, Edwin M.,
attorney-general under Buchanan, see vol. i.;
joins Black in forcing Buchanan to alter reply to South Carolina
Commissioners;
share in Stone's punishment;
appointed secretary of war;
his previous insulting attitude toward Lincoln;
discussion of his qualities, good and bad;
an efficient secretary;
sneers at generals who favor McClellan's plans;
shows incompetence in organizing army;
praises Wilkes for capturing Mason and Slidell;
communicates Lincoln's approval to McClellan, see vol. ii.;
loses head during Jackson's raid;
bitter letter of McClellan to;
becomes McClellan's merciless enemy;
tries to prevent reappointment of McClellan;
wishes to take troops from Meade for Rosecrans;
repudiates Sherman's terms with Johnston;
insults Sherman;
his relations with Grant;
at time of Early's attack on Washington;
on bad terms with Blair;
persuades Lincoln to use an escort;
plan to assassinate.

Stephens, Alexander H.,
in Congress with Lincoln, see vol. i.;
on reasons for Georgia's secession;
opposes secession;
elected Vice-President of Confederate States;
denies plot to seize Washington;
letter of Lincoln to;
wishes to treat for peace with Lincoln, see vol. ii.;
his attempt foiled by Lincoln;
admits desire to place Lincoln in false position;
nominated by Davis on peace commission.

Stevens, Thaddeus,
leader of House in 1861, see vol. i.;
denounces Lincoln's emancipation scheme, see vol. ii.;
considers Constitution destroyed;
on admission of West Virginia;
on unpopularity of Lincoln in Congress;
admits Lincoln to be better than McClellan.

Stone, General Charles P.,
commands at Ball's Bluff, see vol. i.;
his punishment.

Stuart, John T.,
law partnership of Lincoln with, see vol. i.

Stuart, General J.E.B.,
rides around Federal army, see vol. ii.;
repeats feat after Antietam.

Sumner, Charles,
assaulted by Brooks, see vol. i.;
in Senate in 1861.

Sumner, General Edwin V.,
objects to Lincoln's trying
to avoid murder plot, on ground of cowardice, see vol. i.;
opposes plan of Peninsular campaign;
appointed corps commander;
on force necessary to protect Washington, see vol. ii.

Sumter, Fort,
question of its retention in 1861, see vol. i.

Supreme Court,
left to determine status of slavery in Territories, see vol. i.;
in Dred Scott case;
in Merryman case;
reluctance of Li