A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln / Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History

by John G. Nicolay

Patriotism can in no way be more effectively cultivated than by studying and commemorating the achievements and virtues of our great men—the men who have lived and died for the nation, who have advanced its prosperity, increased its power, added to its glory. In our brief history the United States can boast of many great men, and the achievement by its sons of many great deeds; and if we accord the first rank to Washington as founder, so we must unhesitatingly give to Lincoln the second place as preserver and regenerator of American liberty. So far, however from being opposed or subordinated either to the other, the popular heart has already canonized these two as twin heroes in our national pantheon, as twin stars in the firmament of our national fame.

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INDEX

Able, Mrs., sister of Mary Owens, [55], [60]
Adams, Charles Francis, member of Congress, United States minister to England, sent to England, [211]
Alabama, State of, admitted as State, 1819, [19]
Alabama, the, Confederate cruiser, sunk by the Kearsarge, [525]
Albemarle, the, Confederate ironclad, destruction of, October 27 1864, [525]
Albert, Prince Consort, drafts note to Lord Russell about Trent affair, [247]
Alexander II, Czar of Russia, emancipates Russian serfs, [101]
Alexandria, Virginia, occupation of, [214]
American Party, principles of, [101], [102];
nominates Millard Fillmore for President 1856, [102]
Anderson, Robert, brevet major-general United States army, transfers his command to Fort Sumter, [177], [178];
reports condition of Fort Sumter, [182];
notified of coming relief, [188];
defense and surrender of Fort Sumter, [189], [190];
telegram about Frémont's proclamation, [240];
sends Sherman to Nashville, [254];
turns over command to Sherman, [254];
raises flag over Fort Sumter, [531]
Antietam, Maryland, battle of, September 17 1862, [31]
Arkansas, State of, joins Confederacy, [200], [204];
military governor appointed for, [419];
reconstruction in, [426], [427];
slavery abolished in, [427];
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, [473];
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, [475]
Armies of the United States, enlistment in, since beginning of the war, [353], [354];
numbers under Grant's command, March 1865, [507];
reduction of, to peace footing, [527];
grand review of, [527-529]
Armstrong, Jack, wrestles with Lincoln, [25]
Arnold, Samuel, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, [534];
imprisoned, [544]
Atlanta, Georgia, siege of, July 22 to September 1 1864, [407]
Atzerodt, George, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, [534];
assigned to murder Andrew Johnson, [535];
deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, [536];
execution of, [544]
Bailey, Theodorus, rear-admiral United States navy,
in expedition against New Orleans, [284]
Bailhache, William H., prints Lincoln's first inaugural, [168]
Baker, Edward D., member of Congress, United States senator,
brevet major-general United States Volunteers, at Springfield, Illinois, [52];
nominated for Congress, [73];
in Mexican War, [75]
Ball's Bluff, Virginia, battle of, October 21, 1861, [262]
Baltimore, Maryland, Massachusetts Sixth mobbed in, [193];
occupied by General Butler, [199];
threatened by Early, [403];
funeral honors to Lincoln in, [546]
Bancroft, George, Secretary of the Navy, historian,
minister to Prussia, letter to Lincoln, [321]
Banks, Nathaniel P., Speaker of the House of Representatives,
major-general United States Volunteers, in Army of Virginia, [310];
forces under, for defense of Washington, [317];
operations against Port Hudson, [382];
captures Port Hudson, [383], [384];
reply to Lincoln, [425];
causes election of State officers in Louisiana, [425], [426];
opinion of new Louisiana constitution, [426]
Barton, William, governor of Delaware,
reply to Lincoln's call for volunteers, [193]
Bates, Edward, member of Congress, Attorney-General,
candidate for presidential nomination 1860, [144];
vote for, in Chicago convention, [149];
tendered cabinet appointment, [163];
appointed Attorney-General, [182];
signs cabinet protest, [311];
rewrites cabinet protest, [312];
resigns from cabinet, [491]
Beauregard, G.T., Confederate general, reduces Fort Sumter, [188] -[190];
in command at Manassas Junction, [215];
understanding with Johnston, [216];
battle of Bull Run, July 21 1861, [226-229];
council with Johnston and Hardee, [267];
succeeds to command at Pittsburg Landing, [273];
losses at Pittsburg Landing, [274];
evacuates Corinth, [275];
united with Hood, [409];
orders Hood to assume offensive, [410];
interview with Davis and Johnston, [520]
Bell, John, member of Congress, Secretary of War,
United States senator, nominated for President 1860, [143];
vote for, [160]
Benjamin, Judah P., United States senator,
Confederate Secretary of State, suggestions about
instructions to peace commissioners, [482];
last instructions to Slidell, [501], [502]
Berry, William F., partner of Lincoln in a store, [35];
death of, [36]
Big Bethel, Virginia, disaster at, [214]
Blackburn's Ford, Virginia, engagement at, July 18 1861, [226]
Black Hawk, chief of the Sac Indians,
crosses Mississippi into Illinois, [32]
Black, Jeremiah S., Attorney-General, Secretary of State,
war of pamphlets with Douglas, [134]
Blair, Francis P., Sr., quarrel with Frémont, [236], [487];
asks permission to go South, [478];
interviews with Jefferson Davis, [479-482];
his Mexican project, [479]
Blair, Francis P., Jr., member of Congress major-general
United States Volunteers quarrel with Frémont, [236], [487], [488]
Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-General,
appointed Postmaster-General, [182];
quarrel with Frémont, [236], [487], [488];
at cabinet meeting, July 22 1862, [331], [332];
objects to time for issuing emancipation proclamation, [340];
resolution in Republican platform aimed at, [446], [487];
relations with members of the cabinet, [488];
remarks after Early's raid, [488];
retires from cabinet, [489];
works for Lincoln's reëlection, [489], [490];
wishes to be chief justice, [490];
declines foreign mission, [490]
Bogue, Captain Vincent, navigates Sangamon River in
steamer Talisman, [27], [28]
Boonville, Missouri, battle of, June 17 1861, [214]
Booth, John Wilkes, personal description of, [534], [535];
scheme to abduct Lincoln, [535];
creates disturbance at Lincoln's second inauguration, [535];
assigns parts in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, [535], [536];
final preparations, [536], [537];
shoots the President, [538];
wounds Major Rathbone 538;
escape of, [539];
flight and capture of, [542], [543];
death of, [543];
account at Montreal Bank, [544]
Bragg, Braxton, Confederate general,
forces Buell back to Louisville, [275], [276];
threatens Louisville, [379];
battle of Perryville, [379];
battle of Murfreesboro, [380];
retreat to Chattanooga, [385];
Chattanooga and Chickamauga, [386-392];
retreats to Dalton, [392];
superseded by Johnston, [395];
his invasion delays reconstruction in Tennessee, [428]
Breckinridge, John C., Vice-President, Confederate major-general, and Secretary of War, nominated for Vice-President 1856, [104];
desires Douglas's reëlection to United States Senate, [126];
nominated for President 1860, [143];
vote for, [160];
joins the rebellion, [217];
required by Davis to report on Johnston-Sherman agreement, [523]
Breckinridge, Robert J., D.D., LL.D.,
temporary chairman Republican national convention 1864, [446]
Brown, Albert G., member of Congress, United States senator,
questions Douglas, [129];
demands congressional slave code, [141]
Brown, John, raid at Harper's Ferry, trial and execution of, [134]
Brown, Joseph E., governor of Georgia, United States senator,
refuses to obey orders from Richmond, [481]
Browning, Orville H., United States senator, Secretary of the Interior
under President Johnson, at Springfield, Illinois, [52];
speech in Chicago convention, [151]
Browning, Mrs. O.H., Lincoln's letter to, [58], [59]
Bryant, William Cullen, presides over Cooper Institute meeting, [138]
Buchanan, Franklin, captain United States navy, admiral Confederate navy,
resigns from Washington navy-yard and joins the Confederacy, [196]
Buchanan, James, fifteenth President of the United States,
nominated for President 1856, [104];
elected President, [105], [108];
announces pro-slavery policy, [114];
appoints Walker governor of Kansas, [114];
reply to Walker's letter, [115];
special message recommending Lecompton Constitution, [115];
permits Scott to be called to Washington, [172];
non-action regarding secession, [176], [177];
reconstruction of his cabinet, [178];
rides with Lincoln in inauguration procession, [180];
non-coercion doctrine of, [210];
signs resolution for constitutional amendment, [476]
Buckner, Simon B., Confederate lieutenant-general,
stationed at Bowling Green, [254];
force of, [263];
surrenders Fort Donelson, [267], [268]
Buell, Don Carlos, major-general United States Volunteers,
succeeds Sherman in Kentucky, [255];
driven back to Louisville 1862, [258];
instructions about East Tennessee, [258], [259];
reluctance to move into East Tennessee, [260];
reluctance to coöperate with Halleck, [263], [264], [269];
ordered forward to Savannah, [271];
arrives at Pittsburg Landing, [273];
retreats to Louisville, [275], [276];
battle of Perryville, [379];
relieved from command, [380]
Bull Run, Virginia, battle of, July 21 1861, [226-229];
second battle of, August 30 1862, [310], [311]
Burnside, Ambrose E., major-general United States Volunteers,
holds Knoxville 1863, [258];
commands force in Roanoke Island expedition, [277], [278];
ordered to reinforce McClellan, [307];
orders arrest of Vallandigham, [358];
appointed to command Army of the Potomac, [363];
previous services, [363], [364];
battle of Fredericksburg, [364], [365];
relieved from command, [366];
ordered to reinforce Rosecrans, [388];
besieged at Knoxville, [391];
repulses Longstreet, [391]
Butler, Benjamin F., major-general United States Volunteers,
member of Congress, occupies Baltimore, [199];
orders concerning slaves, [220-222];
instructions to, about slaves, [223];
commands land
force in Farragut's expedition against New Orleans, [283];
in command at New Orleans, [285];
report about negro soldiers, [348], [349];
proclaimed an outlaw by Jefferson Davis, [350];
seizes City Point, [401];
receives votes for Vice-President at Baltimore convention, [448]
Butler, William, relates incident about Lincoln, [53]
Butterfield, Justin, appointed Commissioner of General Land Office, [92];
defended by Lincoln from political attack, [92]
Cadwalader, George, major-general United States Volunteers,
action in Merryman case, [199], [200]
Cairo, Illinois, military importance of, [209], [210]
Calhoun, John, appoints Lincoln deputy surveyor, [39], [40];
at Springfield, Illinois, [52]
Cameron, Simon, United States senator, Secretary of War,
candidate for presidential nomination 1860, [144];
vote for, in Chicago convention, [149];
tendered cabinet appointment, [163], [164];
appointed Secretary of War, [182];
brings letters of Anderson to Lincoln, [182];
visits Frémont, [242];
interview with Sherman, [255];
appointed minister to Russia, [289];
reference to slavery in report to Congress, [320];
moves renomination of Lincoln and Hamlin by acclamation, [447]
Campbell, John A., justice United States Supreme Court;
Confederate commissioner; intermediary of Confederate commissioners, [183];
at Hampton Roads conference, [482-485];
interviews with Lincoln, [519]
Canby, E.R.S., brevet major-general United States army,
receives surrender of Taylor, [525];
receives surrender of E. Kirby Smith, [526], [527]
Carpenter, Frank B., conversation with Lincoln about
emancipation proclamation, [331], [332]
Carpenter, W., defeated for Illinois legislature 1832, [34];
elected in 1834, [43]
Carrick's Ford, Virginia, battle of, July 13 1861, [225]
Cartter, David K., announces change of vote to Lincoln
in Chicago convention, [151]
Cartwright, Peter, elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, [34]
Chancellorsville, Virginia, battle of, May 1-4 1863, [369]
Charleston, South Carolina, capture of, February 18 1865, [415];
burning of, [416]
Chase, Salmon P., United States senator, Secretary of the Treasury,
chief justice United States Supreme Court,
candidate for presidential nomination 1860, [144];
vote for, in Chicago convention, [149];
summoned to Springfield, [163];
appointed Secretary of the Treasury, [182];
questions McClellan at council of war, [289];
signs cabinet protest, [311];
favors emancipation by military commanders, [332];
urges that parts of States be not exempted
in final emancipation proclamation, [343];
submits form of closing paragraph, [344];
presidential aspirations of, [439-441];
letter to Lincoln, [440], [441];
resigns from cabinet, [457];
effect of his resignation on the political situation, [464];
looked upon by radicals as their representative in the cabinet, [487];
hostility to Montgomery Blair, [488];
made chief justice, [490], [491];
note of thanks to Lincoln, [491];
opinion of Lincoln, [491];
administers oath of office to Lincoln at second inauguration, [496];
administers oath of office to President Johnson, [545]
Chattanooga, Tennessee, battle of, November 23-25 1863 [389-392]
Chickamauga, Tennessee, battle of, September 18-20 1863, [386], [387]
Clary's Grove, Illinois, settlement of, [24]
Clay, Clement C., Jr., United States senator,
Confederate agent in Canada, correspondence with Horace Greeley, [459]
Clay, Henry, nominated for President, [28]
Clements, Andrew J., member of Congress, elected to Congress, [419]
Cleveland, Ohio, funeral honors to Lincoln in, [547]
Cochrane, John, member of Congress, brigadier-general United States
Volunteers, nominated for Vice-President 1864, [442]
Cold Harbor, Virginia, battle of, June 1-12, 1864, [399]
Colfax, Schuyler, member of Congress, Vice-President,
letter to, from Lincoln, [132], [133]
Collamer, Jacob, member of Congress, Postmaster-General,
United States senator, vote for, in Chicago convention, [149]
Columbia, South Carolina, capture and burning of, [415], [416]
Columbus, Kentucky, evacuation of, [269]
Confederate States of America, formed by seceding States, [178], [179];
"corner-stone" theory, [179];
government of, fires on Fort Sumter, [189];
joined by North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas, [200];
strength of, [204];
war measures of, [207];
capital removed to Richmond, [207];
strength of, in the West, [263];
outcry of, against emancipation proclamation and arming of negroes, [350], [351];
efficiency of armies of, in 1863, [370];
proclamation calling on people to resist Sherman's march, [411], [412];
nearly in state of collapse, [481];
doomed from the hour of Lincoln's reëlection, [499];
depreciation of its currency, [499], [500];
conscription laws of, [500];
Confederate Congress makes Lee general-in-chief, [500];
number of soldiers in final struggle, [507];
flight of, from Richmond, [515];
collapse of the rebellion, [524-527];
number of troops surrendered, [527]
Congress of the United States, passes act organizing
territory of Illinois, [19];
fixes number of stars and stripes in the flag, [19];
admits as States Illinois, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri, [19];
nullification debate in, [38];
Lincoln's service in, [75-90];
Missouri Compromise, [94-96];
Democratic majorities chosen in, in 1856, [108];
agitation over Kansas in, [113];
Senator Brown's resolutions, [141];
official count of electoral votes, [160];
appoints compromise committees, [167];
Buchanan's annual message to, December 1860, [176], [177];
convened in special session by President Lincoln, [192];
Lincoln's message to, May 26 1862, [195];
legalizes Lincoln's war measures, [206];
meeting and measures of special session of
Thirty-seventh Congress, [217-220];
Southern unionists in, [217];
Lincoln's message to, July 4 1861, [218-220];
action on slavery, [223];
special session adjourns, [223];
House passes resolution of thanks to Captain Wilkes, [246];
friendly to McClellan, [250];
Lincoln's message of December 3 1861, [257], [321], [322];
interview of border State delegations with Lincoln, [257], [258], [324], [325];
Lincoln's special message, March 6 1862, [323], [324];
passes joint resolution favoring compensated emancipation, [325];
passes bill for compensated emancipation in District of Columbia, [325], [336];
House bill to aid emancipation in Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, [326];
slavery measures of 1862, [329];
President's second interview with border slave State delegations, [329-331];
President's annual message, December 1 1862, [341], [342];
passes national conscription law, [354], [355];
act authorizing the President to suspend writ of habeas corpus, [359], [360];
confers rank of lieutenant-general on Grant, [393];
admits representatives and senators from States with
provisional governments, [419];
President's annual message, December 8 1863, [424];
reverses former action about seating members from "ten-per-cent States,"[424];
bills to aid compensated abolishment in Missouri, [432];
opposition to Lincoln in, [454];
action on bill of Henry Winter Davis, [454];
repeals fugitive-slave law, [457];

confirms Fessenden's nomination, [458];
Lincoln's message of December 5 1864, [470-472];
joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment to prohibit
slavery throughout United States, [471-476];
the two constitutional amendments submitted to the States during
Lincoln's term, [475], [476];
Senate confirms Chase's nomination as chief justice, [491]
Congress, the, Union sailing frigate, burned by Merrimac, [280]
Constitutional Union Party, candidates in 1860, [153]
Conventions: first national convention of Whig party, [28];
President Jackson gives impetus to system of, [52];
Illinois State convention nominates Lincoln for Congress [74], [75];
convention of "Know-Nothing" party 1856, [102];
Bloomington convention, May 1856, [103];
first national convention of Republican party, June 17 1856, [103];
Democratic national convention, June 2 1856, [104];
Democratic national convention, Charleston, April 23 1860, [142];
it adjourns to reassemble at Baltimore, June 18 1860, [143];
Constitutional Union Convention, Baltimore, May 9 1860, [143];
Republican national convention, Chicago, May 16 1860, [144], [147-151];
Decatur, Illinois, State convention, [154];
Cleveland convention, May 31 1864, [441], [442];
meeting in New York to nominate Grant, [442], [443];
New Hampshire State convention, January 6 1864, [443];
Republican national convention, June 7 1864, [446-449];
Democratic national convention 1864, postponed, [463];
Democratic national convention meets, [466-468];
resolution of Baltimore convention hostile to Montgomery Blair, [487]
Cook, B.C., member of Congress, nominates Lincoln
in Baltimore convention, [447];
seeks to learn Lincoln's wishes about Vice-Presidency, [448]
Cooper, Samuel, Confederate adjutant-general,
joins the Confederacy, [208]
Corbett, Boston, sergeant United States army, shoots Booth, [543]
Corinth, Mississippi, captured by Halleck, [275]
Couch, Darius N., major-general United States Volunteers,
militia force under, in Pennsylvania, [372]
Cox, Samuel, assists Booth and Herold, [542]
Crawford, Andrew, teacher of President Lincoln, [12]
Crittenden, John J., Attorney-General, United States senator,
advocates reëlection of Douglas to United States Senate, [126];
in Thirty-seventh Congress, [217];
presents resolution, [223]
Cumberland, the, Union frigate, sunk by Merrimac, [280]
Curtis, Samuel R., member of Congress, major-general
United States Volunteers, sends order of removal to Frémont, [242], [243];
campaign in Missouri, [269];
victory at Pea Ridge, [271]
Cushing, William B., commander United States navy,
destruction of the Albemarle, [525]
Dahlgren, John A., rear-admiral United States navy,
at gathering of officials to discuss fight between Monitor
and Merrimac, [296]
Davis, Henry Winter, member of Congress, bill prescribing
method of reconstruction, [454];
signs Wade-Davis manifesto, [456]
Davis, Jefferson, Secretary of War, United States senator,
Confederate President, orders that
"rebellion must be crushed" in Kansas, [113];
Senate resolutions of, [141];
signs address commending Charleston disruption, [143];
statement in Senate, [143];
elected President of Confederate States of America, [179];
telegram to Governor Letcher, [197];
proclamation offering letters of marque to privateers, [205];
camp of instruction at Harper's Ferry, [209];
proclamation of outlawry, [350];
message on emancipation proclamation, [350], [351];
appoints Hood to succeed Johnston, [407];
visits Hood, and unites commands of Beauregard and Hood, [409];
interview with Jaquess and Gilmore, [462];
interviews with F.P. Blair, Sr., [479-481];
gives Blair a letter to show Lincoln, [481];
appoints peace commission, [482];
instructions to peace commissioners, [482];
reports Hampton Roads conference to rebel Congress, [485];
speech at public meeting, [485], [486];
Confederate Congress shows hostility to, [500], [501];
reappoints J.E. Johnston to resist Sherman, [501];
recommendations concerning slaves in rebel army, [501];
sanctions Lee's letter to Grant, [503];
conference with Lee, [504];
flight from Richmond, [515];
proclamation from Danville, [519], [520];
retreat to Greensboro, North Carolina, [520];
interview with Johnston and Beauregard, [520];
continues southward, [520];
dictates proposition of armistice presented by Johnston to Sherman, [521];
requires report from Breckinridge about Johnston-Sherman agreement, [523];
instructions to Johnston, [524];
attempt to reach E. Kirby Smith, [525], [526];
effort to gain Florida coast, [526];
capture, imprisonment, and release of, [526]
Davis, Mrs. Jefferson, captured with her husband, [526]
Dawson, John, defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, [34];
elected in 1834, [43]
Dayton, William L., United States senator minister to France,
nominated for Vice-President, [104];
vote for, in Chicago convention, [149]
Delano, Columbus, member of Congress, Secretary of the Interior,
in Baltimore convention, [447]
Delaware, State of, secession feeling in, [201];
rejects compensated abolishment, [322], [323]
Democratic Party, party of slavery extension, [102];
nominates Buchanan and Breckinridge in 1856, [104];
disturbed by Buchanan's attitude on slavery, [116];
pro-slavery demands of, [140], [141];
national conventions of 1860, [142-144];
candidates in 1860, [152], [153];
opposition to emancipation measures and conscription law, [354], [355];
adopts McClellan for presidential candidate, [355];
interest in Vallandigham, [358];
attitude on slavery, [437], [438], [472], [473];
convention postponed, [463];
national convention 1864, [466-468]
Dennison, William, governor of Ohio, Postmaster-General,
permanent chairman of Republican national convention 1864, [446];
succeeds Blair as Postmaster-General, [489], [490]
Dickinson, Daniel S., United States senator, candidate
for vice-presidential nomination 1864, [448], [449]
Doherty, E.P., lieutenant United States army,
captures Booth and Herold, [543]
Donelson, Andrew J., nominated for Vice-President, [102]
Dorsey, Azel W., teacher of President Lincoln, [12]
Douglas, Stephen A., member of Congress, United States senator,
at Springfield, Illinois, [52];
challenges young Whigs of Springfield to debate, [62];
elected to United States Senate, [75];
champions repeal of Missouri Compromise, [95];
speech at Illinois State fair, [96];
at Peoria, [96];
agreement with Lincoln, [99];
on Dred Scott case, [109], [110];
denounces Lecompton Constitution, [116], [117];
hostility of Buchanan administration toward, [117];
Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, [121-125];
speeches in the South, [128], [129];
answer to Senator Brown, [129];
references to Lincoln, [130];
Ohio speeches, [133];
"Harper's Magazine" essay, [134];
fight over nomination of, for President 1860, [142-144];
nominated for President, [143];
speeches during campaign of 1860, [156];
vote for, [160]
Douglass, Frederick, conversation with Lincoln, [352]
Draft, Congress passes national conscription law, [354];
opposition of Governor Seymour to, [355-357];
riots in New York, [356], [357];
dissatisfaction in other places, [357];
opposition of Vallandigham to, [358]
Dred Scott case, decision of Supreme Court in, [108], [109];
protest of North against, [109];
Senator Douglas on, [109], [110]
Dresser, Rev. Charles, marries Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd, [68], [69]
Du-Pont, Samuel F., rear-admiral United States navy,
commands fleet in Port Royal expedition, [245]
Durant, Thomas J., mentioned in letter of Lincoln's, [334], [335]
Early, Jubal A., Confederate lieutenant-general,
threatens Washington, [403];
inflicts damage on Blair's estate, [488]
Eckert, Thomas T., brevet brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
sent to meet peace commissioners at Hampton Roads, [482];
refuses to allow peace commissioners to proceed, [483]
Edwards, Cyrus, desires commissionership of General Land Office, [92]
Edwards, Ninian W., one of "Long Nine," [63]
Edwards, Mrs. Ninian W., sister of Mrs. Lincoln, [63]
Ellsworth, E.E., colonel United States Volunteers, assassination of, [214]
Emancipation, Lincoln-Stone protest, [47];
Lincoln's bill for, in District of Columbia, [86], [87];
Missouri Compromise, [94], [95];
Frémont's proclamation of, [236-238];
discussed in President's message of December 3 1861, [321], [322];
Lincoln offers Delaware compensated abolishment, [322], [323];
special message of March 6 1862, [323], [324];
Congress passes bill for, in District of Columbia, [325], [326];
bill to aid it in border slave States, [326];
Hunter's order of, [327];
measures in Congress relating to, [328], [329];
Lincoln's second interview with delegations from border slave States, [329-331];
Lincoln's conversation with Carpenter about, [331], [332];
first draft of emancipation proclamation read to cabinet, [331], [332];
President's interview with Chicago clergymen, [337-339];
Lincoln issues preliminary emancipation proclamation, [339-341];
annual message of December 1 1862, [341], [342];
President issues final emancipation proclamation, [342-346];
President's views on, [346], [347];
arming of negro soldiers, [348], [350];
Lincoln's letters to Banks about emancipation in Louisiana, [423-425];
slavery abolished in Louisiana, [426];
slavery abolished in Arkansas, [427];
slavery abolished in Tennessee, [429];
slavery abolished in Missouri, [432-434];
Maryland refuses offer of compensated abolishment, [434];
slavery abolished in Maryland, [435], [436];
Republican national platform favors Constitutional
amendment abolishing slavery, [446];
Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery in United States, [471-476];
two Constitutional amendments affecting slavery offered during
Lincoln's term, [475],476;
Lincoln's draft of joint resolution offering the South $400,000,000, [493];
Jefferson Davis recommends employment of negroes in army,
with emancipation to follow, [501].
See [Slavery]
England, public opinion in, favorable to the South, [211];
excitement in, over Trent affair, [246];
joint expedition to Mexico, [451];
"neutrality" of, [525]
Ericsson, John, inventor of the Monitor, [279]
Evarts, William M., Secretary of State, United States senator,
nominates Seward for President, [149];
moves to make Lincoln's nomination unanimous, [151]
Everett, Edward, member of Congress, minister to England,
Secretary of State, United States senator,
candidate for Vice-President 1860, [153]
Ewell, Richard S., Confederate lieutenant-general,
in retreat to Appomattox, [511];
statement about burning of Richmond, [516]
Ewing, Thomas, Secretary of the Interior defended by Lincoln
against political attack, [92]
Fair Oaks, Virginia, battle of, [302]
Farragut, David G., admiral United States navy,
captures New Orleans and ascends the Mississippi, [282-287];
ascends Mississippi a second time, [287];
mentioned 328, [329], [381];
operations against Port Hudson, [382];
Mobile Bay, [468], [525]
Farrand, Ebenezer, captain Confederate navy, surrender of, [525]
Fessenden, William P., United States senator,
Secretary of the Treasury, becomes Secretary of the Treasury, [458];
agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, [463];
resigns from cabinet, [491], [492]
Field, David Dudley, escorts Lincoln to platform at Cooper Institute, [138]
Fillmore, Millard, thirteenth President of the United States,
nominated by Know-Nothing party for President 1856, [102]
Five Forks, Virginia, battle of, April 1 1865, [507-509]
Floyd, John B., Secretary of War, Confederate brigadier-general,
escapes from Fort Donelson, [268]
Foote, Andrew H., rear-admiral United States navy,
capture of Island No. 10, [274];
proceeds to Fort Pillow, [274]
Forrest, Nathan B., Confederate lieutenant-general,
with Hood's army, [410];
defeat of, [525]
Fort Donelson, Tennessee, capture of, [266-268]
Fort Fisher, North Carolina, capture of, [414], [481], [525]
Fort Harrison, Virginia, capture of, [560]
Fort Henry, Tennessee, capture of, [266]
Fort Jackson, Louisiana, capture of, [282-285]
Fort McAllister, Georgia, stormed by Sherman, [412]
Fort Pillow, Tennessee, evacuation of, [286];
massacre of negro troops at, [351]
Fort Pulaski, Georgia, capture of, [278]
Fort Randolph, Tennessee, evacuation of, [286]
Fort Stedman, Virginia, assault of, [505], [506]
Fort St. Philip, Louisiana, capture of, [282-285]
Fort Sumter, South Carolina, occupied by Anderson, [177], [178];
attempt to reinforce 178;
cabinet consultations about, [182-184];
defense and capture of, [189], [190]
Fortress Monroe, Virginia, importance of, [209]
Fox, Gustavus V., Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
ordered to aid Sumter, [184];
sends the President additional news about fight between Monitor
and Merrimac, [296], [297]
France, public opinion in, favorable to the South, [211];
joint expedition to Mexico, [451];
"neutrality" of, [525]
Franklin, Benjamin, on American forests and the spirit
of independence they fostered, [17]
Franklin, Tennessee, battle of, November 30 1864, [410]
Franklin, W.B., brevet major-general United States army,
advises movement on Manassas, [289]
Fredericksburg, Virginia, battle of, December 13 1862, [364]
Frémont, John C., United States senator,
major-general United States army, nominated for President 1856, [103];
made major-general, [233];
opportunities and limitations of, [233-235];
criticism of, [235];
quarrel with Blair family, [236], [487];
proclamation freeing slaves, [236], [237], [432];
refuses to revoke proclamation, [238];
removed from command of Western Department, [241-243];
commands Mountain Department, [299];
ordered to form junction with McDowell and Shields, [306];
in Army of Virginia, [310];
nominated for President 1864, [442];
withdraws from the contest, [442]
Fusion, attempts at, in campaign of 1860, [157], [158]
Gamble, Hamilton R., provisional governor of Missouri,
calls State convention together, [433];
death of, [434]
Garnett, Robert S., Confederate brigadier-general,
killed at Carrick's Ford, [225]
Gentry, Allen, makes flatboat trip with Lincoln, [16]
Gentry, James, enters land at Gentryville, [9];
sends Lincoln to New Orleans, [16]
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, battle of, July 1-3 1863, [372-375];
address of Mr. Lincoln at, [376], [377]
Giddings, Joshua R., member of Congress approves
Lincoln's bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia, [87];
amendment to Chicago platform, [148], [149]
Gillmore, Quincy A., brevet major-general United States army,
siege of Fort Pulaski, [278]
Gilmer, John A., member of Congress, tendered cabinet appointment, [164]
Gilmore, J.R., visits Jefferson Davis with Jaquess, [462]
Gist, William H., governor of South Carolina, inaugurates secession, [175]
Goldsborough, L.M., rear-admiral United States navy,
commands fleet in Roanoke Island expedition, [277], [278]
Gordon, John B., Confederate lieutenant-general,
United States senator, in assault of Fort Stedman, [504], [505];
in defense of Petersburg, [509]
Graham, Mentor, makes Lincoln election clerk, [23], [24];
advises Lincoln to study grammar, [25];
aids Lincoln to study surveying, [40]
Grant, Ulysses S., eighteenth President of the United States,
general, and general-in-chief United States army, early life, [264];
letter offering services to War Department, [264], [265];
commissioned by Governor Yates, [265];
reconnaissance toward Columbus, [265];
urges movement on Fort Henry, [265], [266];
capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, [266-268];
ordered forward to Savannah, [271];
Pittsburg Landing, [272-274];
asks to be relieved, [275];
co-operates with adjutant-general of the army in arming negroes, [350];
repulses rebels at Iuka and Corinth, [380];
Vicksburg campaign, [380-383];
ordered to Chattanooga, [389];
battle of Chattanooga, [390], [391];
pursuit of Bragg, [391], [392];
speech on accepting commission of lieutenant-general, [394];
visits Army of the Potomac and starts west, [394];
placed in command of all the armies, [394];
conference with Sherman, [395];
plan of campaign, [395], [397];
returns to Culpepper, [395];
fear of presidential interference, [395], [396];
letter to Lincoln, [396];
strength and position of his army, [396], [397];
instructions to Meade, [397];
battle of the Wilderness, [398];
Spottsylvania Court House, [398], [399];
report to Washington, [399];
Cold Harbor, [399];
letter to Washington, [399], [400];
siege of Petersburg, [400-402];
sends Wright to Washington, [403];
withholds consent to Sherman's plan, [410];
gives his consent, [411];
orders to Sherman, [413];
adopts Sherman's plan, [414];

attempt to nominate him for President 1864, [442], [443];
depressing influence on political situation of his heavy fighting, [463];
admits peace commissioners to his headquarters, [483];
despatch to Stanton, [484];
pushing forward, [502];
telegraphs Lee's letter to Washington, [503];
reply to Lee, [504];
orders to General Parke, [505];
issues orders for the final movement of the war, [506];
number of men under his command in final struggle, [507];
his plan, [507];
battle of Five Forks, [507-509];
orders Sheridan to get on Lee's line of retreat, [509], [510];
sends Humphreys to Sheridan's assistance, [509];
telegram to Lincoln, [509];
pursuit of Lee, [510-513];
sends Sheridan's despatch to Lincoln, [511];
correspondence with Lee, [512], [513];
receives Lee's surrender, [513-515];
forbids salute in honor of Lee's surrender, [515];
visit to Lee, [515];
goes to Washington, [515];
learns terms of agreement between Sherman and Johnson, [523];
ordered to Sherman's headquarters, [523];
gives Sherman opportunity to modify his report, [523], [524];
at Lincoln's last cabinet meeting, [531];
invited by Mrs. Lincoln to Ford's Theater, [536]
Grant, Mrs. U.S., invited by Mrs. Lincoln to Ford's Theater, [536]
Greeley, Horace, hears Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech, [138];
"open letter" to Lincoln, [335];
Niagara Falls conference, [458-461];
effect of his mission on political situation, [464]
Halleck, Henry Wager, major-general and general-in-chief
United States army, succeeds Frémont, [260];
reluctance to coöperate with Buell, [263], [264];
answers to Lincoln, [263], [264];
instructions to Grant, [264];
orders Grant to take Fort Henry, [266];
sends reinforcements to Grant, [267];
asks for command in the West, [269];
plans expedition under Pope, [270];
message to Buell, [270];
telegrams to McClellan, [270];
appeal to McClellan, [271];
commands Department of the Mississippi, [271];
orders Pope to join him, [274];
march on Corinth, [275];
capture of Corinth, [275];
sends Buell to East Tennessee, [275];
ordered to reinforce McClellan, [307];
general-in-chief, [309];
visit to McClellan, [309];
orders Army of Potomac back to Acquia Creek, [309];
letter to McClellan, [309], [310];
orders McClellan to support Pope, [311];
telegram to McClellan, [317];
mentioned, [328], [329];
asks to be relieved, [365];
quarrel with Hooker, [372];
urges Meade to active pursuit of Lee, [375];
plans for Western campaign, [379];
urges Buell to move into East Tennessee, [380];
orders Rosecrans to advance, [385], [386];
at council to consider news of Chattanooga, [388];
President's chief of staff, [394];
conduct during Early's raid, [403];
note to War Department about Blair, [488];
orders to Meade, [523]
Hamlin, Hannibal, United States senator, Vice-President,
nominated for Vice-President, [151];
Cameron moves his renomination, [447];
candidate for vice-presidential nomination in 1864, [448], [449]
Hanks, John, tells of Lincoln's frontier labors, [15];
flatboat voyage with Lincoln, [22], [23];
at Decatur convention, [154]
Hanks, Joseph, teaches Thomas Lincoln carpenter's trade, [5]
Hanks, Nancy. See [Lincoln, Nancy Hanks]
Hardee, William J., lieutenant-colonel United States army,
Confederate lieutenant-general, council with Johnston and Beauregard, [267];
evacuates Savannah and Charleston, [415];
joins Johnston, [416]
Hardin, John J., member of Congress, colonel United States Volunteers,
at Springfield, Illinois, [52];
elected to Congress, [73];
killed in Mexican War, [75]
Harper's Ferry, Virginia, John Brown raid at, [134];
burning of armory, [209];
captured by Lee, September 15 1862, [315]
Harris, Miss Clara W., attends Ford's Theater with Mrs. Lincoln, [536];
assists Mrs. Lincoln, [539]
Harrison, George M., Lincoln's messmate in Black Hawk War, [33]
Hartford, the, Union cruiser, Farragut's flag-ship, [284], [285]
Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, capture of forts at, August 29 1861, [245]
Hay, John, assistant private secretary to Lincoln,
brevet colonel and assistant adjutant-general United States Volunteers,
ambassador to England, Secretary of State, accompanies
Mr. Lincoln to Washington, [168];
shows Lincoln letter of inquiry about Vice-Presidency, [448];
mission to Canada, [460];
at Lincoln's death-bed, [540]
Hazel, Caleb, teacher of President Lincoln, [6]
Herndon, A.G., defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, [34]
Herndon, "Jim" and "Row," sell Lincoln and Berry their store, [35]
Herndon, William H., Lincoln's law partner, [158];
assumes Lincoln's law business during campaign, [158]
Herold, David E., in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, [534];
chosen to assist Booth, [536];
deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, [536];
accompanies Booth in his flight, [542], [543];
capture of, [543];
execution of, [544]
Hicks, Thomas H., governor of Maryland, United States senator,
reply to Lincoln's call for volunteers, [193];
speech at mass-meeting, [193];
protest against landing of troops at Annapolis, [198];
calls meeting of Maryland legislature, [198]
Holcomb, James P., Confederate agent in Canada,
correspondence with Horace Greeley, [459]
Holt, Joseph, Postmaster-General, Secretary of War,
judge-advocate general United States army, calls Scott to Washington, [172];
report on Knights of the Golden Circle, [361];
favored by Swett for Vice-President, [448];
declines attorney-generalship, [491]
Hood, John B., Confederate general, succeeds Johnston, [407];
evacuates Atlanta, [407], [468];
truce with Sherman, [408];
placed under command of Beauregard, [409];
moves to Tuscumbia, [410];
Franklin and Nashville, [410];
his movements delay reconstruction in Tennessee, [429]
Hooker, Joseph, brevet major-general United States army,
succeeds Burnside in command of Army of the Potomac, [366];
submits plan of campaign to Lincoln, [368];
battle of Chancellorsville, [369], [370];
criticism of, [370];
foresees Lee's northward campaign, [370];
proposes quick march to capture Richmond, [371];
follows Lee, [372];
asks to be relieved, [372];
ordered to reinforce Rosecrans, [388];
reaches Chattanooga, [389];
in battle of Chattanooga, [390-391]
Hume, John F., moves that Lincoln's nomination be made unanimous, [447]
Humphreys, Andrew A., brevet major-general United States army,
in recapture of Fort Stedman, [505], [506];
ordered to assist Sheridan, [509]
Hunt, Randall, tendered cabinet appointment, [164]
Hunter, David, brevet major-general, United States army,
asked to assist Frémont, [235], [236];
ordered to relieve Frémont, [243];
order of emancipation, [327];
experiment with negro soldiers, [348];
declared an outlaw by Confederate War Department, [350]
Hunter, R.M.T., United States senator, Confederate Secretary of State,
appointed peace commissioner, [482];
at Hampton Roads conference, [482-485]
Iles, Elijah, captain Illinois Volunteers, commands company in
Black Hawk War, [33]
Illinois, State of, organized as Territory, 1809, [19];
admitted as State, 1818, [19];
legislative schemes of internal improvement, [44], [45];
capital removed to Springfield, [45];
political struggles over slavery, [45], [46];
Lincoln-Douglas senatorial campaign in, [118-125];
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, [474], [475]
Island No. 10, Tennessee, fortifications at, [269], [270];
surrender of, [274]
Jackson, Andrew, seventh President of the United States,
gives impetus to system of party caucuses and conventions, [52]
Jackson, Claiborne F., governor of Missouri,
attempts to force Missouri secession, [202-204];
flight to Springfield, Missouri, [234]
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall"), Confederate lieutenant-general,
Shenandoah valley campaign, [305], [306];
mentioned, [328];
killed at Chancellorsville, [369]
Jaquess, James F., D.D., colonel United States Volunteers,
visits to the South, [461], [462];
interview with Jefferson Davis, [462]
Jewett, William Cornell, letter to Greeley, [458]
Johnson, Andrew, seventeenth President of the United States,
in thirty-seventh Congress, [217];
telegram about East Tennessee, [259];
retains seat in Senate, [419];
appointed military governor of Tennessee, [420];
begins work of reconstruction, [428];
nominated for Vice-President, [448], [449];
popular and electoral votes for, [470];
disapproves Sherman's agreement with Johnston, [523];
proclamation of amnesty, [526];
plot to murder, [535];
rejoicing of radicals on his accession to the Presidency, [545];
takes oath of office, [545]
Johnson, Herschel V., candidate for Vice-President 1860, [152]
Johnston, Albert Sidney, Confederate general,
council with Hardee and Beauregard, [267];
killed at Pittsburg Landing, [273]
Johnston, Joseph E., quartermaster-general United States army,
Confederate general, member of Congress, joins Confederacy, [196], [208];
understanding with Beauregard, [215], [216];
joins Beauregard at Bull Run, [228];
opinion of battle of Bull Run, [228];
retrograde movement, [297];
defeats McClellan at Fair Oaks, [302];
succeeds Bragg, [395];
strength of, in spring of 1864, [405];
superseded by Hood, [407];
again placed in command, [416], [501];
interview with Davis, [520];
begins negotiations with Sherman, [520];
meetings with Sherman, [521], [522];
agreement between them, [522];
agreement disapproved at Washington, [523];
surrender of, [524]
Johnston, Sarah Bush, marries Thomas Lincoln, [10];
improves the condition of his household, [10];
tells of Lincoln's studious habits, [13]
Jones, Thomas, assists Booth and Herold, [542], [543]
Judd, Norman B., minister to Prussia, member of Congress,
nominates Lincoln for President 1860, [149];
member of Lincoln's suite, [173]
Kansas, State of, slavery struggle in, [113-115];
Lecompton Bill defeated in Congress, [117]
Kearsarge, the, Union cruiser, battle with the Alabama, [525]
Kelly, Benjamin F., brevet major-general United States Volunteers,
dash upon Philippi, [225]
Kentucky, State of, action concerning secession, [201], [204];
legislature asks Anderson for help, [254];
public opinion in, regarding slavery, [473]
Kilpatrick, Judson, brevet major-general United States army,
minister to Chili, with Sherman on march to the sea, [411]
Kirkpatrick, defeated for Illinois legislature 1832, [34]
Knights of Golden Circle, extensive organization of, [360], [361];
plans and failures of, [360-362];
projected revolution in Northwestern States, [466]
Know-Nothing Party, principles of, [101], [102];
nominates Millard Fillmore for President 1856, [102]
Lamon, Ward H., accompanies Lincoln on night journey to Washington, [174]
Lane, Joseph, brevet major-general United States army, governor,
United States senator candidate for Vice-President in 1860, [153];
attempt to arm negroes, [348]
Leavitt, Humphrey H., member of Congress,
judge United States Circuit Court,
denies motion for habeas corpus for Vallandigham, [358]
Lecompton Constitution, adopted in Kansas, [115];
defeated in Congress, [117]
Lee, Robert E., colonel United States army,
Confederate general, captures John Brown, [134];
enters service of Confederacy, [196], [197], [208];
concentrates troops at Manassas Junction, [215];
sends troops into West Virginia, [224];
attacks McClellan near Richmond, [302];
campaign into Maryland, [314];
captures Harper's Ferry, [315];
battle of Antietam, [315];
retreats across the Potomac, [316];
battle of Chancellorsville, [369];
resolves on invasion of the North, [370];
crosses the Potomac, [371], [372];
battle of Gettysburg, [372-374];
retreats across the Potomac, [375], [377];
strength and position of his army, [397];
battle of the Wilderness, [398];
Spottsylvania Court House, [398], [399];
Cold Harbor, [399];
defense of Petersburg, [400-402];
sends Early up the Shenandoah valley, [403];
despatch about rations for his army, [481];
made general-in-chief, [500];
assumes command of all the Confederate armies, [502];
attempt to negotiate with Grant, [502], [503];
conference with Davis, [504];
attempt to break through Grant's lines, [504-506];
number of men under his command in final struggle, [507];
takes command in person, [507];
attacks Warren, [507];
battle of Five Forks, [507-509];
makes preparations to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond, [509];
begins retreat, [510];
surrender of Richmond, [510];
reaches Amelia Court House, [510];
starts toward Lynchburg, [511];
reply to generals advising him to surrender, [512];
correspondence with Grant, [512], [513];
surrender of, [513-515];
size of army surrendered by, [524]
Letcher, John, member of Congress, governor of Virginia,
orders seizure of government property, [194]
Lincoln, Abraham, sixteenth President of the United States,
born February 12, 1800, [3], [6];
goes to A B C schools, [6];
early schooling in Indiana, [10-13];
home studies and youthful habits, [13-19];
manages ferry-boat, [15];
flatboat trip to New Orleans, [15], [16];
employed in Gentryville store, [16];
no hunter, [17];
kills wild turkey, [17], [18];
emigrates to Illinois, March 1, 1830, [20];
leaves his father's cabin, [21];
engaged by Denton Offutt, [21];
builds flatboat and takes it to New Orleans, [22], [23];
incident at Rutledge's Mill, [22];
returns to New Salem, [23];
election clerk, [23], [24];
clerk in Offutt's store, [24];
wrestles with Jack Armstrong, [25];
candidate for legislature, 1832, [29];
address "To the Voters of Sangamon County," [29], [30];
volunteers for Black Hawk War, [32];
elected captain of volunteer company, [32];
mustered out and reënlists as private, [32], [33];
finally mustered out, [33];
returns to New Salem, [33];
defeated for legislature, [33];
enters into partnership with Berry, [35];
sells out to the Trent brothers, [36];
fails, but promises to pay his debts, [36];
surveying instruments sold for debt, [36];
"Honest old Abe," [37];
appointed postmaster of New Salem, [37];
made deputy surveyor, [39], [40];
candidate for legislature, 1834, [41], [42];
elected to legislature, [43];
begins study of law, [44];
admitted to practice, [44];
removes to Springfield and forms law partnership with J.T. Stuart, [44];
reëlected to legislature, [44];
services in legislature, [44-48];
manages removal of State capital to Springfield, [45];
Lincoln-Stone protest, [47];
vote for, for Speaker of Illinois House, [48];
his methods in law practice, [49];
notes for law lecture, [49-51];
his growing influence, [52];
guest of William Butler, [53];
intimacy with Joshua F. Speed, [53];
engaged to Anne Rutledge, [54];
her death, [54];
his grief, [55];
courtship of Mary Owens, [55-60];
member of "Long Nine," [61], [62];
debate with Douglas and others, 1839, [62], [63];
meets and becomes engaged to Mary Todd, [63];
engagement broken, [64];
his deep melancholy, [64];
letter to Stuart, [64];
visit to Kentucky, [64];
letters to Speed, [64], [65];
"Lost Townships" letters, [66];
challenged by Shields, [66];
prescribes terms of the duel, [67];
duel prevented, [68];
letter to Speed, [68];
marriage to Mary Todd, November 4, 1842, [68], [69];
children of, [69];
partnership with Stuart dissolved, [69], [70];
law partnership with S.T. Logan, [70];
declines reëlection to legislature, [70];
letter to Speed, [71];
letter to Martin Morris, [71-73];
letter to Speed, [73];
presidential elector, 1844, [73];

letters to B.F. James, [74];
elected to Congress, 1846, [75];
service and speeches in Congress, [76-90];
votes for Wilmot Proviso, [79];
presidential elector in 1840 and 1844, [80];
favors General Taylor for President, [80-83];
letters about Taylor's nomination, [80-82];
letters to Herndon, [81-83];
speeches for Taylor, [83];
bill to prohibit slavery in District of Columbia, [86];
letters recommending office-seekers, [87-89];
letter to W.H. Herndon, [90], [91];
letter to Speed, [91], [92];
letter to Duff Green, [92];
applies for commissionership of General Land Office, [92];
defends Butterfield against political attack, [92];
refuses governorship of Oregon, [93];
indignation at repeal of Missouri Compromise, [94], [95];
advocates reëlection of Richard Yates to Congress, [96];
speech at Illinois State Fair, [96];
debate with Douglas at Peoria, [96-99];
agreement with Douglas, [99];
candidate for United States Senate before Illinois legislature, 1855, [99];
withdraws in favor of Trumbull, [100];
letter to Robertson, [100], [101];
speech at Bloomington convention 1856, [103];
vote for, for Vice-President 1856, [104];
presidential elector 1856, [105];
speeches in campaign of 1856, [105];
speech at Republican banquet in Chicago, [106], [107];
speech on Dred Scott case, [110-112];
nominated for senator, [118], [119];
"House divided against itself" speech, [119], [120], [127], [128];
Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, [121-125];
defeated for United States Senate, [125];
analysis of causes which led to his defeat, [126], [127];
letters to H. Asbury and A.G. Henry, [127];
letter to A.L. Pierce and others, [130], [131];
speech in Chicago, [131], [132];
letter to M.W. Delahay, [132];
letter to Colfax, [132], [133];
letter to S. Galloway, [133];
Ohio speeches, [133], [134];
criticism of John Brown raid, [134], [135];
speeches in Kansas, [136], [137];
Cooper Institute speech, [137-140];
speeches in New England, [140];
letter to T.J. Pickett, [145];
candidate for presidential nomination 1860, [145];
letters to N.B. Judd, [145], [146];
nominated for President 1860, [149-151];
speech at Decatur convention, [153], [154];
daily routine during campaign, [158], [159];
letters during campaign, [159];
elected President, [160];
his cabinet program, [161-163];
letter to Seward offering cabinet appointment, [163];
offers Bates and Cameron cabinet appointments, [163];
summons Chase to Springfield, [163];
withdraws offer to Cameron, [163];
editorial in Springfield "Journal," 164;
offers cabinet appointments to Gilmer, Hunt, and Scott, [164];
letters to W.S. Speer and G.D. Prentiss, [164], [165];
correspondence with Alexander H. Stephens, [165], [166];
letter to Gilmer, [166];
letter to Washburne, [166], [167];
writes his inaugural, [167], [168];
journey to Washington, [168-174];
farewell address at Springfield, [169];
speeches on journey to Washington, [169-171];
consultation with Judd, [173];
night journey to Washington, [173], [174];
visits of ceremony, [179], [180];
first inauguration of, [180-182];
inaugural address, [180-182];
calls council to consider question of Sumter, [182], [183];
signs order for relief of Sumter, [184];
answer to Seward's memorandum of April 1 1861, [187];
instructions to Seward 1865, [187];
notice to Governor Pickens, [188];
issues call for 75,000 volunteers, [192];
assumes responsibility for war measures, [195];
opinion against dispersing Maryland legislature, [198], [199];
authorizes Scott to suspend writ of habeas corpus, [199];
action in Merryman case, [200];
institutes blockade, [205];
calls for three years' volunteers, [206];
appoints Charles Francis Adams minister to England, [211];
modifies Seward's despatch of May 21, [212];
his immense duties, [212], [213];
calls council of war, [215];
message to Congress, July 4 1861, [218-220];
postpones decision about slaves, [222], [223];
receives news of defeat at Bull Run, [229];
letter to Hunter, [235];
letter to Frémont, [237], [238];
letter to Browning, [238-240];
sends Cameron to visit Frémont, [242];
letter to General Curtis about Frémont, [242], [243];
draft of despatch about Trent affair, [247], [248];
welcomes McClellan to Washington, [250];
orders retirement of General Scott, [253];
memorandum to McClellan, [253];
his grasp of military problems, [255], [256];
memorandum after battle of Bull Run, [256];
interest in East Tennessee, [256], [257];
personally urges on Congress the construction of railroad
in East Tennessee, [257], [258];
letter to Buell, [258], [259];
telegrams and letters to Buell and Halleck, [262-264], [268], [269];
places Halleck in command of Department of the Mississippi, [271];
calls councils of war, [288], [289];
General War Order No. 1, [290];
Special War Order No. 1, [291];
letter to McClellan about plan of campaign, [291];
interview with Stanton, [293], [294];
interview with McClellan, [295];
President's General War Orders No. 2 and No. 3, [295];
receives news of fight between Monitor and Merrimac, [296];
relieves McClellan from command of all troops except
Army of the Potomac, [298];
orders McDowell to protect Washington, [299];
letter to McClellan, [299], [300];
letter to McClellan, [303], [304];
visit to General Scott, [306];
assigns General Pope to command of Army of Virginia, [306];
orders Burnside and Halleck to reinforce McClellan, [307];
letter to governors of free States, [307], [308];
accepts 300,000 new troops, [308];
letters to McClellan, [308];
visit to Harrison's Landing, [308];
appoints Halleck general-in-chief, [309];
his dispassionate calmness in considering McClellan's conduct, [311];
asks McClellan to use his influence with Pope's officers, [313];
places McClellan in command of defenses of Washington, [313];
orders reinforcements to McClellan, [316];
telegram to McClellan, [316];
visit to Antietam, [316], [317];
directions and letter to McClellan, [317-319];
removes him from command, [319];
letter to Bancroft, [321];
reference to slavery in message to Congress, December 3 1861, [321], [322];
offers Delaware compensated abolishment, [322], [323];
special message of March 6 1862, proposing joint
resolution favoring gradual abolishment, [323], [324];
letter to McDougall, [324];
interview with delegations from border slave States, [324], [325];
signs bill for compensated emancipation in District of Columbia, [326];
letter to Chase about Hunter's order of emancipation, [327];
proclamation revoking Hunter's order, [327], [328];
second interview with border State delegations in Congress, [329-331];
conversation with Carpenter about emancipation, [331], [332];
reads draft of first emancipation proclamation to cabinet, [331], [332];
tells Seward and Welles of his purpose to issue
emancipation proclamation, [332];
letter to Reverdy Johnson, [334];
letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, [334], [335];
letter to Horace Greeley, [335-337];
interview with Chicago clergymen, [337-339];
issues preliminary emancipation proclamation, [339-341];
annual message of December 1 1862, [341], [342];
issues final emancipation proclamation, January 1 1863, [342-346];
letter to A.G. Hodges, [346], [347];
letters about arming negroes, [350];
speech about Fort Pillow massacre, [351], [352];
interview with Frederick Douglass, [352];
letter to Governor Seymour, [356];
action in case of Vallandigham, [358], [359];
suspends privilege of writ of habeas corpus, [360];
attitude toward Knights of the Golden Circle, [361];
appoints Burnside to command Army of the Potomac, [363];
telegram to Burnside, and letter to Halleck about Burnside, [365];
letter to Burnside, [366];
relieves Burnside and appoints Hooker to succeed him, [366];
letter to Hooker, [366-368];
criticism on Hooker's plan of campaign, [368];
continued belief in Hooker, [370];
instructions to Hooker, [370], [371];
telegrams to Hooker, [371];
appoints Meade to command Army of the Potomac, [372];
urges Meade to active pursuit of Lee, [375];
letter to Meade, [375], [376];
Gettysburg address, [376], [377];
letter to Grant, [384], [385];
orders Rosecrans to advance, [385], [386];
note to Halleck, [388];
telegram to Rosecrans, [388];
orders reinforcements to Rosecrans, [388];
signs bill making Grant lieutenant-general, [393];
address on presenting his commission, [393], [394];
letter to Grant, [396];
under fire, [403];
letter to Sherman, [412], [413];
appoints military governors for Tennessee, Louisiana,
Arkansas, and North Carolina, [419];
his theory of "reconstruction," [419];
message to Congress, July 4 1861, [419];
letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, [420], [421];
circular letter to military governors, [421], [422];
letter to Governor Shepley, [422];
letter to General Banks, [423];
references to reconstruction in message to Congress,
December 8 1863, [424];
amnesty proclamation, December 8 1863, [424];
letter to General Banks, [424], [425];
letters to General Steele, [427], [428];
letters to Johnson, [428], [429];
letter to Drake and others, [430-432];
revokes Frémont's proclamation freeing slaves, [432];
letter to General Schofield, [433];
directs Stanton to issue order regulating raising
of colored troops, [434], [435];
letter to H.W. Hoffman, [435], [436];
Democrats and Frémont Republicans criticize
his action on slavery, [437], [438];
relations with his cabinet, [438], [439];
attitude toward Chase, [439-441], [444];
letter to Chase, [441];
letter to F.A. Conkling and others, [443];
sentiment in favor of his reëlection, [443], [444];
letter to Washburne about second term, [444];
letters to General Schurz, [444], [445];
instructions to office-holders, [445];
speeches during campaign, [445];
renominated for President, [447], [448];
refuses to intimate his preference for Vice-President, [448], [449];
indorsement on Nicolay's letter, [448], [449];
reply to committee of notification, [450];
letter accepting nomination, [450], [451];
his attitude toward the French in Mexico, [451], [452];
opposition to, in Congress, [454];
on Davis's reconstruction bill, [454-456];
proclamation of July 8 1864, [456];
accepts Chase's resignation, [457];
nominates David Tod to succeed him, [457];
substitutes name of W.P. Fessenden, [457], [458];
correspondence with Greeley, [458-460];
criticized because of Niagara conference, [460], [461];
draft of letter to C.D. Robinson, [461];
indorsement on Jaquess's application to go South, [462];
answer to Raymond's proposition, [463];
interview with John T. Mills, [464], [465];
memorandum, August 23 1864, [466];
speech on morning after election, [469], [470];
popular and electoral votes for, [470];
summing up of results of the election, [470];
suggests key-note of Morgan's opening speech before Baltimore convention, [471];
message to Congress, December 6 1864, [471], [472], [476-478];
answer to serenade, [474], [475];
opinion on ratification of Thirteenth Amendment, [475];
two constitutional amendments offered to the
people during his administration, [476];
gives Blair permission to go South, [478];
letter to Blair in reply to Jefferson Davis, [481];
sends Major Eckert to meet peace commissioners, [482];
instructions to Seward, [483];
instructions to Grant, [483];
goes to Fortress Monroe, [484];
conference with peace commissioners, [484], [485];
pressure upon him to dismiss Montgomery Blair, [487], [489];
personal regard for the Blairs, [488];
letter to Stanton, [488];
lecture to cabinet, [489];
requests resignation of Blair, [489];
nominates Chase for chief justice, [490], [491];
opinion of Chase, [490], [491];
offers attorney-generalship to Holt and Speed, [491];
offers cabinet appointment to Governor Morgan, [492];
appoints Hugh McCulloch Secretary of the Treasury, [492];
indorsements on Usher's resignation, [492];
his plans for the future, [492], [493];
submits to cabinet draft of joint resolution offering
the South $400,000,000, [493];
his second inauguration, [493-496];
the second inaugural, [494-496];
letter to Weed, [497];
his literary rank, [497];
last public address, [498];
despatch to Grant, March 3 1865, [503], [504];
at City Point, [506];
telegraphs Grant, "Let the thing be pressed," [511];
visit to Richmond, [517], [518];
interviews with John A. Campbell, [519];
gives permission for meeting of Virginia legislature, [519];
regret of army for, [529];
return to Washington, [530];
last cabinet meeting, [531], [532];
14th of April, [532], [533], [536-540];
danger from assassination, [533], [534];
interest in the theater, [536];
attends Ford's Theater, [536], [537];
death of, [538-540];
his death prevents organized rejoicing at downfall of rebellion, [544];
mourning for, [544-548];
feeling of radicals at death of, [545];
funeral ceremonies of, in Washington, [545], [546];
funeral journey to Springfield, Illinois, [546], [547];
burial at Springfield, [547], [548];
his character and career, [549-555];
his place in history, [555]
Lincoln, Abraham, grandfather of the President,
emigrates from Virginia to Kentucky, [3], [4];
killed by Indians, [4]
Lincoln, Edward Baker, son of President Lincoln, birth of, [69];
death of, [69]
Lincoln, Isaac, settles on Holston River, [5]
Lincoln, Josiah, uncle of the President,
goes to fort for assistance against Indians, [4]
Lincoln, Mary, aunt of the President, [4]
Lincoln, Mary Todd, wife of the President, engagement to Lincoln, [63], [64];
writes "Lost Townships" letters, [66];
marriage to Lincoln, November 4, 1842, [68], [69];
children of, [69];
death of, [69];
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, [168];
drive with her husband, April 14 1865, [532];
invites friends to attend Ford's Theater, [536];
attends theater with her husband, [538];
at Lincoln's death-bed, [539]
Lincoln, Mordecai, uncle of the President
defends homestead against Indians, [4];
inherits his father's lands, [4]
Lincoln, Nancy, aunt of the President, [4]
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, mother of the President,
marries Thomas Lincoln, June 12, 1806, [5];
teaches her husband to sign his name, [5];
birth of daughter, [5];
birth of Abraham, son of, [6];
death of, [9]
Lincoln, Robert Todd, son of the President,
Secretary of War, minister to England, birth of, [69];
public services, [69];
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, [168];
on Grant's staff, [517];
with his father April 14 1865, [532];
at Lincoln's death-bed, [540]
Lincoln, Samuel, ancestor of the President, emigrates to America, [3]
Lincoln, Sarah, sister of the President, born, [5];
goes to school, [6]
Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnston. See [Johnston, Sarah Bush]
Lincoln, Thomas, father of the President, [3];

narrowly escapes capture by Indians, [4];
learns carpenter's trade, [5];
marries Nancy Hanks, June 12, 1806, [5];
daughter of, born, [5];
removes to Rock Spring Farm, [5], [6];
Abraham, son of, born, [6];
buys farm on Knob Creek, [6];
emigrates to Indiana, [7], [8];
death of his wife, [9];
marries Sally Bush Johnston, [10];
emigrates to Illinois, [20]
Lincoln, Thomas, son of President Lincoln, birth of, [69];
death of, [69];
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, [168]
Lincoln, William Wallace, son of President Lincoln, birth of, [69];
death of, [69], [293];
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, [168]
Lloyd, John M., keeps tavern at Surrattsville, Maryland, [536]
Logan, Stephen T., at Springfield, Illinois, [52];
law partnership with Lincoln, [70];
defeated for Congress, [91]
"Long Nine," a power in Illinois legislature, [61]
Longstreet, James, Confederate lieutenant-general,
besieges Burnside at Knoxville, [391];
retreats toward Virginia, [391];
reports conversation with Ord, [503];
in final defense of Richmond, [509]
Louisiana, State of, military governor appointed for, [419];
election for members of Congress, [422];
contest over slavery clause in new constitution, [422], [423];
election of State officers in, [425], [426];
adopts new constitution abolishing slavery, [426];
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, [473];
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, [475]
Lovejoy, Elijah P., murder of, [46]
Lovell, Mansfield, Confederate major-general,
evacuates New Orleans, [285];
sends men and guns to Vicksburg, [286]
Lyon, Nathaniel, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
service in Missouri, [202-204];
killed at Wilson's Creek, [234], [235]
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, baron, afterward earl,
British minister at Washington,
instructed to demand apology for Trent affair, [246]
McClellan, George B., major-general, general-in-chief,
United States army, orders concerning slaves, [221];
commissioned by Governor Dennison, [224];
his previous career, [224];
quick promotion of, [224];
successes in western Virginia, [224], [225];
ordered to Washington, [229];
his ambition, [249-251];
organizes Army of the Potomac, [250], [251];
his hallucinations, [251], [252];
quarrel with General Scott, [251], [252];
expresses contempt for the President, [252];
answer to President's inquiry, [253];
illness of, [253];
instructions to Buell, [258-260];
unwilling to promote Halleck, [270];
attends council of war, [289];
explains plan of campaign to Stanton, [290];
letter to Stanton, [292];
revokes Hooker's authority to cross lower Potomac, [294];
council of his officers votes in favor of water route, [295];
at gathering of officials to discuss news of fight
between Monitor and Merrimac, [296];
occupies abandoned rebel position, [297];
calls council of corps commanders, [298];
relieved from command of all troops save Army of the Potomac, [298];
arrives at Fortress Monroe, [299];
siege of Yorktown, [301];
his incapacity and hallucination, [302-304];
retreat to James River, [302];
letter to Stanton, [303];
protests against withdrawal of Army of the Potomac, [309];
reaches Alexandria, [311];
suggests leaving Pope to his fate, [311];
telegram to Pope's officers, [313];
in command of defenses of Washington, [313];
follows Lee into Maryland, [314];
learns Lee's plans, [315];
battle of Antietam, [315];
forces under his command, [317], [318];
removed from command, [319];
mentioned, [328], [329];
adopted by Democrats for presidential candidate, [355], [438];
nominated for President, [467];
letter of acceptance, [468];
electoral votes for, [470];
resigns from the army, [470]
McClernand, John A., member of Congress,
major-general United States Volunteers at Springfield, Illinois, [52]
McCulloch, Ben, Confederate brigadier-general, defeat at Pea Ridge, [271]
McCulloch, Hugh, Secretary of the Treasury,
enters Lincoln's cabinet, [492]
McDougall, James A., member of Congress,
United States senator, at Springfield, Illinois, [52]
McDowell, Irvin, brevet major-general United States army,
fears junction of Johnston and Beauregard, [216];
advances against Beauregard, [226];
battle of Bull Run, July 21 1861, [226-229];
advises movement on Manassas, [289];
ordered by Lincoln to protect Washington, [299], [305];
ordered to form junction with Shields and Frémont, [306];
in Army of Virginia, [310]
McLean, John, justice United States Supreme Court,
vote for, in Chicago convention, [149]
McNamar, John, engaged to Anne Rutledge, [54]
Magoffin, Beriah, governor of Kentucky,
efforts in behalf of secession, [201]
Magruder, John B., brevet lieutenant-colonel United States army,
Confederate major-general, joins the Confederacy, [196];
opposes McClellan with inferior numbers, [301]
Maine, State of, admitted as State, 1820, [19]
Mallory, S.R., United States senator,
Confederate Secretary of the Navy,
writes proposition of armistice dictated
by Davis and signed by Johnston, [521]
Malvern Hill, Virginia, battle of, July 1 1862, [302]
Marcy, R.B., brevet major-general United States army,
McClellan's chief of staff, [294]
Marshall, Charles, Confederate colonel,
present at Lee's surrender, [513]
Maryland, State of, secession feeling in, [193];
arrest and dispersion of its legislature, [199];
refuses offer of compensated abolishment, [434];
emancipation party in, [434];
abolishes slavery, [435], [436];
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, [473];
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, [474]
Mason, James M., United States senator,
Confederate commissioner to Europe, interview with John Brown, [134];
goes to Baltimore, [197];
capture of, [246-249]
Matthews, J., burns Booth's letter, [537]
Maximilian (Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph),
Archduke of Austria and Emperor of Mexico,
established by Napoleon III in Mexico, [451]
Maynard, Horace, member of Congress,
minister to Turkey, telegram about East Tennessee, [259];
elected to Congress, [419]
Meade, George G., major-general United States army,
succeeds Hooker in command of Army of the Potomac, [372];
battle of Gettysburg, [372-374];
pursuit of Lee, [375], [377];
offers to give up command of Army of the Potomac, [394];
continued in command, [395];
reports surrender of Richmond, [510];
ordered to pursue Lee, [510];
pursuit of Lee, [511];
ordered to disregard Sherman's truce, [523]
Meigs, Montgomery C., brevet major-general
and quartermaster-general United States army,
at gathering of officials to discuss news of
battle between Monitor and Merrimac, [296]
Memphis, Tennessee, river battle at, [286]
Merrimac, the, Confederate ironclad,
battle with Monitor, [278-282]
Merryman, John, arrest of, [199]
Minnesota, the, Union steam frigate,
in fight between Monitor and Merrimac, [280]
Missouri, State of, admitted as State, 1821, [19];
action concerning secession, [201-204];
provisional State government established, [418];
struggle over slavery, [430-434];
adopts ordinance of emancipation, [434];
resolution in Assembly favoring Lincoln's renomination, [444];
votes for Grant in Baltimore convention, [447];
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, [473]
Missouri Compromise, repeal of, [94], [95]
Mobile Bay, Alabama, battle of, August 5 1864, [468], [525]
Monitor, the, Union ironclad, battle with Merrimac, [279-282]
Montgomery, Alabama, capital of Confederacy removed from,
to Richmond, [207]
Moore, Thomas O., governor of Louisiana,
arms free colored men, [348], [349]
Morgan, Edwin D., governor of New York,
United States senator, opens Republican national convention 1864, [446];
declines cabinet appointment, [492]
Morris, Achilles, elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, [34]
Morrison, James L.D., desires commissionership
of General Land Office, [92]
Mudd, Samuel, assists Booth and Herold, [542];
imprisoned, [544]
Mulligan, James A., brevet brigadier-general
United States Volunteers, captured by Price, [241]
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, battle of,
December 31 1862, to January 3 1863, [380]
Napoleon III, colonial ambitions of, [211];
establishes Maximilian in Mexico, [451]
Nashville, Tennessee, battle of, December 15, [16] 1864, [410]
Neale, T.M., commands troops in Black Hawk War, [31], [32];
defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, [34]
Negro soldiers, experiments with, early in the war, [348];
governor of Louisiana arms free blacks, [348], [349];
reference to, in emancipation proclamation, [349], [350];
Lincoln's interest in, [350];
attitude of Confederates toward, [350], [351];
massacre of, at Fort Pillow, [351];
President's conversation with Frederick Douglass
about retaliation, [352];
Stanton's order regulating raising of, [435];
Republican national platform claims protection of laws of war for, [446];
take part in second inauguration of Lincoln, [493], [494];
Jefferson Davis's recommendation concerning slaves in rebel army, [501];
assist in restoring order in Richmond, [517];
in Lincoln's funeral procession, [546].
See [Slavery] and [Emancipation]
Nelson, William, lieutenant-commander United States navy,
major-general United States Volunteers, occupies Nashville, [270]
New Orleans, Louisiana, capture of, [283-285];
Confederate negro regiment in, [348], [349];
Union sentiment in, [420]
New Salem, Illinois, town of, [22-26]
New York City, draft riots in, [356], [357];
funeral honors to Lincoln in, [546], [547]
Nicolay, John G., Lincoln's private secretary, [158];
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, [168];
in attendance at Baltimore convention, [448], [449];
letter to Hay, [448]
North Carolina, State of, joins Confederacy, [200], [204];
military governor appointed for, [419]
Offutt, Denton, engages Lincoln to take flatboat
to New Orleans, [21];
disappears from New Salem, [35]
O'Laughlin, Michael, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, [534];
imprisoned, [544]
Ord, Edward O.C., brevet major-general United States army,
conversation with Longstreet, [503]
Owens, Mary S., Lincoln's attentions to, correspondence with
and proposal of marriage to, [55-60]
Palfrey, F.W., Confederate brigadier-general,
statement about strength of Army of the Potomac, [315]
Parke, John G., brevet major-general United States army,
in recapture of Fort Stedman, [505], [506];
in assault at Petersburg 509
Patterson, Robert, major-general Pennsylvania militia,
turns troops toward Harper's Ferry, [209];
part in campaign against Manassas, [216];
orders concerning slaves, [220], [221];
failure at Harper's Ferry, [228]
Paulding, Hiram, rear-admiral United States navy,
burns Norfolk navy-yard, [278]
Pea Ridge, Arkansas, battle of, [271]
Pemberton, John C., Confederate lieutenant-general,
surrenders Vicksburg, [383]
Pendleton, George H., member of Congress minister to Prussia,
nominated for Vice-President, [467]
Pendleton, William N., Confederate brigadier-general,
advises Lee to surrender [512]
Perryville, Kentucky, battle of, October 8 1862, [379]
Peter, Z., defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, [34]
Petersburg, Virginia, operations against, [400-402], [507-510];
evacuation of, April 2 1865, [510]
Phelps, John S., member of Congress, appointed military
governor of Arkansas, [420]
Phelps, J.W., brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
mentioned in letter of Lincoln, [334];
declared an outlaw by Confederate War Department, [350]
Philippi, West Virginia, battle of, June 3 1861, [214], [225]
Phillips, Wendell, letter to Cleveland convention, [442]
Pickens, Francis W., member of Congress, minister to Russia,
governor of South Carolina, fires on Star of the West, [178]
Pickett, George E., Confederate major-general, in battle of Five Forks, [507], [508]
Pierce, Franklin, fourteenth President of the United States,
recognizes bogus laws in Kansas, [113];
appoints governors for Kansas, [113], [114]
Pillow, Gideon J., Confederate major-general,
stationed at Columbus, [254];
escapes from Fort Donelson, [268]
Pinkerton, Allen, detective work of, [173]
Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, battle of,
April 6, 7 1862, [272-274]
Polk, James K., eleventh President of the United States,
sends treaty of peace with Mexico to Senate, [79]
Pomeroy, Samuel C., United States senator, secret circular of, [440]
Pope, John, brevet major-general United States army,
sent to New Madrid, [270];
capture of Island No. 10, [274];
proceeds to Fort Pillow, [274];
joins Halleck, [274];
assigned to command Army of Virginia, [306];
assumes command of Army of Virginia 310;
second battle of Bull Run, [310], [311];
despatch announcing his defeat, [312];
relieved from command of Army of the Potomac, [314]
Porter, David D., admiral United States navy,
commands mortar flotilla in expedition with Farragut, [282-287];
in second expedition to Vicksburg, [287];
in operations about Vicksburg, [382], [383];
visits Richmond with Lincoln, [517], [518]
Porterfield, G.A., Confederate colonel, routed at Philippi, [225]
Port Hudson, Louisiana, siege and surrender of, [383], [384]
Port Royal, South Carolina, expedition against, [245], [246]
Powell, Lewis, alias Lewis Payne, in conspiracy
to assassinate Lincoln, [534];
assigned to murder Seward, [535];
attack upon Seward, [540], [541];
escape and capture of, [541], [542];
execution of, [544]
Price, Sterling, Confederate major-general retreat
to Springfield, Missouri, [234];
captures Mulligan, [241];
retreats toward Arkansas, [269];
defeat at Pea Ridge, [271]
Pritchard, Benjamin D., brevet brigadier-general
United States Volunteers, captures Jefferson Davis, [526]
Quinton, R., defeated for Illinois legislature 1832, [34]
Rathbone, Henry R., brevet colonel United States army,
attends Ford's Theater with Mrs. Lincoln and Miss Harris, [536];
wounded by Booth, [538], [539]
Raymond, Henry J., member of Congress letter to Lincoln, [462], [463];
visits Washington, [463]
Reconstruction, in West Virginia and Missouri, [418], [419];
Lincoln's theory of, [419];
in Louisiana, [420-426];
in Arkansas, [426], [427];
in Tennessee, [428], [429];
opposition in Congress to Lincoln's action concerning, [454];
Henry Winter Davis's bill prescribing method of, [454];
Lincoln's proclamation of, July 8 1864, [456];
Wade-Davis manifesto, [456], [457]
Republican Party, formation of, [102], [103];
nominates Frémont and Dayton 1856, [103], [104];
national convention of 1860, [144-151];
candidates in 1860, [152];
campaign of 1860, [153-160];
Frémont faction denounces Lincoln's attitude on slavery, [438];
the Chase faction, [439-441];
national convention of 1864, [446-449];
gloomy prospects of, [462-466]: success in elections of 1864, [469], [470]
Retaliation, rebel threats of, [350], [351];
cabinet action on Fort Pillow massacre, [352];
conversation between Lincoln and Frederick Douglass about, [352]
Reynolds, John, governor of Illinois, issues call
for volunteers for Black Hawk War, [31], [32]
Richmond, Virginia, becomes capital of Confederate States, [207];
panic in, at rumors of evacuation, [481];
high prices in, [481];
excitement created by Blair's visits, [481], [482];
alarm at Grant's advance, [500];
surrender of, April 3 1865, [510];
burning of, [515], [516]
Rich Mountain, Virginia, battle of, July 11 1861, [225]
Riney, Zachariah, teacher of President Lincoln, [6]
Roanoke, the, Union steam frigate, in fight
between Monitor and Merrimac, [280]
Robinson, E., defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, [34]
Rodgers, John, rear-admiral United States navy,
takes part in Port Royal expedition, [245], [246]
Romine, Gideon, merchant at Gentryville, [9]
Rosecrans, William S., brevet major-general United States army,
success at Rich Mountain, [225];
succeeds Buell in Kentucky, [380];
battle of Murfreesboro, [380];
Iuka and Corinth, [380];
drives Bragg to Chattanooga, [385];
Chattanooga and Chickamauga, [386-388];
relieved from command, [388], [389];
dilatory movements delay reconstruction in Tennessee, [428]
Russell, Lord John, British minister for foreign affairs,
interview with Charles Francis Adams, [211]
Rutledge, Anne, engagement to Lincoln, [54];
death of, [54]

Savannah, Georgia, occupied by Sherman, December 21 1864, [412]
Schofield, J.M., brevet major-general, general-in-chief,
United States army, ordered to join Sherman, [414];
joins Sherman [417]
Schurz, Carl, major-general United States Volunteers,
United States senator,
Secretary of the Interior, asks permission to take part
in presidential campaign, [444]
Scott Dred, case of, [108], [109]
Scott, Robert E., tendered cabinet appointment 164
Scott, Winfield, lieutenant-general United States army,
warning to Lincoln about plot in Baltimore, [172];
charged with safety of Washington, [172];
attempt to reinforce Anderson, [178];
advises evacuation of Sumter, [183];
orders Washington prepared for a siege, [194];
report to President Lincoln, [194], [195];
offers Lee command of seventy-five regiments, [196];
orders Lyon to St. Louis, [202];
loyalty of, [208];
occupies Cairo, Illinois, [210];
military problem before, [210];
plan of campaign 215, [216], [231], [232];
refuses to credit news of defeat at Bull Run, [228], [229];
welcomes McClellan to Washington, [250];
quarrel with McClellan, [251], [252];
retirement of, [251-253];
rank as lieutenant-general, [393];
attends Lincoln's funeral in New York, [547]
Seaton, William W., mayor of Washington approves
Lincoln's bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia, [87]
Secession, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas join the movement, [175], [176];
action of central cabal, [177];
sentiment in Maryland, [193], [194];
Virginia passes ordinance of, [194];
Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas join the movement, [200];
sentiment in Delaware, [201];
in Kentucky, [201];
in Missouri, [201-204];
numerical strength of, [204]. See [Confederate States of America]
Seddon, James A., member of Congress, Confederate
Secretary of War, resignation of, [501]
Sedgwick, John, major-general United States Volunteers,
crosses Rappahannock and takes Fredericksburg, [368], [369]
Seven Days' Battles, [302], [306], [307]
Seward, Augustus H., brevet colonel United States army,
stabbed by Powell, alias Payne, [541]
Seward, Frederick W., Assistant Secretary of State,
visits Lincoln in Philadelphia, [172];
wounded by Powell, alias, Payne, [540], [541]
Seward, William H., United States senator, Secretary of State,
desires reëlection of Douglas to United States Senate, [125];
candidate for presidential nomination 1860, [144];
votes for, in Chicago convention, [149-151];
accepts cabinet appointment, [163];
transmits offers of cabinet appointments, [164];
suggestions to Lincoln about journey to Washington, [168];
warning to Lincoln about plot in Baltimore, [172], [173];
meets Lincoln at railway station in Washington, [174];
appointed Secretary of State, [182];
reply to Confederate commissioners, [183];
reply to Judge Campbell, [183];
memorandum of April 1 1861, [184-187];
opinion of Lincoln, [187];
despatch of May 21, [211];
friendship for Lord Lyons, [247];
despatch in Trent affair, [249];
at gathering of officials to discuss news of Monitor
and Merrimac, [296];
goes to New York with President's letter, [307];
Lincoln tells him of coming emancipation proclamation, [332];
suggests postponement of emancipation proclamation, [332];
attitude toward the French in Mexico, [451], [452];
agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, [463];
proclaims ratification of Thirteenth Amendment, [475];
goes to Hampton Roads, [483];
relations with Montgomery Blair, [488];
plot to murder, [535];
attacked by Powell, alias Payne, [540], [541]
Seymour, Horatio, governor of New York, opposition to the draft, [355-357];
correspondence with Lincoln, [356];
notifies McClellan of his nomination, [468]
Shepley, G.F., brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
military governor of Louisiana, orders election
for members of Congress, [422];
orders registration of loyal voters, [422], [423]
Sheridan, Philip H., lieutenant-general, general-in-chief,
United States army, operations in Shenandoah valley, [403], [404];
succeeds McClellan, [470];
in Shenandoah valley, [502];
reaches City Point, [506];
advance to Five Forks, [507];
reports situation to Grant, [507];
battle of Five Forks, [508];
ordered to get on Lee's line of retreat, [509], [510];
despatch to Grant, [511];
captures Appomattox Station, [512];
despatch to Grant, [512]
Sherman, John, member of Congress, Secretary of the Treasury,
United States senator,
candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives, [141]
Sherman, William Tecumseh, lieutenant-general,
general-in-chief United States army, sent to Nashville, [254];
succeeds Anderson, [254];
interview with Cameron, [255];
asks to be relieved, [255];
in operations about Vicksburg, [381], [382];
reaches Chattanooga, [389];
in battle of Chattanooga, [390], [391];
conference with Grant, [395];
master in the West, [395];
Meridian campaign, [405], [406];
concentrates troops at Chattanooga, [406];
march on Atlanta, [408], [468];
truce with Hood, [408];
divides his army, [409];
march to the sea, [410-412];
telegram to President Lincoln, [412];
proposes to march through the Carolinas, [414];
from Savannah to Goldsboro, [414-417];
visit to Grant, [417];
march northward, [502];
visit to Lincoln and Grant, [506];
admiration for Grant and respect for Lee, [520];
enters Raleigh, [521];
receives communication from Johnston, [521];
meetings with Johnston, [521], [522];
agreement between them, [522];
agreement disapproved at Washington, [523];
report to Grant, [523], [524];
receives Johnston's surrender, [524];
effect of his march through the South, [524];
sent against E. Kirby Smith, [526];
soldiers of, in grand review, [528]
Shields, James, United States senator, brigadier-general
United States Volunteers, at Springfield, Illinois, [52];
auditor of Illinois, [65];
challenges Lincoln to a duel, [66-68];
ordered to form junction with McDowell and Frémont, [306]
Short, James, buys Lincoln's surveying instruments
and restores them to him, [36]
Simpson, M., Bishop of the Methodist Church,
oration at Lincoln's funeral, [548]
Slavery, agitation in Illinois, [45], [46];
Lincoln-Stone protest, [47];
Lincoln's bill to abolish, in District of Columbia, [85-87];
repeal of Missouri Compromise, [94], [95];
Peoria debate of Lincoln and Douglas, [96-98];
Lincoln's Chicago banquet speech, [106], [107];
Dred Scott case, [108-112];
pro-slavery reaction, [113];
slavery agitation in Kansas, [113-117];
Lincoln's "House divided against itself" speech, [119], [120], [127], [128];
Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, [121-125];
John Brown raid, [134], [135];
Lincoln's speeches in Kansas and the East, [136-140];
pro-slavery demands of Democratic leaders, [141], [142];
attitude of political parties upon, in 1860, [152], [153];
"corner-stone" theory of the Confederate States, [179];
dream of the conspirators, [197], [204];
dread of slave insurrections in the South, [220], [221];
action of Union commanders about, [220-223];
Frémont's proclamation, [236-238];
Lincoln to Browning about Frémont's proclamation, [238-240];
President's interview with border State delegations, [257], [258], [324], [325];
references to, in Cameron's report, [320];
in Lincoln's message of December 3 1861, [321], [322];
Delaware offered compensated abolishment, [322], [323];
Lincoln's special message to Congress, March 6 1862, [323], [324];
President's letter to McDougall, [324];
Congress passes bill for compensated emancipation
in District of Columbia, [325], [326];
bill in Congress to aid emancipation in Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, [326];
Lincoln revokes Hunter's order, [327], [328];
measures relating to, in Congress 1862, [329];
President's second interview with border State delegations, [329-331];
Lincoln reads first draft of emancipation proclamation to cabinet, [331], [332];
President's interview with Chicago clergymen, [337-339];
President issues preliminary emancipation proclamation, [339-341];
annual message of December 1 1862, on, [341], [342];
President issues final emancipation proclamation, [342-346];
President's views on, [346], [347];
arming of negro soldiers, [348-350];
instructions from War Department about slaves, [349];
contest over slavery clause in new Louisiana constitution, [423];
slavery abolished in Louisiana, [426];
abolished in Arkansas, [427];
abolished in Tennessee, [429];
abolished in Missouri, [434];
abolished in Maryland, [435], [436];
attitude of Democratic party on, [437], [438];
Republican national platform favors constitutional
amendment abolishing, [446];
fugitive-slave law repealed, [457];
constitutional amendment prohibiting, in United States, [471-476];
public opinion on, in certain States, [473];
two constitutional amendments offered during Lincoln's term, [475], [476];
Lincoln's draft of joint resolution offering South $400,000,000, [493];
decline in value of slave property in the South, [501];
effect on Lincoln's character, [551].
See [Emancipation] and [Negro soldiers]

Slidell, John, minister to Mexico, United States senator,
Confederate commissioner to Europe, capture of, [246-249];
last instructions from Confederate Secretary of State to, [501], [502]
Smith, Caleb B., member of Congress, Secretary of the Interior,
judge United States District Court,
appointed Secretary of the Interior, [182];
signs cabinet protest, [311], [312]
Smith, E. Kirby, Confederate general,
commands forces west of the Mississippi, [525];
surrender of, [526], [527]
Smith, Melancton, rear-admiral United States navy,
at gathering of officials to discuss fight between Monitor
and Merrimac, [296]
Smith, William F., brevet major-general United States army,
service at Chattanooga 389
Spain, joint expedition to Mexico, [451]
Spangler, Edward, imprisoned for complicity in Booth's plot, [544]
Speed, James, Attorney-General, appointed Attorney-General, [491]
Speed, Joshua F., intimacy with Lincoln, [53];
Lincoln's letters to, [64], [65], [68];
marriage, [65]
Spottsylvania, Virginia, battle of, May 8-[19] 1864, [398], [399]
Springfield, Illinois, its ambition, [26];
first newspaper, [26];
becomes capital of Illinois, [45], [52];
in 1837-[39], [53];
revival of business in, [61];
society in, [62];
Lincoln's speech of farewell at, [169];
funeral honors to Lincoln in, [547], [548]
Stanley, Edward, member of Congress, appointed military
governor of North Carolina, [420]
Stanton, Edwin M., Attorney-General, Secretary of War,
succeeds Cameron as Secretary of War, [289];
his efficiency, [289], [290];
interview with the President, [293], [294];
at gathering of officials to discuss news of Monitor
and Merrimac, [296];
conveys President's reply to McClellan's plan of campaign, [298];
indignation at McClellan, [311];
draws up and signs memorandum of protest against continuing
McClellan in command, [311];
instruction about slaves, [349];
faith in Hooker, [370];
anxiety for Lincoln during Early's raid, [403];
order regulating raising of colored troops, [435];
orders suppression of two New York newspapers and arrest
of their editors, [453], [454];
agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, [463];
sends Halleck's letter to President, [488];
shows Lincoln Grant's despatch transmitting Lee's overtures, [503];
disapproves Sherman's agreement with Johnston, [523];
at Lincoln's death-bed, [540]
Star of the West, merchant vessel, unsuccessful attempt
to reinforce Fort Sumter, [178]
Steele, Frederick, brevet major-general United States army,
marches from Helena to Little Rock, Arkansas, [427];
assists reconstruction in Arkansas, [427]
Stephens, Alexander H.; member of Congress,
Confederate Vice-President, correspondence with Lincoln, [165], [166];
elected Vice-President Confederate States of America, [179];
"corner-stone" theory, [179];
signs military league, [197];
appointed peace commissioner, [482];
at Hampton Roads conference, [482-485]
Stevens, Thaddeus, member of Congress, criticism of joint
resolution offering compensated emancipation, [325]
St. Lawrence, the, in fight between Monitor
and Merrimac, [280]
Stone, Charles P., brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
report about danger to Lincoln in Baltimore, [172], [173]
Stone, Dan, member of Illinois legislature,
protest with Lincoln against resolutions on slavery, [47]
Stone, Dr. Robert K., at Lincoln's death-bed, [539], [540]
Stringham, Silas H., rear-admiral United States navy,
commands Hatteras expedition, [245]
Stuart, John T., major Illinois Volunteers, member of Congress,
reënlists as private in Black Hawk War, [33];
elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, [34];
reëlected in 1834, [43];
encourages Lincoln to study law, [44];
at Springfield, Illinois, [52];
elected to Congress, [69], [70]
Surratt, John H., in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, [534];
deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, [536];
escape to Canada, subsequent capture and trial, [544]
Surratt, Mrs. Mary E., in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, [534];
visits tavern at Surrattsville, [536];
fate of, [541], [542], [544]
Swaney, teacher of President Lincoln, [12]
Swett, Leonard, favors Holt for Vice-President, [448]
Taney, Roger B., chief justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, opinion in Dred Scott case, [109];
action in Merryman case, [199], [200];
death of, [490]
Taylor, E.D., elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, [34]
Taylor, Richard, Confederate lieutenant-general,
surrenders to Canby, [525], [527]
Taylor, Zachary, twelfth President of the United States,
nominated for President, [80], [81];
elected President, [87]
Tennessee, the, Confederate ram, in battle of Mobile Bay, [525]
Tennessee, State of, joins Confederacy, [200], [204];
military governor appointed for, [419];
secession usurpation in, [420];
delay of reconstruction in, [428];
organization of State government and abolishment of slavery, [429];
public opinion in, regarding slavery, [473];
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, [475]
Terry, Alfred H., brevet major-general United States army,
communicates with Sherman, [416]
Texas, State of, ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, [475]

Thatcher, Henry K., rear-admiral United States navy,
receives surrender of Farrand, [525]
Thirteenth Amendment, joint resolution proposing, [471-475];
ratification of, [475]
Thomas, George H., major-general United States army,
ordered to oppose Zollicoffer, [254];
victory over Zollicoffer, [265];
at battle of Chickamauga, [387];
succeeds Rosecrans at Chattanooga, [389];
in battle of Chattanooga, [390], [391];
sent by Sherman to defend Tennessee, [409];
Franklin and Nashville, [410];
threatens Confederate communications from Tennessee, [502]
Thompson, Jacob, member of Congress, Secretary of the Interior,
agent of Confederate government in Canada, [361];
his visionary plans, [361], [362];
account at Montreal Bank, [544]
Thompson, Samuel, colonel Illinois Volunteers,
commands regiment in Black Hawk War, [32]
Tod, David, minister to Brazil, governor of Ohio,
declines nomination for Secretary of the Treasury, [457]
Todd, Mary, see Lincoln, Mary Todd
Totten, Joseph G., brevet major-general United States army,
at gathering of officials to discuss news of fight of Monitor
and Merrimac, [296]
Treat, Samuel H., United States district judge,
at Springfield, Illinois, [52]
Trent Brothers, buy store of Lincoln and Berry, [36]
Trent, the, British mail-steamer, overhauled
by the San Jacinto, [246]
Trumbull, Lyman, member of Congress, United States senator,
at Springfield, Illinois, [52];
elected to United States Senate, 1855, [100]
Turnham, David, lends Lincoln "Revised Statutes of Indiana," [14]
Usher, John P., Secretary of the Treasury, resigns from cabinet, [492]
Vallandigham, Clement L., member of Congress,
interview with John Brown, [134];
arrest and banishment of, [358];
head of Knights of Golden Circle, etc., [360], [361];
at Democratic national convention, [467], [468]
Van Bergen, sues Lincoln for debt, [36], [41]
Vandalia, Illinois, removal of State capital from,
to Springfield, [45], [52]
Van Dorn, Earl, Confederate major-general, defeat at Pea Ridge, [271]
Varuna, the, sunk in expedition against New Orleans, [285]
Vicksburg, Mississippi, fortifications of, [287];