26, 339; Twenty-third, II., 336; Twenty-ninth, II., 352; Thirty-third, II., 352; Thirty-fifth, II., 352; Thirty-sixth, II., 352; Thirty-ninth, II., 328; III., 332; Fortieth, II., 352.
Iowa: Response to first call, VIII., 74; troops furnished by, VIII., 251; enlistment, VIII., 251.
Irby, R.,
VIII., 113.
Ireland, Archbishop
Viii., 100.
Irish recruits in Wisconsin regiments
VIII., 75; in Confederate Army, VIII., 118.
Irish Bend, La.,
II., 332.
Irish Brigade:
(Meagher's), II., 92; officers of, II., 93; at battle of Gettysburg, VIII., 100.
Iron Brigade:
men of, II., 239, 241, 244; IX., 223.
Ironclads; in action
I., 24; European type, VI., 36, 38; first jeopardizes Federal cause, VI., 36; Farragut's opinion of, VI., 55; first Federal contracts for, VI., 56; Confederates begin construction of, VI., 73; Confederate attempts to build, VI., 75, 191, 239; on the Mississippi, VI., 129, monitors built during war, VI., 139; monitors double-turreted, VI
., 345; III., 15, 28; headquarters at Brandy Station, Va., III., 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 46, 53, 55, 58, 68, 81, 82, 84, 88, 190, 294, 318, 320, 322, 324, 346; IV., 43, 92, 122, 203, 274, 312; V., 240, 246; VI., 317; at Gettysburg, Pa., VIII., 36; march to Petersburg, Va., VIII., 50, 95, 98, 204, 232, 234, 246, 327, 338, 345, 350, 357, 366, 368; IX., 235, 331; X., 168, 169.
Meade, G., Jr.
VIII., 192.
Meade, R. W., Jr.
VI., 121.
Meadow bridge, Va.:
I., 315, 322; IV., 126.
Meagher, T. F.:
I., 330; II., 69; Irish brigade, II., 92, 93, 324; X., 125.
Mechanics: recruits, VIII., 187.
Mechanicsville, Va.:
bridge at, I., 315 seq., 319, 320, 322, 343, 361, 366; III., 84; IV., 223 seq.; V., 21, 30 seq., 32, 33, 149, 230; losses at, X., 142.
Medical officers: VII., 216; army, multiplicity of important duties of, VII., 224; number of, in war, and achievements of, VII., 226; Federal, record of casualties among, VII., 228; of the two armies, consideration shown on