disapproves of Republican party, i. 177;

supports Lincoln in 1864, ii. 256.

Georgia,

not ready for secession, i. 182;

wishes a Southern convention, 183;

how led to secede, 183, 186, 187;

Union minority in, 186.

Gettysburg,

battle of, ii. 147, 148;

Lincoln's address at, 213-215.

Giddings, Joshua R.,

favors Lincoln's emancipation bill in 1849, i. 80;

member of Republican Convention of 1860, 177.

Gilmer, John A.,

refuses to enter Lincoln's cabinet, i. 235.

Gist,

governor of South Carolina, sends circular letter asking about secession feeling in South, i. 182.

Grant, Ulysses S.,

his operations in 1862, i. 333;

captures Forts Henry and Donelson, 354, 355;

recommended by Halleck for promotion, 355;

condemned by Halleck and relieved from command, 360;

reinstated, 360;

advances to Pittsburg Landing, 361;

attacked by Johnston, 361;

does not admit defeat at Shiloh, 361;

on severity of battle, 362;

his conduct of battle criticised, 362;

harassed by Halleck, asks to be relieved, 363;

on Halleck's mistakes, 363, 364;

on Copperheads, ii. 96;

forms plan to take Vicksburg, 157;

tries to approach city from south, 158, 159;

besieges and takes Vicksburg, 159, 160;

his credit for campaign, 160;

his relations with Lincoln, 160, 161;

accused of drunkenness, 161;

congratulated by Lincoln, 161, 162;

given command of the West, 165;

orders Thomas to hold Chattanooga, 165;

relieves siege, 166;

wins battle of Chattanooga, 166, 167;

sends Sherman to relieve Burnside, 167;

on reconstruction, 229, 230;

his conference with Lincoln, 237;

movement to nominate for President in 1864, 259, 263;

appointed lieutenant-general, 276, 277;

given free control, 277;

prepares plan of campaign, 277;

correspondence with Lincoln, 278;

his campaigns in Virginia, 279, 280;

sends force to hold Washington against Early, 282;

sends Sheridan against Early, 284;

character of his military methods, 300;

reports proposal of Lee for a conference, 329;

ordered by Lincoln to refuse, 329;

on desertions from Lee's army, 330;

his plan to entrap Lee's army, 330, 331;

wishes to capture Lee without Sherman's aid, 333;

enters Petersburg, 334;

pursues Lee, 336-338;

urges Lee to surrender, 337;

his liberal terms to Lee, 338;

praised by Lincoln, 340;

unable to accept Lincoln's invitation to theatre the evening of his assassination, 345.

Greeley, Horace,

prefers Douglas to Lincoln in 1858, i. 112;

in convention of 1860, works against Seward, 167, 172;

his influence used against Lincoln, 191;

willing to admit peaceable secession, 191-193;

on comparative strength of North and South, 206;

suddenly denounces compromise, 210;

a secessionist in 1861, 231;

publishes address to President, ii. 105;

his influence, 106;

answered by Lincoln, 107, 108;

his abusive retort, 108, 109;

suggests French mediation, 174;

condemns Lincoln in 1864, 260;

on movement to delay nomination, 261;

his political creed, 266;

claims to be a Republican while denouncing Lincoln, 266;

favors Fremont, 267;

wishes peace at any price, 267;

wishes to treat with Confederates, 268;

authorized to do so by Lincoln, 268;

conditions named by Lincoln, 269;

abuses Lincoln for causing failure of negotiations, 269.

Green, Duff,

tries to induce Lincoln to support Buchanan, i. 210.

Greene, Bolin,

lends Lincoln money, i. 42.

Grimes, James W.,

in Senate in 1861, i. 296.

Grow, Galusha A.,

speaker of House in 1861, i. 297.

suspension of, by Lincoln, i. 286-291.

Hale, John P.,

sums up Buchanan's secession doctrine, i. 190;

in Senate in 1861, 296;

denounces administration in Trent affair, 386.

Halleck, General Henry W.,

letter of Lincoln to, on plan of war, i. 329;

commands in Missouri, 351;

sends news of capture of Fort Donelson and asks for command in West, 355;

assumes command, 359;

complains of Grant, 360;

drives Grant to request to be relieved, 363;

his slow advance upon Corinth, 363;

refuses to fight, 364;

enters Corinth unopposed, 364;

fails to use powerful army, 364;

appointed general-in-chief, 365, ii. 65;

compared with McClellan, i. 365;

gains advancement because unopposed and unnoticed by politicians, 366;

expels slaves from camp, ii. 8;

favors recall of McClellan from Peninsula, 65, 66;

allowed free hand by Lincoln, 73;

inferior to McClellan, 74;

his telegraphic dispute with McClellan, 78, 79;

begs McClellan's assistance after Pope's defeat, 80;

instructs McClellan to command defences of Washington, 83;

alarmed over safety of capital, 84;

has friction with Hooker, 145;

refuses to give Hooker garrison of Harper's Ferry, 146;

urges Meade to attack after Gettysburg, 149;

wishes Buell and Rosecrans

to invade Tennessee, 155;

superseded by Grant, 276;

on bad terms with Blair, 287, 288.

Hamlin, Hannibal,

nominated for Vice-President, i. 171;

reasons why not renominated, ii. 263.

Hanks, John,

aids Lincoln to split rails, i. 16;

on Lincoln's first sight of slavery, 17;

brings rails split by Lincoln into Republican Convention, 162.

Hanks, Nancy,

mother of Lincoln, i. 2;

descends from a "poor white" family, 7;

her character, 7, 8, 9;

marries Thomas Lincoln, 8;

her death, 11.

Hardin, Colonel John J.,

defeats Lincoln and Baker for Congress, i. 71;

defeated by Lincoln, 73.

Harlan, James,

in Senate in 1861, i. 296.

Harrison, W.H.,

campaign for, in 1840, i. 61.

Hawkins, George S.,

opposes compromise in 1861 as futile, i. 204.

Hayti,

recognized, ii. 18.

Heintzelman, General Samuel P.,

opposes McClellan's plan of campaign, i. 336;

appointed corps commander, 344;

on force necessary to protect Washington, ii. 32.

Henderson, John B.,

approves Lincoln's emancipation scheme, ii. 27.

Henry, Fort,

captured, i. 354.

Herndon, William H.,

law partner of Lincoln, i. 67;

prevents Lincoln from association with Abolitionists, 95, 96;

aids Lincoln in organizing Republican party, 111;

visits East to counteract Greeley's influence against Lincoln, 113.

Herold, David E.,

tried for assassination of Lincoln, ii. 350-352;

hanged, 352.

Hickman, John,

calls Lincoln's emancipation scheme unmanly, ii. 23.

Hicks, Governor Thomas H.,

opposed to secession, i. 258;

suggests referring troubles to Lord Lyons as arbitrator, 281.

"Higher Law,"

Seward's doctrine of, i. 90.

Hitchcock, General Ethan A.,

considers Washington insufficiently protected, ii. 40.

Holt, Joseph,

succeeds Floyd in Buchanan's cabinet, i. 199;

joins Black and Stanton in coercing Buchanan, 200;

fears attempt of South to seize Washington, 209.

Hood, General John Bell,

succeeds Johnston, ii. 283;

defeated by Sherman, 283.

Hooker, General Joseph,

allows slave owners to reclaim fugitives, ii. 8;

replaces Burnside in command, 138;

letter of Lincoln to, 139, 140;

his abilities, 140;

in Chancellorsville campaign, 140-142;

throws away chance of success, 141;

fails to use all of troops, 142;

orders retreat, 142;

wishes to resume attack, 143;

first prevented, then urged by Lincoln, 143, 144;

wishes to capture Richmond, 144;

follows Lee to North, 145;

instructed by Lincoln to obey Halleck, 145, 146;

irritated by Halleck, resigns, 146;

sent to aid Rosecrans, 165;

storms Lookout Mountain, 166, 167.

House of Representatives,

election of Lincoln to, and career in, i. 73-81;

members of, 74;

debates Mexican war, 74, 75;

struggles in, over Wilmot proviso, 79;

refuses to pass Lincoln's emancipation bill of 1849, 79-81;

settles question of admission of Kansas, 109;

proposes Constitutional amendment in 1861, 202;

rejects plan of Peace Congress, 203;

leaders of, in 1861, 297;

thanks Captain Wilkes, 381;

approves emancipation proclamation, ii. 120;

fails to pass thirteenth amendment, 318;

later passes amendment, 325-327.

Houston, Samuel,

opposes secession in Texas, i. 187.

Hunter, General David,

asked by Lincoln to aid Fremont, i. 349;

succeeds Fremont, 351;

proclaims martial law and abolishes slavery in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, ii. 7;

his order revoked, 7;

organizes a negro regiment, 15.

Hunter, R.M.T.,

on Confederate peace commission, ii. 305;

retort of Lincoln to, 307.

Hyer, Tom,

hired by Seward's supporters in Republican Convention, i. 167.

early settlers and society of, i. 17-30;

in Black Hawk war, 35, 36;

early politics in, 37-39, 50, 59, 60;

land speculation in, 41, 42, 53;

career of Lincoln in legislature of, 43-60;

the career of "Long Nine" in, 52-55;

internal improvement craze in, 53, 54;

adopts resolutions condemning Abolitionists and emancipation in the District, 55;

suffers from financial collapse, 59, 60;

carried by Van Buren against Harrison, 61;

legal profession in, 67, 68;

carried by Democrats in 1844, 71;

upholds Mexican war, 77;

denounces Kansas-Nebraska Act, 95;

senatorial election of 1855 in, 96-98;

popular feeling in, concerning Kansas, 108;

in campaign of 1856, 112;

political situation in, during 1858, 113-116;

prestige of Douglas in, 116, 117;

senatorial campaign in, 121-150;

carried by Douglas, 149;

movement in, to nominate Lincoln for President, 161, 162;

carried by Democrats in 1862, ii. 124.

Indiana,

carried by Democrats in 1862, ii. 124;

Copperheads in, 183, 184.

Internal improvements,

craze over, in Western States, i. 53.

Iverson, Alfred,

works in Georgia for secession, i. 186;

threatens Houston with assassination, 187;

wishes to keep Washington as capital of Confederacy, 209.

popularity of, in Illinois, i. 38;

attitude of Lincoln toward, 38.

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, "Stonewall,"

commands at Harper's Ferry, i. 299;

in Shenandoah valley, ii. 53;

his raid down valley in 1862, 54;

escapes pursuing forces, 56;

joins Johnston and attacks McClellan, 58;

compels McClellan to retreat to James River, 61;

defeats Banks, 76;

reinforced, 76;

marches around Pope, 76;

on too good condition of Federal armies, 87;

breaks Federal right at Chancellorsville, 141;

accidentally shot by his own soldiers, 141.

Johnson, Andrew,

in Congress with Lincoln, i. 74;

in Senate in 1861, 297;

instructed by Lincoln to reorganize government in Tennessee, ii. 219;

stern opinion of treason, 229;

repudiates Sherman's terms with Johnston, 239;

his nomination for vice-presidency aided by Lincoln, 263, 264;

protested against, by Tennesseeans, 295;

his accession to presidency welcomed by radicals, 349;

refuses to commute Mrs. Surratt's sentence, 352.

Johnson, Bushrod R.,

captured at Fort Donelson, i. 355.

Johnson, Herschel V.,

nominated for Vice-President in 1860, i. 164;

votes against secession in 1860, 187.

Johnson, Oliver,

supports Lincoln in 1864, ii. 256.

Johnston, General A.S.,

plans to crush Grant and Buell in detail, i. 361;

commands at battle of Shiloh, 361;

killed, 362.

Johnston, Joseph

succeeds Jackson at Harper's Ferry, i. 299;

aids Beauregard at Bull Run, 301;

on condition of Confederate army, 302;

evacuates Manassas, 341;

fears that McClellan will storm Yorktown, ii. 38;

begins attack on McClellan, 58;

retreats from Sherman after Vicksburg, 162;

terms of Sherman with, in 1865, 238, 239, 240;

campaign against Sherman in 1864, 283;

removed by Davis, 283;

campaign against Sherman in Carolinas, 331;

plan of Lee to join, 331;

surrenders, 340.

Johnston, Sally,

marries Thomas Lincoln, i. 11;

her character, 11, 12.

Jones, Abraham,

ancestor of Lincoln, i. 4.

Judd, N.B.,

asked by Lincoln to help his canvass in 1860, i. 162;

urges Lincoln to avoid danger of assassination, 213.

Julian, George W.,

in House in 1861, i. 297;

on Republican dissatisfaction with Lincoln, ii. 104, 105, 246.

telegraphs for Southern aid to oppose passage of troops through Baltimore, i. 258.

Kansas,

struggle in, between free and slave-state men, i. 98, 99;

rival constitutions of, 104, 105;

admission of, under Lecompton Constitution, urged by Buchanan, 105;

opposed by Douglas, 101, 108;

attempt of Congress to bribe into acceptance of Lecompton Constitution, 109;

rejects offer, 109;

speeches of Lincoln in, 152.

Kansas-Nebraska bill,

introduced, i. 93, 94;

repeals Missouri Compromise, 94, 95.

Keitt, Lawrence M.,

his fight with Grow, i. 297.

Kellogg, Win. Pitt,

letter of Lincoln to, on extension of slavery, i. 210.

Kentucky,

desire of Lincoln to retain in Union, i. 255, 265;

refuses to furnish troops, 255;

attempt of Secessionists to carry, 265;

wishes to be neutral, 266;

thereby intends to aid South, 266;

skillful dealings of Lincoln with, 266, 267, 268;

remains in Union, 267;

saved by State loyalty, 268;

its neutrality violated by South, joins North, 352;

campaign of Grant in, 354, 355;

invaded by Bragg, ii. 154.

Keyes, General Erasmus D.,

favors McClellan's plan of campaign, i. 336;

appointed corps commander, 344;

on force necessary to protect Washington, ii. 32;

on impossibility of taking Yorktown, 38.

Know-Nothings,

their career in 1854-1856, i. 100, 101;

attempt to draw out Lincoln in 1860, 175.