=Fillmore=, Millard, thirteenth President of the United States,
  nominated by Know-Nothing party for President, 1856, 102

=Five Forks=, Virginia, battle of, April 1, 1865, 507-509

=Floyd=, John B., Secretary of War, Confederate brigadier-general,
  escapes from Fort Donelson, 268

=Foote=, Andrew H., rear-admiral United States navy,
  capture of Island No. 10, 274;
  proceeds 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