n of, 1860, 144-151;
candidates in 1860, 152;
campaign of, 1860, 153-160;
Fremont faction denounces Lincoln's attitude on slavery, 438;
the Chase faction, 439-441;
national convention of, 1864, 446-449;
gloomy prospects of, 462-466: success in elections of, 1864, 469, 470

=Retaliation,= rebel threats of, 350, 351;
cabinet action on Fort Pillow massacre, 352;
conversation between Lincoln and Frederick Douglass about, 352

=Reynolds,= John, governor of Illinois, issues call
for volunteers for Black Hawk War, 31, 32

=Richmond,= Virginia, becomes capital of Confederate States, 207;
panic in, at rumors of evacuation, 481;
high prices in, 481;
excitement created by Blair's visits, 481, 482;
alarm at Grant's advance, 500;
surrender of, April 3, 1865, 510;
burning of, 515, 516

=Rich Mountain,= Virginia, battle of, July 11, 1861, 225

=Riney, Zachariah,= teacher of President Lincoln, 6

=Roanoke,= the, Union steam frigate, in fight
between _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 280

=Robinson, E.,= defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

=Rodgers, John,= rear-admiral United States navy,
takes part in Port Royal expedition, 245, 246

=Romine, Gideon,= merchant at Gentryville, 9

=Rosecrans, William S.,= brevet major-general United States army,
success at Rich Mountain, 225;
succeeds Buell in Kentucky, 380;
battle of Murfreesboro, 380;
Iuka and Corinth, 380;
drives Bragg to Chattanooga, 385;
Chattanooga and Chickamauga, 386-388;
relieved from command, 388, 389;
dilatory movements delay reconstruction in Tennessee, 428

=Russell, Lord John,= British minister for foreign affairs,
interview with Charles Francis Adams, 211

=Rutledge, Anne,= engagement to Lincoln, 54;
death of, 54

=Savannah,= Georgia, occupied by Sherman, December 21, 1864, 412

=Schofield, J.M.,= brevet major-general, general-in-chief,
United States army, ordered to join Sherman, 414;
joins Sherman 417

=Schurz, Carl,= major-general United States Volunteers,
United States senator,
Secretary of the Interior, asks permission to take part
in presidential campaign, 444

=Scott Dred,= case of, 108, 109

=Scott, Robert E.,= tendered cabinet appointment 164

=Scott, Winfield,= lieutenant-general United States army,
warning to Lincoln about plot in Baltimore, 172;
charged with safety of Washington, 172;
attempt to reinforce Anderson, 178;
advises evacuation of Sumter, 183