Chapter XXXVIII (2)

=Lincoln, Abraham=, sixteenth President of the United States,
born February 12, 1800, 3, 6;
goes to A B C schools, 6;
early schooling in Indiana, 10-13;
home studies and youthful habits, 13-19;
manages ferry-boat, 15;
flatboat trip to New Orleans, 15, 16;
employed in Gentryville store, 16;
no hunter, 17;
kills wild turkey, 17, 18;
emigrates to Illinois, March 1, 1830, 20;
leaves his father's cabin, 21;
engaged by Denton Offutt, 21;
builds flatboat and takes it to New Orleans, 22, 23;
incident at Rutledge's Mill, 22;
returns to New Salem, 23;
election clerk, 23, 24;
clerk in Offutt's store, 24;
wrestles with Jack Armstrong, 25;
candidate for legislature, 1832, 29;
address "To the Voters of Sangamon County," 29, 30;
volunteers for Black Hawk War, 32;
elected captain of volunteer company, 32;
mustered out and reënlists as private, 32, 33;
finally mustered out, 33;
returns to New Salem, 33;
defeated for legislature, 33;
enters into partnership with Berry, 35;
sells out to the Trent brothers, 36;
fails, but promises to pay his debts, 36;
surveying instruments sold for debt, 36;
"Honest old Abe," 37;
appointed postmaster of New Salem, 37;
made deputy surveyor, 39, 40;
candidate for legislature, 1834, 41, 42;
elected to legislature, 43;
begins study of law, 44;
admitted to practice, 44;
removes to Springfield and forms law partnership with J.T. Stuart, 44;
reëlected to legislature, 44;
services in legislature, 44-48;
manages removal of State capital to Springfield, 45;
Lincoln-Stone protest, 47;
vote for, for Speaker of Illinois House, 48;
his methods in law practice, 49;
notes for law lecture, 49-51;
his growing influence, 52;
guest of William Butler, 53;
intimacy with Joshua F. Speed, 53;
engaged to Anne Rutledge, 54;
her death, 54;
his grief, 55;
courtship of Mary Owens, 55-60;
member of "Long Nine," 61, 62;
debate with Douglas and others, 1839, 62, 63;
meets and becomes engaged to Mary Todd, 63;
engagement broken, 64;
his deep melancholy, 64;
letter to Stuart, 64;
visit to Kentucky, 64;
letters to Speed, 64, 65;
"Lost Townships" letters, 66;
challenged by Shields, 66;
prescribes terms of the duel, 67;
duel prevented, 68;
letter to Speed, 68;
marriage to Mary Todd, November 4, 1842, 68, 69;
children of, 69;
partnership with Stuart dissolved, 69, 70;
law partnership with S.T. Logan, 70;
declines reëlection to legislature, 70;
letter to Speed, 71;
letter to Martin Morris, 71-73;
letter to Speed, 73;
presidential elector, 1844, 73;
letters to B.F. James, 74;
elected to Congress, 1846, 75;
service and speeches in Congress, 76-90;
votes for Wilmot Proviso, 79;
presidential elector in 1840 and 1844, 80;
favors General Taylor for President, 80-83;
letters about Taylor's nomination, 80-82;
letters to Herndon, 81-83;
speeches for Taylor, 83;
bill to prohibit slavery in District of Columbia, 86;
letters recommending office-seekers, 87-89;
letter to W.H. Herndon, 90, 91;
letter to Speed, 91, 92;
letter to Duff Green, 92;
applies for commissionership of General Land Office, 92;
defends Butterfield against political attack, 92;
refuses governorship of Oregon, 93;
indignation at repeal of Missouri Compromise, 94, 95;
advocates reëlection of Richard Yates to Congress, 96;
speech at Illinois State Fair, 96;
debate with Douglas at Peoria, 96-99;
agreement with Douglas, 99;
candidate for United States Senate before Illinois legislature, 1855, 99;
withdraws in favor of Trumbull, 100;
letter to Robertson, 100, 101;
speech at Bloomington convention, 1856, 103;
vote for, for Vice-President, 1856, 104;
presidential elector, 1856, 105;
speeches in campaign of 1856, 105;
speech at Republican banquet in Chicago, 106, 107;
speech on Dred Scott case, 110-112;
nominated for senator, 118, 119;
"House divided against itself" speech, 119, 120, 127, 128;
Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, 121-125;
defeated for United States Senate, 125;
analysis of causes which led to his defeat, 126, 127;
letters to H. Asbury and A.G. Henry, 127;
letter to A.L. Pierce and others, 130, 131;
speech in Chicago, 131, 132;
letter to M.W. Delahay, 132;
letter to Colfax, 132, 133;
letter to S. Galloway, 133;
Ohio speeches, 133, 134;
criticism of John Brown raid, 134, 135;
speeches in Kansas, 136, 137;
Cooper Institute speech, 137-140;
speeches in New England, 140;
letter to T.J. Pickett, 145;
candidate for presidential nomination, 1860, 145;
letters to N.B. Judd, 145, 146;
nominated for President, 1860, 149-151;
speech at Decatur convention, 153, 154;
daily routine during campaign, 158, 159;
letters during campaign, 159;
elected President, 160;
his cabinet program, 161-163;
letter to Seward offering cabinet appointment, 163;
offers Bates and Cameron cabinet appointments, 163;
summons Chase to Springfield, 163;
withdraws offer to Cameron, 163;
editorial in Springfield "Journal," 164;
offers cabinet appointments to Gilmer, Hunt, and Scott, 164;
letters to W.S. Speer and G.D. Prentiss, 164, 165;
correspondence with Alexander H. Stephens, 165, 166;
letter to Gilmer, 166;
letter to Washburne, 166, 167;
writes his inaugural, 167, 168;
journey to Washington, 168-174;
farewell address at Springfield, 169;
speeches on journey to Washington, 169-171;
consultation with Judd, 173;
night journey to Washington, 173, 174;
visits of ceremony, 179, 180;
first inauguration of, 180-182;
inaugural address, 180-182;
calls council to consider question of Sumter, 182, 183;
signs order for relief of Sumter, 184;
answer to Seward's memorandum of April 1, 1861, 187;
instructions to Seward, 1865, 187;
notice to Governor Pickens, 188;
issues call for 75,000 volunteers, 192;
assumes responsibility for war measures, 195;
opinion against dispersing Maryland legislature, 198, 199;
authorizes Scott to suspend writ of habeas corpus, 199;
action in Merryman case, 200;
institutes blockade, 205;
calls for three years' volunteers, 206;
appoints Charles Francis Adams minister to England, 211;
modifies Seward's despatch of May 21, 212;
his immense duties, 212, 213;
calls council of war, 215;
message to Congress, July 4, 1861, 218-220;
postpones decision about slaves, 222, 223;
receives news of defeat at Bull Run, 229;
letter to Hunter, 235;
letter to Frémont, 237, 238;
letter to Browning, 238-240;
sends Cameron to visit Frémont, 242;
letter to General Curtis about Frémont, 242, 243;
draft of despatch about Trent affair, 247, 248;
welcomes McClellan to Washington, 250;
orders retirement of General Scott, 253;
memorandum to McClellan, 253;
his grasp of military problems, 255, 256;
memorandum after battle of Bull Run, 256;
interest in East Tennessee, 256, 257;
personally urges on Congress the construction of railroad
in East Tennessee, 257, 258;
letter to Buell, 258, 259;
telegrams and letters to Buell and Halleck, 262-264, 268, 269;
places Halleck in command of Department of the Mississippi, 271;
calls councils of war, 288, 289;
General War Order No. 1, 290;
Special War Order No. 1, 291;
letter to McClellan about plan of campaign, 291;
interview with Stanton, 293, 294;
interview with McClellan, 295;
President's General War Orders No. 2 and No. 3, 295;
receives news of fight between _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 296;
relieves McClellan from command of all troops except
Army of the Potomac, 298;
orders McDowell to protect Washington, 299;
letter to McClellan, 299, 300;
letter to McClellan, 303, 304;
visit to General Scott, 306;
assigns General Pope to command of Army of Virginia, 306;
orders Burnside and Halleck to reinforce McClellan, 307;
letter to governors of free States, 307, 308;
accepts 300,000 new troops, 308;
letters to McClellan, 308;
visit to Harrison's Landing, 308;
appoints Halleck general-in-chief, 309;
his dispassionate calmness in considering McClellan's conduct, 311;
asks McClellan to use his influence with Pope's officers, 313;
places McClellan in command of defenses of Washington, 313;
orders reinforcements to McClellan, 316;
telegram to McClellan, 316;
visit to Antietam, 316, 317;
directions and letter to McClellan, 317-319;
removes him from command, 319;
letter to Bancroft, 321;
reference to slavery in message to Congress, December 3, 1861, 321, 322;
offers Delaware compensated abolishment, 322, 323;
special message of March 6, 1862, proposing joint
resolution favoring gradual abolishment, 323, 324;
letter to McDougall, 324;
interview with delegations from border slave States, 324, 325;
signs bill for compensated emancipation in District of Columbia, 326;
letter to Chase about Hunter's order of emancipation, 327;
proclamation revoking Hunter's order, 327, 328;
second interview with border State delegations in Congress, 329-331;
conversation with Carpenter about emancipation, 331, 332;
reads draft of first emancipation proclamation to cabinet, 331, 332;
tells Seward and Welles of his purpose to issue emancipation
proclamation, 332;
letter to Reverdy Johnson, 334;
letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, 334, 335;
letter to Horace Greeley, 335-337;
interview with Chicago clergymen, 337-339;
issues preliminary emancipation proclamation, 339-341;
annual message of December 1, 1862, 341, 342;
issues final emancipation proclamation, January 1, 1863, 342-346;
letter to A.G. Hodges, 346, 347;
letters about arming negroes, 350;
speech about Fort Pillow massacre, 351, 352;
interview with Frederick Douglass, 352;
letter to Governor Seymour, 356;
action in case of Vallandigham, 358, 359;
suspends privilege of writ of habeas corpus, 360;
attitude toward Knights of the Golden Circle, 361;
appoints Burnside to command Army of the Potomac, 363;
telegram to Burnside, and letter to Halleck about Burnside, 365;
letter to Burnside, 366;
relieves Burnside and appoints Hooker to succeed him, 366;
letter to Hooker, 366-368;
criticism on Hooker's plan of campaign, 368;
continued belief in Hooker, 370;
instructions to Hooker, 370, 371;
telegrams to Hooker, 371;
appoints Meade to command Army of the Potomac, 372;
urges Meade to active pursuit of Lee, 375;
letter to Meade, 375, 376;
Gettysburg address, 376, 377;
letter to Grant, 384, 385;
orders Rosecrans to advance, 385, 386;
note to Halleck, 388;
telegram to Rosecrans, 388;
orders reinforcements to Rosecrans, 388;
signs bill making Grant lieutenant-general, 393;
address on presenting his commission, 393, 394;
letter to Grant, 396;
under fire, 403;
letter to Sherman, 412, 413;
appoints military governors for Tennessee, Louisiana,
Arkansas, and North Carolina, 419;
his theory of "reconstruction," 419;
message to Congress, July 4, 1861, 419;
letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, 420, 421;
circular letter to military governors, 421, 422;
letter to Governor Shepley, 422;
letter to General Banks, 423;
references to reconstruction in message to Congress,
December 8, 1863, 424;
amnesty proclamation, December 8, 1863, 424;
letter to General Banks, 424, 425;
letters to General Steele, 427, 428;
letters to Johnson, 428, 429;
letter to Drake and others, 430-432;
revokes Frémont's proclamation freeing slaves, 432;
letter to General Schofield, 433;
directs Stanton to issue order regulating raising
of colored troops, 434, 435;
letter to H.W. Hoffman, 435, 436;
Democrats and Frémont Republicans criticize
his action on slavery, 437, 438;
relations with his cabinet, 438, 439;
attitude toward Chase, 439-441, 444;
letter to Chase, 441;
letter to F.A. Conkling and others, 443;
sentiment in favor of his reëlection, 443, 444;
letter to Washburne about second term, 444;
letters to General Schurz, 444, 445;
instructions to office-holders, 445;
speeches during campaign, 445;
renominated for President, 447, 448;
refuses to intimate his preference for Vice-President, 448, 449;
indorsement on Nicolay's letter, 448, 449;
reply to committee of notification, 450;
letter accepting nomination, 450, 451;
his attitude toward the French in Mexico, 451, 452;
opposition to, in Congress, 454;
on Davis's reconstruction bill, 454-456;
proclamation of July 8, 1864, 456;
accepts Chase's resignation, 457;
nominates David Tod to succeed him, 457;
substitutes name of W.P. Fessenden, 457, 458;
correspondence with Greeley, 458-460;
criticized because of Niagara conference, 460, 461;
draft of letter to C.D. Robinson, 461;
indorsement on Jaquess's application to go South, 462;
answer to Raymond's proposition, 463;
interview with John T. Mills, 464, 465;
memorandum, August 23, 1864, 466;
speech on morning after election, 469, 470;
popular and electoral votes for, 470;
summing up of results of the election, 470;
suggests key-note of Morgan's opening speech before Baltimore
convention, 471;
message to Congress, December 6, 1864, 471, 472, 476-478;
answer to serenade, 474, 475;
opinion on ratification of Thirteenth Amendment, 475;
two constitutional amendments offered to the
people during his administration, 476;
gives Blair permission to go South, 478;
letter to Blair in reply to Jefferson Davis, 481;
sends Major Eckert to meet peace commissioners, 482;
instructions to Seward, 483;
instructions to Grant, 483;
goes to Fortress Monroe, 484;
conference with peace commissioners, 484, 485;
pressure upon him to dismiss Montgomery Blair, 487, 489;
personal regard for the Blairs, 488;
letter to Stanton, 488;
lecture to cabinet, 489;
requests resignation of Blair, 489;
nominates Chase for chief justice, 490, 491;
opinion of Chase, 490, 491;
offers attorney-generalship to Holt and Speed, 491;
offers cabinet appointment to Governor Morgan, 492;
appoints Hugh McCulloch Secretary of the Treasury, 492;
indorsements on Usher's resignation, 492;
his plans for the future, 492, 493;
submits to cabinet draft of joint resolution offering
the South $400,000,000, 493;
his second inauguration, 493-496;
the second inaugural, 494-496;
letter to Weed, 497;
his literary rank, 497;
last public address, 498;
despatch to Grant, March 3, 1865, 503, 504;
at City Point, 506;
telegraphs Grant, "Let the thing be pressed," 511;
visit to Richmond, 517, 518;
interviews with John A. Campbell, 519;
gives permission for meeting of Virginia legislature, 519;
regret of army for, 529;
return to Washington, 530;
last cabinet meeting, 531, 532;
14th of April, 532, 533, 536-540;
danger from assassination, 533, 534;
interest in the theater, 536;
attends Ford's Theater, 536, 537;
death of, 538-540;
his death prevents organized rejoicing at downfall of rebellion, 544;
mourning for, 544-548;
feeling of radicals at death of, 545;
funeral ceremonies of, in Washington, 545, 546;
funeral journey to Springfield, Illinois, 546, 547;
burial at Springfield, 547, 548;
his character and career, 549-555;
his place in history, 555

=Lincoln, Abraham=, grandfather of the President,
emigrates from Virginia to Kentucky, 3, 4;
killed by Indians, 4

=Lincoln, Edward Baker=, son of President Lincoln, birth of, 69;
death of, 69

=Lincoln, Isaac=, settles on Holston River, 5

=Lincoln, Josiah=, uncle of the President, goes to fort for assistance against Indians, 4

=Lincoln, Mary=, aunt of the President, 4

=Lincoln, Mary Todd=, wife of the President, engagement to Lincoln, 63, 64;
writes "Lost Townships" letters, 66;
marriage to Lincoln, November 4, 1842, 68, 69;
children of, 69;
death of, 69;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168;
drive with her husband, April 14, 1865, 532;
invites friends to attend Ford's Theater, 536;
attends theater with her husband, 538;
at Lincoln's death-bed, 539

=Lincoln, Mordecai=, uncle of the President
defends homestead against Indians, 4;
inherits his father's lands, 4

=Lincoln, Nancy=, aunt of the President, 4

=Lincoln, Nancy Hanks=, mother of the President,
marries Thomas Lincoln, June 12, 1806, 5;
teaches her husband to sign his name, 5;
birth of daughter, 5;
birth of Abraham, son of, 6;
death of, 9

=Lincoln, Robert Todd=, son of the President,
Secretary of War, minister to England, birth of, 69;
public services, 69;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168;
on Grant's staff, 517;
with his father April 14, 1865, 532;
at Lincoln's death-bed, 540

=Lincoln, Samuel=, ancestor of the President, emigrates to America, 3

=Lincoln, Sarah=, sister of the President, born, 5;
goes to school, 6

=Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnston=. See _Johnston, Sarah Bush_

=Lincoln, Thomas=, father of the President, 3;
narrowly escapes capture by Indians, 4;
learns carpenter's trade, 5;
marries Nancy Hanks, June 12, 1806, 5;
daughter of, born, 5;
removes to Rock Spring Farm, 5, 6;
Abraham, son of, born, 6;
buys farm on Knob Creek, 6;
emigrates to Indiana, 7, 8;
death of his wife, 9;
marries Sally Bush Johnston, 10;
emigrates to Illinois, 20

=Lincoln, Thomas=, son of President Lincoln, birth of, 69;
death of, 69;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168

=Lincoln, William Wallace=, son of President Lincoln, birth of, 69;
death of, 69, 293;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168

=Lloyd, John M.=, keeps tavern at Surrattsville, Maryland, 536

=Logan, Stephen T.=, at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
law partnership with Lincoln, 70;
defeated for Congress, 91

="Long Nine,"= a power in Illinois legislature, 61

=Longstreet, James=, Confederate lieutenant-general,
besieges Burnside at Knoxville, 391;
retreats toward Virginia, 391;
reports conversation with Ord, 503;
in final defense of Richmond, 509

=Louisiana=, State of, military governor appointed for, 419;
election for members of Congress, 422;
contest over slavery clause in new constitution, 422, 423;
election of State officers in, 425, 426;
adopts new constitution abolishing slavery, 426;
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, 473;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475

=Lovejoy, Elijah P.=, murder of, 46

=Lovell, Mansfield=, Confederate major-general,
evacuates New Orleans, 285;
sends men and guns to Vicksburg, 286

=Lyon, Nathaniel=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
service in Missouri, 202-204;
killed at Wilson's Creek, 234, 235

=Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell=, baron, afterward earl,
British minister at Washington,
instructed to demand apology for _Trent_ affair, 246

=McClellan, George B.=, major-general, general-in-chief,
United States army, orders concerning slaves, 221;
commissioned by Governor Dennison, 224;
his previous career, 224;
quick promotion of, 224;
successes in western Virginia, 224, 225;
ordered to Washington, 229;
his ambition, 249-251;
organizes Army of the Potomac, 250, 251;
his hallucinations, 251, 252;
quarrel with General Scott, 251, 252;
expresses contempt for the President, 252;
answer to President's inquiry, 253;
illness of, 253;
instructions to Buell, 258-260;
unwilling to promote Halleck, 270;
attends council of war, 289;
explains plan of campaign to Stanton, 290;
letter to Stanton, 292;
revokes Hooker's authority to cross lower Potomac, 294;
council of his officers votes in favor of water route, 295;
at gathering of officials to discuss news of fight
between _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 296;
occupies abandoned rebel position, 297;
calls council of corps commanders, 298;
relieved from command of all troops save Army of the Potomac, 298;
arrives at Fortress Monroe, 299;
siege of Yorktown, 301;
his incapacity and hallucination, 302-304;
retreat to James River, 302;
letter to Stanton, 303;
protests against withdrawal of Army of the Potomac, 309;
reaches Alexandria, 311;
suggests leaving Pope to his fate, 311;
telegram to Pope's officers, 313;
in command of defenses of Washington, 313;
follows Lee into Maryland, 314;
learns Lee's plans, 315;
battle of Antietam, 315;
forces under his command, 317, 318;
removed from command, 319;
mentioned, 328, 329;
adopted by Democrats for presidential candidate, 355, 438;
nominated for President, 467;
letter of acceptance, 468;
electoral votes for, 470;
resigns from the army, 470

=McClernand, John A.=, member of Congress,
major-general United States Volunteers at Springfield, Illinois, 52

=McCulloch, Ben=, Confederate brigadier-general, defeat at Pea Ridge, 271

=McCulloch, Hugh=, Secretary of the Treasury,
enters Lincoln's cabinet, 492

=McDougall, James A.=, member of Congress,
United States senator, at Springfield, Illinois, 52

=McDowell, Irvin=, brevet major-general United States army,
fears junction of Johnston and Beauregard, 216;
advances against Beauregard, 226;
battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, 226-229;
advises movement on Manassas, 289;
ordered by Lincoln to protect Washington, 299, 305;
ordered to form junction with Shields and Frémont, 306;
in Army of Virginia, 310

=McLean, John=, justice United States Supreme Court,
vote for, in Chicago convention, 149

=McNamar, John=, engaged to Anne Rutledge, 54

=Magoffin, Beriah=, governor of Kentucky,
efforts in behalf of secession, 201

=Magruder, John B.=, brevet lieutenant-colonel United States army,
Confederate major-general, joins the Confederacy, 196;
opposes McClellan with inferior numbers, 301

=Maine=, State of, admitted as State, 1820, 19

=Mallory, S.R.=, United States senator,
Confederate Secretary of the Navy,
writes proposition of armistice dictated
by Davis and signed by Johnston, 521

=Malvern Hill=, Virginia, battle of, July 1, 1862, 302

=Marcy, R.B.=, brevet major-general United States army,
McClellan's chief of staff, 294

=Marshall, Charles=, Confederate colonel,
present at Lee's surrender, 513

=Maryland=, State of, secession feeling in, 193;
arrest and dispersion of its legislature, 199;
refuses offer of compensated abolishment, 434;
emancipation party in, 434;
abolishes slavery, 435, 436;
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, 473;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 474

=Mason, James M.=, United States senator,
Confederate commissioner to Europe, interview with John Brown, 134;
goes to Baltimore, 197;
capture of, 246-249

=Matthews, J.=, burns Booth's letter, 537

=Maximilian (Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph)=,
Archduke of Austria and Emperor of Mexico,
established by Napoleon III in Mexico, 451

=Maynard, Horace=, member of Congress,
minister to Turkey, telegram about East Tennessee, 259;
elected to Congress, 419

=Meade, George G.=, major-general United States army,
succeeds Hooker in command of Army of the Potomac, 372;
battle of Gettysburg, 372-374;
pursuit of Lee, 375, 377;
offers to give up command of Army of the Potomac, 394;
continued in command, 395;
reports surrender of Richmond, 510;
ordered to pursue Lee, 510;
pursuit of Lee, 511;
ordered to disregard Sherman's truce, 523

=Meigs, Montgomery C.=, brevet major-general
and quartermaster-general United States army,
at gathering of officials to discuss news of
battle between _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 296

=Memphis=, Tennessee, river battle at, 286

=Merrimac=, the, Confederate ironclad,
battle with _Monitor_, 278-282

=Merryman, John=, arrest of, 199

=Minnesota=, the, Union steam frigate,
in fight between _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 280

=Missouri=, State of, admitted as State, 1821, 19;
action concerning secession, 201-204;
provisional State government established, 418;
struggle over slavery, 430-434;
adopts ordinance of emancipation, 434;
resolution in Assembly favoring Lincoln's renomination, 444;
votes for Grant in Baltimore convention, 447;
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, 473

=Missouri Compromise=, repeal of, 94, 95

=Mobile Bay=, Alabama, battle of, August 5, 1864, 468, 525

=Monitor=, the, Union ironclad, battle with _Merrimac_, 279-282

=Montgomery=, Alabama, capital of Confederacy removed from,
to Richmond, 207

=Moore, Thomas O.=, governor of Louisiana,
arms free colored men, 348, 349

=Morgan, Edwin D.=, governor of New York,
United States senator, opens Republican national convention, 1864, 446;
declines cabinet appointment, 492

=Morris, Achilles=, elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, 34

=Morrison, James L.D.=, desires commissionership
of General Land Office, 92

=Mudd, Samuel=, assists Booth and Herold, 542;
imprisoned, 544

=Mulligan, James A.=, brevet brigadier-general
United States Volunteers, captured by Price, 241

=Murfreesboro=, Tennessee, battle of,
December 31, 1862, to January 3, 1863, 380

=Napoleon III=, colonial ambitions of, 211;
establishes Maximilian in Mexico, 451

=Nashville=, Tennessee, battle of, December 15, 16, 1864, 410

=Neale, T.M.=, commands troops in Black Hawk War, 31, 32;
defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

=Negro soldiers=, experiments with, early in the war, 348;
governor of Louisiana arms free blacks, 348, 349;
reference to, in emancipation proclamation, 349, 350;
Lincoln's interest in, 350;
attitude of Confederates toward, 350, 351;
massacre of, at Fort Pillow, 351;
President's conversation with Frederick Douglass
about retaliation, 352;
Stanton's order regulating raising of, 435;
Republican national platform claims protection of laws of war for, 446;
take part in second inauguration of Lincoln, 493, 494;
Jefferson Davis's recommendation concerning slaves in rebel army, 501;
assist in restoring order in Richmond, 517;
in Lincoln's funeral procession, 546.
See _Slavery_ and _Emancipation_

=Nelson, William=, lieutenant-commander United States navy,
major-general United States Volunteers, occupies Nashville, 270

=New Orleans=, Louisiana, capture of, 283-285;
Confederate negro regiment in, 348, 349;
Union sentiment in, 420

=New Salem=, Illinois, town of, 22-26

=New York City=, draft riots in, 356, 357;
funeral honors to Lincoln in, 546, 547

=Nicolay, John G.=, Lincoln's private secretary, 158;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168;
in attendance at Baltimore convention, 448, 449;
letter to Hay, 448

=North Carolina=, State of, joins Confederacy, 200, 204;
military governor appointed for, 419

=Offutt, Denton=, engages Lincoln to take flatboat to New Orleans, 21;
disappears from New Salem, 35

=O'Laughlin, Michael=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
imprisoned, 544

=Ord, Edward O.C.=, brevet major-general United States army,
conversation with Longstreet, 503

=Owens, Mary S.=, Lincoln's attentions to, correspondence with
and proposal of marriage to, 55-60

=Palfrey, F.W.=, Confederate brigadier-general,
statement about strength of Army of the Potomac, 315

=Parke, John G.=, brevet major-general United States army,
in recapture of Fort Stedman, 505, 506;
in assault at Petersburg 509

=Patterson, Robert=, major-general Pennsylvania militia,
turns troops toward Harper's Ferry, 209;
part in campaign against Manassas, 216;
orders concerning slaves, 220, 221;
failure at Harper's Ferry, 228

=Paulding, Hiram=, rear-admiral United States navy,
burns Norfolk navy-yard, 278

=Pea Ridge=, Arkansas, battle of, 271

=Pemberton, John C.=, Confederate lieutenant-general,
surrenders Vicksburg, 383

=Pendleton, George H.=, member of Congress minister to Prussia,
nominated for Vice-President, 467

=Pendleton, William N.=, Confederate brigadier-general,
advises Lee to surrender 512

=Perryville=, Kentucky, battle of, October 8, 1862, 379

=Peter, Z.=, defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

=Petersburg=, Virginia, operations against, 400-402, 507-510;
evacuation of, April 2, 1865, 510

=Phelps, John S.=, member of Congress, appointed military
governor of Arkansas, 420

=Phelps, J.W.=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
mentioned in letter of Lincoln, 334;
declared an outlaw by Confederate War Department, 350

=Philippi=, West Virginia, battle of, June 3, 1861, 214, 225

=Phillips, Wendell=, letter to Cleveland convention, 442

=Pickens, Francis W.=, member of Congress, minister to Russia,
governor of South Carolina, fires on _Star of the West_, 178

=Pickett, George E.=, Confederate major-general, in battle of Five
Forks, 507, 508

=Pierce, Franklin=, fourteenth President of the United States,
recognizes bogus laws in Kansas, 113;
appoints governors for Kansas, 113, 114

=Pillow, Gideon J.=, Confederate major-general,
stationed at Columbus, 254;
escapes from Fort Donelson, 268

=Pinkerton, Allen=, detective work of, 173

=Pittsburg Landing=, Tennessee, battle of,
April 6, 7, 1862, 272-274

=Polk, James K.=, eleventh President of the United States,
sends treaty of peace with Mexico to Senate, 79

=Pomeroy, Samuel C.=, United States senator, secret circular of, 440

=Pope, John=, brevet major-general United States army,
sent to New Madrid, 270;
capture of Island No. 10, 274;
proceeds to Fort Pillow, 274;
joins Halleck, 274;
assigned to command Army of Virginia, 306;
assumes command of Army of Virginia 310;
second battle of Bull Run, 310, 311;
despatch announcing his defeat, 312;
relieved from command of Army of the Potomac, 314

=Porter, David D.=, admiral United States navy,
commands mortar flotilla in expedition with Farragut, 282-287;
in second expedition to Vicksburg, 287;
in operations about Vicksburg, 382, 383;
visits Richmond with Lincoln, 517, 518

=Porterfield, G.A.=, Confederate colonel, routed at Philippi, 225

=Port Hudson=, Louisiana, siege and surrender of, 383, 384

=Port Royal=, South Carolina, expedition against, 245, 246

=Powell, Lewis=, _alias_ Lewis Payne, in conspiracy
to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
assigned to murder Seward, 535;
attack upon Seward, 540, 541;
escape and capture of, 541, 542;
execution of, 544

=Price, Sterling=, Confederate major-general retreat
to Springfield, Missouri, 234;
captures Mulligan, 241;
retreats toward Arkansas, 269;
defeat at Pea Ridge, 271

=Pritchard, Benjamin D.=, brevet brigadier-general
United States Volunteers, captures Jefferson Davis, 526

=Quinton, R.=, defeated for Illinois legislature 1832, 34

=Rathbone, Henry R.=, brevet colonel United States army,
attends Ford's Theater with Mrs. Lincoln and Miss Harris, 536;
wounded by Booth, 538, 539

=Raymond, Henry J.=, member of Congress letter to Lincoln, 462, 463;
visits Washington, 463

=Reconstruction=, in West Virginia and Missouri, 418, 419;
Lincoln's theory of, 419;
in Louisiana, 420-426;
in Arkansas, 426, 427;
in Tennessee, 428, 429;
opposition in Congress to Lincoln's action concerning, 454;
Henry Winter Davis's bill prescribing method of, 454;
Lincoln's proclamation of, July 8, 1864, 456;
Wade-Davis manifesto, 456, 457

=Republican Party=, formation of, 102, 103;
nominates Frémont and Dayton, 1856, 103, 104;
national convention of, 1860, 144-151;
candidates in 1860, 152;
campaign of, 1860, 153-160;
Frémont faction denounces Lincoln's attitude on slavery, 438;
the Chase faction, 439-441;
national convention of, 1864, 446-449;
gloomy prospects of, 462-466: success in elections of, 1864, 469, 470

=Retaliation,= rebel threats of, 350, 351;
cabinet action on Fort Pillow massacre, 352;
conversation between Lincoln and Frederick Douglass about, 352

=Reynolds,= John, governor of Illinois, issues call
for volunteers for Black Hawk War, 31, 32

=Richmond,= Virginia, becomes capital of Confederate States, 207;
panic in, at rumors of evacuation, 481;
high prices in, 481;
excitement created by Blair's visits, 481, 482;
alarm at Grant's advance, 500;
surrender of, April 3, 1865, 510;
burning of, 515, 516

=Rich Mountain,= Virginia, battle of, July 11, 1861, 225

=Riney, Zachariah,= teacher of President Lincoln, 6

=Roanoke,= the, Union steam frigate, in fight
between _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 280

=Robinson, E.,= defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

=Rodgers, John,= rear-admiral United States navy,
takes part in Port Royal expedition, 245, 246

=Romine, Gideon,= merchant at Gentryville, 9

=Rosecrans, William S.,= brevet major-general United States army,
success at Rich Mountain, 225;
succeeds Buell in Kentucky, 380;
battle of Murfreesboro, 380;
Iuka and Corinth, 380;
drives Bragg to Chattanooga, 385;
Chattanooga and Chickamauga, 386-388;
relieved from command, 388, 389;
dilatory movements delay reconstruction in Tennessee, 428

=Russell, Lord John,= British minister for foreign affairs,
interview with Charles Francis Adams, 211

=Rutledge, Anne,= engagement to Lincoln, 54;
death of, 54

=Savannah,= Georgia, occupied by Sherman, December 21, 1864, 412

=Schofield, J.M.,= brevet major-general, general-in-chief,
United States army, ordered to join Sherman, 414;
joins Sherman 417

=Schurz, Carl,= major-general United States Volunteers,
United States senator,
Secretary of the Interior, asks permission to take part
in presidential campaign, 444

=Scott Dred,= case of, 108, 109

=Scott, Robert E.,= tendered cabinet appointment 164

=Scott, Winfield,= lieutenant-general United States army,
warning to Lincoln about plot in Baltimore, 172;
charged with safety of Washington, 172;
attempt to reinforce Anderson, 178;
advises evacuation of Sumter, 183;
orders Washington prepared for a siege, 194;
report to President Lincoln, 194, 195;
offers Lee command of seventy-five regiments, 196;
orders Lyon to St. Louis, 202;
loyalty of, 208;
occupies Cairo, Illinois, 210;
military problem before, 210;
plan of campaign 215, 216, 231, 232;
refuses to credit news of defeat at Bull Run, 228, 229;
welcomes McClellan to Washington, 250;
quarrel with McClellan, 251, 252;
retirement of, 251-253;
rank as lieutenant-general, 393;
attends Lincoln's funeral in New York, 547

=Seaton, William W.,= mayor of Washington approves
Lincoln's bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia, 87

=Secession,= South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas join the movement, 175, 176;
action of central cabal, 177;
sentiment in Maryland, 193, 194;
Virginia passes ordinance of, 194;
Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas join the movement, 200;
sentiment in Delaware, 201;
in Kentucky, 201;
in Missouri, 201-204;
numerical strength of, 204. See _Confederate States of America_

=Seddon, James A.,= member of Congress, Confederate
Secretary of War, resignation of, 501

=Sedgwick, John,= major-general United States Volunteers,
crosses Rappahannock and takes Fredericksburg, 368, 369

=Seven Days' Battles,= 302, 306, 307

=Seward, Augustus H.,= brevet colonel United States army,
stabbed by Powell, _alias_ Payne, 541

=Seward, Frederick W.,= Assistant Secretary of State,
visits Lincoln in Philadelphia, 172;
wounded by Powell, _alias_, Payne, 540, 541

=Seward, William H.,= United States senator, Secretary of State,
desires reëlection of Douglas to United States Senate, 125;
candidate for presidential nomination, 1860, 144;
votes for, in Chicago convention, 149-151;
accepts cabinet appointment, 163;
transmits offers of cabinet appointments, 164;
suggestions to Lincoln about journey to Washington, 168;
warning to Lincoln about plot in Baltimore, 172, 173;
meets Lincoln at railway station in Washington, 174;
appointed Secretary of State, 182;
reply to Confederate commissioners, 183;
reply to Judge Campbell, 183;
memorandum of April 1, 1861, 184-187;
opinion of Lincoln, 187;
despatch of May 21, 211;
friendship for Lord Lyons, 247;
despatch in _Trent_ affair, 249;
at gathering of officials to discuss news of _Monitor_
and _Merrimac_, 296;
goes to New York with President's letter, 307;
Lincoln tells him of coming emancipation proclamation, 332;
suggests postponement of emancipation proclamation, 332;
attitude toward the French in Mexico, 451, 452;
agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, 463;
proclaims ratification of Thirteenth Amendment, 475;
goes to Hampton Roads, 483;
relations with Montgomery Blair, 488;
plot to murder, 535;
attacked by Powell, _alias_ Payne, 540, 541

=Seymour, Horatio=, governor of New York, opposition to the draft, 355-357;
correspondence with Lincoln, 356;
notifies McClellan of his nomination, 468

=Shepley, G.F.=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
military governor of Louisiana, orders election
for members of Congress, 422;
orders registration of loyal voters, 422, 423

=Sheridan, Philip H.=, lieutenant-general, general-in-chief,
United States army, operations in Shenandoah valley, 403, 404;
succeeds McClellan, 470;
in Shenandoah valley, 502;
reaches City Point, 506;
advance to Five Forks, 507;
reports situation to Grant, 507;
battle of Five Forks, 508;
ordered to get on Lee's line of retreat, 509, 510;
despatch to Grant, 511;
captures Appomattox Station, 512;
despatch to Grant, 512

=Sherman, John=, member of Congress, Secretary of the Treasury,
United States senator,
candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives, 141

=Sherman, William Tecumseh=, lieutenant-general,
general-in-chief United States army, sent to Nashville, 254;
succeeds Anderson, 254;
interview with Cameron, 255;
asks to be relieved, 255;
in operations about Vicksburg, 381, 382;
reaches Chattanooga, 389;
in battle of Chattanooga, 390, 391;
conference with Grant, 395;
master in the West, 395;
Meridian campaign, 405, 406;
concentrates troops at Chattanooga, 406;
march on Atlanta, 408, 468;
truce with Hood, 408;
divides his army, 409;
march to the sea, 410-412;
telegram to President Lincoln, 412;
proposes to march through the Carolinas, 414;
from Savannah to Goldsboro, 414-417;
visit to Grant, 417;
march northward, 502;
visit to Lincoln and Grant, 506;
admiration for Grant and respect for Lee, 520;
enters Raleigh, 521;
receives communication from Johnston, 521;
meetings with Johnston, 521, 522;
agreement between them, 522;
agreement disapproved at Washington, 523;
report to Grant, 523, 524;
receives Johnston's surrender, 524;
effect of his march through the South, 524;
sent against E. Kirby Smith, 526;
soldiers of, in grand review, 528

=Shields, James=, United States senator, brigadier-general
United States Volunteers, at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
auditor of Illinois, 65;
challenges Lincoln to a duel, 66-68;
ordered to form junction with McDowell and Frémont, 306

=Short, James=, buys Lincoln's surveying instruments
and restores them to him, 36

=Simpson, M.=, Bishop of the Methodist Church,
oration at Lincoln's funeral, 548

=Slavery=, agitation in Illinois, 45, 46;
Lincoln-Stone protest, 47;
Lincoln's bill to abolish, in District of Columbia, 85-87;
repeal of Missouri Compromise, 94, 95;
Peoria debate of Lincoln and Douglas, 96-98;
Lincoln's Chicago banquet speech, 106, 107;
Dred Scott case, 108-112;
pro-slavery reaction, 113;
slavery agitation in Kansas, 113-117;
Lincoln's "House divided against itself" speech, 119, 120, 127, 128;
Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, 121-125;
John Brown raid, 134, 135;
Lincoln's speeches in Kansas and the East, 136-140;
pro-slavery demands of Democratic leaders, 141, 142;
attitude of political parties upon, in 1860, 152, 153;
"corner-stone" theory of the Confederate States, 179;
dream of the conspirators, 197, 204;
dread of slave insurrections in the South, 220, 221;
action of Union commanders about, 220-223;
Frémont's proclamation, 236-238;
Lincoln to Browning about Frémont's proclamation, 238-240;
President's interview with border State delegations, 257, 258, 324, 325;
references to, in Cameron's report, 320;
in Lincoln's message of December 3, 1861, 321, 322;
Delaware offered compensated abolishment, 322, 323;
Lincoln's special message to Congress, March 6, 1862, 323, 324;
President's letter to McDougall, 324;
Congress passes bill for compensated emancipation
in District of Columbia, 325, 326;
bill in Congress to aid emancipation in Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, 326;
Lincoln revokes Hunter's order, 327, 328;
measures relating to, in Congress, 1862, 329;
President's second interview with border State delegations, 329-331;
Lincoln reads first draft of emancipation proclamation to
cabinet, 331, 332;
President's interview with Chicago clergymen, 337-339;
President issues preliminary emancipation proclamation, 339-341;
annual message of December 1, 1862, on, 341, 342;
President issues final emancipation proclamation, 342-346;
President's views on, 346, 347;
arming of negro soldiers, 348-350;
instructions from War Department about slaves, 349;
contest over slavery clause in new Louisiana constitution, 423;
slavery abolished in Louisiana, 426;
abolished in Arkansas, 427;
abolished in Tennessee, 429;
abolished in Missouri, 434;
abolished in Maryland, 435, 436;
attitude of Democratic party on, 437, 438;
Republican national platform favors constitutional
amendment abolishing, 446;
fugitive-slave law repealed, 457;
constitutional amendment prohibiting, in United States, 471-476;
public opinion on, in certain States, 473;
two constitutional amendments offered during Lincoln's term, 475, 476;
Lincoln's draft of joint resolution offering South $400,000,000, 493;
decline in value of slave property in the South, 501;
effect on Lincoln's character, 551.
See _Emancipation_ and _Negro soldiers_

=Slidell, John=, minister to Mexico, United States senator,
Confederate commissioner to Europe, capture of, 246-249;
last instructions from Confederate Secretary of State to, 501, 502

=Smith, Caleb B.=, member of Congress, Secretary of the Interior,
judge United States District Court,
appointed Secretary of the Interior, 182;
signs cabinet protest, 311, 312

=Smith, E. Kirby=, Confederate general,
commands forces west of the Mississippi, 525;
surrender of, 526, 527

=Smith, Melancton=, rear-admiral United States navy,
at gathering of officials to discuss fight between _Monitor_
and _Merrimac_, 296

=Smith, William F.=, brevet major-general United States army,
service at Chattanooga 389

=Spain=, joint expedition to Mexico, 451

=Spangler, Edward=, imprisoned for complicity in Booth's plot, 544

=Speed, James=, Attorney-General, appointed Attorney-General, 491

=Speed, Joshua F.=, intimacy with Lincoln, 53;
Lincoln's letters to, 64, 65, 68;
marriage, 65

=Spottsylvania=, Virginia, battle of, May 8-19, 1864, 398, 399

=Springfield=, Illinois, its ambition, 26;
first newspaper, 26;
becomes capital of Illinois, 45, 52;
in 1837-39, 53;
revival of business in, 61;
society in, 62;
Lincoln's speech of farewell at, 169;
funeral honors to Lincoln in, 547, 548

=Stanley, Edward=, member of Congress, appointed military
governor of North Carolina, 420

=Stanton, Edwin M.=, Attorney-General, Secretary of War,
succeeds Cameron as Secretary of War, 289;
his efficiency, 289, 290;
interview with the President, 293, 294;
at gathering of officials to discuss news of _Monitor_
and _Merrimac_, 296;
conveys President's reply to McClellan's plan of campaign, 298;
indignation at McClellan, 311;
draws up and signs memorandum of protest against continuing
McClellan in command, 311;
instruction about slaves, 349;
faith in Hooker, 370;
anxiety for Lincoln during Early's raid, 403;
order regulating raising of colored troops, 435;
orders suppression of two New York newspapers and arrest
of their editors, 453, 454;
agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, 463;
sends Halleck's letter to President, 488;
shows Lincoln Grant's despatch transmitting Lee's overtures, 503;
disapproves Sherman's agreement with Johnston, 523;
at Lincoln's death-bed, 540

=Star of the West=, merchant vessel, unsuccessful attempt
to reinforce Fort Sumter, 178

=Steele, Frederick=, brevet major-general United States army,
marches from Helena to Little Rock, Arkansas, 427;
assists reconstruction in Arkansas, 427

=Stephens, Alexander H.=; member of Congress,
Confederate Vice-President, correspondence with Lincoln, 165, 166;
elected Vice-President Confederate States of America, 179;
"corner-stone" theory, 179;
signs military league, 197;
appointed peace commissioner, 482;
at Hampton Roads conference, 482-485

=Stevens, Thaddeus=, member of Congress, criticism of joint
resolution offering compensated emancipation, 325

=St. Lawrence=, the, in fight between _Monitor_
and _Merrimac_, 280

=Stone, Charles P.=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
report about danger to Lincoln in Baltimore, 172, 173

=Stone, Dan=, member of Illinois legislature,
protest with Lincoln against resolutions on slavery, 47

=Stone, Dr. Robert K.=, at Lincoln's death-bed, 539, 540

=Stringham, Silas H.=, rear-admiral United States navy,
commands Hatteras expedition, 245

=Stuart, John T.=, major Illinois Volunteers, member of Congress,
reënlists as private in Black Hawk War, 33;
elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, 34;
reëlected in 1834, 43;
encourages Lincoln to study law, 44;
at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
elected to Congress, 69, 70

=Surratt, John H.=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, 536;
escape to Canada, subsequent capture and trial, 544

=Surratt, Mrs. Mary E.=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
visits tavern at Surrattsville, 536;
fate of, 541, 542, 544

=Swaney=, teacher of President Lincoln, 12

=Swett, Leonard=, favors Holt for Vice-President, 448

=Taney, Roger B.=, chief justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, opinion in Dred Scott case, 109;
action in Merryman case, 199, 200;
death of, 490

=Taylor, E.D.=, elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, 34

=Taylor, Richard=, Confederate lieutenant-general,
surrenders to Canby, 525, 527

=Taylor, Zachary=, twelfth President of the United States,
nominated for President, 80, 81;
elected President, 87

=Tennessee=, the, Confederate ram, in battle of Mobile Bay, 525

=Tennessee=, State of, joins Confederacy, 200, 204;
military governor appointed for, 419;
secession usurpation in, 420;
delay of reconstruction in, 428;
organization of State government and abolishment of slavery, 429;
public opinion in, regarding slavery, 473;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475

=Terry, Alfred H.=, brevet major-general United States army,
communicates with Sherman, 416

=Texas=, State of, ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475

=Thatcher, Henry K.=, rear-admiral United States navy,
receives surrender of Farrand, 525

=Thirteenth Amendment=, joint resolution proposing, 471-475;
ratification of, 475

=Thomas, George H.=, major-general United States army,
ordered to oppose Zollicoffer, 254;
victory over Zollicoffer, 265;
at battle of Chickamauga, 387;
succeeds Rosecrans at Chattanooga, 389;
in battle of Chattanooga, 390, 391;
sent by Sherman to defend Tennessee, 409;
Franklin and Nashville, 410;
threatens Confederate communications from Tennessee, 502

=Thompson, Jacob=, member of Congress, Secretary of the Interior,
agent of Confederate government in Canada, 361;
his visionary plans, 361, 362;
account at Montreal Bank, 544

=Thompson, Samuel=, colonel Illinois Volunteers,
commands regiment in Black Hawk War, 32

=Tod, David=, minister to Brazil, governor of Ohio,
declines nomination for Secretary of the Treasury, 457

=Todd, Mary=, see _Lincoln, Mary Todd_

=Totten, Joseph G.=, brevet major-general United States army,
at gathering of officials to discuss news of fight of _Monitor_
and _Merrimac_, 296

=Treat, Samuel H.=, United States district judge,
at Springfield, Illinois, 52

=Trent Brothers=, buy store of Lincoln and Berry, 36

=Trent=, the, British mail-steamer, overhauled
by the _San Jacinto_, 246

=Trumbull, Lyman=, member of Congress, United States senator,
at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
elected to United States Senate, 1855, 100

=Turnham, David=, lends Lincoln "Revised Statutes of Indiana," 14

=Usher, John P.=, Secretary of the Treasury, resigns from cabinet, 492

=Vallandigham, Clement L.=, member of Congress,
interview with John Brown, 134;
arrest and banishment of, 358;
head of Knights of Golden Circle, etc., 360, 361;
at Democratic national convention, 467, 468

=Van Bergen=, sues Lincoln for debt, 36, 41

=Vandalia=, Illinois, removal of State capital from,
to Springfield, 45, 52

=Van Dorn, Earl=, Confederate major-general, defeat at Pea Ridge, 271

=Varuna=, the, sunk in expedition against New Orleans, 285

=Vicksburg=, Mississippi, fortifications of, 287;
surrender of, July 4, 1863, 376, 383;
situation of 381;
operations against, 381-383

=Victoria=, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,
proclamation of neutrality, 211;
kindly feelings toward United States, 247

=Vienna Station=, ambush at, 214

=Virginia=, State of, passes ordinance of secession, 194;
in the Confederacy, 204;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475

=Wade, Benjamin F.=, United States senator,
signs Wade-Davis manifesto, 456

=Walker, Leroy Pope=, Confederate Secretary of War
and brigadier-general, speech at Montgomery, 197

=Walker, Robert J.=, United States senator Secretary
of the Treasury, appointed governor of Kansas, 114;
letter to Buchanan 114, 115;
resigns, 117

=Warren, Gouverneur K.=, brevet major-general United
States army, attacked by Lee, 507

=Washburne, Elihu B.=, member of Congress,
minister to France, meets Lincoln at railway station in Washington, 174

=Washington City=, cutoff from the North, 194-197;
communication restored, 197;
fortifications of, 208, 209;
threatened by Early, 403;
grand review of Union army in, 527-529

=Washington, George=, first President of the United States,
rank of lieutenant-general, 393;
size of his armies compared with Lee's, 524;
his place in United States history, 555

=Weitzel, Godfrey=, brevet major-general United States army,
receives surrender of Richmond, 510;
sets about work of relief, 516

=Welles, Gideon=, Secretary of the Navy,
appointed Secretary of the Navy, 182;
approves course of Captain Wilkes, 246;
at gathering of officials to discuss news of fight
between _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 296;
refuses to sign cabinet protest, 311, 312;
Lincoln tells him of coming emancipation proclamation, 332

=West Virginia=, State of, formation of, 200, 201;
true to the Union, 204;
effect on, of McClellan's campaign, 225;
admission to the Union, 418;
slavery in throttled by public opinion, 473

=Whig Party=, first national convention of, 28;
nominates Henry Clay, 28;
convention of 1860, 143, 144

=White, Albert S.=, member of Congress, United States senator,
judge of District Court of Indiana,
reports bill to aid emancipation in Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, 326

=Whitesides, Samuel=, general Illinois Volunteers,
reënlists as private in Black Hawk War, 33

=Wide Awakes=, origin and campaign work of, 155, 156

=Wilderness=, Virginia, battle of, May 5, 6, 1864, 398

=Wilkes, Charles=, rear-admiral United States navy,
capture of the _Trent_, 246-249

=Wilmington=, North Carolina, occupation of, February 22, 1865, 525

=Wilson, James H.=, brevet major-general United States army,
cavalry raid, and defeat of Forrest, 524, 525

=Wilson's Creek=, Missouri, battle of, August 10, 1861, 235

=Wise, Henry A.=, minister to Brazil;
governor of Virginia, Confederate brigadier-general desires
Douglas's reëlection to United States Senate, 126;
interview with John Brown, 134

=Worden, John L.=, rear-admiral United States navy,
commands the _Monitor_, 282

=Wright, Horatio G.=, brevet major-general United States army,
sent to Washington 403;
in recapture of Fort Stedman, 505, 506;
in assault at Petersburg, 508, 509

=Yates, Richard=, member of Congress, governor of Illinois,
United States senator Lincoln advocates his reëlection, 96;
commissions Grant, 265;
appoints J.F. Jaquess colonel of volunteer regiment, 461

=Yorktown=, Virginia, siege of, April 5 to May 3, 1862, 301

=Zollicoffer, Felix K.=, member of Congress,
Confederate brigadier-general, in eastern Kentucky, 254;
defeated by Thomas, 265

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