=Star of the West=, merchant vessel, unsuccessful attempt
  to reinforce Fort Sumter, 178

=Steele, Frederick=, brevet major-general United States army,
  marches from Helena to Little Rock, Arkansas, 427;
  assists reconstruction in Arkansas, 427

=Stephens, Alexander H.=; member of Congress,
  Confederate Vice-President, correspondence with Lincoln, 165, 166;
  elected Vice-President Confederate States of America, 179;
  “corner-stone” theory, 179;
  signs military league, 197;
  appointed peace commissioner, 482;
  at Hampton Roads conference, 482-485

=Stevens, Thaddeus=, member of Congress, criticism of joint
  resolution offering compensated emancipation, 325

=St. Lawrence=, the, in fight between Monitor
  and Merrimac, 280

=Stone, Charles P.=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
  report about danger to Lincoln in Baltimore, 172, 173

=Stone, Dan=, member of Illinois legislature,
  protest with Lincoln against resolutions on slavery, 47

=Stone, Dr. Robert K.=, at Lincoln’s death-bed, 539, 540

=Stringham, Silas H.=, rear-admiral United States navy,
  commands Hatteras expedition, 245

=Stuart, John T.=, major Illinois Volunteers, member of Congress,
  reenlists as private in Black Hawk War, 33;
  elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, 34;
  reelected in 1834, 43;
  encourages Lincoln to study law, 44;
  at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
  elected to Congress, 69, 70

=Surratt, John H.=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
  deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, 536;
  escape to Canada, subsequent capture and trial, 544

=Surratt, Mrs. Mary E.=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
  visits tavern at Surrattsville, 536;
  fate of, 541, 542, 544

=Swaney=, teacher of President Lincoln, 12

=Swett, Leonard=, favors Holt for Vice-President, 448

=Taney, Roger B.=, chief justice of the Supreme Court
  of the United States, opinion in Dred Scott case, 109;
  action in Merryman case, 199, 200;
  death of, 490

=Taylor, E.D.=, elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, 34

=Taylor, Richard=, Confederate lieutenant-general,
  surrenders to Canby, 525, 527

=Taylor, Zachary=, twelfth President of the United States,
  nominated for President, 80, 81;
  elected President, 87

=Tennessee=, the, Confederate ram, in battle of Mobile Bay, 525

=Tennessee=, State of, joins Confederacy, 200, 204;
  military governor appointed for, 419;
  secession usurpation in, 420;
  delay of reconstruction in, 428;
  organization of State government and abolishment of slavery, 429;
  public opinion in, regarding slavery, 473;
  ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475

=Terry, Alfred H.=, brevet major-general United States army,
  communicates with Sherman, 416