special session of Congress, 322;
  L’s appeal for funds and men, 323-325;
  preparations, 325-326;
  review of N.Y. troops, 326;
  Bull Run, 326;
  L. visits army in Virginia, 327-329;
  L’s anxiety after Bull Run, 329-331;
  Harper’s Ferry, 333-334;
  fleet urged to draw rebels from Washington, 337;
  L. refuses gun-boat to New Yorkers, 338;
  Trent affair, Mason and Slidell, 340-345;
  English neutrality established, 343;
  English controversies, 344-345
  Ericsson’s “Monitor,”, 345-347;
  Ross’s mission to Canada; 352-355;
  L’s reply on number of losses, 357-358;
  friction concerning direction, 366-368;
  negro enlistment, recommended, 373;
  Sabin’s appointment, 377-378
  inertia of proceedings, 380-381;
  L. develops military sagacity, 381-385;
  brightening prospects, proclamation, 385-386;
  L. visits Fortress Monroe, 386-392;
  Merrimac and Monitor, 390-391;
  Norfolk captured, 390-391;
  L’s letter to McClellan on over-cautiousness, 392-395
  L’s sympathy for soldiers, 395-402;
  visits hospitals, 400-401;
  L’s letter to McClellan concerning route to Richmond, 405-407;
  impatience over approach to Richmond, 406-408;
  strain of summer of 1862, 408;
  refusal of leave for Scott, 408-410;
  McClellan’s army ordered withdrawn, 410;
  Pope’s defeat at Manassas, 410-411;
  McClellan’s reinstatement, 411-413;
  Washington peril, 413;
  Antietam victory, 414;
  L. visits Army of Potomac, 414-416;
  Fredericksburg attacked, 417;
  L’s dissatisfaction with McClellan, 418;
  Missouri factional quarrels, 454-457;
  L’s dissatisfaction with DuPont, 457-458;
  Fredericksburg, L’s grief over, 461-462;
  L’s visit to army before Chancellorsville, 465-466;
  L’s method criticised, 480-484, 485;
  negro enlistment, 484-486;
  retaliation opposed by L., 485;
  Fredericksburg defeat, 487, 488;
  Hooker succeeds Burnside, 487-490;
  naval operations, 490;
  Chancellorsville defeat, 492-494;
  defeat, dissatisfaction of North, 493-494;
  turning-point of war, 496;
  Pennsylvania invaded, 497;
  Northern fear of Lee, 497;
  Hooker succeeded by Meade, 497-498;
  Gettysburg, 498-499;
  Vicksburg campaign, 500-503;
  L’s joy over victory, 501;
  Wade urges Grant’s dismissal, 503;
  Gettysburg victory, 503-504;
  Washington criticisms, 505;
  Meade’s leadership, 504-507;
  Chancellorsville defeat, 506;
  Fredericksburg defeat, 506;
  L. against compromise, 507;
  brightening prospects after elections, 510;
  L’s confidence in Grant, 516, 520-521;
  Grant’s victories after Vicksburg, 516;
  his plans, 516-517;
  Grant’s commission received, 519;
  L’s plan of campaign for Grant, 522;
  Early’s raid, L’s plan against, 522;
  Grant’s reply, 523;
  Vicksburg, criticisms of campaign, anecdote,