Barnard, Chief Engineer, I., 363.
Barnwell, R. W., South Carolina Com-
missioner, I., 251, 252.
Barron, S., I., 359.

Bates, Edward, presides at River and
Harbor Convention, I., 90; presides
at Baltimore Convention, 145; be-
fore Chicago Convention, 218, 222,
223; tendered Cabinet position, 241;
Attorney-General, 282, 354; II., 168,
170, 315.

Baton Rouge, I., 20, 21.
Baxter, Elisha, II., 272.
Bayard, G. D., II., 97.
Beardstown, I., 30, 31, 152.
Beauregard, P. G. T., demands sur-
render of Sumter, I., 293; opens fire,
293; receives Andersou s surrender
of Sumter, 294; at Manassas Junc-
tion, 319; in command, 332; Bull
Run, 332-338, 330; II., 23, 26, 27,
53, 120, 218.

Beaver-dam Creek, II., 62.

Birney, David B., II., 155.

Bissell, William H., elected Governor
of Illinois, I., 145.
Blackburn's Ford, I., 333.
Black Hawk War, I., 30-34.
Black, Jeremiah S., Attorney-General,

I., 146; gives opinion to Buchanan,
250, 252; Secretary of State, 252;
advises defense of Sumter, 253, 254;
II., 9.

Black Troops, II,, 235-241, 243.

Blair, Francis P., II., 325-333.

Blair, F. P., Jr., I., 314; II., 233,
289, 321.

Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-Gen-
eral, 1., 282, 288; favors relief of
Sumter, 289; blames Seward, 292;
II,, 114, 233, 263; resigns, 305.
Blenker, Louis, I., 333; II., 39, 41, 70.
Blue Monday, I., 338.

Blunt, James G., II., 126, 127.
Bolivar, I., 9.

Booker, Paul I., I., 6.

Boone, Daniel, I., 4.

Booneville, I., 319,

Booth, John Wilkes, II., 358, 359, 360.
Booth, L. F., II., 244.

Botts, J. M., I., 85.

Boutwell, George S., Governor of
Massachusetts, I., 200.

Bowen, J. S., II., 187.

Bowling Green, II., 2-5, 11.
Bcwne, John, I., 4.

Boyd, Linn, I., 86.

Bradford, Major, II., 244.

Bragg, Braxton, II., 120, 121, 124,
146, 147, 148, 151, 187, 211, 213, 214,
215, 216.

Brainerd, C. H., I., 98.

Bramlette, Thomas E., II., 239.
Breckinridge, John C., nominated, I.,
144, and elected to Vice-Presidency,
145: nominated for Presidency,
227; recelyes 72 electoral votes, 235;
Senator, 244; opposes approval of
Lincoln's acts, 325-327; II., 25, 147,
336.

Breckinridge, R. J., II., 260.
Breese, Sidney, I., 157.
Brodhead, John M., II., 168.
Brooks, Phillips, II., 365,
Brooks, W. T. H., II., 167.
Brough, John, II., 177, 295.

Brown, J. E., I,, 237.

Brown, Aaron V., Postmaster-General,

I., 146.

Brown, B. Gratz, II., 278.

Brown, George W., interview with
Lincoln, I., 303.

Brown, John, raid, I., 206.

Brown, John J., client of Lincoln, I.,

56.

Browning, Orville H., I., 50, 106, 261.
Bryant, William Cullen, presides at
Cooper Institute, I., 213.
Buchanan, Franklin, I., 278, 311.
Buchanan, James, I., 125; nominated
for Presidency over Douglas, 144,
and elected, 145; selects Cabinet,
146; recommends Lecompton Consti-
tution, 156; opposes secession in
message, 244, 250; interviews with
Scuth Carolina commissioners, 252;
orders Sumter reenforced, 253;
warned by Scott of inadequate
manning of Southern forts, 254;
special message to Congress, 255;
receives Lincoln, 274; exit, 282.
Buckner, Simon B., II., 14; surrenders
Fort Donelson, 16.

Buell, Don Carlos, I., 356, 357; II.,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 16, 24, 26, 58, 120,
121, 123, 124; relieved of command,
146.

Buffalo, I., 261; speech at, 265.
Buford, John, II., 195, 216, 320.

Bull Run, I., 332-338; Second, II., 100,
101.

Bureau of Military Justice, II., 274.
Bureau of National Currency, II., 273.
Burlingame, Anson, I., 200.
Burnett, H. C., I., 329, 330.
Burnside, Ambrose E., I., 333;

II.,

17, 46, 60, 95, 98, 105, 106; Antie
tam, 108-110; succeeds McClellan,
138; Fredericksburg, 154-157; criti-
cised, 166; mud campaign, 167; at-
tempts to discipline his generals,
167; superseded by Hooker, 168;
Vallandigham case, 175-177; 213,
215, 250, 251, 252, 287.

Bush, Sally, married Daniel Johnston,
I., 16; married Thomas Lincoln, 17;
see Lincoln, Sally Bush.
Butler, Benjamin F., secedes from
Baltimore Convention, I., 227; passes
through Md., 306, 311, 312; Major-
General, 321; "contraband of war,"
346; letter to Scott, 346; from
Cameron, 347; expedition against
Hatteras, 359; II., 28, at New Or-
leans, 30; 115, 149, 171, 246, 249,

200, 252, 254, 258, 284, 285, 294, 295;
Fort Fisher, 325; 373.

Butler, William, I., 48; intervenes in
Shields controversy, 74.
Butterfield, Justin, I., 106, 108.
Cabinet, Lincoln's, I., 239-242.
Cadwallader, George, I., 326.
Calhoun, John, I., 34, 36, 50, 54, 156.
Calhoun, John C., I., 80, 86, 92, 123.
California admitted, I., 123.
Cameron and Rutledge, I., 29.
Cameron, Simon, I., 86; before Chi-
cago Convention, 218; considered
for Cabinet, 240; Secretary of War,
282; opposes relief of Sumter, 289,
205; report, 328; letter to Butler,
347; visits Fremont, 355; letters
from Scott, 366-368; suggestion as
to arming slaves disapproved by
Lincoln, 375; II., 7, 8, 263.
Campaign of 1860, 229-235.
Campbell, John A., I., 278, 287; re-
ceives telegram from Seward, 291;
II., 326-333; 352, 353.

Canby, Edward R. S., II., 21, 227,
299, 343, 353, 375.

Canisius, Theodore, I., 200.
Carnifex Ferry, I., 358.

Carr, Eugene A., II., 19.

Cartwright, Peter, quoted, I., 12; can-
didate for Congress against Lin-
coln (1846), 82.

Carrick's Ford, I., 318.

Casey, Silas, II., 44, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55.
Cass, Lewis, I., 90; nominated for

Presidency, 90, 93; Lincoln on war
record, 96, 97, 100, 103, 125; Secre-
tary of State, 146; resigns, 252.
Cedar Creek, II., 309.

movement, I., 95; opposes Kansas-
Nebraska bill, 128; arraigned by
Douglas, 129; speech at Cleve-
land, 202; candidate for Sena-
torship, 204, 206; on John Brown,
207; before Chicago Convention,
218, 220; considered for Cabi-
net, 240, 243; opposition to appoint-
ment, 275; Secretary of Treasury,
282; favors relief of Sumter, 289,
310; report to Congress, 329; au-
thorized to borrow money, 329; 331;
II., 7, 9, 81, 86, 104; tenders resig-
nation, 161; declined by Lincoln,
162; 168, 231; Pomeroy circular, 232;
letter to Lincoln, 233; replies, 233,
234: resignation accepted, 275, 276;
293, 294, 295; Chief Justice, 315, 333,
338, 364, 367, 368, 369, 371, 372, 375,
376, 378.

Chattanooga, II., 211-216.

Cheatham, B. F., I., 357; II., 123, 320.
Chestnut, S. C. Senator, I., 237.
Chicago, I., 34, 48, 110, 197; Repub-

lican National Convention, 216; plat-
form, 217; Lincoln nominated, 219;
Democratic National Convention, II.,
276.

Chicago and Galena bill, I., 38.
Chickamauga, II., 212.
Cholera of 1832, I., 34.

Christian Commission, II., 242.
Cincinnati (Democratic) Convention of
1856, I., 144.

Cincinnati, McCormick trial, I., 204;
speech at, 261, 263; II., 292, 295.
Clary's Grove, I., 28, 31.
Clay, Cassius M., I., 218; considered
for Cabinet, 241; Minister to Russia,
283; II., 7.

Clay, Clement C., II., 277, 278, 279,
298, 310.

Clay, Henry, I., 9, 79, 80, 85, 89; candi-

date in 1848, 93, 94, 97, 99, 100, 114;
Lincoln's eulogy on, 115; quoted, 117;
quoted, 175.

Clayton, John M., I., 86.
Cleburne, P. R., II., 320.
Cleveland, I., 261; speech at, 264.
Clinton, De Witt, I., 89.

Cobb, Howell, I., 86; Secretary of
Treasury, 146; resigns, 252; 283; II.,
245.

Cochrane, John, II., 267.
Coffey, II., 126.

Coffing, Churchill, I., 94.
Cold Harbor, II., 63, 253.
Coles County, I., 28, 56.

Colfax, Schuyler, letter to, I., 201;
II., 219.

Collamer, Jacob, I., 85; before Chl-
cago Convention, 218; 244; II., 160,
295, 367, 368.

Colorado, organized as Territory, I.,
258.

Columbia, District of, I., 104, 123,
300: slavery in, abolished, II., 82.
Columbus, speech at, I., 261, 263.
Columbus, Ky., 11., 2-5, 11.
Compromise of 1850, I., 123.
Confederacy, formed at Montgomery,
I., 259; provides for army, 286;
orders attack on Sumter, 293; trans-
fers capital to Richmond, 330.
Confiscation Act, I., 344, 348. 374.
Conkling, J. C., II., 202.
Conkling, Roscoe, II., 293.
Connelly, Henry, II., 21.

Constitutional Union Party, I., 228.
"Contraband of War," I, 346.

Conventions, I., 145, 227; II., 260-264.

Combs, Leslie, I., 106.

Cooper Institute speech, I., 213.
Cooper, Samuel, I., 278, 310.
Corinth, Miss., II., 23, 24, 125, 126.
Corning, Erastus, II., 175.
Corse, J. M., II., 318.

Corwin, Thomas, in Senate, I., S6;
speech on Mexican War, 86; at
River and Harbor Convention, 30;
99, 245; amendment to Crittenden
compromise agreed to, 276; Minis-
ter to Mexico, 283.

Couch, D. N., II., 44, 49, 50, 53, 65,
108, 180, 181, 182.
Covode J. J., 374.

Cox, Jacob D., I., 358; II., 106.
Cox, S. S., 158, 159, 160, 297..
Crawford, Martin J., I., 287.
Crawford, S. W., II., 97.

Crawford house, I., 25.

Crisfield, John W., II., 81.
Crittenden, George B., II., 20.
Crittenden, John J., I., 156; com-
promise, 244, 245, 246; compromise
defeated, 276; resolution, 338; II.,
6, 81.

Crittenden, T. L., II., 26, 27, 123, 124,

146, 147, 211, 212.
Crocker, II., 149.

Crook, George, II., 254.

Curtin, Andrew G., I., 222; Governor
of Pennsylvania, 232.

Curtis, Benjamin R., dissents from

Dred Scott decision, I., 150.
Curtis, George William, I., 217.
Curtis, Samuel R., II., 18, 19, 126,
170, 172, 173.

Cushing, Caleb, presides at Charleston

and Baltimore Conventions, I., 227.
Custer, George A., II., 249.
Dahlgren, John A., II., 217.
Dakota, organized as Territory, I.,
258.

Davies, T. A., I., 333.

Davis, Charles H., II., 72, 147.

Davis, David, II., 111, 113, 261, 375.
Davis, Eliza, I., 66.

Davis, Garrett, II., 269, 270.

Davis, Henry Winter, II., 271-273,
202-296, 374.

Davis, Jefferson, I., 34, 86; resigns
Senatorship to become candidate
for Governor, 123; enters Pierce's
Cabinet, 124, 126; quoted by Doug-
las, 180; offers resolutions as to
slave property, 212, 244, 245; letter
to De Leon, 256; President of Con-
federacy, 259; recommends army,
286; calls for troops, 312, 327, 330,
369; II., 150, 198, 246, 310; peace
negotiations, 325-333, 335; flight,

344.

Davis, Jefferson C., II., 19, 289, 321.
Dayton, William L., nominated for
Vice-Presidency, I., 144; defeated,
145; before Chicago Convention,
218; Minister to France, 283; in-
structions, 341.

Deerhound, The, II., 280, 281.
Delaware, against disunion, I., 259,
296; remains loyal, 298.
Democratic National Convention of
1844, I., 180; of 1856, nominates
Buchanan and Breckinridge, 144; of
1860, 226, 227; of 1864, II., 276,
282-298.

Dennison, William, Governor of Ohio,
I., 206, 208; II., 261; Postmaster-Gen-
eral, 305, 374.

Despondency of Lincoln, II., 39, 41, 57,
58, 63.

Deveus, Charles, I., 371; II., 183.
Dick, Provost Marshal, II., 174.
Dickens, Charles, II., 355, 356.
Dickerson, E. N., I., 120.
Dickinson, Daniel S., I., 86; II, 263,
295, 374.

Dickson, W. M., I., 121.

Dix, John A., Secretary of Treasury,
253, 283; Major-General, 340; II.,
310.

Dixon, Archibald, I., 127: II., 239.
Donelson, Andrew J., I., 144, 145.
Doolittle, James R., I., 245.
Doubleday, Abner, II., 195, 197.
Dougherty, John, I., 44.
Douglas, Stephen A., comes to IllI-
nois, I., 38; meets Lincoln, 38;
elected to Legislature, 44; Register
of Land Office, 44, 45, 50, 54; ap-
pointed to bench, 55, 56, 81; in Sen-
ate, 86, 121, 125, 127; reports Kan-
sas-Nebraska bill, 127; consults with
Pierce, 128; arraigns Chase, 129;
angry reception at home, 130; di-
vides time with Lincoln, at Spring-
field, 130; at Peoria, 131; Demo-
cratic defeat, 138; loses Presidential
nomination in 1856, 144; defends
Dred Scott decision, 148; in di-
lemma, 152, 156; opposes Lecomp-
ton Constitution, 157; supported by
Wilson and Greeley, 157; indorsed
by party, 157; attacks Lincoln's
speech of acceptance, 162; speaks at
Springfield and Bloomington, 166;
challenged to debate by Lincoln,
168; debate at Ottawa, 170; Free-

port, 179; Jonesboro, 183; Charles:
ton, 189; Galesburg, 189; Quincy,
191; Alton, 193; in Ohio, 204; candi-
date before Charleston Convention,
226; nominated at Baltimore, 227;
takes stump, 229; receives 12 elec-
toral votes, 235; 244, 246; favors
Crittenden compromise, 247; 277,
278, 288; supports President Lin-
coln, 296; dies, 297; II., 364, 369,
382.

Douglass, Fred, I., 172, 183.

Drake, Charles D., II., 173, 174, 383.
Dred Scott decision, I., 147; discussed
by Lincoln, 149.

Dresser, Reverend Charles, officiates
at Lincoln's wedding, I., 76.
Drummond, Thomas, I., 113, 215.
Duel, Lincoln challenged

Shields, I., 73-75, 78.

Dumont, I., 316,

Duncan, Joseph, I., 28.

to, by

Dunu, William M., votes with South

on Gott resolution, I., 104.
Dupont, S. F., 359; II., 217.
Early, Captain, I., 33.

Early, Jubal A., I., 334; II., 97, 155,
182, 286, 287, 301-303.

Eckert, Thomas T., II., 327, 328.
Edwards, Cyrus, I., 106.

Edwards, Ninian W., marries Mary

Tedd's sister, I., 61, 76.
"Egypt," I., 47, 171, 183.

Elections of 1860, I., 231, 234, 235.
Ellis, John W., responds to Lincoln's
proclamation, I., 296.
Ellsworth, E. E., killed at Alexandria,
I., 315.

Emancipation, I., 351-353, 375; II., 80-
84, 86-88, 80, 91, 93, 111-119, 162-165,
220. (See Slavery.)
Etheridge, Emerson, I., 321.
Evans, Nathan G., I., 334.
Evarts, William M., presents Seward's
name, I., 218.

Everett, Edward, nominated for Vice-
Presidency, I., 228; address at Get-
tysburg-letter to Lincoln, II., 207-

209.

Exell, R. S., I., 334; II., 59, 95, 193,
195, 196; surrenders, 345.

terior, 106, 108.

Secretary of Ip-

Ewing, W. L. D., intervenes in
Shields controversy, I., 75.
Fair Oaks, battle of, II., 53-56,
Falling Waters, I., 320.

Farragut, David G., II., 28, 29, 30, 72,
149, 294, 299-301, 343.

Fessenden, William Pitt, II., 160;
Secretary of Treasury, 276; returns
to Senate, 316, 367.

Field, David Dudley, II., 295.
Fillmore, Minard, nominated for Vice-
Presidency, I., 94, 100; Lincoln
meets him at Albany, 102; nomi-
nated for Presidency by American
party, 145.

Fishback, W. M., II., 272.
Fisher murder case, 67-69.
Florida, The, II., 256, 251.
Floyd, John B., Secretary of War,
146; resigns, 252; 358; II., 14-16.
Foote, Andrew H., 354, 357; captures
Fort Henry, II., 13-15, 21, 22.
Foote, Henry S., defeats Davis for
Governorship of Mississippi, I., 124.
Forquer, George F., 43, 44.

Forney, John W., re-elected clerk of
Senate, I., 211.

Forrest, N. B., II., 16, 120, 151, 244,
245, 320.

Forsyth, John, Confederate Commis-
sioner, I., 287.

Fort Darling, II., 51.

Fort Donelson, II., 12, 13, 14; taken
by Grant, 16.

Fort Fisher, II., 325.

Fort Henry, II., 11, 12, 13.

Fort Hindman, II., 152, 153.
Fort Jackson, I., 254; II., 28-30.
Fort McRea, I., 255.
Fort Magruder, II., 43.
Fort Morgan, II., 299, 300.
Fort Moultrie, I., 250, 255.
Fort Pickens, I., 255, 287, 288, 291.
Fort Pillow, II., 72, 243, 244, 262,
Fort Randolph, II., 72.
Fort St. Philip, I., 254; II., 29.
Fert Sumter, occupied by Anderson,
I., 251; 255, 287; attacked by Beaure-
gard, 293; evacuated, 294; II., 218.
Fort Wagner, II., 217, 218.