Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General

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Abbreviations used: HBE (Hugh Boyle Ewing); TEJr. (Thomas Ewing, Jr.); TESr. (Thomas Ewing, Sr.); WTS (William Tecumseh Sherman)  Abolitionists: antislavery societies, , ; in Kansas, , , , , , , , , ; racial views, –; TEJr.’s view of, ; violations of Fugitive Slave Law, . See also Bleeding Kansas period Adair, Florella, – Adair, Samuel,  Adams, Charles,  Adams, C. W.,  Adams & Mattox,  AEC. See American Emigrant Company Allen, William, ,  American Emigrant Company (AEC), – ,  Ames, Oakes, –,  Ames, Oliver,  Ammen, Jacob,  Amnesty brokers,  Anderson, Bill, ,  Anderson, George,  Anderson, Joseph R., – Anderson, Robert,  Andrews, James,  Anthony, Daniel R.: arrest, ; Clarke and, ; criticism of TEJr., ; home, ; on land speculation, ; newspaper, , , , ; as postmaster, ; sister, – n; support of Johnson impeachment, –; TEJr. and,  Anthony, George, – Anthony, Susan B., –n Antietam, – Antislavery societies, , . See also Abolitionists Appler, Jesse, – Arkansas: battles, –, –, ; Confederate conscripts, ; Douglas plantation and cotton claims, , – , –, –, ; Eleventh Kansas in, –, –; Ewing cotton plantation , –, ; plundering by Union Army, ; “Red Legs,” –; Union sympathizers,  Arnold, Samuel, –, –,  Arny, W. F. M.,  Atchison, David, ,  Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad: general counsel, ; Pomeroy’s relationship to, , , , ; route, – Atkinson, Edward,  Atlantic & Lake Erie Railroad,  Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, – Atwell, James,  Atzerodt, George, –, ,  Babcock, C. W.,  Badger, George,  Banks, , , , –, –. See also Turner & Lucas Baptist Board of Missions,  Basham, Olinver,  Battles. See Civil War battles Baxter Springs, Kansas, –,  Beecher, Philemon,  INDEX Bell, Alexander Graham,  Bell, John, , ,  Bell Company,  Benham, Calhoun,  Benning, Henry,  Benton, Thomas Hart, – Beveridge, John,  Bierce, Ambrose,  Bill, G. W.,  Bingham, George: criticism of TEJr., ; deaths of rebel families and, ; opposition to Order Number , ; “Order Number ” painting, , , ; son,  Bishop, Richard,  Blacks: civilians at Fort Davidson, , – , , ; civil rights, –, –, ; Fourteenth Amendment, , ; freed slaves in Reconstruction South, –; schools, ; segregation, ; Union troops, –, , ; voting rights, –, , , . See also Slaves Blaine, James G.: antipathy to Democrats, ; childhood, ; Crédit Mobilier scandal and, ; Ewing family and, ; on Johnson ’s legacy, –; on Kansas politics, ; monetary policy debates and, ; patronage appointments and, ; presidential candidacies, ; Republican politics, ; as Speaker of the House, , ; on TEJr., ; TEJr.’s letters to, , – Blaine, J. E.,  Blair, Frank, ,  Blair, Montgomery, ,  Bland, Richard,  Bland-Allison Act, – Bleeding Kansas period, n; border ruffians , ; effects of Indian land sales, – ; effects on business, –; Free State militia, , , , ; jayhawkers, ; land disputes, ; proslavery newspapers, – ; TEJr.’s memories, –, ; violence , , , ; voting fraud by Missourians , , –, –, , , –, –, . See also Kansas Territory Blunt, James: Army of the Frontier, –; battles, ; commands, ; corruption, ; Kansas troops and, ; Lane and, , , ; Missouri-Kansas border war and, –, –; TEJr. and, ,  Bonham, M. L.,  Booth, John Wilkes: assassination of Lincoln , ; death, ; escape, –; trial of conspirators, – Border war. See Bleeding Kansas period; Missouri-Kansas border war Bork, Robert,  Boyd, Cyrus,  Bragg, Braxton, , , , , ,  Bramlette, Thomas,  Brandeis, Louis, n Breckinridge, John C., , ,  Brewer, David, –,  Bribery, n, . See also Crédit Mobilier scandal Brooks, James M., ,  Brown, George, –, , ,  Brown, John: execution, ; Harpers Ferry raid, , ; in Kansas, , , , , ; TEJr.’s view of,  Browning, Orville: as attorney general, ; as Democrat, ; Douglas and, ; Douglas cotton claim and, ; involvement in Mudd defense, , , ; Johnson and, ; law practice, , – ; on Lincoln’s assassination, –; as secretary of the Interior, –, , , , –; support of National Union Party, ,  Browning & Ewing: amnesty brokering, ; clients, –, ; lobbying, – ; TEJr.’s plans to join firm, , ,  Brown’s Cellar Kitchen Convention, – Brown University, ,  Bryan, William Jennings,  Buchanan, James: Homestead Act veto, ; inauguration, ; Kansas appointments, ; Kansas drought relief, ; Kansas politics and, –, , , , , , , – ; Kansas territorial governors and, , –, , ; Southern secessions and,  Buchanan administration: cabinet, –, ; Indian land sales, –; Kansas politics and,  Buckner, Aylett,  Buell, Don, , ,  Burbridge, Steven, ,  Burns, Lewis, – Burnside, Ambrose, –,  Burr, Aaron,  Burris, John,  Busch, Walter,  Butler, Ben, – Cabell, William, , , , ,  Calhoun, John (Kansas official), , –, –  INDEX Calhoun, John C. (senator),  Cameron, Simon, , , , ,  Campbell, William J., , , ,  Campbell bill, – Cane Hill, – Carey, Henry,  Carney, Thomas: defense against border raids, ; feud with Lane, , , , –; as governor, , , , ; Order Number  and, ; Quantrill’s raid investigation and,  Carpenter, Louis,  Carpenter, Seymour,  Carter, Williams,  Cary, Samuel,  Castel, Albert, , ,  Catholicism: of Ewing family, , , ; as issue in TEJr.’s campaigns, , ,  Catlett, R. H., ,  Central Presbyterian Church of Washington,  Chase, Salmon P., , , , ,  Cheever, Benjamin, ,  Cherokee Indians: Confederate troops, ; land sales in Kansas, –; Union troops, ,  Cherokee Neutral Land League, – Cherokee Treaty, ,  Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad,  Chickamauga,  China, telegraph line construction,  Choctaw Indians, Confederate troops,  Cincinnati, Ohio: investment and speculation consortium, , , , –, , , , ; law school, ; TEJr.’s law practice, ,  Civil service, , , –. See also Patronage Civil War: beginning of, –; end of, ; events preceding, –, , –; Southern secessions, –, ; veterans, –, , –, –, . See also Missouri-Kansas border war Civil War battles: Antietam, –; in Arkansas, –, –, ; Cane Hill, –; Chickamauga, ; Kennesaw Mountain, , –n; in Kentucky , , ; Mine Creek, ; Missionary Ridge, –; in Missouri, , , ; Pilot Knob, (map), –, –, –, , ; Prairie Grove, –, ; Reed’s Mountain, –; Second Bull Run, ; Shiloh, –, ; South Mountain, –; Tunnel Hill, –; Vicksburg campaign, , , , , –; in Virginia, –, ; Westport, , ; Wilson’s Creek, ,  Clark, Henry,  Clark, Malcolm,  Clarke, Sidney, , ,  Clay, Henry, , ,  Clayton, John,  Cleburne, Patrick,  Cleveland, Grover,  Cline...