Abbott, Joseph C., Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S.
Vols. in second Fort Fisher expedition,
X, 65.

Abercrombie, John J., Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S.
A.: persuades Patterson not to attack,
IV, 346.

U. S. Vols.: regiment of, enters Richmond,
X, 210.

Adams, Henry A., Capt. U. S. N.: ordered not
to land Vogdes's company, III, 168; re-
fuses to land Vogdes's company, IV, 7;
dispatch to Secretary of Navy, 7, 8; lands
reënforcements, 12, 13.

Adams, Charles Francis, M. C., U. S. Min.
to England: Freesoil nominee for Vice-
President, I, 277; member of House Com-
mittee of Thirty-three, II, 417; resolution
in that committee, III, 216; sails for
Europe, IV, 268; first interview with
Lord John Russell, 276; warns Lord
Russell against receiving Southern com-
missioners, 277; answers about the block-
ade, V, 1; complains of governor of Nas-
sau for refusing coal to U. 8. vessels,
VI, 50; notifies British government of the
building of the Oreto, 51, 52; interview
with Lord Russell about the Oreto, 52;
notifies Lord Russell of the building of
the 290 or Alabama, 53; directs Craven to
intercept the Alabama, 53; sends Lord
Russell legal opinion about the Alabama,
54; notifies Lord Russell of further Con-
federate naval enterprises in Great Brit-
ain, 57; dispatch to Seward on disposition
of British government, 57; correspon-
dence with Lord Russell on proposed
changes in the Foreign Enlistment Act,
58; presents evidence to Lord Russell of
proposed violation of British neutrality,
58; interview with Lord Russell, March 26,
1863, 59; correspondence with Lord Russell
about Confederate rams, VIII, 258, 259.

Washington, III, 62; interview with Pres.
Buchanan, 70.

Adams, John, Conf. Brig. Gen.: killed at
Franklin, X, 20.

Adams, John Quincy, sixth Pres. U. S.: ad-
dress against Texas annexation, I, 230; dis-
patchembodying the Monroedoctrine, VII,
405; message about Monroe doctrine, 406.
Adrain, Garnett B., M. C.: plan of compro-
mise, II, 422.

Agnew, Daniel, Chief Justice Sup. Ct. of
Pa.: defeats and succeeds Chief Justice
Lowrie, VII, 13, 376.

Aiken, William, M. C. : votes for, for Speaker
of House of Representatives, I, 364.
Alabama, State of, secession movement in,
III, 185; joint resolutions authorizing con-
vention, 185; military appropriation in,
185; proclamation of Gov. Moore, 185;
election of delegates, 185; meeting and
resolutions of convention, 186; seizure of
Mount Vernon arsenal, and of Forts Mor-
gan and Gaines, 186; ordinance of seces-
sion passed Jan. 11, 1861, 188; Provisional
Congress of seceding States, 196-212; battle
of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864, IX, 230-239;
siege of Mobile, 239-242; surrender of
Mobile, April 11, 1865, 242; ratifies Thir-
teenth Amendment, X, 89; capture of
Selma, April 2, 1865, 240.

Alabama, The (or 290), Conf. cruiser:
built in Liverpool under builder's num-
ber 290, VI, 53; sails from Liverpool, 54;
receives armament and crew at Western
Islands, 55; commanded by Capt. Raphael
Semmes, 55; declared in commission as a
Confederate cruiser, 55; procedure of, 55;
sinks the Hatteras, 56; correspondence
about, VIII, 254, 255; enters harbor of
Cherbourg, France, IX, 142; blockaded by
the Kearsarge, 144; sunk by the Kearsarge,
146-149.

Albemarle, The, Conf. ironclad: building
of, X, 38, 39; sinks the Southfield, 39-41;
battle with the Union fleet, 41-43; sunk by
Cushing, 49.

Albert, Prince Consort: draft of note to
Lord Russell, V, 28.

Alden, James, Rear Adm. U. S. N.: mis-
sion to Gosport navy yard, IV, 145, 146;
commands the Richmond in Farragut's
fleet, V, 261; commands the Brooklyn in
battle of Mobile Bay, IX, 232, 233.
Alexander, E. P., Conf. Col.: in battle of
Gettysburg, VII, 262; opinion about
Gettysburg, 271.

Alexandra, The, case of, VIII, 256, 257.
Allen, William F., member of commission
on New York enrollment, VII, 41.
Allison, William B., M. C., U. S. Sen. : votes
for re-passage of National Bank Act, VI,
245.

Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno, Mex. Gen. and
diplomatist: notification to the United
States concerning Texas, I, 241; expulsion
demanded by Juarez, VI, 45; represen-
tations to the French, 46; member of Mexi-
can Provisional Government, VII, 398.
Alston, W., Conf. Lieut.: proposition to
Jefferson Davis, X, 287.

Altoona, Pa., meeting of governors at, Sept.
24, 1862, VI, 164-166.

Alvarez, Juan, Mex. Gen. : commands Mexi-
can reserves in Guerrero, VII, 396.
American Baptist Missionary Union, reso-
lutions supporting emancipation, VI, 316.
American Board of Foreign Missions, reso-
lutions supporting the war and emanci-
pation, VI, 317.

American Knights, Order of, VIII, 2-27.
American, or Know-Nothing, Party, influ-
ence on elections in 1854, I, 358; nomi-
nates Fillmore for President in 1856, II,
24; action in Illinois in 1856, 24, 25.
Ames, Adelbert, Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. 8. A.: at
battle of Bermuda Hundred, VIII, 398; in

siege of Richmond, IX, 431; in second
Fort Fisher expedition, X, 65; in assault
on Fort Fisher, 66; in advance on Wil-
mington, 69.

Ames, Edward R., D.D., Bish. M. E. Church:
appointed commissioner to visit Union

prisoners of war, VII, 449.

Ammen, Daniel, Rear Adm. U. S. N.: com-
mands U. S. monitor Patapsco in attack
on Charleston, VII, 67.

Ammen, Jacob, Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols.: bri-
gade deployed under fire at Pittsburg
Landing, V, 323.

Ampudia, Pedro de, Mex. Gen.: opposed to
Gen. Taylor, I, 249.

Anderson, C. D., Conf. Brig. Gen.: sur-
renders Fort Gaines, IX, 238.
Anderson, Hiram, Jr., Col. U. S. Vols.: killed
at Cold Harbor. VIII, 405.
Anderson, J. R., Conf. Brig. Gen.: present
at interview of Lincoln and Campbell, X,

220-222.

Anderson, Larz, recommends McClellan for
command at Cincinnati, IV, 282.
Anderson, Mrs. Robert, valuable manu-
scripts from, II, 347; loyalty of, 347.
Anderson, Richard H., Conf. Lieut. Gen. : in
battle of Chancellorsville, VII, 101; in
march on Spotsylvania, VIII, 368; in battle
of Spotsylvania, 375, 381; in battle of Cold
Harbor, 391; in Shenandoah campaign,
IX, 293-295, 297; starts for Lee's army, 298;
in siege of Richmond, 432; in retreat to
Appomattox, X, 188.

Anderson, Robert, Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. 8. A. :
signs Lincoln's discharge in Black Hawk
war, I, 96; ordered to command Charles-
ton forts, II, 346, 348; antecedents of,
346, 347; interview with Gen. Scott, 347; in-
terview with Floyd, 348; assumes com-
mand of Charleston Harbor, 349; asks re-
enforcements,351-354; visit to the mayor of
Charleston, 356, 357; Floyd's instructions
to, by Buell, 387, 388; suggests to Foster to
arm his workmen, 442; instructions from
Secretary of War, III, 36, 40; description
of Fort Moultrie, 37; letter reporting
guardboat, 44; asks for instructions, 45;
resolves to abandon Fort Moultrie, 46;
letter to his wife, 46; preparations to
occupy Fort Sumter, 47; transfers his
command to Sumter, 52; reports his
movement to Washington, 54; refuses
Gov. Pickens's demand that he return
to Moultrie, 57; reply to Floyd's in-
quiry, 65; calls council of war to con-

sider the firing on the Star of the West, 105; letter demanding explanations and threatening to close the harbor, 106; letter deciding to refer the question to Washington, 108; letter refusing to surrender Fort Sumter to Gov. Pickens, and proposing to report the matter to Washington, 112, 113; reports beginning of Morris Island battery, 123; opinion on reënforcing Fort Sumter, 377; comment on Fox's suggestion, 390; reported declarations of, IV, 20; reply to Beauregard's conditions, 21, 22; letters about evacuation, 24, 25; letter about his instructions, 26, 27; reply to instructions, 40, 41; refuses to evacuate Fort Sumter, 46; proposition about evacuation, 47; agreement with Wigfall, 60; capitulation of, 60; evacuates Fort Sumter, 61; sails for New York, 61; commissioned to organize Kentucky troops, 235; letter to Lincoln, 236, 237; invited by Kentucky legislature to command, V, 46; moves headquarters to Louisville, 49; relieved from command in Kentucky, 52; raises U. S. flag over Fort Sumter, April 14, 1865, X, 278–280. Anderson, Thomas L., M. C.: plan of compromise, II, 424.

Anderson, W. G., letter to Lincoln demanding explanations, I, 211. Andersonville prison, situation of, VII, 465, 466; Col. Chandler's report on, 465, 466. Andrew, John A., Gov. of Mass.: request to Baltimore authorities, IV, 119; dispatch to Cameron, 120; appoints B. F. Butler brigadier general, 133; correspondence with Butler about slave insurrection, 385, 386; obtains authority to raise colored troops, VI, 462; regiments organized by, 463. Andrews, George L., Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols. interrogates Col. J. L. Logan about negro prisoners of war, VII, 454, 455.

Arista, Mariano, Mex. Gen.: attacks Gen. Taylor, I, 242; defeated by Taylor at Palo Alto, 261.

Arkansas, State of, admitted as a State, I, 324; response to Lincoln's proclamation, IV,90, 249; course of secession movement in, 248, 249; convention called, 248; arsenal at Little Rock seized, 249; conditional secession ordinance voted down by the convention, 249; the governor's revolutionary acts, 249; secession ordinance passed, May 6, 1861, 249; Battle of Pea Ridge, March 6-8, 1862, V, 291, 292; John S. Phelps appointed military governor, VI, 346; Lincoln's letter to Steele and Phelps, Nov. 18, 1862, about reconstruction, 350; condition of, described by Hindman, 372; Hindman sent to command rebel troops in, 373; Maj. Gen. T. H. Holmes assigned to command rebel troops in, 380; battle of Prairie Grove, Déc. 7, 1862, 383; capture of Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863, VII, 140; Gen. Steele occupies Little Rock, VIII, 411; Union regiments formed in, 412; Union organization in, 412; State convention at Little Rock, Jan. 8, 1864, 414; Constitution amended, to abolish slavery, 415; provisional State government inaugurated, 415; Isaac Murphy appointed governor, 415; election ordered by Gen. Steele, 415, 417; vote on the Constitution, 416, 417; Murphy elected governor, 417; State government inaugurated, 417; legislature organized, 417; Fishback and Baxter elected to U. S. Senate, 418; election for Congress, 418; ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, X, 89.

Arkansas, The, Conf. ram: set on fire, VII,

122.

Arkansas Post, Ark., capture of, Jan. 11, 1863, VII, 140.

Appomattox, Va., Lee's surrender at, April 9, 1865, X, 195–197.

Archer, James J., Conf. Brig. Gen.: in battle of Gettysburg, VII, 240. Arguelles, José Augustin, Lieut. Gov. of Colon, Cuba: business of, in New York, IX, 45; charged with selling recaptured Africans in Cuba, 45; extradition of, asked by Spain, 46; arrest and delivery of 46; Senate resolution demanding information concerning, 46; Seward's answer concerning, 46, 47. Argyll, Duke of, alleged views on the Alabama, VI, 54.

ceives assurances from Napoleon the Third, VIII, 271; agreement with Bullock about Confederate ships, 279; sells Confederate ships, 279; interview with Napoleon, 279.

Armies of the United States, strength of,

reported, April 5, 1861, IV, 65; numbers of, spring of 1862, VII, 2; call for 300,000 volunteers, July 2, 1862, 3; call for 300,000 ninemonths militia, Aug. 4, 1862, 3; statement of successive calls for, 8; muster out and reduction of, X, 329, 330, 337; grand review of, at Washington, 331, 335; number of, during the war, 339.