It seemed as if the whole civilized world were arrested in its daily concerns of life by this tragic calamity. From every quarter of the globe, from kings and queens, emperors, senates, and legislative assemblies, from private individuals, high and low, and from convocations of the plain people of many lands, came messages of sympathy, condolence, respect, and sincere sorrow. It was a tribute unprecedented and spontaneous to the ended life and completed services of Abraham Lincoln.
The author of this brief biography has imperfectly carried out his purpose if he has failed to show how the character of Lincoln was developed and shaped by his early training; how he was raised up and fitted, in the obscure seclusion of humble life, by the providence of God, for a special and peculiar service; how he became the type, flower, and representative of all that is worthily American; how in him the commonest of human traits were blended with an allembracing charity and the highest human wisdom; and how, with single-hearted devotion to the right, he lived unselfishly, void of selfish personal ambition, and, dying tragically, left a name to be remembered with love and honor as one of the best and greatest of mankind.
Altoona, conference of governors at, 342
American party, 156 Anderson, Major Robert, in the Black Hawk War, 58; in Fort Sumter, 255; surrender of, 256 Andrew, John A., Governor of Massachusetts, 261 Antietam, battle of, 307 Anti-Lecompton, 160 Appomattox, surrender at, 445 Arkansas, reply to call for troops, 261; Halleck in, 323 Arming the freedmen, 303 Armstrong, Jack, encounter with
Lincoln, 50; Lincoln defends his son on trial for murder, 127 Army of the Potomac, McClellan
commander of, 319, 324; pro- posed reorganization of, 334: ordered to support Pope, 342; Lincoln visits, 356; at Gettys- burg, 371; Sabbath-breaking, 379; Grant's headquarters with, 387; Meade in command cf, 388; corps commanders of, 388; battles of the Wilderness, 388; at Appomattox, 445 Ashmun, George, chairman of Republican Convention of 1860,
Assassination, threats against Lin- coln before inauguration, 219 Atchison, David R., in the Kan- sas troubles, 145 Autobiography, Lincoln's, 165- 167
Awakening on slavery question, 133
Baker, Col. Edward D., law part- ner with Lincoln, 75; Lincoln
rescues, from mob, 87; elected to Congress, 97; friendship with Lincoln, 415
Baltimore, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment fired on in, 264 Banks, Gen. Nathaniel P., Gov- ernor of Massachusetts, 262; under Pope, 341 Barn-burners, 108, 109
Bateman, Newton, Lincoln's in- terview with, 208
Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T., in com- mand at Charleston, 256; de- mands surrender of Fort Sum- ter, 256; at Bull Run, 279 Bell, John, and Edward Everett nominated, 191
Berry, partner of Lincoln, 65 Big Bethel, Federal defeat at, 279 Bissell, William H., Representa- tive in Congress from Illinois, 83
Black Hawk War, 56-60 Black, Jeremiah S., Attorney- General in Buchanan's Cabinet,
Blair, Francis P., Sr., visits Rich- mond, 404 Blair, Montgomery, house de- stroyed by Rebels, 392; dis- missed by Lincoln, 437 Blockade of Southern ports de- clared, 268
Bonds, six per cent., ordered, 360 Boone, Daniel, Kentucky pioneer, 8
Boonville, Lincoln attends court at, 33
Booth, John Wilkes, 452 Breckinridge, Robert J., Lincoln meets, at Boonville, 34 Breckinridge, John C., nominated for President, 191
Broderick, David C., his death in California, 205.
Brown, John, in Kansas, 145
Cabinet, Lincoln's, 246
Call for troops, 259; call and draft ordered, 400 Cameron, Simon, Secretary of War, 432; proposes to form negro regiments, 433 ap- pointed Minister to Russia, 434; defended by Lincoln, 434 Camp, half-faced, 12 Cartwright, Peter, candidate for Congress, 10I
Cass, Gen. Lewis, in Black Hawk War, 60; Lincoln's sarcasm concerning, 106; nominated for President, 110; Secretary of State, 212
Chancellorsville, battle of, 357 Charleston, Ill., Lincoln's speech
Charleston, S. C., Democratic Convention in 1860, 190; har- bor fortifications, 212 Chase, Salmon P., favored by radical Republicans, 383; his dissatisfaction, 435; resigns Treasury portfolio, 435; ap- pointed Chief-Justice, 436 Chicago Convention, 1860, 191; Lincoln nominated by, 195; Hamlin nominated by, 196
Davis, David, lawyer in Spring- field, Ill., 83 Davis, Jefferson, elected Provi-
sional President of Confederacy, 215; his threats against the North, 216; plea for State sovereignty, 275, 285; pre- sented at Niagara Falls - ference, and visit from F. i Blair, Sr., 403 et seq. Debt, public, in 1783, 2 Decatur County, Ill., Lincoln settles in, 44
Democratic Convention, of 1860, 190; of 1864, 395; Breckin- ridge nominated by, 191; Mc- Clellan nominated by, 395 Dennison, Governor of Ohio, 262 Dix, John A., succeeds Howell Cobb as Secretary of Treasury,
Dixie, a national air, 235; cap- tured, 389
Dixon, John, guide in Black | Free Soilers, organize, 109; Lin-
Donelson, Fort, capture of, 322 Dorsey, Hazel, Lincoln's school-
Douglas, Stephen A., a lawyer in Springfield, Ill., 83; denounced for pro-slavery sentiments, 134; speech in Springfield, Ill., 137; with Lincoln in Peoria, 140; opens the joint debate with Lincoln, 163; his early history, 163; elected Senator, 177; nominated for the presidency, 191; on the stump in 1860, 199; at Lincoln's inauguration, 236, 244; death of, 274 Draft, ordered, 359; riots in New York, 374
Early, Jubal A., Rebel general, threatens Washington, 391 Electoral vote, 1856, 159; 1860, 200; 1864, 401
Elkin, Parson, border preacher, 8; funeral sermon at Mrs. Lin- coln's burial, 22
Ellsworth, Elmer, death of, 272 Emancipation, proclamations of Frémont and Hunter, 295, 297; Lincoln's message concerning Lincoln considers same, 298;
his proclamation, 307; it is issued, 308; full text of, 311- 317
Ewell, Richard S., Rebel general,
invades Pennsylvania, 367
coln leader of, 151
Frémont, John C., nominated for President, 1856, 155; anti- slavery views, 293; emancipa- tion proclamation, 294; popu- larity, 295; nominated for President, 1864, 396
Garfield, James A., defeats Rebel general, H. Marshall, 322; re- port of Lincoln's capture of Norfolk, 336
Gettysburg, battle of, 366; dedi- cation of cemetery at, 377 Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., his rising, 321; "unconditional surren- der," 322; capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, 322; at Lieutenant- Vicksburg, 365; General, 384; at the Rapidan, 387; "fight it out on this line,' 388; suggested for the presi- dency, 393; Lee seeks inter- view with, 441; conference
with Lincoln and Sherman, 442; envelops Lee's army, 444 Greeley, Horace, Lincoln's letter to, 305; favors a foreign arbi- tration, 354; opposes Lincoln, at Niagara Conference,
Greene, Bolin, death of, 68
Hale, John P., comments on Trent affair, 290, 291 Half-faced camp, 12
Halleck, Henry W., at Corinth,
Miss., 323; called to Washing- ton, 341; his warning to Meade, 370
Hamlin, Hannibal, nominated Vice-President, 196
Hampton Roads Conference, 405 Hanks, Dennis, 20 Hanks, Nancy, 5
Hanks, Thomas, 43; helping Lin- coln, 44; brings rails into con- vention, 183.
Hardin, John J., elected to Con- gress, 98
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