Lincoln tells him of coming emancipation proclamation, 332;
  suggests postponement of emancipation proclamation, 332;
  attitude toward the French in Mexico, 451, 452;
  agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, 463;
  proclaims ratification of Thirteenth Amendment, 475;
  goes to Hampton Roads, 483;
  relations with Montgomery Blair, 488;
  plot to murder, 535;
  attacked by Powell, alias Payne, 540, 541

=Seymour, Horatio=, governor of New York, opposition to the draft, 355-357;
  correspondence with Lincoln, 356;
  notifies McClellan of his nomination, 468

=Shepley, G.F.=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
  military governor of Louisiana, orders election
  for members of Congress, 422;
  orders registration of loyal voters, 422, 423

=Sheridan, Philip H.=, lieutenant-general, general-in-chief,
  United States army, operations in Shenandoah valley, 403, 404;
  succeeds McClellan, 470;
  in Shenandoah valley, 502;
  reaches City Point, 506;
  advance to Five Forks, 507;
  reports situation to Grant, 507;
  battle of Five Forks, 508;
  ordered to get on Lee’s line of retreat, 509, 510;
  despatch to Grant, 511;
  captures Appomattox Station, 512;
  despatch to Grant, 512

=Sherman, John=, member of Congress, Secretary of the Treasury,
  United States senator,
  candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives, 141

=Sherman, William Tecumseh=, lieutenant-general,
  general-in-chief United States army, sent to Nashville, 254;
  succeeds Anderson, 254;
  interview with Cameron, 255;
  asks to be relieved, 255;
  in operations about Vicksburg, 381, 382;
  reaches Chattanooga, 389;
  in battle of Chattanooga, 390, 391;
  conference with Grant, 395;
  master in the West, 395;
  Meridian campaign, 405, 406;
  concentrates troops at Chattanooga, 406;
  march on Atlanta, 408, 468;
  truce with Hood, 408;
  divides his army, 409;
  march to the sea, 410-412;
  telegram to President Lincoln, 412;
  proposes to march through the Carolinas, 414;
  from Savannah to Goldsboro, 414-417;
  visit to Grant, 417;
  march northward, 502;
  visit to Lincoln and Grant, 506;
  admiration for Grant and respect for Lee, 520;
  enters Raleigh, 521;
  receives communication from Johnston, 521;
  meetings with Johnston, 521, 522;
  agreement between them, 522;
  agreement disapproved at Washington, 523;
  report to Grant, 523, 524;
  receives Johnston’s surrender, 524;
  effect of his march through the South, 524;
  sent against E. Kirby Smith, 526;
  soldiers of, in grand review, 528

=Shields, James=, United States senator, brigadier-general
  United States Volunteers, at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
  auditor of Illinois, 65;
  challenges Lincoln to a duel, 66-68;
  ordered to form junction with McDowell and Fremont, 306