A
Adams, John Quincy, 61
Allen, Charles, 135–137
Armstrong, “Duff,” 135–138
Army of the Potomac (Union Army), 187–188, 193–194, 199–200
B
Bell, John, 164
Bergen, Abram, 80
Billy the Barber, 114–115, 168
Black Hawk War, 91–92
Booth, John Wilkes, 209–210
Breckinridge, John, 164
Brown, John, 152
Burnside, Ambrose, 188
Butler, William, 110
C
Camron, John, 74–75
Cartwright, Peter, 125
circuit courts, 134–138
Civil War
Bull Run, 180
Chancellorsville, 193
Chattanooga, 200
Emancipation Proclamation and, 182–185
end of, 206–207
fall of Richmond, 204–206
Fort Sumter and, 178–179
Gettysburg, 194
Gettysburg Address, 195–197
Lincoln and his generals in, 187–188, 191–194, 199–200, 206
Lincoln’s grief about, 191–192
presidential election (1864) and, 201–202
as “railroad war,” 189–190
start of, 179
threat of, 166–167
Clary Grove boys, 83–84
Confederate States of America (CSA), 166, 178–179, 191, 204–205, 206
Congressional Medal of Honor, 191
Crawford, Andrew, 40
Crawford, Josiah, 53–54
D
Davis, Jefferson, 166, 179, 205
Democratic Party, 117, 143, 147, 151–152, 164, 166
Department of Agriculture, 190
Dill brothers, 55–57
Douglas, Stephen A.
Abe’s debates with, 147–151
congressional campaign, 116
Lincoln’s inaugural address and, 174
pictured, 156
and presidential campaign, 147, 151
and slavery issue, 140–142, 144, 147–151
in state legislature, 102–103
Dubois, Jesse, 153
E
Emancipation Proclamation, 176, 182–185
Everett, Edward, 194
F
Farragut, David G., 204
Fleurville, William de “Billy the Barber,” 114–115, 168
G
Gettysburg Address, 195–197
Graham, Mentor, 80–81, 81, 85, 96, 98, 174
Grant, Ulysses S., 179, 192–193, 198, 199–200, 202, 204, 206
Greeley, Horace, 183
H
Hall, Matilda Johnston, 65
Hanks, Dennis, 15–16, 19, 25, 36, 41, 44, 61, 65, 69
Hanks, John, 64, 65, 72, 72–73, 160
Hanks, Joseph, 64
Harper’s Ferry, 152
Herndon, James, 94–95
Herndon, Rowan, 90–91
Herndon, William, 125, 129–130, 133–134, 153, 167
Homestead Act, 213
Hooker, “Fighting Joe,” 188, 193
I
Illinois
Lincoln family move to, 64–67, 69
“Long Nine” in, 107–108
Sangamon County elections, 86–87, 92, 94, 98
settlement of, 69–70
slavery and, 123
state capital of, 107–108, 111, 119
state legislature of, 103, 107–109
“In God We Trust” motto, 189
Indiana, 27, 61. See Pigeon Creek, Indiana
J
Jackson, Andrew, 61
Johnston, John, 42, 44, 65, 72–73, 76
K
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 142–143, 150, 191
Keckley, Elizabeth, 181
L
Lee, Robert E., 179–180, 191, 194–195, 206
Lincoln, Abraham
assassination of, 209–211
birth of, 11
books and, 44–46, 52–54, 59, 82, 85–86, 92, 94–95
childhood of, 10–17, 21–25, 30, 46–47
debt and, 95–97
Emancipation Proclamation, 182–185
Executive Branch of government and, 213
on free speech, 118–119
Gettysburg Address by, 195–197
“House Divided” speech of, 144
inaugural addresses of, 174–175, 177, 203–204
license to practice law, 108
“Lost Speech” of, 143
personal qualities of, 54, 70, 84, 98
political issues and, 60–61, 65–66, 80, 86–87, 94, 105–106, 123, 127–130
presidental accomplishments of, 189, 213
presidential campaign (1860), 151–155, 164
presidential election (1860), 165–166
presidential election (1864), 201–202
public speaking and, 51, 72, 81, 94, 143, 149
re-election to state legislature, 105–106, 119
Sangamon County elections, 86–87, 92, 94, 98
slavery issue and, 142–145, 147–151
as state representative, 99, 101–103, 107–109
stepmother and, 41–45
in U.S. Congress, 125, 127–130
Lincoln-Douglas debates, 147–151
Lincoln, Edward Baker (son), 125, 133, 138,
Lincoln, Mary Todd
pictured, 126
relationship with Lincoln and, 112, 124
in Springfield, 139
in Washington, 173, 177–178, 181, 200, 203–204
Lincoln, Nancy Hanks (mother), 13–15, 22–24, 26–27, 34, 37, 39
“Lincoln Penny,” 189
Lincoln, Robert Todd (son), 125, 133, 173, 178, 204
Lincoln, Sarah Bush (stepmother), 41–45, 64, 167
Lincoln, Sarah (sister), 13–15, 19–21, 31–32, 34, 36–37, 40–43, 45, 65
Lincoln, Thomas (father), 10–13
first wife’s death and, 37, 39–40
land problems of, 25–27
move to Coles County and, 76
move to Illinois and, 64–67, 69–70
move to Indiana and, 29–32
political issues and, 61
second wife and, 41–45
young Lincoln’s reading habit and, 52–53
Lincoln, Thomas “Tad” (son), 138–139, 155, 159, 173, 178, 180–181, 188, 204, 205
Lincoln, William Wallace (son), 138, 155, 159, 173, 178, 180–181, 191, 203
Logan, Stephen T., 94, 95, 121–122, 153
Louisiana Purchase, 127, 140–142
M
McClellan, George B., 182, 186, 187–188
Mexican War, 127–130
Missouri Compromise, 140–142, 143, 166
N
National Banking Act of 1862, 213
New Salem, Illinois, 71–72, 74–77, 79–80, 90
Norris, James, 135
O
Offutt, Denton, 72–76, 82–83, 85
Ordinance of 1787, 123
P
Pacific Railway Act, 213
Pate, Squire, 56–57
Philadelphia, 171–173
Pigeon Creek, Indiana, 34–36, 45, 49, 51
Pinkerton, Allan, 172
Posey, Francis, 34
postal rates, 189
R
Republican Party
elephant as symbol of, 161
formation of, 143
and presidential campaign (1860), 157–159
and presidential election (1860), 165–166
and presidential election (1864), 201–202
Revenue Act (1861), 213
Rutledge, Ann, 81, 85, 95, 98, 104
S
Seward, William, 152, 166, 167, 179, 180, 183, 200–201
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 202, 204, 206
Slade, William, 195
slavery
and Democratic Party, 147–151
and Emancipation Proclamation, 182–185
Illinois and, 123
Lincoln-Douglas debates on, 147–151
Lincoln’s encounters with, 33, 123
and Lincoln’s inaugural address, 174
and Missouri Compromise, 140–143
and popular sovereignty, 142–143
and presidential election (1860), 157–158, 165–166
and Republican Party, 147–151, 157–158
in Washington, D.C., 127
Southern states, secession of, 166
Sparrow, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, 36–37
Speed, Joshua, 109–110, 122–123
Springfield, Illinois, 107–108, 110–111, 113, 168–169
Stuart, John T., 92, 94–95, 98, 102–103, 108, 114–116, 121
T
Talisman (steamboat), 89–91
Taylor, Colonel, 117
Taylor, James, 54–55
Thomas, George H., 179–180
Todd, Mary. See Lincoln, Mary Todd
Turnham, David, 52
U
Union Pacific Railroad, 188–189
V
Vandalia, Illinois, 102–103, 107
W
Warnick, Major, 71–72
Washington, D.C.
Abe’s inauguration as president in, 170, 173
slavery in, 127
Welles, Gideon, 182
Whig Party
and Adams, 61
and Clay, 61
and Lincoln, 108, 119, 125, 130
presidential nomination (1860), 152
and Republican Party, 143
Y
Young Men’s Lyceum (debating society), 116–117