Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3.

Mitchelville, founded by Gen. Mitchel, 3.188.

Mobile, defensive preparations at, 1.175; siege and capture of, 3.506-3.514; visit of the author to, 3.524.

Mobile forts, operations of Farragut against, 3.439-3.444.

Moderwell, Major E. C., bridge over the Catawba destroyed by, 3.505.

“Monitor” and “Merrimack,” 2.359-2.366.

Mouocacy, battle of the, 3.348-3.345.

Monroe, John T., Mayor of New Orleans, his ridiculous letter to Farragut, 2.343; deposed and arrested by order of Gen. Butler, 2.350.

Montgomery, secession convention at, 1.172; capture of by Wilson, 3.519; visit of the author to, 3.522.

Montgomery Convention, 1.248.

Monument to commemorate the Massachusetts men killed at Baltimore, 1.426.

Morehead, ex-Gov., confined in Fort Lafayette, 2.76.

Morgan, Gen. George W., his capture of Cumberland Gap, 2.303; compelled to abandon Cumberland Gap, 2.502; at the battle of Chickasaw Bayou, 2.576.

Morgan, John H., his invasion of Kentucky, 2.498; his approach to Cincinnati, 2.499; driven back, 2.500; raid of to Elizabethtown and Bardstown, in Kentucky, 2.552; raid of in Indiana and Ohio, 3.92-3.96; confined in the Columbus Penitentiary, 3.96; his escape (note), 3.96; activity of in East Tennessee, 3.282; his raid in Kentucky in 1864, 3.283; death of, 3.283 and (note), 3.285.

Morris Island, capture of works on, 3.202.

Morse, Prof. Samuel F. B., his plan for reconciliation, 1.245-1.247.

Mortality in the Union army, causes of the low rate of, 3.606.

Mount Jackson, “Stonewall” Jackson at, 2.389.

Mount Vernon, respected by the soldiers of both parties, 1.485.

Mower, Gen., in the Red River expedition, 3.253.

Mulligan, Col. James A., his defense of Lexington, Mo., 2.67; his surrender, 2.69; death of, 3.348.

Mumford, W. B., tears down the flag raised by Farragut in New Orleans, 2.343; execution of, 2.351.

Mumfordsville, battle of, 2.506.

Munson's Hill, occupation of by National troops, 2.136.

Murfreesboroa, captured by Forrest, 2.501; Gen. Bragg and Jeff. Davis at, 2.539; approach of Rosecrans to, 2.543; battle of, 2.544-2.550; occupation of by Rosecrans, 2.551; visit of the author to the battlefield of in 1866, 2.552; national cemetery at, 2.553.

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“Nashville,” Confederate cruiser, short career of, 2.568; destruction of by Commander Worden, 3.190.

Natchez, bombarded by Porter, 2.530.

Natchitoches, Gen. Franklin at, 3.255.

Navy, condition of before the outbreak of the war, 1.299; vessels purchased for the, 1.559; abundance of recruits for, 1.560; important services of during the war, 3.584.

Navy-Yard at Gosport, history of the destruction of, 1.392-1.398.

Navy-Yard at Pensacola, surrendered to the State authorities, 1. 169.

Negley, Gen.

James S., at Nashville, 2.264; his unsuccessful attempt on Chattanooga, 2.303.

Negroes, excluded by Gen. Halleck from his camps, 2.180; fighting qualities of displayed at Milliken's Bend, 2.624; employed as soldiers, 3.91; accepted as volunteer troops, 3.249.

Nelson, Gen. W., operations of in Eastern Kentucky, 2.90; at the battle of Shiloh, 2.280.

Neutrality, proclamation of by the British, 1.567.

Neutrals, British doctrine in relation to (note), 2.157; American doctrine concerning rights of, 2.163.

New Berne, expedition against, 2.305; battle of, 2.306; occupation of by Gen. Foster, 2.307; movements of Gen. Foster from, 3.181; repulse of Gen. D. H. Hill at, 3.183; Pickett's attempt on, 3.469.

New Carthage, Grant's movement for a lodgment at, 2.590; descent of Porter's fleet to, 2.591.

New Jersey, action of the legislature of in relation to secession, 1.208.

New Madrid, Gen. Pillow at, 2.62; fortified by the Confederates, 2.237; Pope's siege and capture of, 2.239, 240.

New Market, Va., defeat of Sigel near, 3.314.

New Mexico, military movements in, 2.184-2.188.

New Orleans, seizure of the Mint at, 1.184; the author's experiences in, 1.344; how the news of the fall of Fort Sumter was received in, 1.345; expedition planned against, 2.324; preparations for the expedition against, 2.328; defenses of, 2.329; naval operations against the forts below, 2.330-2.340; arrival of Farragut with his fleet at, 2.342; panic in, 2.340-2.342; occupation of by National troops, 2.345; Gen. Butler's administration of affairs in, 2.346-2.352; policy of Gen. Banks in, 2.592; threatened by Gen. Dick Taylor, 3.220; visit of the author to, 3.524.

New Orleans forts, bombardment of by Farragut and Porter, 2.330-2.337.

Newport Newce, fortification of, 1.501.

New River, Floyd driven from his position on, 2.101.

Newtonia, Mo., battles at, 2.533, and 3.280.

New Year's Day in Washington, 1861, 1.151.

New York, action of representatives from on the withdrawal of South Carolina members of Congress, 1.141; patriotic resolutions adopted by the legislature of, 1.204; response of to the President's call for troops, 1.428; dispatch of troops from for the defense of Washington, 1.429.

New York City, the secession of proposed by Mayor Wood, 1.205; alarm in commercial circles in 1.206; immense meeting of citizens in, 1.206; scenes in at the outbreak of the war, 1.353; great war meeting in Union Square, 1.354; state of feeling in, according to Russell (note), 1.358; draft riots in, 3.88-3.91.

New York Seventh Regiment, departure of for Washington, 1.433; reception of in Washington, 1.440.

Niagara Falls, unofficical negotiations with Conspirators at, 3.446.

Noell, John M., amendment to the Constitution proposed by, 1.89.

Nor.folk, history of the destruction of the navy-yard at, 1.392-1.398; Gen. Wool's operations against, 2.387; surrender of, 2.388.

North Anna, battle of the, 3.326.

North Carolina, secession movements in, 1.62; seizure of forts in by Gov. Ellis, 1.161; efforts made to force into rebellion, 1.198; ordinance of secession adopted in, 1.385; blockade extended to the forts of