ol. i.;
succeeds Fremont;
proclaims martial law and abolishes slavery in Georgia, Florida, and
South Carolina, see vol. ii.;
his order revoked;
organizes a negro regiment.
Hunter, R.M.T.,
on Confederate peace commission, see vol. ii.;
retort of Lincoln to.
Hyer, Tom,
hired by Seward's supporters in Republican Convention, see vol. i.
Illinois,
early settlers and society of, see vol. i.;
in Black Hawk war;
early politics in,;
land speculation in;
career of Lincoln in legislature of;
the career of "Long Nine" in;
internal improvement craze in;
adopts resolutions condemning Abolitionists and emancipation in the
District;
suffers from financial collapse;
carried by Van Buren against Harrison;
legal profession in;
carried by Democrats in 1844;
upholds Mexican war;
denounces Kansas-Nebraska Act;
senatorial election of 1855 in;
popular feeling in, concerning Kansas;
in campaign of 1856;
political situation in, during 1858;
prestige of Douglas in;
senatorial campaign in;
carried by Douglas;
movement in, to nominate Lincoln for President;
carried by Democrats in 1862, see vol. ii.
Indiana,
carried by Democrats in 1862, see vol. ii.;
Copperheads in.
Internal improvements,
craze over, in Western States, see vol. i.
Iverson, Alfred,
works in Georgia for secession, see vol. i.;
threatens Houston with assassination;
wishes to keep Washington as capital of Confederacy.
Jackson, Andrew,
popularity of, in Illinois, see vol. i.;
attitude of Lincoln toward.
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, "Stonewall",
commands at Harper's Ferry, see vol. i.;
in Shenandoah valley, see vol. ii.;
his raid down valley in 1862;
escapes pursuing forces;
joins Johnston and attacks McClellan;
compels McClellan to retreat to James River;
defeats Banks;
reinforced;
marches around Pope;
on too good condition of Federal armies;
breaks Federal right at Chancellorsville;
accidentally shot by his own soldiers.
Johnson, Andrew,
in Congress with Lincoln, see vol. i.;
in Senate in 1861;
instructed by Lincoln to reorganize government in Tennessee,
see vol. ii.;
stern opinion of treason;
repudiates Sherman's terms with Johnston;
his nomination for vice-presidency aided by Lincoln;
protested against, by Tennesseeans;
his accession to presidency welcomed by radicals;
refuses to commute Mrs.
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