eds to Fort Pillow, 274

=Forrest=, Nathan B., Confederate lieutenant-general,
with Hood's army, 410;
defeat of, 525

=Fort Donelson=, Tennessee, capture of, 266-268

=Fort Fisher=, North Carolina, capture of, 414, 481, 525

=Fort Harrison=, Virginia, capture of, 560

=Fort Henry=, Tennessee, capture of, 266

=Fort Jackson=, Louisiana, capture of, 282-285

=Fort McAllister=, Georgia, stormed by Sherman, 412

=Fort Pillow=, Tennessee, evacuation of, 286;
massacre of negro troops at, 351

=Fort Pulaski=, Georgia, capture of, 278

=Fort Randolph=, Tennessee, evacuation of, 286

=Fort Stedman=, Virginia, assault of, 505, 506

=Fort St. Philip=, Louisiana, capture of, 282-285

=Fort Sumter=, South Carolina, occupied by Anderson, 177, 178;
attempt to reinforce 178;
cabinet consultations about, 182-184;
defense and capture of, 189, 190

=Fortress Monroe=, Virginia, importance of, 209

=Fox=, Gustavus V., Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
ordered to aid Sumter, 184;
sends the President additional news about fight between _Monitor_
and _Merrimac_, 296, 297

=France=, public opinion in, favorable to the South, 211;
joint expedition to Mexico, 451;
"neutrality" of, 525

=Franklin=, Benjamin, on American forests and the spirit
of independence they fostered, 17

=Franklin=, Tennessee, battle of, November 30, 1864, 410

=Franklin=, W.B., brevet major-general United States army,
advises movement on Manassas, 289

=Fredericksburg=, Virginia, battle of, December 13, 1862, 364

=Fremont=, John C., United States senator,
major-general United States army, nominated for President, 1856, 103;
made major-general, 233;
opportunities and limitations of, 233-235;
criticism of, 235;
quarrel with Blair family, 236, 487;
proclamation freeing slaves, 236, 237, 432;
refuses to revoke proclamation, 238;
removed from command of Western Department, 241-243;
commands Mountain Department, 299;
ordered to form junction with McDowell and Shields, 306;
in Army of Virginia, 310;
nominated for President, 1864, 442;
withdraws from the contest, 442

=Fusion=, attempts at, in campaign of 1860, 157, 158

=Gamble, Hamilton R.=, provisional governor of Missouri,
calls State convention together, 433;
death of, 434

=Garnett, Robert S.=, Confederate brigadier-general,
killed at Carrick's Ford, 225

=Gentry, Allen=, makes flatboat trip with Lincoln, 16

=Gentry, James