ii.;
welcomes Vallandigham;
economically exhausted in 1863;
reconstruction in;
applauds McClellan;
evidently exhausted in 1864;
hopes of Lincoln to make its surrender easy.
South Carolina,
desires secession, see vol. i.;
suggests it to other States;
secedes;
sends commissioners to treat for division of property with United States;
refusal of Buchanan to receive;
refuses to participate in Peace Congress;
besieges Fort Sumter.
Spangler, Edward,
aids Booth to escape, see vol. ii.;
tried by court martial;
condemned.
Speed, Joshua,
letter of Lincoln to, on slavery, see vol. i.;
goes with Lincoln to Kentucky.
Spottsylvania,
battle of, see vol. ii.
Sprague, Governor William,
of Rhode Island, see vol. ii.
Stanton, Edwin M.,
attorney-general under Buchanan, see vol. i.;
joins Black in forcing Buchanan to alter reply to South Carolina
Commissioners;
share in Stone's punishment;
appointed secretary of war;
his previous insulting attitude toward Lincoln;
discussion of his qualities, good and bad;
an efficient secretary;
sneers at generals who favor McClellan's plans;
shows incompetence in organizing army;
praises Wilkes for capturing Mason and Slidell;
communicates Lincoln's approval to McClellan, see vol. ii.;
loses head during Jackson's raid;
bitter letter of McClellan to;
becomes McClellan's merciless enemy;
tries to prevent reappointment of McClellan;
wishes to take troops from Meade for Rosecrans;
repudiates Sherman's terms with Johnston;
insults Sherman;
his relations with Grant;
at time of Early's attack on Washington;
on bad terms with Blair;
persuades Lincoln to use an escort;
plan to assassinate.
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