Secretary of War,
succeeds Cameron as Secretary of War, 289;
his efficiency, 289, 290;
interview with the President, 293, 294;
at gathering of officials to discuss news of _Monitor_
and _Merrimac_, 296;
conveys President's reply to McClellan's plan of campaign, 298;
indignation at McClellan, 311;
draws up and signs memorandum of protest against continuing
McClellan in command, 311;
instruction about slaves, 349;
faith in Hooker, 370;
anxiety for Lincoln during Early's raid, 403;
order regulating raising of colored troops, 435;
orders suppression of two New York newspapers and arrest
of their editors, 453, 454;
agrees with President against making proffers of peace to Davis, 463;
sends Halleck's letter to President, 488;
shows Lincoln Grant's despatch transmitting Lee's overtures, 503;
disapproves Sherman's agreement with Johnston, 523;
at Lincoln's death-bed, 540

=Star of the West=, merchant vessel, unsuccessful attempt
to reinforce Fort Sumter, 178

=Steele, Frederick=, brevet major-general United States army,
marches from Helena to Little Rock, Arkansas, 427;
assists reconstruction in Arkansas, 427

=Stephens, Alexander H.=; member of Congress,
Confederate Vice-President, correspondence with Lincoln, 165, 166;
elected Vice-President Confederate States of America, 179;
"corner-stone" theory, 179;
signs military league, 197;
appointed peace commissioner, 482;
at Hampton Roads conference, 482-485

=Stevens, Thaddeus=, member of Congress, criticism of joint
resolution offering compensated emancipation, 325

=St. Lawrence=, the, in fight between _Monitor_
and _Merrimac_, 280

=Stone, Charles P.=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
report about danger to Lincoln in Baltimore, 172, 173

=Stone, Dan=, member of Illinois legislature,
protest with Lincoln against resolutions on slavery, 47

=Stone, Dr. Robert K.=, at Lincoln's death-bed, 539, 540

=Stringham, Silas H.=, rear-admiral United States navy,
commands Hatteras expedition, 245

=Stuart, John T.=, major Illinois Volunteers, member of Congress,
reenlists as private in Black Hawk War, 33;
elected to Illinois legislature in 1832, 34;
reelected in 1834, 43;
encourages Lincoln to study law, 44;
at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
elected to Congress, 69, 70

=Surratt, John H.=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, 53