INDEX
A
Andersonville, responsibility for,
Andrew, John. A.,
Antietam, battle of,
Appomattox, the surrender at,
Atlanta, capture of,
B
Bahamas, trade of the, with the Confederacy,
Banks, General N.P.,
Bazaine, General, in command of French army in Mexico,
Belle Isle, the prison of,
Bentonville, battle of,
Bixby, Mrs., letter to, from Lincoln,
"Black Republicans," the,
Blair, Prank P., difficulties with,
Blount, William,
Border States, the, and emancipation,
Bragg, Gen. Braxton,
Brainerd, Cephas, on the Cooper Union address,
Brown, John, raid of,
Bryant on Lincoln,
Buckner, Gen. S.B.,
Bull Run, second battle of,
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose F.,
and the Army of the Potomac, [127];
and the defence of Knoxville, [137]
Butler, Benjamin F.,
,
C
Cabinet, cabals in the,
Cedar Creek, the battle of,
Chancellorsville, battle of,
Charleston, evacuation of,
Chase, Salmon P.,
and the Presidential election of 1864, [154];
resignation of, [154];
appointed chief justice, [155];
efforts of, for the Presidency, [157];
difficulties with, in the Cabinet, [161]
Chickamauga, battle of,
Clay, Cassius M.,
Congress and slavery in the Territories,
Constitution,
the 13th amendment to, [163 ff.];
defined by Lincoln, [236 ff.];
and property in slaves, [260 ff.]
"Crocker, Master",
Curtin, Gov. A.G.,
Curtis, Gen. S.R.,
D
Danville, the prison of,
,
;
mortality in, [159]
Davis, Jefferson, and Benj. F. Butler,
;
and the Peace Conference of Feb., 1865, [163];
capture of, [a];
and the other leaders of the South, [189];
and the management of the Southern
prisons,
as a prisoner and martyr, [191]
Douglas, Stephen A., and the debate with Lincoln, cited,
;
and the sedition act, [263];
and the Dred Scott decision, [246]
Dred Scott case, the,
E
Early, Jubal A., raid of on Washington,
;
and the battle of Winchester, [149];
and the battle of Cedar Creek, [150]
Elliott, Charles W.,
Emancipation Proclamation, the,
Enfield rifles, use of, by Confederates,
F
Farragut, Admiral D.G.,
Few, William,
Fisher, Fort, capture of,
Fitzsimmons, Thomas,
Floyd, General John B.,
Franklin, battle of,
Franklin, Benjamin,
G
Georgia, cession of territory by,
Gettysburg, campaign of,
Goldsborough, surrender of Johnston's army at,
Goodell, Dr. Wm.,
Grant, Gen. U.S., captures Fort Donelson,
;
and the Vicksburg campaign, [134];
and the Chattanooga campaign, [136];
commander of the armies, [137 ff.];
suggested for the Presidency, [157];
declines to consider terms of peace, [171];
at Appomattox, [177 ff.];
at Goldsborough, [184 ff.]
Greeley, Horace,
Greene, Frank V., on Lincoln,
H
Halleck, Gen. H.W.,
Hallowell, Col. Norwood,
Hamilton, Alexander,
Hancock, Gen. W.S.,
Harper's Ferry,
;
John Brown's raid at, [254]
Helper, H.R., the "Impending Crisis" of,
Hewitt, Abram S.,
Higginson, Col. T.W.,
Hood, Gen. John B.,
Hooker, Gen. Joseph,
,
,
,
I
Intervention of France and England threatened,
J
Jefferson, Thomas, on emancipation,
Johnston, Gen. Joseph E.,
,
,
,
ft.
K
King, Rufus,
Knoxville, siege of,
L
Lee, Gen. Robert E. and the Antietam campaign,
;
and the campaign of Gettysburg, [130 ff.];
and the defence of Virginia, [137 ff.];
proposes treaty of peace, [171];
defeated at Five Forks, [171];
at Appomattox, [171]
Libby prison, Presidential election in,
;
mortality in, [159];
record of, [189 ff.]
Lincoln, Abraham, and Hewitt, A.S.,
;
writes to "Master Crocker", [113];
as commander-in-chief, [103 ff.];
and the death penalty for soldiers, [119];
campaign methods of McClellan, [125 ff.];
letter of, appointing Hooker, [128];
to Grant on the fall of Vicksburg, [134];
address of, at Gettysburg, [134];
letter of, to Mrs. Bixby, [152];
re-election of, as President, [157];
and the exchange of prisoners, [158 ff.];
and the control of the administration, [160];
and the Peace Conference of Feb., 1865, [162 ff.];
second inaugural of, [169 ff.];
last public address of, [178];
death of, [181];
and the proposed capture of Jefferson Davis, [188];
death of, reported to the army at Goldsborough, [190];
comparison of, with Washington and Jackson, [195 ff.];
Cooper Union address of, [205 ff.];
writes to Nott, [225 ff.]
Lincoln, Robert, on the Cooper Union address,
Longstreet, Gen. James,
,
Lookout Mountain, battle of,
Louisiana, purchase of,
Lowell on Lincoln,
M
Maximilian, Prince, and the invasion of Mexico,
McClellan, Gen. George B.
;
and the Antietam campaign, [122 ff.];
ordered to report to New Jersey, [126]
Meade, Gen. Geo. G.,
,
Mifflin, Thomas,
Milliken's Bend, battle of,
Minnesota, troops from,
;
university of, [167]
Missionary Ridge, battle of,
Mississippi, organisation of the Territory of,
Missouri, admission of,
Missouri Compromise, the,
,
Monocacy Creek, battle of,
Morgan, Gen. John,
Morris, Gouverneur,
N
Napoleon, Louis, and the invasion of Mexico,
Nashville, battle of,
Nation
, the London, on the character of Lincoln,
New Orleans, capture of,
Nineteenth Army Corps and Early's raid,
North Carolina, cession of territory by,
Northwestern Territory, the, of the U.S.,
Nott, Chas. C.,
introduction to the Cooper Union address, [215 ff.];
letter of, to Lincoln, [224 ff.]
Noyes, Wm. Curtis,
O
Ordinance of 1787,
P
Pea Ridge, battle of,
Peace Conference of Feb., 1865,
Pickett, Gen. G.E.,
Pinckney, Charles,
Pope, Gen. John,
,
Port Hudson, surrender of,
Presidential election in Libby prison,
Prisoners, the exchange of,
Putnam, George Palmer, and the Cooper Union address,
R
Reagan, Postmaster-general, at Goldsborough,
Reconstruction, Lincoln's views on,
Republican party, the, and slavery in the Territories,
Republican Union, the Young Men's,
,
Reynolds, Gen. J.T.,
Rosecrans, Gen. Wm. S., and the Chattanooga campaign,
Rutledge, John,
S
Schechter, Rabbi, on the character of Lincoln,
Schofield, Gen. Geo. W.,
Schurz, Carl, on the character of Lincoln,
Seward, W.H.,
,
Sharp's breech-loaders introduced in 1864,
Shaw, Col. R.G.,
Shenandoah, campaign in the valley of the,
Sheridan, Gen. Philip,
in the Shenandoah, [149 ff.];
wins battle of Five Forks, [171]
Sherman, Roger,
Sherman, Gen. Wm. T.,
at Missionary Ridge, [137];
captures Atlanta, [151];
and the Georgia planter, [164];
passes by Charleston, [169];
at Goldsborough, [183 ff.]
Sigel, Gen. Franz,
Smith, Gen. Kirby, surrender of,
Soldiers authorised to vote in presidential election,
Southampton, insurrection at,
South Mountain, battle of the,
Stanton, Edwin, M.,
,
,
Stephens, Alexander H., and the Peace Conference of Feb., 1865,
Sumter, Fort, restoration of the flag on,
T
Taylor, Gen. Richard, surrender of,
Thomas. Gen. Geo. H.,
V
Vicksburg, surrender of,
,
W
Wallace, Gen. Lew,
Washington assailed by Early,
Washington, George, and the
Ordinance of 1787, [239];
Farewell Address of, [252];
the example of, [266]
Weitzel, Gen. Godfrey,
Whittier on Lincoln,
Wilderness, battle of the,
Williamson, Hugh,
Wilmington, capture of,
Winchester, third battle of,
Winder, Gen., and the management of the Southern prisons,
Wisconsin, troops from,
Wisewell, Col. F.H.,