a nation’s grief, 594-599;
      funeral ceremonies at the White House, 596;
      lying in state at Capitol, 597;
      funeral train to Springfield, 597-598;
      interment, 599

Lincoln, Edward Baker, L’s son, birth, 111

Lincoln, John, L’s great-grandfather, 2

Lincoln, John, L’s half-brother, 11

Lincoln, Josiah, L’s uncle, 3

Lincoln, Mary Todd, L’s wife,
  published satirical articles about James Shields, 93;
  ambitions, 94;
  characteristics, 94;
  engagement to L. broken, 95;
  marriage, 94, 96;
  hospitality, 110;
  pro-slavery views, 167;
  meeting with Volk, 241;
  on inaugural journey, 266;
  opinion of Riddle on, 275-276;
  censured for frivolity, 450;
  defines L’s religion, 478;
  visits Army of Potomac, 490;
  receives Grant, 518-520;
  fears of L’s assassination, 540;
  desired to visit Europe, 549;
  last drive with L., 584-585;
  plans to visit theatre, 586;
  at theatre, 587;
  shock at assassination, 589;
  prostrated by L’s death, 591;
  at L’s death-bed, 593;
  unable to attend obsequies, 596

Lincoln, Matilda, L’s half-sister, 11

Lincoln, Mordecai, son of Samuel Lincoln, 2

Lincoln, Mordecai, L’s uncle,
  adventure with Indians, 3;
  character, 3-4;
  L’s characterization of, 5;
  opinion of L. about, 264

Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, L’s mother,
  marriage, 4;
  slurs upon her name, 4-5;
  character and appearance, 5;
  Dennis Hanks’s opinion of, 7;
  death and funeral, 10;
  epitaph, 10;
  love of L. for, 10, 21;
  influence on L., 10-11;
  tribute of L. to, 11, 352

Lincoln, Robert Todd, L’s son,
  birth, 111;
  student at Harvard, 221;
  gripsack anecdote, 283;
  student and soldier, 464;
  interview with L. about war, 582;
  with his mother after assassination, 591;
  at L’s death-bed, 594

Lincoln, Samuel, L’s English forbear, 1

Lincoln, Sarah, L’s half-sister, 11;
  death, 17

Lincoln, Sarah, L’s sister, birth, 4

Lincoln, Sarah Johnston, L’s step-mother,
  marries Thomas Lincoln, 11;
  mutual fondness of L. and, 11, 119, 123-124, 263;
  quoted, 14;
  death, 124;
  visit of L. before inauguration, 263

Lincoln, Thomas, L’s father,
  birth, 3;
  rescue from Indians, 3;
  marriage to Nancy Hanks, 4;
  moves to Rock Spring farm, 4;
  moves to Indiana, 5-6;
  second marriage, 11;
  moves to Illinois, 21;
  nicknames, 21;
  character-sketch, 21-23;
  death, 22, 120;
  epitaph, 22;
  story-telling ability, 31;
  death 120;
  solicitude for, 120-121;
  L. visits grave, 263

Lincoln, Thomas, L’s son,
  birth, 111;
  “Little Tad,” 464;
  companion of father, 464-466, 490, 491;
  death, 465;
  loved by soldiers, 465-466;
  anecdote of L’s last speech, 575-576;
  grief over death of father, 596