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Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume 2

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by Michael Burlingame


  Lamon on, 105–6, 113

  London (England) Times on, 107, 127

  offer to swap fort for Virginia, 119–23

  public opinion regarding, 107–8, 109–10

  Scott, Winfield, on, 99–102, 104–5, 108, 112–13, 123

  seizure and surrender of, 49, 132, 144, 169, 176

  Seward, W.H., on, 99–102, 105–7, 111–17, 128–29

  Smith, C.B., on, 102, 109

  summoning U.S. Congress and, 132–38

  war at, 125–30

  Welles on, 99–100, 103, 109, 112–17, 124

  Foss, Andrew T., 687

  Foster, John G., 480, 488

  Foster, Lafayette, 616, 734

  Foster, Stephen, 637, 687

  Fouke, Philip B., 139

  Fox, Gustavus V., 212, 383, 488–89, 693, 722, 778

  AL and, 102, 122, 177, 322, 516, 654, 656, 680

  expedition to Fort Sumner, 123–25, 129, 132

  floating mortars and, 291–92

  on MTL, 259

  plan to relieve Fort Sumter, 101–2, 104–5, 108, 111, 115, 125

  Fox, Virginia, 296

  France, 415, 478–79, 740–41, 797–98

  colonial rule by, 117–18

  Mexico and, 751–53, 756

  ministers from, 118

  on port blockades, 150

  Reign of Terror in, 505

  Trent affair and, 225

  Francis, Allen, 83

  Frank, Augustus, 734

  Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 70, 205, 228, 349, 353, 436

  on AL’s gradual emancipation plan, 339

  on AL’s inauguration, 64

  on AL’s speeches, 6, 172

  Franklin, William B., 220–21, 312, 315, 485–86, 658

  corps of, 371, 373

  relieved of duty, 378

  Fredericksburg, Virginia, 318, 448, 450, 453, 486, 497–98, 501–2

  assault at, 445–46, 505

  defeat at, 462, 466

  losses at, 445–46

  Freedman’s Bureau Act, 803

  Freedmen’s Association, 351

  Frémont, Jessie Benton, 205, 208, 268, 692

  Frémont, John C., 163, 219, 316–18, 329, 397, 538, 551, 611, 641, 693, 710

  character and qualities of, 201, 444

  command of, 413, 467

  conduct of, 207–8

  dismissal of, 208–11, 213–14, 232

  forces of, 320

  as head of Department of West, 201, 207, 291

  martial law proclamation of, 202–3, 205–6, 211, 237, 334, 347, 477

  in Missouri, 200–212

  as Mountain Department’s commander, 303–4

  potential candidacy of, 631, 632–37, 665, 687, 690

  as prospective war secretary, 57

  resignation of, 320, 691–92

  support for, 612, 619

  French, Benjamin Brown, 63, 80, 132, 449

  AL and, 104, 474, 657

  on AL’s speeches, 19, 171, 572

  on MTL, 281, 282

  as public buildings commissioner, 190

  on war, 427

  on White House, 251, 260, 267, 278–82

  French, William H., 511

  Fry, James B., 528

  Fugitive Slave Act, 504

  AL on, 49–50, 65

  author of, 222

  Fugitive slaves, 80, 237, 351, 355, 369

  Fuller, Richard, 145

  Furness, William Henry, 413

  Gallagher, William Davis, 383–84

  Galloway, Samuel, 77, 243, 597, 615

  Galt, Alexander T., 227–28

  Galt & Bro. jewelry store, 702

  Gamble, Hamilton R., 159

  administration of, 545

  Curtis, S.R., and, 535–39

  as provisional governor, 208, 534–39

  request for state militia funding by, 534–39

  Garfield, James A., 75, 441, 485, 502, 596, 613, 620, 734

  AL and, 555, 557, 617

  on AL’s speeches as president-elect, 11–12, 22

  Garibaldi Guards, 192

  Garnet, Henry Highland, 345, 389–90, 392, 750–51

  on Emancipation Proclamation, 470

  on Haiti, 395

  Garnett, Robert S., 178

  Garrett, John W., 1

  Garrison, Wendell, 687

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 203, 204, 234, 441, 742, 750–51, 773

  AL and, 337, 350, 378, 391, 397, 405, 637–39, 761

  on AL’s reelection, 643, 686, 687

  on Emancipation Proclamation, 411, 470

  Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 821

  Gay, Sydney Howard, 288–89, 398, 402

  Geary, John W., 726

  Geffrard, Fabre Nicolas, 351

  Georgia, 472, 646, 652

  Fort Pulaski, 314

  Hunter’s decree and, 347, 350

  German-Americans: and Frémont, 210–12, 631–33, 718

  patronage for, 91–93

  and Sigel, F., 479–80

  Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) Weekly Patriot and Union, 576

  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: campaign, 510–16, 518, 559, 579, 656, 806

  Meade at, 511–16, 518

  Gettysburg Address (1863), 135, 518, 568–77, 737

  Blair, M., on, 570

  Chicago (Illinois) Tribune on, 575

  Democrats on, 576–77

  Everett on, 576, 577

  Hay at, 570–73

  Lamon at, 572–73

  New York Herald on, 573

  New York World on, 573, 577

  Nicolay on, 569–70

  Seward, W.H., on, 570–73

  Stanton, E.M., on, 570

  Usher at, 570

  Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 640

  Gibbons, James S., 327

  Gibbs, George, 81, 143, 164, 200, 274, 276

  Gibson, Charles, 158, 209, 708–9

  Giddings, Joshua R., 92, 638

  Gilchrist, James G., 128

  Gill, George M., 672

  Gillespie, Joseph, 228

  Gillmore, Quincy A., 601–2

  Gilmer, John A., 66, 95–96

  Gilmore, James R., 400, 557, 672–73

  Gladstone, William E., 415, 772, 834

  Godkin, E.L., 727

  Godwin, Parke, 265, 665

  Goldsborough, Louis M., 312–14, 323

  Goodchild, Richard, 251

  Goodell, William, 354, 468, 635, 637

  Goodloe, Daniel R., 347

  Goodrich, John Z., 42, 55, 60–61, 266

  Gordon, Nathaniel: AL’s approval to execute, 351–53

  slave trading and, 351–52

  supporters of, 352

  wife of, 352

  Gosport Navy Yard, 138, 143, 176

  Graham, L.P., 139

  Graham, William A., 741

  Grant, Julia, 781–82, 796, 806–7, 809–10

  Grant, Ulysses S., 157, 191, 370, 434–35, 515–16, 551, 615, 762–64, 795, 809–10

  AL and, 521, 611, 629–30, 645, 658, 729, 738, 742–43, 777–82, 785–88, 805–7

  as army lieutenant general, 630–31

  at battle of Shiloh, 320–21

  behavior and habits of, 517

  campaigns of, 291–92, 309, 369, 524, 538, 558, 563, 655–56, 752

  as commander, 217–18, 434, 475

  at Fort Donelson, 291, 297

  at Fort Henry, 291

  generals/subordinates under, 163, 507, 688–89

  grand offensive strategy of, 646–50, 652–55

  Hampton Roads Conference and, 753–54

  letters by, 689

  losses, 670, 779

  orders of, 629

  popularity of, 627

  potential candidacy of, 627–31, 643

  reinforcements for, 546, 551

  in Tennessee campaign, 579–80

  troops of, 467, 557–58, 800

  Vicksburg campaign and, 480, 516–20, 546, 627

  victories of, 368, 799

  Great Britain, 119, 5
63–64, 739–40

  Spain’s 1842 treaty with, 686–87

  Germany and, 155

  ministers from, 118

  on port blockades, 150

  recognition of Confederacy by, 160–62

  Trent affair and, 221–29

  U.S. treaty with, 351, 355

  Greeley, Horace, 126, 179, 185, 350, 404, 412, 705, 707

  AL and, 561, 615, 669–74, 751, 834

  on AL during inaugural trip, 16

  on AL’s administration, 204

  on AL’s gradual emancipation plan, 337, 343

  on AL’s militia proclamation, 137

  on AL’s reelection, 665, 667, 683

  as editor, 633

  letters of, 396, 400–406, 564, 669–74, 710

  on MTL, 268, 280

  opinions of, 590

  patronage and, 78

  on prospective cabinet members, 55

  “The Prayer of Twenty Millions,” 396, 400–406, 412, 607

  Green, Beriah, 391, 397, 402–3, 410

  Greene, William G., 83

  Greenhow, Rose O’Neal, 507

  Greensburg (Pennsylvania) Argus, 698

  Grew, Mary, 687

  Griffin, Charles, 378, 781

  Griffin, Mrs. Charles, 781

  Griffing, Josephine, 687

  Grigsby, Nat, 88

  Grimes, James W., 80–81, 173–74, 281

  AL on, 81

  on AL, 610

  on AL’s administration, 240, 597

  as senator, 452

  Grimshaw, Jackson, 79, 476

  complaints of, 560–61

  as internal revenue collector, 84

  Grimsley, Lizzie, 269

  Grinnell, Moses, 28, 163

  Grow, Galusha, 75, 76, 186, 570, 592

  Gurley, John A., 209, 330, 359, 379

  Gurley, Phineas D., 256, 298, 818, 826

  Gurney, Eliza, 711

  Gurowski, Adam, 76, 180, 214, 305, 350

  on AL, 397

  on Emancipation Proclamation, 409

  Guthrie, James: as Peace Conference commissioner, 43–44

  plan by, 42, 44, 56

  Gwin, William M., 106, 245

  habeas corpus, writ of, 533

  AL on, 151–53, 173, 366, 435, 507–10

  Davis, H. W., on, 151–53, 436

  draft and, 532–33

  Militia Act of 1795 and, 153

  proclamation suspending, 435–36

  Seward, W., on, 151–53

  Taney on, 151–53

  U.S. Congress on, 151–53

  Habeas Corpus Act (1863), 533

  Hackett, James H., 744

  Hahn, Michael, 587–89, 604, 606–8, 774–77, 803

  Haiti, 354, 639

  colonization in, 235, 236, 395–96

  diplomatic recognition of, 351, 355

  Douglass, F., on, 235, 395

  Garnet on, 395

  Haitian Emigration Bureau, 395

  Hale, Edward Everett, 330

  Hale, John P., 38, 81, 443, 474, 478, 659–60

  Halleck, Henry W., 323, 366, 435, 448, 454, 485, 498, 535–36, 551, 770

  abilities of, 376, 379–80, 443–46

  AL and, 495, 497, 556–57, 629

  Chase, S.P., and, 370–71

  as commander, 218–20, 248, 303, 348, 479, 490, 656–57

  conduct of, 237

  conflicts with, 582

  criticisms of, 423, 450, 517, 537–38

  Elements of Military Art and Science, 218, 248, 368

  General Order No. 100, 541

  as general-in-chief, 368–71, 429, 431, 437, 500–503, 512–13, 519

  McClellan and, 371, 373–76, 380–82

  opinions of, 426, 434, 530, 579–80

  reinforcements for, 317

  Welles and, 370

  Halpine, Charles G., 209, 289, 613–14, 808

  Halstead, Murat, 88, 179, 263, 475, 478, 564, 621

  Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, 66, 591, 658

  Hamilton, Gail, 62

  Hamilton, James A., 176, 405, 450

  Hamilton, Schuyler, 188

  Hamlin, Hannibal, 27, 28, 400, 412, 491, 626, 642, 765, 808

  on AL’s cabinet, 143–44, 203, 457

  on prospective cabinet members, 55

  as vice-president, 60

  Hampton Roads, Virginia, AL meeting at, with Grant, Sherman, Porter, 785–86

  Hampton Roads Conference, 749, 751–61, 771, 791

  Confederate surrender and, 756–58

  Davis, J., and, 755, 758–59, 761

  Grant, U.S., and, 753–54

  report on, 760

  Seward, W.H., at, 753, 756–58, 760–61, 764

  Hancock, Winfield Scott, 510

  Hanks, Dennis, 270

  Hanks, John, 270

  Hanscom, Simon P., 70, 182

  Hanson, George M., 84

  Hardie, James A., 557

  Harding, George, 244

  Harlan, James, 90, 397, 465, 674, 691, 765, 795–96, 806

  Harlan, Mary, 796, 799

  Harney, William S., 158–59

  Harper, Robert G., 571

  Harper’s Ferry, 176, 187, 295, 383, 428, 503

  abandonment of, 138

  reinforcement of, 137

  seizure of, 176, 177

  Harper’s Weekly, 171, 178, 448, 506, 724

  Harriet Lane, 115, 281

  Harrington, George, 89, 124

  Harris, Clara, 802, 809–10, 817, 818

  Harris, Ira, 452, 454, 738, 802

  Harris, Isham, 136, 583

  Harris, J. Morrison, 142

  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, AL speaks at, 36

  Harrison’s Landing, 322, 327–28

  flags at, 425

  withdrawal from, 371

  Harrison’s Landing letter (McClellan), 328–29

  Hart, Ralph S., 552

  Hartsuff, George L., 796

  Harvey, James E., 116

  Hassaurek, Friedrich, 92, 93

  Hatch, Ozias M., 85, 163, 424, 426, 516

  Hatch, Reuben B., 163

  Hatterscheidt, John P., 93

  Haupt, Herman, 372, 373, 445–46, 513

  Hawkins, Rush, 197

  Hawley, Joseph R., 274–75, 602

  Hay, John, 116–17, 155, 362, 529–30, 539, 556, 704, 708, 744, 817

  accounts of, 121–22, 176–77, 185–86, 195, 210, 213, 493, 513–14, 545, 548–49, 554, 555, 596, 773–74

  AL and, 526–27, 543, 566, 569, 594, 643, 669–70, 722, 725, 736–37

  on AL’s annual Congressional message, 166, 167

  on AL’s children, 261

  during AL’s inaugural trip to Washington, D.C., 1, 3, 4

  on AL’s inauguration, 59–60

  on AL’s militia proclamation, 138, 140–41

  on AL’s papers, 510

  on AL’s reading habits, 287, 289

  as AL’s secretary, 1–2, 41, 73–75, 196

  as AL’s surrogate son, 74–75

  on AL’s war orders, 293

  bedroom/office of, 250

  on cabinet, 247, 456–57

  on Chase, S.P., 623–24, 626

  editorials by, 439

  friends of, 613

  at Gettysburg Address, 570–73

  on grand offensive, 647, 649

  on McClellan, 374, 376–77, 430

  missions led by, 601–2

  observations of, 369–70, 808–9

  opinions of, 490–91, 632, 660, 673

  on patronage, 70–71, 83, 89

  reports by, 7, 10, 18–19, 30, 305, 618

  on White House, 249, 254–56, 259, 275

  Hayes, Rutherford B., 8–9, 624, 831

  Haynie, Isham Nicholas, 809

  Hays, William, 139

  Hazen, William B., 2

  Hazzard, George Whitfield: with AL during inaugural trip, 2

  regarding assassination plots against AL, 33

  Heintzelman, Samuel P., 302, 315, 371, 378

  Heinzen, Karl, 632


  Helm, Benjamin Hardin, 270, 555–56, 798

  Helm, Emilie Todd, 270

  Helper, Hinton Rowan, 92, 584

  Henderson, Isaac, 264–65, 269, 649

  Henderson, John B., 398, 402, 443, 549, 553

  Henry, Anson G., 83, 252–53, 430, 487, 496, 621, 727, 744

  Herndon, William H., 84–85

  AL and, 177, 196, 570, 626–27

  on MTL, 268

  Herold, David, 811

  Herrick, Anson, 748

  Hickman, John, 273, 297, 666

  Hicks, Thomas H., 42–43, 96, 344

  on AL, 339

  on Baltimore detour, 141–42, 143, 145, 148

  Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 174, 687

  Hildreth, Richard, 92

  Hill, Adams S., 315, 359, 378–79

  Hillard, George S., 729

  Hinton, Richard J., 395

  Hispaniola, events on, 117–18

  Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 241, 306, 311, 368

  Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, 610–11, 735

  Hodge, William L., 5, 103

  Hodges, Albert, 709–11, 834

  Hoffman, Henry W., 714

  Hogeboom, John T., 623, 705

  Holcombe, James P., 670

  Holden, William Woods, 594

  Holland, Josiah G., 303, 575, 828

  Holley, Sallie, 409, 687

  Holloway, David P., 79, 708

  Holly, James Theodore, 389, 395

  Holman, William S., 20

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 32

  Holt, Joseph, 52, 110, 156, 416, 493, 642, 703, 733, 739

  on AL’s cabinet, 243–44, 246, 459

  opinions of, 442

  remarks by, 127, 338–39

  replacement of, 176

  Hood, John Bell, 752

  Hooker, Joseph, 378, 380, 444, 467, 501

  appointment of, 484–87

  campaigns of, 495–500, 557

  character and behavior of, 496

  Lee, R.E., and, 501–3

  on McClellan’s candidacy, 682

  military record of, 496

  replacement for, 510

  during spring 1863 offensive, 495–500

  statements of, 495

  Hooper, Samuel, 625, 735, 745

  Hopkins, Samuel A., 267–68

  Hopkins, Thomas M., 832

  Houston, Sam, 90, 111

  Houston, William, 90

  Howard, James M., 452, 454

  Howard, Joseph, Jr., 24, 38, 651–52

  Howard, Mark, 622

  Howe, Samuel Gridley, 335, 336

  Howe, Timothy O., 402

  Hubbard, Gurdon, 17–18

  Hughes, James, 754

  Hunt, Isaac O., 705

  Hunter, David, 140, 323, 354, 397, 465–66, 480, 551, 612, 658, 710

  abolition decree, 347–50, 356

  AL and, 207–8, 209

  with AL during inaugural trip, 2, 18, 37

  as commander, 209, 210, 218–19

  on Confederate surrender, 756–58

  Department of the South under, 347

  Hunter, Robert M.T., 99, 106, 753

  Huntington, William J., 578–79

  Hurlbut, Stephen A., 105, 590–91, 776

  Hyatt, Thaddeus, 92

  Ile à Vache. See Haiti

 

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