=Reconstruction=, in West Virginia and Missouri, 418, 419;
  Lincoln’s theory of, 419;
  in Louisiana, 420-426;
  in Arkansas, 426, 427;
  in Tennessee, 428, 429;
  opposition in Congress to Lincoln’s action concerning, 454;
  Henry Winter Davis’s bill prescribing method of, 454;
  Lincoln’s proclamation of, July 8, 1864, 456;
  Wade-Davis manifesto, 456, 457

=Republican Party=, formation of, 102, 103;
  nominates Fremont and Dayton, 1856, 103, 104;
  national convention of, 1860, 144-151;
  candidates in 1860, 152;
  campaign of, 1860, 153-160;
  Fremont faction denounces Lincoln’s attitude on slavery, 438;
  the Chase faction, 439-441;
  national convention of, 1864, 446-449;
  gloomy prospects of, 462-466:  success in elections of, 1864, 469, 470

=Retaliation,= rebel threats of, 350, 351;
  cabinet action on Fort Pillow massacre, 352;
  conversation between Lincoln and Frederick Douglass about, 352

=Reynolds,= John, governor of Illinois, issues call
  for volunteers for Black Hawk War, 31, 32

=Richmond,= Virginia, becomes capital of Confederate States, 207;
  panic in, at rumors of evacuation, 481;
  high prices in, 481;
  excitement created by Blair’s visits, 481, 482;
  alarm at Grant’s advance, 500;
  surrender of, April 3, 1865, 510;
  burning of, 515, 516

=Rich Mountain,= Virginia, battle of, July 11, 1861, 225

=Riney, Zachariah,= teacher of President Lincoln, 6

=Roanoke,= the, Union steam frigate, in fight
  between Monitor and Merrimac, 280

=Robinson, E.,= defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

=Rodgers, John,= rear-admiral United States navy,
  takes part in Port Royal expedition, 245, 246

=Romine, Gideon,= merchant at Gentryville, 9

=Rosecrans, William S.,= brevet major-general United States army,
  success at Rich Mountain, 225;
  succeeds Buell in Kentucky, 380;
  battle of Murfreesboro, 380;
  Iuka and Corinth, 380;
  drives Bragg to Chattanooga, 385;
  Chattanooga and Chickamauga, 386-388;
  relieved from command, 388, 389;
  dilatory movements delay reconstruction in Tennessee, 428

=Russell, Lord John,= British minister for foreign affairs,
  interview with Charles Francis Adams, 211

=Rutledge, Anne,= engagement to Lincoln, 54;
  death of, 54

=Savannah,= Georgia, occupied by Sherman, December 21, 1864, 412

=Schofield, J.M.,= brevet major-general, general-in-chief,
  United States army, ordered to join Sherman, 414;
  joins Sherman 417

=Schurz, Carl,= major-general United States Volunteers,
  United States senator,
  Secretary of the Interior, asks permission to take part
  in presidential campaign, 444

=Scott Dred,= case of, 108, 109

=Scott, Robert E.,= tendered cabinet appointment 164