The life and public services of Abraham Lincoln ... together with his state papers, including his speeches, addresses, messages, letters, and proclamations, and the closing scenes connected with his life and death. By Henry J. Raymond. To which are added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by Frank B. Carpenter.

INDEX.

805

tions In favor of, 425; asks to be relieved,
802; nominated for President, 551; withdrawal from canvass, 595.
Fugitive Slave Bill repealed, 4T0.
Funeral services at Executive Mansion, 708.
Grant, Gen.-siege and capture of Vicksburg,
418; appointment as Lieutenant-General,
476; letter to President, 523; moves forward
the Army of the Potomac, 524; fights the
battles of the Wilderness, 524; dispatch of,
528; crosses the James River and besieges
Petersburg and Richmond, b30, 54!, 640, 666,
677; final assault, 678; receives the capitulation of Lee, 688, 684.
Greeley- President Lincoln's letter to, 258;
correspondCence of, in reference to alleged
peace commissioners, 571.
Gettysburg-battle of, 409; President's proclamation of victory, 411; dedication of Cemetery, 412.
Habeas Carpus-first instance of suspension,
875; action of the Government, 878; proclamation suspending, 881; proclamation on
subject, 89.
Hahn, M.-elected Governor of Louisiana, 489;
invested with powers of, 4S9.
Halleck, Gen.-letter to McClellan on the necessity of aiding Pope, 299; letter about his
leaving the Peninsula, 299; orders McClellan
to advanie after Antietam, 818; letter about
fugitive slaves, 880.
Uampton Roads, conference at, 648.
Harris, B. G., censured by House of Representatives, 472.
looker, Gen.-succeeds General Burnside in
Army of Potomac, 408; is relieved from command, 408
Hunter, Gen —his order abolishing slavery in
South Carolina, 233; Lincoln's letter to, in
Missouri, 424; wins a victory at Piedmont,
580.
House of Representatives censures Alexander
Long and B. G. Harri, 472.
Invasion —proposed rebel Invasion of the
North, 177; invasion of Pennsylvania by
General Lee, 409.
Johnson, Andrew -Provisional Governor of
Tennessee, 488; proclamation regulating
election, 596, 597; elected Vice-President,
664; takes oath of office and becomes President, 714.

Knoxville, siege of, raised, 490.
Letter of the President-to Governor Hicka,
of Maryland, 174; to commissioners from
Virginia, 179; to General Fremont, revoking
his order, 208; to H. Greeley, 253; to McClellan concernlngpn advance on Richmond,
266; to McClellan about retaining Blenker,
271; to McClellan about strength of his army,
273; to McClellan about McDowell, 2'0; to
McClellan about withholding McDowell, 281;
to McClollan about Jackson, 281; to McClellan about Hanover Junction, 283; in reply
to McClellan, 290; about re-enforcements
after seven days' battles, 293, 294, 295; on
the strength of McClellan's army, 297; to
McClellan after Antietam, 819; tb MNcClellan
about horses, 821; to Fernando Wood, 841;
to committee of Albany meeting, 351); committee of Ohio Convention, 894; to G(overnor Seymour on the draft, 403; second letter
on the same subject, 405; dispatches to Chicago, 406; letter of thanks to General Grant,
416; to General Hunter on taking coinmand
in Missouri, 424; to General Schotield. 428;
to committee from Missouri, 482; on church
quarrels in Missouri, 438; to Union convention in Illinois, 440; on paymen tbf bounties,
478; to House of Representatives on General
Blair, 473; on aiding people of East Tennessee, 475: to editor of N. A. Review, 4S2; to
C. Bullitt, Louisiana, 484; to Governor 8hepley, on electing members of Congress in
Louisiana, 456; to committee of planters,
Louisiana, 4S7; to M. Hahn, Louisiana, 4S9;
to General Banks, Louisiana, 490; to General Steele, of Arkansas, 491; about Arkansam
Convention, 492; to General Gillmore, about
Florida, 514; to workingmen of Manchester,
406; to workingmen of London, 498; to
Christian Commission, 500; to H. W Hoffman, Maryland, 512; to General Grant, 523
to Colonel Loomis, 524; to F A. Conkling,
553; to committee of Convention, 563; to J.
C. Welling, 564; in regard to alleged peace
commissioners, 573, 575, 576, 50; to H. J.
Raymond, 587, 5S8, in reply to protest of
Tenncsseans, 598; to M. Blair, 602; tendering thanks to General Sheridan, 604; to I.
W- Hoffman, 608, to J. Phillips, 615; to Mrs
Bix'ay, 616; to Mrs. Gurney, 616; to J. Maclean, 619; to Governor Smith, Vermont, 667;
to Mr. Hodges, Kentucky, 767; to General
Hooker, 768, 769; to General McClellan, 778;
to J. B. Fry, 770; to Governor Magoffin,
770; to Count Gasparin, 771.
Lincoln, Abraham-autobiography, 17; splitting rails, 23; flatboatman, 23, 24; grocery
keeper, 25; Captain in Black Hawk War, 25;
elected to Legislature, 26; letter to Col. Alien,
27; protest on slavery, 28; defends Arm

Kilp.itrick —raid to Richmond, 515.