slavery abolished in Arkansas, 427;
slavery abolished in Tennessee, 429;
slavery abolished in Missouri, 432-434;
Maryland refuses offer of compensated abolishment, 434;
slavery abolished in Maryland, 435, 436;
Republican national platform favors Constitutional
amendment abolishing slavery, 446;
Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery in United States, 471-476;
two Constitutional amendments affecting slavery offered during
Lincoln's term, 475,476;
Lincoln's draft of joint resolution offering the South $400,000,000, 493;
Jefferson Davis recommends employment of negroes in army,
with emancipation to follow, 501.
See _Slavery_

=England=, public opinion in, favorable to the South, 211;
excitement in, over _Trent_ affair, 246;
joint expedition to Mexico, 451;
"neutrality" of, 525

=Ericsson=, John, inventor of the _Monitor_, 279

=Evarts=, William M., Secretary of State, United States senator,
nominates Seward for President, 149;
moves to make Lincoln's nomination unanimous, 151

=Everett=, Edward, member of Congress, minister to England,
Secretary of State, United States senator,
candidate for Vice-President, 1860, 153

=Ewell=, Richard S., Confederate lieutenant-general,
in retreat to Appomattox, 511;
statement about burning of Richmond, 516

=Ewing=, Thomas, Secretary of the Interior defended by Lincoln
against political attack, 92

=Fair Oaks=, Virginia, battle of, 302

=Farragut=, David G., admiral United States navy,
captures New Orleans and ascends the Mississippi, 282-287;
ascends Mississippi a second time, 287;
mentioned 328, 329, 381;
operations against Port Hudson, 382;
Mobile Bay, 468, 525

=Farrand=, Ebenezer, captain Confederate navy, surrender of, 525

=Fessenden=, William P., United States senator,
Secretary of the Treasury, becomes Secretary of the Treasury, 458;
agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, 463;
resigns from cabinet, 491, 492

=Field=, David Dudley, escorts Lincoln to platform at Cooper Institute, 138

=Fillmore=, Millard, thirteenth President of the United States,
nominated by Know-Nothing party for President, 1856, 102

=Five Forks=, Virginia, battle of, April 1, 1865, 507-509

=Floyd=, John B., Secretary of War, Confederate brigadier-general,
escapes from Fort Donelson, 268

=Foote=, Andrew H., rear-admiral United States navy,
capture of Island No. 10, 274;
proce