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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Governor to the Commissioners from Alabama, 395; 

 convention of the Union party, 395 ; Legislature con- 

 venes, 395; Governor's Message, 395 ; action of the 

 Legislature on peace measures, 895 . on the free naviga- 

 tion of the Mississippi, 896; answer of the Governor to 

 the Federal call for troops, 396 ; address of the State 

 Union committee, 396; election of delegates to the Bor- 

 der State Convention, 396 ; neutrality resolutions of the 

 House, 397; Border State Convention, 397; vote for 

 members of Congress, 397 ; enforcement of the river 

 blockade, 897; difficulty relative to the Louisville and 

 Nashville Kailroad, 398 ; result, 398 ; correspondence of 

 the Governor with President Lincoln, 393: do. with 

 President Davis, 399 ; Message of the Governor to the 

 Legislature, 399 ; invasion of the State by Confederate 

 troops, 399; correspondence with Gen. Harris, 400; 

 despatch of Gen. Polk, 400; end of the neutrality, 400: 

 action of the Legislature, 400 ; proclamation of the Gov- 

 ernor, 400 ; satisfaction with the action of the Legislature, 

 401 veto of the Governor, 401 ; loan bill in the Legis- 

 lature, 401 ; Anderson takes command of troops, 401 ; 

 resolutions requesting the Senators in Congress to re- 

 sign passed, 401 ; address to the people, 402 ; action at 

 the next session of the Legislature, 402 ; influence of 

 the course of Kentucky, 403 ; Sovereignty Convention 

 assembles, 403 ; provisional government organized, 403 ; 

 commissioners to Richmond, 403 ; first appearance of a 

 military force in the State, 403 ; Zollicoffer advances, 

 404; military movements, 404; Zollicoffer's proclama- 

 tion, 404; force in Eastern Kentucky, 405; Nelson's 

 movements, 405; his proclamation, 405; address to 

 his soldiers, 405; further military movements, 405; 

 Anderson's proclamation, 406; Gen. Buckner's procla- 

 mation, 406; Anderson's second proclamation, 406; Sher- 

 , man takes command, 406; accumulation of troops, 406; 

 Kentucky soldiers in the field, 407 ; battles and skir- 

 mishes in Kentucky, 407. 



Instructions of Legislature to Commissioners to 

 Peace Congress, 565. 

 Admitted as a member of the Confederacy, 165. 



KEYES, Col. E. D., at Bull Run, 81 ; biographical notice of, 

 723. 



KING, PRESTON, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; 

 does not despair of the Republic, 16:?; on the naval ap- 

 propriation bill, 1S3; on the acts of President Lincoln, 

 228. 



LACORDAIRE, JEAN, birth, 407 ; education, 407 ; pursuits, 

 407 ; his religious devotion, 407 ; editorship, 407 ; a 

 preacher, 408; writings, 403. 



Lafayette, Fort, used as a prison, 360. 



LANDER, FREDERICK "W., biographical notice of, 726. 



LANE, HEXRY S., member of the Senate, 225; on the acts of 

 President Lincoln, 22S-232. 



LANE, JAMES II., member of the Senate, 225; on the conduct 

 of the war,' 238. 



LANE, JOSEPH, Senator in Thirty -sixth Congress, 167; cause 

 of trouble to the country, 167 ; on the cause of the de- 

 struction of the Government, 185. 



LATHAM, MILTON S., member of the Senate, 225 : on the acts 

 of President Lincoln, 227-232; on the expulsion of 

 certain Senators, 235. 



Lebanon, Mo., its situation, 408 ; skirmish at, 408 : details, 

 408. 



Leesburg, Va., its situation, 408 ; evacuation, 403. 



Letters of Marque, letter of Secretary "Welles, 592. 



Lexington, Mo., its situation, 408 ; seige of, 408 ; details, 

 409 ; surrender, 409 ; losses, 409 ; despatch of Fremont 

 relative to, 410 ; evacuated by the Confederates, 410. 



Lighthouses in seceded States, their seizure, 320 ; name, po- 

 sition, &c., 320-323. 



LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, elected President,. 410 ; vote, 410 ; 

 leaves Springfield for "Washington, 410; speech to the 

 citizens, 410 ; speech at Toledo, 410 ; reception at In- 

 dianopolis, 410 ; speech, 411 ; do. at Cincinnati, 411 ; 

 do. at Columbus, 412; do. at Steubenville, 412; do. at 

 Pittsburg, 412 ; do. at Cleveland, 413 ; do. at Buffalo, 

 413: do. at Albany, 414; do at Poughkeepsie, 415; 

 speech of Mayor "Wood, of New York, 415; reply of 

 President Lincoln, 415; speech at Trenton, 416; speech 

 of Mayor of Philadelphia, 417 ; reply of President Lin- 

 coln, 417; speech in Independence Hall, 417; do. at the 

 flag-raising, 418 ; do. at Harrisburg, 418 ; arrival in 

 "Washington, 419 ; rumors relative to his passage through 

 Baltimore, 419 ; letter of the City Marshal, 419 ; recep- 

 tion in "Washington, 419; address to the Mayor, 419; 

 do. to the crowd, 420. 



Inaugural, its views, 710 ; first proclamation, 715; let- 

 ter to Gov. Hicks, 716 ; interview with the Commission- 

 ers from Baltimore, 717 ; second proclamation, 717 ; third 

 proclamation, 718; order relative to Gen. Scott, 720. 

 His views on the arrests in Maryland, 448. 

 His letter to the Governor of Kentucky, 398. 

 Bill in the Senate to confirm the acts of, 227. 

 His proclamation declaring Southern privateers to be 

 pirates, 585. 



Modifies Gen. Fremont's proclamation, Sept. 11, 1S61, 

 644. 



Literature and Literary Progress I., in the United 

 States, 420 ; scientific works, 420 ; theological, 421 ; po- 

 litical science, 421 ; history, 421 ; biography, 421 ; travels, 

 421 ; science and art, 421 ; agriculture, &c., 422; belles- 

 lettres, 422 ; periodicals, 422 ; II., in Great Britain, 

 423 ; France, 426 ; Germany, 427. 



Little Bethel, its situation, 343. 



Loans of States and cities for the war, 307-309. 



LOMAN, EASTMAN, Choctaw delegate to the Confederate 

 Congress, 373. 



Louisiana, its boundaries, 427; government, 427; extra 

 session of the Legislature called, 427 ; proclamation of 

 Governor, 427 ; opposition to calling a convention, 427 ; 

 action of the Legislature, 423; proceedings in New Or- 

 leans, 428 ; vote for delegates to the State Convention, 

 428 ; seizure of the revenue cutter Lewis Cass, 428 ; 

 Convention assembles, 428 , ordinance of secession 

 passed, 423; the ordinance, 428; aspect of New Or- 

 leans, 429 occupation of the mint and custom-house, 

 429; the funds on hand, 429; agent of the Treasury 

 Department sent to rescue the revenue cutters, 429 ; 

 action relative thereto, 429; ordinances passed by the 

 Convention, 430; pastoral letter of Bishop Polk, 430; 

 reception of General Twiggs, 430; vote on the Confed- 

 erate Constitution, 431 ; vote at the presidential elec- 

 tion in 1860, 481 ; proposed amendment of the ratifica- 

 tion, 431 ; excitement in contributing men and money 

 for the war, 431 ; call of the Governor for troops, 482 ; 

 men under arms on June 1st, 432; approaches to New 

 Orleans, 432: different routes, 432; suspension of the 

 banks, 432; city of New Orleans bankrupt, 432 ; cotton 

 at New Orleans, 433 ; State taxes, 433 ; appropriations, 

 433 ; expenditures for military purposes, 433 ; debts to 

 the banks, 433; stay law proposed by the Governor, 

 433 ; troops in the fie/d at the close of the year, 434 ; 

 report of Adjutant-General Grivot, 484; attack at the 

 Passes of the Mississippi upon the Federal fleet, 434. 



Message of the Governor on extortions, 145; her Sen- 

 ators withdraw from Congress, 200 ; speeches, 200. 



LOVEJOT, OWEN, member of Congress, 225 ; on the conduct 

 of the war. 240. 



