Fugitive Slave Bill repealed, 470.

Funeral services at Executive Mansion, 703.

Grant, Gen.-siege and capture of Vicksburg,
413; appointment as Lieutenant-General,
476; letter to President, 523; moves forward
the Army of the Potomac, 524; fights the
battles of the Wilderness, 524; dispatch of,
528; crosses the James River and besieges
Petersburg and Richmond, 580, 541, 640, 666,
677; final assault, 678; receives the capitula-
tion of Lee, 683, 684.

Greeley President Lincoln's letter to, 258;
correspondence of, in reference to alleged
peace commissioners, 571.

Gettysburg-battle of, 409; President's procla-
mation of victory, 411; dedication of Ceme-
tery, 412.

Habeas Corpus-first instance of suspension,
375; action of the Government, 373; procla-
mation suspending, 381; proclamation on
subject, 398.

Hahn, M.-elected Governor of Louisiana, 489;
invested with powers of, 459.

Halleck, Gen.-letter to McClellan on the ne-
cessity of aiding Pope, 299; letter about his
leaving the Peninsula, 299; orders McClellan
to advance after Antietam, 318; letter about
fugitive slaves, 330.

Hampton Roads, conference at, 648.

Harris, B. G., censured by House of Repre-
sentatives, 472.

Tooker, Gen.-succeeds General Burnside in
Ariny of Potomac, 408; is relieved from com-
mand, 408.

Hunter, Gen.-his order abolishing slavery in
South Carolina, 233; Lincoln's letter to, in
Missouri, 424; wins a victory at Piedmont,

530.
House of Representatives censures Alexander
Long and B. G. Harris, 472

Letter of the President-to Governor Hicks,
of Maryland, 174; to commissioners from
Virginia, 179; to General Fremont, revoking
his order, 208; to H. Greeley, 253; to Me-
Clellan concerning an advance on Richmond,
266; to McClellan about retaining Blenker
271; to McClellan about strength of his army
273; to McClellan about McDowell, 280; te
McClellan about withholding McDowell, 281
to McClellan about Jackson, 281; to McCle.
lan about Hanover Junction, 288; in reply
to McClellan, 290; about re-enforcements
after seven days' battles, 293, 294, 295; on
the strength of McClellan's army, 297; to
McClellan after Antietam, 319; to McClellan
about horses, 321; to Fernando Wood, 341;
to committee of Albany meeting, 380; com-
mittee of Ohio Convention, 394; to Gover-
nor Seymour on the draft, 403; second letter
on the same subject, 405; dispatches to Chi-
cago, 406; letter of thanks to General Grant,
416; to General Hunter on taking command
in Missouri, 424; to General Schofield, 428;
to committee from Missouri, 432; on church
quarrels in Missouri, 438; to Union conven-
tion in Illinois, 440; on payment of bounties,
478; to House of Representatives on General
Blair, 473; on aiding people of East Tennes-
see, 475: to editor of N. A. Review, 482; to
C. Bullitt, Louisiana, 484; to Governor Shep-
ley, on electing members of Congress in
Louisiana, 486; to committee of planters,
Louisiana, 487; to M. Hahn, Louisiana, 459;
to General Banks, Louisiana, 490; to Gen
eral Steele, of Arkansas, 491; about Arkansas
Convention, 492; to General Gillmore, about
Florida, 514; to workingmen of Manchester,
496; to workingmen of London, 498; to
Christian Commission, 500; to H. W. Hoff-
man, Maryland, 512; to General Grant, 523;
to Colonel Loomis, 524; to F. A. Conkling,
558; to committee of Convention, 563; to J.
C. Welling, 564; in regard to alleged peaco
commissioners, 573, 575, 576, 580; to H. J.
Raymond, 587, 588; in reply to protest of
Tennesseans, 598; to M. Blair, 602; tender-
ing thanks to General Sheridan, 604; to H.
W. Hoffman, 608, to J. Phillips, 615; to Mrs.
Bixby, 616; to Mrs. Gurney, 616; to J. Mac-
lean, 619; to Governor Smith, Vermont, 667;
to Mr. Hodges, Kentucky, 767; to General
Hooker, 768, 769; to General McClellan, 778;
to J. B. Fry, 770; to Governor Magoffin,
770; to Connt Gasparin, 771.
Lincoln, Abraham-autobiography, 17; split-
ting rails, 23; flatboatman, 23, 24; grocery
keeper, 25; Captain in Black Hawk War, 25;
elected to Legislature, 26; letter to Col. Allen,
27; protest on slavery, 28; defends Arm

proclamation concerning, 865; draft and riots
in N. Y., 402; Gov Seymour's correspondence
with the President, 403; President's dis-
patches to Chicago, 406.

Order of the President-retiring Gen. Scott,
204; for advance of U. S. armies, 265; for
advance of Army of Potomac, 266, 818; to
leave Washington properly defended, 268;
to military and naval commanders in regard
to property and persons of African descent.
831; concerning the Sabbath, 842; for draft
for 500,000 men, 479; calling for an additional
200,000 men, 479; defining military liability
of citizens recognized as consuls of foreign
powers, and revoking exequatur of consul of
Belgium for St. Louis, 480; investing M.
Hahn with powers of military governor of
Louisiana, 489; extending protection to col-
ored troops, 520; tendering thanks, &c., upon
successes at Mobile Bay and Atlanta, 545,
546; tendering thanks to hundred-day volun-
teers, 605; requiring passports in certain
cases, 688; in regard to death of Edward
Everett, 643; appointing Mrs. Bushnell post-
mistress, 665; concerning blockade-runners,
676; to Gen. Grant, about peace negotiations,
676; in reference to Virginia Legislature and
its annulment, 683; to reduce war expendi-
tares, and remove military restrictions on
trade, 690.

Peace Conference-its action, 124; action of
Congress on it, 128.

Petersburg besieged, 530, 541, 640, 666, 677.
1 Plymouth, N. C., surrendered to the rebels,

521.

Presidential Election, 1861-popular and elec-
toral vote, 109, presidential election, 1864,
547; nomination of Fremont, 551; nomina-
tion of Lincoln, 558; his acceptance, 559,
563; McClellan nominated, 593; Fremont
withdraws, 595; incidents of the canvass,
596; result, 612, 664

Proclamation by the President-calling for
75,000 troops, and convening Congress, 172;
of blockade, 177; increasing army and navy,
181; instructing commander of U. S. forces
in Florida, 181; revoking order of Gen. Hun-
ter, 233; in regard to blockade, 251; of eman-
cipation, Sept., 1862, 257; of emancipation,
Jan. 1, 1863, 260; for Thanksgiving, April
10, 1862, 827; to the rebels, 332; admitting
West Virginia, 369; suspending the writ of
habeas corpus, 881, 898; in regard to na-
tional forces bill, 400; of victory at Gettys-
burg, 411; for Thanksgiving, July 15, 1863,
417; Thanksgiving for victories in East Ten-
nessee, 420; for Thanksgiving, Oct. 8, 1868.
420; of amnesty and reconstruction, 457,

459; calling for 300,000 vc.unteers, 477; in
regard to bill of Congress for reconstruction,
495; appointing a day of humiliation and
prayer, 684; declaring martial law in Ken-
tucky, 586; ordering draft of 500,000 men,
540; for Thanksgiving, 603; in regard to
blockade, 622; calling for 800,000 men, 638:
calling extra session of Senate, 666; to de-
serters, 672; in reference to Indian hostili-
ties, 675; concerning the blockade, 688, 689;
restrictions placed upon national vessels by
foreign powers must be withdrawn, 689.

Seward, Wm. H.-instructions to our minister
in England, 182, 183; reply to French offer
of mediation, 835; diplomacy of 1868, 460;
letter to Mr. Adams on danger of war with
England, 462; letter on the Mexican ques-
tion, 465; letter concerning Hampton Roads
conference, 650; accident to, 683, 698; mur-
derous assault on, 699.
Seymour, Governor of New York-correspond-
ence with President on the draft, 403.
Sheridan, General-raid upon Lee's flank, 527;
takes command in Shenandoah Valley, 541;
victories over Early, 603, 604; cavalry raid
to the west of Richmond, 677; successful at-
tack on Lee's right flank, 678, 679, 680.
Sherman, General-expedition from Vicksburg,
515; moves towards Atlanta, 530, 588; cap-
tures Atlanta, 544; marches through Georgia
and captures Savannah, 639; march through
South Carolina, 668; at Goldsboro', North
Carolina, 677.

Slavery and Slaves-relations of slavery to the
rebellion, 199; employment of slaves, bill in

regard to, 200; President's views regarding
fugitive slaves, 206; abolition in Territories,
228; abolition in District of Columbia, 228;
resolution approving President's policy of
aiding emancipation in States, 231; adoption
in both Houses, 282; emancipation procla-
mations, 257, 260; negroes authorized to be
employed in army, 468; action of military
commanders concerning, 829; Halleck's let-
ter about slaves, 380; constitutional amend-
ment prohibiting, 645.
States-relation of rebel States to the general
government, 362, 481.

State Prisoners-executive order relative to,
879; order releasing, 888; appointment of a
commission on, 881; case of Vallandigham,

384

Stephens, A. H.-speech against seccession,
114; statement of objects of the Confedera-
ey, 115; report on Hampton Roads confer-
ence, 652,

St. Albans, raid upon, 611, 637.

Suinter, bombardment of Fort, 171.

Taney, Chief-Justice, death of, 624

Taussig, James, his account of an interview

with the President, 429.
Tennessee, elections in, 596.

Union and Republican Convention, 1864, 554;