ission received, 519;
L's plan of campaign for Grant, 522;
Early's raid, L's plan against, 522;
Grant's reply, 523;
Vicksburg, criticisms of campaign, anecdote, 525-526;
Grant and Stanton clash, 526-527;
Early's attack on Washington, 525-537;
call for additional troops, July 18, 1864, 537;
gloomy prospects, 537-539, 542-546;
Wilderness and Petersburg losses, 538-539;
peace negotiations, "To whom it may concern,", 539;
effect of L's re-election, 548;
Sherman's march to the sea, 552;
L's conditions for peace, 552;
peace negotiations with Southern commissioners, 554-557;
Lee's last efforts, 561-562;
closing events, 562;
L. visits army, 562-573;
fall of Petersburg, 567;
fall of Richmond, 568;
Lee's surrender, 573;
end of war, 573-576;
pardoning prisoners, 578-580.
_See also_ Emancipation; Secession

Clary Grove boys,
attack on L., 27-28;
volunteers in Black Hawk War, 36;
smash store in New Salem, 42-43

Clay, Cassius M., 309-322

Clay, Henry,
influence of speeches on L., 8;
L's admiration and disillusion, 98-99;
gradual emancipation speech, 98;
L's eulogy of, 147

Clephane, Lewis, 468-469

Cleveland, Grover, 360

Cleveland, Ohio, visit on inaugural journey, 274-275

Clinton, DeWitt, 61

Cobb, Howell, distinguished in civil war, 100

Cogdal's note, 136

Colfax, Schuyler,
interview with L., 545, 583, 586-587;
L.'s death-bed, 591, 593

Collamer, Jacob, 368

Collyer, Robert, quoted, 329

Columbus, Ohio, welcome on inaugural journey, 268-269

Confederate States,
considered a fact by Wigfall, 286;
knowledge of Union moves, 292;
Trent affair, 340-345;
favored capital, 348;
Canadian machinations, 352-353

Congress,
special session, July 4,1861, 322;
emancipation measures, 421

Conkling, James C., 80;
quoted, 86

Constitution, slavery amendment, 553-554

Constitutional Union Party, 251

Conway, Moncure D.,
impression of L., 176;
interview with L., 482-484;
quoted, 427-429

Cook, Mr., of Illinois, 232, 233

Cooper Institute speech, 215-221, 223-224, 232

Costa Rica, asylum for freedom, 440

Covode, John, 445

Crane, C.B., quoted, 546

Crawford, Andrew, L's schoolmaster, 12

Crawford, Josiah, incident of the ruined book, 14-16

Crawford, Mrs. Josiah, quoted, 16

Crittenden, John J., 185

Curdy, Dr., 170

Curtin, Andrew G., 497

Curtis-Gamble controversy, 454-456

Cushing, Caleb, 35