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correspondence by, 6, 13, 20, 21, 22-24, 74, 90-91, 205-6
on Davis, 62
Davis urged to surrender by, 205-6
death of, 359-61
General Order No. 9 of, 81, 84
letter on Davis’s release, 357
mausoleum of, 365
popularity of, 7-8, 19, 69, 74, 347
retreat from Petersburg by, 5-6, 8
return to Richmond by, 80, 205
surrender by, 77-82, 86, 90-92, 95, 102, 147, 195, 197, 205-6, 224
surrender inevitable to, 76-77, 205-6
threat of defeat to, 15, 19, 24, 75
and threat to Richmond, 5-7, 13-15, 19-24
Lee, Robert E., Jr., 92
Leesburg, Va., 167
Lexington, Ky., 59
Lexington, Va., 365
Libby Prison, 46, 125
Liberty Bell, 221-22
Library of Congress, 398, 400
Lincoln, Abraham, 3, 27, 35, 43, 77, 289, 329
appearance of, 54-55, 160
assassination of, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, 57, 100-102, 111, 114-16, 121-22, 123, 129, 140, 147, 181-82, 183, 196, 204, 207, 214, 219, 239, 240, 242, 254, 268, 276, 289, 293, 296, 314, 318, 326-27, 347, 350, 354, 356, 367, 374-75, 388, 389
autopsy of, 134-38, 134, 135, 145, 243, 354
Baker and, 167-68
in Black Hawk War, 57-58
blood relics of, 181, 395-96
burial place of, 139, 143, 145, 152-53
cabinet of, 94, 111-12, 147, 149, 170
cartes de visite in honor of, xii-xiii, xiii
changing views on blacks held by, 53-54, 90
charisma of, 55
coffin of, 160-61, 191-92, 209, 216-17, 218, 221-22, 252-53, 254, 264-65, 275, 281-82, 284, 286, 293, 392, 393
Confederate surrender and, 78-79
correspondence by, 20, 22, 24, 34, 38, 75, 165-66, 177
deathbed of, 105-21, 112, 123-25, 128-30, 128
death of, 121, 123, 125, 132, 160, 183, 354, 378, 382, 385
death pageant of, 293-96, 388, 392
early romance of, see Rutledge, Ann M.
East Room viewing and funeral in, 146, 148-50, 152, 158-59, 160-63, 181, 183-91, 187, 197-98, 199, 249, 277, 281, 285
in 1860 election, 51, 53, 98, 246, 292
in 1864 election, 76, 292
Ellsworth and, 163-67, 168
embalming of, 138-39, 144, 145, 147-48, 155, 186, 252
in field with Union Army, 15-20, 24, 33-34, 36, 38-39, 73, 74-75
first inaugural address of, 6, 287
Ford’s Theatre outing of, 94-96
funeral of, 133
funeral expenses of, 284-86
funeral pageant for, xiii, xiv
funeral procession of, 149-50, 158, 190-93, 209, 286, 330, 382, 386, 400
funeral train of, 154-58, 187, 207-18,
207, 211, 219-23, 225-31, 232-37, 241-43, 245-47, 248-50, 252-56, 258-62, 260, 263-65, 270-73, 274-78, 275, 281, 286, 289-96, 324, 331, 382, 383, 388, 391, 393-95
Gettysburg address of, 140, 181
hearses of, 191-92, 191, 208-9, 221, 226-27, 226, 252, 255, 264-65, 286, 290-91, 391
“House Divided” speech of, 281
in House of Representatives, 52, 98, 156, 167
humor of, 44, 55, 64, 94
inaugural train of, 27, 140, 153-54, 156, 213-14, 242, 277-78, 292
inauguration of, 167, 191
indifference to luxuries of, 55, 138-39, 290-91
Kentucky birth of, 51
lack of vengefulness towards Davis and
Confederates by, 17-18, 63-64, 71, 78, 80, 182, 196, 200, 296
law office of, 272, 273
as lawyer, 51-53, 57, 139, 152, 156, 163, 270, 271
life mask of, 380
lying in state of, 140, 148, 150, 185, 197-200, 207-9, 215, 286, 391
McCullough and, 176-77
manual labor of, 54, 146
marriage of, see Lincoln, Mary Todd
modesty of, 45
mourning of, as national phenomenon, 123-24, 185, 388
mourning ribbons for, 190, 213, 396
national day of mourning for, 340
open casket for, 155
Philadelphia speech of, 221-22
poems of loss and death fascinating to, 168
postwar policies and plans of, 90, 94
prefiguring dreams of, 111-12, 161-63
railroads and waterways supported by, 155-56
Richmond visit of, 38-39, 42-47, 62-65, 68, 73, 210, 356
as saint and martyr, 108, 148, 198, 293, 293-95, 388
second inaugural address of, xii, 16, 18, 143, 193, 283
second inauguration of, 188-89, 208
self-education of, 51-52, 60
in Senate, 48, 53
skeptical but accepting nature of, 61
slavery opposed by, xii, 52-54, 60-61, 333-34
smallpox of, 146
souvenirs of, 129-30, 395, 396
Springfield farewell speech of, 277-78
strength of, 54-55
theater loved by, 96, 181, 325-26
threats to, 36, 60, 213-14
two hundredth birthday celebrations for, 400
and U.S. Arsenal tragedy, 177-81, 342
wax figures of, 344, 392
White House private passage of, 145-46
Willie’s death and, 1-2, 168-74
as writer and storyteller, 64-65
Lincoln, Abraham, remains of, 186-87, 216-17, 252, 291, 379-80, 392
cottage industry surrounding, 401
felt absence at Grand Review of, 336-37
ghost train legend and, 393-94
photo of, 230, 234-37, 239-41, 248, 292, 379
plot to kidnap, 361
and transportation to Peterson house, 102-5
transported to White House, 126-27, 131-32, 207
undertakers traveling with, 210, 229-30, 235, 252, 281-82
in White House Guest Room, 132-39, 143-46, 160
Lincoln, Eddie, 161, 167, 168, 174, 389
Lincoln, Ill., 271
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 16, 19-20, 22, 56, 118, 165, 167, 188, 236
death of, 389
in delayed departure from White
House, 286, 287, 324, 335, 389
difficult nature of, 59-60, 113, 155
extravagance of, 59, 161
at Ford’s Theatre, 94-96
and Lincoln’s burial place, 139, 143, 145, 152-53, 271
Lincoln’s courtship of, 59
Lincoln’s deathbed and grief of, 106, 107-8, 113-14, 117, 119-21, 124, 125
and Lincoln’s prophetic dream, 161-63
lock of hair requested by, 135
mental instability of, 200, 287, 335, 389
mourning for Lincoln by, 131-33, 143-44, 146-47, 155, 183, 200-201, 209-10, 281, 285, 335, 389
Richmond toured by, 90
and Willie’s death, 173-74, 177
Lincoln, Robert:
in Civil War, 16, 34, 94
on funeral train, 209
at Lincoln’s deathbed, 114, 119, 124
in Lincoln’s funeral procession, 192
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 96, 139, 146, 152-53, 168, 335, 389-90
Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnson, 51, 254
Lincoln, Tad, 16, 44, 46, 96, 168-69, 173, 174, 335
death of, 389
and father’s assassination, 114, 117, 146-47, 183, 209-10, 324
in Lincoln’s funeral procession, 192
Lincoln’s relationship with, 19, 209-10, 389
Lincoln, Thomas, 51, 146
Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie,” 1-2, 60, 114, 138, 144, 146, 161, 168-73, 176-77, 186, 389
coffin of, on Lincoln’s funeral train, 208-9, 255-56, 259, 281-82, 284
Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, 48, 49-50, 53, 270
Lincoln Memorial, 396, 397-98
Little Bighorn, battle of, 361
Little Falls, N.Y., 241-42
Lockwood, H. H., 215
Locust Grove, La., 56
Longstreet, James, 197
Louisiana, 56, 247
Louisville, Ky., 157
Lubbock, Francis R., 9, 25, 33, 122, 301-3, 307-8, 311-12, 315, 316, 321, 322
Lynchburg, Va., 74
McCallum, Daniel C., 202, 277
McClellan, George B., 76, 141, 167
McCook, General, 258
McCulloch, Hugh, 120, 142
McCullough, Fanny, 176-77
McElfresh, Sallie, 180
Macon, Ga., 262, 298, 320-23, 372
Madison, James, 53, 381
malaria, 56
Mallory, Stephen, 206-7, 238, 243, 247, 266-67, 273
in Danville evacuation, 81-82, 85
in Greensboro, 88-90, 122
on Lincoln’s assassination, 196-97
post resigned by, 270, 288
in Richmond evacuation, 9, 28, 29, 37, 38, 40-41
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s
Killer (Swanson), xi
Manifest Destiny, 52
Marine Corps, U.S., 76, 192
Maryland, 121, 155, 213, 296
Massachusetts, 187
Maurin, Major, 315
Mayo, Joseph, 24-25, 72
Meade, George Gordon, 16-17
Meigs, Montgomery, 140-41, 211
Melville, Herman, 293
Metairie Cemetery, 382
Mexican War, 9, 49, 52, 78, 123, 141, 309, 402
Mexico, 52, 80, 122, 123, 197, 224, 317
lancers from, 309
Michigan City, Ind., 261
Miles, Nelson A., 341, 349-50, 352, 354
Miller, John K., 245
Minnigerode, Charles, 5, 7, 350
Mint, U.S., 400
Minty, R. H. G., 257, 297
Mississippi, 48, 50, 72, 123, 299, 352, 357, 376, 400
Gulf Coast of, 362-63, 366, 402-3
secession of, 50
Mississippi City, Miss., 373-74
Mississippi Rifles, 49, 52, 309
Mississippi River, 14, 56, 80, 156, 197, 206, 219, 224, 225, 248, 250-51, 256-57, 266, 267, 279, 317-18, 329, 365
Missouri Compromise, 52
Mitchell, William S., 158
Mobile, Ala., 3, 382
Mobile Register, 363-64
Monroe, James, 53
Monterrey, battle of, 52
Montgomery, Ala., 67, 77, 170, 366-71, 382-83
Montreal, 121
Moody, Captain, 303, 315
Morris, General, 214
Morristown, N.J., 225
Morton, Emily Jessie, 351
Mount Vernon, 188
Mumler (spirit photographer), 389
Munroe, Seaton, 100, 129-30
Museum of Funeral Customs, 393
Museum of the Confederacy, 397, 401-2
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 309
Nashville, Tenn., 123
Nassau, 182
Natchez, Miss., 123
Natchez Trace, 123
National Park Service, 130
National Portrait Gallery, 130
National Republican, 168
Native Americans, 300, 354
Naval Academy, U.S., 9
Navy, U.S., 44, 192
Navy Department, Confederate, 29
New England, 187
New Jersey, 155, 292
New Orleans, La., 3, 76, 156, 225, 363, 364, 376, 377, 380, 397
Davis’s funeral in, 382-83, 384
New Orleans Picayune, 364
New Paris, Ohio, 259
New Salem, Ill., 55, 56-57, 156, 173
Newseum, 400
New York, N.Y., 99, 156, 157, 165, 199, 203, 234, 246, 276, 281-82, 290, 291, 328, 340, 354, 391, 394-95
Civil War draft riots in, 226
Davis hung in effigy in, 344-45
funeral procession in, 225-31, 226, 230, 232
Lincoln corpse photograph in, 230, 234-37, 239-41, 292, 379
New York, N.Y. (cont’d)
Southern sympathizers in, 34, 226, 390
Varina in, 390
New York Central Railroad, 393
New York Herald, 164, 228-29
New York State, 155, 245, 292
New York Times, 80, 116, 190, 231, 239, 253, 345, 368, 371, 372
New York Tribune, 241, 326-27
New York World, 367
Nichols, George W., 151
Nichols, William A., 150, 152, 158-59
Nicolay, John G., 170
North:
Confederacy as seen by, xiv
Davis as seen by, xiv
Davis’s admiration for, 49
mixed feelings about Davis in, 340-41, 355, 356-57
national day of mourning for Lincoln in, 340
North Carolina, 14, 37, 41, 66, 194, 257, 280, 297, 365
Confederate army in, 87
North East, Pa., 246
Notson, H. M., 133
Oak Hill Cemetery, 171, 173, 208, 383
Oak Ridge Cemetery, 282
Ocmulgee River, 297
O’Connor, Charles, 356
Ogeechee River, 289
Oglesby, Richard J., 151
Ohio, 123, 155, 292
Ohio River, 123
Old Arsenal, U.S. Army Penitentiary at, 287, 342
Old Capitol Prison, 350
O’Melia, Mary, 24-25, 71
Oregon, 167
Our American Cousin, 94, 96
Palmer, General, 313
Papers of Jefferson Davis, 401
Parker, William, 27, 29-30, 266-67, 269, 273
Parks, W. P., 376
Pelouze, Louis H., 126
Pennsylvania, 155, 292
Penrose, Charles B., 16, 44
Pensacola, Fla., 247
Peoria Speech, Lincoln’s, 52-53
Petersburg, Va., 205
Confederate withdrawal from, 5-6, 8, 13, 34
Grant’s capture of, 22, 24, 34, 38
Petersen, Anna, 98, 124
Petersen, Anne, 124
Petersen, Julia, 124
Petersen, William, 98-99, 124, 128
boarding house of, 95-97, 98-121, 104, 112, 123-230, 128, 131-32, 143-44, 146, 151, 158, 161, 181, 188, 192, 199, 207, 286, 287
Philadelphia, Pa., 99, 157, 177, 199, 203, 219-23, 222, 225, 239, 281
Philadelphia Inquirer, 220, 223
Pickett’s Charge, 194, 373
Piedmont Railroad, 67
Pierce, Franklin, 49, 118, 355
Piqua, Ohio, 259
Pittsburgh, Pa., 201
Pleasant Valley, Ohio, 259
Polk, James K., 52
Porter, David Dixon, 17, 42, 44-47, 62-63
Port Hudson, La., 156
Port Royal, Va., 238
Post Office, U.S., 371, 400
Post Office Department, Confederate, 289
Potomac River, 163, 164
Powell, Lewis, 121, 147, 341
press, Northern, 289-92, 315
Prison Life of Jefferson Davis (Craven), 354
Pritchard, Benjamin D., 256, 298, 304-6, 308-9, 314-15, 320-21
Proctor, Redfield, 380-81
Providence, R.I., 340
Purington, Lieutenant, 305-6
racism, 398
Radford, William, 330
Raleigh, N.C., 385
Rathbone, Henry, 96, 106-7
Raymond, Henry J., 239-40
Raynor, Mary Virginia, 242
Reagan, John, 196, 247-48, 251, 266-67, 278-79, 288-89, 302, 355
and capture with Davis, 308, 312, 314, 320-23
in Richmond evacuation, 9, 27-28
Reconstruction, 358, 361
Republican National Convention of 1860, 141, 143, 152, 270
Revolutionary War, American, 371
Richmond, Ind., 259
Richmond, Va., 2, 5, 76, 86, 123, 140, 176, 331, 346
burning of, 28-29, 30-32, 39, 40, 42, 77, 331, 332
as Confederate capital, 3, 82, 83, 125, 170, 176, 198, 274, 332, 351, 356
Davis memorial for, 386-87
Davis’s reburial in, 383-86, 390, 397-98
Davis’s return to and court appearance in, 355-56
evacuation of, 9-13, 20-29, 34, 67, 68, 85, 87, 88, 89, 95, 147, 183, 279, 296, 299, 317, 383
fall of, 8, 15, 26, 34-39, 35, 68-70, 73-74, 77, 80, 82, 102
food shortages in, 12, 31-32
Lee’s return to, 80, 205
liberated blacks in, 26, 39, 44-46, 64
Lincoln in, 38-39, 42-47, 62-65, 68, 73, 210, 356
looting and riot in, 26, 29-30, 31-32, 39-40, 332
monuments for Davis in, 398
peace negotiations in, 62, 73
severe rainstorm in, 331-32
theater fire in, 100
as tourist destination, 90, 93
Union threat to, 5-8, 13-15, 18-26, 31, 205
Richmond and Danville Railroad, 26-27
Richmond Times, 331-32, 338-40
Richview, Ill., 376
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (Davis), 363, 366
River Queen, 16-17, 19, 24, 42-43, 75-76
Robert E. Lee mausoleum, 365
Rocketts, 44, 356
Rucker, D. H., 126, 207
Rutledge, Ann M., 56-57, 161, 168, 173
Safford, Henry, 100-103, 105
St. John’s Church, 192
St. Louis, Mo., 58
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 5, 7-8, 20, 176
Salisbury, N.C., 181
Saluda River, 256
Sandburg, Carl, 284
Sandersville, Ga., 298
Sandford, Moses, 101-2, 181
Sands, Frank, 210, 229-30, 281-82
Sands & Harvey, 286
Sangamon River, 156
Sanitary Commission, U.S., 178
Sanitary Fair, 345
Saunders, George N., 268-69
Savannah, Ga., 3, 76, 323, 329, 371-73
Savannah River, 278, 280-81
“Savior of Our Country, The,” 255-56
Scaife’s Ferry, 250
Schofield, John M., 14
Scott, Winfield, 141, 191
secession, 50-51, 363
legal status of, 355, 356
Selden & Co., 63
Selma, Ala., 67, 77
Semple, James A., 89
Senate, U.S., 115, 149, 151, 167, 170
Davis in, 49-50, 369
Lincoln in, 48, 53
Seven Pines, battle of, 341
Seward, Frances Adeline Miller, 115, 391
Seward, Frederick, 110, 115, 147
Seward, William H., 19, 73, 78, 170
attack on, 110-11, 114-15, 119, 121, 144, 147, 196, 268, 276, 287, 391
Shakespeare, William, 34, 52, 60, 174, 226
Sheridan, Philip H., 28, 75
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 14, 17-18, 182, 212, 289, 329
Davis conspiracy theory of, 365-66
Johnston’s surrender to, 238, 256, 365
Shiloh, battle of, 9, 312