attempt to nominate him for President 1864, 442, 443;
depressing influence on political situation of his heavy fighting, 463;
admits peace commissioners to his headquarters, 483;
despatch to Stanton, 484;
pushing forward, 502;
telegraphs Lee's letter to Washington, 503;
reply to Lee, 504;
orders to General Parke, 505;
issues orders for the final movement of the war, 506;
number of men under his command in final struggle, 507;
his plan, 507;
battle of Five Forks, 507-509;
orders Sheridan to get on Lee's line of retreat, 509, 510;
sends Humphreys to Sheridan's assistance, 509;
telegram to Lincoln, 509;
pursuit of Lee, 510-513;
sends Sheridan's despatch to Lincoln, 511;
correspondence with Lee, 512, 513;
receives Lee's surrender, 513-515;
forbids salute in honor of Lee's surrender, 515;
visit to Lee, 515;
goes to Washington, 515;
learns terms of agreement between Sherman and Johnson, 523;
ordered to Sherman's headquarters, 523;
gives Sherman opportunity to modify his report, 523, 524;
at Lincoln's last cabinet meeting, 531;
invited by Mrs. Lincoln to Ford's Theater, 536

Grant, Mrs. U.S., invited by Mrs. Lincoln to Ford's Theater, 536

Greeley, Horace, hears Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech, 138;
"open letter" to Lincoln, 335;
Niagara Falls conference, 458-461;
effect of his mission on political situation, 464


Halleck, Henry Wager, major-general and general-in-chief
United States army, succeeds Frémont, 260;
reluctance to coöperate with Buell, 263, 264;
answers to Lincoln, 263, 264;
instructions to Grant, 264;
orders Grant to take Fort Henry, 266;
sends reinforcements to Grant, 267;
asks for command in the West, 269;
plans expedition under Pope, 270;
message to Buell, 270;
telegrams to McClellan, 270;
appeal to McClellan, 271;
commands Department of the Mississippi, 271;
orders Pope to join him, 274;
march on Corinth, 275;
capture of Corinth, 275;
sends Buell to East Tennessee, 275;
ordered to reinforce McClellan, 307;
general-in-chief, 309;
visit to McClellan, 309;
orders Army of Potomac back to Acquia Creek, 309;
letter to McClellan, 309, 310;
orders McClellan to support Pope, 311;
telegram to McClellan, 317;
mentioned, 328, 329;
asks to be relieved, 365;
quarrel with Hooker, 372;
urges Meade to active pursuit of Lee, 375;
plans for Western campaign, 379;
urges Buell to move into East Tennessee, 380;
orders Rosecrans to advance, 385, 386;
at council to consider news of Chattanooga, 388;
President's chief of staff, 394;
conduct during Early's raid, 403;
note to War Department about Blair, 488;
orders to Meade, 523

Hamlin, Hannibal, United States senator, Vice-President,
nominated for Vice-President, 151;
Cameron moves his renomination, 447;
candidate for vice-presidential nomination in 1864, 448, 449

Hanks, John, tells of Lincoln's frontier labors, 15;
flatboat voyage with Lincoln, 22, 23;
at Decatur convention, 154

Hanks, Joseph, teaches Thomas Lincoln carpenter's trade, 5

Hanks, Nancy. See Lincoln, Nancy Hanks

Hardee, William J., lieutenant-colonel United States army,
Confederate lieutenant-general, council with Johnston and Beauregard, 267;
evacuates Savannah and Charleston, 415;
joins Johnston, 416

Hardin, John J., member of Congress, colonel United States Volunteers,
at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
elected to Congress, 73;
killed in Mexican War, 75

Harper's Ferry, Virginia, John Brown raid at, 134;
burning of armory, 209;
captured by Lee, September 15 1862, 315

Harris, Miss Clara W., attends Ford's Theater with Mrs. Lincoln, 536;
assists Mrs. Lincoln, 539

Harrison, George M., Lincoln's messmate in Black Hawk War, 33

Hartford, the, Union cruiser, Farragut's flag-ship, 284, 285

Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, capture of forts at, August 29 1861, 245

Hay, John, assistant private secretary to Lincoln,
brevet colonel and assistant adjutant-general United States Volunteers,
ambassador to England, Secretary of State, accompanies
Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168;
shows Lincoln letter of inquiry about Vice-Presidency, 448;
mission to Canada, 460;
at Lincoln's death-bed, 540

Hazel, Caleb, teacher of President Lincoln, 6

Herndon, A.G., defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

Herndon, "Jim" and "Row," sell Lincoln and Berry their store, 35

Herndon, William H., Lincoln's law partner, 158;
assumes Lincoln's law business during campaign, 158

Herold, David E., in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
chosen to assist Booth, 536;
deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, 536;
accompanies Booth in his flight, 542, 543;
capture of, 543;
execution of, 544

Hicks, Thomas H., governor of Maryland, United States senator,
reply to Lincoln's call for volunteers, 193;
speech at mass-meeting, 193;
protest against landing of troops at Annapolis, 198;
calls meeting of Maryland legislature, 198

Holcomb, James P., Confederate agent in Canada,
correspondence with Horace Greeley, 459

Holt, Joseph, Postmaster-General, Secretary of War,
judge-advocate general United States army, calls Scott to Washington, 172;
report on Knights of the Golden Circle, 361;
favored by Swett for Vice-President, 448;
declines attorney-generalship, 491

Hood, John B., Confederate general, succeeds Johnston, 407;
evacuates Atlanta, 407, 468;
truce with Sherman, 408;
placed under command of Beauregard, 409;
moves to Tuscumbia, 410;
Franklin and Nashville, 410;
his movements delay reconstruction in Tennessee, 429

Hooker, Joseph, brevet major-general United States army,
succeeds Burnside in command of Army of the Potomac, 366;
submits plan of campaign to Lincoln, 368;
battle of Chancellorsville, 369, 370;
criticism of, 370;
foresees Lee's northward campaign, 370;
proposes quick march to capture Richmond, 371;
follows Lee, 372;
asks to be relieved, 372;
ordered to reinforce Rosecrans, 388;
reaches Chattanooga, 389;
in battle of Chattanooga, 390-391

Hume, John F., moves that Lincoln's nomination be made unanimous, 447

Humphreys, Andrew A., brevet major-general United States army,
in recapture of Fort Stedman, 505, 506;
ordered to assist Sheridan, 509

Hunt, Randall, tendered cabinet appointment, 164

Hunter, David, brevet major-general, United States army,
asked to assist Frémont, 235, 236;
ordered to relieve Frémont, 243;
order of emancipation, 327;
experiment with negro soldiers, 348;
declared an outlaw by Confederate War Department, 350

Hunter, R.M.T., United States senator, Confederate Secretary of State,
appointed peace commissioner, 482;
at Hampton Roads conference, 482-485


Iles, Elijah, captain Illinois Volunteers, commands company in
Black Hawk War, 33

Illinois, State of, organized as Territory, 1809, 19;
admitted as State, 1818, 19;
legislative schemes of internal improvement, 44, 45;
capital removed to Springfield, 45;
political struggles over slavery, 45, 46;
Lincoln-Douglas senatorial campaign in, 118-125;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 474, 475

Island No. 10, Tennessee, fortifications at, 269, 270;
surrender of, 274


Jackson, Andrew, seventh President of the United States,
gives impetus to system of party caucuses and conventions, 52

Jackson, Claiborne F., governor of Missouri,
attempts to force Missouri secession, 202-204;
flight to Springfield, Missouri, 234

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall"), Confederate lieutenant-general,
Shenandoah valley campaign, 305, 306;
mentioned, 328;
killed at Chancellorsville, 369

Jaquess, James F., D.D., colonel United States Volunteers,
visits to the South, 461, 462;
interview with Jefferson Davis, 462

Jewett, William Cornell, letter to Greeley, 458

Johnson, Andrew, seventeenth President of the United States,
in thirty-seventh Congress, 217;
telegram about East Tennessee, 259;
retains seat in Senate, 419;
appointed military governor of Tennessee, 420;
begins work of reconstruction, 428;
nominated for Vice-President, 448, 449;
popular and electoral votes for, 470;
disapproves Sherman's agreement with Johnston, 523;
proclamation of amnesty, 526;
plot to murder, 535;
rejoicing of radicals on his accession to the Presidency, 545;
takes oath of office, 545

Johnson, Herschel V., candidate for Vice-President 1860, 152

Johnston, Albert Sidney, Confederate general,
council with Hardee and Beauregard, 267;
killed at Pittsburg Landing, 273

Johnston, Joseph E., quartermaster-general United States army,
Confederate general, member of Congress, joins Confederacy, 196, 208;
understanding with Beauregard, 215, 216;
joins Beauregard at Bull Run, 228;
opinion of battle of Bull Run, 228;
retrograde movement, 297;
defeats McClellan at Fair Oaks, 302;
succeeds Bragg, 395;
strength of, in spring of 1864, 405;
superseded by Hood, 407;
again placed in command, 416, 501;
interview with Davis, 520;
begins negotiations with Sherman, 520;
meetings with Sherman, 521, 522;
agreement between them, 522;
agreement disapproved at Washington, 523;
surrender of, 524

Johnston, Sarah Bush, marries Thomas Lincoln, 10;
improves the condition of his household, 10;
tells of Lincoln's studious habits, 13

Jones, Thomas, assists Booth and Herold, 542, 543

Judd, Norman B., minister to Prussia, member of Congress,
nominates Lincoln for President 1860, 149;
member of Lincoln's suite, 173


Kansas, State of, slavery struggle in, 113-115;
Lecompton Bill defeated in Congress, 117

Kearsarge, the, Union cruiser, battle with the Alabama, 525

Kelly, Benjamin F., brevet major-general United States Volunteers,
dash upon Philippi, 225

Kentucky, State of, action concerning secession, 201, 204;
legislature asks Anderson for help, 254;
public opinion in, regarding slavery, 473

Kilpatrick, Judson, brevet major-general United States army,
minister to Chili, with Sherman on march to the sea, 411

Kirkpatrick, defeated for Illinois legislature 1832, 34

Knights of Golden Circle, extensive organization of, 360, 361;
plans and failures of, 360-362;
projected revolution in Northwestern States, 466

Know-Nothing Party, principles of, 101, 102;
nominates Millard Fillmore for President 1856, 102


Lamon, Ward H., accompanies Lincoln on night journey to Washington, 174

Lane, Joseph, brevet major-general United States army, governor,
United States senator candidate for Vice-President in 1860, 153;
attempt to arm negroes, 348

Leavitt, Humphrey H., member of Congress,
judge United States Circuit Court,
denies motion for habeas corpus for Vallandigham, 358

Lecompton Constitution, adopted in Kansas, 115;
defeated in Congress, 117

Lee, Robert E., colonel United States army,
Confederate general, captures John Brown, 134;
enters service of Confederacy, 196, 197, 208;
concentrates troops at Manassas Junction, 215;
sends troops into West Virginia, 224;
attacks McClellan near Richmond, 302;
campaign into Maryland, 314;
captures Harper's Ferry, 315;
battle of Antietam, 315;
retreats across the Potomac, 316;
battle of Chancellorsville, 369;
resolves on invasion of the North, 370;
crosses the Potomac, 371, 372;
battle of Gettysburg, 372-374;
retreats across the Potomac, 375, 377;
strength and position of his army, 397;
battle of the Wilderness, 398;
Spottsylvania Court House, 398, 399;
Cold Harbor, 399;
defense of Petersburg, 400-402;
sends Early up the Shenandoah valley, 403;
despatch about rations for his army, 481;
made general-in-chief, 500;
assumes command of all the Confederate armies, 502;
attempt to negotiate with Grant, 502, 503;
conference with Davis, 504;
attempt to break through Grant's lines, 504-506;
number of men under his command in final struggle, 507;
takes command in person, 507;
attacks Warren, 507;
battle of Five Forks, 507-509;
makes preparations to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond, 509;
begins retreat, 510;
surrender of Richmond, 510;
reaches Amelia Court House, 510;
starts toward Lynchburg, 511;
reply to generals advising him to surrender, 512;
correspondence with Grant, 512, 513;
surrender of, 513-515;
size of army surrendered by, 524

Letcher, John, member of Congress, governor of Virginia,
orders seizure of government property, 194

Lincoln, Abraham, sixteenth President of the United States,
born February 12, 1800, 3, 6;
goes to A B C schools, 6;
early schooling in Indiana, 10-13;
home studies and youthful habits, 13-19;
manages ferry-boat, 15;
flatboat trip to New Orleans, 15, 16;
employed in Gentryville store, 16;
no hunter, 17;
kills wild turkey, 17, 18;
emigrates to Illinois, March 1, 1830, 20;
leaves his father's cabin, 21;
engaged by Denton Offutt, 21;
builds flatboat and takes it to New Orleans, 22, 23;
incident at Rutledge's Mill, 22;
returns to New Salem, 23;
election clerk, 23, 24;
clerk in Offutt's store, 24;
wrestles with Jack Armstrong, 25;
candidate for legislature, 1832, 29;
address "To the Voters of Sangamon County," 29, 30;
volunteers for Black Hawk War, 32;
elected captain of volunteer company, 32;
mustered out and reënlists as private, 32, 33;
finally mustered out, 33;
returns to New Salem, 33;
defeated for legislature, 33;
enters into partnership with Berry, 35;
sells out to the Trent brothers, 36;
fails, but promises to pay his debts, 36;
surveying instruments sold for debt, 36;
"Honest old Abe," 37;
appointed postmaster of New Salem, 37;
made deputy surveyor, 39, 40;
candidate for legislature, 1834, 41, 42;
elected to legislature, 43;
begins study of law, 44;
admitted to practice, 44;
removes to Springfield and forms law partnership with J.T. Stuart, 44;
reëlected to legislature, 44;
services in legislature, 44-48;
manages removal of State capital to Springfield, 45;
Lincoln-Stone protest, 47;
vote for, for Speaker of Illinois House, 48;
his methods in law practice, 49;
notes for law lecture, 49-51;
his growing influence, 52;
guest of William Butler, 53;
intimacy with Joshua F. Speed, 53;
engaged to Anne Rutledge, 54;
her death, 54;
his grief, 55;
courtship of Mary Owens, 55-60;
member of "Long Nine," 61, 62;
debate with Douglas and others, 1839, 62, 63;
meets and becomes engaged to Mary Todd, 63;
engagement broken, 64;
his deep melancholy, 64;
letter to Stuart, 64;
visit to Kentucky, 64;
letters to Speed, 64, 65;
"Lost Townships" letters, 66;
challenged by Shields, 66;
prescribes terms of the duel, 67;
duel prevented, 68;
letter to Speed, 68;
marriage to Mary Todd, November 4, 1842, 68, 69;
children of, 69;
partnership with Stuart dissolved, 69, 70;
law partnership with S.T. Logan, 70;
declines reëlection to legislature, 70;
letter to Speed, 71;
letter to Martin Morris, 71-73;
letter to Speed, 73;
presidential elector, 1844, 73;