Bancroft. George, 261.

Banks offer money for the war, 129.
Bates, Edward, 109.

Battell, Robbins, 79.

Battle Flags in Connecticut State
Capitol, 509.

Battles, described or specially men-

tioned.

Antietam, 308.

Bentonville, 377.

Bull Run, 172, 177.
Chattanooga, 312-318.

Chickahominy, 232.

Five Forks, 384-386.

Georgia campaign, 342-359.
Gettysburg, 208, 270, 308.
Glendale, 239.

Grant's flank movements, 333-336.
Malvern Hill, 241.
Mechanicsvi le, 230.
Mobile Bay, 370–374.
Vicksburg, 268, 270.
Wilderness 331-336.

Bissell, George P., 252.

Blair, Montgomery, 109.

Booth, Wickes, 403-405.

Border States, 123.

Bounties for enlistment, 251.

Boyd, John, 132.

Brandegee, Augustus, 157.

Breckinridge John C., 60.

Brewster, James, 137.
Buchanan, Robert.

His administration and its failure,
40.

His character, 41, 42, 107.

Message to congress in the autumn
of 1859, 44.

Justifies demolition of the Union,
64.

His cabinet divided. 65.

His opinion of Lincoln's inaugural,

109.

Buckingham.

The family in this country, 1-3.
Joanna (Matson), 10-12.
Samuel. 3, 7, 8.

Rev. Thomas, colonist, minister
and one of the founders of
Yale College, 1. 2.

Buckingham Day," 507, 520.
Buckingham Rifles, 134.

Buckingham statue, 507.

Buckingham, William A.

Birth, 3.

Home and training, 4-16.

Early occupations and business
life, 15,16.

Elections as governor, 32, 37, 50,

128, 209, 360, 430.

Messages, 34, 38, 52, 154, 179, 211, 361.
Friendship with Abraham Lincoln,

49.

Gubernatorial canvass of 1860, 48,

53.

Instructions to members of Peace
Convention, 79.

First call for volunteers, 128.
Pledges his private fortune to
equip soldiers, 130.

His early estimate of the great-
ness of the war, 131.

Buys arms and equipments on his
own responsibility, 141.
Assures President Lincoln that the
North will support him, 144.

His letter offering the president
$2.000,000 and 10,000 men, 158.
Offers more troops, 159.
Letters to Simon Cameron, May 18

and July 26, 1861, 163, 164.
Letter to General Daniel Tyler, 165.
Appeal to the president to increase

the army, 166.

His promise that no state shall
furnish more or better troops
than Connecticut, 164, 431.
Proclamation calling for loyal sup-
port of the government, 184.
Conferences with the president,
188.

Assures the people of their ability
to meet all demands, 212.
Order issued after Peninsular cam-
paign. 249.

Letter to the president on slavery,

263.

Call for volunteers to suppress
possible draft riots, 280.
Reply to criticism of action in
preparation for draft riots, 281.
Appointment of officers from civil
life, 291.

His care for soldiers, 293, 296, 301,
302, 303, 305.

Reception of returning volunteers,
305,306.

Fac-simile of letter announcing

the fall of Richmond, 419.
Urges ratification of the Thir-
teenth Amendment, 435.
Interview with the builder of the
Alabama, 445-448.

Elected United States senator, 452.
Family life, 452, 453.

Life as senator, 454-461.

His committees, 458-460.
His death at Norwich, 461.
Tributes from the press 462-472.
His funeral at Norwich, 472-475.
Utterances of public men as to his
life and service, 475-493.
Personal traits. 494.
Qualifications for his work. 503.
Moderator of First Congregational
Council, 496, 502.

Bull Run, 172, 177, 183.

Burnham. George S., 133, 134.
Butler, B. F., 181, 265.

CAMERON, SIMON, 109.

Camps of instruction, 136, 290.
Catlin, Julius, 141.
Chase Salmon P., 109.

Chattanooga, capture of, 312-318.
Chickahominy, 226.

Christian Commission, 297, 298.
Civil and mili ary power, 34

Clark, David, 137.

Cleveland, Ch-uncey F., 79, 135.
Colt, Samuel, 134, 162.

Coufederate finances, 271.
Confederate troops.

Demoralized, 357.

Distress at time of surrender, 387.
Congregational council at Boston, 496.
Congress.

Extra session July 4, 1861, 123, 173.
Authorized call for 500,000 addi-
tional troops, 166.

Connecticut.

People of, 522-528.

Its first regiment, 161, 290 291.

Its credit lent to the general gov
ernment, 171, 289.

Its contribution in troops and
money to the war, 431.
Suffered no draft, 255.

Connecticut Legislature.

Indorses the governor's action as
to volunteers, 143.

Session of 1861, 154.
Crittenden compromises, 184.
Resolutions after the Peninsular
campaign, 210.

Not a single disloyal member, 274.
Action as to soldiers' votes, 362.
Connecticut Volunteers.

Those first sent, 182, 183, 194, 195,
197.

Regiments at Bull Run, 192.
Commissioned officers from these
three regiments, 185.
Three-months' and three-years'
men, 162.

Their patriotic impulse, 186.
Training camps, 187.

Officers from civil life, 291.

Men who became generals, 292.

FARRAGUT, Admiral, 371, 374.
Ferry, Orris S., 134, 480.
Field, David Dudley, 86.

Financial strength of the North, 211.
First Connecticut Cavalry, 198, 200.
First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, 193,
195, 197, 201, 300.

First Connecticut Light Battery, 197.
Fort Fisher, 193. 370, 378.
Fort Pickens, 203.

Franklin, William B., 244.

Fremont, John C.. 364.

Fugitive Slave law, 23.

GETTYSBURG Cemetery,dedication, 323.

Plot to assassinate him in 1861, 93.
Speeches in 1861, 5-97.
Farewell address to his townsmen,
101.

His first message, 105, 106.
Cabinet of 1861, 109.

His views when he became presi-
dent, 112.

Rising to the greatness of the oc-
casion. 161.

Correspondence with McClellan,
220, 234.

Plan for freeing the slaves by pur-
chase. 256.

Emancipation proclamation, 264,
267.

Cost of slaves and cost of war
compared. 258, 259.

Interview with Governor Buck-
ingham, 262.

Expression as to slavery in his
secon inaugural message, 266.
His Christian spirit, 321.

Loss of his son. 323.

Address at Gettys urg, 324.
Conversation with Sherman on
the conduct of the war, 342.
General Sherman's opinion of him,

Its history before the war, 17–30.
Early understanding that it should
cease at last, 18.

Virginia and the Northwest Terri-
tory, 19.

Extension of the system, 19-28.
How its supporters made war
necessary, 28, 29.

Governor Buckingham's declara-

tion in his first message. 35, 38.
The contest from 1854 to 1860, 39.
Helver's Impending Crisis, 45.
The Lecompton constitution, 56.
Buchanan's cabinet divided by
slavery, 65.

Conciliatory attitude of the North,
73.

Slaves freed under the common
law, 85.

Lincoln's plan for freedom through
purchase. 256–260.

Emancipation proclamation, 264.
Cost of slaves and cost of war,
258, 259.

George Bancroft on slavery. 261.
Governor Buckingham's letter to
President Lincoln. 262.

B. F. Butler's abhorrence of
slavery, 265.

Lincoln in his message in 1865,