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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=Memphis=, Tennessee, river battle at, 286

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

=Merryman, John=, arrest of, 199

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

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

=Missouri Compromise=, repeal of, 94, 95

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=Pea Ridge=, Arkansas, battle of, 271

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=Pinkerton, Allen=, detective work of, 173

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=Romine, Gideon,= merchant at Gentryville, 9

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

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

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

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

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

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

=Scott Dred,= case of, 108, 109

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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