Lincoln and Leadership: Military, Political, and Religious Decision Making

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Index abolitionists: and emancipation, 11; southerners ’ views of, 53, 54 African American soldiers: and abolition of slavery, 14, 68, 84; atrocities against, 14, 55–58; and emancipation, 8; and enfranchisement, 19, 51; Lincoln and, 14, 40, 51, 57; recruitment of, 14, 52; remembrance of, 58; white southerners’ fear of, 51, 54–55 Andrew, John, 72 Antietam, battle of, 49, 80 Arnold, Isaac Newton, 100 Atlanta, taking of, 23, 67, 74, 102 Baker, Edward Dickinson, 98 Banks, Nathaniel P., 47–48 Basler, Roy P., 62 Bates, Edward, 61 Bennett, James Gordon, 73 Bercovitch, Sacvan, 87 Blair, Montgomery, 60, 65, 66 Blight, David, 84 blind memorandum (Lincoln), 60–67, 70, 74, 77; text of, 60 border states: and emancipation, 4, 9 Borrett, George, 99 Boutwell, George, 100–1 Bross, William, 70 Brown, John: responses to, 54 Buell, Don Carlos, 27 Butler, Benjamin, 47, 69, 72 cabinet, President Lincoln’s, 15, 19–20, 60–66, 72, 97 Cameron, Simon, 16, 19, 20 Carpenter, Francis Bicknell, 13 Carwardine, Richard, 78 Chase, Salmon P., 13, 20, 65–66, 72, 96–97 Clay, Henry, 22, 35 Cold Harbor, battle of, 89 colonization, African: and emancipation, 9 Cooper Union speech (Lincoln), 3, 32 Current, Richard N., 62 Custer, George Armstrong, 49–50 Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, 39, 58 Davis, David, 100 Davis, Jefferson, 54, 67, 97 Democrats, 14, 16, 22–25, 71, 73; (pro-) Peace, 74; (pro-) War, 54, 66, 68 Donald, David, 1, 38 Douglass, Frederick, 67, 68–69, 78, 84–85 Early, Jubal, 47 Eaton, John, 68–69 Edwards, Jonathan, 79, 86–87 election of 1860 (presidential), 54, 96 election of 1864 (presidential), 23–25, 61–74, 77 emancipation: abolitionists and, 11; African Americans’ role in, 14, 68, 84; and colonization, 9; effects of, 11–13, 31, 54–55, 73; Lincoln and, 8–11, 54, 68; U.S. Congress and, 7–8 Emancipation Proclamation, 9–11, 12, 13, 51, 54 Fessenden, William Pitt, 72 First Inaugural Address (Lincoln), 6, 79–80 Foote, Andrew Hull, 28 Fort Pillow Massacre, 14, 56, 57–58 Fort Sumter, 45–46 Fremont, John C., 4, 8, 65, 66 Gettysburg, battle of, 31 Gettysburg Address (Lincoln), 1, 6, 36, 80–81 God: anger of, 79, 85–88, 92; Puritan concept of, 86, 87; will of, 8, 34, 88–89. See also Providence, doctrine of 134 Index Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 65 Gordon, Nathaniel, 9 Grant, Ulysses S.: and election of 1864, 31, 72; Lincoln’s confidence in, 30, 31–32, 44, 50; Lincoln’s relations with, 30–31, 47, 48, 50 Greeley, Horace, 2, 68 Guelzo, Allen, 37, 78, 92 habeas corpus: suspension of, 16, 23, 41 Halleck, Henry W., 31, 48, 50 Hamlin, Hannibal, 66 Hay, John, 60–61, 98–99, 101, 102 Herndon, William H., 64, 98, 99, 102 Hooker, Joseph, 30 Hunter, David, 8 Jefferson, Thomas: and slavery, 51, 53 Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War (U.S. Congress), 16, 63 Johnson, Andrew, 19, 22, 89 Lincoln, Abraham: and African American soldiers, 14, 40, 51, 57–58, 68; and America’s place in the world, 4, 41, 58, 87, 92; cabinet of, 15, 19–20, 60–66, 72, 97; and civil liberties, 16, 41–42; Civil War priorities of, 2, 5–8, 41, 54, 79–80; as commander in chief, 15–16, 25–32, 40–50, 58, 97; death of, 93; depression or despondency of, 2, 61–62, 67, 69, 101; and emancipation, 8–11, 54, 68, 99; images of, 1, 3, 24, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39–40, 44–45, 58, 93, 102; inaugurations of, 5, 81, 83; leadership abilities of, 7, 21, 25, 32, 97–101; leadership deficiencies of, 19–21, 46, 63, 101–2; peace and postwar policies of, 18–20, 27, 67, 72, 84–85; political skills of, 21–23, 63–64, 77, 96–102; and public opinion, 32, 34, 45, 100–1; and Reconstruction, 18–19; reelection efforts of, 23, 24, 67–71, 75, 76; religious beliefs of, 2, 34–35, 79, 80, 86–90, 92; as Republican, 15, 22–23, 72; as tyrant, 16, 17, 23; and U.S. Congress, 15–16; as wartime president, 16, 39, 43–50, 57–59, 63 Lincoln, Abraham, speeches and writings: blind memorandum, 60–67, 70, 74, 77; Cooper Union speech, 3, 32; eulogy for Henry Clay, 22; First Inaugural Address , 6, 79–80; Gettysburg Address, 1, 6, 36, 80–81; meditation on divine will, 34, 88; Second Inaugural Address, 1, 34–35, 78–79, 81–82, 84–95; sources of, 35; style...