmas, 46-47 Soldiers and cold, 47 Shoes, 48 Slaves feeding Yankees, 49 Escape of Yankee prisoners, 50 Anxiety and love, 50-51 Election of 1864, McClellan nomination, 51

McCalla, Richard Calvin. “The Civil War in East Tennessee as Reported by a Confederate

Railroad Bridge Builder.” Edited by Robert Partin. Tennessee Historical Quarterly 22

(September 1963): 238-58.

Much on bridge building Chickamauga, 246 Yankee destruction, divine vengeance, 247 Soldier pay, 248

McChesney, James Z. “On to Chambersburg.” Civil War Times Illustrated 10 (November

1971): 10-13.

Co. C, 14th Virginia Cavalry Response of Federal destruction, 10 McCausland, 10ff

McClatchey, Minerva Leah Rowles. “A Georgia Woman’s Civil War Diary: The Journal of

Minerva Leah Rowles McClatchey, 1864-65.” Georgia Historical Quarterly 51 (June

1967): 197-216.

Marietta, Georgia Cadets restless at Georgia Military Institute, 199 Furlough, confusion, slavery, 199 Hooker’s troops, artillery fire, 201 Hooker conversation with southern woman, 202 Piano, dancing, Sunday, 202 Troops and destruction, 202ff General Thomas, guards, 203 Soldiers and food, 204 Woman and conversation with soldier, 204 Yankees stole her dog, 206 Sherman and right to stay in her house, 207 Yankee destruction, 208-9 Yankee chaplain, 209 Jefferson C. Davis, 210 Army of Tennessee destroyed, citizen depredations almost as bad as Yankees, 212-13 Slaves return home, 213 Lee surrender, 213-14 July 4, 214

McCleery, Robert W. “A Marylander’s Eyewitness Accounts of the Battle of Port Royal, South

Carolina, 7 November 1861.” Edited by Alexander Lee Levin. Maryland Historical

Magazine 85 (Summer 1990): 179-83.

Chief Engineer, USS Wabash Port Royal, 181ff Casualties prisoners, 182

McClure, William T. and Joseph L. McClure. “Civil War Letters of William T. and Joseph L.

McClure of the Fifteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.” Edited by G. Glenn Clift.

15th Kentucky Infantry, Union Measles, 209, 212 Woman at home, competition, 210 Box, 211 Water, ponds, dead horses, 213 Marching, 213 Rumors, 214 Ill soldier and high mortality, 214-15 Unionist woman, 215 Marching, no battle yet, 217-18 Food, 218 Tennessee Unionists, 218 Marching and endurance, 219 Pity more than hatred for Confederates, 220 Unionists, oath, 222 Soldier pay, 223-24 Women crossing creek, ankles, 225 Son in army dies of typhoid, 225-28.

McConnell, Henry A. “Volunteer’s Tour of Duty.” Edited by Larry Wakefield. Military

History 5 (April 1989): 42-49.

10th Minnesota Infantry, Private Hanging of Sioux Indians, 42 Sibley expedition against the Sioux, 42- Indians kill a lieutenant, 42 Nathan Bedford Forrest, Brice’s Crossroads, 46 Battle of Tupelo, 46-47 Destruction in Mississippi, 47

Nathan Bedford Forrest, 47-48 Battle of Nashville, 48-49

McCowan, Archibald. “Five Months in a Rebel Prison, 1 October 1864 to 1 March 1865.”

British Association for American Studies, New Series, 3 (December 1961): 18-24.

95th New York, Libby, Salisbury Prisons Preeble’s Farm, 19 Taken prisoner, 19 Food, 19ff Libby Prison, 19-20 Salibury Prison, 20ff Dead house, 21 Escape attempt, killing guards, 22 Bible, 23

McCoy, James. “Extracts from the Journal of Captain James McCoy, Twenty-Second Regiment,

New York State Volunteers.” Fifth Annual Report of the New State Bureau of Military

Statistics (1868): 544-59.

22nd New York Infantry, captain Centreville, McClellan and McDowell, 544 Complains about generals, marching in rain, no rest or food, 546 Intelligence from slaves, 549 Cedar Mountain, 553 Second Bull Run, 554-55 Antietam campaign, 555ff Chancellorsville, 558-59

McCoy, T. F. "The 107th Penna. Vet. Volunteers at South Mountain, Antietam and

Fredericksburg," Philadelphia Press, January 4, 1888.

South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Burnside, McClellan

McCulloh, William J. “From Baton Rouge to Opelousas: An Eyewitness Account of the

Wartime Removal of the State Capital.” Edited by Shane K. Bernard. Louisiana History

36 (Fall 1995): 475-80.

State Surveyor General Movement of state capital from Baton Rouge to Opelousas, 477ff

Use of bank vault for papers, 477-78 Governor Thomas O. Moore, 478-79

McDermid, Angus. “Letters from a Confederate Soldier.” Edited by Benjamin Rountree.

Georgia Review 18 (Fall 1964): 267-97.

29th Georgia Infantry Savannah, 267 Enlistment, furlough, 269 Smallpox, 269 Fort Pulaski, 270 Officer election, 271 Yellow fever, 271 Measles death, 272 Chicken from home, maggots, 272 Wilmington, Christmas, 273 Charleston blockade, 274 Vicksburg campaign, 275-76 Marching, heat, 276 Clothes, lice, 277 Deserter execution, 278 Badly wants to come home, 278 Tells sisters not to marry a conscript or a deserter, 279 Fraternization, 280 Deserters, 280, 283 Advice for brother going into army, 284 Atlanta campaign, 285ff Malaria, 286 Food, 288 Removal of Joseph Johnston, 290 Casualties, 290-91, 293 Deserters, 292 Marriage, 293 Fall of Atlanta, Andersonville, 294 Battlefield, 294 Deserters, 295 Food, black soldiers, 295 Confederate money, 296 Death of soldier, 296

McDonald, Edward H. “Fighting Under Ashby in the Shenandoah.” Civil War Times Illustrated

5 (July 1966): 28-35.

7th Virginia Cavalry

Turner Ashby, 28ff Horses, 30 Sutlers, foraging, alcohol, 30-31 1862 Valley campaign, 31ff Port Republic, 33-35

McDonald, Edward H. “The Hard Times of an Ex-Confederate.” Civil War Times Illustrated 7

(October 1968): 37-42.

7th Virginia Cavalry Returning home at end of war after being wounded, 37 Farm, 38-42 Reconstruction, surrender, 39-40

McDonald, Edward H. “’I felt a ball strike me…’” Civil War Times Illustrated 7 (June 1968):

28-34.

7th Virginia Cavalry Sheridan, Valley, 28 Retreat and rout, 29 Jubal Early, 29-30 Rosser, 30 Fall of Richmond, 31-32 Appomattox campaign, 32-34 Wounded, 33-34

McDonald, Edward H. “’I saw an immense column of Yankee cavalry.’” Civil War Times

Illustrated 6 (February 1968): 42-47.

7th Virginia Cavalry Early, Shenandoah Valley, 42 Disorganization in Early’s command in fall 1864, 44 Prisoners, 47

McDonald, Edward H. “Laurel Brigade Raid Across Northern Virginia.” Civil War Times

Illustrated 5 (November 1966): 44-45.

7th Virginia Cavalry Starvation party in Fredericksburg, 44 Laurel Brigade, 45 General Hunter, mistreatment of Confederate prisoner, 45

McDonald, Edward H. “’We Drove Them From the Field.’” Civil War Times Illustrated 7

(November 1967): 28-35.

7th Virginia Cavalry Grant, 28 J.E.B. Stuart, 28-29 Wilderness, 30-31 Spotsylvania, 32- Dismounted cavalry, discipline, 32 Petersburg 33-35

McDonald, Edward H. “’We knew we could overpower the guard and seize the boat.”” Civil

War Times Illustrated 6 (May 1967): 45-49.

7th Virginia Cavalry Typhoid, 45 Prisoners, 45 Camp Chase, 45 Smallpox, 45 Escape from steamer, 48-49

McDonough, James L. “The Last Day at Stones River—Experiences of a Yank and a Reb.”

Tennessee Historical Quarterly 40 (Spring 1981): 3-12.

Colonel James Perry Fyffe, 59th Ohio Infantry William L. McKay, Private, 18th Tennessee Infantry Fyffe depressed, describes Confederate charging on his brigade, 8ff Confederate soldiers as poor whites, 9 Casualties, 9 McKay wounded and between lines, 10-11

McDowell, William. “Life with the Mountain Feds: The Civil War Reminiscences of William

McDowell, 1st Arkansas Cavalry.” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 64 (Autumn 2005):

287-313.

1st Arkansas Cavalry, Union Home guard, taken prisoner, 296 Taken prisoner a second time, captured going fishing, threats hanging, 297-99 Taken prisoner a third time, 299-302 Sent to Berryville and captured Confederates, 302-4 Capturing Fayetteville, 304-6

Fighting under a black flag, guerrillas 306-7 Bloodless standoff with a Confederate, 310-11

McElderry, Jonathan. “’If I Live to Get Home . . .’ The Civil War Letters of Private William

McElderry.” Edited by Edgar L. McCormick and Gary A. Dubro. Serif, 3 (March 1966):

21-30.

121st Ohio, Perryville Cincinnati, 22 Perryville, 23-24 Food, 24 Money at home to send items to soldier, 25 Cardplaying, swearing, 26 Soldier discharge, lame, hemorrhoids, 27 Chaplain, 27 Learned to value friends since he has been in the army, 28 John Hunt Morgan, 28

McGarity, Abner Embry. “Letters of a Confederate Surgeon: Dr. Abner Embry McGarity,

1862-1865.” Edited by Edmond Cody Burnett. Georgia Historical Quarterly 29 (June

1945): 76-114, 159-90, 222-53; 30 (March 1946): 35-70.

Asst. Surgeon, 21st Georgia Infantry Hospitals, prisons, 88 Length of war, 91 Food, 95, 97-98 Winter quarters, 96 Union morale and fear of Confederates, 101 Chancellorsville, 103ff Hooker’s army demoralized, 104 Stonewall Jackson wounded, 105 Soldier pay, 106 Battle suffering, wounded Yankees, 108 Religion, preaching in army, morality, 108-9 Surgeon examination, 112-13 Gettysburg campaign, 159ff Confederate morale, 164 Wedding anniversary, 167 Food, 169, 171 Yankee morale, 171-72 Camp conditions, 172 Religion in army, 182-83

Death of solider, 226 Gangrene, amputation of a finger, 226 Chaplains, 227 Confederate morale, subjugation, 232 Deserters from Grant’s army, 233 Shoes, 235 Overland campaign, 237ff Yankee destruction, 240 Grant, Joseph Johnston, Georgia, 240 Grant cannot break Confederates, 241 Yankee character, 241 Grant and earthwork, 242-43 1864 Valley campaign, 247ff Length of war, Atlanta, 249, 253 Peace soon, election, McClellan, 37 Morale, 38-39 Family and religion, 40 Morale, success, election, McClellan, 40-41 Battle of Winchester, 41-43 Men whipped and women traveling, North Carolina, 49 Peace rumors in Richmond, 50, 54 Hampton Roads conference, Jefferson Davis, 58

McGill, John. "War Letters of the Bishop of Richmond." Edited by Willard E. Wight. Virginia

Magazine of History and Biography 67 (July 1959): 259-270.

Possible bishops, 261 Confederates right, chaplains, 262 Catholic girls killed in explosion of Confederates states laboratory, 263-64 Death of Bishop Kenrick of Baltimore, successor, 264-68 Archbishop John Hughes, 265-66 Bombardment of Charleston, 266 Condition of Catholic church in Richmond, 269

McIlhenny, George. “Georgia by Gaslight: Glimpses of Macon from the Letters of the City Gas

Light Superintendent, 1859-1862.” Edited by Jeffrey Alan Owens. Georgia Historical

Quarterly 76 (Fall 1992): 675-94.

War appearance, troops passing through Macon, 686 War rumors, 687 Letters, 687 Safe in Macon, cannot be spared for the army given his work with gas, 690-91

McKell, William J. “The Journal of Sergt. William J. McKell.” Edited by Watt P. Marchman.

Civil War History 3 (September 1957): 315-339.

Co. D, 89th Ohio Infantry Chickamauga, 315-18 Andersonville, money taken from prisoner, 319 Danville, Richmond prison McClellan, 331

McKelvy, David. “Soldier Voting in 1864: The David McKelvey Diary.” Edited by Margaret

McKelvy Bird and Daniel W. Crofts. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

115 (July 1991): 371-413.

Carrying absentee ballots to Pennsylvania regiments, 371ff Pennsylvania authorized soldiers in field to vote, 385 Confederate prisoners, camp, Harrisburg, 387-89 McClellan meeting, 389-90 Ballots and other election materials, 390ff Passes to go through the lines, 392 Lincoln described, 392-93 Benjamin F. Butler, 396-97 Darbytown engagement, 398-99 Fort Harrison, 400-2 Soldier voting complications, 403ff Under fire from Confederate guns, 406-7 Fraternization, 408

McKinley, William. “A Civil War Diary of William McKinley.” Edited by H. Wayne Morgan.

Ohio Historical Quarterly 69 (January 1960): 272-290.

Co. E, 23rd Ohio Camp routine, 275 Prayer, 276 Class meeting, sermon, 277 Swearing, 278 July 4, 279 Soldier, religion, 283 Western Virginia, 283ff Carnifex Ferry, 288-89

McKinney, William Fortunatus. “The Camp Ford Diary of Captain William Fortunatus

McKinney.” Edited by Randal B. Gilbert. Smith County Historical Society 25 (Summer

1986): 15-25.

19th Kentucky Infantry, Captain Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas Red River campaign, Mansfield, 17 Food, prisoners plundered, 17 Stolen pistol, 17 Weather, preaching, occasional deaths, 18 Accidental shooting, death, 18 Murder by a guard, 18 Grant’s army in trouble, desertions, 19 Escapes, 20 July 4, 20 Punishments, 21 et passim

McKitrick, Samuel. “A Confederate Officer’s Letters on Sherman’s March to Atlanta.” Edited

by Donald W. Lewis. Georgia Historical Quarterly 51 (December 1967): 491-94.

Co. I, 16th South Carolina Infantry Food, 492 Atlanta campaign, 492ff Religious revival, 492

McKown, Bethiah Pyatt. “The Civil War Letters of Bethiah Pyatt McKown.” Edited by James

W. Goodrich. Missouri Historical Review 67 (January, April 1973): 227-52, 351-70.

Economic conditions in St. Louis, late 1860, 234 Home Guards, flag, 237 Battle of Booneville, 238-39 Lincoln and German troops, 239 Military affairs in Missouri, 240 Wilson’s Creek, 241-43 Martial law in St. Louis, 241-42 Death of Nathaniel Lyon, 242-43 Father is ill, economic suffering at home, 244 Men fighting for pay, 245 Oath, 247 Confederate loyalty, wonders why children to support the Union, abolitionists, 248-50 Not secessionists, effects of the war, 251

Letters, worries about letters being intercepted, 352 Nothing but war all the time, 355 Federal soldiers, destruction, old woman jailed, 356 Questions about a woman’s virtue, possible spy, 358 Soldier in family sick with dysentery and fever, 359-60 Need for list of names of Confederate sympathizers, 365-66 Christmas, 366 Prayers for her children, 367 Oath, 368

McLean, Mrs. Eugene. "A Northern Woman in the Confederacy." Harper's Magazine 128

(February 1914):440-451.

Richmond, 440ff Robert E. Lee, 440 Joseph E. Johnston and wife, 440 Lincoln, Scott, many northern volunteers, 441 Montgomery, Alabama, Confederate capital, 441ff Confederate flag, 442 Varina Davis, 441-42 Jefferson Davis, Varina, First Manassas, 443ff List of dead and wounded, 443-44 Yankee prisoners, 444 Tents, 445 Beauregard, 446 Mortally wounded South Carolinian, 446 Amputations, 446-47 Beauregard and Johnston, 447 Columbus, Kentucky, Belmont, 448-49 Wounded Yankee prisoners, 449 Dead bodies, 449-50 Women’s patriotism, 451

McMahon, Robert A. “Conduct and Revolt in the Twenty-fifth Ohio Battery: An Insider’s

Account.” Edited by Dennis K. Bowman. Ohio History 104 (Summer/Autumn 1995):

163-83.

2nd Ohio Cavalry and 25th Ohio Light Artillery Battery Lincoln fairly elected, Democrat who opposed secession, 164-65 Officers election, discipline, 167-70 Slavery, runaways, 171-72 Raising black troops, 172 Plundering, foraging, guerrillas, 173-74

Resentment about being assigned to an artillery battery, revolt, 175-81

McMillen, George Washington and Jefferson O. McMillen. “Civil War Letters of George

Washington McMillen and Jefferson O. McMillen 122nd Regiment, O.V.I.” Edited by

Wilfred W. Black. West Virginia History 32 (April 1971): 171-93.

122nd Ohio Infantry Length of war, 174 Union, duty, 175 Winchester, 174ff Entrenchments, 176 Church service, 176 Vicksburg, 177 Marching in heat, 179 Milroy, Winchester, 179, 181 Soldiering, does not want others to enlist, 180 Whiskey, 181 Duty, disappointed in officers, 182 Wounded soldiers, furlough, 182 Taken prisoner, 187

McMurray, John. “A Union Officer’s Recollections of the Negro as a Soldier.” Edited by

Horace Montgomery. Pennsylvania History 28 (April 1961): 156-86.

6th United States Colored Infantry, Captain Desertion of Lydia Smith’s son, 160 Assaulted by a soldier, charges of brutality against McMurray, 163-64 Refusal of Butler to use black troops to attack Petersburg, 166 Black troops attack Confederate positions at Petersburg, 168-71 Burial detail, 171-72 Dutch Gap canal, 174 Deep Bottom, Fort Harrison, New Market Heights, 175-82 Fort Fisher, 183-84 Picket duty, McMurray arrest, 184-85

McNally, John. “How the 164th New York Lost Its Colors.” Blue and Gray 4 (1894): 18-19.

164th New York Infantry Colors left behind at Sutler’s Station at Fairfax Station Minstrel show, attack, 18-19 Andersonville, 19 Flag captured, 19

McNeill, James M. “The Prison Notebook of Captain James M. McNeill, C.S.A.” Edited by

Louise McNeill Pease. West Virginia History 31 (April 1970): 180-84.

22nd Virginia Infantry Fort Delaware Rats, 181 Poem about Fort Delaware prisoners to tune of “Maryland, My Maryland.” 182ff

McRaven, David Olando and Amanda Nantz McRaven. “The Correspondence of David Olando

McRaven and Amanda Nantz McRaven.” Edited by Louis A. Brown. North Carolina

Historical Review 26 (January 1949): 41-98.

73rd North Carolina Infantry Salisbury Prison, prison guard, 42ff Hiring prices for slaves, 44 Christian captain, 46 Farming details, 49, 54 Yankee prisoners, 52 Yankee prisoner shot by guard, 52, 55 Guard duty, 53 Food, 58 Shoes, 60, 61, 69-70 No furloughs, 63 Children, food at home, 64-65 Yankee prisoners try to escape, killed, 66-67 Christmas, 73-74 Yankees steal from each other, Confederates mistreating a Quaker, 74 Pants, 78 Farm details, children, 79 Alcohol, 89 Food, 93

Macy, William M. "The Civil War Diary of William M. Macy." Indiana Magazine of History

30 (June 1934): 181-97.

Co. I, 94th Illinois Vicksburg, 186 Fort Morgan, 190

Maher, Thomas E. “’I Hardly Have the Heart to Write These Few Lines. . . “ Edited by Brian C.

Pohanka. Civil War Regiment 1 (No. 2 1991): 42-43.

5th New York Infantry, Corporal A son’s death, Second Bull Run, 42-43

Mahon, Samuel. “The Civil War Letters of Samuel Mahon, Seventh Iowa Infantry.” Edited by

John K. Mahon. Iowa Journal of History 51 (July 1955): 233-66.

7th Iowa Infantry, Enlistment, 233-34 Pilot Knob, 235 Sabbath, religion, morality in camp, 235-36 Shiloh, 237-39 Daily routine, 240 Corinth, 241-42 Conciliatory policy in Tennessee, women, 243 Confederate women, 244 Black soldiers, speeches, miscegenation, 245 Drill, 245-46 Marching, 247-48 Winter quarters, 248 Confederate woman, black soldiers, 248-49 Civilian occupation, 249 Boxes, Christmas, 249 Furlough, 249-50 Atlanta campaign, 251ff March to the Sea, 257 Savannah, 257-60 Troop reviews, bands, 259 Swamps in Carolinas, 260 Johnston surrender, Sherman, 261 Lincoln assassination, vengeance, 261 Grand Review, 262-64

Mahone, William. “On the Road to Appomattox.” Edited by William C. Davis. Civil War

Times Illustrated 9 (January 1971): 4-11, 42-47.

Fall of Richmond, 7 Appomattox campaign, 7ff Robert E. Lee, 8ff George Picket, 9

Malcom, Frank. “’Such is War’: The Letters of an Orderly in the 7th Iowa Infantry.” Edited by

James I. Robertson, Jr. Iowa Journal of History 58 (October 1960): 321-56.

7th Iowa Infantry Picket duty, 323 Winter quarters, 323-24 Orderly duties, 324-25 Robbers, guerrillas, 325-26 Slave refugees, 326 Oath, illiterate Confederates, 327 Guerrillas, 327-28 Confederate deserters, 328 Atlanta campaign, 329ff Kennesaw Mountain, 330 Roswell factories, 331 Alcohol, officers, 332-33 Army reduced by disease, conscription, 334 Dead soldiers, 335 Accident, foot run over by a mule team, 338 Election of 1864, 339 Soldier pay, 339-40 Burning of Atlanta, 340 March to the Sea, 341-43 Savannah, 343ff Burning of Columbia, 346, 349 Food, shoes, 347 Poisoned, 349-50 Raleigh, North Carolina, 351 Lincoln assassination, 352 Sherman and Johnston, 353-354 Alcohol, colonel, 354 Grand Review, 354-56

Mallory, Samuel Wadsworth and Louisa Mallory. “Freedmen’s Farm Letters of Samuel and

Louisa Mallory to ‘our absent but ever remembered boy,’ in McHenry County, Illinois.”

Edited by Carol N. Wenzel. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 73 (Autumn

1980): 12-76.

64th United States Colored Infantry, Captain Freedmen’s Home Farm, 164ff Misses wife and dreams of her, 164 Advice to his son, 166-68 Slaves dancing, 167 Soldier death, burial 169 John Eaton, 171

Mallory, Stephen R. "Letter of Stephen R. Mallory." Edited by J. Franklin Jameson. American

Historical Review 12 (October 1906): 103-8.

Mallory, vndication Organizing Navy Department, 104 Pensacola, Fort Pickens, 104 Questions raised about Mallory commitment to southern rights, 107-8

Manigault, Louis. “Letter from an Eyewitness at Andersonville Prison, 1864.” Edited by

Spencer B. King, Jr. Georgia Historical Quarterly 38 (March 1954): 82-85.

Andersonville hospital, deaths, food, 84

Manly, Basil. “The Diary of Dr. Basil Manly, 1858-1867.” Parts 1-5 Edited by W. Stanley

Hoole Alabama Review 4-5 (April 1951, July, October 1951; January and April 1952):

127-49, 221-36, 270-89, 61-74, 142-55.

Secession, called to Baptist church in Montgomery, 140-41 Alabama secession, 143-44 University of Alabama cadets, 145-46 Prayer, opening of Confederate Congress, 146 Confederate constitution, 146 Jefferson Davis, inauguration, prayer, 147 Southern Baptist convention meeting, Savannah, 221 Preaching to soldiers, 222 Thanksgiving for Manassas victory, 222 Ministerial pay, 223 Funeral for illegitimate child, 224 Prostitute funeral, 225 Shorter inauguration, 226 Shorter, Manly ready to serve, 227 Soldier funerals, 226-27 Fast, humiliation, and prayer, 227-28 Colportage meeting, 228-29 Enlistment of son and objections, 229-30, 232 Davis, thanksgiving, 235 Leaves Montgomery church, 270 Hog slaughter, 272-73 Oversee, slave punishment, runaways, 272-73 Local defense, 277 Military service of son James, 278-79 Women teachers, 280

Fast, humiliation, and prayer, 281 Dead overseer, 281 Overseer terms, 282 Soldier’s wife and coal, 283 Agricultural details, 283-84 Women’s college, debt, 285, 287 Impressment of horses, 288 Charges of disloyalty, 62 Preaching for Missouri troops, 62-63 Hard to raise money for orphan asylum, 64 Invention for making horseshoe nails, 65 Overseer charged with killing slave, 66-67 Watts, Davis, fast, humiliation, and prayer, 69 Agricultural details, 70-71 Croxton, burning of the University of Alabama, 71-72 Lee surrender, 73

Mann, A. Dudley. “A Dudley Mann’s Mission in Europe, 1863-64: An Unpublished Letter to

Jefferson Davis.” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 69 (July 1961): 324-28.

State repudiation, bonds, opinion in Europe, 327 Yankees despairing in Europe, 327 Conditions in Italy, 327-28

Mann, Nehemiah Halleck. “Extracts from the Diary of Captain Nehemiah Halleck Mann, Co.

M, 4th New York State Volunteer Cavalry.” Fifth Annual Report of the New York State

Bureau of Military Statistics (1868): 617-31.

4th New York Cavalry, Co. M., captain Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid, 618-19 Killed, ball through heart, 631

Maret, George W. “A Letter from the Front.” Edited by Paul J. Engel. New York History 34

(April 1953): 204-10.

44th New York Food prices, sutler, 204-5 Secesh pencil, poisoned bullet, 205 Gambling, 205-6 Dishonest chaplain, 206 Critical of doctor, 206-8 Death, 209

Markell, Catherine Susannah Thomas. "Frederick Diary: September 5-14, 1862." Edited by

Virginia O. Bardsley. Maryland Historical Magazine 60 (June 1965): 132-38.

Period leading up to Antietam Rumors of approaching Confederates, 134 Jubal Early, Barksdale, McLaws, Kershaw, 134-35 Longstreet, Jackson, 135 Jeb Stuart, 135 Soldiers, meals, food, 136 Federal army arrives, 137-38

Markle, DeWitt C. "'…The True Definition of War': The Civil War Diary of DeWitt C.

Markle." Edited by Erich L. Ewald. Indiana Magazine of History 89 (June 1993): 125-

35.

57th Indiana Infantry Stones River, wounded, 127ff Wounded on steamboat, 128-19 Work detail in Indiana, 129 Lincoln, thanksgiving, 133 War Democrats, convention, 135

Marsh, Bryan. “The Confederate Letters of Bryan Marsh.” Chronicles of Smith County, Texas

14 (Winter 1975): 9-30, 43-55.

17th Texas Cavalry, Colonel Louisiana welcome marching troops, 10 Pneumonia, 10 Measles, 11 Skirmish in Arkansas, 12 Alcohol, whiskey, 12 Scouting, 13 Fight with Curtis’s federals, 14 Furloughs, 16 Water, 17 Hospital, 17 Alcohol, 20 Conscription, 20 Thinks he will live to come home, she apparently worries about his health, 22 Tullahoma, 23, 26 Trans-Mississippi army, 24

Regimental flag, 25 Loved ones at home, patriotism spent, 25 Bragg, Rosecrans, morale, confidence, 27 Religion, Bible, 27 Chickamauga, casualties, 28 Fraternization, 29 Jefferson Davis comments to soldiers, 29 Does not want her to come to camp, women brutish, little pretention to virtue, 43 Despondency at home, providence, 44 Dreams of home, 45 Slave defiance, physical resistance by a woman, whipping, 47 Morale, deserters, 47 Federal prisoners, 47-48, 51 Shoes, 48 Substitute, 49 Working hard on clothing, slaves, 49 Hates Yankees, 49 Fears Christmas insurrection, slaves, 51 Desertion, 52 Dream, 53 Whipping son, 53

Marsh, John G. “The Duties of Home and War: The Civil War Letters of John G. Marsh, 29th

Ohio Volunteers (A Selection).” Edited by C. Calvin Smith. Upper Ohio Valley

Historical Review 8 (1979): 7-20.

29th Ohio Infantry, Lieutenant Officer election, 9 Soldier pay, 10 Shenandoah Valley, 10 Battle of Winchester, dead on the Battlefield, horrors and realities of battle, 10-11 Duty, Copperheads, 14 Food prices, 15 Box, food prices, 17

Marshall, Henry. “Civil War Letters of Henry Marshall.” North Dakota Historical Quarterly 9

(1941); 35-57.

126th Illinois, Company G Hard soldier life, 35 His son should not enlist, 36 Slaves, race, 36-37 Camp servants, 37

Soldiering as hard business, 38 Copperheads lengthening the war, 41 Food, 44 Black troops better than copperheads, 45 Vicksburg, 49ff Doubts Confederates will get reinforcements, 50

Marshall, W. “A Wounded Confederate Soldier’s Letters from Fort McHenry.” Edited by

Alexandra Lee Levin. Maryland Historical Magazine 68 (April 1970): 176-79.

Fort McHenry prison Hospital matrons, Confederate sympathizers, 395 Rats, 395 Food, 396

Martin, Hiram. "Service Afield and Afloat: A Reminiscence of the Civil War." Edited by Guy

R. Everson. Indiana Magazine of History 89 (March 1993): 35-56.

Food, 37 Secesh women, 38 Picket duty, 41 Hospital, 43 Naval service, 44 Turkey, 53

Martin, Micajah D. "Chancellorsville: A Soldier's Letter." Virginia Magazine of History and

Biography 37 (July 1929): 221-28.

Co. D, Second Georgia Battalion Chancellorsville, Food, 223-24 Casualties, 225, 227 Robert E. Lee, 226

Marye, John L. “The First Gun at Gettysburg: ‘With the Advance Guard.’” Civil War

Regiments 1 (No. 1, 1988), 26-34.

Fredericksburg battery, Virginia Light Artillery Stonewall Jackson, 26-27 Gettysburg campaign, 28ff Paying in Confederate money, 29 July 1, 30-32

July 3, 32-34

Mason, I. W. “The Early Civil War in Southern Kentucky as Experienced by Confederate

Sympathizers.” Edited by Kenneth R. Johnson. Register of the Kentucky Historical

Society 68 (April 1970): 176-79.

2nd Kentucky Infantry Texas Rangers, fighting on Green River, 177-78 Wants to come home for Christmas, 178-79

Mathers, Augustus Henry. “The Civil War Letters of Augustus Henry Mathers, Fourth Florida

Regiment, C.S.A.” Edited by Franklin A. Doty. Florida Historical Quarterly 36 (October

1957): 94-124.

4th Florida Infantry Surgeon, 96ff Dysentery, 98, 100 Immorality in Richmond, 105 One soldier stabs another, 111 Regiment inspection, 115 Poor quality of food, health, 115-16

Mattern, David William. “A Pennsylvania Dutch Yankee: The Civil War Letters of Private

David William Mattern, 1862-1863.” Edited by Carolyn J. Mattern. Pennsylvania

Folklife 36 (Autumn 1986): 2-19.

128th Pennsylvania Infantry Departure of troops, women, 4 Dead from First Bull Run, 5 Washington forts, 5-6 Antietam campaign, 6ff Letters, 6 General Mansfield, casualties, 7 Wounded at Antietam, 9 Box, spoiled food, 10 Boots, 11 Box items, 11 Boxes, 12 Marching, 13 Christmas, food prices, 14

Confederate women, 14 Winter quarters, 15 Food, 15 Guard duty, 16 Copperheads, 16

Matthews, James Louis. "Civil War Diary of Sergeant James Louis Matthews." Edited by

Roger C. Hackett. Indiana Magazine of History 24 (December 1928): 306-16.

Co. F., 12th Indiana Infantry, Sergeant Marching, 308ff Burning of Columbia, 309-10 Explosion of artillery shells, deaths, 310

Mattison, Edwin A. “Waiting for the War to Come: Union Camp Life in 1861-1862.” Edited

Theodore Kornweibel, Jr. Niagara Frontier 22 (Winter 1975): 87-97.

83rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Co. A Clothing and shoes, 90 Skirmishers, 90-91 Food, hardtack, 91-92 Christmas, 92-93 Trent Affair, 92 Clothing, 93 Band, music, 93 Target shooting, 94 Shooting accidents, 94 Wood, 94-95 Guard duty, gun rusted in rain, 95

Maxwell, David Elwell. “Some Letters to His Parents by a Floridian in the Confederate Army.”

Edited by Gilbert Wright. Florida Historical Quarterly 36 (April 1958): 353-72.

2nd Florida Infantry Letters, 355 Conscription, 355 Peninsula campaign, 356ff Yorktown, 356 Williamsburg, 358-61 Death of colonel, 358 Disease, furlough, 361 Gettysburg campaign, 363ff Milroy, 364

Vicksburg, 367-68 Hospital, 369ff

May, Samuel J. "The 'Separate but Equal' Doctrine: An Abolitionist Discusses Racial

Segregation and Educational Policy During the Civil War." Edited by James M. Smith.

Journal of Negro History 41 (April 1956): 138-47.

Need for equality in education, 142-43 Eradicating racial prejudice, 143-44 Public schools and New England influence, 144 Desegregation of schools in New England, 145-46

Mayer, Nathan. “A Connecticut Surgeon in the Civil War: The Reminiscences of Dr. Nathan

Mayer.” Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 19 (July 1964): 272-86.

11th and 16th Connecticut Infantry Conflict among medical students in Paris, 274 Newburn, Burnside, 275 Typhoid cases, milk, beer, 275 Smallpox cases, alcohol, whiskey, 275-76 Fredericksburg, picket shot, amputation, 278 Antietam campaign, 278-82 Alcohol, whiskey, 282 Chloroform, 282 Fredericksburg, 282-83 Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina, 283 Taken prisoner, Libby Prison, 283-84 General Hospital at Newbern, North Carolina, Yellow Fever, 284-85 Macon, Georgia prison, fervent prayer of the chaplain, 285-86

Mayfield, Leroy S. "A Hoosier Invades the Confederacy: Letters and Diaries of Leroy S.

Mayfield," Edited by John D. Barnhart. Indiana Magazine of History 39 (June 1943):

144-191.

22nd Indiana Infantry No chaplain, 147 Election of officers, 153 Chattanooga, 161ff Execution of deserters, 170 Confederate deserters, 170 Atlanta campaign, 180ff

Resaca, 183 Kennesaw Mountain, 190-91 Mead, Rufus, Jr. “With Sherman Through Georgia and the Carolinas: Letters of a Federal

Soldier.” Edted by James S. Padgett. Georgia Historical Quarterly 32 (December 1948),:

284-322; 33 (March 1949): 49-81.

Co. A, 5th Connecticut Infantry Atlanta campaign, 287ff Quartermaster, railroad, 287-88 Chickamauga, 289-90 Confederate desertion, 291 Cassville, destruction, 291 Confederates heavily entrenched, 292 Hooker and Sherman, 293 Hooker, 294 Soldier pay, 294 Heat, hot weather, 295 Boot, shirts, prices, 295 Confederate prisoners, 296-97 Sherman strategy, 300 Casualties, graves, 302 Amputations, stench, flies, 302 Confederates have stripped countryside clean, 303 Sherman, Confederates determined to hold Atlanta, 307 Election of 1864, Lincoln, 307, 312 Uncertainty about taking Atlanta, 309 Union family in Atlanta, 309 Pillaging in Atlanta, slaves, 310-11 Food prices, 312 Chaplain sermon, 314 Sherman order evacuating Atlanta, 314-15 Grant, Sheridan, election of 1864, McClellan, 315-16 Soldier pay, 317, 52, 54 Strategy, 318 Letters, 321 Foraging, 49, 51 Food prices, 52 Officer and soldier votes for McClellan, Seymour, 52-53 March to the Sea, 53ff Paymaster, McClellan, election of 1864, 55 Savannah, 55ff Destruction, 55-56 March to the Sea, foraging, 56ff Foraging and destruction, extermination, 58

Large plantation, 63 Freedom school for former slaves, 64 Food prices, 65 Stanton, Butler, 65 Hard traveling in South Carolina, 66-68 Shirts, clothing, 69 Connecticut election, 76-77 Fall of Richmond, 77 Lee’s surrender, 77-78 Box, 78 Sherman and Johnston, 79

Meagher, Thomas Francis. "Some Letters of General T. F. Meagher." Journal of the American

Irish Historical Society 30 (1932): 83-87.

Apology, 83-84 Wounded man, 84-85 Meagher retirement, American and Irish identity, 84 Possible court martial, 86

Mechling, William T. “William T. Mechling’s Journal of the Red River Campaign, April 7—

May 10, 1864.” Edited by Alwyn Barr. Texana 1 (Fall 1963): 363-79.

AAAG, Bee’s Cavalry Division, Wharton’s Cavalry Corps, Major Red River campaign, 366ff Sabine Crossroads, Mansfield, 366-67 Pleasant Hill, 367-68 Arrests of women and children, 371 Monett’s Ferry, 372-74

Medford, H. C. "The Diary of H. C. Medford, Confederate Soldier, 1864." Southernwestern

Historical Quarterly 34 (October 1930, January 1931): 106-40, 203-230.

Much material on food Church services, 111 Galveston bombardment, 116 Valentine’s Day, 120 Tithe, food, corruption, 120 Officers, 121 Starvation, 122 Galveston described, 123-25 Magruder party, 128-29 Longs for peace, 135

Religion, 135 Chaplain pay, 135-36 Richard Taylor, 212 Food, 220 Sabine Crossroads, 215-20 *Motive, 220 Pleasant Hill, wounded men, 224 General Thomas Green death, 225-26 General Mouton, 227-28

Meigs, Montgomery. "General M. C. Meigs on the Conduct of the Civil War." American

Historical Review 26 (January 1921): 285-303.

Lincoln, Stanton, army commanders, 287ff Seward, Lincoln, and Fort Pickens, 287 Lincoln, Scott, McClellan, 288 Scott, Bull Run, Paterson, McDowell, 199 McClellan, western Virginia, 290 McClellan, Lincoln, Peninsula campaign, 291-92 McClellan, Lincoln, council of war, January 1862, 292-93 Lincoln’s letters to various general, 293-94 Lincoln, Hooker and Meade, 295 McClellan, Peninsula and McDowell, 296-97 Lincoln, Halleck, McClellan and withdrawal from Harrison’s Landing, 296 Lincoln, Pope, Halleck, McClellan, 298 Lincoln, Seward, Fort Sumter, Pickens, 299-302 McClellan plans, early 1862, 302-3

“A Memory: Lincoln’s Body Comes to Albany.” New York History 46 (April 1965): 187-88.

Anonymous woman diarist, Fulton County, Assassination Sorrow at class meeting, 188 Views the body in Albany, 188

Mendenhall, Willard Hall. “’Life Is Uncertain…’: Willard Hall Mendenhall’s 1862 Civil War

Diary.” Edited by Margaret Mendenhall Frazier and James W. Goodrich. Missouri

Historical Review 78 (July 1984): 429-52; 79 (October 1984): 65-88.

Carriage maker and farmer, Lexington, Missouri Civil War, 437 Federal troops in town, 438 Federal troops and slaves, 439 Tax on Confederates, 441

Jennison’s Jayhawkers, guerrillas, 442-43 Federal troops enter house, destruction, forced woman to play piano, 444 Church services, 447 Alexander Doniphan speech, 450 July 4 barbecue, 65-66 Shooting by guerrillas, 66-67 Hamilton R. Gamble, martial law, Schofield, 67-68 Martial law, prisoners, 68 Loyalty and disloyalty, 69-70 Cannon fire and burning buildings, 71-72 Foraging parties, 72 Food, 73 Federal troops seized his carriage shop, 73 Quantrill vs. state military, 74-75 Sought protection for property and lectured by state guard officer, slavery, 76-77 Bones of spies, 77-78 Selling mules, 78 Guerillas take local man from his house and kill him, 78-79 Banishment and arrests, 80 Banishing southern sympathizers, 81 Tax assessment to support Unionist refugees, 81 Election, prisoners, 82 Runaway slaves, 82 Soldiers demanding alcohol, whiskey, 83 State militia, 84 Christmas, 84-85

Mercier, Henri. “Henri Mercier on Slavery: The Views of a Maryland-Born Diplomat, 1860-

1863.” Edited by Daniel B. Carroll. Maryland Historical Magazine 63 (September

1968): 299-310.

French Minister to the United States Slavery and universal suffrage, 302 Abolitionists, 302 Emancipation and fear of slave revolt, 305 Gradual emancipation, border states, race prejudice, 307 Emancipation Proclamation, 308 McClellan and Lincoln administration, 308-9 Mexico, recruitment of blacks, 309-10

Meredith, James. “A Quaker Goes to War.” Edited by Edward A. Melfsky. Historical Review

of Berks County 33 (Spring 1968): 46-47, 60-61.

167th Pennsylvania Infantry, Lieutenant Quaker, conscription, duty, 47 Officer qualifications, 47

Mereness, George. “Private Thoughts from the Trenches at Petersburg: Civil War Letters of

George Mereness, 152nd N.Y.S.V.I.” Edited by William F. Howard. Kepi 3

(February/March 1985): 5-6.

152nd New York Infantry, Sergeant Picket duty, fraternization, 5 Boots, 5-6 Men killed on picket duty, 6 Grand Review, 6

Merli, Frank J., ed. “A Letter from the Stonewall.” Civil War Times Illustrated 11 (June 1972):

37-39.

C.S.S. Stonewall, officer complain of defective French-constructed ship

Merrill, Samuel. "Letters from a Civil War Officer." Edited by A. T. Volwiler. Mississippi

Valley Historical Review, 14 (March 1928): 508-29.

70th Indiana Volunteers, Lt. Col. Black camp servant, 509 Slavery abolition, 509 Food, 509 Dishonest officers, 510 Music, camp servant, 511 Diarrhea, 513, 522 Small pox, 513 Regimental colonel, 514 Preaching, coming battle, 515 Atlanta campaign, 514ff Sherman slow moving, enemy earthworks, 519 Lice, wool clothes, salt pork, 520 Hood, Johnston, Atlanta, 521 March to the sea, 522ff Slave woman, 524 Planter ruined, 524-25 Chancellorsville and Wilderness and Spotsylvania battlefields, 528

Merz, Louis. “Diary of Private Louis Merz, C.S.A. of the West Point Guards (Co. D, 4th

Georgia Regiment Volunteer Infantry, Doles-Cook Brigade.” Bulletin of the

Chattahoochee Historical Society 4 (November 1959): 17-47.

4th Georgia Infantry, Co. D, Private Mess tent robbed, water bucket filled with excrement, 19 Target shooting, 19 Food prices, 20 Theft, head shaved, drummed out of service, 41 Guard house, alcohol, 21 Drill, 22, 24, 25 Court martial, missing roll call, 23 Merrimac and attack on Union ships, Virginia, 26-27, 30 Court martial, death sentence, desertion, overturned verdict, 30-31 Conscription, 31-32 Officer election, 32-34 Norfolk, 36 Merrmac, Virginia blown up, 36-37 Petersburg, 38-39 Malvern Hill, 42-43

Metcalf, Lewis Herbert. “’So eager were we all…” American Heritage 16 (June 1965): 32-41.

No pagination in digitized version 11th New York Infantry, Private Pre-battle anticipation First Bull Run Double quick Wounded men Confederate bring water to the wounded Taken prisoner

Mettam, Henry Clay. “Civil War Memoirs of the First Maryland Cavalry, C.S.A.” Edited by

Samuel H. Miller. Maryland Historical Magazine 58 (June 1963): 137-69.

1st Maryland Cavalry (Confederate) Goes through federal lines near Baltimore to enlist, 139-40 Slaves, 141 Richmond, 144-45 Battle of Fredericksburg, 146 Enlists in 1st Maryland Cavalry, 146-47 West Virginia, 148ff Attack on one hundred Irishmen, log fort and take prisoners, 148-49

Typhoid, 149-50 North Anna River, 150-51 Winter quarters, 151 Yellow Tavern, 151-52 Pollard’s Farm, 153 Trevilian Station, 154 Early raid on Washington, 155ff Visited his mother, 156 Burning of Chambersburg, 159-60 West Virginia, 160-62 General Averell, taken prisoner, 162ff Camp Chase, food, cooking, 162ff Cooking, 164 Cat, 164 Escape attempt, 165 Lincoln, 166 Prisoner exchange, 166-67

"Middleton Correspondence, 1861-1865." Edited by Isabella Middleton Leland. South Carolina

Historical Magazine 63 (January, April, July, October 1962): 33-41, 61-70, 164-74, 204-

10; 64 (January, April, July, October 1963): 28-38, 95-104, 158-68, 212-19; 65 (January,

April 1964): 33-44, 98-109.

Funerals, 34 First Bull Run, Manassas, 34 Newport, Rhode Island, 37 Slave disturbances, 38 Savannah, 38-39 Mill Springs, 39 Zollicoffer, 39 Fort Sumter party, 40 --April 1962 Blockade, 61 Yankee bones and trinkets, 63 Slaves deserting Yankees, 63 Women nurses, 63-64 Refugees and extortioners, 65-66 Varina Davis and children, 66 Yankee destructions, slaves running off, 67 John C. Pemberton, 68 Rumors, 68 --July 1962 Threatened attack on plantation by country people, 168-69

Duel, 168-70, 173 Legislature, Rhett criticizing Davis, 171 Governor and election, 171-72 Second Bull Run, Manassas, 173 --Oct. 1962 Death, 204 Slaves, oath, 206 Confederate prisoners in north, 206 Jeb Stuart, James Longstreet, Stonewall Jackson, 208 --January 1963 South Carolina at Fredericksburg, 28 Varina Davis, 30 Picket duty, 30-31, 34 Dancing, 33, 36-37 --April 1963 P. G. T. Beauregard, 95-96 Charleston bombardment--many mentions of this city throughout the letters Deaths and length of war, 97-98 Stonewall Jackson, 98 Jefferson Davis, stamps, 98-99 Confederate deserters, 99 Dancing, 99 Food shortages, 99-100 Envelope shortage, 100 --July 1863 Dancing, 158 John C. Pemberton, 159 More on Charleston bombardment, 159 Robert Gould Shaw and black troops, 160 Spies executed, 164-65 Alexander H. Stephens speech, 166 --October 1963 Blockade goods, 213 New Orleans and Yankee occupation, rumor, 213 Jefferson Davis, peace, 215 Beauregard, 215 Clothing, style, 215-16 John Hunt Morgan, 218-19 --January 1964 Parties, dancing, 34 Prices, 35 Chaplains, 35 Jeb Stuart, 35-36 John Hunt Morgan, 36-37 Shopping, 39 Cavalry and impressments, 40-41

--April 1964 Confederate cavalry, drunk, 98-99 Columbia, South Carolina, and Federals, 100-104 Slaves, 100 Women and northern soldiers, 103-4 Charleston, 105

Milans, Henry G. “Eyewitness to Fredericksburg,” North-South Trader’s Civil War 19

(Christmas 1992): 20-24.

Co. A., Third Pennsylvania Reserves Infantry Enlistment, boys in regiment, 20 Food, 21 Soldiers not spoiling for a fighting, war cannot be ended by fighting, 21 Hard marching makes men care little about slavery or abolition Fredericksburg, 22-23 Wounded, hospital, 24

Millens, Samuel. “’When Once the Ball is Commenced...’: A Pennsylvania Irishman at Fort

Sumter.” Edited by Rowland T. Berthoff. Pennsylvania History 24 (July 1957): 219-22.

Co. E, 1st Artillery, United States Regulars Confidence in beating Confederates, 220 Fort Sumter, 220ff Food supply, 220-21

Miller, James Cooper. “’afraid I was going to die on their hands.’” Civil War Times Illustrated

8 (July 1969); 37-41.

2nd Delaware Infantry Illness, hospital, 37-41

Miller, James Cooper. “Serving under McClellan on the Peninsula in ’62.” Civil War Times

Illustrated 8 (June 1969): 24-30.

2nd Delaware Infantry Wounded man, 25 Dead bodies, stench, burial, 25 Clearing trees, 25 Gaines’ Mill, Seven Days, 25ff General Meagher, 26 Savage Station, 27-28

Malvern Hill, 29-30

Miller, James Cooper. “We Scattered the Rebels.” Civil War Times Illustrated 8 (August 1969):

43-48.

2nd Delaware Infantry Election of 1864, 43 Reedville battle, 43 Chattanooga, 44 Wheeler cavalry, 45 Savannah, Fort Pulaski, 48

Miller, James Cooper. “With Sherman Through the Carolinas.” Civil War Times Illustrated 8

(October 1969): 35-44.

9th Pennsylvania Cavalry South Carolina, alligator, 35 Columbia, South Carolina, 36 Averasboro, 37 Bentonville, 40-41 Zebulon Vance, 43-44

Miller, James Russell. “Two Civil War Notebooks of James Russell Miller.” Journal of the

Presbyterian Historical Society 37 (June, September 1959): 65-90, 155-76.

United States Christian Commission Station for wounded men, 69 Poor attendance at prayer meetings on storm nights, 69-70 Soldier prayer meeting and prayers, 70-72 Chaplains conference, 73-74 Working with Gettysburg wounded, 75-76 Words of dying soldier, 76 Ministers and army, great variation in character and capability,76-77 East Tennessee, 79ff Unionists and slavery, Brownlow, 80-81 Sees war actually encouraging spirit of benevolence, 81-82 Sanitary Commission and Christian Commission, 82-83 Freedmen’s Relief Commission, 83-85 Religion and dying soldiers, 85-86 Christian Commission at Falmouth, 86-87 Schools, churches and refinement, 89-90 War as a school for improvement, 155 State of religion in the southern states, 156

State of religion in north 156-57 State of religion in the army, 157 Need for reform in religion, 157 Chancellorsville, death and carnage, 158 Southern clergy, 158-59 Confederate prayers, 160 Religion and the southern people, decline, 160-61. Methodists, 161 Camp life, 161-65 Christian Commission supplies, 165 Overland campaign, 166ff Victims of war, 167-68 Petersburg, 169ff Hospital, 173 Reflections on his service, 174

Miller, Randall M., ed. “Letters from Nashville, 1862. II ‘Dear Master.’” Tennessee Historical

Quarterly 33 (Spring 1974): 85-92.

Two letters from slave Susanna, Belle Meade Reports on conditions at Franklin and at home, 88 Tells of health of livestock, 88 Master greatly missed and praises his qualities, 89 Mistress greatly, marauders and livestock, 90-91

Miller, Robert H. "Letters of Lieutenant Robert H. Miller to His Family, 1861-1862." Virginia

Magazine of History and Biography 70 (January 1962): 62-91.

Co. F, 14th Louisiana Infantry McClellan on Peninsula, 81-82 Magruder, 82 Stonewall Jackson, 83 Butter, 85 Contempt for Yankee army and McClellan, 85 Cedar Mountain, 88

Miller, Randall M. “’ It is Good to be Religious’: A Loyal Slave on God, Masters, and the

Civil War.” North Carolina Historical Review 54 (January 1977): 66-71. HC-Done

Miller, William J., ed. “’Dear Mother, Since last I wrote you we have made the fur fly . . . ‘:

Letters Home from the Bucktails.” Civil War Regiments 1 (No. 3, 1991): 45-51.

13th Pennsylvania Reserves (42nd Pennsylvania Infantry)

Prison, Richmond, casualties, 46-47 Second Bull Run, death of son, 47-48 Target shooting, 49 Gettysburg, 49-50 Tough soldiers, rafting, shooting, 50-51

Milligan, Lambdin P. "Lambdin Milligan's Appeal for State's Rights and Constitutional Liberty

during the Civil War." Indiana Magazine of History 66 (September 1970): 263-83.

Milligan speeches on states’ rights Attack on Lincoln administration, 271 What the war will do, 273 Conscription, 272-73 Need to ask whether the war is right, 273ff Revolution, 278 Civil liberty, Union, 280ff

Mills, Luther Rice. “Letters of Luther Rice Mills--a Confederate Soldier.” North Carolina

Historical Review 4 (July 1927): 285-310.

26th Virginia Infantry Marching rain, 289 Minister, 290 Confederate navy, 290 Substitute, 292 CSS Virginia, 292 Charleston, Sumter, 293 Consolidation of regiments, 294 Signal corps, 294-95 Slave slaves, 296 Olustee, 297 Drewry’s Bluff, Butler, 299 Petersburg, 301ff Food, 302 Cold, clothing in short supply, 303 Morale, 303-4 Desertions, morale, 306

Mims, W. J. “Letters of Major W. J. Mims, C.S.A.” Alabama Historical Quarterly 3 (Summer

1941): 203-231.

Co. G, 43rd Alabama Infantry Box, clothes, 204 Disease, 204-5 Deserters, 205-6 Fraternization, 206 Advises wife not to stay if Yankees occupy area, 206 Disease and deserters, 207 Bragg’s Kentucky campaign, 209-10 Kentucky secessionists, Unionists, 209-10 Debt, 210 Advice to wife on rearing the children, 210-11 Bushwhackers, designing women, 211 Women and virtue, prostitution, East Tennessee, 210-11 Religion, Christian spirit of wife’s letters, 213 Morale, doubtful about Confederate prospects, 214 Bragg, Beauregard, Lee, Joseph Johnston, Bucker, D. H. Hill, 214 Slaves and food for coming year, 215-16 Deserter, execution, 217 Deserter, 218 Winter quarters, 218 East Tennessee stripped of provisions, 219 Camp slave cook, 219-20 Impressment, 220-21 Wounded in arm, 221 Petersburg, 222ff Wounded man, 223 Rodes death, 223 Peace Democrats and McClellan, 223 Under fire, trenches, 223-25 Sherman in Georgia, 225 Hood, Jefferson Davis, 225-26 Peace rumors, 226-27 Sherman, Robert E. Lee as commander in chief, Joseph Johnston, Beauregard, 228 Jefferson Davis and Congress, Lincoln, peace commissioners, subjugation, 229 Robert E. Lee. Limited news, rumors, 231 Desertion, demoralization, 231-32

Mitchell, James. “Civil War Letters from James Mitchell to His Wife, Sarah Elizabeth Latta

Mitchell.” Edited by Frances Mitchell Ross. Arkansas Historical Quarterly 37 (Winter

1978): 306-17.

Co. B, 34th Arkansas Infantry Sterling Price, morale, 311-12 Wife managing farm, postwar opportunity, 312

Length of war, 313

Mitchell, James. “Siege of Petersburg.” Civil War Times Illustrated 9 (August 1970); 14, 28-30,

47.

3rd New Jersey Battery, Private Destruction, 14 Lines close to each other, 14 Deep Bottom, 28 Deserter execution, 28-29 Picket firing, 30 Extensive entrenchments, 30 Fraternization, 30 Raid on Union cattle, 30 End of Petersburg siege, 47

Mitchell, James Madison. “A Confederate Soldier’s Letter.” Edited by George W. Clower.

Georgia Historical Quarterly 30 (September 1952): 286-88.

24th Georgia Infantry Virginia Peninsula, 287 Ill, marching, 287-88

Mitchell, William Henry. “Letters of Rev. W. H. Mitchell, January 1861.” Edited by Virginia

K. Jones. Alabama Historical Quarterly 23 (Spring 1961): 180-87.

Presbyterian minister, Montgomery secession convention, 180ff Secret sessions, 181 Mistaken for Stephen A. Douglas, 182 Fears of opposition in northern Alabama, 182 Secession excitement, 183 Women and flag presentation, 183-84

Mix, William H. “Bull Run or the First Battle of Manassas.” Edited by James Willard Milgram.

American Philatelist 74 (April 1961): 504-6.

2nd New Hampshire Infantry, Private Bull Run, 504-6 Guarding a battery and could not return fire, 505 Soldier helping wounded, 505-6 Alcohol, 506 Bayoneting wounded, 506

Mobus, Wilhelm. “’The Life of Wilhelm Yank’: Letters from a German Soldier in the Civil

War.” Edited by David L. Anderson. Michigan Historical Review 16 (Spring 1990): 73-

93.

Co. A, 13th Michigan Infantry, Private Lookout Mountain, march, 78 Camp conditions, 79 Election of 1864, voted for McClellan, cheating, hard to get Democratic ballots, 81 Food prices, 84 Foraging, 85 Marching, 88 Mill Creek, battle, 88-89 Box, 89-90 Sherman-Johnston, surrender, 90-91 Grant Review, 92

Mockett, Richard H. “The Richard H. Mockett Diary.” Edited by James L. Sellers. Mississippi

Valley Historical Review 26 (September 1939): 233-40.

43rd Wisconsin Infantry Shelling, gunboats, Nathan Bedford Forrest, 234 Marching, 234 Food, black woman, 236 Wealthy Confederate shot, 237 Stayed in a black family cabin, 237-38 Women smoke and do snuff, 240

Montfort, Thedorick Wingfield. “Another Letters from ‘The Rebel Lawyer.’” Edited by

Richard McMurry. Georgia Historical Quarterly, 52 (June 1968): 220-22.

25th Georgia Infantry Fort Pulaski Preparation for battle, 221

Montfort, Thedorick Wingfield. “Rebel Lawyer: The Letters of Lt. Theodorick W. Montfort,

1861-1862.” Edited by Spender Bidwell King, Jr. Georgia Historical Quarterly 48

(September, December 1964): 331-33, 451-71; 49 (March, June, September 1965), 82-97,

200-16, 324-34.

25th Georgia Infantry Refugees, 329 Soldiers treated well by Virginians, 452 Religion in camp, 452 Wife’s pregnancy, 452, 458 Rumors about winter quarters, 454 Measles, 455, 458 Food prices, 455 Alcohol, whiskey, 480 Food, cooking, 480-81 Confederate soldiers stealing and foraging, 461-62 Soldier struggling with alcohol, 463 Savannah, 466ff Poor food, 467-68 Savannah, 82ff Yankee fleet, preparing for battle, 87 Soldier pay, 88-89 Fort Pulaski, 89ff Fort Pulaski, 200ff Letters and Yankees, 200 Naming artillery pieces, 201 Alcohol and tobacco, 202 Clothing, 204 Yankees burn property of a Dr. Stevens, 205 Clothing, 206 Captured letters, 206 Hatred of Yankees, honor, 209-10 Conscription, 211-12 Farm directions and labor, 213 God to avenge outrages on families, Fort Pulaski, 324 Preparation for battle, 325 Taxes, 326 Women and soldier uniforms and duty, 326-27 Soldier pay, 328 Prisoner, New York 329

Moore, David. “’We Were Badly Whipped’: A Confederate Account of the Battle of Helena,

July 4, 1863.” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 69 (Spring 2010): 44-53.

35th Arkansas Infantry Marching, swamps, 49-50 Badly beaten at Helena, 50 Fall of Vicksburg, 52

Moore, Hugh. “Illinois Commentary: A Reminiscence of Confederate Prison Life.” Journal of

the Illinois State Historical Society 65 (Winter 1972): 451-61.

111th Illinois, Andersonville and Florence Atlanta campaign, 452 Wounded soldier, 453 Taken prisoner, 453 Andersonville, 454ff Hanging of the raiders, crime, 454 Food, cooking, 454 Dying soldier and family, 455 Tunnel, 455 Escape at Augusta, captured, 456 Prison at Florence, 456 Election of 1864 in prison, McClellan, Lincoln, 457-58 Food, cooking, 458 Reading Hume’s History of England, 459 Fight over wood, 459 Meal aboard a steamship after being release, 460 Returns home and bombarded with questions, 461

Moore, J. C. “Diary of a Confederate Soldier.” Edited by Larry G. Bowman and Jack B.

Scroggs. Military Review 62 (February 1982): 20-34.

18th Tennessee Infantry Enlistment, 21 Measles, 21 Furlough, 23 Fort Donelson, 26-28 Taken prisoner, 28 Camp Butler, 28ff Oath, 30 Thought of a prisoner, 30 Death of prisoner, alcohol, 30-31 Prison routine, isolation, 31 Oath prisoner exchange, 32

Moore, John. “Letters from Johnson’s Island Prison, 186r.” Edited by William Stanley Hoole.

Alabama Review 12 (July 1959): 222-33.

40th Alabama Infantry, Lieutenant Johnson’s Island, 225 Health, hospital, 225

Diarrhea, 227 Marion, Alabama, refugees, 227 Church, women and old men, 228 Box, clothing, shoes, 228, 230 Coat, 232

Moore, Robert T. “Turkeytown C.S.A. Letters.” Alabama Historical Quarterly 23 (Fall and

Winter 1961): 300-302.

19th Alabama Infantry Camp, water, women, 300 Corinth, wounded men, prisoners, 301 Heavy Yankee casualties, 301

Moore, Waldo W. ed.. "First Hand Account of Life in II Corps of Lee's Army." North

Louisiana Historical Association Newsletter 8 (1968): 8-12.

9th Louisiana Infantry Disease, 10 1864 Valley campaign, 10ff Morale, officers, 10 Chancellorsville, severe wound, 11-12

Morgan, George P. and Stephen A. Morgan. “A Confederate Journal.” Edited by George E.

Moore. West Virginia History 22 (July 1961): 201-16.

31st Virginia Infantry Laurel Hill, 202-3 Rich Mountain, 203-4 Rain, morale, 204 Measles and weather, 205 Cheat Mountain, 206-7 Virginia election, convention, 207-8, 212-13 Confederate election, 208 Alcohol, 209 Alcohol, food, young women, 210 Food and alcohol, 211-12 Staunton hospital, wounded men, 214-15 Alcohol, stage coach, 215 Cold, sick furlough, substitute, 216

Morgan, Harry T. “Letters of a North Louisiana Private to His Wife, 1862-1865.” Mississippi

Valley Historical Review 30 (March 1944): 533-550.

31st Louisiana Infantry Methodist, Baptist, church, 534-35 Food, 536 Poor officers, 538 Vicksburg, 537 Food, starving, prices, 540 Pregnancy and children, 542-43 Court martial, execution, man shot, 543 Praying peace, 544-45

Morgan, John Abell. “The Civil War Diary of John Abell Morgan, S.J.: A Jesuit Scholastic of

the Maryland Province.” Edited by George M. Anderson. Records of the American

Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 101 (No. 3-4, 1990): 33-54.

Catholic priest in Baltimore Slavery, 34 Blacks in Baltimore, 55 Conscription, 36 Slavery, Catholics, 38 Women arrested for waving handkerchiefs at Confederate prisoners, 38 Churches taken as hospitals, 38 Vandalism by Federal soldiers, 38-39 Support for Confederacy at Georgetown, 39 Congress and generals, 39 Antietam campaign, Lee, behavior of Confederates, 39- Attempted seizure of church for a hospital in Washington, 40-41 Emancipation Proclamation, 41 Black women, 41, 45, 46 Wounded Confederate, courage, 42 Man arrested for singing “Dixie”, 42 Length of war, 43 Washington’s Birthday, 43-44 Conscription, 44-46 Gettysburg campaign, 44 Election of 1864, 46 Peace prospects, 46 Fall of Richmond, 46 Celebration of Union victories, 47 Lee surrender, 47 Lincoln assassination, 47

Religious retreat for black people, 47 Mary Surratt, 47

Morgan, John S. “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry.” Annals

of Iowa Series 3, Volume 13 (January, April 1923): 483-508, 570-610.

Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry Trees and injuries, 486 Rumor of Richmond’s fall, 489 Pemberton and Johnston, 491 Alcohol, drunkenness, 510 Mobile, Spanish Fort, 576ff Wounded man, 583 Fort Blakely, 587ff Mobile, 581 Lincoln assassination, 594

Morrison, Theophilus Wiley. "Recollections of Salem." Indiana Magazine of History 29

(September 1933): 247-53.

18th Indiana Salem, Indiana Agricultural work

Morrissett, Algernon Sydney. “A Confederate Soldier’s Eye-Witness Account of the Merrimack

Battle.” Edited by Leonora Dismukes Parish and Camillus J. Dismukes. Georgia

Historical Quarterly 54 (Fall 1970): 430-32.

Monitor, Merrimack battle, Hampton Roads

Morrow, Henry Preston. “Reminiscing from 1861 to 1865: An ‘Ex-Confed.’ H. P. Morrow.”

Edited by James L. Nichols. East Texas Historical Journal 9 (March 1971): 5-19.

16th, 25th Louisiana Infantry Enlistment, one woman refused a kiss, 6 Sermon to soldiers about to leave for the war, 7 Food, 8 Lice, 8 Railroad trip, 9 Bragg’s Kentucky campaign, 9 Perryville, 9-10

Stones River, 10-11 Vicksburg, 11 Chickamauga, 11 Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, 11-12 Atlanta campaign, 12-13 Journey home, 14-16

Morse, De Witt C. “A Fighting Sailor on the Western Rivers: The Civil War Letters of

‘Gunboat.’” Edited by Jeffrey L. Patrick. Journal of Mississippi History 58 (Fall 1996):

255-83.

Acting Master mate, USS Curlew Mound City, Cairo, 257-58 USS Ozark, 259 Island No. 10, 261 Vicksburg, 262 Grand Gulf, 263-64 Union graves, 264 Cotton trade, Confederate woman, 264-65 Fort Pillow, 266 Cotton thieves, cotton trade, 267 Encounter with General Marmaduke, firing on the river, 270-72 Guerrillas, firing, 273 Concentrating gunboats between Grand Gulf and Natchez, 276ff Confederate officer spy, 277 Mules prices, 277 Consumption, yellow fever, burials, 278 Copperheads, election of 1864, McClellan, 282

Moseley, Edward. “English Views of the Civil War: A Unique Excursion to Virginia, April 2-8,

1865.” Edited by James I. Robertson, Jr. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

77 (April 1969): 201-212.

Journey from New York to battlefields of Virginia in April 1865 Possible arrest by Admiral Porter Hospitals, 207 Petersburg, 207-9 Food prices, 208 Fine drawings, 209ff Destruction in Richmond, 209-10 Lincoln and Grant, 211-12

Mott, William H. “War Journal of a Confederate Officer.” Edited by Charles R. Mott, Jr.

Tennessee Historical Quarterly 5 (September 1946): 234-48.

24th Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Horrors of camp life, 235-36 Bowling Green, 235ff Nature of the American people, republic, war, destruction, 237 Shanty, food, 236-38 Fort Donelson, 238ff Nashville, 240 Rain, march, food, 240-41 Murfreesboro, 243 Cowards, oath, Unionists, 244 Huntsville, 244-45 Andrew Johnson, 246 Duty, homes, abolitionists, 247 Confederate deserters, 248

Moyer, Henry C. “A Remarkable Gunshot Wound, the Case of Daniel V. Moyer, Company H.,

Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves.” Now and Then 2 (May and June 1905): 177-82

34th Pennsylvania Infantry (5th Reserves) Gaines’s Mill, 177 Ball passed through body without hitting intestines, but wounded seemed mortal, 177-79 Official report of wounded, 181

Muir, Thomas S., ed. “Letters Pertaining to the Confederate Nitre Bureau Operations in

Florida.” Florida Historical Quarterly 74 (Summer 1995): 47-49.

Florida caves too wet for nitre to form, 47-49

Murdock, Henry. “Private Henry Murdock’s Red Badge of Courage.” Edited by Bob Mariani.

North-South Trader 8 (November/December 1980): 15-18, 47.

36th Massachusetts Enlisted to escape conscription, 15 Bounty, 15 Drill, 16 Grant and Burnside, 16 Overland campaign, 16ff Wilderness battle, 16-17 Spotsylvania Courthouse, 18

Helped wounded man off the field, 18 Petersburg, wounded, 47

Murphree, Joel. “Autobiography and Civil War Letters of Joel Murphree of Troy, Alabama,

1864-1865.” Edited by H. E. Sterkx. Alabama Historical Quarterly 19 (1957): 170-208.

57th Alabama Infantry Atlanta campaign, 171-72 Johnston and Hood, 172 Hood’s Tennessee campaign, Franklin, Nashville, 172-73 Religious revival, 174 Wounded men, 177 Confederate taxes, 178 Various ailments, lice, 179 Food, 180 Homesick, 181 Johnston and Atlanta, 182 Food, commissary and quartermaster, 183 Sherman and Atlanta, 184ff Johnston and Hood, 184 Soldier stealing, 185 Hood and Atlanta, 187 Yankees capture wagons, 188 Wheeler and cavalry, 192 Hood and Johnston, 194 Election of 1864, McClellan, 200 Soldiers supply themselves in Tennessee, 201 Spring Hill and Franklin, Nashville, 202 Catholic service, 204 Consolidation of regiments, 207

Murray, W. D. “The Alarms of the Peninsula Campaign: A Letter of Surgeon of the 100th

Regiment.” Niagara Frontier 15 (Summer 1960): 57-60.

100th New York Infantry Peninsula, 57 McClellan, outgeneraled, 57-58 White Oak Swamp, Seven Days, 58 Hospital surgeons, 59

Myers, Gustavus A. “Abraham Lincoln in Richmond.” Virginia Magazine of History and

Biography 41 (October 1933): 318-322.

British consul in Richmond General Weitzel, Judge Campbell, oath, 320-21 Lincoln on restoration of the Union, emancipation, Virginia legislature, 321-22

Myers, John “’Dear and Mutch Loved One’—An Iowan’s Vicksburg Letters.” Edited by

Edward G. Longacre. Annals of Iowa 43 (Summer 1975): 49-61.

28th Iowa Infantry, Co. F, Corporal Vicksburg campaign, 50ff Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, 51-52 Foraging, food, plantation, women, 52 Champion Hill, 53-54 John A. Logan, 54 Confederate prisoners, 54 Earthworks, entrenchments, 55-56 Confederate deserters, 57-58 Vicksburg, odor, 57 Disease and deaths, 58 Officer election, 58-59 Diarrhea, 60 Myers dies of typhoid, 60-61