stitution for, 90; Congressman
elected in, 91; Congress ex-
cludes Representatives from,
91; no Presidential election in,
92, 195; legality of government
of, maintained by Lincoln,
195; loyal government in, 286;
insurrection in, 314; Reverdy
Johnson favors recognition of,
378; Thirteenth Amendment
ratified by, 409; slavery abol-
ished by constitution of, 410;
disfranchising act of, 410; loyal
government acquiesced in, 410;
pacification of, 411; destitution
in parts of, 412

Arnell, Daniel W., election of, 415
Arnold, Isaac N., resolution intro-
duced by, 170

Army of the United States, Pro-
vost Court of, 40; discontinu-
ance of enlistments for, 408;
mustering out of volunteers in
the, 409

Ascension, parish of, vote in, 74
Ashley, James M., reconstruction

bill reported by, 289; proposal
to confer suffrage on negro sol-
diers and sailors, 294; no pro-
vision for education of negroes
in bill of, 298; effects of recon-
struction bill of, 302; substitute
introduced by, 304; remarks on
reconstruction by, 304; motives
for compromise offered by,
306; reconstruction bill of,
tabled, 311; revived bill of, 312;
explanation of inconsistency of,
312; reconstruction bill of,
tabled, 313; remarks on recon-
struction by, 313

Atlantic Monthly, The, Sumner's
article in, 200

B

BAKER, JOSHUA, member-
elect from Louisiana, 56
Baldwin, Augustus C., reconstruc-
tion bill opposed by, 241
Baltimore convention, Lincoln re-
nominated by, 32; Lincoln did
not openly influence, 34; ad-
journment of, 277

Bancroft, George, relief meeting

presided over by, 150; address
of, 151; letter of, to Lincoln,
151; Lincoln's letter to, 152
Banks, N. P., expedition of, 43;
at Port Hudson, 49; plans for
invasion of Texas, 51; petition
of New Orleans convention to,
59; intention of ordering an
election, 61; Free State General
Committee's attack of, 61; de-
cides against Free State Com-
mittee, 64; Gen. Shepley's dis-
agreement with, 64; Lincoln's
letter to, 65; reconstruction let-
ter of, 66; Lincoln appreciates
services of, 67; urged by Presi-
dent to reconstruct Louisiana,
67; date for election fixed by,
67; Shepley's registration ap-
proved by, 68; proclamation by,
69; order of, relative to elec-
tion, 69; letter to Lincoln, 70;
date of delegate election fixed
by, 74; before Congressional
committee, 75: Boutwell's de-
fence of, 255; Powell's criticism
of, 346; Governor Wells not in
harmony with, 418

Bates, Edward, Attorney-General,
letter to A. F. Ritchie, 105; on
admission of West Virginia,
123; on Norfolk affairs, 135:
letter to Marshal McDowell,
147

Batesville, Gen. Curtis's occupa-
tion of, 82

Baton Rouge, secession conven-
vention in, 36

Baxter, Elisha, election of, 91
Bayard, James F., 103; admission
of West Virginia Senators op-
posed by, 193
Bell, Joseph M., 40

Bell and Everett, vote for in
Louisiana, 37

Belmont, August, Lincoln's letter
to, 39

Benjamin, Judah P., resignation
of, 76, 424
Bent, Charles, 12

Berkeley County, provision for
annexing to West Virginia,
110; annexation of, 127
Bingham, John A., debate on
West Virginia closed by, 119

Black, Jeremiah S., diplomatic

mission of, 390
Blaine, James G., 73; existence of
schism in Republican party ig-
nored by, 313; quotation from,
441; Johnson's change of policy
explained by, 489
Blair, Francis P., Sr., Lincoln in-
terviewed by, 390; camp of
Gen. Grant visited by, 391;
Jefferson Davis interviewed by,
391; plan of reunion proposed
by, 391; Mr. Davis's letter to,
393; Lincoln's letter to, 394;
mission a failure, 394
Blair, Montgomery, on admission

of West Virginia, 123; time of
emancipation deemed inoppor-
tune by, 188; reply to Sumner
by, 208

Bliss, C. C., 88

Blockade of Louisiana ports, 37
Blow, Henry T., remarks on re-
construction by, 301

Bonzano, M. F., election of, 76;
seat in Congress claimed by,
341; report by Committee of
Elections on, 341

Bordeaux, visit of Confederate
naval agent to, 50
Border States, Lincoln supported

by delegates from, 1; Cotton
States expected aid from, 161;
Lincoln interviewed by Con-
gressmen from, 163, 171; inter-
ests of South bound up with,
171; majority reply of Con-
gressmen from, 173; emancipa-
tion proclamation did not affect
status of slaves in, 383
Boreman, Arthur I., 100, 128, 129
Bouligny, John E., 43

Boutwell, George S., reconstruc-

tion speech of, 254; President
Johnson visited by, 458
Bowden, Lemuel J., 131, 138
Boyers, J. E., 128
Bradley, General, 79

Bragg, General, raid of, 19

Brandegee, Augustus, 342
Brazos, battle of, 50

Breckenridge, John C., election
of, 316

Bright, Hon. John, Sumner's let-
ters to, 200, 290

Bryant, William Cullen, 150
Buchanan, James, election of, 316
Buell, General Don Carlos, army
of, 3, 10, 19; treatment of fugi-
tive slaves by, 158
Bullett, Cuthbert, Lincoln's letter
to, 39

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands. See Freed-
men's Bureau
Burke, Edmund, 200
Burnside, General Ambrose E.,
150
Butler, General Benjamin F., 33;
investigation of, 38, 39; re-
lieved from command, 40; Lin-
coln's letter to, 44; new depart-
ment assigned to, 133; Pierpont
criticised by, 134; Attorney-
General criticised by, 135; Lin-
coln's letter to, 136; department
of Virginia commanded by,
143; fugitive slaves arrive at
camp of, 144, 147; legal defence
of attitude toward slaves, 146

C

CALDWELL, A. B., 128

California, Upper, 12; admis-
sion of, 13; first election in, 350
Cameron, Simon, Butler's treat-

ment of slaves approved by, 146
Campbell, John A., commissioner
to Hampton Roads conference,
393, 395
Campbell, William B., election of,
415

Canby, General E. R. S., Lin-

coln's letter to, 402
Carey, John B., fugitive slave law
pleaded by, 144

Carlile, John S., 98; election of,
103; admission of, to United
States Senate, 104; speech on
admission of West Virginia,
III; term expires, 131; recon-
struction speech of, 267
Chadsey, Charles E., President
Johnson's surrender to the
South explained by, 489
Chandler, Lucius H., Representa-
tive-elect from Virginia, 131;
remarks of, 132; exclusion of,
133

Chandler, Zachariah, interest in
reconstruction bill, 274; Sum-
ner's opposition to Trumbull's
resolution supported by, 380
Chase, Salmon P., on admission

of West Virginia, 121; author-
ized to organize labor of aban-
doned slaves, 160, 386; eman-
cipation favored by, 180;
quotation from diary of, 186;
conservatism of Lincoln ob-
served by, 275; Andrew John-
son takes oath of office before,
408

Chattanooga, 4; taken by Federal
forces, 22

Clark, Daniel, remarks on recon-
struction by, 376

Clarke, Governor Charles,

in-

surgent legislature convoked
by, 459; imprisonment of, 460;
petition for pardon of, 460
Clarke, Isaac E., 43
Cleveland, Tennessee, 4
Colfax, Schuyler, on admission of

West Virginia, 115
Collamer, Jacob, on admission of
West Virginia, III; substitute
of, 328; amendment of substi-
tute, 334; defeat of amendment
of, 334; defeat of substitute of,
336; remarks on electoral vote
of Louisiana by, 328, 335
Colonization, suggested by Lin-
coln, 153; resolutions of Balti-
more Union Convention on,
167; message of Governor
Brownlow on, 416

Colored troops, Lincoln urges
raising of, 20, 22; General Hun-
ter recommends raising of, 180;
policy of enlistment of, 386
Committee, Central Executive of
Louisiana, 53

Committee, Free State General of
Louisiana, 47, 54, 59, 61; con-
troversy of, with General
Banks, 62; confers with Gen-
eral Shepley, 63; friends of,
protest against election, 70
Confederate army, Louisiana
troops in, 37; Arkansas troops
in, 80; driven from western
Virginia, 98

Confederate Government, offer of
Arkansas to, 80; Arkansas not
aided by, 81, 82; hold of, weak-
ened in Arkansas, 83; aid from
border States expected by, 171
Confederate officers, disfranchise-
ment of, 236

Confederate States, theory that
disunionists were in a minority
in, 192; functionaries in, not
bound by oaths, 204; govern-
ments of, vacated, 205; govern-
ments could be organized by
Congress in, 206; Constitution
the only law in, 206; power of
Congress over, 210; people of,
unable to plead Constitution,
212; original idea relative to re-
organization of, 213; Stevens's
idea of status of, 214; status of,
260; approaching disruption of,
286; rights of citizens in, 366;
political rights of people in,
367; no foreign engagements
entered into by, 391; anarchy
threatens many of, 409, 431;
Federal troops preserve order
in, 432; obstacles to restora-
tion in, 432; blockade of, 444;
importance of understanding
public opinion in, 471; legisla-
tion of, 472; prompt acquies-
cence of, 472; sentiments of
citizens of, 474; Congress ex-
cludes delegations from, 474;
reaction in, 482; Northern ex-
ample no defence of legislation
in, 485; reconstructed not very
different from disloyal govern-

ments of, 486; States repre-
sented at opening of 39th Con-
gress, 489; Congress ignores
claims of members from, 490
Confiscation, in Arkansas, 78
Congress, amnesty authorized by,
24; President disclaims author-
ity to admit members to, 26;
electoral vote of Tennessee ex-
cluded by, 35; Representatives
from Louisiana admitted to,
46; Louisiana elects members
to, 55; organization of, 55;
Louisiana not redistricted by,
57; A. P. Field denied admis-
sion to, 60; Louisiana elects
members to, 76; government of
Louisiana not recognized by,
76; electoral vote of Louisiana
excluded by, 76; Arkansas
elects members to, 91; con-
sents to transfer of Virginia
counties, 127; resolution on
compensated emancipation
passed by, 167; slavery in Ter-
ritories abolished by, 170; con-
fiscation act of, 179; restored
Virginia recognized by, 191;
President in agreement with,
191; slavery in rebellious States
should be ended by, 197; power
possessed over seceding States
by, 206; doctrines of Stevens
abhorrent to members of, 216;
unanimity of, 221; reconstruc-
tion discussed by, 224; form of
State government should be de-
termined by, 228; reconstruc-
tion bill passed by, 273; Lin-
coln's contest with, 284;
President disclaims right to
admit members to, 287; con-
stitutional amendment passed
by, 288; exclusion of electoral
votes by resolution of, 338;
protest against admission of
members to, 341; power to re-
admit States resides in, 358;
authority over rebellious States
possessed by, 365; desire to
discipline South winning adhe-
rents in, 407; Johnson's distrust
of, 461; why reconstruction
conventions should have been
called by, 470; Southern States

reorganized at meeting of, 486;
Johnson intended to be guided
by, 488; Presidential system
suspended by legislation of,
489; Southern members not ad-
mitted to, 490; reconstruction
assumed by, 490; suffrage in the
first reconstruction measure,
494
Confederate Congress, 36; admis-
sion of Arkansas delegates to,

79
Contrabands, multitudes of, in
camp of General Butler, 147
Constitution, The, those who re-
pudiate cannot plead provisions
of, 212, 213; ceases to be a
restraint on Government, 213;
State in rebellion not embraced
by, 214; scope of not contracted
by secession ordinances, 218;
necessity as an interpreter of,
222; number of States necessary
to ratify amendment of, 232;
Georgia adopts Thirteenth
Amendment of, 466

Constitutional Union men, attitude
of, 7

Convention bill, defeated by popu-
lar vote in Tennessee, 8
Convention, Lincoln nominated
by the Chicago, 1; Southern
commercial held at Knoxville,
6; the Greeneville, 9; the Nash-
ville, 30; meeting of the
Louisiana constitutional, 75;
the Arkansas constitutional, 87;
the Richmond secession, 93;
the Wheeling, 99, 104; ordi-
nances of the Wheeling, 100;
the Wheeling votes on dis-
memberment, 101; the Wheel-
ing adjourns, 101, 107; the
Wheeling authorizes formation
of new State, 105; slavery in
the Wheeling, 107; meeting of
the Baltimore Union, 167;
revolutionary character of the
Wheeling, 468

Conventions, the reconstruction,
character of, 468; irregularity
of those called under Presi-
dential plan, 469; why Congress
should have called, 470; char-
acter and work of those called

by President Johnson, 470;
origin would not affect work
of, if acquiesced in, 472
Conway, Martin, speech on West
Virginia by, 113

Cooper, Edmund, election of, 415
Cooper Union, Lincoln's address

in, 1; relief meeting in, 150
Cottman, Thomas, 48; election of,
56; Lincoln's letter to, 64
Cotton States, aid from border
States expected by, 161
Cowan, Edgar, on admission of
Mr. Segar, 139; remarks on
electoral vote of Louisiana, 330,
332; inquiry of, concerning
electoral votes, 338

Cox, Samuel S., reconstruction
speech of, 252

Crane, Samuel, 128

Cravens, James A., reconstruction
speech of, 249
Creole, The, 6

Crisfield, John W., interview with

Lincoln reported by, 163
Crittenden, John J., speech on
West Virginia by, 116
Crittenden Resolution, introduc-

tion of, 220; Mr. Strouse refers
to, 249

Cruisers, Confederate, 50
Curtin, Governor Andrew G., 98
Cutler, R. King, Senator-elect

from Louisiana, 76, 343, 424

D

DAVIS, GARRETT, admission

of West Virginia Senators
opposed by, 128; resolutions of,

210

Davis, Henry Winter, remarks on

Louisiana election, 58; amend-
ment of, 225; chairman of
Committee on Rebellious
States, 226; reconstruction ad-
dress of, 226; on Southern
loyalists, 231; on modes of
establishing republican govern-
ments, 232; Thirteenth Amend-
ment approved by, 232; policy
of Lincoln criticised by, 232;
protest of against policy of
Lincoln, 279; character of, 283;

defeat of, for renomination,
284; postponement of Ashley's
bill opposed by, 295; recon-
struction speech of, 307; last
reconstruction speech in Con-
gress, 310; alliance with Ste-
vens, 311; motion relative to
Louisiana, 341

Davis, Jefferson, Blair's interview
with, 391; proposal for joint
invasion of Mexico entertained
by, 392; letter to Mr. Blair,
393; on Lincoln's assassination,
407; members of Mississippi
convention intercede for, 460;
Georgia convention invokes
Executive clemency in behalf
of, 466

Davis - Wade Bill, passed by
House, 262; passed by Senate,
273; Lincoln's action on, 273;
proclamation concerning, 277;
no provision for negro suffrage
in, 494

Dawes, Henry L., on Louisiana
Representatives, 56; on admis-
sion of West Virginia, 116;
report on Mr. Segar's election,
131; on election of Mr. Chand-
ler, 132; reconstruction speech
of, 295; Mr. Davis's criticism
of, 306; bill of Representative
Wilson criticised by, 312; re-
port on election of Mr. Bon-
zano, 341; remarks of, 342
Delaware, slave interest in, 155;
Lincoln's bill for compensated
emancipation in, 155; Federal-
ist party in, 157; Federal inter-
ference in, 377
Democratic party, defeat of, 1;
vote of, in West Virginia, 129;
reconstruction theory of, 218;
attitude on reconstruction, 220;
negro suffrage opposed by
New Orleans convention of,
421; South misled by attitude
of, 483

Dennison, Charles, reconstruction
speech of, 247

Dennison, William, 32
Dickinson, Daniel S., 33

District of Columbia, slaves not
allowed to depart from, 148;
colored persons liable to arrest