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 convention, 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;
mentioned, 378, 422, 423, 436
Lowell, James Russell,
abolitionist, 245;
quoted, 340
Lucas, Major, quoted, 93
Lyons, Lord, 343
McClellan, 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 regard 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 presidential 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
McDonald, Senator, 138
McHenry, Henry, quoted, 46
McNeill, James, (McNamar), Anne Rutledge's suitor, 49 - 50
Macon County, Ill., 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;
engagement 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 proclamation, April 10, 1862, 385-386;
emancipation, 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, 32
"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 reception, 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, Ill.,
L. settles at, 24;
L. appointed postmaster, 44;
speech of L. before literary society, 44;
now a desolate 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, 35
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
Pemberton, J.C., 501 , 525 , 526
Pennsylvania, invaded by Lee, 497
Pennypacker, Isaac R., quoted, 505
Petersburg, Ill., 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, 166, 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, Irenæus, quoted, 276
Pringle, Cyrus, the case of, 398 - 399
Proclamations. See Messages and Proclamations
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 convention of 1860, 229;
national convention, 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 supported 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 - 52
Schenck, Robert C., 333
Schofield, J.M.,
mentioned, 564, 565;
replaces Curtis, L's letter of appointment, 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 W., 423
Seward, William H.,
mentioned, 17, 185, 296, 297, 305, 343, 441, 485, 593;
opposes Nebraska bill, 153;
doubt of his nomination, 215;
statesmanship, 231;
candidate 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;
diplomacy, credited to, 341;
"Premier," self-styled, 364;
arrogance, 366-368;
rivalry with Chase, 366-370;
resignation, 368;
senate, opposition of, 368;
L's objection to his resignation, 369;
opposes negro enlistment, 373;
emancipation views, 423;
preliminary proclamation 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 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 succeed 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 amendment, 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 Resolutions," 101;
on the presidency and general politics, 102;
age of different inventions, 119;
to Scott club of Springfield, 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;
invitation 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,
influence of Weem's life of Washington, 15;
Perpetuation of our political institutions, 63-65;
Peace plea, 158;
Bloomington 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 Oberkleine, 272-273;
Philadelphia, on inaugural journey, 278;
after Bull Run, 328;
Slavery, 426;
Emancipation proclamation, speech following, 444-445;
Gettysburg address,
text, 512,
comments, 512-515;
Grant's commission, presentation of, 519;
Richmond, to negroes, 571;
Close of war, 574;
Reconstruction, 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, Ill.,
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;
applicant for office, 296;
press refused information, 301;
Mason and Slidell capture 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 cabinet, 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 Seward's bedside, 592
Steamboat Invention, L's, 24 - 26
Stearns, George L., 482
Stedman, E.C., quoted, 494 - 495
Stephens, Alexander H.,
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 arithmetic, 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;
application 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 by L. 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 White 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, Lyman,
mentioned, 74; 185, 368;
elected senator, 161, 162, 164;
substitute 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, Ill., 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
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,