Abbott, Joseph C., Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. in second Fort Fisher expedition, X, 65.

Abercrombie, John J., Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. A.: persuades Patterson not to attack, IV, 346.

Adams, Henry A., Capt. U.S. N.: ordered not to land Vogdes's company, III, 168; refuses to land Vogdes's company, IV, 7; dispatch to Secretary of Navy, 7, 8; lands reënforcements, 12, 13.

Adams, Charles Francis, M. C., U. S. Min. to England: Freesoil nominee for VicePresident, I, 277; member of House Committee of Thirty-three, II, 417; resolution in that committee, III, 216; sails for Europe, IV, 268; first interview with Lord John Russell, 276; warns Lord Russell against receiving Southern commissioners, 277; answers about the blockade, V, 1; complains of governor of Nassau for refusing coal to U. S. vessels, VI, 50; notifies British government of the building of the Orelo, 51, 52; interview with Lord Russell about the Oreto, 52; notifies Lord Russell of the building of the 290 or Alabama,53; directs Craven to intercept the Alabama, 53; sends Lord Russell legal opinion about the Alabama, 54; notifies Lord Russell of further Confederate naval enterprises in Great Britain, 57; dispatch to Seward on disposition of British government, 57; correspondence with Lord Russell on proposed changes in the Foreign Enlistment Act, 58; presents evidence to Lord Russell of proposed violation of British neutrality, 58; interview with Lord Russell, March 26, 1863, 59; correspondence with Lord Russell about Confederate rams, VIII, 258,259.

Washington, III, 62; interview with Pres. Buchanan, 70.

Adams, John, Conf. Brig. Gen.: killed at Franklin, X, 20.

Adams, John Quincy, sixth Pres. U. S.: address against Texas annexation, I,230; dispatchembodying the Monroe doctrine, VII, 405; message about Monroe doctrine, 406. Adrain, Garnett B., M. C.: plan of compromise, II, 422.

Agnew, Daniel, Chief Justice Sup. Ct. of Pa.: defeats and succeeds Chief Justice Lowrie, VII, 13, 376..

Aiken, William, M. C.: votes for, for Speaker of House of Representatives, I, 364. Alabama, State of, secession movement in, III, 185; joint resolutions authorizing convention, 185; military appropriation in, 185; proclamation of Gov. Moore, 185; election of delegates, 185; meeting and resolutions of convention, 186; seizure of Mount Vernon arsenal, and of Forts Morgan and Gaines, 186; ordinance of secession passed Jan. 11, 1861, 188; Provisional Congress of seceding States, 196-212; battle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864, IX, 230–239; siege of Mobile, 239-242; surrender of Mobile, April 11, 1865, 242; ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, X, 89; capture of Selma, April 2, 1865, 240.

Alabama, The (or 290), Conf. cruiser: built in Liverpool under builder's number 290, VI, 53; sails from Liverpool, 54; receives armament and crew at Western Islands, 55; commanded by Capt. Raphael Semmes, 55; declared in commission as a Confederate cruiser, 55; procedure of, 55; sinks the Hatteras, 56; correspondence about, VIII, 254, 255; enters harbor of Cherbourg, France, IX, 142; blockaded by the Kearsarge, 144; sunk by the Kearsarge,

146-149.

Albemarle, The, Conf. ironclad: building of, X, 38, 39; sinks the Southfield, 39-41; battle with the Union fleet, 41-43; sunk by Cushing, 49.

Albert, Prince Consort: draft of note to Lord Russell, V, 28.

Alden, James, Rear Adm. U. S. N.: mission to Gosport navy yard, IV, 145, 146; commands the Richmond in Farragut's fleet, V, 261; commands the Brooklyn in battle of Mobile Bay, IX, 232, 233. Alexander, E. P., Conf. Col.: in battle of Gettysburg, VII, 262; opinion about Gettysburg, 271.

Alexandra, The, case of, VIII, 256, 257. Allen, William F., member of commission on New York enrollment, VII, 41. Allison, William B., M. C., U. S. Sen. : votes for re-passage of National Bank Act, VI,

245.

Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno, Mex. Gen. and diplomatist: notification to the United States concerning Texas, I, 241; expulsion demanded by Juarez, VI, 45; representations to the French, 46; member of Mexican Provisional Government, VII, 398. Alston, W., Conf. Lieut.: proposition to Jefferson Davis, X, 287.

Altoona, Pa., meeting of governors at, Sept. 24, 1862, VI, 164-166.

Alvarez, Juan, Mex. Gen. : commands Mexican reserves in Guerrero, VII, 396. American Baptist Missionary Union, resolutions supporting emancipation, VI, 316. American Board of Foreign Missions, resolutions supporting the war and emancipation, VI, 317.

American Knights, Order of, VIII, 2-27. American, or Know-Nothing, Party, influence on elections in 1854, I, 358; nominates Fillmore for President in 1856, II, 24; action in Illinois in 1856, 24, 25. Ames, Adelbert, Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. 8. A. : at battle of Bermuda Hundred, VIII, 398; in

siege of Richmond, IX, 431; in second Fort Fisher expedition, X, 65; in assault on Fort Fisher, 66; in advance on Wilmington, 69.

Ames, Edward R., D.D., Bish. M. E. Church: appointed commissioner to visit Union prisoners of war, VII, 449.

Ammen, Daniel, Rear Adm. U. S. N.: commands U. S. monitor Patapsco in attack on Charleston, VII, 67.

Ammen, Jacob, Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols.: brigade deployed under fire at Pittsburg Landing, V, 333.

Ampudia, Pedro de, Mex. Gen. : opposed to Gen. Taylor, I, 249.

Anderson, C. D., Conf. Brig. Gen.: surrenders Fort Gaines, IX, 238. Anderson, Hiram, Jr., Col. U. S. Vols.: killed at Cold Harbor, VIII, 405. Anderson, J. R., Conf. Brig. Gen.: present at interview of Lincoln and Campbell, X, 220-222.

Anderson, Larz, recommends McClellan for command at Cincinnati, IV, 282. Anderson, Mrs. Robert, valuable manuscripts from, II, 347; loyalty of, 347. Anderson, Richard H., Conf. Lieut. Gen. : in battle of Chancellorsville, VII, 101; in march on Spotsylvania, VIII, 368; in battle of Spotsylvania, 375, 381; in battle of Cold Harbor, 391; in Shenandoah campaign, IX, 293-295, 297; starts for Lee's army, 298; in siege of Richmond, 432; in retreat to Appomattox, X, 188.

Anderson, Robert, Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. A. : signs Lincoln's discharge in Black Hawk war, I, 96; ordered to command Charleston forts, II, 346, 348; antecedents of, 346, 347; interview with Gen. Scott, 347; interview with Floyd, 348; assumes command of Charleston Harbor, 349; asks reenforcements,351-354; visit to the mayor of Charleston, 356, 357; Floyd's instructions to, by Buell, 387, 388; suggests to Foster to arm his workmen, 442; instructions from Secretary of War, III, 36, 40; description of Fort Moultrie, 37; letter reporting guardboat, 44; asks for instructions, 45; resolves to abandon Fort Moultrie, 46; letter to his wife, 46; preparations to occupy Fort Sumter, 47; transfers his command to Sumter, 52; reports his movement to Washington, 54; refuses Gov. Pickens's demand that he return to Moultrie, 57; reply to Floyd's inquiry, 65; calls council of war to con

sider the firing on the Star of the West, 105; letter demanding explanations and threatening to close the harbor, 106; letter deciding to refer the question to Washington, 108; letter refusing to surrender Fort Sumter to Gov. Pickens, and proposing to report the matter to Washington, 112, 113; reports beginning of Morris Island battery, 123; opinion on reënforcing Fort Sumter, 377; comment on Fox's suggestion, 390; reported declarations of, IV, 20; reply to Beauregard's conditions, 21, 22; letters about evacuation, 24, 25; letter about his instructions, 26, 27; reply to instructions, 40, 41; refuses to evacuate Fort Sumter, 46; proposition about evacuation, 47; agreement with Wigfall, 60; capitulation of, 60; evacuates Fort Sumter, 61; sails for New York, 61; commissioned to organize Kentucky troops, 235; letter to Lincoln, 236, 237; invited by Kentucky legislature to command, V, 46; moves headquarters to Louisville, 49; relieved from command in Kentucky, 52; raises U. S. flag over Fort Sumter, April 14, 1865, X, 278–280. Anderson, Thomas L., M. C.: plan of compromise, II, 424.

Anderson, W. G., letter to Lincoln demanding explanations, I, 211. Andersonville prison, situation of, VII, 465, 466; Col. Chandler's report on, 465, 466. Andrew, John A., Gov. of Mass.: request to Baltimore authorities, IV, 119; dispatch to Cameron, 120; appoints B. F. Butler brigadier general, 133; correspondence with Butler about slave insurrection, 385, 386; obtains authority to raise colored troops, VI, 462; regiments organized by, 463. Andrews, George L., Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols. interrogates Col. J. L. Logan about negro prisoners of war, VII, 454, 455.

Arista, Mariano, Mex. Gen. attacks Gen. Taylor, I, 242; defeated by Taylor at Palo Alto, 261.

Arkansas, State of, admitted as a State, I, 324; response to Lincoln's proclamation, IV,90, 249; course of secession movement in, 248, 249; convention called, 248; arsenal at Little Rock seized, 249; conditional secession ordinance voted down by the convention, 249; the governor's revolutionary acts, 249; secession ordinance passed, May 6, 1861, 249; Battle of Pea Ridge, March 6-8, 1862, V, 291, 292; John S. Phelps appointed military governor, VI, 346; Lincoln's letter to Steele and Phelps, Nov. 18, 1862, about reconstruction, 350; condition of, described by Hindman, 372; Hindman sent to command rebel troops in, 373; Maj. Gen. T. H. Holmes assigned to command rebel troops in, 380; battle of Prairie Grove, Dec. 7, 1862, 383; capture of Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863, VII, 140; Gen. Steele occupies Little Rock, VIII, 411; Union regiments formed in, 412; Union organization in, 412; State convention at Little Rock, Jan. 8, 1864, 414; Constitution amended, to abolish slavery, 415; provisional State government inaugurated, 415; Isaac Murphy appointed governor, 415; election ordered by Gen. Steele, 415, 417; vote on the Constitution, 416, 417; Murphy elected governor, 417; State government inaugurated, 417; legislature organized, 417; Fishback and Baxter elected to U. S. Senate, 418; election for Congress, 418; ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, X, 89.

Arkansas, The, Conf. ram: set on fire, VII, 122.

Arkansas Post, Ark., capture of, Jan. 11, 1863, VII, 140.

Appomattox, Va., Lee's surrender at, April 9, 1865, X, 195-197.

Archer, James J., Conf. Brig. Gen.: in battle of Gettysburg, VII, 240. Arguelles, José Augustin, Lieut. Gov. of Colon, Cuba: business of, in New York, IX, 45; charged with selling recaptured Africans in Cuba, 45; extradition of, asked by Spain, 46; arrest and delivery of 46; Senate resolution demanding information concerning, 46; Seward's answer concerning, 46, 47. Argyll, Duke of, alleged views on the Alabama, VI, 54.

ceives assurances from Napoleon the Third, VIII, 271; agreement with Bullock about Confederate ships, 279; sells Confederate ships, 279; interview with Napoleon, 279.

Armies of the United States, strength of,

reported, April 5, 1861, IV, 65; numbers of, spring of 1862, VII, 2; call for 300,000 volunteers, July 2, 1862, 3; call for 300,000 ninemonths militia, Aug. 4, 1862, 3; statement of successive calls for, 8; muster out and reduction of, X, 329, 330, 337; grand review of, at Washington, 331, 335; number of, during the war, 339.

Armistead, Lewis A., Conf. Brig. Gen.: strength of brigade after Antietam, VI, 143; killed at Gettysburg, VII, 267. Armstrong, Frank C., Conf. Brig. Gen.: in battles of Atlanta, IX, 286.

Armstrong, Jack, wrestles with Lincoln, I, 80, 81.

Armstrong, James, Capt. U. S. N.: assists Lieut. Slemmer, III, 163; surrenders Pensacola navy yard, 164.

Arnold, Isaac N., M. C.: complaint about Scripps, IX, 361.

Arnold, L. G., Bvt. Maj. U. S. A.: sent to occupy Fort Jefferson, III, 134. Arnold, Samuel, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, X, 289; tried and imprisoned, 312, 313.

Arthur, Chester A., twenty-first Pres. U. S.: action on case of Gen. Fitz-John Porter, VI, 13.

Asboth, Alexander, Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols.: commands a division under Frémont, IV, 429.

Ashley, James M., M. C.: favors Lincoln's renomination, IX, 62; House bills on reconstruction, 449–453; House bill to abolish slavery by Constitutional amendment, X, 74; changes vote on Thirteenth Amendment, 78; calls up Thirteenth Amendment for reconsideration, 81; interview with Lincoln, 84, 85; interview with Nicolay, 84,

85.

Ashmore, John D., M. C.: signs secession address, II, 436.

Ashmun, George, M. C.: amendment on the Mexican war, I, 259; chairman of Chicago Convention, 1860, II, 266. Aspinwall, W. H., recommends McClellan for command at Cincinnati, IV, 282; advises McClellan it is his duty to submit to Lincoln's proclamation, VI, 180. Atchison, David R., U. S. Sen., acting Vice-Pres. under Pierce: remarks on Missouri Compromise, I, 340, 341; interview with Douglas, and proposition to him; 346; organizes political conspiracy in Missouri, 397; speech advising Missourians to vote slavery into Kansas, 399: town named in his honor, 402; resigns office of President pro tem. of Senate, 408; leads Platte County riflemen against Lawrence in Wakarusa war, 443; sustains Lawrence agreement, 447; takes part in destroying Free State Hotel, 455; joins third raid against Lawrence, II, 16; yields to Gov. Geary's commands, 16.

Atherton, Sir William, opinion on the Alabama, VI, 54.

Atkins, Smith D., Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. 8. Vols. in March to the Sea, IX, 481. Atkinson, Henry, Brig. Gen. U. S. A.: summons Black Hawk to return, I, 89; commands regulars in Black Hawk war, 91. Atlanta, Ga., siege of, July 22 to Sept. 1, 1864, IX, 270-289; occupied by Sherman, 289. Atlanta, The, rebel ram: captured by the Weehawken, XII, 79-81.

Atzerodt, George A., in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, X, 289; receives Booth's directions to remove Andrew Johnson, 291, 292; tried and hanged, 312, 313. Augur, C. C., Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. A.: instructions about political arrests, VIII,40; present at Lincoln's deathbed, X, 300; made Department commander, 338. Averill, William W., Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. 8. A.: defeats Ramseur's division, IX, 175; drives McCausland from Hancock, Md., 178; defeats McCausland at Moorefield, 178; in Sheridan's army, 182; in Shenandoah campaign, 295, 296; in battle of Winchester, 303.

Avery, W. L., Capt. U. S. Vols.: in battle of Chattanooga, VIII, 149.

Avery, William W., presents majority report in Charleston Convention, II, 233, 234.

Ayres, Romeyn B., Bvt. Maj. Gen. U.S.A.: in march to Five Forks, X, 169; in battle of Five Forks, 172; at grand review in Washington, 332.

Bad Axe, battle of, I, 94, 95. Bailey, Joseph, Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols.: builds dams on Red River, VIII, 298-301. Bailey, Joshua F., special Treasury agent: action of, IX, 86, 87.

Bailey, Maj., commands battalion in Black Hawk war, I, 91.

Bailey, Theodorus, Rear Adm. U. 8. N.: commands "Column of the Red" in passage of Forts Jackson and St. Phillp, V, 261; destruction of rebel gunboats, 262, 263; sent by Farragut to confer with mayor of New Orleans, 267.

Baily, Joseph, M. C.: first vote for Thir

teenth Amendment, X, 78; second vote for Thirteenth Amendment, 83.

Baird, Absalom, Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. A.: command of, in Army of Kentucky, VIII, 44; withdraws from Bragg's attack, 79; in battle of Chickamauga, 85, 88, 89, 92-94,

98, 104; in battle of Chattanooga, 135, 146, 151, 152, 155; in March to the Sea, IX, 481. Baird, Mrs., Lincoln's letter concerning, V, 143.

Baker, Edward D., M. C.: U. S. Sen., Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols.: protest against the Judicial Reform scheme, I, 164, 165; nominated for Illinois State Senate, 182; oratorical powers, 220; elected to Congress from Springfield district, 223; commands regiment in Mexican war, 250; speech in House of Representatives, 252255; resumes his seat in Congress, 255; succeeds to command of Shields's brigade at Cerro Gordo, 255; elected to Congress from Galena district, 290; introduces Lincoln at his first inauguration, III, 327; killed at Ball's Bluff, IV, 456, 457. Baldwin, Augustus C., M. C.: vote for Thirteenth Amendment, X, 83. Baldwin, John B., interview with Lincoln, III, 423-426.

Baldwin, P. P., Col. U. S. Vols.: in battle of Murfreesboro, VI, 286.

Ball's Bluff, Va., battle of, Oct. 21, 1861, IV, 455-457.

Baltimore, Md., condition of, in January

and February, 1861, III, 304-307; secession feeling in, IV, 110; arrival of the 6th Massachusetts, 111; soldiers attacked by the mob, 113; march across the city, 116; massmeeting in Monument Square, 119; railroad bridges burned, 121; railroads refuse to transport troops, 124; transit of troops through, reëstablished, 172, 173; occupied by Butler, 173, 174.

Baltimore Convention, 1852, Democratic National: meets in June, I, 332; votes: for Lewis Cass, 332-for William L. Marcy, 332-for James Buchanan, 332-for Stephen A. Douglas, 332; nominates Franklin Pierce, 332.

Baltimore Convention, 1864, Republican National: adopts resolution affirming Monroe doctrine, VII, 421; meeting of, June 7, 1864, IX, 65; address of E. D. Morgan, 65; Rev. R. J. Breckinridge made temporary chairman, 65; Breckinridge's speech, 65-67; William Dennison made permanent chairman, 67, 68; action of committee on credentials, 68, 69; Henry J. Raymond reports platform, 69-71; Lincoln renominated for President, 71, 72; Andrew Johnson nominated for VicePresident, 72-74; resolution advocating Thirteenth Amendment, X, 80.

Bancroft, George, Sec. of Navy under Polk, historian, Min. to Prussia: remarks at a New York meeting, V, 202; letter to Lincoln suggesting "an increase of free States," 203; letter to Lincoln about suspension of habeas corpus, VIII, 36, 37.

Banks, Nathaniel P., Speaker H. R., Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols.: chosen Speaker of House of Representatives under plurality rule, I, 364; receives votes for Vice-President in Philadelphia Convention, II, 35; appointed major general of U. S. volunteers, IV, 309; succeeds Gen. Butler at Baltimore, 309; supersedes Patterson at Harper's Ferry, 356; assumes command at Ball's Bluff, 457; assigned to command Fifth Army Corps, V, 169; pursues Jackson up the Valley, 401; retreat to the Potomac, 402; commands corps in Army of Virginia, VI, 1; ordered to Culpeper Court House, 5; attacks Jackson at Cedar Mountain and is repulsed, Aug. 9, 1862, 6; report of negro troops organized, 455; expedition to Department of the Gulf, VII, 311; sends Gen. Grover to occupy Baton Rouge, 313; sends expedition to Galveston, 313; makes demonstration against Port Hudson, 314; expedition to Alexandria, La., 314, 315; correspondence with Grant about coöperation, 315317; expedition against Port Hudson, 317; effects junction with C. C. Augur, 317; first assault on Port Hudson, May 25, 1863, 317; second assault on Port Hudson, June 14, 1863, 317; siege of Port Hudson, May 25 to July 9, 1863, 317-322; ordered to occupy some portion of Texas, VIII, 286; sends expedition to Sabine Pass, 286; defeat of Franklin at Sabine Pass, Sept. 8, 1863, 287; expedition to the Rio Grande, 287, 288; occupies Brownsville and Point Isabel, 287; captures works at Aransas Pass, 287; occupies Fort Esperanza, Nov. 30, 1863, 287, 288; accepts Halleck's plan for Red River campaign, 288; march towards Shreveport, 291, 292; battle of Sabine Cross Roads, April 8, 1864, 292-294; battle of Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864, 295; retreats down Red River, 296-301; plan for obtaining cotton, 305; replies to the President, 427; plan of reconstruction in Louisiana, 428-430; orders election for State officers in Louisiana, 431-433; orders election for State convention in Louisiana, 435.