146
Kanawha River, the Great, 141; valley, 146
Kane, Marshal, 87, 88 et seq.
Kelly, Colonel, 142 et seq.
Kentucky, 80; attitude of, with regard to secession, 52, 129 et seq.; Union Legislature of, 130 et seq., 134
Keyes, General E. D., 174
Key's Ferry, Va., 163
L.
Laurel Hill, 147, 151 et seq.
Lee, General Robert E., 108; appointed to command of Virginia forces, 109; his plans in W. Va., 146; plans of, 169, 170
Leedsville, 151
Leesburg, Va., 163
Lefferts, Colonel, 92 et seq.
Letcher, Governor, 82, 91, 109, 141
Lewis' Ford, 176, note
Liberty, Mo., United States Arsenal at, 117
Lincoln, Abraham, election of, 4; his progress to Washington, 45 et seq.; his early career, 46; his character and person, 47 et seq.; his speeches before inauguration, 48; inauguration of, 49; anxiety about Fort Sumter, 50 et seq.; orders the relief of Forts Sumter and Pickens, 53; his final resolution with regard to Fort Sumter, 55; his letter to Major Anderso