Bates, Edward. Diary of Edward Bates, 1859-1866. Edited by Howard K. Beale. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1933.
Lincoln inauguration, 176 Presidential reception, 177 Fort Sumter, 177ff War policy, 182-87 Mexican affairs, 188-94 Inaction, 194-95 Sea island cotton, 195 Ball’s Bluff, 197-98 John C. Fremont, 198-99 Winfield Scott, 196-97, 199 Henry W. Halleck, 201 Trent affair, Mason and Slidell, 201-2, 213-17 Cameron and black soldiers, 203-4 Missouri affairs, 203-4, 211-12 Newspaper suppression, 209 Fugitive slaves, 210-11 McClellan, 218. Presidential reception, 221 Seward and arrests, 230 Slave trade, execution, 233-34, 237-38 Caleb Smith, accused of bribery, 234-35, 247 Willie and Tad Lincoln ill, 236 Roger Taney, 243 Yulee, anti-semitism, 243 Shiloh, 247-48 Black colonization, 262-64 Cotton trade, 264-66 Confiscation, 266-67 Cabinet crisis, Seward, Lincoln, 269-71 West Virginia, 271-72 Curtis and Missouri, 279-80 Draft riot, Stanton, 280 Halleck, Vicksburg, McClernand Montgomery Blair, 285-85, 290-91 Hooker and Lincoln visit, 287-88 West Virginia, 288 Vicksburg, 288-89 Chancellorsville campaign, 289ff Blair, Seward, and Stanton, 291 Cabinet troubles, 292-93 Halleck and opium, 293 Vicksburg, 293-94 Missouri affairs, Schofield, Curtis, 394 Reconstruction, radicals, and Orville Hickman Browning, 301 Cabinet problems, 302 Halleck, 303-4 Lincoln, habeas corpus, Copperheads, 306 Missouri radicals, 308-10 Chase and emancipation, and political ambition, 311 Germans, Missouri, radicals, 312-14 Union prisoners in Richmond, 314 Johnson’s Island plot, 314-15 Thanksgiving, 318 Missouri affairs, McPheeters, 323 Missouri affairs, 328-29, 332 Election of 1864, Lincoln, radicals, Chase, 333-34 Missouri affairs, 343 Edwin Stanton, 343 Chase, Lincoln, and election of 1864, 345 Cabinet troubles, 347 Freedmen schools, military power, 347-48 Missouri affairs, churches, Lincoln, 350 Kentucky, black troops, 352 Missouri, black voting, Henderson, 353 Supreme Court, 356 Missouri, churches, military interference, 357 Supreme Court, 358 Martial law, Wilde, Butler, 358-59 Overland campaign, Wilderness, 363ff Fort Pillow and the cabinet, 365 Black chaplains, Garrison, slavery, 371 1864 election, Republican convention, Missouri delegation, 374-75 Louisiana corruption, Treasury, Chase, 382 Henry W. Halleck, 385 Cabinet, Virginia affairs, Butler, 386-87, 393-94 Greeley and Peace, 388-89 Chambersburg burned, 391 Missouri affairs, 394 Emancipation, blacks and whites, Thanksgiving, 395 Louisiana, Michael Hahn, 395 Cameron, Stanton, and burning of Chambersburg, 398 Horace Greeley, Louisiana, 399 Missouri and border appeals, 403-4 Cotton trade, 404-5 Equality, 405-8 McClellan and Democrats, 408-9 Louisiana plantations, military power, 410-11 Sheridan, 412 Montgomery Blair and Lincoln, 412
Radicals and the election of 1864, 412-13 McClellan and election of 1864, Henderson, 413 Seward, Nevada, Cotton, politics, 413-14 Missouri affairs, Rosecrans, 415-16 Taney death, 418 Sheridan, 420 Louisiana affairs, 423 McClellan as traitors, 423 Quaker visit and service, 423-24 Religious service, Presbyterian, 426 Election of 1864, returns, 426 Chief Justice Chase, 427-28 Resigns as Attorney General, 428 Missouri affairs, 439-40 Missouri affairs and convention, 440-45, 451-54 Lincoln, second inauguration, 455 Missouri, martial law, 457-58 Union capture of Richmond, 469-70 Missouri politics, 471-72 Lincoln assassination, 473-75