, 473;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475

=Armies of the United States=,
enlistment in, since beginning of the war, 353, 354;
numbers under Grant's command, March, 1865, 507;
reduction of, to peace footing, 527;
grand review of, 527-529

=Armstrong, Jack=, wrestles with Lincoln, 25

=Arnold, Samuel=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
imprisoned, 544

=Atlanta=, Georgia, siege of, July 22 to September 1, 1864, 407

=Atzerodt, George=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
assigned to murder Andrew Johnson, 535;
deposits arms in tavern at Surrattsville, 536;
execution of, 544

=Bailey, Theodorus=, rear-admiral United States navy,
in expedition against New Orleans, 284

=Bailhache, William H.=, prints Lincoln's first inaugural, 168

=Baker, Edward D.=, member of Congress, United States senator,
brevet major-general United States Volunteers, at Springfield,
Illinois, 52;
nominated for Congress, 73;
in Mexican War, 75

=Ball's Bluff=, Virginia, battle of, October, 21, 1861, 262

=Baltimore=, Maryland, Massachusetts Sixth mobbed in, 193;
occupied by General Butler, 199;
threatened by Early, 403;
funeral honors to Lincoln in, 546

=Bancroft, George=, Secretary of the Navy, historian,
minister to Prussia, letter to Lincoln, 321

=Banks, Nathaniel P.=, Speaker of the House of Representatives,
major-general United States Volunteers, in Army of Virginia, 310;
forces under, for defense of Washington, 317;
operations against Port Hudson, 382;
captures Port Hudson, 383, 384;
reply to Lincoln, 425;
causes election of State officers in Louisiana, 425, 426;
opinion of new Louisiana constitution, 426

=Barton, William=, governor of Delaware,
reply to Lincoln's call for volunteers, 193

=Bates, Edward=, member of Congress, Attorney-General,
candidate for presidential nomination, 1860, 144;
vote for, in Chicago convention, 149;
tendered cabinet appointment, 163;
appointed Attorney-General, 182;
signs cabinet protest, 311;
rewrites cabinet protest, 312;
resigns from cabinet, 491

=Beauregard, G.T.=, Confederate general, reduces Fort Sumter, 188-190;
in command at Manassas Junction, 215;
understanding with Johnston, 216;
battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, 226-229;
council with Johnston and Hardee, 267;
succeeds to command at Pittsburg Landing, 273;
losses at Pittsburg Landing, 274;
evacuates Corinth, 275;
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