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123 Abolitionism, 28, 30–31 Alabama, 28, 70, 85 Alabama State Capitol, following p. 54 American Revolution, 14–15, 42, 82–83, 95, 103–4 Arkansas, 45, 63, 74, 87 Army, Confederate. See Confederate Army Army, U.S., 35–36 Army of Northern Virginia, 64 Army of Tennessee, 37, 50, 51, 53, 70–73, 75–77, 88 Battles. See Civil War battles Beauregard, Pierre G.T., 47, 49, 51–54, 64, 69, 107 Benjamin, Judah P., 16 Bragg, Braxton, 52–54, 64, 65, 70–73, 75–77, 88 Breckinridge, John C., 30 Brown, Albert G., 7, 28–30, 56, 113n14 Brown, Joseph, 37–40, 86 Buchanan, James, 13, 26–27 Calhoun, John C., 20, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 92, 93 California, 11, 21, 23–25, 32, 35, 68, 91 Camel experiment, 35 Chancellorsville, Battle of, 64 Charleston (S.C.) Mercury, 39 Chattanooga,Tenn., 70, 75 Chickamauga, Battle of, 70, 75, 76 Civil War: Army of Northern Virginia in, 64; Army of Tennessee in, 37, 50, 51, 53, 70–73, 75–77, 88; brutality of, 95–97; command relationships between Davis and generals during, 48–54, 70–77, 80, 86–89; and concentration principle, 44–45, 82; and Confederate nationalism , 45, 60–61, 81–82; Davis as commander in chief during, 70–77, 79–89; Davis’s trips to western theater during, 69–70, 72, 73–74, 76, 85; and Department of East Tennessee, 70; and Department of Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana, 61–62, 73–74; and Department of the West, 50, 61–62, 68–69, inDex 124 Index Calhoun, John C. (continued) 72–77; deserters during, 84–85; failed Confederate advance into Kentucky during, 70–77, 87, 88; and Lee’s plans for offensive into the North, 64–66; material limitations of Confederacy in, 81; meaning of, and Davis, 91–100; military appointments by Davis during, 45–47, 53–54, 61, 68–69; plantations of Davis brothers overrun by Union soldiers during, 16; and political dimensions of Confederate strategy, 55–66; and politics of Confederate military command , 41–54, 69–70; prisoners of war in, 96; and slave soldiers in Confederate Army, 81, 84, 97–98; strategic fundamentals of Confederate command during , 44–45, 53–54, 60–66, 82; and theater commands, 62, 69; Trans-Mississippi theater of, 44, 45, 47, 61–63, 74; in the West, 50, 61–62, 67–77. See also Civil War battles Civil War battles: Chancellorsville, 64; Chickamauga, 70, 75, 76; First Manassas, 51; Fort Sumter, 15, 36–37, 43, 47, 51, 58–59, 61; Missionary Ridge, 53; Murfreesboro, 72; Perryville, 71; Shiloh, 53, 69; Vicksburg defense, 61–64, 73–75. See also Civil War Clay, Henry, 32 Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 105 Committee of Thirteen, 13–14, 31–32 Compromise of 1850, 8, 11–12, 23–25, 91 Concentration, as military principle, 44–45, 82 Confederate Army: and Army of Northern Virginia, 64; and Army of Tennessee , 37, 50, 51, 53, 70–73, 75–77, 88; command relationships between Davis and generals in, 48–54, 70–77, 80, 86–89; and concentration principle, 44–45, 82; and conscription, 37–39, 81, 84, 97; Davis as commander in chief of, 70–77, 79–89; and Department of East Tennessee, 70; and Department of Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana, 61–62, 73–74; and Department of the West, 50, 61–62, 68–69, 72–77; desertions by soldiers in, 84–85; enlistments in, 37, 80; and failed advance into Kentucky, 70–77, 87, 88; Lee’s plans for offensive into the North, 64–66; major military appointments by Davis to, 45–47, 53–54, 61, 68–69; material limitations of, 81; slave soldiers in, 81, 84, 97–98; and strategic fundamentals of Confederate command, 44–45, 53–54, 60–66, 82; and theater commands, 62, 69; and TransMississippi theater, 44, 45, 47, 61–63, 74; and Vicksburg defense, 61–64, 73–75; and western theater, 67–77. See also Civil War; Civil War battles; and specific generals Confederate Congress: and conscription , 38, 81, 84; and Davis on Republican Party, 108; and Davis on sovereign states of Confederacy, 36; and Davis’s commitment to Confederacy, 43; and Emancipation Proclamation, 96; and enlistments in Confederate Army, 37, 81; and military appointments, 48–49; support for Davis by, 40, 97 Confederate soldiers monument (Montgomery , Ala.), 101–2, 104–8 Confederate States of America: cabinet of, 16, 59, 65; command relationships between Davis and generals in, 48–54, 70–77, 80, 86–89; compared with American Revolution, 14–15, 82–83...
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