A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 609 pages of information about A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln.

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 609 pages of information about A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln.

=Lloyd, John M.=, keeps tavern at Surrattsville, Maryland, 536

=Logan, Stephen T.=, at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
  law partnership with Lincoln, 70;
  defeated for Congress, 91

="Long Nine,"= a power in Illinois legislature, 61

=Longstreet, James=, Confederate lieutenant-general,
  besieges Burnside at Knoxville, 391;
  retreats toward Virginia, 391;
  reports conversation with Ord, 503;
  in final defense of Richmond, 509

=Louisiana=, State of, military governor appointed for, 419;
  election for members of Congress, 422;
  contest over slavery clause in new constitution, 422, 423;
  election of State officers in, 425, 426;
  adopts new constitution abolishing slavery, 426;
  slavery in, throttled by public opinion, 473;
  ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475

=Lovejoy, Elijah P.=, murder of, 46

=Lovell, Mansfield=, Confederate major-general,
  evacuates New Orleans, 285;
  sends men and guns to Vicksburg, 286

=Lyon, Nathaniel=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
  service in Missouri, 202-204;
  killed at Wilson’s Creek, 234, 235

=Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell=, baron, afterward earl,
  British minister at Washington,
  instructed to demand apology for Trent affair, 246

=McClellan, George B.=, major-general, general-in-chief,
  United States army, orders concerning slaves, 221;
  commissioned by Governor Dennison, 224;
  his previous career, 224;
  quick promotion of, 224;
  successes in western Virginia, 224, 225;
  ordered to Washington, 229;
  his ambition, 249-251;
  organizes Army of the Potomac, 250, 251;
  his hallucinations, 251, 252;
  quarrel with General Scott, 251, 252;
  expresses contempt for the President, 252;
  answer to President’s inquiry, 253;
  illness of, 253;
  instructions to Buell, 258-260;
  unwilling to promote Halleck, 270;
  attends council of war, 289;
  explains plan of campaign to Stanton, 290;
  letter to Stanton, 292;
  revokes Hooker’s authority to cross lower Potomac, 294;
  council of his officers votes in favor of water route, 295;
  at gathering of officials to discuss news of fight
  between Monitor and Merrimac, 296;
  occupies abandoned rebel position, 297;
  calls council of corps commanders, 298;
  relieved from command of all troops save Army of the Potomac, 298;
  arrives at Fortress Monroe, 299;
  siege of Yorktown, 301;
  his incapacity and hallucination, 302-304;
  retreat to James River, 302;
  letter to Stanton, 303;
  protests against withdrawal of Army of the Potomac, 309;
  reaches Alexandria, 311;
  suggests leaving Pope to his fate, 311;
  telegram to Pope’s officers, 313;
  in command of defenses of Washington, 313;
  follows Lee into Maryland, 314;

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