=Scott, Winfield,= lieutenant-general United States army,
  warning to Lincoln about plot in Baltimore, 172;
  charged with safety of Washington, 172;
  attempt to reinforce Anderson, 178;
  advises evacuation of Sumter, 183;
  orders Washington prepared for a siege, 194;
  report to President Lincoln, 194, 195;
  offers Lee command of seventy-five regiments, 196;
  orders Lyon to St. Louis, 202;
  loyalty of, 208;
  occupies Cairo, Illinois, 210;
  military problem before, 210;
  plan of campaign 215, 216, 231, 232;
  refuses to credit news of defeat at Bull Run, 228, 229;
  welcomes McClellan to Washington, 250;
  quarrel with McClellan, 251, 252;
  retirement of, 251-253;
  rank as lieutenant-general, 393;
  attends Lincoln’s funeral in New York, 547

=Seaton, William W.,= mayor of Washington approves
  Lincoln’s bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia, 87

=Secession,= South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi Alabama,
  Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas join the movement, 175, 176;
  action of central cabal, 177;
  sentiment in Maryland, 193, 194;
  Virginia passes ordinance of, 194;
  Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas join the movement, 200;
  sentiment in Delaware, 201;
  in Kentucky, 201;
  in Missouri, 201-204;
  numerical strength of, 204.  See Confederate States of America

=Seddon, James A.,= member of Congress, Confederate
  Secretary of War, resignation of, 501

=Sedgwick, John,= major-general United States Volunteers,
  crosses Rappahannock and takes Fredericksburg, 368, 369

=Seven Days’ Battles,= 302, 306, 307

=Seward, Augustus H.,= brevet colonel United States army,
  stabbed by Powell, alias Payne, 541

=Seward, Frederick W.,= Assistant Secretary of State,
  visits Lincoln in Philadelphia, 172;
  wounded by Powell, alias, Payne, 540, 541

=Seward, William H.,= United States senator, Secretary of State,
  desires reelection of Douglas to United States Senate, 125;
  candidate for presidential nomination, 1860, 144;
  votes for, in Chicago convention, 149-151;
  accepts cabinet appointment, 163;
  transmits offers of cabinet appointments, 164;
  suggestions to Lincoln about journey to Washington, 168;
  warning to Lincoln about plot in Baltimore, 172, 173;
  meets Lincoln at railway station in Washington, 174;
  appointed Secretary of State, 182;
  reply to Confederate commissioners, 183;
  reply to Judge Campbell, 183;
  memorandum of April 1, 1861, 184-187;
  opinion of Lincoln, 187;
  despatch of May 21, 211;
  friendship for Lord Lyons, 247;
  despatch in Trent affair, 249;
  at gathering of officials to discuss news of Monitor
  and Merrimac, 296;
  goes to New York with President’s letter, 307;