on Caucus secrets, [345], [346]; [102], [248], [249], [292], [316], [320], [363], [371], [409].

Sherman, William T., General, quoted, on conditions in La. (1859), [xxxv], [165], [166], [221], [257], [308].

Shields, James, Senator, [39], [43].

Shiloh, battle of, [334].

Simpson, Matthew, Methodist bishop, and the impeachment trial, [317], [320].

Slave trade, extension of, deemed a vital necessity in the South, [xxxiv].

Slavery, how involved in the War, [xxi], [xxii];

history of, in the U. S., xxvii ff.;

change in Southern view of, [xxxii], [xxxiii];

in Ill., early history of, [23] ff.;