narrowly escapes capture by Indians, 4;
learns carpenter's trade, 5;
marries Nancy Hanks, June 12, 1806, 5;
daughter of, born, 5;
removes to Rock Spring Farm, 5, 6;
Abraham, son of, born, 6;
buys farm on Knob Creek, 6;
emigrates to Indiana, 7, 8;
death of his wife, 9;
marries Sally Bush Johnston, 10;
emigrates to Illinois, 20

Lincoln, Thomas, son of President Lincoln, birth of, 69;
death of, 69;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168

Lincoln, William Wallace, son of President Lincoln, birth of, 69;
death of, 69, 293;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168

Lloyd, John M., keeps tavern at Surrattsville, Maryland, 536

Logan, Stephen T., at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
law partnership with Lincoln, 70;
defeated for Congress, 91

"Long Nine," a power in Illinois legislature, 61

Longstreet, James, Confederate lieutenant-general,
besieges Burnside at Knoxville, 391;
retreats toward Virginia, 391;
reports conversation with Ord, 503;
in final defense of Richmond, 509

Louisiana, State of, military governor appointed for, 419;
election for members of Congress, 422;
contest over slavery clause in new constitution, 422, 423;
election of State officers in, 425, 426;
adopts new constitution abolishing slavery, 426;
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, 473;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475

Lovejoy, Elijah P., murder of, 46

Lovell, Mansfield, Confederate major-general,
evacuates New Orleans, 285;
sends men and guns to Vicksburg, 286

Lyon, Nathaniel, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
service in Missouri, 202-204;
killed at Wilson's Creek, 234, 235

Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, baron, afterward earl,
British minister at Washington,
instructed to demand apology for Trent affair, 246


McClellan, George B., major-general, general-in-chief,
United States army, orders concerning slaves, 221;
commissioned by Governor Dennison, 224;
his previous career, 224;
quick promotion of, 224;
successes in western Virginia, 224, 225;
ordered to Washington, 229;
his ambition, 249-251;
organizes Army of the Potomac, 250, 251;
his hallucinations, 251, 252;
quarrel with General Scott, 251, 252;
expresses contempt for the President, 252;
answer to President's inquiry, 253;
illness of, 253;
instructions to Buell, 258-260;
unwilling to promote Halleck, 270;
attends council of war, 289;
explains plan of campaign to Stanton, 290;
letter to Stanton, 292;
revokes Hooker's authority to cross lower Potomac, 294;
council of his officers votes in favor of water route, 295;
at gathering of officials to discuss news of fight
between Monitor and Merrimac, 296;
occupies abandoned rebel position, 297;
calls council of corps commanders, 298;
relieved from command of all troops save Army of the Potomac, 298;
arrives at Fortress Monroe, 299;
siege of Yorktown, 301;
his incapacity and hallucination, 302-304;
retreat to James River, 302;
letter to Stanton, 303;
protests against withdrawal of Army of the Potomac, 309;
reaches Alexandria, 311;
suggests leaving Pope to his fate, 311;
telegram to Pope's officers, 313;
in command of defenses of Washington, 313;
follows Lee into Maryland, 314;
learns Lee's plans, 315;
battle of Antietam, 315;
forces under his command, 317, 318;
removed from command, 319;
mentioned, 328, 329;
adopted by Democrats for presidential candidate, 355, 438;
nominated for President, 467;
letter of acceptance, 468;
electoral votes for, 470;
resigns from the army, 470

McClernand, John A., member of Congress,
major-general United States Volunteers at Springfield, Illinois, 52

McCulloch, Ben, Confederate brigadier-general, defeat at Pea Ridge, 271

McCulloch, Hugh, Secretary of the Treasury,
enters Lincoln's cabinet, 492

McDougall, James A., member of Congress,
United States senator, at Springfield, Illinois, 52

McDowell, Irvin, brevet major-general United States army,
fears junction of Johnston and Beauregard, 216;
advances against Beauregard, 226;
battle of Bull Run, July 21 1861, 226-229;
advises movement on Manassas, 289;
ordered by Lincoln to protect Washington, 299, 305;
ordered to form junction with Shields and Frémont, 306;
in Army of Virginia, 310

McLean, John, justice United States Supreme Court,
vote for, in Chicago convention, 149

McNamar, John, engaged to Anne Rutledge, 54

Magoffin, Beriah, governor of Kentucky,
efforts in behalf of secession, 201

Magruder, John B., brevet lieutenant-colonel United States army,
Confederate major-general, joins the Confederacy, 196;
opposes McClellan with inferior numbers, 301

Maine, State of, admitted as State, 1820, 19

Mallory, S.R., United States senator,
Confederate Secretary of the Navy,
writes proposition of armistice dictated
by Davis and signed by Johnston, 521

Malvern Hill, Virginia, battle of, July 1 1862, 302

Marcy, R.B., brevet major-general United States army,
McClellan's chief of staff, 294

Marshall, Charles, Confederate colonel,
present at Lee's surrender, 513

Maryland, State of, secession feeling in, 193;
arrest and dispersion of its legislature, 199;
refuses offer of compensated abolishment, 434;
emancipation party in, 434;
abolishes slavery, 435, 436;
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, 473;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 474

Mason, James M., United States senator,
Confederate commissioner to Europe, interview with John Brown, 134;
goes to Baltimore, 197;
capture of, 246-249

Matthews, J., burns Booth's letter, 537

Maximilian (Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph),
Archduke of Austria and Emperor of Mexico,
established by Napoleon III in Mexico, 451

Maynard, Horace, member of Congress,
minister to Turkey, telegram about East Tennessee, 259;
elected to Congress, 419

Meade, George G., major-general United States army,
succeeds Hooker in command of Army of the Potomac, 372;
battle of Gettysburg, 372-374;
pursuit of Lee, 375, 377;
offers to give up command of Army of the Potomac, 394;
continued in command, 395;
reports surrender of Richmond, 510;
ordered to pursue Lee, 510;
pursuit of Lee, 511;
ordered to disregard Sherman's truce, 523

Meigs, Montgomery C., brevet major-general
and quartermaster-general United States army,
at gathering of officials to discuss news of
battle between Monitor and Merrimac, 296

Memphis, Tennessee, river battle at, 286

Merrimac, the, Confederate ironclad,
battle with Monitor, 278-282

Merryman, John, arrest of, 199

Minnesota, the, Union steam frigate,
in fight between Monitor and Merrimac, 280

Missouri, State of, admitted as State, 1821, 19;
action concerning secession, 201-204;
provisional State government established, 418;
struggle over slavery, 430-434;
adopts ordinance of emancipation, 434;
resolution in Assembly favoring Lincoln's renomination, 444;
votes for Grant in Baltimore convention, 447;
slavery in, throttled by public opinion, 473

Missouri Compromise, repeal of, 94, 95

Mobile Bay, Alabama, battle of, August 5 1864, 468, 525

Monitor, the, Union ironclad, battle with Merrimac, 279-282

Montgomery, Alabama, capital of Confederacy removed from,
to Richmond, 207

Moore, Thomas O., governor of Louisiana,
arms free colored men, 348, 349

Morgan, Edwin D., governor of New York,
United States senator, opens Republican national convention 1864, 446;
declines cabinet appointment, 492

Morris, Achilles, elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, 34

Morrison, James L.D., desires commissionership
of General Land Office, 92

Mudd, Samuel, assists Booth and Herold, 542;
imprisoned, 544

Mulligan, James A., brevet brigadier-general
United States Volunteers, captured by Price, 241

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, battle of,
December 31 1862, to January 3 1863, 380


Napoleon III, colonial ambitions of, 211;
establishes Maximilian in Mexico, 451

Nashville, Tennessee, battle of, December 15, 16 1864, 410

Neale, T.M., commands troops in Black Hawk War, 31, 32;
defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

Negro soldiers, experiments with, early in the war, 348;
governor of Louisiana arms free blacks, 348, 349;
reference to, in emancipation proclamation, 349, 350;
Lincoln's interest in, 350;
attitude of Confederates toward, 350, 351;
massacre of, at Fort Pillow, 351;
President's conversation with Frederick Douglass
about retaliation, 352;
Stanton's order regulating raising of, 435;
Republican national platform claims protection of laws of war for, 446;
take part in second inauguration of Lincoln, 493, 494;
Jefferson Davis's recommendation concerning slaves in rebel army, 501;
assist in restoring order in Richmond, 517;
in Lincoln's funeral procession, 546.
See Slavery and Emancipation

Nelson, William, lieutenant-commander United States navy,
major-general United States Volunteers, occupies Nashville, 270

New Orleans, Louisiana, capture of, 283-285;
Confederate negro regiment in, 348, 349;
Union sentiment in, 420

New Salem, Illinois, town of, 22-26

New York City, draft riots in, 356, 357;
funeral honors to Lincoln in, 546, 547

Nicolay, John G., Lincoln's private secretary, 158;
accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168;
in attendance at Baltimore convention, 448, 449;
letter to Hay, 448

North Carolina, State of, joins Confederacy, 200, 204;
military governor appointed for, 419

Offutt, Denton, engages Lincoln to take flatboat
to New Orleans, 21;
disappears from New Salem, 35

O'Laughlin, Michael, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
imprisoned, 544

Ord, Edward O.C., brevet major-general United States army,
conversation with Longstreet, 503

Owens, Mary S., Lincoln's attentions to, correspondence with
and proposal of marriage to, 55-60


Palfrey, F.W., Confederate brigadier-general,
statement about strength of Army of the Potomac, 315

Parke, John G., brevet major-general United States army,
in recapture of Fort Stedman, 505, 506;
in assault at Petersburg 509

Patterson, Robert, major-general Pennsylvania militia,
turns troops toward Harper's Ferry, 209;
part in campaign against Manassas, 216;
orders concerning slaves, 220, 221;
failure at Harper's Ferry, 228

Paulding, Hiram, rear-admiral United States navy,
burns Norfolk navy-yard, 278

Pea Ridge, Arkansas, battle of, 271

Pemberton, John C., Confederate lieutenant-general,
surrenders Vicksburg, 383

Pendleton, George H., member of Congress minister to Prussia,
nominated for Vice-President, 467

Pendleton, William N., Confederate brigadier-general,
advises Lee to surrender 512

Perryville, Kentucky, battle of, October 8 1862, 379

Peter, Z., defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

Petersburg, Virginia, operations against, 400-402, 507-510;
evacuation of, April 2 1865, 510

Phelps, John S., member of Congress, appointed military
governor of Arkansas, 420

Phelps, J.W., brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
mentioned in letter of Lincoln, 334;
declared an outlaw by Confederate War Department, 350

Philippi, West Virginia, battle of, June 3 1861, 214, 225

Phillips, Wendell, letter to Cleveland convention, 442

Pickens, Francis W., member of Congress, minister to Russia,
governor of South Carolina, fires on Star of the West, 178

Pickett, George E., Confederate major-general, in battle of Five Forks, 507, 508

Pierce, Franklin, fourteenth President of the United States,
recognizes bogus laws in Kansas, 113;
appoints governors for Kansas, 113, 114

Pillow, Gideon J., Confederate major-general,
stationed at Columbus, 254;
escapes from Fort Donelson, 268

Pinkerton, Allen, detective work of, 173

Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, battle of,
April 6, 7 1862, 272-274

Polk, James K., eleventh President of the United States,
sends treaty of peace with Mexico to Senate, 79

Pomeroy, Samuel C., United States senator, secret circular of, 440

Pope, John, brevet major-general United States army,
sent to New Madrid, 270;
capture of Island No. 10, 274;
proceeds to Fort Pillow, 274;
joins Halleck, 274;
assigned to command Army of Virginia, 306;
assumes command of Army of Virginia 310;
second battle of Bull Run, 310, 311;
despatch announcing his defeat, 312;
relieved from command of Army of the Potomac, 314

Porter, David D., admiral United States navy,
commands mortar flotilla in expedition with Farragut, 282-287;
in second expedition to Vicksburg, 287;
in operations about Vicksburg, 382, 383;
visits Richmond with Lincoln, 517, 518

Porterfield, G.A., Confederate colonel, routed at Philippi, 225

Port Hudson, Louisiana, siege and surrender of, 383, 384

Port Royal, South Carolina, expedition against, 245, 246

Powell, Lewis, alias Lewis Payne, in conspiracy
to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
assigned to murder Seward, 535;
attack upon Seward, 540, 541;
escape and capture of, 541, 542;
execution of, 544

Price, Sterling, Confederate major-general retreat
to Springfield, Missouri, 234;
captures Mulligan, 241;
retreats toward Arkansas, 269;
defeat at Pea Ridge, 271

Pritchard, Benjamin D., brevet brigadier-general
United States Volunteers, captures Jefferson Davis, 526


Quinton, R., defeated for Illinois legislature 1832, 34


Rathbone, Henry R., brevet colonel United States army,
attends Ford's Theater with Mrs. Lincoln and Miss Harris, 536;
wounded by Booth, 538, 539

Raymond, Henry J., member of Congress letter to Lincoln, 462, 463;
visits Washington, 463

Reconstruction, in West Virginia and Missouri, 418, 419;
Lincoln's theory of, 419;
in Louisiana, 420-426;
in Arkansas, 426, 427;
in Tennessee, 428, 429;
opposition in Congress to Lincoln's action concerning, 454;
Henry Winter Davis's bill prescribing method of, 454;
Lincoln's proclamation of, July 8 1864, 456;
Wade-Davis manifesto, 456, 457

Republican Party, formation of, 102, 103;
nominates Frémont and Dayton 1856, 103, 104;
national convention of 1860, 144-151;
candidates in 1860, 152;
campaign of 1860, 153-160;
Frémont faction denounces Lincoln's attitude on slavery, 438;
the Chase faction, 439-441;
national convention of 1864, 446-449;
gloomy prospects of, 462-466: success in elections of 1864, 469, 470

Retaliation, rebel threats of, 350, 351;
cabinet action on Fort Pillow massacre, 352;
conversation between Lincoln and Frederick Douglass about, 352

Reynolds, John, governor of Illinois, issues call
for volunteers for Black Hawk War, 31, 32

Richmond, Virginia, becomes capital of Confederate States, 207;
panic in, at rumors of evacuation, 481;
high prices in, 481;
excitement created by Blair's visits, 481, 482;
alarm at Grant's advance, 500;
surrender of, April 3 1865, 510;
burning of, 515, 516

Rich Mountain, Virginia, battle of, July 11 1861, 225

Riney, Zachariah, teacher of President Lincoln, 6

Roanoke, the, Union steam frigate, in fight
between Monitor and Merrimac, 280

Robinson, E., defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

Rodgers, John, rear-admiral United States navy,
takes part in Port Royal expedition, 245, 246

Romine, Gideon, merchant at Gentryville, 9

Rosecrans, William S., brevet major-general United States army,
success at Rich Mountain, 225;
succeeds Buell in Kentucky, 380;
battle of Murfreesboro, 380;
Iuka and Corinth, 380;
drives Bragg to Chattanooga, 385;
Chattanooga and Chickamauga, 386-388;
relieved from command, 388, 389;
dilatory movements delay reconstruction in Tennessee, 428

Russell, Lord John, British minister for foreign affairs,
interview with Charles Francis Adams, 211

Rutledge, Anne, engagement to Lincoln, 54;
death of, 54