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,
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, Hamilton, 386 Fishback, William M.,
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
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,
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.,
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,
Fort Snelling, Minn., 409
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.,
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.,
Foundries, 285; gun, 53, 467, 468
Fowler, William, 359
Fox, Gustavus V., 64, 440, 446, 484
Fox Indians, 547; under Central Superintendency, 545
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,
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
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
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
Geodetic surveys for military posts, 226
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