Meagher, Thos. F., brigadier general United States Volunteers,
commanding provisional division of Sherman's convalescents and new recruits;
leaves his command without authority;
relieved;
spicy correspondence concerning;
command turned over to General Carter.
Measles,
a dangerous camp disease,
Meigs, Montgomery C., quartermaster general,
nearly correct estimate of Lee's forces;
at Chattanooga;
never saw such roads;
reports strength of position and confidence of army;
approves seizure of railroads by Sherman.
Merrill, W. E.,
colonel and eng., in charge of railroad defences;
on construction and use of blockhouses.
Michigan Troops,
18th;
25th;
1st Artillery
Military Executions,
Militia,
contained more well-drilled regiments than regular army at outbreak of war.
Militia, Ohio,
lack of uniforms and equipment;
elect their own officers;
should have been officered by young regular army officers;
re-enlistment of;
high character of;
called out during Morgan raid;
and to resist attempt to release confederate prisoners.
Miller, D. R.,
house and barn at Antietam,
Milligan, Lambdin P.,
condemned to death for treasonable practices by military commission;
discharged by U. S. Supreme Court.