James, Henry: 461.
James River: 292, 298, 392-3, 438, 447.
Jefferson, Thomas: curious and displeasing character, 30; great and lasting influence on American life, 30-2; practical achievements in statesmanship, 32; real sense and value of his doctrine, 32-5; opinion and action as to slavery, 37-8; other references, 28, 46, 56, 179.
Jiggers: 331.
Johnson, Andrew: 400, 411, 451, 453.
Johnson, Samuel: 33, 35.
Johnston, Albert Sidney, General: 276-7, 281-2.
Johnston, John: 4, 6, 14.
Johnston, Joseph, General; 218, 247-8, 287-8, 295, 354-5, 378, 387, 390, 394, 436-7, 452.
Kansas: 110-2, 115, 117, 126, 128, 139-40, 162-3.
Kentucky: 2-5, 9, 26, 81, 192, 197, 225, 229, 270, 334, 339-43.
Kipling, Rudyard: 88.
Kirkham’s Grammar: 63.
“Know-Nothings.” See American Party.
Knoxville: 226, 275, 359.
Law, Lincoln’s law study and practice, 10, 67, 68, 106-8, 271-2, 423.
Lee, Robert E., General: his acknowledged genius, 217, 220; goes with State of Virginia, 229, 239, 376; his character, 230; cautious military advice at first, 246; opinion of McClellan, 285; operations against McClellan, Pope, Burnside, and Hooker, 297, 311; invasion of Pennsylvania and retreat, 355-8, 386-7; resistance to Grant, see Grant, 391-2, 398; appointed General in Chief, 431; abstains always from political action, 431-2; final effort, surrender and later life, 445-6.
Lincoln, Abraham, President: his career and policy up to his Presidency, see in Table of Contents; his military administration and policy, 273-9, 302, 308, 345, and see McClellan; his administration generally, 250-5; his foreign policy, 261-5; his policy generally, 265-72, and see Slavery, Negotiations for Peace, Reconstruction; development of his abilities and character, 7-15, 62, 73-7, 87-8, 103-6, 134-6, 153-5, 163-6, 233-9, 337, 418-24, 439-41; his fame to-day, 454-6.
Lodge, Senator: 261.
Logan, General: 350, 397.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth: 53, 60, 61, 137, 152.
Longstreet, General: 357, 359-60, 387.
Louisiana Purchase: 26, 32, 39-40.
Louisiana State: 26, 39-40, 199, 283, 334, 400, 448-9.
Louisville: 116, 339-41.
Love joy: 76.
Lowell, James Russell, and references to his writings: 19, 92, 138, 172, 209, 237, 261, 264.
Lundy: 50.
Lynchburg: 438.
Lyon, Nathaniel: 244-5, 269.
Lyons, Lord: 236, 237, 264.
McDowell, General: 247-8, 290, 293-7.
Machine, in politics: 48-9, 167-8.