McDowell, General, advances into Virginia, 180;
defeated at Bull Run, 180-181;
superseded, 181;
ordered to join McClellan, 186;
fails to cut off Jackson, 186

McKinley, William, elected President, 234;
re-elected, 235;
assassinated, 235

McLane, Jackson's Secretary to the Treasury, 104;
favourable to the U.S. Bank, 104;
transferred to State Department, 106

Madison, James, a member of the Convention, 42;
writes for the _Federalist_, 51;
President, 77;
his pacific leanings, 78;
war forced on, 79;
re-elected by sectional vote, 79

Maine, colonized from New England, 5;
admitted as a State, 86

_Maine_, the, blown up, 234

March to the Sea, Sherman's, 201

Maryland, founded by Lord Baltimore, 4;
early history of, 5;
strategic importance of, 177;
menacing attitude of, 177;
Lincoln's success with, 177;
Lee invades, 187;
Southern illusions concerning, 188;
refuses to rise, 188-189;
becomes a Free State, 203

"Maryland! My Maryland!" 188

Mason-Dixon Line drawn, 7;
becomes boundary of Slave States, 41

Mason and Slidell, Confederate envoys to Europe, 182;
seized by Captain Wilkes, 182;
English anger over seizure of, 183;
Northern rejoicings over, 183;
returned by Lincoln, 183

Massachusetts, a Puritan Colony, 5;
resists Tea Tax, 17;
charter of, revoked, 18;
attempt to coerce, 25;
Hartford Convention called by, 81;
votes for War with Mexico, 120;
Webster's influence with, 127;
Sumner Senator for, 139;
troops from, stoned in Baltimore, 177

Maximilian, placed on Mexican throne, 213;
his death, 214

_Mayflower_, the, voyage of, 5

Meade, General, defeats Lee at Gettysburg, 196;
permits him to retire unhammered, 196

_Merrimac_, the, exploits of, 184;
duel with the _Monitor_, 184

Mexican War, outbreak of, 120;
compared to Boer War, 120-121;
opposition to, 121;
successful prosecution of, 122;
results of, 122-123

Mexico, Texas secedes from, 115;
dispute with, over Texan boundary, 120;
U.S. goes to war with, 120;
Calhoun opposes invasion of, 121;
defeat of, 122;
peace terms dictated to, 122;
Lincoln fears filibustering in, 161;
Napoleon III. interferes in, 213

Mexico City taken, 120

Ministers, excluded from Congress, 45

Missionary Ridge, charge up, 198

Mississippi, Davis Senator for, 140;
secedes from Union, 161

Mississippi River, upper, secured by Grant's victories, 184;