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forebodings of war, 191-194
the Seward document, 195, 196
Lincoln's reply, 197, 198

the Sumter and Pickens expedi-
tions, 199

the surrender of Sumter, 200
its effect, 201-204

the call for troops, 205, 206
fears for Washington, 208

the attack on the Sixth Massachu-
setts, 208

Lincoln's attitude, 209-213
the troubles of office, 214-216
the despatch of Seward to Adams,
217-231

Lincoln's alterations, 232

> the President's message, 234, 236

meeting the emergency, 237
love of fun, 238-240
the appointment of McClellan,

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cabinet dissensions, 289–291
the signing of the proclamation,
291

its immediate effects, 293, 294
colored troops, 295-297

Lincoln's treatment of deserters,
298-300

troubles of drafting, 301-305
military affairs, 306–310
political cartoons, 313, 314
letter to General Hooker, 315, 316
his interest in the army, 320-323
the rise of Grant, 324-328
anecdotes of the period, 331-334
the Gettysburg address, 335-339
obstacles to Lincoln's reëlection,
343-348

Lincoln as a politician, 349–358
the political and military situation,
360-377

Sheridan's victory, 378, 379
reëlection, 380

the message of 1864, 382-385
the thirteenth amendment, 388
Whitman's portrait of the Presi-
dent, 388-390

Lincoln enters Richmond, 395
Lee's surrender, 397

the last public address, 398-400
the second inaugural, 402-404
Lincoln's dream of the end, 405,
406

the assassination, 406, 407
the immediate effect, 408
Grant's tribute, 409
Whitman's poem, 409, 410
Lowell's ode, 410, 411

his breadth of character, 414, 415
final estimate, 417

Lincoln, Matilda, 18, 19

Lincoln, Mrs., 86, 92, 102, 117, 313,
332, 333, 390, 413
Lincoln, Mordecai, 4
Lincoln, Robert T., 89

Lincoln, Tad, 313, 332, 333

66

Macbeth," 332, 398

Maine, 162, 345

Lincoln, Thomas, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 23, | Macon County (Illinois), 23, 154

26, 42

Lincoln, Mrs. Thomas. See Hanks, Manassas, 261

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Logan, Stephen T., 76, 77, 87, 89, Massachusetts, 156, 192, 206, 208,

159, 160, 361

London Times, the, 412

"Long Nine," the, 55, 56, 77

Long Run (Kentucky), 2

Louis Napoleon, 382

210

Matheney, James H., 85.

Meade, General, 242, 318, 321, 322,

323, 360, 361, 395.

Medill, Joseph, 367, 368

Louisiana, 177, 270, 271, 272, 328, Menard County, 107

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Lyons, Lord, the British minister, 239 Michigan, 206

McCarthy, Justin, 376

McClellan, George B., 147, 241, 242,

243, 246, 247, 255, 259, 260, 261,
262, 263, 266, 268, 275, 276, 284,
285, 288, 316, 319, 325, 328, 351,
356, 358, 360, 365, 376, 393
McClernand, Congressman, 243
McClure, Colonel, 158, 253, 260, 302,
303, 304, 305, 353, 354, 355, 361,
366

McCormick vs. Mauny, 121

McCormick house, the, 118

McCulloch, Secretary, 400

McDowell, General, 240, 241,

263, 274

McLean, John, 161, 162

McNamar,

McNeill,

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Middle States, the, 173

Mill, John Stuart, 240, 249, 412
Milroy, 318
Mississippi, 177

Mississippi River, 25, 31, 266, 295,
326

Missouri, 84, 130, 136, 157, 161, 184,
186, 206, 234, 243, 245, 265,
266, 305, 306, 352

Missouri, state court of, 129
Missouri Compromise, the, 120, 123,
125, 131.

Mitchell, "split log," 17
Mobile Bay, 379

262," Molly Maguires," 302

Montgomery (Alabama), 177, 178

Morgan, Governor, 158

46, 47, 48, 49

Morris, Achilles, 35

46

Morrison, Colonel W. R., 288

Morse, Mr., 263

Mosaic law, the, 392
Mozambique, 165
Murfreesboro, 405

Nasby, Petroleum V.; “Letters, "238
writings of, 379
Nashville, capture of, 325
National Convention, the, 155
National Executive Committee, chair-

man of, 370

Navy, Secretary of the, 194, 311
Navy Department, the, 247
Neal, Thomas M., 35

Nebraska, 125

Nebraska Bill, the, 136

"Negro-lover," 165

New Bedford (Massachusetts), 192

New England, 173, 265, 355, 368

New Hampshire, 155, 287

Ohio, 148, 155, 161, 206, 239, 307,
308, 310, 344, 345, 353

Ohio River, 6, 124

"On to Richmond,” 237

Oregon, governor or secretary of,

102

Ottawa (Illinois), 143

Owens, Mary S., 53, 60, 64

Paine, 43

Paine's "Age of Reason," 88
Palmerston, 382

Parker, Richard, 2

Parker, Theodore, 123, 338
Patterson, General, 240

Peace party, the, 286
Peninsula, the, 274

Pennsylvania, 155, 156, 158, 159,
161, 185, 208, 277, 281, 302,
304, 305, 318, 360

New Jersey, 155, 156, 161, 180, 239, Peoria (Illinois), 34, 56

333

New Orleans, 24, 25, 192
New Salem (Illinois), 24, 26, 31,

34, 35, 38, 44, 46, 48, 49, 53,
55

Peters, Zachariah, 35
Petersburg, 395

Philadelphia, 155, 173, 181, 182, 303
Phillips, Wendell, 123, 127, 164, 173,
192, 347, 348

New York, 161, 201, 208, 281, 308, Pickens, Governor, appoints a cabi-

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New York Tribune, 149, 150, 165, Pinkerton, 182

274, 354

Niagara, 98

Niagara River, the, 216

Nicolay, John G., 215, 350

Nicolay and Hay, 215, 252, 358
Nolin Creek, 6

Norfolk, England, 2

North Carolina, 184, 206, 270
Nutt, Commodore, 314

Offut, Denton, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31
Oglesby, Governor, 153, 154

Pittsburg Landing, 325

Pocahontas, the, 199

Polk, President, 92, 94, 162
Pomeroy, Senator, 343, 346
Pope, Benjamin, 2

Pope, General, 274, 316
Porter, Admiral, 393, 397
Postmaster-General, the, 345
Potomac, the, 241, 285, 318, 321, 398
Pottsville (Pennsylvania), 304
Powhatan, the frigate, 199, 200
Punch, London, 412

Quincy (Illinois), 145

Radford, Reuben, 35

"Rail Splitter," the, 163
Rappahannock, the, 317

Raymond, Henry, 158, 344, 370

Reno,

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289

Sandwich Islands, 349

Sangamon County (Illinois), 32, 41,

44, 45, 48, 89

Sangamon Journal, the, 76, 79
Sangamon River, 23, 24, 31
Schmellfinnig, 307

Schofield, General John M., 306

Republican State Committee, the, Schurz, Carl, 288, 361

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Rice, A. T., 299, footnote, 402, foot- Seward, William H., 123, 138, 156,

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157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 164,

182, 184, 185, 186, 190, 191,

193, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200,
201, 214, 232, 247, 259, 266,
289, 290, 291, 311, 329, 335,
355, 358, 371, 379, 382, 412
Seward's Higher Law, 157
Seward's letters to Adams, 217-232
Seymour, Governor, 308, 350
Shakespeare, 39, 238, 332, 398, 417
Shenandoah, the, 377

Sheridan, General, 327, 331, 360,
361, 377, 378, 379, 392, 395,
397

Sherman, General, 326, 327, 328,

329, 330, 359, 361, 368. 375,
379, 393, 397, 405, 409, 416

Sherman, John, 328

Shields, James, 83, 84, 127

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Smith, General Kirby, 296, 321, 322 |
Socrates, Lincoln compared to, 119
Soldiers' Home, the, 388

120, 122, 158, 159, 160, 165,
166, 355

"Sword of Bunker Hill," the, 283

South Carolina, 176, 177, 252; U. S. Syburt, Peter, 2, 4

senators resign, 176

Southern Congress, the, 241
Spain, 196, 382

Speed, Joshua F., 62, 63, 73, 75, 78,

80, 82, 90, 124

Speed, Miss Mary, 78
Spencer County (Indiana), 6
Springfield (Illinois), 20, 24, 25, 31,
41, 54, 56, 60, 61, 62, 63, 71, 74,
86, 98, 103, 111, 116, 128, 130,
131, 162, 163, 166, 173, 176,
179, 182, 183, 185, 212, 256,
313, 408, 417
Springfield Journal, the, 124
Stanton, Edwin M., 121, 176, 253,
254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259,
262, 264, 275, 277, 285, 286,
301, 302, 303, 304, 307, 314,
325, 333, 347, 348, 362, 364,
365, 367, 379, 390, 393, 395,

400

Talisman, the, 31

Taney, Chief Justice, 130, 131, 188,

211, 346

Tarbell, Miss, 367

Taylor, Colonel Dick, 73
Taylor, E. D., 35

Taylor, General, 94, 96, 101, 162, 202
Taylor, Tom, 412

Tennessee, 156, 206, 266, 270, 295,
353, 354, 383, 385
Tennessee River, 324
Terre Haute (Indiana), 89
Texas, 177

Thayer's popular sovereignty, 174
Thirteenth Amendment, the, 386, 388
Thomas, General, 327
Thompson, , 33
Thompson, Maurice, 413
Tinker, Charles A., 258
Todd, David, 345

State, Secretary of, 99, 194, 289, 290, Todd, Mary, 74, 75, 76, 83, 85. See

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Swaney,

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Vallandigham, 307, 308, 310

Swett, Leonard, 107, 109, 117, 119, | Valley Forge, 108

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