=Kearsarge=, the, Union cruiser, battle with the _Alabama_, 525

=Kelly, Benjamin F.=, brevet major-general United States Volunteers,
dash upon Philippi, 225

=Kentucky=, State of, action concerning secession, 201, 204;
legislature asks Anderson for help, 254;
public opinion in, regarding slavery, 473

=Kilpatrick, Judson=, brevet major-general United States army,
minister to Chili, with Sherman on march to the sea, 411

=Kirkpatrick=, defeated for Illinois legislature 1832, 34

=Knights of Golden Circle=, extensive organization of, 360, 361;
plans and failures of, 360-362;
projected revolution in Northwestern States, 466

=Know-Nothing Party=, principles of, 101, 102;
nominates Millard Fillmore for President, 1856, 102

=Lamon, Ward H.=, accompanies Lincoln on night journey to Washington, 174

=Lane, Joseph=, brevet major-general United States army, governor,
United States senator candidate for Vice-President in 1860, 153;
attempt to arm negroes, 348

=Leavitt, Humphrey H.=, member of Congress,
judge United States Circuit Court,
denies motion for habeas corpus for Vallandigham, 358

=Lecompton Constitution=, adopted in Kansas, 115;
defeated in Congress, 117

=Lee, Robert E.=, 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