Gentry, Allen, 19-20

Gentry, Mrs. Allen, quoted, 12

Georgia, seceded, 261

Germans in Cincinnati, welcome L., 271-272

Gettysburg,
  mentioned, 478, 496;
  victory, 498-499, 503-504;
  L’s feeling during battle, 499-500;
  victory cheers L., 507;
  battle-field purchase and dedication, 511-515;
  L’s dream, 583

Gettysburg Address,
  rewritten many times, 471;
  world’s model, 473;
  text, 512-515

Gillespie, Joseph,
  quoted, 80, 83;
  conversation with L. on slavery, 148-149

Grant, Frederick D., 519

Grant, Ulysses S.,
  mentioned, 403, 464, 542;
  opinion of McClellan’s difficulties, 367, 404;
  victories in Tenn., 385;
  Vicksburg campaign, 500-502;
  L’s letter on Vicksburg, 502;
  L’s dissatisfaction before Vicksburg, 503;
  commands military division of Miss., 516;
  rank of Lieut.-General created for, 516;
  assumes command of army, 517;
  summoned to Washington, 517;
  at White House reception, 517-518;
  receives commission from L., 519;
  refusal to dine at White House, 519-520;
  L’s impressions of personality and military capacities, 510-521;
  L.’s letter of commendation, 521;
  interview with L. on military matters, Grant’s own account, 521-522;
  L’s suggestion about Early’s repulse, 522;
  Grant’s reply, 523;
  L. seeks to know his political aspirations, 523;
  true version of whiskey anecdote, 524;
  L. tells story of Sykes’s dog, 525-526;
  dispute with Stanton, 526;
  upheld by president, 526-527;
  presidential possibility, 532;
  attacks Early, 537;
  telegram to L. on re-election, 548;
  peace overture made through, 554;
  forces Lee to Richmond, 561-562;
  visited by L. at City Point, 562-563;
  interview with L. at City Point, 563-566;
  L’s visit at Petersburg, 567-568;
  Lee’s surrender, 573;
  praised by L., 574, 575;
  instructions for conference with Lee, 577-578;
  denies Stone River victory, 583;
  drives with L. and attends last cabinet meeting, 583;
  declines invitation to theater, 586

Grant, Mrs. Ulysses S., 527

Gray, Dr., officiated at L’s funeral, 597

Great Britain. See England

Gladstone, William Ewart, opinion of second inaugural address, 559-560

Globe Tavern, Springfield, Ill., L’s first home after marriage, 96

Godbey, Squire, quoted, 46

Goldsborough, Lewis M., 390

Goodrich, Judge, L. declines partnership, 109

Greeley, Horace,
  opposes L’s policy in N.Y.  “Tribune,” 429-431;
  publishes “The prayer of twenty millions,” 429;
  L’s reply, 429-430;
  conference with L., 430-431;
  L.’s “pigeonhole” for, 474;
  seeks successor to L., 480;
  peace importunities and L’s famous reply, 539;