INDEX.
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A
Acton, regiment mustered in, 42. Allen, E. J., dispatches addressed to, 131. American, The, on the Baltimore riot of 1861, 65; account of the Putnam Phalanx in Baltimore, 160-167; on the reception of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment in Baltimore, 167-170. Andrew, Gov. J. A., correspondence with Mayor Brown, 54, 55. Arkansas, secession of, 33.
B
Baltimore, unjust prejudice against, 13, 19; supposed conspiracy in, 14, 15, 120; slaveholders in, 30; Sixth Massachusetts Regiment in, 42-53, 167-170; excitement on 20th April, 60, 61, 64; defense of, 63; apprehension of bloodshed in, 75; armed neutrality, 77; Gen. Butler's entrance into, 84; Gen. Dix's headquarters in, 100, 101; Mayor's message to City Council, 157-159; reception of Putnam Phalanx in, 160-166. Banks, Gen. N. P., in command, 97; arrests police commissioners of Baltimore, 98, 99; Secretary Cameron's letter to, 102; General McClellan's letter to, 102. Bartol, Judge, imprisonment of, 94. Belger, Major, comes to Baltimore, 73. Bell, Presidential vote for, 25. Black, Judge, on martial law, 93. Blackstone on the right of imprisonment, 147, 149. Bond's, Judge, errand to Lincoln, 57, 61. Boston, slave-traffic in, 20; regiment mustered in, 42. Brand, Rev. William F., efforts for emancipation, 113. Breckinridge, Presidential vote for, 25. Brown, Geo. Wm., meets the Massachusetts Sixth in Baltimore, 48, 49; Captain Dike on, 54; correspondence with Gov. Andrew, 54, 55; speech to the excited public, 56; writes to President Lincoln about passage of troops through Baltimore, 57, 61, 62; interview with President Lincoln, 71-75; General Butler's letter to, 83, 84; petitions Congress to restore peace to city, 99; arrest of, 102, 103, 108; correspondence with General Dix, 104-108; parole offered to, 110, 111; anti-slavery principles of, 113; opposed to secession, 115; on the tendencies of the age, 117, 118; message to City Council, 157-159; speech to the Putnam Phalanx, 160-163; speech to the survivors of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, 169, 170. Brown, John, reverence for in the North, 21. Brune, Frederick W., efforts for emancipation, 113. Brune, John C., message to President Lincoln, 57, 61; accompanies Mayor to Washington, 71; elected to General Assembly, 79. Bush River Bridge partially burned to prevent ingress of troops, 58, 59. Butler, Gen., and the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, 76; at the Relay House, 83; rumor of an attack on his camp, 83, 84; enters Baltimore, 84; arrests Ross Winans, 87. Byrne, Wm., denounces the North, 38.
C
Cadwallader, General, and the writ of habeas corpus, 88, 140. Cameron, Simon, advice to Governor Hicks to restrain Maryland, 40; on the obstruction of Northern Central bridge, 73; letter to Gen. Banks, 102. Carmichael, Judge, assaulted and imprisoned, 93. Carr, W. C. N., speaks at States Rights meeting, 38, 39. Cheston, G., efforts for emancipation, 113. Christison, Wenlock, a Quaker, owns slaves, 21. Clark, John, advances money for defense of city, 61. Crawford, William, Kane's letter to, 40. Crowley, Comrade, of the Massachusetts Sixth, speech in Baltimore, 1880, 167. Curtis, Benj. R., Life of, quotation about Judge Taney, 91. Cutter, B. L., release from arrest, 109.
D
Davis, Jefferson, elected President of the Confederacy, 32. Davis, John W., police commissioner of Baltimore, 35, 49; errand to Fort McHenry, 66, 67, 68. Davis, Judge, doubts the rumors of conspiracy, 132, 133. Davis, Robert W., killed, 52. De Tocqueville, on public opinion in America, 117. Dike, Capt. J. H., company attacked in Baltimore, 46; testifies as to the conduct of Baltimore civil authority during the riot, 53, 54. Dimick, Col. J., releases prisoners from Fort Warren, 108; kind treatment of prisoners, 111. Dix, General, headquarters in Baltimore, 101; correspondence with Mayor Brown, 104-108. Dix, Miss, relates a Confederate plot, 13. Dobbin, Geo. W., errand to Lincoln, 57, 61; accompanies the Mayor to Washington, 71. Douglas, S. A., Senatorial campaign, 22; Presidential vote for, 25. Dred Scott Case, 138.
E
Evans, H. D., his code for Liberia, 31.
F
Felton, C. C., on the "Baltimore Plot," 18. Felton, Samuel M., on the supposed conspiracy, 13-18, 129-133; advises Massachusetts Sixth to load their guns, 43; engages spies, 120. Ferrandini, Captain, suspected of conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln, 122-129. Follansbee, Capt., company attacked in Baltimore, 46, 49. Fort McHenry, apprehended attack on, 66, 69. Fort Sumter, bombardment of, 32. Franciscus, in the car with Lincoln, 133.
G
Garrett's, John W., dispatch to Mayor Brown concerning advance of troops to Cockeysville, 73, 74, 75. Gatchell, Wm. H., police commissioner of Baltimore, 35; release from arrest, 109. Giles, Judge, issues writ of habeas corpus to Major Morris, 87. Gill, George M., meets the Massachusetts Sixth, 48; counsel for John Merryman, 87. Goodwin, Major Horace, commands Putnam Phalanx, 160; his appearance, 163. Greeley, Horace, on the conduct of the Baltimore authorities, 76, 77. Groton, regiment mustered in, 42. Gunpowder River Bridge partially burned, 58.
H
Habeas corpus case, 87, 139-156. Hall, Thomas W., release from arrest, 109. Hallam's Constitutional History, extract from, 151. Halleck, Gen., in Baltimore, 101. Harris, J. Morrison, errand to the Capital, 63. Harrison, Wm. G., elected to General Assembly, 80; released from arrest, 108. Hart, Capt., company attacked in Baltimore, 46. Herndon, Wm. H., comments on Lincoln's senatorial campaign speech, 23; reports of plot furnished to, 122. Hicks, T. H., Governor of Maryland, 34; proclamation of, 40; speech before excited public, 56; writes to Lincoln not to pass troops through Baltimore, 57, 61; suggests mediation between North and South by Lord Lyons, 76; convenes General Assembly, 79; letter to E. H. Webster, 128. Hilliard, suspected of conspiracy, 122, 123. Hinks, Chas. D., police commissioner of Baltimore, 35; released from arrest, 99. Hopkins, Johns, advances money for city defense, 61. Howard, Charles, police commissioner of Baltimore, 35; apprehends attack on Fort McHenry, 66, 67; report on the state of city, 80, 81; release from arrest, 108. Howard, F. K., release from arrest, 109. Huger, General, made Colonel of 53d Regiment, 66. Hull, Rob't, release from arrest, 109. Hyde, Sir Nicholas, on the writ of habeas corpus, 150.
J
Jefferson, Thomas, and writ of habeas corpus, 141. Johnson, Capt. B. T., arrives in Baltimore, 64; hasty dispatch from Marshal Kane, 69, 70. Jones, Col. Edmund F., passage through Baltimore, 43; on the Massachusetts Sixth in Baltimore, 46, 47, 48, 51; letter to Marshal Kane, 54. Judd, N. B., with Lincoln in Philadelphia, 16; hears of conspiracy in Baltimore, 128-133.
K
Kane, Marshal George P., investigates supposed plot, 15; head of Baltimore police, 35; letter to Crawford, 40; keeps order at Camden Station, 48; attempts to quell Baltimore mob, 51, 53; Col. Jones's gratitude to, 54; hasty dispatch to Johnson, 69, 70; after the war elected Sheriff and subsequently Mayor, 70; arrest of, 97; release from arrest, 109. Keim, Gen., arrests John Merryman, 87, 140. Kenly, John R., supersedes Marshal Kane, 97. Kennedy, Anthony, errand to the Capital, 63. Kennedy, John P., on the attitude of Border States, 31, 32. Kentucky, temporary neutrality of, 34. Keys, John S., letter from Mayor Brown to, 110, 111. Kinney, Mr., receives Lincoln in Philadelphia, 134.
L
Lamon, Colonel W. H., on Lincoln's midnight ride, 19, 120-137; on Lincoln-Douglas campaign, 22; ride with Lincoln, 133. Latrobe, John H. B., President of Maryland Colonization Society, 31. Lawrence, Massachusetts, regiment mustered in, 42. Lee, Colonel, on Gen. Cadwallader's errand to Judge Taney, 88. Lewis, Mr., in the car with Lincoln, 133. Lincoln, President, alleged conspiracy against, in Maryland, 11-15, 121-137; midnight ride to Washington, 17, 19, 120; Senatorial campaign with Douglas, 22; differs from Seward, 24; election to Presidency, 25; calls out the militia, 32; letter to Gov. Hicks, 62; Mayor Brown writes to, concerning passage of troops through Baltimore, 57, 61; Mayor Brown's interview with, 71-75. Lowell, Massachusetts, regiment mustered in, 42. Luckett, suspected of conspiracy, 122-127. Lyons, Lord, suggested as mediator between North and South, 76; Secretary Seward's boast of his authority to, 91.
M
Macgill, Dr. Charles, release from arrest, 109. Marshall, Chief Justice, on habeas corpus, 153, 154. Maryland, rumors of conspiracy in, 11, 12, 13; slavery in, 20, 30; Lincoln's call for militia, how received in, 33; excitement, 40, 41. Mason, James M., sent from Virginia to negotiate with Maryland, 84. Massachusetts, Minute Men, 11; slavery in, 20; Eighth Regiment, 76; Sixth Regiment, 42, 167-170. May, Henry, M. C., arrest of, 103. McClellan, General, letter to General Banks, 102. McComas, Sergeant, removes obstruction from railway track in Baltimore, 49. McHenry, Ramsay, efforts for emancipation, 113. Merryman, John, arrest of, 87, 88, 154; charges against unfounded, 90. Morfit, H. M., elected to General Assembly, 79. Morris, Major, refuses to obey writ of habeas corpus, 87.
N
Negro. See Slavery. Newport, slave-traffic in, 20. Nicolay, George, on Lincoln's midnight ride, 132. North Carolina, secession of, 33.
O
O'Donnell, Columbus, advances money for city defense, 61.
P
Parker, Edward P., General Butler's aide-de-camp, 83. Patapsco Dragoons, arrival in Baltimore, 64. Pemberton, Major, leads U. S. Artillery through Baltimore, 86. Pennsylvania troops in Baltimore, 44, 53; at Cockeysville, 75. Phillips, Wendell, on States Rights, 26. Pickering, Captain, company opposed in Baltimore, 46. Pikesville, arsenal taken possession of, 65. Pitts, Charles H., elected to General Assembly, 80. Putnam Phalanx of Hartford in Baltimore, 160-166. Putnam's Record of the Rebellion, quotation from, 38.
R
Revolution, right of, 26-29. Robinson, Dr. Alex. C., Chairman of States Rights Convention, 38. Robinson, General John C., on Baltimore in 1861, 66, 69, 81, 82, 83.
S
Sanford, plans Lincoln's midnight ride, 131. Sangston, L., elected to General Assembly, 80. Scharf's History of Maryland quoted, 35, 37, 78, 103. Scott, General, on the passage of troops through Baltimore, 62, 72, 75. Scott, T. Parkin, sympathizes with the South, 38, 39; elected Judge after the war, 39; elected to General Assembly, 79; release from arrest, 108. Seward, Secretary, position before Presidential Convention, 24; boasts of his authority, 91; sends news of supposed conspiracy to Lincoln, 130, 134.
Slavery, compromises of Constitution in regard to, 20-22; Geo. Wm. Brown opposed to, 113; some good effects of, 114. Small, Colonel, leads Pennsylvania regiment, 42. South Carolina, secession of, 31. Steuart, Dr. Richard S., efforts for emancipation, 113. Story, Justice, on habeas corpus, 152, 153. Stuart, Captain, speech in Baltimore, 163-166. Sumner, Colonel, offers to accompany President Lincoln to Washington, 132, 133. Sun, The, on the offer of service by colored people, 65, 66; on the suffering of Pennsylvania troops in Baltimore County, 76; Reception of 6th Massachusetts Regiment in Baltimore, 167-170.
T
Taney, Chief Justice, on negro rights, 21, 138; habeas corpus case ex parte John Merryman, 87-93, 139-156. Tennessee, secession of, 33. Thomas, Dr. J. Hanson, elected to General Assembly, 79. Trimble, Colonel I. R., defense of Baltimore, 63. Trist, N. P., news of conspiracy communicated to, 14. Turner, Capt., suspected of conspiracy, 124-126.
U
Union Convention called, 92.
V
Virginia, secession of, 33; sends Mason to negotiate with Maryland, 84.
W
Wallis, S. Teackle, legal adviser to Baltimore police commission, 35; speech to the excited public, 56; accompanies the Mayor to Washington, 71; elected to the General Assembly, 79; release from arrest, 108, 109. Warfield, Henry M., elected to General Assembly, 79; release from arrest, 108. Warner, Major J. P., commands Baltimore City Guards, 160. Washburne, Mr., meets President Lincoln at Washington Depot, 136. Watson, Major, company attacked in Baltimore, 45. Webster, E. H., Gov. Hicks's letter to, 128. Whitefield, the Calvinist, owns slaves, 21. Williams, George H., counsel for John Merryman, 87. Winans, Ross, denounces passage of troops through Baltimore, 37; elected to General Assembly, 79; arrested by Gen. Butler's order, 87. Winder, Wm. H., release from arrest, 109. Wood, Fernando, tries to make New York a free city, 31. Wool, General, checks arbitrary arrest, 109. Worcester, regiment mustered in, 42.