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INDEX
Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Page numbers beginning with 575 refer to end notes.
Abell, Arunah Shepherdson, 72–74, 339
abolitionism, 41, 60, 79, 310, 346
condemned by slaveholders, 207–8
Dred Scott decision and, 168
abolitionist press, xxvii, 34–37, 107, 109–11, 150, 160
Bennett’s attack on, 150
Lincoln biography in, 242
Lincoln’s reading of, 139
struggles of, 149
see also Douglass, Frederick; Garrison, William Lloyd; Lovejoy, Elijah
Acton, John E. E. D., Lord, 148–49
Adams, Colonel, 444
Adams, Henry, 264
Adams, John, press’s opposition to, xvii
Adams, John Quincy, xix, 71, 84
advertising, 12, 18, 20, 25, 27, 60, 86, 206, 307, 309–10, 327
African-American newspapers, 110, 214, 238, 333, 398, 408–9, 414, 418, 549–50, 563
African Americans:
Bennett’s racism and, xxvi, 27, 246, 248, 253, 556
Emancipation Proclamation and, 408–9, 416, 417–18
Lincoln’s Richmond visit and, 549
and Lincoln’s second Annual Address, 414
rights of, 197–98
suffrage of, 248
as troops, 418–19, 456, 473–74, 475–76, 485
see also slaves, slavery
Alabama, secession of, 262–63
Alamo, 73
Albany, N.Y., 29, 279, 287
Albany Argus, 12
Albany Evening Journal, 51, 133, 273
Alexandria Gazette, 338
Alexandria Local News, 338
Allen, Coyle, and Snow, 487
Allen, John, 7
Alton Freie Presse, 186, 188
Alton Observer, 35
Alton Telegraph, 162
American Antiquarian Society, xxvi
American Anti-Slavery Society, 110–11
American Aurora, xvii
American Conflict, The (Greeley), 518
American exceptionalism, 6
American Freeman, 242
American System, 13
American Telegraph Company, 496
American Volunteer, 464
“America West of the Mississippi,” 276
Ames, Sarah Fisher, 645
Among the Pines (Gilmore), 377
Anderson, Robert, 272, 299, 303
Andrews, J. Cutler, 329
Antietam, Battle of, 326, 433, 502–3
anti-Masonic violence, 11
Anti-Slavery Standard, 139
Appomatox, Va., 550
Argus of Western America, xviii
Arizona, 72
Arkansas, secession of, 299
Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces, 464
Army of Tennessee, 436
Arnold, Isaac N., 107, 158–59, 426, 510
Arthur, Chester Alan, 559
Art-Union, 27
Ashley, James M., 512
Associated Press, 146–47, 272, 282, 297, 326, 328, 329, 362, 368, 413, 414, 415, 432, 451, 453, 471, 472, 473, 489, 490, 496, 551, 564
“Association” reform, 55–56, 58
Astor House conference, 426–28
Atlanta, Ga., 527–28
Atlantic Monthly, 388, 544
Atlantic Telegraph Company, 365
Austro-Sardinian War, 316
Ayres, E. W., 459–60
Babcock, James F., 273
Bache, Benjamin, xvii
Badeau, Adam, 327
Bail Bond of Mr. Jefferson Davis . . . With all the Signatures Thereto, 557
Bailey, Gamaliel, Jr., 111, 149
Bailhache, Preston, 203
Bailhache, William H., 162–63, 186, 195, 203, 231, 289, 600
death of, 559
Lincoln’s first inaugural typeset by, 280
quartermaster post received by, 273–74, 468–70
Baker, Edward D., 87, 88, 119, 332, 336
Baker, Edward L., 162–63, 163, 186, 195, 196, 231, 289, 538, 543
in campaign of 1858, 177
death of, 559
Fitzhugh recommended for commissioner appointment by, 275
Lincoln interviewed by, 226–27
Lincoln’s meetings on Bailhache’s post with, 469–70
Ball, Thomas, 563, 564
Ball’s Bluff, Battle of, 331–32, 362
Baltimore, Md., 239, 286–87
habeas corpus suspension criticized in, 312
Northern troops attacked in, 304, 619
Baltimore American, 365, 466
Baltimore Clipper, 101
Baltimore Daily Republican, 430
Baltimore Exchange, 338
Baltimore Loyalist, 508
Baltimore Sun, 72, 287, 339, 466
habeas corpus suspension criticized by, 313
Bangor Democrat, 353
Bangor Whig, 125
Bank of the United States, 41
Banks, Nathaniel, 358
Barlow, Samuel L. M., 488, 653
Barlow’s Knoll, 434
Barney, Hiram, 501, 502
Barnum, P. T., 28, 147, 253, 254, 353
Barr, Martin W., 341
Barrett, Joseph H., 242, 273, 521
Bartlett, David W., 242, 367
Bartlett, William O., 533–34, 535
Bates, David Homer, 496
Bates, Edward, 192, 395, 501
in bid for nomination of 1860, 224, 230, 234, 235, 237
cabinet post sought by, 245
at Greeley’s lecture, 378
Lincoln visited in Secession Winter by, 265
Weed’s desire for campaign position of, 268
Baton Rouge, La., 458
Battery, 100–101
Beach, Moses Yale, 56, 73
Beardstown Chronicle, 15
Beauregard, P. G. T., 314
Beecher, Catherine, 12
Beecher, Henry Ward, 215, 494, 551–52, 563, 631, 654
Bell, John, 239
Bellew, Frank, 539
Belmont, August, 488, 523, 534–35
Benjamin, Judah P., 516
Bennett, James Gordon, xxvi, 28, 302
abolition opposed by, xxvi, 27, 409, 410
Acton’s criticism of, 148
advanced copy of Lincoln’s first annual message received by, 369–72
Anderson defended by, 303
anti-Semitism of, xxvi, 23, 482, 535
background of, 21–22
on beginning of secession crisis, 258
bishop’s dispute with, 27, 58
on “Black Republicans,” 246
bomb sent to, 30
Breckinridge supported by, 247–48
Buchanan supported in 1860 by, 239
call for peace from, 300, 302–3
cartoons of, 64–65, 64, 239, 255
Chicago press attacked by, 431
credit for success of Times taken by, 138
daily routine of, 147–48
death of, 556
Democrats supported in 1856 election by, 164–65
Douglas praised by, 142
on Dred Scott decision, 167
in duel, 30
editors’ declaration and, 427, 428
Emancipation Proclamation and, 409, 415
expansion of slavery opposed by, 149
Frémont initially supported by, 163, 164
government suppression of newspapers supported by, 348–49
Greeley’s circulation bet with, 85–86, 90
Greeley’s feud with, 56–59, 64, 170, 184–85, 201, 206, 212, 234–35, 261, 350, 410
Greeley’s similarities with, 63–64
Greeley suggested for Lincoln’s cabinet by, 257
Harrison supported by, 27
Herald started by, 21, 24–25
as “His Satanic Majesty,” xxviii
Jackson admred by, 23
Kansas-Nebraska Act opposed by, 149–50
Kossuth’s appeal questioned by, 141
Lincoln criticized by, 233–34, 500, 534, 535–36
Lincoln opposed by, 233–34, 246–48, 250, 256, 262
Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech and, 222
on Lincoln’s Corning letter, 429
Lincoln’s courting of, 391–92
on Lincoln’s letter to Greeley, 404
Lincoln’s “lynching” remark and, 250
and Lincoln’s reelection, 531–37
on Lincoln’s second Annual Address, 414
Medill’s attempt to forge neutrality deal with, 246–47
partnering with Greeley sought by, 24, 51
patronage post desired by, 24
Pennsylvanian edited by, 24
political independence of, 33
Post Office contract of, 64–65, 64
post of minister to France offered to, 534, 534, 536–37, 556
public orations printed by, 27
racism of, xxvi, 27, 246, 248, 253, 556
Raymond criticized by, 130, 272, 345
rivals’ loathing of, 31–32
Russell insulted by, 319
sal
utation editorial of, 22–23
as showman, xxvii, 27–28, 29, 32–33, 52, 99, 138, 252
telegraph installed at office by, 74
on Thirteenth Amendment, 543
Trent affair and, 363
Tribune’s censorship urged by, 426
Villard relieved of reporting on Lincoln by, 285
wealth of, 201
on Webb’s diplomatic appointment, 311–12
Webb’s fight and disputes with, 29–30, 31, 213
Wood promoted by, 147
Wood’s friendship with, 303
see also New York Herald
Bennett, James Gordon, Jr., 304, 556
Benton, Thomas Hart, 73
Bernays, Charles L., 192
Bible, 10
Bigelow, John, 537
Bilbo, William N., 542, 543
Binmore, Henry, 180
Black Hawk War, 14, 15
black press, xxvii, 414
see also specific newspapers
blacks, see African Americans
Blair, Francis Preston, Jr., 226
Blair, Francis Preston, Sr., 23, 24, 78, 542
Blair, Montgomery, xxiii, 340–41, 347, 351, 374, 395, 410, 501, 529
Forney’s desire for termination of, 450–51
House Judiciary Committee’s questioning of, 421–22
blanket sheets, 25, 26
Bloomington Times, 422
Board of Trade, Chicago, 423
Bohemian Brigade, xxv
Boileau, Albert D., 420–21, 430
Bone, J. H. A., 282
Booneville Patriot, 340
Booth, John Wilkes, 551, 552
Border States, 269, 336, 541
in election of 1864, 538
Lincoln’s abolition plan for, 382–84, 394–95, 413
newspaper suppression in, 338–42, 345
Boritt, Gabor, 455
Boston, Mass., 29, 365–66
Boston Advertiser, 102, 466, 488
Boston Atlas, 232
Boston Commonwealth, 492
Boston Courier, 266
Boston Daily Atlas, 101, 102
Boston Herald, 251
Boston Journal, 437, 466, 550
Boston Transcript, 466
Bowen, Henry, 217–18, 273
Bowles, Samuel, III, 201
Brady, Mathew, 158, 318
Bragg, Braxton, 436
Bragg, Oliver Tarbell, 206
Breckinridge, John C., 239, 241, 247, 255–56
Bridgeport Daily Advertiser and Weekly Farmer, 352–53
broadsheets, 127
Broadway Tabernacle, 163
Brockway, Beman, 257
Bromley, Isaac Hill, 225, 228
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