Edith, The, a cruiser, name changed to Chickamauga, 265; runs the blockade under a full moon, 265; her cruise, 265.
Election, The, in 1861, officers of the Provisional Government chosen for the permanent Government, 17.
Elections in Maryland, interfered with by an armed force of the United States Government, 464, 465.
Elkhorn, or Pea Ridge, battle of, 50; its object, 51; losses, 51.
ELLIOTT, Colonel STEPHEN, Jr., refused to be relieved at Fort Sumter, 204; salutes his flag on evacuation, 204.
Elon, Mount, General Butler defeats a detachment of Sherman's force sent to tear up the railroad at Florence, 635.
Emancipation, efforts of United States Congress to effect emancipation of slaves by confiscation, 7; violation of the Constitution, 7; efforts to effect by pillage and deportation, 8; by President Lincolns order to military; commanders, 9; by Generals Fremont and T. W. Sherman, 10; the first object to be secured by the confiscation act, 169; the coöperation of the United States, recommended by President Lincoln, 179; his reasons, 179; to be consummated under the war-power, 179; as artful scheme to awaken controversy in the Southern states, 179; measure approved by Congress, 180; the terms proposed, 180, expressly forbidden by the Constitution, 180; order of General Hunter countermanded as too soon, 181; the President claims the right to issue such a one, 181; the proposition of emancipation with compensation, 183; its failure in Congress, 184; the preliminary proclamation, 187; its terms, 186; the necessity for it examined, 187.
Enemies and traitors, the twofold relation in which the United States Government sought to place us, 169; its practical operation, 169.
Englishmen cheer the Virginia in Hampton Roads, 201.
Events, Review of, that brought such unmerited censure on General A. S. Johnston, 48.