Chapter XIII: The Fall of Richmond, and the Assassination of President Lincoln (2)

Burnside, General Ambrose E.,
commands in North Carolina, see vol. i.;
given command of Army of Potomac, see vol. ii.;
at Fredericksburg;
loses confidence of army;
ordered by Lincoln to do nothing without informing him;
offers to resign;
wishes to dismiss several generals;
resigns;
his campaign in East Tennessee;
relieved by Sherman;
alarmed at Copperheads;
commands in Ohio;
issues order threatening traitors;
tries and condemns Vallandigham;
comment of Lincoln on;
offers resignation.

Butler, Benjamin F.,
takes possession of hill commanding Baltimore, see vol. i.;
commands at Fortress Monroe;
commands at New Orleans;
keeps slaves as "contraband of war", see vol. ii.;
"bottled" at Bermuda Hundred.

Butterfield, Justin,
at Illinois bar, see vol. i.

Cadwalader, General George,
refuses to liberate Merryman on Taney's writ, see vol. i.

Calhoun, John,
appoints Lincoln deputy surveyor, see vol. i.

Calhoun, John C.,
his speech on Compromise of 1850, see vol. i.

California,
annexed, see vol. i.;
gold fever in;
asks admission as State;
prohibits slavery;
refusal of South to admit;
admitted.

Cameron, Simon,
candidate for Republican presidential nomination in 1860, see vol. i.;
sells his vote for promise of a place in cabinet;
willing to sacrifice anything to save Union;
secretary of war;
difficulty over his appointment;
opposes relieving Fort Sumter;
refuses muskets to Massachusetts militia;
wishes to leave War Department;
appointed minister to Russia;
instructs Butler not to return slaves, see vol. ii.;
authorizes Sherman to use negroes;
suggests arming slaves in annual report;
his report suppressed by Lincoln;
supports Lincoln for reëlection.

Campbell, Judge John A.,
acts as intermediary between Seward and Confederate commissioners,
see vol. i.;
on Confederate Peace Commission, see vol. ii.

Cartwright, Peter,
defeated by Lincoln for Congress, see vol. i.;
his character as itinerant preacher.

Cass, Lewis,
attacked by Lincoln in Congress, see vol. i.;
in Buchanan's cabinet;
wishes to coerce South;
resigns when Buchanan refuses to garrison Southern forts.

Caucus,
denounced by Whigs in Illinois, see vol. i.

Cedar Mountain,
battle of, see vol. ii.

Chambrun, Comte de,
on Lincoln's magnanimity, see vol. ii.

Chancellorsville,
battle of, see vol. ii.

Chandler, Zachariah,
in Senate in 1861, see vol. i.;
denounces conservatives, see vol. ii.;
threatens Lincoln.

Chase, Salmon P.,
in debate on Compromise, see vol. i.;
candidate for Republican nomination in 1860;
secretary of treasury;
objected to by Pennsylvania protectionists;
wishes to reinforce Sumter;
dislikes subordination to Lincoln;
wishes McClellan to advance;
asks him his plans and is snubbed;
favors Lincoln's plan of campaign;
on ease of a victory;
considers Lincoln inefficient, see vol. ii.;
leader of discontented Republicans;
on Lincoln's responsibility for emancipation proclamation;
suggests an addition to it;
wishes to present bankers to Lincoln;
left undisturbed in control of Treasury;
his resignation taken by Lincoln;
letter of Lincoln to;
hesitates to withdraw resignation;
finally does so;
irritated by Lincoln's independence;
becomes candidate for Republican nomination;
not feared by Lincoln;
his offer to resign declined;
fails to obtain support;
withdraws name;
continues to dislike Lincoln;
frequently offers resignation;
finally leaves office;
on bad terms with Blair;
appointed chief justice.

Chestnut, James,
defies North in 1860, see vol. i.

Chickamauga,
battle of, see vol. ii.

Chittenden, L.E.,
on danger of a recognition of Confederacy by England, see vol. i.

Cisco, John J.,
quarrel over appointment of his successor, see vol. ii.

Clay, Henry,
admired by Lincoln, see vol. i.;
less admired after his visit at Ashland;
offers Compromise of 1850.

Clinton, George,
denounced in New York for calling secession "rebellion", see vol. i.

Cobb, Howell,
in Congress with Lincoln, see vol. i.;
on "making better terms out of the Union than in it";
in Buchanan's cabinet;
candidate for presidency of South;
resigns from cabinet.

Cochrane, General John,
nominated for Vice-President, see vol. ii.

Cold Harbor,
battle of, see vol. ii.

Colfax, Schuyler,
expects Douglas to join Republicans, see vol. i.;
in House in 1861;
on Lincoln's tenacity, see vol. ii.;
announces passage of thirteenth amendment.

Collamer, Jacob,
in Congress with Lincoln, see vol. i.;
vote for, in Republican Convention of 1860;
in Senate in 1861.

Colonization,
favored by Lincoln, see vol. i., see vol. ii.

Compromise of 1850,
history of, see vol. i.

Confederate States,
formed by convention, see vol. i.;
organization of;
sends commissioners to United States;
its envoys rejected by Lincoln;
prepares to seize Fort Sumter;
amused at Lincoln's call for volunteers;
receives Virginia;
belligerency of, recognized by England and France;
refusal of Lincoln to receive Stephens embassy from, see vol. ii.;
sells bonds in England;
dealings of supposed emissaries from, with Greeley;
refusal of Lincoln to negotiate with;
dealings of Blair with;
sends commissioners;
conference of Lincoln and Seward with commissioners of;
government of, collapses.

Congress,
proposes amendment to Constitution to protect slavery, see vol. i.;
counts electoral votes;
extra session called;
votes to support Lincoln;
creates Committee on Conduct of War;
discusses battle of Shiloh;
passes Crittenden resolution disavowing slavery as cause of war,
see vol. ii.;
passes bill freeing slaves used in war;
refuses to reaffirm Crittenden resolution;
passes bill for emancipation in District;
prohibits officers to return fugitive slaves;
abolishes slavery in Territories, etc.;
passes act freeing slaves of rebels;
passes act to arm negroes;
fails to provide equal pay;
ignores Lincoln's wishes to conciliate Border States;
passes resolution to cooperate with States adopting emancipation;
unpopularity of Lincoln with;
continues in 1862 to oppose Lincoln;
fails to pass bill offering compensated emancipation to Missouri;
character of, in 1863;
accepts Representatives from reconstructed Louisiana;
jealous of Lincoln's plan of reconstruction;
desires to control matter itself;
passes reconstruction bill;
wishes to supplant Lincoln by Chase;
creates lieutenant-general;
refuses to recognize electors from Southern reconstructed States;
fails to adopt thirteenth amendment;
after election of 1864, passes amendment.

Conkling, James C.,
letter of Lincoln to, see vol. ii.

Conkling, Roscoe,
in House in 1861, see vol. i.

Constitution,
slavery compromises in, see vol. i.;
in relation to doctrine of non-intervention;
in relation to slavery in States;
in relation to emancipation;
in relation to popular sovereignty and Dred Scott decision;
attitude of Abolitionists and Republicans toward;
its relation to secession, Buchanan's view;
proposal to amend, in 1861;
its relation to secession, Lincoln's view;
in relation to blockade;
strained by civil war;
war powers of, used by Lincoln;
in connection with suspension of habeas corpus;
makes President commander-in-chief;
in relation to act abolishing slavery in Territories, see vol. ii.;
desire of Abolitionists to ignore;
Lincoln's view of, as forcing issue of war to be the Union;
in relation to emancipation proclamation;
strained by admission of West Virginia;
really in abeyance;
in relation to reconstruction;
justifies "military governors";
in regard to relative powers of executive and Congress in reconstruction;
as to power of Congress over electoral count;
proposal to amend so as to abolish slavery;
passage of thirteenth amendment by Congress.

Constitutional Union party,
its origin and aims, see vol. i.;
its subsequent fate;
its vote in 1860.

"Copperheads,"
developed in second year of war, see vol. ii.;
their principles and policy;
active after Chancellorsville;
organization of, to oppose war;
feared in Indiana;
fail to accomplish anything;
despised by Lincoln;
led by Vallandigham;
attempt to put down;
Lincoln's opinion of;
demand revocation of emancipation proclamation.

Corbett, Boston,
kills Booth, see vol. ii.

Covode, John,
in House in 1861, see vol. i.

Cox, Samuel S.,
in House in 1861, see vol. i.

Crittenden, John J.,
offers compromise in 1861, see vol. i.;
in House in 1861;
offers resolution that war is not against slavery, see vol. ii.;
opposes Lincoln's plan of emancipation in Kentucky.

Curtin, Governor Andrew G.,
invites governors to meet at Altoona, see vol. ii.;
on connection of conference with emancipation proclamation;
reflected.

Curtis, Benjamin R.,
his opinion in Dred Scott case, see vol. i.

Curtis, General Samuel R.,
his campaign in Missouri and Arkansas, see vol. i.

Cushing, Lieutenant William B.,
destroys the Albemarle, see vol. ii.

Davis, David,
at Illinois bar, see vol. i.;
disgusted at election of Trumbull in 1855;
Lincoln's manager in convention of 1860.

Davis, Garrett,
succeeds Breckenridge in Senate, see vol. i.;
his plea against arming negroes, see vol. ii.

Davis, Henry Winter,
introduces reconstruction bill, see vol. ii.;
issues address denouncing Lincoln for vetoing bill;
obliged to support Lincoln rather than McClellan.

Davis, Jefferson,
advocates extension of Missouri Compromise in 1850, see vol. i.;
sneers at attempted compromise in 1861;
elected President of Confederate States;
defies North;
hopes to entrap Seward into debate with commissioners;
urged by South to do something;
prefers to make North aggressor;
tries to win over Kentucky;
offers to issue "letters of marque and reprisal";
when secretary of war, sent McClellan to Europe;
sends troops to seize East Tennessee;
wishes to free Kentucky, see vol. ii.;
his escape wished by Lincoln;
replaces Johnston by Hood;
proposition of Blair to;
expresses willingness to treat for peace;
nominates commissioners to treat for peace with independence;
notified by Lee of approaching fall of Richmond;
escapes from city;
makes himself ridiculous and escapes punishment;
suspected of complicity in Booth's plot.

Dawson,----,
leads Lincoln in vote for legislature in 1834.

Dayton, William L.,
nominated by Republicans in 1856, see vol. i.;
candidate for nomination in 1860.

Democratic party,
controls Illinois, see vol. i.;
wins in 1852;
factions in;
elects Buchanan in 1856;
in. Illinois, nominates Douglas for Senate;
torn with factions;
breaks up in 1860 into Northern and Southern wings;
nominates two sets of candidates;
campaign of, in 1860;
attempts to reunite;
in North, members of, become Union men;
effort of Lincoln to placate, by giving recognition in cabinet;
Copperhead and other factions of, see vol. ii.;
"War Democrats";
makes campaign in 1862 on opposition to anti-slavery legislation;
gains in Congressional elections;
wishes Lincoln to compromise;
denounces seizure of Vallandigham;
agitates against military tyranny;
commits error in opposing war;
loses ground in 1863;
applauds Fremont's candidacy;
hopes for success in 1864;
denounces war as failure and nominates McClellan;
war faction of, hesitates to vote for Lincoln, on slavery grounds;
divided over peace plank;
damaged by Federal military successes;
hurt by Southern approval;
defeated in election;
members of, in Congress, aid in passage of thirteenth amendment.

Dennison, William,
succeeds Blair as postmaster-general, see vol. ii.

Dickinson, Daniel S.,
candidate for vice-presidential nomination, see vol. ii.

Diplomatic history,
Seward's proposed foreign wars to prevent disunion, see vol. i.;
recognition of Southern belligerency by England and France;
instructions of Seward to Adams;
difficulties over English privateers;
message of Lincoln on foreign relations;
the Trent affair;
the Oreto affair, see vol. ii.;
the Alabama affair.

District of Columbia,
bill to emancipate slaves in, advocated by Lincoln, see vol. i.;
slave trade in, abolished;
abolition in, favored by Lincoln;
emancipation in, carried, see vol. ii.

Dix, John A.,
on possible secession of New York, see vol. i.;
appointed to Treasury Department;
his order to protect American flag.

Dixon, Archibald,
offers amendment repealing Missouri Compromise, see vol. i.

Donelson, Andrew J.,
nominated for presidency by Whigs and Know-Nothings, see vol. i.

Donelson, Fort,
battle of, see vol. i.

Doolittle, James R.,
in Senate in 1861, see vol. i.

Doubleday, General Abner,
on Hooker's plan in Chancellorsville campaign, see vol. ii.

Douglas, Stephen A.,
meets Lincoln in 1835, see vol. i.;
encounters him in campaign of 1840;
Lincoln's rival in love affair;
his position at Illinois bar;
charges Lincoln with lacking patriotism in opposing Mexican war;
introduces Kansas-Nebraska Bill;
mobbed in Chicago;
debates with Lincoln in campaign of 1854;
proposes a truce;
candidate for Democratic nomination in 1856;
opposes Lecompton Constitution;
leading figure in public life;
his character and ability;
his doctrine of "popular sovereignty";
avoids consequences of Dred Scott decision;
defies Buchanan;
his conduct in Lecompton case dictated by desire to secure reëlection
to Senate;
attacks "English Bill" as unfair;
his candidacy for reëlection gives Lincoln opportunity;
renominated by Democrats;
denounced by South;
opposed by administration;
accepts Lincoln's challenge to joint debates;
his attacks upon Lincoln;
accused by Lincoln of a plot to make slavery national;
denies any plot;
on status of negro under Declaration of Independence;
sneered at by Lincoln;
keeps temper with difficulty;
attempts to reconcile Dred Scott decision with popular sovereignty;
fails to satisfy South;
cornered by Lincoln;
gains reëlection;
on difficulty of debating with Lincoln;
speaks in Ohio;
in debate ignores secession;
nominated by Democrats in 1860;
reasons why repudiated by South;
his vigorous canvass in 1860;
vote for;
offers to aid Lincoln after fall of Sumter;
value of his assistance.

Dred Scott case,
decision in, see vol. i.;
equivocal attitude of Douglas toward;
discussed by Lincoln.

Duane, Captain,
escorts Lincoln at inauguration, see vol. i.

Early, General Jubal A.,
tries to capture Washington, see vol. ii.;
repulsed;
retreats;
defeated by Sheridan.

East,
ignorant of Lincoln, see vol. i.;
led to respect Lincoln by his speeches.

Edwards, Ninian W.,
in frontier political debates, see vol. i.;
member of Illinois bar.

Emancipation,
Lincoln's plan for, in 1849, see vol. i.;
compensation for, wished by Lincoln;
again proposed by Lincoln with compensation and colonization,
see vol. ii.;
discussion of Lincoln's proposal;
demanded instantly by Abolitionists;
question of its constitutionality;
opposition to, in North;
demanded by clergymen;
gradual decision of Lincoln to proclaim;
reasons for caution in issuing proclamation;
delay urged by Seward;
preliminary declaration of, after battle of Antietam;
not influenced by Altoona conference;
its effect upon North;
urged again, with compensation, by Lincoln;
repudiated by Missouri;
final proclamation of, issued;
condemned by rulers of England, though approved by people;
renewed scheme of Lincoln to gain, by compensation.

England,
ignorance of, in West, see vol. i.;
its aid hoped by South;
its sympathy expected by North;
its upper classes dislike America;
rejoices in anticipated destruction of United States;
recognizes belligerency of South;
attitude of Seward toward;
later dealings with;
acquiesces in blockade;
enraged at Trent affair;
demands reparation;
admitted by Lincoln to be in the right;
reply of Seward;
Northern hatred of;
wisdom of Lincoln's attitude toward;
people of, gratified by emancipation proclamation, see vol. ii.;
fails to detain Oreto and Alabama;
subscribes to Confederate loan.

English, James E.,
in House in 1861, see vol. i.;
votes for thirteenth amendment, see vol. ii.

Ericsson, John,
designs the Monitor, see vol. i.

Evarts, William M.,
moves to make Lincoln's nomination unanimous, see vol. i.

Everett, Edward,
nominated for Vice-President by Constitutional Union party, see vol. i.;
delivers oration at Gettysburg, see vol. ii.

Ewell, General R.S.,
enters Shenandoah Valley, see vol. ii.;
enters Pennsylvania.

Ewing,----,
defeats Lincoln for speakership in Illinois legislature, see vol. i.

Farragut, Captain D.G.,
takes New Orleans, see vol. i.;
his campaign on Mississippi;
takes Mobile, see vol. ii.

Fell, J.W.,
asks Lincoln concerning his ancestry, see vol. i.;
urges Lincoln to seek presidential nomination.

Felton, Samuel M.,
fears plot to assassinate Lincoln, see vol. i.;
has wires cut to avoid sending news.

Fenton, Reuben E.,
in House in 1861, see vol. i.

Fessenden, William P.,
in Senate in 1861, see vol. i.;
reluctantly accepts Treasury Department, see vol. ii.;
his success.

Fillmore, Millard,
nominated for presidency by Know-Nothings and Whigs in 1856, see vol. i.

Financial history,
Chase's conduct of Treasury, see vol. ii.

Five Forks,
battle of, see vol. ii.

Florida,
ready to secede in 1860, see vol. i.;
secedes.

Florida,
Confederate privateer, see vol. ii.

Floyd, John B.,
in Buchanan's cabinet, see vol. i.;
wishes secession delayed;
sends arms into South;
involved in defalcation;
quarrels on question of reinforcing Sumter and resigns;
runs away from Fort Donelson.

Foote, Admiral Andrew H.,
his operations in 1862, see vol. i.;
captures Fort Henry.

Ford, Governor,
remark on Lincoln's political luck, see vol. i.

Forney, John W.,
on Republican Convention of 1864, see vol. ii.

Forquer, George,
taunts Lincoln with youth, see vol. i.;
retort of Lincoln to.

Fox, G.V.,
his plan to relieve Fort Sumter, see vol. i.

Franklin, General William B.,
summoned by Lincoln to consultation, see vol. i.;
does not tell McClellan;
favors McClellan's plan of attack;
his division sent to McClellan, but not used, see vol. ii.;
his force occupies West Point.

Fremont, Mrs. Jessie Benton,
her interview with Lincoln, see vol. i.

Fremont, John C.,
nominated for presidency by Republicans, see vol. i.;
appointed to command in Missouri;
his quarrelsomeness and inefficiency;
arrests Blair;
the idol of Abolitionists;
removed;
declares slaves of rebels free in Missouri, see vol. ii.;
asked by Lincoln to modify order;
refuses, and becomes enemy of Lincoln;
reinforced by Lincoln under political pressure;
commands force in West Virginia;
ordered to catch Jackson;
fails;
resigns;
upheld by Lincoln's enemies in Missouri, as rival for presidency;
nominated for presidency;
failure of his candidacy;
withdraws;
his followers hate Blair.

France,
recognizes belligerency of South, see vol. i.;
would have joined England in case of war;
proposes mediation, see vol. ii.

Fredericksburg,
battle of, see vol. ii.

Free Soil party,
origin of, see vol. i.

Fugitive Slave Law,
passed, see vol. i.;
Lincoln's opinion of.

Garrison, William Lloyd,
disapproves of Republican party, see vol. i.;
supports Lincoln in 1864, see vol. ii.

Georgia,
not ready for secession, see vol. i.;
wishes a Southern convention;
how led to secede;
Union minority in.

Gettysburg,
battle of, see vol. ii.;
Lincoln's address at.

Giddings, Joshua R.,
favors Lincoln's emancipation bill in 1849, see vol. i.;
member of Republican Convention of 1860.

Gilmer, John A.,
refuses to enter Lincoln's cabinet, see vol. i.

Gist,
governor of South Carolina, sends circular letter asking about secession
feeling in South, see vol. i.

Grant, Ulysses S.,
his operations in 1862, see vol. i.;
captures Forts Henry and Donelson;
recommended by Halleck for promotion;
condemned by Halleck and relieved from command;
reinstated;
advances to Pittsburg Landing;
attacked by Johnston;
does not admit defeat at Shiloh;
on severity of battle;
his conduct of battle criticised;
harassed by Halleck, asks to be relieved;
on Halleck's mistakes;
on Copperheads, see vol. ii.;
forms plan to take Vicksburg;
tries to approach city from south;
besieges and takes Vicksburg;
his credit for campaign;
his relations with Lincoln;
accused of drunkenness;
congratulated by Lincoln;
given command of the West;
orders Thomas to hold Chattanooga;
relieves siege;
wins battle of Chattanooga;
sends Sherman to relieve Burnside;
on reconstruction;
his conference with Lincoln;
movement to nominate for President in 1864;
appointed lieutenant-general;
given free control;
prepares plan of campaign;
correspondence with Lincoln;
his campaigns in Virginia;
sends force to hold Washington against Early;
sends Sheridan against Early;
character of his military methods;
reports proposal of Lee for a conference;
ordered by Lincoln to refuse;
on desertions from Lee's army;
his plan to entrap Lee's army;
wishes to capture Lee without Sherman's aid;
enters Petersburg;
pursues Lee;
urges Lee to surrender;
his liberal terms to Lee;
praised by Lincoln;
unable to accept Lincoln's invitation to theatre the evening of his
assassination.

Greeley, Horace,
prefers Douglas to Lincoln in 1858, see vol. i.;
in convention of 1860, works against Seward;
his influence used against Lincoln;
willing to admit peaceable secession;
on comparative strength of North and South;
suddenly denounces compromise;
a secessionist in 1861;
publishes address to President, see vol. ii.;
his influence;
answered by Lincoln;
his abusive retort;
suggests French mediation;
condemns Lincoln in 1864;
on movement to delay nomination;
his political creed;
claims to be a Republican while denouncing Lincoln;
favors Fremont;
wishes peace at any price;
wishes to treat with Confederates;
authorized to do so by Lincoln;
conditions named by Lincoln;
abuses Lincoln for causing failure of negotiations.

Green, Duff,
tries to induce Lincoln to support Buchanan, see vol. i.

Greene, Bolin,
lends Lincoln money, see vol. i.

Grimes, James W.,
in Senate in 1861, see vol. i.

Grow, Galusha A.,
speaker of House in 1861, see vol. i.

Habeas Corpus,
suspension of, by Lincoln, see vol. i.

Hale, John P.,
sums up Buchanan's secession doctrine, see vol. i.;
in Senate in 1861;
denounces administration in Trent affair.

Halleck, General Henry W.,
letter of Lincoln to, on plan of war, see vol. i.;
commands in Missouri;
sends news of capture of Fort Donelson and asks for command in West;
assumes command;
complains of Grant;
drives Grant to request to be relieved;
his slow advance upon Corinth;
refuses to fight;
enters Corinth unopposed;
fails to use powerful army;
appointed general-in-chief, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
compared with McClellan, see vol. i.;
gains advancement because unopposed and unnoticed by politicians;
expels slaves from camp, see vol. ii.;
favors recall of McClellan from Peninsula;
allowed free hand by Lincoln;
inferior to McClellan;
his telegraphic dispute with McClellan;
begs McClellan's assistance after Pope's defeat;
instructs McClellan to command defences of Washington;
alarmed over safety of capital;
has friction with Hooker;
refuses to give Hooker garrison of Harper's Ferry;
urges Meade to attack after Gettysburg;
wishes Buell and Rosecrans to invade Tennessee;
superseded by Grant;
on bad terms with Blair.

Hamlin, Hannibal,
nominated for Vice-President, see vol. i.;
reasons why not renominated, see vol. ii.

Hanks, John,
aids Lincoln to split rails, see vol. i.;
on Lincoln's first sight of slavery;
brings rails split by Lincoln into Republican Convention.

Hanks, Nancy,
mother of Lincoln, see vol. i.;
descends from a "poor white" family;
her character;
marries Thomas Lincoln;
her death.

Hardin, Colonel John J.,
defeats Lincoln and Baker for Congress, see vol. i.;
defeated by Lincoln.

Harlan, James,
in Senate in 1861, see vol. i.

Harrison, W.H.,
campaign for, in 1840, see vol. i.

Hawkins, George S.,
opposes compromise in 1861 as futile, see vol. i.

Hayti,
recognized, see vol. ii.

Heintzelman, General Samuel P.,
opposes McClellan's plan of campaign, see vol. i.;
appointed corps commander;
on force necessary to protect Washington, see vol. ii.

Henderson, John B.,
approves Lincoln's emancipation scheme, see vol. ii.

Henry, Fort,
captured, see vol. i.

Herndon, William H.,
law partner of Lincoln, see vol. i.;
prevents Lincoln from association with Abolitionists;
aids Lincoln in organizing Republican party;
visits East to counteract Greeley's influence against Lincoln.

Herold, David E.,
tried for assassination of Lincoln, see vol. ii.;
hanged.

Hickman, John,
calls Lincoln's emancipation scheme unmanly, see vol. ii.

Hicks, Governor Thomas H.,
opposed to secession, see vol. i.;
suggests referring troubles to Lord Lyons as arbitrator.

"Higher Law,"
Seward's doctrine of, see vol. i.

Hitchcock, General Ethan A.,
considers Washington insufficiently protected, see vol. ii.

Holt, Joseph,
succeeds Floyd in Buchanan's cabinet, see vol. i.;
joins Black and Stanton in coercing Buchanan;
fears attempt of South to seize Washington.

Hood, General John Bell,
succeeds Johnston, see vol. ii.;
defeated by Sherman.

Hooker, General Joseph,
allows slave owners to reclaim fugitives, see vol. ii.;
replaces Burnside in command;
letter of Lincoln to;
his abilities;
in Chancellorsville campaign;
throws away chance of success;
fails to use all of troops;
orders retreat;
wishes to resume attack;
first prevented, then urged by Lincoln;
wishes to capture Richmond;
follows Lee to North;
instructed by Lincoln to obey Halleck;
irritated by Halleck, resigns;
sent to aid Rosecrans;
storms Lookout Mountain.

House of Representatives,
election of Lincoln to, and career in, see vol. i.;
members of;
debates Mexican war;
struggles in, over Wilmot proviso;
refuses to pass Lincoln's emancipation bill of 1849;
settles question of admission of Kansas;
proposes Constitutional amendment in 1861;
rejects plan of Peace Congress;
leaders of, in 1861;
thanks Captain Wilkes;
approves emancipation proclamation, see vol. ii.;
fails to pass thirteenth amendment;
later passes amendment.

Houston, Samuel,
opposes secession in Texas, see vol. i.

Hunter, General David,
asked by Lincoln to aid Fremont, see vol. i.;
succeeds Fremont;
proclaims martial law and abolishes slavery in Georgia, Florida, and
South Carolina, see vol. ii.;
his order revoked;
organizes a negro regiment.

Hunter, R.M.T.,
on Confederate peace commission, see vol. ii.;
retort of Lincoln to.

Hyer, Tom,
hired by Seward's supporters in Republican Convention, see vol. i.

Illinois,
early settlers and society of, see vol. i.;
in Black Hawk war;
early politics in,;
land speculation in;
career of Lincoln in legislature of;
the career of "Long Nine" in;
internal improvement craze in;
adopts resolutions condemning Abolitionists and emancipation in the
District;
suffers from financial collapse;
carried by Van Buren against Harrison;
legal profession in;
carried by Democrats in 1844;
upholds Mexican war;
denounces Kansas-Nebraska Act;
senatorial election of 1855 in;
popular feeling in, concerning Kansas;
in campaign of 1856;
political situation in, during 1858;
prestige of Douglas in;
senatorial campaign in;
carried by Douglas;
movement in, to nominate Lincoln for President;
carried by Democrats in 1862, see vol. ii.

Indiana,
carried by Democrats in 1862, see vol. ii.;
Copperheads in.

Internal improvements,
craze over, in Western States, see vol. i.

Iverson, Alfred,
works in Georgia for secession, see vol. i.;
threatens Houston with assassination;
wishes to keep Washington as capital of Confederacy.

Jackson, Andrew,
popularity of, in Illinois, see vol. i.;
attitude of Lincoln toward.

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, "Stonewall",
commands at Harper's Ferry, see vol. i.;
in Shenandoah valley, see vol. ii.;
his raid down valley in 1862;
escapes pursuing forces;
joins Johnston and attacks McClellan;
compels McClellan to retreat to James River;
defeats Banks;
reinforced;
marches around Pope;
on too good condition of Federal armies;
breaks Federal right at Chancellorsville;
accidentally shot by his own soldiers.

Johnson, Andrew,
in Congress with Lincoln, see vol. i.;
in Senate in 1861;
instructed by Lincoln to reorganize government in Tennessee,
see vol. ii.;
stern opinion of treason;
repudiates Sherman's terms with Johnston;
his nomination for vice-presidency aided by Lincoln;
protested against, by Tennesseeans;
his accession to presidency welcomed by radicals;
refuses to commute Mrs. Surratt's sentence.

Johnson, Bushrod R.,
captured at Fort Donelson, see vol. i.

Johnson, Herschel V.,
nominated for Vice-President in 1860, see vol. i.;
votes against secession in 1860.

Johnson, Oliver,
supports Lincoln in 1864, see vol. ii.

Johnston, General A.S.,
plans to crush Grant and Buell in detail, see vol. i.;
commands at battle of Shiloh;
killed.

Johnston, Joseph
succeeds Jackson at Harper's Ferry, see vol. i.;
aids Beauregard at Bull Run;
on condition of Confederate army;
evacuates Manassas;
fears that McClellan will storm Yorktown, see vol. ii.;
begins attack on McClellan;
retreats from Sherman after Vicksburg;
terms of Sherman with, in 1865;
campaign against Sherman in 1864;
removed by Davis;
campaign against Sherman in Carolinas;
plan of Lee to join;
surrenders.

Johnston, Sally,
marries Thomas Lincoln, see vol. i.;
her character.

Jones, Abraham,
ancestor of Lincoln, see vol. i.

Judd, N.B.,
asked by Lincoln to help his canvass in 1860, see vol. i.;
urges Lincoln to avoid danger of assassination.

Julian, George W.,
in House in 1861, see vol. i.;
on Republican dissatisfaction with Lincoln, see vol. ii.

Kane, Marshal Geo. P.,
telegraphs for Southern aid to oppose passage of troops through
Baltimore, see vol. i.

Kansas,
struggle in, between free and slave-state men, see vol. i.;
rival constitutions of;
admission of, under Lecompton Constitution, urged by Buchanan;
opposed by Douglas;
attempt of Congress to bribe into acceptance of Lecompton Constitution;
rejects offer;
speeches of Lincoln in.

Kansas-Nebraska bill,
introduced, see vol. i.;
repeals Missouri Compromise.

Keitt, Lawrence M.,
his fight with Grow, see vol. i.

Kellogg, Win. Pitt,
letter of Lincoln to, on extension of slavery, see vol. i.

Kentucky,
desire of Lincoln to retain in Union, see vol. i.;
refuses to furnish troops;
attempt of Secessionists to carry;
wishes to be neutral;
thereby intends to aid South;
skillful dealings of Lincoln with;
remains in Union;
saved by State loyalty;
its neutrality violated by South, joins North;
campaign of Grant in;
invaded by Bragg, see vol. ii.

Keyes, General Erasmus D.,
favors McClellan's plan of campaign, see vol. i.;
appointed corps commander;
on force necessary to protect Washington, see vol. ii.;
on impossibility of taking Yorktown.

Know-Nothings,
their career in 1854-1856, see vol. i.;
attempt to draw out Lincoln in 1860.

Lamon, Colonel Ward H.,
connection with assassination story, see vol. i.

Lane, James H.,
senator from Kansas, see vol. i.

Lane, Joseph,
nominated for Vice-President on Breckinridge ticket in 1860, see vol. i.

Lee, Robert E.,
offered command of Union army, see vol. i.;
opposes secession;
resigns from army and accepts command of State troops;
becomes Confederate general;
commands against Pope, see vol. ii.;
prepares to invade Maryland;
his contempt for McClellan;
at Antietam;
at Fredericksburg;
outmanoeuvred by Hooker;
at Chancellorsville;
hopes to conquer a peace;
enters Pennsylvania;
retreats after Gettysburg;
sends reinforcements to Bragg;
campaign in Virginia against Meade;
his campaign against Grant;
suggests a conference with Grant;
notifies Davis that Richmond must fall;
his chance of escape;
attacks Federal lines;
tries to escape;
surrenders at Appomattox;
asks for food.

Liberia,
recognized, see vol. ii.

Lincoln, Abraham,
his ignorance concerning his ancestry, see vol. i.;
sensitive regarding it;
his own statements;
anxious to appear of respectable stock;
his genealogy as established later;
his reputed illegitimacy;
his birth;
his references to his mother;
his childhood;
befriended by his step-mother;
his education;
early reading;
early attempts at humorous writing;
storytelling;
youthful exploits;
let out by his father;
helps his father settle in Sangamon County, Ill.;
works for himself;
his trip to New Orleans for Offut;
impressed with slavery;
in Offut's store;
fights Armstrong;
later friendship with Armstrong;
borrows a grammar;
his honesty;
loses situation;
involved in border quarrels;
his temperance considered eccentric;
careless habits of dress;
in the country groceries;
coarseness of speech;
his sympathetic understanding of the people;
his standards dependent on surroundings;
enlists in Black Hawk war;
chosen captain;
his services.

_Frontier Politician_.
Announces himself a candidate for the legislature;
a "Clay man";
his campaign and defeat;
enters grocery store, fails;
pays off debt;
studies law;
postmaster at New Salem;
settles account with government;
surveyor;
elected to legislature;
borrows money to ride to capital;
his career in legislature;
love affair with Ann Rutledge;
his gloom;
its inexplicable character;
affair with Mary Owens;
again a candidate, his platform;
calms excitement in campaign;
his fairness;
his retort to Forquer;
elected as one of "Long Nine";
favors unlimited internal improvements;
acknowledges his blunder;
his skill as log-roller;
gains popularity in county;
protests against anti-abolition resolutions;
admitted to bar, settles in Springfield;
partnership with Stuart;
studies debating;
political ambitions;
shows evidences of high ideals;
incidents of his canvass in 1838;
opposes repudiation, in legislature;
reflected in 1840, unsuccessful candidate for speaker;
jumps out of window to break a quorum;
in campaign of 1840;
his courtship of Mary Todd;
fails to appear on wedding day;
married;
character of his married life;
quarrels with Shields;
later ashamed of it;
improves prospects by a partnership with Logan;
later joins with Herndon;
his competitors at the bar;
considers law secondary to politics;
his legal ability;
a "case lawyer";
his ability as jury lawyer;
refuses to conduct a bad case;
on Whig electoral ticket in 1844;
later disillusioned with Clay;
fails to get nomination to Congress;
alleged understanding with Baker and others;
renews candidacy in 1846;
nominated;
elected, his vote.

_In Congress_.
Agrees with Whig programme on Mexican war;
introduces "Spot Resolutions" against Polk;
his speech;
his doctrine of right of revolution;
votes for Ashmun's amendment condemning war;
defends himself from charge of lack of patriotism;
his honesty;
damages Whigs in Illinois;
favors candidacy of Taylor;
his speech in House for Taylor against Cass;
votes for Wilmot Proviso;
his bill to prohibit slave trade in District of Columbia;
obtains support of Giddings;
fails to obtain commissionership in Land Office;
declines governorship of Oregon.

_Candidate for Senate_.
Accepts compromise although recognizing its futility;
favors Scott in 1852;
answers Douglas's defense of Nebraska bill;
escapes connection with Abolitionists;
renews attack upon Douglas;
candidate for Senate;
leads in first ballots;
injured by Abolitionist praise;
urges friends to secure election of Trumbull;
his alleged bargain with Trumbull;
receives vote for Vice-President in Republican National Convention;
his surprise;
his opinion of Kansas question;
delivers speech at organization of Republican party;
meets disapproval at Springfield;
in campaign of 1856;
encounters hostility of Greeley in the East;
journey of Herndon in his behalf;
nominated by State Convention for senatorship;
damaged by Whig support of Douglas;
prepares letter of acceptance;
reads paragraph on situation to friends;
alarms advisers by his plainness of utterance;
insists on asserting the irrepressible conflict;
statesmanship of his course;
challenges Douglas to joint debate;
misrepresentations of his position on slavery;
his appeal to "the fathers";
his accusation against the South;
his crucial question to Douglas;
Douglas's reply;
his position on Dred Scott decision;
accused of duplicity;
his views as to slavery under the Constitution considered;
on Abolitionists;
on negro race;
his freedom from animosity toward opponents or slaveholders;
does not denounce slaveholders;
his fairness a mental trait;
on popular sovereignty;
convicts Douglas of ambiguity;
alleged purpose to discredit Douglas as presidential candidate;
feels himself upholder of a great cause;
his moral denunciation of slavery;
his literary form;
elevation of tone;
disappointed at defeat by Douglas;
exhausted by his efforts;
asked to contribute to campaign fund.

_Candidate for Presidency_.
Makes speeches in Ohio;
calls Douglas pro-slavery;
invited to speak in New York, prepares address;
journey through Kansas;
his New York address;
states the situation;
praised by newspapers;
tour in New England;
comprehensive nature of his speeches;
ignores disunion;
by dwelling on wrong of slavery, makes disunion wrong;
slow to admit publicly a desire for presidency;
enters field in 1859;
nominated as candidate by Illinois Republican Convention;
his managers at National Convention;
yelled for by hired shouters;
supposed to be more moderate than Seward;
his own statement of principles;
votes secured for, by bargains;
nominated on third ballot;
accepts nomination in dejection;
his nomination a result of "availability";
little known in country at large;
anxious to avoid discussion of side issues;
opposed by Abolitionists;
supported by Giddings;
elected;
the choice of a minority.

_President-elect_.
His trying position during interregnum;
his election the signal for secession;
damaged by persistent opposition of New York "Tribune";
his opinion of the proposed constitutional amendment to guarantee
slavery;
declared elected by electoral count;
alleged plot to assassinate;
maintains silence during winter;
privately expresses dislike of compromise;
declares against interfering with slavery;
pronounces for coercing seceded States;
his journey to Washington;
warned of plot against;
speeches in Pennsylvania;
induced to avoid danger;
accused of cowardice;
his own opinion as to plot;
question of his real danger;
visited by Peace Congress;
impresses visitors by his appearance;
inauguration of;
his address;
states intention to enforce laws;
repeats opposition to extension only of slavery;
his previous denunciations remembered by South;
shows statesmanship in emphasizing Union.

_President_--_First Term_.
Appears tranquil after entering office;
not over-confident, but resolved on doing his duty;
disheartened by lack of support at North;
not trusted by leaders of Republican party;
feels isolation;
his cabinet;
seeks representatives of all views;
prefers individual strength to unity in cabinet;
criticised by radical Republicans;
has difficulties in satisfying Cameron;
dissuades Seward from refusing to join cabinet;
his statement of purpose to Virginia commissioners;
annoys South by failing to notice it;
irritates Northern extremists;
asks opinion of Scott as to relieving Sumter;
asks advice of cabinet;
promises South to take no action without warning;
again asks cabinet;
forms plan to relieve Fort Pickens;
spoils plan to relieve Sumter by sending Powhatan to Pensacola;
announces intention to provision Sumter;
admits blame for failure;
question of his fault in delaying to relieve fort;
issues proclamation calling for volunteers for three months;
his purpose;
expects Northerners to equal Southerners as fighters;
calls Congress for special session;
wishes to gain Kentucky;
dreads effect of Baltimore riot on Border States;
offers to send troops around Baltimore;
soothes Maryland;
cut off from North for a week;
tries in vain to prevent Virginia from seceding;
tries to secure Lee;
successful in his policy for retaining Kentucky in Union;
unable to reach North Carolina, Tennessee, or Arkansas;
tries to aid Missouri loyalists;
confident in efficiency of North;
his capacities unknown to people;
question of his "inspiration";
his masterfulness not realized;
question as to his relations with advisers;
obliged to restrain Chase and Seward;
his relations with Chase;
receives Seward's "Thoughts";
his reply to Seward;
realizes his own responsibility and accepts it;
receives absurd advice;
proclaims blockade of Southern ports;
advised to "close" ports;
sees necessity of admitting war;
decides to act efficiently without regard to Constitution;
instructs Scott to watch Maryland legislature;
issues order to arrest Maryland secessionists;
orders Scott to suspend writ of habeas corpus;
denounced by Taney;
issues proclamation authorizing further suspension;
states his argument to Congress;
calls for more volunteers;
takes pains with message which he sends to Congress;
on neutrality of Kentucky;
on blockade;
on secession;
appeals for ample means to end war;
appoints McClellan to command Army of Potomac;
avoids connection with Ball's Bluff affair;
appoints McClellan to succeed Scott;
sees that popular demand for action must be followed;
puzzled by McClellan's refusal to move;
forced to bear military responsibility;
his freedom from self-seeking;
urges McClellan to advance;
discouraged by McClellan's illness, consults McDowell and Franklin;
consults McClellan;
exasperates McClellan by his action;
appoints Stanton to succeed Cameron;
his lack of personal feeling against Stanton;
his patience toward Stanton;
his letter to Halleck;
wishes a direct attack;
accused by McClellan's friends of meddling;
decides to force action;
issues General War Order No.;
its purpose political rather than military;
orders McClellan to move South;
asks McClellan to justify his plan;
calls council of generals;
accepts McClellan's plan;
insists on preservation of capital;
political reasons for his anxiety to hold Washington;
reasons why his plan should have been adopted;
never convinced of superiority of McClellan's scheme;
issues General War Order to secure Washington;
unmoved by abuse of McClellan's enemies;
relieves McClellan of general command;
forced by Congress to divide Army of Potomac into corps;
appreciates importance of Western operations;
urges on Western generals;
unable to supply troops;
appoints Fremont to command Department of West;
tries to guide Fremont;
appealed to by Mrs. Fremont;
removes Fremont, his reasons;
sees military importance of Cumberland Gap;
urges construction of a railroad there;
urges Buell on;
annoyed by Buell's refusal to move;
death of his son;
discusses plan to capture New Orleans;
suddenly obliged to consider foreign affairs;
his corrections on Seward's instructions to Adams;
his statement of foreign relations in message of December, 1861;
avoids either timidity or defiance;
objects from beginning to seizure of Mason and Slidell;
proposes to arbitrate the matter;
thinks England's claim just;
wisdom of his course in surrendering the envoys;
unable to prevent slavery from entering into war, see vol. ii.;
disapproves of Fremont's order freeing slaves of rebels;
by rescinding it, makes an enemy of Fremont;
revokes order of Hunter freeing slaves;
takes responsibility of matter upon himself;
prevents Cameron from urging arming of negroes;
advises recognition of Hayti and Liberia;
in message suggests compensated emancipation and colonization;
approves bill abolishing slavery, with compensation, in District;
signs bill prohibiting return of fugitive slaves;
signs bill abolishing slavery in United States Territories;
signs bill to emancipate slaves of rebels;
slow to execute bill to enlist slaves;
finally recognizes value of black troops;
his conciliatory policy not followed by Congress;
his reasons for advocating compensated emancipation;
hopes to induce Border States to emancipate voluntarily;
sends special message urging gradual emancipation;
practically warns Border State men;
denounced by both sides;
tries in vain to persuade Border State representatives;
his plans repudiated;
repeats appeal in proclamation;
his scheme impracticable, but magnanimous;
sees future better than others;
refrains from filling vacancies on Supreme Bench with Northern men;
agrees to McClellan's peninsular campaign;
still worried over safety of capital;
neglects to demand any specific force to protect it;
forced to detach troops from McClellan to reinforce Fremont;
nearly orders McClellan to attack;
his plan better than McClellan's;
orders McDowell to return to Washington;
alarmed at condition of defenses of capital;
question of his error in retaining McDowell;
shows apparent vacillation;
explains situation in letter to McClellan;
urges him to strike;
annoyed by politicians;
tries to forward troops;
orders McDowell to join McClellan without uncovering capital;
criticised by McClellan;
refuses to let McDowell move in time;
sends McDowell to rescue Banks;
loses his head;
insists on McDowell's movement;
his blunder a fatal one;
not a quick thinker;
ruins McClellan's campaign;
begins to lose patience with McClellan's inaction;
appoints Halleck commander-in-chief;
his constancy in support of McClellan;
does not sacrifice McClellan as scapegoat;
visits Harrison's Landing;
avoids any partisanship in whole affair;
appears better than McClellan in campaign;
yet makes bad blunders;
stands alone in failure;
remains silent;
allows Halleck a free hand;
his reasons for appointing Halleck and Pope;
decides to reappoint McClellan;
shows sound judgment;
places everything in McClellan's hands;
indignant at slight results from Antietam;
urges McClellan to pursue;
his order ignored by McClellan;
writes McClellan a blunt letter insinuating sluggishness or cowardice;
replaces McClellan by Burnside;
his extreme reticence as to his motives;
attacked by Copperheads;
criticised by defenders of the Constitution;
harassed by extreme Abolitionists;
denounced for not issuing a proclamation of emancipation;
his reasons for refusing;
explains his attitude as President toward slavery;
struggles to hold Border States;
general dissatisfaction with, in 1862;
held inefficient by Chase;
and by Congressmen;
but believed in by people;
addressed by Greeley with "Prayer of 20,000,000";
his reply to Greeley;
his reply to Abolitionist clergymen;
points out folly of a mere proclamation;
thinks silently for himself under floods of advice;
writes draft of Emancipation Proclamation;
questions expediency of issuing;
reads proclamation to cabinet;
adopts Seward's suggestion to postpone until a victory;
issues preliminary proclamation after Antietam;
takes entire responsibility;
not influenced by meeting of governors;
fails to appease extremists;
supported by party;
thinks an earlier proclamation would not have been sustained;
warned that he will cause loss of fall elections;
always willing to trust people on a moral question;
supported by Border States in election;
renews proposals for compensated emancipation;
favors it as a peaceful measure;
his argument;
fails to persuade Missouri to accept plan;
issues definite proclamation;
his remark on signing;
tries to stimulate enlistment of blacks;
threatens retaliation for Southern excesses;
shows signs of care and fatigue;
never asks for sympathy;
slow to displace McClellan until sure of a better man;
doubtful as to Burnside's plan of attack;
refuses to accept Burnside's resignation after Fredericksburg;
declines to ratify Burnside's dismissals;
his letter to Hooker;
suggestions to Hooker after Chancellorsville;
opposes plan to dash at Richmond;
directs Hooker to obey Halleck;
appoints Meade to succeed Hooker;
urges Meade to attack Lee after Gettysburg;
angry at Meade's failure;
his letter to Meade;
annoyed by Democratic proposals for peace;
refuses to receive Stephens.;
annoyed by inaction of Rosecrans;
urged to remove Grant;
refuses to disturb him;
his letter to Grant after Vicksburg;
wishes Rosecrans to unite with Burnside;
tries to encourage Rosecrans after Chickamauga;
sends aid to Rosecrans;
replaces him by Thomas and puts Grant in command in West;
wishes Meade to attack in Virginia;
refuses to interfere in finances;
his attitude in Alabama affair;
refuses foreign arbitration;
asked by radicals to dismiss Seward;
secures resignations of Chase and Seward, and then urges them to
resume duties;
his wisdom in avoiding a rupture;
asks opinion of cabinet on admission of West Virginia;
his reasons for signing bill;
not alarmed by Copperhead societies;
his relation to Vallandigham case;
supports Burnside;
sends Vallandigham within Confederate lines;
replies to addresses condemning martial law;
obliged to begin draft;
insists upon its execution;
his letter to Illinois Union Convention;
shows necessity of war;
impossibility of compromise;
justifies emancipation;
points to successes;
really controls government autocratically;
able to, because supported by people;
gains military experience;
has measure of generals;
henceforward supervises rather than specifically orders;
begged by Chandler to disregard conservatives;
prepares address for Gettysburg;
the address;
his theory of "reconstruction";
recognizes a state government of Virginia;
appoints military governors for conquered States;
urges them to organize state governments;
wishes only Union men to act;
wishes bona fide elections;
instructs new State organizers to recognize emancipation;
fails to prevent quarrels;
issues amnesty proclamation;
proposes reconstruction by one tenth of voters;
at first generally applauded;
later opposed by Congress;
on negro suffrage;
doubts power of Congress over slavery in States;
refuses to sign reconstruction bill;
denounced by radicals;
defends his course;
his conference with Sherman, Grant, and Porter;
wishes to let Davis escape;
his authority appealed to by Sherman later;
question of practicability of his plan;
its generosity and humanity.

_Reëlection_.
Opposition to his reëlection in Republican party;
exasperates Congressmen by his independence;
not disquieted by Chase's candidacy;
desires reëlection;
trusts in popular support;
letter of Pomeroy against;
refuses Chase's resignation;
renominated by Ohio and Rhode Island Republicans;
opposition to, collapses;
relations with Chase strained;
accepts Chase's resignation;
nominates as successor, Tod, who declines;
forces Fessenden to accept Treasury;
angers Missourians by refusing to remove Schofield;
denounced by them and by Phillips;
gradually wins support of Abolitionists;
witty remark on Fremont's nomination;
remark on Grant's candidacy;
generally supported by local party organizations;
the "people's candidate";
refuses to interfere actively to secure renomination;
desires admission of delegates from South;
nominated;
question of his having dictated nomination of Johnson;
accepts nomination;
feels need of some military success;
assailed by Greeley;
embarrassed by Greeley's dealings with Confederate emissaries;
authorizes Greeley to confer;
charged by Greeley with failure;
asked if he intends to insist on abolition;
for political reasons, does not reply;
renews call for soldiers;
waits for military success;
appoints Grant lieutenant-general;
agrees not to interfere with Grant;
wishes Grant success;
astonished by a civil reply;
under fire during Early's attack on Washington;
discredited by fact of Washington's being still in danger;
thanks Sherman for victory of Atlanta;
rewards Sheridan for defeating Early;
his election secured by these successes;
urged by radicals to remove Blair;
refuses at first, later does so;
refuses to interfere in campaign;
refuses to postpone call for more troops;
refutes campaign slanders;
prepares for defeat;
re-elected easily;
his remarks on election;
refuses to intervene to secure counting of electoral votes of Border
States;
signs bill rejecting elections in Southern States, his reasons;
shows magnanimity in appointing Chase chief justice;
refuses to try to hasten matters;
refuses to negotiate with Davis;
permits Blair to see Davis;
sends Seward to confer with Southern peace commissioners;
later himself confers with them;
insists on complete submission;
other positions;
recognizes decline of Confederacy;
wishes to hasten peace by offer of money compensation and an amnesty
proclamation;
his scheme disapproved by cabinet;
his second inaugural address.

_Second Term_.
Possibly thinks Emancipation Proclamation unconstitutional;
on its practical results;
unable to touch institution of slavery;
wishes a constitutional amendment;
wishes it mentioned in Republican platform;
on impossibility of renewing slavery;
led to make war on slavery by situation;
sees necessity of its abolition to secure results of war;
unable to treat with seceded States;
renews appeal for Constitutional amendment in 1864;
exerts influence with Congressmen;
congratulates crowd on passage of amendment;
his responsibility in last weeks of war;
forbids Grant to treat with Lee on political matters;
conference with Grant, Sherman, and Porter;
enters Petersburg;
visits Richmond;
speech on returning to White House;
his disgust with office-seekers;
superstitious concerning assassination;
receives threats, but ignores them;
persuaded to accept a guard;
his remarks;
refuses to consider Americans as his enemies;
visits theatre, is assassinated;
effect of his death upon history;
general view of his character.

_Personal Characteristics_.
General view, see vol. ii.;
unfriendly views, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
abstemiousness, see vol. i.;
ambition, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
business inefficiency, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
coarseness, see vol. i.;
coolness, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
courage, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
development through life, see vol. i.;
education, see vol. i.;
eloquence, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
far-sightedness, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
honesty, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
humor, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
kindliness, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
legal ability, see vol. i.;
loyalty, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
magnanimity, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
masterfulness, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
melancholy, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
military ability, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
modesty, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
morbidness, see vol. i.;
patience, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
physical strength, see vol. i.;
popular insight, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
reticence, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
shrewdness, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
superstition, see vol. ii.;
tenacity, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
unselfishness, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
women, relations with, see vol. i.

_Political Opinions_.
Blockade, see vol. i.;
Border State policy, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
Compromise of 1850, see vol. i.;
Constitution, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
Copperheads, see vol. ii.;
disunion, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
draft, see vol. ii.;
Dred Scott case, see vol. i.;
emancipation, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
England, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
finance, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
habeas corpus, suspension of, see vol. i.;
"house divided against itself", see vol. i.;
internal improvements, see vol. i.;
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, see vol. i.;
Mexican war, see vol. i.;
military events of war of Rebellion, see vol. ii.;
negro soldiers, see vol. ii.;
negro suffrage, see vol. ii.;
office-seekers, see vol. ii.;
party management, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
peace, terms of, see vol. ii.;
reconstruction, see vol. ii.;
slavery, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
Southern policy, see vol. i.;
States' rights, see vol. i.;
suffrage, see vol. i.;
Trent affair, see vol. i.;
war, purpose of, see vol. ii.;
Wilmot Proviso, see vol. i.

Lincoln, Abraham,
grandfather of Lincoln, emigrates to Kentucky, see vol. i.;
his marriage;
shot by Indians.

Lincoln, John,
son of Mordecai, inherits property in New Jersey, see vol. i.;
moves to Virginia;
his descendants.

Lincoln, Mordecai,
son of Samuel, lives in Scituate, Mass., see vol. i.;
his descendants.

Lincoln, Mordecai,
son of Mordecai, moves to Pennsylvania, see vol. i.;
his property.

Lincoln, Mordecai,
son of Abraham, saves life of Thomas Lincoln, see vol. i.

Lincoln, Samuel,
ancestor of Lincoln, emigrates to New England, see vol. i.

Lincoln, Solomon,
establishes Lincoln's pedigree, see vol. i.

Lincoln, Thomas,
father of Abraham, see vol. i.;
life saved from Indians;
denies Puritan or Quaker ancestry;
his parentage of Abraham denied;
marries Nancy Hanks;
his children;
moves from Kentucky to Indiana;
marries again;
moves to Illinois;
later relations with Abraham;
his manner of fighting.

Logan, Stephen T.,
partnership with, and influence upon, Lincoln, see vol. i.;
leader of Illinois bar;
agrees with Lincoln to receive election to House in turn;
defeated for Congress;
manages Lincoln's candidacy in Republican Convention of 1860.

Longstreet, General James,
sent to reinforce Jackson, see vol. ii.;
enters Pennsylvania;
sent to reinforce Bragg;
at battle of Chickamauga;
sent to crush Burnside;
retreats from Sherman.

Louisiana,
not ready for secession, see vol. i.;
but prepared to resist coercion;
plan of Lincoln to reconstruct, see vol. ii.

Lovejoy, Elijah P.,
killed at Alton, see vol. i.

Lovejoy, Owen,
tries to commit Lincoln to joining Abolitionists, see vol. i.;
prevents Lincoln's election as senator;
in House in 1861;
his rage after Trent affair;
supports Lincoln in 1864, see vol. ii.

Lyons, Lord,
suggested by Hicks as arbitrator between North and South, see vol. i.;
instructed to insist on instant reply in Trent affair;
confers with Seward.

McCall, General George A.,
favors McClellan's plan of campaign, see vol. i.;
his division sent to aid McClellan, see vol. ii.