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Lincoln's views of......

ELECTION-

Presidential, of 1856..

91, 92

For Senator from Illinois, in 1858.. 134
Presidential of 1860...... ........140, 501-5
Counting of Electoral votes in
Congress...
167, 168
State elections in fall of 1863......... 441
Political state of the country be-

fore Presidential of 1860....... 497, 498
Presidential, of 1864.... 559, 560, 561, 595
Rebel States prohibited, by Con-

gress, from voting for Presi-
dent and Vice President...... 595, 596
ELLIOTT, THOMAS D...
276,279
ELLSWORTH, COL. ELMER E.,....... 203
EMANCIPATION-

By Congress, of all slaves claimed
or held by rebels

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155

165

238

309

215

189

192

27

477

594, 595

43

Fourteen of protest against the
extension of slavery...............

FREE SOIL PARTY.

277, 278

FREE STATES-

273, 280

FREMONT, JOHN C....

Appointed Major General..

Debates in Congress, July, 1861,
on confiscation and emancipa-
tion..
Gradual compensated recom-
mended to Congress, by Lin-
coln..... 280, 281, 369, 370, 371, 372
Co-operation in by U. S. proposed
by Congress.
Universal, demanded by the

North...

284

288

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Declares slaves of rebels to be

free

45

95

234

234

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302

303

671

At Springfield.

672, 673

372, 373

308

Rebukes

Alex.

373

Long, as a traitor...

479, 480

Welcomed by army

301

Advocates the

Constitutional

Bill for a Bureau of, reported in
Congress.....

477

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Amendment..

GARNER, MARGARET—

Slays her children..

GARRISON, WM. L.....

Visits President Lincoln..

Disgusted with the slave party in

584

96

38

38

Kansas...

GETTYSBURG.

Battle of..

65, 66

420

415, 420

Emancipat'n in Louisiana 509, 510, 511

Steps by which the Republic was

led to......
Effected by the Republican party 591
Opinion of Wm. Whiting, Esq.,
on right of President to eman-
cipate slaves....
708, 70:
Views of Washington and Jeffer-
son concerning emancipation
as a belligerent right............ 709, 710
Practice of Great Britain and

France touching same......... 709, 712
EMIGRANT AID SOCIETIES........... 64
ENROLLMENT BILL—

Introduced by Senator Wilson 374,375
Discussed in Congress.
374, 381
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS-

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Aspect towards secession... .......... 205

301

FENTON, R. E...

224

GRANT, GENERAL-

FANUEIL HALL—

Captures Belmont...

Resolutions passed by People's

Captures Fort Donelson.

...... 240
309

Convention, at......

698

FARRAGUT, ADMIRAL-

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Captures New Orleans.

386

At Mobile....

Appointed Lieutenant-General... 518
Attends President's Levee, in

FESSENDEN, WM. P.,-

March, 1864.....

518

Speech on enrollment of negro
soldiers

His plan of campaign.

521

266

Defeat of Lee...

634, 635

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Advocates return of the State to
Union..

HALLECK, GENERAL

Order No. 3......

389

Opinion of slavery.

PAGE

331

413

28

JOHNSON, ANDREW........... 198, 214, 220
Denounces the traitors...

Denounces Jefferson Davis........
Requests Lincoln to except Ten-
nessee from the operation of
the proclamation of emancipa-
tion....

Nominated for Vice President of
the United States....
Appointed Provisional Governor
of Tennessee.....

220

221

303

502

511

Declares that, if he were Presi-
dent, he would arrest and exe-
cute the traitors, (note)................ 724
JOHNSON, REVERDY-
509
Speeches of......

449, 450, 462

389, 390, 509, 510 JUDICIARY OF UNITED STATES
Long revered by the people.......... 101
Disgraced by Dred Scott decision 101
KANSAS-

Succeeds Hunter in the West
Captures Corinth........

Made General-in-Chief...

261
...... 315
316

343

HAMILTON, A. J., OF TEXAS... 163

HARRIS, REPRESENTATIVE

FROM MARYLAND—

Declared by House of Represen-
tatives an unworthy mem-
ber".

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481, 482

HALE, J. P...

215

KING, PRESTON.

HARLAN, JAMES..

215, 601

KELLY, W. D...

....................... 215, 266, 268

224,597

HICKS, GOVERNOR OF MARY-
LAND...

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM-

194, 199, 243

Described

67, 68, 674, 675

HOAR, JUDGE-

Expelled from South Carolina...... 40

His ancestors..
Early life...

68, 69

69, 70, 71, 72

HOLT, JOSEPH-

Secretary of War.......

70, 71

165

Letter to President Lincoln con-

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HOWARD, J. M.

Replies to resolution of House of
Representatives concerning it

Declares all slaves free in South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida... 284

ILLINOIS-

Early courts of....

75,76

107, 108, 109

Growth contrasted with that of
Missouri.....

First State that ratifies the Con-
stitutional Amendment...... 587, 588
INAUGURATION-

Description of Lincoln's first 173, 174
Of second..
623-8

IREDELL, MR.-

Studies law.

Protests against pro-slavery reso-

lutions...

Courts of Illinois..

Accepts a challenge...

Marries....

77, 78,

Argues case of negro girl
"Nance".

Elected to Congress in 1847..
Speeches.

79,80

37, 81

Introduces a bill for the aboli-
tion of slavery in the District
of Columbia...

.... 37, 84, 85
Campaign speech in support of
General Taylor's nomination to
Presidency..

82

Stumps New England for Taylor... 84
Opposes bill compensating offi-
cers for slaves lost in Seminole
War...

Offered the position of Governor
of Oregon....

Voted for in 1849-50 for office of U.
S. Senator....
Mechanical talent...

85

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85

86

86, 87

On slavery..

27

His only large fee for legal ser-
vices...

87

Drives Banks across the Potomac 330
Creates panic at Washington.. 330,331

JACKSON, STONEWALL-

Defends a poor widow's son
charged with murder................. 87
Tries his last law case.................... 88

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