Sumter, Fort,
question of its retention in 1861, i. 185, 239, 243-251.
Supreme Court,
left to determine status of slavery in Territories, i. 91;
in Dred Scott case, 102, 103;
in Merryman case, 287-289;
reluctance of Lincoln to fill, exclusively with Northern men, ii. [30];
Chase appointed chief justice of, [298], [299].
Surratt, John H.,
escapes punishment for complicity in assassination plot, ii. [352].