[145]. Ibid., p. 479.

[146]. Ibid., p. 482.

[147]. Letters and State Papers of Lincoln, Vol. II. pp. 483–484.

[148]. Ann. Cycl., 1864, pp. 29–30.

[149]. Ibid., p. 30.

[150]. Letters and State Papers of Lincoln, Vol. II. p. 501.

[151]. Ibid., p. 515.

[152]. Ann. Cycl., 1864, p. 30.

[153]. See remarks of Senator Pomeroy, February 2, 1865, Congressional Globe, Part II., 2 Sess. 38th Cong., p. 555.

[154]. McPherson’s Pol. Hist., p. 7.