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Lincoln

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by David Herbert Donald


  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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