LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.-Continued. troversy over fee, 118; meels Stan- ton in McCormick case, 119-121; case before magistrate, 121; Rock Island Bridge case, 122. Anti-Nebraska Campaign. Divides time with Douglas at Springfield, 130, at Peoria, 131-138; favors grad- ual emancipation, 134; slavery un- just, 136; beaten for Senatorship, 138; takes no part in Know-Nothing movement, 139; letter to Speed, 140-142; at first Republican State Convention, 144; receives 110 votes for Vice Presidential nomination at Philadelphia Convention, 144; de- clines proposed nomination for Gov- eruor, 145; speaks at Springfield, 148-152; on Dred Scott decision, 149, defends Armstrong, 153; defends young Linder, 155. Lincoln-Douglas Debate.-Selected as Republican candidate for Senator- ship, 158; speech before tion, 158-161; "a house divided against itself cannot stand," 159; hears Douglas at Chicago, 162-164; replies, 164-166; speaks at Spring- field, 166-168; challenges Douglas to debate, 168; debate begins at Ot- tawa, 170; speech of Douglas, 170- 173; Lincoln's answer, 173-176; reply of Douglas, 176; opens at Freeport, 177, 178; questions Douglas, 178; answered by Douglas, 179-181: Free- port doctrine, 179; reply, 182; at Jonesboro, 183-187; at Charleston, 188; at Galesburg, 189, 190; at Quincy, 191, 192; at Alton, 193-195; letter to Judd, 196.
After the Battle.-Law cases, 196; on lecture platform, 197; speaks at Chi- cago, 197; suggested for Presidency, 198; Jefferson birthday letter, 198, 199; German-American letter, 200, 201; to Colfax, 201, 202; to Gallo- way, 202-204; in Ohio, 204; speaks at Cincinnati, 205, 206; at Milwaukee, 207; letter to Dungy, 208; furnishes speeches for publication, 209; speaks in Kansas, 211, 212; at
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.-Continued. Cooper Institute, 213, 214; in New England, 214; Lake Michigan land case, 215. Candidate for Presidency.-Presented by Judd, 218; receives nomination on third ballot, 219; vote analyzed, 219- 234; hears news, 244; notified by committee, 225; accepts, 225; watches campaign from Springfield, 229; visited by Weed, 232; elected to Presidency, 324; considers Cabi- net, 239-242; meets Hamlin, 242; let- ter to Washburne, 242; criticised by Pugh, 247; letters to Stephens, 248, 249; starts for Washington, 200; farewell speech, 260; speaks at In- dianapolis, 261, 262; at Cincinnati, 263; at Cleveland, 264; at Buffalo, 265; at Albany, 265; at New York, 266, 267; at Trenton, 267, 268; at Philadelphia, 269, 270; at Harris- burg, 270, 271; receives threatening letters, 271; warned by Seward and Scott, 272; arrives at Washington, 273; calls at White House, 274; re- vises inaugural, 275. President.-Inaugurated, 277-282; In- augural address, 279-282; sworn In by Taney, 282; nominates Cabinet, 282; and foreign representatives, 283; declines to receive Confederate Commissioners, 287; consults Fox, 288; consults Cabinet as to Sumter, 289; orders Sumter relieved, 289; re- jects Seward's "policy," 292. The War of Secession.-Attack upon Sumter, 293, 294; calls for troops, 255; calls extra session, 296; inter- view with Douglas, 296, 297; with Virginia committee, 298; letter to Fox, 299; to Baltimore committee, 302; to Governor Hicks, 303; inter- view with Mayor Brown, 303; let- ter from Law, 305; proclaims block- ade, 309; second call for troops, 312; receives Maryland legislative com- mittee, 313; affected by Ellsworth's death, 316; message to Congress, 321-325; supported by Congress, 325- 328; calls for more troops, 328; "Re-
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.-Continued.
publican Court," 339; transfers Me- Dowell, 340; summons McClellan, 341; letter from Fremont, 349; modi- fies Fremont's order as to emanci- pation, 352, 353; relieves Fremont from command, 355; asks McClel- lan's views, 363; McClellan "memo- randum," 363-366; endeavors to rec- oncile Scott and McClellan, 367; visits Pennsylvania camp, 369; grief at Baker's death uncontrollable, 372; Scott's tribute to President, 373; ac- cepts Scott's request for retirement, 373: appoints McClellan as General- in-chief, 374; message to Congress, 374; elides Cameron's suggestion as to arming slaves, 375; directs sur- render of Mason and Slidell, 377.
Second Stage of the War Initiated.- Letter to Halleck, 2; to Buell, 3, 4, 5; appoints Stanton, 7; reference to Cameron, 8; General War Order No. 1; loses son Willie, 17, 31; submits memorandum to McClellan, 32; or- ders advance, 33; letter to McClel- lan, 34; order of March 8, 36; re- lieves McClellan as Commander-in- directs chief, 38; Immediate ad- vance, 40; urges McClellan to strike a blow, 41-43; visits army of Old Point Comfort, 46; letter to McClel- lan, 48, 49; confers with McDow- eli, 51; telegrams to McClellan, 51-53, 58, 59; "responsibility" dispatch and replies, 60, 61; calis for more troops, 67; plans spoiled by Fremont, 68; letters to Fremont, 69, 70; appoints Halleck General-in-chief, and Pope to command Army of Virginia, 71; correspondence with McClellan, 72- 74; visits camp at Harrison's Land- ing, 74; political letter from Mc- Clellan, 74-76; submits questions to Cenerals, 76-79.
The Fundamental Cause.--Abolishment of slavery, 80; consults border Con- 81; slavery resolution gressmen, adopted, 81; disapproves Hunter's vol. ii.-26
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.-Continued. order, 81, 82; approves District emancipation bill, 82; approves act to suppress treason, etc., 83; also Arnold act, 84; final appeal to Bor- der State representatives, 84; to col- ored delegation, 85; Durant letter, 86-88; letter to Gasparin, 89; Gree- ley's "Prayer of Twenty Millions," 91; answers Greeley, 92, 93. The Army Under McClellan, Pope and Burnside.-Advises McClellan as to Pope, 103; conference with Hallock and McClellan, 103; asks McClel- lan's influence with army, 104; puts capital under McClellan's protec- tion, 105; congratulates McClellan after South Mountain, 107; emanc!. pation under consideration, 111-117; preliminary emancipation proclama- tion, 117-119; not satisfied with Mc- Clellan, 130; visits him in camp, 130; orders him to give battle, 131; warns McClellan against over- cautiousness, 131-134; dismisses Key, 134, 135; urges McClellan to action, 136-137; relieves McClellan and ap- points Burnside, 138. Sunday proc- lamation, 139; religion, 140; letter to Reed, 140; message to Congress, 141- 145.
Third Stage of the War; Emancipa- tion. Distress at Fredericksburg loss, 157; address to army, 157; Sen- atorial committee asks removal of Seward, 160; refuses, 161; Seward and Chase's resignations declined, 162; Emancipation Proclamation, 162 164; reply to Manchester work- ingmen, 165; letter to Burnside, 166; displaces Burnside for Hooker, 168; West Virginia, Arizona and Mon- tana, 168; Conscription Act, 168; ap- points slavery compensation com- missioners, 168; letter about Ger- mans, 170; interview with St. Louis Germans, 171-173; letter to Schofield, 173; to Vallan- Drake, 173, 174; digham case, 175-177; messages
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.-Continued.
er, 184, 185; Vicksburg and message to Grant, 189, 190; messages to Hooker, 191, 192; calls militia into service, 194; puts Meade in place of Hooker-Gettysburg, 194-8; personal anecdotes, 199; letters to Hackett, 200, 201; letter to Conkling, 202- 206; Thanksgiving proclamation, 206; Gettysburg speech, 207-210; letter from Everett, 209; thanks Grant, 215; annual message, 219; final Proclamation of Emanci- pation, 220; Amnesty Proclama- tion, 221; Reconstruction, 223-227; letters to Hahn and Shepley, 224, 225; telegram to Maynard, 227; ap- points Grant Lieutenant General, 229; meets Grant, 230; renomination favored, 230; correspondence with Chase with reference to Pomeroy circular, 232-234; "Union" opposition, 235; black troops, 235-241; letter to Hodges, 239; speaks at Baltimore fair, 242; Fort Pillow, 243-245; letter to Grant, and answer, 248-249. Second Campaign and Re-election to Presidency. Renominated, 260-263; comment on Johnson's nomination, 264; accepts nomination, 265, 266; uses influence for Thirteenth Amendment, 270; speaks at Phila- delphia fair, 274; appoints Smith to judgeship and Usher to Interior De- partment, 274; accepts Chase's resignation, 274, 275; Tod declines Secretaryship, and Fessenden ap- pointed, 276; offers to receive nego- tiations for peace, 276-279; rules Stanton, 282; ignores Vallan- digham, 282; calls for more volun- teers, 291; scheme to substitute another nominee, 291-296; proclama- tion as to Davis reconstruction bill, 292; attacked in Democratic vention, 296-298; asks Blair's resig- nation, 305; appoints Dennison as successor, 305; October elections, 305; visited by Tennessee delega- tion, 307; answer, 308; Confederate cipher dispatch, 308; re-elected, 310; congratulations, 311, 312; last an-
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.-Continued.
nual message, 313-315; appoints Chase Chief Justice, 315; appoints Speed Attorney-General, and Mc- Culloch Secretary of Treasury, 316; approves the anti-slavery amend- ment, 316, 317; Sherman's Christmas gift, 323; peace negotiations, 325- 333; passes Blair through the lines, 326; Hampton Roads conference, 330; Charles I. anecdote, 332; “root, hog or die," 333; receives notice of electoral count, 334; Lee's peace proposal, 335; instructions to Grant, 336; second inaugural, 336-338; speech to Indiana soldiers, 339; in- releases terview with Speed, 340; prisoners, 340, 341; visits Grant at
End of War and Death.-In Rich- mond, 346; James Speed's recollec- tions, 347, Mendenhall's recol- lections, 348, 349; returns to Wash- ington, 349; addresses public for last time. 349-352; Campbell inter- view, 352, 353; last Cabinet council, 355, 356; shot at Ford's Theatre, April 14, 1865, 357-359; death, 360; obsequies, 360, 361. Memorabilia. Education, 362; early political disappointments, 363; per- sonal appearance, 365, 366; relations with Collamer, Seward, Chase, Sum- ner, Wade and others of his party, 366-371; writer's meetings with Lin- coln, 374-378; memoranda of meet- ings, 373-375; illustrative anecdotes, $76-378; anecdotes by General Palmer, 379, 380; literary side, 380- 383; "words of wisdom," 381, 382; impromptu speeches, 384; love of Shakespeare, 385; accuracy as to names and words; in Jefferson Davis's chair, 387; Lincoln monu- ment at Springfield, 388. Lincoln, Abraham, of Worcester, I., 3. Lincoln, Abraham, son of Mordecai, I., 3.
Lincoln, Abraham, son of Mordecal, Jr., I., 4.
Lincoln, Abraham, son of John, and grandfather of the President, I., 5.
Lincoln, General Benjamin, I., 2.
Lincoln, Daniel, I., 2.
Lincoln, Edward, born March 10, 1846;
died February 1, 1850; I., 114. Lincoln, Enoch, Governor, I., 3. Lincoln, Hannah, wife of Mordecal, Jr., daughter of Judge Richard Salter, I., 14.
Lincoln, Isaac, son of Mordecai, I., 3. Lincoln, Isaac, son of John, I., 5, 7. Lincoln, Jacob, son of Mordecai, I., 3. Lincoln, Jacob, son of John, I., 5. Lincoln, John, son of Mordecai, Jr., I., 1, 4, 5.
Lincoln, John, son of John, I., 5. Lincoln, Josiah, son of Abraham and uncle of President, I., 6. Lincoln, Levi, Harvard graduate and Attorney General, I., 13. Lincoln, Levi, Jr., Governor, I., 3. Lincoln, Mary Todd, see Mary Todd; I., 115, 115, 215; 261, 273, 316; II., 341, 346, 357.
Lincoln, Mordecai, son of Samuel the settler, I., 1, 3.
Lincoln, Mordecai, Jr., I., 3, 4. Lincoln, Mordecai, son of Abraham and uncle of President, I., 5, 6. Lincoln, Mordecai, I., 7.
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, I., 8, 9, 10, 15, 16.
Lincoln, Robert Todd, born August 1, 1843, I., 114; 214; II., 355, 374. Lincoln, Sally Bush, I., 16, 17, 18. Lincoln, Samuel, the settler, I., 1, 2, 3. Lincoln, Samuel, Jr., son of Samuel the settler, I., 3.
Lincoln, Sarah, wife of Mordecal, daughter of Abraham Jones, I., 3. Lincoln, Sarah, sister of President, I., 9, 10, 16, 19, 20.
Lincoln Station, I., 12, 13.
Lincoln, Thomas, the cooper, I., 2. Lincoln, Thomas, the weaver, I., 2. Lincoln, Thomas, son of John Lincoln, 1., 5.
Lincoln, Thomas, son of Abraham, grandson of John, and father of President, I., 6, 7; marries Nancy Hanks, 8, 9, 10; leaves Kentucky, 11, 12; loses wife, 15; marries Mrs. Johnston, 17; moves to Illinois, 25;
settles in Coles County, 28; dies 1851; 115.
Lincoln, Thomas, "Tad," born April 4, 1853, I., 114.
Lincoln, William, born December 21,
1850, I., 114; II., 17, 31.
Linder, U. F., I., 10; son defended by Lincoln, 155.
Lineage, see Lincoln. Linkhorn, I., 1.
Linkhorne sheire," I., 2. Linklon, I., 1.
Little Pigeon Creek, I., 3, 25. Logan, John A., II., 289.
Logan, Stephen T., I., 50; Lincoln's law partner, 67; terminates partner- ship, 78; beaten for Congress, 102. "Long Nine," I., 44,46, 48. Longstreet, James, II., 54, 62, 63, 101,
154, 182, 193, 196, 213, 215, 309, 336. Loring W. W., II., 20, 21. "Lost Township" letter, I., 75. Louisiana Purchase, I., 124. Louisiana, The, II., 29. Lovejoy, Elijah P., I., 195. Lovejoy, Owen, resolution as to fugi- tive slaves, I., 347. Lovell, Mansfield, II., 30. Lucas, J. M., I., 106.
Lyon, Nathaniel, saves Missouri, I., 314; occupies Jefferson City and de- feats Price at Booneville, 319, 348; killed at Wilson's Creek, 350. McCall, George A., I., 370; II., 57, 62, 65, 99.
McCauley, Charles S., I., 307; II., 36. McClellan, George B., I., 118, 311; Major-General, 313, 316; proclama- tion, 317; Laurel Hill, Rich Moun- tain and Carrick's Ford, 318; in command of Army of Potomac, 341, 358, 362; submits plan to President, 363-366; reviews situation to Scott, 266; Scott's reply, 366-368; overrates enemy, 369; criticised for Ball's Bluff, 372; visits camp, 372; succeeds Scott, 373, 374; II., 1, 2, 5, 10, 31, 32, 34; occupies Centreville and Manassas, 36; relieved as Commander-in-chief, 38; plan of campaign, 38; lands at Old Point Comfort, 40; besleges Yorktown, 40; urged to action by
Lincoln, 41; Williamsburg, 43, 45; reorganizes corps, 47-49; letters from Lincoln and Stanton, 49; strength of army, 49; telegrams from Lincoln, 51-53; on defensive, 55; Fair Oaks, 53-56; still delays for reinforcements, 57; correspondence with Lincoln, 58, 59; promises and delays, 59, 60; "re- sponsibility" dispatch, 60; Stanton's reply, 60; Lincoln's reply, 61; strength of army in June, 61; at- tacked, 62; Beaver Dam Creek, 62. Gaines's Mill, 63; Savage's Station, 64. "You have done your best to sacrifice this army" dispatch to Stan- ton, 64; White Oak Swamp, Glen- dale, 64; Malvern Hill, 65-66; retreats to Harrison's Landing, 66; explains change of base, 66-67; 70, 71: cor- respondence with Lincoln, 73-74; po- litical letter, 74-76; answers Lin- coln's Interrogations, 76-78; on Pope's orders, 95; ordered to with- draw from Peninsula, 95, 96, 98, 99; telegrams to Halleck, 102, 103; Lin- coln's advice, 103; conference with Lincoln and Halleck, 103; promises to influence army, 104; placed in control of protection of capital, 105; takes field, 105; South Mountain, 106; telegraphs victory to Lincoln, 107; Antietam, 107-110; compared to Fabius and others, 128; supported by Democrats, 129; visited by Lin- colu, 130; ordered to give battle, 131; warned by Lincoln against over- cautiousness, 131-134; correspond- ence as to advance, 136, 137; re- lieved from command, 138; 158, 159; nominated for Presidency, 296; let- ter of acceptance, 298; defeated, 310.
McClure, A. K., II., 263. McClernand, John A., I., 44; II., 11, 14, 24, 25, 152, 153, 186-189. McCook, A. McD., II., 26, 27, 123, 124, 146, 147, 211, 212. McCown, J. P., II., 22. McCormick, Cyrus H., I., 119. McCulloch, Ben., I., 348-351; II., 18, 19. McCulloch, Hugh, II., 273, 316.
McDowell, Irvin, I., 318; at Bull Run, 332-338, 340; II., 35, 39-42, 49, 51- 53, 61, 69, 70, 71, 95, 98, 101, 172. McDowell, James, I., 86. McIntosh, James M., II., 19. McLane, R. M., I., 80.
McLaws, Lafayette, II., 105, 107, 182. McLean County tax case, 117. McLean, John, I., 105; 110; hears McCormick case, 120; defeated by Fremont for Republican nomina- tion, 144; before Chicago Conven- tion, 218, 222; II., 364. McPheeters, Samuel B., II., 174. McPherson, J. B., II., 187-189, 254, 255, 288, 289.
Macon County, I., 26. Maft, J. N., II., 257. Magoffin, Beriah, response to Lin- coln's proclamation, I., 296; 356. Magrath, Judge, resigns, I., 238. Magruder, John B., I., 275, 277, 278, 311, 321, 330; II., 40, 42, 54, 61, 64, 150,
Maine and South Carolina vote com-
Malet, Sir Edward, II., 365. Malvern Hill, II., 65, 66.
Manassas Junction, I., 319, 332-338; II., 100, 101.
Manassas, The, II., 129. Manny, John H., I., 119.
Mansfield, Joseph K. F., I., 311; crosses Potomac, 315, 319; II., 107, 108, 109,
Marsh, George P., I., 85. Marshall, Joseph G., declines Gov- ernorship of Oregon, I., 109. Marshall, Humphrey, quoted, I., 14. Maryland, against disunion, I., 258, 296; remains loyal, 298, 300; pro- tests against Federal troops, 312; Union feeling in, 312; legislative committee from, 313; pacified, 313; abolishes slavery, II., 305. Mason, James M., I., 317, 360,377. Massachusetts Sixth, I., 299; attacked by Baltimore mob, 300, 301; Eighth, passes through Maryland, 306. Matteson slave case, I., 56, Matteson, John A., I., 138.
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