Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction

by Charles H. McCarthy

NEW MEXICO.—Francisco Perea.

UTAH.—John F. Kenney.

WASHINGTON.—George E. Cole.

INDEX

• A
• Abolition societies, Southern, ended by new industrial era, [5]
• Adams, Charles Francis, [50]
• Alabama, in Federal control, [50];
  • Arkansas Legislature addressed by commissioner from, [77];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • injury sustained by, [437]
• Alabama, The, [50], [288]
• Albemarle, The, destruction of, [288]
• Alexandria, capital of loyal Virginia, [129];
  • convention meets at, [130];
  • blockade of, rescinded, [133];
  • Legislature assembles at, [137];
  • ceases to be capital, [446];
  • recognition of government of, marks no distinct Executive policy, [448]
• Alleghany Mountains, Virginia divided by, [96]
• Allegiance, oath of, [24];
  • Governor Johnson’s modification of, [27];
  • registration of, [28];
  • required of Louisiana voters, [45];
  • value of, [487]
• Allen, Henry Watkins, end of administration of, [418];
  • mentioned for governor of Louisiana, [422]
• Amendment, Thirteenth, Hampton Roads conference refers to, [399];
  • adoption of, by Georgia Legislature, [466]
• Amnesty and Reconstruction, Lincoln’s proclamation of, [23], [24], [25], [224];
  • authority for, [24];
  • classes excepted from benefits of, [25];
  • explanation of, [28];
  • applied in Louisiana, [61];
  • Howard’s reference to, [365];
  • Johnson’s proclamation of, [450];
  • Seward’s approval of, [451];
  • all insurgent States affected by, [452].
  • See Reconstruction
• Anthony, Lieutenant-Colonel, arrest of, [169]
• Antietam, Md., Lee defeated at, [186]
• Arkansas, effect of Union victories in, [10];
  • enrolling agent sent to, [27];
  • loyal part of, [77];
  • Alabama commissioner addresses Legislature of, [77];
  • position of, [77];
  • interests of, [77];
  • opposition to separate State action in, [77];
  • convention bill passed by, [77];
  • conditional secession defeated in, [78];
  • influence of President’s inaugural in, [78];
  • secession of, [78];
  • secession favored by Governor of, [78];
  • military preparations in, [78];
  • confiscation ordinance of, [78];
  • Confederate Congress admit delegates from, [79];
  • convention conflicts with government of, [79];
  • military division of, [79];
  • dissatisfaction among soldiers of, [80];
  • troops of, in Confederate army, [80];
  • indifference of Germans and Irish, [80];
  • bonds of, [81];
  • Union sentiment in, [81];
  • menaced by Federal troops, [81];
  • flight of Governor, [82];
  • troops sent to Corinth from, [82];
  • John S. Phelps, military governor of, [82];
  • regiments furnished Union army by, [83];
  • return of leading secessionists, [83];
  • Federal reverses in, [84];
  • reconstruction of, [85];
  • amended constitution of, [88];
  • Confederate debt repudiated by, [88];
  • division among Union men of, [88];
  • Lincoln’s letter on reconstruction in, [89];
  • Gen. Steele’s address to people of, [90];
  • election in, [90];
  • adoption of amended constitution for, [90];
  • Congressman elected in, [91];
  • Congress excludes Representatives from, [91];
  • no Presidential election in, [92], [195];
  • legality of government of, maintained by Lincoln, [195];
  • loyal government in, [286];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • Reverdy Johnson favors recognition of, [378];
  • Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, [409];
  • slavery abolished by constitution of, [410];
  • disfranchising act of, [410];
  • loyal government acquiesced in, [410];
  • pacification of, [411];
  • destitution in parts of, [412]
• Arnell, Daniel W., election of, [415]
• Arnold, Isaac N., resolution introduced by, [170]
• Army of the United States, Provost Court of, [40];
  • discontinuance of enlistments for, [408];
  • mustering out of volunteers in the, [409]
• Ascension, parish of, vote in, [74]
• Ashley, James M., reconstruction bill reported by, [289];
  • proposal to confer suffrage on negro soldiers and sailors, [294];
  • no provision for education of negroes in bill of, [298];
  • effects of reconstruction bill of, [302];
  • substitute introduced by, [304];
  • remarks on reconstruction by, [304];
  • motives for compromise offered by, [306];
  • reconstruction bill of, tabled, [311];
  • revived bill of, [312];
  • explanation of inconsistency of, [312];
  • reconstruction bill of, tabled, [313];
  • remarks on reconstruction by, [313]
• Atlantic Monthly, The, Sumner’s article in, [200]
• B
• Baker, Joshua, member-elect from Louisiana, [56]
• Baldwin, Augustus C., reconstruction bill opposed by, [241]
• Baltimore convention, Lincoln renominated by, [32];
  • Lincoln did not openly influence, [34];
  • adjournment of, [277]
• Bancroft, George, relief meeting presided over by, [150];
  • address of, [151];
  • letter of, to Lincoln, [151];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [152]
• Banks, N. P., expedition of, [43];
  • at Port Hudson, [49];
  • plans for invasion of Texas, [51];
  • petition of New Orleans convention to, [59];
  • intention of ordering an election, [61];
  • Free State General Committee’s attack of, [61];
  • decides against Free State Committee, [64];
  • Gen. Shepley’s disagreement with, [64];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [65];
  • reconstruction letter of, [66];
  • Lincoln appreciates services of, [67];
  • urged by President to reconstruct Louisiana, [67];
  • date for election fixed by, [67];
  • Shepley’s registration approved by, [68];
  • proclamation by, [69];
  • order of, relative to election, [69];
  • letter to Lincoln, [70];
  • date of delegate election fixed by, [74];
  • before Congressional committee, [75];
  • Boutwell’s defence of, [255];
  • Powell’s criticism of, [346];
  • Governor Wells not in harmony with, [418]
• Bates, Edward, Attorney-General, letter to A. F. Ritchie, [105];
  • on admission of West Virginia, [123];
  • on Norfolk affairs, [135];
  • letter to Marshal McDowell, [147]
• Batesville, Gen. Curtis’s occupation of, [82]
• Baton Rouge, secession convention in, [36]
• Baxter, Elisha, election of, [91]
• Bayard, James F., [103];
  • admission of West Virginia Senators opposed by, [193]
• Bell, Joseph M., [40]
• Bell and Everett, vote for in Louisiana, [37]
• Belmont, August, Lincoln’s letter to, [39]
• Benjamin, Judah P., resignation of, [76], [424]
• Bent, Charles, [12]
• Berkeley County, provision for annexing to West Virginia, [110];
  • annexation of, [127]
• Bingham, John A., debate on West Virginia closed by, [119]
• Black, Jeremiah S., diplomatic mission of, [390]
• Blaine, James G., [73];
  • existence of schism in Republican party ignored by, [313];
  • quotation from, [441];
  • Johnson’s change of policy explained by, [489]
• Blair, Francis P., Sr., Lincoln interviewed by, [390];
  • camp of Gen. Grant visited by, [391];
  • Jefferson Davis interviewed by, [391];
  • plan of reunion proposed by, [391];
  • Mr. Davis’s letter to, [393];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [394];
  • mission a failure, [394]
• Blair, Montgomery, on admission of West Virginia, [123];
  • time of emancipation deemed inopportune by, [188];
  • reply to Sumner by, [208]
• Bliss, C. C., [88]
• Blockade of Louisiana ports, [37]
• Blow, Henry T., remarks on reconstruction by, [301]
• Bonzano, M. F., election of, [76];
  • seat in Congress claimed by, [341];
  • report by Committee of Elections on, [341]
• Bordeaux, visit of Confederate naval agent to, [50]
• Border States, Lincoln supported by delegates from, [1];
  • Cotton States expected aid from, [161];
  • Lincoln interviewed by Congressmen from, [163], [171];
  • interests of South bound up with, [171];
  • majority reply of Congressmen from, [173];
  • emancipation proclamation did not affect status of slaves in, [383]
• Boreman, Arthur I., [100], [128], [129]
• Bouligny, John E., [43]
• Boutwell, George S., reconstruction speech of, [254];
  • President Johnson visited by, [458]
• Bowden, Lemuel J., [131], [138]
• Boyers, J. E., [128]
• Bradley, General, [79]
• Bragg, General, raid of, [19]
• Brandegee, Augustus, [342]
• Brazos, battle of, [50]
• Breckenridge, John C., election of, [316]
• Bright, Hon. John, Sumner’s letters to, [200], [290]
• Brooks, James, inquiry of, [225]
• Brown, B. Gratz, substitute of, [264];
  • amendment of, [272]
• Brown John, [142]
• Brown, William G., bill of, [113];
  • remarks on admission of West Virginia, [114]
• Brownlow, William G., [7];
  • unites in call for convention, [21], [29];
  • nomination of, [31];
  • election of, [32];
  • Mr. Johnson’s dispatch to, [414];
  • remarks on negro suffrage, [416];
  • policy recommended by, [417]
• Brownson, Orestes, theory of State suicide summarized by, [210]
• Bryant, William Cullen, [150]
• Buchanan, James, election of, [316]
• Buell, General Don Carlos, army of, [3], [10], [19];
  • treatment of fugitive slaves by, [158]
• Bullett, Cuthbert, Lincoln’s letter to, [39]
• Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. See Freedmen’s Bureau
• Burke, Edmund, [200]
• Burnside, General Ambrose E., [150]
• Butler, General Benjamin F., [33];
  • investigation of, [38], [39];
  • relieved from command, [40];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [44];
  • new department assigned to, [133];
  • Pierpont criticised by, [134];
  • Attorney-General criticised by, [135];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [136];
  • department of Virginia commanded by, [143];
  • fugitive slaves arrive at camp of, [144], [147];
  • legal defence of attitude toward slaves, [146]
• C
• Caldwell, A. B., [128]
• California, Upper, [12];
  • admission of, [13];
  • first election in, [350]
• Cameron, Simon, Butler’s treatment of slaves approved by, [146]
• Campbell, John A., commissioner to Hampton Roads conference, [393], [395]
• Campbell, William B., election of, [415]
• Canby, General E. R. S., Lincoln’s letter to, [402]
• Carey, John B., fugitive slave law pleaded by, [144]
• Carlile, John S., [98];
  • election of, [103];
  • admission of, to United States Senate, [104];
  • speech on admission of West Virginia, [111];
  • term expires, [131];
  • reconstruction speech of, [267]
• Chadsey, Charles E., President Johnson’s surrender to the South explained by, [489]
• Chandler, Lucius H., Representative-elect from Virginia, [131];
  • remarks of, [132];
  • exclusion of, [133]
• Chandler, Zachariah, interest in reconstruction bill, [274];
  • Sumner’s opposition to Trumbull’s resolution supported by, [380]
• Chase, Salmon P., on admission of West Virginia, [121];
  • authorized to organize labor of abandoned slaves, [160], [386];
  • emancipation favored by, [180];
  • quotation from diary of, [186];
  • conservatism of Lincoln observed by, [275];
  • Andrew Johnson takes oath of office before, [408]
• Chattanooga, [4];
  • taken by Federal forces, [22]
• Clark, Daniel, remarks on reconstruction by, [376]
• Clarke, Governor Charles, insurgent legislature convoked by, [459];
  • imprisonment of, [460];
  • petition for pardon of, [460]
• Clarke, Isaac E., [43]
• Cleveland, Tennessee, [4]
• Colfax, Schuyler, on admission of West Virginia, [115]
• Collamer, Jacob, on admission of West Virginia, [111];
  • substitute of, [328];
  • amendment of substitute, [334];
  • defeat of amendment of, [334];
  • defeat of substitute of, [336];
  • remarks on electoral vote of Louisiana by, [328], [335]
• Colonization, suggested by Lincoln, [153];
  • resolutions of Baltimore Union Convention on, [167];
  • message of Governor Brownlow on, [416]
• Colored troops, Lincoln urges raising of, [20], [22];
  • General Hunter recommends raising of, [180];
  • policy of enlistment of, [386]
• Committee, Central Executive of Louisiana, [53]
• Committee, Free State General of Louisiana, [47], [54], [59], [61];
  • controversy of, with General Banks, [62];
  • confers with General Shepley, [63];
  • friends of, protest against election, [70]
• Confederate army, Louisiana troops in, [37];
  • Arkansas troops in, [80];
  • driven from western Virginia, [98]
• Confederate Government, offer of Arkansas to, [80];
  • Arkansas not aided by, [81], [82];
  • hold of, weakened in Arkansas, [83];
  • aid from border States expected by, [171]
• Confederate officers, disfranchisement of, [236]
• Confederate States, theory that disunionists were in a minority in, [192];
  • functionaries in, not bound by oaths, [204];
  • governments of, vacated, [205];
  • governments could be organized by Congress in, [206];
  • Constitution the only law in, [206];
  • power of Congress over, [210];
  • people of, unable to plead Constitution, [212];
  • original idea relative to reorganization of, [213];
  • Stevens’s idea of status of, [214];
  • status of, [260];
  • approaching disruption of, [286];
  • rights of citizens in, [366];
  • political rights of people in, [367];
  • no foreign engagements entered into by, [391];
  • anarchy threatens many of, [409], [431];
  • Federal troops preserve order in, [432];
  • obstacles to restoration in, [432];
  • blockade of, [444];
  • importance of understanding public opinion in, [471];
  • legislation of, [472];
  • prompt acquiescence of, [472];
  • sentiments of citizens of, [474];
  • Congress excludes delegations from, [474];
  • reaction in, [482];
  • Northern example no defence of legislation in, [485];
  • reconstructed not very different from disloyal governments of, [486];
  • States represented at opening of 39th Congress, [489];
  • Congress ignores claims of members from, [490]
• Confiscation, in Arkansas, [78]
• Congress, amnesty authorized by, [24];
  • President disclaims authority to admit members to, [26];
  • electoral vote of Tennessee excluded by, [35];
  • Representatives from Louisiana admitted to, [46];
  • Louisiana elects members to, [55];
  • organization of, [55];
  • Louisiana not redistricted by, [57];
  • A. P. Field denied admission to, [60];
  • Louisiana elects members to, [76];
  • government of Louisiana not recognized by, [76];
  • electoral vote of Louisiana excluded by, [76];
  • Arkansas elects members to, [91];
  • consents to transfer of Virginia counties, [127];
  • resolution on compensated emancipation passed by, [167];
  • slavery in Territories abolished by, [170];
  • confiscation act of, [179];
  • restored Virginia recognized by, [191];
  • President in agreement with, [191];
  • slavery in rebellious States should be ended by, [197];
  • power possessed over seceding States by, [206];
  • doctrines of Stevens abhorrent to members of, [216];
  • unanimity of, [221];
  • reconstruction discussed by, [224];
  • form of State government should be determined by, [228];
  • reconstruction bill passed by, [273];
  • Lincoln’s contest with, [284];
  • President disclaims right to admit members to, [287];
  • constitutional amendment passed by, [288];
  • exclusion of electoral votes by resolution of, [338];
  • protest against admission of members to, [341];
  • power to readmit States resides in, [358];
  • authority over rebellious States possessed by, [365];
  • desire to discipline South winning adherents in, [407];
  • Johnson’s distrust of, [461];
  • why reconstruction conventions should have been called by, [470];
  • Southern States reorganized at meeting of, [486];
  • Johnson intended to be guided by, [488];
  • Presidential system suspended by legislation of, [489];
  • Southern members not admitted to, [490];
  • reconstruction assumed by, [490];
  • suffrage in the first reconstruction measure, [494]
• Confederate Congress, [36];
  • admission of Arkansas delegates to, [79]
• Contrabands, multitudes of, in camp of General Butler, [147]
• Constitution, The, those who repudiate cannot plead provisions of, [212], [213];
  • ceases to be a restraint on Government, [213];
  • State in rebellion not embraced by, [214];
  • scope of not contracted by secession ordinances, [218];
  • necessity as an interpreter of, [222];
  • number of States necessary to ratify amendment of, [232];
  • Georgia adopts Thirteenth Amendment of, [466]
• Constitutional Union men, attitude of, [7]
• Convention bill, defeated by popular vote in Tennessee, [8]
• Convention, Lincoln nominated by the Chicago, [1];
  • Southern commercial held at Knoxville, [6];
  • the Greeneville, [9];
  • the Nashville, [30];
  • meeting of the Louisiana constitutional, [75];
  • the Arkansas constitutional, [87];
  • the Richmond secession, [93];
  • the Wheeling, [99], [104];
  • ordinances of the Wheeling, [100];
  • the Wheeling votes on dismemberment, [101];
  • the Wheeling adjourns, [101], [107];
  • the Wheeling authorizes formation of new State, [105];
  • slavery in the Wheeling, [107];
  • meeting of the Baltimore Union, [167];
  • revolutionary character of the Wheeling, [468]
• Conventions, the reconstruction, character of, [468];
  • irregularity of those called under Presidential plan, [469];
  • why Congress should have called, [470];
  • character and work of those called by President Johnson, [470];
  • origin would not affect work of, if acquiesced in, [472]
• Conway, Martin, speech on West Virginia by, [113]
• Cooper, Edmund, election of, [415]
• Cooper Union, Lincoln’s address in, [1];
  • relief meeting in, [150]
• Cottman, Thomas, [48];
  • election of, [56];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [64]
• Cotton States, aid from border States expected by, [161]
• Cowan, Edgar, on admission of Mr. Segar, [139];
  • remarks on electoral vote of Louisiana, [330], [332];
  • inquiry of, concerning electoral votes, [338]
• Cox, Samuel S., reconstruction speech of, [252]
• Crane, Samuel, [128]
• Cravens, James A., reconstruction speech of, [249]
• Creole, The, [6]
• Crisfield, John W., interview with Lincoln reported by, [163]
• Crittenden, John J., speech on West Virginia by, [116]
• Crittenden Resolution, introduction of, [220];
  • Mr. Strouse refers to, [249]
• Cruisers, Confederate, [50]
• Curtin, Governor Andrew G., [98]
• Cutler, R. King, Senator-elect from Louisiana, [76], [343], [424]
• D
• Davis, Garrett, admission of West Virginia Senators opposed by, [128];
  • resolutions of, [210]
• Davis, Henry Winter, remarks on Louisiana election, [58];
  • amendment of, [225];
  • chairman of Committee on Rebellious States, [226];
  • reconstruction address of, [226];
  • on Southern loyalists, [231];
  • on modes of establishing republican governments, [232];
  • Thirteenth Amendment approved by, [232];
  • policy of Lincoln criticised by, [232];
  • protest of against policy of Lincoln, [279];
  • character of, [283];
  • defeat of, for renomination, [284];
  • postponement of Ashley’s bill opposed by, [295];
  • reconstruction speech of, [307];
  • last reconstruction speech in Congress, [310];
  • alliance with Stevens, [311];
  • motion relative to Louisiana, [341]
• Davis, Jefferson, Blair’s interview with, [391];
  • proposal for joint invasion of Mexico entertained by, [392];
  • letter to Mr. Blair, [393];
  • on Lincoln’s assassination, [407];
  • members of Mississippi convention intercede for, [460];
  • Georgia convention invokes Executive clemency in behalf of, [466]
• Davis-Wade Bill, passed by House, [262];
  • passed by Senate, [273];
  • Lincoln’s action on, [273];
  • proclamation concerning, [277];
  • no provision for negro suffrage in, [494]
• Dawes, Henry L., on Louisiana Representatives, [56];
  • on admission of West Virginia, [116];
  • report on Mr. Segar’s election, [131];
  • on election of Mr. Chandler, [132];
  • reconstruction speech of, [295];
  • Mr. Davis’s criticism of, [306];
  • bill of Representative Wilson criticised by, [312];
  • report on election of Mr. Bonzano, [341];
  • remarks of, [342]
• Delaware, slave interest in, [155];
  • Lincoln’s bill for compensated emancipation in, [155];
  • Federalist party in, [157];
  • Federal interference in, [377]
• Democratic party, defeat of, [1];
  • vote of, in West Virginia, [129];
  • reconstruction theory of, [218];
  • attitude on reconstruction, [220];
  • negro suffrage opposed by New Orleans convention of, [421];
  • South misled by attitude of, [483]
• Dennison, Charles, reconstruction speech of, [247]
• Dennison, William, [32]
• Dickinson, Daniel S., [33]
• District of Columbia, slaves not allowed to depart from, [148];
  • colored persons liable to arrest if found in, [152];
  • compensation to owners of slaves in, [167]
• Dix, General John A., [33];
  • treatment of fugitive slaves by, [149]
• Donnelly, Ignatius, reconstruction speech of, [245]
• Doolittle, James R., credentials of Mr. Underwood offered by, [141];
  • reconstruction bill opposed by, [273];
  • on electoral vote of Louisiana, [324], [326], [333];
  • remarks on Louisiana, [348];
  • policy of Administration supported by, [380];
  • credentials of Mr. Hahn offered by, [383]
• Doubleday, General Abner, treatment of fugitive slaves by, [159]
• Douglas-Lincoln debates, [1]
• Dorr, Thomas W., government under, [350]
• Dunlap, George W., admission of West Virginia opposed by, [214]
• Durant, Thomas J., [47];
  • Attorney-General of Louisiana, [48];
  • registry conducted by, [51];
  • spokesman of planters, [53];
  • enrollment by, satisfactory to Lincoln, [63];
  • disagreement with General Banks, [65];
  • protest of, against election, [348];
  • recognition of Louisiana opposed by, [378]
• Durell, E. H., [75]
• E
• East, E. H., [28]
• Edgerton, Joseph K., reconstruction speech of, [219], [301]
• Election, Presidential, loss of a pretext for secession, [1];
  • in Tennessee, [29];
  • in Arkansas, [92];
  • in West Virginia, [129];
  • electoral votes in, [338];
  • result of, [339]
• Elections, Committee of, report on Louisiana Representative, [56]
• Electoral College, bill on representation in, [314]
• Eliot, Thomas W., amendment to reconstruction bill offered by, [289];
  • reconstruction speech of, [292];
  • Stevens’s interruption of, [294];
  • Davis’s criticism of, [306];
  • bill for bureau of emancipation introduced by, [386]
• Emancipation, in Tennessee, [22];
  • East Tennessee convention favors immediate, [29];
  • Lincoln’s proclamation of, [47];
  • proclamation of not to be revoked, [52];
  • vote on, in West Virginia, [110];
  • in West Virginia constitution, [125];
  • Lincoln suggests compensated, [155];
  • Lincoln considering, [178];
  • discussion in Cabinet, [180];
  • draft of proclamation of, [181];
  • urged by Chicago clergymen, [184];
  • not hastened by deputations, [186];
  • Lincoln reads proclamation of, [187];
  • Sumner proposes to convert proclamation of, into law, [272];
  • effect of proclamation on status of slaves, [384];
  • discussed at Hampton Roads Conference, [398];
  • Lincoln favored gradual, [398]
• Emancipation, compensated, Lincoln prepares bill on, [155];
  • message refers to, [161];
  • New York Tribune favors, [164];
  • resolution of Congress on, [167];
  • Baltimore Union convention’s resolution on, [167];
  • House of Representatives appoints committee on, [168]
• Emancipator, The, [5]
• England, Cromwell’s division of, [200]
• Europe, the civil war pleasing to powers of, [393]
• F
• Federalist, The, [269]
• Fellows, John Q. A., nomination of, [69];
  • defeat of, [70]
• Fishback, William M., Lincoln’s letter to, [89];
  • election of, [91]
• Fisher, George P., interest in compensated emancipation, [155]
• Flanders, Benjamin F., election of, [46];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [52];
  • vote received by, [60];
  • interview with Lincoln, [63];
  • nomination of, [69];
  • defeat of, [70];
  • hostility of Congress toward Louisiana said to have been promoted by, [73]
• Florida, martial law proclaimed over, [168];
  • unworthy of a place in the Union, [256];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • damage sustained by, [436];
  • nature of reorganized government of, [488]
• Florida, The, capture of, [288]
• Forfeiture, State, idea of, [204]
• Forrest, General, [15]
• Fort Donelson, General Grant in possession of, [10]
• Fort Henry, Federal occupation of, [10]
• Fortress Monroe, fugitive slaves at, [144], [385]
• Foster, Lafayette S., reconstruction policy of Lincoln supported by, [380]
• Fowler, Joseph S., election of, [413]
• France, relations with, [409]
• Franchise, elective, in Tennessee to be fixed by Legislature, [30];
  • free negroes of Louisiana petition for, [55];
  • States have always exercised right to confer, [452]
• Franchise, negro, Lincoln’s opinion concerning, [73].
  • See Negroes
• Frederick City, [184]
• Frederic County, provision for annexing to West Virginia, [110]
• Freedmen, no provision for education of, [298];
  • Brownlow would admit testimony of, [416];
  • character of, [416];
  • Southern feeling toward, [475];
  • Mississippi legislation relative to, [475]
• Freedmen’s Aid Societies, Lincoln memorialized by, [386]
• Freedmen’s Bureau, act of Congress relative to, [385], [387];
  • germ of, [386];
  • duties of commissioner of, [387];
  • Governor of Arkansas coöperates with, [411];
  • influence in producing Southern reaction, [483];
  • political aspirations of agents of, [484]
• Fremont, General John C., proclamation concerning slaves, [148];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [148];
  • reply to Lincoln, [149]
• Fugitive slaves, repeal of acts for rendition of, [144];
  • exclusion from Department of Washington, [148]
• G
• Gantt, General E. W., secession abjured by, [83]
• Garrison, William Lloyd, [7]
• Georgia, martial law proclaimed over, [168];
  • Boutwell would exclude from restored Union, [256];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • injuries sustained by, [433];
  • Governor Brown’s efforts at restoration of, [465];
  • appointment of provisional governor for, [465];
  • leading ex-Confederates aid governor, [465];
  • reconstruction convention of, [465];
  • convention repeals secession ordinance, [465];
  • war debt repudiated by, [465];
  • slaves freed by constitution of, [466];
  • Executive clemency in behalf of Jefferson Davis invoked by convention, [466]
• Germans, The, indifferent to secession, [80]
• Gilmore-Jacquess mission, [389]
• Gooch, Daniel W., reconstruction address of, [250]
• Government, a republican form guaranteed by reconstruction proclamation, [26];
  • perfection of Congressional system, [385]
• Grant, General Ulysses S., in possession of Forts Henry and Donelson, [10];
  • martial law proclaimed by, [15];
  • at Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, [23];
  • Lee driven back by, [288];
  • Blair visits camp of, [391];
  • influence in bringing about Hampton Roads Conference, [396];
  • movements by army of, [401];
  • management of Freedmen’s Bureau criticised by, [484]
• Great Britain, relations with, [409]
• Greeley, Horace, [390]
• Greeneville, Tennessee, [4], [9]
• Grimes, James W., remarks on Louisiana election, [382]
• Gulf, Department of, Butler relieved from command in, [40];
  • General Banks in command of, [49]
• H
• Hahn, Michael, election of, [46];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [52];
  • vote of, [60];
  • nomination of, [69];
  • election of, [70];
  • oath of, [72];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [73];
  • election of delegates authorized by, [74];
  • election called by, [75];
  • credentials filed in U. S. Senate, [383], [418], [424]
• Hall, Ellery R., [107]
• Hall, John, [107]
• Hale, John P., on admission of West Virginia, [111];
  • on electoral vote of Louisiana, [325]
• Halleck, General H. W., Tennessee included in department of, [20];
  • General Buell instructed by, [21];
  • General Banks instructed by, [51];
  • order on surrender of fugitive slaves, [158]
• Hamilton, Andrew J., appointment of, [467]
• Hampton Roads Conference, [396];
  • Confederate commissioners to, report failure, [400];
  • results of, [400]
• Harris, Ira, remarks on Crittenden resolution by, [222];
  • remarks on electoral vote of Louisiana, [323], [334];
  • amendment offered by, [334]
• Harris, Isham G., authorized to appoint commissioners, [8];
  • Legislature convoked at Memphis by, [15]
• Harlan, James, bill of, [195]
• Hawkins, Isaac R., election of, [415]
• Hay and Nicolay, account of Lincoln’s message by, [24];
  • quotation from history of, [273]
• Helena, Arkansas, Union occupation of, [82], [86]
• Henderson, John B., reply to Lincoln’s appeal, [177];
  • reconstruction bill opposed by, [273];
  • recognition of Louisiana favored by, [348];
  • inconsistency of Sumner exposed by, [375], [377];
  • inquiry concerning Louisiana loyalists, [378];
  • letter on reconstruction, [495]
• Hendricks, Thomas A., Republican factiousness agreeable to, [380]
• Hiestand, Judge J., appointment of, [41]
• Holden, William W., appointment of, [448];
  • proclamation of, [450];
  • message of, [454];
  • President Johnson’s telegram to, [455];
  • public career of, [457];
  • Republican leaders alarmed at appointment of, [459]
• Holman, William S., resolution introduced by, [222]
• Hood, General J. B., [30]
• Hooker, General Joseph, treatment of fugitive slaves, [158]
• Howard, Jacob M., on electoral vote of Louisiana, [328];
  • on recognition of Louisiana, [358];
  • Sumner’s opposition to Trumbull’s resolution supported by, [380]
• Howard, Oliver O., General, Freedmen’s Bureau organized by, [389]
• Howe, Timothy O., speech on Ten Eyck’s amendment, [321]
• Howell, Rufus K., [41]
• Hughes, Augustus de B., [43]
• Humphreys, Benjamin G., election and pardon of, [464]
• Hungary, similarity of ideas lacking in, [237]
• Hunter, General David, freedom of slaves proclaimed by, [168];
  • authority to arm negroes requested by, [180]
• Hunter, Robert M. T., authorized to act as commissioner, [395]
• Hurlbut, General S. A., on reorganization of Tennessee, [21];
  • Lincoln’s letters to, [84], [401]
• I
• Illinois, amendment abolishing slavery adopted by, [384]
• Indiana, troops from, assist western Virginians, [98]
• Intelligencer, The National, [61]
• Ireland, unsuccessful campaign of James II in, [203];
  • similarity of ideas lacking in, [237]
• Irish, The, indifference to secession, [80]
• J
• Jacks, T. M., Congressman-elect, [91];
  • proposed compensation to, [342]
• Jackson, General Andrew, new industrial era marked by inauguration of, [5];
  • invasion by way of Mexico expected by, [392]
• Jacquess-Gilmore mission, [389]
• James II, King, abdication of, [202]
• Jefferson County, provision for annexation of, [110];
  • annexation of, [127]
• Jefferson, Thomas, declaration of, [357]
• Johnson, Andrew, [12];
  • in Thirtieth Congress, [14];
  • people of Nashville addressed by, [15];
  • activity of, [18];
  • Nashville saved by, [19];
  • Lincoln’s opinion of, [19];
  • addresses of, [19];
  • urged to raise negro troops, [20];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [22];
  • enlarged authority of, [23];
  • Nashville meeting called by, [27];
  • election of county officers authorized by, [27];
  • proclamation of, [31];
  • nomination of, for Vice-Presidency, [32];
  • Nashville address of, [32];
  • letter of, to Mr. Dennison, [32];
  • popularity in the North, [33];
  • credentials of West Virginia Senators presented by, [103];
  • resolution offered by, [221];
  • election of, as Vice-President, [339];
  • installation of, as President, [408];
  • problem confronting, [408];
  • letter to Governor Murphy, [411];
  • despatch to Governor Brownlow, [414];
  • reconstruction policy endorsed by National Democratic party, [420];
  • Lincoln’s policy alleged to have been changed by, [426];
  • Pierpont’s government recognized by, [427];
  • Nashville speech of, [438];
  • forecast of policy of, [439];
  • addresses of, [440];
  • visit of Illinois delegation to, [440];
  • visit of Indiana delegation to, [442];
  • visit of negro delegation, [443];
  • South Carolina delegation addressed by, [443];
  • blockade partly raised by, [444];
  • blockade of trans-Mississippi ports rescinded by, [445];
  • work done for reconstruction retained by, [447];
  • Lincoln’s policy need not have been adopted by, [447];
  • at inauguration sentiments of Congress already known to, [448];
  • results of attempting reunion without coöperation of Congress, [448];
  • reconstruction of North Carolina begun by, [448];
  • amnesty proclamation of, [450];
  • cases excluded from benefits of amnesty, [450];
  • reconstruction plan of, based on guaranty clause of Constitution, [452];
  • telegram to Governor Holden, [455];
  • visit of North Carolina delegation to, [456];
  • North Carolina election unsatisfactory to, [457];
  • interview of Boutwell and Morrill with, [458];
  • William L. Sharkey appointed Provisional Governor by, [459];
  • appointment of provisional governors by, [459];
  • telegram to Governor Sharkey, [461];
  • attitude of Congress characterized by, [461];
  • Governor Sharkey’s reorganization of militia approved by, [462];
  • Mississippi people trusted by, [463];
  • change in sentiments of, [463], [488];
  • General Slocum directed to revoke order by, [463];
  • proceedings in reconstruction conventions directed by, [465];
  • organization of a police force for Georgia approved by, [466];
  • policy toward Congress unknown in the South, [483];
  • prompt acquiescence of South in policy of, [486];
  • reconstruction theory similar to Lincoln’s, [487];
  • falling back from Lincoln’s plan, [487];
  • Lincoln’s Cabinet retained by, [488];
  • change of attitude of, [489];
  • influence of Seward upon, [489];
  • movement to procure resignation from Vice-Presidency, [489];
  • limitations of, [490];
  • reconstruction work of, not marked by originality, [491];
  • negro suffrage, [494]
• Johnson, Bradish, [48]
• Johnson, Herschel V., election of, [465]
• Johnson, James, appointment of, [459], [465]
• Johnson, James M., election of, [91];
  • proposed compensation to, [342];
  • election of, [412]
• Johnson, Reverdy, in New Orleans, [38];
  • on electoral vote of Louisiana, [335];
  • on President’s message, [339];
  • remarks on recognition of Louisiana, [370];
  • Sumner’s argument with, [374];
  • remarks on negro suffrage, [378];
  • recognition of Arkansas and Louisiana favored by, [378]
• Johnson, R. W., secession of, [91]
• Johnston, General Joseph E., retires to Murfreesboro, [11]
• Jones, Hon. Ira P., [12]
• Jordan, Warren, [27]
• K
• Kanawha, proposed State of, [105];
  • change in name of, [107]
• Kearney, General Stephen W., [12]
• Kelley, William D., reconstruction speech of, [252], [291];
  • proposes amendment of Ashley’s bill, [312];
  • Field’s assault of, [342]
• Kernan, Francis, bill of Mr. Wilson criticised by, [312]
• Kimball, General, [86]
• King, Preston, Mr. Johnson influenced by, [441]
• Kingwood, Va., Union meeting at, [99]
• Kitchen, Benjamin M., Representative-elect, [131];
  • denied admission to Congress, [133]
• Knoxville, early capital of Tennessee, [4];
  • Southern Commercial Convention held at, [6];
  • taken by Federal forces, [22]
• Kyle, G. H., election of, [412]
• L
• Lamont, George D., [43]
• Lane, James H., on electoral vote of Louisiana, [337]
• LeBlond, Frank C., reconstruction speech of, [300]
• Lee, General Robert E., Maryland invaded by, [183];
  • repulse of, [186];
  • driven back by Grant, [288];
  • weakness of, [401];
  • surrender of, [426]
• Leftwich, John W., election of, [415]
• Letcher, Governor John, United States could not recognize, [205], [445]
• Lieber, Dr. Francis, [150], [151];
  • Sumner’s letters to, [199], [289]
• Lincoln, Abraham, Cooper Union address of, [1];
  • conservatism of, [1];
  • nomination of, [1];
  • border State delegations support of, [1];
  • popular vote received by, [1];
  • peer of tried Republican leaders, [1];
  • policy of, [2];
  • sympathy for Tennessee loyalists, [3], [10];
  • Andrew Johnson appointed by, [11];
  • in Thirtieth Congress, [14];
  • authority for appointing military governors, [14];
  • view of their utility, [20];
  • letter to Governor Johnson, [20], [22];
  • authority of Johnson enlarged by, [23];
  • reply to General Rosecrans, [23];
  • proclamation issued by, [23];
  • authority to admit members to Congress disclaimed by, [26];
  • enrolling agents sent to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana by, [27];
  • renomination of, [32];
  • declined to interfere in nominating convention, [34];
  • reply to protest of McClellan electors, [35];
  • letter to Cuthbert Bullett, [39];
  • letter to August Belmont, [39];
  • Court of Record for Louisiana constituted by, [42];
  • letter to General Butler and others, [44];
  • restoration of Louisiana urged by, [44];
  • letter to General Shepley, [44];
  • Emancipation Proclamation published by, [47];
  • requested to order an election, [48];
  • reply to Louisiana committee, [48];
  • more advanced ground taken by, [49];
  • letter to General Banks and others, [51];
  • urges restoration, [51];
  • enrollment of Durant approved by, [63];
  • willingness to recognize part of Louisiana, [63];
  • letter to Thomas Cottman, 64;
  • letter to General Banks, [65];
  • General Banks’s letter to, [66];
  • Banks’s services appreciated by, [67];
  • authority conferred on General Banks by, [67];
  • Banks on Louisiana election, [70];
  • letter to Governor Hahn, [73];
  • authority of Mr. Hahn enlarged by, [73];
  • letter to General Hurlbut, [84];
  • letter to General Steele, [89];
  • letter to William M. Fishback, [89];
  • result of Arkansas election gratifying to, [91];
  • requests opinion of Cabinet on admission of West Virginia, [119], [124];
  • approves bill for admission of West Virginia, [125];
  • proclamation concerning West Virginia, [126];
  • letter to General Butler, [136];
  • slavery in first inaugural of, [143];
  • letter to General Fremont, [148];
  • General Fremont instructed by, [149];
  • Bancroft’s letter to, [151];
  • letter to Mr. Bancroft, [152];
  • emancipation and colonization suggested by, [153];
  • advance in position of, [154];
  • arming of slaves opposed by, [154], [180];
  • bill for compensated emancipation drafted by, [155];
  • Mr. Pierce’s interview with, [160];
  • compensated emancipation proposed by, [161];
  • further advance in position of, [162];
  • letter to Henry J. Raymond, [163];
  • border State Congressmen interview, [163];
  • letter to James A. McDougall, [165];
  • proclamation of General Hunter rescinded by, [168];
  • Sumner’s letter concerning, [170];
  • border State Congressmen appealed to, [171];
  • emancipation proposed by, [178];
  • confiscation act approved by, [179];
  • draft of emancipation proclamation read by, [181];
  • rebellious citizens warned by, [183];
  • Chicago clergymen interview, [184];
  • resolves to issue postponed proclamation, [186];
  • meeting of Cabinet, [186];
  • emancipation proclamation read by, [187];
  • first inaugural of, [190];
  • central idea of reconstruction plan of, [190];
  • confidence in ultimate success, [191];
  • Congress substantially agrees with, [191];
  • change in policy of, [193];
  • only one plan of reconstruction proposed by, [194];
  • remarks on Blair-Sumner controversy, [208];
  • reconstruction plan of, criticised by Henry Winter Davis, [232];
  • Mr. Donnelly’s character of, [245];
  • Mr. Boutwell defends reconstruction policy, [254];
  • treatment of reconstruction bill by, [273];
  • Sumner’s opinion of, [275];
  • proclamation on reconstruction bill, [277];
  • Wade-Davis manifesto concerning action of, [279];
  • result of contest with Congress, [284];
  • reëlection of, [286];
  • silence as to controversy with Congress, [286];
  • no right over admission of Congressmen claimed by, [287];
  • adoption of more vigorous measures hinted at, [287];
  • resolution relative to electoral votes approved by, [339];
  • electoral votes received by, [339];
  • popular approval of Thirteenth Amendment pleasing to, [385];
  • Freedmen’s Aid Societies appeal to, [386];
  • Mr. Blair’s visit to, [390];
  • Blair’s mission not officially sanctioned by, [391];
  • letter to Mr. Blair, [394];
  • letter to Secretary Seward, [395];
  • conference opposed by, except on basis of reunion, [397];
  • last speech on reconstruction, [403];
  • assassination of, a calamity to the South, [407];
  • policy would have saved South from many evils, [407];
  • telegram to Governor Pierpont, [426];
  • Pierpont’s interview with, [426];
  • attitude toward Confederate legislatures, [470];
  • a loose system of reconstruction opposed by, [487];
  • reconstruction theory of, similar to Johnson’s, [487];
  • President Johnson retains Cabinet of, [488];
  • constructive statesmanship of, [491];
  • a wide constituency favored by, [493];
  • conditions on returning States imposed by, [494];
  • Mr. Henderson’s views on, [495]
• Lincoln-Douglas debates, [1]
• Little Rock, seized by Confederate troops, [79];
  • threatened by Federal forces, [82];
  • capture of, [83];
  • loyal newspaper published in,83;
  • Union convention at, [87]
• Liverpool, abandoned by Confederate naval agent, [50]
• Longyear, John W., reconstruction address of, [244]
• Lookout Mountain, battle of, [23], [224]
• Louisiana, effect of Union victories in, [10];
  • enrolling agent sent to, [27];
  • secession spirit in, [36];
  • secession of, [36];
  • prosperity at the beginning of the war, [36];
  • treasury of, [37];
  • citizens of, in Confederate army, [37];
  • blockade of ports in, [37];
  • attitude toward Richmond government, [37];
  • loyalists of, [37];
  • secessionists of, intimidated, [38];
  • activity of Unionists in, [38];
  • necessity of courts in, [40];
  • courts established in, [41];
  • court of record for, [42];
  • Supreme Court of, [43];
  • Lincoln urges restoration of, [44];
  • Union associations request an election, [45];
  • proclamation for an election in, [45];
  • members of Congress elected in, [46];
  • vote cast in, [46];
  • admission of Representatives to Congress, [46];
  • named as one of the rebellious States, [47];
  • parishes excepted from emancipation proclamation, [47];
  • disagreement among Unionists of, [47];
  • enrollment of citizens in, [48];
  • Lincoln visited by committee from, [48];
  • reorganization interrupted, [49];
  • portion covered by Union arms, [50];
  • Lincoln urges reconstruction of, [52];
  • condition of, [53];
  • amended constitution of 1852 destroyed by rebellion, [54];
  • voting in, [55];
  • franchise asked by free negroes, [55];
  • credentials of Representatives from, [56];
  • suppression of election in, [56];
  • constitution altered by General Shepley, [58];
  • citizens from, in Union army, [60];
  • General Banks to order an election in, [61], [64];
  • Banks on reconstruction in, [66];
  • Banks fixes date of election for, [67];
  • constitution modified by proclamation of General Banks, [68];
  • provision for voting of loyalists in, [69];
  • election in, [70];
  • protest against election in, [70];
  • Hahn inaugurated Governor, [72];
  • civil subordinate to military power, [73];
  • Free State leaders unite with Radicals in Congress, [74];
  • election in, [74];
  • vote on constitution, [75];
  • Legislature chosen in, [76];
  • Presidential electors appointed for, [76], [195];
  • Senators elected by, [76];
  • government of, not recognized by Congress, [76];
  • electoral vote of, [129], [314];
  • radicals propose to recognize government of, [290];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • amendment to except from joint resolution, [315];
  • Ten Eyck’s speech on electoral vote of, [318];
  • Howe’s speech on electoral vote of, [321];
  • Trumbull’s speech on electoral vote of, [321];
  • highest vote cast in, [323];
  • remarks of Harris on electoral vote of, [323];
  • speech of Doolittle on electoral vote of, [324];
  • remarks of Hale on electoral vote of, [325];
  • remarks of Collamer on electoral vote of, [328];
  • Howard’s speech on electoral vote of, [328];
  • Cowan’s remarks on electoral vote of, [330];
  • Powell on electoral vote of, [331];
  • Wade’s remarks on electoral vote of, [332];
  • loss of Ten Eyck’s amendment concerning, [334];
  • Johnson’s remarks on electoral vote of, [335];
  • Pomeroy’s amendment, [337];
  • passage of joint resolution, [338];
  • Cowan’s inquiry, [338];
  • Senate debate on recognition of, [341];
  • Representatives-elect from, [341];
  • protest against admission of members from, [341];
  • compensation to claimants from, [341];
  • United States Senators chosen in, [343];
  • Trumbull’s resolution relative to, [343];
  • Powell opposes recognition of, [344];
  • Henderson favors recognition of, [348];
  • recognition of, would enfeeble Union, [358];
  • Howard’s speech on recognition of, [358];
  • governed by bayonet, [367];
  • Howard characterizes government of, [369];
  • Reverdy Johnson’s argument on recognition of, [370], [377];
  • Sprague’s remarks on election in, [381];
  • Grimes’s remarks on election in, [382];
  • slavery in parts of, not affected by emancipation proclamation, [384];
  • draft in, [417];
  • election in, [418];
  • Mr. Wells chosen Governor, [422];
  • Warmoth elected as Territorial Delegate, [422];
  • United States Senators chosen, [424];
  • Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, [424];
  • injuries which rebellion inflicted on, [424]
• Lovejoy, Owen, resolution offered by, [132];
  • resolution of, relative to emancipation, [170];
  • doctrines of Thaddeus Stevens repudiated by, [217]
• Lundy, Benjamin, Genius of Universal Emancipation published by, [5]
• Lyon, General Nathaniel, [79]
• M
• Madison, parish of, [75]
• Malhiot, E. E., [48]
• Mallory, Robert, yeas and nays on Ashley’s bill demanded by, [311];
  • bill of Mr. Wilson criticised by, [312]
• Manassas, battle of, [183]
• Mann, W. D., Representative-elect from Louisiana, [76];
  • seat in Congress claimed by, [341]
• Manumission Intelligencer, The, [5]
• Marcy, William, Secretary, [12]
• Marvin, Governor, Seward’s message to, [488]
• Maryland, attitude on emancipation, [165]
• Mason, James M., [103]
• Mason, Richard B., [13], [14]
• Massachusetts, sentiments on slavery, [375]
• Maynard, Horace, [9], [10]; joins in call for convention, [21];
  • emancipation policy of Lincoln approved by, [177];
  • election of, [415]
• Memphis, Legislature convenes in, [15]
• Mexico, [12], [13];
  • French interests in, [50];
  • invasion of, a part of Napoleon’s policy, [391];
  • proposal for joint invasion of, [392]
• Mileage, allowed to Arkansas claimants, [91]
• Military commissions, [12]
• Military Governor, office of, [11], [12], [14], [193]
• Minority, loyal, rule by, inconsistent with American principles, [205], [217];
  • should institute government for their own protection, [353];
  • further examination of, [491]
• Mission Ridge, battle of, [23], [224]
• Missouri, provisional government appointed in, [10];
  • origin of government of, [350]
• Mississippi, State of, in Federal control, [50];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • injury sustained by, [437];
  • Provisional Governor for, [459];
  • Governor Clarke summons insurgent Legislature of, [459];
  • secession ordinance declared null and void, [460];
  • slavery abolished in, [460];
  • people advised to form a patrol, [461];
  • disorder in, [462];
  • General Slocum prevents organization of militia in, [462];
  • freedmen of, [463];
  • election in, [464];
  • conflict of civil and military authorities, [464];
  • supremacy of military in, [464];
  • November legislation of, [475];
  • practical revival of black code in, [480];
  • spirit of reconstructed Legislature, [482];
  • character of reorganized government, [488]
• Monroe Doctrine, Northern Democrats and Republicans adhere to, [392];
  • Mexico to be conquered under pretence of defending, [393]
• Morrill, Justin S., President Johnson visited by, [458]
• Morton, Oliver P., Governor, President Johnson interviewed by, [442]
• McClellan, electors, protest of, [34];
  • ticket in Tennessee withdrawn, [35]
• McClellan, George B., General, proclamation concerning slaves, [145];
  • instructions to, [152];
  • collapse of Richmond campaign of, [178];
  • Union army again commanded by, [184];
  • Lee defeated by, [186];
  • vote for Presidency received by, [339]
• McCulloch, General, [79]
• McDougall, James A., on admission of Mr. Segar, [139];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [165]–166
• McDowell, General Irwin, treatment of fugitive slaves by, [144]
• McDowell, J. L., inquiry concerning fugitive slaves, [147]
• N
• Napoleon III, [50];
  • policy of, [391]
• Nashville, occupation of, [10];
  • panic in, [11];
  • occupied by General Nelson, [15];
  • Governor Johnson arrives in, [15];
  • Governor Johnson addresses people of, [15];
  • mayor and council imprisoned, [17];
  • press under restraint, [17];
  • treatment of clergymen in, [17];
  • Union convention at, [21];
  • action of convention, [21];
  • public meeting at, [27];
  • convention at, [29];
  • convention of January, 1865, [30];
  • Legislature meets at, [32]
• National Conservative Union party, negro suffrage opposed by, [421];
  • reconstruction policy of Mr. Johnson endorsed by, [421];
  • Mr. Wells nominated for governor by, [422]
• Navy, proportions of, [286]
• Negroes, free, elective franchise asked by, [55];
  • North Carolina denies franchise to, [452];
  • condition of, in Mississippi, [463];
  • testimony of, [464];
  • numbers in Texas, [467]
• Nelson, General, enters Nashville, [15]
• Nelson, Thomas A. R., [9]
• New Hampshire, President Johnson addresses citizens of, [442]
• New Mexico, [12]
• New Orleans, State troops from, seize Federal property, [36];
  • enthusiasm in, [37];
  • bankruptcy of, [37];
  • importance to Confederacy, [38];
  • capture of, [38];
  • results of Federal occupation of, [39];
  • members of court of record arrive in, [43];
  • excepted from emancipation proclamation, [47];
  • menaced by General Taylor, [49];
  • General Shepley forbids election in, [56];
  • amount of taxes paid by, [58];
  • without civil government, [58];
  • extent of the State of Louisiana, [75];
  • constitutional convention in, [75];
  • unqualified voters enrolled in, [418];
  • new registration in, [418];
  • J. Madison Wells nominated by convention held in, [420]
• Newport News, fugitive slaves arrive at, [144], [386]
• New York, electoral vote not counted in Washington’s election, [326]
• Nicolay and Hay. See Hay and Nicolay
• Noell, John W., on admission of West Virginia, [118];
  • inquiry of, [164]
• Norfolk, Va., destitution in, [133]
• North Carolina, Union victories in, [10];
  • secession spirit in, [150];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • injuries sustained by, [436];
  • Provisional Governor appointed for, [448];
  • “loyal people” of, [452];
  • suffrage withheld from negroes of, [452];
  • nearly all counties choose delegates, [453];
  • ordinance of secession repealed by, [454];
  • abolition of slavery in, [454];
  • payment of rebel debt prohibited by, [455];
  • adjournment of convention, [455];
  • convention ordinances ratified, [457];
  • election unsatisfactory to President Johnson, [457];
  • Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, [457];
  • Congressmen chosen by, [457];
  • why President began reconstruction policy with, [458]
• O
• Oglesby, Governor, President Johnson visited by, [440]
• Ohio, western Virginians assisted by troops of, [98]
• Olin, Abraham B., on admission of West Virginia, [116]
• Olustee, battle of, a result of administration policy, [253]
• Orange, William, Prince of, [203]
• Orleans, courts established in, [41]
• P
• Paine, Colonel, arrest of, [169]
• Parker, Granville, anti-slavery work of, [108]
• Parliament, absolute power vested in, [203]
• Patterson, David T., election of, [413]
• Patterson, General, proclamation relative to slaves, [145]
• Peabody, Charles A., appointment of, [42]
• Peace and Constitutional Society, in Arkansas, [81]
• Pea Ridge, battle of, [82]
• Pendleton, George H., reconstruction speech of, [257];
  • votes received by, for Vice-Presidency, [339]
• Pensacola, Florida, Louisiana soldiers vote at, [70]
• Perry, Nehemiah, reconstruction address of, [250]
• Phelps, General John S., alleged opposition to rule of, [38];
  • military governor, [82]
• Pierce, E. L., labor of abandoned slaves organized by, [160], [386];
  • Lincoln interviewed by, [160]
• Pierpont, Francis Harrison, chosen Governor of restored Virginia, [101];
  • inauguration of, [101];
  • views of the Constitution, [102];
  • message of, [109];
  • address of, [128];
  • elected Governor, [129];
  • duties of, [133];
  • protests against military interference, [134];
  • application for assistance, [191];
  • Lincoln’s telegram to, [426];
  • Lincoln visited by, [426];
  • reception at Richmond, [427];
  • the problem confronting, [428]
• Placquemines, voting in parish of, [56];
  • vote of, [74]
• Poland, similarity of ideas lacking in, [237]
• Polk, President James K., message of, [13]
• Pollard, E. A., quotation from “Lost Cause” of, [400]
• Pool, John, election of, [457]
• Pomeroy, Samuel C., on electoral vote of Louisiana, [330];
  • amendment offered by, [337];
  • remarks on reconstruction by, [376];
  • extent of Congressional power over reconstruction stated by, [377]
• Port Hudson, General Banks at, [49];
  • fall of, [49]
• Portsmouth, Va., Union vote in, [132];
  • destitution in, [133]
• Powell, Lazarus W., remarks on Louisiana, [331];
  • recognition of Louisiana opposed by, [344];
  • General Banks denounced by, [346];
  • proclamation of Banks quoted by, [347];
  • remarks on Trumbull’s resolution by, [373]
• Property, Federal, seizure of, in Baton Rouge, [36]
• R
• Raleigh, convention assembles at, [453]
• Raymond, Lincoln’s letter to, [163]
• Reade, Edwin G., North Carolina convention presided over by, [453];
  • farewell address of, [455]
• Reconstruction, in Tennessee, [1];
  • Lincoln’s proclamation of, [23];
  • in Louisiana, [36], [44], [61];
  • loyal minority authorized to restore States, [25];
  • Lincoln’s plan not indispensable to, [26];
  • interrupted in Louisiana, [49];
  • Lincoln’s letter relative to, [51];
  • President urges in Louisiana, [52];
  • Banks’s plan of, [66];
  • proposed for Arkansas, [85];
  • Lincoln’s letters on, [89];
  • in Louisiana connected with war powers of President, [36];
  • emancipation introduced into, [189];
  • theories and plans of, [190];
  • central idea of Lincoln’s plan, [190];
  • both parties agree on Presidential plan, [193];
  • great number of theories and plans of, [193];
  • difficulties of, increased by abolition, [194];
  • Lincoln propounded only one plan of, [194];
  • “Louisiana plan” and negro suffrage, [195];
  • sensation caused by Sumner’s scheme of, [198];
  • final work of, influenced by Sumner’s resolutions, [199];
  • Stevens’s theory of, [211];
  • first act of, a modification of Stevens’s theory, [212];
  • theory held at commencement of rebellion, [213];
  • Democratic theory of, [217];
  • Edgerton’s speech on, [219];
  • attitude of Democratic party toward, [220];
  • conservative views of Senators on, [220];
  • House of Representatives on, [220];
  • resolution of Thaddeus Stevens concerning, [224];
  • resolution of Henry Winter Davis, [225];
  • address of Mr. Davis, [226];
  • of Southern States premature, [230];
  • President’s plan criticised by Mr. Davis, [232];
  • address of Representative Scofield on, [236];
  • address of Representative Williams on, [238];
  • indemnity, security and punishment, elements of, [240];
  • bill opposed by Mr. Baldwin, [241];
  • address of Representative Thayer on, [242];
  • remarks of Representative Yeaman on, [243];
  • address of Representative Longyear on, [244];
  • speech of Ignatius Donnelly on, [245];
  • speech of Representative Dennison, [247];
  • remarks of Thaddeus Stevens on, [247];
  • bill opposed by Representative Strouse, [249];
  • opposition of Mr. Cravens, [249];
  • Representative Gooch on, [250];
  • Representative Perry’s remarks on, [250];
  • Fernando Wood’s opposition to bill for, [251];
  • remarks of William D. Kelley on, [252];
  • speech of S. S. Cox on, [252];
  • Mr. Boutwell’s speech on, [254];
  • speech of George H. Pendleton, [257];
  • bill for, unconstitutional, [258];
  • Representatives pass bill on, [262];
  • provisions of bill on, [262];
  • Senator Wade on, [264];
  • Senator Carlile’s speech on, [267];
  • Congress passes bill on, [273];
  • Lincoln’s treatment of bill on, [273];
  • interest of Mr. Chandler in bill on, [274];
  • Lincoln’s proclamation concerning bill on, [277];
  • notice of in annual message, [286];
  • progress of, [287];
  • forced upon attention of Congress by Union victories, [288];
  • Mr. Ashley reports bill on, [289];
  • Representative Eliot offers amendment to bill on, [289];
  • provisions of Ashley’s bill, [289];
  • revived bill recognizes Louisiana and Arkansas, [289];
  • new bill a substitute for Wade-Davis bill, [290];
  • Kelley’s speech on, [291];
  • Eliot’s speech on, [292];
  • consideration of bill postponed, [295];
  • Mr. Dawes resumes debate on, [295];
  • power conferred on President by bill, [296];
  • remarks of Fernando Wood on, [300];
  • speech of Mr. LeBlond on, [300];
  • remarks of Representative Blow, [301];
  • speech of J. K. Edgerton, [301];
  • Edgerton’s summary of bill, [302];
  • substitute for Ashley’s bill, [304];
  • further remarks of Ashley on, [305];
  • Ashley explains compromise, [306];
  • Henry Winter Davis speaks on, [306];
  • Mr. Davis’s last words in Congress on, [310];
  • Mr. Wilson’s bill, [311];
  • revival of Ashley’s bill on, [312];
  • defects of Presidential plan of, [358];
  • Howard’s speech on, [358];
  • Reverdy Johnson’s remarks on, [370];
  • Sumner proposes conditions of, [376];
  • remarks of Senator Clark, [376];
  • remarks of Senator Pomeroy, [377], [378];
  • Presidential plan of, ignored by Congress, [385];
  • Lincoln’s conditions for effecting, [395], [397];
  • Lincoln’s letter to General Hurlbut on, [401];
  • Lincoln’s letter to General Canby, [402];
  • Lincoln’s last words on, [403];
  • culmination of Presidential plan of, [407];
  • President Johnson’s policy of, endorsed by Democratic convention, [420];
  • views of Louisiana Republicans on, [422];
  • Andrew Johnson’s views of, in 1864, [438];
  • Johnson under no obligation to accept Lincoln’s plan of, [447];
  • Mr. Johnson’s policy of, [449];
  • steps to, in Mississippi, [458];
  • obstacles to, in Texas, [467];
  • conventions called under Presidential plan, [468];
  • course of Confederate governors relative to, [469];
  • Lincoln’s intention to employ Confederate legislatures in work of, [470];
  • expected results of, [473];
  • prediction of Henry Winter Davis relative to, [473];
  • enemies of Union entrusted with, [486];
  • Lincoln opposed a loose system of, [486];
  • Lincoln’s and Johnson’s theories identical, [487];
  • organizations effected under Lincoln different from “Johnson governments,” 487;
  • Johnson’s original policy of, [488];
  • acts of Congress suspend governments established under Presidential plan, [489];
  • Joint Committee on, [490];
  • Presidential plan examined, [491];
  • the suffrage in the Presidential system of, [494];
  • precedent conditions for returning States, [494];
  • Senator Henderson’s letter on Lincoln’s plan, [495]
• Rector, Governor, call for troops, [81];
  • threat of seceding from Confederacy, [82];
  • flight of, [82]
• Red River, General Taylor retires to, [50]
• Republican electoral ticket, none offered for suffrage of Tennesseeans in 1860, [7]
• Republican form of government, Sumner’s resolutions relative to, [196];
  • position that war was fought to fulfil guaranty of, untenable, [209];
  • Henry Winter Davis on, [228];
  • duty of Congress to guarantee, [228];
  • Mr. Davis on modes of establishing, [232];
  • Fernando Wood on, [251];
  • Pendleton on, [259], [260], [261];
  • Carlile on, [268], [269];
  • cannot originate in military orders, [357];
  • military government not republican under the Constitution, [368]
• Republican party, radical members of, unite with Free State leaders, [74];
  • Sumner’s resolutions disavowed by leaders of, [199];
  • relations of Stevens to, [216];
  • change in attitude of, [220];
  • revolutionary policy of, [257];
  • beginning of division in, [273];
  • some radical members of, opposed controversy with President, [289];
  • schism in, [313];
  • change in sentiments of, [377];
  • Hendricks on factiousness of, [380];
  • mass-meeting in New Orleans held by radical members of, [422]
• Representation, basis of, [354]
• Representatives, House of, committee on compensated emancipation appointed by, [168];
  • reconstruction views of, [220];
  • reconstruction bill passed by, [262];
  • Ashley’s reconstruction bill tabled by, [311], [312];
  • resolution of Mr. Wilson introduced into, [314];
  • measure excluding electoral votes of certain States passed by, [314];
  • constitutional amendment abolishing slavery passed by, [384]
• Revenue, surplus of 1837, distribution of, [157]
• Revolution, American, legal forms not ignored in effecting, [206]
• Revolution, English, [202]
• Reynolds, General, report on government of Arkansas, [412]
• Rhode Island cases, [228]
• Richmond, Arkansas messenger sent to, [80];
  • secession convention meets in, [93];
  • work of convention denounced, [100];
  • fall of, [426]
• Richmond government, offers concessions to western Virginia, [97];
  • resistance to, [97]
• Riddell, John Leonard, certificate from, [56]
• Riley, General Bennett, [13]
• Ritchie, A. F., letter to Attorney-General Bates, [105]
• Rogers, A. A. C., Congressman-elect, [91];
  • proposed compensation of, [342]
• Rosecrans, General W. S., inactivity of, [21];
  • suggestion to Lincoln, [23];
  • removed from command, [23], [224]
• Ryers, William, election of, [412]
• S
• Saulsbury, Willard, [103];
  • on admission of Mr. Segar, [139];
  • admission of West Virginia Senators opposed by, [193];
  • Administration criticised by, [377]
• Schenck, General, [251]
• Schofield, General, Governor Holden assisted by, [453]
• Schurz, General Carl, Governor Sharkey criticised by, [462]
• Scofield, Glenni W., address of, [236]
• Sebastian, William K., resignation from United States Senate, [85];
  • return to loyalty, [85]
• Secession, in Tennessee, [8];
  • Tennessee abrogates act of, [30];
  • spirit of, in Louisiana, [36];
  • ordinance of, [36];
  • in Arkansas, [78];
  • Germans and Irish of Arkansas indifferent to, [80];
  • in Virginia, [93];
  • western Virginia refuses to acquiesce in, [97];
  • war powers unlocked by, [213];
  • attitude of Democratic party toward, [218];
  • Henry Winter Davis on, [227];
  • Pendleton on acts of, [259];
  • Henderson on potency of, [351];
  • Sumner denies that States were taken out of Union by, [351]
• Secessionists, in Arkansas, [77]
• Segar, Joseph E., on admission of West Virginia, [118];
  • remarks of, [131];
  • Committee of Elections reports concerning, [131];
  • denied admission to Congress, [133];
  • election to United States Senate, [138]
• Senate, The United States, reconstruction bill in, [264];
  • exclusion of States from Electoral College, [315];
  • Trumbull’s resolution abandoned by, [383];
  • amendment abolishing slavery passed by, [384]
• Seward, William H., on admission of West Virginia, [120];
  • General McClellan instructed by, [152];
  • Lincoln broaches emancipation to, [178];
  • postponement of emancipation recommended by, [182];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [395];
  • injuries prevented attendance at inauguration of Mr. Johnson, [408];
  • message to Governor Marvin, [488];
  • President Johnson influenced by, [489]
• Sharkey, William L., appointment of, [459];
  • address of, [460];
  • Johnson’s telegram to, [461];
  • conduct of, criticised by Carl Schurz, [462];
  • negro testimony to be considered by, [464]
• Shelbyville, Tenn., Andrew Johnson’s address at, [19]
• Shenandoah Valley, discontent of, [96];
  • proposed annexation to West Virginia, [109]
• Shepley, General George F., appointment of, [39];
  • system of courts established by, [41];
  • Lincoln’s letter to, [44];
  • requested to hold an election, [45];
  • proclamation for an election issued by, [45];
  • plan of Louisiana Free State Committee approved by, [48];
  • Attorney-General for Louisiana appointed by, [48];
  • orders an enrollment of loyal citizens, [53];
  • election prohibited by, [56], [58];
  • conference of Free State Committee with, [63];
  • disagreement with General Banks, [64], [65];
  • General Banks approves registration of, [68];
  • Norfolk proclamation of, [134]
• Sheridan, General Philip H., at Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, [23];
  • a Confederate army destroyed by, [288]
• Sherman, John, on election of Mr. Segar, [140];
  • on electoral vote of Louisiana, [332]
• Sherman, General Thomas W., instructions of War Department to, [149]
• Sherman, General William Tecumseh, projected march of, [286];
  • safety of, [288]
• Shreveport, movement toward, [51];
  • ceases to be capital of Louisiana, [419]
• Slavery, abolition of, in British colonies, [6];
  • to be ignored in reconstruction, [27];
  • Nashville convention urges abolition of, [29];
  • amended Tennessee constitution abolishes, [30];
  • constitution of Arkansas abolishes, [88];
  • introduction into Virginia, [94];
  • in the Wheeling convention, [107];
  • Lincoln’s views of, [143];
  • Congress claims no right to interfere with, [167];
  • advance of Northern opinion on, [167];
  • abolished in District of Columbia, [167];
  • not possible for negroes freed by war, [194];
  • reconstruction rendered more difficult by abolition of, [194];
  • ceases to exist when State ceases to exist, [197];
  • duty of Congress to put an end to, [197];
  • recognition of, by a Federal officer analogous to treason, [197];
  • government should protect persons in a state of, [198];
  • Chicago platform on, [207];
  • Emancipation Proclamation not necessary to abolish in seceding States, [207];
  • destruction of, not an end of the war, [222];
  • the one subject of estrangement in the Union, [237];
  • theory of the Fathers concerning, [237];
  • anti-slavery amendment recommended to consideration of Congress, [287];
  • Congress passes joint resolution relative to, [288];
  • restoration useless with, [352];
  • sentiments of Massachusetts and South Carolina on, [375];
  • not affected by emancipation proclamation in certain States, [384];
  • Congress passes anti-slavery amendment, [384];
  • amendment ratified by 20 States, [384];
  • Arkansas abolishes, [410];
  • Virginia abolishes, 425;
  • abolition an injury to slave owners, [433];
  • North Carolina abolishes, [454];
  • Mississippi abolishes, [460];
  • Georgia abolishes, [466]
• Slaves, bred in Virginia, [94];
  • number in Virginia, [94];
  • in western Virginia, [95];
  • policy of commanders relative to fugitive, [144], [145], [158], [159];
  • declared contraband of war, [146];
  • compensated emancipation of, [153];
  • colonization of, [153];
  • abandoned by masters, [160];
  • to organize labor of abandoned, [160];
  • General Hunter proclaims freedom of, [168];
  • Lincoln asserts right to emancipate, [168];
  • employment of, [169];
  • confiscation of property in, [179];
  • proposed emancipation of, [182];
  • Stevens on employment of, against United States, [212];
  • abandoned lands to be colonized by, [385]
• Slidell, John, resignation from United States Senate, [423]
• Slocum, General, organization of Mississippi retarded by, [462];
  • orders of, revoked by President, [463]
• Smith, Caleb B., resignation of, [119]
• Smith, Charles, Senator-elect from Louisiana, [76], [343]
• Smith, General E. Kirby, [50]
• Smith, Governor William, nullity of acts of, [445]
• Snow, William D., election of, [91]
• Society, civil not necessarily identical with political, [354];
  • political liable to reduction, [354];
  • political may be reduced by loss of citizenship, [354]
• South Carolina, martial law proclaimed over, [168];
  • Stevens on secession ordinance of, [215];
  • Boutwell would exclude from restored Union, [256];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • sentiments on slavery, [375];
  • damage sustained by, [435];
  • Mr. Johnson receives citizens of, [443];
  • revolutionary character of convention, [469]
• Southern States, reorganization of, premature, [230];
  • black code of, 293;
  • an asylum for broken-down politicians, [297];
  • proposed taxation of, [297];
  • power of Congress over, [362];
  • not convertible into Territories, [364].
  • See Confederate States
• Speed, Attorney-General, reply to Albemarle County voters, [430]
• Sprague, William, remarks on Louisiana election, [381]
• Stanton, Edwin M., aids western Virginians, [98];
  • on admission of West Virginia, [122];
  • disbanding of army by, [409]
• State, indestructibility of, [192];
  • suicide of a, [197], [201], [209];
  • effect of termination of, [197];
  • slavery terminated by termination of, [197];
  • Federal restraints upon action of a, [198];
  • difficulty of defining, [201];
  • basis of suicide theory, [208];
  • levying war changes status of, [217];
  • the people of, constitute the, [218];
  • constitutions must be formed by people of, [218];
  • only successful revolution can unmake, [218];
  • attitude of Democratic party on suicide of, [219]
• St. Bernard, parish of, voting in, [56]
• Steele, General Frederick, Lincoln’s letters to, [85], [86], [89]
• Stephens, A. H., peace commissioner, [395];
  • Lincoln’s advice to, [399]
• Stevens, Thaddeus, on admission of West Virginia, [117], [214];
  • reconstruction theory of, [211];
  • characteristics of, [211];
  • consistency of, [212];
  • remarks on slaves employed in hostility to Government, [212];
  • taxation of seceding States proposed by, [213];
  • secession discussed by, [215];
  • relations to his party defined by, [216];
  • conquered province theory of, [217];
  • remarks on minority government, [217];
  • resolution relative to President’s message, [224];
  • on constitutional amendments, [232];
  • reconstruction speech of, [247];
  • distributing President’s message, [288];
  • Mr. Eliot interrupted by, [294];
  • remarks of, [342];
  • credentials of Warmoth offered by, [422];
  • sneer at Pierpont’s government, [427]
• Stokes, William B., election of, [415]
• Strouse, Myer, reconstruction speech of, [249]
• Suffrage, Representative Kelley on, [291];
  • provisions of Ashley’s bill on, [294], [304];
  • a restricted electorate favored by Government, [354];
  • basis of, [354];
  • qualifications for, in Massachusetts, [354];
  • proposal to confer on negroes, [358];
  • Reverdy Johnson on, [378];
  • negroes petition for, [413];
  • Brownlow opposes conferring on negroes, [416];
  • National Conservative party on, [421];
  • provision of Virginia constitution on, [425];
  • North did not intend to force on South, [486]
• Sumner, Charles, on admission of West Virginia, [110];
  • letter on policy of Lincoln, [170];
  • faith of, [191];
  • resolutions of, [196];
  • sensation produced by restoration scheme of, [198];
  • letters to Francis Lieber, [199], [289];
  • public character of, [199];
  • letters to John Bright, [200], [290];
  • article in Atlantic Monthly, [200];
  • Mr. Blair replies to, [208];
  • preamble to resolutions of, [210];
  • proposal relative to emancipation proclamation, [272];
  • estimate of Lincoln, [275];
  • substitute offered by, [344];
  • amendment offered by, [356];
  • Reverdy Johnson’s argument with, [374];
  • inconsistency of, [375];
  • conditions of reunion proposed by, [376];
  • remarks on Trumbull’s resolution, [379], [382];
  • Howard and Chandler support position of, [380];
  • remarks on Louisiana election, [382]
• Sumter, influence of fall, on Arkansas, [78]
• Supreme Court, The United States, opinion in Cross vs. Harrison, [13];
  • decision relative to rebellious States, [362]
• T
• Taliaferro, Robert W., seat in Congress claimed by, [341]
• Taney, Roger B., Chief Justice, quoted by Mr. Davis, [228]
• Tarr, Campbell, [98], [128]
• Taylor, Nathaniel, attitude of loyal Tennesseeans defined by, [7];
  • election of, [415]
• Taylor, General Richard, [37], [49], [50]
• Ten Eyck, John C., reconstruction bill opposed by, [273];
  • amendment offered by, [315];
  • remarks in support of amendment, [318];
  • defeat of amendment offered by, [334]
• Tennessee, Presidential reconstruction in, [1];
  • no Republican electoral ticket in, [7];
  • league with Confederacy authorized by, [8];
  • turns military force over to the Confederacy, [8];
  • secession of, [8];
  • activity of loyalists in, [9];
  • proposed dismemberment of, [9];
  • Confederates losing hold of, [10];
  • derangement of government in, [10];
  • Legislature assembles at Memphis, [15];
  • Andrew Johnson appointed military governor of, [15];
  • condition in the Union, [16];
  • judges imprisoned, [18];
  • reprisals on secessionists, [18];
  • lawlessness of, [18];
  • citizens in Union army, [20];
  • included in department of General Halleck, [20];
  • ready for restoration, [21];
  • free from armed insurrectionists, [22];
  • emancipation in, [22];
  • excluded from effects of emancipation proclamation, [22], [384];
  • enrolling agent sent to, [27];
  • county elections in, [27];
  • returns, [28];
  • reconstruction in, [29];
  • Presidential election in, [29], [195];
  • amended constitution of, [30];
  • abrogates act of secession, [30];
  • bonds of disloyal government, [30];
  • constitution ratified by, [31];
  • slaves emancipated in, [31];
  • meeting of loyal Legislature, [31];
  • McClellan electors, [35];
  • electoral vote of, [35], [76], [129];
  • Lincoln maintains legality of government in, [195];
  • Mr. Davis on Unionists of, [230];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • electoral vote of, [334];
  • exclusion of electoral votes, [338];
  • Cowan’s inquiry concerning vote of, [338];
  • Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, [412];
  • United States Senators chosen by, [413];
  • disfranchising act of, [413];
  • irregularities in election, [414];
  • negroes and Indians made witnesses, [415];
  • harshness to traitors favored by, [414];
  • franchise demanded by freedmen of, [415];
  • ravages of war in, [417];
  • insurrection ended in, [444];
  • Joint Committee recommend admission of, [490]
• Tennessee, Bank of, notes of, irredeemable, [30]
• Tennessee, East, slavery in, [3];
  • loyalty of, [3];
  • services in Revolution, [4];
  • resources of, [4];
  • anti-slavery journals in, [5];
  • abolition movement in, [5];
  • a thoroughfare to the south-west, [6];
  • Yancey agitates in, [7];
  • treatment of loyalists in, [9];
  • importance of, [21];
  • convention of, revived, [29]
• Tennessee, West, politics influenced by industries of, [4];
  • martial law in, [15]
• Texas, expedition into, [50], [51];
  • insurrection in, [314];
  • damages sustained by, [437];
  • blockade of, [444];
  • appointment of Provisional Governor for, [467];
  • obstacles to restoration in, [467];
  • negro population of, [467];
  • reconstruction incomplete, [467];
  • not represented at opening of Thirty-ninth Congress, [490]
• Thayer, General, [89]
• Thayer, M. Russell, reconstruction address of, [242]
• Thomas, Dorsey B., counted out, [415]
• Thomas, General George, at Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, [23];
  • a Confederate army crippled by, [288]
• Thompson, Jacob, Mr. Black’s visit to, [390]
• Thompson, General Jefferson, [245]
• Treat, Hon. Samuel, excerpt from letter of, [354]
• Tribune, The New York, emancipation favored by, [164];
  • protest of Wade and Davis printed in, [279]
• Trumbull, Lyman, on admission of Mr. Segar, [139];
  • remarks on Crittenden resolution, [221];
  • reconstruction bill opposed by, [273];
  • speech on Ten Eyck’s amendment, [316];
  • on electoral vote of Louisiana, [321], [327];
  • resolution offered by, [343];
  • Sumner’s offer to amend resolution of, [356];
  • Howard’s speech on resolution of, [358];
  • Wade moves postponement of resolution, [378];
  • Powell’s speech on resolution of, [378];
  • consistency of, [380];
  • resolution recognizing Louisiana abandoned, [383]
• Tyng, Rev. Doctor, [151]
• U
• Underwood, John C., Senator-elect from Virginia, [141]
• Union, dismemberment of, [1];
  • admission of new States into, [207]
• Union army, Arkansas troops in, [83];
  • troops of restored Virginia in, [109]
• Union associations, demand an election in Louisiana, [45];
  • delegates appointed by, [47]
• Unionists, importance of Southern, [3];
  • in Louisiana, [37], [38], [47];
  • Lincoln’s advice to, [38];
  • numbers in Arkansas, [77];
  • loyalty in Arkansas, [88];
  • conflicting views of, [88];
  • difficulty of enlisting in Virginia, [133];
  • oath of allegiance taken by, in North Carolina, [150];
  • Henry Winter Davis on Southern, [231]
• Union party, vote of, in West Virginia, [129]
• United States, The, policy toward conquered provinces, [12];
  • Tennessee promised republican form of government by, [16];
  • oath of allegiance required of Louisiana voters, [45];
  • policy toward loyal minorities, [105], [349];
  • policy toward South after rebellion, [190];
  • number of States not diminished by secession, [192];
  • republican governments obligatory on members of, [208];
  • duty of each to be represented in Congress, [208];
  • union of, perpetual, [218], [219];
  • Chase’s dictum concerning nature of, [219];
  • Government not to interfere in affairs of States, [220];
  • authorized to impose conditions on returning States, [366];
  • demand for revenue felt by, [409];
  • disloyal governments not recognized by, [409]
• Universal Emancipation, The Genius of, [5]
• Upshur County, emancipation favored by citizens of, [108]
• V
• Van Winkle, P. G., election of, [128]
• Vicksburg, surrender of, [49]
• Virginia, rebel government abrogated in, [10];
  • loyalists without civil government, [93];
  • secession of, [93];
  • opposition to secession in, [94];
  • physical features of, [94];
  • slavery introduced into, [94];
  • slaves in, [94];
  • historical part of, [94];
  • birthplace of many illustrious Americans, [94];
  • settlement of trans-Alleghany region, [95];
  • population of western, [95];
  • sympathy of people in western, [95];
  • representation in Legislature, [96];
  • taxation in, [96];
  • power in hands of slaveholders, [96];
  • dismemberment of, discussed, [96];
  • danger of insurrection in, [96];
  • change of representation in, [96];
  • expenditure of revenue, [96];
  • concessions to western, [97];
  • western refuses to acquiesce in secession, [97];
  • the disloyal in, [97];
  • State officials favor secession, [97];
  • Federal Government aids western, [98];
  • ravages of war in western, [98];
  • movement for dismemberment, [98];
  • secession denounced by Clarksburgh meeting, [99];
  • State government reconstituted, [100];
  • Legislature of restored government, [102];
  • election of United States Senators, [102];
  • State of Kanawha to be erected in, [105];
  • dismemberment ratified, [107];
  • convention of, [107];
  • Legislature meets, [109];
  • Legislature consents to formation of new State, [110];
  • Assembly consents to transfer of Berkeley County, [126];
  • act annexing counties to West Virginia, [127];
  • transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson counties, [127];
  • opposition to transfer, [127];
  • removal of capital, [129];
  • Legislature passes convention bill, [130];
  • who were voters in, [130];
  • amended constitution of, [130];
  • civil in conflict with military authorities, [134];
  • Legislature meets, [137];
  • attitude of Congress and army toward, [138];
  • feebleness of restored government, [138];
  • admission of Senators from, [141];
  • disloyal government discusses emancipation, [162];
  • United States should protect loyalists of, [191];
  • electoral vote from restored government, [314];
  • slavery in parts of, excepted from emancipation proclamation, [384];
  • division permanent, [399];
  • constitution of 1864, [425];
  • suffrage in, [425];
  • slavery abolished in, [425];
  • prohibitions on Legislature, [425];
  • President Johnson recognizes government of Pierpont, [427], [445];
  • ravages of war in, [427];
  • steps to restoration of, [428];
  • election in, [431];
  • acts of secession authorities void, [445];
  • acts of Congress to be enforced in, [446];
  • Alexandria ceases to be capital of, [446]
• W
• Wade, Benjamin F., bill for admission of West Virginia reported by, [110];
  • remarks on admission of West Virginia, [111];
  • reconstruction bill reported by, [264];
  • address of, [264];
  • protest of, with Henry Winter Davis, [279];
  • character of, [283];
  • on electoral vote of Louisiana, [333];
  • remonstrance offered by, [343];
  • postponement of Trumbull’s resolution moved by, [378];
  • motion to postpone, defeated, [379];
  • Louisiana election criticised by, [381]
• Wade-Davis bill, House of Representatives passes, [262];
  • Senate passes, [273];
  • President’s action on, [273];
  • President’s proclamation concerning, [277];
  • revival of, [290];
  • no provision for negro suffrage in, [494]
• War, expenses of, [161];
  • condition of cessation of, [161], [397];
  • obligations between States abrogated by, [214];
  • Crittenden resolution on objects of, [221];
  • objects of, [364];
  • vindictiveness engendered by, [393]
• Ward, Artemus, [186]
• War Department, application of part of contingent fund of, [43]
• Warmoth, Henry C., election of, [422];
  • elements of political strength possessed by, [423]
• Washburne, Elihu B., remarks of, [342]
• Webster, Daniel, prediction of, [126]
• Welles, Gideon, on admission of West Virginia, [122];
  • Lincoln broaches emancipation to, [178];
  • quotation from diary of, [178];
  • narrative of, [188]
• Wells, J. Madison, proclamation of, [418];
  • General Banks not in harmony with, [418];
  • address of, [419];
  • qualifications of voters defined by, [420]
• Wells, T. M., seat in Congress claimed by, [341]
• Wellsburgh, meeting at, [97];
  • appointment of commissioners by, [98];
  • arms and ammunition stored at, [98]
• West Virginia, Congress admits Senators from, [104], [193];
  • prosecution of war favored by, [104];
  • stay law passed by, [104];
  • of revolutionary origin, [105];
  • convention for, [107];
  • slavery in, [107];
  • vote on constitution, [109];
  • vote on emancipation, [110];
  • Senate bill for admission of, [110];
  • allotment of Representatives to, [110];
  • Sumner on admission of, [110];
  • proposal to prohibit slavery in, [111];
  • Senate on admission of, [110];
  • Senate passes bill to admit, [113];
  • House bill for admission of, [113];
  • House on admission of, [113];
  • House passes bill for admission, [119];
  • Lincoln approves bill for admission of, [125];
  • constitutional amendment, [125];
  • convention approves constitution, [126];
  • constitution ratified by voters, [126];
  • becomes a State, [126];
  • Berkeley County transferred to, [126];
  • proposal to annex counties to, [127];
  • election in, [128];
  • inauguration of, [128];
  • United States Senators chosen by, [128];
  • opposition to admission of Senators from, [128];
  • Democrats alienated by President’s recognition of, [193];
  • Stevens finds no warrant in constitution for admission of, [214];
  • strong enough to maintain a loyal government, [230]
• Wheeling, delegate convention at, [99];
  • resolutions adopted by convention of, [100];
  • adjournment of convention, [101];
  • convention reassembles at, [104]
• Whiskey Insurrection, effects on status of Pennsylvania, [335]
• White, R. T. J., [88]
• Whittaker, John S., [41]
• Wickliffe, Charles A., Lincoln interviewed by, [165]
• Willey, Waitman T., election of, [103], [128];
  • admitted to seat, [104];
  • on admission of West Virginia, [112];
  • remarks on credentials of Mr. Segar, [138], [140]
• Williams, General, treatment of fugitive slaves by, [159]
• Williams, Thomas, reconstruction address of, [238]
• Wilson, Henry, on recognition of restored Virginia, [140]
• Wilson, James F., previous question on Ashley’s bill demanded by, [295];
  • reconstruction bill introduced by, [311];
  • joint resolution introduced by, [314]
• Wisconsin, electoral vote of, [316]
• Wood, Fernando, reconstruction bill opposed by, [251];
  • remarks on Ashley’s bill, [300];
  • remarks on Wilson’s bill, [312]
• Y
• Yancey, William L., [7]
• Yeaman, George H., reconstruction address of, [243]

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[1]. McPherson’s Political History of the United States, p. 1.

[2]. McPherson’s Pol. Hist., pp. 389–399; “Parson” Brownlow’s Book, pp. 54, 159, 160; Lalor’s Cyclopedia of Political Science, Political Economy and United States History, Vol. III. p. 698.

[3]. Letters and State Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II. p. 112. The edition of Nicolay and Hay is used throughout.

[4]. The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee, p. 24.