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ANDERSON, Robert, Lieutenant, 70, 210, 242, 248, | Beauregard, P. G. T., General, 248, 267, 312.

263, 512.

Andrew, John A., Governor, 251, 325.
Andrews, E. W., General, 462.
Anecdotes: Helps Katy Roby in spelling, 37;
wrestling-match, 64; settles with Post-office
Department, 95; defends Edward D. Baker, 99;
law case about a colt, 103; about pension mon-
ey, 104; against liquor-seller, 197; Mr. Cass's
oxen, 108; journey to Washington, 131; com-
pares height with countryman, 201; writing
his autograph, 208; Grace Bedell, 208, 220;
celebration by colored Sunday - schools, 321;
reads "Outrage at Utica," 342; asked to re-
lieve Grant, 367; impressions as to result of
battle of Gettysburg, 379; "Sykes's dog," 386;
reprieve of Mr. Luckett, 388; fondness for
Shakespeare, 399; kindness of heart, 401;
opinion of Grant, 403; Farmer Case, 482;
Brother Jones and the powder, 490.
Armstrong, Hannah, 81, 162.
Armstrong, Jack, 64.

Arnold, Isaac N., 392, 409.

Ashley, James M., 412.

Ashman, George, 190, 515.

Atchison, David R., 139, 151.

Atzeroth, George, 518.

Averill, General, 359.

BACON, Leonard, Rev., 444.

Baker, Edward Dickinson, 99, 128, 279.

Beecher, Henry Ward, Rev., 512.
Bell, John, 187.

Belmont, August, 439.

| Benjamin, Judah, 283, 485.
Bird, Mr., 366.

Birney, James G., 91.

Black, Mr., Attorney-general, 211.
Blackburn, Luke, Dr., 260.
Blair, Francis P., 262, 476, 484.
Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-general, 240, 246,
330, 345, 426.
Blenker, General, 307.
Boone, Daniel, 7.
Boone, George, 6.

Booth, John Wilkes, 515.
Boutwell, Mr., 390.

Bragg, Braxton, General, 383.
Branlette, Governor, 403.

Breckinridge, John C., 203, 222, 279, 282, 497,
503.

Breckinridge, Robert J., Rev., 413.

Breshwood, Captain, 215.

Brooks, Colonel, 354.

Brooks, Mr., 365.

Brough, John, 383.

Brown, Governor, 212, 477.

Brown, John, 158, 173.

Buchanan, George, Dr., 53.

Buchanan, James, 151, 157, 236.
Buckingham, William A., 325.

Banks, Nathaniel P., General, 251, 272, 322, 347, Buckner, Simon B., General, 260.
381.

Barnard, William, 324.

Bateman, Mr., 207.

Buell, General, 290, 312.

Buford, General, 378.

Bullitt, Mr., 334.

Bates, Edward, Attorney-general, 240, 246, 262, Burns, John, 385.

271, 338, 402.

Battery: Sherman's, 258; Mott's, 317; Calef's,
378.

Beall, John Y., 517.

Burnside, Ambrose E., General, 350, 353, 358,
361, 369, 404.

Butler, Benjamin F., General, 184, 251, 258, 265,
270, 286, 312, 333, 390, 392.

CALHOUN, John C., 81, 157.

Cameron, Secretary, 240, 246, 295.

FARRAGUT, Admiral, 312.
Felton, Samuel M., 224.

Campbell, John A., Judge, 242, 477, 484, 506, Fenton, Reuben E., 432.

509.

Carpenter, F. B., 399.

Case, Mr., 423.

Cass, Lewis, 211.

Fessenden, William P., 280, 356, 418, 470.
Floyd, John B., 210.

Foote, Commodore, 298.

Forney, John W., 409, 464.

Chase, Salmon P., Secretary, 240, 246, 293, 313, Forquar, General, 88.

319, 330, 338, 345, 356, 392, 416, 470.

Chandler, Zachariah, 420.

Chittenden, L. E., 221, 231, 405.

Clay, Clement C., 415, 428.

Clay, Henry, 124, 260.

Colfax, Schuyler, 513.
Collamer, Senator, 356.
Comstock, Judge, 442.
Conway, Moncure, 366.
Crandall, Prudence, 90.
Crawford, Martin J., 242.
Crook, General, 492.

Curtin, Andrew G., 229, 325.

Curtis, Judge, 153.

DANA, Charles A., 442, 467.
Davis, David, 219, 227.

Davis, Henry Winter, 379, 420, 430, 464.
Davis, Jefferson, 140; elected President of the
Confederacy, 217; sends an order to General
Beauregard, 248; telegram to Governor Letch-
er, 256; conference with Messrs. Gilmore and
Jacques, 434; confers with Francis P. Blair,
476; addresses a public meeting at Richmond,
484.

Defrees, Mr., 274.

Dennison, William, 325.

Discovery of Gold in California, 134.

Dix, Dorothy, Miss, 224.

Dix, John A., General, 212, 215, 322.
Dodge, William E., 235.

Douglass, Frederick, 457.

Forsyth, John, 242.

Forts: Moultrie, 211; Sumter, 211, 248, 512;
Pulaski, 212; Pickens, 242; Fortress Monroe,
265, 319, 479; Walker, 283; Beauregard, 283;
Warren, 284, 370; Henry, 298; Donelson, 298;
Stevens, 425.

Fox, Gustavus V., Captain, 242, 264, 303, 464.
Franklin, General, 292, 337, 342, 360, 362.
Fremont, John C., 152, 277, 282, 322, 411.
| French, General, 373.

Frost, General, 263.

GAILLARD, Leopold, 532.

Gardner, Lieutenant-colonel, 210.

Garfield, James A., 291.

Garrett, Thomas, 323.

Garrison, William Lloyd, 53, 91, 259, 313, 323,

415.

Gilmore, John R., 434.
Goldsborough, Admiral, 319.

Grant, Ulysses S., General, 252; presides at meet-
ing in Galena, 274; appointed brigadier-general
and goes to Paducah, 277; captures Fort Don-
elson, 298; at Pittsburgh Landing, 312; takes
Vicksburg, 381; appointed lieutenant-general,
396; at the Wilderness, 406; at Petersburg,
445; at City Point, 478; receives despatch
from Lee, 486; visit from Lincoln, 489; sur-
render of Lee, 511; at Washington, 513.
Greeley, Horace, 161, 217, 278, 335, 346, 361, 395,
427, 434.

Green, William G., 73.

Douglas, Stephen A., 82, 97, 136, 139, 144, 152, Grimes, Senator, 226, 356.

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Harold, Daniel E., 518.
Harris, Matthias, Rev., 512.
Harris, Senator, 356, 514.
Hay, John, 429.

Hazel, George, 23.

Heintzelman, General, 309, 315, 322, 373.
Henderson, Senator, 412.

Henry, Joseph, Professor, 278, 365.
Herndon, William, 161, 164.

Hicks, Governor, 258, 272.

Hines, Captain, 416.

Hitchcock, General, 316.

Hodges, A. G., 403.

Holcombe, Professor, 428.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 137.

Holt, Joseph, 212.

Hood, John B., General, 470.

Hooker, Joseph, General, 301, 307, 318, 358, 360,
372.

Howard, Senator, 356.

Hunter, David, 219, 227.
Hunter, General, 312, 423.
Hunter, R. M. T., 477, 481.
Hurlburt, S. A., 245.
Hussey, Obed, 162.
Hutchinson family, 293.

IMBODEN, J. D., General, 424.

JACKSON, Claiborne F., 262.

Jackson, Stonewall, General, 322, 334, 340.
Jacques, Rev. Mr., 434.

Jayne, Julia, 120.

Jewett, William Cornell, 427, 434.

Johnson, Andrew, 413.

Johnson, Herschel V., 203.

Johnson, John M., 254.

Johnson, Oliver, 323.

Johnson, Reverdy, 162, 256, 333, 390.
Johnston, Joseph E., General, 267, 322.
Judd, Norman B., 148, 189, 219, 226.

KANSAS-NEBRASKA Bill, 140.

Kelley, William D., 197, 286, 320, 349.
Kelton, Adjutant-general, 339.
Key, John J., Major, 346.

Keyes, General, 302, 307, 309, 315, 322, 367.

LAMON, Ward, 219, 227, 245.

Lane, Henry M., 388.

Lane, Joseph, 203.

Latham, Milton S., 286, 306.

Lee, Robert E., General, 253, 324, 334, 340, 355,
373, 378, 445, 485, 494, 503, 511.
Letcher, Governor, 256.

Lincoln, Abraham (1), 8, 12.
Lincoln, Abraham, President, birth, 19; at school,
23, 32, 36; death of his mother, 28; goes to
mill, 35; ferryman at Gentry's Landing, 38;
takes a flat-boat to New Orleans, 42; life at
Decatur, Ill., 46; second trip to New Orleans,
54; clerk at New Salem, 60; in Black Hawk
War, 68; candidate for Legislature, 71; enters
store with Mr. Berry, 72; postmaster at New
Salem, 78; surveyor, 81; elected to Legislature,
82; Ann Rutledge, 84; second election to Leg-
islature, 89; decides to study law, 94; riding
the circuit, 102; meets Mary Todd, 109; goes to
Kentucky with Mr. Speed, 111; "Rebecca" let-
ter, 120; marriage, 123; meets Henry Clay, 124;
elected to Congress, 125; member of Executive
Committee of society to aid emigrants to Kan-
sas, 141; campaign speeches, 145, 153; counsel
in McCormick-Manny case, 162; defends Will-
iam Armstrong, 162; speech at Springfield,
164; at Chicago and Bloomington, 167; at
Cooper Institute, 175; in Connecticut, 176;
nominated for President, 194; elected, 210;
prepares for Washington, 215; journey, 218;
plot for assassination, 224; at Washington,
232; inauguration, 236; difficulties, 244; is-
sues call for volunteers, 250; efforts to keep
Kentucky in the Union, 259; besieged by office-
seekers, 264; second call for troops, 266; ap-
points McClellan to command, 270; message to
Congress, 274; receives tidings of death of
Colonel Baker, 278; sets aside order of Gen-
eral Fremont, 282; action in Trent affair, 284;
appoints Halleck to succeed Fremont, 285;
disappointed at inactivity of McClellan, 290;
confers with McDowell and Franklin, 292;
appoints Edwin M. Stanton Secretary of War,
295; sends orders to McClellan, 297; death
of Willie, 298; disappointment at failure of
McClellan's plans, 303; conference with Mc-
Clellan, 305; council of division commanders,
307; reorganizes army, 309; sets aside order
of Hunter, 313; appeal for action towards
abolishing slavery, 314, 327; visits Fortress
Monroe, 319; directs movements of Army of
Potomac, 322; meditates issuing proclamation
of emancipation, 328; orders Halleck to direct
military movements, 334; letter to Horace
Greeley, 337; asks McClellan to resume com-
mand of troops, 339; issues emancipation proc-
lamation, 344; visits Harper's Ferry, 347; in-
terviews with members of Congress, 349;
removes McClellan from command, 353; diffi-
culties of situation, 355; interview with Sena-
tors in regard to removal of Secretary Seward,

356; returns resignation of Burnside, 359; | McCormick, Cyrus, 162.
appoints Hooker to command army, 362; McCullough, Professor, 517.
changes sentence of Vallandigham, 370; reply
to Governor Seymour, 372; appoints General
Meade to succeed Hooker, 374; letter to Grant,
381; letter to Republican Convention of Illi-
nois, 382; dedication of cemetery at Gettys-
burg, 383; plan for restoring seceded States to
the Union, 390; appoints Grant lieutenant-gen-
eral, 396; reviews Burnside's troops, 404; re-
nominated, 413; nominates William P. Fessen-
den Secretary of Treasury, 418; replies to
Horace Greeley, 428; issues proclamation for
thanksgiving, 441; re-elected, 468; meets
agents of Confederate Government at Fortress
Monroe, 479; telegram to Grant, 486; second
inauguration, 487; visits General Grant at
City Point, 489; enters Richmond, 505; re-
ceives news of Lee's surrender, 511; assassi-
nation, 515.

McDowell, General, 268, 292, 307, 322.
McLean, Judge, 157, 162.
McPherson, Mr., 349.

Lincoln, Mordecai, 4.
Lincoln, Robert, 513.
Lincoln, Samuel, 1, 3.

Lincoln, Thomas, 13; at Nolin's Creek, Ky., 18;
Knob Creek, 23; moves to Pigeon Creek, Ind.,
24; second marriage, 30; moves to Decatur,
Ill., 46.

Locke, David R. (" Petroleum V. Nasby"), 451, 461.
Logan, John A., 233.

Lovejoy, Elijah P., Rev., 96, 368.
Lovejoy, Owen, 369, 390.
Lowell, James Russell, 534.

Lyon, Nathaniel, Captain, 262.
Lyons, Lord, 310.

MAGOFFIN, Governor, 259.

Magruder, General, 316.

Manny, Mr., 162.

Marcy, General, 302.

Marshall, Humphrey, General, 291.

Mason, James M., 151, 242, 256, 283, 473.
McClellan, George B., General, 170, 265; called
to Washington, 268; appointed commander of
forces, 270; treatment of Lincoln, 286; in-
action, 290; displeased by conference of Lin-
coln with McDowell and Franklin, 292; plans
for re-opening Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
300; meets Lincoln, 305; assigned to com-
mand of Army of the Potomac, 309; at York-
town, 316; calls for troops, 321, 325; sends
despatch to Stanton, 324; fails to co-operate
with Pope, 338; secures plan of movements
of Lee's army, 341; at Harper's Ferry, 346;
removed from command, 353; nominated for
Presidency, 439; defeated, 468.

Meade, George G., General, 374, 379, 404, 492.
Meigs, Quartermaster-general, 292.
Miles, General, 340.
Milroy, General, 386.
Missouri Compromise, 136.
Moorhead, Mr., 349.
Morgan, John, General, 382, 444.
Morgan, Edwin D., 325, 412.
Morrow, Colonel, 359.
Morton, Oliver P., 458.
Mosby, General, 363.
Mudd, Dr., 518.

NAGLEE, General, 306.
Nelson, William, 250, 312.
Newspapers: "The Liberator," 54, 90; "Louis-
ville Journal," 63, 80; "New England Review,"
78; "Louisville Gazette," 80; "Emancipator,"
90; "Philanthropist," 91; "Springfield Jour-
nal," 120; "Baltimore Sun," 133; "New York
Tribune," 161, 164, 335; "Anti-slavery Stand-
ard," 164; "Chicago Tribune," 164; "Charles-
ton Mercury," 212; Albany Evening Jour-
nal," 314; "Boston Advertiser," 314; “New
Bedford Standard," 314; "Philadelphia Led-
ger," 314; "Philadelphia Press," 369; "Rich-
mond Examiner," 370, 442; "Toledo Blade,"
451; "Richmond Sentinel," 484; "Bradford
Review," 530; "Dublin Freeman's Journal,"
530; "London Daily News," 530; "London
Star," 530; "London Punch," 531; "Paris
Epogue," 532.

Nicolar, Mr., 227.

OFFUT, Denton, 54.
Oglesby, Richard, 188.
Oldham, W. J., 517.
Ord, General, 492.

PARKER, Governor, 441.
Patterson, General, 267.
Payne, Lewis, 518.
Pemberton, General, 381.
Pendleton, George H., 286, 441.
Petigru, Mr., 245.
Phelps, General, 333.
Phillips, Wendell, 175, 366, 411.
Piatt, Donn, 386.

Pickens, Governor, 212, 250, 283.
Pickett's division, 378, 494.

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