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by Michael Burlingame


  Coyler, Vincent, 583–84

  Crawford, C.C.V., 656

  Crawford, Martin J., 106

  Creswell, John A.J., 713

  Crisfield, John W., 341, 342, 344, 347, 476, 568

  Crittenden Compromise, 42, 99, 127, 174

  Crittenden, John J., 174, 432, 610–11

  as senator, 67, 233

  U.S. Supreme Court nomination of, 96–97

  wife of, 271

  Crittenden, Thomas L., 555

  Croly, David Goodman, 696

  Crook, William Henry, 776

  Cullom, Shelby, 269, 612, 821–22

  Cumberland River, 291

  Cummings, Alexander W., 90

  as assistant war secretary, 175

  war materials purchases by, 163

  Curran, Isaac B., 87

  Curtin, Andrew G., 36, 382, 446, 565, 635

  AL and, 569, 666

  on AL’s militia proclamation, 132–33

  as governor, 51, 52, 126, 162–63, 326, 413–14, 533, 558

  Curtis, Benjamin R., 472

  Curtis, George William, 27, 171, 185, 303, 565–66, 645, 704, 728, 833

  observations/reports of, 207, 657

  opinions of, 444, 573, 575, 637

  remarks of, 316, 413, 474, 510, 520, 688

  Curtis, Samuel R., 209, 443, 479–80, 551

  on AL’s inauguration, 63

  on AL’s speeches as president-elect, 20

  armies of, 535

  Gamble and, 535–39

  opinions of, 464

  removal of, 539

  Cushing, Caleb, 472

  Cutler, William P., 476

  Cutts, James Madison, 505

  Cuyler, Theodore L., 249, 255, 829, 832

  Dahlgren, John A., 182, 216

  AL and, 316, 371, 457

  as commander, 220, 224, 306

  Daly, Maria Lydia, 275

  Dana, Charles A., 54, 246, 276, 278, 520, 720, 748

  AL and, 311, 515, 557, 732, 763

  as assistant war secretary, 380, 516

  on emancipation, 678

  objections of, 417

  Dana, Richard Henry, 257, 259, 610, 735, 775

  Danenhower, William W., 84

  Dant, George W., 278

  Davidson, John W., 139

  Davis, Charles Henry, 258

  Davis, David, 59, 442, 475, 507, 515, 613, 615, 821

  AL and, 479, 491, 555, 616, 618–19, 693

  on AL during inaugural trip, 16

  as AL’s friend, 103, 229–30, 302, 446–47, 705

  on AL’s reelection, 633–34, 667–68

  on AL’s withdrawal, 665

  on Chase, S.P., 732

  on elections, 419

  on Emancipation Proclamation, 419

  MTL and, 263, 266, 274, 279, 301, 827–28

  patronage and, 81, 84–86

  on selection of cabinet members, 52, 53–54, 458

  Davis, Garrett, 122, 154, 236, 341, 383, 775

  Davis, George T.M., 179

  Davis, Henry Winter, 54–55, 96, 151–52, 347, 491, 741, 772, 774

  AL and, 349, 357, 406, 441, 690–95, 714–15, 729, 821

  on AL’s administration, 184, 211, 215, 228

  on AL’s inauguration, 67

  on AL’s militia proclamation, 142

  on AL’s reelection, 666–67

  as potential cabinet member, 57, 311

  on cabinet shake-up, 240, 242

  election defeat of, 567

  opinions of, 600, 609

  Wade-Davis Bill and Manifesto, 659–65, 772–74, 798

  on writ of habeas corpus, 151–53, 436

  Davis, Jefferson, 41, 106, 109, 201, 347, 566, 672, 676, 703, 775, 780, 791, 793, 797, 804, 815

  administration of, 545, 594–95, 755

  allies of, 637

  as Confederate leader, 106, 109, 145, 529, 741–42

  conference with, 679, 751–52

  on Emancipation Proclamation, 417, 472

  government of, 160, 207, 213, 415

  papers of, 403

  as senator, 24, 63, 99

  surrender and Hampton Roads Conference, 755, 758–59, 761

  war and, 126–29, 134, 428

  Dawes, Henry L., 38, 45, 283, 476, 492

  AL and, 215, 244–45, 325, 494

  on AL’s congressional messages, 233–34, 441

  on Etheridge plot, 591–92

  opinions of, 439

  on war, 175, 179, 214

  Day, Timothy C., 179

  Dayton, William L., 52–53, 95, 674

  as minister to France, 226

  as prospective secretary of state, 57

  de Joinville, Prince (François Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie d’Orléans), 324

  Defrees, John D., 185, 274, 664

  Delahay, Mark, 79, 86, 671

  Delannoy, Marie Christine Adelaide (Mrs. Junius Brutus Booth), 816

  Delany, Martin R., 389

  Delaware, 717, 723

  as Border State, 128–29, 230, 335–36

  legislature, 230

  emancipation plan for, 229–37, 239, 334, 703

  Deming, Henry C., 783

  Democrat(s), 346, 518, 529–31, 599, 699

  in AL’s cabinet, 58, 77–78, 198

  Douglas, 402

  elections and, 419–23, 435, 558–66

  on Gettysburg Address, 576–77

  leaders, 238, 559–60

  New York, 30

  Northern, 65, 104

  pamphlets, 696

  Peace, 479, 503–4, 561, 644, 678–81, 695

  War, 504

  Democratic Convention (1864): nominations at, 681

  peace plank of, 681–82, 688

  Denison, George S., 265–66, 268, 608, 622, 766, 794

  Dennison, William, 12, 197, 213, 368, 693

  AL and, 379, 401, 596, 804

  as governor, 539

  Der Pionier (Boston), 632

  Devens, Charles, 200

  Dickens, Charles: David Copperfield, 47

  Dickinson, Anna E., 634–35, 782

  Dickinson, Daniel S., 642, 694

  Dickson, William M., 87, 176, 340, 358

  AL and, 609

  reports of, 448

  on war, 423, 424

  Dix, Dorothea, 32, 164, 299

  Dix, John A., 52, 148–49, 244, 323, 528, 642, 740

  AL and, 466, 739

  nomination of, 680

  on prospective cabinet members, 55

  replacement of, 176

  “Dixie,” 798, 801

  Dixon, Archibald, 709

  Dixon, Elizabeth (Mrs. James), 818

  Dixon, James, 432, 596, 818

  Dodge, Grenville M., 61

  Dodge, William E., 42

  Dole, William P., 483–84, 675, 677, 744

  Doniphan, Alexander W., 42

  on AL as president, 45

  as Peace Conference commissioner, 43–44

  Donnegan, Spencer, 825

  Donnelly, Ignatius, 665

  Doolittle, James R., 138, 236, 281, 384–85, 388, 393, 478, 771

  Dostie, A.P., 777

  Doubleday, Abner, 104

  Douglas, H. Ford, 395, 471

  Douglas, Stephen A., 98, 118, 345, 509, 560, 604

  on AL’s inaugural address, 61–62, 66

  consultations with AL, 137

  death of, 173, 205

  on patronage, 93

  prestige of, 137

  Douglass, Charles, 677–78

  Douglass, Frederick, 172, 203, 236, 345, 392, 522–24, 635–36

  AL and, 397, 405, 467, 601, 676–78, 769–70, 802–4

  on AL’s congressional messages, 235

  on AL’s reelection, 683–84

  on Emancipation Proclamation, 409–11, 470–71, 678

  eulogy for AL, 829–31

  on Haiti, 235, 395

  on slavery, 390

  Dow, Neal, 107

  draft, 535

  antiwar forces and, 504

  const
itutionality of, 529, 532–33

  in Europe, 534

  implementation of, 653

  instituted by U.S. Congress, 326–27, 366

  Medill on, 531–32

  resistance to, 527–34

  Seymour, H., on, 529–31

  whites against, 527–28

  writ of habeas corpus and, 532–33

  Drake, Charles D., 537, 543, 545

  charges made by, 548–50

  letters to, 552–53

  Draper, Simeon, 78, 279, 622, 702, 706, 764

  Dred Scott decision, 50, 598

  Dryer, Thomas J., 83

  Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 35, 192–93

  campaigns of, 488–91

  as Flag Officer, 212

  on war, 426

  Dubois, Jesse K.: as AL’s friend, 7, 516, 519, 628

  patronage and, 85–86

  Dubuque (Iowa) Herald, 416

  Dudley, Thomas H., 92

  Durant, Thomas J., 406–7, 586, 589, 602, 604–7, 775

  Durrell, Edward H., 608

  Dutton, O.H., 22

  Early, Jubal, 688, 780

  escape by, 656–57

  troops of, 655, 657–58

  Eastman, Zebina, 92

  Eaton, John, 676–78, 803

  Eckert, Thomas T., 723, 754, 760, 807

  Edmonds, John W., 351

  Edmunds, George F., 94

  Edmunds, James M., 691

  Edwards, Elizabeth Todd, 268–69, 300–301, 826

  Edwards, Julia, 826

  Edwards, Ninian, 268, 391, 476, 826

  Edwards, Richard, 831

  Edwards, William W., 553

  Eliot, Thomas D., 774, 777

  Ellis, Charles Mayo, 473

  Ellis, Edmund J., 507

  Ellsworth, Elmer E., 2, 293, 737, 798, 801

  as AL’s surrogate son, 2, 177–78

  murder of, 177

  emancipation, 214

  Barney, H., on, 400

  Browning, O.H., on, 400, 440–41, 468, 478

  Buell on, 436

  colonization and, 363

  compensated, 230–37

  Dana on, 678

  Delaware plan and, 229–37, 239

  Lovejoy on, 400, 402

  National Anti-Slavery Standard on, 207

  New York Times on, 402

  Nicolay on, 678–79

  Norton, C.E., on, 411, 678, 680

  Radicals on, 335, 581

  Raymond, H.J., on, 678–79

  of slaves, 207, 211, 229–37, 366

  Stanton, E.M., on, 407

  Sumner, C., on, 229, 335, 400

  Swett on, 400

  Weed on, 402, 531

  AL’s gradual plan for: abolitionists on, 336–39, 355

  Bates on, 339

  Blair, F., on, 340–41

  Chicago (Illinois) Tribune on, 338

  Cincinnati (Ohio) Commercial on, 339

  Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper on, 339

  Greeley on, 337, 343

  Lovejoy on, 336–37, 339, 346, 356

  National Anti-Slavery Standard on, 339, 345

  New York Herald on, 339, 442

  New York Times on, 340

  New York Tribune on, 338, 342

  Providence (Rhode Island) Journal on, 339

  Radicals on, 336–39, 345–46

  Seward, W.H., on, 339

  for slavery, 333–48, 355, 439–40, 543

  Stanton, E.M., on, 335

  Stevens, T., on, 340

  U.S. Congress on, 340–47, 355, 439–40

  Emancipation Proclamation, 360–64, 440–42, 459, 544, 559, 561, 639, 676, 751, 781, 824, 832

  admission of West Virginia and, 459–62

  Andrew, J.A., on, 411

  backlash against, 419–23

  Bartlett, D.W., on, 423

  Bates on, 409

  Blair, M., on, 408–9, 419, 463

  Border States and, 422–23

  Brooks on, 469

  Burnside and, 418, 443–48

  cabinet crisis of December, 1862, 448–59

  Chapman on, 470

  Chase, S.P., on, 407–9, 463, 471

  Child on, 410, 471

  Cincinnati (Ohio) Commercial on, 472

  colonization and, 383–95

  Confederacy on, 417

  conservative counterpressure, 406–7

  control of Mississippi River and, 433–35

  Davis, D., on, 419

  Davis, J., on, 417, 472

  Douglass, F., on, 409–11, 470–71, 678

  electoral reverses and, 419–23

  exemptions from, 587–90

  Final, 410

  Forbes on, 410–11

  Garnet on, 470

  Garrison, W.L., on, 411, 470

  Greeley letter and, 396, 400–406, 564, 834

  Green on, 410

  Gurowski on, 409

  issuance of, 414–18, 477, 507, 537, 637–38, 803

  Journal of Commerce on, 472

  lack of military successes and, 423–33

  McClellan and, 443–48

  modification of, 462–68

  National Anti-Slavery Standard on, 411

  New York Herald on, 415, 477

  New York Tribune on, 471

  newspapers on, 415–17

  official declaration of, 468–73

  Phillips, W., on, 422, 471

  Pillsbury on, 410

  political reverses and, 435–39

  preliminary, 424, 585

  public announcement of, 407–18

  Radicals on, 411

  reaffirmed commitment to, 678–80, 755

  rescind requests for, 478

  Russell, Lord John, on, 415

  second annual congressional message and, 439–43

  Seward, W.H., on, 360–64, 417, 462–63, 478

  Stevens, T., on, 417

  Strong, G.T., on, 415

  Sumner, C., on, 410, 469, 471, 473

  Tilton on, 411, 422, 470

  Welles on, 360–61, 407

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 338, 412, 577, 771

  England. See Great Britain

  Enos, Pascal P., 216

  Enrolled Missouri Militia, 535, 536–37, 550–51

  Etheridge, Emerson: as House of Representatives clerk, 591

  plot of, 591–93

  Europe, 326

  cotton and, 135, 150, 415, 478–79

  draft in, 534

  intervention of, 348

  recognition and support of Confederacy by, 135, 160–62, 214, 333

  E.V. Haughwout & Co., 700

  Evarts, William M., 163, 731, 735

  Everett, Edward, 185, 222, 569, 597

  on AL’s inauguration, 64

  on AL’s reelection, 682

  on AL’s speeches as president-elect, 20

  daughter of, 570–71, 572, 575

  on Gettysburg Address, 576, 577

  Ewell, Richard, 317

  Ewing, Thomas, Jr., 478, 733–34

  Order No. 11, 540, 541

  plan, 540–41

  Ewing, Thomas S., 204, 208, 305

  Fair Oaks battle, 319

  Fairbank, Calvin, 687

  Falmouth, Virginia, 370, 495–96

  Farragut, David, 434, 489, 688

  Fay, Theodore S., 94

  Fell, Jesse W., 526, 570

  Fellows, J.Q.A., 604

  Felton, Samuel, 32, 34

  Fenton, Reuben, 704

  Ferdinand Maximilian, Archduke, 558, 740–41

  Fessenden, William Pitt, 180, 203, 357, 444, 477, 486, 745, 759

  AL and, 359, 450, 452–54, 456, 610, 618, 625–26, 735

  on AL’s administration, 217, 242, 245–46, 325

  on AL’s congressional messages, 233

  on AL’s inaugural address, 49

  on AL’s reelection, 668

  on AL’s work habits, 72

  on McClellan, 305

  on MTL, 275

  opinions of, 600, 632

  patronage and, 87


  on Seward, W.H., 366

  Field, David Dudley, 119, 458, 635, 666, 691

  Field, Maunsell B., 623

  Field, Stephen J., 732

  Fillmore, Millard, 18, 23

  Finney, Charles Grandison, 632

  Fish, Hamilton, 807

  Fisher, George P., 229, 231, 343

  Fisher, Sidney George, 171

  Fisher’s Hill, Sheridan’s victory at, 688

  Fisk, Wilbur, 797

  Fiske, Stephen R., 26–27

  Flanders, Benjamin F., 504, 587–89, 591, 605–6

  Florida, 472

  battle at Olustee, 601–2

  forts in, 112

  Hunter’s decree and, 347

  Ten Percent Plan and, 601–8. See also Fort Pickens

  Florville, William, 297, 825

  Floyd, John B., 749

  Fogg, George G., 57, 225

  as minister to Switzerland, 92, 94

  as newspaperman, 79

  Foot, Solomon, 278

  Foote, Andrew H., 114, 291–92, 450

  Forbes, Charles, 807, 817

  Forbes, John Murray, 175, 352, 610, 706, 732, 745, 751, 763–64

  advice of, 569, 679–80

  on Emancipation Proclamation, 410–11

  Forbes, Paul S., 395–96

  Ford, Harry C., 810

  Ford, Thomas H., 632

  Ford’s Theatre, 807, 810, 816–19

  Forney, John W., 39, 40, 238, 274, 412, 498, 616, 720, 765

  on AL, 597, 669

  as editor, 224–25, 343, 360, 435–36, 438–39, 455

  on MTL, 259

  opinions of, 567

  reports by, 43, 77

  Forsyth, John, 106

  Fort Donelson (Tennessee), 291, 296–97, 368

  Fort Fisher (North Carolina), 752

  Fort Henry (Tennessee), 368

  Fort Macon (North Carolina), 444

  Fort Monroe (Virginia), 176, 303, 315, 632, 750, 755

  commander at, 312

  McClellan and, 319

  reinforcement of, 137

  troops at, 180, 187, 310, 466

  Fort Moultrie (South Carolina), 100

  Fort Old Point Comfort (Maryland), 137

  Fort Pickens (Florida), 64–65, 127

  Buchanan on, 104

  Keyes on, 112–13

  Meigs on, 112–14, 116

  Porter on, 113–17

  public opinion regarding, 109–10

  reinforcement of, 107–11

  Scott, Winfield, on, 104, 112–13

  seizure of, 49

  Seward, W.H., on, 111

  in Union hands, 102, 104, 108

  Fort Pulaski (Georgia), 314

  Fort Stedman (Virginia), 779

  Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.), 656, 657, 832

  Fort Sumter (South Carolina), 490, 505, 711, 798, 806

  Anderson at, 99–100, 104–6, 120, 122–24, 129

  Blair, M., on, 101–3, 108, 111, 124

  bombardment of, 131–32, 165, 169

  Buchanan on, 100

  Cameron on, 99, 102, 105

  Chase, S.P., on, 102, 109

  crisis, 43–44, 64–65, 92, 97–99

  decision to relieve, 99–111, 123–25

  evacuation/surrender of, 100–101, 103, 106–7

  fall of, 333

  Fox on, 101–2, 104–5, 108, 111, 115, 125

 

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