ommanding Baltimore, see vol. i.;
commands at Fortress Monroe;
commands at New Orleans;
keeps slaves as "contraband of war", see vol. ii.;
"bottled" at Bermuda Hundred.

Butterfield, Justin,
at Illinois bar, see vol. i.

Cadwalader, General George,
refuses to liberate Merryman on Taney's writ, see vol. i.

Calhoun, John,
appoints Lincoln deputy surveyor, see vol. i.

Calhoun, John C.,
his speech on Compromise of 1850, see vol. i.

California,
annexed, see vol. i.;
gold fever in;
asks admission as State;
prohibits slavery;
refusal of South to admit;
admitted.

Cameron, Simon,
candidate for Republican presidential nomination in 1860, see vol. i.;
sells his vote for promise of a place in cabinet;
willing to sacrifice anything to save Union;
secretary of war;
difficulty over his appointment;
opposes relieving Fort Sumter;
refuses muskets to Massachusetts militia;
wishes to leave War Department;
appointed minister to Russia;
instructs Butler not to return slaves, see vol. ii.;
authorizes Sherman to use negroes;
suggests arming slaves in annual report;
his report suppressed by Lincoln;
supports Lincoln for reelection.

Campbell, Judge John A.,
acts as intermediary between Seward and Confederate commissioners,
see vol. i.;
on Confederate Peace Commission, see vol. ii.

Cartwright, Peter,
defeated by Lincoln for Congress, see vol. i.;
his character as itinerant preacher.

Cass, Lewis,
attacked by Lincoln in Congress, see vol. i.;
in Buchanan's cabinet;
wishes to coerce South;
resigns when Buchanan refuses to garrison Southern forts.

Caucus,
denounced by Whigs in Illinois, see vol. i.

Cedar Mountain,
battle of, see vol. ii.

Chambrun, Comte de,
on Lincoln's magnanimity, see vol. ii.

Chancellorsville,
battle of, see vol. ii.

Chandler, Zachariah,
in Senate in 1861, see vol. i.;
denounces conservatives, see vol. ii.;
threatens Lincoln.

Chase, Salmon P.,
in debate on Compromise, see vol. i.;
candidate for Republican nomination in 1860;
secretary of treasury;
objected to by Pennsylvania protectionists;
wishes to reinforce Sumter;
dislikes subordination to Lincoln;
wishes McClellan to advance;
asks him his plans and is snubbed;
favors Lincoln's plan of campaign;
on ease of a victory;
considers Lincoln inefficient, see vol. ii.;
leader of discontented Republicans;