ADAMS, C. F., activity of, in the
Alabama case, 85-88; on English
feeling, 92 n.; Seward's instruc-
tions to, 342, 343; on the increas-
ing good-will to the North in Eng-
land, 354; despondency of, over
the relations between England and
the United States, 366, 367; on
English opinion regarding Gettys-
burg and Vicksburg, 375; and the
iron-clad rams, 377-384; despatch
of, September 5, 1863, to Earl Rus-
sell, 380; well-nigh faultless diplo-
macy of, 387.

Adams, C. F., Jr., acknowledgment
to, 83 n.

Alabama, the, building of, 85; atten-
tion of authorities called to, by
Adams, 85; Dudley's letter on the,
86; direct proof of the mission of,
presented to authorities, 87; opin-
ion of Collier, Q.C., on, 87; papers
on, submitted to Earl Russell, 88;
papers on, referred to Queen's Ad-
vocate, 88; leaves port, 89; Earl
Russell and, 90, 91; coal and sup-
plies furnished to, by British ves-
sels, 94; English sympathy with,
365; career of, 365, 366; debate in
the Commons over the building of,
367-369; speech of Palmerston on,
368; press comments on the debate
over the, 369 n.; speech of Gold-
win Smith on, 370, 371 n.; destruc-
tion of, 510, 511.
Alexandra, the, building of, stopped
by Earl Russell, 371.
Amendment to the Constitution abol-
ishing slavery introduced into Con-
gress, 474; lost in the House, 474.
Andrew, Governor, reply of, to a

demand for troops, 166 n.; opposi
tion of, to Lincoln, 518 and n.
Antietam, the battle of, 149–155;
opening operations at, 150; Hooker
wounded at, 150; strength of the
two armies engaged at, 153 and n.;
losses in, 153; a Union victory,
154; McClellan's tactics at, 154
and n.; effect of, on the North,
156; influence of, on the Eman-
cipation Proclamation, 157.
Arrests, arbitrary, made under Stan-
ton's authority, in 1862, 165; ac-
quiescence in, due to confidence in
President, 171; no necessity for,
234; Lincoln responsible for, 235;
debated in Congress, 235; orders
for, 235 n.; protest of Governor
Curtin against, 235, 236 n.; action
of Congress touching, 236; Vallan-
digham's, the most celebrated case
of the, 245.

Arrests, military, number of, during
the Civil War, 230 and n.
Atlanta campaign. Sherman's, 448-
456, 511-513, 524; losses during
May and June of, 455; during
July, 513.

Atlanta, the battle of, 512; McPher-
son killed at, 512.
Atlanta, captured by Sherman, 523.
524; day of thanksgiving appointed
for the capture of, 524.

BALL'S BLUFF, the battle of, 2.
Banks, force of, weakened by Stan-
ton, 16, 17; protests, 17; abandons
Strasburg, 18; retreats to Winches-
ter, 18; reinforcements and relief
for, 18; routed by Jackson at Win-
chester, 18.

Barbara Frietchie, the story of, 140.
Big Black River bridge, battle of, 309.
Blair, Francis P., Jr.. charges made

against Chase by, 476.

Blair, Montgomery, resignation of,
requested by Lincoln, 529; patriot-
ism of, 529.

Bonds, plan of Chase for offering to
popular subscription, 242; issue
of, a success, 243; Jay Cooke &
Co. and the five-twenty, 476 n.
Bounties and bounty-jumping, 430,

431.
Bragg, advance of, on Louisville,

142; invasion of Kentucky by.
174; reaches Glasgow, Ky.. 176;
places himself between Buell and
Louisville, 176; abandons his posi-
tion, 177; issues a proclamation to
the inhabitants of Kentucky, 177,
178; disappointment of, at the fail-
ure of his Kentucky campaign,
178; encounters Buell at Perry-
ville, 179; retires from Kentucky,
180: attacks Rosecrans at Stone's
River, 219; retreat of, 219; ma-
noeuvred out of middle Tennessee
by Rosecrans, 396; invests Chat-
tanooga, 399; his corps command-
ers lack confidence in, 403.
Bright, John, on the possibility of
intervention by England, 347_n.;
on the Emancipation Proclamation,
349 n.; speech of, at meeting of
London laborers, 353, on selling
munitions of war to the South,
391, 392 n.; on English feeling,
393, 394 n.
Brough, John, nominated for Gov-
ernor of Ohio, 413; elected, 415.
Buell, beginning of the campaign of,
in East Tennessee, 173; complaints
of the slowness of, 174; courtesy,
dignity, and ability of, 174; dis-
appointment at the inactivity of,
174, 175; pursues Bragg, 176; ar-
rival of, at Louisville, 178; removal
of, ordered, 178; order for the re-
moval of, suspended, 179; pursues
the Confederate army, 179; en-
counters Bragg at Perryville, 179;
drives Bragg from Kentucky, 180;
Halleck telegraphs congratulations
to, 180, 181; the capture of East
Tennessee urged upon, by Halleck,
181; reply of, to President's de-

spatch unsatisfactory, 182; opposi-
tion of Governor Morton to, 182;
removed, 183.

Bull Run, the battle of, 2; the second
battle of, 129-131; rout after,
130; Pope's report on, 131.
Burnside, command of the Army of
the Potomac declined by, 103;
command again declined by, 137;
appointed to command of the Army
of the Potomac, 188; accepts com-
mand with reluctance, 192; plan
of, to advance by way of Fred-
ericksburg, 193; misunderstanding
between Halleck and Meigs and,
193; arrives opposite Fredericks-
burg, 194; impetuosity of, 194; on
the eve of Fredericksburg, 194:
tactics of, at Fredericksburg, 194–
197: grief of, at losses at Fred-
ericksburg, 197; assumes full re-
sponsibility, 199; Meigs to, after
Fredericksburg, 200; intention of,
to attack again, 201; confers with
the Washington authorities, 201;
still resolved to cross the Rappa-
hannock, 201; movement of, pre-
vented by storm, 202; relieved
from command, 202; in command
of the Department of the Ohio,
246; General Order No. 38 of,
246, 247; orders the arrest of Val-
landigham, 247; issues order at-
tacking the freedom of the press,
253; orders the suppression of the
Chicago Times, 253; Knoxville oc-
cupied by, 396.

Business activity in the North, early
in 1863, 266, 267 and n.
Butler, B. F., order of, regarding
women of New Orleans, 92 n.;
City Point and Bermuda Hundred
occupied by, 445; inactivity of,
445; delay of, in moving on Peters-
burg. 489; strange influence of,
over Grant, in connection with his
proposed removal, 493–496.

CABINET, caucus of Republican Sen-
ators declares against, 204; meets
committee of caucus, 205.

Call for 300,000 volunteers. October
17, 1863, 417; for 500.000 volun-
teers, July 18, 1864, 506.
Carlyle, lack of sympathy of, for the
North, 361.

Gaines's Mill.

Censorship of the telegraph, 267 n.
Chambersburg, Pa., burned by the
Confederates, 504.

Champion's Hill, battle of, 309.
Chancellorsville, battle of, 261-264;
Jackson's flank movement at, 260,
261; Jackson wounded at, 262;
campaign, losses in the, 264; effect.
of, in the North, 266.
Charleston, failure of expedition
against, 244.

Chase resigns portfolio of the Treas-
ury, 205; requested by President
to resume duties, 206; honor due
to, for his management of the
finances, 208; character of, 209;
ambition of, 210; offers bonds to
popular subscription, 242; desire
of, for the Presidency, 457; com-
mittee formed in favor of the
nomination of, 458; circular issued
by the supporters of, 458; letter
of, to Lincoln, 459; Lincoln's at-
titude as to the possible nomina-
tion of, 459; reply of Lincoln to,
460; clear vision of, as to the mili-
tary situation in 1864, 466; strain-
ed relations of, with the President,
over appointments, 475; charges
made against. by Francis P. Blair,
Jr., 476; anger of, 447; sneers of,
at the President and cabinet, 477,
478; resignation of, 479; comment
of Lincoln on, 480; the withdrawal
of, possible effect of, 483; effec-
tive speeches made for Lincoln by,
527.

Chattanooga the objective point of
Buell's campaign, 173; entered by
Rosecrans, 396; invested by Bragg,
399; arrival of Grant at, 402; ar-
rival of Sherman at, 404.
Chattanooga, the battle of, 405-407;
strength of the armies engaged at
and losses at, 407 n.
Chicago Times, the suppression of
the, ordered by Burnside, 253; con.
temporary and later opinions of,
253 n.; the office of, seized, 254;
protest against the suppression of,
254; Burnside's order concerning,
rescinded, 254.

Chickamauga, the battle of, 397, 398;
forces engaged at, 398 n.; losses at,
398 n.; steps for reinforcing Rose-
crans after, 399.

Cincinnati, O., alarm caused in by
approach of Confederate army,
175, 176; dispute between Louis-
ville and, 176.

Cisco, John J., the resignation of,

rupture between Lincoln and
Chase caused by, 479.
Cleveland convention, call for the,

463, 464; nominations of the, 464.
Cobden on injury caused American

trade by Confederate cruisers, 89 n.
Cochrane, John, nominated for the
vice-presidency, 464.

Cockburn, Chief-Justice, on the Ala-
bama case, 86.

Cold Harbor, battle of, 445, 446; a
blemish on Grant's reputation, 445.
Confederacy, the Southern, States in,
1; population of, 1.

Confiscation Act analyzed, 60; pass-
ed, 62; intention of Lincoln to
veto, 63; signed, 63.
Congress authorizes the President to
take possession of railroads and
telegraphs, 58; creates scheme of
internal taxation, 58; Confiscation
Act in, 60-62; feeling of hostility
to Lincoln in, 65; Sumner on the
powers of, 70 n.; fails to appropri-
ate money as compensation to
owners of slaves, 71; 2d session of
the 37th, adjourns, 71; Democratic
gains in the elections to, in 1862,
163; bill for the compensation of
loyal Missouri slave-owners in, 216,
217; strength of the Democrats in,
227 n.; action of, touching the sus-
pension of the writ of habeas corpus,
236; authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury to issue $100,000,000
of legal-tender notes, 238; the nine
hundred million dollar loan act
of, 238; creates National Banks,
239 and n; admits West Virginia,
239; declares offer of mediation by
any foreign power an unfriendly
act, 349 n.; the 38th, composition
of, 419; the President's message to,
December, 1863, 419-422; indica-
tions of support to the President