INDEX
- A
- Abolition societies, Southern, ended by new industrial era, 5
- Adams, Charles Francis, 50
- Alabama, in Federal control, 50;
- Alabama, The, 50, 288
- Albemarle, The, destruction of, 288
- Alexandria, capital of loyal Virginia, 129;
- Alleghany Mountains, Virginia divided by, 96
- Allegiance, oath of, 24;
- Allen, Henry Watkins, end of administration of, 418;
- mentioned for governor of Louisiana, 422
- Amendment, Thirteenth, Hampton Roads conference refers to, 399;
- adoption of, by Georgia Legislature, 466
- Amnesty and Reconstruction, Lincoln’s proclamation of, 23, 24, 25, 224;
- Anthony, Lieutenant-Colonel, arrest of, 169
- Antietam, Md., Lee defeated at, 186
- Arkansas, effect of Union victories in, 10;
- enrolling agent sent to, 27;
- loyal part of, 77;
- Alabama commissioner addresses Legislature of, 77;
- position of, 77;
- interests of, 77;
- opposition to separate State action in, 77;
- convention bill passed by, 77;
- conditional secession defeated in, 78;
- influence of President’s inaugural in, 78;
- secession of, 78;
- secession favored by Governor of, 78;
- military preparations in, 78;
- confiscation ordinance of, 78;
- Confederate Congress admit delegates from, 79;
- convention conflicts with government of, 79;
- military division of, 79;
- dissatisfaction among soldiers of, 80;
- troops of, in Confederate army, 80;
- indifference of Germans and Irish, 80;
- bonds of, 81;
- Union sentiment in, 81;
- menaced by Federal troops, 81;
- flight of Governor, 82;
- troops sent to Corinth from, 82;
- John S. Phelps, military governor of, 82;
- regiments furnished Union army by, 83;
- return of leading secessionists, 83;
- Federal reverses in, 84;
- reconstruction of, 85;
- amended constitution of, 88;
- Confederate debt repudiated by, 88;
- division among Union men of, 88;
- Lincoln’s letter on reconstruction in, 89;
- Gen. Steele’s address to people of, 90;
- election in, 90;
- adoption of amended constitution for, 90;
- Congressman elected in, 91;
- Congress excludes Representatives from, 91;
- no Presidential election in, 92, 195;
- legality of government of, maintained by Lincoln, 195;
- loyal government in, 286;
- insurrection in, 314;
- Reverdy Johnson favors recognition of, 378;
- Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, 409;
- slavery abolished by constitution of, 410;
- disfranchising act of, 410;
- loyal government acquiesced in, 410;
- pacification of, 411;
- destitution in parts of, 412
- Arnell, Daniel W., election of, 415
- Arnold, Isaac N., resolution introduced by, 170
- Army of the United States, Provost Court of, 40;
- Ascension, parish of, vote in, 74
- Ashley, James M., reconstruction bill reported by, 289;
- proposal to confer suffrage on negro soldiers and sailors, 294;
- no provision for education of negroes in bill of, 298;
- effects of reconstruction bill of, 302;
- substitute introduced by, 304;
- remarks on reconstruction by, 304;
- motives for compromise offered by, 306;
- reconstruction bill of, tabled, 311;
- revived bill of, 312;
- explanation of inconsistency of, 312;
- reconstruction bill of, tabled, 313;
- remarks on reconstruction by, 313
- Atlantic Monthly, The, Sumner’s article in, 200
- B
- Baker, Joshua, member-elect from Louisiana, 56
- Baldwin, Augustus C., reconstruction bill opposed by, 241
- Baltimore convention, Lincoln renominated by, 32;
- Bancroft, George, relief meeting presided over by, 150;
- Banks, N. P., expedition of, 43;
- at Port Hudson, 49;
- plans for invasion of Texas, 51;
- petition of New Orleans convention to, 59;
- intention of ordering an election, 61;
- Free State General Committee’s attack of, 61;
- decides against Free State Committee, 64;
- Gen. Shepley’s disagreement with, 64;
- Lincoln’s letter to, 65;
- reconstruction letter of, 66;
- Lincoln appreciates services of, 67;
- urged by President to reconstruct Louisiana, 67;
- date for election fixed by, 67;
- Shepley’s registration approved by, 68;
- proclamation by, 69;
- order of, relative to election, 69;
- letter to Lincoln, 70;
- date of delegate election fixed by, 74;
- before Congressional committee, 75;
- Boutwell’s defence of, 255;
- Powell’s criticism of, 346;
- Governor Wells not in harmony with, 418
- Bates, Edward, Attorney-General, letter to A. F. Ritchie, 105;
- Batesville, Gen. Curtis’s occupation of, 82
- Baton Rouge, secession convention in, 36
- Baxter, Elisha, election of, 91
- Bayard, James F., 103;
- admission of West Virginia Senators opposed by, 193
- Bell, Joseph M., 40
- Bell and Everett, vote for in Louisiana, 37
- Belmont, August, Lincoln’s letter to, 39
- Benjamin, Judah P., resignation of, 76, 424
- Bent, Charles, 12
- Berkeley County, provision for annexing to West Virginia, 110;
- annexation of, 127
- Bingham, John A., debate on West Virginia closed by, 119
- Black, Jeremiah S., diplomatic mission of, 390
- Blaine, James G., 73;
- Blair, Francis P., Sr., Lincoln interviewed by, 390;
- Blair, Montgomery, on admission of West Virginia, 123;
- Bliss, C. C., 88
- Blockade of Louisiana ports, 37
- Blow, Henry T., remarks on reconstruction by, 301
- Bonzano, M. F., election of, 76;
- Bordeaux, visit of Confederate naval agent to, 50
- Border States, Lincoln supported by delegates from, 1;
- Boreman, Arthur I., 100, 128, 129
- Bouligny, John E., 43
- Boutwell, George S., reconstruction speech of, 254;
- President Johnson visited by, 458
- Bowden, Lemuel J., 131, 138
- Boyers, J. E., 128
- Bradley, General, 79
- Bragg, General, raid of, 19
- Brandegee, Augustus, 342
- Brazos, battle of, 50
- Breckenridge, John C., election of, 316
- Bright, Hon. John, Sumner’s letters to, 200, 290
- Brooks, James, inquiry of, 225
- Brown, B. Gratz, substitute of, 264;
- amendment of, 272
- Brown John, 142
- Brown, William G., bill of, 113;
- remarks on admission of West Virginia, 114
- Brownlow, William G., 7;
- Brownson, Orestes, theory of State suicide summarized by, 210
- Bryant, William Cullen, 150
- Buchanan, James, election of, 316
- Buell, General Don Carlos, army of, 3, 10, 19;
- treatment of fugitive slaves by, 158
- Bullett, Cuthbert, Lincoln’s letter to, 39
- Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. See Freedmen’s Bureau
- Burke, Edmund, 200
- Burnside, General Ambrose E., 150
- Butler, General Benjamin F., 33;
- investigation of, 38, 39;
- relieved from command, 40;
- Lincoln’s letter to, 44;
- new department assigned to, 133;
- Pierpont criticised by, 134;
- Attorney-General criticised by, 135;
- Lincoln’s letter to, 136;
- department of Virginia commanded by, 143;
- fugitive slaves arrive at camp of, 144, 147;
- legal defence of attitude toward slaves, 146
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- Caldwell, A. B., 128
- California, Upper, 12;
- Cameron, Simon, Butler’s treatment of slaves approved by, 146
- Campbell, John A., commissioner to Hampton Roads conference, 393, 395
- Campbell, William B., election of, 415
- Canby, General E. R. S., Lincoln’s letter to, 402
- Carey, John B., fugitive slave law pleaded by, 144
- Carlile, John S., 98;
- Chadsey, Charles E., President Johnson’s surrender to the South explained by, 489
- Chandler, Lucius H., Representative-elect from Virginia, 131;
- Chandler, Zachariah, interest in reconstruction bill, 274;
- Sumner’s opposition to Trumbull’s resolution supported by, 380
- Chase, Salmon P., on admission of West Virginia, 121;
- Chattanooga, 4;
- taken by Federal forces, 22
- Clark, Daniel, remarks on reconstruction by, 376
- Clarke, Governor Charles, insurgent legislature convoked by, 459;
- Clarke, Isaac E., 43
- Cleveland, Tennessee, 4
- Colfax, Schuyler, on admission of West Virginia, 115
- Collamer, Jacob, on admission of West Virginia, 111;
- Colonization, suggested by Lincoln, 153;
- Colored troops, Lincoln urges raising of, 20, 22;
- Committee, Central Executive of Louisiana, 53
- Committee, Free State General of Louisiana, 47, 54, 59, 61;
- Confederate army, Louisiana troops in, 37;
- Confederate Government, offer of Arkansas to, 80;
- Confederate officers, disfranchisement of, 236
- Confederate States, theory that disunionists were in a minority in, 192;
- functionaries in, not bound by oaths, 204;
- governments of, vacated, 205;
- governments could be organized by Congress in, 206;
- Constitution the only law in, 206;
- power of Congress over, 210;
- people of, unable to plead Constitution, 212;
- original idea relative to reorganization of, 213;
- Stevens’s idea of status of, 214;
- status of, 260;
- approaching disruption of, 286;
- rights of citizens in, 366;
- political rights of people in, 367;
- no foreign engagements entered into by, 391;
- anarchy threatens many of, 409, 431;
- Federal troops preserve order in, 432;
- obstacles to restoration in, 432;
- blockade of, 444;
- importance of understanding public opinion in, 471;
- legislation of, 472;
- prompt acquiescence of, 472;
- sentiments of citizens of, 474;
- Congress excludes delegations from, 474;
- reaction in, 482;
- Northern example no defence of legislation in, 485;
- reconstructed not very different from disloyal governments of, 486;
- States represented at opening of 39th Congress, 489;
- Congress ignores claims of members from, 490
- Confiscation, in Arkansas, 78
- Congress, amnesty authorized by, 24;
- President disclaims authority to admit members to, 26;
- electoral vote of Tennessee excluded by, 35;
- Representatives from Louisiana admitted to, 46;
- Louisiana elects members to, 55;
- organization of, 55;
- Louisiana not redistricted by, 57;
- A. P. Field denied admission to, 60;
- Louisiana elects members to, 76;
- government of Louisiana not recognized by, 76;
- electoral vote of Louisiana excluded by, 76;
- Arkansas elects members to, 91;
- consents to transfer of Virginia counties, 127;
- resolution on compensated emancipation passed by, 167;
- slavery in Territories abolished by, 170;
- confiscation act of, 179;
- restored Virginia recognized by, 191;
- President in agreement with, 191;
- slavery in rebellious States should be ended by, 197;
- power possessed over seceding States by, 206;
- doctrines of Stevens abhorrent to members of, 216;
- unanimity of, 221;
- reconstruction discussed by, 224;
- form of State government should be determined by, 228;
- reconstruction bill passed by, 273;
- Lincoln’s contest with, 284;
- President disclaims right to admit members to, 287;
- constitutional amendment passed by, 288;
- exclusion of electoral votes by resolution of, 338;
- protest against admission of members to, 341;
- power to readmit States resides in, 358;
- authority over rebellious States possessed by, 365;
- desire to discipline South winning adherents in, 407;
- Johnson’s distrust of, 461;
- why reconstruction conventions should have been called by, 470;
- Southern States reorganized at meeting of, 486;
- Johnson intended to be guided by, 488;
- Presidential system suspended by legislation of, 489;
- Southern members not admitted to, 490;
- reconstruction assumed by, 490;
- suffrage in the first reconstruction measure, 494
- Confederate Congress, 36;
- admission of Arkansas delegates to, 79
- Contrabands, multitudes of, in camp of General Butler, 147
- Constitution, The, those who repudiate cannot plead provisions of, 212, 213;
- Constitutional Union men, attitude of, 7
- Convention bill, defeated by popular vote in Tennessee, 8
- Convention, Lincoln nominated by the Chicago, 1;
- Southern commercial held at Knoxville, 6;
- the Greeneville, 9;
- the Nashville, 30;
- meeting of the Louisiana constitutional, 75;
- the Arkansas constitutional, 87;
- the Richmond secession, 93;
- the Wheeling, 99, 104;
- ordinances of the Wheeling, 100;
- the Wheeling votes on dismemberment, 101;
- the Wheeling adjourns, 101, 107;
- the Wheeling authorizes formation of new State, 105;
- slavery in the Wheeling, 107;
- meeting of the Baltimore Union, 167;
- revolutionary character of the Wheeling, 468
- Conventions, the reconstruction, character of, 468;
- Conway, Martin, speech on West Virginia by, 113
- Cooper, Edmund, election of, 415
- Cooper Union, Lincoln’s address in, 1;
- relief meeting in, 150
- Cottman, Thomas, 48;
- Cotton States, aid from border States expected by, 161
- Cowan, Edgar, on admission of Mr. Segar, 139;
- Cox, Samuel S., reconstruction speech of, 252
- Crane, Samuel, 128
- Cravens, James A., reconstruction speech of, 249
- Creole, The, 6
- Crisfield, John W., interview with Lincoln reported by, 163
- Crittenden, John J., speech on West Virginia by, 116
- Crittenden Resolution, introduction of, 220;
- Mr. Strouse refers to, 249
- Cruisers, Confederate, 50
- Curtin, Governor Andrew G., 98
- Cutler, R. King, Senator-elect from Louisiana, 76, 343, 424
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- Davis, Garrett, admission of West Virginia Senators opposed by, 128;
- resolutions of, 210
- Davis, Henry Winter, remarks on Louisiana election, 58;
- amendment of, 225;
- chairman of Committee on Rebellious States, 226;
- reconstruction address of, 226;
- on Southern loyalists, 231;
- on modes of establishing republican governments, 232;
- Thirteenth Amendment approved by, 232;
- policy of Lincoln criticised by, 232;
- protest of against policy of Lincoln, 279;
- character of, 283;
- defeat of, for renomination, 284;
- postponement of Ashley’s bill opposed by, 295;
- reconstruction speech of, 307;
- last reconstruction speech in Congress, 310;
- alliance with Stevens, 311;
- motion relative to Louisiana, 341
- Davis, Jefferson, Blair’s interview with, 391;
- Davis-Wade Bill, passed by House, 262;
- Dawes, Henry L., on Louisiana Representatives, 56;
- Delaware, slave interest in, 155;
- Democratic party, defeat of, 1;
- Dennison, Charles, reconstruction speech of, 247
- Dennison, William, 32
- Dickinson, Daniel S., 33
- District of Columbia, slaves not allowed to depart from, 148;
- Dix, General John A., 33;
- treatment of fugitive slaves by, 149
- Donnelly, Ignatius, reconstruction speech of, 245
- Doolittle, James R., credentials of Mr. Underwood offered by, 141;
- Doubleday, General Abner, treatment of fugitive slaves by, 159
- Douglas-Lincoln debates, 1
- Dorr, Thomas W., government under, 350
- Dunlap, George W., admission of West Virginia opposed by, 214
- Durant, Thomas J., 47;
- Durell, E. H., 75
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- East, E. H., 28
- Edgerton, Joseph K., reconstruction speech of, 219, 301
- Election, Presidential, loss of a pretext for secession, 1;
- Elections, Committee of, report on Louisiana Representative, 56
- Electoral College, bill on representation in, 314
- Eliot, Thomas W., amendment to reconstruction bill offered by, 289;
- Emancipation, in Tennessee, 22;
- East Tennessee convention favors immediate, 29;
- Lincoln’s proclamation of, 47;
- proclamation of not to be revoked, 52;
- vote on, in West Virginia, 110;
- in West Virginia constitution, 125;
- Lincoln suggests compensated, 155;
- Lincoln considering, 178;
- discussion in Cabinet, 180;
- draft of proclamation of, 181;
- urged by Chicago clergymen, 184;
- not hastened by deputations, 186;
- Lincoln reads proclamation of, 187;
- Sumner proposes to convert proclamation of, into law, 272;
- effect of proclamation on status of slaves, 384;
- discussed at Hampton Roads Conference, 398;
- Lincoln favored gradual, 398
- Emancipation, compensated, Lincoln prepares bill on, 155;
- Emancipator, The, 5
- England, Cromwell’s division of, 200
- Europe, the civil war pleasing to powers of, 393
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- Federalist, The, 269
- Fellows, John Q. A., nomination of, 69;
- defeat of, 70
- Fishback, William M., Lincoln’s letter to, 89;
- election of, 91
- Fisher, George P., interest in compensated emancipation, 155
- Flanders, Benjamin F., election of, 46;
- Florida, martial law proclaimed over, 168;
- Florida, The, capture of, 288
- Forfeiture, State, idea of, 204
- Forrest, General, 15
- Fort Donelson, General Grant in possession of, 10
- Fort Henry, Federal occupation of, 10
- Fortress Monroe, fugitive slaves at, 144, 385
- Foster, Lafayette S., reconstruction policy of Lincoln supported by, 380
- Fowler, Joseph S., election of, 413
- France, relations with, 409
- Franchise, elective, in Tennessee to be fixed by Legislature, 30;
- Franchise, negro, Lincoln’s opinion concerning, 73.
- See Negroes
- Frederick City, 184
- Frederic County, provision for annexing to West Virginia, 110
- Freedmen, no provision for education of, 298;
- Freedmen’s Aid Societies, Lincoln memorialized by, 386
- Freedmen’s Bureau, act of Congress relative to, 385, 387;
- Fremont, General John C., proclamation concerning slaves, 148;
- Fugitive slaves, repeal of acts for rendition of, 144;
- exclusion from Department of Washington, 148
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- Gantt, General E. W., secession abjured by, 83
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 7
- Georgia, martial law proclaimed over, 168;
- Boutwell would exclude from restored Union, 256;
- insurrection in, 314;
- injuries sustained by, 433;
- Governor Brown’s efforts at restoration of, 465;
- appointment of provisional governor for, 465;
- leading ex-Confederates aid governor, 465;
- reconstruction convention of, 465;
- convention repeals secession ordinance, 465;
- war debt repudiated by, 465;
- slaves freed by constitution of, 466;
- Executive clemency in behalf of Jefferson Davis invoked by convention, 466
- Germans, The, indifferent to secession, 80
- Gilmore-Jacquess mission, 389
- Gooch, Daniel W., reconstruction address of, 250
- Government, a republican form guaranteed by reconstruction proclamation, 26;
- perfection of Congressional system, 385
- Grant, General Ulysses S., in possession of Forts Henry and Donelson, 10;
- Great Britain, relations with, 409
- Greeley, Horace, 390
- Greeneville, Tennessee, 4, 9
- Grimes, James W., remarks on Louisiana election, 382
- Gulf, Department of, Butler relieved from command in, 40;
- General Banks in command of, 49
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- Hahn, Michael, election of, 46;
- Hall, Ellery R., 107
- Hall, John, 107
- Hale, John P., on admission of West Virginia, 111;
- on electoral vote of Louisiana, 325
- Halleck, General H. W., Tennessee included in department of, 20;
- Hamilton, Andrew J., appointment of, 467
- Hampton Roads Conference, 396;
- Harris, Ira, remarks on Crittenden resolution by, 222;
- Harris, Isham G., authorized to appoint commissioners, 8;
- Legislature convoked at Memphis by, 15
- Harlan, James, bill of, 195
- Hawkins, Isaac R., election of, 415
- Hay and Nicolay, account of Lincoln’s message by, 24;
- quotation from history of, 273
- Helena, Arkansas, Union occupation of, 82, 86
- Henderson, John B., reply to Lincoln’s appeal, 177;
- Hendricks, Thomas A., Republican factiousness agreeable to, 380
- Hiestand, Judge J., appointment of, 41
- Holden, William W., appointment of, 448;
- Holman, William S., resolution introduced by, 222
- Hood, General J. B., 30
- Hooker, General Joseph, treatment of fugitive slaves, 158
- Howard, Jacob M., on electoral vote of Louisiana, 328;
- Howard, Oliver O., General, Freedmen’s Bureau organized by, 389
- Howe, Timothy O., speech on Ten Eyck’s amendment, 321
- Howell, Rufus K., 41
- Hughes, Augustus de B., 43
- Humphreys, Benjamin G., election and pardon of, 464
- Hungary, similarity of ideas lacking in, 237
- Hunter, General David, freedom of slaves proclaimed by, 168;
- authority to arm negroes requested by, 180
- Hunter, Robert M. T., authorized to act as commissioner, 395
- Hurlbut, General S. A., on reorganization of Tennessee, 21;
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- Illinois, amendment abolishing slavery adopted by, 384
- Indiana, troops from, assist western Virginians, 98
- Intelligencer, The National, 61
- Ireland, unsuccessful campaign of James II in, 203;
- similarity of ideas lacking in, 237
- Irish, The, indifference to secession, 80
- J
- Jacks, T. M., Congressman-elect, 91;
- proposed compensation to, 342
- Jackson, General Andrew, new industrial era marked by inauguration of, 5;
- invasion by way of Mexico expected by, 392
- Jacquess-Gilmore mission, 389
- James II, King, abdication of, 202
- Jefferson County, provision for annexation of, 110;
- annexation of, 127
- Jefferson, Thomas, declaration of, 357
- Johnson, Andrew, 12;
- in Thirtieth Congress, 14;
- people of Nashville addressed by, 15;
- activity of, 18;
- Nashville saved by, 19;
- Lincoln’s opinion of, 19;
- addresses of, 19;
- urged to raise negro troops, 20;
- Lincoln’s letter to, 22;
- enlarged authority of, 23;
- Nashville meeting called by, 27;
- election of county officers authorized by, 27;
- proclamation of, 31;
- nomination of, for Vice-Presidency, 32;
- Nashville address of, 32;
- letter of, to Mr. Dennison, 32;
- popularity in the North, 33;
- credentials of West Virginia Senators presented by, 103;
- resolution offered by, 221;
- election of, as Vice-President, 339;
- installation of, as President, 408;
- problem confronting, 408;
- letter to Governor Murphy, 411;
- despatch to Governor Brownlow, 414;
- reconstruction policy endorsed by National Democratic party, 420;
- Lincoln’s policy alleged to have been changed by, 426;
- Pierpont’s government recognized by, 427;
- Nashville speech of, 438;
- forecast of policy of, 439;
- addresses of, 440;
- visit of Illinois delegation to, 440;
- visit of Indiana delegation to, 442;
- visit of negro delegation, 443;
- South Carolina delegation addressed by, 443;
- blockade partly raised by, 444;
- blockade of trans-Mississippi ports rescinded by, 445;
- work done for reconstruction retained by, 447;
- Lincoln’s policy need not have been adopted by, 447;
- at inauguration sentiments of Congress already known to, 448;
- results of attempting reunion without coöperation of Congress, 448;
- reconstruction of North Carolina begun by, 448;
- amnesty proclamation of, 450;
- cases excluded from benefits of amnesty, 450;
- reconstruction plan of, based on guaranty clause of Constitution, 452;
- telegram to Governor Holden, 455;
- visit of North Carolina delegation to, 456;
- North Carolina election unsatisfactory to, 457;
- interview of Boutwell and Morrill with, 458;
- William L. Sharkey appointed Provisional Governor by, 459;
- appointment of provisional governors by, 459;
- telegram to Governor Sharkey, 461;
- attitude of Congress characterized by, 461;
- Governor Sharkey’s reorganization of militia approved by, 462;
- Mississippi people trusted by, 463;
- change in sentiments of, 463, 488;
- General Slocum directed to revoke order by, 463;
- proceedings in reconstruction conventions directed by, 465;
- organization of a police force for Georgia approved by, 466;
- policy toward Congress unknown in the South, 483;
- prompt acquiescence of South in policy of, 486;
- reconstruction theory similar to Lincoln’s, 487;
- falling back from Lincoln’s plan, 487;
- Lincoln’s Cabinet retained by, 488;
- change of attitude of, 489;
- influence of Seward upon, 489;
- movement to procure resignation from Vice-Presidency, 489;
- limitations of, 490;
- reconstruction work of, not marked by originality, 491;
- negro suffrage, 494
- Johnson, Bradish, 48
- Johnson, Herschel V., election of, 465
- Johnson, James, appointment of, 459, 465
- Johnson, James M., election of, 91;
- Johnson, Reverdy, in New Orleans, 38;
- Johnson, R. W., secession of, 91
- Johnston, General Joseph E., retires to Murfreesboro, 11
- Jones, Hon. Ira P., 12
- Jordan, Warren, 27
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- Kanawha, proposed State of, 105;
- change in name of, 107
- Kearney, General Stephen W., 12
- Kelley, William D., reconstruction speech of, 252, 291;
- Kernan, Francis, bill of Mr. Wilson criticised by, 312
- Kimball, General, 86
- King, Preston, Mr. Johnson influenced by, 441
- Kingwood, Va., Union meeting at, 99
- Kitchen, Benjamin M., Representative-elect, 131;
- denied admission to Congress, 133
- Knoxville, early capital of Tennessee, 4;
- Kyle, G. H., election of, 412
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- Lamont, George D., 43
- Lane, James H., on electoral vote of Louisiana, 337
- LeBlond, Frank C., reconstruction speech of, 300
- Lee, General Robert E., Maryland invaded by, 183;
- Leftwich, John W., election of, 415
- Letcher, Governor John, United States could not recognize, 205, 445
- Lieber, Dr. Francis, 150, 151;
- Lincoln, Abraham, Cooper Union address of, 1;
- conservatism of, 1;
- nomination of, 1;
- border State delegations support of, 1;
- popular vote received by, 1;
- peer of tried Republican leaders, 1;
- policy of, 2;
- sympathy for Tennessee loyalists, 3, 10;
- Andrew Johnson appointed by, 11;
- in Thirtieth Congress, 14;
- authority for appointing military governors, 14;
- view of their utility, 20;
- letter to Governor Johnson, 20, 22;
- authority of Johnson enlarged by, 23;
- reply to General Rosecrans, 23;
- proclamation issued by, 23;
- authority to admit members to Congress disclaimed by, 26;
- enrolling agents sent to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana by, 27;
- renomination of, 32;
- declined to interfere in nominating convention, 34;
- reply to protest of McClellan electors, 35;
- letter to Cuthbert Bullett, 39;
- letter to August Belmont, 39;
- Court of Record for Louisiana constituted by, 42;
- letter to General Butler and others, 44;
- restoration of Louisiana urged by, 44;
- letter to General Shepley, 44;
- Emancipation Proclamation published by, 47;
- requested to order an election, 48;
- reply to Louisiana committee, 48;
- more advanced ground taken by, 49;
- letter to General Banks and others, 51;
- urges restoration, 51;
- enrollment of Durant approved by, 63;
- willingness to recognize part of Louisiana, 63;
- letter to Thomas Cottman, 64;
- letter to General Banks, 65;
- General Banks’s letter to, 66;
- Banks’s services appreciated by, 67;
- authority conferred on General Banks by, 67;
- Banks on Louisiana election, 70;
- letter to Governor Hahn, 73;
- authority of Mr. Hahn enlarged by, 73;
- letter to General Hurlbut, 84;
- letter to General Steele, 89;
- letter to William M. Fishback, 89;
- result of Arkansas election gratifying to, 91;
- requests opinion of Cabinet on admission of West Virginia, 119, 124;
- approves bill for admission of West Virginia, 125;
- proclamation concerning West Virginia, 126;
- letter to General Butler, 136;
- slavery in first inaugural of, 143;
- letter to General Fremont, 148;
- General Fremont instructed by, 149;
- Bancroft’s letter to, 151;
- letter to Mr. Bancroft, 152;
- emancipation and colonization suggested by, 153;
- advance in position of, 154;
- arming of slaves opposed by, 154, 180;
- bill for compensated emancipation drafted by, 155;
- Mr. Pierce’s interview with, 160;
- compensated emancipation proposed by, 161;
- further advance in position of, 162;
- letter to Henry J. Raymond, 163;
- border State Congressmen interview, 163;
- letter to James A. McDougall, 165;
- proclamation of General Hunter rescinded by, 168;
- Sumner’s letter concerning, 170;
- border State Congressmen appealed to, 171;
- emancipation proposed by, 178;
- confiscation act approved by, 179;
- draft of emancipation proclamation read by, 181;
- rebellious citizens warned by, 183;
- Chicago clergymen interview, 184;
- resolves to issue postponed proclamation, 186;
- meeting of Cabinet, 186;
- emancipation proclamation read by, 187;
- first inaugural of, 190;
- central idea of reconstruction plan of, 190;
- confidence in ultimate success, 191;
- Congress substantially agrees with, 191;
- change in policy of, 193;
- only one plan of reconstruction proposed by, 194;
- remarks on Blair-Sumner controversy, 208;
- reconstruction plan of, criticised by Henry Winter Davis, 232;
- Mr. Donnelly’s character of, 245;
- Mr. Boutwell defends reconstruction policy, 254;
- treatment of reconstruction bill by, 273;
- Sumner’s opinion of, 275;
- proclamation on reconstruction bill, 277;
- Wade-Davis manifesto concerning action of, 279;
- result of contest with Congress, 284;
- reëlection of, 286;
- silence as to controversy with Congress, 286;
- no right over admission of Congressmen claimed by, 287;
- adoption of more vigorous measures hinted at, 287;
- resolution relative to electoral votes approved by, 339;
- electoral votes received by, 339;
- popular approval of Thirteenth Amendment pleasing to, 385;
- Freedmen’s Aid Societies appeal to, 386;
- Mr. Blair’s visit to, 390;
- Blair’s mission not officially sanctioned by, 391;
- letter to Mr. Blair, 394;
- letter to Secretary Seward, 395;
- conference opposed by, except on basis of reunion, 397;
- last speech on reconstruction, 403;
- assassination of, a calamity to the South, 407;
- policy would have saved South from many evils, 407;
- telegram to Governor Pierpont, 426;
- Pierpont’s interview with, 426;
- attitude toward Confederate legislatures, 470;
- a loose system of reconstruction opposed by, 487;
- reconstruction theory of, similar to Johnson’s, 487;
- President Johnson retains Cabinet of, 488;
- constructive statesmanship of, 491;
- a wide constituency favored by, 493;
- conditions on returning States imposed by, 494;
- Mr. Henderson’s views on, 495
- Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1
- Little Rock, seized by Confederate troops, 79;
- Liverpool, abandoned by Confederate naval agent, 50
- Longyear, John W., reconstruction address of, 244
- Lookout Mountain, battle of, 23, 224
- Louisiana, effect of Union victories in, 10;
- enrolling agent sent to, 27;
- secession spirit in, 36;
- secession of, 36;
- prosperity at the beginning of the war, 36;
- treasury of, 37;
- citizens of, in Confederate army, 37;
- blockade of ports in, 37;
- attitude toward Richmond government, 37;
- loyalists of, 37;
- secessionists of, intimidated, 38;
- activity of Unionists in, 38;
- necessity of courts in, 40;
- courts established in, 41;
- court of record for, 42;
- Supreme Court of, 43;
- Lincoln urges restoration of, 44;
- Union associations request an election, 45;
- proclamation for an election in, 45;
- members of Congress elected in, 46;
- vote cast in, 46;
- admission of Representatives to Congress, 46;
- named as one of the rebellious States, 47;
- parishes excepted from emancipation proclamation, 47;
- disagreement among Unionists of, 47;
- enrollment of citizens in, 48;
- Lincoln visited by committee from, 48;
- reorganization interrupted, 49;
- portion covered by Union arms, 50;
- Lincoln urges reconstruction of, 52;
- condition of, 53;
- amended constitution of 1852 destroyed by rebellion, 54;
- voting in, 55;
- franchise asked by free negroes, 55;
- credentials of Representatives from, 56;
- suppression of election in, 56;
- constitution altered by General Shepley, 58;
- citizens from, in Union army, 60;
- General Banks to order an election in, 61, 64;
- Banks on reconstruction in, 66;
- Banks fixes date of election for, 67;
- constitution modified by proclamation of General Banks, 68;
- provision for voting of loyalists in, 69;
- election in, 70;
- protest against election in, 70;
- Hahn inaugurated Governor, 72;
- civil subordinate to military power, 73;
- Free State leaders unite with Radicals in Congress, 74;
- election in, 74;
- vote on constitution, 75;
- Legislature chosen in, 76;
- Presidential electors appointed for, 76, 195;
- Senators elected by, 76;
- government of, not recognized by Congress, 76;
- electoral vote of, 129, 314;
- radicals propose to recognize government of, 290;
- insurrection in, 314;
- amendment to except from joint resolution, 315;
- Ten Eyck’s speech on electoral vote of, 318;
- Howe’s speech on electoral vote of, 321;
- Trumbull’s speech on electoral vote of, 321;
- highest vote cast in, 323;
- remarks of Harris on electoral vote of, 323;
- speech of Doolittle on electoral vote of, 324;
- remarks of Hale on electoral vote of, 325;
- remarks of Collamer on electoral vote of, 328;
- Howard’s speech on electoral vote of, 328;
- Cowan’s remarks on electoral vote of, 330;
- Powell on electoral vote of, 331;
- Wade’s remarks on electoral vote of, 332;
- loss of Ten Eyck’s amendment concerning, 334;
- Johnson’s remarks on electoral vote of, 335;
- Pomeroy’s amendment, 337;
- passage of joint resolution, 338;
- Cowan’s inquiry, 338;
- Senate debate on recognition of, 341;
- Representatives-elect from, 341;
- protest against admission of members from, 341;
- compensation to claimants from, 341;
- United States Senators chosen in, 343;
- Trumbull’s resolution relative to, 343;
- Powell opposes recognition of, 344;
- Henderson favors recognition of, 348;
- recognition of, would enfeeble Union, 358;
- Howard’s speech on recognition of, 358;
- governed by bayonet, 367;
- Howard characterizes government of, 369;
- Reverdy Johnson’s argument on recognition of, 370, 377;
- Sprague’s remarks on election in, 381;
- Grimes’s remarks on election in, 382;
- slavery in parts of, not affected by emancipation proclamation, 384;
- draft in, 417;
- election in, 418;
- Mr. Wells chosen Governor, 422;
- Warmoth elected as Territorial Delegate, 422;
- United States Senators chosen, 424;
- Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, 424;
- injuries which rebellion inflicted on, 424
- Lovejoy, Owen, resolution offered by, 132;
- Lundy, Benjamin, Genius of Universal Emancipation published by, 5
- Lyon, General Nathaniel, 79
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- Madison, parish of, 75
- Malhiot, E. E., 48
- Mallory, Robert, yeas and nays on Ashley’s bill demanded by, 311;
- bill of Mr. Wilson criticised by, 312
- Manassas, battle of, 183
- Mann, W. D., Representative-elect from Louisiana, 76;
- seat in Congress claimed by, 341
- Manumission Intelligencer, The, 5
- Marcy, William, Secretary, 12
- Marvin, Governor, Seward’s message to, 488
- Maryland, attitude on emancipation, 165
- Mason, James M., 103
- Mason, Richard B., 13, 14
- Massachusetts, sentiments on slavery, 375
- Maynard, Horace, 9, 10; joins in call for convention, 21;
- Memphis, Legislature convenes in, 15
- Mexico, 12, 13;
- Mileage, allowed to Arkansas claimants, 91
- Military commissions, 12
- Military Governor, office of, 11, 12, 14, 193
- Minority, loyal, rule by, inconsistent with American principles, 205, 217;
- Mission Ridge, battle of, 23, 224
- Missouri, provisional government appointed in, 10;
- origin of government of, 350
- Mississippi, State of, in Federal control, 50;
- insurrection in, 314;
- injury sustained by, 437;
- Provisional Governor for, 459;
- Governor Clarke summons insurgent Legislature of, 459;
- secession ordinance declared null and void, 460;
- slavery abolished in, 460;
- people advised to form a patrol, 461;
- disorder in, 462;
- General Slocum prevents organization of militia in, 462;
- freedmen of, 463;
- election in, 464;
- conflict of civil and military authorities, 464;
- supremacy of military in, 464;
- November legislation of, 475;
- practical revival of black code in, 480;
- spirit of reconstructed Legislature, 482;
- character of reorganized government, 488
- Monroe Doctrine, Northern Democrats and Republicans adhere to, 392;
- Mexico to be conquered under pretence of defending, 393
- Morrill, Justin S., President Johnson visited by, 458
- Morton, Oliver P., Governor, President Johnson interviewed by, 442
- McClellan, electors, protest of, 34;
- ticket in Tennessee withdrawn, 35
- McClellan, George B., General, proclamation concerning slaves, 145;
- McCulloch, General, 79
- McDougall, James A., on admission of Mr. Segar, 139;
- Lincoln’s letter to, 165–166
- McDowell, General Irwin, treatment of fugitive slaves by, 144
- McDowell, J. L., inquiry concerning fugitive slaves, 147
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- Napoleon III, 50;
- policy of, 391
- Nashville, occupation of, 10;
- panic in, 11;
- occupied by General Nelson, 15;
- Governor Johnson arrives in, 15;
- Governor Johnson addresses people of, 15;
- mayor and council imprisoned, 17;
- press under restraint, 17;
- treatment of clergymen in, 17;
- Union convention at, 21;
- action of convention, 21;
- public meeting at, 27;
- convention at, 29;
- convention of January, 1865, 30;
- Legislature meets at, 32
- National Conservative Union party, negro suffrage opposed by, 421;
- Navy, proportions of, 286
- Negroes, free, elective franchise asked by, 55;
- Nelson, General, enters Nashville, 15
- Nelson, Thomas A. R., 9
- New Hampshire, President Johnson addresses citizens of, 442
- New Mexico, 12
- New Orleans, State troops from, seize Federal property, 36;
- enthusiasm in, 37;
- bankruptcy of, 37;
- importance to Confederacy, 38;
- capture of, 38;
- results of Federal occupation of, 39;
- members of court of record arrive in, 43;
- excepted from emancipation proclamation, 47;
- menaced by General Taylor, 49;
- General Shepley forbids election in, 56;
- amount of taxes paid by, 58;
- without civil government, 58;
- extent of the State of Louisiana, 75;
- constitutional convention in, 75;
- unqualified voters enrolled in, 418;
- new registration in, 418;
- J. Madison Wells nominated by convention held in, 420
- Newport News, fugitive slaves arrive at, 144, 386
- New York, electoral vote not counted in Washington’s election, 326
- Nicolay and Hay. See Hay and Nicolay
- Noell, John W., on admission of West Virginia, 118;
- inquiry of, 164
- Norfolk, Va., destitution in, 133
- North Carolina, Union victories in, 10;
- secession spirit in, 150;
- insurrection in, 314;
- injuries sustained by, 436;
- Provisional Governor appointed for, 448;
- “loyal people” of, 452;
- suffrage withheld from negroes of, 452;
- nearly all counties choose delegates, 453;
- ordinance of secession repealed by, 454;
- abolition of slavery in, 454;
- payment of rebel debt prohibited by, 455;
- adjournment of convention, 455;
- convention ordinances ratified, 457;
- election unsatisfactory to President Johnson, 457;
- Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, 457;
- Congressmen chosen by, 457;
- why President began reconstruction policy with, 458
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- Oglesby, Governor, President Johnson visited by, 440
- Ohio, western Virginians assisted by troops of, 98
- Olin, Abraham B., on admission of West Virginia, 116
- Olustee, battle of, a result of administration policy, 253
- Orange, William, Prince of, 203
- Orleans, courts established in, 41
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- Paine, Colonel, arrest of, 169
- Parker, Granville, anti-slavery work of, 108
- Parliament, absolute power vested in, 203
- Patterson, David T., election of, 413
- Patterson, General, proclamation relative to slaves, 145
- Peabody, Charles A., appointment of, 42
- Peace and Constitutional Society, in Arkansas, 81
- Pea Ridge, battle of, 82
- Pendleton, George H., reconstruction speech of, 257;
- votes received by, for Vice-Presidency, 339
- Pensacola, Florida, Louisiana soldiers vote at, 70
- Perry, Nehemiah, reconstruction address of, 250
- Phelps, General John S., alleged opposition to rule of, 38;
- military governor, 82
- Pierce, E. L., labor of abandoned slaves organized by, 160, 386;
- Lincoln interviewed by, 160
- Pierpont, Francis Harrison, chosen Governor of restored Virginia, 101;
- inauguration of, 101;
- views of the Constitution, 102;
- message of, 109;
- address of, 128;
- elected Governor, 129;
- duties of, 133;
- protests against military interference, 134;
- application for assistance, 191;
- Lincoln’s telegram to, 426;
- Lincoln visited by, 426;
- reception at Richmond, 427;
- the problem confronting, 428
- Placquemines, voting in parish of, 56;
- vote of, 74
- Poland, similarity of ideas lacking in, 237
- Polk, President James K., message of, 13
- Pollard, E. A., quotation from “Lost Cause” of, 400
- Pool, John, election of, 457
- Pomeroy, Samuel C., on electoral vote of Louisiana, 330;
- Port Hudson, General Banks at, 49;
- fall of, 49
- Portsmouth, Va., Union vote in, 132;
- destitution in, 133
- Powell, Lazarus W., remarks on Louisiana, 331;
- Property, Federal, seizure of, in Baton Rouge, 36
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- Raleigh, convention assembles at, 453
- Raymond, Lincoln’s letter to, 163
- Reade, Edwin G., North Carolina convention presided over by, 453;
- farewell address of, 455
- Reconstruction, in Tennessee, 1;
- Lincoln’s proclamation of, 23;
- in Louisiana, 36, 44, 61;
- loyal minority authorized to restore States, 25;
- Lincoln’s plan not indispensable to, 26;
- interrupted in Louisiana, 49;
- Lincoln’s letter relative to, 51;
- President urges in Louisiana, 52;
- Banks’s plan of, 66;
- proposed for Arkansas, 85;
- Lincoln’s letters on, 89;
- in Louisiana connected with war powers of President, 36;
- emancipation introduced into, 189;
- theories and plans of, 190;
- central idea of Lincoln’s plan, 190;
- both parties agree on Presidential plan, 193;
- great number of theories and plans of, 193;
- difficulties of, increased by abolition, 194;
- Lincoln propounded only one plan of, 194;
- “Louisiana plan” and negro suffrage, 195;
- sensation caused by Sumner’s scheme of, 198;
- final work of, influenced by Sumner’s resolutions, 199;
- Stevens’s theory of, 211;
- first act of, a modification of Stevens’s theory, 212;
- theory held at commencement of rebellion, 213;
- Democratic theory of, 217;
- Edgerton’s speech on, 219;
- attitude of Democratic party toward, 220;
- conservative views of Senators on, 220;
- House of Representatives on, 220;
- resolution of Thaddeus Stevens concerning, 224;
- resolution of Henry Winter Davis, 225;
- address of Mr. Davis, 226;
- of Southern States premature, 230;
- President’s plan criticised by Mr. Davis, 232;
- address of Representative Scofield on, 236;
- address of Representative Williams on, 238;
- indemnity, security and punishment, elements of, 240;
- bill opposed by Mr. Baldwin, 241;
- address of Representative Thayer on, 242;
- remarks of Representative Yeaman on, 243;
- address of Representative Longyear on, 244;
- speech of Ignatius Donnelly on, 245;
- speech of Representative Dennison, 247;
- remarks of Thaddeus Stevens on, 247;
- bill opposed by Representative Strouse, 249;
- opposition of Mr. Cravens, 249;
- Representative Gooch on, 250;
- Representative Perry’s remarks on, 250;
- Fernando Wood’s opposition to bill for, 251;
- remarks of William D. Kelley on, 252;
- speech of S. S. Cox on, 252;
- Mr. Boutwell’s speech on, 254;
- speech of George H. Pendleton, 257;
- bill for, unconstitutional, 258;
- Representatives pass bill on, 262;
- provisions of bill on, 262;
- Senator Wade on, 264;
- Senator Carlile’s speech on, 267;
- Congress passes bill on, 273;
- Lincoln’s treatment of bill on, 273;
- interest of Mr. Chandler in bill on, 274;
- Lincoln’s proclamation concerning bill on, 277;
- notice of in annual message, 286;
- progress of, 287;
- forced upon attention of Congress by Union victories, 288;
- Mr. Ashley reports bill on, 289;
- Representative Eliot offers amendment to bill on, 289;
- provisions of Ashley’s bill, 289;
- revived bill recognizes Louisiana and Arkansas, 289;
- new bill a substitute for Wade-Davis bill, 290;
- Kelley’s speech on, 291;
- Eliot’s speech on, 292;
- consideration of bill postponed, 295;
- Mr. Dawes resumes debate on, 295;
- power conferred on President by bill, 296;
- remarks of Fernando Wood on, 300;
- speech of Mr. LeBlond on, 300;
- remarks of Representative Blow, 301;
- speech of J. K. Edgerton, 301;
- Edgerton’s summary of bill, 302;
- substitute for Ashley’s bill, 304;
- further remarks of Ashley on, 305;
- Ashley explains compromise, 306;
- Henry Winter Davis speaks on, 306;
- Mr. Davis’s last words in Congress on, 310;
- Mr. Wilson’s bill, 311;
- revival of Ashley’s bill on, 312;
- defects of Presidential plan of, 358;
- Howard’s speech on, 358;
- Reverdy Johnson’s remarks on, 370;
- Sumner proposes conditions of, 376;
- remarks of Senator Clark, 376;
- remarks of Senator Pomeroy, 377, 378;
- Presidential plan of, ignored by Congress, 385;
- Lincoln’s conditions for effecting, 395, 397;
- Lincoln’s letter to General Hurlbut on, 401;
- Lincoln’s letter to General Canby, 402;
- Lincoln’s last words on, 403;
- culmination of Presidential plan of, 407;
- President Johnson’s policy of, endorsed by Democratic convention, 420;
- views of Louisiana Republicans on, 422;
- Andrew Johnson’s views of, in 1864, 438;
- Johnson under no obligation to accept Lincoln’s plan of, 447;
- Mr. Johnson’s policy of, 449;
- steps to, in Mississippi, 458;
- obstacles to, in Texas, 467;
- conventions called under Presidential plan, 468;
- course of Confederate governors relative to, 469;
- Lincoln’s intention to employ Confederate legislatures in work of, 470;
- expected results of, 473;
- prediction of Henry Winter Davis relative to, 473;
- enemies of Union entrusted with, 486;
- Lincoln opposed a loose system of, 486;
- Lincoln’s and Johnson’s theories identical, 487;
- organizations effected under Lincoln different from “Johnson governments,” 487;
- Johnson’s original policy of, 488;
- acts of Congress suspend governments established under Presidential plan, 489;
- Joint Committee on, 490;
- Presidential plan examined, 491;
- the suffrage in the Presidential system of, 494;
- precedent conditions for returning States, 494;
- Senator Henderson’s letter on Lincoln’s plan, 495
- Rector, Governor, call for troops, 81;
- Red River, General Taylor retires to, 50
- Republican electoral ticket, none offered for suffrage of Tennesseeans in 1860, 7
- Republican form of government, Sumner’s resolutions relative to, 196;
- position that war was fought to fulfil guaranty of, untenable, 209;
- Henry Winter Davis on, 228;
- duty of Congress to guarantee, 228;
- Mr. Davis on modes of establishing, 232;
- Fernando Wood on, 251;
- Pendleton on, 259, 260, 261;
- Carlile on, 268, 269;
- cannot originate in military orders, 357;
- military government not republican under the Constitution, 368
- Republican party, radical members of, unite with Free State leaders, 74;
- Sumner’s resolutions disavowed by leaders of, 199;
- relations of Stevens to, 216;
- change in attitude of, 220;
- revolutionary policy of, 257;
- beginning of division in, 273;
- some radical members of, opposed controversy with President, 289;
- schism in, 313;
- change in sentiments of, 377;
- Hendricks on factiousness of, 380;
- mass-meeting in New Orleans held by radical members of, 422
- Representation, basis of, 354
- Representatives, House of, committee on compensated emancipation appointed by, 168;
- Revenue, surplus of 1837, distribution of, 157
- Revolution, American, legal forms not ignored in effecting, 206
- Revolution, English, 202
- Reynolds, General, report on government of Arkansas, 412
- Rhode Island cases, 228
- Richmond, Arkansas messenger sent to, 80;
- Richmond government, offers concessions to western Virginia, 97;
- resistance to, 97
- Riddell, John Leonard, certificate from, 56
- Riley, General Bennett, 13
- Ritchie, A. F., letter to Attorney-General Bates, 105
- Rogers, A. A. C., Congressman-elect, 91;
- proposed compensation of, 342
- Rosecrans, General W. S., inactivity of, 21;
- Ryers, William, election of, 412
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- Saulsbury, Willard, 103;
- Schenck, General, 251
- Schofield, General, Governor Holden assisted by, 453
- Schurz, General Carl, Governor Sharkey criticised by, 462
- Scofield, Glenni W., address of, 236
- Sebastian, William K., resignation from United States Senate, 85;
- return to loyalty, 85
- Secession, in Tennessee, 8;
- Tennessee abrogates act of, 30;
- spirit of, in Louisiana, 36;
- ordinance of, 36;
- in Arkansas, 78;
- Germans and Irish of Arkansas indifferent to, 80;
- in Virginia, 93;
- western Virginia refuses to acquiesce in, 97;
- war powers unlocked by, 213;
- attitude of Democratic party toward, 218;
- Henry Winter Davis on, 227;
- Pendleton on acts of, 259;
- Henderson on potency of, 351;
- Sumner denies that States were taken out of Union by, 351
- Secessionists, in Arkansas, 77
- Segar, Joseph E., on admission of West Virginia, 118;
- Senate, The United States, reconstruction bill in, 264;
- Seward, William H., on admission of West Virginia, 120;
- Sharkey, William L., appointment of, 459;
- Shelbyville, Tenn., Andrew Johnson’s address at, 19
- Shenandoah Valley, discontent of, 96;
- proposed annexation to West Virginia, 109
- Shepley, General George F., appointment of, 39;
- system of courts established by, 41;
- Lincoln’s letter to, 44;
- requested to hold an election, 45;
- proclamation for an election issued by, 45;
- plan of Louisiana Free State Committee approved by, 48;
- Attorney-General for Louisiana appointed by, 48;
- orders an enrollment of loyal citizens, 53;
- election prohibited by, 56, 58;
- conference of Free State Committee with, 63;
- disagreement with General Banks, 64, 65;
- General Banks approves registration of, 68;
- Norfolk proclamation of, 134
- Sheridan, General Philip H., at Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, 23;
- a Confederate army destroyed by, 288
- Sherman, John, on election of Mr. Segar, 140;
- on electoral vote of Louisiana, 332
- Sherman, General Thomas W., instructions of War Department to, 149
- Sherman, General William Tecumseh, projected march of, 286;
- safety of, 288
- Shreveport, movement toward, 51;
- ceases to be capital of Louisiana, 419
- Slavery, abolition of, in British colonies, 6;
- to be ignored in reconstruction, 27;
- Nashville convention urges abolition of, 29;
- amended Tennessee constitution abolishes, 30;
- constitution of Arkansas abolishes, 88;
- introduction into Virginia, 94;
- in the Wheeling convention, 107;
- Lincoln’s views of, 143;
- Congress claims no right to interfere with, 167;
- advance of Northern opinion on, 167;
- abolished in District of Columbia, 167;
- not possible for negroes freed by war, 194;
- reconstruction rendered more difficult by abolition of, 194;
- ceases to exist when State ceases to exist, 197;
- duty of Congress to put an end to, 197;
- recognition of, by a Federal officer analogous to treason, 197;
- government should protect persons in a state of, 198;
- Chicago platform on, 207;
- Emancipation Proclamation not necessary to abolish in seceding States, 207;
- destruction of, not an end of the war, 222;
- the one subject of estrangement in the Union, 237;
- theory of the Fathers concerning, 237;
- anti-slavery amendment recommended to consideration of Congress, 287;
- Congress passes joint resolution relative to, 288;
- restoration useless with, 352;
- sentiments of Massachusetts and South Carolina on, 375;
- not affected by emancipation proclamation in certain States, 384;
- Congress passes anti-slavery amendment, 384;
- amendment ratified by 20 States, 384;
- Arkansas abolishes, 410;
- Virginia abolishes, 425;
- abolition an injury to slave owners, 433;
- North Carolina abolishes, 454;
- Mississippi abolishes, 460;
- Georgia abolishes, 466
- Slaves, bred in Virginia, 94;
- number in Virginia, 94;
- in western Virginia, 95;
- policy of commanders relative to fugitive, 144, 145, 158, 159;
- declared contraband of war, 146;
- compensated emancipation of, 153;
- colonization of, 153;
- abandoned by masters, 160;
- to organize labor of abandoned, 160;
- General Hunter proclaims freedom of, 168;
- Lincoln asserts right to emancipate, 168;
- employment of, 169;
- confiscation of property in, 179;
- proposed emancipation of, 182;
- Stevens on employment of, against United States, 212;
- abandoned lands to be colonized by, 385
- Slidell, John, resignation from United States Senate, 423
- Slocum, General, organization of Mississippi retarded by, 462;
- orders of, revoked by President, 463
- Smith, Caleb B., resignation of, 119
- Smith, Charles, Senator-elect from Louisiana, 76, 343
- Smith, General E. Kirby, 50
- Smith, Governor William, nullity of acts of, 445
- Snow, William D., election of, 91
- Society, civil not necessarily identical with political, 354;
- South Carolina, martial law proclaimed over, 168;
- Southern States, reorganization of, premature, 230;
- Speed, Attorney-General, reply to Albemarle County voters, 430
- Sprague, William, remarks on Louisiana election, 381
- Stanton, Edwin M., aids western Virginians, 98;
- State, indestructibility of, 192;
- suicide of a, 197, 201, 209;
- effect of termination of, 197;
- slavery terminated by termination of, 197;
- Federal restraints upon action of a, 198;
- difficulty of defining, 201;
- basis of suicide theory, 208;
- levying war changes status of, 217;
- the people of, constitute the, 218;
- constitutions must be formed by people of, 218;
- only successful revolution can unmake, 218;
- attitude of Democratic party on suicide of, 219
- St. Bernard, parish of, voting in, 56
- Steele, General Frederick, Lincoln’s letters to, 85, 86, 89
- Stephens, A. H., peace commissioner, 395;
- Lincoln’s advice to, 399
- Stevens, Thaddeus, on admission of West Virginia, 117, 214;
- reconstruction theory of, 211;
- characteristics of, 211;
- consistency of, 212;
- remarks on slaves employed in hostility to Government, 212;
- taxation of seceding States proposed by, 213;
- secession discussed by, 215;
- relations to his party defined by, 216;
- conquered province theory of, 217;
- remarks on minority government, 217;
- resolution relative to President’s message, 224;
- on constitutional amendments, 232;
- reconstruction speech of, 247;
- distributing President’s message, 288;
- Mr. Eliot interrupted by, 294;
- remarks of, 342;
- credentials of Warmoth offered by, 422;
- sneer at Pierpont’s government, 427
- Stokes, William B., election of, 415
- Strouse, Myer, reconstruction speech of, 249
- Suffrage, Representative Kelley on, 291;
- provisions of Ashley’s bill on, 294, 304;
- a restricted electorate favored by Government, 354;
- basis of, 354;
- qualifications for, in Massachusetts, 354;
- proposal to confer on negroes, 358;
- Reverdy Johnson on, 378;
- negroes petition for, 413;
- Brownlow opposes conferring on negroes, 416;
- National Conservative party on, 421;
- provision of Virginia constitution on, 425;
- North did not intend to force on South, 486
- Sumner, Charles, on admission of West Virginia, 110;
- letter on policy of Lincoln, 170;
- faith of, 191;
- resolutions of, 196;
- sensation produced by restoration scheme of, 198;
- letters to Francis Lieber, 199, 289;
- public character of, 199;
- letters to John Bright, 200, 290;
- article in Atlantic Monthly, 200;
- Mr. Blair replies to, 208;
- preamble to resolutions of, 210;
- proposal relative to emancipation proclamation, 272;
- estimate of Lincoln, 275;
- substitute offered by, 344;
- amendment offered by, 356;
- Reverdy Johnson’s argument with, 374;
- inconsistency of, 375;
- conditions of reunion proposed by, 376;
- remarks on Trumbull’s resolution, 379, 382;
- Howard and Chandler support position of, 380;
- remarks on Louisiana election, 382
- Sumter, influence of fall, on Arkansas, 78
- Supreme Court, The United States, opinion in Cross vs. Harrison, 13;
- decision relative to rebellious States, 362
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- Taliaferro, Robert W., seat in Congress claimed by, 341
- Taney, Roger B., Chief Justice, quoted by Mr. Davis, 228
- Tarr, Campbell, 98, 128
- Taylor, Nathaniel, attitude of loyal Tennesseeans defined by, 7;
- election of, 415
- Taylor, General Richard, 37, 49, 50
- Ten Eyck, John C., reconstruction bill opposed by, 273;
- Tennessee, Presidential reconstruction in, 1;
- no Republican electoral ticket in, 7;
- league with Confederacy authorized by, 8;
- turns military force over to the Confederacy, 8;
- secession of, 8;
- activity of loyalists in, 9;
- proposed dismemberment of, 9;
- Confederates losing hold of, 10;
- derangement of government in, 10;
- Legislature assembles at Memphis, 15;
- Andrew Johnson appointed military governor of, 15;
- condition in the Union, 16;
- judges imprisoned, 18;
- reprisals on secessionists, 18;
- lawlessness of, 18;
- citizens in Union army, 20;
- included in department of General Halleck, 20;
- ready for restoration, 21;
- free from armed insurrectionists, 22;
- emancipation in, 22;
- excluded from effects of emancipation proclamation, 22, 384;
- enrolling agent sent to, 27;
- county elections in, 27;
- returns, 28;
- reconstruction in, 29;
- Presidential election in, 29, 195;
- amended constitution of, 30;
- abrogates act of secession, 30;
- bonds of disloyal government, 30;
- constitution ratified by, 31;
- slaves emancipated in, 31;
- meeting of loyal Legislature, 31;
- McClellan electors, 35;
- electoral vote of, 35, 76, 129;
- Lincoln maintains legality of government in, 195;
- Mr. Davis on Unionists of, 230;
- insurrection in, 314;
- electoral vote of, 334;
- exclusion of electoral votes, 338;
- Cowan’s inquiry concerning vote of, 338;
- Thirteenth Amendment ratified by, 412;
- United States Senators chosen by, 413;
- disfranchising act of, 413;
- irregularities in election, 414;
- negroes and Indians made witnesses, 415;
- harshness to traitors favored by, 414;
- franchise demanded by freedmen of, 415;
- ravages of war in, 417;
- insurrection ended in, 444;
- Joint Committee recommend admission of, 490
- Tennessee, Bank of, notes of, irredeemable, 30
- Tennessee, East, slavery in, 3;
- Tennessee, West, politics influenced by industries of, 4;
- martial law in, 15
- Texas, expedition into, 50, 51;
- Thayer, General, 89
- Thayer, M. Russell, reconstruction address of, 242
- Thomas, Dorsey B., counted out, 415
- Thomas, General George, at Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, 23;
- a Confederate army crippled by, 288
- Thompson, Jacob, Mr. Black’s visit to, 390
- Thompson, General Jefferson, 245
- Treat, Hon. Samuel, excerpt from letter of, 354
- Tribune, The New York, emancipation favored by, 164;
- protest of Wade and Davis printed in, 279
- Trumbull, Lyman, on admission of Mr. Segar, 139;
- remarks on Crittenden resolution, 221;
- reconstruction bill opposed by, 273;
- speech on Ten Eyck’s amendment, 316;
- on electoral vote of Louisiana, 321, 327;
- resolution offered by, 343;
- Sumner’s offer to amend resolution of, 356;
- Howard’s speech on resolution of, 358;
- Wade moves postponement of resolution, 378;
- Powell’s speech on resolution of, 378;
- consistency of, 380;
- resolution recognizing Louisiana abandoned, 383
- Tyng, Rev. Doctor, 151
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- Underwood, John C., Senator-elect from Virginia, 141
- Union, dismemberment of, 1;
- admission of new States into, 207
- Union army, Arkansas troops in, 83;
- troops of restored Virginia in, 109
- Union associations, demand an election in Louisiana, 45;
- delegates appointed by, 47
- Unionists, importance of Southern, 3;
- Union party, vote of, in West Virginia, 129
- United States, The, policy toward conquered provinces, 12;
- Tennessee promised republican form of government by, 16;
- oath of allegiance required of Louisiana voters, 45;
- policy toward loyal minorities, 105, 349;
- policy toward South after rebellion, 190;
- number of States not diminished by secession, 192;
- republican governments obligatory on members of, 208;
- duty of each to be represented in Congress, 208;
- union of, perpetual, 218, 219;
- Chase’s dictum concerning nature of, 219;
- Government not to interfere in affairs of States, 220;
- authorized to impose conditions on returning States, 366;
- demand for revenue felt by, 409;
- disloyal governments not recognized by, 409
- Universal Emancipation, The Genius of, 5
- Upshur County, emancipation favored by citizens of, 108
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- Van Winkle, P. G., election of, 128
- Vicksburg, surrender of, 49
- Virginia, rebel government abrogated in, 10;
- loyalists without civil government, 93;
- secession of, 93;
- opposition to secession in, 94;
- physical features of, 94;
- slavery introduced into, 94;
- slaves in, 94;
- historical part of, 94;
- birthplace of many illustrious Americans, 94;
- settlement of trans-Alleghany region, 95;
- population of western, 95;
- sympathy of people in western, 95;
- representation in Legislature, 96;
- taxation in, 96;
- power in hands of slaveholders, 96;
- dismemberment of, discussed, 96;
- danger of insurrection in, 96;
- change of representation in, 96;
- expenditure of revenue, 96;
- concessions to western, 97;
- western refuses to acquiesce in secession, 97;
- the disloyal in, 97;
- State officials favor secession, 97;
- Federal Government aids western, 98;
- ravages of war in western, 98;
- movement for dismemberment, 98;
- secession denounced by Clarksburgh meeting, 99;
- State government reconstituted, 100;
- Legislature of restored government, 102;
- election of United States Senators, 102;
- State of Kanawha to be erected in, 105;
- dismemberment ratified, 107;
- convention of, 107;
- Legislature meets, 109;
- Legislature consents to formation of new State, 110;
- Assembly consents to transfer of Berkeley County, 126;
- act annexing counties to West Virginia, 127;
- transfer of Berkeley and Jefferson counties, 127;
- opposition to transfer, 127;
- removal of capital, 129;
- Legislature passes convention bill, 130;
- who were voters in, 130;
- amended constitution of, 130;
- civil in conflict with military authorities, 134;
- Legislature meets, 137;
- attitude of Congress and army toward, 138;
- feebleness of restored government, 138;
- admission of Senators from, 141;
- disloyal government discusses emancipation, 162;
- United States should protect loyalists of, 191;
- electoral vote from restored government, 314;
- slavery in parts of, excepted from emancipation proclamation, 384;
- division permanent, 399;
- constitution of 1864, 425;
- suffrage in, 425;
- slavery abolished in, 425;
- prohibitions on Legislature, 425;
- President Johnson recognizes government of Pierpont, 427, 445;
- ravages of war in, 427;
- steps to restoration of, 428;
- election in, 431;
- acts of secession authorities void, 445;
- acts of Congress to be enforced in, 446;
- Alexandria ceases to be capital of, 446
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- Wade, Benjamin F., bill for admission of West Virginia reported by, 110;
- remarks on admission of West Virginia, 111;
- reconstruction bill reported by, 264;
- address of, 264;
- protest of, with Henry Winter Davis, 279;
- character of, 283;
- on electoral vote of Louisiana, 333;
- remonstrance offered by, 343;
- postponement of Trumbull’s resolution moved by, 378;
- motion to postpone, defeated, 379;
- Louisiana election criticised by, 381
- Wade-Davis bill, House of Representatives passes, 262;
- War, expenses of, 161;
- Ward, Artemus, 186
- War Department, application of part of contingent fund of, 43
- Warmoth, Henry C., election of, 422;
- elements of political strength possessed by, 423
- Washburne, Elihu B., remarks of, 342
- Webster, Daniel, prediction of, 126
- Welles, Gideon, on admission of West Virginia, 122;
- Wells, J. Madison, proclamation of, 418;
- Wells, T. M., seat in Congress claimed by, 341
- Wellsburgh, meeting at, 97;
- West Virginia, Congress admits Senators from, 104, 193;
- prosecution of war favored by, 104;
- stay law passed by, 104;
- of revolutionary origin, 105;
- convention for, 107;
- slavery in, 107;
- vote on constitution, 109;
- vote on emancipation, 110;
- Senate bill for admission of, 110;
- allotment of Representatives to, 110;
- Sumner on admission of, 110;
- proposal to prohibit slavery in, 111;
- Senate on admission of, 110;
- Senate passes bill to admit, 113;
- House bill for admission of, 113;
- House on admission of, 113;
- House passes bill for admission, 119;
- Lincoln approves bill for admission of, 125;
- constitutional amendment, 125;
- convention approves constitution, 126;
- constitution ratified by voters, 126;
- becomes a State, 126;
- Berkeley County transferred to, 126;
- proposal to annex counties to, 127;
- election in, 128;
- inauguration of, 128;
- United States Senators chosen by, 128;
- opposition to admission of Senators from, 128;
- Democrats alienated by President’s recognition of, 193;
- Stevens finds no warrant in constitution for admission of, 214;
- strong enough to maintain a loyal government, 230
- Wheeling, delegate convention at, 99;
- Whiskey Insurrection, effects on status of Pennsylvania, 335
- White, R. T. J., 88
- Whittaker, John S., 41
- Wickliffe, Charles A., Lincoln interviewed by, 165
- Willey, Waitman T., election of, 103, 128;
- Williams, General, treatment of fugitive slaves by, 159
- Williams, Thomas, reconstruction address of, 238
- Wilson, Henry, on recognition of restored Virginia, 140
- Wilson, James F., previous question on Ashley’s bill demanded by, 295;
- Wisconsin, electoral vote of, 316
- Wood, Fernando, reconstruction bill opposed by, 251;
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- Yancey, William L., 7
- Yeaman, George H., reconstruction address of, 243