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————Fort Jefferson and: attempted escape from, 236–38; imprisonment in, 233, 234; transport to, 76; yellow fever epidemic, 240, 241
Mudd, Sylvester, 66, 304(n25)
Mulligan, John, 168
Murphy, Patrick, 100
mustard plaster, 124, 313(n22)
Nanjemoy Creek, 183, 184
Napoleon, 241
Napoleon III, 71
Nasby, Petroleum V., 310(n44)
Nasby Papers, The (Nasby), 310(n44)
National Archives Record Administration, xi
National Detective Police, 193, 195
National Hotel, 75, 77, 79, 87, 108, 170
National Intelligencer (newspaper), 108, 111, 113, 162
National Volunteers, 17
Navy Yard, 101
Navy Yard Bridge, 131, 132
Neely, Mark, E., Jr., 65
Nelson, Nathan, 33
New Bern, 47, 49, 51, 54
New Cathedral Cemetery, 30
newspapers: descriptions of Lincoln assassination conspirators, 217–18; publication of Samuel Arnold’s memoir, 243; publication of Lincoln assassination trial testimony, 216; reactions to Lincoln’s assassination, 162
New York City: Booth’s trip to, 88, 89; Confederate clandestine activity and, 88–89; mourning for Lincoln, 282–84
New York Times (newspaper), 21, 51, 235, 282, 284, 285
New York World (newspaper), 26
Nicolay, John G., 93, 272, 283
Ninth Vermont Infantry, 90
Ninth Virginia Cavalry, 188, 189
Norfolk, 47, 49
Nothey, john, 140, 141, 142
Notson, William, 269, 313(n25), 331(nl)
Oak Hill plantation, 155
Oak Ridge Cemetery, 291
O’Beirne, James R., 132, 146, 194
O’Daniel, Frank, 170
Oglesby, Richard, 102, 279
oil business, 61
O’Laughlen, Michael: arrest of, 170, 173, 209; burial place, 244; Campbell Hospital abduction scheme, 85, 88; death of, 327(nl5); defense attorney for, 219, 221; defense case of, 225–26; imprisoned on the Montauk, 206; meeting of conspirators in Washington, 84; newspaper descriptions of, 217; recruitment to Booth’s capture plot, 58, 62–63, 64, 80; sentencing of, 227; transport to Fort Jefferson prison, 76
Olcott, H.S., 174
Old Bay Line steamship company, 233
Old Bob (Lincoln’s horse), 290
Old Capitol Prison, 55, 65, 90, 158, 168, 209, 219
Oldroyd, Osborn H., 234
Olds, Rev. Dr., 229
Old Washington Penitentiary. See Washington Arsenal
150th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 22
151 st New York Volunteer Infantry, 255
140th Indiana Volunteers, 87
146th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 289
161st New York Infantry, 236
Ord, Edward O.C., 97
Ord, Mary, 97
“Order of Retaliation,” 42
O’Sullivan, Timothy, 263
Our American Cousin (play), 117–18
Owens, James, 194
Ownsbey, Betty, 82, 217
Padgett, William, 33
Page, Nathan, 170
Paine, Lewis. See Powell, Lewis Thornton
Paramount Pictures, 236
pardons: Lincoln’s granting of, 99–100
Parker, John F., 23, 103, 104, 116
Parker, William, 33
Parker House, 61, 62
Parr, David Preston, 83
patents: Lincoln’s, 309(n40)
Payne, Lewis. See Powell, Lewis Thornton Pearce, Thomas, 33
Peddicord, J.M., 264
Pegram, William, 258
Pelouze, Louis H., 269
Pendel, T.F., 23
Pennsylvania House, 166, 167
Peruvian (ship), 231
Petersen, William, 123
Petersen and Brothers, xii
“petroleumania,” 61
Peyton, Randolph, 189
Peyton, Sarah Jane and Lucy, 189–90
Philadelphia: mourning for Lincoln, 281–82
Philadelphia Age (newspaper), 296(nl3)
Philadelphia Daily Inquirer (newspaper), 87, 216
Phoenix, John, 102, 310(n44)
Phoenixiana (Phoenix), 102, 310(n44)
phonography, xi, 128, 129, 215
photographs: of Booth, xiii, 153–54, 195—96, 263–64, 317(n41); of Lincoln’s body, 283; of Lincoln’s deathbed, 124
Pimlico racetrack, 243
Pinkerton, Allan, 18–19, 20, 21
Pinkerton Detective Agency, 18
Pitman, Benn, xii, 215–16, 325(n22)
Pitman, Isaac, 215
police. See Washington Metropolitan Police Force
Poore, Ben: Perley, xii
Port Conway, 186–87, 197
Porter, David Dixon, 97
Porter, Horace, 112, 216, 325(n27)
Port Royal, 191, 193, 197
Port Tobacco, 163
Potomac River: Booth’s crossing of, 164–65, 183, 184, 319(n30); Thomas Harbin’s crossing of, 194
Poughkeepsie: mourning of Lincoln, 284–85
Powell, Lewis Thornton, 91; activities on April 14 (1865), 112; arrest of, 175–77, 178, 209; attempted assassination of Seward, 126, 130; burial in Washington Arsenal, 257; Campbell Hospital abduction scheme, 85, 88; defense case of, 225; defense counsel, 219, 221; execution of, 229–30; imprisoned on the Montauk, 206; military career of, 82; newspaper descriptions of, 217–18; recruitment to Booth’s capture plot, 83; sentencing of, 227; John Surratt and, 83; Mary Surratt and, 175–76, 177–78
“press copies,” 216, 325(n24)
Prevost, C.M., 289
Price, Sterling, 47
Prisoner of Shark Island, The (film), 236
prisoner-of-war camps: conditions in Confederate camps, 42–43; Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid, 4, 44–45; Martin-Kane raid, 72; Wistar raid, 4, 43
prisoners of war: Black, 41–42; Grant’s ban on exchanging, 72–73; Lincoln’s “Order of Retaliation,” 42
Pumphrey, James W., 109
Purdom, James, 170
Queen, Joseph, 74
Queen, William, 65, 73, 74
Quesenberry, Elizabeth, 165, 184, 185, 305(n28)
racism: Booth and, 7; Samuel Mudd and, 236, 238
Rains, Gabriel, 89
Randall, Voltaire, 171
Rappahannock ferry, 187–88, 189, 197–98
Rath, Christian, 229
Rathbone, Henry, 104–5, 120–21, 162
Raymond, Henry J., 40
Rebel Scout, The (Conrad), 55
Record Group 94, xi-xxii
Republican Party: slavery and, 6
Rewriting History (TV documentary), 238
Richard III (Shakespeare), 35
Rich Hill, 156, 159
Richmond: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid, 4, 44–46; Ninth Vermont Infantry in, 90; Stoneman raid, 43; Wistar raid, 4, 43
Richmond Examiner (newspaper), 44
Richmond Militia, 36
Richmond Theatre, 36
Richter, Ernest Hartman, 167, 169
Richter, Johann, 167
Rietveld, Ronald, 283, 333(n58)
Riggs, George Washington, 24
Ripley, Edward Hastings, 90
River Queen (steamship), 97
Roanoke Evening News (newspaper), 264
Robertson, John, 151
Robinson, George, 126
Roby, Franklin, 151, 157, 247
Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser (newspaper), 286
Rollins, Bettie, 187, 197
Rollins, William, 187–88, 197, 201, 318(n20), 322(n23)
Rosch, Charles W., 175
Roscoe, Theodore, 98
Rucker, Daniel H., 269
Ruggles, Daniel, 188
Ruggles, Mortimer, 188–89, 190, 192, 193, 197–98
runaway slaves: Jack Scroggins, 151, 157, 317(n30); murder of Edward Gorsuch, 32–34; slave-capturing pat
rols, 66–68
Rutherford, George V., 268–69, 331(n4)
Safford, Henry S., 12, 123
St. Georges Island, 49, 50
St. Helen, John, 246–50
St. Lawrence Hall, 61, 62, 71
St. Mary’s Church (Charles County, MD), 74–75, 77
St. Peter’s Church (Charles County, MD), 74, 145
St. Timothy’s Hall, 30, 31
Ste. Marie, Henri Beaumont de, 231
“Sam” letter, 170–71, 173, 226
Sample, William, 122
Samuel A. Mudd Society, 242
Sanders, George N., 71, 223
Sanders, Thomas Bradford, 121
Saugus (ship), 209
Schneider, Joseph, 196
Schofield, G.W., 263
Scott, Winfield, 19, 24
Scroggins, Jack, 151, 157, 317(n30)
Searcher, Victor, 274
Seddon, James B., 56, 58, 72
Seddon, John A., 52
70th New York Infantry, 150–51
Seward, Augustus, 126
Seward, Fanny, 126
Seward, Frederick, 19, 20, 126
Seward, William H.: Lafayette Baker and, 195; Baltimore Plot and, 19–20; Booth’s assassination plot, 13, 88, 112, 125–26, 130; laws of succession and, 313(n34)
Shakespeare, William, 106
Sheldon, Joseph, 23
Shelton, Vaughan, 325(n24)
Sheridan, Philip, 60, 97
Sherman, William T., 60, 94, 96, 308(nl0)
Sherwood, Jean Anderson, 62
shorthand. See phonography
Silsbee, Case and Company, 196
Simms, Henry, 67, 304(n30)
Simms, William, 67
Simonds, Joseph, 61, 63
Simpson, Bishop Matthew, 292
sinapism, 124, 313(n22)
Sixteenth New York Cavalry: Booth’s death, 203–4, 265–66; capture of Herold, 202–3; Wilson Kenzie’s story, 250–51, 252–54; pursuit of Booth and Herold, 193, 195, 196–200, 201–2; transport of Booth’s body to Washington, 205–6
Sixth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, 253
slave-capturing patrols, 66–68
slavery: Christiana Riot and, 33–34; Harpers Ferry raid, 36; Lincoln’s assassination and, 6, 7. See also runaway slaves
Slusser, H. Robert, 277
Smith, A.C., 23
Smith, Mrs. Clark, 272
Smith, George W., 65–66
Smith, H.W., 174
Smith, John L., 88, 307(n20)
Smith, Kirby, 41–42, 94, 308(nlO)
Smith, Richard M., 92
Smoot, Richard, 83
Snyder, William H., 90
Soldier’s Home: Booth’s capture plot and, 26, 63; Confederate capture plots, 25–26, 56, 57; history of, 23–24; Lincoln’s bodyguards and, 22, 23; as Lincoln’s summer residence, 23, 24; Lincoln’s vulnerability at, 24
Soles, Jacob J., 122
Soper’s Hill, 137
Spangler, Edman: arrest of, 178, 209; imprisoned on the Montauk, 206; Lincoln’s assassination and, 113–14; Mudd family and, 242, 328(nn47, 48); newspaper descriptions of, 217; pardon of, 242; prosecution case against, 226; sentencing of, 227; transport to Fort Jefferson prison, 76
Speed, James, 95, 211, 212–13
Speed, Joshua, 39
Springfield: funeral procession and burial ceremonies for Lincoln, 288–92
Stanton, Edwin, 140, 172; actions on the night of Lincoln’s assassination, 13, 125, 126–28, 129–30, 313(n33); autopsy of Booth’s body and, 262, 263; Lafayette Baker and, 195; burial of Booth’s body and, 256, 257; clemency appeal for Mary Surratt and, 227; in conspiracy theories, 2; dressing of Lincoln’s body, 270; federal pursuit of Booth and, 152, 194; imprisonment of Booth conspirators and, 234; imprisonment of Jefferson Davis and, 225; Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid and, 46; Lincoln assassination trial and, 211, 212, 216, 222; Lincoln’s bodyguards and, 22, 23; at Lincoln’s death, 13, 14, 133, 134, 269; Lincoln’s funeral train and, 278, 283, 284; Lincoln’s last day, 95, 96, 102, 103, 104; photographs of Booth’s body and, 263–64; Soldier’s Home and, 24; Jacob Thompson and, 96, 100–101, 309(n37); transport of Booth’s body to Washington, 206; Wistar raid and, 43
Stanton, Ellen, 125
Star Hotel, 192, 197, 199
Stevens, George E., 317(n29)
Stevens, Thaddeus, 281
Stewart, Kensey Johns, 52–54, 302(n48)
Still Waters Run Deep (play), 85
Stone, Charles P., 19, 131–32
Stone, Frederick, 219, 221
Stone, Robert King, 125, 133, 269, 270, 313(n25), 331(nl)
Stoneman, George, 43
Stoneman raid, 43
Stringham, Silas, 300(n9)
Strong, Mrs. Charles E., 282
Stuart, James Ewell Brown (“Jeb”), 36, 55
Stuart, John T., 290
Stuart, Julia Calvert, 32l(nl2)
Stuart, Richard, 185–86, 187, 321(nl2)
Stuart, S. Tuberville, 321(nl2)
Stuart, Samuel C., 281
succession, 13, 127–28, 296(n4), 313(n34)
Sumner, Charles, 102, 133
Sumner, Isabel, 62, 63
Surratt, Anna, 80, 174, 178, 229
Surratt, Elizabeth Susanna, 138
Surratt, Isaac, 80, 138
Surratt, John Harrison, Jr., 159; arrest of, 178, 324(nl); Judah Benjamin and, 88; Campbell Hospital abduction scheme, 85, 86, 87; Confederate underground and, 80–81, 138; death of, 244; discovery and capture of, 231–32; first meeting with Booth and Mudd, 77, 78, 233; Thomas Harbin and, 78; David Herold and, 82; hiding of carbines at Surratt Tavern, 137, 139; later life of, 233; Edwin Lee and, 177; Lincoln assassination trial and, 226; meeting of conspirators in Washington, 83–84; movements after Lincoln’s murder, 209, 231, 324(nl); police search for, 173–74; Lewis Powell and, 82, 83; public lectures by, 232–33; purchase of boat from Richard Smoot, 83; recruitment to Booth’s capture plot, 65, 80, 81; trials of, 232, 233; Roderick Watson and, 89; Louis Wiechmann and, 77, 78, 80, 83, 174
Surratt, John Harrison, Sr., 80
Surratt, Mary Elizabeth, 80, 138–39; appeals for clemency, 227, 228–29; arrest of, 174–75, 177, 209; Booth’s assassination plot and, 109, 110, 139, 140–42, 143; Booth’s field glass and, 110, 141–42; burial in Washington Arsenal, 257; defense attorneys, 219, 221; execution of, 229–30; David Herold and, 178; newspaper descriptions of, 218; police search for John Surratt and, 173–74; Lewis Powell and, 175–76, 177–78; sentencing of, 227; trial of, 226, 326(nl); Louis Wiechmann and, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 174; writ of habeas corpus refused, 229
Surratt Courier (newsletter), xiii
Surratt Society, xi, xiii, 191, 242
Surratt Tavern, 80, 81, 82, 86, 140, 141; Booth and Herold arrive at, 142–43; carbines concealed in, 137, 139
Swan, Edward, 49, 50, 54
Swann, Oswell, 156, 158
Swann, Thomas, 98
Taft, Charles S., 121, 122, 269, 270, 313(n25)
Taltavul’s saloon, 122
Tanner, James, 128–29, 130
Taylor, Joseph (uncle), 25
Taylor, Joseph Walker (nephew), 24–25
Taylor, Richard, 41
Taylor, Sarah Knox, 25
Taylor, Walker, 298(n34)
Taylor, Zachary, 25, 286
T.B (town in Maryland), 139, 144, 315(nl3)
telegraph lines, 129
Texas Republican (newspaper), 16
Third Virginia Cavalry, 55
Third Virginia Infantry, 188
Thirteenth New York Cavalry, 133, 146, 194
Thomas, D.C., 269
Thomas, Electus, 155
Thomas A. Scott (ship), 236, 237
Thompson, Jacob, 46, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 95–96, 100–101, 223
Thompson, John C., 74, 75, 76, 154
Thornton, James, 189
Through Five Administrations (Crook), 102
Tidwell, William A., 3
Tilghman, Benjamin, 317(n29)
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time bombs, 89–90
Todd, David, 22, 42, 43
Todd, George B., 101
Todd, John B., 272
Todd, Lyman Beecher, 272
Tompkins, Charles, 216
Torpedo Bureau, 5, 89, 90
Townsend, Edward D., 279, 280, 283
Townsend, George Alfred, 79
Townsend, Soloman, 170
Trap, the, 192, 198–99
treason statute, 232
Tredegar Ironworks, 43
Trotter, Peter, 79
Tucker, Beverly, 223
Tudor Hall, 30, 35
Turner, Thomas R., 295(n3)
24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, 289
26th Pennsylvania Infantry, 317(n29)
Twilley, Benjamin F., 99
Ulke, Henry and Julius, 123–24
Union Light Guard, 22, 123, 303(n60)
U.S. Supreme Court, 213–14, 215, 223
United States Colored Troops, 236, 274, 279, 301(nl3)
United States Navy: integration of, 300–301(n9)
United States Secret Service, 195
Unsolved Mysteries (television show), 246, 250
Urbana, 287
Urquhart, Charles, 204
Usher, John P., 95
Van Alen, James H., 93, 308(n4)
Vatican, 231, 232
Verdi, Tulleo S., 126
Veteran Reserve Corps, 269, 273, 275, 289
“vicarious liability,” 210, 226
Vincent, Thomas McCurdy, 268–69, 331(n4)
Volck, Adalbert, 21
W.L. Wall and Company, 49
Wagner, Henry, 258
Walker, N.S., 48, 50
Wall, W.E., 54
Wallace, Lew, 216
Walter, Fr., 229
War Department, 194
Warne, Kate, 18
Washburne, Elihu B., 20, 21
Washington, George, 15, 28
Washington, Richard, 67, 304(n30)
Washington Arsenal, 88; burial of the bodies of Booth and co-conspirators, 256—57; trial room, 214–15
Washington Daily Morning Chronicle (newspaper), 90
Washington D.C.: Booth’s escape from, 127, 132, 135–36, 313(n33), 315(n3); funeral arrangements and ceremonies for Lincoln, 271–75; Herold’s escape from, 136; meeting of Booth conspirators in, 83–84
Washington Evening Star (newspaper), 76, 111, 113, 235, 320(n39)
Washington Intelligencer (newspaper), 216
Washington Metropolitan Police Force, 23, 116, 314(n50)
Watson, Roderick D., 88–89
Weaver, John H., 123, 257, 258
Webb, Edwin B., 14
Webb, William, 23
Webster, Edwin H., 98–99
Weekly Anglo-African Newspaper, 317(n29)
Weitzel, Godfrey, 97
Welles, Gideon, 313(n33); autopsy of Booth’s body and, 262; Lincoln assassination trial and, 212; at Lincoln’s death, 13–14; at Lincoln’s last cabinet meeting, 95, 96; on the night of Lincoln’s assassination, 125–27, 128