John B.=, brevet lieutenant-colonel United States army,
Confederate major-general, joins the Confederacy, 196;
opposes McClellan with inferior numbers, 301

=Maine=, State of, admitted as State, 1820, 19

=Mallory, S.R.=, United States senator,
Confederate Secretary of the Navy,
writes proposition of armistice dictated
by Davis and signed by Johnston, 521

=Malvern Hill=, Virginia, battle of, July 1, 1862, 302

=Marcy, R.B.=, brevet major-general United States army,
McClellan's chief of staff, 294

=Marshall, Charles=, Confederate colonel,
present at Lee's surrender, 513

=Maryland=, State of, secession feeling in, 193;
arrest and dispersion of its legislature, 199;
refuses offer of compensated abolishment, 434;
emancipation party in, 434;
abolishes slavery, 435, 436;
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, 473;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 474

=Mason, James M.=, United States senator,
Confederate commissioner to Europe, interview with John Brown, 134;
goes to Baltimore, 197;
capture of, 246-249

=Matthews, J.=, burns Booth's letter, 537

=Maximilian (Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph)=,
Archduke of Austria and Emperor of Mexico,
established by Napoleon III in Mexico, 451

=Maynard, Horace=, member of Congress,
minister to Turkey, telegram about East Tennessee, 259;
elected to Congress, 419

=Meade, George G.=, major-general United States army,
succeeds Hooker in command of Army of the Potomac, 372;
battle of Gettysburg, 372-374;
pursuit of Lee, 375, 377;
offers to give up command of Army of the Potomac, 394;
continued in command, 395;
reports surrender of Richmond, 510;
ordered to pursue Lee, 510;
pursuit of Lee, 511;
ordered to disregard Sherman's truce, 523

=Meigs, Montgomery C.=, brevet major-general
and quartermaster-general United States army,
at gathering of officials to discuss news of
battle between _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 296

=Memphis=, Tennessee, river battle at, 286

=Merrimac=, the, Confederate ironclad,
battle with _Monitor_, 278-282

=Merryman, John=, arrest of, 199

=Minnesota=, the, Union steam frigate,
in fight between _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 280

=Missouri=, State of, admitted as State, 1821, 19;
action concerning secession, 201-204;
provisional State government established, 418;
struggle over slavery, 430-434;
adopts ordinance of emancipation, 434;
resolution in Assembly favoring Linc