80;
Taylor's fine clothes, 57-58;
Thrashing a bully, 28-29;
"To whom it may concern," 539;
Trousers requested by office-seeker,569;
Trust in God, 351-352;
Use of old-fashioned words, 139;
Used on adversaries, 86;
Verses written from memory, 356;
Vicksburg, joy of L., 501;
Wade's effort to remove Grant, 503;
Weem's life of Washington, 15;
Whigs all dead, 157;
Wood-craft knowledge, 474-475;
Wrestling match with Jack Armstrong, 28

Antietam, battle of, 414, 437;
L's dream, 583

Appomattox, Lee's surrender at, 573

Armstrong, Hannah, 133-135

Armstrong, Hugh, 30

Armstrong, Jack, trial of strength, 28;
early friend, 133

Armstrong, John, quoted, 178

Armstrong, William D., defended by L.,
133-135

Arnold, Isaac N., quoted, 3, 14, 19, 31, 56,
59, 72, 150, 153, 185, 190, 205, 232, 244,
297-298, 299-301, 332-333, 422-423,
466-467, 468, 545, 584-585;
interview with L., 422-423;
mentioned, 237

Arnold, Matthew, quoted, 546

Ashley, Hon. James M., constitutional
amendment introduced by, 554

Ashmore, Congressman, of South Carolina,
quoted, 431

Ashmun, George, mentioned, 241-243, 586

Austin, G.L., quoted, 136

Baker, Edward D., mentioned, 74, 186;
refuses to defend slaves, 77;
Whig debater, 89;
personal and political friend of L., 91;
elected congressman, 97;
killed at Balls' Bluff, 131;
magnanimity of L. towards, 159;
introduced L. at inauguration, 284

Balch, George B., quoted, 21-23

Baltimore, republican convention at, 1864, 534

Bancroft, George, contrasted with L., 217;
quoted, 578

Banks, Nathaniel P., 501

Barnes, Surgeon-General, 591

Barrett, J.H., quoted, 23-24, 26

Bateman, Newton, quoted, 202-203, 245-247

Bates, Edward, candidate for president,231;
made attorney general, 293, 294;
characterized, 366;
visits army with L., 490;
resignation, 552

Beckwith, H.W., 81

Beecher, Henry Ward, abolition sermons read by L., 166;
invites L. to speak in his church, 214;
eloquent abolitionist, 245

Bell, John, nominated for president, 251

Bennett, John, impressions of L., 67-68

Bible, L's knowledge of, 118;
L. quotes from, 473;
L's opinion of, 478

Bigelow, John, quoted, 303-304, 345, 359-361, 363-364, 513, 514, 546-547

Bird, Francis, W., 482

Birney, Zachariah, L's school-master, 11

Bissell, William H., mentioned, 74-209

Bixby, Mrs., 397-398

Black Hawk War, L's military experience in, 3