Able, Mrs., sister of Mary Owens, 55,
Adams, Charles Francis, member of Congress, United States minister to Eng- land, 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, emanci- pates Russian serfs, 101
Alexandria, Virginia, occupation of, 214 American Party, principles of, 101, 102; nominates Millard Fillmore for Presi- dent, 1856, 102
Anderson, Robert, brevet major-general United States army, transfers his com- mand to Fort Sumter, 177, 178; reports condition of Fort Sumter, 182; notified of coming relief, 188; defense and sur- render 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, 315
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 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,
Bailhache, William H., prints Lincoln's first inaugural, 168
Baker, Edward D., member of Congress, United States senator, brevet major-gen- eral United States Volunteers, at Spring- field, 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 con- stitution, 426
Barton, William, governor of Delaware, reply to Lincoln's call for volunteers, 193
Bates, Edward, member of Congress, Attorney-General, candidate for presiden- tial nomination, 1860, 144; vote for, in Chicago convention, 149: tendered cab- inet appointment, 163; appointed Attor- ney-General, 182; signs cabinet protest, 311; rewrites cabinet protest, 312; re- signs from cabinet, 491
Beauregard, G. T., Confederate general, reduces Fort Sumter, 188-190; in com- mand at Manassas Junction, 215; under- standing with Johnston, 216; battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, 226-229; coun- cil with Johnston and Hardee, 267; suc- ceeds to command at Pittsburg Landing, 273; losses at Pittsburg Landing, 274: evacuates Corinth, 275; united with Hood, 409; orders Hood to assume offen- sive, 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 sen- ator, Confederate Secretary of State, sug- gestions 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 Fré- mont, 236, 487; asks permission to go South, 478; interviews with Jefferson Davis, 479-482; his Mexican project, 479 Blair, Francis P., Jr., member of Con- gress, major-general United States Vol- unteers, quarrel with Frémont, 236, 487, 488
Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-General, appointed Postmaster-General, 182; quar- rel with Frémont, 236, 487, 488; at cabinet meeting, July 22, 1862, 331, 332; objects to timefor 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 descrip- tion of, 534, 535; scheme to abduct Lin- coln, 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 Rath- bone, 538; escape of, 539; flight and capture of, 542, 543; death of, 543; ac- count at Montreal Bank, 544 Bragg, Braxton, Confederate general, forces Buell back to Louisville, 275, 276; threatens Louisville, 379; battle of Perry- ville, 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, Confedetate 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 agree- ment, 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,
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 Presi- dent, 1856, 104; elected President, 105, 108; announces pro-slavery policy, 114; appoints Walker governor of Kansas, 114; reply to Walker's letter, 115; spe- cial message recommending Lecompton Constitution, 115; permits Scott to be called to Washington, 172; non-action regarding secession, 176, 177; reconstruc- tion of his cabinet, 178; rides with Lin- coln in inauguration procession, 180; non-coercion doctrine of, 210; signs reso- lution for constitutional amendment, 476 Buckner, Simon B., Confederate lieuten- ant-general, stationed at Bowling Green, 254: force of, 263; surrenders Fort Don- elson, 267, 268
Buell, Don Carlos, major-general United States Volunteers, succeeds Sherman in Kentucky, 255; driven back to Louis- ville, 1862, 258; instructions about East Tennessee, 258, 259; reluctance to move into East Tennessee, 26o; reluctance to cooperate with Halleck, 263, 264, 269; ordered forward to Savannah, 271; ar- rives at Pittsburg Landing, 273; retreats to Louisville, 275, 276; battle of Perry- ville, 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 Knox- ville, 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 Po- tomac, 363; previous services, 363, 364; battle of Fredericksburg, 364, 365; re- lieved 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
Cameron, Simon, United States senator, Secretary of War, candidate for presiden- tial nomination, 1860, 144: vote for, in Chicago convention, 149; tendered cabi- net appointment, 163, 164; appointed Secretary of War, 182; brings letters of Anderson to Lincoln, 182; visits Frémont, 242; interview with Sherman, 255; ap- pointed minister to Russia, 289; reference to slavery in report to Congress, 320; moves renomination of Lincoln and Ham- lin by acclamation, 447 Campbell, John A., justice United States Supreme Court; Confederate com- missioner; intermediary of Confederate commissioners, 183; at Hampton Roads conference, 482-485; interviews with Lin- coln, 519
Canby, É. 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,
Carpenter, W., defeated for Illinois legis- lature, 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; sub- mits 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 po- litical 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, No- vember 23-25, 1863, 389-392 Chickamauga, Tennessee, battle of, Sep- tember, 18-20, 1863, 386, 387
Clary's Grove, Illinois, settlement of, 24 Clay, Clement C., Jr., United States sen- ator, Confederate agent in Canada, corre- spondence with Horace Greeley, 459 Clay, Henry, nominated for President, 28 Clements, Andrew J., member of Con- gress, elected to Congress, 419 Cleveland, Ohio, funeral honors to Lin- coln in, 547
Cochrane, John, member of Congress, brigadier-general United States Volun- teers, nominated for Vice-President, 1864,
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 sena- tor, 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; 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 col- lapse, 481; doomed from the hour of Lincoln's reëlection, 499; depreciationof 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,
fixes number of stars and stripes in the flag, 19 admits as States Illinois, Ala- bama, Maine, and Missouri, 19; nullifi- cation debate in, 38; Lincoln's service in, 25-90; 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 Presi- dent Lincoln, 192; Lincoln's message to, May 26, 1862, 195; legalizes Lincoln's war measures, 206; meeting and mea- sures 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, 326; House bill to aid emancipation in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennes- see, and Missouri, 326; slavery measures of 1862, 329; President's second inter- view with border slave State delegations, 329-331; President's annual message, December 1, 1862, 341, 342; passes na- tional conscription law, 354, 355; act au- thorizing 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; Presi- dent'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 Con- gress, 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 conven- tion, June 2, 1856, 104; Democratic na- tional convention, Charleston, April 23, 1860, 142; it adjourns to reassemble at Baltimore, June 18, 1860, 143; Constitu- tional Union Convention, Baltimore, May 9, 1860, 143; Republican national con- vention, 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 Hamp- shire State convention, January 6, 1864, 443; Republican national convention, June 7, 1864, 446-449; Democratic na- tional convention, 1864, postponed, 463; Democratic national convention meets, 466-468 resolution of Baltimore conven- tion hostile to Montgomery Blair, 487 Cook, B. C., member of Congress, nomi- nates 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,
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 reëlec- iton 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 Con- gress, bill prescribing method of recon- struction, 454: signs Wade-Davis mani- festo, 456
Davis, Jefferson, Secretary of War, United States senator, Confederate Presi- dent, orders that "rebellion must be crushed" in Kansas, 113; Senate resolu- tions of, 141; signs address commending Charleston disruption, 143; statement in
Senate, 143: elected President of Con- federate 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; in- structions 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 Greens- boro, North Carolina, 520; interview with Johnston and Beauregard, 520; tinues southward, 520; dictates proposi- tion of armistice presented by Johnston to Sherman, 521; requires report from Breckinridge about Johnston-Sherman agreement, 523; instructions to John- ston, 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 legis- lature, 1832, 34; elected in 1834, 43 Dayton, William L., United States sen- ator, 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 ex- tension, 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 emanci- pation measures and conscription law, 354, 355: adopts McClellan for presiden- tial candidate, 355; interest in Vallandig. ham, 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-Gen- eral, 489, 490
Dickinson, Daniel S., United States sen- ator, candidate for vice-presidential nom- ination, 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 Con- gress, United States senator, at Spring- held, Illinois, 52; challenges young Whigs of Springfield to debate, 62; elected to United States Senate, 75; champions re- peal of Missouri Compromise, 95; speech at Illinois State fair, 96; at Peoria, 96; agreement with Lincoln, 99; on Dred Scott case, 109, 110; denounces Lecomp- ton 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 Lin- coln, 130; Ohio speeches, 133; "Harper's Magazine" essay, 134; fight over nomi- nation of, for President, 1860, 142-144: nominated for President, 143; speeches during campaign of 1860, 156; vote for,
Dresser, Rev. Charles, marries Abra. ham Lincoln and Mary Todd, 68, 69 DuPont, 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; in- ficts 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 com- missioners to proceed, 483
Edwards, Cyrus, desires commissioner- ship 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; dis-
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