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Ferryboats, 477

Fessenden, Daniel W., 171

Fessenden, Francis, 371

Fessenden, Samuel C., 64

Fessenden, William P., 13, 23,
180, 183, 237
Field, A. P., 70
Field, F. A., 538, 541

Field, Maunsell B., 180
Field, Stephen J., 80, 81, 85

Field Surveying Service, Land Man-
agement Bureau, 529
Field surveys, 270
Fillmore, Millard, 566

Finance, Senate Standing Committee
on, 20, 23-24

Finance Division, Office of Indian
Affairs, 540-543

Finance Office, Post Office Depart-
ment, 436

Financial records, Columbia Insti-
tution for the Instruction of the
Deaf and the Dumb, 573; Indian
Affairs Office, 541-543; Interior
Dept., 508-509; mints, 217; navy
yards, 472; Pension Office, 556;
Public Buildings Commissioner,
550; U. S. Christian Commission,
591; War Dept., 248. See also
Auditors, Disbursing records,
Fiscal records

Fines, collection, 201; suits re,

203

Finley, Clement A., 304, 307
Fires, Chicago, 98; Patent Office,
560; Smithsonian Institution, 30,
585, 586; Springfield Armory,
334; steamboats, 224
First Division, Treasury Depart-
ment, 178, 211, 213

First National Bank of Philadelphia,
211

Fiscal records, Auditors, 188;

Commissary General of Subsist-
ence, 313; Construction and Re-
pair Bureau, 456; Engineer Dept.,
270; Govt. Hospital for the Insane,
571; Ordnance Dept., 281; Pay-

master General, 302-303; Secre-
tary of the Navy, 444-445; Surgeon
General's Office, 308. See also
Auditors, Disbursing records, Fi-
nancial records

Fish, 578

Fish, Hamilton, 386
Fishback, William M.,

25

Fisher, Benjamin F., 349
Fisher, George P., 65

Fisk, Clinton B., 72, 369, 370, 376
Fisk, James L., 406

Fisk's metallic burial cases, 29
Fitch, Graham N., 31
Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, 17

Five, House Select Committee of,
62-63

Five Civilized Tribes, calendar of
records, 547; census rolls, 510,
511; freedmen's citizenship, 510,
544

Flag of truce, boat, 336; violations,
329

Flagg, Edmund, 561

Flags, 291; captured, 257
Flanders, Benjamin F., 40, 233,
236, 237
Flax, 581, 582

Fletcher, James, 389
Floating battery, 472

Flora (Nemaha), U. S. revenue cutter,
223

Florida, 359, 517; captures Pensa-
cola Navy Yard, 496; civil rights,
395; coastal lights, 22; constitu-
tional convention, 415; direct tax
commission, 207, 209, 226; Fed-
eral courts, 79, 87, 89; expedition,
10; Freedmen's Bureau, 367-368;
in Dept. of the South, 415; land
surveys, 526; loyalty investigation,
14; naval operations, 486; negro
colonization, 237; postwar condi-
tions, 16; private land claims, 523,
525, 526; provisional govt. of, 156;
railroad lands forfeited, 73; re-
storation to Union, New York meet-
ing re, 19; St. Johns River channel-
marking expedition, 56; Senate seats
vacated during war, 18; Special
Agency, Treasury Department, 236,
237, 238, 240; surveyors' general
records, 527; tax sales, 207, 208;

Third Military District, 411, 414-
415; volunteer regiments, 405.
See also Georgia-Florida bound-
ary lands

Florida, C. S. S., 163, 164, 169,
171, 172

Florida Keys, fortifications, 53
Florida Railroad Co., 209
Flotillas. See Navy, flotillas
Floyd, John B., 52, 244, 246
Flusser, Charles W., 450
Foote, Andrew H., 450, 458, 491
Foote, Solomon, 18, 30

Forage, 288; claims, 126; procure-
ment, 295

Forbes, Charles, 21

Forbes, Hugh, 31

Forbes, John Murray, 452
Ford, Thomas H., 328

Ford's Theater, Washington, D. C.,
577; disaster, 383

Foreign Affairs, House Standing
Committee on, 47

Foreign and Domestic Commerce

Bureau, State Department, 152
Foreign countries, claims against,
144; conditions in, 139, 160; Con-
federate propaganda to, 140; mili-
tary passes for agents of, 144;
suits involving, 79; U. S. citizens'
claims presented to, 162, 164;
U. S. propaganda agents, 141
Foreign missions, expenses of, 150
Foreign relations, conducted by

State Dept., 137; expenses for
conduct of, 150, 151; Presidential
messages to Congress re, 19;
State Dept. reports on, T45; with
countries involved in Civil War,
139

Foreign Relations, Senate Standing
Committee on, 20, 24-25
Foreign Service, expenses of, 150-
151; officers: appointment regis-
ters, 146, credit on London banks
established, 151; posts: 143, ad-
ministration, 160, personnel of,
160, records, 158-162, 166. See
also Diplomatic officers
Foreigners, adjudication of claims
of, 125

Foreman, Grant, 547

Forfeited property. See Property

Forfeitures, cases, 110; collection,
201; remission, 202; suits, 203
Forgery, 422, 574
Forges, 297

Forney, John W., 18, 40
Forrest Hall Military Prison, rec-
ord of visitors, 337

273

Fort Abercrombie, N. Dak., 406
Fort Adams, R. L, 251, 465
Fort Baresche, Va., 406
Fort Barnard, Va., 406
Fort Benton, Idaho Ter.,
Fort Carroll, Md., 274
Fort Caswell, N. C., 468
Fort Childs, Nebr. Ter., 407-408
Fort Columbus, N. Y., 251, 323
Fort Craig, N. Mex. Ter., 406
Fort Delaware, Del., Confederates
imprisoned at, 321, 322, 323;
military prison, 387; political
prisoners, 336

Fort Dodge, Iowa, district court rec-
ords at, 100; land office records,
521

Fort Donelson, Tenn., 299, 432;
captured by Union forces, 111; in-
vestigation, 10

Fort Ellsworth, Va., 406
Fort Ethan Allen, Va., 275
Fort Farnsworth, Va., 406
Fort Federal Hill, Md., 274
Fort Fisher, N. C., attacked, 226,
468; capture, 293; inquiry on ex-
pedition, 11; Ordnance Dept. and
failure at, 15

Fort Gibson, Indian Ter., 543
Fort Greble, District of Columbia,

275

Fort Hamilton, N. Y., 154, 251
Fort Henry, Tenn., 111, 299
Fort Howard, Wis., 517
Fort Howell, S. C., 406
Fort Hudson, La., 272
Fort Independence, Mass., 251, 407
Fort Jefferson, Fla., Confederates
imprisoned at, 321; Federal troops
hold, 98; records, 407; strength-
ened, 53; work at, 270. See also
Dry Tortugas

Fort Jefferson, Ky., 270
Fort Johnston, N. C., freedmen's
disbursing office, 266
Fort Kearny, Nebr. Ter.,

407-408

Fort Klamath, Oreg., 408
Fort Lafayette, N. Y., Confederates
imprisoned at, 324, 444; military
prison, 322, 386, 387; political
prisoners kept at, 154
Fort Laramie, Wyo. Ter., 408
Fort Leavenworth, Kans., 373;
freedmen's disbursing office, 266;
records, 408; Warren court of in-
quiry, 334

Fort Lyon, Va., 275, 406
Fort McHenry, Md., 274; Confed-
erates imprisoned at, 324; gar-
risoned by marines, 473; military
prison, 25, 322, 386; political
prisoners, 336

Fort Macon, N. C., 480
Fort Marcy, Va., 275
Fort Marshall, Md., 274
Fort Massac, Ill., 480

Fort Mifflin, Pa., naval ammuni-
tion depot, 469

Fort Monroe, Va., 317, 390; freed-
men's disbursing office, 266; J.
Davis a prisoner at, 254; military
subdistrict, 413; records, 408;
register of vessels passed, 489;
telegrams, 250; trooplanding at,
223; U. S. Christian Commission,
590

Fort Monroe Arsenal (Old Point

Comfort), Va., 284
Fort Morgan, Ala., 272
Fort Moultrie, S. C., 244
Fort Norfolk, Va., 467
Fort Ontario, N. Y., 251
Fort O'Rourke, Va., 406
Fort Pickens, Fla., 322, 324, 437
Fort Pickering, Tenn., 270
Fort Pillow, Tenn., 10, 181
Fort Pitt Foundry (Knap Rudd & Co.),
Pittsburgh, Pa., 285, 467
Fort Preble, Maine, 251
Fort Reynolds, Va., 406
Fort Richmond, N. Y., 251
Fort Ridgeley, Minn., 53
Fort Ripley, Minn., 537
Fort Scott, Kans., 100
Fort Severn, Md., 465
Fort Sherman, S. C., 407

Fort Smith, Ark., Indian conference,

534

Fort Snelling, Minn., 409

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Fort Townsend, Wash. Ter., 409
Fort Trumbull, Conn., 251
Fort Tully, Dak. Ter., 256
Fort Union, N. Mex. Ter., 410
Fort Union Arsenal, N. Mex. Ter.,
283

Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., 410
Fort Wadsworth, Dak. Ter., 406
Fort Walker, S. C.,

406

Fort Walla-Walla, Wash. Ter., 273
Fort Ward, Va., 406

Fort Warren, Mass., 322, 324
Fort Washington, Md., 473
Fort Wayne, Mich., 251
Fort Weed, Va., 406
Fort Wilkins, Mich., 517
Fort Willard, Va., 406
Fort Williams, La., 272
Fort Williams, Va., 406
Fort Wood, N. Y., 251, 322
Fort Worth, Va., 406
Fortifications, accounts, 193; appro-

priation bill for, 60; Atlanta, Ga.,
352; Florida Keys, 53; land title,
420; maps, 271-272; plans for lake
and river, 65; St. Louis, 26, 64;
sea coast, 269; surveys of sites,
273. See also Army, Forts, Wash-
ington, D. C., and names of forts
Fortress Monroe. See Fort Monroe
Forts, 291; Charleston Harbor, 62;

Confederate seizure of, 63; histo-
ries, 291; inspection, 269; land
title, 420; maps, 272, 522; ord-
nance, 280; photographs, 352; rec-
ords, 405-411; returns, 259

Foster, A. Lawrence, 210
Foster, Charles Henry, 45
Foster, Charles W., 263, 341

Foster, F. E., 543

Foster, Henry, 45

Foster, John G., 11-12, 367
Foster, Lafayette S., 12, 29, 34
Foster, Robert S.,

329

Foundries, 285; gun, 53, 467, 468

Fowler, William, 359

Fox, Gustavus V., 64, 440, 446,
484

Fox Indians, 547; under Central
Superintendency, 545

Fox River, 26

Frailey, James M., 450
France, 579; archives of cited, 161;
claims convention with, 162; Con-
federate agents in, 140; Confed-
erate warships: constructed in,
140, fitted out in, 141; diplomatic
despatches re, 140; documents
re claims, 174; fleet, 454; For-
eign Office records, 141; inter-
vention in Mexico, 173, 174; pro-
tect against U. S. naval officers'
behavior, 140; seeds imported
from, 580; U. S. citizens claims,
162, 173; U. S. consulates used
as spy headquarters, 159; U. S.
protests against aid to Confeder-
ate ships, 140; wartime relations
with U. S., 139. See also French
and American Claims Commis-
sion, French spoliation claims,
French subjects

Franchise. See Voting rights
Francis, Joseph, 269
Franco-Prussian War, 173, 174
Frank, Augustus, 70

Franking privilege, 57, 85, 431
Frankford Arsenal, Bridesburg, Pa.,
285

Frankfort, Ky., 100

Franklin, William B., 333
Franklin, Tenn., 235
Franklin and Marshall College Li-

brary, Buchanan papers, 134
Frauds, claims, 595; enlistments,
340, 341; Indian claims, 532; in-
vestigated, 444; legal cases, 110,
120; letters, 181; lumber, 388;
naval contracts, 446; naval sup-
plies, 36; on colored soldiers,
360; on revenues of Post Office
Dept., 85; pension applicants,
553; pension cases, 555; prize
sales, 201; public officials, 240,
388; recruiting, 337; war con-
tracts, 514, 515. See also Reve-
nue frauds

Frazee, James M. & Co., 286

Frazer, James Somerville, 167
Frederick, Md., 588
Fredericksburg, Va., battle, 10,

270, 311; military subdistrict, 413
Freedman's Savings and Trust Co.
See National Freedman's Savings
and Trust Co.
Freedmen, 48, 291, 392; aid soci-
eties, 361; allotments of Indian
land, 544; appropriation for needy,
71; camps, 374, 375; care of, 244,
355; census in Indian Ter., 562;
census of Indian, 511; Cherokee,
541; civil and legal rights, 53, 71;
claims of: loyal Indians, 538, in
District of Columbia, 592, on
Creeks, 539, 541; condition of, 71,
538; early treatment, 238; educa-
tion, 23, 27; employment, 23, 236,
238; extension of voting rights to,
36; home colonies, 233, 370-371;
House Select Committee on, 47,
71; Indian Ter., 543, 544-545;
indigent, 379; labor contract, 71;
lands, 542; laws protecting, 373;
medical treatment, 310; military
protection of, 416; number in South,
564; opinions re, 420; preempted
S. C. land, 209-210; purchase
abandoned lands, 207; relief, 355,
356, 360, 362, 363, 364, 369, 373,
374, 375; savings banks for, 212;
southern attitudes toward, 14; Spe-
cial Agency and, 236; supts. of
(Treasury Dept.), 233; to colonize
S. C., Ga., and Fla., 52; Treasury
Dept. responsibilities, 233; treaty
re emigration, 2; U. S. owes, 390.
See also American Freedmen's
Inquiry Commission; Refugees,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Bureau of; Slavery and the Treat-
ment of Freedmen, Senate Select
Committee on

Freedmen's Affairs, House Standing
Committe on, 42, 47-48
Freedmen's Branch, Adjutant Gen-
eral's Office, 266

Freedmen's Bureau. See Refugees,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Bureau of

Freedmen's Hospital, District of Co-
lumbia, 367; Vicksburg, 410

Freedmen's Hospital Orphan Asy-
lum, 371

Freedmen's Village, Va., 367
Freeman, Douglas S., 23, 379
Freight lines, lawsuits, 119

Frémont, John C., 128, 257, 385,

589

French, Asa, 171

French, Benjamin B., 549, 550,
566

French, Ezra B., 180, 192

French and American Claims Com-
mission, 47, 173-175
French spoliation claims, 24
French subjects, claims against
U. S., 162, 173; imprisoned, 173
Friends, Society of, draft exemp-
tion, 26

Friends Freedmen Association of
Philadelphia, 361

Frigates, constructed, 454
Front Royal, Va., 10

Frontier, conditions on, 128; Con-
federate prisoners enlist for serv-
ice on, 556
Frost, Rufus S., 77
Fry, Cary H., 302

Fry, James B., 71, 249, 250, 326,
331, 337, 339, 340, 341

Fry, Speed S., 70
Fuchsia, U. S. S., 492

Fuel, 288, 297, 471

Fugitive Slave Act, repealed, 4, 25,
35, 36, 52

Fugitive slaves, Attorney General's
papers, 420; commitment, 97;
legal cases, 96, 97

Fullerton, Joseph S., 356, 366, 370
Furniture, claims, 126

Gaboon, Africa, U. S. consul sought
for, 159

Galbraith, Thomas J., 537
Galena, Ill., marine hospital, 221
Galena, U. S. S., 454, 478, 492
Gallatin, Tenn., 392

Gallaudet, Edward Miner, 572, 573
Gallaudet College. See Columbia
Institution for the Instruction of
the Deaf and Dumb
Gallegos, José M., 46
Galloway, Samuel, 386, 387
Galveston, Tex., 222, 377; custom-

house reopened, 219
Gambier, Ohio, 143
Gansevoort, Guert, 450, 489
Garden Key, Fla., 407

Gardens, opened at hospitals, 588
Gardner, J. W., 450

330

Gardner, William H., 479, 498
Garfield, James A., 68, 69
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 141
Garrett, Richard H., 22,
Gatehouses, 472
Gaylord, Emerson, 286
Gee, John H., 328

490

Gem of the Sea, U. S. S.,
Genealogical Society of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
census schedules, 564

Genealogy, 170, 174

General Accounting Office, 188;
transfer of Treasury functions to,
178

General Agent, Treasury Department,
233, 234, 235

General Bragg, U. S. S., 195, 491
General depots, administration, 251
General-in-Chief, U. S., 381
General Inspector of Ironclads, 470,
485

General-jurisdiction case files, Court
of Claims, 129

General Land Office, 517-529; census
work transferred to, 562; corresp.,
30, 522; corresp. re census, 565;
letters, 19, 202, 503, 510, 513,
514, 531, 532; records re Terri-
tories, 149

General of the Army, U. S., 394,

412; telegram files, 249
General Superintendent of Freedmen,
373

General Superintendent of Ironclads,
455, 481, 483, 484-485
Generals, 133, 256, 394; pension
cases, 555

Genesee, U. S. S., 453, 490
Geneva, Switzerland, Alabama

claims arbitration, 164, 166-167
Geneva Tribunal. See Alabama
claims arbitration
Geodetic observations,
Geodetic reports, 228

228

Geodetic surveys for military posts,
226

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