=Hanks, John=, tells of Lincoln’s frontier labors, 15;
  flatboat voyage with Lincoln, 22, 23;
  at Decatur convention, 154

=Hanks, Joseph=, teaches Thomas Lincoln carpenter’s trade, 5

=Hanks, Nancy=.  See Lincoln, Nancy Hanks

=Hardee, William J.=, lieutenant-colonel United States army, Confederate
  lieutenant-general, council with Johnston and Beauregard, 267;
  evacuates Savannah and Charleston, 415;
  joins Johnston, 416

=Hardin, John J.=, member of Congress, colonel United States Volunteers,
  at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
  elected to Congress, 73;
  killed in Mexican War, 75

=Harper’s Ferry=, Virginia, John Brown raid at, 134;
  burning of armory, 209;
  captured by Lee, September 15, 1862, 315

=Harris, Miss Clara W.=, attends Ford’s Theater with Mrs. Lincoln, 536;
  assists Mrs. Lincoln, 539

=Harrison, George M.=, Lincoln’s messmate in Black Hawk War, 33

=Hartford=, the, Union cruiser, Farragut’s flag-ship, 284, 285

=Hatteras Inlet=, North Carolina, capture of forts at, August 29, 1861, 245

=Hay, John=, assistant private secretary to Lincoln,
  brevet colonel and assistant adjutant-general United States Volunteers,
  ambassador to England, Secretary of State, accompanies
  Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 168;
  shows Lincoln letter of inquiry about Vice-Presidency, 448;
  mission to Canada, 460;
  at Lincoln’s death-bed, 540

=Hazel, Caleb=, teacher of President Lincoln, 6

=Herndon, A.G.=, defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

=Herndon, “Jim” and “Row,"= sell Lincoln and Berry their store, 35

=Herndon, William H.=, Lincoln’s law partner, 158;
  assumes Lincoln’s law business during campaign, 158

=Herold, David E.=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
  chosen to assist Booth, 536;
  deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, 536;
  accompanies Booth in his flight, 542, 543;
  capture of, 543;
  execution of, 544

=Hicks, Thomas H.=, governor of Maryland, United States senator,
  reply to Lincoln’s call for volunteers, 193;
  speech at mass-meeting, 193;
  protest against landing of troops at Annapolis, 198;
  calls meeting of Maryland legislature, 198

=Holcomb, James P.=, Confederate agent in Canada,
  correspondence with Horace Greeley, 459

=Holt, Joseph=, Postmaster-General, Secretary of War,
  judge-advocate general United States army, calls Scott to
  Washington, 172;
  report on Knights of the Golden Circle, 361;
  favored by Swett for Vice-President, 448;
  declines attorney-generalship, 491

=Hood, John B.=, Confederate general, succeeds Johnston, 407;
  evacuates Atlanta, 407, 468;
  truce with Sherman, 408;
  placed under command of Beauregard, 409;
  moves to Tuscumbia, 410;
  Franklin and Nashville, 410;
  his movements delay reconstruction in Tennessee, 429