INDEX
A
Andersonville, responsibility for,
Andrew, John. A.,
Antietam, battle of,
Appomattox, the surrender at,
Atlanta, capture of,
B
Bahamas, trade of the, with the Confederacy,
Banks, General N.P.,
Bazaine, General, in command of French army in Mexico,
Belle Isle, the prison of,
Bentonville, battle of,
Bixby, Mrs., letter to, from Lincoln,
"Black Republicans," the,
Blair, Prank P., difficulties with,
Blount, William,
Border States, the, and emancipation,
Bragg, Gen. Braxton,
Brainerd, Cephas, on the Cooper Union address,
Brown, John, raid of,
Bryant on Lincoln,
Buckner, Gen. S.B.,
Bull Run, second battle of,
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose F.,
and the Army of the Potomac, 127;
and the defence of Knoxville, 137
Butler, Benjamin F.,
,
C
Cabinet, cabals in the,
Cedar Creek, the battle of,
Chancellorsville, battle of,
Charleston, evacuation of,
Chase, Salmon P.,
and the Presidential election of 1864, 154;
resignation of, 154;
appointed chief justice, 155;
efforts of, for the Presidency, 157;
difficulties with, in the Cabinet, 161
Chickamauga, battle of,
Clay, Cassius M.,
Congress and slavery in the Territories,
Constitution,
the 13th amendment to, 163 ff.;
defined by Lincoln, 236
ff.;
and property in slaves, 260 ff.
"Crocker, Master",
Curtin, Gov. A.G.,
Curtis, Gen. S.R.,
D
Danville, the prison of,
,
;
mortality in, 159
Davis, Jefferson, and Benj. F. Butler,
;
and the Peace Conference of Feb., 1865,
163;
and the other leaders of the South, 189;
and the management of the Southern
prisons,
as a prisoner and martyr, 191
Douglas, Stephen A., and the debate with Lincoln, cited,
;
and the sedition act, 263;
and the Dred Scott decision, 246
Dred Scott case, the,
E
Early, Jubal A., raid of on Washington,
;
and the battle of Winchester, 149;
and the battle of Cedar Creek, 150
Elliott, Charles W.,
Emancipation Proclamation, the,
Enfield rifles, use of, by Confederates,
F
Farragut, Admiral D.G.,
Few, William,
Fisher, Fort, capture of,
Fitzsimmons, Thomas,
Floyd, General John B.,
Franklin, battle of,
Franklin, Benjamin,
G
Georgia, cession of territory by,
Gettysburg, campaign of,
Goldsborough, surrender of Johnston's army at,
Goodell, Dr. Wm.,
Grant, Gen. U.S., captures Fort Donelson,
;
and the Vicksburg campaign, 134;
and the Chattanooga campaign, 136;
commander of the armies, 137 ff.;
suggested for the Presidency, 157;
declines to consider terms of peace, 171;
at Appomattox, 177
ff.;
at Goldsborough, 184
ff.
Greeley, Horace,
Greene, Frank V., on Lincoln,
H
Halleck, Gen. H.W.,
Hallowell, Col. Norwood,
Hamilton, Alexander,
Hancock, Gen. W.S.,
Harper's Ferry,
;
John Brown's raid at, 254
Helper, H.R., the "Impending Crisis" of,
Hewitt, Abram S.,
Higginson, Col. T.W.,
Hood, Gen. John B.,
Hooker, Gen. Joseph,
,
,
,
I
Intervention of France and England threatened,
J
Jefferson, Thomas, on emancipation,
Johnston, Gen. Joseph E.,
,
,
,
ft.
K
King, Rufus,
Knoxville, siege of,
L
Lee, Gen. Robert E. and the Antietam campaign,
;
and the campaign of Gettysburg, 130 ff.;
and the defence of Virginia, 137 ff.;
proposes treaty of peace, 171;
defeated at Five Forks, 171;
at Appomattox, 171
Libby prison, Presidential election in,
;
mortality in, 159;
record of, 189 ff.
Lincoln, Abraham, and Hewitt, A.S.,
;
writes to "Master Crocker", 113;
as commander-in-chief, 103 ff.;
and the death penalty for soldiers, 119;
campaign methods of McClellan, 125 ff.;
letter of, appointing Hooker, 128;
to Grant on the fall of Vicksburg, 134;
address of, at Gettysburg, 134;
letter of, to Mrs. Bixby, 152;
re-election of, as President, 157;
and the exchange of prisoners, 158 ff.;
and the control of the administration, 160;
and the Peace Conference of Feb., 1865,
162 ff.;
second inaugural of, 169 ff.;
last public address of, 178;
death of, 181;