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Cartwright, Peter, 35, 89

Cass, General, 33, 94

protection needed in, 173, 367, 369 Carpenter, William, 35, 44

Boone, Daniel, 2

Booth, John Wilkes, 407, 412

Boston, solid men of, 126

Boston, Christopher, 2, 4

Boutwell, George S., 347

Bright, John, 412

British minister, the, 239

Breckenridge, John C., 163, 168, 171 Cass Township, Schuykill County,

Britton, Isaac S., 77

Brooklyn navy-yard, the, 200

Brooks's assault on Sumner, 140

Brooks, Noah, 169

Brooks, Phillips, 416

Brown, Thomas C., 85

Browning, O. H., 243

Browning, Mrs. O. H., 67

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Buchanan, James, 129, 133, 160, 162, Chase, Salmon P., 161, 162, 175, 184,

171, 172, 188, 202

Buchanan's cabinet, 172, 176
Buell, General, 288, 325
Buffalo (New York), 238
Buffum, Deacon, 287
Bull Run, 89, 240, 263, 329
second battle of, 275
Burner, Daniel Green, 37
Burns, 39

Burnside, General, 260, 284,
289, 307, 315, 316, 327

Busch, Sarah, 8

185, 192, 193, 202, 253, 255, 275,
276, 289, 290, 291, 292, 312, 343,
344, 345, 346

Chattanooga, 266, 328

Chicago, 56, 138, 152, 153, 155, 156,
158, 301, 358, 367, 368, 379

Chicago bargain, the, 185

Chicago Tribune, the, 152, 367, 368
Chickahominy, flood in the, 266

287, Chitty, 38

Butler, General Benjamin F., 94, 211,
246, 265, 296, 298, 299, 343, 352,
353

Butler, William, 62, 85, 100
Butler, Mrs. William, 74
Butterfield, Justin, 101
Byron's "dream," 51, 170

Cincinnati (Ohio), 48, 121, 180, 307
Cincinnati Commercial, the, 165
City Point, 392, 395

Civil War, the changes which caused
the, 123

Clary Grove boys, the, 26
Clary's Grove, 35

Clay, Henry, 89, 90, 149, 198
Clay's speech of 1850, 182

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Davis, Walter, IOI
Dawson, John, 35, 44

Dayton, William L., 128, 161, 162
Decatur (Illinois), 22, 23, 56, 153
Delaware, 207

Democracy, Southern wing of, 163
Depew, Chauncey M., 118, 119, 363,
364, 365

Dickinson, D. S., 356
Disraeli, 415

District of Columbia, 58, 59
slave trade in the, 95

slavery abolished, 264

Dix, John A., Secretary of the In-
terior, 177

Dix, Major-General, 294
Dole, William P., 159
Donelson, Fort, 324, 325

Constitutional Union party, the, 156 Dorsey, Hazel, 10

Cook County (Illinois), 367

Douglas, Stephen A., 39, 45, 57, 74,

Cooper Institute, 149

Cooper Union, 148, 164

"Copperheadism," 293
Copperheads, 293, 307

Corinth, the evacuation of, 266
Couch, General, 321, 322
Cox, Gabriel, 2

Crawford, Andrew, 10, 19
Cromwell, need of
a, 281
Curtin, Governor, 303, 305
Curtis, General, 306

Curtis, George Ticknor, 130
Curtis, George William, 173
Cuthbert, Mrs., 332

Dana, Charles A., 257, 366, 386, 387
Danville (Illinois), 117

75, 78, 125, 126, 128, 130, 131,

133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140,

141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147,
148, 149, 155, 156, 162, 163, 164,
165, 167, 168, 171, 188, 191, 202
Douglass, Frederick, 144, 296, 297,

402
Drake, Dr., 48

Dred Scott case, 129
Dred Scott decision, 145
Dred Scott doctrine, 136
Dred Scott fame, 211
Du Chaillu, Paul, 256
Dunston, Richard, 35
Dutch, the, 307

Early, General, 377, 378, 379

Davis, of Maryland, 348, 353. See Eckert, General, 258

Wade

Davis, Jefferson, 178, 199, 206, 296,
369, 371, 384, 393, 394, 395, 397,
398
Davis, Judge, 103, 108, 109, 110,
117, 157, 158, 159, 160, 166, 184

Edwards, Matilda, 75
Edwardsville (Illinois), 25
Elizabethtown (Kentucky), 5
Emancipation Proclamation, the,
273, 293, 347, 385
Embree, Hon. E., letter to, IOI

424

Emerson, R. W., 1, 164, 175, 285, | Freese, Jacob, 333

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Fremont, General John C., 128,

129, 155, 243, 244, 245, 246,
265, 274, 324, 347, 348, 349,
366

French mission, the, 365

Fry, General James B., 214, 301, 302,
307, 367

Fugitive Slave Law, the, 95, 174
Fund Commissioners, 72
Furness, Dr., 233

Galena (Illinois), 129
Gamble, Governor, 306
Ganson, John, 238, 239
Garland, N. A., 37

General Assembly, Lincoln a candi-

date for the, 28

General Land Office, the, 101, 102
Gentry, Matthew, 91

Gentryville (Indiana), 6, 8, 10, 14,
16, 18, 22, 91

Georgia, 177

Gettysburg, 320, 321, 322, 323, 353,

405

Gettysburg address, the, 13, 334-

335, 336, 337, 338, 402

"Giant, the Little," 75, 126, 133, 188.
See Douglas, Stephen A.

Fort Pickens, 177, 193, 194, 197, Gibbon, 39

199

Fort Pillow massacre, 373

Fort Sumter, 33, 177, 191, 193, 194,

195, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 204,
205, 209

Fort Warren, 247

Fortress Monroe, 294

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**France, 196, 247, 249, 286, 356, 413 Grant, General, 242, 323, 324, 325,

Franklin, Benjamin, 240

Frederick (Maryland), 277
Fredericksburg (Virginia), 287, 288,
313, 317, 318
Freeport (Illinois), 144

"Freeport Doctrine," the, 146

326, 327, 330, 352, 356, 360,

361, 362, 363, 367, 375, 376,

377, 378, 379, 392, 393, 394,

395, 397, 405, 409

Great Britain, 196, 232, 248, 249,
310. See also England

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Halleck, General, 274, 275, 318, 323, House of Representatives, the, 167,

324, 325

Hamlet, 332

king's speech in, 238

Hamlet's creed, 88

Hamlin, Hannibal, 162, 179, 280,

353, 355, 356

Hanks, Dennis, 12

Hanks, John, 5, 23, 24, 25, 154
Hanks, Joseph, 5

Hanks, Nancy (Mrs. Thomas Lin-
coln), 5, 7, 8

Hanks, Thomas, 154

Hardin, Colonel J. J., 88, 89

Hardin County (Kentucky), 5, 96
Harper's Weekly, 313

341

Hunter, General, 264, 265, 295, 296
Hunter, R. M. T., 371, 372

Hurst, Mr., 100

Iles, Captain Elijah, 33

Illinois, 5, 31, 56, 57, 63, 85, 96,

123, 126, 127, 131, 133, 136,
137, 139, 141, 144, 151, 153,
155, 158, 159, 160, 161, 164,
184, 206, 236, 238, 243, 264,
281, 361, 388

Illinois Central, the, 105
Illinois River, 31, 34, 56
Illiopolis (Illinois), 56

Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), 181, 182, Inaugural Address, First, 188, 189, 190

303, 305

Second, 402, 403, 404

Harrison, William Henry, 155, 162, Independence Hall, Philadelphia,

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Lincoln, Abraham:

ancestry, 2
birth, 5

early hardships, 6
the Lincoln home, 7

his mother's death and its effect, 8
his father's second marriage, 9
personal appearance, 9
early education, 10-12
youthful amusements, 14
superstitious nature, 15
appearance further described, 17
athletic prowess, 18

sympathetic nature, 19

first thoughts of love, 20

speculates in business, 22

oratorical efforts, 23

reaches out into the world, 24-26
fondness for store gossip, 27

political aspirations, 28
a campaign handbill, 28-30
enters Black Hawk War, and is
chosen captain, 31-33
first political defeat, 35

forms partnership with Berry, 35
attracted to law, 36
business difficulties, 37

becomes postmaster at New Salem,
38

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