Lincoln’s Men

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abolitionism, 15, 19, 57, 70, 87, 91, 196
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Hay and Nicolay), 28, 225, 240–41
Adams, Charles Francis, 20
Ames, Evelina, 177, 178
Anderson, Martin Brewer, 99
Andrews, Rufus, 198
Angell, Hannah, 65, 67
Antietam, Battle of, 123–24, 152
Appomattox, Lee’s surrender at, 225
Army, U.S., 18, 34–35, 42–44, 58–60, 89
Negroes enlisted in, 57, 139, 146, 147–48, 166, 203
see also Union Army
Army of Northern Virginia, 155, 222
Army of the Potomac, 140, 154, 177, 201
McClellan as commander of, 95, 101–2, 111–15, 118, 120–25
Army of Virginia, 118, 121
Arnold, Isaac N., 132
Arnold, Samuel Green, 137

Baker, Edward, 66, 71–72, 73, 74, 90, 207
Ball’s Bluff, Battle of, 66, 71, 74, 102, 207
Banks, Nathaniel, 150
Barnes, Joseph K., 226
Barney, Hiram, 198
Barnwell, Robert, 147
Barton, Clara, 129
Bates, Dorus, 5
Bates, Edward, 96, 220, 222
Beaufort, S.C., 139, 145–46, 149, 162, 178, 189
Blair, Montgomery, 70, 218, 220, 221–22
Boker, George Henry, 178–79
Booth, John Wilkes, 178, 225
Brady, Mathew, 38
Brown, John, 15, 16
Browning, Orville, 19, 56–57, 89, 94, 132, 201
Bryan, William Jennings, 240
Buchanan, James, 16, 22
Buell, Don Carlos, 93, 103
Bull Run, First Battle of, 66–67, 71, 73, 102, 125
Bull Run, Second Battle of, 117–22, 124
Burgdorf, Louis, 77, 79
Burnside, Ambrose, 125, 126, 132, 133, 134, 177
Butler, Benjamin, 229
Butterfield, Daniel, 101, 162–63

Cabinet, 19, 22, 25, 26, 30, 31, 35–36, 57, 75, 81, 86, 95, 103, 106
AL’s conferences with, 50, 70, 106, 112, 120–21, 134, 160
Calhoun, John C., 58
Cameron, Simon, 34–35, 70, 95, 106, 177–78, 208–9, 221
Campbell Hospital, 120, 132, 137
Carpenter, Francis B., 202
Carroll, William T., 136
Chancellorsville, Battle of, 149, 152
Charleston, S.C., 41, 138–39, 140
harbor at, 16, 42, 139, 141–44, 149, 176, 178
Chase, Salmon, 26, 75, 96, 97, 112, 120, 128, 134, 185, 189, 190–91
presidency campaign for, 195, 196, 199, 222
Chicago Zouaves, 2, 35
Chickamauga, Battle of, 172, 186
Cisco, John, 199
Civil War, U.S., 23–24, 54, 61
casualties of, 2, 63–66, 93, 113, 114, 118, 122, 132, 134, 150, 153, 206
first shots fired in, 16, 140
press coverage of, 63, 74, 79–80, 87, 115
talk and rumors of, 41–42, 44
see also Confederate Army; Union Army; specific battles and military units
Clausewitz, Carl Philipp von, 152
Clay, Henry, 99, 100
Clephane, James O., 127
Cleveland, Grover, 240
Colfax, Schuyler, 185, 215
Confederate Army, 50, 113, 115
defeats and retreats of, 63, 74, 91, 93, 123–24, 152–53
federal forts attacked by, 16, 19, 36, 42, 55, 152
guerrillas in, 48–49, 53, 69–70, 81–82
Union capture of prisoners from, 80, 81–82, 91, 202
victories of, 19, 42, 55, 66, 71, 102, 150
see also specific battles and leaders
Confederate States of America, 16, 22, 31
communications disrupted by, 54, 61
flag of, 55, 61, 63, 65
naval strategy against, 139, 140
Northern sympathizers with, 97–98
see also secession; specific states
Congress, U.S., 12, 57, 59, 70, 85, 138, 140, 184–86
see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Conkling, James, 166, 167, 169, 184
Constitution, U.S., 6, 108, 151, 185, 202

Davis, David, 14, 132, 197, 228, 229
Davis, Henry Winter, 219
Davis, Jefferson, 16, 54, 161–62
Davis, Mattie McCook, 175
D.C. Rifles, 42–43, 44, 53–54, 60
Declaration of Independence, 80
Democratic Party, 4, 22, 72, 85, 114, 115, 151–52, 160, 196, 214, 218
Dickens, Charles, 8, 37
Dix, Dorothea, 53, 128, 129
Dix, John, 170, 171
Dixon, James, 185, 187
Douglas, Adele Cutts, 138, 158
Douglas, Stephen, 4, 13, 66, 72, 158
AL’s debates with, 6, 15
Draft Riot of 1863, 156
Dubois, Jesse, 14, 81
Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 139, 140–44, 149
Durant, Thomas Clark, 172–73

Eames, Charles, 96, 97
Eames, Fanny, 68, 96–97
Early, Jubal, 201, 218
economic depression of 1893, 240
elections, U.S., 5, 15
of 1860, 2, 3, 6, 13, 14
of 1864, 189, 192, 194, 197–201, 209–12, 218–22, 229
Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim, 1–3, 15, 17, 23, 36, 56, 59–63, 72
AL’s relationship with, 2, 14, 33, 34–35, 43, 64–65
character and personality of, 2, 3, 33–34, 44, 59, 62
death of, 2, 63–66, 67, 90
Hay on, 33–34, 44, 54, 59, 61
Hay’s relationship with, 1, 14, 43, 54, 61, 65, 67
leadership of, 2, 33, 44, 54–55, 59–60, 63
militias organized by, 2, 35, 39, 43–44, 54–55, 58–59
Stoddard and, 61–62, 66
Emancipation Proclamation, 123, 160, 166, 167, 169, 203
England, 8, 20, 127, 128
Everett, Edward, 180, 183

Fahnestock, Charles, 181
Fair Oaks, Battle of, 113
“Farewell Address” (Lincoln), 15
Fessenden, William Pitt, 220, 221
Fillmore, Millard, 171
financial panic of 1857, 5
Fire Zouaves, 43–44, 54–55, 56, 58–59, 60, 62, 63
“First Inaugural Address” (Lincoln), 18–19
First South Carolina colored troops, 147
Florida, 16, 36, 56, 145, 188, 233
Forbes Theatre, 8–9, 10
Ford’s Theatre, 178, 187–88, 215, 224, 225
Forney, John W., 181–82, 185, 188
Fort Sumter, 31, 35, 140
Confederate siege of, 16, 19, 42, 55, 140
evacuation of, 16, 21–22, 35–36, 43
Union invasion of, 139, 141, 176
Fox, Gustavus, 104, 141, 142, 218–19
Fredericksburg, Battle of, 125, 132, 134, 135
freedmen, 146–48, 208
Freedmen’s Bureau, 146
free-soil cause, 4, 8
Frémont, John Charles, 68–71, 195, 200
foreign officers recruited by, 69
Union Army Western Department headed by, 68, 69, 71, 112
French, Benjamin, 154, 183, 184, 229
French, Mansfield, 146

Gardner, Alexander, 161–62, 177
Garfield, James, 186, 236
Gay, Sydney Howard, 200
Georgia, 16, 140
Germany, 55, 106, 223
Gettysburg, Battle of, 152–53, 154, 156, 158, 172, 180–83, 186
“Gettysburg Address” (Lincoln), 181, 182, 183, 184
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 7
gold speculation, 100, 133, 135, 152, 155, 172–74, 229, 235
Grant Ulysses S., 91, 93, 113, 139, 184, 222, 232
as commander in chief, 125, 194, 202, 204, 206–7, 209, 218, 225
Greeley, Horace, 44, 189, 200, 203–4, 220–21, 235
Gurley, Phineas D., 226

Hackett, James, 186–88
Hall, Allen A., 92
Halleck, Henry, 112, 117–19, 120, 125, 194, 226
Halpine, Charles G., 145
Hamilton, Alexander, 57, 157
Hamilton, James, 57, 68
Hamlin, Hannibal, 208, 211
Harper’s Ferry, Va., 15, 50, 109, 124
Harrison, Benjamin, 240
Hatch, Ozias M., 5, 6
Hay, Charles, 7, 10
Hay, Charles E., 139, 144–45, 226–27
Hay, Clara Stone, 91, 235–36
Hay, Helen Leonard, 7, 68, 144–45, 189
Hay, John Milton, 2–3
as AL’s assistant private secretary, 1, 14–15, 20–21, 23–26, 29, 30–34, 45–53, 54–57, 59, 61–63, 66–70, 76–77, 79–82, 86–87, 90–91, 93–96, 101–6, 109, 112, 115–24, 138–44, 147–48, 211–14
AL’s relationship with, 12–15, 21, 51, 56–57, 73, 91, 103–4, 117–20, 156–67, 187–88, 201–6, 242
character and personality of, 3, 9–12, 13–14, 20–21, 29, 43, 45, 52, 70, 72, 77, 115–17
death of, 234, 242
depressions of, 9–10, 11–12, 67–68
diaries of, 45, 46–49, 52–53, 54, 56, 75, 90–91, 137, 144, 146, 157, 174, 175, 204–5, 211, 213, 220, 223, 229, 242
diplomatic appointments of, 7, 225, 226–27, 234–35, 241
education of, 7–8, 9, 10–11, 13, 21, 52
Ellsworth and, 1, 14, 43, 54, 61, 65, 67
furloughs and entertainments of, 68, 96–97, 126–27, 138–39, 166–67, 189–90
humor of, 14, 45, 91, 115–16, 157
Interior Department appointment of, 21, 40
journalism of, 91, 102–3, 105–7, 160, 182–83
law study and practice of, 7, 10–11, 13, 14
Mary Lincoln and, 86, 89, 94–95, 131–32, 191–92, 193, 194, 227
Mrs. Lander and, 9, 47–49, 51–53, 72, 73, 91, 127–31, 133–35, 139, 146–49, 162, 165–66, 178–80, 188, 238–39
Nicolay’s relationship with, 7, 11, 13, 14, 24, 37–40, 42, 60–62, 76, 94–95, 96–97, 105, 117, 126–27, 131, 136, 141–42, 215–16, 230–31, 238–42
Robert Lincoln and, 114, 137, 225–26, 228
as secretary of state, 241–42
special missions of, 69, 70, 138–44, 147–48
Stoddard and, 96, 115–17, 174, 235
Hay, Milton, 7, 10, 13, 15
Hayes, Rutherford B., 236
Herrmann, Alexander, 106, 107
Higginson, Thomas, 148
Hodges, Albert G., 202–3
Holt, Joseph, 157, 209–10
Hood, John B., 222
Hood, Thomas, 204–6
Hooker, Joseph, 125, 140, 149
House, Edward, 63
House of Representatives, U.S., 39, 54, 185
Howe, Julia Ward, 101
Howells, William Dean, 6
Hunter, David, 35, 46, 50, 57, 71, 128, 129, 139, 140, 141, 143, 145, 177–78, 229

Illinois, 29, 39, 56, 68, 89
politics in, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 27
Interior Department, U.S., 21, 27, 40, 51, 56

Jackson, Andrew, 30, 56, 58, 116, 132
Jackson, James W., 63
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall,” 74, 118, 121
Jefferson, Joseph, 46, 51, 52, 53
Jerome, Edward B., 71
Johnson, Andrew, 210–12, 232
Johnson, William, 160
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 93
Johnston, Annie, 10–13, 16–17
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, 195

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 3–4
Keckley, Elizabeth, 85, 228–29
Kellogg, Francis William, 186
Kentucky, 97, 160

Lamon, Ward Hill, 14, 17, 83, 137, 211–12, 229
Lander, Frederick, 47–48, 51–52, 105, 238
Civil War service of, 72–75, 91
explorations of, 47, 51, 52, 72
illness and death of, 74–75, 91, 128
Lander, Jean Margaret Davenport, 132, 234
assassination plot revealed by, 48–49, 52, 53
Hay’s relationship with, 9, 47–49, 51–53, 72, 73, 91, 127–31, 133–35, 139, 146–49, 162, 165–66, 178–80, 188, 238–39
horseback riding of, 139, 145–46
stage career of, 8–9, 47, 49, 51–52, 105, 128, 165–66, 179, 224–25, 238
supervisory hospitals appointment of, 129, 139, 141, 146, 162, 178
widowhood of, 75, 91, 97, 127–31, 133–35, 146–48, 238
Lane, James Henry, 45, 46, 55–56
Lee, Robert E., 113, 118, 123, 124, 134, 149, 152–55, 158, 177, 222, 225
“Lèse-Amour” (Hay), 190
Lincoln, Abraham:
anti-slavery stance of, 4, 8, 13, 18, 87, 159, 196, 202–3
assassination of, 225–31, 241
assassination plots against, 17, 18, 25, 48–49, 52, 53, 83
biographies of, 28, 225, 232, 236, 239–41
character and personality of, 28, 65, 89, 91–92, 101–2, 104–5, 108, 113
conscience and principles of, 13, 21, 22, 28, 57–59, 221
conversation and storytelling of, 12, 13, 133, 157, 162–63
criticism of, 16, 87, 88, 134, 135, 150, 167, 180, 189, 195–96, 200, 203–4
1860 presidential campaign and election of, 2, 3, 6, 13–14, 16, 27, 28, 75
1861 inauguration of, 18–19, 20, 21, 34, 41, 78
1864 campaign and reelection of, 189, 192, 194, 197–201, 209–12, 218–22, 229
1865 inauguration of, 194
emancipation of slaves by, 123, 160, 166, 167, 169, 203, 213
family life of, 1, 12, 15, 66, 75, 101–2, 113
funeral train of, 229, 230
horsemanship of, 106, 117, 118–19, 123–24, 157, 158
humor of, 6, 11, 57, 73, 83, 115, 116, 157–58, 168–69, 171, 181, 204–5
illnesses of, 183–84, 185
law study and practice of, 2, 5, 12, 13, 17, 28, 51, 91, 117, 157
leadership and military strategy of, 53, 74, 79–83, 91–95, 101–25, 141–44, 152, 154–55, 160
mail and dispatches sent to, 76, 79–83, 87, 121, 149, 170
military draft ordered by, 159–60, 162
pardoning of prisoners by, 80, 81, 82, 202
personal security of, 1, 2, 15, 17, 18, 33, 50
photographs of, 160–62, 177, 239
physical appearance of, 4, 12, 13, 137, 161, 177
preservation of the Union paramount to, 13, 16, 18, 19, 58–59
as president-elect, 1, 2, 14–17
private grief of, 89, 92, 101–2, 113
reading of, 51, 79–80, 157, 159, 164–66, 202, 204–6
secession opposed by, 13, 16, 19, 58
speeches of, 4, 8, 13, 15, 16, 18–19, 78, 181–84, 185–86
writings of, 45, 158, 159, 166, 167–69, 202–3, 221
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 12, 17, 23, 55, 60, 71, 104, 177–78, 186
admirers and friends of, 49, 85, 87–88, 89
AL’s relationship with, 75, 76, 78, 85, 89, 101, 153
character and personality of, 75–76, 78–79, 85–88, 94–95, 191, 201
criticism of, 75–76, 78–79, 85, 94, 132
extravagant expenditures of, 75–76, 78, 85, 197
grief and mental decline of, 89, 91, 94–95, 101, 113, 228–29
Hay and, 86, 89, 94–95, 131–32, 227
as mistress of White House, 45, 59, 75–79, 85–88, 94–95, 131–32, 137, 190–92
Nicolay and, 86, 89, 94–95, 131–32, 191–92, 193, 194, 227
political interference of, 35, 75, 78, 94
Stoddard and, 75–79, 86–88, 131–32, 153, 192, 194
Treasury defrauded by, 94, 95
widowhood of, 226, 228–29, 231
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 23, 60, 157, 231
as AL’s executor, 228, 236–38
Hay and, 114, 137, 225–26, 228
Lincoln, Thomas “Tad”:
childhood of, 36, 55, 59, 89, 113, 157, 201–2, 228
death of, 90
Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie,” 36, 55
illness and death of, 88–90, 91, 92, 94, 101, 109, 113, 131
Logan, Stephen, 7, 10, 13
Longstreet, James, 118, 121
Louisiana, 16, 39
Lovejoy, Owen, 186, 201

McClellan, Ellen, 103, 108, 113
McClellan, George Brinton, 67, 101–5
AL’s dismissal of, 125, 127
AL’s exasperation with, 101, 109–12, 117–18, 123–25
AL’s relationship with, 102–4, 105, 107–15, 120–21, 123–25
Army of the Potomac commanded by, 95, 101–2, 111–15, 118, 120–25
idleness and delay of, 95, 103, 109–11, 112, 113, 118, 123–24, 125, 155
Lander as aide to, 72–73, 74
as “Little Mac,” 102, 105, 109, 114, 115, 121, 125, 134
military strategy of, 108–15, 117–19, 123–24, 155
political ambitions of, 113, 114, 115, 134, 218, 221
promotions and demotions of, 102, 112, 117–19, 125
McClernand, John Alexander, 91
McDowell, Irvin, 59, 106
McGraw, William, 72
McKinley, William, 241
McManus, Edward, 25, 46, 47, 116, 170–71, 192
McVeagh, Wayne, 180, 182
Madison, Dolley, 77
Madison, James, 182
Malvern Hill, Battle of, 114
Marcy, Randolph, 109–10
Marine Band, 84, 88, 153
Marston, Gilman, 189
Meade, George Gordon, 125, 152–55, 158, 177
Meigs, Montgomery, 37, 70
Merrimac, CSS, 111
Mexican War of 1848, 140, 162–63
Mexico, 56, 140
Minnesota, 117, 123, 124
Missionary Ridge, Battle of, 184
Mississippi, 16, 93
Missouri Compromise, 4, 159
monetary system, 97, 99, 100
Monitor, USS, 111
Mowatt, Anna Cora, 105

Napoléon III, Emperor of France, 231
Navy, U.S., 57, 59
see also Union Navy
Navy Department, U.S., 26, 37, 96, 104, 141, 142, 143, 144, 219
Neill, Edward D., 193, 217
New York, N.Y., 9, 16, 43–44, 47, 51, 76, 104, 122, 131, 196–99, 224–25
Draft Riot in, 156
financial markets in, 100, 135, 152, 172–74
theaters in, 47, 51, 224–25
New York Times, 80, 162, 178, 232
New York Tribune, 30, 44, 63, 80, 147–48, 151, 200–201, 203–4
Nicolay, George Bates, 238
Nicolay, Helen, 176, 231, 232, 233, 239, 240, 241–42
Nicolay, John George, 3–8, 17, 46
as AL’s private secretary, 1, 3, 6–7, 14, 15, 20–21, 23–27, 29, 30–33, 36–37, 41–43, 50, 53, 55–58, 66–72, 76–77, 79–89, 92–97, 99, 101, 106, 109, 111, 114, 116, 124–27, 150–51, 156, 193–94
AL’s relationship with, 3, 4, 5–6, 8, 11, 14, 20, 21, 29, 88–90, 92–93, 114
arrangement of state occasions and protocol by, 20–21, 84, 85–86, 87–88, 89, 191–92
character and personality of, 3, 5, 11, 14, 20, 29, 33, 43, 92
death of, 240, 242
diplomatic appointment of, 7, 226–27, 231–32
Hay’s relationship with, 7, 11, 13, 14, 24, 37–40, 42, 60–62, 76, 94–95, 96–97, 105, 117, 126–27, 131, 136, 141–42, 215–16, 230–31, 238–42
ill health and blindness of, 67, 69, 227, 233, 241–42
journalism and publishing career of, 3, 4–5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 20, 27, 92, 200–201, 232
as marshal of Supreme Court, 234
Mary Lincoln and, 86, 89, 94–95, 227
physical appearance and stature of, 3, 11
special missions of, 69, 70–71, 92–94, 117, 134, 138, 156, 196–200
Nicolay, Therena Bates:
death of, 233, 238
marriage of, 231
Nicolay’s correspondence with, 3–4, 18, 23, 31–33, 36–37, 41–42, 50, 60, 65, 68, 72, 86, 89–90, 92, 124, 131, 135, 136, 137–38, 140, 193, 194, 207–8, 222–23, 227
Nicolay’s relationship with, 3, 5, 6, 11, 18, 67, 72, 92, 93, 96, 117, 175–76, 192–93, 208, 215, 227, 231
religious questions of, 89–90
nullification controversy, 58

“On Discoveries and Inventions” (Lincoln), 159
Our American Cousin (Taylor), 51

Palmer, Albert Marshman, 198
Patent Office, U.S., 37, 40, 42, 55, 60
Peninsular Campaign, 114
Pennsylvania, 152–53
militia of, 44–45, 54
Petersburg, Battle of, 218, 222, 225
Peterson, William, 226, 228
Pinkerton, Allan, 16, 115, 125
Pittsfield, Ill., 3–8, 32, 60, 72, 92, 93, 96, 126, 208, 231
Pittsfield Free Press, 3, 4, 7, 23
Poe, Edgar Allan, 7–8, 9, 47, 157
Pomeroy, Samuel, 195
Pope, John, 35, 118–21, 123, 194
Port Royal, S.C., 129, 139, 140, 141, 145–46
Potomac River, 25, 37, 60, 64, 66, 71, 73–74, 112, 123, 132, 138, 152, 163
bridges over, 43, 109, 118
canal and locks connecting, 109–10
Price, Sterling, 213
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, 185

Quakers, 109

Racine, Jean, 7
Reconstruction, 185, 218
Reid, Whitelaw, 209
Republican Party, 15, 21, 55, 85, 184
1860 nomination of AL by, 3, 13, 14
of Illinois, 4, 8, 11, 14
liberals in, 190
radicals in, 70, 180, 185, 195, 196, 209
Rhode Island regiments, 54, 56, 58, 60
Rice, Clinton, 173–74
Richmond, Va., 48, 113, 114, 118, 154, 201, 222, 225
Rodgers, Christopher R. P., 142–43
Roosevelt, Theodore, 241–42
Rosecrans, William Starke, 150, 172, 212–14, 215–16

Sanderson, John P., 212–14, 216
Saxton, Rufus, 147–48
Schurz, Carl, 55–56, 200
Scott, Winfield, 18, 19, 54, 56, 70, 102
secession, 22, 93
Northern sympathy with, 97–98
opposition to, 13, 16, 19, 58
of slave states, 16, 44, 45, 50, 185
Sedgwick, John, 207
Senate, U.S., 71, 89, 185, 201
Foreign Relations Committee of, 20, 26
Judiciary Committee of, 94
Seven Days’ Battles, 113, 114, 115
Seward, Frederick, 232, 234–35
Seward, William, 15, 162, 180, 181, 196, 220, 221
as Secretary of State, 19, 26, 46, 73–74, 103–4, 106, 109, 112, 121, 122, 134, 237
Seymour, Horatio, 162
Seymour, Truman, 141
Shakespeare, William, 8, 51, 157, 159, 164–66, 186–88, 205
Sheridan, Philip, 218
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 184, 218, 222
Shiloh, Battle of, 66, 93
Sickles, Daniel, 87, 180, 186
Sioux Indians, 117, 123, 202
slavery:
AL’s position on, 4, 8, 13, 18, 87, 159, 196, 202–3
economic realities of, 13, 16
opening of new territories to extension of, 4, 13
opposition to, 3–4, 8, 13, 15, 18, 19, 57, 70, 87, 91, 113
Stephen Douglas’s approach to, 6, 13, 15
slaves:
emancipation of, 70, 123, 146, 159, 160, 166, 167, 169, 203, 213
revolts of, 15
in Union Army, 57, 139, 146, 147–48, 166, 203
Smith, Caleb Blood, 222
Soldier’s Home, 117, 123, 153, 158, 164, 169
South Carolina, 16, 138–48, 188
Spafford, Carrie, 36, 43, 61, 62, 65
Speed, James, 222
Speed, Joshua, 81, 222
Spencer, Christopher Miner, 163
Sprague, Kate Chase, 75, 128, 178, 190–91, 192
Sprague, William, 178, 191, 192
Springfield, Ill., 2, 10–15, 16–17, 33, 50, 51, 93, 141
state government and capitol in, 5–7, 11, 14, 20, 71, 75
Stackpole, Thomas, 95
Stanton, Edwin, 95, 226
as Secretary of War, 109, 111, 112, 115, 116, 119, 120, 142, 212, 214, 220, 221
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 202
Stanton, Ellen, 119
State Department, U.S., 20, 37, 232
“State of the Union Addresses” (Lincoln), 78, 94, 189, 231
states’ rights, 15
Stephens, Ann S., 46–49
Stoddard, Henry, 76, 156, 160
Stoddard, Kate, 29, 76, 217–18
Stoddard, Susan Eagleson Cooper, 235
Stoddard, William Osborn, 27–30, 60–62, 71
as AL’s assistant secretary, 27, 30, 39, 42, 66–69, 71–72, 75–83, 86–88, 92–94, 97–100, 107–10, 115–17, 126, 149–54, 167–74, 193, 206–7
AL’s relationship with, 27–28, 29, 42–43, 82, 167–74, 230
character and personality of, 27, 28, 29, 76–79, 81–82, 87–88, 97–100
economic interests of, 100, 133, 135, 152, 155, 172–74
financial scandal and, 173–74
gambling and debts of, 98–100, 152, 172–74, 229
Hay and, 96, 115–17, 174, 235
illnesses of, 29, 149, 152, 155–56, 167, 235
journalism of, 27–28, 29, 60, 87, 92, 97, 99, 102, 103, 110, 134, 135, 151–52, 167, 184
Mary Lincoln and, 75–79, 86–88, 131–32, 153, 192, 194
memoirs of, 81, 99–100, 172, 173, 211, 217
White House departure of, 194, 217–18, 229–30
Stone, Charles P., 71, 74
Stone, Robert, 226
Sumner, Charles, 20, 26, 150, 185, 218, 226
Supreme Court, U.S., 86, 136, 228, 234
Swett, Leonard, 187, 210

Taylor, Zachary, 171
Tennessee, 91, 92–93, 150, 177, 184, 200
Texas, 16, 36
Thomas, George, 184
Thomas, Henry, 222
Thomas, Lorenzo, 70
Tolstoy, Leo, 203
“Too Late” (Hay), 129–30
Treasury Building, 23, 24, 37, 38, 40, 97
Treasury Department, U.S., 26, 92, 94, 95, 160
Truman, Harry, 214, 216
Trumbull, Lyman, 4, 116, 136
typhoid fever, 74, 88, 131, 149

Union Army, 53–54, 111–12
defeats of, 66, 71, 73, 102, 113, 120–22, 125, 134, 149
Department of the Mississippi in, 112
Department of the South in, 129, 139
Department of the West in, 68, 69, 71, 112
nursing services of, 53, 128–29, 132, 139, 141, 146
slaves in, 57, 139, 146, 147–48, 166, 203
training and war preparations of, 58–60, 67, 114
victories of, 66, 74, 113, 123–24, 126, 152, 153
see also specific battles and leaders
Union Navy, 46, 126, 139–44
ironclads of, 111, 139, 140–43
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron of, 139, 140, 142
Union Party, 200, 208–12

Vallandigham, Clement L., 213–14, 215, 216
Vicksburg, Battle of, 154, 172
Virginia, 48–49, 62, 109, 113, 134
secession of, 44, 61

Wadsworth, James, 180, 186
War Department, U.S., 2, 34, 35, 37, 45, 67, 73, 74, 79, 81, 96, 109, 119, 121, 122, 143, 153, 218, 226
Washington, D.C.:
federal buildings in, 18, 23, 24, 37–40, 43, 46, 52, 97, 135
federal troops in, 44–45, 46, 53–56, 102
hotels in, 21, 23, 24, 34, 36, 38, 40, 46, 51, 72, 105, 126, 136, 137, 138
military defense of, 43, 53, 60, 66–67, 74, 93, 110–11, 118
Pennsylvania Avenue in, 18, 23, 37, 38, 39–40, 52, 97, 100
private homes in, 37, 52, 91, 103–4, 127, 135, 137
saloons and gambling dens in, 38, 97, 98–100, 105, 136
social life in, 32, 96–100, 127, 131–32, 135–38
theaters in, 39, 45–46, 105–6, 177
Washington, George, 15, 23, 77, 80, 157
Watt, John, 76, 94, 95
Webster, Daniel, 98, 99, 100, 159
Weed, Thurlow, 196–99
Welles, Gideon, 26, 139, 141, 142, 144, 192, 218–19, 220, 221, 226, 228
Welles, Mary Jane, 228
Whig Party, 71, 196
White, Martha Todd, 200–201
White House, 18, 21, 37, 119
AL’s office in, 22, 24, 25, 26–27, 31, 35, 40, 57, 113, 117, 150
business compartments of, 22–23, 24–25, 26–27, 31
1814 British burning of, 77
official visitors and delegations to, 26, 31, 50, 53, 64–65, 82–83, 95, 109, 116, 202
parties and receptions in, 31–32, 34, 67, 78, 84–88, 131–32, 137, 188–89
petitioners and office seekers in, 22, 23, 25–27, 30–31, 36–37, 41, 184
public areas of, 25–26
security in, 50
staff members living in, 23–24, 25
troops quartered in, 45, 46
Whitman, Sarah Helen, 8
Whitman, Walt, 159
Wilderness, Battle of, 180, 206–7, 208
Wilkes, George, 87
Wilkeson, Samuel, 202
Willard’s Hotel, 21, 23, 24, 36, 38, 40, 46, 72, 105, 126, 131, 136, 137, 160
Willis, N. P., 96
Wills, David, 181
Wilson, Henry, 96, 186
Wilson, Robert, 30–31
Wise, Charlotte, 180

Zouaves (Crimean War), 2
see also Chicago Zouaves; Fire Zouaves