draws offer to Cameron, 163; editorial in
Springfield "Journal," 164; offers cabi-
net appointments to Gilmer, Hunt, and
Scott, 164; letters to W. S. Speer and
G. D. Prentiss, 164, 165; correspondence
with Alexander H. Stephens, 165, 166;
letter to Gilmer, 166; letter to Washburne,
166, 167; writes his inaugural, 167, 168;
journey to Washington, 168-174; fare-
well address at Springfield, 169; speeches
on journey to Washington, 169–171; con-
sultation with Judd, 173; night journey
to Washington, 173, 174; visits of cere-
mony, 179, 180; first inauguration of,
180-182; inaugural address, 180-182; calls
council to consider question of Sumter,
182, 183; signs order for relief of Sum-
ter, 184; answer to Seward's memoran-
dum of April 1, 1861, 187; instructions to
Seward, 1865, 187; notice to Governor
Pickens, 188; issues call for 75,000 volun-
teers, 192; assumes responsibility for war
measures, 195; opinion against dispersing
Maryland legislature, 198, 199; author-
izes Scott to suspend writ of habeas
corpus, 199; action in Merryman case,
200; institutes blockade, 205; calls for
three years' volunteers, 206; appoints
Charles Francis Adams minister to Eng-
land, 211; modifies Seward's despatch of
May 21, 212; his immense duties, 212,
213; calls council of war, 215; message
to Congress, July 4, 1861, 218-220; post-
pones decision about slaves, 222, 223;
receives news of defeat at Bull Run, 229;
letter to Hunter, 235; letter to Frémont,
237,238; letter to Browning, 238-240; sends
Cameron to visit Frémont, 242; letter to
General Curtis about Frémont, 242, 243;
draft of despatch about Trent affair, 247,
248; welcomes McClellan to Washington,
250; orders retirement of General Scott,
253: memorandum to McClellan, 253;
his grasp of military problems, 255, 256;
memorandum after battle of Bull Run,
256; interest in East Tennessee, 256,
257; personally urges on Congress the
construction of railroad in East Tennessee,
257,258; letterto Buell, 258, 259; telegrams
and letters to Buell and Halleck, 262-264,
268, 269; places Halleck in command of
Department of the Mississippi, 271; calls
councils of war, 288, 289; General War Or-
der No. 1, 290; Special War Order No. 1,
291; letter to McClellan about plan of
campaign, 291; interview with Stanton,
293, 294; interview with McClellan, 295;
President's General War Orders No. 2
and No. 3, 295; receives news of fight
between Monitor and Merrimac, 296;
relieves McClellan from command of all
troops except Army of the Potomac, 298;
orders McDowell to protect Washington,
299; letter to McClellan, 299, 300; letter
to McClellan, 303, 304; visit to General
Scott, 306; assigns General Pope to com-
mand of Army of Virginia, 306; orders
Burnside and Halleck to reinforce Mc-

569

Clellan, 307; letter to governors of free
States, 307, 308; accepts 300,000 new
troops, 308; letters to McClellan, 308;
visit to Harrison's Landing, 308; appoints
Halleck general-in-chief, 309; his dis-
passionate calmness in considering Mc-
Clellan's conduct, 311; asks McClellan
to use his influence with Pope's officers,
313; places McClellan in command of
defenses of Washington, 313; orders re-
inforcements to McClellan, 316; tele-
gram to McClellan, 316; visit to Antietam,
316, 317; directions and letter to Mc-

Clellan, 317-319; removes him from
command, 319; letter to Bancroft, 321;
reference to slavery in message to Con-
gress, December 3, 1861, 321, 322; offers
Delaware compensated abolishment, 322,
323; special message of March 6, 1862,
proposing joint resolution favoring grad-
ual abolishment, 323, 324; letter to Mc-
Dougall, 324; interview with delegations
from border slave States, 324, 325; signs
bill for compensated emancipation in Dis-
trict of Columbia, 326; letter to Chase
about Hunter's order of emancipation,
327; proclamation revoking Hunter's
order, 327, 328; second interview with
border State delegations in Congress, 329-
331; conversation with Carpenter about
emancipation, 331, 332; reads draft of
first emancipation proclamation to cabinet,
331, 332; tells Seward and Welles of his
purpose to issue emancipation proclama-
tion, 332; letter to Reverdy Johnson,
334 letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, 334, 335;
letter to Horace Greeley, 335-337; inter-
view with Chicago clergymen, 337-339;
issues preliminary emancipation proclama-
tion, 339-341; annual message of De-
cember 1, 1862, 341, 342; issues final
emancipation proclamation, January 1,
1863, 342-346; letter to A. G. Hodges,
346, 347; letters about arming negroes,
350; speech about Fort Pillow massacre,
351, 352; interview with Frederick Doug-
lass, 352; letter to Governor Seymour,
356; action in case of Vallandigham, 358,
359; suspends privilege of writ of habeas
corpus, 360; attitude toward Knights
of the Golden Circle, 361; appoints Burn-
side to command Army of the Potomac,
363; telegram to Burnside, and letter to
Halleck about Burnside, 365; letter to
Burnside, 366; relieves Burnside and ap-
points Hooker to succeed him, 366; letter
to Hooker, 366-368; criticism on Hooker's
plan of campaign, 368; continued belief
in Hooker, 370; instructions to Hooker,
370, 371; telegrams to Hooker, 371; ap-
points Meade to command Army of the
Potomac, 372; urges Meade to active pur-
suit of Lee, 375; letter to Meade, 375,
376; Gettysburg address, 376, 377; letter
to Grant, 384, 385; orders Rosecrans to
advance, 385, 386; note to Halleck, 388;
telegram to Rosecrans, 388; orders re-
inforcements to Rosecrans, 388; signs

bill making Grant lieutenant-general,
393; address on presenting his commis-
sion, 393, 394; letter to Grant, 396; under
fire, 403; letter to Sherman, 412, 413;
appoints military governors for Ten-
nessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, and North
Carolina, 419; his theory of "reconstruc-
tion," 419; message to Congress, July 4,
1861, 419; letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, 420,
421; circular letter to military governors,
421, 422; letter to Governor Shepley, 422;
letter to General Banks, 423; references
to reconstruction in message to Congress,
December 8, 1863, 424; amnesty procla-
mation, December 8, 1863, 424; letter to
General Banks, 424, 425; letters to Gen-
eral Steele, 427, 428; letters to Johnson,
428, 429; letter to Drake and others,
430-432; revokes Frémont's proclama-
tion freeing slaves, 432; letter to General
Schofield, 433; directs Stanton to issue
order regulating raising of colored troops,
434, 435; letter to H. W. Hoffman, 435,
436; Democrats and Frémont Republicans
criticize his action on slavery, 437, 438;
relations with his cabinet, 438, 439; atti-
tude toward Chase, 439-441, 444; letter
to Chase, 441; letter to F. A. Conkling
and others, 443; sentiment in favor of his
reëlection, 443, 444; letter to Washburne
about second term, 444; letters to Gen-
eral Schurz, 444, 445; instructions to office-
holders, 445; speeches during campaign,
445; renominated for President, 447, 448;
refuses to intimate his preference for Vice-
President, 448, 449; indorsement on
Nicolay's letter, 448, 449; reply to com-
mittee of notification, 450; letter accept-
ing nomination, 450, 451; his attitude
toward the French in Mexico, 451, 452;
opposition to, in Congress, 454;
Davis's reconstruction bill, 454-456;
proclamation of July 8, 1864, 456; ac-
cepts Chase's resignation, 457; nominates
David Tod to succeed him, 457; substi-
tutes name of W. P. Fessenden, 457,
458; correspondence with Greeley, 458-
460; criticized because of Niagara con-
ference, 460, 461; draft of letter to C. D.
Robinson, 461; indorsement on Jaquess's
application to go South, 462; answer to
Raymond's proposition, 463; interview
with John T. Mills, 464, 465; memoran-
dum, August 23, 1864, 466; speech on
morning after election, 469, 470; popular
and electoral votes for, 470; summing up
of results of the election, 470; suggests
key-note of Morgan's opening speech be-
fore Baltimore convention, 471; message
to Congress, December 6, 1864, 471, 472,
476-478; answer to serenade, 474, 475;
opinion on ratification of Thirteenth
Amendment, 475; two constitutional
amendments offered to the people during
his administration, 476; gives Blair per-
mission to go South, 478; letter to Blair
in reply to Jefferson Davis, 481; sends
Major Eckert to meet peace commission-

on

ers, 482; instructions to Seward, 483;
instructions to Grant, 483; goes to Fortress
Monroe, 484; conference with peace
commissioners, 484, 485; pressure upon
him to dismiss Montgomery Blair, 487,
489; personal regard for the Blairs, 488;
letter to Stanton, 488; lecture to cabinet,
489; requests resignation of Blair, 489;
nominates Chase for chief justice, 490, 491;
opinion of Chase, 490, 491; offers attor-
ney-generalship to Holt and Speed, 491;
offers cabinet appointment to Governor
Morgan, 492; appoints Hugh McCulloch
Secretary of the Treasury, 492; indorse-
ments on Usher's resignation, 492; his plans
for the future, 492, 493; submits to cabi-
net draft of joint resolution offering the
South $400,000,000, 493; his second in-
auguration, 493-496; the second inaugu-
ral, 494-496; letter to Weed, 497: his
literary rank, 497; last public address,
498; despatch to Grant, March 3, 1865,
503, 504; at City Point, 506; telegraphs
Grant, "Let the thing be pressed," 511;
visit to Richmond, 517, 518; interviews
with John A. Campbell, 519; gives per-
mission for meeting of Virginia legislature,
519; regret of army for, 529; return to
Washington, 530; last cabinet meeting,
531, 532; 14th of April, 532, 533,
536-540; danger from assassination, 533,
534; interest in the theater, 536; attends
Ford's Theater, 536, 537; death of, 538-
540; his death prevents organized re-
joicing at downfall of rebellion, 544;
mourning for, 544-548; feeling of radi-
cals at death of, 545; funeral ceremonies
of, in Washington, 545, 546; funeral
journey to Springfield, Illinois, 546, 547;
burial at Springfield, 547, 548; his char-
acter and career, 549-555; his place in
history, 555

Lincoln, Abraham, grandfather of the
President, emigrates from Virginia to Ken-
tucky, 3, 4; killed by Indians, 4
Lincoln, Edward Baker, son of Presi-
dent Lincoln, birth of, 69; death of, 69
Lincoln, Isaac, settles on Holston River, 5
Lincoln, Josiah, uncle of the President,
goes to fort for assistance against In-
dians, 4

Lincoln, Mary, aunt of the President, 4
Lincoln, Mary Todd, wife of the Presi-
dent, engagement to Lincoln, 63, 64;
writes "Lost Townships" letters, 66;
marriage to Lincoln, November 4, 1842, 68,
69; children of, 69; death of, 69; accom-
panies Mr. Lincoln to Washington,
168; drive with her husband, April, 14,
1865, 532; invites friends to attend Ford's
Theater, 536; attends theater with her
husband, 538; at Lincoln's death-bed, 539
Lincoln, Mordecai, uncle of the Presi

dent, defends homestead against Indians,
4; inherits his father's lands, 4
Lincoln, Nancy, aunt of the President, 4
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, mother of the

President, marries Thomas Lincoln, June

12, 1866, 5; teaches her husband to sign
his name, 5; birth of daughter, 5; birth
of Abraham, son of, 6; death of, 9
Lincoln, Robert Todd, son of the Presi-
dent, Secretary of War, minister to Eng-
land, birth of, 69; public services, 69;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington,
168; on Grant's staff, 517; with his fa-
ther, April 14, 1865, 532; at Lincoln's
death-bed, 540

Lincoln, Samuel, ancestor of the Presi-
dent, emigrates to America, 3
Lincoln, Sarah, sister of the President,
born, 5; goes to school, 6
Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnston. See
Johnston, Sarah Bush

Lincoln, Thomas, father of the President,

3; narrowly escapes capture by Indians,
4; learns carpenter's trade, 5; marries
Nancy Hanks, June 12, 1806, 5; daugh-
ter of, born, 5; removes to Rock Spring
Farm, 5, 6; Abraham, son of, born, 6; buys
farm on Knob Creek, 6; emigrates to
Indiana, 7, 8; death of his wife, 9; mar-
ries Sally Bush Johnston, 10; emigrates
to Illinois, 20

Lincoln, Thomas, son of President Lin-
coln, birth of, 69; death of, 69; accom-
panies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168
Lincoln, William Wallace, son of Presi-
dent Lincoln, birth of, 69; death of, 69,
293; accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Wash-
ington, 168

Lloyd, John M., keeps tavern at Sur-
rattsville, Maryland, 536
Logan, Stephen T., at Springfield, Illi-
nois, 52; law partnership with Lincoln,
70; defeated for Congress, 91
"Long Nine," a power in Illinois legisla-

ture, 61

Longstreet, James, Confederate lieu-
tenant-general, besieges Burnside at Knox-
ville, 391; retreats toward Virginia, 391;
reports conversation with Ord, 503; in
final defense of Richmond, 509
Louisiana, State of, military governor ap-
pointed for, 419; election for members of
Congress, 422; contest over slavery clause
in new constitution, 422, 423; election of
State officers in, 425, 426; adopts new
constitution abolishing slavery, 426; sla-
very in, throttled by public opinion, 473;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475
Lovejoy, Elijah P., murder of, 46
Lovell, Mansfield, Confederate major-

general, evacuates New Orleans, 285;
sends men and guns to Vicksburg, 286
Lyon, Nathaniel, brigadier-general
United States Volunteers, service in Mis-
souri, 202-204; killed at Wilson's Creek,
234, 235
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell,
baron, afterward earl, British minister at
Washington, instructed to demand apol-
ogy for Trent affair, 246

McClellan, George B., major-general,
general-in-chief, United States army,

571

orders concerning slaves, 221; commis-
sioned by Governor Dennison, 224; his
previous career, 224; quick promotion of,
224; successes in western Virginia, 224,
225; ordered to Washington, 229; his
ambition, 249-251; organizes Army of the
Potomac, 250, 251; his hallucinations,
251, 252; quarrel with General Scott, 251,
252; expresses contempt for the Presi-
dent, 252; answer to President's inquiry,
253; illness of, 253; instructions to Buell,
258-260; unwilling to promote Halleck,
270; attends council of war, 289; ex-
plains plan of campaign to Stanton, 290;
letter to Stanton, 292; revokes Hooker's
authority to cross lower Potomac, 294;
council of his officers votes in favor of
water route, 295; at gathering of officials
to discuss news of fight between Monitor
and Merrimac, 296; occupies abandoned
rebel position, 297; calls council of corps
commanders, 298; relieved from command
of all troops save Army of the Potomac,
298; arrives at Fortress Monroe, 299;
siege of Yorktown, 301; his incapacity
and hallucination, 302-304; retreat to
James River, 302; letter to Stanton, 303;
protests against withdrawal of Army of
the Potomac, 309; reaches Alexandria,
311; suggests leaving Pope to his fate,
311; telegram to Pope's officers, 313; in
command of defenses of Washington, 313;
follows Lee into Maryland, 314; learns
Lee's plans, 315; battle of Antietam, 315;
forces under his command, 317, 318; re-
moved from command, 319; mentioned,
328, 329; adopted by Democrats for presi-
dential candidate, 355, 438; nominated
for President, 467; letter of acceptance,
468; electoral votes for, 470; resigns from
the army, 470

McClernand, John A., member of Con-
gress, major-general United States Vol-
unteers, at Springfield, Illinois, 52
McCulloch, Ben, Confederate brigadier-
general, defeat at Pea Ridge, 271
McCulloch, Hugh, Secretary of the
Treasury, enters Lincoln's cabinet, 492
McDougall, James A., member of Con-
gress, United Stades senator, at Spring-
field, Illinois, 52

McDowell, Irvin, brevet major-general
United States army, fears junction of
Johnston and Beauregard, 216; advances
against Beauregard, 226; battle of Bull
Run, July 21, 1861, 226-229; advises
movement on Manassas, 289; ordered by
Lincoln to protect Washington, 299, 305;
ordered to form junction with Shields and
Frémont, 306; in Army of Virginia, 310
McLean, John, justice United States
Supreme Court, vote for, in Chicago con-

Marshall, Charles, Confederate colonel,
present at Lee's surrender, 513
Maryland, State of, secession feeling in,
193; arrest and dispersion of its legisla-
ture, 199; refuses offer of compensated
abolishment, 434; emancipation party in,
434; abolishes slavery, 435, 436; slavery
in, throttled by public opinion, 473; rati-
fies Thirteenth Amendment, 474
Mason, James M., United States senator,
Confederate commissioner to Europe, in-
terview with John Brown, 134; goes to
Baltimore, 197; capture of, 246-249
Matthews, J., burns Booth's letter, 537
Maximilian (Ferdinand Maximilian
Joseph), Archduke of Austria and Em-
of Mexico, established by Napo-
peror
leon III in Mexico, 451
Maynard, Horace, member of Congress,
minister to Turkey, telegram about East
Tennessee, 259; elected to Congress,

419

Meade, George G., major-general United
States army, succeeds Hooker in com-
mand of Army of the Potomac, 372;
battle of Gettysburg, 372-374; pur-
suit of Lee, 375, 377; offers to give up
command of Army of the Potomac, 394;
continued in command, 395; reports sur-
render of Richmond, 510; ordered to pur-
sue Lee, 510; pursuit of Lee, 511; or-
dered to disregard Sherman's truce, 523
Meigs, Montgomery C., brevet major-
general and quartermaster-general United
States army, at gathering of officials to
discuss news of battle between Monitor
and Merrimac, 296

Memphis, Tennessee, river battle at, 286
Merrimac, the, Confederate ironclad, bat-
tle with Monitor, 278-282
Merryman, John, arrest of, 199
Minnesota, the, Union steam frigate, in
fight between Monitor and Merrimac,
280

Missouri, State of, admitted as State, 1821,
19; action concerning secession, 201-204;
provisional State government established,
418; struggle over slavery, 430-434;
adopts ordinance of emancipation, 434;
resolution in Assembly favoring Lincoln's
renomination, 444; votes for Grant in
Baltimore convention, 447; slavery in,
throttled by public opinion, 473

Missouri Compromise, repeal of, 94, 95,
Mobile Bay, Alabama, battle of, August
5, 1864, 468, 525

Monitor, the, Union ironclad, battle with
Merrimac, 279-282

Montgomery, Alabama, capital of Con-
federacy removed from, to Richmond,
207

Moore, Thomas O., governor of Louisi-
ana, arms free colored men, 348, 349
Morgan, Edwin D., governor of New
York, United States senator, opens Re-
publican national convention, 1864, 446;
declines cabinet appointment, 492
Morris, Achilles, elected to Illinois legis-
ture in 1832, 34

Morrison, James L. D., desires commis-
sionership of General Land Office, 92
Mudd, Samuel, assists Booth and Herold,
542; imprisoned, 544
Mulligan, James A., brevet brigadier-
general United States Volunteers, cap-
tured by Price, 241
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, battle of, De-
cember 31, 1862, to January 3, 1863, 380

Napoleon III, colonial ambitions of, 211;
establishes Maximilian in Mexico, 451
Nashville, Tennessee, battle of, Decem-
cember 15, 16, 1864, 410

Neale, T. M., commands troops in Black
Hawk War, 31, 32; defeated for Illinois
legislature, 1832, 34

Negro soldiers, experiments with, early
in the war, 348; governor of Louisiana
arms free blacks, 348, 349; reference to,
in emancipation proclamation, 349, 350;
Lincoln's interest in, 350; attitude of Con-
federates toward, 350, 351; massacre of,
at Fort Pillow, 351; President's conver-
sation with Frederick Douglass about re-
taliation, 352; Stanton's order regulating
raising of, 435: Republican national
platform claims protection of laws of war
for, 446; take part in second inauguration
of Lincoln, 493, 494; Jefferson Davis's
recommendation concerning slaves in
rebel army, 501; assist in restoring order
in Richmond, 517; in Lincoln's funeral
procession, 546. See Slavery and
Emancipation

Nelson, William, lieutenant-commander
United States navy, major-general United
States Volunteers, occupies Nashville, 270
New Orleans, Louisiana, capture of, 283-
285; Confederate negro regiment in, 348,
349; Union sentiment in, 420
New Salem, Illinois, town of, 22-26
New York City, draft riots in, 356, 357;
funeral honors to Lincoln in, 546, 547
Nicolay, John G., Lincoln's private sec-
retary, 158; accompanies Mr. Lincoln to
Washington, 168; in attendance at Balti-
more convention, 448, 449; letter to Hay,
448
North Carolina, State of, joins Confed-
eracy, 200, 204; military governor ap-
pointed for, 419

Offutt, Denton, engages Lincoln to take
flatboat to New Orleans, 21; disappears
from New Salem, 35
O'Laughlin, Michael, in conspiracy to
assassinate Lincoln, 534; imprisoned, 544
Ord, Edward O. C., brevet major-gen-
eral United States army, conversation
with Longstreet, 503

Owens, Mary S., Lincoln's attentions to,
correspondence with and proposal of
marriage to, 55-60

Palfrey, F. W., Confederate brigadier-
general, statement about strength of Army
of the Potomac, 315

Parke, John G., brevet major-general
United States army, in recapture of Fort
Stedman, 505, 506; in assault at Peters-
burg, 509

Patterson, Robert, major-general Penn-
sylvania militia, turns troops toward
Harper's Ferry, 209; part in campaign
against Manassas, 216; orders concern-
ing slaves, 220, 221; failure at Harper's
Ferry, 228

Paulding, Hiram, rear-admiral United
States navy, burns Norfolk navy-yard,
278

Pea Ridge, Arkansas, battle of, 271
Pemberton, John C., Confederate lieu-
tenant-general, surrenders Vicksburg, 383
Pendleton, George H., member of Con-
gress, minister to Prussia, nominated for
Vice-President, 467

Pendleton, William N., Confederate
brigadier-general, advises Lee to sur-
render, 512

Perryville, Kentucky, battle of, October
8, 1862, 379

Peter, Z., defeated for Illinois legislature,
1832, 34

Petersburg, Virginia, operations against,
400-402, 507-510; evacuation of, April 2,
1865, 510

Phelps, John S., member of Congress,
appointed military governor of Arkansas,

420

Phelps, J. W., brigadier-general United
States Volunteers, mentioned in letter of
Lincoln, 334; declared an outlaw by
Confederate War Department, 350
Philippi, West Virginia, battle of, June 3,
1861, 214, 225

Phillips, Wendell, letter to Cleveland
convention, 442

Pickens, Francis W., member of Con-
gress, minister to Russia, governor of
South Carolina, fires on Star of the West,
178
Pickett, George E., Confederate major-
general, in battle of Five Forks, 507, 508
Pierce, Franklin, fourteenth President of
the United States, recognizes bogus laws
in Kansas, 113; appoints governors for
Kansas, 113, 114

Pillow, Gideon J., Confederate major-
general, stationed at Columbus, 254; es-
capes from Fort Donelson, 268

573

Pinkerton, Allen, detective work of, 173
Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, battle
of, April 6, 7, 1862, 272-274
Polk, James K., eleventh President of
the United States, sends treaty of peace
with Mexico to Senate, 79

Pomeroy, Samuel C., United States
senator, secret circular of, 440
Pope, John, brevet major-general United
States army, sent to New Madrid, 270;
capture of Island No. 10, 274; proceeds
to Fort Pillow, 274; joins Halleck, 274;
assigned to command Army of Virginia,
306; assumes command of Army of Vir-
ginia, 310; second battle of Bull Run,
310, 311; despatch announcing his defeat,
312; relieved from command of Army of
the Potomac, 314

Porter, David D, admiral United States
navy, commands mortar flotilla in expe-
dition with Farragut, 282-287; in second
expedition to Vicksburg, 287; in opera-
tions about Vicksburg, 382, 383; visits
Richmond with Lincoln, 517, 518
Porterfield, G. A., Confederate colonel,
routed at Philippi, 225

Port Hudson, Louisiana, siege and sur-
render of, 383, 384

Port Royal, South Carolina, expedition
against, 245, 246

Powell, Lewis, alias Lewis Payne, in
conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
assigned to murder Seward, 535; attack
upon Seward, 540, 541; escape and cap-
ture of, 541, 542; execution of, 544
Price, Sterling, Confederate major-gen-
eral, retreat to Springfield, Missouri, 234;
captures Mulligan, 241; retreats toward
Arkansas, 269; defeat at Pea Ridge, 271
Pritchard, Benjamin D., brevet briga-
dier-general United States Volunteers,
captures Jefferson Davis, 526

Quinton, R., defeated for Illinois legisla-
ture, 1832, 34

Rathbone, Henry R., brevet colonel
United States army, attends Ford's The-
ater with Mrs. Lincoln and Miss Harris,
536; wounded by Booth, 538, 539
Raymond, Henry J., member of Con-
gress, letter to Lincoln, 462, 463; visits
Washington, 463

Reconstruction, in West Virginia and
Missouri, 418, 419; Lincoln's theory of,
419; in Louisiana, 420-426; in Arkansas,
426, 427; in Tennessee, 428, 429; oppo-
sition in Congress to Lincoln's action
concerning, 454; Henry Winter Davis's
bill prescribing method of, 454; Lincoln's
proclamation of, July 8, 1864, 456; Wade-
Davis manifesto, 456, 457
Republican Party, formation of, 102, 103;
nominates Frémont and Dayton, 1856,
103, 104; national convention of, 1860,
144-151; candidates in 1860, 152; cam-
paign of, 1860, 153-160; Frémont faction
denounces Lincoln's attitude on slavery,