=Johnson, Herschel V.=, candidate for Vice-President, 1860, 152

=Johnston, Albert Sidney=, Confederate general,
  council with Hardee and Beauregard, 267;
  killed at Pittsburg Landing, 273

=Johnston, Joseph E.=, quartermaster-general United States army,
  Confederate general, member of Congress, joins Confederacy, 196, 208;
  understanding with Beauregard, 215, 216;
  joins Beauregard at Bull Run, 228;
  opinion of battle of Bull Run, 228;
  retrograde movement, 297;
  defeats McClellan at Fair Oaks, 302;
  succeeds Bragg, 395;
  strength of, in spring of 1864, 405;
  superseded by Hood, 407;
  again placed in command, 416, 501;
  interview with Davis, 520;
  begins negotiations with Sherman, 520;
  meetings with Sherman, 521, 522;
  agreement between them, 522;
  agreement disapproved at Washington, 523;
  surrender of, 524

=Johnston, Sarah Bush=, marries Thomas Lincoln, 10;
  improves the condition of his household, 10;
  tells of Lincoln’s studious habits, 13

=Jones, Thomas=, assists Booth and Herold, 542, 543

=Judd, Norman B.=, minister to Prussia, member of Congress,
  nominates Lincoln for President, 1860, 149;
  member of Lincoln’s suite, 173

=Kansas=, State of, slavery struggle in, 113-115;
  Lecompton Bill defeated in Congress, 117

=Kearsarge=, the, Union cruiser, battle with the Alabama, 525

=Kelly, Benjamin F.=, brevet major-general United States Volunteers,
  dash upon Philippi, 225

=Kentucky=, State of, action concerning secession, 201, 204;
  legislature asks Anderson for help, 254;
  public opinion in, regarding slavery, 473

=Kilpatrick, Judson=, brevet major-general United States army,
  minister to Chili, with Sherman on march to the sea, 411

=Kirkpatrick=, defeated for Illinois legislature 1832, 34

=Knights of Golden Circle=, extensive organization of, 360, 361;
  plans and failures of, 360-362;
  projected revolution in Northwestern States, 466

=Know-Nothing Party=, principles of, 101, 102;
  nominates Millard Fillmore for President, 1856, 102

=Lamon, Ward H.=, accompanies Lincoln on night journey to Washington, 174

=Lane, Joseph=, brevet major-general United States army, governor,
  United States senator candidate for Vice-President in 1860, 153;
  attempt to arm negroes, 348

=Leavitt, Humphrey H.=, member of Congress,
  judge United States Circuit Court,
  denies motion for habeas corpus for Vallandigham, 358

=Lecompton Constitution=, adopted in Kansas, 115;
  defeated in Congress, 117