Missouri, in Union
“Mortality” (Knox)
Mudd, Samuel A.
myth:
Frye on
functions of
history vs.
truth of
see also Lincoln myth
National Intelligencer, Booth’s letter to
New York Herald
New York World
Nicholas I, Czar of Russia
North Carolina
O’Laughlin, Michael
trial and sentence of
Our American Cousin (English comedy)
Owens, Mary
pardons
Parker, John
Petersen, William
Petersen House (Washington, D.C.)
Philadelphia North American
Phillips, Wendell
Poore, Benjamin Perley
Pope, John
Powell, Lewis T.
apprehension of
death sentence of
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
property, confiscation of
Quarles, Benjamin
Randall, Ruth Painter
Rathbone, Henry
reconstruction
army’s role in
Lincoln myth and
Lincoln’s evolving approach to
Lincoln’s views on, at war’s end
military governors in
radical views on
southern Unionists in
ten percent plan in
voting limitations in
Republicans, advanced
conspiracy theory of assassination and
as “radicals,”
reconstruction and
Republicans, Republican party
conservative
in election of 1858
in election of 1860
in election of 1862
in election of 1864
emergence of
Jeffersonian heritage of
Lincoln’s joining of
moderate
radical, as misnomer, see also Republicans, advanced
Thirteenth Amendment and
vision of
as warmongering abolitionists
revolution, in Western world (1820s to 1840s)
Richmond, Va., McClellan’s march toward
Rosecrans, William S. (“Old Rosey”)
Russia, czarist
Lincoln legend in
Rutherford, Mildred Lewis
Rutledge, Ann, and Lincoln
Sandburg, Carl
secession
Secret Service, U.S., search for Booth and
segregation
Lincoln as proponent of
in Union forces
self-improvement, right of
Senate, U.S.
advanced Republicans in
Lincoln’s ambitions for
Vardaman in
Seward, William H.
attempted assassination of
Sherman, Stuart
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Sherwood, Robert E.
slaveowners, compensation of
slaves, slavery
fugitive
as gradually dying out
as inflammable issue
Kansas-Nebraska Act and
Lincoln’s hands-off policy toward
Lincoln’s hatred of
Lincoln viewed as unopposed to
moral contradiction of
rebellions of
see also emancipation; Emancipation Proclamation
Smith, Lydia
South, southerners
elimination of ruling class of
Lincoln-as-demon view of
Lincoln embraced by
Lincoln’s election as viewed by
Lincoln’s views on
people vs. politicians in
Unionists in
see also Confederacy
Spangler, Edman
Speed, James
Speed, Joshua
Springfield Young Men’s Lyceum, Lincoln’s speech at
Stanton, Edwin M.
assassination conspiracy theory and
background of
Booth’s personal effects and
death of
Lincoln’s correspondence with
Lincoln’s reliance on
Lincoln’s security and
search for Booth and
states’ rights, Lincoln’s views on
Stevens, Thaddeus
reconstruction and
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Sumner, Charles
background and personality of
reconstruction and
slave policy influenced by
Supreme Court, U.S.
slavery issue and
Surratt, John
Surratt, Mary
Swett, Leonard
Taney, Roger B.
Tanner, James
Tennessee:
occupation of
Union army in
There Is a River (Harding)
They’ve Shot Lincoln! (television show)
Thirteenth Amendment
Thomas, George (“Old Pap”)
Todd, Mary, see Lincoln, Mary Todd
Tolstoy, Leo
truth:
biographical
mythical vs. historical
Turner, Henry M.
Turner, Justin and Linda
Turner, Nat
Turner, Thomas Reed
Union army
blacks in
Confederate army compared to
Grand Plan of
military arrests of
military strategy of
problems of
in reconstruction
scorched-earth warfare of
Unionism, Union:
slave states in
southern
Vallandigham, Clement L., arrest of
Vardaman, James K.
Vicksburg, Grant’s capture of (1863)
Vidal, Gore
Virginia:
Army of the Potomac in
Union cavalry in
voting rights
Lincoln’s restriction of
in reconstruction
Wade, Benjamin F.
prejudice of
wages:
apprenticeship plan vs.
unequal
War Department, U.S.
Booth’s body released by
Washington, D.C.:
defense of
“Georgia pen” in
Petersen House in
see also Ford’s Theater
Washington, George
Washington Arsenal
Washington Metropolitan Police Force
Weems, Parson
Weichmann, Louis J.
welfare, of freedmen
Welles, Gideon
Welles, Mary Jane
Whigs, Whig party
Whitman, Walt
Wilson, Edmund
With Malice Toward None (Oates)
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*There is not a scintilla of evidence for Sandburg’s scenes about Lincoln and Ann. In fairness, though, Sandburg did delete a lot of this material in a one-volume condensation of the Prairie and War Years. But even there he persists in suggesting a romance between Lincoln and Ann and even quotes Edgar Lee Master’s ridiculous poem about how Ann Rutledge, “beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln,” was wedded to him in her grave. Later Sandburg was sorry that he had fallen for the legend. He should have known it was out of character for Lincoln, he said.
*Nor is there any truth to the persistent gossip that John C. Calhoun (or possibly Henry Clay) was Lincoln’s real father. After my life of Lincoln appeared in 1977, I received several letters chastising me for not stating that the great Calhoun had authored Lincoln. Where else could he have gotten his political skills and eloquence? This assumes, of course, that somehow, somewhere (a haystack in Virginia or Kentucky?), Senator Calhoun and Nancy Hanks fooled around and the result was the future Head of the Nation. Of all the fanciful notions about Lincoln, this is the most preposterous. Thomas Lincoln was Lincoln’s father, period.
*A view held by certain white scholars, too, but for a different reason. For them, this illustrates his admirable conservatism and legalistic approach.
*In those days, state legislatures chose U.S. Senators. Lincoln hoped to win by persuading Illinois voters to elect Republican rather than Democratic candidates to the legislature.
*Because so many southerners had resigned their congressional seats and joined the Confederacy, the Republicans had gained control of both houses on Capitol Hill. Thereupon they had voted to expel the secessionists as traitors.
*The amendment was finally ratified in December, 1865. Until then, the freedom of most southern blacks rested on Lincoln’s Proclamation.
*Irvin McDowell had been the army’s first commander; McClellan had replaced him.
*For a discussion of this point, see the reference notes.
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