and resignation, and appointed brigadier general, 12, |
400; elected Senator in First Rebel Congress, 401; letter
on reconstruction, 331.
TOTTEN, A. O. W., Member of Peace Conference, 68; com-
missioner for Tennessee in making a league with Con-
federate States, 5.
TOWNSEND, DWIGHT, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 559; proposition relative to Peace, 575.
TRACY, HENRY W., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.
TRAIN, CHARLES R., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 122.
TRANSYLVANIA PRESBYTERY of 1861, on the marriage of
slaves, 548.
TREAT, AMOS, Member of Peace Conference, 67.
TREAT, S. H., Judge, decision on enrollment act, 273.
TRENHOLM, GEORGE A., rebel Secretary of Treasury, 401.
TRENT AFFAIR, the, 338-343; Secretary Seward to Mr. Adams,
338; Earl Russell to Lord Lyons, 338; Secretary Seward
to Lord Lyons, 338-342; Earl Russell to Lord Lyons, 342;
comment of the London Times, 342, 343; action of Con-
gress on, 343.
TRIMBLE, CAREY A., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122.
TRIMBLE, ISAAC G., in command at Baltimore, and subsequent
career, 393, and note.
TRIPLETT, GEORGE W., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402.
TRIPPE, ROBERT P., Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401.
TROWBRIDGE, ROWLAND E., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122.
TRUMBULL, LYMAN, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; amendment
to Jeff. Davis's bill for sale of United States arms, 36;
report on Baltimore police commissioners, 179; reso-
lution respecting arrests, 179; proposition to repeal
joint resolution of July 17, 1862, on confiscation, 203—
see 260, 562; joint resolution proposing amendments to
the Constitution, 256; proposition to repeal the commu-
tation clause of enrollment bill, note, 261; resolution on
unemployed generals, 285; amendment to resolution
respecting the cause of the war, 286; proposition to
enforce the laws in all the States, 291; substitute for
bill to encourage emancipation in Missouri, 225, 26;
reports on Arkansas Senators, 320, 588; proposition rel-
ative to courts-martial, 562; bill to allow bail in certain
cases, 562, and relative to representation in the Elec-
toral College, 578.
TUCK, AMOS, Member of Peace Conference, 68; proposition
for a Convention, 69.
TURNER, JOSIAH, JR., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402; resolutions on peace, 614, 615.
TURNER, LEWIS C., Judge Advocate, instructions to United
States Marshals, &c., 272.
TURNER, THOMAS J., Member of Peace Conference, 68.
TURPIE, DAVID, Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 123.
TUTTLE, JAMES M., Brigadier General, orders at Natchez,
respecting contrabands, 253.
TWENTY-NEGRO exemption law, rebel, and repeal, 120.
TWIGGS, DAVID E., Major General, surrender by, of his com-
mand in Texas, 28.
TYLER, ERASTUS B., Brigadier General, order, respecting an
election in Delaware, 312.
TYLER, JOHN, Sr., Member of Peace Conference, 68; elected
President, 68; report of Peace Conference, 6; commis-
sioner for Virginia in making a league with the "Con-
federate States," 8; Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 400.
UNDERWOOD, JOHN C., Judge, opinion of, on confiscation act,
206, 207; on colored persons as witnesses, 442, 443;
credentials as Senator from Virginia, 588.
UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH R., Letter of Brig. Gen. Buell to, 250.
UNDERWOOD, J. W H., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; sent telegram South, 37; withdrew, 3.
UNDERWOOD, LEVI, Member of Peace Conference, 67.
UNEMPLOYED GENERALS, proceedings in Congress concern-
ing, 285-see "Generals."
UNION, preservation of national, resolutions concerning,
75, 285.
UNION LEAGUE, platform of 1864, 410.
UNION NATIONAL CONVENTION, proceedings of, 403–410.
UNITARIAN CHURCH, resolutions of Western Unitarian As-
sociation, 504; other facts concerning, 504; of Spring-
field Convention of 1863, 548.
UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH, resolutions of East Pennsylva
nia Conference, 504; President Lincoln's and Secretary
Stanton's order for the occupation of churches in the
insurrectionary States, 522.
UNITED STATES FLAG, to be suppressed in Baltimore, note,
394; Policeman Daneker's refusal to "condescend" to
pull it down, and resignation of place, 394; William
T. Butler's resignation, 394.
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, resolutions of General Conventions
of 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864, 505, 506.
UPSON, CHARLES, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140; report on Louisiana case, 582-586.
UPTON, CHARLES H., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; unseated, 123.
USHER, JOHN P., Secretary of the Interior, 108: report of,
on colonization experiment, note, 212.
UTAH, polygamy in, act to prohibit, 376.
VALLANDIGHAM, CLEMENT L., Representative in Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; propositions of ad-
justment, 55, 73; arrest and trial, 162; refusal of
Judge Leavitt to grant writ of habeas corpus, and his
opinion, 162; order, directing that he be sent beyond
the lines, 162; letter on retaliation, 175; case in
United States Supreme Court, 175; correspondence
concerning, 167-175; return and address at Hamilton,
175; at Dayton, 176; notices by the press, 177; amend-
ment to army appropriation bill, 253; resolutions re-
lating to the war, 288; peace resolution, 296; resolu-
tion respecting the Trent affair, 343; resolution of cen-
sure of President Lincoln, 386; motion to make Gen.
McClellan's nomination unanimous, 420; allusion in
his Sydney speech to the Chicago Platform, note, 421;
letter to the New York News, 423.
VAN BUREN, JOHN, letter of George N. Sanders to, 330.
VANCE, ZEBULON B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 497; correspondence with Jefferson Davis on
peace, 306, 307; views on reconstruction, 331.
VANDEVER, WILLIAM, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; member of Peace Con-
ference, 68; of Border States Committee, 73; resolu-
tion on the war, 291.
VAN HORN, BURT, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122.
VAN VALKENBURGH, ROBERT B., Representative in Thirty-
Seventh Congress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140.
VAN WINKLE, PETER G., Senator in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140.
VAN WYCK, CHARLES H., Representative in Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 122.
VEATCH, JAMES C., Brig Gen., order respecting the Metho-
dist Episcopal Churches in Memphis, 522, 523.
VENABLE, ABRAM W., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 400.
VERMONT, Vote for President in 1860, 1; in 1864, 623; mem-
bers of Peace Conference, 67; Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Lighth, 140; "personal
liberty laws, 44, 47; vote of Legislature on ratifying
the anti-slavery amendment, 596.
VERREE, JOHN P., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Sevcuth, 122.
VESSELS, United States, disposition of-see "Report."
VEST, GEORGE G., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
400; Representative in First Rebel Congress, 402;
Second, 402; Senator in Secoud, 611.
VIBBARD, CHAUNCEY, Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122.
VICKSBURG, President Lincoln's remarks on fall of, 334, 335.
VILLERE, CHARLES J., Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 401; Second, 402,
VIRGINIA, Vote tor President in 1860, 1; members of Peace
Conference, 67; of Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48, 49;
Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 141, 587, 58;
Governor Letcher's purchase of arms prior to secession,
35, 36; address of members of Congress to the people,
39; answer of President Lincoln to the delegation from,
112; resolution of Convention, 112; reconstruction
movement and abolition of slavery in, 321; vote of
Legislature on ratifying the anti-slavery amendment,
598; bill to erect West Virginia out of parts of, 377,
878. IN REBELLION: Proposal to co-operate with South
Carolina, 2; secession movement in, 5-8; vote on ordi-
nance of secession, note, 7; league with the Rebel
States, 8; admission to the "Confederacy," 401: Depu
ties in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400; members of
First Congress, 401, 402; Second, 402; action of Legis
lature on guerrillas, 119; peace resolutions and dis-
cussion in Legislature of, 304, 620, 621; men in the
army, 399; bill for the employment of slaves, note, 612.
VOORHEES, DANIEL W., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; vote for Vice Presi
dent in Democratic National Convention, 420.
VOLUNTEERING, rebel restrictions upon, 120.
VOLUNTEERS, the several calls for, 114, 115, 270.
VROOM, PETER D., Member of Peace Conference, 67.
WADE, BENJAMIN F., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; on Commit-
tee of Thirteen, 70; amendments to reconstruction
bill, 318; paper on failure of said bill, 332; action in
Louisiana case, 580.
WADE, EDWARD, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 49.
WADSWORTH, JAMES S., Member of Peace Conference, 67.
WADSWORTH, WILLIAM H., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; resolution on the
powers of the President, 327.
WAITE, CARLOS A., Colonel, appointed to supersede General
Twiggs in Texas, 28.
WALDRON, HENRY, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
WALKER, AMASA, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 123.
WALKER, LEROY POPE, Commissioner from Alabama to Ten-
nessee, 11; Provisional Secretary of War, and resigna-
tion, 12, 400; correspondence with Beauregard before
bombardment of Sumter, 113, 114; speech after, 114;
appointed brigadier general, 400.
WALKER, RICHARD WILDE, Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 11, 400; Senator in Second Congress, 402.
WALL, JAMES W., arrest of, 153; Senator in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 123.
WALL, WILLIAM, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Congress,
WALLACE, JOHN W., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122.
WALLACE, LEWIS, Major General, suppression of Evening
Transcript, Baltimore, 192; confiscation orders revoked,
207, 208; correspondence with Governor Bradford, 311,
312.
WEST CHESTER JEFFERSONIAN, damage for the seizure of,
441, 442.
WEST VIRGINIA, Bill to erect State of, 377, 378, and note:
vote of Legislature on ratifying the anti-slavery
amendment, 599; vote at Presidential election of 1864,
623.
WHALEY, KELLIAN V., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 141; on select commit-
tee on compensated emancipation, 213; amendment to
West Virginia bill, 377.
WHARNCLIFFE, LORD, correspondence with Mr. Adams, 460.
WHARTON, T. J., Commissioner from Mississippi to Teunes-
see, 11.
WHEELER, EZRA, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
141; amendment to proposed constitutional amend
ment, 257.
WHEELER, WILLIAM A., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122.
Whig, Richmond, on repealing substitution, 121; on the
Rebel Governors, 430.
WHITE, ALBERT S., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; resolution for select committee on compen-
sated emancipation, 213; Missouri and Maryland bills,
224, 226.
WHITE, CHILTON A., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140.
WHITE, D. V., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400.
WHITE, JOSEPH W., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.
WHITE, THOMAS, Member of Peace Conference, 67.
WHITELEY, WILLIAM G., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; on Committee of Thirty-three, 53;_report, 58.
WHITFIELD, R. H., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402.
WHITTHORNE, W. C., Speaker of Tennessee Rebel House of
WALLACE, W. H., delegate from Idaho, declaration of, note, WICKHAM, WILLIAM S. C., Representative in Second Rebel
Representatives, 281.
590.
WALLIS, S. TEACKLE, arrest of, 152; motions and votes in
Maryland Legislature, 396-398.
WALTON, CHARLES W., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122.
WALTON, E. P., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; substitutes for emancipation
bills, 200, 202.
WAB, new article of, 237, 238; resolutions relating to its
objects, 285-290; to its prosecution, 200-294; extract
from rules of, for the protection of colored soldiers,
280; special income, tax, 357.
WAR, THE, how and why made upon the United States, 112-
114.
WARD, C. L., letter of Mr. Pendleton to, 422.
WARD, ELIJAH, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Congress,
122; Thirty-Eighth, 140.
WARD, G. T., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400.
WARDLAW, D. LOUIS, remarks in South Carolina Conven-
tion, 17; vote on ordinance of secession, 399.
WARFIELD, HENRY M., arrest of, 152; votes in Maryland
Legislature, 396-398.
WASHBURN, CADWALLADER C., Representative in Thirty-
Sixth Congress, 49; on Committee of Thirty-Three,
53; report of, 57; member of Peace Conference, 68.
WASHBURN, ISRAEL, Jr., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, and resignation, 48; Secretary Seward's letter
to, respecting Robert Elliott's arrest, 154; Governor of
Maine, and signer of Altoona address, 233.
WASHBURN, WILLIAM B., Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 140.
WASHBURNE, ELLIHU B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140;
resolution to expel Alexander Long, 387; letter of
Gen. Grant to, on Reconstruction, note, 571.
WATERS, RICHARD P., Member of Peace Conference, 67.
WATSON, J. W. C., Senator in Second Rebel Congress, 402.
WAUL, T. N., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 11,
400.
WAYNE, JAMES M., Justice Supreme Court of the United
States, opinion in the Vallandigham case, 175; the
latter's comment at Hamilton, 176.
WEBSTER, EDWIN II., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140;
views on compensated emancipation, 213-217; instruc-
tions to Conference Committee on Montana bill, 240,
241.
WEED, THURLOW, Letter replying to Judge Campbell's re-
flections on Secretary Seward, 111, 112.
WELLES, GIDEON, Secretary of the Navy, 108; correspond-
ence with Alexander II. Stephens, note, 307; letter on
alleged foreign enlistments, 344, 345.
WELLS, ALFRED, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48.
WELSH, ISRAEL, Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.
WESLEYAN METHODIST, action of General Conference of
1864, 546-518; testimony on slavery, 546, 547, 518; let-
ter to President Lincoln, 546, 517.
WICKLIFFE, CHARLES A., Member of Peace Conference, 68;
Representative in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 122; at
Border States interview with the President, 211; views
on compensated emancipation, 213-217; amendment
to enrollment bill, 261; propositions relati g to the
war, 288; to the rebellious States, 323, 324; resolutions
for reassembling Democratic National Convention, and
for "letting the captives free,” 420.
WIGFALL, LOUIS T., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
intermediary between Colonel Hayne and President
Buchanan, 32; Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
11, 400; appointed Brigadier General, 401; Senator in
First Congress, 401; Second, 402; remarks on peace, 616.
WILCOX, JOHN A., Representative in First Rebel Congress,
402; death, 402.
WILCOX, ORLANDO B., Major General, despatches respecting.
Hampton Roads Conference, 567.
WILD, E. A., Brigadier General, orders respecting churches
in Norfolk and Portsmouth, 542, and Rev. S. II. Wing-
field, 553.
WILDER, A. CARTER, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con
gress, 141.
WILKES, PETER F., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402.
WILKINSON, MORTON S., Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress,
122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; amendment to the Montana
bill, 240.
WILLEY, WAITMAN T., vote on secession ordinance of Vir-
ginia, note, 7; Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 1:3;
Thirty-Eighth, 140; report on excluding colored per
sons from street cars, 242; amendment to the treed-
men's bill, 260; resolutions on the war, 288.
WILLIAMS, JOHN, one of the Tennessee protesters, 438-441.
WILLIAMS, T., Brigadier General, Order to turn all fugitives
from his camps, 231.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 141; resolutions on the relations of the rebellious
States, 328, 329; on Peace, 575; action on Confiscation,
562, 563.
WILLIAMSON, BENJAMIN, Member of Peace Conference, 67.
WILMOT, DAVID, Member of Peace Conference, 67; Senator
in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 122.
WILSON, HENRY, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48; Thir-
ty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; substitute for res-
olution relative to General Stone's arrest, 180; bill to
amend the fugitive slave law, 235; proposition respect-
ing slaves in dock-yards, 238; amendments to freed-
men's bill, 260; enrollment bill, 261; army appropria-
tion bill, 277; the militia bill, 275.
WILSON, JAMES, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49.
WILSON, JAMES F., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 123; Thirty-Eighth, 140: amendatory joint reso-
lution on confiscation, 202; resolution to ratify the
emancipation proclamation, 230; on Select Committee
on compensated emancipation, 213; resolutions respect
ing an additional article of war, 238, and homesteads for
soldiers, 284; proposition on re-construction, 577; re-
port on repealing act relating to habeas corpus, 562.
WILSON, ROBERT, Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 123;
views on compensated emancipation, 213–217; amend-
ments to the Missouri bill, 225.
WILSON, W. S., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 11,
WINANS, Ross, arrest of, 152; votes in Maryland Legislature,
396-398; also, 894.
WINANS, THOMAS, proposed Member of Board of Public Safe-
ty of Maryland, 9.
WINDOM, WILLIAM, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 141; on Com-
mitttee of Thirty-three, 53; proposed constitutional
amendment, -58.
WINFIELD, CHARLES H., Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 140.
WINGFIELD, S. II., Reverend, orders of Major General Butler
and Brigadier General Wild respecting, 553.
WINSLOW, WARREN, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; on Committee of Thirty-three, 53; report of,
56.
WINSTON, JOHN ANTHONY, Commissioner from Alabama to
Arkansas, 11.
WISCONSIN, Vote for President in 1860, 1; in 1864, 623;
members of Thirty-Sixth Congress, 49; Thirty-Seventh,
122, 123; Thirty-Eighth, 140; vote of Legislature on
ratifying the anti-slavery amendment, 599.
WISE, HENRY A., proposition in Virginia Convention for
Confederate recognition, 6, 7; vote on secession ordi-
nance, note, 7; in caucus of 1835, 390.
WITHERS, THOMAS J., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
2, 11, 400; report in South Carolina Convention, 18, 19,
20; vote on secession ordinance, 399.
WITHERSPOON, JAMES M., Representative in Second Rebel
Congress, 402.
WITNESSES, colored persons as, in United States courts, 242,
243, 442; Judge Underwood's opinion respecting, 442,
WOOD, FERNANDO, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140; New York as a free city, 42; correspondence
with President Lincoln on peace, 296, 297; propositions
respecting peace, 297, 298, 574; letter of George N.
Sanders to, 330.
WOOD, JOHN, Member of Peace Conference, 68,
WOOD, JOHN, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48.
WOOD, WILLIAM B., Colonel, Secretary Benjamin's order to,
respecting East Tennessee bridge-burners, 187.
WOODBRIDGE, FREDERICK E., Representative in Thirty-
Eighth Congress, 140.
WOODRUFF, JOHN, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
WOODRUFF, GEORGE C., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122.
WOODSON, SAMUEL II., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; on Peace Conference proposition, 70.
WOODWARD, GEORGE W., Justice, decision on enrollment act,
21, 274; General McClellan's letter respecting the
election of, as Governor of Pennsylvania, 386.
WOOL, JOHN E., Major General, Member of Peace Confer-
ence, 67; orders respecting contrabands, 248.
WOOLFORD, FRANK, Colonel, resolution relative to imprison-
ment, and reply, 560.
WORCESTER, SAMUEL T., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122.
World, New York, seizure of office, and subsequent proceed-
ings, 192-194.
WORTHINGTON, HENRY G., Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 559.
WRIGHT, AUGUSTUS R., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 11, 400; Representative in First Congress, 401;
peace proposition, 305.
WRIGHT, CRAFTS J., Secretary of Peace Conference, 68.
WRIGHT, HENDRICK B., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; resolutions on the war, 288-291.
WRIGHT, JOHN C., Member of Peace Conference, 68; death
of, 68.
WRIGHT, JOHN V., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
49; Representative in First Rebel Congress, 402; Sec-
ond, 402.
WRIGHT, JOSEPH A., Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress,
123; superseded, 123.
WRIGHT, WILLIAM, Senator in Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140.
WRIGHT, WILLIAM B., Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 402.
WYLIE, ANDREW, Justice, opinion in the Hogan habeas cor-
pus case, 562
YANCEY, WILLIAM L., Rebel Commissioner to England, let-
ter of, to Earl Russell, 27; reported conversation with
Earl Russell, 27; Senator in First Rebel Congress, 401;
death, 401.
YATES, RICHARD, Governor of Illinois, signer of Altoona
address, 233.
YEAMAN, GEORGE II., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 123; Thirty-Eighth, 140; resolutions on the
President's emancipation proclamation, 229; resolutions
on the status of the rebellious States, 327, 328; propo-
sition relative to guerrillas, 561.
YELLOTT, COLEMAN, Letter for a convention in Maryland, 9;
public safety bill in the Senate of Maryland, 9; pro-
ceedings on, 398; commissioner from Legislature of
Maryland to visit Jefferson Davis, 9; report of, 9; also,
A FEW TESTIMONIALS OF THE FIRST EDITION ARE GIVEN:
From Senator Sherman.
U. S. SENATE CHAMBER,
WASHINGTON, March 12, 1865.
DEAR SIR: I have carefully examined your Political History of the Rebellion, and take great pleasure in commending its accuracy and completeness. You have condensed in a comparatively small space all the material political facts of the rebellion, and have provided a very good index. Your book is not only valuable as a convenient reference for dates and events, But as a substantial contribution to the history of our time.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, February 10, 1865.
MY DEAR SIR: Allow me to bear my testimony to the value of your political and historical compendium. I have had occasion to test its accuracy, and find that it is not only a great labor-saving manual, but a full and truthful account of the great causes and events connected with these wonderful years of our Republic. I trust that your research and care may be abundantly rewarded by a discerning public.
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Harper's Magazine, November, 1864: "No one who has not occasion to use such a work for constant reference can appreciate the admirable manner in which this has been executed."
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Boston Traveller, December 15: No other work yet published is equal to it either as an authority or for thor oughness and completeness." Boston Post, February 21, 1865: "We have given it a careful examination, and believe it is a very valuable companion for the student of the rebellion. The arrangement of the matter is admirable, and this, in connection with the index, greatly facilitates investigation.”
The Methodist, April 15, 1865: “Mr. McPherson had a hard task before him, and he has done it well. His history is by all odds the most valuable work of its kind yet published. * • We think his the most feasible and sensible plan of writing the history of the rebellion."
London Atheneum, January 7, 1865: "As far as we have been able to test it, the book is an accurate and thoroughly honest repertory of historical data; and in that light, we doubt not, it will, in the course of a few years, be osteemed by writers and students of all countries and all parties."
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