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INDEX Note: Letter-writers and their families have not been included in the index because they can be located through the table of contents. Abolitionism, abolitionists, 3, 12, 15, 17, 20, 25, 69, 90, 118, 241–42, 248, 268, 280, 293, 299, 373, 388n, 395, 427–28, 478 Adjutant General’s Office, 195 African Americans, 16n, 22, 48, 57, 59, 65– 66, 70, 90, 99, 141, 151, 158, 160, 163, 167, 169, 173, 175, 187, 191, 193, 202, 208, 215, 218, 220–23, 238, 247, 249, 259, 268, 277, 281, 283, 291, 299, 311, 316, 329, 346, 351, 353, 375, 377, 382, 388, 392, 396, 397, 417n, 420, 445–47, 449, 455, 459, 462–63, 465– 67, 472–73, 475, 478; as soldiers, 12, 67, 218, 220–21, 223, 227, 236, 242, 294, 355. See also Interracial unions Alabama, 13, 118, 127, 166, 214, 264, 269, 285, 287, 375, 377, 382, 385; letters from, 127–30, 166–67, 264–65, 269; regiments from, 126 Alabama (ship), 57 Albany, N.Y., 5, 154 Alcohol, consumption of, 3, 21, 48–49, 77, 81–82, 89, 123, 127, 136, 139, 141, 143, 160– 61, 164–65, 186, 190, 193, 222n, 225, 248, 254–55, 263–64, 273–74, 281–82, 312, 316, 338, 361, 366, 411, 422, 478. See also Beer; Champagne; Drunkenness; Saloons; Whiskey; Wine Alexander, Tsar, 223 Alexandria, La., 186–87, 216, 465–67, 471 Alexandria, Va., 55, 100, 107 Algeria, 116, 299 Alsace, France, 245, 354n Amendment, Thirteenth, 295n Americanization, 15, 27, 31–34, 237, 299 American Party, 42n Americans: Anglo-Americans, 3–4, 8, 12–13, 16, 19–26, 30, 32, 37, 39–40, 44, 53, 55, 57, 64, 77, 119, 154, 161, 174, 184, 229, 231, 242, 273, 293, 324, 342–43, 353, 360, 382, 390, 392n, 400, 404, 408, 410, 413, 431, 447, 449, 452–53, 456, 460–62, 475; negative comments about, 25, 31–32, 42, 46, 66, 72, 77, 88, 104–5, 120–21, 132, 137–38, 140–41, 145, 154, 158, 161, 164–66, 169, 173, 186, 201, 222, 237, 249, 275n, 279, 285–86, 290, 295–96, 305, 310, 329, 366–67, 379, 399, 402, 441–44, 460; positive comments about, 25, 31, 64, 79, 113–14, 127, 220, 249, 275, 282, 297–98, 302, 330, 333–34, 353, 377 Amnesty for Confederates, 70, 426 Amsberg, Georg von, 122, 125n Annapolis, Md., 75, 92–94, 132 Ann Arbor, Mich., 84 Antietam, battle of, 107, 110, 136, 164 Anzeiger des Westens (St. Louis), 346 Arenzville, Ill., 328–29 Arkansas, 11, 118, 321, 391n, 444; letters from, 320–22, 444–45 Arkansas Post, battle of, 19 Arkansas River, 445 Army of Tennessee, 19, 267 Army of the Cumberland, 169n, 267, 285 Army of the Potomac, 107, 136, 140, 154, 200, 243–44 Artillery, cannon, 22, 51, 61, 89, 96–97, 103, 105–7, 108–9, 111, 115, 121–22, 126, 131, 135, 140, 147, 149–50, 157, 159–60, 162, 166–67, 172–73, 181, 204, 207–8, 212, 215, 234–35, 243, 247, 253, 260, 262–63, 266–67, 270– 71, 286, 288, 293, 296, 332–33, 336–38, 355, 364–65, 368, 373, 378–80, 382, 385, 406–8, 413, 415, 417–20, 462, 469, 473 Astor, John Jacob, Jr., 38 Atlanta, campaign and battle of, 120, 128, 508 Index 170–74, 264–70, 285–86, 296, 333, 365n, 443 Austin, Dr. Thomas R., 255 Austin, Tex., 15, 430, 437, 461 Austin County, Tex., 15, 17, 18, 19, 395, 404, 418, 456 Austria, Austrians, 84, 170, 176, 179, 219, 302 Ayme, Dr. Henry, 157n, 165 Baden, Germany, 11, 107, 116, 146, 179, 184, 237, 251, 292, 295, 341, 347, 353, 360, 379 Baltimore, Md., 5, 73–76, 89, 105, 116, 143, 145, 196–97, 199–201, 235, 239, 241, 243– 45; newspapers, 245 Banks, Nathaniel P., 86, 186, 205, 211, 243, 262, 463, 473 Baptists, 293 Bartels, Wilhelm, 407, 440n, 445, 446n Batesville, Ark., 320 Baton Rouge, La., 184, 186, 188, 193n, 200, 204–15 passim Bavaria, Bavarians, 77, 165, 186, 251, 254n, 295, 302, 341, 363 Beecher family, 3 Beer, 3, 21, 77, 89, 123, 186, 193, 254, 264, 273–74, 282, 366, 422, 448, 478 Benecke, Louis, 338n, 339n Benicia, Calif., 228 Berlin, 59, 82, 195, 374, 375n, 378n, 394, 402 Betge, Robert J., 29–30, 47 Big Shanty, Ga., 265 Bismarck, Otto von, 402, 479 Blacks. See African Americans Blackwell, H. M., & Co., 42 Blair, Francis P., 267, 442 Blenker...

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