Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 6, 15; threatening secession, 117, 132, 150, 152; retired after 1850, 181; for secession, 264, 270; opposed to Davis, 312, 324. Rhode Island, 15. Rice, 5, 12, 132. Rice, Nathan L., slavery divine, 221. Richmond, Va., 10; and Bank, 79; wheat market, 133; Confederate capital, 280; social life, 280; evacuated, 326. Rio Grande, boundary proposed, 130, 148, 194. Ritchie, Thomas, and Walker, 129; for Compromise of 1850, 178. Rives, William C., supporting Tyler, 116, 324. Robinson, Charles, anti-slavery leader, 244. Rosecrans, General W. S., 295; battle of Murfreesboro, 295, 303. Ross, John, chief of Cherokees, 88. Rush, Richard, candidate for Vice-President, 17. St. Louis, Mo., Mercantile Library, 35; fur trade, 35; in cotton belt, 135, 193; Pacific Railroad, 235. Santa Anna, 154. Sargent, John, candidate for Vice-President, 67. Savannah, Ga., blockade-running from, 313; captured by Sherman, 324. Scammon, John Y., 202. Schurz, Carl, and Lincoln's election, 264. Scott, General Winfield, sent to Mexico, 155; captures Vera Cruz, 155; Cerro Gordo, 156; Churubusco, 156; Molino del Rey, 156; Chapultepec, 156; Mexico City, captured, 156; Whig candidate for President, 181; blunders, 181; defeat, 182, 283. Secession, final remedy, 6; Calhoun and, 145; over Texas question, 167; over California, 176; of South, contemplated, 198; threatened in 1856, 246; of Wisconsin threatened, 252; much talked of, 253; historical background, 268, 270. Sectionalism, in South Carolina, 5; in North Carolina, 8; in Virginia, 10, 145; checked, 171, 205, 231; renewed, 235; strong, 265. Seminole War, 2; and Jackson, 64. Seward, William H., anti-slavery Whig, 164; for Wilmot Proviso, 171; adviser to Taylor, 175, 179, 180, 184, 214; attacks Douglas, 240, 242, 243; and Kansas, 245; for popular sovereignty, 251, 255, 257; Chicago Convention, 261, 262; defeated, 263; conciliatory, 269, 271; for peace, 273; and arbitrary arrests, 304; opposes emancipation, 304, 315; meets Confederate commissioners, 324. Seymour, Horatio, Democratic leader, 321. Sheridan, General Philip, wins at Winchester, 322; lays waste Shenandoah Valley, 322, 326. Sherman, General W. T., 303; in Georgia, 318; forces Johnston back, 319; defeats Hood and captures Atlanta, 319; march to sea, 322, 323; captures Savannah, 324, 325; Johnston surrenders to, 327. Shiloh, battle of, 293. Ship subsidies, 205, 232, 235. Shipping, manufacturing gaining in East, 41, 47; merchants appeal to Hayne, 48; increase, 1850-60, 205. Simms, William Gilmore, 225. Slave-owners, 138; number, 139. Slave trade, negotiations with England, 123; Creole affair, 124; agitation for reopening, 198; active, 252; forbidden by Confederacy, 271.