nston to Sherman, 521;
requires report from Breckinridge about Johnston-Sherman agreement, 523;
instructions to Johnston, 524;
attempt to reach E. Kirby Smith, 525, 526;
effort to gain Florida coast, 526;
capture, imprisonment, and release of, 526

=Davis, Mrs. Jefferson=, captured with her husband, 526

=Dawson, John=, defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34;
elected in 1834, 43

=Dayton, William L.=, United States senator minister to France,
nominated for Vice-President, 104;
vote for, in Chicago convention, 149

=Delano, Columbus=, member of Congress, Secretary of the Interior,
in Baltimore convention, 447

=Delaware=, State of, secession feeling in, 201;
rejects compensated abolishment, 322, 323

=Democratic Party=, party of slavery extension, 102;
nominates Buchanan and Breckinridge in 1856, 104;
disturbed by Buchanan's attitude on slavery, 116;
pro-slavery demands of, 140, 141;
national conventions of, 1860, 142-144;
candidates in 1860, 152, 153;
opposition to emancipation measures and conscription law, 354, 355;
adopts McClellan for presidential candidate, 355;
interest in Vallandigham, 358;
attitude on slavery, 437, 438, 472, 473;
convention postponed, 463;
national convention, 1864, 466-468

=Dennison, William=, governor of Ohio, Postmaster-General,
permanent chairman of Republican national convention, 1864, 446;
succeeds Blair as Postmaster-General, 489, 490

=Dickinson, Daniel S.=, United States senator, candidate
for vice-presidential nomination, 1864, 448, 449

=Doherty, E.P.=, lieutenant United States army,
captures Booth and Herold, 543

=Donelson, Andrew J.=, nominated for Vice-President, 102

=Dorsey, Azel W.=, teacher of President Lincoln, 12

=Douglas, Stephen A.=, member of Congress, United States senator,
at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
challenges young Whigs of Springfield to debate, 62;
elected to United States Senate, 75;
champions repeal of Missouri Compromise, 95;
speech at Illinois State fair, 96;
at Peoria, 96;
agreement with Lincoln, 99;
on Dred Scott case, 109, 110;
denounces Lecompton Constitution, 116, 117;
hostility of Buchanan administration toward, 117;
Lincoln-Douglas joint debate, 121-125;
speeches in the South, 128, 129;
answer to Senator Brown, 129;
references to Lincoln, 130;
Ohio speeches, 133;
"Harper's Magazine" essay, 134;
fight over nomination of, for President,