Jackson Democrat, 4

Jackson men, 27

jackson (Mississippi), 326
Jackson, Stonewall, 263, 275, 316
Jacksonville (Florida), 295
Jacksonville (Illinois), 47, 56, 81
James River, the, 263, 268
Jamestown (Illinois), 24
Janesboro (Illinois), 144
Jaques,, 369

Jefferson County (Kentucky), 2
Johnson, Albert E. H., 258
Johnson, Andrew, 234, 295, 353, 354,
355, 356, 392, 408

Johnson, General, 241; his army, 397
Johnson, John, 18, 24, 26
Johnston, General, 325
Jones, Captain, 22

Journal, letter to the, 54

Judd, Norman B., 152, 153, 157, 158,
159, 161

Julian, George W., 349
Julian's "Political Recollections,"
391

La Rue County (Kentucky), 5
"Lear," 332

Lecompton (Illinois), 132

Lee, Robert E., 207, 208, 275, 276,
284, 287, 316, 318, 321, 322, 323,

375, 394, 395, 397, 412

Legal Tender Act, the, 347
Leslie's, 388

Libby prison, 398

Lickern, 4. See Lincoln

"Life of Washington," Weems, II
"Life on the Ocean Wave," parody
on, 282

Lincoln, Abraham (father of Thomas),

2

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

meets Ann Rutledge, 38
literary preferences, 39
becomes a surveyor, 41
business indebtedness, 42, 43
elected to the legislature, 44
his characterization of Stephen A.
Douglas, 45

returns to private life, 46
engagement to Ann Rutledge, and
her death, 47

its lasting effect upon his charac-
ter, 48

fondness for lugubrious verse, 49
his favorite poem, 50
meets Mary Owens, 53
political success, 55
the Illinois boom, 56, 57
opinion on slavery, 58
literary style, 60

law studies, 61

forms law partnership with John
T. Stuart, 62

declaration of love to Mary Owens,
64-66

letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning,
67-71

growth of political power, 72
love affair and meeting with Mary
Todd, 74

the engagement and its effect, 75,
76

partnership with Stephen T. Lo-
gan, 76

first issue with Douglas, 78
distress at evils of slavery, 78
abstemiousness, 82
marriage to Miss Todd, 85
seeking to go to Congress, 86, 87
his defeat and its cause, 88
final success, 89
revisits early home, 90
attempts in verse, 90-92
moves to Washington, 92
attack on General Cass, 94

the Wilmot Proviso, 95
attitude toward his father, 97
opinions on public office, 99-102
returns to law, 103

his many-sided character, 104-III
unhappy home, 112

family relations, 113, 114
dress and appearance, 116
life on the circuit, 117, 118
appreciation of humor, 119
letter to his brother, 120
the Stanton insult, 121
returns to politics, 123
repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise, 123

the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 125
first meeting with Douglas, 126
Republican convention of 1856,
128

the Dred Scott case, 129
chosen for senatorship, 134
popularity of Douglas, 137
the challenge to Douglas, 141
Blaine's summary of the contest,
14I

the first debate, 143
further meetings, 144-146
the questions at issue, 145
the Freeport Doctrine, 146
the Cooper Union speech, 148-150
political plans, 151-155

the Chicago convention and Lin-
coln's nomination, 155-162
the beginning of the campaign,
163-167

the result of the election, 168
a prophetic vision, 169

preparation for the task before
him, 171-178

farewell speech in Springfield, 179
the trip to Washington, 180-182
forming his cabinet, 184-186
his character and appearance, 187
the inaugural, 188-190

forebodings of war, 191-194
the Seward document, 195, 196
Lincoln's reply, 197, 198

the Sumter and Pickens expedi-
tions, 199

the surrender of Sumter, 200
its effect, 201-204

the call for troops, 205, 206
fears for Washington, 208

the attack on the Sixth Massachu-
setts, 208

Lincoln's attitude, 209–213

the troubles of office, 214-216
the despatch of Seward to Adams,
217-231

Lincoln's alterations, 232

the President's message, 234, 236
meeting the emergency, 237
love of fun, 238-240
the appointment of McClellan,

cabinet dissensions, 289–291
the signing of the proclamation,

291

its immediate effects, 293, 294
colored troops, 295-297
Lincoln's treatment of deserters,
298-300

troubles of drafting, 301-305
military affairs, 306–310
political cartoons, 313, 314
letter to General Hooker, 315, 316
his interest in the army, 320-323
the rise of Grant, 324-328
anecdotes of the period, 331-334
the Gettysburg address, 335-339
obstacles to Lincoln's reëlection,
343-348

Lincoln as a politician, 349–358
the political and military situation,
360-377

Sheridan's victory, 378, 379
reëlection, 380

the message of 1864, 382-385
the thirteenth amendment, 388
Whitman's portrait of the Presi-
dent, 388-390

Lincoln enters Richmond, 395
Lee's surrender, 397

the last public address, 398-400
the second inaugural, 402–404
Lincoln's dream of the end, 405,

Lincoln, Tad, 313, 332, 333

Macbeth," 332, 398

Maine, 162, 345

26, 42

159, 160, 361

London Times, the, 412

"Long Nine," the, 55, 56, 77

Long Run (Kentucky), 2

Louis Napoleon, 382

210

Matheney, James H., 85.

Meade, General, 242, 318, 321, 322,

323, 360, 361, 395.

Medill, Joseph, 367, 368

McCarthy, Justin, 376

McClellan, George B., 147, 241, 242,

243, 246, 247, 255, 259, 260, 261,
262, 263, 266, 268, 275, 276, 284,
285, 288, 316, 319, 325, 328, 351,
356, 358, 360, 365, 376, 393
McClernand, Congressman, 243
McClure, Colonel, 158, 253, 260, 302,
303, 304, 305, 353, 354, 355, 361,
366

McCormick vs. Mauny, 121

McCormick house, the, 118

McCulloch, Secretary, 400

Middle States, the, 173

Mill, John Stuart, 240, 249, 412
Milroy, 318
Mississippi, 177

Mississippi River, 25, 31, 266, 295,
326

Missouri, 84, 130, 136, 157, 161, 184,
186, 206, 234, 243, 245, 265,
266, 305, 306, 352
Missouri, state court of, 129
Missouri Compromise, the, 120, 123,
125, 131.

Mitchell,"split log," 17

Mobile Bay, 379