New Orleans, 62–64, 72, 76
New Salem, Illinois, 71–72, 74–77, 79–80, 90
Norris, James, 135
Northwest Territory, 123, 140
O
Offutt, Denton, 72–76, 82–83, 85
Ordinance of 1787, 123
Owens, Mary, 106–107, 116
P
Pacific Railway Act, 213
Pate, Squire, 56–57
Philadelphia, 171–173
Pigeon Creek, Indiana, 34–36, 45, 49, 51
Pinkerton, Allan, 172
Pitcher, John, 52, 59, 61
Posey, Francis, 34
postal rates, 189
R
Republican Party
elephant as symbol of, 161
formation of, 143
and presidential campaign (1860), 157–159
and presidential election (1860), 165–166
and presidential election (1864), 201–202
and slavery, 147–151, 157–158
Revenue Act (1861), 213
Roby, Ann, 46, 62
Rutledge, Ann, 81, 85, 95, 98, 104
Rutledge, James, 74, 81, 98
S
Seward, William, 152, 166, 167, 179, 180, 183, 200–201
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 202, 204, 206
Slade, William, 195
slavery
and abolitionists, 158, 183
and Civil War, 180, 182
and Democratic Party, 147–151
and Emancipation Proclamation, 182–185
expansion of, 129, 142
Illinois and, 123
Lincoln-Douglas debates on, 147–151
Lincoln’s encounters with, 33, 123
and Lincoln’s inaugural address, 174
and Missouri Compromise, 140–143
and popular sovereignty, 142–143
and presidential election (1860), 157–158, 165–166
and Republican Party, 147–151, 157–158
in Washington, D.C., 127
Southern states, secession of, 166
Sparrow, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, 36–37
Speed, Joshua, 109–110, 122–123
Springfield, Illinois, 107–108, 110–111, 113, 168–169
Stuart, John T., 92, 94–95, 98, 102–103, 108, 114–116, 121
T
Talisman (steamboat), 89–91
Taylor, Colonel, 117
Taylor, James, 54–55
Thanksgiving Day, 189, 213
Thomas, George H., 179–180
Todd, Mary. See Lincoln, Mary Todd
Turnham, David, 52
U
Union Pacific Railroad, 188–189
V
Vandalia, Illinois, 102–103, 107
W
Warnick, Major, 71–72
Washington, D.C.
Abe’s inauguration as president in, 170, 173
Abe’s trip to, 171, 173
Lincolns’ move to, 125, 128
slavery in, 127
Webster, Daniel, 58, 66
Welles, Gideon, 182
Whig Party
and Adams, 61
and Clay, 61
and Lincoln, 108, 119, 125, 130
presidential nomination (1860), 152
and Republican Party, 143
Y
Young Men’s Lyceum (debating society), 116–117
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