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L.
Lafayette,
Ga., large army concentrated at under
Bragg 3.132.
La Fourche expedition,
Weitzel's, 2.530.
Lake, Col., surprised by
Gen. Green, 3.223.
Lake Providence, attempt to cut a channel to, 2.586.
Lander, Gen., operations of in
Western Virginia, II 867.
Last battle of the war, 3.580.
Lawrence,
Quantrell's massacre at, 3.215.
Lebanon, the guerrilla
Morgan at, 3.93.
Lee, Gen. A. L., in the
Red River expedition, 3.254.
Lee,
Gen. Robert E., appointed general-in-chief of
Virginia forces, 1.422; in command in
Western Virginia, 2.92; operations of, 2.98; repulsed at Elk Water, 2.99; concentrates his forces on
Sewell Mountain, 2.100; succeeds
Johnston in command of the Confederate forces at
Richmond, 2.414; his invasion of
Maryland, 2.464-2.482; his return to
Virginia, II 483; his preliminary movements for the invasion of
Maryland and
Pennsylvania, 3.50; in
Pennsylvania 3.54; his approach to
Harrisburg, 3.57; concentrates at
Gettysburg, 3.57; compelled to retreat after a three days battle, 3.74; recrosses the
Potomac into
Virginia, 3.75; at Culpepper Court-House, 3.99; pursuit of by
Sheridan and
Grant after the evacuation of
Richmond, 3.552, 556; details of the surrender of, 3.556, 557; his address to his soldiers on taking leave of them, 3.559; how far implicated in cruelties to Union prisoners, 3.602.
Letcher, Gov., action of in relation to secession, 1.193.
Letters of marque issued by
Jefferson Davis, 1.373.
Lexington,
Mo., siege and surrender of, 2.66-2.70;
Fremont censured for failing to re-enforce, 2.70.
Lewinsville,
Gen. W. F. Smith's reconnoissance toward, 2.135.
Libby Prison, proposition to blow up with gunpowder, 3.291; cruelties practiced on prisoners in, 3.595.
Liberty Gap, capture of, 3.122.
Lieb, Col. H., his defense of
Milliken's Bend with colored troops, 2.623.
Lieutenant-General,
General Grant appointed, 3.234.
Light-houses, darkening of (note), 1.453.
Lincoln, Abraham, nomination of for the Presidency 1.32; election of, 1.34; votes cast at the election of, 1.36; excitement caused in the
South by the election of, 1.49; character of contrasted with that of
Jefferson Davis, 1.275; his departure from
Springfield for
Washington, 1.275; journey and speeches of, 1.276; conspiracy against his life, 1.275; his own account of his journey to
Washington, 1.279; his reception at
Washington, 1.282; his inaugural address, 1.290; remarks on his address, 1.296; his message of July 5, 1861, 1.562; letter of
John A. Kennedy, in relation to his journey from
Philadelphia to
Washington (note), 2.147; re-election of, 3.451; declarations of, 3.452; his visit to
Richmond after the surrender, 3.562; his return to
Washington, 3.563; assassinated by
Booth, 3.564; his funeral, 3.570.
Little Bethel, expedition against, 1.504.
Little Blue Creek, battle at, 3.279.
Little Osage River, battle at, 3.280.
Little Rock, capture of by
Gen. Steele, 3.216.
Little Round Top, at Gettysburg, struggle for, 3.66.
Little Washington, evacuation of by
Palmer, 3.471.
Loan Bill of July 9, 1861, 1.572.
Loan of $250,000,000 authorized by Congress, 2.30.
Logan, Gen. J. A., at the first
battle of Atlanta, 3.386.
Longstreet, Gen., operations of against
Suffolk, 3.41-3.44; his siege of
Knoxville, 3.171-3.175.
Lookout Mountain, occupation of by
Bragg's forces, 3.143; movements of
Hooker toward, 3.152;
Bragg preparing to hold against
Grant, 3.160; scaled by i. the Nationals, 3.162; battle on, 3.163; abandoned by
Bragg, 3.165; visit of the author to, 3.179.
Loudon Bridge, over the
Tennessee, destroyed, 3.129.
Louisiana, secession movements in, 1.61; action of disloyal politicians in, 1.180; seizure of forts in by Confederates, 1.181; secession convention of, 1.182.
Lovell, Gen., Mansfield, intrusted by the
Confederates with the defense of New Orleans, 2.329; compelled to abandon the city, 2.343.
Lynchburg,
Gen. Hunter's advance to and retreat from, 3.315.
Lyon, Gen. N., compels the surrender of
Frost and his camp of State troops, 1.468; relieves
Gen. Harney in command of the Department of the West, 1.470; operations of in
Missouri, 1.540; his march from
Booneville toward
Springfield, 2.44; death of, 2.53.
M.
Mccauley,
Commodore Charles S., indecision of when in command of Gosport Navy-Yard, 1.394.
McClellan,
Gen. George B., appointed to command the
Ohio State troops, 1.454; assigned to the Department of the Ohio, 1.493; operations of in
Western Virginia, 1.530-1.537; placed in command of the Departments of
Washington and
Northeastern Virginia, 2.23; reorganizes the army, 2.24; his extraordinary popularity, 2.129; inaction of unsatisfactory to the
President and the country, 2.353-2.357; 2.374; his movements from
Fortress Monroe to
Yorktown, 2.372-2.374; at
Yorktown, 2.375; in possession of
Yorktown, 2.377; at
Williamsburg, 2.384; his campaign against
Richmond,2.402-2.434; discouraging dispatches of, 2.415; determines upon retreat to the
James, 2.420; his extraordinary letter to the
Secretary of War, 2.427; instructed by
President Lincoln to cross the
Potomac in pursuit of
Lee, 2.483; relieved by
Gen. Burnside, 2.485.
McClernand, Gen., at the
battle of Shiloh, 2.272; capture of Fort Hindman by the troops of, 2.581; at the
battle of Port Gibson, 2.604; in the assault on
Vicksburg, 2.618.
McCook, Gen., at the battle of Murfreesboroa, 2.544.
McCulloch, Gen., Benj., his proclamation to the people of
Missouri, 2.66.
McDowell, Gen., Irvin, placed in command of the Army of the Potomac, 1.580; position and numbers of his troops, 1.581; composition of his forces, 1.584; his plan of attack, 1.590; his forward movement, 1.592; succeeded by
McClellan in command of the Army of the Potomac, 2.23.
McDowell,
Va., battle at, 2.390.
McLean, Wilmer,
Lee's capitulation signed at the house of, 3.558.
McMinnsville, cavalry fight at, 2.505;
Gen. Reynolds's descent on, 3.119; supply train captured at by
Wheeler, 3.150.
Macon,
Gen. Stoneman's expedition against, 3.388.
McPherson.
Gen., corps of in the assault on
Vicksburg, 2.618; receives the surrender of
Vicksburg from
Pemberton, 2.628; appointed to command the Department
