Battlo of Williamsburg.-fcClellan's Fear of being Overwhelmed.— The

President to McClellan.---jackson's Raid in the Shenandoah Valley.-The

President to McClellan.-Seven Pines and Fair Oaks.-McClellan's Com.

plaints of McDowell.-His Continued Delays.-Preparos for Defeat.--

Calls for more Men.—His Advice to the President. - Preparations to Con-

centrate the Army.-General Halleck to McClellan.—Appointment of

General Pope.--Imperative Orders to DicClellan.--McClellan's Failure 10

aid Pope.--His Excuses for Delay.-Proposes to Leave Pope Unnide l.

-Excuses for Franklin's Delay.--His Excuses proved Groundless.- Ilis

alloged Lack of Supplies.- Advance into Maryland –The Presidert's

Letter to McClellan.--He Protests against Delay.-McClellan Relieved

from Command.-Speech by the President..

Page 262

CHAPTER X.

GENERAL CONDUCT OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN 1862.

Successes in the Southwest.-Recognized Objects of the War.-Relations of

the War to Slavery.-Our Foreign Relations.—Proposed Mediation of the

French Emperor.—Reply to the French Proposal.-Secretary Seward's

Dispatch.---The President's Letter to Fernando Wood.-Observance of

the Sabbath...

Page 326

CHAPTER XI.

THE CONGRESSIONAL SESSION OF 1862-'63,--MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT

AND GENERAL ACTION OF THE SESSION.

The President's Message.- Are the Rebel States Alieus ?--The Provision for

a Draft.-Message on the Finances and Currency.--Admission of West

Virginia.--Close of the Session..

Page 316

CHAPTER XII.

ARBITRARY ARRESTS.—THE SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPU&

THE DRAFT.

Arbitrary Arrests.-First Suspension of the Habeas Corpus.---Aid and Com-

fort to the Rebels.—Executive Order about Arrests. Appointment of a

Commissioner on Arrests.-Opposition to the Government.--The Case of

Vallandigham.--Governor Seymour on Vallandigham.--President Lin-

colo on Arrests.-President Lincolu on Military Arrests.--The Presi-

dent's Letter to Mr. Coruing.–The President to the Ohio Committee.-

The President on Vallandigham's Case. --The IIabeas ūorpus Suspended.

--Proclamation Concerning Aliens.---The Draft --The New York Riots.--

Letter to Governor Seymour.- The Draft Roburned and Completed. Page 373

CHAPTER XIII.

MILITARY EVENTS OF 1863.--THE REBEL DEFEAT AT GETTYSBURG.-TALL

OF VICKSBURG AND PORT HUDSON.

l'he Battles at Fredericksburg.—Rebel Raid into Pennsylvania. -Results at

Gettysburg.--Vicksburg and Port Hudson Captured.--Public Rejoicings.

- The President's Speech.-- Thanksgiving for Victories.—Battle of Chat-

tanooga.—Thanksgiving Proclamation....

Page 40

CHAPTER XIV.

POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN MISSOURI.—THE STATE ELECTIONS OF 1863.

General Fremont in Missouri.-The President's Letter to General Hunter.-

Emancipation in Missouri. ---Appointment of General Schofield.--The

President and the Missouri Radicals.---The President to the Missouri

Committee.--The President and General Schofield.-Tho President and

the Churches.--Letter to Illinois.—The Elections of 1863.... Page 422

CHAPTER XV.

THE CONGRESS OF 1863-'64.-MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.-ACTION Or

THE SESSION. PROGRESS IN RAISING TROOPS.

The President's Message.-The Proclamation of Amnesty.-Explanatory

Proclamation.-Debate on Slavery.-Call for Troops.-General Blair's

Resignation. -Diplomatic Correspondence. Our Relations with England.

-France and Mexico.--The President and the Monroe Doctrine... Page 445

CHAPTER XVI.

MOVEMENTS TOWARDS RECONSTRUCTION.

Bitate Governments in Louisiana and Arkansas.—Differena of Views be-

tween the President and Congress.- The Rebellion and Labor.--The

President on Benevolent Associations.-Advancing Action concerning

the Negro Race.--Free State Constitutions......

Page 481

CHAPTER XVII.

MILITARY EVENTS OF THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1864.

Battle of the Olustee.--Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond. -The Red River

Expedition.-The Fort Pillow Massacre.-Rebel Atrocities.--General
Grant's Advance upon Richmond.---Battlos in May.--Sherman's March to
Atlanta.-Rebel Raids in Maryland and Kentucky.--Siege of Petersburg.
-Martial Law iu Kentucky.-Draft for Five hundred thousand Men.-
Capture oi Mobile and Atlanta.

Page 513

CHAPTER XVIII

THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1864

The Presidential Election..-The Cleveland Convention.--The Conventiou at

Baltimore.—Mr. Lincoln's Renomination and Acceptance.-Pupular Feel.
ing During the Summer --The Arguelles (ase. —The Forged Proclama-
tion.—The Niagara Falls Conference.-lhe Chicago Convention.-Progress
and Result of the Campaign.-Popular Joy at the Result. ....... Page 541

CHAPTER XIX.

THE MEETING OF CONGRESS AND PROGRESS OF THE WAR

Condition of the Country at the Mooting of Congress.—The Message.---Pro-

ceedings in Congress.-Fort Fisher.-Death of Edward Everett.- Peace

Conferonce in Hampton Roads.—Military Affairs...

Pago 620

CHAPTER XX.

CLOSE OF THE REBELLION.

The Inaugural Address. Proclamation to Deserters.--Spoeches by the Pros

ident.-Dostruction of Lee's Army.—The President's Visit to Richmond.

- Return to Washington. --Close of the War....

Page 669

CHAPTER XXI.

THE PRESIDENT'S ASSASSINATION.

The Condition of the Country.-Assassination of the President.-Murderous

Assault upon Secretary Seward.—The Funeral Procession from Washing-

ton to Springfield, Illinois.-Fate of the Assassins.--Estimate of Mr.

Lincoln's Character. Conclusion.....

Page 691

ANECDOTES AND REMINISCENCES OF PRESIDENT

LINCOLN.

Mr. Lincoln's Sadness...

His Favorite Poem ...

His Religious Experience.

His Sympathy ..

His Humor, Shrewdness, and Se

The Emancipation Proclamation,

PAO

726

728

730

735

743

700

nt.

REPORTS, DISPATCHES, AND PROCLAMATIONS REI ATING TO

THE ASSASSINATION.

Secretary Stanton to General Dix..
The Death-Bed...
The Assassins
Reward Offered by Secretary Stanton.
Flight of the Assassins
The Conspiracy Organized in Canada.
Booth Killod.-Harold Captured...
Reward Offered by President Johnson.
The Funeral.

783
785
786
787
787
787
783
788
788

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Acting Secretary Hunter to Minister Adams..

799
Acting Secretary Hunter to his Subordinates.

789
Orders from Secretary Stanton and General Grant

789
Orders from Secretary Welles.....

190
der from Secretary McCulloch...

791
der from Postmaster-General Dennison...

791
Proclamation by President Johnson of a Day of Humiliation and Mourning. 791
Secretary Stanton to Minister Adams..

792

IBIPORTANT LETTER FROM J. WILKES Booti..
INDICTMENT OF TUE COXSPIRATORS
THE FINDING OF TAE COURT

793
796

799

Tror following memorandum given by Mr. Lincoln to Hicks, the wellknown artist, while he was painting his portrait in Springfield, Illinois, Boon after his first nomination for the Presidency, is not without in.

terest:

"I was born February 12, 1809, in then Hardin County, Kentucky, at a point within the now County of Larue, a mile or a mile and a half from where Hodgen's mill now is. My parents being dead, and my own memory not serving, I know no means of identifying the precise locality. It was on Nolen Creek.

A. LINOOLN," June 14, 1840