The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861–1865

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A. & G. A. Arnoux, 20 A. T. Stewart & Co., 18, 22, 23, 222 Abbott, E. F., 87 Adams, Charles Francis, 216–18 Adams, Nathanial, 204 Adams, Theodore, 200–201 Adonijah Peacock & Son, 232 advertising, 109–10 African Americans, 78 Albert Jewett & Co., 122, 233, 235 Alden, Alonzo, 212 Alfred Jenks & Son, 120, 231 Alger. See Cyrus Alger & Co. Allegheny Arsenal, 74, 255n. 5 Allen, Robert: antebellum career of, 45, 55, 62; background of, 42; on cash shortages, 102, 111, 130; postwar career and death of, 205, 207; purchasing practices of, 138; as St. Louis and Louisville depot chief, 68– 69; and Saint Louis clothing halls, 88–89; self-promotion by, 61–62, 161; on vouchers, 112 ambulances. See wagons American Law Review, 198, 200 Ames Manufacturing Co., 232 ammunition, 1, 13–14, 76, 79 Andrew, John, 15, 31, 83 Anspach & Stanton, 134, 176, 178, 235 anti-Semitism, 103, 180 Arnold, Isaac N., 175 Arnoux. See A. & G. A. Arnoux auctions, 192, 194 Austin Baldwin & Co., 195 Babbitt, Edwin B., 41, 50, 52, 69 Bailhache, William, 60 bakeries, 31, 75 Baldwin. See Austin Baldwin & Co.; F. B. Baldwin & Co. Baltimore, 76–77, 170–72 Bandini, Ysidora, 167 banks, 111–12, 115 Batcheller. See T. & E. Batcheller Beach, Moses, 95 Belger, James, 45, 170–73, 179, 201 Bellamy, Edward, 222–24 Benedict, Hall & Co., 120, 215, 233 Benjamin Bullock’s Sons & Co., 122–23, 130–31, 134, 215, 234 Betts & Nichols, 21 Bickta, Joseph, 233 bids, advertising for, 109–10 big business, 4, 116, 206–9, 214–19 Biggs, Herman, 178 Bing, Julius, 211 Black, Samuel, 166, 201 blacksmiths, 85 Blair family, 63, 153–54 Blair, Frank P., Jr., 88–89, 154, 167–68, 182 blankets, 1, 112, 121, 128–29, 235 Index Page numbers in italics refer to figures. 26฀ index Blunt, James G., 162 Boker & Co., 122, 128, 195, 231 bonds. See government bonds bonuses and bounties, 31 boots and shoes, 44, 53, 120–21, 233 Boston Board of Trade, 83 Boyd, Augustus, 69 Boylan, James B., 122, 235 Boylan, John, 122, 235 Brady, S. P., 158 Braidwood, T. W., 96 Branch, Lawrence, 54 Brand, William, 132 Brandeis & Crawford, 198 Brandes, Stuart, 149 Brent, Thomas, 52 bribery, 21, 165, 174–75, 186 Brinkerho¤, Roeli¤, 70, 207 Brooks Brothers, 19–20, 92, 180 Brown, B. Gratz, 210 Brown, Moses, 187–88 Brown, Samuel L., 59, 69, 103, 139, 164–65 Browning, Orville H., 89, 151 Browning, William C., 122, 124, 132, 215, 235 Bryant, J. M., 187–88 Bryant, Seth, 233 Buchanan, James, 51, 53 Buckley. See Samuel Buckley & Co. Bull Run, first battle of, 7, 26 Bullock. See Benjamin Bullock’s Sons & Co. Bullock, George, 178, 185 Burbridge, Stephen, 93 Burden & Co., 116–17 bureaucracy, 1, 46–51, 56, 60, 191–92, 208–9 Burnett, Henry L., 186–87 Burnham, H. B., 185–86 Burnside, Ambrose, 163 Burnside Rifle Co., 120 Bush, Charles, 125 Button, Worthington B., 122, 125, 235 Caesar’s Column, 221 Calder, William, 141, 146, 175–76, 215 Calhoun, John C., 37, 39 Cameron, Simon, 27, 58, 137, 154, 175; Anspach & Stanton’s connection with, 178; criticized for mismanagement, 152–53, 155–56; end to Illinois buying ordered by, 30–31; governors’ correspondence with, 8–10; Meigs and, 65; named ambassador to Russia, 153; and patronage, 34; Pendleton’s appeal to, 81 Campbell, Hugh, 157 cannon. See ordnance Carhart, Thomas, 122, 176, 180, 235 Carnegie, Andrew, 116, 216 Carpenter, Daniel, 211 Carpenter, Matthew Hale, 212 Cassell, Martin, 22 Cavalry Bureau, 143 cavalry depots, 78, 80. See also horses and mules certificates of indebtedness, 102–3, 113–15, 130–32. See also government bonds; Treasury Department Chandler, Alfred D., Jr., 208 Chapin, George, 122, 235 Chapman, Edmund, 138–39 Charles W. Freeland & Co., 122, 124–25, 215, 234–35 Chattanooga, Tenn., 78, 80 Cheney, Benjamin, 18 Chicago Tribune, 151, 155 Child, Pratt, & Fox, 154–55, 158, 169, 199–200 children, 14, 74, 76 Childs, John. See Wilson, Childs & Co. Cincinnati: clothing and tent-making halls at, 75, 86, 89, 104–5; depot at, 65, 77, 83; residents’ protests in, 81–82 Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 26, 155 Cincinnati Enquirer, 163, 176 City Point, Va., 78 civil service reform, 4, 209–14, 223–24 claims, 192, 196–201. See also United States Court of Claims Clark, Amos, 235 Clary, Robert E., 41 clothing industry, 91–92. See also uniforms Cobb, Oliver P., 198 co¤ee, 1, 75, 184 ฀ index฀ 2 Cohen, Mendes, 165 Cole & Hopkins, 22 collusion, 118, 138 Colman, Moses, 18 Colt Patent Fire Arms Co...