sident's letter, 307;
Lincoln tells him of coming emancipation proclamation, 332;
suggests postponement of emancipation proclamation, 332;
attitude toward the French in Mexico, 451, 452;
agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, 463;
proclaims ratification of Thirteenth Amendment, 475;
goes to Hampton Roads, 483;
relations with Montgomery Blair, 488;
plot to murder, 535;
attacked by Powell, _alias_ Payne, 540, 541

=Seymour, Horatio=, governor of New York, opposition to the draft, 355-357;
correspondence with Lincoln, 356;
notifies McClellan of his nomination, 468

=Shepley, G.F.=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
military governor of Louisiana, orders election
for members of Congress, 422;
orders registration of loyal voters, 422, 423

=Sheridan, Philip H.=, lieutenant-general, general-in-chief,
United States army, operations in Shenandoah valley, 403, 404;
succeeds McClellan, 470;
in Shenandoah valley, 502;
reaches City Point, 506;
advance to Five Forks, 507;
reports situation to Grant, 507;
battle of Five Forks, 508;
ordered to get on Lee's line of retreat, 509, 510;
despatch to Grant, 511;
captures Appomattox Station, 512;
despatch to Grant, 512

=Sherman, John=, member of Congress, Secretary of the Treasury,
United States senator,
candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives, 141

=Sherman, William Tecumseh=, lieutenant-general,
general-in-chief United States army, sent to Nashville, 254;
succeeds Anderson, 254;
interview with Cameron, 255;
asks to be relieved, 255;
in operations about Vicksburg, 381, 382;
reaches Chattanooga, 389;
in battle of Chattanooga, 390, 391;
conference with Grant, 395;
master in the West, 395;
Meridian campaign, 405, 406;
concentrates troops at Chattanooga, 406;
march on Atlanta, 408, 468;
truce with Hood, 408;
divides his army, 409;
march to the sea, 410-412;
telegram to President Lincoln, 412;
proposes to march through the Carolinas, 414;
from Savannah to Goldsboro, 414-417;
visit to Grant, 417;
march northward, 502;
visit to Lincoln and Grant, 506;
admiration for Grant and respect for Lee, 520;
enters Raleigh, 521;
receives communication from Johnston, 521;
meetings with Johnston, 521, 522;
agreement between them, 522;
agreement disapproved at Washington, 523;
report to Grant, 523, 524;
receives Johnston's