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Collie, ii. [189]

Collier, legal advice of, on Alabama, ii. [118]-[9]

Columbia District, freeing of slaves in, ii. [83]

Columbia, S.C., burning of, ii. [248], [249]

Combe, George, Notes on the United States, etc., cited, i. [29]

Confederate Commissioners to Europe, the: Bunch's characterization of, i. [63]; unofficial interview with Russell, [85]-[6], [106], [158]; protest against closing of British ports, [170] note[2]; replaced by "Special Commissioners," [203]; attempt to make use of the Trent affair, [214]; British attitude to, not modified by Trent affair, [235]; policy of, with regard to recognition and the blockade, i. [264]-[5], [267], [273], [300]; acquire a "confidential" document, [265] and note[2]; hopes of, from Parliament, [265], [266], [272]; instructions of the first Commissioners, ii. [4] and note[3]; failure of the first Commission, [4]-[5]; suggest a treaty on African Slave Trade, [88] note[2]; slavery abolition offer, [249] Confederate Agents' correspondence, collections of, i. [261] note[1] See also under personal names

Confederates, See under Southern States

Confiscation Bill, The, ii. [82], [84], [85], [86], [92], [95]; Lincoln's attitude to, [82], [84]; Lord Russell's comment on, [97]

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