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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



upon Great Bethel, 845; the conflict, 345; loss, 345; 

 causes of failure, 345. 



Great Britain, state of the country at the beginning of the 

 year abroad and at home, 346 ; improvement, 346 ; duty 

 on paper repealed, 346; cotton supply association, 347; 

 proclamation of neutrality, 347; position of the govern- 

 ment, 347 ; effect of the capture of Mason and Slidell, 

 847; steamer Nashville, 347; policy of the Government 

 towards the United States, 848 ; area and population, 

 848; finances, 349; English army, 849; Indian army, 

 849; navy, 349; iron-clad ships, 349; railways of Great 

 Britain, 850 ; factory statistics, 350 ; newspaper statistics, 

 850 ; importation of cotton in 1861, 850. 



Great Eastern, steamer, size, 350; bound on a voyage to 

 the United States, 850 ; disabled, 351 ; manner in which 

 she was relieved, 351, 352. 



GBEBLE, JOHN T., birth, 353; education, 353 ; services in the 

 army, 353; killed at Great Bethel, 353. 



GBEEN, JAMES S., Senator in Thirty -sixth Congress, 166; 

 only one point of difference, 168; on the naval appro- 

 priation bill, 183; against the Peace Conference propo- 

 sitions, 222 ; on the bill to discontinue postal service in 

 seceded States, 218. 



fh-eenbrier River, Fa., its location, 853 ; skirmish at, 853 ; 

 details, 853. 



GKIMES, JAMES W., Senator in Thirty-sixth .Congress, 166 ; 

 on the naval appropriation bill, 182. 



rEOW, GALUBHA A., member of Congress, 166; on the pro- 

 viso to prohibit slavery in the territories, 208 ; elected 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives in Congress, 

 226. 



RiE, JAMES, resolutions offered by, at Peace Congress, 

 566 ; moves the adoption of first section of Committee's 

 Report, 566 ; his preamble to report, 568. 

 yandotte, Fa., its situation, 353; skirmish at, 353; de- 

 tails, 353. 



habeas Corpus, nature of the writ, 354 ; arrest of Merryman, 

 354; application for a writ of Habeas Corpus to Chief 

 Justice Taney, 354; the writ as issued, 854; answer re- 

 turned, 355 ; interrogatories, 355 ; writ of attachment as 

 issued, 355; return to, 855 ; remarks of the Chief Justice, 

 856 ; case of Emmett McDonald, 356 ; writ of Habeas 

 Corpus issued in St. Louis, 356; question of jurisdiction 

 raised, 856 ; result of the case, 356 ; communication from 

 one of the judges of the United States Court at Washing- 

 ton, 356 ; remarks of the Court, 857 ; notice to Gen. Por- 

 ter to show cause why a writ of attachment should not 

 issue, 357; reply, 857; decision of the Court, 357; action 

 of Judge Garrison, 358; opinion of the Attorney-General 

 on the power of the President to suspend the writ, 358; 

 treason, 358 ; letter of Secretary Seward, 358 ; letter to 

 the American minister at London, 858 ; opinion of the 

 Judge of the District Court of New York on treason, 359 ; 

 overt act of, defined by Justice Nelson, 359 ; arrest of 

 Boss "Winans, 360; arrest of C. J. Faulkner, 860: arrest 

 of the Mayor of Washington, 360; arrest of members of 

 the Maryland Legislature, 360 ; Fort Fafayette, 360 ; list 

 of the prisoners, 361 ; Pierce Butler commences a prose- 

 ctition against the Secretary of War, 362. 

 Debate on the suppression of, in Congress, 227-284. 



BUCKLEY, CHARLES W., birth, 862 ; education, 362 ; career, 

 362 ; writings, 362. 



HALE, JOHN P., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166 ; pro- 

 poses to look the troubles right clearly in the face, 167 ; 

 this Congress can do nothing; this controversy will not 

 be settled here, 174 ; on the uprising jr Jio Northern 



people, 227 ; on the right of Senators from Western 

 Virginia to seats, 235 ; on the object of the war, 242. 



HALLECK, GEN. H. W., takes command at St. Louis, 495 ; 

 orders relative to slaves, 496 ; for a tax, 496 ; declares 

 martial law, 496 ; order prohibiting fugitive slaves from 

 coming within linei of camp, 644 ; biographical notice 

 of, 721. 



Hampton's Legion at Bull Eun, 84. 



Hampton, Va., its situation, 862 ; burned, 362. 



HABLAN, JAMES, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166 ; on 

 the real grievance inflicted on the South by the North, 

 190 ; all Southern fears are groundless, 190. 



Harper's Ferry, its situation, 362 ; U. S. Armory and arse- 

 nal, 862 ; attempt to seize, 362 ; burned, 362 ; report of 

 Lieut. Jones, 863 ; approval of his conduct by the Secre- 

 tary of War, 863 ; subsequent events, 363. 



Harrisonville, Mo., its situation, 363 ; skirmish at, 363. 



Harvey Birch, ship, captured and burned by officers of the 

 Confederate steamer Nashville, 364. 



Hatteras Expedition, its preparation, 287; its destination", 

 287 ; forts at Hatteras Inlet, 287 ; vessels of the expedi- 

 tion, 287; commanded by Commodore Stringham, 287; 

 the military forces, 288 ; their officers, 288 ; commanded 

 by Major-General Butler, 288; arrival at the point of 

 destination, 288; attack on the forts, 288; the conflict, 

 288 ; white flag raised, 288 ; correspondence of the com- 

 manders, 288; articles of capitulation, 28S; surrender 

 of the forts. 289; materials captured, 2S9; four Con? 

 federate vessels captured, 289 ; attack on Federal troops 

 at Chicamaeomico, 289. 



Hatteras Inlet, its situation, 364 ; depth of water, 364. 



Hatteras Island, its situation, 364 ; features, 364 ; Twen. 

 tieth Indiana Eegiment landed on the upper part, 364; 

 their capture attempted by a Confederate force, 364; 

 their retreat, 365; Union people accompany them, 

 365 ; relieved, 865 ; attack on the Confederate force by 

 the gunboat Monticello, 365. 



Haiti Scheriff, of 1S39, 1. 



HAWKINS, GEOEGE S., member of Congress, 166; declines to 

 serve on the Committee of Thirty-three, 204. 



HATNE, I. W., sent to Washington to demand surrender of 

 Fort Sumter, 656, 664 ; instructed to deliver his letter 

 and demand explanations from the President, 665. 



HAZARD, SAMUEL F., commands the transport fleet of the 

 expedition to North Carolina, 292. 



HEINTZELMAN, Colonel, at Bull Eun, 81 ; biographical notice 

 of, 722. 



HKMPHILL, , are the laws of the United States in force 



in the States that have seceded, 219. 



HENRY, , Mayor of Philadelphia, speech at office of 



"Palmetto Flag," April 15, 571. 



HERBERT, SIDNEY, birth, 865 ; education, 365 ; public ser- 

 vices, 365 ; as a writer, 305 ; character, 365. 



HICKS, Governor, reply to the Commissioner from Missis- 

 sippi, 442 ; address to the people of Maryland, 443 ; his 

 proclamation, 444; message to the Legislature, 445; 

 another proclamation, 448. 



HICKMAN, Jous, member of Congress, 226 ; on the conduct 

 of the war, 240, 241. 



HILL, JOSHUA, member of Congress, 166 ; his conciliatory 

 speech, 211; resigns his seat, 213. 



Hostilities, who commenced them ? 133, 136 ; captnre of 

 Sumter a political necessity, 136. 



HOUSTON, SAM., reported death, 366 ; birth, 366 ; career, 366 ; 

 public services, 366; sojourn with the Indians, 366; 

 political views, 367 ; address to the citizens of Texas on 

 the Confederacy, 692. 



HOWARD, WILLIAM A., member of Congress, 166; this stat 

 of affairs is a revolution. 215. 



HUNT, S. STERBY, opposes Emmons' theory, 671. 



