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Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume 2

Page 192

by Michael Burlingame


  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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