[1145] Lee, Gen, Robert E., captures John Brown, 133-134; takes command of Confederate army, 220; issues first general order, 236; relies on yellow fever to kill Northern troops, 397; correspondence with Lovell, abandoning Louisiana, 477; action in Mumford matter, 542; puts colored prisoners in trenches under fire, 548; movement into Maryland, 583; how Grant proposed to fight, 593; destitute condition of a corps under, 611; a feint to deceive, 621: sends Early to attack Washington, 628; hopes of, 631; caught napping, 691; arrives at Petersburg, 691; attempts to recover Fort Harrison, 737; Grant's fears in regard to, 827; at variance with Longstreet, 879; depletion in army of, 879; acknowledges mistakes at Gettysburg, 879; tribute to Mahone at state dinner, 881-887; Davenport's report of army, 900; crippled by want of reinforcements, 901, 902; reference to, 628, 629, 630; 645, 646, 647, 686, 688, 703, 705, 735, 831, 858. Lee, Fitzhugh, attempts the capture of Fort Pocahontas, 669-670. Lefferts, Colonel of Seventh New York, 182; articles o{ war violated by, 188; further violation, 198-200. Lincoln, Abraham, hostility to in Washington before inauguration, 160, 217; meets Sixth Massachusetts, 180; appoints Butler senior major-general, 235; interview with, 241, 242; Butler's knowledge of, 264; receives news of fall of Fort Hatteras, 288; interview with on recruiting, 296-298; anecdote of, 304; puts Butler in charge of Department of New England, 309; wishes Mississippi opened, 324; interview with regarding operations around Washington, 333-334; invites Butler to confer with him, 387, 389; letter to Halleck, 459: slighting references to by McClellan, 571, 574, 576; another interview with Butler regarding enrolling colored troops, 577-579; unwilling to punish desertion with death, 579-580; minor references to, 141, 500; interview with upon return from New Orleans, 533; persuades Seward and Chase to withdraw resignations, 537; offers Butler Grant's command on the Mississippi, 549, 551; asks Butler to enroll slaves, 568,570; the unwise clemency of, 620; gives Smith command of Eighteenth Corps, 695; relieves Butler of his command, 751, 827; requests Butler to check the gold conspiracy, 763; desires Butler to succeed Stanton, 7<*>9; the powder-boat experiment suggested to, 775; approved, 807; telegram requesting Butler's removal, 829; Butler's request to, 830; his answer, 830; government,. 841; Grant's official statement to, 852; desires a report of Grant at Nashville, 873; references to, 631, 632, 699, 712, 713, 714, 716, 729, 754, 832, 833, 8:7, 914, 1007; recommends that one of the Twiggs swords be given to Butler, 878-879; Halleck's position with, 879. Lincoln, Abraham, appoints Strong Major-General, 891; appoints Kinsman Lieutenant-Colonel, 893; Shaffer a personal friend of, 894; appoints Governor of Louisiana, 896; Butler retains confidence of, 902; proposition to Confederate commissioners, 902; on the negro question, 903; canal across Isthmus of Darien suggested, 904-907; at City Point, 908; assassinated, 908; Davis believed to be complicated in death of, 915. Lincoln, Mass., Constable Heywood shot at, 1026. Locke, Judge, Joseph, tribute to, 72. Longstreet, at variance with Lee, 879; sent to command western army, 880. Lord, of Salem, anecdote of, 997. Louisiana, powder-boat, at Fort Fisher, 787-788; exploded, 790; facts regarding, 799-807; Shepley Governor of, 896. Lovell, General, evacuates New Orleans, 370, 382; instructed to burn cotton there, 385-386; reference to, 387; supplies sent to troops, 391; letter to Governor Moore regarding yellow fever, 397; receives defence fund, 432; letter from Beauregard, 457; correspondence with Lee, 477. Lowell, Mass., Butler's mother removes to, 51-52; growth of, 51, 53; its mills, how founded and managed, 86, 91; ten hour contest in, 91, 92, 98, 109; City Guard, Butler assists in organizing, 123; reception in, 294; establishes recruiting camp at, 306; opposition to schools in, overcome, 540; return to from New Orleans, 551; Butler ordered to, 828, 892; Butler's home,919; the Carey murder trial at, 1026-1028; the Malden arson trial, 1029-1030; anecdote of a mill girl at, 1032-1033. Lowell district, Hon. George S. Boutwell member of, 919; Butler elected to Congress from, 925-926; Hon. E. R. Hoar defeated in, 926. lower Brandon, expedition to, 618. Ludlow, Lieut.-Col. W. H., 542-543. Lynn, Richard H. Dana, Jr.‘s, speech in, 921-922. Butler's reply, 922. Lyons & Co. conspire to raise the price of gold, 763-768. Lyons, H. J., Butler interviews, 764-768. Lyons, Lord, British Minister, asks Seward to release English pilots, 849.
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[1145] Lee, Gen, Robert E., captures John Brown, 133-134; takes command of Confederate army, 220; issues first general order, 236; relies on yellow fever to kill Northern troops, 397; correspondence with Lovell, abandoning Louisiana, 477; action in Mumford matter, 542; puts colored prisoners in trenches under fire, 548; movement into Maryland, 583; how Grant proposed to fight, 593; destitute condition of a corps under, 611; a feint to deceive, 621: sends Early to attack Washington, 628; hopes of, 631; caught napping, 691; arrives at Petersburg, 691; attempts to recover Fort Harrison, 737; Grant's fears in regard to, 827; at variance with Longstreet, 879; depletion in army of, 879; acknowledges mistakes at Gettysburg, 879; tribute to Mahone at state dinner, 881-887; Davenport's report of army, 900; crippled by want of reinforcements, 901, 902; reference to, 628, 629, 630; 645, 646, 647, 686, 688, 703, 705, 735, 831, 858. Lee, Fitzhugh, attempts the capture of Fort Pocahontas, 669-670. Lefferts, Colonel of Seventh New York, 182; articles o{ war violated by, 188; further violation, 198-200. Lincoln, Abraham, hostility to in Washington before inauguration, 160, 217; meets Sixth Massachusetts, 180; appoints Butler senior major-general, 235; interview with, 241, 242; Butler's knowledge of, 264; receives news of fall of Fort Hatteras, 288; interview with on recruiting, 296-298; anecdote of, 304; puts Butler in charge of Department of New England, 309; wishes Mississippi opened, 324; interview with regarding operations around Washington, 333-334; invites Butler to confer with him, 387, 389; letter to Halleck, 459: slighting references to by McClellan, 571, 574, 576; another interview with Butler regarding enrolling colored troops, 577-579; unwilling to punish desertion with death, 579-580; minor references to, 141, 500; interview with upon return from New Orleans, 533; persuades Seward and Chase to withdraw resignations, 537; offers Butler Grant's command on the Mississippi, 549, 551; asks Butler to enroll slaves, 568,570; the unwise clemency of, 620; gives Smith command of Eighteenth Corps, 695; relieves Butler of his command, 751, 827; requests Butler to check the gold conspiracy, 763; desires Butler to succeed Stanton, 7<*>9; the powder-boat experiment suggested to, 775; approved, 807; telegram requesting Butler's removal, 829; Butler's request to, 830; his answer, 830; government,. 841; Grant's official statement to, 852; desires a report of Grant at Nashville, 873; references to, 631, 632, 699, 712, 713, 714, 716, 729, 754, 832, 833, 8:7, 914, 1007; recommends that one of the Twiggs swords be given to Butler, 878-879; Halleck's position with, 879. Lincoln, Abraham, appoints Strong Major-General, 891; appoints Kinsman Lieutenant-Colonel, 893; Shaffer a personal friend of, 894; appoints Governor of Louisiana, 896; Butler retains confidence of, 902; proposition to Confederate commissioners, 902; on the negro question, 903; canal across Isthmus of Darien suggested, 904-907; at City Point, 908; assassinated, 908; Davis believed to be complicated in death of, 915. Lincoln, Mass., Constable Heywood shot at, 1026. Locke, Judge, Joseph, tribute to, 72. Longstreet, at variance with Lee, 879; sent to command western army, 880. Lord, of Salem, anecdote of, 997. Louisiana, powder-boat, at Fort Fisher, 787-788; exploded, 790; facts regarding, 799-807; Shepley Governor of, 896. Lovell, General, evacuates New Orleans, 370, 382; instructed to burn cotton there, 385-386; reference to, 387; supplies sent to troops, 391; letter to Governor Moore regarding yellow fever, 397; receives defence fund, 432; letter from Beauregard, 457; correspondence with Lee, 477. Lowell, Mass., Butler's mother removes to, 51-52; growth of, 51, 53; its mills, how founded and managed, 86, 91; ten hour contest in, 91, 92, 98, 109; City Guard, Butler assists in organizing, 123; reception in, 294; establishes recruiting camp at, 306; opposition to schools in, overcome, 540; return to from New Orleans, 551; Butler ordered to, 828, 892; Butler's home,919; the Carey murder trial at, 1026-1028; the Malden arson trial, 1029-1030; anecdote of a mill girl at, 1032-1033. Lowell district, Hon. George S. Boutwell member of, 919; Butler elected to Congress from, 925-926; Hon. E. R. Hoar defeated in, 926. lower Brandon, expedition to, 618. Ludlow, Lieut.-Col. W. H., 542-543. Lynn, Richard H. Dana, Jr.‘s, speech in, 921-922. Butler's reply, 922. Lyons & Co. conspire to raise the price of gold, 763-768. Lyons, H. J., Butler interviews, 764-768. Lyons, Lord, British Minister, asks Seward to release English pilots, 849.
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