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ol. i.; succeeds Fremont; proclaims martial law and abolishes slavery in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, see vol. ii.; his order revoked; organizes a negro regiment. Hunter, R.M.T., on Confederate peace commission, see vol. ii.; retort of Lincoln to. Hyer, Tom, hired by Seward's supporters in Republican Convention, see vol. i. Illinois, early settlers and society of, see vol. i.; in Black Hawk war; early politics in,; land speculation in; career of Lincoln in legislature of; the career of "Long Nine" in; internal improvement craze in; adopts resolutions condemning Abolitionists and emancipation in the District; suffers from financial collapse; carried by Van Buren against Harrison; legal profession in; carried by Democrats in 1844; upholds Mexican war; denounces Kansas-Nebraska Act; senatorial election of 1855 in; popular feeling in, concerning Kansas; in campaign of 1856; political situation in, during 1858; prestige of Douglas in; senatorial campaign in; carried by Douglas; movement in, to nominate Lincoln for President; carried by Democrats in 1862, see vol. ii. Indiana, carried by Democrats in 1862, see vol. ii.; Copperheads in. Internal improvements, craze over, in Western States, see vol. i. Iverson, Alfred, works in Georgia for secession, see vol. i.; threatens Houston with assassination; wishes to keep Washington as capital of Confederacy. Jackson, Andrew, popularity of, in Illinois, see vol. i.; attitude of Lincoln toward. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, "Stonewall", commands at Harper's Ferry, see vol. i.; in Shenandoah valley, see vol. ii.; his raid down valley in 1862; escapes pursuing forces; joins Johnston and attacks McClellan; compels McClellan to retreat to James River; defeats Banks; reinforced; marches around Pope; on too good condition of Federal armies; breaks Federal right at Chancellorsville; accidentally shot by his own soldiers. Johnson, Andrew, in Congress with Lincoln, see vol. i.; in Senate in 1861; instructed by Lincoln to reorganize government in Tennessee, see vol. ii.; stern opinion of treason; repudiates Sherman's terms with Johnston; his nomination for vice-presidency aided by Lincoln; protested against, by Tennesseeans; his accession to presidency welcomed by radicals; refuses to commute Mrs.
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