A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 609 pages of information about A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln.

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 609 pages of information about A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln.

=Doherty, E.P.=, lieutenant United States army,
  captures Booth and Herold, 543

=Donelson, Andrew J.=, nominated for Vice-President, 102

=Dorsey, Azel W.=, teacher of President Lincoln, 12

=Douglas, Stephen A.=, member of Congress, United States senator,
  at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
  challenges young Whigs of Springfield to debate, 62;
  elected to United States Senate, 75;
  champions repeal of Missouri Compromise, 95;
  speech at Illinois State fair, 96;
  at Peoria, 96;
  agreement with Lincoln, 99;
  on Dred Scott case, 109, 110;
  denounces Lecompton Constitution, 116, 117;
  hostility of Buchanan administration toward, 117;
  Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, 121-125;
  speeches in the South, 128, 129;
  answer to Senator Brown, 129;
  references to Lincoln, 130;
  Ohio speeches, 133;
  “Harper’s Magazine” essay, 134;
  fight over nomination of, for President, 1860, 142-144;
  nominated for President, 143;
  speeches during campaign of 1860, 156;
  vote for, 160

=Douglass, Frederick=, conversation with Lincoln, 352

=Draft=, Congress passes national conscription law, 354;
  opposition of Governor Seymour to, 355-357;
  riots in New York, 356, 357;
  dissatisfaction in other places, 357;
  opposition of Vallandigham to, 358

=Dred Scott= case, decision of Supreme Court in, 108, 109;
  protest of North against, 109;
  Senator Douglas on, 109, 110

=Dresser, Rev. Charles=, marries Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd, 68, 69

=Du-Pont, Samuel F.=, rear-admiral United States navy,
  commands fleet in Port Royal expedition, 245

=Durant, Thomas J.=, mentioned in letter of Lincoln’s, 334, 335

=Early, Jubal A.=, Confederate lieutenant-general,
  threatens Washington, 403;
  inflicts damage on Blair’s estate, 488

=Eckert, Thomas T.=, brevet brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
  sent to meet peace commissioners at Hampton Roads, 482;
  refuses to allow peace commissioners to proceed, 483

=Edwards, Cyrus=, desires commissionership of General Land Office, 92

=Edwards, Ninian W.=, one of “Long Nine,” 63

=Edwards, Mrs. Ninian W.=, sister of Mrs. Lincoln, 63

=Ellsworth, E.E.=, colonel United States Volunteers, assassination of, 214

=Emancipation=, Lincoln-Stone protest, 47;
  Lincoln’s bill for, in District of Columbia, 86, 87;
  Missouri Compromise, 94, 95;
  Fremont’s proclamation of, 236-238;
  discussed in President’s message of December 3, 1861, 321, 322;
  Lincoln offers Delaware compensated abolishment, 322, 323;
  special message of March 6, 1862, 323, 324;
  Congress passes bill for, in District of Columbia, 325, 326;
  bill to aid it in border slave States, 326;
  Hunter’s order of, 327;
  measures in Congress relating to, 328,

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