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hospital visit by, 513
house remodeled by, 197–98
Lincoln’s assassination and, 593, 595, 597–99
Lincoln’s correspondence with, 130–31
Lincoln’s courtship of, 86–88, 90, 93
Lincoln’s election as president and, 270–72
Lincoln’s first meeting with, 85
Lincoln’s relationship with, 95, 158–59
Lincoln’s secretaries and, 429
on Lincoln’s stubbornness, 270
mental state of, 158–59, 427–28, 475, 572–73, 579
New York visited by, 197, 271–72
Ord incident and, 572–73
parenting and, 108–9, 159, 462–63
politics and, 109, 158, 192, 427–28
Russell’s description of, 311–12
Seward and, 427
spiritualists consulted by, 427–28
Springfield–Washington journey and, 273–75
Sumner and, 476, 565, 584
temper of, 108, 158–59, 312–13, 594
as theatergoer, 569–70
White House social life and, 407, 459, 475–76
Wikoff and, 324–25
Willie’s death and, 336–38, 427
Lincoln, Mordecai (great–grandfather), 20–21
Lincoln, Mordecai (uncle), 21–22
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks (mother), 19–20, 22–23, 57, 118
death of, 26–27, 116
Lincoln, Robert Todd (son), 108, 121, 130, 159, 198, 240, 254, 271, 309, 448, 449, 482, 551, 592
in Army, 571
birth of, 95
Lincoln’s death and, 598
Lincoln’s description of, 109
Lincoln’s relationship with, 428
lost speech incident and, 275
Lincoln, Samuel (ancestor), 20–21
Lincoln, Sarah (sister), 22, 26, 29, 57, 118
death of, 33–34, 116
Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnston (stepmother), 27–28, 29, 30, 96, 152
Lincoln’s 1860 visit to, 271
Lincoln, Thomas (brother), 23, 57
Lincoln, Thomas (father), 21, 96, 109, 220, 245, 605n
decline and death of, 152–53
described, 22
Lincoln’s relationship with, 32–33, 152
move of, to Illinois, 36
move of, to Indiana, 23–26
primogeniture and, 21–22
Lincoln, Thomas “Tad” (son), 154, 158, 198, 275, 309–10, 336–37, 433, 446, 449, 462, 463, 515, 518, 548, 571, 581
personality of, 159, 428
on Richmond visit, 576–77
Lincoln, William Wallace (son), 154, 159, 198, 251–52, 275, 309–10, 407, 428, 464, 540, 651n
death of, 336–38, 346
Lincoln cabinet, 280–81, 301, 442, 449, 471, 521, 581
Blair’s resignation from, 533–35
Chase’s departure from, 507–9
congressional critics of, 399–403
crisis of 1862 in, 399–407, 408, 423, 426, 427, 478
Emancipation Proclamation and, 365–366, 373–76
first formal meeting of, 286
Fort Sumter crisis and, 286–87
friction within, 400–401
Hampton Roads Conference and, 560–561
initial list for, 261–63
McClellan’s reinstatement and, 372–73
post–1864–election reorganization of, 550
proposed reorganization of, 399–403
realignment concept and, 421
reconstruction and, 590–92
selection of, 261–63
Vallandigham and, 420
Lincoln Catechism, Wherein the Eccentricities & Beauties of Despotism Are Fully Set Forth, The, 537
Lincoln–Douglas debates (1858), 233, 236, 343–44
at Alton, 223–24
assessment of, 224–27
book version of, 237
at Charleston, 220–21, 222
1858 election and, 211–12, 215–16
format of, 214
at Freeport, 218–20
Freeport Doctrine and, 218–19, 220, 232, 633n
at Galesburg, 221–22
at Jonesboro, 220
Lincoln’s proposal of, 211–12
at Ottawa, 215–18, 219, 222
at Quincy, 223
text of, 630–31
Linder, Usher F., 62, 63, 103
Little Pigeon Creek Farm, 24–26, 33, 34
“Lizzie W. S.,” 548–49
L. M. Wiley, 273
Locke, David Ross, 543
Logan, David, 100
Logan, Stephen T., 52, 74, 79, 104, 114, 133, 150, 183, 184, 188, 245, 248
background of, 97–98
Lincoln’s law partnership with, 88, 96–100
Logan Act (1799), 414
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 542
“Long Nine,” 60–61
Longstreet, James, 370, 490
Lookout Mountain, battle of, 468, 489
“Lost Townships” letters, 90–91, 93
Louisiana, 267, 379, 409, 430, 431, 469, 483, 499, 505, 510, 511, 539
1862 election in, 485
reconstruction debate and, 484–88, 509, 561–65, 582, 584–85, 589
Louisiana Purchase, 167
Louisville Journal, 36
Lovejoy, Elijah P., 82
Lovejoy, Owen, 169, 173, 177, 189, 191, 362, 381
Lowell, James Russell, 378, 543
Lowell (Mass.) Journal and Courier, 219
Loyal Publication Society, 444, 537
Ludlum, Cornelius, 118
lyceum movement, 164
lyceum speech, 80–83, 94, 118, 611n
Lyman, Theodore, 572
Lyon, Nathaniel, 300
Lyons, Lord, 280, 298, 322, 323
Macbeth (Shakespeare), 336, 569, 580
McCall, General, 356
McClellan, George B., 306, 308, 313, 326, 327, 329–30, 333, 334, 348, 355, 369–370, 384, 401, 403, 409, 410, 414, 421, 425, 434, 438, 439, 440, 444, 445, 491, 497, 515, 518, 534, 535, 539
Antietam battle and, 374
Army of the Potomac and, 317–18
Ball’s Bluff tight and, 318–19
Burnside’s replacement of, 389–90
1862 election and, 388–89, 395, 398
1864 Democratic nomination and, 529–530, 531, 541, 542, 544
Emancipation Proclamation opposed by, 387
Halleck’s replacement of, 361
Harrison’s Landing letter of, 359–60
Jacobins and, 318
Lincoln contrasted with, 318
Lincoln’s relationship with, 319–20, 338–41, 349–50, 387–88
loyalty issue and. 385–87
Peninsula campaign and, 349–52, 359–361
physical appearance of, 317
reinstated as general–in–chief, 371–73
relieved as general–in–chief, 341
Scott replaced by, 319
McClernand John A., 77, 314, 418
McClure, Alexander K.. 265, 266, 506, 538
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 185
McCulloch. Hugh, 551
McDowell, Irvin, 306–7, 308, 318, 330, 341, 350, 352. 355–56, 357
McHenry, Henry, 55
Mcllvaine, Charles P., 415
Mclntosh (vigilante victim), 80
McKim, J. M. 378
McLean, John, 186. 193. 194. 200, 243
McManus, Edward. 309
Macmillan’s Magazine, 352
McNamar. John. 56–57
McNeil. John, 39. 42. 47, 56–57
McPheeters, Samuel B., 451–52
Madison, Dolley, 311
Madison, James, 216
Magic Flute, The (Mozart), 570
Magoffin, Beriah, 297
Maine, 173, 248, 292, 297, 454, 458
Mallison, Francis A., 501
Malvern, I’SS, 576, 577, 578
Manassas (Bull Run), first battle of, 307–8
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nbsp; Manassas (Bull Run), second battle of, 370–71, 372, 373
Mann, Horace, 136, 165, 489
Manny, John II, 185, 186
Marble Heart, The (play), 569
Marcy, Randolph B., 339, 358
Marsh, Mathew S.. 50–51
Marshall, John, 166, 605n
Martha (Flotow), 570
Manland, 156, 247, 262, 264, 283–84, 317, 345, 360, 364, 379, 389, 397, 469, 477, 510, 517, 533, 544, 563
Confederate invasion of, 372–73, 374, 384, 392
onset of war and, 297–99
“Mary Lincoln Polka, The,” 336
Mason, James M., 320, 322, 323, 328
Massachusetts, 61, 131–32, 231, 241. 241, 342, 378, 454, 484. 502, 531
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 541
Matheny, James H., 70, 93, 111
Matson, Robert, 103–4, 157, 615n
Matteson, Joel A., 184, 198
Maus, Jacob, 99
Maximilian, Ferdinand, Emperor of
Mexico, 413, 499, 556
Mayer, Adolph, 191
Meade, George Gordon, 440, 448, 457, 459, 464, 498, 499, 572, 580
at Gettysburg, 446–47
Hooker replaced by, 445
Medill, Joseph, 217–18, 219, 233, 248, 260, 342, 377, 399, 401, 424, 474, 494
Meigs, Montgomery C., 291, 292, 330, 358, 439, 644n
Merchant of Venice, The (Shakespeare), 569
Mercier, Henri, 414
Merrimack, I’SS, 339–40, 351
Merryman, Elias H., 91–92
Merryman, John, 299, 304
Methodist Episcopal Church, 542
Metzker, James, 150–51
Mexican War, 125, 128, 132, 133, 134, 140, 219, 226.260, 268, 420
Congress and, 123
1848 election and, 122–26
slavery and, 122, 162
Mexico, 114, 122, 125, 127, 128, 162, 222–223
French presence in, 413, 499, 553, 556, 558
Miami, USS, 350–51
Michigan, 247
Militia Act (1862), 380
Miller, Samuel F., 551
Mills, Joseph T., 526–27
Mill Springs, battle of, 335
Mine Run, battle of, 490
Minnesota, 175, 247, 454
Sioux uprising in, 392–95
Minnesota, USS, 340
Minnesota Territory, 199
Missionary Ridge, battle of, 468, 489
Mississippi, 80, 156, 267, 445
Missouri, 82, 167, 256, 260, 325, 338, 341, 469, 478, 484, 502, 534, 563
Frémont’s proclamation and, 314–17, 425, 479
rival factions in, 451–54, 477, 505, 544
slavery conflict in, 175, 188, 300, 345, 364, 379, 408
Missouri Compromise (1820), 167–68, 170, 173, 175, 189, 199, 200, 257, 268, 269
Missouri Democrat, 211
Missouri Republican, 124
Mitchell, Maggie, 459
Mobile, Ala, 531
Monitor, USS, 340, 431
Monroe Doctrine, 413, 558
Montauk, USS, 593
Monterey, battle of, 123
Moorhead, J. K., 384
Morehead, Charles S, 259
Morgan, E. D., 301, 381, 443, 495, 504, 507, 551
Morgan Journal, 189
Mormons, 213
Morris, Gouverneur, 238
Morrison, James L. D., 139, 183
“Mortality” (Knox), 48
Morton, O. P, 297, 418, 419, 455, 529
“Mud March,” 411
Murfreesboro (Stones River), battle of, 408, 592
Myers, Gustavus A., 578, 579
Nance (slave), 103, 157, 6l5n
Nanny (Tad’s goat), 449
Napoleon III, Emperor of France, 323, 413, 414–15, 416, 499
Nasby Papers (Locke), 543, 593
Nashville, battle of, 553
National Anti-Slavery Standard, 168
National Banking Act (1862), 424
National Conference Committee of the Union Lincoln Association, 478
National Convention of Colored Men, 541
National Democratic party, 213, 219, 222, 227
National Era, 168
National Intelligencer, 136, 316, 482, 553, 568, 596
National Union Executive Committee, 504, 507, 529, 532, 534
National Union party, 468, 483, 502, 503, 504, 506, 526, 537, 550
see also Republican party, U.S.
Native American Party, see Know Nothings
Navy, U.S., 575
Navy Department, U.S., 479
Nebraska, 167, 188, 539
Nebraska Territory, 167–68, 175
Negro soldiers, 367, 429–31, 455, 456–57, 489
Negro suffrage, 484, 487–88, 562–63, 584–85
Neill, Edward D., 310
Nelson, Thomas A. R, 378
Nelson, William, 300
Netherlands, 280
Nevada, 539, 543, 666n
New Berne, N.C, 338
New England Emigrant Aid Company, 188
New England Loyal Publication Society, 481
New Granada, 344
New Hampshire, 241, 480
New Haven Palladium, 243
New Jersey, 156, 246, 256, 262, 276, 277, 382, 383, 445, 481, 543, 544
New Market, battle of, 512
New Mexico, 122, 123, 168, 181, 268, 269
New Nation, 535
New Orleans, La, 352, 355, 425, 478, 479, 484–85
New Salem, Ill, 38, 39, 40–44, 48, 52, 58, 60
Newton, John, 409
New York, 61, 178, 208, 247, 248, 255, 276, 458, 484, 502
Customs House appointment and, 495–496, 507–8, 528–29, 532–33
draft riots in, 448, 449–50
1862 election and, 381, 382, 383, 395
New York Atlas, 420
New York Customs House, 495–96, 507–8, 528–29, 532–33
New York Evening Express, 380
New York Evening Post, 239, 263, 347, 494, 525, 532
New York Herald, 200, 210, 235, 324, 347, 415, 421, 473–74, 483, 490, 492, 494, 508, 523, 524, 533, 536–39, 565
New York Journal of Commerce, 380, 473, 501, 502
New York Times, 214, 278, 295, 316, 347, 383, 414, 501, 503, 505, 526
New York Tribune, 115, 168, 188, 199, 204, 239, 240, 279, 287, 295, 305, 316, 317, 324, 347, 368, 377, 414, 432, 442, 443–44, 448, 473, 474, 494, 500, 501, 503, 521–22, 525, 532
New York Union League, 531
New York World, 305, 347, 357, 380, 457, 465, 473, 478, 483–84, 501, 502, 524, 537
“Next General Election, The” (article), 543