at war council, 556–57
as war secretary, 198, 241, 243–48, 285, 306–8, 435, 503, 532
on West Virginia, 460, 461
wife of, 779
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 233, 622, 634, 635, 685, 688
Stanton, Henry B., 474–75, 622, 685
Star of the West, 124, 711
Stearns, George Luther, 355, 478, 522, 609, 642, 667, 760
Stebbins, Giles B., 636, 687
Stedman, Edmund C., 613
Steele, Frederick, 551, 594
Stephens, Alexander H., 63, 515, 752, 755–57
Stevens, Isaac I., 438
Stevens, Robert J., 82
Stevens, Simon, 211
Stevens, Thaddeus, 211, 241, 393, 660, 662, 690, 828
on AL, 350, 353, 397, 405–6, 469–70, 600, 739, 760
on AL’s gradual emancipation plan, 340
on AL’s reelection, 683
on contracts committee, 175
on Emancipation Proclamation, 417
objections of, 392
opinions of, 566–67
on selection of cabinet members, 52–53, 55, 58
Stevenson, John W., 66
Stewart, Alexander T., 349, 701
Stewart, Charles, 105
Stickney, Lyman D., 605
Stillman, William James, 94
Stockton, Thomas H., 573
Stoddard, William O., 397, 559, 631, 717, 784
AL and, 200, 255, 258, 293, 296, 311, 728
on AL’s emancipation plan, 339
on AL’s reading habits, 287–89
as assistant personal secretary, 70–71, 73, 76–77
bedroom/office of, 250
on Lincoln, W., 299
reports by, 134, 189, 197, 200, 285, 447–48
on White House, 249–51, 282
Stoeckl, Edouard de, 222, 256
Stone, Charles P., 33, 59, 199–200, 211, 237
Stone, Lucy, 640, 728
Stone, Robert K., 352
Stone, William M., 666
Stone’s River, Tennessee, battle of, 484–85, 806
Stoneman, George, 497, 498
Story, Joseph, 51
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 596, 728, 833
Straus, Jacob, 747
Stringham, Silas, 100, 105, 114
Strong, Charles E., 259
Strong, George Templeton, 21, 38, 257, 353
on AL, 285, 326, 346, 367, 597
on AL’s cabinet, 245–46, 365
on AL’s inauguration, 63–64
on AL’s reelection, 682
diary accounts of, 334, 380
on elections, 420–21
on Emancipation Proclamation, 415
on MTL, 259
opinions of, 448–49, 671
on war, 649
Stroughton, Edward H., 488
Stuart, J.E.B., 316, 321, 428, 808
Stuart, John Todd, 269, 421, 700, 747, 800
Summers, George W., 43, 120, 122
Sumner, Charles, 118, 198, 315, 354–55, 359, 362, 412, 520, 581, 640, 660, 666, 673, 748, 766, 772, 775–77, 795, 800–801, 805, 817–18
AL and, 162, 166, 203–4, 295, 302, 316, 338, 368, 398, 441, 452–54, 479, 596, 610, 735
on AL’s inauguration, 64
on AL’s letters, 562
as AL’s nemesis, 772–77
on AL’s reelection, 665, 683
on Chase, S.P., 733
complaints of, 620–21
elections and, 560
on emancipation, 229, 335, 400
on Emancipation Proclamation, 410, 469, 471, 473
on Gordon, 352
on MTL, 266
objections of, 290, 554, 581
patronage and, 95
as Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, 99, 161–62, 175, 583
“state suicide” theory of, 566, 662
on Trent affair, 222, 225–26, 229
Sumner, Edwin V., 302, 380, 425, 486
with AL during inaugural trip, 2, 26, 36–37
appointment of, 538
corps of, 373
death of, 538
recommendations of, 371
Sunderland, Byron, 468
Sutter, Thomas J., 278
Swayne, Noah H., 401, 615, 731, 732
Swett, Leonard, 184, 642, 708
AL and, 371, 405, 627, 633
on AL’s reelection, 668
during elections, 421
on emancipation, 400
patronage and, 86
on selection of cabinet members, 53–54
Swisshelm, Jane Grey, 204, 475, 481, 483, 819, 821
Sykes, George, 425
Sympson, Alexander, 84
Taft, Bud. See Taft, Horatio Nelson, Jr.
Taft, Charles, 817
Taft, Halsey Cook, 256, 261–62
Taft, Holly. See Taft, Halsey Cook
Taft, Horatio Nelson, 261, 297–98
Taft, Horatio Nelson, Jr., 256, 261–62
Taft, Julia, 272, 298, 301
Taggart, Sally, 579
Talcott, E.B., 216
Talmadge, Nathaniel P., 506
Taney, Roger B., 61, 151–53, 362, 731, 735
Tannatt, T.R., 511
Tarr, Campbell, 121, 122
Taylor, Bayard, 141
Taylor, Hawkins, 72, 475
Taylor, Tom: Our American Cousin, 806, 810
Taylor, Zachary, 57, 98, 131, 198, 755
patronage and, 70
Seward, W.H., and, 98
Ten Percent Plan: Florida and, 601–8
Louisiana and, 601–8
during Reconstruction, 591, 594–608, 774
Tennessee, 67, 123, 187, 598, 774
Army of, 516, 545
battle of Shiloh, 309
Chattanooga, 580
Department of, 628
East, 218–20
elections in, 133
exemption of, 582–83, 587–88
Fort Henry, 291
governors, 582
Memphis, capture of, 333
militia proclamation and, 136
Nashville, capture of, 333
new military district in, 303
rivers, 291
Unionists, 343, 582
victory in, 579–80. See also Andrew Johnson
Tennessee, 688
Texas, 525, 586
Galveston, 484, 488
military governor for, 582
Union presence in, 558
Thayer, Eli, 293, 394–95
Thirteenth Amendment. See Amendments
Thomas, Edward M., 389, 391
Thomas, George H., 139, 752
appointment of, 433
as general, 290, 555, 557
Thomas, Lorenzo, 111, 157, 311, 467, 516
as Adjutant General, 158
Frémont, and, 209
Thompson, Ambrose W., 391–92, 393–94
Thompson, Jacob, 670, 739, 804
Thompson, Joseph P., 689
Thompson, Richard W., 186, 393–94, 418
Thorpe, Thomas B.H., 608
Thouvenel, Edouard, 226
Tilden, Samuel J., 530, 747
Tilton, Theodore, 640–41, 645
on AL’s reelection, 682–83, 685, 687
as editor, 552, 665
on Emancipation Proclamation, 411, 422, 470
Tod, David, 413–14, 564–65, 624–25
Todd, Charles S., 268
Todd, John Blair Smith, 268
Todd, Lockwood, 268
Todd, Lyman Beecher, 268
Tolstoy, Leo, 834
Toombs, Robert, 63, 99, 128, 160
Totten, Joseph G., 100
Townsend, George Alfred, 30–31
Train, George Francis, 416
train journey, Springfield to Washington, 1–39
in Albany, 23–26
AL’s sons during, 2
assassination threats against, 1, 32–34
Buffalo reception, 17–19
Cleve
land detour, 15–17
committees greeting AL, 3–4, 22–23
crowds greeting AL, 8, 12–14, 18–19, 31
entourage with, 2
hard-line stance, 30–32
MTL during, 2–4, 7, 16, 24–237, 36, 262, 266–69
in New York, 26–30
route change during, 36–39
on secession crisis, 5, 9, 67–68
start of, 2–4
train stops, 3
Trent affair, 457
AL and, 221–29
Blair, M., on, 223
Browning on, 224
Cameron on, 220, 226
France and, 225
Great Britain and, 221–29
London (England) Times on, 223
Lyons, L., on, 223–25, 227
Mason on, 222–28
New York Times on, 222
Russell, Lord John, on, 223–24
Seward, W.H., on, 223–27, 229
Slidell on, 222–28
Smith, C.B., on, 226
Sumner, C., on, 222, 225–26, 229
U.S. Congress on, 222
Victoria (Queen) on, 223
Weed on, 223
Welles on, 222–23, 226, 229
Trenton, New Jersey, AL speaks at, 30–32
Trumbull, Julia (Mrs. Lyman), 273
Trumbull, Lyman, 48, 59, 357, 369, 387–88, 526, 531, 775
AL and, 150–51, 209, 285, 413, 431–32, 452, 454, 507
on AL’s inaugural address, 48–49
on confiscation, 358, 360
criticism against, 184
on elections, 421, 559
MTL and, 273, 281
patronage and, 81, 84, 87, 96, 270
reports of, 609
resolutions by, 179
on war, 194–95, 315
Truth, Sojourner, 471, 685
Tuck, Amos, 266, 527, 618
Tucker, Nathaniel Beverly, 754, 761
Tuckerman, Charles K., 395–96
Turner, William F., 81
Tyler, Erastus B., 502
Tyler, John, 261
Tyler, Moses Coit, 470
Underwood, John C., 97
Underwood, Warner L., 155
Union: advantages of, 135, 248
arsenals of, 137–38
Border States in, 131, 335–36, 338
Clubs, 559
fatalities, 371
forces, 371
for freedom, 333–34
keeping Kentucky in, 154–57
keeping Missouri in, 158–59
League, 559, 691
Maryland and, 148–49, 196, 567
saving, 43
surrender of, 101
Union Army, 498
grand offensive strategy of, 646–50, 652–55
losses, 319, 382, 445–46, 502, 511, 649–50, 652, 670, 779
reform of administration of, 647
reinforcements, 652–53
triumphs, 646
Unionists, 5, 52, 384
Conservative, 463, 682
election of, 67
Kentucky, 422
Reconstruction and Southern, 581, 591, 593–94
secession by Southern, 42, 44, 105
Tennessee, 343
Virginia, leaders of, 120, 343
Upper South States: Confederacy and, 102, 106, 124, 126–27
confrontation with, 135–36
Upperman, James H., 277–78
Upson, Charles, 597
U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 803
U.S. Capitol, 104, 112
U.S. Colored Troops, 276, 736, 742, 750, 832
U.S. Congress, 67, 76, 195, 201, 239, 358, 412, 459, 594, 599, 742, 805
AL and, 356
AL’s annual message to, 166–73
on AL’s gradual emancipation plan, 340–47, 355, 439–40
on AL’s proclamations and orders, 151–54
appropriations for White House, 281
authorization for armed forces, 150, 170
colonization and, 384–86, 392
Confiscation Act of, 174, 202, 205, 334, 357–60, 366
draft instituted by, 326–27, 366
elections, 133
Enrollment Act, 527, 529, 532, 534, 565
establishment of special investigative committees, 174–75
Fort Sumter, 132–38
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, 213–14, 216–17
Republicans’ majority rule in, 173
sessions of, 173–76, 230, 256, 439, 765, 772
on slavery, 133–34, 397–98
on Trent affair, 222
“Whiskey Bill,” 614
on writ of habeas corpus, 151–53
U.S. Constitution, 206, 358, 424, 463, 508–9, 561–63, 611, 755
Adams-Corwin-Seward amendment to, 47–48, 56, 97
admission of West Virginia and, 459–62
antislavery amendment to, 641
Article III, section 3, 174
Article IV, 459
Article IV, section 3, 51
Articles of Confederation, 51
Bill of Rights, 509
emergency measures and stretching, 149–54
Fifth Amendment, 174
First Amendment, 507
guarantee clause of, 661
national convention to amend, 48
oath of allegiance to, 659
on pocket veto, 662, 763
provisions of, 150–51, 152, 595
spirit of, 413
on states and citizens, 50
supremacy clause of, 51, 64
Thirteenth Amendment, 47–48, 67–68, 745–51, 757, 759, 772, 803
U.S. Declaration of Independence, 34–35, 412, 463, 569
U.S. Department of Kansas, 218
U.S. Department of Missouri, 218
U.S. Department of Ohio, 218
U.S. House of Representatives, 45
on force bill, 44
Judiciary Committee, 273
Militia Act of 1795, 44, 134, 153
offshore collection of tariff revenue bill regarding, 44
U.S. Interior Department, 276
U.S. Sanitary Commission, 164, 184, 192, 246
members, 257, 335, 426–27, 703
U.S. Senate, 80
U.S. State Department, 114
U.S. Supreme Court, 86, 472, 594, 599
cases, 153, 596, 684
chief justice of, 731–36
decisions, 50, 529, 533, 661
U.S. Treasury Department, 124, 214, 251, 279
U.S. War Department, 252, 421, 556
U.S. Western Department, 218
Usher, John Palmer, 185, 277, 383, 523, 664, 746
at Gettysburg Address, 570
as interior secretary, 392, 393, 483, 598, 615, 759
opinions of, 533
speeches of, 689
on West Virginia, 460
U.S.S. Bat, 778–79, 785, 788
U.S.S. Brooklyn, 104, 110, 123
U.S.S. Sabine, 110
Vallandigham, Clement L., 63, 173, 453, 643, 690, 703–4
arrest of, 503–10
characteristics of, 504–5
elections and, 558, 560, 564–65
exile of, 532
peace plank of, 681, 682
reelection bid of, 504
Van Alen, James H., 808
Van Buren, Martin, 250, 770
Van Wyck, Charles H., 175
Vance, Mariah, 825
Vance, Zebulon, 594
Vanderbilt, 312
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 312
Vermeren, Peter, 252, 278–79
Vicksburg (Mississippi), 484, 488, 559, 579, 806
Banks at, 516–20
campaign, 435, 480, 516–20, 546, 627
surrender of, 517
Victoria (Queen), 415
Proclamation of Neutrality by, 160
on Trent affair, 223
Viele, Egbert, 312, 495
Vienna, Virginia, battle at, 180
Villard, Henry, 139, 143, 264, 267
on AL’s annual congressional message, 171
on AL’s speeches during inaugural trip, 4
on AL’s work habits, 72
reports of, 3, 25, 446
on Washington, D.C., 40
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 267
Vinton, Samuel F., 347
Virginia, 123, 169, 187, 218, 444, 805
aid to rebellion by, 176
Alexandria, 177–78
battle of Crater at Petersburg, 658
blockade of, 150
Butler County, 159
Confederates in, 199
convention, 120, 122
elections in, 133
exemption of, 582–83, 587–88
Legislature, 461
militia proclamation and, 136
Norfolk, 311–13
“Reorganized Government of, 159
secession by, 43, 120, 138, 177
as Slave State, 133
slaves in, 236
Unionists, leaders of, 120, 343
Unionists, protection of, 159–60
Washington, D.C. and possible attack by, 137, 138–39, 147
western, 159–60, 191
Virginia. See Merrimack
Virginia, Army of, 320, 368, 371
Virginia, Army of Northern, 372–73, 512, 579, 585, 795, 815
at Antietam, 380–83, 407, 414, 424, 430, 448, 496, 513, 562, 656, 806
campaigns of, 380, 382
during grand offensive, 649
losses of, 383, 445, 511, 779
Voorhees, Daniel, 560
Wade, Benjamin F., 244, 560, 566, 704, 731, 794, 827
on AL, 215, 216–17, 286, 358–59, 452, 470, 617, 690–92, 694
on AL’s first inaugural address, 49
committee of, 213–14, 216–17
on McClellan, 294, 695
opinions of, 101, 109, 283
on prospective cabinet members, 55
on war, 194–96, 203, 214
Wade-Davis Bill and Manifesto, 659–65, 772–74, 798
Wadsworth, James S., 81, 375, 650, 657
Wainwright, Charles S., 425–26, 447
Wakeman, Abram, 267, 622, 673, 706, 748
Wakeman, George, 696
Walborn, Cornelius, 708
Walford, Frank, 704
Walker, Robert J., 400
Walker, William, 686
Wall, James W., 560
Wallace, Frances Todd, 826
Wallace, Lew, 713–14
Wallace, William H.L., 42
Wallace, William S., 268
Wallack, John Henry, 815
Wampole, Elias, 84
Ward, Artemus: “High-handed Outrage at Utica,” 407
Ward, Sam, 266
Washburn, Israel, 311, 349, 367, 466, 568, 719
Washburne, Elihu B., 359, 554
AL and, 615, 625, 627, 691
as AL’s political confidant, 44, 183, 209, 321
on AL’s reelection, 669
on arrangements for AL in Washington, D.C., 25–26, 37–38
duel challenge for, 81
on Lincoln, W., 298, 300
opinions of, 627–28
Washington Artillerists, 141
Washington (D.C.) Chronicle, 251, 439, 455, 552–53, 573, 616, 669, 761, 768
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