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:
command to Sherman, 254; raises flag
turns over
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
in, 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,
Arnold, Samuel, in conspiracy to assas-
sinate Lincoln, 534; imprisoned, 544
Atlanta, Georgia, siege of, July 22 to Sep-
tember 1, 1864, 407
Atzerodt, George, in conspiracy to assas-
sinate Lincoln, 534; assigned to murder
Andrew Johnson, 535; deposits arms in
tavern at Surrattsville, 536; execution of,
Bailey, Theodorus, rear-admiral United
States navy, in expedition against New
Orleans, 284
Bailhache, William H., prints Lincoln's
Baker, Edward D., member of Congress,
first inaugural, 168
United States senator, brevet major-gen-
eral United States Volunteers, at Spring-
field, Illinois, 52; nominated for Congress,
Ball's Bluff, Virginia, battle of, October,
73; in Mexican War, 75
Baltimore, Maryland, Massachusetts Sixth
21, 1861, 262
mobbed in, 193; occupied by General
Butler, 199: threatened by Early, 403;
Bancroft, George, Secretary of the Navy,
funeral honors to Lincoln in, 546
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-
Beauregard, G. T., Confederate general,
signs from cabinet, 491
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
commissioners, 482; last instructions to
to peace
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
time for 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 reelection
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
Browning, Orville H., United States
orders from Richmond, 481
senator, Secretary of the Interior under
President Johnson, at Springfield, Illinois,
Browning, Mrs. O. H., Lincoln's letter
52; speech in Chicago convention, 151
Bryant, William Cullen, presides over
to, 58, 59
Buchanan, Franklin, captain United
Cooper Institute meeting, 138
States navy, admiral Confederate navy,
resigns from Washington navy-yard and
Buchanan, James, fifteenth President of
joins the Confederacy, 196
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-
Buckner, Simon B., Confederate lieuten-
lution for constitutional amendment, 476
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
Burnside, Ambrose E., major-general
30, 1862, 310, 311
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: 1e-
lieved from command, 366; ordered to
reinforce Rosecrans, 388; besieged at
Butler, Benjamin F., major-general
Knoxville, 391; repulses Longstreet, 391
United States Volunteers, member of
Congress, occupies Baltimore, 199; orders
concerning slaves, 220-222; instructions
to, about slaves, 223; commands land
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