INDEX 
607 
406-408;  strain  of  summer  of  1862,  408; 
refusal  of  leave  for  Scott,  408-410; 
McClellan's  army  ordered  withdrawn, 
410;  Pope's  defeat  at  Manassas,  410- 
411;  McClellan's  reinstatement,  411- 
413;  Washington  peril,  413;  Antietam 
victory,  414;  L.  visits  Army  of  Potomac, 
414-416,  417-418;  Fredericksburg  at 
tacked,  417;  L's  dissatisfaction  with 
McClellan,  418;  Missouri  factional 
quarrels,  454-457;  L 's  dissatisfaction 
with  DuPont,  457-458;  Fredericksburg, 
L's  grief  over,  461-462;  L's  visit  to 
army  before  Chancellorsville,  465-466, 
490-491;  L's  method  criticised,  480- 
484,  485;  negro  enlistment,  484-486; 
retaliation  opposed  by  L.,  485;  Freder 
icksburg  defeat,  487,  488;  Hooker  suc 
ceeds  Burnside,  487-490;  naval  opera 
tions,  490;  Chancellorsville  defeat,  492- 
494;  defeat,  dissatisfaction  of  North, 
493-494;  turning-point  of  war,  496; 
Pennsylvania  invaded,  497;  Northern 
fear  of  Lee,  497;  Hooker  succeeded  by 
Meade,  497-498;  Gettysburg,  498-499; 
Vicksburg  campaign,  500-503;  L's  joy 
over  victory,  501;  Wade  urges  Grant's 
dismissal,  503;  Gettysburg  victory,  503- 
504;  W7ashington  criticisms,  505;  Meade's 
leadership,  504-507;  Chancellorsville 
defeat,  506;  Fredericksburg  defeat,  506; 
L.  against  compromise,  507;  brightening 
prospects  after  elections,  510;  L's  con 
fidence  in  Grant,  516,  520-521;  Grant's 
victories  after  Vicksburg,  516;  his  plans, 
516-517;  Grant's  commission  received, 
519;  L  's  plan  of  campaign  for  Grant, 
522;  Early's  raid,  L's  plan  against,  522; 
Grant's  reply,  523;  Vicksburg,  criticisms 
of  campaign,  anecdote,  525-526;  Grant 
and  Stanton  clash,  526-527;  Early's 
attack  on  Washington,  525-537;  call  for 
additional  troops,  July  18,  1864,  537; 
gloomy  prospects,  537-539,  542-546; 
Wilderness  and  Petersburg  losses,  538— 
539;  peace  negotiations,  "To  whom  it 
may  concern,"  539;  effect  of  L's  re 
election,  548;  Sherman's  march  to  the 
sea,  552;  L's  conditions  for  peace,  552; 
peace  negotiations  with  Southern  com 
missioners,  554-557;  Lee's  last  efforts, 
561-562;  closing  events,  562;  L.  visits 
army,  562-573;  fall  of  Petersburg,  567; 
fall  of  Richmond,  568;  Lee's  surrender, 
573;  end  of  war,  573-576;  pardoning 
prisoners,  578-580.  See  also  Emancipa 
tion;  Secession 
Clary  Grove  boys,  attack  on  L.,  27-28; 
volunteers  in  Black  Hawk  War,  36; 
smash  store  in  New  Salem,  42-43 
Clay,  Cassius  M.,  309-322 
Clay,  Henry,  influence  of  speeches  on  L.,  8; 
L's   admiration    and    disillusion,  98-99; 
gradual    emancipation    speech,  98;    L's 
eulogy  of,  147 
Clephane,  Lewis,  468-469 
Cleveland,  Grover,  360 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  visit  on  inaugural  journey, 
274-275 
Clinton,  DeWitt,  61 
Cobb,  Howell,  distinguished  in  civil  war, 
100 
Cogdal's  note,  136 
Colfax,  Schuyler,  interview  with  L.,  545, 
583,  586-587;  L.'s  death-bed,  591,  593 
Collamer,  Jacob,  368 
Collyer,  Robert,  quoted,  329 
Columbus,    Ohio,    welcome   on    inaugural 
journey,  268-269 
Confederate  States,  considered  a  fact  by 
Wigfall,  286;  knowledge  of  Union  moves, 
292;     Trent    affair,    340-345;     favored 
capital,    348;     Canadian    machinations, 
352-353 
Congress,  special  session,  July  4,  1861,  322; 
emancipation  measures,  421 
Conkling,  James  C.,  80;   quoted,  86 
Constitution,  slavery  amendment,  553—554 
Constitutional  Union  Party,  251 
Conway,   Moncure  D.,   impression  of  L., 
176;  interview  with  L.,  482-484;  quoted, 
427-429 
Cook,  Mr.,  of  Illinois,  232,  233 
Cooper  Institute  speech,  215-221,  223-224, 
232 
Costa  Rica,  asylum  for  freedom,  440 
Covode,  John,  445 
Crane,  C.  B.,  quoted,  546 
Crawford,  Andrew,  L's  schoolmaster,  12 
Crawford,  Josiah,  incident  of  the  ruined 
book,  14-16 
Crawford,  Mrs.  Josiah,  quoted,  16 
Crittenden,  John  J.,  185 
Curdy,  Dr.,  170 
Curtin,  Andrew  G.,  497 
Curtis-Gamble  controversy,  454-456 
Gushing,  Caleb,  354;    candidate  for  attor 
ney  general,  552  quoted,  207 
Dahlgren,  John  A.,  quoted,  383,  384,  385 
Dana,  Charles  A.,  quoted,  295,  547-548, 
585-586 
Davis,  David,  mentioned,  74,  232-260; 
quoted,  113,  144-145,  256;  advised  L. 
on  cabinet,  257;  member  of  inaugural 
party,  266 
Davis,  Jefferson,  in  Black  Hawk  War,  39; 
in  senate,  100;  recognition  asked  by 
Southern  commissioners,  555-556;  man 
sion  occupied  by  Weitzel,  572;  L's 
clemency  toward,  580 
Davis,  O.  L.,  81
608 
INDEX 
Dayton,  William  L.,  vice-presidential 
nominee,  170 
Defrees,  public  printer,  objects  to  L's 
colloquialisms,  471-472 
Derning,  Henry  Champion,  quoted,  302- 
303 
Democratic  Party,  dominates  Illinois,  65; 
pro-slavery  tendencies,  251;  rebel  sym 
pathisers,  292;  opposes  congressional 
war  measures,  481 
Dennison,  William,  postmaster  general, 
294;  presides  over  Baltimore  convention, 
534;  replaces  Blair,  551;  at  L's  death 
bed,  591 
Dicey,  Edward,  quoted,  544 
Dickey,  T.  Lyle,  quoted,  524 
Dickson,  W.  M.,  quoted,  174,  176,  213 
District  of  Columbia,  slavery  abolished,  421 
Dixon,  Father,  quoted,  40 
Dominican  question,  Seward's  embarrass 
ment,  336 
Dorsey,  Azel,  L's  schoolmaster,  12 
Douglas,  Stephen  A.,  mentioned,  74,  285, 
286,  303;  groggery  taunt  about  L.,  26; 
L's  first  impression  of,  62,  188;  debates 
with  L.,  89-90,  153-154,  177,  182-207; 
courts  Mary  Todd,  94;  Mexican  War, 
blames  L.  for  opposition,  102;  opens 
campaign,  1852,  147;  defends  Missouri 
compromise,  154-155,  157,  159;  claims 
Whigs  are  dead,  157;  senatorial  nomina 
tion,  177;  oratory  compared  with  L., 
182-207;  debater  and  orator,  183-184, 
186,  190,  205;  appearance  and  charac 
teristics,  185-186,  188-189,  190-191; 
quoted,  187-188;  senator  in  1846,  188; 
magnetism,  197;  re-elected  senator  in 
1858,  208;  speeches  in  Ohio  in  1859,  211; 
L's  attitude  toward,  216;  democratic 
nominee  for  president,  244,  250;  mag 
nanimity,  291 ;  sustains  the  government, 
315-316;  death,  316 
Douglass,  Frederick,  conference  with  L., 
484-486;  impression  of  L.,  486 
Dresser,  Rev.  Nathan,  residence  of,  in 
Springfield,  purchased  by  L.,  96 
Drummond,  Thomas,  quoted,  142-144 
Dummer,  H.  C.,  quoted,  46 
Duncan,  Major,  teaches  L.  use  of  broad 
sword,  93 
DuPont,  Admiral,  characterized  by  L., 
457-458 
Early,  Dr.,  L's  reply  to,  58-59 
Early,  Jubal  A.,  raid  on  Washington,  522, 
535 
Eaton,  Page,  quoted,  70,  114 
Eckert,  General,  547 
Edwards,  Matilda,  admired  by  L.,  95 
Edwards,     Ninian    W.,     mentioned,    74; 
candidate  for  legislature,  58 
Edwards,  Mrs.  Ninian  W.,  sister  of  Mary 
Todd,  94 
Egan,  Dr.,  of  Chicago,  171 
Eggleston,  Edward,  quoted,  225 
Elkin,  Elder,  funeral  services  for  Nancy 
Hanks,  10 
Ellis,  A.  Y.,  quoted,  42 
Ellsworth,  E.  E.,  member  of  inaugural 
party,  266 
Emancipation,  discussion  of  measures,  419- 
448;  Fremont's  proclamation,  420; 
gradual,  advocated,  420-423;  first  dis 
cussed  by  L.  with  cabinet  members, 
423-424;  military,  authorized,  421; 
Quaker  delegation  demands,  425-427; 
Chicago  clergymen  demand,  427;  Lincoln 
and  Channing  interview,  427;  Lincoln 
and  Greeley,  429-431 ;  Greeley's  "  Prayer 
of  twenty  millions,"  and  L's  reply,  429- 
430;  compensation  suggested,  428,  433, 
447;  deportation  suggested,  439-440; 
L's  message  to  congress,  1862,  440-441; 
"Boston  set"  discussed  with  L.,  482-484; 
defended  by  L.,  507 
Emancipation  proclamation,  issued,  419; 
official  measures  preceding,  419-422; 
preliminary  text,  432-435;  L's  own 
account  of,  436-438,  444-445;  Seward's 
view  of,  436-437;  Welles's  account, 
438-439;  text,  441-443;  signed,  441; 
pen  used,  445 
Emerson,  Ralph  Waldo,  quoted,  304-305, 
359;  belief  in  L.,  482 
England,  neutrality  established,  343;  con 
troversies  with,  344-345 
Ericsson,  John,  inventor  of  "Monitor," 
345-346 
Evarts,  Mr.,  of  N.  Y.,  grieved  over  Seward's 
defeat,  234 
Everett,  Edward,  nominated  for  vice- 
president,  251;  appreciation  of  L's 
Gettysburg  address,  513;  impression  of 
L.,  515 
Ewing,  Lee  D.,  opposed  to  change  in 
Illinois  State  capital,  66 
Farragut,  David  G.,  537;   compared  with 
DuPont,  458 
Fell,  Jesse  W.,  32 
Fessenden,  William  P.,  185,  368;  secretary 
of  the  treasury,  294 
Ficklin,  O.  B.,  126 
Fithian,  Dr.,  126 
Flatboat,  constructed  by  L.,  17-18 
Florida,  secedes,  261 
Ford's  Theatre,  scene  of  assassination,  586— 
591 
Forquer,  George,  lightning  rod  anecdote, 
Forrest,  Edwin,  469 
Forrest,  Thomas  L.,  458
INDEX 
609 
Fort  Sumter,  held  by  Anderson,  262; 
attack,  312,  316;  L's  dream,  583 
Fortress  Monroe,  L.  visits,  386-392 
Foster,  Major-General,  385,  400 
Fox,  G.  V.,  assistant  secretary  of  the  navy, 
536 
Franklin,  Benjamin,  L.  ranked  with,  549 
Fredericksburg,  repulse  at,  368;  attacked, 
417;  L's  grief  over,  461-462;  defeat, 
487, 488,  506 
Free-Soil  Party,  150,  172,  173 
Free-state  cause,  L.  sympathises  with,  158 
Freedmen.     See  Negroes 
Fremont,  John  C.,  nominated  for  presi 
dent,  170;  defeated,  173;  pioneer  eman 
cipator,  420,  447;  presidential  possi 
bility  in,  1864,  532 
Fry,  J.  B.,  quoted,  376 
Fugitive  Slave  Law,  detested  by  L.,  248- 
249;  text,  434-435 
Fusion  Party,  L.  candidate  of,  for  senator, 
162 
Gamble,  Governor,  Curtis-Gamble  faction, 
454-456 
Gentry,  Allen,  19-20 
Gentry,  Mrs.  Allen,  quoted,  12 
Georgia,  seceded,  261 
Germans  in  Cincinnati,  welcome  L.,  271- 
272 
Gettysburg,  mentioned,  478,  496;  victory, 
498-499,  503-504;  L's  feeling  during 
battle,  499-500;  victory  cheers  L.,  507; 
battle-field  purchase  and  dedication, 
511-515;  L's  dream,  583 
Gettysburg  Address,  rewritten  many  times, 
471;  world's  model,  473;  text,  512-515 
Gillespie,  Joseph,  quoted,  80,  83;  conversa 
tion  with  L.  on  slavery,  148-149 
Grant,  Frederick  D.,  519 
Grant,  Ulysses  S.,  mentioned,  403,  464, 
542;  opinion  of  McClellan's  difficulties, 
367,  404;  victories  in  Tenn.,  385; 
Vicksburg  campaign,  500-502;  L's 
letter  on  Vicksburg,  502;  L's  dissatis 
faction  before  Vicksburg,  503;  com 
mands  military  division  of  Miss.,  516; 
rank  of  Lieut.-General  created  for,  516; 
assumes  command  of  army,  517;  sum 
moned  to  Washington,  517;  at  White 
House  reception,  517-518;  receives 
commission  from  L.,  519;  refusal  to  dine 
at  White  House,  519-520;  L's  impres 
sions  of  personality  and  military  capa 
cities,  510-521;  L.'s  letter  of  commenda 
tion,  521;  interview  with  L.  on  military 
matters,  Grant's  own  account,  521-522; 
L's  suggestion  about  Early 's  repulse, 
522;  Grant's  reply,  523;  L.  seeks  to 
know  his  political  aspirations,  523;  true 
version  of  whiskey  anecdote,  524;  L. 
tells  story  of  Sykes's  dog,  525-526; 
dispute  with  Stanton,  526;  upheld  by 
president,  526-527;  presidential  possi 
bility,  532;  attacks  Early,  537;  telegram 
to  L.  on  re-election,  548;  peace  overture 
made  through,  554;  forces  Lee  to  Rich 
mond.  561-562;  visited  by  L.  at  City 
Point,  562-563;  interview  with  L.  at 
City  Point,  563-566;  L's  visit  at 
Petersburg,  567-568;  Lee's  surrender, 
573;  praised  by  L.,  574,  575;  instruc 
tions  for  conference  with  Lee,  577-578; 
denies  Stone  River  victory,  583;  drives 
with  L.  and  attends  last  cabinet  meeting, 
583;  declines  invitation  to  theater,  586 
Grant,  Mrs.  Ulysses  S.,  527 
Gray,  Dr.,  officiated  at  L's  funeral,  597 
Great  Britain.     See  England 
Gladstone,  William  Ewart,  opinion  of 
second  inaugural  address,  559-560 
Globe  Tavern,  Springfield,  111.,  L's  first 
home  after  marriage,  96 
Godbey,  Squire,  quoted,  46 
Goldsborough,  Lewis  M.,  390 
Goodrich,  Judge,  L.  declines  partnership, 
109 
Greeley,  Horace,  opposes  L's  policy  in 
N.  Y.  "Tribune,"  429-431;  publishes 
"The  prayer  of  twenty  millions,"  429; 
L's  reply,  429-430;  conference  with  L., 
430-431;  L.'s  "pigeonhole"  for,  474; 
seeks  successor  to  L.,  480;  peace  im 
portunities  and  L's  famous  reply,  539 
Green,  L.  M.,  quoted,  27 
Greene,  Bowlin,  friend  of  L.,  52 
Greene,  W.  G.,  30 
Gridley,  G.  A.,  137 
Grigsby,  Aaron,  17 
Grigsby,  Nat,  quoted,  13 
Griswold,  John  A.,  builder  of  "Monitor," 
345-347 
Grimes,  James  W.,  368 
Grover,  A.  J.,  quoted,  248-249 
Gulliver,  John  P.,  estimate  of  L's  speeches, 
221-223 
Gurley,  Rev.  Dr.,  officiated  at  L's  funeral, 
597 
Haines,  Elijah  M.,  quoted,  162-164;  209, 
228-229 
Hale,  John  P.,  mentioned,  185,  297;   calls 
on  L.,  583 
Hall,  Doctor,  attends  L.,  593 
Hall,  John,  263 
Hall,  Newman,  quoted,  397;   officiated  at 
L's  funeral,  596 
Halleck,  Henry  W.,  mentioned,  393,  413, 
487,  490,  519;  telegrams  to  Meade,  504- 
505;    military    ability,  505-506;    at  L's 
death-bed,  591 
Halpine,  Colonel,  310
610 
INDEX 
Hamlin,  Hannibal,  nominated  for  vice- 
president,  234 
Hampton  Roads,  meeting  of  peace  com 
missioners,  555-557 
Hanks,  Dennis,  recollections  of  L's  boy 
hood,  6-9;  story-telling  ability,  31;  L. 
visits,  263 
Hanks,  John,  L's  fellow-laborer,  24;  bears 
campaign  banner,  230 
Hanks,  Nancy.   See  Lincoln;  Nancy  Hanks 
Hannegan,  Edward  A.,  126 
Hapgood,  Norman,  quoted,  359 
Hardin,  Colonel,  4 
Hardin,  John  J.,  mentioned,  186;  congres 
sional  candidate,  99;  killed  in  Mexican 
War,  131 
Harding,  George,  attorney  in  McCormick 
Reaper  case,  173-174 
Harper's  Ferry,  Union  forces  driven  out, 
333-334 
Harris,  G.  W.,  quoted,  87-88,  128 
Harris,  Ira,  368;   daughter,  587,  593 
Harris,  Thomas  L.,  160 
Harrisburg,  L's  visit  on  inaugural  journey, 
278 
Hatch,  O.  M.,  mentioned,  227;  quoted, 
417-418 
Hawk,  Mr.,  actor,  describes  assassination, 
588 
Hay,  John  M.,  private  secretary,  266; 
quoted,  305-307 
Hayes,  General,  504 
Hazel,  Caleb,  L's  schoolmaster,  11 
Henderson,  J.  B.f  constitutional  amend 
ment  introduced  by,  554;  interviews 
L.  about  pardons,  578-580 
Henry,  Dr.,  493 
Herndon,  William  H.,  law  partnership  with 
L.,  71,  97-98;  letter  of  advice  from  L., 
104-105;  quoted,  24-26,  48,  92,  95,  113, 
114,  115,  116,  121,  132,  140,  154,  165, 
166,  167-168, 178;  sympathy  for  L.,  116; 
abolitionist  efforts,  165-169;  "Lincoln 
and  Herndon"  law  sign,  264 
Hitt,  Robert  R.,  198 
Holland,  Josiah  G.,  quoted,  11,  14-15,  76- 
77,  98,  111,  236,  268-269,  277-278,  283- 
284,  351,  371 
Holmes,  Oliver  Wendell,  L's  fondness  for 
his  poetry,  466 
Holt,  Joseph,  appeals  for  Union,  321,  322; 
possibility  as  secretary  of  war,  372; 
candidate  for  attorney  general,  552 
Homestead  law,  opinion  of  L.  on,  273 
Hood,  Thomas,  L's  fondness  for  his  poetry, 
466 
Hooker,  Joseph,  493;  visited  by  L.  before 
Chancellorsville,  465;  interview  with  L. 
and  promotion,  487-488;  "Fighting  Joe 
Hooker,"  488;  L's  letter  to,  489-490; 
Hooker's  comment,  492;  accused  of 
drunkenness,  492;  Sumner's  opinion  of, 
492;  self-confidence,  491-492;  unequal 
to  responsibility,  497;  asked  to  be  re 
lieved,  498;  aids  Grant  in  victories,  516 
Hossack,  John,  248 
"  House-Divided-Against-Itself  "  speech, 
quoted,  180,  426,  473 
Howard,  Senator,  368 
Hoyne,  Thomas,  237 
Hoyt,  Governor,  389 
Hubbard,  Gurdon  S.,  quoted,  49;  works 
for  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal,  49; 
interview  with  L.,  458-459 
Hunter,  David,  attempts  military  emanci 
pation,  447 
Hunter,  Robert  M.  T.,  Southern  peace 
commissioner,  555-556 
lies,  Elijah,  service  in  Black  Hawk  War,  39 
Illinois,    Lincoln    family    settles    in,    21; 
slavery  sentiment,  65-66;    first  to  ratify 
13th  amendment,  554 
Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal,  favored   by 
Lincoln,  49 
Indiana,  early  home  of  Lincoln,  6 
Indianapolis,  speech,  on  inaugural  journey, 
268 
Indians,  hostile  in  Kentucky,  2;   execution 
refused  by  L.,  453 
Invention,  L's  interest  in  history   of,  118- 
119;  navigation  device,  24-26 
Jackson,  Andrew,  L.  compared  with,  413, 
549 
Jackson,   Thomas   Jonathan    (Stonewall), 
414;   death,  492 
Jayne,  William,  quoted,  161 
Jefferson,  Joseph,  quoted,  79 
Jefferson,  Thomas,  360;    L.  ranked  with, 
549 
Johnson,   Andrew,    mentioned,    100,   585; 
nominated  for  vice-president,  534;  sworn 
in,    557;     at   L's     death-bed,   591;     at 
funeral,  596 
Johnson,  Bradley,     Confederate    general, 
raid  of  country  around  Washington,  536 
Johnson,  Oliver,  visit  to  L.,  468-469 
Johnson,  Reverdy,  attorney  in  McCormick 
case,  173,  174,  176 
Johnston,  Albert  Sidney,  at  Vicksburg,  501 
Johnston,    Joseph     E.,     mentioned,    578, 
579;    Sherman   defeats,  561-562;    plan 
to  force  surrender,  564-565;    L's  dream, 
584 
Johnston,   John,    step-brother   of   L.,    24; 
indolent  and  shiftless    nature,  121;    L's 
letters  to,  120-123 
Jones,  J.  Russell,  L.  consults  about  Grant 
523 
Jones,  Laura,  L's  leniency  to,  453 
Joy,  James  F.,  237
INDEX 
611 
Judd,    Norman    B.,    L.    visits,    117-118; 
member  of  inaugural   party,    266,  275; 
mentioned,  161,  162,  189,  227,  232 
Judd,  Mrs.  Norman  B.,  quoted,  117-118 
Julian,  George  W.,  quoted,  253-254,  375, 
378 
Kansas,  L's  visit  to,  213-214 
Kansas-Nebraska  Bill,  controversy,  147, 
152-155,  159-161 
Kelly,  William  D.,  quoted,  356-358,  465 
Kelton,  Colonel,  413 
Kentucky,  Lincoln  family  in,  2;  plea  for 
neutrality,  270;  importance  of  neutral 
ity,  320-322;  concessions  made  to,  431 
"Kerr,  Orpheus  C.,"  (Robert  Henry 
Newell),  334,  foot-note;  L's  great  fond 
ness  for  his  writings,  334,  467 
Keyes,  General,  quoted,  381 
King,  Preston,  303 
Kirkpatrick,  William,  36 
Know-Nothing-Party,  153 
Knox,  Joe,  171 
Labor  and  capital  discussed  by  Lincoln, 
348-350 
Laboring-men,  L's  speech  to  Cincinnati 
Germans,  272-273 
Lamborn,  Josiah,  74,  89,  186 
Lamon,  Ward  H.,  mentioned,  81;  member 
of  inaugural  party,  266,  275,  278;  quoted, 
12,  16,  29-30,  58,  84,  112,  114,  115,  154, 
161,  229,  254-255,  256,  263,  266,  267 
Lane,  General,  309 
Lectures.     See  Speeches  and  Lectures 
Lee,  Harry  T.,  impression  of  Gettysburg 
address,  514 
Lee,  Robert  E..  mentioned,  300,  437,  499, 
517;  Pennsylvania  invasion,  333,  497; 
Manassas  successes,  411,  414;  Antietam 
defeat,  414;  Chancellorsville  victory, 
492;  Gettysburg  defeat,  498,  501; 
Appomattox  surrender,  517,  573;  Rich 
mond,  retreat  to,  561-562;  Union  plans 
for  capture,  564-565;  Richmond,  re 
treat  from,  568;  Grant  ordered  not  to 
confer  with,  577-578;  L's  comment  on 
portrait,  582 
Letters  and  telegrams,  acceptance  of  presi 
dential  nomination,  244;  correspondence 
burdensome,  474;  written  by  hand,  474; 
to  Bryant  concerning  party  pledges,  248; 
to  Mrs.  Bixby  on  loss  of  sons,  397-398; 
to  Curtis  on  factional  quarrels,  455;  to 
Douglas,  invitation  to  debate,  182; 
telegram  to  Grant  during  Early 's  raid; 
522-523;  to  Grant  after  Vicksburg.  502, 
to  Grant,  expressing  satisfaction,  521; 
to  Greeley  on  emancipation,  429-430; 
to  Herndon,  giving  advice,  104-105;  to 
Hooker,  on  latter 's  appointment,  489- 
490;  to  Judd  about  campaign  contribu 
tion,  209;  to  Judd  regarding  the  presi 
dency,  228;  to  Kentucky  unionist  on 
slavery,  446-448;  to  McClellan  on  over- 
cautiousness,  392-395;  to  McClellan 
concerning  route  to  Richmond,  405-407; 
to  McNeill  relating  to  fees  for  speeches, 
223-224;  to  Schofield,  advice  on  fac 
tional  quarrels,  455-456;  to  Speed  on 
slavery,  151-153;  to  Speed's  sister  on 
slavery,  148;  to  Springfield  friends  after 
Gettysburg  and  Vicksburg,  507-508;  to 
step-brother  on  death  of  father,  120-123; 
to  Washburne,  about  forts,  261;  to 
Washburne,  against  compromises,  260— 
261;  to  Weed  on  secession,  262;  "To 
whom  it  may  concern,"  safe  conduct  for 
peace  envoys,  539 
Lewis,  Robert,  334 
Lincoln,  Abraham,  grandfather  of  L., 
settles  in  Kentucky,  2;   death,  3 
LINCOLN,  ABRAHAM 
CHARACTERISTICS,  inherited,  5,  11;  in 
boyhood  and  youth,  9,  16,  20,  35,  49, 
53,  75-77;  handwriting,  19;  elements 
of  greatness,  53;  claims  to  be  a  fatalist, 
108;  absent-mindedness,  112,  114; 
debt  abhorred,  130;  as  a  lawyer,  142- 
146,  235;  as  a  public  speaker,  171-172, 
183-188,  194-197,  204-206;  master  of 
himself,  235;  compared  with  Jackson, 
260;  attitude  toward  public  visitors, 
301-302;  lack  of  sovereignty,  304; 
simplicity  of  manner,  305-306;  quali 
ties  of  a  leader,  307-308;  morbid 
dislike  of  guard,  310-311;  forbear 
ance,  315,  320;  precision  and  minute 
ness  of  information,  358;  living  power 
of  integrity  and  elasticity,  359;  great 
ness  in  moral  strength,  359-361; 
summed  up  by  Nicolay,  361-362; 
peace-maker,  364,  456;  wisdom  and 
moderation,  374;  guileless  and  single- 
hearted,  387;  power  to  make  quick 
and  important  decisions,  412;  will 
compared  to  Andrew  Jackson,  413; 
easily  accessible  to  visitors,  450;  no 
case  too  trivial,  451;  ability  to  say  no, 
451,  452;  diplomacy  in  Schofield- 
Rosecrans  episode,  456-457;  loyalty 
to  friends,  458;  fortitude,  462;  imagi 
nation  versus  reason,  466;  tireless 
worker,  473;  magnanimity  toward  op 
ponents,  476-477;  stern  when  neces 
sary,  477-478;  candor  and  friendliness 
in  criticism,  489-490;  willingness  to 
admit  errors,  502;  quickness  of  per 
ception,  527;  tenacity,  527;  Sher 
man's  tribute,  565-566;  unselfishness, 
566-567;  magnanimity  toward  south 
ern  leaders,  580;  clemency  in  granting 
pardons,  586
612 
INDEX 
Ambitions,  presentiment  of  future 
greatness,  18-19,  27,  53;  desire  to 
be  the  "DeWitt  Clinton  of  Illi 
nois,"  61;  encouraged  by  friends, 
116;  generous  quality  of,  159; 
senatorial,  161-164;  presidential, 
331;  not  concerned  over  political 
future,  529-532 
Appearance,  at  fifteen,  12;  at  nine 
teen,  20;  in  1832.,  42;  in  1847, 
105-106;  in  1849,  190-110,  111; 
"man  of  sorrows,"  113-114; 
singular  walk,  114-115;  on  the 
circuit,  125-127,  175-176;  face 
transformed  in  speaking,  181;  in 
repose  and  on  the  stump,  194-195, 
197,  in  1858,  201,  205;  in  1860, 
215;  height,  247;  as  President 
elect,  253-254,  274-275,  279; 
arrival  at  Washington,  282;  in 
auguration,  285-286;  in  his  re 
ception  room,  302-303;  changed 
by  anxiety,  355;  Nicolay's  de 
scription,  361;  face  a  surprise  to 
Winchell,  382;  unconventional 
dress,  356-357,  377,  450;  changed 
by  grief,  462-463;  Frederick 
Douglass'  impressions,  484,  485, 
486;  saddest  man  in  the  world, 
543-546 
Courage,  fighting  qualities,  27-29; 
encounter  with  a  bully,  29;  in 
Black  Hawk  War,  38-40;  rescues 
Baker  from  a  fight,  91-92;  duel 
with  Shields,  93;  under  discour 
agements,  292,  331;  did  not  fear 
attempt  upon  his  life,  540-542 
Honesty,  at  nineteen,  20;  as  a  sales 
man,  31;  "Honest  Abe,"  31,  53, 
68,  171;  trust  funds  never  used, 
46;  in  voting,  101-102;  as  a 
lawyer,  130,  138,  143;  refused  to 
defend  the  guilty,  136-137;  in 
tellectual  and  moral,  144 
Horsemanship,  415-416,  491,  562, 
563 
Justice,  anecdote  of  Black  Hawk 
War,  38;  refusal  to  countenance 
injustice,  130-131,  453;  sense  of, 
476-478;  injustice  to  Gen.  Meade, 
503-506 
Literary  methods  and  style,  early 
example,  63-65;  example  from 
Douglas  debates,  89-90;  methods, 
470-471;  style,  471-473 
Kindness  and  sympathy,  16;  to 
animals,  13,  76;  everybody's 
friend,  35;  in  his  home,  113; 
regard  for  old  friends  and  relatives, 
119,  121-123;  to  old  colored 
woman,  128;  to  young  attorneys, 
130;  for  Col.  Scott,  410;  for 
soldiers,  395-397,  400-401,  499- 
500;  embarrassing  results  of 
friendliness,  470 
Melancholy  and  sadness,  caused  by 
love  of  Anne  Rutledge,  49; 
temporary  attack,  95-96;  causes, 
112-113;  struggles  with,  115-117; 
depression  in  1854,  161;  evidence 
of,  170,  175,  198,  246,  361;  over 
defeat  for  senate,  204;  on  inau 
gural  journey,  266-267;  after 
Bull  Run,  330-331;  over  war 
victims,  401-402,  500;  engraved 
on  features,  462—463;  summer  of 
1864,  537-538,  542-546;  Matthew 
Arnold's  poem,  546 
Memory,  for  faces  and  names,  9,  39, 
40;  for  events,  36;  retentive, 
467,  468 
Military  sagacity,  380-386,  390-395, 
405-407,  411-414,  416-417,  502, 
506 
Modesty,  unassuming  manner  in 
politics,  163;  about  printing 
speeches,  216;  in  regard  to  presi 
dential  nomination,  227-228;  as 
president,  304,  306,  307,  459; 
natural,  360;  about  second  nomi 
nation,  535;  on  news  of  second 
election,  547 
Popularity,  as  a  young  man,  28-29, 
75;  in  New  Salem,  35,  53;  in 
Black  Hawk  War,  39,  41;  uni 
versal  favorite,  130;  in  Kansas, 
213,  214;  at  Republican  conven 
tion  in  1860,  229-230;  among  old 
friends  and  relatives,  263-264; 
Confederate  soldiers'  greeting  at 
Petersburg,  567-568 
Physical  strength,  in  boyhood,  9; 
incidents  showing,  91-93,  389,  401 
Religious  nature,  knowledge  of  the 
Bible,  118-119;  shown  in  letter  to 
step-brother,  120;  reliance  on 
Divine  help,  265,  267,  268;  in 
fluence  of  son's  death,  351-352; 
spirituality  highly  organized,  360, 
361,  362;  religious  spirit,  385- 
386;  shown  in  fortitude,  462; 
quotes  the  Bible,  473;  his  views 
on,  478—479;  not  a  church  mem 
ber,  478;  shown  in  second  inau 
gural  address,  557-559 
Tact,  357;  in  official  relations,  368- 
370,  378;  anecdotes  illustrating, 
451-457 
Temperance,  reply  to  Douglas's 
taunt,  83,  85,  130,  203 
Voice,  magnetism  of,  59;  not  pleas 
ing,  142,  221;  clear  and  vigorous, 
205;  high  but  clear,  302,  515 
Wit  and  humor,  power  of  satire,  17;
INDEX 
613 
examples  of,  56-57,  80-83,  139- 
140;  love  of  practical  joke,  57; 
no  end  to  his  fund  of,  84;  used 
against  adversaries,  87,  139-140, 
202-204;  chief  attraction  at 
dinners,  110;  cultivated,  113; 
stories  not  always  dignified,  139; 
repartee,  157;  advantage  of  L. 
over  Douglas,  186, 195;  indelicacy 
charge  refuted,  258;  safety-valve 
of  L.,  332-333;  enjoyment  of 
"Orpheus  C.  Kerr,"  334;  at 
cabinet  meetings,  336;  soldiers' 
humor  appreciated  by  L.,  399- 
400;  humorists  liked  by  L.,  467- 
468 
PRIVATE  LIFE:  ancestry,  1-5;  L's  own 
account,  32-33;  birth,  1,  4;  illegitimate 
parentage  legend,  4;  Lincoln  family  in 
Kentucky,  4;  removal  to  Indiana,  5—6; 
in  Indiana,  6-19;  reminiscences  by 
Dennis  Hanks,  7-9;  death  of  his 
mother,  10;  love  for  his  mother,  5,10, 
21;  tribute  to  her  influence,  11;  his 
father  remarries,  11;  affection  for 
step-mother,  11,  119,  123,  124,  263; 
moves  to  Macon  Co.,  111.,  21,  33;  his 
father's  possessions,  21;  death  of 
father,  22;  L.  helps  build  log  cabin, 
23;  splitting  rails,  23;  flatboat 
voyages  down  the  Mississippi,  23-24; 
settles  in  New  Salem,  24-26,  33; 
patent  for  navigation  device,  24-26; 
athletic  skill,  27-29;  first  meeting 
with  Smoot,  29;  meets  Governor 
Yates,  30;  love  of  story-telling,  30-31; 
home  life,  31, 113, 115;  autobiography, 
32-34;  struggle  with  poverty,  45,  47, 
69-71,  209,  225;  love  for  Anne  Rut- 
ledge,  49-52;  close  of  his  boyhood  and 
youth,  52-54;  New  Salem  a  desolate 
waste,  54;  moves  to  Springfield,  33, 
69-70;  struggles  of  a  young  lawyer, 
69-84;  meeting  with  Speed,  69; 
shares  his  home,  70,  88;  in  state 
politics,  85-96;  Mary  Todd's  satirical 
article,  93;  love  affairs  with  Matilda 
Edwards  and  Mary  Todd,  94-95;  de 
rangement,  95;  goes  to  Kentucky  with 
Speed,  96;  marriage  to  Mary  Todd, 
95,  96;  lives  at  Globe  Tavern,  96; 
purchases  Dressar  home,  96;  enters 
national  politics,  97-108;  back  in 
Springfield,  109;  simplicity  of  home 
life  in  Springfield,  110;  income  from 
law  practice,  110;  property  owned, 
111;  his  children,  111-112;  L.  as 
husband  and  father,  113;  marriage 
unhappy,  112-117;  did  his  own 
marketing,  114;  visits  Chicago,  117; 
regard  for  relatives,  119;  purchases 
home  for  father,  119;  letters  to  step 
brother,  120-123;  idol  of  his  step 
mother,  123-124;  wealth,  not  desired 
by  L.,  125;  L.  as  a  lawyer,  125-146; 
careless  about  money,  130;  keeping 
partnership  accounts,  133;  anecdote 
about  his  wealth,  216;  summer  home 
during  presidency,  401;  home  life  in 
White  House,  464-465;  desire  to  live 
in  California,  549;  plans  for  retire 
ment,  584-585. 
Education,  early  education,  7-9, 
11-19;  early  schools  attended, 
11-13;  his  copy  book  inscription, 
13;  first  efforts  in  composition, 
13;  mental  training  from  reading, 
14;  scrap-book  kept  in  youth,  14; 
handwriting  at  seventeen,  19; 
book  of  arithmetic  examples,  19; 
knowledge  of  astronomy  and 
geology,  20-21;  study  of  gram 
mar,  26-27;  L.'s  own  account,  33; 
knowledge  of  drama,  79;  L.  as 
a  student,  130-131;  musical 
taste,  466-467;  unashamed  of 
early  deficiencies,  468-469 
Books  and  reading,  influence  of  first 
books,  8,  14-16;  his  own  testi 
mony,  15;  the  ruined  volume,  14, 
16;  method  of  reading,  131; 
wrote  verses,  132;  books  in  White 
House  office,  300;  love  for  Shake 
speare,  Browning,  and  Byron,  387; 
memory  for  poetry,  356;  poets 
best  loved,  466-467;  humorists 
liked,  467;  best-loved  books,  468; 
novel  reading,  469 
Employments,  first  work,  16;  first 
dollar  earned,  17-18;  flatboat 
constructed  for  commerical  enter 
prise,  17-18;  his  first  employer, 
19-20;  first  flatboat  journey  to 
New  Orleans,  195;  second  flat- 
boat  journey  to  New  Orleans, 
23-24;  clerk  at  New  Salem,  26- 
34;  Offutt's  store  closed,  35; 
brief  career  as  country  merchant, 
42-44;  blacksmith  trade  con 
sidered,  42;  surveys  and  plans 
Petersburg,  47,  67;  notion  to 
become  a  carpenter,  71 
Law  career,  early  interest  in  law,  9, 
19;  study  and  practice,  33-43; 
begins  study  of,  46-47;  begins 
practice,  47;  period  covered,  55; 
reverence  for  law,  64;  in  Spring 
field,  69;  without  plans  or  money, 
69-70;  asking  credit,  70;  partner 
ship  with  Stuart  and  Logan,  71; 
with  Herndon,  71;  riding  the 
circuit,  71-84;  borrows,  then 
owns  a  horse,  71;  welcome  by 
other  lawyers,  72;  humility,  72;
614 
INDEX 
court  scene,  72-73;  freedom  in 
social  intercourse,  73;  leading 
lawyers  of  the  day,  73-74;  ad 
ventures  and  hardships,  74; 
popularity  and  appearance,  75— 
76;  not  afraid  of  unpopular  cases, 
77;  wins  case  of  widow  of  revolu 
tionary  pensioner,  77-79;  wins 
case  for  Jefferson,  79;  ridiculing 
the  eloquence  of  opponent,  80-81; 
breach  of  promise  suit,  81-82; 
ready  wit,  83-84;  dissolved  part 
nership  with  Logan,  97;  partner 
ship  with  Herndon,  97-98;  de 
clined  partnership  with  Goodrich, 
109;  resumes  practice  in  1849, 
109, 125-146;  legal  fee  ridiculously 
small,  125;  appearance  in  court, 
125-128;  defending  a  colored 
woman,  128;  dividing  fee  with 
defendant,  128-129;  refused  to 
take  unjust  cases,  130-131; 
keeping  accounts,  133;  fees 
moderate,  133;  defends  son  of 
Jack  Armstrong,  133-136;  would 
not  press  for  pay,  135-136;  refused 
to  defend  guilty,  136-137;  would 
never  advise  unwise  suits,  137- 
138;  returns  fee,  138;  anecdotes 
of  L.  at  the  bar,  138-140;  his 
rank  as  a  lawyer,  140-146;  special 
characteristics,  145 
Recreations,   games,    129;     dancing, 
210;    theatre,  469-470;    fondness 
for  walking,  46 
PUBLIC  LIFE, 
Nicknames,  "Railsplitter,"  9,  23, 
230-231;  "Uncle  Abe,"  75;  "Old 
Abe,"  105;  "Honest  Abe,"  31, 
53,  68,  171 
Oratory,  first  efforts,  27;  reputation, 
62;  spoke  without  manuscript, 
89;  manner  of  speaking  described, 
100,  127,  172;  used  old-fashioned 
words,  139,  146;  jury  speeches, 
146;  eloquence  of  Bloomington 
speech,  167-168;  compared  with 
Douglas,  89,  177,  182-207; 
Cooper  Institute  speech,  217-221; 
New  England  tour,  221-223; 
W.  J.  Bryan's  opinion,  473; 
Gettysburg  address,  512-515; 
eloquence  of  second  inaugural, 
557-559 
Public  questions,  L's  views  on: 
Mexican  war,  101-102,  131; 
Missouri  compromise,  150-160; 
Kansas-Nebraska  bill,  152-155; 
secession  views,  262,  287-291, 
320-321;  labor  and  capital,  348- 
350;  emancipation,  447,  482-484; 
reconstruction  policy,  576-581 
Slavery,  L.  opposes  pro-slavery 
enactment  in  Illinois,  65-66; 
attitude  shown  in  Douglas  de 
bates,  89-90,  191-194,  205;  sale 
of  slave  girl,  147-148;  early  views, 
148—149;  opposed  slavery  in 
Congress  and  in  speeches,  149— 
151;  views  in  letters  to  Speed, 
151-153;  argues  eternal  right  at 
Bloomington  Convention,  167- 
168;  resolution  adopted,  169; 
"House  divided  against  itself," 
177-182;  Cincinnati  speech,  211- 
212;  L.'s  policy,  419-446;  Chan- 
ning  interview,  427;  Chicago 
clergymen's  delegation,  427;  Gree- 
ley  and  L.,  429-431;  L's  own 
account,  446-448;  4th  annual 
message,  552 
Early  political  career,  change  in 
views,  8;  made  election  clerk,  32; 
appointed  postmaster  at  Salem, 
44;  made  deputy  surveyor,  47; 
natural  taste  for  politics,  55; 
candidate  for  presidential  elector, 
87;  Whig  leader,  87;  canvassed 
Illinois  in  Clay-Polk  campaign, 
99;  leader  of  Whigs  in  Congress, 
100;  Whig  delegate  to  National 
Convention,  104;  seeks  appoint 
ment  as  land  commissioner,  106- 
107;  little  interested  in  politics 
until  1854,  147;  building  up  the 
Free  Soil  party,  150;  admits 
being  a  Whig,  153, 157;  generosity 
toward  rivals,  160;  considered 
for  vice  president,  170,  228-229; 
activity  in  Fremont  campaign, 
170-173;  no  political  enemies,  232; 
bored  with  talk  on  politics,  240 
Illinois  legislature,  defeat  and  elec 
tion,  33;  first  candidacy  unsuc 
cessful,  41-42,  47;  campaign  of 
1834,  and  election,  48;  aids  canal 
bill,  49;  reputation  in,  49;  re- 
nominated,  1836,  55;  campaign 
methods,  56-60;  lightning  rod 
anecdote,  56-57;  not  an  aristo 
crat,  57-58;  reply  to  Early,  58- 
59;  letter  to  Allen,  59-60;  elec 
tion,  60;  journey  to  capital,  60; 
meets  Judge  Caton,  61;  first 
meeting  with  Douglas,  61-62; 
removal  of  Illinois  Capitol,  62; 
an  early  speech,  62-65;  opposes 
pro-slavery  enactment,  65-66; 
contest  with  Ewing,  66-67; 
campaign  of  1838  and  election, 
85;  end  of  legislative  service,  86; 
election  and  resignation,  1864, 
160-161;  senatorial  contest,  161- 
161
INDEX 
615 
Black  Hawk  War,  33;  candidate  for 
captain,  36;  memories  of  L.,  36— 
37;  first  experience  drilling  troops, 
37;  rescues  an  Indian,  37-38; 
meeting  with  Stuart,  38-39;  L. 
re-enlists,  39;  recollects  Major 
Anderson  after  29  years,  39; 
courage  as  a  soldier,  40;  his  own 
account  of  his  service,  40-41; 
popularity  with  comrades,  41 
Congress,  aspirations,  97;  elected  to 
lower  house,  1846, 34, 99-100, 159; 
Whig  leader,  100;  reputation  in, 
100;  first  speech,  101;  Mexican 
War  attitude,  101-102;  notable 
speech  and  ridicule  of  Gen.  Cass, 
102-104;  bill  for  abolition  of 
slavery,  104;  campaign  methods, 
131-132;  senatorial  contest, 
1855,  161-163;  defeated,  164; 
senatorial  contest  with  Douglas, 
1858,  177-207;  defeated,  208; 
depression  of  L.  over,  208-209 
Presidency,  presentiment  of  L.  con 
cerning,  18-19;  modest  over 
proposed  nomination,  144;  almost 
in  his  grasp,  213;  Cooper  In 
stitute  speech  aids  toward,  220, 
232;  suggested  as  a  candidate, 
227-228;  nomination,  231-237; 
sittings  for  life  mask,  237-243; 
cast  of  hands,  242;  notified  of 
nomination,  243-244;  opposi 
tion  of  Springfield  clergymen, 
247;  election,  1860,  250-251; 
non-partisan  appointments,  256— 
257;  unembarrassed  by  promises, 
259,  260;  preparation  for  in 
auguration,  263;  journey  to 
Washington,  265-280;  stories  of 
disguises,  280;  week  preceding 
inauguration,  281-283;  cere 
monies  described,  283-292;  oath 
administered,  284,  291;  first 
night  at  the  White  House,  292; 
cabinet  appointments,  293;  cabi 
net  changes,  294;  difficulties 
selecting  loyal  and  capable  men, 
295;  impression  on  people,  298- 
310;  modest  as  president,  306- 
307;  fears  for  attempted  assassi 
nation,  308-310;  L's  dislike  for 
guard,  311;  Civil  War  begun, 
312;  first  call  for  troops,  31'2-314; 
creates  excitement,  314;  Boston 
riots,  315;  loyalty  of  Douglas, 
315-316;  proclamation  of  block 
ade  of  Southern  ports,  316-318; 
blockade  extended,  318;  Virginia 
convention  waits  on  L.,  318;  L's 
war  policy  outlined,  319-320; 
L's  conciliatory  course,  320-321; 
tries  to  save  Kentucky,  321-322; 
special  session  of  Congress,  322; 
L's  first  message,  322-325;  diffi 
culties  of  a  new  administration, 
325-326;  Bull  Run  disaster,  326; 
visits  the  army  in  Virginia,  327; 
depression  following  Bull  Run, 
329-331;  unfaltering  courage, 
331;  relief  in  story-telling,  332- 
333;  depression  relieved  by  hu 
mor,  333-336;  measuring  up  with 
Sumner,  336;  diplomacy  in 
Mason  and  Slidell  affair,  340- 
344;  in  French  invasion  of  Mexi 
co,  345;  building  the  "  Monitor," 
346-347;  first  annual  message, 
347-350;  reception  at  White 
House,  350;  illness  and  death  at 
the  White  House,  351-352;  secret 
service  incidents,  352-353;  an 
noyed  by  office-seekers,  353;  Mr. 
Ross  at  the  White  House,  353- 
356;  William  Kelley  at  the  White 
House,  356;  Goldwin  Smith's 
impressions,  356-359;  tributes 
from  Hapgood,  Bigelow,  and 
Nicolay,  359-362;  cabinet  rela 
tions,  363-379;  with  Stanton, 
364-379;  with  Seward,  366-371; 
Cameron  and  Stanton,  371-373; 
L.  considers  McClellan  over 
cautious,  392-395;  L.  visits 
hospitals,  400-401;  differences 
of  opinion  with  McClellan,  404; 
letter  to  him  about  campaign, 
405-406;  urges  action,  406-407; 
L's  defence  of  him,  407;  L.  re 
calls  him,  410;  reinstates  him, 
411-412;  McClellan's  own  ac 
count,  413;  correspondence,  416- 
417;  L's  summing  up  of  McClel 
lan,  417-418;  signs  emancipa 
tion  proclamation,  441;  his  life 
as  president,  449;  society  at  the 
White  House,  449-450;  public 
receptions,  450;  tact  with  favor 
seekers  and  bores,  451-453;  sense 
of  justice,  453;  answering  im 
proper  questions,  454;  settles  the 
Curtis-Gamble  dispute,  454-457; 
appoints  Schofield,  455-457; 
views  of  his  own  position,  459; 
dealing  with  cranks,  459-461; 
Fredericksburg  disaster,  461-462; 
responsibility  of  his  position,  462- 
463;  home  life  in  the  White 
House,  464-465;  visits  Army  of 
the  Potomac,  465-466;  tireless 
worker,  473;  health,  473-474; 
his  letter  file,  474;  Agassiz  and  L., 
475-476;  his  official  acts  not 
influenced  by  personal  considera-
616 
INDEX 
tion,  476-477;  criticism  of  the 
administration,  480-481;  war 
policy  opposed  by  Greeley,  480; 
by  high  official,  481;  Democrats 
of  the  North,  481;  Boston  aboh- 
tionists,  482-484;  effect  of  abuse, 
481;  Western  delegation,  484; 
personal  responsibility  for  policy, 
484;  interview  with  Douglas  on 
enlisting  colored  soldiers,  484-486; 
McClellan's  removal,  487;  rela 
tions  with  Burnside,  487;  with 
Hooker,  487-490;  candor  and 
friendliness  with  officers,  489- 
490;  visits  army  of  the  Potomac, 
490-492;  his  view  of  Charleston 
attack,  490;  effect  of  Chancellors- 
ville  on  L.  492-493;  reads  Sted- 
man's  poem  to  cabinet,  494-495; 
the  tide  turns,  495;  Lee  invades 
Pennsylvania,  497;  Hooker 
proves  unfit,  497-498;  Meade 
appointed,  498;  L's  feelings  dur 
ing  Gettysburg  battle,  498-500; 
joy  over  Vicksburg,  501-503; 
praise  of  Grant,  502;  criticism  of 
Meade  for  Lee's  escape,  503-504; 
Meade  asks  to  be  relieved,  504; 
criticism  answered,  504;  resigna 
tion  not  insisted  upon,  505;  L's 
opinion  modified,  506-507;  im 
proved  conditions,  507;  defence 
of  emancipation  proclamation 
507-508;  Thanksgiving  proclama 
tion,  508-510;  fall  election,  1863, 
510;  L.  upheld,  511;  his  own 
comment,  511;  Gettysburg  dedi 
cation,  512-515;  relations  with 
Grant,  516-527;  appoints  Grant 
Lieut-General,  516;  summons 
him  to  Washington,  517;  Grant 
receives  commission,  517-519; 
first  meeting  with  Grant,  520;  L's 
letter  of  satisfaction,  521;  military 
orders  issued  by  L.,  522;  interested 
in  Grant's  career,  523;  interest 
in  Grant's  political  aspirations, 
523;  Grant-Stanton  episode,  526- 
527;  Grant's  opinion  of  Lincoln, 
527;  campaign  of  1864,  528-535; 
L's  attitude  toward  a  second 
term,  528-532;  New  England's 
attitude  toward  the  administra 
tion,  529;  relations  with  Chase, 
532-534,  549-550;  candidates  of 
1864,  532-533;  L's  nomination, 
1864,  534;  acceptance  speech, 
535;  Early 's  raid,  532-537;  call 
for  more  troops,  537;  war  policy 
criticized,  537;  depression  of  L., 
538-539;  campaign  of  1864, 
539-540;  McClellan  a  candidate, 
539;  L's  secret  pledge  to  support 
successor,  540;  attempt  on  life, 
540-541;  effect  of  burdens  and 
anxiety  during  war,  542-546; 
election  of  1864,  victory,  546- 
549;  Grant's  telegram,  548; 
Seward's  tribute,  548-549; 
Chase's  resignation,  549-550; 
other  cabinet  changes,  550-552: 
fourth  annual  message,  552; 
colored  people  at  White  House 
reception,  552-553;  negotiates 
with  Southern  peace  commis 
sioners,  554-556;  assumes  re 
sponsibility  for  unpopular  mea 
sures,  554-555;  scheme  for  com 
pensation  emancipation,  556-557; 
second  inauguration,  557-560; 
close  of  the  war,  561-563;  escapes 
office-seekers,  563;  with  Grant, 
Sherman,  and  Porter  at  City 
Point,  562-566;  on  the  River 
Queen,  563-566;  concern  about 
Schofield,  565;  on  the  Malvern 
566-567;  at  Petersburg,  567- 
568;  at  Richmond,  568-573; 
news  of  Richmond's  fall,  568; 
visit  to  Richmond,  569;  wel 
comed  by  the  negroes,  571; 
Southerners'  reception,  572;  joy 
over  Lee's  surrender,  573;  scene 
at  Capitol,  574-575;  L.'s  speech 
to  the  multitude,  576;  recon 
struction  views,  576-581;  in 
structions  to  Grant  on  final  con 
ference  with  Lee,  577-578;  feeling 
toward  the  South,  577-580; 
pardoning  confederates,  579-580; 
the  last  day:  talk  with  Robert, 
582;  receives  visitors,  583;  last 
cabinet  meeting,  583-584;  signifi 
cant  dreams,  583-584;  drive  with 
Mrs.  Lincoln,  584-585;  last  offi 
cial  acts,  585-587;  reaches  theatre, 
587;  the  shot  fired,  588;  Booth's 
escape,  588-589;  Walt  Whitman's 
description,  589;  Booth's  plan, 
590;  Rathbone's  account,  590; 
death-bed,  591;  Welles's  account, 
591-594;  a  nation's  grief,  594- 
599;  funeral  ceremonies  at  the 
White  House,  596;  lying  in  state 
at  Capitol,  597;  funeral  train  to 
Springfield,  597-598;  interment, 
599 
Lincoln,  Edward  Baker,  L's  son,  birth,  111 
Lincoln,  John,  L's  great-grandfather,  2 
Lincoln,  John,  L's  half-brother,  11 
Lincoln,  Josiah,  L's  uncle,  3 
Lincoln,  Mary  Todd,  L's    wife,  published 
satirical  articles  about  James  Shields,  93; 
ambitions,   94;    characteristics,  94;  en-
INDEX 
617 
gagement  to  L.  broken,  95;  marriage,  94, 
96;  hospitality,  110;  pro-slavery  views, 
167;  meeting  with  Volk,  241;  on  in 
augural  journey,  266;  opinion  of  Riddle 
on,  275-276;  censured  for  frivolity,  450; 
defines  L's  religion,  478;  visits  Army  of 
Potomac,  490;  receives  Grant,  518-520; 
fears  of  L's  assassination,  540;  desired 
to  visit  Europe,  549;  last  drive  with  L., 
584-585;  plans  to  visit  theatre,  586;  at 
theatre,  587;  shock  at  assassination, 
589;  prostrated  by  L's  death,  591;  at 
L's  death-bed,  593;  unable  to  attend 
obsequies,  596 
Lincoln,  Matilda,  L's  half-sister,  11 
Lincoln,  Mordecai,  son  of  Samuel  Lin 
coln,  2 
Lincoln,  Mordecai,  L's  uncle,  adventure 
with  Indians,  3;  character,  3-4;  L's 
characterization  of,  5;  opinion  of  L. 
about,  264 
Lincoln,  Nancy  Hanks,  L's  mother, 
marriage,  4;  slurs  upon  her  name,  4—5; 
character  and  appearance,  5;  Dennis 
Hanks's  opinion  of,  7;  death  and  funeral, 
10;  epitaph,  10;  love  of  L.  for,  10,  21; 
influence  on  L.,  10-11;  tribute  of  L.  to, 
11,  352 
Lincoln,  Robert  Todd,  L's  son,  birth,  111; 
student  at  Harvard,  221;  gripsack 
anecdote,  283;  student  and  soldier,  464; 
interview  with  L.  about  war,  582;  with 
his  mother  after  assassination,  591;  at 
L's  death-bed,  594 
Lincoln,  Samuel,  L's  English  forbear,  1 
Lincoln,  Sarah,  L's  half-sister,  11;  death, 
Lincoln,  Sarah,  L's  sister,  birth,  4 
Lincoln,  Sarah  Johnston,  L's  step-mother, 
marries  Thomas  Lincoln,  11;  mutual 
fondness  of  L.  and,  11,  119,  123-124, 
263;  quoted,  14;  death,  124;  visit  of  L. 
before  inauguration,  263 
Lincoln,  Thomas,  L's  father,  birth,  3; 
rescue  from  Indians,  3;  marriage  to 
Nancy  Hanks,  4;  moves  to  Rock  Spring 
farm,  4;  moves  to  Indiana,  5-6;  second 
marriage,  11;  moves  to  Illinois,  21; 
nicknames,  21;  character-sketch,  21-23; 
death,  22,  120;  epitaph,  22;  story 
telling  ability,  31;  death  120;  solicitude 
for,  120-121;  L.  visits  grave,  263 
Lincoln,  Thomas,  L's  son,  birth,  111; 
"Little  Tad,"  464;  companion  of 
father,  464-466,  490,  491;  death,  465; 
loved  by  soldiers,  465-466;  anecdote  of 
L's  last  speech,  575-576;  grief  over 
death  of  father,  596 
Lincoln,  William  Wallace,  L's  son,  birth, 
111;  death,  351,  464;  influence  of  death 
on  L.,  478 
Lincoln-Douglas      Debates,      comparative 
powers  of  speakers,  89,  177,  182-207. 
Extracts,  Springfield,  89-90;  Peoria, 
155-157;  Quincy  and  Alton,  191-194;  205 
Linder,  General,  quoted,  62/66,  91;  talks 
against  time,  80 
Livermore,  George,  given  proclamation 
pen,  445 
Logan,  John  A.,  quoted,  286,  292 
Logan,  Mrs.  John  A.,  quoted,  197 
Logan,  Stephen  T.,  mentioned,  74,  186; 
law  partner  of  L.,  71;  Whig  debater,  89; 
partnership  dissolved,  97;  anecdote  of 
shirt,  139;  favors  L.  for  legislature,  161; 
elected  to  legislature,  162;  L's  champion 
in  legislature,  163 
Longfellow,  Henry Wadsworth,  abolitionist, 
345 
Long,  Dr.,  quoted,  181 
"  Long  Nine,"  delegates  to  senate  conven 
tion,  1836,  60,  62 
Lookout  Mountain,  Grant's  success,  516 
Loring,  George  B.,  quoted,  282-283 
Lossing,  Benson  J.,  quoted,  342-343 
Louisiana,  seceded,  261 
Louisville  "Journal,"  L's  liking  for,  27 
Lovejoy,  Elijah,  244 
Lovejoy,  Owen,  abolitionist,  244;  men 
tioned,  378,  422,  423,  436 
Lowell,  James  Russell,  abolitionist,  245; 
quoted,  340 
Lucas,  Major,  quoted,  93 
Lyons,  Lord,  343 
McCIellan,  George  B.,  mentioned,  356, 
375,  488;  Stanton's  hostility,  367,  407, 
411;  difficulties  with  Army  of  Potomac, 
367;  letter  from  L.  on  over-cautiousness, 
392-395;  as  a  soldier,  403-404;  Meade 
and  Grant  quoted,  404;  L's  personal  re 
gard  for,  404;  appointed  general  of  Union 
armies,  405;  L.'s  letter  about  plan  of 
campaign,  405-406;  urging  action,  406- 
407;  L.  defends,  407;  recalled  from 
Peninsula;  succeeded  by  Pope,  410; 
reinstated,  411-412;  own  account,  413; 
Antietam  victory,  414;  inaction  after 
Antietam  criticized,  414;  quoted  on  L's 
visit  to  army,  414-415;  correspondence 
with  L.,  416;  replaced  by  Burnside,  417; 
L's  opinion,  417-418,  457-458;  bad 
news  from  the  Peninsula,  425;  fails  to 
reach  Richmond,  454;  removal  from 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  487;  L's  presi 
dential  competitor,  539;  defeated  for 
presidency,  547 
McCormick,  R.  C.,  quoted,  215,  252 
McCormick  reaper  case,  in  1857,  173-176 
McCulloch,  Hugh,   quoted,  332;  secretary 
of    the  treasury,  294;    at  L's  death-bed, 
591-593 
McCullough,  John  Edward,  summoned  to 
meet  L.,  469-470
618 
INDEX 
McDonald,  Senator,  138 
McHenry,  Henry,  quoted,  46 
McNeill,  James,  (McNamar),  Anne  Rut- 
ledge's  suitor,  49-50 
Macon  County,  111.,  Lincoln  family  settle 
in,  21 
Manassas  defeat,  410-411 
Markland,  Mr.,  quoted,  321-322 
Mason,  Senator,  100 
Mason  and  Slidell  affair,  340-344 
Massachusetts,  first  to  put  regiment  in  the 
field  in  Civil  War,  314 
Meade,  George  G.,  mentioned,  499,  501; 
opinion  of  McClellan,  404;  succeeds 
Hooker,  498;  criticized  for  Lee's  escape, 
503-504;  asks  to  be  relieved,  504; 
answers  criticism,  504;  does  not  press 
resignation,  505;  L.'s  opinion  modified, 
506-507 
Meigs,  Montgomery  C.,  334;  at  L's 
death-bed,  591 
"  Merrimac,"  frightens  New  Yorkers,  338; 
Hampton  Roads  defeat,  345;  engage 
ment  with  "  Monitor,"  390-391 
Messages  and  proclamations,  inaugural 
message,  loss  feared,  283;  colloquialisms 
in,  471-473 
Messages  and  proclamations,  quotations, 
inaugural  address,  287-291;  volunteers 
called  for,  313-314;  blockade  of  southern 
ports,  317-318;  Key  West,  Tortugas, 
and  Santa  Rosa,  concerning  authority, 
318;  Virginia  convention,  response  to, 
319-320;  to  congress,  July  4,  1861, 
322-325;  first  annual  message,  348-350; 
President's  general  order,  No.  1,  Feb. 
22,  1862,  383;  thanksgiving  proclama 
tion,  April  10,  1862,  385-386;  emancipa 
tion,  appeal  to  border  states,  421-422; 
final  proclamation,  433-435,  438,  441- 
444;  second  annual  message,  440-441; 
Thanksgiving,  1863,  508-510;  fourth 
annual  message,  552;  inaugural  address, 
second,  557-559;  Gladstone's  tribute, 
559-560.  See  also  Speeches  and  Lectures 
Metzgar  murder  case,  134 
Mexican  War,  attitude  of  L.  toward,  101- 
102,  131 
Mexico,  French  invasion,  345 
"Miami,"  Federal  steamboat,  386,  391 
Milroy,  R.  H.,  333,  334 
Milwaukee,  speech  of  L.  at  State  Fair,  389 
Minnesota,  asks  execution  of  Indians,  453 
Minter,  Graham,  L's  schoolmaster,  quoted, 
"Mirror,"  The  Manchester  (N.  H.), 
quoted,  221 
Missionary  Ridge,  Grant's  success,  516 
Mississippi,  seceded,  261 
Missouri  Compromise,  views  of  L.  and 
Douglas,  150-160 
Missouri,  factional  quarrels,  454-457 
Mitchell,  General,  telegram  from,  388,  389 
"Monitor,"  engagement  with  "Merrimac," 
390-391;   origin  of,  345-347 
Moore,  Ex-governor,  266 
Moore,  Mrs.,  step-sister,  263,  264 
Morgan,  Edwin  D.,  533 
Morse,  John  T.,  quoted,  364 
"Nasby,  Petroleum  V."  (David  Ross 
Locke),  read  by  L.,  467-468,  548 
Nebraska  Bill.  See  Kansas-Nebraska  Bill 
Negroes,  enlistment  in  army,  373,  484-486; 
justified  by  L.,  507;  New  Year's  recep 
tion,  552-553;  grief  over  death  of  L., 
597.  See  also  Emancipation;  Slavery 
Neill,  Secretary  to  L.,  quoted,  536-537,  585 
New  Brunswick  affair,  356 
New  England,  dissatisfaction  with  L.,  529, 
speeches  and  visit  of  L.,  221-223 
New  Salem,  111.,  L.  settles  at,  24;  L.  ap 
pointed  postmaster,  44;  speech  of  L. 
before  literary  society,  44;  now  a  deso 
late  waste,  54 
New  Year's  presidential  reception,  in  1862, 
350;  in  1863,  441;  in  1865,  552-553 
New  York  City,  visit  of  L.  in  1860,  215- 
221,  225-226;  on  inaugural  journey,  276; 
funeral  ceremonies,  598 
New  York  "Tribune."  See  Greeley, 
Horace 
New  York  troops,  reviewed  July  4,  1861, 
326 
Newpapers,  L's  favorite  newspaper,  27; 
surveillance,  301 
Nichols,  John  W.,  quoted,  541-542 
Nicolay,  John  G.,  L's  private  secretary, 
266;  quoted,  302,  361-362,  478 
Norfolk  captured,  391-392 
Norris,  James  H.,  134 
Nott  and  Brainard,  quoted,  220 
Noyes,  George  C.,  quoted,  194 
Oberkleine,   Frederick,   address   to   L.   at 
Cincinnati,  271-272;  L's  reply,  272-273 
Office-seekers,  patience  of  L.  toward,  252; 
demands  of,   296;    annoy  L.,   353-354; 
actor  who  wanted  consulship,  470 
Offutt,  Denton,  26;   relations  with  L.,  23- 
24;  26,  quoted,  27;  store  closed  in  1832, 
Oglesby,  Richard  J.,  quoted,  229,  230 
Oregon,  federal  office  offered  L.,  107 
Pain,  John,  169 
Parke,  John  G.,  385 
Parker,  Theodore,  abolitionist,  166 
Parks,  C.  S.,  quoted,  144,  162 
Pearson,  John,  quoted,  81 
Pearson,   Henry   Greenleaf,   quoted,   529- 
530 
Peck,    Ebenezer,    mentioned,    171,    227; 
quoted,  87
INDEX 
619 
Pemberton,  J.  C.,  501,  525,  526 
Pennsylvania,  invaded  by  Lee,  497 
Pennypacker,  Isaac  R.,  quoted,  505 
Petersburg,  111.,  surveyed  and  planned  by 
L.,  67 
Petersburg, Va.,  victory,  and  visit  by  L.,  567 
Philadelphia,  visited  on  inaugural  journey, 
277-278;  receives  news  of  L's  death, 
594-596 
Phillips,  Wendell,  abolitionist,  106,  245; 
interview  with  L.,  482-484 
Piatt,  Don,  quoted,  252-253 
Pierce,  Franklin,  354 
Pierpont,  John,  visits  L.,  468-469 
Pinkerton,  Allan,  179 
Polk,  James  K.,  campaign,  98-99 
Pomeroy,  Senator,  368 
Poore,  Benjamin  Perley,  quoted,  301-302, 
445 
Pope,  John,  defeat  at  Manassas,  410-411; 
succeeded  by  McClellan,  411,  414;  Bull 
Run  disaster,  437 
Porter,  D.  D.,  aids  Grant,  501;  interview 
with  L.  at  City  Point,  563-566,  578;  L's 
visit  to  the  Malvern,  566-567;  visits 
Petersburg  with  L.,  567-568;  described 
visit  to  Richmond  with  L.,  568-573; 
interview  with  L.  at  City  Point,  578; 
quoted,  522-523 
Prime,  Irenaeus,  quoted,  276 
Pringle,  Cyrus,  the  case  of,  398-399 
Proclamations.  See  Messages  and  Procla 
mations 
Quakers,  L's  ancestry,  2;  war  scruples, 
398-399;  demand  emancipation,  425-427 
Rail-splitting  episode,  23 
Ramsey,  Senator,  536 
Rathbone,  Major,  at  Ford's  Theatre,  587; 
struggles  with  Booth,  590-591 
Raymond,  Henry  J.,  quoted,  205,  314-315 
Rebellion,  War  of.      See  Civil  War 
Reconstruction,  L.'s  speech  on,  quoted, 
575-576;  policy  of  L.,  576-581 
Reid,  Whitelaw,  548 
Reno,  Jesse  L.,  385 
Republican  party,  birth  of,  159;  organized 
in  Illinois,  169;  national  convention  in 
1856,  170;  asked  L.  to  speak  in  Ohio, 
211;  advice  of  L.  to,  219;  Illinois  con 
vention  of  1860,  229;  national  conven 
tion,  1860,  231-237;  growth  and 
tendencies,  251;  fears  for  L's  loyalty, 
271;  partisan  and  unreasonable,  293; 
office-seekers,  296;  elections  of  1863, 
510-511;  national  convention  of  1864, 
534 
Reynolds,  John,  call  for  volunteers,  36,  39 
Rhett,  Robert  B.,  100 
Richardson,  William  A.,  resolution  sup 
ported  by  L.,  101 
Richmond,  plans  to  capture,  405-407;  fall 
of,  568;  visited  by  L.,  568-573 
Riddle,  A.  G.  part  in  Lincoln-Chase  affair, 
533-534;  urges  Chase's  appointment  as 
chief  justice,  550-551;  quoted,  274,  276, 
281, 291, 381, 395-396,  450, 451, 543-544 
Rock  Valley,  35 
Rollins,  James  S.,  quoted,  554 
Rosecrans,  W.  S.,  sent  to  Missouri,  456- 
457 
Ross,  A.  M.,  quoted,  352-356 
Rothschild,  Alonzo,  quoted,  294-295 
Rousseau,  Kentucky  legislator,  321 
Russell,  Lord  John,  protest  of,  in  Trent 
affair,  343 
Rutledge,  Anne,  L's  love-affair  with,  49- 
Schenck,  Robert  C.,  333 
Scho6elcl,  J.  M.,  mentioned,  564,  565; 
replaces  Curtis,  L's  letter  of  appoint 
ment,  455-457;  joins  Sherman,  457; 
L's  concern  about  ability,  565 
Scott,  Colonel,  refused  leave  on  death  of 
wife,  408-410 
Scott,  Winfield,  L's  order  to  hold  or  retake 
forts,  261;  warns  L.  of  danger,  278; 
pays  respects  to  L.,  281-282;  lacking  as 
politician,  337;  dislike  of  Hooker,  487 
Schurz,  Carl,  seconded  L's  nomination, 
234;  quoted,  307 
Secession,  states  that  withdrew,  261; 
attitude  of  L.  toward,  262,  287-291, 
320-321;  not  considered  rebellion,  292 
Sedgwick,  John,  view  of  Meade's  failure  to 
attack  Lee,  504 
Selby,  Paul,  quoted,  158-160 
Seward,  Fanny,  592 
Seward,  Frederick  W.,  warns  L.  of  danger, 
278,  280;  attacked  and  wounded,  591- 
592 
Seward,  Mrs.  Frederick  W7.,  423 
Seward,  William  H.,  mentioned,  17,  185, 
296,  297,  305,  343,  441,  485,  593;  opposes 
Nebraska  bill,  153;  doubt  of  his  nomi 
nation,  215;  statesmanship,  231;  candi 
date  for  president,  231-234;  eloquence 
of,  245;  cabinet  possibility,  258,  275; 
sends  warning  to  L.,  278;  appointment 
as  secretary  of  state,  293,  294,  295; 
press  refused  information,  301;  diplo 
macy,  credited  to,  341;  "Premier," 
self-styled,  364;  arrogance,  366-368; 
rivalry  with  Chase,  366-370;  resigna 
tion,  368;  senate,  opposition  of,  368; 
L's  objection  to  his  resignation,  369; 
opposes  negro  enlistment,  873;  emanci 
pation  views,  423;  preliminary  proclama 
tion  views,  436-437,  438;  with  Grant  at 
White  House  reception,  518;  tribute  to 
L.  on  his  re-election,  548-549;  with  L. 
meets  peace  commission,  554-557;  L's
620 
INDEX 
visit,  after  Richmond,  573;  attacked 
and  wounded,  591-592 
Seward,  Mrs.  William  H.,  592 
Shakespeare,  L's  fondness  for  his  works, 
387,  466 
Shepley,  General,  receives  L.  at  Richmond, 
572-573 
Sherman,  John,  introduces  brother  to  L., 
298-299 
Sherman,  William  T.,  mentioned,  367,  457, 
516,  579;  quoted,  298-299;  march  to  the 
sea,  517;  L  's  opinion,  552;  at  Atlanta, 
537;  victories  after  Atlanta,  561-562; 
interview  with  L.  at  City  Point,  563- 
566,  578;  tribute  to  L.,  565-566;  anxiety 
of  L.  and  Grant,  583,  584 
Shields,  James,  ridiculed  by  Mary  Todd, 
93;  duel  with  L.,  93;  L.  wishes  to  suc 
ceed  in  congress,  161,  163 
Shuman,  Andrew,  reports  Lincoln-Douglas 
debates,  198;  quoted,  199 
Sibley,  Judge,  quoted,  84 
Simpson,  Bishop,  officiates  at  L's  funeral, 
596 
Slavery,  protest  against  pro-slavery  act 
in  Illinois,  65;  L's  defense  of  fugitive 
slaves,  77;  Independence  Hall  flag- 
raising,  278;  L.  introduces  bill  against, 
104;  L's  growing  opposition  to,  147- 
153;  L's  attitude  in  letter  to  Speed, 
151-153;  Peoria  speech,  extract,  155- 
157;  L's  growing  opposition  to,  166-169, 
178-182;  knowledge  of  L.  regarding, 
186;  Cincinnati  speech,  211-212;  Cooper 
Institute  speech,  218-220;  L's  hatred 
for,  growing,  245;  fugitive  slave  law, 
248-249,  434-435;  political  issue,  251; 
attitude  of  L.  toward,  254;  L.  opposes 
compromises,  261;  legislation  against, 
1862,  421;  L's  own  account  of  his  views, 
446-448;  L's  attitude  in  fourth  annual 
message,  552;  constitutional  amend 
ment,  553-554.  See  also  Emancipation 
Slocum,  Henry  W.,  504 
Smith,  Caleb  B.,  secretary  of  the  interior, 
293,  294;  non-committal  on  Ericsson's 
invention,  347 
Smith.Goldwin,  visits  L.,  357-358;  quoted, 
358-359 
Smith,  James,  591 
Smith,  William  Henry,  quoted,  269-273, 
550 
Smoot,  Coleman,  friendship  with  L.,  29-30 
"Soldiers'  Rest,"  Lincoln's  summer  home 
during  presidency,  401 
South  Carolina,  seceded,  261 
Southern  Confederacy.  See  Confederate 
states 
Sparrow,  Thomas  and  Betsy,  6 
Spaulding,  Judge,  533,  534 
Speeches  and  lectures,  in  congress  in  1848, 
40;  candidate  for  member  of  legislature, 
41;  to  New  Salem  literary  society,  44; 
stump-speaking,  55;  on  "Spot  Resolu 
tions,"  101;  on  the  presidency  and 
general  politics,  102;  age  of  different 
inventions,  1 19;  to  Scott  club  of  Spring 
field,  147;  eulogy  on  death  of  Clay, 
147;  Bloomington  convention,  167-168; 
"House-divided-against-itself,"  178-182, 
473;  lectures  in  winter  of  1859, 
210;  political  speeches  in  Ohio,  211; 
political  speeches  in  Kansas,  213;  in 
vitation  to  lecture  in  Beecher's  church, 
214;  Cooper  Institute  speech,  215-221, 
223-224;  in  New  England,  221-223; 
accusation  of  fees  received  for  speeches, 
223-224;  Five  Points  Sunday  School, 
N.  Y.,  talk,  225-226;  inaugural  journey, 
268-276;  Wisconsin  state  fair,  389 
Speeches  and  lectures,  quotations,  influ 
ence  of  Weem's  life  of  Washington,  15; 
Perpetuation  of  our  political  institu 
tions,  63-65;  Peace  plea,  158;  Bloom 
ington  ratification  meeting,  169-170; 
"House-divided-against-itself,"  180,  426, 
473;  Appeal  for  a  hearing  in  southern 
Illinois,  199-200;  Cincinnati,  1859,  211; 
Cooper  Institute  speech,  218-219; 
Presidential  nomination,  response,  243; 
Springfield  farewell,  267;  Cincinnati  in 
1861,  270;  Cincinnati,  reply  to  Ober- 
kleine,  272-273;  Philadelphia,  on  in- 
augural  journey,  278;  after  Bull  Run, 
328;  Slavery,  426;  Emancipation  proc 
lamation,  speech  following,  444—445; 
Gettysburg  address,  text,  512,  com 
ments,  512-515;  Grant's  commission, 
presentation  of,  519;  Richmond,  to 
negroes,  571;  Close  of  war,  574;  Recon 
struction,  last  speech,  575-576.  See  also 
Lincoln-Douglas  debates;  Messages  and 
proclamations 
Speed,  Joshua  F.,  mentioned,  294,  322; 
first  interview  with  L.,  69-70;  L's 
home  with,  88;  intimate  friend  of  L., 
95-96;  opinion  of  L's  ability  as  a 
lawyer,  145-146;  L's  letter  to  sister  of 
Speed,  quoted,  148;  L's  letter  to,  on 
slavery,  151;  compares  L.  and  Douglas, 
182-183;  appointed  attorney  general, 
294;  at  L's  death-bed,  591 
"Spot  Resolutions,"  speech,  101 
Springfield,  111.,  L.  moves  to,  60;  agitation 
over  removal  of  capital,  62,  66;  removal 
accomplished,  69;  L.  returns  to,  109; 
L's  departure,  Feb.  11,  1861,  265-266; 
recollections  of  L.  about,  584;  funeral 
ceremonies  for  L.,  599 
Stanton,  Edwin  M.,  mentioned,  356,  357, 
399,  461,  497;  professional  meeting  with 
L.,  173-176;  contempt  for  L.,  175; 
appointed  secretary  of  war,  294;  member 
of  Buchanan's  cabinet,  294,  295;  appli-
INDEX 
621 
cant  for  office,  296;  press  refused  in 
formation,  301;  Mason  and  Slidell  cap 
ture  approved,  341;  impulsiveness  and 
violence,  364;  antagonism  to  Welles, 
364,  368;  relations  with  L.,  364-379; 
resignation  threatened,  368;  resignation 
withdrawn,  370;  master-mind  of  cabi 
net,  370-371;  replaces  Cameron  in 
cabinet,  371;  Cameron's  own  account, 
372-373;  Fortress  Monroe,  visit  to, 
386-392;  hostility  to  McClellan,  407, 
411-412;  refuses  Col.  Scott  leave  of 
absence,  408-410;  death  of  his  child, 
423;  opposes  the  "Boston  set,"  482; 
discouraged  at  Hooker's  resignation, 
498;  dispute  with  Grant,  526-527; 
irritated  by  L^s  humor,  548;  relations 
with  Blair,  552;  dispatch  to  Grant,  577; 
reconstruction  plan  proposed,  581;  at 
L's  death-bed,  591,  593;  at  Se ward's 
bedside,  592 
Steamboat  Invention,  L's,  24-26 
Stearns,  George  L.,  482 
Stedman,  E.  C.,  quoted,  494-495 
Stephens,  Alexander  IL,  mentioned,  100; 
opinion  of  L.  as  a  speaker,  100-101; 
Southern  peace  commissioner,  555;  L's 
description  of,  556 
Stephenson,  J.  H.,  482 
Stewart,  Harry  W.,  quoted,  213 
Stewart,  James  G.,  recollection  of  L's 
visit  to  Kansas,  213 
Stone,  Charles  P.,  quoted,  280,  308-310 
Stone  River,  costly  success,  496;  L's 
dream,  583;  Grant  denies  victory,  583 
Stories  told  by  L.,  Bob  Lewis  and  the 
Mormon  lands,  334-335;  Big  fellow 
beaten  by  little  wife,  429;  Boy  and  the 
troublesome  coon,  580;  Darkey  arithme 
tic,  357-358;  Horse  sold  at  cross-roads, 
388;  Johnnie  Kongapod,  81;  Jones  and 
his  bridge  to  the  infernal  regions,  338- 
339;  Letting  the  dog  go,  461-462; 
Plaster  of  psalm-tunes,  337;  Sausages 
and  cats,  260;  Shooting  skunks,  373- 
374;  Sick  man  of  Illinois  and  his  grudge, 
344;  Swapping  horses  in  mid-stream, 
535;  Sykes's  yellow  dog,  525-526; 
Taking  to  the  woods,  336 
Story-telling,  used  on  troublesome  visitors, 
30-31;  fondness  of  L.  for,  68,  84,  101, 
198;  L.  entertains  Van  Buren,  87; 
indelicacy  charge  refuted,  258;  applica 
tion  of  stories,  259;  safety-valve  of  L., 
332-333,  387;  chagrins  friends,  357; 
relieves  bad  news  by,  461 
Stowe,  Harriet  Beecher,  "Uncle  Tom's 
Cabin,"  245;  quoted,  307-308,  462, 
472-473 
Stuart,  J.  E.  B.,  150,  165,  497 
Stuart,  John  T.,  mentioned,  74;  L's  first 
acquaintance  with,  38;  law  partner  of 
L.,  71;  on  L's  method  of  accounting, 
133 
Sumner,  Charles,  mentioned,  304,  305, 
352,  368,  445,  586;  opposes  Nebraska 
Bill,  153;  eloquence  of,  245;  assault 
upon,  245;  member  of  inaugural  party, 
275;  declined  to  measure  backs  with  L., 
336;  lacks  confidence  in  Hooker,  492; 
introduces  constitutional  amendment, 
554;  at  L's  death-bed,  591 
Sumter.     See  Fort  Sumter 
Swett,  Leonard,  associate  of  L.  in  law  case, 
136;  quoted,  181,  257,  542-543 
Sykes,  George,  504 
Taney,  R.  B.,  administered  oath  of  office 
to  L.,  284,  286;  death,  550 
Tannatt,  T.  R.,  499,  500 
Taylor  Club,  "the  young  Indians,"  100 
Taylor,  Richard  (Dick),  L's  discomfiture 
of,  57-58 
Taylor,  Zachary,  Black  Hawk  War,  39; 
presidency  supported  byL.  and  Stephens, 
100 
Terry,  Alfred  H.,  564 
Texas,  seceded,  261 
Thirteenth  Amendment  passed,  553-554 
Thomas,  Jesse,  89 
Thomas,  George  H.,  459,  516 
Thompson  George,  468-469 
Thompson,  Jacob,  585-586 
Thompson,  Richard,  81 
Todd,  Captain,  guards  L.  at  W'hite  House, 
308-309 
Todd,  Mary.      See  Lincoln,  Mary  Todd 
Todd,  Robert  S.,  94 
Toombs,  Robert,  100 
Treat,  Judge,  137,  141 
Trent  Affair,  friendly  attitude  of  France 
and  Spain,  305;  L's  diplomacy  in,  340- 
344 
Trumbull,  Lymau,  mentioned,  74;  185, 
368;  elected  senator,  161,  162,  164;  sub 
stitute  amendment  introduced  by  554 
Usher,  John  D.,  appointed  secretary  of  the 
interior,  294 
Vallandigham,  Clement  L.,  opposes  war 
policy,  481;  candidate  for  governor  of 
Ohio,  510;  L's  opinion  of,  511 
Van  Buren,  Martin,  mentioned,  360; 
entertained  by  L's  stories,  87 
Vandalia,  111.,  proposed  change  of  state 
capital,  62,  66 
Van  Santvoord,  C.,  quoted,  451-452 
Verdi,  Dr.,  592 
Vicksburg,  mentioned,  516,  517,  518,  524; 
turning-point  in  war,  496;  campaign, 
500-503;  L's  joy  over  victory,  501, 
507;  L.  meets  criticism  with  anecdote, 
525;  L's  dream,  583
INDEX 
Viele,  General,  describes  visit  to  Fortress 
Monroe,  386-391 
Virginia   Convention,   asks   expression   of 
Federal  policy,  318 
Volk,    Leonard    W.,    impressions    of    L., 
201-202;   makes  cast  of  L.,  237-243 
Voorhees,  Daniel  W.,  81 
Wade,  Benjamin,  mentioned,  535;  urges 
Grant's  dismissal,  503;  lack  of  military 
judgment,  505 
Wadsworth,  James  S.,  296 
Walker,  Isaac,  recollections  of  L.,  88 
Wrashburne,  E.  B.,  mentioned  225;  L's 
letters  to,  against  compromise,  260— 
261;  giving  orders  for  Scott,  261; 
quoted,  105,  173,  279;  bill  creating  rank 
of  lieutenant-general,  516 
Washington,  D.  C.,  L.  reluctant  to  leave 
in  1849,  109;  L's  arrival,  Feb.  23,  1861, 
279-280;  inaugural  week,  281-290; 
rebels  and  rebel  sympathizers  in,  292; 
defenses  visited  by  L.,  400;  regarded  as 
lost,  413;  relieved,  414;  society  in  1862- 
1863,  449-450;  Early 's  attack,  533, 
537;  enthusiasm  over  Lee's  surrender, 
574-575 
Washington,  George,  mentioned,  360; 
influence  of  Weem's  life  of  W.  on  L.,  8, 
15;  life  read  by  L.  as  case  preparation, 
78;  L.  ranked  with,  527,  549 
Watson,  assistant  secretary  of  state,  375 
Watterson,  Henry,  quoted  4 
Webster,  Daniel,  mentioned,  100,  185; 
considered  a  leader,  529-530 
Weed,  Thurlow,  mentioned,  474;  quoted, 
257-260;  discusses  cabinet  appoint 
ments,  257-259;  L's  letter  to,  Dec.  17, 
1860,  extract,  262;  objects  to  Welles,  365 
Weitzel,  Godfrey,  occupies  Richmond, 
568;  headquarters  in  Richmond,  572 
W'eldon,  Lawrence,  quoted,  139,  334 
Wrelles,  Gideon,  mentioned,  347,  460,  511; 
cabinet  possibility,  259;  appointed 
secretary  of  the  navy,  293;  approves 
Mason  and  Slidell  capture,  341;  calm 
ness  of,  364;  antagonism  to  Stanton, 
364,  368;  at  L's  death-bed,  591-594; 
quoted,  292-293,  320,  325,  333,  345,, 
365-366,  367,  368-369,  411-412,  412- 
413,  417,  423-424,  432,  438,  439,  440, 
457-458,  473-474,  492,  493,  497,  501, 
506,  511,  531,  535,  538,  540,  551-552, 
555,  556-557,  563,  577,  581,  583-584, 
591-594,  597 
Welles,  Mrs.  Gideon,  mentioned,  591 
"  Westminster  Review,"  on  Gettysburg 
address,  513 
Wheeler,  William  A.,  quoted,  376-378 
W'hig  Party,  L.  a  delegate  to  presidential 
convention,  104;  L.  believes  he  is  a 
Whig,  153,  157;  symptoms  of  disinte 
gration,  159;  L.  a  leader,  162-163; 
dissolution,  165 
White,  Dr.,  592 
White,  Mrs.,  453 
White  House,  L.'s  first  night  at,  292,  L's 
family  life,  464-465;  oflBce  of  L.  de 
scribed,  299-300;  official  precedence, 
300-301;  New  Year's  receptions,  350, 
441;  society  in  1862-63,  449-450;  L's 
informal  receptions,  450-451;  freedom 
of  access,  459-461;  Grant's  ovation  at 
reception,  517-518;  reception,  1865,  ne 
groes  attend,  552-553 
Whiting,  solicitor  of  war  department,  375; 
candidate  for  attorney  general,  522 
Whitman,  Walt,  quoted,  263,  589-590, 
597-598 
Whittier,  John  Greenleaf,  abolitionist,  245 
"  WTide-awake  "  clubs,  250 
Wigfall,  Senator,  286 
Wilcox,  Major,  quoted,  -106 
Willard's  Hotel,  Washington,  headquar 
ters  of  L.,  281,  282 
Willis,  David,  515 
Wilmington,  L's  dream,  583 
Wilmot  Proviso,  L.  votes  for,  153 
Wilkes,  Charles,  341,  342 
Wilson,  Robert  L.,  quoted,  62,  85 
Wilson,  Henry,  357,  482 
Winchell,  J.  M.,  quoted,  382;  interview 
with  L.,  531 
Winslow,  John  F.,  builder  of  "Monitor," 
345-347 
Winthrop,  Robert  C.,  quoted,  100 
Wisconsin  State  Fair,  addressed  by  L.  in 
1859,  389 
Wood,  Fernando,  474 
Wool,  John  E.,  392 
W7orkingmen,  L's  speech  to,  272-273 
Wright,  Elizur,  492 
Wright,  Horatio,  504 
Writings.  See  Letters  and  telegrams;  Mes 
sages  and  proclamations;  Speeches  and 
lectures 
Yates,  Richard,  mentioned,  266;  beginning 
of  friendship  with  L.,  30;  opposes 
Missouri  Compromise,  159;  election  to 
Congress,  150 
"Young  Indians,"  Taylor  club,  100 
Young,  John  Russell,  quoted,  514 
Young    Men's    Lyceum,    address    of    L. 
quoted,  62
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