Kershaw, Joseph B., attack on Horseshoe at Chickamauga, 2 : 155, 156. Knox, Thomas W., with V. at Cairo, 1: 263 ; at Memphis, 283. Koehler, Richard, agent of German bond holders, 2 : 273 ; conflict with Ben Hoik- day. 275. Koerner, Gustav, career, 1:32; aid to V., 42, 44. Lamon, Ward Hill, biographer of Lin coln, 1:97, 150; accompanies him to Washington, 150. Lane, Gardiner M., 2: 329. Lebanon County [Pa.] Courier, V. writes for, 1 : 85. Lee, Robert E., defeats Pope, 1 : 336, and Burnside, 391 ; surrender, 2 : 268. Lewis, Diocletian, 2 : 52. Lincoln, Abraham, his biographers, 1 : 97, 141, 156; Senatorial contest and debate with S. A. Douglas, 91-96; at Freeport, 93 ; first meeting with V., 93; his oratory, 93 ; his broad humor, 94, 143, 144, 149 ; his ambition, 96; freight-car interview with V. , 96 ; defeated by Douglas, 97 ; meets V. on the prairie near St. Joseph, 134; nomi nation at Chicago, 137; election, 138; friendly reception of V. at Springfield, 141 ; receptions and trials, 142-148; his wife s weakness, 148, 157; reticent about his policy, 145; prey of office-seekers, 146, 156; journey eastward and to Washington, 148-152; farewell to Springfield, 149; dis appoints the crowds, 1 52 ; prepares his in augural, 156-158; for holding Forts Sumter and Pickens, 159; call for volun teers, 161 ; anxiety at isolation of capital, 170; his wife s visits to camps about Wash ington, 175; interest in East Tennessee loyalists, 214; prods Gen. Buell, 215; welcomes Parson Brownlow, 234; expos tulates with Halleck, 267; relieves Buell and reinstates him, 308 ; talk with V. about Buell, 340; prods McClellan, 341; dis suades Burnside, 342, 347; receives V. s report of Fredericksburg defeat, 390, 391 ; directs naval operations against Charleston, 2:5; overrules Gen. Hunter s Emancipa tion Proclamation, 7, 8 ; his own circulated by colored troops in Sea Islands, 19 ; cen sure of Rosecrans, 71 ; puts aside his sug gestion of amnesty, 210; partiality for Gen. Palmer, 247; assassination, 268. Longstreet, James, at Fredericksburg, 1; 25
- at Chickamauga, 58
- 127; forms his
line, 136; attacks Federals while shifting their line, 139 ; praises Kershaw, 155 ; his own laurels, 171; holds left at siege of Chattanooga, 182 ; opposes the siege and calls for Bragg s removal, 194, 196; attacks Hooker s advance at Wauhatchie, 223-226; sent against Burnside in East Tennessee, 238, 239, 246. Lookout Mountain, battle of, 2 : 255-263. Louisville, Ky., at opening of war, 1 : 203. Lytle, William H., in Perryville fight, 1: 316, 321 ; made prisoner, 320, 322. McClellan, George B., recommends Gen. Buell, 1 : 213 ; urges him forward, 214, 216 ; prodded by Lincoln, 341 ; removed from Army of Potomac, 335, 336; opposed to Emancipation Proclamation, 337. McClernand, John A., at Shiloh, 1: 257- 259 ; cordiality to V., 272. McCook, Alexander McD., division com mander under Buell, 1 : 219 ; accompanied by V. in advance against Johnston, 236 ; reaches front at Shiloh, 246; engaged, 247-249 ; at siege of Corinth, 274 ; claimed first entrance, 276; at luka, 288 ; march of his division to Louisville, 290-305 ; com mands corps in Perryville campaign, 310; in fight, 315-323; new command, leads march to Nashville, 2: 60; life at head quarters, 65; in advance on Chattanooga, 91 ; encounters enemy in Chickamauga engagement, 96; roundabout joining with Thomas, 98, 105, 107; failure to hold Wood in line, 138, 139; follows Gen. Rose crans to Chattanooga, 148, 165 ; returns to field, 1 68 ; commands right at Chattanooga, 168, 181; under public censure, 186, 187; relieved from duty, 187-189 ; court of in quiry s decision, 190. McCook, Anson G., Union general, 1 : 287. McCook, Daniel, brother of A. McD. Me- cook, 1 : 314 ; lawyer before the war, 328 ; at Perryville, 321, 322, 329; at Chicka mauga, 2: no, 113, 151; killed in Atlanta campaign, 1 : 329. McCook, David, 1 : 320. McCook, Edward M., brother of A. G. McCook, 1:287; scouting, 298-301, 329; in pursuit of Bragg, 329, 330; with Rose- crans s adrance on Chattanooga, 9 : 87 ; checks Wheeler s raid, 204, 205. McCcok, John J., brother of A. McD. Mc Cook, 1; 322; 2; 1 68,
