Carpenter, Francis B., 500, 547
Carrie Martin, USS, 433
Cartter, David K., 250
Cartwright, Peter, 48, 114–15, 119, 123, 150
Casey, Joseph, 249
Casparis, John, 120
Cass, Lewis, 45, 122, 126, 129–30, 131, 133
Catholic Church, 169–70, 189, 190
Cedar Mountain, battle of, 370
Census of 1850, 228
Cerro Gordo, battle of, 124, 133
Chambrun, Marquis de, 579, 580, 582
Chancellorsville, battle of, 435–36, 437, 438, 440
Chandler, William E., 480
Chandler, Zachariah, 287–88, 314, 318, 320, 327, 332, 402, 403, 425, 473, 477, 511, 533–35
Chapman, Augustus H., 152–53
Chapman, Harriet, 153
“Charcoals,” 452, 477, 505, 544
Charles I, King of England, 558
Charleston, siege of, 434–35, 437, 459, 497, 593
Battery Wagner assault in, 455
Charleston Mercury, 187, 284
Chase, Kate, 459, 476
Chase, Salmon P., 168, 170, 173, 190, 193, 214, 323, 326, 330, 332, 333, 347, 348, 352, 361, 363, 367–68, 372, 373, 382, 395, 397, 424, 444, 449, 458, 468, 471, 489, 502, 534, 570, 584, 589
cabinet appointment of, 261–62, 263, 264, 281–82, 285
in cabinet crisis, 400–406, 426
colonization favored by, 345–46
1860 election and, 232, 236, 237, 240, 242–43, 247, 250
1864 election and, 474, 478–83, 488, 492, 494–95, 496, 531
Emancipation Proclamation as viewed by, 365–66, 375
Fessenden’s replacement of, 508–9
Fort Sumter crisis and, 286–87, 289
Lincoln’s finances and, 570
Lincoln’s relationship with, 478–79, 507
Mary Lincoln’s dislike of, 427, 459, 476
at Norfolk surrender, 351
Peace Conference and, 279
resignations of, 404–5, 406, 482–83, 508–9, 535
at second inauguration, 566, 568
Seward’s conflict with, 281–82
Supreme Court nomination of, 535–36, 551–52
Chattanooga, siege of, 457–58, 459, 468, 469
Cherokee Indians, 393
Chester County (Pa.) Times, 237
Chew, Robert S., 292
Chicago Democrat, 169, 231, 235
Chicago Democratic Press, 169
Chicago Press and Tribune, 203, 214, 215–16, 231, 237, 240, 248, 253, 266
“Chicago Surrender,” 530
Chicago Times, 210–11, 214, 237, 316, 421, 465–66, 473, 568
Chicago Tribune, 19, 168, 169, 180, 200, 295, 316, 377, 399, 401, 424, 457, 458–59, 465, 474, 478, 494
Chickamauga, battle of, 457
Chickasaw Bluffs, battle of, 409
Chippewa Indians, 394
Chittenden, Lucius E., 279
Chitty, Edward, 55, 102
Choate, Rufus, 157
Christian Advocate and Journal, 542
“Chronicles of Reuben, The” (Lincoln), 35
Cincinnati Commercial, 324, 409
Cincinnati Gazette, 481, 505
Cisco, John J., 507–8
City of Louisiana, 223
civil liberties, see habeas corpus
Civil War, U.S.:
black troops in, 429–31, 471, 489
blockade in, 302–3, 305–6, 321, 413, 415, 468, 575
border states in, 297, 300–301
City Point Conference and, 578–80
civil liberties in, 303–4, 424, 441–43
Committee on Conduct of the War and, 326–27, 329, 332, 333, 340, 352
conscription in, see conscription
Dahlgren raid in, 489–90, 549
European intervention, recognition and, 321, 352, 374, 379, 413–14, 547
fall of Richmond in, 576
foreign relations and, 412–16
Frémont proclamation and, 314–17, 363
General Order No. 1 in, 334–35, 338–339
gold speculation and, 501–2, 507
habeas corpus in, see habeas corpus
and Hampton Roads Conference, 557–561, 573, 577
innovative weapons in, 431–32
Kentucky neutrality in, 299–301
Lee’s surrender in, 581, 589
Lincoln’s diplomatic appointments and, 321
Lincoln’s military appointments in, 313–314
Lincoln’s public letters and, 442–44, 450
Lincoln’s Richmond visit and, 576–78
Lincoln’s victory speech and, 581–84
Lincoln’s view of, 301–3
manpower problems in, 296, 359, 429–431, 501
military bureaucracy in, 431
Monitor–Merrimac battle in, 339–40
onset of, 292, 645n
peace negotiations in, see peace negotiations
Peterhoff affair and, 413–14
prisoners, prison camps in, 302, 489
railroads and, 458
Trent affair and, 320–23
Vallandigham affair and, 419–21
war–power and, 303
war vs. peace factions in, 313–14
see also individual battles and campaigns
Clark, Daniel B., 550
Clark & Morrison v. Page & Bacon, 149
Clary’s Grove gang, 40, 46, 47
Clay, Cassius M., 170, 237, 238, 298, 321, 335, 412–13
Clay, Clement C , 521
Clay, Henry, 36, 42, 50, 52, 78, 85, 109, 110, 112–13, 119, 122, 125, 126, 132, 139, 140, 163, 166, 194, 212, 222–23, 247, 270, 299, 382, 554
Lincoln’s eulogy on, 165, 177, 189, 343
Clay, Thomas H., 382
“Claybanks,” 452, 505, 544
Clay Clubs, 112–13
Clay Guards, 298
Clayton, John M., 140
Clemment, Justice, 71
Cluseret, Gustave Paul, 535
Cobden, Richard, 322, 323
Cochrane, John, 409
Codding, Ichabod, 177, 180, 189
Cogdal, Isaac, 57–58
Colburn, Nettie, 427
Cold Harbor, battle of, 504, 512
Cole, Cornelius, 592
Colfax, Schuyler, 214, 254, 265, 325, 468, 469, 500, 592
Collamer, Jacob, 402, 403, 405
Collier, Robert Laird, 373
colonization, see slaves, slavery
Colorado, 481, 539
Columbian Class Book, The, 30
Columbus Daily Capital City Fact, 284
Columbus Insurance Co. v. Curtenius et al., 156–57
Commentaries (Blackstone), 53
Committee of Thirteen, 268
Committee of Thirty–three, 268
Compromise of 1850, 163, 167, 173, 175, 181, 189, 257, 270, 345
Confederate States of America (C.S.A.), 276, 297, 303, 355, 397
arming of blacks and, 547
blockade of, 302–3, 305–6, 321, 413, 415, 468, 575
creation of, 267
1864 election as viewed in, 547
Emancipation Proclamation as viewed in, 378
European recognition of, 321, 352, 374, 379, 413–14, 547
Lincoln kidnap plots and, 549, 586–87
Lincoln’s inauguration speech as viewed in, 284
Niagara peace negotiations and, 521–22
peace negotiations and, see peace negotiations
population of, 295
Confiscation Act, first (1861), 314, 315, 375, 560, 578
Confiscation Act, second (1862), 364–65, 368, 374, 375, 379, 430, 560, 578
Congress, Confederate, 577, 578
Congress, U.S., 31, 44, 49, 52, 101, 103, 127, 128–29, 144, 169, 173, 191, 292, 296, 319, 331–32, 362, 420, 432, 448, 468, 491, 501, 509, 565
anti–Lincoln sentiment in, 342–43, 423–426
conscription and, 417, 418, 424, 528
1862 election
and, 380, 382–83
1864 election and, 477, 552–54
and first battle of Bull Run, 307–8
first Confiscation Act passed by, 314
gold speculation and, 507
habeas corpus and, 303–4, 305
internal revenue law and, 424
Joint Committee on Conduct of the War created by, 326–27
Kansas–Nebraska Act and, 168
Lecompton Constitution and, 203
Lincoln’s abolition proposal and, 345–348
Lincoln’s 1861 State of the Union message to, 320
Lincoln’s 1862 State of the Union message to, 395–98, 417–18
Lincoln’s 1863 State of the Union message to, 472–74
Lincoln’s 1864 State of the Union message to, 553, 555, 558
Lincoln’s July, 1861 message to, 292–93, 301–4, 305, 461, 644n
Mary Lincoln investigated by, 324–25
Mexican War and, 123
money for refurbishment of White House appropriated by, 312, 313
new states and, 539–40
paper currency and, 352, 380, 424
reconstruction and, 488, 561, 563–64, 591–92
secession and, 257, 267, 269
second Confiscation Act passed by, 364–65
slave colonization and, 343–45
slavery and, 133, 162, 175, 345–48, 355
and slave trade in Washington, D.C., 134–36
tariff legislation by, 424
13th Amendment and, 523, 554, 555, 558, 560, 561–63
Wade–Davis bill and, 510–11
War Department investigated by, 325–326
Congress, USS, 340
Congressional Globe, 79
Conkling, James C., 70, 88, 160, 250, 456–457
Conkling, Roscoe, 382–83, 443, 538
Connecticut, 241, 243, 264
Conness, John, 479
Conrad, Thomas Nelson, 549–50, 587, 588
Conscience Whigs, 127
conscription, 429, 489, 501, 539
Congress and, 417, 418, 424, 528
Constitution and, 450–51, 455
riots and, 448, 449–50
Constitution, U.S., 63–64, 125, 270, 300
conscription and, 450–51, 455
Emancipation Proclamation and, 407
First Amendment of, 136
Gettysburg Address and, 462, 465
habeas corpus and, 303–4, 442, 443
Lincoln’s proposed amendments to, 396–97
reconstruction debate and, 472
secession and, 268, 269, 276
slavery and, 134, 176, 199, 200, 201, 207–8, 238–39
Thirteenth Amendment of, 128, 396–98, 503, 504, 509, 523, 554, 555, 558, 560, 561–63
war–making power and, 128
“contrabands,” 343, 383, 417
Cooke, Henry D., 544
Cooke, Jay, 455, 507
Cooper Union speech, 237–40
Copperheads, 416–17, 432, 517, 529, 537
Corinth, battle of, 384
Corning, Erastus, 442, 443
“Cotter’s Saturday Night, The” (Burns), 47
Couch, Darius N., 434, 440
Covode, John, 327
Cox, S. S. “Sunset,” 416
Crafton, Greek, 150
Crawford, Andrew, 28–29
Crawford, Thomas, 471
Creswell, J.A.J., 592
Crittenden, John J., 138, 212, 228, 268, 299, 307, 314, 348, 528
Crook, William H., 571
Cullom, Shelby M., 150
Cumberland, USS, 340
Cummings, Alexander, 301
Curtin, Andrew G., 253, 265, 373, 454, 455, 458, 502, 538, 543
Curtis, Benjamin R., 200, 201, 423
Curtis, George William, 465
Curtis, Samuel R., 451, 452–53
Cutter, Seth, 97
Cults, Adèle, 215
Dahlgren, John A., 352, 426, 432, 446, 459, 489
Dahlgren, Ulric, 489–90, 549
Daily Alta California, 287, 347
Dallman, Mrs. Charles, 158
Dana, Charles A., 519, 543, 589, 599
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 424
“Danites,” 213, 219, 227
Davis, David, 70, 112–13, 132, 139, 146–147, 150, 151, 156, 183, 184, 191, 193, 203, 231, 234, 242, 244, 245, 246, 248–50, 253, 265–66, 273, 278, 283, 338, 381, 397, 400, 420, 483, 495, 504, 510, 512, 540, 551, 648n
Davis, Garrett, 300, 373
Davis, Henry Winter, 470, 477, 484, 488, 510, 524, 525, 531, 533–34, 535, 553, 562
Davis, Jefferson, 276, 284, 302, 306, 314, 378, 414, 456, 470, 490, 522, 526, 530–31, 532, 547, 576, 577, 578, 583, 596
Jaquess–Gilmore mission and, 523
Lincoln kidnap plot and, 677n–78n
peace efforts and, 555–57, 559, 560
Davis, Walter, 138
Dawes, Henry L., 326, 334
Dawson, John L., 510
Day, Frederick S., 184
Dayton, William L., 193, 237, 261, 262, 265, 281, 323, 415
Decatur Republican Convention (1860), 244–46
Declaration of Independence, 199, 210, 233, 269, 277, 459, 635, 665n
Gettysburg Address and, 460, 462, 465–466
slavery and, 176, 199, 201–2, 222, 224, 226, 233
Delahay, Mark W., 188, 243, 248–49, 266
Delaware, 297, 543, 544, 563
Democratic National Convention (1860), 243, 247
Democratic National Convention (1864), 517, 530, 532, 547
Democratic party, U.S., 42, 45, 52–53, 58, 61, 62, 77, 78, 79, 90, 111, 112, 122, 127, 167, 179, 184, 189, 212, 296, 332, 373–74, 418–19, 491, 546
Copperheads and, see Copperheads
in 1848 election, 129
in 1854 election, 171, 178
in 1856 election, 192
in 1858 election, 204–5, 227
in 1860 election, 232, 243, 247, 253
in 1861 Congress, 305
in 1862 election, 380–83, 395, 421, 454–455
in 1864 election, 483, 517, 530, 532, 537, 544, 547
Emancipation Proclamation and, 377, 380
mediation issue and, 416–17
War vs. Peace, 313, 416–19, 421, 441, 504
Dennison, William, 492, 504, 535, 550, 551, 589
Department of the Cumberland, U.S., 458
Department of the East, U.S., 283
Department of Kentucky, U.S., 300, 316
Department of the Ohio, U.S., 419, 458
Department of the South, U.S., 363, 430
Department of the Tennessee, U.S., 458
Department of the West, U.S., 300, 314, 316, 425, 480
Detroit Daily Tribune, 240, 284
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