Republican party, its origin, see vol. i.; in campaign of 1856; organized in Illinois; defined by Lincoln; its programme put forth by Lincoln; in Illinois, nominates Lincoln for presidency; convention of, in 1860; candidates before; balloting, in convention; nominates Lincoln; chooses Lincoln because available; its campaign methods; denounced by Abolitionists; elects Lincoln; its moral attitude toward slavery the real cause of secession; its legal position on slavery; its leaders distrust Lincoln; dissatisfied with Lincoln's cabinet; dissatisfied with Lincoln's emancipation policy, see vol. ii.; torn by factions; Abolitionist members of, denounce Lincoln; leaders of, condemn Lincoln; majority of, continues to support him; influence of Greeley upon; upholds Emancipation Proclamation; loses in congressional elections of 1862; radical wing of, demands dismissal of Seward; regains ground in 1863; extreme faction of, still distrusts Lincoln and Seward; members of, denounce Lincoln for vetoing reconstruction bill; movement in, to nominate Chase; movement in, to nominate Fremont; masses of, adhere to Lincoln; fails to postpone nominating convention; nominates Lincoln; nominates Johnson for Vice-President; receives reluctant support of radicals; damaged by Greeley's denunciations of Lincoln; dreads defeat in summer of 1864; damaged by draft; radical element of, forces dismissal of Blair; conduct of campaign by; gains election in 1864; makes thirteenth amendment a plank in platform; radical members of, rejoice at accession of Johnson after murder of Lincoln.
Reynolds, Governor, calls for volunteers in Black Hawk war, see vol. i.
Rhode Island, renominates Lincoln, see vol. ii.
Richardson, W.A., remark on congressional interference with armies, see vol. i.
Rives, W.C., remark of Lincoln to, on coercion, see vol. i.
Rosecrans, General William S., succeeds Buell, see vol. ii.; disapproves Halleck's plan to invade East Tennessee; fights battle of Stone's River; reluctant to advance; drives Bragg out of Tennessee; refuses to move; finally advances to Chattanooga; defeated at Chickamauga; unnerved after Chickamauga; cheered by Lincoln; besieged in Chattanooga; relieved by Grant.
Russell, Earl, his prejudices in favor of South, see vol. i.; recognizes belligerency of South, see vol. i.; revises Palmerston's dispatch in Trent affair; condemns Emancipation Proclamation, see vol. ii.; calls Alabama affair a scandal.