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