Harper's Ferry, seized by Rebels,
270, 271; again in hands of
Rebels, 345

Harrison, William Henry, nomi-
nated for President, 86; elected

94

Hatteras, Fort, capture of, 283
Hay, Col. John, at Niagara Falls
Conference, 398

Hazel, Caleb, Lincoln's school-
master, 7, IO

Henry, Fort, capture of, 322
Herndon, William H., Lincoln's

partner, 82; report of conver-
sation with Lincoln, 131
Holt, Joseph, Secretary of War,
213

Hood, Rebel general, 390
Hooker, Joseph, criticises Burn-
side, 354; letter from Lincoln
to, 355; at Chancellorsville,
357; succeeded by Meade, 367;
in the West, 380

Hunter, David, his emancipation
proclamation, 297, 298; in the
Valley of the Shenandoah, 391

Lane, James H., in Kansas, 145
Lecompton, pro-slavery capital
of Kansas, 148
Lecompton politicians, 160
Lee, Rebel general, in Maryland,

307; seeks an interview with
Grant, 441; his surrender, 445
Lincoln, the original family, 2
Lincoln, Abraham, born, 6; boy-

hood, 13; early labors, 17; his
first letter, 21; motherless, 23;
his first books, 23; his Weems's
Life of Washington, 24; habit
of reading aloud, 26; his step-
mother, 27-29; reads Cooper's
novels, 29; Burns's poems, 30;
love of reading, 30; a wrestler,
31; eulogy of Henry Clay, 32;
mathematical studies, 32; saves
life of a neighbor, 33; attends
court at Boonville, 33; prac-
tises speech-making, 34; exam-
ples in arithmetic, 35; builds a
flat-boat, 36; first earnings, 37;
second voyage down the Missis
sippi, 37; his bargain with
Gentry, 37; adventure with
midnight marauders, 39; first
view of slavery, 39; stalwart
young pioneer, 41; love of story
telling, 41; settlement of Lin-
colns in Illinois, 44; strikes out
for himself, 44; disaster at New
Salem, 47; his invention, 47;
second visit to the land of
slavery, 48; the Voudoo seeress,
48; settles in New Salem, 49;
encounter with Jack Armstrong
50; as a peacemaker, 52; his
newspaper reading, 53; studies
grammar, 53; his first law
books, 55; candidate for Legis-
lature, 56; in the Black Hawk
War, 57-60; defeated for Legis-
lature, 61; personal appearance
as young man, 63; buys a half
interest in a country store, 64;

Lincoln-Continued.

his studies, 65; appointed post-
master, 67; settlement of an
old account, 68; elected to
Legislature, 70; re-elected, 72;
his political platform, 72; tilt
with George Forquer, 73; en-
counter with Col. Richard
Taylor, 74; the Lincoln-Stone
protest, 77; removes to Spring-
field, 78; friendship with Speed,
79; travels the circuit, 81;
partnership with Stuart, 82;
with S. T. Logan, 82; with W.
H. Herndon, 82; writes a lec-
ture, 84; love for Ann Rutledge
88; matrimonial engagement
with Miss Mary Todd, 90; the
Shields Lincoln "duel," 91;
advice to a young officer, 93;
marriage, 93; lecture on drink-
ing usages, 95; meets Martin
Van Buren, 96; visits Henry
Clay, 100; nominated to Con-
gress, 101; elected, 102; reso-
lutions on the Mexican War,
104; Alexander H. Stephens's
opinion of him, 105; Lincoln on
Cass, 106; on Polk, 107; goes
to New England, 110; bill to
abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia, 113; candidate
for Land Commissioner, 114;
offered governorship of Oregon,
115; letter to his step-brother,
118; value of his Springfield
property, 118; the "Snow
boys' case, 122; case of
Nancy, the negro girl, 124; the
negro boy seized in New Or-
leans, 125; his oratorical man-
ner, 130; his despondency, 131;
elector on Whig ticket, 132;
speaks in Springfield, 137; with
Douglas in Peoria, 140; candi-
date for the U. S. Senate, 142;
letter to Speed, 148; his views
on colonization, 150; leader of
the Free-Soil party, 151; speech
in the Republican Convention,
Bloomington, 154; nominated
for Senator, 162; Lincoln-
Douglas campaign arranged,
163; his autobiography, 165;
facetious speech on his political
prospects, 169; speech at

219;

Charleston, Ill., 174; views on
naturalized foreigners, 182; first
named for presidency, 183;
visits Kansas, 184; speech at
Cooper Union, 185; nominated
for President at Chicago, 196;
accepts nomination, 197, 198;
elected President, 200; curious
optical illusion, 201; Cabinet-
making, 203; his policy, 207;
his humor, 207; his religious
views, 208; prediction of day
of wrath, 209; departure for
Washington,
threats
against his life, 219; journey to
Washington, 219-234; inaugu-
ration, 236; names his Cabinet,
246; besieged by office-seekers,
251; refuses to receive Rebel
emissaries, 252; sends a mes-
sage to Charleston, 253; first
call for troops, 259; his dark
days, 264; declares a blockade,
268; reply to Virginia dele-
gates, 269; depressed by Bull
Run defeat 282; message to
Congress, July, 1861, 284; his
demand for men and money,
286; overrules Frémont and
Hunter, 298; special message
to Congress, March, 1862, and
border-State conference, 300-
303; letter to Horace Greeley,
305; considers the issuing of
an emancipation proclamation,
307; proclamation issued, 307;
plan of military operations, 320;
farewell to Gen. Scott, 321;
reads military strategy, 326;
letter to McClellan, 328; death of
his son Willie, 330; letter of re-
monstrance to McClellan, 332;
sends Franklin's division to Mc-
Clellan, 333; causes of disagree-
ment with McClellan, 334; his
capture of Norfolk, 336; re-
ceives McClellan's Harrison
Landing letter, 338; visits Mc-
Clellan, 339, 340; importuned
to reinstate McClellan, 352;
correspondence with Fernando
Wood, 352; "pegging away,"
letter to Hooker, 355;
355;
visits Hooker's headquarters,
356; after the battle of Chan-
cellorsville, 358; deals with

Lincoln-Continued.

Vallandigham, 363; letter to
Grant, 366; announces victories
of Army of the Potomac, 371;
speech at serenade, 371; pro-
clamation of Thanksgiving, 372;
letter to Springfield war meet-
ing, 376; address at Gettysburg
battle-ground, 378; letter about
Sabbath-breaking in the army,
380; joke as to Burnside's
being lost, 381; "swap horses
while crossing a stream," 383;
address to Grant, 385;

on

Hood's defeat, 390; his re-
nomination opposed, 392; on
Grant's possible nomination,
393; his second nomination,
393; letter accepting nomina-
tion, 394; Niagara Falls Con-
ference, 398; issues call for
500,000 men, 401; his despatch
announcing_his election, 402;
Hampton Roads Conference,
406; reply to two Rebel ladies,
410; second inauguration, 410;
family life in the White House,
415 et seq.; his relations to E.
D. Baker, 415; his love of
music, 417; his sons, 418; his
habits in Washington, 421;
details of office work, 426; his
relations with his Cabinet, 427;
his reply to Seward, 430; re-
lations with Seward, 431; re-
vises Seward's foreign despatch,
432; defends Cameron, 434;
appoints S. P. Chase Chief-
Justice, 436; does not expect
re-election, 438; his firmness,
439; proposes payment for free-
dom of slaves, 440; conference
with Grant and Sherman, 442;
at City Point, and visits Rich-
mond, 443; serenaded on his
return, 447; his last speech,
450; his assassination and
death, 452-454; his funeral,
455, 456

Lincoln, Abraham, grandfather
of the President, 3
Lincoln, Josiah, 3
Lincoln, Mary, 4
Lincoln, Mordecai, 3

Lincoln, Nancy, 4

Lincoln, Robert, 418

Lincoln, Thomas, father of the
President, his escape from an
Indian, 3; a laboring man, 5;
marriage, 5; migrates to In-
diana, 8-11; builds a cabin, 15;
his second marriage, 27; death
of, 131

Lincoln, Thomas ("Tad"), 418
Lincoln, Willie, 418

"Loco-Foco," origin of, 94
Logan, Stephen T., associated
ith Lincoln, 82

Log-cabin, building, 16; cam-
paign, 86

"Long Nine," the, 76

"Lost Townships," letters from,

90

Louisville Ky., menaced by
Rebels, 351

M

McClellan, Gen. George B., in
West Virginia, 283; his early
fame, 293; views on slavery,
293, 300; inactive near Wash-
ington, 304; zenith of his fame,
318; choice of Democratic
politicians, 325; demurs to
plan of operations, 328; letter
from Lincoln as to plans, 328;
peninsular campaign, 331 t seq.;
receives Franklin's division,
333; asks permission to give
political views to Lincoln, 333;
bitter letter to Secretary of
War, 338; his views on the gen-
eral situation, 338; fails to sup-
port Pope, 343; at the head of
reorganized army, 344; re-
lieved of his command, 347*
nominated for President, 395
McDowell, Irvin, at Bull Run, 280
Manassas, abandoned by the
Rebels, 329; its "Quaker guns,"
329

Marcy, William L., Secretary of
State, 205

Martial law proclaimed, 359
Maryland, response to call for
troops, 261; vote for President
in 1860, 266; Seward's rebuke
of, 266; invaded by Lee, 307;
abolishes slavery, 400
Mason and Slidell, seizure of, etc.,
288-291

Peace, Congress in Washington,
217; Democrats, 352
Pea Ridge, battle of, 323
Pendleton, George H., nominated
for Vice-President, 396
Peninsular campaign, 331 et seq.
Peoria, Ill., Lincoln and Douglas
in, 140

Pickens, Fort, relieved, 256
Pierpont, Francis H., Governor of
West Virginia, 283

Polk, James K., elected President,
99; Lincoln criticises, 107
Pope, Gen, John, on the Missis-
sippi, 323; called to the East,
341; takes a new command,
341; Army of the Potomac to
support him, 342; driven back
upon Washington, 343

Porter, Fitz-John, his failure to
support Pope, 343

Port Royal, South Carolina, cap-
ture of, 283

Preaching, backwoods, 7
Pryor, Roger A., Rebel leader, 254
Public debt, 1783, 2

Scott, Winfield, warns Lincoln at
Harrisburg, 230; at Lincoln's
inauguration, 236; a veteran of
the Mexican War, 319; retired,

320
Secession of seven States, 214
Settlers, early, in Indiana, 15,
Seward, W. H., supports Gen.
Taylor's candidacy, 110; candi-
date before the Chicago Conven-
tion, 1860, 193; as Premier,"
248; rebuke to Maryland,
266; at Hampton Roads Con-
ference, 406; and Lincoln's in-
augural address, 1861, 428;
estimate of Lincoln, 428; pro-
poses a foreign war, 430; as-
sault on, 454

Sheridan, Philip H., in Shenan-
doah Valley, 392; encircles
Rebel army at Appomattox,
442; captures Lee's supplies,
443

Sherman, William T., at Vicks-
burg, 351, 352; under Grant,
380, 381; succeeds Grant in
command of Division of the
Mississippi, 387; invests At-
lanta, 389; march to the sea,
409; conference with Lincoln
and Grant, 442

Shields, James, "duel" with Lin-
coln, 91; Senator from Illinois,

141

Shiloh, battle of, 323
Ship Island, 323
Slavery, Lincoln's first view of,

39; bill to abolish, in District
of Columbia, 113; death knell
of, 134; abolished in Maryland,

400

"Snow boys," Lincoln tries suit
against, 122

South Mountain, battle of, 307
Sparrow, Mrs. Betsey, 19
Speed, Joshua, Lincoln's friend,

148; Lincoln's letter to, 148
Spencer County, Ind., the Lin-
colns in, 9

"Spot" Lincoln, 105

Sprague, William, Governor of
Rhode Island, 262

Springfield, Ill., Lincoln removes

to, 78; first great speech in, 136
Lincoln in, 215; his departure
from, 219

Stanton, Edwin M., Attorney-
General in Buchanan's Cabinet,
213; Secretary of War under
Lincoln, 249; anecdote of, 424;
first opinion of Lincoln's war
policy, 429

Steamboat, first, on Lake Erie, 15
Stephens, Alexander H., Vice-
President of Confederacy, 215;
endeavors to dissuade secession
216; at Hampton Roads Con-
ference, 404; his report of, 408
Stone, Dan, and Lincoln protest
against slavery, 77

Stone, Charles P., in command at
Washington, 267

Stone River, battle of, 352
Stuart, James E. B., Rebel gen-
eral, raids Chambersburg, Pa.,
346

Stuart, John T., Lincoln's part-
ner, 82

"Sugar-coated," Lincoln's use of
phrase, 286

Sumter, Fort, surrender of, 257
Superstitions of frontier settlers,