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by Michael Burlingame


  Illinois, 694, 717

  on AL’s administration, 103, 215–16

  appointees to AL’s administration, 83–88

  Camp Douglas, 739

  commissioners at Peace conference, 43

  constitution, 421

  delegations, 543

  elections, 421, 560

  units in, 218

  Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 172, 412

  Illinois State Register (Springfield), 39, 65, 563, 716

  Indian Territory, 535

  Indiana, 2, 126, 340, 560, 717

  elections in, 419, 422

  race-baiting in, 420

  Indianapolis (Indiana) Journal, 127, 146, 281

  Indianapolis, AL speaks at, 4–7

  Ingersoll, Charles, 560

  Iowa State Register, 314–15

  Irwin, Robert, 265

  Ives, Malcolm, 221

  Jackson, Andrew, 297, 318, 346, 379, 457, 509, 606, 770, 808

  courage of, 6, 101, 215

  portrait of, 250

  term of, 617–18

  victories of, 467

  Jackson, Claiborne F., 158, 159

  Jackson, Thomas J. (“Stonewall”), 181, 311, 319

  attacks by, 321, 372

  retreat by, 317

  victories of, 316, 368

  Jacquess, James F., 672–73, 679

  James River, 312–13, 322, 371, 653, 780, 796

  Jay, John, 450

  Jayne, William, 84, 270

  Jefferson, Thomas, 8–9, 249, 387, 518, 559, 604

  Jenkins, Jameson, 825

  Jennison, Charles, 541

  Jerome, David H., 690

  Jersey City (New Jersey) American Standard, 63

  Jewett, William C., 669, 755

  Jews, 210, 470, 629

  Joe Miller’s Complete Jest Book, 517

  Johnson, Andrew, 716–17, 810–11, 813, 818, 820–21

  AL and, 466, 642, 691, 765–66, 800–801

  conflicts with, 582

  as military governor, 582–83

  as Republican vice-presidential candidate, 683

  as senator, 67, 173, 220

  drunkenness of, 755

  Johnson, Edward, 317

  Johnson, Oliver, 65, 637, 641, 687

  Johnson, Reverdy, 42, 222, 347, 671, 700

  on AL’s militia proclamation, 136–37, 145, 153

  as senator, 568, 596

  Johnson, Richard W., 157

  Johnson, William H., 24, 252, 278, 570, 578–79, 691, 825

  Johnston, Albert Sidney, 309

  Johnston, Joseph E., 178, 181–82, 319, 508, 551, 786

  as Confederate general, 199, 294, 303–5, 308–9

  at Manassas, 214

  at Richmond, 312

  Jones, Edward F., 141–42

  Jones, J. Russell, 628

  Jones, John A., 420

  Jones, William, 88

  Jonesboro, Tennessee, Burnside at, 556

  Jordan, Edward, 392

  Journal of Commerce (New York), 394

  and bogus proclamation, 650–51

  on Emancipation Proclamation, 472

  Juarez, Benito, 740

  Judd, Norman B., 92, 201, 225

  on AL’s inaugural address, 49

  on AL’s speeches as president-elect, 21–22

  as minister to Berlin (Prussia), 92, 93

  MTL and, 263, 265

  on prospective cabinet members, 57

  regarding assassination plots against AL, 32, 34, 36–39

  Julian, George W., 79, 211, 215, 345, 359, 422, 708, 794, 820

  Jullien, Augustus, 278–79

  Kane, George P., 32, 33–34, 812

  Kansas, 219, 545

  City, 540

  corruption in, 392–93

  delegations, 543

  incorporation of, 535

  Jayhawkers in, 535, 540

  raid at Lawrence, 540

  U.S. Department of, 218

  Kean, Robert G.H., 727

  Kearney, Philip, 438

  Keckly, Elizabeth, 298, 301, 701–2, 770, 783–84, 795, 799, 801, 826

  Keene (New Hampshire) Cheshire Republican, 577

  Kelley, William D., 377, 399, 444, 449, 634–35, 687, 708, 720, 757, 777

  Kellogg, Francis W., 596

  Kellogg, William, 84, 273, 287, 539

  Kellogg, William Pitt, 84

  Kelly, James, 706

  Kenly, John R., 316

  Kennedy, Anthony, 142

  Kennedy, John A., 27, 824

  Kennedy, John Pendleton, 66, 285, 475

  on AL’s militia proclamation, 136

  on AL’s reelection, 682

  on AL’s speeches as president-elect, 21

  on Baltimore detour, 146

  Kennedy, Robert C., 739

  Kentucky, 8, 67, 202, 207, 216, 347, 709

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

  campaigns in, 432

  elections, 133, 719–20, 723–24

  legislature, 230

  militia proclamation and, 136

  Mill Springs battle, 290, 432

  Munsfordville, 432

  neutrality of, 155–57

  as part of Union, 154–57

  rebels in, 366

  as Slave State, 134

  slavery and, 154–55, 236

  State Guard militia, pro-Confederate, 156

  strategic importance of, 154

  in Union, 154–57

  Unionists, 422

  Whigs, 215

  Keokuk, 489

  Key, John J., 377

  Key, Thomas M., 424

  Keyes, Erastus D., 371

  on Fort Pickens, 112–13

  as general, 302, 315

  King, Albert, 817

  King, Austin A., 746–47

  King, Horatio, 347

  King, Preston, 143, 266, 359, 622

  King, Rufus, 92, 336

  Kinney, Constance, 818

  Kinney, Mary, 818

  Kirke, Edmund, 672

  See also Gilmore, James R.

  Kirkland, Charles P.: A Letter to the Honorable Benjamin R. Curtis, 473

  Kirkwood, Samuel J., 414, 466

  Klauser, Francis J., 93

  Knights of the Golden Circle, 559

  Knox, James, 86–87

  Knoxville (Tennessee) Whig, 67

  Kock, Bernard, 395–96

  Koerner, Gustave: AL and, 216, 321, 479, 694

  as minister to Spain, 84, 93

  Kreismann, Herman, 263, 265

  La Barge, Joseph, 483

  La Crosse (Wisconsin) Democrat, 698

  Lafayette (Indiana) Journal, 85

  Lamon, Ward Hill, 209, 288, 347, 699, 763, 807–9

  with AL during inaugural trip, 2, 7, 11–12, 36–38

  AL’s appointment of, 79–81, 86, 96, 105

  conduct of, 237

  criticism of, 175

  at Gettysburg Address, 572–73

  investigation of, 80–81

  MTL and, 266, 828

  on relief of Fort Sumter, 105–6, 113

  at White House, 259

  Lander, Frederick W., 295

  Lane, Henry S., 459, 733

  Lane, James, 140, 466, 545, 546

  Langdon, John Mercer, 464, 636

  Latham, Robert W., 749

  Lathers, Richard, 128

  Leach, James M., 67

  Leale, Charles, 817

  Leavitt, Joshua, 612

  Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 205, 208, 272, 747

  Lee, Robert E., 508, 511, 742, 752, 785, 787, 794, 805

  at Antietam, 380–83, 407, 414, 513

  attacks of, 370, 413, 653

  as commander of Virginia’s military, 139, 287, 371, 495–96

  communications of, 497–98

  defeats McClellan, 319

  forces, 428–29, 580, 779

  grand offensive and, 648, 650

  Hooker and, 501–3

  mansion of, 178

  Pope and, 372

 
retreat by, 429–30

  summer 1863 offensive of, 501–3, 510–16

  surrender of, 799–800, 806, 810. See also Virginia, Army of Northern

  Legal Tender Act, 565

  Lellyett, John, 716

  Leslie, James, 268

  Leutze, Emanuel, 313

  Lewis, Robert, 762

  Lexington, Missouri, 201–2, 222

  Lhuys, Edouard Drouyn de, 415

  Libby Prison (Richmond), 782, 789, 790, 797

  The Liberator (Boston), 638, 683

  Liberia, 354, 639

  colonization in, 387–89, 394

  diplomatic recognition of, 351, 355

  Lieber, Francis, 527, 541, 646, 719

  Lincoln, Abraham (AL)

  American Civil War, 365–68

  acceptance of blame for 1862 defeat, 330–32

  African American troops during, 520–25

  attacks of McClellan and administration, 213–17

  attempts to dump AL during, 665–69

  Bixby letter on, 736–38

  blind memorandum, 674–76

  blunder at Bull’s Bluff, 199–200

  bogus proclamation, 650–52

  Burnside during, 484–87, 503–10

  cabinet shake-up during, 237–48

  as commander-in-chief/general-in-chief, 311–19

  Committee of Seventy and, 544–53

  condemned soldiers during, 492–94

  Confederate raid on Washington, D.C., 655–58

  congress members and, 286

  control of generals by, 285–87

  cotton-trading policies and, 761–64

  defeat in West, 555–58

  defeated rebels after, 792–95

  despair during, 220–21

  endgame of, 795–98

  expansion of army, 325–27

  field victories during, 688–89

  Fort Pickens (Florida), 64–65, 127

  Frémont in Missouri during, 200–212

  General War Order No.2, 302

  General War Order No.3, 302–3

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

  Gettysburg campaign during, 510–16, 518, 559, 579, 656, 806

  grand offensive, 646–50

  grand offensive stalls, 652–55

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

  Hooker during, 484–87

  imbroglio in Missouri, 527–34

  issuance of pardons during, 494, 534

  Lee, R. E., summer 1863 offensive, 501–3, 510

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

  Maryland elections during, 566–77

  McClellan’s plans for, 191–98, 199–200, 218, 373

  Minnesota Sioux uprising during, 480–84

  more war orders, 302–8

  naval victories during, 212–13

  Niagara Manifesto, 669–74, 676, 679, 681, 689, 745, 754

  Ohio and success at fall elections, 558–66

  opening the Mississippi, 516–20

  passage of Thirteenth Amendment, 47–48, 67–68, 745–51, 757, 759, 803

  peace talks during, 678–80

  peninsula campaign, 308–11, 333, 371

  as phony war, 190–92

  Potomac front during, 199

  President’s General War Order No. 1, 294

  President’s Special War Order No. 1, 294

  quasi-victory at Antietam, 380–83, 407, 414, 424, 430, 448, 496, 513, 562, 656, 806

  and Douglass, C., 677–78

  repulse at Charleston, 487–91

  resistance to draft during, 527–34

  restoring McClellan to command, 376–83

  restructuring and relocating Army, 368–71, 479

  Richmond visit, 788–92

  Second Battle at Bull Run, 371–76

  slavery during, 229–37

  smallpox during, 578–79

  spring 1863 offensive, 495–500

  Trent affair during, 221–29, 232

  troop visits during, 424–27, 491–92, 499, 653–55

  victory at polls and field, 526–27

  victory in Tennessee, 579–80

  visit to frontline, 327–30

  voter disenchantment, 658–59

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

  weaponry research and development during, 292–93

  West during, 217–20

  winter and early spring of 1863, 474–75

  —Fort Pickens (Florida): 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 Sumter: bombardment of, 131–32, 165, 169

  crisis, 43–44, 64–65, 92, 97–99

  decision to relieve, 99–111, 123–25

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

  offer to swap fort for Virginia, 119–23

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

  Seward, W.H., sabotages relief plans for, 111–17

  war at, 125–30

  Character and Behavior, 581, 834

  —character: anger and temper, 290, 296, 494, 716–17

  awkwardness, 60, 258

  eloquence, 729

  good natured and well-intentioned, 41–42, 193, 366

  greatness, 825, 832–34

  health of, 72

  honesty and integrity, 234, 286, 366

  judgment, 135–36

  kindness, 820–21, 833

  leadership qualities, 526–27

  loyalty, 79–81

  manners, 193, 258, 286

  memory, 41

  patience, 191, 286–87

  patriotism, 234, 366

  reading habits, 287–90

  sense of gratitude, 71

  simplistic taste of, 1

  social graces of, 198

  storytelling, humor and jokes, 42, 286, 324, 334, 337, 447, 532

  unselfishness, 728

  will, 56, 64–65, 103

  wisdom, 286

  work habits of, 72–73, 75

  —physical description: appearance, 7–8, 17–18, 24–25, 256–58, 314–15, 328

  As President

  —administration of: under attack, 213–17

  Chase, S.P., as chief justice, 731–36

  control of, 286

  criticism against, 144, 151, 179, 203–4, 215–17, 325, 365, 367–68

  diplomatic appointments during, 93–95

  ethnicity and religion during, 90–93

  Illinois appointees, 83–88

  office seekers during, 70–73, 126, 200–201, 299

  patronage during, 69–97

  personal secretaries, 73–75, 124–25, 289

  popularity of, 287, 297, 311, 328, 366, 379, 448–50, 475–80, 526, 572, 615–18

  southern appointments, 95–97

  trouble in declining office seekers, 88–90

  unfortunate appointments and political appointments during, 75–83

  on writ of habeas corpus, 151–53, 173, 366, 435–36, 507–10

  —April 1865: assassination of, 816–19

  Booth, J.W., and, 770, 803, 807, 810–16

  final day of, 809–10

  at Ford’s Theatre, 806–7, 810, 816–19

  funeral of, 819–21

  funeral train of, 821–25

  greatness of, 833–34

  last cabinet meeting, 804–6

  last public speech, 800–804

  monument and tomb for, 826–28

  national mourning for, 828–33

  postlude, 834

  return to Washington, D.C., 799–800

  security for, 807–9

  —Cabinet of, 179, 804–6

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p; completion of, 52–58

  “compound,” 57–58

  crisis of December, 1862, 52–58

  prospective treasury secretary, 52–55

  public remarks regarding, 57, 151

  secretaries, 253

  selection of, 1–2

  shake-up of, 184–85, 237–48

  —congressional messages: annual (1863), 591, 593–94

  first annual (1861), 230–37, 273, 724

  First Hundred Days, 166–73

  House Divided speech, 399

  last annual (1864), 726, 738–45

  second annual (1862), 439–43, 824

  special gradual emancipation, 335–48, 355, 439–40, 543

  —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 on, 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 counter-pressure, 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

  newspapers on, 415–17

  official declaration of, 468–73

  political reverses and, 435–39

  preliminary, 424, 585

  public announcement of, 407–18

  reaffirmed commitment to, 678–80, 755

  rescind requests for, 478

  second annual congressional message and, 439–43

  —First Hundred Days, 131

  annual message to Congress, 166–73

  arrival of troops after fall of Ft. Sumter, 138–49

  Congress in session during, 173–76

  early war skirmishes and Bull Run, 176–89

  emergency measures and Constitution, 149–54

  European recognition and support of Confederacy, 135, 160–62, 214

  keeping Kentucky in Union during, 154–57

  keeping Missouri in Union during, 158–59

  militia proclamation/summoning Congress, 132–38

  mobilization of army, 162–66

 

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