cussed in President's message of December 3, 1861, 321, 322; Lincoln offers Delaware compensated abolishment, 322, 323; spe- cial message of March 6, 1862, 323, 324; Congress passes bill for, in District of Columbia, 325, 326; bill to aid it in border slave States, 326; Hunter's order of, 327; measures in Congress relating to, 328, 329: Lincoln's second interview with delegations from border slave States, 329- 331; Lincoln's conversation with Carpen- ter about, 331, 332; first draft of emanci pation proclamation read to cabinet, 331, 332; President's interview with Chicago clergymen, 337-339; Lincoln issues pre- liminary emancipation proclamation, 339- 341; annual message of December 1, 1862, 341, 342; President issues final emancipa- tion proclamation, 342-346; President's views on, 346, 347; arming of negro sol- diers, 348, 350; Lincoln's letters to Banks about emancipation in Louisiana, 423-425; slavery abolished in Louisiana, 426; sla- very abolished in Arkansas, 427; slavery abolished in Tennessee, 429; slavery abolished in Missouri, 432-434: Maryland refuses offer of compensated abolishment, 434; slavery abolished in Maryland, 435, 436; Republican national platform favors Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, 446; Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery in United States, 471- 476; two Constitutional amendments af- fecting slavery offered during Lincoln's term, 475,476; Lincoln's draft of joint resolution offering the South $400,000,000, 493; Jefferson Davis recommends em- ployment of negroes in army, with eman- cipation to follow, 501. See Slavery England, public opinion in, favorable to the South, 211; excitement in, over Trent affair, 246; joint expedition to Mexico, 451; 'neutrality" of, 525,
Ericsson, John, inventor of the Monitor,
Evarts, William M., Secretary of State, United States senator, nominates Seward for President, 149; moves to make Lin- coln's nomination unanimous, 151 Everett, Edward, member of Congress, minister to England, Secretary of State, United States senator, candidate for Vice- President, 1860, 153
Ewell, Richard S., Confederate lieuten- ant-general, in retreat to Appomattox, 511; statement about burning of Richmond, 516
Ewing, Thomas, Secretary of the Inte- rior, defended by Lincoln against political attack, 92
Fair Oaks, Virginia, battle of, 302 Farragut, David G., admiral United States navy, captures New Orleans and ascends the Mississippi, 282-287; ascends Mississippi a second time, 287; men- tioned, 328, 329, 381; operations against Port Hudson, 382; Mobile Bay, 468, 525
Farrand, Ebenezer, captain Confederate navy, surrender of, 525 Fessenden, William P., United States senator, Secretary of the Treasury, be- comes Secretary of the Treasury, 458; agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, 463; resigns from cabinet, 491, 492
Field, David Dudley, escorts Lincoln to platform at Cooper Institute, 138 Fillmore, Millard, thirteenth President of the United States, nominated by Know- Nothing party for President, 1856, 102 Five Forks, Virginia, battle of, April 1, 1865, 507-509_
Floyd, John B., Secretary of War, Con- federate brigadier-general, escapes from Fort Donelson, 268
Foote, Andrew H., rear-admiral United States navy, capture of Island No. 10, 274; proceeds to Fort Pillow, 274 Forrest, Nathan B., Confederate lieuten- ant-general, with Hood's army, 410; defeat of, 525
Fort Donelson, Tennessee, capture of, 266-268
Fort Fisher, North Carolina, capture of, 414, 481, 525
Fort Harrison, Virginia, capture of, 500 Fort Henry, Tennessee, capture of, 266 Fort Jackson, Louisiana, capture of, 282- 285
Fort McAllister, Georgia, stormed by Sherman, 412
Fort Pillow, Tennessee, evacuation of, 286; massacre of negro troops at, 351 Fort Pulaski, Georgia, capture of, 278 Fort Randolph, Tennessee, evacuation of, 286
Fort Stedman, Virginia, assault of, 505, 506
Fort St. Philip, Louisiana, capture of, 282-285
Fort Sumter, South Carolina, occupied by Anderson, 177, 178; attempt to rein- force, 178; cabinet consultations about, 182-184; defense and capture of, 189, 190 Fortress Monroe, Virginia, importance of, 209
Fox, Gustavus V., Assistant Secretary of the Navy, ordered to aid Sumter, 184; sends the President additional news about fight between Monitor and Merrimac, 296, 297
France, public opinion in, favorable to the South, 211; joint expedition to Mexico, 451; neutrality" of, 525
Franklin, Benjamin, on American for- ests, and the spirit of independence they fostered, 17 Franklin, Tennessee, battle of, November 30, 1864, 410
Franklin, W. B., brevet major-general United States army, advises movement on Manassas, 289 Fredericksburg, Virginia, battle of, De- cember 13, 1862, 364
Frémont, John C., United States senator,
major-general United States army, nomi- nated for President, 1856, 103; made major-general, 233; opportunities and limi- tations of, 233-235; criticism of, 235; quar- rel with Blair family, 236, 487; proclama- tion freeing slaves, 236, 237, 432; refuses to revoke proclamation, 238; removed from command of Western Department, 241-243; commands Mountain Depart- ment, 299; ordered to form junction with McDowell and Shields, 306; in Army of Virginia, 310; nominated for President, 1864, 442; withdraws from the contest,
Gentry, Allen, makes flatboat trip with Lincoln, 16
Gentry, James, enters land at Gentry. ville, 9; sends Lincoln to New Orleans, 16 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, battle of, July
1-3, 1863, 372-375; address of Mr. Lincoln at, 376, 377
Giddings, Joshua R., member of Con- gress, approves Lincoln's bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia, 87: amendment to Chicago platform, 148, 149 Gillmore, Quincy A., brevet major-gen- eral United States army, siege of Fort Pulaski, 278
Gilmer, John A., member of Congress, tendered cabinet appointment, 164. Gilmore, J. R., visits Jefferson Davis with Jaquess, 462
Gist, William H., governor of South Carolina, inaugurates secession, 175 Goldsborough, L. M., rear-admiral United States navy, commands fleet in Roanoke Island expedition, 277, 278 Gordon, John B., Confederate lieutenant- general, United States senator, in assault of Fort Stedman, 504, 505; in defense of Petersburg, 509
Graham, Mentor, makes Lincoln election clerk, 23, 24; advises Lincoln to study grammar, 25; aids Lincoln to study sur- veying, 40
Grant, Ulysses S., eighteenth President of the United States, general, and general-in- chief United States army, early life, 264: letter offering services to War Depart- ment, 264, 265; commissioned by Gov- ernor Yates, 265; reconnaissance toward Columbus, 265; urges movement on Fort Henry, 265, 266; capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, 266-268; ordered forward to Savannah, 271; Pittsburg Landing, 272-274; asks to be relieved, 275; co- operates with adjutant-general of the army in arming negroes, 350; repulses rebels at Iuka and Corinth, 380; Vicks-
burg campaign, 380-383; ordered Chattanooga, 389; battle of Chattanooga, 390, 391; pursuit of Bragg, 391, 392; speech on accepting commission of lieuten- ant-general, 394; visits Army of the Poto- mac and starts west, 394; placed in com- mand of all the armies, 394; conference with Sherman, 395; plan of campaign, 395, 397 returns to Culpepper, 395; fear of presidential interference, 395, 396; let- ter to Lincoln, 396; strength and position of his army, 396, 397: instructions to Meade, 397; battle of the Wilderness, 308; Spottsylvania Court House, 398, 399; re- port to Washington, 399; Cold Harbor, 399; letter to Washington, 399, 400; siege of Petersburg, 400-402; sends Wright to Washington, 403; withholds consent to Sherman's plan, 410; gives his consent, 411; orders to Sherman, 413; adopts Sherman's plan, 414; attempt to nominate him for President, 1864, 442, 443 depressing influence on political sit- uation of his heavy fighting, 463; admits peace commissioners to his headquarters, 483; despatch to Stanton, 484; pushing forward, 502; telegraphs Lee's letter to Washington, 503; reply to Lee, 504; orders to General Parke, 505; issues orders for the final movement of the war, 506; number of men under his command in final struggle, 507; his plan, 507; battle of Five Forks, 507-509; orders Sheridan to get on Lee's line of retreat, 509, 510; sends Humphreys to Sheridan's assistance, 509; telegram to Lincoln, 509; pursuit of Lee, 510-513; sends Sheridan's despatch to Lincoln, 511; correspondence with Lee, 512, 513; receives Lee's surrender, 513- 515; forbids salute in honor of Lee's sur- render, 515; visit to Lee, 515; goes to Washington, 515; learns terms of agree- ment between Sherman and Johnson, 523; ordered to Sherman's headquarters, 523; gives Sherman opportunity to mod- ify his report, 523, 524; at Lincoln's last cabinet meeting, 531; invited by Mrs. Lincoln to Ford's Theater, 536 Grant, Mrs. U. S., invited by Mrs. Lin- coln to Ford's Theater, 536 Greeley, Horace, hears Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech, 138; "open letter" to Lincoln, 335: Niagara Falls conference, 458-461; effect of his mission on political situation, 464
Halleck, Henry Wager, major-general and general-in-chief United States army, succeeds Frémont, 260; reluctance to cooperate with Buell, 263, 264; answers to Lincoln, 263, 264: instructions to Grant, 264; orders Grant to take Fort Henry, 266; sends reinforcements to Grant, 267; asks for command in the West, 269; plans expedition under Pope, 270: message to Buell, 270; telegrams to McClellan, 270; appeal to McClellan, 271: commands Department of the Mis-
sissippi, 271; orders Pope to join him, 274; march on Corinth, 275; capture of Corinth, 275; sends Buell to East Ten- nessee, 275; ordered to reinforce McClel- lan, 307; general-in-chief, 309; visit to McClellan, 309; orders Army of Potomac back to Acquia Creek, 309; letter to Mc- Clellan, 309, 310; orders McClellan to support Pope, 311; telegram to McClel- lan, 317; mentioned, 328, 329; asks to be relieved, 365; quarrel with Hooker, 372; urges Meade to active pursuit of Lee, 375: plans for Western campaign, 379; urges Buell to move into East Tennessee, 380; orders Rosecrans to advance, 385, 386; at council to consider news of Chat- tanooga, 388; President's chief of staff, 394; conduct during Early's raid, 403; note to War Department about Blair, 488; orders to Meade, 523
Hamlin, Hannibal, United States senator, Vice-President, nominated for Vice-Presi- dent, 151; Cameron moves his renomina- tion, 447; candidate for vice-presidential nomination in 1864, 448, 449 Hanks, John, tells of Lincoln's frontier labors, 15; flatboat voyage with Lincoln, 22, 23; at Decatur convention, 154 Hanks, Joseph, teaches Thomas Lincoln carpenter's trade, 5
Hanks, Nancy. See Lincoln, Nancy Hanks
Hardee, William J., lieutenant-colonel United States army, Confederate lieuten- ant-general, council with Johnston and Beauregard, 267; evacuates Savannah and Charleston, 415; joins Johnston, 416 Hardin, John J., member of Congress, colonel United States Volunteers, at Springfield, Illinois, 52; elected to Con- gress, 73; killed in Mexican War, 75 Harper's Ferry, Virginia, John Brown raid at, 134; burning of armory, 209: cap- tured by Lee, September 15, 1862, 315 Harris, Miss Clara W., attends Ford's Theater with Mrs. Lincoln, 536; assists Mrs. Lincoln, 539
Harrison, George M., Lincoln's mess- mate in Black Hawk War, 33 Hartford, the, Union cruiser, Farragut's flagship, 284, 285
Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, capture of forts at, August 29, 1861, 245 Hay, John, assistant private secretary to Lincoln, brevet colonel and assistant adjutant-general United States Volun- teers, ambassador to England, Secretary of State, accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Wash- ington, 168; shows Lincoln letter of in- quiry about Vice-Presidency, 448; mission to Canada, 460; at Lincoln's death-bed, 540 Hazel, Caleb, teacher of President Lin- coln, 6
Herndon, A. G., defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34 Herndon, "Jim" and "Row," Lincoln and Berry their store, 35 Herndon, William H., Lincoln's law
partner, 158; assumes Lincoln's law business during campaign, 158 Herold, David E., in conspiracy to assas- sinate Lincoln, 534; chosen to assist Booth, 536; deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, 536; accompanies Booth in his flight, 542, 543; capture of, 543; exe- cution of, 544
Hicks, Thomas H., governor of Mary- land, United States senator, reply to Lin- coln's call for volunteers, 193; speech at mass-meeting, 193; protest against land- ing of troops at Annapolis, 198; calls meeting of Maryland legislature, 198 Holcomb, James P., Confederate agent in Canada, correspondence with Horace Greeley, 459
Holt, Joseph, Posti aster-General, Sec- retary of War, judge-advocate general United States army, calls Scott to Wash- ington, 172; report on Knights of the Golden Circle, 361; favored by Swett for Vice-President, 448; declines attorney- generalship, 491
Hood, John B., Confederate general, suc- ceeds Johnston, 407; evacuates Atlanta, 407, 468; truce with Sherman, 408; placed under command of Beauregard, 409: moves to Tuscumbia, 410; Frank- lin and Nashville, 410; his movements delay reconstruction in Tennessee, 429 Hooker, Joseph, brevet major-general United States army, succeeds Burnside in command of Army of the Potomac, 366; submits plan of campaign to Lincoln, 368; battle of Chancellorsville, 369, 370; criti- cism of, 370; foresees Lee's northward campaign, 370; proposes quick march to capture Richmond, 371; follows Lee, 372; asks to be relieved, 372; ordered to reinforce Rosecrans, 388; reaches Chat- tanooga, 389; in battle of Chattanooga, 390-391
Hume, John F., moves that Lincoln's nomination be made unanimous, 447 Humphreys, Andrew A., brevet major- general United States army, in recapture of Fort Stedman, 505, 506; ordered to assist Sheridan, 509
Hunt, Randall, tendered cabinet appoint- ment, 164
Hunter, David, brevet major-general, United States army, asked to assist Fré- mont, 235, 236; ordered to relieve Fré- mont, 243; order of emancipation, 327; experiment with negro soldiers, 348; de- clared an outlaw by Confederate War Department, 350
Hunter, R. M. T., United States senator, Confederate Secretary of State, appointed peace commissioner, 482; at Hampton Roads conference, 482-485
Iles, Elijah, captain Illinois Volunteers, commands company in Black Hawk War, 33
Illinois, State of, organized as Territory, 1809, 19; admitted as State, 1818, 19;
legislative schemes of internal improve- ment, 44, 45; capital removed to Spring- field, 45: political struggles over slavery, 45, 46; Lincoln-Douglas senatorial campaign in, 118-125; ratifies Thirteenth Amend- ment, 474, 475
Island No. 1o, Tennessee, fortifications at, 269, 270; surrender of, 274
Jackson, Andrew, seventh President of the United States, gives impetus to sys- tem of party caucuses and conventions,
Jackson, Claiborne F., governor of Mis- souri, attempts to force Missouri secession, 202-204; flight to Springfield, Missouri,
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan ("Stone- wall"), Confederate lieutenant-general, Shenandoah valley campaign, 305, 306; mentioned, 328; killed at Chancellors- ville, 369
Jaquess, James F., D.D., colonel United States Volunteers, visits to the South, 461, 462; interview with Jefferson Davis, 462 Jewett, William Cornell, letter to Greeley, 458
Johnson, Andrew, seventeenth President
of the United States, in thirty-seventh Congress, 217; telegram about East Ten- nessee, 259; retains seat in Senate, 419; appointed military governor of Tennessee, 420; begins work of reconstruction, 428; nominated for Vice-President, 448, 449; popular and electoral votes for, 470; dis- approves Sherman's agreement with Johnston, 523; proclamation of amnesty, 526; plot to murder, 535; rejoicing of radicals on his accession to the Presi- dency, 545; takes oath of office, 545 Johnson, Herschel V., candidate for Vice- President, 1860, 152 Johnston, Albert Sidney, Confederate general, council with Hardee and Beaure- gard, 267; killed at Pittsburg Landing,
Johnston, John D., step-brother of Presi- dent Lincoln, flatboat voyage with Lin- coln, 22, 23
Johnston, Joseph E., quartermaster- general United States army, Confederate general, member of Congress, joins Con- federacy, 196, 208; understanding with Beauregard, 215, 216; joins Beauregard at Bull Run, 228; opinion of battle of Bull Run, 228; retrograde movement, 297; defeats McClellan at Fair Oaks, 302; succeeds Bragg, 395; strength of, in spring of 1864, 405; superseded by Hood, 407; again placed in command, 416, 501; interview with Davis, 520; begins nego- tiations with Sherman, 520; meetings with Sherman, 521, 522; agreement be tween them, 522; agreement disapproved at Washington, 523; surrender of, 524 Johnston, Sarah Bush, marries Thomas Lincoln, 10; improves the condition of
his household, 10; tells of Lincoln's stu- dious habits, 13
Jones, Thomas, assists Booth and Herold,
Judd, Norman B, minister to Prussia, member of Congress, nominates Lincoln for President, 1860, 149; member of Lin- coln's suite, 173
Kansas, State of, slavery struggle in, 113- 115; Lecompton Bill defeated in Con- gress, 117
Kearsarge, the, Union cruiser, battle with the Alabama, 525
Kelly, Benjamin F., brevet major-gen- eral United States Volunteers, dash upon Philippi, 225
Kentucky, State of, action concerning secession, 201, 204; legislature asks An- derson for help, 254; public opinion in, regarding slavery, 473
Kilpatrick, Judson, brevet major-general United States army, minister to Chili, with Sherman on march to the sea, 411 Kirkpatrick, defeated for Illinois legisla- ture, 1832, 34
Knights of Golden Circle, extensive organization of, 360, 361; plans and fail- ures of, 360-362; projected revolution in Northwestern States, 466 Know-Nothing Party, principles of, 101, 102; nominates Millard Fillmore for President, 1856, 102
Lamon, Ward H., accompanies Lincoln on night journey to Washington, 174 Lane, Joseph, brevet major-general United States army, governor, United States sen- ator, candidate for Vice-President in 1860, 153; attempt to arm negroes, 348 Leavitt, Humphrey H., member of Congress, judge United States Circuit Court, denies motion for habeas corpus for Vallandigham, 358 Lecompton Constitution, adopted in Kansas, 115; defeated in Congress, 117 Lee, Robert E., colonel United States army, Confederate general, captures John Brown, 134; enters service of Confed- eracy, 196, 197, 208; concentrates troops at Manassas Junction, 215; sends troops into West Virginia, 224; attacks Mc- Clellan near Richmond, 302; campaign into Maryland, 314; captures Harper's Ferry, 315; battle of Antietam, 315; re- treats across the Potomac, 316; battle of Chancellorsville, 369; resolves on invasion of the North, 370; crosses the Potomac, 371, 372; battle of Gettysburg, 372-374; retreats across the Potomac, 375, 377; strength and position of his army, 397; battle of the Wilderness, 398; Spottsyl- vania Court House, 398, 399; Cold Har- bor, 399; defense of Petersburg, 400-402; sends Early up the Shenandoah valley, 403; despatch about rations for his army, 481; made general-in-chief, 500; assumes command of all the Confederate armies,
502; attempt to negotiate with Grant, 502, 503; conference with Davis, 504; attempt to break through Grant's lines, 504-506; number of men under his command in final struggle, 507; takes command in person, 507; attacks Warren, 507; battle of Five Forks, 507-509; makes prepara- tions to evacuate Petersburg and Rich- mond, 509; begins retreat, 510; surrender of Richmond, 510; reaches Amelia Court House, 510; starts toward Lynchburg, 511; reply to generals advising him to surrender, 512; correspondence with Grant, 512, 513; surrender of, 513-515; size of army surrendered by, 524 Letcher, John, member of Congress, gov- ernor of Virginia, orders seizure of gov- ernment property, 194 Lincoln, Abraham, sixteenth President of the United States, born February 12, 1809, 3, 6; goes to A B C schools, 6; early schooling in Indiana, 10-13; home studies and youthful habits, 13-19; man- ages ferry-boat, 15; flatboat trip to New Orleans, 15, 16; employed in Gentryville store, 16; no hunter, 17; kills wild turkey, 17, 18; emigrates to Illinois, March 1, 1830, 20; leaves his father's cabin, 21; engaged by Denton Offutt, 21; builds flatboat and takes it to New Orleans, 22, 23; incident at Rutledge's Mill, 22; re- turns to New Salem, 23; election clerk, 23, 24; clerk in Offutt's store, 24; wrestles with Jack Armstrong, 25; candidate for legislature, 1832, 29; address "To the Voters of Sangamon County," 29, 30; volunteers for Black Hawk War, 32; elected captain of volunteer company, 32; mustered out and reënlists as private, 32, 33; finally mustered out, 33; returns to New Salem, 33; defeated for legisla- ture, 33; enters into partnership with Berry, 35; sells out to the Trent brothers, 36; fails, but promises to pay his debts, 36; surveying instruments sold for debt, 36; "Honest old Abe," 37; appointed postmaster of New Salem, 37; made deputy surveyor, 39, 40; candidate for legislature, 1834, 41, 42; elected to legis- lature, 43; begins study of law, 44; ad- mitted to practice, 44; removes to Spring- field and forms law partnership with J. T. Stuart, 44; reëlected to legislature, 44; services in legislature, 44-48; manages removal of State capital to Springfield, 45; Lincoln-Stone protest, 47; vote for, for Speaker of Illinois House, 48; his methods in law practice, 49; notes for law lecture, 49-51; his growing influence, 52; guest of William Butler, 53; intimacy with Joshua F. Speed, 53; engaged to Anne Rutledge, 54; her death, 54; his grief, 55; courtship of Mary Owens, 55- 60; member of "Long Nine," 61, 62; de- bate with Douglas and others, 1839, 62, 63; meets and becomes engaged to Mary Todd, 63; engagement broken, 64; his deep melancholy, 64; letter to Stuart, 64;
visit to Kentucky, 64; letters to Speed, 64, 65; "Lost Townships" letters, 66; challenged by Shields, 66; prescribes terms of the duel, 67; duel prevented, 68; letter to Speed, 68; marriage to Mary Todd, November 4, 1842, 68, 69; children of, 69; partnership with Stuart dissolved, 69, 70; law partnership with S. T. Logan, 70; declines reëlection to legislature, 70; letter to Speed, 71; letter to Martin Morris, 71-73; letter to Speed, 73; presidential elector, 1844, 73; letters to B. F. James, 74; elected to Congress, 1846, 75; service and speeches in Congress, 76-90; votes for Wilmot Proviso, 79; presidential elector in 1840 and 1844, 80; favors General Tay- lor for President, 80-83; letters about Taylor's nomination, 80-82; letters to Herndon, 81-83; speeches for Taylor, 83; bill to prohibit slavery in District of Col- umbia, 86; letters recommending office- seekers, 87-89; letter to W. H. Herndon, 90, 91; letter to Speed, 91, 92; letter to Duff Green, 92; applies for commissioner- ship of General Land Office, 92; defends Butterfield against political attack, 92; re- fuses governorship of Oregon, 93; indig- nation at repeal of Missouri Compromise, 94, 95; advocates reëlection of Richard Yates to Congress, 96; speech at Illinois State Fair, 96; debate with Douglas at Peoria, 96-99; agreement with Douglas, 99; candidate for United States Senate before Illinois legislature, 1855, 99; with- draws in favor of Trumbull, 100; letter to Robertson, 100, 101; speech at Bloom- ington convention, 1856, 103; vote for, for Vice-President, 1856, 104; presidential elector, 1856, 105; speeches in campaign of 1856, 105; speech at Republican banquet in Chicago, 106, 107; speech on Dred Scott case, 110-112; nominated for senator, 118, 119; "House divided against itself" speech, 119, 120, 127, 128; Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, 121-125; defeated for United States Senate, 125; analysis of causes which led to his defeat, 126, 127; letters to H. Asbury and A. G. Henry, 127; letter to A. L. Pierce and others, 130, 131; speech in Chicago, 131, 132; letter to M. W. Delahay, 132; let- ter to Colfax, 132, 133; letter to S. Gallo- way, 133; Ohio speeches, 133, 134; criticism of John Brown raid, 134, 135; speeches in Kansas, 136, 137; Cooper Institute speech, 137-140; speeches in New England, 140; letter to T. J. Pickett, 145; candidate for presidential nomina- tion, 1860, 145; letters to N. B. Judd, 145, 146; nominated for President, 1860, 149-151; speech at Decatur convention, 153, 154; daily routine during campaign, 158, 159; letters during campaign, 159; elected President, 160; his cabinet pro- gram, 161-163; letter to Seward offering cabinet appointment, 163; offers Bates and Cameron cabinet appointments, 163; summons Chase to Springfield, 163; with-
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