Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United StatesLeland, Charles Godfrey
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Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States
Leland, Charles Godfrey
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Copperheads, 96, 179;
book of, 237.
Colonisation of slaves proposed, 123.
Cost of the war, 219.
Davis, Jefferson, President of Confederacy, 94, 109;
escape of, 217.
“Dred Scott” decision, 73.
Douglas, Stephen, 47, 67, 69, 70, 74, 77, 84, 110.
Ellsworth and Winthrop, death of, 112.
Enlistment of coloured troops, 133.
Exhaustive effects of Northern incursions, 185.
Farragut, Admiral, 194.
Fox River anecdote, 95.
Fremont, 73, 169.
Gettysburg, battle of, 150.
Gloom of 1864, 179.
Grant, “Unconditional Surrender,” 137;
daring march, 157;
succession of victories, 158;
last battle, 212;
chase of Lee, 215.
Greeley, Horace, 79.
Hanks, Nancy, 9, 12, 15.
Hood, General, 188.
Hooker, General, 187.
Hicks, Governor, and Maryland, 107, 108.
Jackson, death of General Stonewall, 149.
Johnston, Mrs., Lincoln’s second mother, 18-20.
Jones of Gentryville, 26.
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 67.
Kidnapping negroes (note), 67.
Lecompton Constitution, 74.
Lincoln, Mordecai and Abraham, 10.
Lincoln, Thomas, his character, 12;
his marriage, 15.
Lincoln, Abraham, his family, 9, 10;
birth and birth-place, 9;
grandfather killed by Indians, 11;
schools, 15;
migrations, 16, 30;
hereditary traits, 13;
poverty and privations, 17;
education, 20;
death of his mother, 18;
acts as ferry-man, 25;
characteristics and habits in youth, 21, 22, 23, 25;
physical strength, 26, 33;
early literary efforts, 27;
temperance, 26;
earns a dollar, 29;
personal appearance, 31;
first public speech, 31;
splitting rails, 31;
postmaster, 43;
Black Hawk Indian war--a captain--quells a mutiny, 35-38;
love affairs, 45, 54;
entrance into political life, 41;
becomes a merchant, and studies law, 42;
surveying studies, 43;
legal experiences, 61, 62, 63;
personal popularity, 57;
elected to legislature, 44, 45, 70;
removal to Springfield, and practice of law, 53;
generosity, 57;
enters Congress--first speech, 58;
Presidential candidate, 54;
declines nomination to the Senate, 70;
“house-divided-against-itself” speech, 75;
nomination for Presidency, 79, 80, 81, 82;
lectures in New York and England, 79, 80, 81;
elected President, 85;
address at Springfield, 89;
inaugural speech, 97;
first Cabinet, 100;
wise forbearance, 103;
his mercy, 172, 175;
second election, 199;
assassination, 225;
death, 227;
funeral procession, 231;
lying in state, 231;
interment, 232;
general summary of character, 233-244;
wit and humour, 240, 241, 242.
Long Nine, the, 46, 47.
Mason and Sliddell affair, 131.
M‘Clellan, General, 115;
apathy of, 140.
Merrimac, the, 141.
Mexican war, 59.
Mexico, the French in, 167.
Nasby, Petroleum V., 236.
Negroes, reception of, 204.
Pea Ridge, battle of, 138.
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