Reader, The, cited, ii. 222, and note[2]
Reform Bill of 1832 ... i. 26, 28; ii. 276;
  of 1867 ... 303, 304
Republican Party, The, i. 114, 115
Rhett, cited, ii. 4 and note[3], 88
Rhodes, United States, cited or quoted,
  i. 110 note[4], 138, 217 note[2], 231 note[2];
  ii. 16 note[2], 57 note[2], 147 note[1],
  285 note[1] et passim. 
Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Confederacy,
  cited or quoted, i. 261 note, 266 note[1];
  ii. 57 note[2], 69 note[5], 155 note[6],
  et passim. 
Richmond, Va., Southern Government head-quarters at, i. 81;
  capture of, by Grant, ii. 248
Richmond Enquirer, The, quoted on attitude of France to the
  Confederacy, ii. 180
Richmond Whig, The, cited, ii. 68
Right of Search controversy, i. 6-10 passim, 16;
  recrudescence of, in Trent affair, 218, 219, 233, 235
Robinson, Chas. D., Lincoln’s draft letter to, ii. 93 note[4]
Roebuck, speech of, on recognition, ii. 34 note[1];
  motion of, for recognition of the Confederacy,
  74 note[1], 144, 152, 164 et seq.; 296 note[1];
  W.H.  Russell’s views on, 166;
  Lord Russell’s opinion on, 166;
  interview of, with Napoleon, 167;
  Parliamentary debate on, 170-2, 176-8;
  withdrawal of motion, 175, 176-7;
  subsequent attitude of, to America, 177 note[1], 299-300;
  opinion on the failure of democracy in America, 299-300;
  Punch cartoon on, 170 note[1];
  otherwise mentioned, i. 306
Rogers, Prof.  Thorold, ii. 224 note[3]
Rosencrans, defeat of, at Chicamauga, ii. 184
Rost, Southern Commissioner to London, i. 63, 82, 85, 86, 264
Rouher, M., French Minister of Commerce, i. 293, 294
Roylance, ii. 110
Rubery, Alfred:  Lincoln’s pardon of, ii. 225 and note[1]
Russell, Lord John, i. 42, 76, 77, 78-9, 81;
  attitude of, in the early days of the American struggle,
    42, 51, 53, 57, 60, 73-4, 79, 84;
  views on the secession, 52-3;
  views and action in anticipation of war, 57-8;
  instruction on possible jingo policy toward England, 60-1;
  recommends conciliation, i. 67, 74;
  refusal to make a pledge as to British policy,
    67, 74, 86, 87, 101, 108, 125;
  promise of delay to Dallas, 67, 84, 85, 107, 108;
  plan of joint action with France, 84, 85;
  advises Parliament to keep out of the Civil War, 90 and note[3];
  uncertainty as to American intention, 201-2; ii. 237;
  interview with Spence, i. 266;
  “three months” statement, 272 and note[1]; ii. 22;
  effect of Stonewall Jackson’s exploits on, ii. 38;
  effect of Gladstone’s Newcastle speech on, 49;
  idea of withdrawal of belligerent rights to the North, 182, 183;