INDEX.

Abolitionism, [49], [66], [122], [126], [168].
Alabama, [145], [196].
Anti-slavery protest, [48], [50], [51];
resolutions, [59].
Baldwin, John, the smith, [27].
Barbarities, [186].
Black regiment, charge of the, [161].
Black’s (Judge) decision, [93].
Blockade declared, [108].
Booth, his plans, [221];
antecedents, [223];
death, [229].
Border ruffians and outrages, [68], [69], [71].
Buchanan, President, [92].
Bull Run, [113], [114].
Burnside, General, [142].
Cabinet, treason in the, [92].
Chancellorsville, battle of, [148].
Chattanooga, battle of, [164].
Clay, Henry, [57].
Compromises of 1826 and 1850, [66].
Confederate organisation in Europe, [117];
agents in Canada, [197];
proposals, [205].
Conspiracies, suspected, [88].
Copperheads, [96], [179];
book of, [237].
Colonisation of slaves proposed, [123].
Cost of the war, [219].
Davis, Jefferson, President of Confederacy, [94], [109];
escape of, [217].
“Dred Scott” decision, [73].
Douglas, Stephen, [47], [67], [69], [70], [74], [77], [84], [110].
Ellsworth and Winthrop, death of, [112].
Enlistment of coloured troops, [133].
Exhaustive effects of Northern incursions, [185].
Farragut, Admiral, [194].
Fox River anecdote, [95].
Fremont, [73], [169].
Gettysburg, battle of, [150].
Gloom of 1864, [179].
Grant, “Unconditional Surrender,” [137];
daring march, [157];
succession of victories, [158];
last battle, [212];
chase of Lee, [215].
Greeley, Horace, [79].
Hanks, Nancy, [9], [12], [15].
Hood, General, [188].
Hooker, General, [187].
Hicks, Governor, and Maryland, [107], [108].
Jackson, death of General Stonewall, [149].
Johnston, Mrs., Lincoln’s second mother, [18-20].
Jones of Gentryville, [26].
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, [67].
Kidnapping negroes (note), [67].
Lecompton Constitution, [74].
Lincoln, Mordecai and Abraham, [10].
Lincoln, Thomas, his character, [12];
his marriage, [15].
Lincoln, Abraham, his family, [9], [10];
birth and birth-place, [9];
grandfather killed by Indians, [11];
schools, [15];
migrations, [16], [30];
hereditary traits, [13];
poverty and privations, [17];
education, [20];
death of his mother, [18];
acts as ferry-man, [25];
characteristics and habits in youth, [21], [22], [23], [25];
physical strength, [26], [33];
early literary efforts, [27];
temperance, [26];
earns a dollar, [29];
personal appearance, [31];
first public speech, [31];
splitting rails, [31];
postmaster, [43];
Black Hawk Indian war—a captain—quells a mutiny, [35-38];
love affairs, [45], [54];
entrance into political life, [41];
becomes a merchant, and studies law, [42];
surveying studies, [43];
legal experiences, [61], [62], [63];
personal popularity, [57];
elected to legislature, [44], [45], [70];
removal to Springfield, and practice of law, [53];
generosity, [57];
enters Congress—first speech, [58];
Presidential candidate, [54];
declines nomination to the Senate, [70];
“house-divided-against-itself” speech, [75];
nomination for Presidency, [79], [80], [81], [82];
lectures in New York and England, [79], [80], [81];
elected President, [85];
address at Springfield, [89];
inaugural speech, [97];
first Cabinet, [100];
wise forbearance, [103];
his mercy, [172], [175];
second election, [199];
assassination, [225];
death, [227];
funeral procession, [231];
lying in state, [231];
interment, [232];
general summary of character, [233-244];
wit and humour, [240], [241], [242].
Long Nine, the, [46], [47].
Mason and Sliddell affair, [131].
M‘Clellan, General, [115];
apathy of, [140].
Merrimac, the, [141].
Mexican war, [59].
Mexico, the French in, [167].
Nasby, Petroleum V., [236].
Negroes, reception of, [204].
Pea Ridge, battle of, [138].
Port Hudson, surrender of, [162].
Privations in the South, [185].
Proclamation of April [15], 1861, [105].
Prosperity of the North, [180].
Quantrill’s guerillas, [170].
Rebellion, breaking out of, [91], [94];
progress of, [111].
Religion and irreligion, [55], [56].
Republican party, origin of, [72].
Richmond, fall of, [213].
Riot in New York, [165].
Sanitary fairs, [182].
Secession, [86], [87], [93].
Seward, W. A., refuses to meet the Rebel Commissioners, [102].
Sherman’s march, [188], [193].
Shiloh, battle of, [138].
Slavery—slave trade, [103];
argument against, [71];
slave party, [64], [65].
Sumter, fall of Fort, [104].
Surrender of Confederate forces, [216].
Tennessee, the campaign in, [163].
Todd, Mary, [55].
Union troops attacked, [106].
Virginia’s secession, [109], [115].
War, organisation of, [113].
Wilderness, battle of the, [192].
Wilmot’s proviso, [66].