Welles, Gideon. Diary of Gideon Welles: Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson. 3 vols. Edited by Howard K. Beale. New York: W. W. Norton, 1960. Vol. 1 3ff--Sumter crisis recollection--much detail on Seward, Blair, etc. Navy department problems, 19 David D. Porter, 18-21 Stephen A. Douglas, 32-35 Norfolk and the Merrimack, 39ff Stanton, 54-69 Merrimac, 72-73 Naval department reorganization and troubles, 74-78 Thurlow Weed and James Gordon Bennett, 78-79 Blockade, 79 Seward, 79-80 Connecticut patronage, 81-82 How Welles was chosen, 81-82 Welles, Scott, and Norfolk, 83-85 Unionists, defensive policy, West Point, 85-86 David Porter, 87-89. Much McClellan material New Yorkers and ironclads, 123 Emancipation Proclamation, 158-60 New York election, Wadsworth, Seymour, 162-63 Dahlgren, 163-64 Blockade and Norfolk, 165-66 Chase and corruption, 166 Paper money, 167-68 Chase, 168-69 Pope, Indians, Stanton, 171 Norfolk blockade, 172-75, 177-78 Jefferson C. Davis and Bull Nelson, 178-79 Minnesota Indians, 186 Adam Gurowski, 187-88 West Virginia, 188, 191, 206-8 Fredericksburg, 191ff Burnside, 192 Seward and cabinet crisis, 193ff Emancipation Proclamation, 209-11 Butler and Banks, 209-10 Stones River, 213ff Monitor, 213-16 McClernand, 217, 220 Black soldiers, 218 Horatio Seymour, Seward, Weed, 219 Fitz John Porter, John Pope, 221-22 Confederate morale, 223 Montgomery Meigs, 224 Fitz John Porter and McClellan, 225-26, 229, 231 Joseph Hooker, 229-30 Thurlow Weed and Seward, 230-31 Deserter, execution, 232 Edmund D. Morgan, 232 Charleston, 232-33, 236-37, 264-68 Galveston, 233 Letters of Marque, 246-47, 251-61 Connecticut election, 261-62 Chancellorsville, 290ff Laird rams, 291 Joseph Hooker, 294-95, 305-6 Stonewall Jackson death, 297 Fugitive slave case, 313 Vicksburg, Halleck, 320 Vallandigham, Chicago Times, civil liberties, 321-22 Marine band, Mary Lincoln, 325 Seward and Gurowski, 326 Gettysburg, 329ff Joseph Hooker, 335 Stanton and Halleck, 338, 340 Vallandigham, 344 New York Draft riots, 369ff Halleck, 368, 370-71 and many other pages Seward and Thanksgiving Proclamation, 372 John Rawlins, 386 McClernand, 386-87 Halleck, 390-91 Conscription, 306-7 Slavery and Confederates, 407-8 Reconstruction, 410-15 Farragut, 431 Conscription, 431-33 Habeas corpus, 433-34 Chickamauga, 438ff Meade, 439-40 Cabinet and Stanton, 447-48 Thanksgiving proclamation 450 Sickles and Gettysburg, Meade, 472-73 Lincoln at Gettysburg and illness, 480 Schuyler Colfax and Elihu Washburne, 481 Charles Sumner, Lincoln, election of 1864, 501-3 Lincoln and Seward on Clay, 506-7 Cotton question, 511-12 Jefferson and Varina Davis, former slave, 515 Chase, finances, and Lincoln, 520-21 Fernando Wood and suffrage, 523-24 Chase, Seward, and Lincoln,524-27 Chase and Pomeroy circular, 529 Chase and the presidency, 532-33 Campaign funds, 534 Chase, sailors, conscription, Stanton, 536 Carpenter painting, 548-49

Volume 2

John Murray Forbes and Lincoln, 4-5 Connecticut election, 5-6 Colfax and Long, 8-9 Chase and debt, 10-11 Gold, paper money, 12-14 White house party, 15 Blairs, 20 Mary Lincoln, relative, pass, 21 Fort Pillow, 23-25 Spotsylvania Courthouse, 29-30 Suspending newspapers, false proclamation, 35 Cleveland convention and Fremont, 41-42 Grant and casualties, 44 Lincoln renomination and Andrew Johnston, 46-47 Chase, 59 Chase resignation, 62-63 William Pitt Fessenden, 64-65, 66 Cotton trade, 66-67 Suspension of newspapers, 67 Early's raid, 70ff Benjamin F. Butler, 81 Sending a son to the army, 82 Greeley peace effort, 83-84 Reconstruction, 84-85 General Hunter in Shenandoah Valley, 87 New York Times, 87-88 Crater, 89ff Halleck, 92 Chase resignation, 93-94 Henry Winter Davis, Benjamin Wade, 95, 98 Reconstruction, 98-99 Farragut and Mobile, 100 New York newspapers, 103-5 Peace feelers, 109-12 Political assessment for government workers, 112-13 Election of 1864, 132-33 Farragut and DuPont, 133-34 McClellan and election of 1864, 135 Atlanta, 135-36, 140 Sheridan victories, 153-55, 158 Blair, Welles and cabinet intrigues, 155 Montgomery Blair resignation, 156-58 Seward and Stanton, 166 Texas cotton, 167 Stanton deceptive, 173-74 Taney funeral, 176-77 Election of 1864, returns, 178 Chase Montgomery Blair, and Chief justiceship, 181-83 Edward Bates, 183-84 Religion amendment to Constitution, 190 Chase and Sumner, 196 Benjamin Wade, 198 Lincoln and party hacks, 203 Confederate newspapers, 218 Fort Fisher, 226-27 Blair mission, peace rumors, 231 Lincoln peace plan, 237 Hampton Roads peace conference, 238-39 Lincoln's second inauguration, Halleck, security, 251- Andrew Johnson's drunken speech, 252-53 Chase and presidential ambitions, 251-54 Jefferson Davis, Varina Davis, and secession, 255-56 Lincoln approach to management, 264 Paymaster accounts, 264-65 Fall of Richmond, 272-74 Secession and South Carolina, 276-78 Lee surrender, 278 Assassination of Lincoln, 283-90