1860, 177; quotation from Life of,
173 n.; befriends Lincoln politi-
cally, ii. 257.

Gettysburg, battle of, ii. 147-149; Lin-
coln's speech at, 214-216.
Giddings, J. R., supports Lincoln's
bill for abolition in District of Col-
umbia, i. 80; in 1860, member of
Republican nominating convention,
177.

Gilmer, J. A., refuses Cabinet posi-
tion, i. 235.

Gilmore, J. R., mission to Richmond,
ii. 271 n.

Gist, Governor of South Carolina, cir-
cular letter, i. 182.

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Grant, U. S., i. 306, 333, 338, 355; re-
mark as to equal fighting capacity,
North and South, 254 n.; theory of
a decisive battle, 317 n.; enters
Paducah, 353; attacks Fort Donel-
son, 354; ill-treated by Halleck,
360; campaign against Corinth, 360-
364; at battle of Pittsburg Land-
ing, or Shiloh, 361, 362; ii. 73, 239;
remarks about Copperheads, 96;
campaign against Vicksburg, 157-
161; Lincoln's letter to him, 162;
comes to aid Thomas at Chatta-
nooga, 166-168; supposed dislike for
Rosecrans, 166 n.; on reconstruc-
tion, 230; at the Hampton Roads
Conference, 238; concerning the
Sherman Johnston capitulation,
242; concerning Stanton's treatment
of Sherman, 241 n.; effort to nomi-
nate him for presidency, 260, 264;
made lieutenant-general, 277; takes
command in Virginia, 278; note to
the President, 279; moves against
Lee and Richmond, 280, 281, 301;
during Early's raid, 283; appoints
Sheridan to command, 285; Lin-
coln's instructions to him concern-
ing Lee's capitulation, 330; estimate
of Confederate deserters, 331; anxi-
ety to capture Lee's army, 331, 332;
at Hampton Roads conference, 333;
summons Lincoln from City Point,
334; enters Petersburg, 335; presses
Lee after evacuation of Richmond,
327-339; arranges terms of capitu-
lation, 339, 340; on April 14, 346;
probably included in plot for assas-
sination, 351.

Greeley, Horace, opposition to Lin-
coln, i. 112, 113, 116, 152, 191, 265 n. ;
part in Republican Convention,
1860, for nominating candidates for
presidency, 167, 172; panic-stricken
in autumn of 1860, 191-193, 195,
231; compares Northern and South-
resources, 206; singular out-
burst, 210; his prayer of 20,000,000

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Habeas corpus, question of suspend-
ing the writ, i. 286-291; ii. 187, 189,
193.

Hale, John P., i. 296; concerning sur-
render of Mason and Slidell, 386;
concerning confiscation of slaves,
ii. 14.

Halleck, Henry W., i. 347; discourag-
ing dispatch from, 323; letter to,
329; commands in Missouri, 351,
359; announces surrender of Fort
Donelson, 354; treatment of Grant
at the West, 360, 363; at siege of
Corinth, 363, 364; general-in-chief,
364; ii. 65; comments on his career,
i. 365-367; ii. 73, 74; expels fugitive
slaves from his lines, 8; advocates
withdrawal of army from Peninsula,
66; disputes with McClellan about
the withdrawal, 79; panic-stricken,
80; orders to McClellan, 83, 84;
quarrels with Hooker, 145, 146; re-
lations with Rosecrans, 156; laid
aside, 277; an enemy of M. Blair,
288, 289.

Hamlin, Hannibal, i. 208; nominated
for vice-presidency, 171; ii. 345;
question of renominating him, 264,
265.

Hanks, Dennis, i. 7.

Hanks, John, i. 16, 17; at Illinois
Convention, 162.

Hanks, Lucy, i. 7.
Hanks, Nancy, i. 7, 8, 9; death, 11.
Hardin, J. J., i. 71-73.
Harlan, J., i. 296.
Harrison, W. H., President, campaign
of 1840, i. 61.
Haven, Franklin, anecdote of Lincoln,
i. 52 n.

Hawkins, -, Governor, i. 204.
Hay, John, diary quoted, ii. 234 n.
See Nicolay and Hay.
Heintzelman, S. P., opposes McClel-
lan's plan for advance, i. 336; corps
commander, 344; later views as to
route, ii. 32.
Henderson, -, approves Lincoln's
emancipation policy, ii. 27.
Henry, Fort, capture of, i. 354.
"Herald," The (of New York), posi-
tion in autumn of 1860, i. 193.

Herndon, W. H., i. 42, 63, 93, 111; on
Lincoln's genealogy, 7; Lincoln's
early writing, 13 n.; Lincoln's love-
affairs, 49 n.; Lincoln's marriage,
65 n.; Lincoln's duel, 66 n.; part-
nership with Lincoln, 67; prevents
Lincoln from joining Abolitionists,
95, 96; goes East on Lincoln's be-
half, 113; approves Lincoln's speech
accepting Senatorial nomination in
1858, 119.

Hickman, assails Lincoln's emancipa-
tion policy, ii. 23.

Hicks, T. H., suggestions for arbitra-
tion, i. 281; also ii. 175; commends
suspension of habeas corpus, i. 287.
Hitchcock, E. A., ii. 33; as to de-
fenses of Washington, 40, 43.
Holland, J. G., i. 29 n., 37 n., 65 n., 42,
60, 72; concerning Lincoln's duel,
66 n.

Holst, Dr. von, i. 74, 84, 91.
Holt, Joseph, in Buchanan's Cabinet, i.
199.

Hood, John B., beaten at Atlanta, ii.
284; and at Nashville, 301, 302.
Hooker, Joseph, ii. 169; returns fugi-
tive slaves, 8; during Peninsula
Campaign, 44; appointed to com-
mand in Virginia, 138-140; his
Chancellorsville Campaign, 140-142;
subsequent manoeuvres, 143-145;
quarrels with Halleck, 145-146; re-
lieved of command, 146; at Lookout
Mountain, 166.

Houston, Samuel, i. opposes secession
and threatened, 187.
Hunter, D., Lincoln's letter to him, i.
349; succeeds Fremont, 351; order
freeing slaves, ii. 7, 27, 102; organ-
izes negro regiment, 15.

Hunter, R. M. T., commissioner for
peace, ii. 306, 309.
Hyer, T., i. 167.

Iverson, A., i. 224 n.; secessionist labors
in Georgia, 186; threatens Houston
with assassination, 187; quoted, 209.

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, alias
"Stonewall," i. 299, 338; ii. 35, 54 n.;
campaign against Banks, 53-58; at
Cedar Mountain, and afterward, 75-
77; remark about the Northern ar-
mies, 87; death, 141.
Jaquess, Col., mission to Richmond, ii.
271 n.

Johnson, Andrew, i. 74, 297; ii. 219 n.,
345; in reconstruction of Tennessee,
218 n., 220, 230; rejects Sherman's
agreement for Johnston's surrender,
240; nominated for vice-presidency,
264, 265; concerning presidential
election in Tennessee, 296; his ac-

Johnston, A. S., death, i. 362.
Johnston, Jos. E., i. 315, 316; at Bull
Run, 299-302; retires from Manas-
sas, 341; during Peninsula Cam-
paign, ii. 38, 44; at Seven Pines and
Fair Oaks, 58; after Vicksburg, 162;
capitulation, 239-241; removed from
command, 284; at Bentonsville, 332;
final surrender, 341.
Johnston, Sally, Lincoln's stepmoth-
er, i. 11.

Judd, O. B., i. 162; connection with
Lincoln's journey to Washington,
213.

Julian, Geo. W., i. 275, 297, 325; ii.
104, 105, 106 n., 247; as to Lincoln's
death and Johnson's succession, 350.

Kane, Geo. P., secessionist marshal
of police in Baltimore, i. 212 n., 258.
Kansas, territorial bill, i. 93; amend-
ments repealing Missouri Compro-
mise, 94, 95; prize of struggle be-
tween anti-slavery and pro-slavery,
98; progress of the struggle, 104;
voting on the Lecompton Constitu-
tion, 104, 105; positions of Douglas
and Buchanan concerning, 105, 108;
action of Congress concerning Le-
compton Constitution, 109; the
English bill," 109; final admission,

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110.

Kearsarge, the, destroys the Alaba-
ma, ii. 302.

Kentucky, conflict for the State, and
its theory of neutrality, i. 254, 265-
268, 351.

Keyes, E. D., i. 336; corps-comman-
der, 344; opinion as to advance of
army in Virginia, ii. 32; before York-
town, 38.

King, P. M., ii. 289.
Knights of the Golden Circle, ii. 183
et seq.

Lamon, Ward H., i. 70 n., 101, 153,
170, 171, 236; concerning Lincoln's
youthful writing, 13 n.; concerning
Lincoln's early political affiliations,
38 n.; concerning Lincoln's love-af-
fairs, 49 n.; concerning his mar-
riage, 65 n.; and his duel, 66 n.;
accompanies Lincoln from Harris-
burg to Washington, 214; says Lin-
coln regretted the secrecy, 215 n.

Lane, J. H., i. 297.
Lane, Joseph, nominated for vice-
presidency, i. 164.

Lecompton Constitution, of Kansas, i.
104-110; 126.

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Lee, Robert E., joins secessionists, i.
263, 264; remarks about Southern
troops, 315; swaps queens,'
"338;
ii. 241; campaign against Pope, 76-
78; northward march, ending at An-
tietam, 84-86; at Fredericksburg,
136, 137; at Chancellorsville, 140-
142; second Northern invasion, end-
ing at Gettysburg, 143-145, 147;
subsequent retreat, 149; in autumn
of 1863, 168, 169 battles against
Grant, 279-281; seeks interview
with Grant, 330; notifies Davis that
Richmond must be surrendered, 331;
efforts to save army, 332-335, 337-
339; capitulates, 339, 340; requests
rations for troops, 340.
"Liberator," The, i. 191.
Lincoln and Douglas debates, i. 149;
comments on, 156-160.

Lincoln, Abraham (of England) i. 4 n.
Lincoln, Abraham, scant knowledge of
his own genealogy, i. 1; pedigree on
father's side, 17; descent on moth-
er's side, 7; birth, 8; schooling, 12;
reading, 13; anecdotes and descrip-
tion of boyish doings, 13 et seq.; em-
ployed by Offut, 16; early impres-
sions of slavery, 17; fight with
Armstrong, 18; studies grammar,
19; anecdotes of honesty, 19; dis-
like of drinking, 14, 25; ill-dressed,
26; in conversation, 28; relation-
ship with his surroundings, 31 et
seq.; in the Black Hawk Campaign,
35, 36; nominates himself, March,
1832, for State Legislature, 37; sets
forth his political creed, 37, 38; de-
feated, 39; engages in grocery busi-
ness, and fails, 39, 40; studying law,
40; postmaster at New Salem, 41;
deputy surveyor, 41; elected to Le-
gislature in 1834, in the Legislature,
43; love affair with Ann Rutledge,
44; melancholy, 45-48; love - affair
with Mary Owens, 48; again, in 1836,
nominates himself for the Legisla-
ture, 49; the campaign, 51; in the
Legislature, 52-56; action concern-
ing slavery, 55; admitted to the bar,
56; settles in Springfield, 56; part-
nership with Stuart, 56; ambition,

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; reëlected to Legislature, 1838,
59; anecdotes of campaign, 59; as a
financier, 60; again in Legislature,
60; anecdote, 60; in presidential
campaign of 1840, 61; meets Miss
Mary Todd, 62; courtship and ulti-
mate marriage, 62-65; duel with

Shields, 65; partnership with Ste-
phen T. Logan, 67; with William H.
Herndon, 67; as a lawyer, 68-70; a
Clay man in 1844, 70; hopes of nom-
ination for Congress in 1843, 71; pur-
sues the honor in 1846, 72; elected,
over Cartwright, 73; presents the
"Spot Resolutions," 75; on the
right of the Texans to revolt, 76;
course concerning the Mexican war,
77; desires, but does not obtain, re-
nomination, 78; advocates nomina-
tion of Taylor, 78; speeches for Tay-
lor, 79; votes for Wilmot Proviso,
79; action concerning slavery in Dis-
trict of Columbia, 80, 81; desires to
be Commissioner of General Lands
Office, 81; declines governorship of
Oregon, 81; condemns the Compro-
mise of 1850, 92; speaks for Gen.
Scott, 93; angry at repeal of Mis-
souri Compromise, 95; and encoun-
ters Douglas, 95, 96; elected to
State Legislature, but resigns, 96;
in the Senatorial contest, 96-98;
voted for, as candidate for vice-pres-
idency, in Republican Convention in
1856, 101; remarks concerning Kan-
sas, 105; speech in reply to Douglas,
108 n.; aids formation of Republican
party in Illinois, 111; anecdote of
the 66 mass meeting" at Springfield,
111; on Republican ticket for pres-
idential electors, in 1856, 112; his
labors, 112; opposed by Greeley and
others, 112, 113; Republican candi-
date for Senate in 1858, 114; injured
by Republican adhesion to Douglas,
116; his speech, accepting nomina-
tion, 117-121; challenges Douglas to
the joint debates of 1858, 121; his
speeches and arguments in these de-
bates, 121 et seq.; on the Dred Scott
decision, 126-130; on the social and
political status of the negro, 131,
135-137; on a Fugitive Slave Law,
132; on admission of more slave
States, 132; on slavery in District of
Columbia, 133; on slavery in Terri-
tories, 133; on Republicanism, 134;
attitude towards slavery and slave
holders, 138; on the doctrine that
slaves are property, 142; on Doug-
las's theory of unfriendly legislation,
142, 143; supposed to be aiming at
the presidency, 144; declares slav-
ery an evil, 145-147; literary quality
of these speeches of 1858, 147-149;
defeated by Douglas, 149; contribu-
tion to campaign expenses, 150; sub-
sequent speeches in Ohio, 151; de-
scription of Douglas, at Cincinnati,
152; invited to speak in New York,
152; journey to Kansas, 153; arrival

in New York, 153; his speech at
Cooper Institute, 153-156; in New
England, 156; comments on his
speeches in 1858, 1859, 156-160; sug-
gested as candidate for presidency,
161; named by Illinois Convention,
162; position before the presidential
nominating convention, 1860, 167;
nominated,170;" sad and dejected,"
171; reasons leading to selection of
him, 172; unknown to mass of peo-
ple, 172, 173; position as to side is-
sues, 175; relations with Abolition-
ists, 176, 177; popular and electoral
votes for him, 178; was he the
"choice of the American people "?
178, 179; in a false position, between
election and inauguration, 181; his
election the signal for secession, 184;
injured by hostility of Horace Gree-
ley, 191; comments on Constitutional
Amendment proposed by Committee
of Thirty-Three, 202; declared elect-
ed, 208; threats as to assassination
at or before inauguration, 209;
abused by Richmond "Examiner,"
209; passes winter of 1860-61 in
Springfield, 209; his expressions on
condition of public affairs, 210, 211;
leaves Springfield, 211; the journey
to Washington, 212-214; regrets it,
215; comments, 214-217; receives
Peace Congress and impresses mem-
bers well, 218, 219; the inaugura-
tion, 219-221; comments on the in-
augural, 221, 227, 228; in the White
House, 229; his duty and his chance
to perform it, 230-234; isolation,
233; his Cabinet, 234-236; his ap-
pointment of Cameron, 236; and of
Chase, 236; trouble with Seward,
237; dealings with the Southern
commissioners, 239, 240; and the
Virginia commissioners, 240; biding
his time, 241; investigates question
of Sumter, 244-246; gives orders to
send supplies, 246; blunder about
the Powhatan, 247, 249, 250; not to
blame for delay, 250; issues Procla-
mation, April 15, 1861, 252; remark
as to comparative fighting qualities,
North and South, 253; purpose in
naming date for meeting of Con-
gress, 254; dealings with Mayor
Brown of Baltimore, 258-260; iso-
lated in Washington, 261; efforts to
hold Virginia, especially through R.
E. Lee, 262-264; also Kentucky,
265-268; influence in other Border
States, 269, 270; master of the Cab-
inet, 275; receives and answers a
strange proposition from Seward,
276-280; his position, 280; an over-
advised man, 281, 282; proclaims

blockade, 283; decides not to close
ports, 284, 285; action concerning
suspension of habeas corpus, 286-
290; call for more troops, 291; mes-
sage to Thirty-seventh Congress, ex-
tra session, July 4, 1861, 292–296;
appoints McClellan, 303, 310; con-
cerning arrest of Gen. Stone, 309;
urged to compel an advance in Vir-
ginia, 314, 316; military duties, 318;
political unselfishness, 320; ques-
tions to McClellan, about advance,
322; consultations with McDowell
and Franklin, 323-325; appoints
Cameron Minister to Russia, and
Stanton Secretary of War, 326–328;
letter to Halleck, 329; plans for ad-
vance via Manassas, 330-332, 333-
335, 340, 341; issues General War
Order No. 1, 332; Special War Or-
der No. 1, 333; General War Order
No. 3, 341; reduces McClellan's
command, 343; establishes army
corps, 344; attention to affairs at
the West, 347; dealings with Fre-
mont, in Missouri, 349-351; efforts
concerning East Tennessee, 351, 352;
death of his son, 355; believes in
the experiment of the Monitor, 356;
plans capture of New Orleans, 357;
modifies Seward's instructions to
Adams, 373-376; reference to for-
eign affairs in message of December,
1861, 377, 378; first opinion in mat-
ter of the Trent, and Mason and Sli-
dell, 382; subsequent position, 384-
386.

II. his border - state policy, 3; cor-
rects Fremont's abolitionist procla-
mation, 6; also revokes Hunter's
order, 7; later comments on Hun-
ter's order, 27; controls emancipa-
tion, 8; corrects and restrains Cam-
eron's abolitionism, 8, 9; Message
to Thirty-seventh Congress, 10;
treatment therein of slavery mat-
ters, 10; remarks on act freeing
slaves in District of Columbia, 12;
signs other anti-slavery bills, 14, 15,
17; concerning enlistment of negro
troops, 17; differs from anti-slavery
policy of Congress, 18; his own
views and policy, 19, 20; asks for
legislation to aid compensated eman-
cipation and colonization, 20-22; en-
deavors to obtain coöperation of
border-state men, 23-28; remarks
on his schemes, 28, 29; holds open
vacancies on Supreme Bench, 30; re-
newal of discussion as to routes for
McClellan's advance, 31; anxiety as
to safety of Washington, 33, 34, 40;
withholds Blenker's division from
McClellan, 35; urges McClellan to

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break the line at Yorktown, 37; re-
tains McDowell before Washington,
39-44; letter on this and other mil-
itary matters to McClellan, April 9,
1862, 44; on forwarding troops to
McClellan, 48; arranges to send Mc-
Dowell to McClellan, 50-52; coun-
termands this, 52-58; significant tel-
egram to McClellan, 60; appoints
Halleck general-in-chief, 65; loyalty
to McClellan, 66; goes to Harrison's
Landing, 67; orders withdrawal
from Peninsula, 68, 73; determines
to reinstate McClellan, 80-83; stim-
ulates McClellan after Antietam, 86,
87; letter to McClellan, 88; removes
McClellan and appoints Burnside,
92; letter to A. G. Hodges as to
emancipation, 101; his border-state
policy, 103; distrusted by many Re-
publicans and Abolitionists, in au-
tumn of 1862, 98 et seq., 104 et seq.;
response to Greeley's prayer of
20,000,000 of people," 107; response
to the Chicago clergymen, 110; com-
position of Emancipation Proclama-
tion, 113, 115, 116; communicates it
to Cabinet, 114; its tenor and pub-
lication, 116; the step wholly his
own, 117-119; criticised, 120; his
own later opinion as to the step,
120; his probable reasons for it, at
this time, 123; again recommends
compensated emancipation, 126–129;
and urges it on Missourians, 130; is-
sues the final proclamation of eman-
cipation, 130, 131; interests himself
in the enlistment of negro troops,
132; action concerning retaliation
for Southern maltreatment of ne-
gro troops, 133; comments on Burn-
side's plan of campaign, 136; rela-
tions with Burnside, from Freder-
icksburg to Burnside's resignation,
138; appoints Hooker, and writes
him a remarkable letter, 139, 140;
suggestions to Hooker as to military
movements, 143, 144; arranges quar-
rels between Hooker and Halleck,
145, 146; appoints Meade, 146, 147;
dissatisfaction with Meade, after
Gettysburg, 149-152; response to A.
H. Stephens, 153; relations with
Rosecrans, 156; what credit he had
for the Vicksburg Campaign, 160;
letter to Grant, 162; dealings with
matters in Tennessee, 163, 165; in-
structions to Meade, 168, 169; leaves
the national finances wholly to
Chase, 171; relations with European
statesmen, 176; management of the
cabal to displace Seward from Cabi-
net, 177-181; action concerning ad-
mission of West Virginia, 181, 182;

treatment of the secret Copperhead
societies, 183-185; action in Vallan-
digham's case, 187-189; replies to
Democratic protests, 189-194; or-
ders and enforces a draft, 195–199;
letter to James C. Conkling, August
26, 1863, 202; a master in the coun-
try, 209, 210; effect of the war upon
his conduct, 211-213; distrusted and
advised by the radicals, 214; Gettys-
burg dedication speech, 216; general
views as to reconstruction, 217; ap-
points military governors, 218, 219;
suggestions for Tennessee, 220; in-
structions to Governor Shepley as to
Louisiana, 221; issues proclamation
of amnesty, as part of message of
December 8, 1863, 223-228; opinion
on negro suffrage, 231; will not sign
H. W. Davis's reconstruction bill,
233-236; remarks on reconstruction,
April 11, 1865, 235; conference at
City Point with Grant, Sherman, and
Porter, 238, 239, 241, 242; comments
on his plans for reconstruction, 243-
245; renomination, 246 et seq.; hos-
tility to him, 247-249; behavior at
time of Chase's candidacy, 249-252;
and to Chase subsequently, 253, 254;
nominates Fessenden to succeed
Chase, 254; relations towards Re-
publicans of Missouri, 255; con-
demned by the Fremont party, 256;
relations with the Abolitionists, 256-
258; remark concerning Fremont's
nomination, 259; concerning Grant's
candidacy, 260; popular movement
in his favor, 261; his own conduct,
262, 263; nominated, 264; action
concerning vice-presidency, 264; re-
marks to committee, 265; feebly
supported by politicians, 266; as-
sailed by Greeley, 267 et seq.; sends
Greeley to Canada, 269-271; trouble
with war Democrats, 272, 273; dis-
turbed by evil predictions of Ray-
mond, 274; orders draft, 275; ap-
points Grant lieutenant-general,
277; refrains from interference with
Grant, 278; credit given to him by
Grant, 279; during Early's raid,
282; to Sherman, after Atlanta,
284; remark concerning election,
287; requests resignation of Blair,
288, 289; abstains from partisan in-
terference in presidential campaign,
289, 290; but contradicts slanderous
charges, 291; memorandum as to
duty in case of defeat at polls, 292;
election, 292; speeches to serenad-
ers, 293-295; reply to Tennesseeans
about executive interference in pres-
idential election, 296; signs resolu-
tion of Congress as to counting votes