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ANTHONY, HENRY B., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 49;
Thirty Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; proposition
to repeal proposed constitutional amendment of 1861,
258.
ANTI-SLAVERY AMENDMENT, passage of, 257, 258, 590; votes
of State Legislatures on ratifying, 595-600.
APPEAL, for recognition to Earl Russell by Rebel Commis-
sioners, extract from, 27; Russell's letter to Lyons re-
specting, 27; President Lincoln's appeal to Border-State
Representatives, and their replies, 213-220.
APPLETON, NATHAN, on Disunion Conspiracy, 390.
APPLETON, WILLIAM, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; resigned, 123.

ARGUELLES CASE, proceedings in Congress respecting, 354,
355; letter of the Captain General of Cuba, 355.
ARKANSAS, vote for President in 1860, 1; Members of Thirty-
Sixth Congress, 48, 49; Deputies in Rebel Provisional
Congress, 11, 400, and Members of First, 401, of Second,
402; secession movement in convention and Legisla-
ture, 4; seizures and surrenders in, 28; vote on seces-
sion ordinance and proceedings of secession convention,
399; admission into the Confederacy, 400; claimants
for seats at First Session Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140,
141, and Mr. Trumbull's report in Senate, and action
thereon, 320, 321; Free State government in, 321; vote
on abolishing slavery in, 332; President Lincoln's let-
ters respecting election in, 322; soldiers in the army,
399; Congressional action on claimants for seats, Second
Session Thirty-Eighth Congress, and on recognizing the
Free State government, 586-588.

ARMS OF UNITED STATES, transfer South in 1859-'60, 34; pur-
chase by Alabama and Virginia in 1860, 35; purchase
by Governor of Virginia prior to secession, 36; sale to
States, 36; Jefferson Davis's bill to authorize such sale,
36; discussion and vote in the Senate, 36, 37; Mobile
Advertiser's comment on Floyd's transfers, 35; Burch's
resolution relative to California's quota of, 41; General
Heintzelman's order relative to sale, note, 418.
ARMSTRONG, JAMES D., Rev., facts concerning, 542, 543.
ARMY, REBEL, strength of, 117, 121, 399.
ARMY VOTE, at Presidential Election of 1864, 623.
ARNOLD, ISAAC N., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; resolution on forgery
of official documents, 191; bill for emancipation of
slaves in the insurrectionary districts, 229, 230; bill to
prohibit slavery in the Territories, 254; proposition to
amend the Constitution, 258.

ARNOLD, SAMUEL G., Member of Peace Conference, 67; Sen-
ator in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 123.
ARRESTS OF CITIZENS, 152-154; President Lincoln's and
Secretary Stanton's orders respecting, 154; of Vallan-
digham, 162: Mr. Pendleton's resolution in Ilouse de-
nouncing, 182; proceedings respecting sundry, 179-
181; resolutions, votes, and legislation respecting, 183-
185; General Augur's order respecting military, 187;
Mr. Saulsbury's amendment respecting, 236, 237; fur-
ther facts and votes, 559-562; reports of Secretary
Stanton and Judge Holt, 559, 560.

ARRINGTON, A. H., Representative in First Rebel Congress,
402.

ARTHUR, BENJAMIN F., Clerk of South Carolina Secession
Convention, 399.

ARTICLE OF WAR, new, 237, 238.

ASBOTH, ALEXANDER, Brigadier General, orders respecting
the election in Kentucky, 313.

ASHE, THOMAS S., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
402; elected Senator to Third Rebel Congress, 611.
ASHLEY, JAMES M., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 19; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140;
reports and propositions relative to reconstruction, 319,
576, 577.
ASHMORE, JOHN D., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; withdrew, 2.

ATKINS, JOHN D. C., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
400; Representative in First Congress, 40-; Second,
402.
Atlanta (Georgia) Intelligencer on reconstruction with the
Northwestern States, note, 303.

ATTORNEY GENERAL, circular respecting amnesty, 148, 149;
opinions respecting the President's powers, 51, 52;
habeas corpus, 158-161; execution of fugitive slave
law, 235; pay of colored chaplains, 279, 280; citizen-
ship, 378-384; pay of colored soldiers, 384, 385.
AUGUR, C. C., Major General, order respecting military ar-
rests, 187.
AVERELL, WILLIAM W., Acting Adjutant General, order to
prohibit slaves leaving the city of Washington, 245.
AVERY, WILLIAM T., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

BABBITT, ELIJAH, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 122.
BACKUS, FRANKLIN T., Member of Peace Conference, 68.
BAIL, bill for, of persons arrested, 183; bill to allow in cer
tain cases, 562.

BAILEY, GOLDSMITH F., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; death, 123.

BAILY, JOSEPH, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Congress,
122; Thirty-Eighth, 140.

BAKER, EDWARD D., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Thirty-Seventh, 122; death, 123; colloquy with Sen-
ator Hunter, January 11, 1861, 88.

BAKER, JAMES M., Senator in First Rebel Congress, 401;
Second, 402; vote on secession ordinance, 399.
BAKER, STEPHEN, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122.
BALDWIN, AUGUSTUS C., Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 140.
BALDWIN, JOHN B., vote on secession ordinance in Virginia
Convention, note, 7; Representativo in First Rebel Con-
gress, 402; Second, 402.

BALDWIN, JOHN D., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140; resolution denouncing negotiation with the
rebel leaders, 298, 299.

BALDWIN, ROGER S., Member of Peace Conference, 67: prop-
osition for Constitutional Convention, 69.
BALTIMORE, special election in 1861, 9; arrest of Police
Marshal and Commissioners by General Banks, and
proceedings concerning, 152, 179; Emancipation Reso-
lutions of the City Union Convention, 226: Fair, Presi-
dent Lincoln's remarks at, 280, 281; Minutes of Police
Commissioners in April, 1861, and Report in Councils
on the expenditure of $500,000 appropriation, same
period, 393-396; Union National Convention in, 403;
Church questions in, 524-533.

Baltimore American on arrests, 153; on Church Difficulties,
531.

Baltimore Evening Transcript, suppression of, 192.
Baltimore Exchange, adjustment proposition of, 75.
BANISHMENT, proclamation by Jefferson Davis, 121.
BANKING SYSTEM, proceedings on establishing, 362-365.
BANK NOTES, small, President Lincoln's veto of bill for, 359;
proposed issue of, 363.

BANKS, A. P., connected with rebel commissioners, 108.
BANKS, NATHANIEL P., Major General, instructions to Lieut.

Col. Ruger for arrest of Maryland Legislature, 153;
arrest of Police Commissioners, Marshal Kane, and
others, in Baltimore, and reasons therefor, 152.
BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONS, at Brooklyn, in 1861, 474; West
New Jersey, in 1861, 1862, and 1864, 475, 476; New
Jersey, in 1864, 476; Philadelphia, in 1862 and 1864,
476, 477; Pennsylvania in 1862 and 1863, 477; Ohio, in
1862, 478; New York, in 1862, 478; American Baptist
Missionary Union, 478. IN INSURRECTIONALY STATES:
of Alabama, 513; Georgia, 513, 514, 515; Southern Bap
tist Convention, 514; South Carolina, 514, 515; orders of
President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton relative to
the occupancy of the churches of, 521, 522.
BARKSDALE, ETHELBERT, Representative in First Rebel Con
gress, 402; Second, 402; proposition on Peace, 615.
BARKSDALE, WILLIAM, Representative in Thirty Sixth Con
gress, 49; sent telegram South, 37; withdrew, 3.
BARNWELL, ROBERT W., Commissioner to Washington, 2;
correspondence with President Buchanan, 29-3.; Dep
uty in Rebel Provisional Congress, 2, 11, 400; Senator
in First Congress, 401; Second, 402; vote on secession,
398; resolution on Independence, 614.

BARR, THOMAS J., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; adjustment proposition, 74.
BARR, MARTIN W., arrest of, 153.
BARRETT, J. R, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congres
49; adjustment proposition, 73; member of Border-
States Committee, 73.
BARRINGER, DAVID M., Member of Peace Conference, 68.
ing her with the Confederato" States, 5.
BARROW, WASHINGTON, Commissioner of Tennessee in lesg
BARRY, G., Capt., purchase of Government arms in 1860, 35.
BARRY, WILLIAM S., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
11, 400.

BARTOW, FRANCIS S., Deputy in Rebol Provisional Co
gress, 11, 400.

BATES, DANIEL M., Member of Peace Conference, 67.
BATES, EDWARD, Attorney General, 108; circular respecting
amnesty, 148, 149; opinion on habeas corpus, 185-161;
letter on execution of fugitive slave law, note, 235; opr
ious on pay of colored chaplains, 279, 280; citizenship,
378-584; pay of colored soldiers, 334, 355; retirement
ers of Dr. McPheeters to, and reply of,

401; second, 402; votes in Secession Convention of Ar- | BLAIR, MONTGOMERY, Postmaster General, 108; report on the
kansas, 399.

BATTELLE, ROBBINS, Member of Peace Conference, 67.
BATTLE, JUDGE, North Carolina, view on habeas corpus, 120.
BAXTER, ELISHA, claimant of seat as Senator from Arkansas,
Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140.

BAXTER, HI HENRY, Member of Peace Conference, 67.
BAXTER, PORTUS, Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140.
BAYARD, JAMES A., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, and resignation,
140; resolution on the arrest of the Baltimore Po-
lice Commissioners, 179; proposition on enrollment,

BEALL, JOHN Y., court-martial and sentence of, for violating
the rules of war, 551, 652; action of Senate of Virginia,
note, 552.

BEAMAN, FERNANDO C., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140.

BEAUFORT, (S. C.,) port of, opened to trade, 149.
BEAUREGARD, G. T., General, correspondence of, with Major
Anderson, before bombarding Fort Sumter, 113, 114.
Bee, San Francisco, on a Pacific Republic, 42.
BALL CASPER W., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
400; Representative in First Congress, 402.
BELL, M. P., Representative in Second Rebel Congress, 402.
BELL, JOHN, vote for President in 1860, 1.
BELL, JOSHUA F., Member of Peace Conference, 68.
BELMONT, AUGUST, remarks opening Democratic National
Convention, 417.

BENJAMIN, JUDAI P., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; telegram South, 37; withdrew, 4; Attorney Gene-
ral, and Secretary of War in Rebel Provisional Gov-
ernment, 12, 400; Secretary of War, and Secretary of
State in Permanent Government, 401; intercepted des-
patch to Lamar, 151, 152; order of arrest of Judge Pat-
terson and Colonel Pickens, of East Tennessee, 187;
order on bridge burning, 187; to Commissioner Mason
on Peace, 455.

BENNET, II. P., Delegate from Colorado Thirty-Eighth
Congress, declaration of, note, 590.

BENNING, HENRY L., Commissioner from Georgia to Vir-
ginia, 11; received by Convention, 6.
BENTON, THOMAS II., on the Disunion Conspiracy, 390.
BERNARD, General of Engineers in the service of the United
States, a citizen of France, allusion of Attorney General
Bates, 378.

BERRETT, JAMES G., arrest and release of, 153.

BERRY, N S., Governor of New Hampshire, and signer of
the Altoona Address, 233.

BIDDLE, CHARLES J., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122; McClellan's letter to, favoring Geo. W.
Woodward's election as Governor of Pennsylvania,
386.
BIGLER, WILLIAM, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Member of Committee of Thirteen, 70; proposition of
adjustment, 71, 72; temporary Chairman of Democratic
National Convention, and remarks, 417.

BILLUPS, JOHN, Speaker of Georgia Rebel House of Repre-
sentatives, 329.

BINGHAM, JOHN A., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

gress, 49; Thirty-Seventh Congress, 122; proposition
of adjustment, 55; bill to collect duties on imports, 78;
substitute for emancipation bill, 201.

BINGHAM, KINSLEY S., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress,

48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; death, 123; proposition re-
specting amendment of the Constitution, 64.
BINNEY, HORACE, views on suspension of writ of habeas cor-
pus, 161.

50.

BLACK, JEREMIAH S., Attorney Gener 1, and Secretary of
State, 28; opinion upon the powers of the President,
BLAINE, JAMES G., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140; resolution for an amendment of the Con-
stitution, 259.

BLAIR, AUSTIN, Governor of Michigan, and signer of Al-
toona Address, 233.
BLAIR, FRANCIS P., Sr., agency in bringing about the Hamp-
ton Roads Conference on Peace, 566.
BLAIR, FRANCIS P., Jr., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; unseated, 141;
amendment to the emancipation bill, 199, 200; on se-
lect committee on compensated emancipation, 213;
letter of General Halleck to. note, 248; Senate resolu-
tion supposed to refer to his case, 375; report of House
Committee of Elections in case of, and proceedings
upon, 375.

ELAL, JACOU B., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
wess 12222: Thirty-Eighth. 141: substitute for the an

exclusion of newspapers, 188-191; resignation, 108.
BLAIR, SAMUEL S., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; Thirty-Seventh, 122.

BLAKE, HARRISON G., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; resolution on the
prosecution of the war, 232.

BLANFORD, MARK H., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402.

140.

BLISS, GEORGE, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
BLIZARD, A., one of the Tennessee protesters, 438-441.
BLOCKADE, President's proclamations of, 149; proclamations
raising, of certain ports, 194; closing others, 605.
BLOW, HENRY T., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140.
BocoCK, THOMAS S., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; address to people of Virginia, 40; Member
of Rebel "Provisional" Congress, 400; Speaker of
First Rebel Congress, 401; Second, 402.

BOGAN, WEST, of Arkansas, court-martial and sentence of,
for murder of his master, 550, 551.

BONDS OF THE UNITED STATES, proposed State taxation of,
359, 360.

BONHAM, MILLEDGE L., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; withdrew, 2; Commissioner to Mississippi,
11; statement respecting forts in Charleston harbor,
30; Representative in First Rebel Congress, 400; Gov-
ernor of South Carolina, 402.

BONZANO, M. F., reports on credentials as Representative
from Louisiana, 581-586; former melter and refiner at
U. S. Mint, funds in possession at date of secession
of Louisiana, 589.

BOOTH, JOHN WILKES, assassin of President LINCOLN, 610.
BORDER SLAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVES, interviews of Presi
dent Lincoln with, 210, 211, 213-220.
BORDER STATE EMBASSIES, Charleston Mercury on, 3.
BORDER STATES MEETING, and adjustment proposition of, 73.
BOTELER, ALEXANDER R., Representative in Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 49; motion for adjustment committee of
thirty-three, 52; hopeful despatch of, 39; remarks on
reconstruction, 329; Deputy in Rebel Provisional
Congress, 401; Representative in First Congress, 402.
BOUDINOT, ELIAS C., Delegate from the Cherokee Nation at
second session of First Rebel Congress, 402; in Second,
402; Secretary of Secession Convention in Arkansas,
399.

BOULDIN, WOOD, motion in Virginia Convention, 7; vote on
secession ordinance, note, 7.

BOULIGNY, JOHN E., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; refusal to withdraw, 4.

BOUTWELL, GEORGE S., Member of Peace Conference, 67;
Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140; re-
marks on issue of emancipation proclamation, 232; res-
olutions on reconstruction, 328.

BOWDEN, LEMUEL J., Senator in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
and death, 140.

BOWEN, JAMES, Brigadier General, reports on the loyal of
New Orleans Churches, 543-545.
BOYCE, WILLIAM W., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; withdrew, 2; appointed on Committee of
Thirty-three and declined, 53; Deputy in Rebel Pro-
visional Congress, 2, 11, 400; Representative in First
Congress, 402; Second, 402; statement respecting
forts in Charleston harbor, 30; vote on secession ordi-
nauce, 398; letters on Peace, 431-433, 457.

BOYD, SEMPRONIUS H., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

BOYLE, JEREMIAH T, Brigadier General, order on impress-
ments, 315.

BOYLE, LLEWELLYN, request for special session of Legisla-
ture of Maryland, 8.

BRABSON, ROBERT B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49.
BRADFORD, ALEXANDER W., Member of Peace Conference,
68; Governor of Maryland, election affairs of, 309-311;
correspondence of, with the stewards of Central, Chats-
worth, and Biddle street Methodist Episcopal Churches,
526-531.

BRADLEY, BENJAMIN F., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
gress, 402.

BRAGG, BRAXTON, reported offered, and declined, Rebel Se-
cretaryship of War, 402.

402.

BRAGG, THOMAS, Senator in Thirty Sixth Congress, 48.
BRANCH, A. M., Representative in Second Rebel Congress,
BRANCH, LAWRENCE O'B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 49; on select committee of investigation, 0;
resolution on keeping troops in the District of Colum-
bia, 81; reports on disposition of the navy and resigna.
tions therein, on militia bill, Buchanan's correspond-
ence with rebel commissionem ex

628

BRAYMAN, MASON, Brigadier General, orders of, at Natchez,
541.
BRAYTON, WILLIAM D., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48.

BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN C., vote for President in 1860, 1; Vice
President, Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48; Senator in Thirty-
Seventh, 122; expulsion, 123; escape, 153; proposition
to withdraw troops from rebellious States, 290; candi-
date for Rebel Congress, and views on reconstruction,
329; Rebel Secretary of War, 619.
BRECKINRIDGE, ROBERT J., Sr., temporary chairman of Balti-
more Union Convention, and remarks, 403-405; paper
submitted in and adopted by Presbyterian General As-
sembly of 1862, 462, 463.

BRECKINRIDGE, ROBERT, J., Jr., Representative in First Rebel
Congress, 401.

BRESHWOOD, CAPTAIN. surrender of his vessel to rebels, 28.
BREWER, T. N., arrest of, 153.

BRIDGE-BURNERS IN EAST TENNESSEE, Benjamin's order for
hanging, 187.

BRIDGERS, JOHN L., Commissioner from North Carolina to
Rebel Provisional Congress, 12.

BRIDGERS, ROBERT R., Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 402; Second, 402.

BRIDGES, GEORGE W., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 122.

BRIGGS, GEORGE, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; adjustment proposition, 74.

BRIGHT, JESSE D., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Thirty-Seventh, and expulsion, 123.

BRISTOW, FRANCIS S., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49; Member of Committee of Thirty-three, 53.
BROCKEN BROUGH, JOHN W., Member of Peace Conference,
68; Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400.
BRONSON, GREENE C., Member of Peace Conference, 67.
BROOKE, JOHN B., request for special session of Legislature
of Maryland, 9.

BROOKE, WALTER, Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
11, 400; views on reconstruction, 329; see MEM., 401.
Brooklyn Eagle, presented by grand jury and excluded from
the mails, 188-192.

BROOKS, JAMES, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140; letter of George N. Sanders to, 3.0.
BROOMALL, JOHN M., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-

gress, 140; substitute for enrollment bill, 266, and res-
olution concerning, 270; substitute for Mr. Colfax's
resolution to expel Alexander Long, 387.
BROWN, ALBERT GALLATIN, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gres, 48; telegram south, 37; withdrew, 5; resolution for
the protection of slavery in the Territories, 90; captain
in rebel service, 401; Senator in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402; on repealing substitute law, 121;
opinion on Independence, 616.

BROWN, B. GRATZ, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 140; on
Indian enlistments, 264; substitute for reconstruction
bill, 318.

BROWN, FOUNTAIN, Rev., of Arkansas, court-martial and
sentence for selling his freed slaves, 519, 550.
BROWN, GEORGE WILLIAM, Police Commissioner and Mayor
of Baltimore, arrest of, and reasons for, 152; Minutes
of the Board, 393, 394.

BROWN, JAMES S., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-

gress, 140; resolutions on reconstruction, 319, 320; on
enrollment, 564.

BROWN, JOHN YOUNG, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49.

BROWN, JOSEPH E., Governor of Georgia, 3; proclamation
on northern indebtedness, 3; call for negroes, 282.
BROWN, WILLIAM G., vote on secession ordinance, note, 7;
Representative in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 122; Thir-
ty-Eighth, 140; resolutions on the War, 293.
BROWNE, GEORGE H., Member of Peace Conference, 67; Rep-
resentative in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 122.
BROWNE, WILLIAM M., Rebel Assistant Secretary of State, 12.
BROWNING, ORVILLE II, Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress,

122; superseded, 123; amendments to bill for military
employment of colored persons, 275.

BROWNSVILLE, port opened, 149.

BRUCE, ELY M., Member of bogus Legislative Council of
Kentucky, 8; Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.

BRUCE, H. W., Member of bogus Legislative Council of
Kentucky, 8; Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.

BRUCE, JAMES C., Commissioner of Virginia in making mili-
tary league, 8; vote on secession ordinance, note, 7.
BRUNE, JOHN C., arrest of, 152.
Assistant Secretary of Russellville (Ky.) Con-

amendment to the Constitution recommended, 50;
message of January 8, alluded to, 80; public credit
during his administration, 365, 366; proposed censure
of, and proceedings in the Senate, 387.

Baltimore, 524-530.
BUCK, JOHN M., letters of, respecting church troubles in
140; amendment to civil bill respecting testimony of
BUCKALEW, CHARLES R., Senator in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
colored persons, 243; amendment to national cur-
rency bill, 365; proposition to repeal law authorizing
enlistments in insurrectionary States, note, 563.
BUCKNER, AYLETT H., Member of Peace Conference, 68.
offering to return fugitive slaves, 250.
BUELL, DON CARLOS, Brig. Gen., letter to J. R. Underwood,

gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 122.
BUFFINTON, JAMES, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
49; resolution relative to California's quota of arms,
BURCH, JOHN C., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
41; Member of Committee of Thirty-three, 53; report,
58; proposition for Constitutional Convention, 62; for
a Pacific republic, 41.

BUREAU OF FREEDMEN'S AFFAIRS, bill to establish, vote upon
in House, 259, 260; in Senate, amendments of Mr.
Saulsbury, 260; Mr. Willey, 260; Mr. Wilson, 260; post
ponement of bill to December 20th, 1864, 260; final
votes, 594, 595.

rison, 152.
BURKE, MARTIN, Col., refusal to obey writ of Judge Gar-

BURLINGAME, ANSON, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

gress, 48.

gress, 49; expulsion, 123; Chairman of Russellville
BURNETT HENRY C., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
(Ky.) Congress, 8; Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 400; Senator in First Congress, 401; Second, 402.
BURNETT, THEODORE L., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 400; Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.
gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 123.
BURNHAM, ALFRED A., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-

Higginson, 214.
BURNS RESCUE CASE, resolution concerning, and Col. T. W.
people of North Carolina, 249, 250; order No. 38, 162;
BURNSIDE, AMBROSE E., Brig. Gen., proclamation of, to the
designation of Fort Warren for confinement of Mr.
Vallandigham, 162.

Kentucky, 8.
BURNSIDE, I. P., Member of bogus Legislative Council of
dent's call for troops, 114.
BURTON, WILLIAM, Governor, of Delaware, reply to Presi

to, reply of, and Governor Hicks's protest to,9; to Gen-
BUTLER, BENJAMIN F., Maj. Gen., letter of Governor Ilicks
eral Scott, 244; affair with Brig Gen. Phelps, 252; ex-
tract from Davis's proclamation of outlawry, note, 253;
orders of, respecting churches in New Orleans, 342.
BUTLER, PIERCE, arrest of, 153.

BUTLER, WILLIAM O., Member of Peace Conference, 68.
more, 394.
BUTLER, WILLIAM T., resignation of, as policeman in Balti

BUTTERFIELD, MARTIN, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48.

CABINET, of Mr. Buchanan, 28; Mr. Lincoln, 108, 610;
Mr. Johnson, 610; Jeff. Davis, 400, 401, 619.
CADWALADER, GEORGE, General, refusal to obey a writ in the
Merryman case, 154; remarks of Chief Justice Taney,
155.

ment act, 273.
CADWALADER, JOHN, Judge United States, decision on enroll-

CALHOUN, A. P., Commissioner from South Carolina to Ala-
bama, 11; received by Convention, 4.
CALHOUN, JOHN C., bill relative to security of the mails, 191;
allusion to, by Ex-Gov. Francis Thomas, 390.
represented in Peace Conference, 69; Members of Thirty-
CALIFORNIA, Vote for President in 1660, 1; in 1861, 623; not
Sixth Congress, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth,
141; socession attempt in, 41; Union resolutions of the
Assembly, 41.

CALL for negroes, of Governor Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia,
282; of General Magruder, 283; of Governor Allen of
Louisiana, 428,

CALLS for troops, the President's, 114, 115, 270, 604.
CALLAHAN, S. B., Delegate from Creek and Seminole Na
tion in Second Rebel Congress, 402.

CALVERT, CHARLES B., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122; views on compensated emancipation,
213-217; peace resolution, 235.
CAMERON, SIMON, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 45:
and resignation of, 108; order of ar
lan Legislature, 158;

lan on the Maryland election, 309; President's Mes- |
sage on the House resolution of censure of, 333, 334;
remarks November 13, 1861, on colored troops, 416.
CAMPBELL, JAMES, opinion, as Postmaster General, on exclud-
ing newspapers from the mails, 189
CAMPBELL, JAMES H., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Member of Committee
of Thirty-three, 53; resolution recommending confis-
cation of slaves, &c., of rebels, 287.
CAMPBELL, JOHN A., letters to Secretary Seward, 110, 111;
to Jefferson Davis, 111; reply of Thurlow Weed to,
111, 112; at Hampton Roads Conference, 567; inter-
cepted letter, note, 571.

CAMPBELL, J. A. P., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
400.

CAMPBELL, J. MASON, Senator's Mason's desire to see, 393.
CAMPBELL WILLIAM B., one of the Tennessee protesters, 438-
441.

CANBY, E. R. S., General, President's order through, for C.
L. Vallandigham's deportation, 162; order on colored
soldiers, note, 427, 428.

CANNON, WILLIAM, Member of Peace Conference, 68; Gov-
ernor of Delaware, proclamation of, 312.

CAPERTON, ALLEN T., vote on secession ordinance in Vir-
ginia Convention, note, 7; Senator in First Rebel Con-
gress, 401; Second, 402.

CAREY, JOHN, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 49.
CARLILE, JOHN S., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-

gress, 122; Senator in Thirty-Seventh Congress, 123;
Thirty-Eighth, 140; offer of Peace Conference proposi-
tion in Virginia Convention, and vote, 7; vote on se-
cession ordinance, note, 7; substitute for indemnity
bill, 185; on compensated emancipation, 213-217; res-
olution on the prosecution of the war, 290; resolutions
on the relations of the rebellious States to the Gov-
ernment, 326.

CARROLL, JAMES, of Maryland, Disunion letter of, 9.
CARTER, JAMES T. P., one of the Tennessee protesters, 438-

441.

CARTER, LUTHER C., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48.

CARUTHERS, ROBERT L., Member of Peace Conference, 68;
Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400.

CASE, CHARLES, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,

49.

CASEY, SAMUEL L., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
gress, 123; on Select Committee on compensated eman-
cipation, and views on, 213, 217, 218.

CASS, GEORGE W., vote for Vice President in Democratic
National Convention, 420.

CASS, LEWIS, Secretary of State, and resigned, 28.
CATHOLIC CHURCH, facts respecting, 502, 503; Bishop Wood's,
Archbishop Kenrick's, and Archbishop Purcell's papers,
502, 503. IN INSURRECTIONARY STATES: Position of Bishop
Lynch, 516; articles from N. O. Standard, 516, 517;
the Pope's reply to the Rebel Commissioners, 517.
CHAMBERLAIN, JACOB P., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 123.

CHAMBERLAIN, LEVI, Member of Peace Conference, 67.
CHAMBERS, EZEKIEL F., proposed member of Board of Pub-

lic Safety in Maryland, 9; vote on emancipation in
Maryland, 227.

CHAMBERS, HENRY C., Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 402.

CHAMBLISS, JOHN R., vote on Secession Ordinance in Vir-
ginia Convention, note, 7; Representative in First Re-
bel Congress, 401.

CHANDLER, LUCIUS II., claimant for seat as Representative
in Thirty-Eighth Congress, and refused, 141.
CHANDLER, THEOPHILUS P., Member of Peace Conference,
67.

CHANDLER, ZACHARIAH, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress,

48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; amend-
ment to enrollment bill, 264.

CHANLER, JOHN W., Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 140; proposition to repeal all conscription
laws, 564.
CHAPLAIN, ALEXANDER, resolutions in the Legislature of
Maryland, 398.

Charlotte Bulletin, Clingman's telegram to, 41.

CHASE, SALMON P., Member of Peace Conference, 68; Sec-
retary of the Treasury, and resignation, 108; letter on
"Legal Tenders," 358, 359; National Currency bill,
note, 365; redemption of Treasury loans and notes,
note, 367; Chief Justice, 610.

CHEROKEE NATION, Delegate from, in First and Second
Rebel Congress, 402.

CHESNUT, JAMES, Jr., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
resigned, 2; Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 2,
11, 400; Aide to Beauregard, 113; votes on Secession
Ordinance, 398.

CHILTON, WILLIAM P., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 11,400; Representative in First Rebel Congress,
401; Second, 402.

629

CHITTENDEN, LUCIUS E., Member of Peace Conference, 67
CHRISMAN, JAMES S., Member of bogus Legislative Council
of Kentucky, 8; Deputy in Rebel Provisional Con-
gress, 400; Representative in First Rebel Congress,
CHRISTIAN RELIGION, proposed Constitutional Amendment
401; Second, 402.
CHURCHES IN THE INSURRECTIONARY STATES, Action of the,
respecting, 259, 593.
50S-521, 548; orders respecting the occupancy of, 521-
523; reconstruction of, 543-546; condition of the, in New
CHURCH, THE, AND THE REBELLION, 461-548, 603; the Military
Orleans, 543-544; loyalty of East Tennessee, 545, 546.
and the Churches, 521-543; Reconstruction of Churches,
Cincinnati Gazette, upon a Northwestern Confederacy in-
CITIZENS, arrest of, 152-154, 559-562-see "Arrests."
trigue in 1860, 42.
CITIZENSHIP, Attorney General Bates's opinion on, 378-384;
Secretary Marcy's, through J. A. Thomas, Assistant
Secretary of State, note, 382.

543.

CLARK, AMBROSE W., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
CLAPP, J. W., Representative in First Rebel Congress, 401.
CLARK, DANIEL, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48; Thir-
gress, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140.
ty-Seventh, 121; Thirty-Eighth, 140; amendment to
the Crittenden proposition of adjustment, 65; vote
upon, reconsideration, and final vote, 66; bill to ratify
the emancipation proclamation, 229; resolution on
CLARK, HORACE F., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
prosecuting the war, 291.
CLARK, JOHN B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
gress, 48; adjustment proposition, 74.
49; Thirty-Seventh, 122; expulsion, 123: Senator in
First Rebel Congress, 401, superseded, 402; Represent-
ative in Second, 402; remarks in favor of repealing
the substitute bill, 121.

CLARK, WILLIAM W., Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 401.

CLARKE, FREEMAN, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Con-
gress, 140.

CLAY, BRUTUS J., Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140.

CLAY, CLEMENT C., Jr., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; withdrew, 4; intermediary between Colonel
Hayne and President Buchanan, 42; correspondence
with President Buchanan, 34; Senator in First Re-
CLAY, HENRY, prophecy of, 390.
bel Congress, 401; Niagara Falls correspondence, 301,

302.

CLAY, JAMES B., Member of Peace Conference, 68; arrest of,
153.

CLAYTON, A. M., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 11,
400.

CLAYTON, PHILIP, Rebel Assistant Secretary of Treasury, 12.
CLEGGETT, THOMAS, arrest of, 153.
CLEMENS, JEREMIAH, statement respecting the bombard-
ment of Sumter, 112.

CLEMENS, SHERRARD, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; adjustment proposition of, 63; vote on Se-
CLEMENTS, ANDREW J., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
cession Ordinance in Virginia convention, note, 7.
Congress, 122; on Select Commi tee on compensated
CLERKE, JUSTICE, adverse opinion on indemnity act, 186,
emancipation, 213; views on, 217, 218; resolution re-
specting the insurrectionary States, 324.
187.

CLINGMAN, THOMAS L., Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
CLEVELAND, CHAUNCEY F., Member of Peace Conference, 67.

48; re-elected, 5; telegram to the Charlotte Bulletin,
41; on Peace Conference proposition, 70; resolution on
slave protection in the Territories, 90; proposition to
Clipper, Baltimore, on loyalty of Baltimore, 8.
withdraw troops from the rebellious States, 290.
CLOPTON, DAVID, Representative in First Rebel Congress,
CLUSKEY, MICHAEL W., Representative in Second Rebel Con-
401; Second, 402.
gress, 402.

COALTER, JOIN D., Member of Peace Conference, 68.
COASTWISE SLAVE TRADE, repeal of laws regulating, 243, 244.
COBB, AMASA, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
141.

COBB, GEORGE T., Representative in Thirty-Seventh Con-
COBB, HOWELL, resignation as Secretary of the Treasury, 38;
gress, 122.
Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, and President
thereof, 12, 400; pronounces secession a "fixed and
irrevocable fact," &c., 12; major general in rebel ser-
COBB, THOMAS R. R., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
vice, 400.
11. 400; on reconstruction, 329; death of, 400.
COBB, WILLIAMSON R. W., Representative in Thirty-Sixth
Congress, 49; withdrew, 3; elected to Second Pa
Congress 400.

insurrectionary States, 149, 150.

CoMMISSIONERS, INTER-STATE, names of, 11; rebel to Eng-
land, appeal of, to Earl Russell, 27; reply of the Pope
to, 517; of Confederate States, correspondence with
President Buchanan and Secretary Holt, 29-34; with
Secretary Seward, 108-110.

COBURN, STEPHEN, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress, | COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE, proclamations forbidding, with
note, 48; Member of Peace Conference, 67.
COCHRANE, CLARK B., Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48.
COCHRANE, JOHN, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Congress,
48; adjustment propositions, 53, 74; views on imposts
bill, 79; on select investigating committee, 80; reports
on President Buchanan's correspondence with rebel
commissioners, and on secession, 85; president of Cleve-
land Convention, 411; candidate for Vice President,
412; acceptance of, 414; address to his regiment, 414-
416; withdrawal of, 427.
COERCION, RIGHT OF, Buchanan's opinion, 49; votes upon,
77, 230.

COFFEY, GEORGE A., United States District Attorney, request
to Marshal Millward to seize West Chester Jeffersonian
newspaper office, 441, 442.

COFFEY, TITIAN J., acting Attorney General, circular on
amnesty, 148, 149.

COFFROTH, ALEXANDER H., Representative in Thirty-Eighth
Congress, 140; resolution on emancipation proclama-
tion, 290.

COIN, Rebel tax on, 372, 613, 619.

COLE, CORNELIUS, Representative in Thirty-Eighth Congress,
140.

COLFAX, SCHUYLER, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 49: Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, and
Speaker of the House, 140; adjustment proposition,
73; resolutions for amending the fugitive slave law,
236, and to expel Alexander Long, 387; vote for Vice
President in Union National Convention, 407.
COLLAMER, JACOB, Senator in Thirty-Sixth Congress, 48;
Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140; amendment
to resolution to prohibit slavery in the Territories, 90;
resolution to reduce the period of service of drafted
men to one year, &c., 263; amendment to enrollment
bill, 264; amendment to joint resolution to equalize
the pay of soldiers, 277; amendments to legal tender
bill, 358; relative to vote of Electoral College, 578.
COLLIER, CHARLES F., Representative in First Rebel Con-
gress, 402.

COLONIZATION, President Lincoln's views on, 213; interview
with colored persons in August, 1862, 374, 375; the Isle
à Veche experiment, note, 212; votes on, 199–201.
COLOR, bill to remove disqualification of, in carrying United
States mails, 239, 240, 593.

COLORADO TERRITORY, bill for temporary government, 89,
90; enabling act for, 255.

COLORED MEN AS CITIZENS, Opinion of Attorney General

Bates, 378-384; letter of Assistant Secretary of State
J. A. Thomas, note, 382.

COLORED MEN AS VOTERS, in Montana Territory, 240; in
Washington city, 241.

COLORED PERSONS AS WITNESSES, votes respecting, 242, 243,
442.

COLORED PERSONS, CONFEDERATE USE OF, 281-283, 611.
COLORED PERSONS, disqualification of, in carrying the mails,
bill to remove, 239, 240, 593; letter of Gideon Granger,
note, 239; disqualification to testify, proceedings to re-
move, 240, 242, 243, 442, and Judge Underwood's opin-
ion upon, 442, 443; all able-bodied males of suitable
age to be enrolled, 274; to be liable to the draft, 274;
opinion of Attorney General Bates on citizenship of,
378-384.

COLORED PERSONS, exclusion from the cars, proceedings
respecting, 241, 242, 593; Mr. Sumner's resolution on,
242; Mr. Willey's report upon, 242; Mr. Sumner's mo-
tions to forbid, 242, 593, 594.

COLORED PERSONS LEAVING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, resolution
of House respecting the order requiring passes for, 594.
COLORED SCHOOLS, legislation respecting, 244.
COLORED SOLDIERS, to have same pay, &c., except bounty, as
white men-bounty of, not to exceed $100, to be fixed
by the President, 116, 272; the several laws concerning,
274; mother, wife, and children of, to be free, 274; pro-
ceedings in Congress respecting, 274-276; respecting
pay of, 276-279; opinions of Attorney General Bates
respecting pay of, 279, 280, 384, 385; Secretary Stan-
ton's order to Governor Andrew respecting enlistment
of, 279, and his reply respecting compensation to loyal
masters for enlisted slaves, 565; President Lincoln's
order for the protection of, 280; rules of war (extract)
concerning, 280; allusion to, in speech of President Lin-
coln at the Baltimore fair, 280, 281; proposed prohibi-
tion of pay to, 283, 284; rebel facts concerning, 281-
283; correspondence between Generals Grant and Lee
concerning, 444, 445; Rebel legislation upon, 611; action
of Virginia legislature, note, 612; General Lee's letter,
note, 611.
COLORED SOLDIERS' FAMILIES, bill for securing freedom of,
564, 565; Major General Palmer's order respecting,
note, 564.
COLVIN, A. J., Letter of Lucius Robinson to, 413.
COLYER, A. S., Representative in Second Rebel Congress, 402.

CoMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN, in Senate, votes in, 70–72.
COMMITTEE OF THIRTY-THREE, in House, 52; members, 53;
propositions submitted, 53-55; report, 57, 58; minority
reports, 57, 58; votes on propositions, 58-62.
COMMUTATION, OR $300 CLAUSE, votes on, 261; repealed, 263-
270; report on. note, 263.

COMPROMISE, Mr. Lincoln's opinion upon, 67.
CONFEDERATE CLERGY, ADDRESS OF, TO CHRISTIANS THROUGH-
OUT THE WORLD, 517-521.
CONFEDERATE LEGISLATION-See Rebel Legislation.
CONFERENCE, 41-see Peace Conference.
CONFISCATION, act of 1861, 195, 196; act of 1862, and for
other purposes, 196, 197; joint resolution giving con
struction to last, 197; President's message thereon,
197, 198; other proceedings respecting, 198-203: votes
on repealing the joint resolution, 202, 205, 260, 562, 563;
judicial action under. 206, 207; military confiscation
suspended by the President, note, 207; President's
proclamation under, 20s; proceeedings respecting, 275,
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, action of various Conferences,
480-482.
CONGREGATIONAL WELSH ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, BC-
tion of, 481.
CONGRESS, of United States, meeting, and members of Thirty
Sixth, second session, 48, 49; Thirty-Seventh, 121, 122;
Thirty-Eighth, 140, 141, 559, 588; of Rebel Provisional,
and members of, 11, 400; First Congress, 401, 402; Se
cond, 402.

276.

CONKLING, FREDERICK A., Representative in Thirty-Seventh
Congress, 122.

CONKLING, JAMES C., President Lincoln's letter to, 235,
236.

CONKLING, Roscoe, Representative in Thirty-Sixth Con-
gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; amendment to Confis-
cation bill, 198; to Mr. Eliot's joint resolution, 27;
joint reselution on compensated emancipation, 209,
210.
CONNECTICUT, Vote for President, in 1860, 1; în 1864, 623;
Members of Peace Conference, 67; Thirty-Sixth Con
gress, 48; Thirty-Seventh, 122; Thirty-Eighth, 140.
CONNESS, JOHN, Senator in Thirty-Eighth Congress, 140.
CONRAD, CHARLES M., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress,
11, 400; Representative in First Rebel Congress, 401;
Second, 402.

CONROW, A. II., Deputy in Rebel Provisional Congress, 400;
Representative in First Congress, 401; Second, 402.
CONSCRIPTION-see Enrollment.
CONSCRIPTION, REBEL, acts of, 118, 119; judicial decisions
upon, 120; proclamations and order upon, 118, 119;
order for enrolling persons between 17 and 50, 427; of
negroes, 428.
CONSPIRACIES, bill to punish, and protest of nine Senators,
376, 377; Douglas's proposition respecting, 71; Rebel
law, 614.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, 91-97; index to, 100-
103; explanatory amendment proposed by President
Buchanan, 50; adoption of proposition to amend, 53,
60; Mr. Seward's proposition, 71; votes on proposition
to amend, 59, 60, 62-65; proceedings to amend, 253-
259; proposition of Mr. Henderson, 255; Mr. Sumuer,
255; Mr. Powell, 55, 256; Mr. Trumbull, 256: Mr.
Garrett Davis, 256; Mr. Saulsbury's proposition, 257;
final vote on amendment in Senate, 237; Mr. Wheeler's
proposition, 257; final vote in the House, 258; resolu
tions of Mr. Isaac N. Arnold, 258; Mr. Windon 258;
Mr. Stevens, 258; Mr. Henry B. Anthony's joint.esolu
tion to repeal the joint resolution of March 2, 1861, 258;
resolutions of convention at Allegheny City, Pennsyl-
vania, proposing amendment to. 258, 259; Mr. Cravens's
resolutions respecting amendment of, 259; Mr. Blaine's
proposition to amend, 259; other propositions, and
action, 591-593.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT for the extinction of slavery,
257,258, 590; other propositions, 255-259, 572, 573, 591-
593-see "Adjustment" and "Constitution."
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, votes on, 62, 64; in Peace
Conference, 69, 70; propositions for, 294, 435.
CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 98-100: index
to, 100-103; A. H. Stephens's comment upon, 103, 104;
ratification of, 4, 5.
CONTRABANDS, order of Major General Wool respecting, 248;
his order for employment of, and wages, 248; general
instructions concerning, 244, 245, 217, 218: order of
President Lincolu on in the District of Columbia, 248;
extract from report of Secretary Cameron, 219: in-
structions of Secretary Stanton to General Saxton,

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