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

Maffitt, John Newland, commander of the “Oreto” or “Florida,” 2.569.

Magoffin, Gov., Beriah, action of in Kentucky, 1.200; gives encouragement to secessionists, 2.72, 73.

Magruder, J. B., designs of on Newport Newce and Hampton, 1.503; his capture of Galveston, 2.594.

Mail service, army, how organized, 2.224.

Maine, loyal attitude of, 1.202.

Malvern Hills, the Army of the Potomac on, 2.431; battle of, 2.433; visit of the author to in 1866, II 438.

Manassas, day fixed for the movement upon, 1.580; positions and numbers of the Union and Confederate armies at the time of the movement on, 1.581-1.583; evacuation of by the Confederates, 2.358.

“Manassas,” ram, attacks the blockading fleet at the mouth of the Mississippi, 2.113; in the naval battle below New Orleans, 2.334; destruction of, 2.338.

Manassas Junction, strategical importance of, 1.479; escape of Jackson from, 2.455.

Marais des Cygnes, battle at, 3.280.

Marietta, Ga., visit of the author to in 1866, 3.403.

Mark's Mill, Ark., battle at, 3.272.

Marye's Hill, battle at, 2.493; capture of by Sedgwick during the battle of Chancellorsville, 3.35.

Maryland, state of feeling in, 1.196; growth of the Union party in, 1.197; Gov. Hicks objects to Northern troops passing through, 1.419; honor of vindicated, 1.428; Board of Public Safety of, 1.443; disloyal agitation in, 551-554; Gen. Lee's invasion of, 2.464-2.482; second invasion of by Lee, 3.53.

Maryland and Pennsylvania, invasion of by Gen. Early, 3.341-3.350.

Maryland Heights, occupation of by Gen. French, 3.51; abandonment of urged by Hooker, 3.56.

Mason, Senator James M., letter of in relation to the Virginia ordinance of secession, 1.384; sent as “ambassador” to Great Britain, 2.153.

Mason and Slidell, taken from the “Trent,” by Capt. Wilkes, 2.154; consigned to Fort Warren, 2.155; release of demanded, 2.160; surrender of, 2.164.

Massachusetts, loyal attitude of, 1.202; response of to the President's call for troops, 1.401.

Massachusetts Simth Regiment, attacked by the Baltimore mob, 1.411; arrival of in Washington, 1.413.

Massacre at Baltimore, 1.411; anxiety caused by in free States, 1.425; names of the martyrs in the, 1.426.

Matthias Point, unsuccessful attack on insurgent works at, 1.528; proposed expedition against, 2.133.

Meade, Gen. George G., appointed to command the Army of the Potomac, 3.56; his Gettysburg campaign, 3.56-3.75; his pursuit of Lee in Virginia, 3.98; operations of in Virginia till the retreat from Mine Run, 3.99-3.111; commander of the Army of the Potomac under Grant, 3.235.

Meagher, Gen., Thomas Francis, at the battle of Fredericksburg, 2.493.

Mechanicsville, battle of, 2.419.

Medal from French Democrats in honor of President Lincoln, 3.568.

Medals, presented by Jeff. Davis to the “Davis Guards,” 3.222; presented to the defenders of Fort Sumter, 1.333; to the defenders of Fort Pickens, 1.370; to the heroes of Roanoke Island, 2.175.

Memminger, C. G., a special commissioner from South Carolina to Virginia, 1.93.

Memphis, naval battle opposite, 2.298; occupation of by General Wallace, 2.299; sudden dash of Forrest into, 3.248; expedition of Grierson from against the Mobile and Ohio railway, 3.415.

Meridian, destructive raid of Sherman to from Vicksburg, 3.238-3.240.

“Merrimack,” blown up by the Confederates, 2.389.

“Merrimack” and “1 Monitor,” 2.359-2.366.

Message of President Buchanan, of Dec. 3, 1860, 1.64; unsatisfactory to all parties, 1.73; popular disappointment excited by, 1.74.

Message of President Buchanan, of Jan. 8, 1861, 1.218.

Mexico, invasion of by the French, 3.47.

Michigan, attitude of in relation to secession, 1.212.

Middletown, battle of, 3.371.

miles, Col. D. H., bad conduct of at the battle of Bull's Run, 1.606; his surrender of Harper's Ferry, and death. 2.473.

Militia, seventy-five thousand called for to suppress the rebellion, 1.336.

Millen, Ga., arrival of Sherman's forces at, 3.410.

Milliken's Bend, battle at, 2.623.

Mill Spring, Ky., battle of, 2.194.

Milroy, Gen., operations of in Western Virginia, 2.103; compelled to evacuate Winchester, by Ewell, 3.51.

Mine at Petersburg, explosion of, 3.351; its disastrous failure, 3.353.

Mine Run, Meade's movement against Lee at, 3.108; the retreat of the Nationals from, 3.111.

Mines, explosion of at Vicksburg, 2.625.

Ministers, American, abroad, instructions to, 1.566.

Minnesota, loyalty of the people of, 1.214; troubles with Sioux Indians in, 3.224.

“Minnesota,” steam frigate, her fight with the “Merrimack,” 2.363.

Mint at New Orleans, seizure of, 1.184.

“Minute Men,” organized in Virginia under ex-Governor Wise, 1.161.

Missionaries' Ridge, occupation of by Bragg after the battle of Chickamauga, 3.141; Bragg's troops concentrated on, 3.165; battle on, 3.166; carried by the Nationals, 3.169.

Mississippi, preparations of the legislature for secession, 1. 59; secession movements in, 1.162; preparations for war in, 1.164; author's experiences in, 1.848.

Mississippi City, capture of, 2.327.

Mississippi River, blockade of at Vicksburg, 1.164; plans for obstructing (note), 2.61; naval operations on to the capture of Memphis, 2.296-2.299; naval and military operations on, 2.524-2.530; 571-582; 583-614.

Missouri, loyalty of a majority of the people of, 1.200; secession and military movements in, 1.461-1.471; proceedings of the State Convention of, 1.462; secession movements in, 1.464; progress of the war in, 1.538-1.543; civil and military movements in till September, 1861, 2.42-2.65; civil affairs in, 2.55; represented in the Confederate Congress, 2.58; military operations in, 2.78-2.85; 179-184; operations of Gen. Schofield in, 2.531-2.533; raids of Marmaduke in, 3.211-3.213; Price's invasion of, 3.275-3.280.

Mitchel, Gen. O. M., thrilling speech of in New York, at the Union Square meeting, 1.359; his invasion of Alabama, 2.265; his operations toward Chattanooga, 2.290; various expeditions of, 2.300-2.303; assigned to the Department of the South, 2.304; succeeds Gen. Hunter: in command of the Department of the South, 3.188; death of, 3.189.