Illinois, 694, 717
on AL’s administration, 103, 215–16
appointees to AL’s administration, 83–88
Camp Douglas, 739
commissioners at Peace conference, 43
constitution, 421
delegations, 543
elections, 421, 560
units in, 218
Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 172, 412
Illinois State Register (Springfield), 39, 65, 563, 716
Indian Territory, 535
Indiana, 2, 126, 340, 560, 717
elections in, 419, 422
race-baiting in, 420
Indianapolis (Indiana) Journal, 127, 146, 281
Indianapolis, AL speaks at, 4–7
Ingersoll, Charles, 560
Iowa State Register, 314–15
Irwin, Robert, 265
Ives, Malcolm, 221
Jackson, Andrew, 297, 318, 346, 379, 457, 509, 606, 770, 808
courage of, 6, 101, 215
portrait of, 250
term of, 617–18
victories of, 467
Jackson, Claiborne F., 158, 159
Jackson, Thomas J. (“Stonewall”), 181, 311, 319
attacks by, 321, 372
retreat by, 317
victories of, 316, 368
Jacquess, James F., 672–73, 679
James River, 312–13, 322, 371, 653, 780, 796
Jay, John, 450
Jayne, William, 84, 270
Jefferson, Thomas, 8–9, 249, 387, 518, 559, 604
Jenkins, Jameson, 825
Jennison, Charles, 541
Jerome, David H., 690
Jersey City (New Jersey) American Standard, 63
Jewett, William C., 669, 755
Jews, 210, 470, 629
Joe Miller’s Complete Jest Book, 517
Johnson, Andrew, 716–17, 810–11, 813, 818, 820–21
AL and, 466, 642, 691, 765–66, 800–801
conflicts with, 582
as military governor, 582–83
as Republican vice-presidential candidate, 683
as senator, 67, 173, 220
drunkenness of, 755
Johnson, Edward, 317
Johnson, Oliver, 65, 637, 641, 687
Johnson, Reverdy, 42, 222, 347, 671, 700
on AL’s militia proclamation, 136–37, 145, 153
as senator, 568, 596
Johnson, Richard W., 157
Johnson, William H., 24, 252, 278, 570, 578–79, 691, 825
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 309
Johnston, Joseph E., 178, 181–82, 319, 508, 551, 786
as Confederate general, 199, 294, 303–5, 308–9
at Manassas, 214
at Richmond, 312
Jones, Edward F., 141–42
Jones, J. Russell, 628
Jones, John A., 420
Jones, William, 88
Jonesboro, Tennessee, Burnside at, 556
Jordan, Edward, 392
Journal of Commerce (New York), 394
and bogus proclamation, 650–51
on Emancipation Proclamation, 472
Juarez, Benito, 740
Judd, Norman B., 92, 201, 225
on AL’s inaugural address, 49
on AL’s speeches as president-elect, 21–22
as minister to Berlin (Prussia), 92, 93
MTL and, 263, 265
on prospective cabinet members, 57
regarding assassination plots against AL, 32, 34, 36–39
Julian, George W., 79, 211, 215, 345, 359, 422, 708, 794, 820
Jullien, Augustus, 278–79
Kane, George P., 32, 33–34, 812
Kansas, 219, 545
City, 540
corruption in, 392–93
delegations, 543
incorporation of, 535
Jayhawkers in, 535, 540
raid at Lawrence, 540
U.S. Department of, 218
Kean, Robert G.H., 727
Kearney, Philip, 438
Keckly, Elizabeth, 298, 301, 701–2, 770, 783–84, 795, 799, 801, 826
Keene (New Hampshire) Cheshire Republican, 577
Kelley, William D., 377, 399, 444, 449, 634–35, 687, 708, 720, 757, 777
Kellogg, Francis W., 596
Kellogg, William, 84, 273, 287, 539
Kellogg, William Pitt, 84
Kelly, James, 706
Kenly, John R., 316
Kennedy, Anthony, 142
Kennedy, John A., 27, 824
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 66, 285, 475
on AL’s militia proclamation, 136
on AL’s reelection, 682
on AL’s speeches as president-elect, 21
on Baltimore detour, 146
Kennedy, Robert C., 739
Kentucky, 8, 67, 202, 207, 216, 347, 709
as Border State, 128–29, 230, 335–36
campaigns in, 432
elections, 133, 719–20, 723–24
legislature, 230
militia proclamation and, 136
Mill Springs battle, 290, 432
Munsfordville, 432
neutrality of, 155–57
as part of Union, 154–57
rebels in, 366
as Slave State, 134
slavery and, 154–55, 236
State Guard militia, pro-Confederate, 156
strategic importance of, 154
in Union, 154–57
Unionists, 422
Whigs, 215
Keokuk, 489
Key, John J., 377
Key, Thomas M., 424
Keyes, Erastus D., 371
on Fort Pickens, 112–13
as general, 302, 315
King, Albert, 817
King, Austin A., 746–47
King, Horatio, 347
King, Preston, 143, 266, 359, 622
King, Rufus, 92, 336
Kinney, Constance, 818
Kinney, Mary, 818
Kirke, Edmund, 672
See also Gilmore, James R.
Kirkland, Charles P.: A Letter to the Honorable Benjamin R. Curtis, 473
Kirkwood, Samuel J., 414, 466
Klauser, Francis J., 93
Knights of the Golden Circle, 559
Knox, James, 86–87
Knoxville (Tennessee) Whig, 67
Kock, Bernard, 395–96
Koerner, Gustave: AL and, 216, 321, 479, 694
as minister to Spain, 84, 93
Kreismann, Herman, 263, 265
La Barge, Joseph, 483
La Crosse (Wisconsin) Democrat, 698
Lafayette (Indiana) Journal, 85
Lamon, Ward Hill, 209, 288, 347, 699, 763, 807–9
with AL during inaugural trip, 2, 7, 11–12, 36–38
AL’s appointment of, 79–81, 86, 96, 105
conduct of, 237
criticism of, 175
at Gettysburg Address, 572–73
investigation of, 80–81
MTL and, 266, 828
on relief of Fort Sumter, 105–6, 113
at White House, 259
Lander, Frederick W., 295
Lane, Henry S., 459, 733
Lane, James, 140, 466, 545, 546
Langdon, John Mercer, 464, 636
Latham, Robert W., 749
Lathers, Richard, 128
Leach, James M., 67
Leale, Charles, 817
Leavitt, Joshua, 612
Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 205, 208, 272, 747
Lee, Robert E., 508, 511, 742, 752, 785, 787, 794, 805
at Antietam, 380–83, 407, 414, 513
attacks of, 370, 413, 653
as commander of Virginia’s military, 139, 287, 371, 495–96
communications of, 497–98
defeats McClellan, 319
forces, 428–29, 580, 779
grand offensive and, 648, 650
Hooker and, 501–3
mansion of, 178
Pope and, 372
retreat by, 429–30
summer 1863 offensive of, 501–3, 510–16
surrender of, 799–800, 806, 810. See also Virginia, Army of Northern
Legal Tender Act, 565
Lellyett, John, 716
Leslie, James, 268
Leutze, Emanuel, 313
Lewis, Robert, 762
Lexington, Missouri, 201–2, 222
Lhuys, Edouard Drouyn de, 415
Libby Prison (Richmond), 782, 789, 790, 797
The Liberator (Boston), 638, 683
Liberia, 354, 639
colonization in, 387–89, 394
diplomatic recognition of, 351, 355
Lieber, Francis, 527, 541, 646, 719
Lincoln, Abraham (AL)
American Civil War, 365–68
acceptance of blame for 1862 defeat, 330–32
African American troops during, 520–25
attacks of McClellan and administration, 213–17
attempts to dump AL during, 665–69
Bixby letter on, 736–38
blind memorandum, 674–76
blunder at Bull’s Bluff, 199–200
bogus proclamation, 650–52
Burnside during, 484–87, 503–10
cabinet shake-up during, 237–48
as commander-in-chief/general-in-chief, 311–19
Committee of Seventy and, 544–53
condemned soldiers during, 492–94
Confederate raid on Washington, D.C., 655–58
congress members and, 286
control of generals by, 285–87
cotton-trading policies and, 761–64
defeat in West, 555–58
defeated rebels after, 792–95
despair during, 220–21
endgame of, 795–98
expansion of army, 325–27
field victories during, 688–89
Fort Pickens (Florida), 64–65, 127
Frémont in Missouri during, 200–212
General War Order No.2, 302
General War Order No.3, 302–3
Gettysburg Address (1863), 135, 518, 568–77, 737
Gettysburg campaign during, 510–16, 518, 559, 579, 656, 806
grand offensive, 646–50
grand offensive stalls, 652–55
Hampton Roads Conference during, 749, 751–61, 771, 791
Hooker during, 484–87
imbroglio in Missouri, 527–34
issuance of pardons during, 494, 534
Lee, R. E., summer 1863 offensive, 501–3, 510
martial law proclamation during, 202–3, 205–6, 211, 237, 334, 347, 477
Maryland elections during, 566–77
McClellan’s plans for, 191–98, 199–200, 218, 373
Minnesota Sioux uprising during, 480–84
more war orders, 302–8
naval victories during, 212–13
Niagara Manifesto, 669–74, 676, 679, 681, 689, 745, 754
Ohio and success at fall elections, 558–66
opening the Mississippi, 516–20
passage of Thirteenth Amendment, 47–48, 67–68, 745–51, 757, 759, 803
peace talks during, 678–80
peninsula campaign, 308–11, 333, 371
as phony war, 190–92
Potomac front during, 199
President’s General War Order No. 1, 294
President’s Special War Order No. 1, 294
quasi-victory at Antietam, 380–83, 407, 414, 424, 430, 448, 496, 513, 562, 656, 806
and Douglass, C., 677–78
repulse at Charleston, 487–91
resistance to draft during, 527–34
restoring McClellan to command, 376–83
restructuring and relocating Army, 368–71, 479
Richmond visit, 788–92
Second Battle at Bull Run, 371–76
slavery during, 229–37
smallpox during, 578–79
spring 1863 offensive, 495–500
Trent affair during, 221–29, 232
troop visits during, 424–27, 491–92, 499, 653–55
victory at polls and field, 526–27
victory in Tennessee, 579–80
visit to frontline, 327–30
voter disenchantment, 658–59
Wade-Davis Bill and Manifesto, 659–65, 772–74, 798
weaponry research and development during, 292–93
West during, 217–20
winter and early spring of 1863, 474–75
—Fort Pickens (Florida): Buchanan on, 104
Keyes on, 112–13
Meigs on, 112–14, 116
Porter on, 113–17
public opinion regarding, 109–10
reinforcement of, 107–11
Scott, Winfield, on, 104, 112–13
seizure of, 49
Seward, W.H., on, 111
in Union hands, 102, 104, 108
—Fort Sumter: bombardment of, 131–32, 165, 169
crisis, 43–44, 64–65, 92, 97–99
decision to relieve, 99–111, 123–25
evacuation/surrender of, 100–101, 103, 106–7
offer to swap fort for Virginia, 119–23
seizure and surrender of, 49, 132, 144, 169, 176
Seward, W.H., sabotages relief plans for, 111–17
war at, 125–30
Character and Behavior, 581, 834
—character: anger and temper, 290, 296, 494, 716–17
awkwardness, 60, 258
eloquence, 729
good natured and well-intentioned, 41–42, 193, 366
greatness, 825, 832–34
health of, 72
honesty and integrity, 234, 286, 366
judgment, 135–36
kindness, 820–21, 833
leadership qualities, 526–27
loyalty, 79–81
manners, 193, 258, 286
memory, 41
patience, 191, 286–87
patriotism, 234, 366
reading habits, 287–90
sense of gratitude, 71
simplistic taste of, 1
social graces of, 198
storytelling, humor and jokes, 42, 286, 324, 334, 337, 447, 532
unselfishness, 728
will, 56, 64–65, 103
wisdom, 286
work habits of, 72–73, 75
—physical description: appearance, 7–8, 17–18, 24–25, 256–58, 314–15, 328
As President
—administration of: under attack, 213–17
Chase, S.P., as chief justice, 731–36
control of, 286
criticism against, 144, 151, 179, 203–4, 215–17, 325, 365, 367–68
diplomatic appointments during, 93–95
ethnicity and religion during, 90–93
Illinois appointees, 83–88
office seekers during, 70–73, 126, 200–201, 299
patronage during, 69–97
personal secretaries, 73–75, 124–25, 289
popularity of, 287, 297, 311, 328, 366, 379, 448–50, 475–80, 526, 572, 615–18
southern appointments, 95–97
trouble in declining office seekers, 88–90
unfortunate appointments and political appointments during, 75–83
on writ of habeas corpus, 151–53, 173, 366, 435–36, 507–10
—April 1865: assassination of, 816–19
Booth, J.W., and, 770, 803, 807, 810–16
final day of, 809–10
at Ford’s Theatre, 806–7, 810, 816–19
funeral of, 819–21
funeral train of, 821–25
greatness of, 833–34
last cabinet meeting, 804–6
last public speech, 800–804
monument and tomb for, 826–28
national mourning for, 828–33
postlude, 834
return to Washington, D.C., 799–800
security for, 807–9
—Cabinet of, 179, 804–6
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p; completion of, 52–58
“compound,” 57–58
crisis of December, 1862, 52–58
prospective treasury secretary, 52–55
public remarks regarding, 57, 151
secretaries, 253
selection of, 1–2
shake-up of, 184–85, 237–48
—congressional messages: annual (1863), 591, 593–94
first annual (1861), 230–37, 273, 724
First Hundred Days, 166–73
House Divided speech, 399
last annual (1864), 726, 738–45
second annual (1862), 439–43, 824
special gradual emancipation, 335–48, 355, 439–40, 543
—Emancipation Proclamation, 360–64, 440–42, 459, 544, 559, 561, 639, 676, 751, 781, 824, 832
admission of West Virginia and, 459–62
Andrew, J.A., on, 411
backlash against, 419–23
Bartlett, D.W., on, 423
Bates on, 409
Blair, M., on, 408–9, 419, 463
Border States and, 422–23
Brooks on, 469
Burnside on, 418, 443–48
cabinet crisis of December 1862, 448–59
Chapman on, 470
Chase, S.P., on, 407–9, 463, 471
Child on, 410, 471
Cincinnati (Ohio) Commercial on, 472
colonization and, 383–95
Confederacy on, 417
conservative counter-pressure, 406–7
control of Mississippi River and, 433–35
Davis, D., on, 419
Davis, J., on, 417, 472
Douglass, F., on, 409–11, 470–71, 678
electoral reverses and, 419–23
exemptions from, 587–90
Final, 410
Forbes on, 410–11
Garnet on, 470
Garrison, W.L., on, 411, 470
Greeley letter and, 396, 400–406, 564, 834
Green on, 410
Gurowski on, 409
issuance of, 414–18, 477, 507, 537, 637–38, 803
Journal of Commerce on, 472
lack of military successes and, 423–33
McClellan and, 443–48
modification of, 462–68
newspapers on, 415–17
official declaration of, 468–73
political reverses and, 435–39
preliminary, 424, 585
public announcement of, 407–18
reaffirmed commitment to, 678–80, 755
rescind requests for, 478
second annual congressional message and, 439–43
—First Hundred Days, 131
annual message to Congress, 166–73
arrival of troops after fall of Ft. Sumter, 138–49
Congress in session during, 173–76
early war skirmishes and Bull Run, 176–89
emergency measures and Constitution, 149–54
European recognition and support of Confederacy, 135, 160–62, 214
keeping Kentucky in Union during, 154–57
keeping Missouri in Union during, 158–59
militia proclamation/summoning Congress, 132–38
mobilization of army, 162–66
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