letter to Horace Greeley, 335-337;
  interview with Chicago clergymen, 337-339;
  issues preliminary emancipation proclamation, 339-341;
  annual message of December 1, 1862, 341, 342;
  issues final emancipation proclamation, January 1, 1863, 342-346;
  letter to A.G.  Hodges, 346, 347;
  letters about arming negroes, 350;
  speech about Fort Pillow massacre, 351, 352;
  interview with Frederick Douglass, 352;
  letter to Governor Seymour, 356;
  action in case of Vallandigham, 358, 359;
  suspends privilege of writ of habeas corpus, 360;
  attitude toward Knights of the Golden Circle, 361;
  appoints Burnside to command Army of the Potomac, 363;
  telegram to Burnside, and letter to Halleck about Burnside, 365;
  letter to Burnside, 366;
  relieves Burnside and appoints Hooker to succeed him, 366;
  letter to Hooker, 366-368;
  criticism on Hooker’s plan of campaign, 368;
  continued belief in Hooker, 370;
  instructions to Hooker, 370, 371;
  telegrams to Hooker, 371;
  appoints Meade to command Army of the Potomac, 372;
  urges Meade to active pursuit of Lee, 375;
  letter to Meade, 375, 376;
  Gettysburg address, 376, 377;
  letter to Grant, 384, 385;
  orders Rosecrans to advance, 385, 386;
  note to Halleck, 388;
  telegram to Rosecrans, 388;
  orders reinforcements to Rosecrans, 388;
  signs bill making Grant lieutenant-general, 393;
  address on presenting his commission, 393, 394;
  letter to Grant, 396;
  under fire, 403;
  letter to Sherman, 412, 413;
  appoints military governors for Tennessee, Louisiana,
  Arkansas, and North Carolina, 419;
  his theory of “reconstruction,” 419;
  message to Congress, July 4, 1861, 419;
  letter to Cuthbert Bullitt, 420, 421;
  circular letter to military governors, 421, 422;
  letter to Governor Shepley, 422;
  letter to General Banks, 423;
  references to reconstruction in message to Congress,
  December 8, 1863, 424;
  amnesty proclamation, December 8, 1863, 424;
  letter to General Banks, 424, 425;
  letters to General Steele, 427, 428;
  letters to Johnson, 428, 429;
  letter to Drake and others, 430-432;
  revokes Fremont’s proclamation freeing slaves, 432;
  letter to General Schofield, 433;
  directs Stanton to issue order regulating raising
  of colored troops, 434, 435;
  letter to H.W.  Hoffman, 435, 436;
  Democrats and Fremont Republicans criticize
  his action on slavery, 437, 438;
  relations with his cabinet, 438, 439;
  attitude toward Chase, 439-441, 444;
  letter to Chase, 441;
  letter to F.A.  Conkling and others, 443;
  sentiment in favor of his reelection, 443, 444;
  letter to Washburne about second term, 444;
  letters to General Schurz, 444, 445;
  instructions to office-holders, 445;
  speeches during campaign, 445;