sends Cameron to visit Fremont, 242;
  letter to General Curtis about Fremont, 242, 243;
  draft of despatch about Trent affair, 247, 248;
  welcomes McClellan to Washington, 250;
  orders retirement of General Scott, 253;
  memorandum to McClellan, 253;
  his grasp of military problems, 255, 256;
  memorandum after battle of Bull Run, 256;
  interest in East Tennessee, 256, 257;
  personally urges on Congress the construction of railroad
  in East Tennessee, 257, 258;
  letter to Buell, 258, 259;
  telegrams and letters to Buell and Halleck, 262-264, 268, 269;
  places Halleck in command of Department of the Mississippi, 271;
  calls councils of war, 288, 289;
  General War Order No. 1, 290;
  Special War Order No. 1, 291;
  letter to McClellan about plan of campaign, 291;
  interview with Stanton, 293, 294;
  interview with McClellan, 295;
  President’s General War Orders No. 2 and No. 3, 295;
  receives news of fight between Monitor and Merrimac, 296;
  relieves McClellan from command of all troops except
  Army of the Potomac, 298;
  orders McDowell to protect Washington, 299;
  letter to McClellan, 299, 300;
  letter to McClellan, 303, 304;
  visit to General Scott, 306;
  assigns General Pope to command of Army of Virginia, 306;
  orders Burnside and Halleck to reinforce McClellan, 307;
  letter to governors of free States, 307, 308;
  accepts 300,000 new troops, 308;
  letters to McClellan, 308;
  visit to Harrison’s Landing, 308;
  appoints Halleck general-in-chief, 309;
  his dispassionate calmness in considering McClellan’s conduct, 311;
  asks McClellan to use his influence with Pope’s officers, 313;
  places McClellan in command of defenses of Washington, 313;
  orders reinforcements to McClellan, 316;
  telegram to McClellan, 316;
  visit to Antietam, 316, 317;
  directions and letter to McClellan, 317-319;
  removes him from command, 319;
  letter to Bancroft, 321;
  reference to slavery in message to Congress, December 3, 1861, 321, 322;
  offers Delaware compensated abolishment, 322, 323;
  special message of March 6, 1862, proposing joint
  resolution favoring gradual abolishment, 323, 324;
  letter to McDougall, 324;
  interview with delegations from border slave States, 324, 325;
  signs bill for compensated emancipation in District of Columbia, 326;
  letter to Chase about Hunter’s order of emancipation, 327;
  proclamation revoking Hunter’s order, 327, 328;
  second interview with border State delegations in Congress, 329-331;
  conversation with Carpenter about emancipation, 331, 332;
  reads draft of first emancipation proclamation to cabinet, 331, 332;
  tells Seward and Welles of his purpose to issue emancipation
  proclamation, 332;
  letter to Reverdy Johnson, 334;
  letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, 334, 335;