329;
  Lincoln’s second interview with delegations from border slave
  States, 329-331;
  Lincoln’s conversation with Carpenter about, 331, 332;
  first draft of emancipation proclamation read to cabinet, 331, 332;
  President’s interview with Chicago clergymen, 337-339;
  Lincoln issues preliminary emancipation proclamation, 339-341;
  annual message of December 1, 1862, 341, 342;
  President issues final emancipation proclamation, 342-346;
  President’s views on, 346, 347;
  arming of negro soldiers, 348, 350;
  Lincoln’s letters to Banks about emancipation in Louisiana, 423-425;
  slavery abolished in Louisiana, 426;
  slavery abolished in Arkansas, 427;
  slavery abolished in Tennessee, 429;
  slavery abolished in Missouri, 432-434;
  Maryland refuses offer of compensated abolishment, 434;
  slavery abolished in Maryland, 435, 436;
  Republican national platform favors Constitutional
  amendment abolishing slavery, 446;
  Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery in United States, 471-476;
  two Constitutional amendments affecting slavery offered during
  Lincoln’s term, 475,476;
  Lincoln’s draft of joint resolution offering the South $400,000,000, 493;
  Jefferson Davis recommends employment of negroes in army,
  with emancipation to follow, 501. 
  See Slavery

=England=, public opinion in, favorable to the South, 211;
  excitement in, over Trent affair, 246;
  joint expedition to Mexico, 451;
  “neutrality” of, 525

=Ericsson=, John, inventor of the Monitor, 279

=Evarts=, William M., Secretary of State, United States senator,
  nominates Seward for President, 149;
  moves to make Lincoln’s nomination unanimous, 151

=Everett=, Edward, member of Congress, minister to England,
  Secretary of State, United States senator,
  candidate for Vice-President, 1860, 153

=Ewell=, Richard S., Confederate lieutenant-general,
  in retreat to Appomattox, 511;
  statement about burning of Richmond, 516

=Ewing=, Thomas, Secretary of the Interior defended by Lincoln
  against political attack, 92

=Fair Oaks=, Virginia, battle of, 302

=Farragut=, David G., admiral United States navy,
  captures New Orleans and ascends the Mississippi, 282-287;
  ascends Mississippi a second time, 287;
  mentioned 328, 329, 381;
  operations against Port Hudson, 382;
  Mobile Bay, 468, 525

=Farrand=, Ebenezer, captain Confederate navy, surrender of, 525

=Fessenden=, William P., United States senator,
  Secretary of the Treasury, becomes Secretary of the Treasury, 458;
  agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, 463;
  resigns from cabinet, 491, 492

=Field=, David Dudley, escorts Lincoln to platform at Cooper Institute, 138