al creed;
claims to be a Republican while denouncing Lincoln;
favors Fremont;
wishes peace at any price;
wishes to treat with Confederates;
authorized to do so by Lincoln;
conditions named by Lincoln;
abuses Lincoln for causing failure of negotiations.

Green, Duff,
tries to induce Lincoln to support Buchanan, see vol. i.

Greene, Bolin,
lends Lincoln money, see vol. i.

Grimes, James W.,
in Senate in 1861, see vol. i.

Grow, Galusha A.,
speaker of House in 1861, see vol. i.

Habeas Corpus,
suspension of, by Lincoln, see vol. i.

Hale, John P.,
sums up Buchanan's secession doctrine, see vol. i.;
in Senate in 1861;
denounces administration in Trent affair.

Halleck, General Henry W.,
letter of Lincoln to, on plan of war, see vol. i.;
commands in Missouri;
sends news of capture of Fort Donelson and asks for command in West;
assumes command;
complains of Grant;
drives Grant to request to be relieved;
his slow advance upon Corinth;
refuses to fight;
enters Corinth unopposed;
fails to use powerful army;
appointed general-in-chief, see vol. i., see vol. ii.;
compared with McClellan, see vol. i.;
gains advancement because unopposed and unnoticed by politicians;
expels slaves from camp, see vol. ii.;
favors recall of McClellan from Peninsula;
allowed free hand by Lincoln;
inferior to McClellan;
his telegraphic dispute with McClellan;
begs McClellan's assistance after Pope's defeat;
instructs McClellan to command defences of Washington;
alarmed over safety of capital;
has friction with Hooker;
refuses to give Hooker garrison of Harper's Ferry;
urges Meade to attack after Gettysburg;
wishes Buell and Rosecrans to invade Tennessee;
superseded by Grant;
on bad terms with Blair.

Hamlin, Hannibal,
nominated for Vice-President, see vol. i.;
reasons why not renominated, see vol. ii.

Hanks, John,
aids Lincoln to split rails, see vol. i.;
on Lincoln's first sight of slavery;
brings rails split by Lincoln into Republican Convention.

Hanks, Nancy,
mother of Lincoln, see vol. i.;
descends from a "poor white" family;
her character;
marries Thomas Lincoln;
her death.

Hardin, Colonel John J.,
defeats Lincoln and Baker for Congress, see vol. i.;
defeated by Lincoln.

Harlan, James,
in Senate in 1861, see vol. i.

Harrison, W.H.,
campaign for, in 1840, see vol. i.

Hawkins, George