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Entries are hyperlinked
Page numbers refer to the printed book
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Abbeville, South Carolina
, 290
abolition
, 12
, 13
, 22
, 24
, 28
, 29
, 36
, 39
, 40
, 48
, 50
, 51
, 57
, 58
, 75
, 99
, 124
, 133
, 137
, 152
, 188
, 189
, 191
, 196
, 207
, 211
, 218
, 231
, 140
, 150
, 154
, 254
Adams, Charles Francis
, 9
, 222
“Address to the People of Virginia
,” 278
African Baptist Church
, 217â19
, 224
, 237
Alaska
, 302
Alexandria, VA
, 282
amendment to abolish slavery
, 58
, 121
, 132â34
, 188
, 192
, 210
, 216
.
See also
Thirteenth Amendment
“Amnesty Proclamation of President Lincoln, The
,” 81
amnesty
, 13
, 78
, 81
, 198
, 216
, 275
Andrew, John Albion
, 10
armaments industry
, 72
armistice
, 82
, 113
, 130
, 149
, 150
, 151
, 198
, 227
, 266
Army of Northern Virginia
, xvii
, 48
, 242
, 257
, 263
, 275
, 276
Army of Tennessee
, xxiv
, 29
, 45
Army of the Potomac
, 76
Atlantic Monthly
,
13
Augusta, Georgia
, 48
Â
Babcock, Orville
, 131
, 138â39
, 140
, 141
, 163
, 170
Baltimore
,
53
Barnwell, Robert Woodward
, 232â33
Bat
,
253
Bates, David
, 123
Beall, John Yates
, 250
Beauregard, Pierre
, 279
Beecher, Henry Ward
, 152â53
, 205
, 218
Benjamin, Judah
, xiii
Blair and
, 81
early life of
, 111â12
peace commission and
, 114
, 206
post-war life of
, 299
Richmond departure and
, 256â57
war rally and
, 224
Benning, Henry
, 108
Bermuda Hundred
, 77
Blair, Eliza
, 21
, 22
, 26
, 46
, 47
Blair, Francis Preston Sr.
, x
, 43
, 59
, 136
, 153
Davis and
, 46
life and family of
, 20â25
peace efforts of
, 52â57
, 74â90
92â103
, 124
, 177
, 178
, 180
post-war life of
, 301
Blair, Francis Preston, Jr.
, 21â22
Blair, Lizzie.
See
Lee, Elizabeth Blair
Blair, Montgomery
, x
, 21
, 22
, 23
, 47
, 53
, 55
, 56
, 58
, 59
, 60
, 74
, 86
, 133
, 167
Blair, Preston.
See
Blair, Francis Preston Sr.
Boston Evening Transcript
,
120
, 134
Bradford, Augustus
, 151
Breckinridge, John C.
, xiii
, 25
, 26
, 27
, 98
, 108
, 223
, 234
, 243
, 261
, 280
, 289
, 290
Bridge, Cabin John
, 100
Brooks, Noah
, 33
, 34
, 47
, 103
, 122
, 133
, 134
, 167
, 174
, 175
, 226
Browne, William
, 98
Browning, Orville Hickman
, x
, 36
, 48
, 73
, 74
, 102
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cabinet, Lincoln's
, 18
, 23
, 37
, 52
, 69
, 83
, 93â94
, 96
, 106
, 168
, 204
, 212â13
, 221
Calhoun, John C.
, 20
Campbell, John A.
, xiii
, 72
, 73
, 98
, 100
, 106
, 138
, 161
, 165
, 166
Davis and
, 42
, 44
, 119
, 157
, 167
, 233
, 235
, 237
, 296
Johnson and
, 295
Kean and
, 237
Lee, Fitzhugh, and
, 235
life of
, 41â43
, 295â96
Lincoln and
, 240â41
, 65â66
, 269â70
, 271â72
peace commission and
, 86
, 108â9
, 110
, 112â14
, 116â117
, 119
, 121
, 130
, 141
, 144â45
, 148
, 155
, 166
, 173â74
, 176
, 180â82
, 184
, 185
, 188
, 190
, 195
, 197
, 199
, 207
, 209â11
, 216
peace efforts of
, 43
, 44
, 79
, 101
, 274
post-war life of
, 295â96
reunion and
, 251
Richmond capture and
, 257
, 259
, 261â62
, 265â66
, 269â70
surrender of
, 259
treason charge of
, 296
Virginia legislature and
, 284â85
, 275
on war status
, 223
, 242
, 243
, 291
Cary, Hetty
, 168â69
, 215
Chancellorsville
, 6
Charleston Courier
,
63
Charleston, South Carolina
, 6
, 48
Chesnut, Mary
, 30
, 46
, 43
, 65
, 173â74
, 249
Chew, R. S.
, 151
Chickamauga
, 6
Christian abolition movement
, 152
City Point
, 53
, 54
, 56
, 57
, 76
, 77
, 90
, 102
, 107
, 130
, 131
, 140
, 142
, 146
, 150
, 153
, 170
, 205
, 206
, 253â54
, 278
Clarke, E. W.
, 141
Clapp, Asa W. H.
, 61
Clay, Henry
, 65
, 173â74
Clinton
,
263
Cobb, Howell
, 97
Colfax
, 134
Collamer, Jacob
, 187
Colyar, Arthur S.
, xiii
, 109
, 110
Cone, Judge
, 64
Confederacy
, 2
, 3
, 43
, 45
, 73
, 95
, 111
, 132
dissolution of
, 208
independence of
, 6
, 13
, 73
, 82
, 101
, 111
, 113
, 116
, 209
, 222
, 250
peace commission and
, 107
, 108â17
, 130
, 140â54
, 155â71
, 172â199
, 204
, 206â9
, 210â11
, 216â17
Mexico and
, 181
reconstruction of
, 10
, 36â37
, 105
, 115
, 165
, 184
, 242
Stephens and
, 65
, 66
, 67
.
See also
Rebels
Confederate House of Representatives
, 73
Confederate peace commissioners
, 108â17
, 118â20
, 121
, 122â23
, 125â26
, 130
, 138â39
, 140â54
, 155â71
, 172â199
, 204
, 206â9
, 210â11
, 216â17
Confederate States of America
, 62
Confederates.
See
Rebels
Congress
, 65
, 67
, 72
, 73
, 79
, 88
, 95
, 97
, 100
, 110
, 174
, 183
, 189
, 190
, 192
, 194
, 196
, 210
, 213
, 216
, 226
, 240
, 248
, 266
, 282
, 285
, 286
Congress, Confederate
, 208
, 216
, 217
, 225
, 232
, 235
, 240
, 242
, 251â53
, 256
Conness, John
, 187
Copperheads.
See
Peace Democrats
“Cornerstone Speech, The
,” 68
courts
, 36
, 185
, 186
, 190
, 194
Cox, Samuel S. (“Sunset”)
, x
, 50
, 51
, 58
, 59
, 60
, 75
, 92
, 132
, 133
, 203
, 215
, 216
, 228
, 229
Curtis, Benjamin
, 44
Custer, George Armstrong
, 210
custom houses
, 185
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Daily National Republican
,
33
, 34
Dana, Charles
, x
, 53â54
, 128
, 148
, 260
, 271â73
, 274
, 286
Danville, Virginia
, 249
, 256
, 276
Davis, Henry Winter
, 10
Davis, Jefferson
, xiv
, 2
, 3
, 4
, 5
, 6
, 7
, 79
abolition and
, 13
Alabama and
, 30
birth of
, 4
Blair, Montgomery, and
, 47
Blair, Preston
, 21
, 46â47
, 54â55
, 60
, 74
, 80â90
, 92â103
, 180
Campbell and
, 42
, 44
, 119
, 157
, 167
, 233
, 235
, 237
, 296
Confederacy dissolution and
, 235
, 236
Confederate Congress and
, 36
, 72
, 251â53
deserters and
, 30
Europe and
, 81
Fessenden and
, 214
future plans of
, 279
Georgia and
, 31
Hampton Roads and
, 167
independence and
, 31
, 59
, 250
, 254
Lincoln's assassination and
, 94
Mexico and
, 166
North and
, 9
pardon of
, 267