=, colonel United States army,
Confederate general, captures John Brown, 134;
enters service of Confederacy, 196, 197, 208;
concentrates troops at Manassas Junction, 215;
sends troops into West Virginia, 224;
attacks McClellan near Richmond, 302;
campaign into Maryland, 314;
captures Harper's Ferry, 315;
battle of Antietam, 315;
retreats across the Potomac, 316;
battle of Chancellorsville, 369;
resolves on invasion of the North, 370;
crosses the Potomac, 371, 372;
battle of Gettysburg, 372-374;
retreats across the Potomac, 375, 377;
strength and position of his army, 397;
battle of the Wilderness, 398;
Spottsylvania Court House, 398, 399;
Cold Harbor, 399;
defense of Petersburg, 400-402;
sends Early up the Shenandoah valley, 403;
despatch about rations for his army, 481;
made general-in-chief, 500;
assumes command of all the Confederate armies, 502;
attempt to negotiate with Grant, 502, 503;
conference with Davis, 504;
attempt to break through Grant's lines, 504-506;
number of men under his command in final struggle, 507;
takes command in person, 507;
attacks Warren, 507;
battle of Five Forks, 507-509;
makes preparations to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond, 509;
begins retreat, 510;
surrender of Richmond, 510;
reaches Amelia Court House, 510;
starts toward Lynchburg, 511;
reply to generals advising him to surrender, 512;
correspondence with Grant, 512, 513;
surrender of, 513-515;
size of army surrendered by, 524
=Letcher, John=, member of Congress, governor of Virginia,
orders seizure of government property, 194
=Lincoln, Abraham=, sixteenth President of the United States,
born February 12, 1800, 3, 6;
goes to A B C schools, 6;
early schooling in Indiana, 10-13;
home studies and youthful habits, 13-19;
manages ferry-boat, 15;
flatboat trip to New Orleans, 15, 16;
employed in Gentryville store, 16;
no hunter, 17;
kills wild turkey, 17, 18;
emigrates to Illinois, March 1, 1830, 20;
leaves his father's cabin, 21;
engaged by Denton Offutt, 21;
builds flatboat and takes it to New Orleans, 22, 23;
incident at Rutledge's Mill, 22;
returns to New Salem, 23;
election clerk, 23, 24;
clerk in Offutt's store, 24;
wrestles with Jack Armstrong, 25;
candidate for legislature, 1832, 29;
address "To the Voters of Sangamon County," 29, 30;
volunteers for Black Hawk War, 32;
elected captain of volunteer company, 32;
mustered out and reenlists as private, 32, 33;
finally mustered out, 33;
returns to New Salem, 33;
defeated for legislature, 33;
enters into partnership with Berry, 35;
sells out to the Trent brothers, 36;
fails, but promises to pay his debts, 36;
surveying instruments sold for debt, 36;
"Honest old Abe," 37;
appointed postmaster of New Salem, 37;
made deputy surveyor, 39, 40;
candidate for legislature, 1834, 41, 42;
elected to legislature, 43;
begins study of law, 44;
admitted to practice, 44;
removes to Springfield and forms law partnership with J.
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