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

his division sent to aid McClellan, ii. 59.

McClellan, George B.,

given command of Army of Potomac, i. 303;

his record prior to 1861, 303, 304;

his organizing ability, 306;

promoted to succeed Scott, 310;

his arrogance and contempt for civilians, 310, 311;

causes discontent by inactivity, 310, 311;

considers army unfit to move, 312;

unwilling from temperament to take any risks, 312, 313;

fails to appreciate political situation, 313, 314;

overestimates preparations of Confederates, 315;

overestimates Confederate numbers, 315, 316;

wishes to end war by a crushing campaign, 317;

ignores Lincoln's suggestion to move, 323;

falls ill, 323;

hearing of conferences, becomes well and makes appearance, 324;

snubs McDowell and Chase, 325;

objects to a direct attack on Confederates, 330;

his plan, 330;

his opponents become a recognized faction, 331;

his scheme repudiated by Lincoln, 332, 333;

protests and explains views, 333-335;

liberality of Lincoln towards, 335;

thinks politicians plot to destroy him, 336;

his plan accepted by Lincoln, 337;

discussion of its merit, 337-339;

makes mistake in insisting on his plan against Lincoln's wish, 339-341;

hampered by Lincoln's detaching men to protect Washington, 341;

discredited by Johnston's evacuation of Manassas, 342;

denounced Committee on Conduct of War, 342;

begins advance, 343;

annoyed at being relieved from general command, 343;

exasperated at action of Lincoln in forming corps and appointing commanders, 344, 345;

authorizes Halleck to arrest Grant, 360;

approves Buell's plan, 360;

his career compared with Halleck's, 365, 366;

promises to put down any slave insurrection, ii. 8;

in spite of evacuation of Manassas, insists on Peninsular campaign, 31;

approved by corps commanders, 32;

estimate of forces needed to defend Washington, 34;

fears no danger from Manassas, 35;

protests against removal of Blenker's brigade, 35;

begins campaign at Fortress Monroe, 36;

besieges Yorktown, 37;

sneers at Lincoln's suggestion of storming it, 37, 38;

his excuses always good, 38;

exasperated at retention of McDowell before Washington, 39, 41;

question of his responsibility, 41, 42;

not really trusted by Lincoln, 43;

still outnumbers enemy, 44;

letter of Lincoln to, answering his complaints, 44-46;

takes Yorktown, 48;

advances slowly, 48;

predicts Confederate evacuation of Norfolk, 48;

continues advance, 49, 50;

forbidden to use McDowell so as to uncover Washington, 51;

protests, 51;

follows Lincoln's plan and extends right wing to meet McDowell, 51;

informed by Lincoln of withdrawal of McDowell to pursue Jackson, 52, 56;

attacked by Johnston and Jackson, 58;

refuses to move for two weeks, 59;

wears out Lincoln's patience by delay, 60;

retorts sharply to suggestions, 61;

retreats to James River, 61;

writes bitter letter to Stanton, 62;

proves his incapacity to attack, 64;

wishes to resume offensive by James River, 64;

his prestige ruined at Washington, 65;

his recall demanded by Pope and Halleck, 65, 66;

supported by Lincoln in spite of attacks, 66, 67;

finally ordered to retreat, 68;

discussion of his conduct, 69;

beloved by army, 75;

predicts defeat of Pope, 78;

accused of failing to support Pope, 78;

exchanges telegrams with Halleck, 78, 79;

his aid asked by Halleck after Pope's defeat, 80;

kept inactive during Pope's campaign, 81;

appointed by Lincoln, in spite of protests, to command in Washington, 81, 82;

his fitness to reorganize army, 82;

describes steps taken to put him in command, 83;

cautious attitude toward Lee, 84;

at Antietam, 85;

welcomed by troops, 85;

fails to use advantages, 86;

urged by Lincoln to pursue, 86;

disappoints country by inaction, 86, 87;

ordered by Lincoln to advance, 87;

letter of Lincoln to, 88-91;

fails to move, 91;

relieved from command, 92;

conduct of Lincoln towards, 92-94, 135;

praised by conservative Democrats, 97;

endangers of emancipation, 103;

nominated for President, 265;

repudiates peace plank, 275;

his election hoped for by South, 286, 287.

McClernand, General John A.,

letter of Lincoln to, on difficulties of equipping armies, i. 348.

McClure, A.K.,

on influence of New York "Tribune," ii. 106.

McDougall, James A.,

in Congress in 1861, i. 297.

McDowell, General Irwin,

commands Federal army, i. 299;

obliged to attack, 300;

at battle of Bull Run, 300, 301;

summoned by Lincoln to consultation, 323, 324;

does not tell McClellan, 324;

describes McClellan's appearance at conference, 325;

favors Lincoln's plan of campaign, 330, 336;

appointed to command a corps, 344;

on force necessary to defend Washington, ii. 32;

his corps retained at Washington, 39, 49;

reasons of Lincoln for retaining, 44, 45;

again ordered to support McClellan, 48, 50;

ordered not to uncover Washington, 50, 51;

prevented from advancing by Lincoln's superstition, 52;

ordered to turn and pursue Jackson, 52;

protests vigorously, 55;

obliged to abandon McClellan, 56;

foretells that Jackson will escape, 58.

McLean, John,

candidate for Republican nomination in 1860, i. 169, 170.

Magruder, General J.B.,

confronts McClellan at Yorktown, ii. 37;

evacuates Yorktown, 47.

Maine,

Democratic gains in, during 1862, ii. 124.

Mallory, S.R.,

in Confederate cabinet, i. 206.

Malvern Hill,

battle of, ii. 61.

Maryland,

passage of troops through, i. 257;

effect of Baltimore conflict upon, 258;

danger of its secession, 258, 259;

determines to stand neutral, 260, 261;

importance of its action, 261, 262;

furnishes South with troops, 262;

military arrests in, to prevent secession, 286, 287;

Lee's invasion of, ii. 84-86.

Mason, James M.,

captured by Wilkes, i. 380;

imprisoned in Port Warren, 381;

surrendered, 385.

Massachusetts,

prepared for war by Governor Andrew, i. 256;

sends troops to front, 256.

Matteson, Governor Joel A.,

Democratic candidate for Senator in Illinois, i. 97.

Maynard, Horace,

in House in 1861, i. 298;

approves Lincoln's emancipation scheme, ii. 27.

Meade, General George G.,

on McClellan's organizing ability, i. 306;

replaces Burnside in command, ii. 146;

question of his powers, 146, 147;

at Gettysburg, 147, 148;

fails to attack, 148, 149;

irritation of Lincoln with, 150-152;

offers to resign, 150;

urged in vain by Lincoln to attack, 168;

"campaign in mud," 169;

enters Petersburg, 334;

at Appomattox, 338.

Meigs, General Montgomery C.,

at Lincoln's council of war in January, 1862, i. 324.

Memminger, C.G.,

in Confederate cabinet, i. 206.

Mercer, Captain, Samuel,

superseded by Porter under Lincoln's orders, i. 247.

Mercier, M. Henri,

letter of Greeley to, ii. 174.

Merryman, John,

arrested in Maryland, i. 287;

attempt of Taney to liberate, 287, 288.

Mexican war,

denounced by Whigs, i. 74, 77;

character of, 74, 75.

Mexico,

driven into war, i. 74, 85;

abolishes slavery, 85.

Michigan,

Republican losses in election of 1862, ii. 125.

Miles, Colonel Dixon S.,

at Harper's Ferry, ii. 84.

Miller, Mrs. Nancy,

bargains with Lincoln to make a pair of trousers, i. 16.

Mississippi,

not ready to secede, i. 182;

secedes, 186;

sends commissioner to persuade North Carolina, 188.

Missouri,

refuses to furnish Lincoln with troops, i. 255;

Unionist and Southern elements in, 269, 270;

civil war in, 270;

refuses to secede, 270;

Fremont's career in, 349-351;

saved from South by General Curtis, 351;

refuses compensated emancipation, ii. 129, 130;

factional quarrels in, 254;

declares for Fremont against Lincoln, 255;

delegates from, in Republican Convention, 262, 263.

Missouri Compromise,

its sacred character, i. 83;

its extension demanded in 1850, 86, 90;

questioned by South, 93, 94;

repealed, 94.

Morgan, Edwin D.,

urged by Lincoln to put emancipation plank in Republican platform, ii. 318.

Morton, Governor Oliver P.,

harassed by Copperheads, ii. 183;

tries to alarm Lincoln, 184.

Mudd, Samuel,

accomplice of Booth, tried and condemned, ii. 351, 352.

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

Napoleon I.,

Lincoln contrasted with, ii. 354.

Napoleon III.,

agrees with Earl Russell to recognize belligerency of South, i. 372;

offers mediation, ii. 173;

his course suggested by Greeley, 174.

Negroes,

equality of, Lincoln's feeling toward, i. 131-137.

Nesmith, James W.,

in Senate in 1861, i. 297.

New England,

speeches of Lincoln in, i. 155.

New Jersey,

carried by Democrats in 1862, ii. 125.

New Mexico,

plan of South to occupy as slave territory, i. 86;

urged by Taylor to ask for admission as a State, 87;

organized as a Territory, 91.

New York,

Lincoln's speech in, i. 153-155;

secession threatened in, 197;

carried by Democrats in 1862, ii. 124;

tries to evade draft, 196;

draft riots in, 196, 197.

North,

surpasses South in development, i. 84;

begins to oppose spread of slavery, 86;

denounces Kansas-Nebraska Act, 95;

anti-Southern feeling in, 99, 100;

enraged at Dred Scott decision, 103;

annoyed at both Secessionists and Abolitionists, 115;

effect of Lincoln's "House divided" speech upon, 120;

effect of Lincoln's speeches in, 156, 157;

its attitude toward slavery the real cause of secession, 159;

carried by Republicans in 1860, 178;

its condition between Lincoln's election and his inauguration, 181;

panic in, during 1860, 190-195, 231;

urged to let South secede in peace, 192, 193;

proposals in, to compromise with South, 194;

led by Lincoln to oppose South on grounds of union, not slavery, 226-228;

irritated at inaction of Lincoln, 242;

effect of capture of Fort Sumter upon, 251, 252;

rushes to arms, 252;

compared with South infighting qualities, 253, 254;

responds to Lincoln's call for troops, 255;

military enthusiasm, 271, 272;

doubtful as to Lincoln's ability, 273-275;

wishes to crush South without delay, 299, 300;

forces McDowell to advance, 300;

enlightened by Bull Run, 302;

impatient with slowness of McClellan to advance, 311-314;

expects sympathy of England, 369;

annoyed at recognition of Southern belligerency by England, 372;

rejoices at capture of Mason and Slidell, 381;

its hatred of England, 386;

unity of, in 1861, ii. 1;

inevitably led to break on slavery question, 2, 3;

depressed by Peninsular campaign, 70, 71;

opponents of the war in, 95-97;

public men of, condemn Lincoln, 104;

popular opinion supports him, 105;

effect of Emancipation Proclamation upon, 121;

forced by Lincoln to choose between emancipation and failure of war, 123;

depressed after Chancellorsville, 142, 143;

discouraged by European offers of mediation, 174, 175;

adjusts itself to war, 194;

waning patriotism in, 194;

tries to evade draft, 195, 196;

draft riots in, 196, 197;

bounty-jumping in, 197, 198;

Republican gains in, 200, 201;

really under Lincoln's dictatorship, 208;

relieved from gloom by successes of 1864, 286;

rejoicings in 1865, 328, 340.

North Carolina,

not at first in favor of secession, i. 182, 269;

ready to oppose coercion, 183;

urged by Mississippi to secede, 188;

refuses to furnish Lincoln troops, 255;

finally secedes, 269.

Offut, Denton, sends Lincoln to New Orleans with a cargo, i. 16;

makes Lincoln manager of a store, 18;

brags of Lincoln's abilities, 18;

fails and moves away, 20.

Oglesby, Governor R.J.,

presides over Illinois Republican Convention, i. 162.

Ohio,

campaign of 1858 in, i. 151;

carried by Democrats in 1862, ii. 124;

career of Vallandigham in, 184, 185;

reply of Lincoln to Democrats of, 191;

election of 1863 in, 192;

renominates Lincoln in 1864, 251.

O'Laughlin, Michael,

accomplice of Booth, tried and condemned, ii. 350-352.

Ordinance of 1787,

its adoption and effect, i. 82.

Owens, Mary,

rejects Lincoln, i. 48.