Washington (D.C.) Daily Globe, 67
Washington (D.C.) National Intelligencer, 59, 134, 401, 585, 596
Washington (D.C.) National Republican, 602
Washington (D.C.) States and Union, 103
Washington, D.C.
African Americans in, 345, 383–84, 394
AL’s proposal to abolish slavery in Border States and, 333–48, 355–57
as capital, 40
defense of, 295, 309
description of, 40
elections in, 500
emergency plans for, 140
jail, 80
Metropolitan Police, 807
reinforcement on, 137
Villard on, 40
Virginia’s possible attack on, 137, 138–39, 147
AL’s inaugural trip from Springfield to, 1–39
in Albany, 23–26
AL’s sons during, 2
assassination threats against, 1, 32–34
Buffalo reception, 17–19
in Cincinnati, 7–10
Cleveland detour, 15–17
in Columbus, 10–12, committees greeting AL, 3–4, 22–23
entourage with, 2
hard-line stance, 30–32
in Harrisburg, 36
MTL during, 2–4, 7, 16, 24–27, 36, 262, 266–69
in New York, 26–30
in Philadelphia, 34–35
route change during, 36–39
on secession crisis, 5, 9
start of, 2–4
train stops, 3
in Trenton, 30–32
Washington, George, 4, 8–9, 73, 250, 297, 387, 495, 599, 628, 800, 831
Washington, Lucius Quinton, 64
Washington Navy Yard, 220
Watkins, William J., 395
Watson, Peter H., 327, 557
Watt, Jane, 251
Watt, John, 251–52
as gardener, 262, 273–74, 700
MTL and, 267–68, 269, 276–80
Wikoff and, 273–74
weaponry: breechloading artillery/rifles, 292–93
Ellsworth guns, 293
guns, 292–93
rifled guns, 292
Spencer guns, 293
Webb, Alexander, 380
Webb, James Watson, 94, 674
Webster, Daniel, 144, 570
Webster, John, 51
Weed, Thurlow, 61–62, 209, 279, 450, 458, 475, 669, 763–64, 770
AL and, 1–2, 28, 165, 488, 627, 693, 704–7
on AL’s reelection, 666, 668
on AL’s speeches as president-elect, 6, 22
on arrangements for AL in Washington, D.C., 25–26
as editor, 63, 119
on emancipation, 402, 531
lobbying for pro-compromise cabinet members, 52, 55, 57, 65
objections of, 622
patronage and, 77–78
on Trent affair, 223
on war, 200, 217
Weitzel, Godfrey, 789–91, 793–95
Weldon, Lawrence, 84, 762
Welles, Gideon, 59, 98, 150, 251, 329, 565, 598, 652, 732–33, 794, 818–20
AL and, 253, 260, 374, 451, 498, 503, 514–15, 523, 674, 692–93, 753, 765, 778, 804–5
on Baltimore detour, 143
on cabinet crisis, 451, 455–56
on cabinet shake-up, 239, 242, 247
criticism of, 175–76, 184–85
on Emancipation Proclamation, 360–61, 407
on Fort Pickens, 123
during grand offensive, 645–55, 652
on Halleck, 370
on McClellan, 381
as navy secretary, 70, 98, 102, 175, 198, 489, 491, 501–2
objections of, 392, 706–7, 762–64
patronage and, 79
physical appearance of, 54
as prospective navy secretary, 54–55
on relief of Fort Sumter, 99–100, 103, 109, 112–17, 124
replacement of, 176
on Trent affair, 222–23, 226, 229
on war, 194, 212, 295, 306–8
Welles, Mary Jane (Mrs. Gideon), 818
West Virginia, 805
admission of, 459–62
AL on, 460–62
U.S. Constitution and, 459–62
Weston, Anne, 687
Weston, Caroline, 687
Wheeling (Virginia) Press, 416
Whigs, 77–78, 166, 699, 753
Kentucky, 215
Whipple, Henry B., 483
White, Horace, 53, 87, 295–96, 423, 504, 543
White, James W., 622
White, Martha Todd, 556
White House, 104, 203, 712–13, 715, 827–28
African Americans at, 384–90
French, B.B. on, 251, 260, 267, 278–82
Hay on, 249, 254–56, 259, 275
Lamon at, 259
Lincoln, R. at, 260, 261, 270, 765
Lincoln, T., at, 250, 256
Marine Band, 260, 300, 801
Nicolay at, 251, 254, 258, 282
Stoddard on, 249–51, 282
U.S. Congress’ appropriations for, 281
AL
—as president, 2
African Americans and, 384–90
AL’s children and, 256–62
daily routine of, 252–56
death of Willie and, 249–50, 256, 260, 262, 297–302
description of, 249–51, 298
public visitors, 253–55
receptions at, 256–60
Soldier’s Home as summer, 251, 429, 556, 655, 721, 808
staff, 251–52
MTL
—as First Lady, 249–51, 255
appearance of, 271–72
balls and receptions and, 258–60, 282–83
bribes and unethical conduct of, 264–68
in patronage matters, 263, 268–70
penny-pinching ways of, 270–71
political influence of, 263–68
scandals and, 273–83
shopping trips of, 263, 266, 272, 280
Soldier’s Home as summer, 251, 429, 556, 655, 721, 808
Watt affair and, 267–68, 269, 276–80
Whitefield, James, 389
Whiting, George, 482
Whiting, William: The War Powers of the President, and the Legislative Powers of Congress in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery, 362
Whitman, Walt, 27, 186
Whitney, D.H., 91
Whitney, Henry C., 90, 270
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 65, 691–92
Whittlesey, Elisha, 279
Wickliffe, Charles A., 344, 432, 560
Wigfall, Louis, 64, 128
Wikoff, Henry: MTL and, 273–76
My Courtship and Its Consequences, 274
Watt and, 273–74
Wilberforce, William, 353
Wilder, Daniel, 77
Wilkes, Charles, 222–24, 227
Wilkes, George, 426, 614–15, 667, 691
Wilkinson, Morton, 281, 358, 481–82, 554
Willard’s Hotel, 37, 41–42, 49, 275
Willey, Waitman T., 461
Williams, Archibald, 85
Williams, George H., 784
Williams, John E., 450
Williamson, Alexander, 261, 271, 298, 828
Willis, Nathaniel P., 301
Willis’s Home Journal, 272
Wills, David, 569, 571–72, 577
Wilson, Charles L., 84
Wilson, Henry, 81, 87–88, 344, 362, 464, 613, 734, 766
AL and, 378, 398, 596, 610, 690
on contracts committee, 175
elections and, 421, 560
on McClellan, 294–95, 315
as senator, 179, 279, 458
Wilson, James, 51
Wilson, Joe, 242–43
Wilson, Robert L., 183
Wilson’s Creek (Missouri), battle of, 222, 479
Winchell, James A., 613
Winchester, Virginia, Sheridan’s victory at, 688
Wing, Henry, 649
Wi
nthrop, Robert C., Jr., 272, 403, 497, 699–700
Winthrop, Robert C., Sr., 497, 699–708
Wise, Henry A., 291–92, 307
wife of, 570–72, 575
Wise, Isaac Mayer, 4
Wiss, George E., 93
Wood, Bradford R., 92, 728–29
Wood, Fernando, 28–29, 30, 213, 245, 560, 643, 703–4
Wood, William P., 80
Wood, William S., 2–3, 23, 266–69, 278
Woodsen, Lewis, 389
Woodward, George W., 558, 565
Wool, John E., 164, 165, 209, 275, 380
command of, 295, 308, 310
headquarters of, 314
troops of, 312–13
Worden, John L., 123, 307–8
Worth, Jonathan, 67, 136
Wright, David M., 524
Wright, Elizur, 65, 397, 432, 686
Wright, Henry C., 637, 687
Wright, Horatio G., 366, 656
Wyllis, Samuel, 642–43
Yates, Richard, 85, 208–9, 267, 560
AL and, 285–86, 317, 365, 665
on slavery, 413
Yeaman, George, 749
Young, John Russell, 73–74
Zacharie, Issacher, 672
Zollicoffer, Felix K., 290
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