Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis

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by James L. Swanson


  Carroll, William T., family vault of, 171, 173

  Cary, Constance, 5, 6-7, 32, 39-40, 312

  marriage to Burton Harrison by, 6, 377, 390

  Cattell, Harry P., 138

  Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 336-37

  Chancellorsville, battle of, 247, 341

  Chapin, C. W., 187

  Charleston, S.C., 3, 182

  Charlotte, N.C., 181, 243, 245, 256-57, 296

  Davis in, 198, 204-5, 206, 212, 219, 238

  Davis unwelcome in, 194-96, 223, 252, 280

  Varina in, 10, 15, 66, 74, 83, 92

  Chase, Salmon P., 170

  Chatham Artillery, 371

  Chattahoochee River, 279

  Chattanooga, Tenn., 68, 279

  Chester, S.C., 92

  Chestnut, Mary, 175-76

  Chicago, Ill., 84, 136, 143, 145, 152-53, 155, 156, 199, 235, 261, 263-65, 264, 270-71, 281, 286, 290, 293

  Chicago Board of Trade, 265

  Chicago Historical Society, 125

  Chicago Tribune, 263-64, 265, 270-71, 338

  City Point, Va., 16-17, 18-19, 22, 36, 73, 74-76, 210

  Civil War, U.S., 1, 14, 36-37, 60, 126, 136, 141, 166-67, 277, 361, 374, 394

  beginning of, 370

  cranial surgery at time of, 110

  Davis’s determined continuation of, 200

  death toll in, xiv, 3, 17, 47, 76, 294, 366, 369, 388

  embalming and, 147-48, 235

  ending of, xi

  Lincoln’s funeral train as symbol of cost of, 213

  150th anniversary of, 401

  Clark, Micajah H., 9, 288

  Clarke, William, 105-6, 133, 287

  Clay, Clement C., 25, 268-69, 314

  Clay, Virginia, 368

  Cleary, William, 268-69

  Cleveland, Ohio, 199, 247, 248-50, 252-54, 253

  Clover Station, 30

  Cobb, Howell, 67-68, 77

  Coffin, Charles C., 47

  Cokesbury, Ga., 280

  Cokesbury, S.C., 265

  Cold Harbor, 246

  Columbian Expedition of 1893, 125

  Columbus, Ga., 67, 77, 257

  Columbus, Ohio, 199, 253-55, 258-59, 284

  Comanche nation, 123

  Confederate archives, 28

  Confederate History Month, 401

  Confederate Memorial Hall, 382

  Confederate ordnance department, 11

  Confederate railroad system, 27, 36, 66, 86, 89, 122, 204-5, 211-12

  Confederate States of America, xi, 30, 36, 123, 276, 283-84, 288, 364, 380

  armies of, 176, 197, 273, 357

  armies of, after Lee’s surrender, 147, 182, 195, 206-7, 279, 280-81, 318, 329

  Booth’s connection to, 121

  controversy surrounding, 401-2

  Davis elected president of, 50-51

  Davis’s determination to continue, 82-84, 95

  ending of, 288-89

  as Lost Cause, 30, 84, 370, 373, 381, 388, 397, 402, 403

  modern response to racial politics of, 401-2

  Northern perception of, xiv

  postwar policy towards hierarchy of, 17-18

  resilience of, 38

  Richmond as capital of, 3; see also Danville, Va.

  waning enthusiasm for, 194

  Confederate treasury, 9, 28, 29-30, 212, 266, 274, 278, 289

  and gold rumors, 244-45, 251, 256, 313-15, 347-48

  Congressional Cemetery, 167, 180

  Connecticut, 187

  Constitution, U.S., 48, 49, 143, 154

  slavery and, 53

  Cooper, Samuel, 37

  Cooper Union, 156, 340

  Copperheads, 34, 226

  corpse photography, 235

  of Davis, 379, 379

  of Lincoln, 23-41, 230, 234-37, 248, 292, 379

  Crane, Charles H., 109, 117, 133, 188

  cranial surgery, 110, 354

  Craven, John J., 341-42, 349-50, 352, 354

  Crook, W. H., 16

  Crowell, J. H., 126

  Croxton, John Thomas, 257

  Cuba, 273, 279, 317

  Currier & Ives, 99-100, 241

  Richmond burning print of, 39, 40

  Curtin, Andrew, 200-201, 217

  Curtis, Joseph, 133-38, 354

  Custer, George Armstrong, 361

  Dana, Charles A., 239

  Dan River, 28

  Danville, Va., 15, 219

  evacuation from, 82-84, 89

  evacuation to, 10, 12, 28-30, 33, 383

  as new Confederate capital, 8-9, 36-38, 40-41, 66-68, 73, 76, 77, 81-82, 88, 90, 95

  Richmond refugees in, 38, 41

  Danville Railroad, 6, 13

  David, King, 292

  Davis, Charles Henry, 236, 237

  Davis, George, 8

  Davis, Jefferson, 4, 66, 75, 77, 118, 127, 212, 360, 362, 377

  Abbeville departed by, 273-74

  appearance of, 54-55

  arrival in Charlotte by, 194-96

  arrival in Danville by, 36-38, 383

  attacks on, 7, 60, 62

  cabinet of, 8-9, 27, 81-82, 83, 88-90, 95, 122, 182, 273, 288, 308

  capture of, 310, 312, 314-18, 320-29, 352, 398-99, 399

  charisma of, 55

  Charlotte speech of, 195

  children of, 10, 12, 59, 72, 171, 263, 301, 315, 316, 317, 366

  Confederate gold rumor and, 244-45, 251, 256, 314, 347-48, 365

  corpse photograph of, 379, 379

  correspondence by, 14-15, 22, 71-72, 73, 90, 93, 95, 223-25, 238, 250, 273-74, 288, 348-49, 350

  criticism of, 283-84

  cross-dressing escape rumors about, 310-11, 310, 322-23, 323, 324, 326-29, 328, 344, 346-47, 346

  in Danville evacuation, 82-89

  in Danville exile, 40-41, 67-68, 76, 77

  “Danville Farewell” of, 83-84

  Danville Proclamation of, 68-70, 91

  death mask of, 379-80

  death pageant for, 378-85, 379, 380, 384, 385, 397

  demonstrations against, 276

  determination to continue Confederacy by, 71, 182-83, 199-200, 206-7, 219

  eclipse of, 48, 397-98, 400-402

  education of, 48, 54, 60

  eightieth birthday of, 374-76

  fate of, 293

  final illness and death of, 377-78, 378

  financial insecurity of, 359, 361-62

  at Fort Monroe, 330, 331, 333-35, 334, 335, 337-40, 341-42, 349-53, 355

  funeral train of, 380, 382-83, 397

  in Greensboro, 87-92

  Greenville speech of, 91-92

  health of, 354, 366, 372-73

  honor and principle of, 58, 61-62, 248, 316-17, 322

  humor of, 223

  inauguration of, 170, 374, 377

  indifference to luxuries of, 55

  Johnson’s reward offer for, 268-69, 313-14

  and Johnston’s surrender, 238, 365

  Joseph’s death and, 174-76

  journey of, xi, xiii, xiv, 2, 147, 181-83

  journey south of, 243-45, 247-48, 250-52, 256-58, 265-67, 268-70, 278-81, 289, 296, 298-303, 300

  as keeper of Confederate memory, 359-77, 388

  Kentucky birth of, 51

  Lee’s surrender and, 81-82, 90-91, 92

  as legend, 397

  Lincoln’s assassination and, 121-22, 181-82, 196-97, 198, 199-200, 204, 219, 223

  Lincoln’s murder attributed to, 147, 204, 276, 287, 296, 314, 319-20, 326-27, 340-41, 342-44, 343

  marriages of, see Davis, Varina Howell;

  Taylor, Sarah Knox

  military background of, 48, 49, 52, 58, 123, 309, 312, 402

  military intelligence and, 37, 67

  in Montgomery, 366-71

  monuments for, 386-87, 397-400, 399

  New Orleans funeral of, 382-83, 384

  news of Union threat to Richmond and, 5-9, 20, 21-24

  Northern opinion about, xiv, 340-41

  optimism of, 183


  in Pierce administration, 49, 53

  plantation of, 48-49, 72, 248, 357, 377

  post-release conduct of, 357-58, 359-77

  presidential prospects of, 48, 50, 53

  as president of the Confederacy, 50-51, 369, 380, 397

  prison Christmas of, 351

  refusal to flee the country by, 122, 182, 266-67, 273, 279

  reward for, 268-69, 313-14, 320

  in Richmond evacuation, 21-33, 279, 296, 317, 383

  Richmond reburial of, 383-86, 390, 397-98

  satires and mockery of, 343, 344-47, 344

  secession and, 50-51, 355, 356, 363

  Sherman criticized by, 365-66

  slavery and, 49, 60-61, 357, 367, 401

  speaking tours of, 371-74, 397

  strength of, 54-55

  Texas as possible goal for, 197

  toughness of, 122-23

  Union pursuit of, 296-302, 297, 304-18, 368

  in U.S. Senate, 49-50, 369

  Varina reunited with, 298-303, 309-14

  in Washington, Ga., 278-80, 288-89

  wax figures of, 344-45

  Davis, Jefferson, Jr., 12, 175, 299

  Davis, Joseph E. (brother), 354, 355

  Davis, Joseph Evan (son), 2, 56, 174-76, 357, 385

  Davis, Joseph R. (nephew), 68

  Davis, Mary, 364

  Davis, Samuel Emory, 71, 72, 171, 351, 383-85

  Davis, Varina Anne “Winnie,” 263, 364,

  Davis, Varina Howell, 50, 74, 123, 175, 333, 348, 356, 357, 366, 369, 373

  better treatment for Davis sought by, 352-53

  capture of, 315-17, 322

  in Charlotte, 66, 74, 83

  in Chester, S.C., 92

  correspondence between Davis and, 15, 71-72, 73, 74, 93-94, 95, 197, 219, 223-25, 238, 250-51, 262-63, 269-70, 281, 348-49, 351

  Davis reunited with, 298-303, 309-14

  Davis’s courtship of, 58-59, 369

  Davis’s death and, 377-78, 379, 382

  Davis’s permanent gravesite and, 382, 390

  evacuation from Richmond of, 10-12, 15

  freeing of, 330-31

  life after Davis for, 390

  Wilde and, 364-65

  Davis Bend, 56

  Declaration of Independence, 54, 221-22

  Democratic Party, 50, 53

  Dennison, William, 207

  Detroit, Mich., 298

  District of Columbia, 90, 98, 140

  Dix, John Adams, 199, 229, 236-37, 239-40, 246

  “Dixie,” 84

  Dixon, Elizabeth, 108, 113, 117, 119, 120, 131-32

  Dixon, James, 108, 119

  Dorsey, Sarah, 362

  Douglas, Stephen A., 48, 49-50, 53

  Douglass, Frederick, 340, 392

  Drake, Mrs., 246

  Dred Scott decision, 334

  Dr. Harker’s patent medicine company, 376

  Dublin, Ga., 298-99

  Duke, Angier Biddle, 396

  Dunkirk, N.Y., 246

  Early, Jubal, 376, 379

  Eckert, Major, 235

  Edward H. Jones (engine), 210

  Edwards, Elizabeth Todd, 389

  Effie Afton case, 156

  elections, U.S.:

  of 1860, 50, 51, 53, 98, 246, 292

  of 1864, 76, 292

  Ellsworth, Elmer, 163-67, 168, 382

  Ellsworth’s Zouaves, 163-64, 166-67

  Emancipation Proclamation, 261

  Ennis, George O., 53

  Euclid, Ohio, 247

  Europe, 122, 317

  Fairfax, Mrs., 381

  Ferguson, James, 96

  Ferguson, William J., 130

  Fessenden, William P., 141-42, 151

  Field, Maunsell, 93, 108, 151, 158

  Fillmore, Millard, 242

  fires, 99-100

  Flannery, Lot, 342

  Flint River, 297

  Florida, 12, 250-51, 257, 267, 273, 279, 299, 317

  Foot, Solomon, 144, 151

  Forbes, Charles, 95

  Ford’s Theatre, xi, 94-97, 99-101, 103, 106-7, 109-11, 116, 119, 127, 130, 144, 181, 240, 287, 392

  Ford’s Theatre Society, 400

  Fort Crawford, Wisc., 58

  Fort Monroe, Va., 329-31, 333-34, 335, 337-40, 341-42, 349-53, 355

  Fortress Monroe, Va., 16

  Fox, Gustavus, 164

  Frailey, Commander, 330

  France, 309

  Francis, George, 101-2, 103-6, 113, 199

  Francis, Huldah, 101-2, 103, 105, 113, 199

  Franklin, Sir John, 229

  Fredericksburg, battle of, 341

  Fredericksburg, Va., 176-77

  Freemasons, 218, 261

  French, Benjamin Brown, 93, 117-18, 133

  on Davis’s capture, 323-24

  diary of, 118, 139

  on Grand Review, 337

  Lincoln’s assassination and, 117, 119

  Lincoln’s funeral and, 133, 144, 150-51, 152, 210-11, 286, 391

  on Mary Lincoln’s departure, 335

  mourning arrangements made by, 119, 133, 140, 337

  Gardner, Alexander, 188-89, 239, 241

  Garfield, James, 361

  Garrett’s Farm, 367

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 340

  Garrison’s Landing, N.Y., 232

  Gary, Martin Witherspoon, 265

  Georgetown, 171, 173, 192, 208

  Georgia, 67, 250, 252, 257, 296, 309, 313, 318

  Confederacy supported in, 280

  Georgia Historical Society, 371

  Georgia State Fair, 373

  Gettysburg, battle of, 112, 121

  Gettysburg, Pa., 16, 156

  national cemetery at, 140, 181

  Gist’s Ferry, 250

  Gobright, Lawrence A., 151

  Gordon, John B., 367

  Gorgas, Josiah, 11

  Grady, Henry, 371

  Grand Review, 329-30, 331, 333, 336-37

  Grant, Julia, 96

  Grant, Ulysses S., 36, 41, 75, 77, 92, 94, 96, 207, 245, 246, 248, 289

  advance on Richmond by, 13-14, 16-17, 20, 24

  Davis’s surrender and, 330-31

  Grand Review ordered by, 329-30, 331

  Lee’s surrender to, 77-79

  Petersburg captured by, 22, 24, 34, 38

  Graves, Thomas Thatcher, 30, 32, 47, 62-63

  Great Britain, 132

  Great Central Fair, 177

  Great Western Railroad, 277

  Greeley, Horace, 356

  Greene, Nathaniel, 371

  Greensboro, N.C., 15, 67, 85, 252

  Cabinet Car in, 89

  as Confederate capital, 82, 84, 87-92, 95, 121-22, 280

  evacuation of, 122

  Greenville, Ala., 382

  Grover’s Theatre, 96, 101, 114

  Gulf of Mexico, 299

  Gunther, Charles F., 125

  Gurley, Phineas D., 123-24, 172-73, 189-90, 207, 284

  Gurney, Jeremiah, 292

  Gurney, Thomas, 230, 239-41, 379

  Hall, Rev. Mr., 188

  Halleck, Henry W., 115, 150-51, 244, 330

  Hampton, Wade, 197, 207, 219, 238, 243-44

  Hampton Roads, 330

  Hampton Roads peace conference, 47

  “Hang Him on the Sour Apple Tree,” 348

  Harding, Warren G., 398

  Harnden, Henry, 256, 298

  Harpers Ferry, Va., xi

  Harper’s Weekly, 50, 350

  Harrington, George, 141-43, 142, 148-52, 156-59, 184-85, 188, 287, 315, 396

  Harris, Clara, 96, 106-8, 113

  Harris, J. H., 398

  Harrisburg, Pa., 199, 217, 218, 219, 239

  Harrison, Burton, 183, 274, 355, 361, 390

  in Charlotte, 194, 223

  in departure from Greensboro, 122

  in evacuation to Greensboro, 83, 84-88

  and final capture, 307-9, 311-12, 315-16, 317, 320-22

  marriage of Constance Cary to, 6

  Varina Davis assiste
d by, 10, 66, 82-83, 224, 262-63, 298-99, 302-3

  Harrison, William Henry, 142, 188

  Hathaway, Lieutenant, 315, 321

  Hawes, G. W., 230

  Hawkinsville, Ga., 299

  Hay, John, 181, 324

  Hayes, Margaret Davis, 387, 390

  Helm, Emilie Todd, 174

  Herndon, William, 57

  Herold, David, 341

  Hill, Ben, 371

  Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, 2, 357, 383-85, 398

  Hooker, Joseph, 247

  House of Representatives, U.S., 149, 151, 170

  Howell, Jefferson Davis, 315

  Howell, Maggie, 94, 315-16

  Hudson, N.Y., 232, 233

  Hudson River, 225, 232, 235, 394

  Hudson River Railroad, 231

  Hurricane Katrina, 402-3

  Illinois, 51, 53, 57, 95, 98, 143, 148, 151, 152, 154, 155, 167, 168, 171, 207, 209, 293, 295

  Illinois Central railroad, 156

  Independence Hall, 157, 220-23, 225

  Indiana, 51, 155, 247, 259-61, 293

  Indianapolis, Ind., 199, 261

  Indiana State Journal, 259-61

  Industrial Revolution, 361

  Irwinville, Ga., 298, 300, 302, 304, 317-18, 321

  Jackson, Andrew, 123

  Jackson, James W., 164

  Jackson, Miss., 248

  Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall,” 72

  James River, 6, 13, 17, 22

  Jefferson, Thomas, 38, 53, 100, 381

  Jefferson Davis (Varina Howell Davis), 390

  Jefferson Davis Monument Association, 386

  Jersey City, N.J., 225

  Johnson, Andrew, 196, 276, 337, 341

  hostility to South by, 121, 199-200, 204

  and Mary Lincoln’s refusal to vacate the

  White House, 287, 324

  reward for Davis offered by, 268-69, 313-14

  Varina’s petitions to, 352, 353

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 398

  Johnston, Albert Sidney, 9, 312

  Johnston, Joseph E., 14, 67, 87, 90, 91-92, 182, 243-44, 296

  Confederate gold rumor and, 244, 365

  surrender by, 212, 238, 244, 256, 365

  Johnston, William Preston, 9, 25, 33, 299, 302

  and capture with Davis, 307, 312-13, 315, 321, 322

  John Sylvester, 355

  Jones, Jim, 306-7

  Jones, J. William, 379

  Justice Department, U.S., 157

  Keckly, Elizabeth, 59, 108, 143-44, 146-47

  Keene, Laura, 94, 130

  Kennedy, Jacqueline, 396

  Kennedy, John F., funeral of, 396

  Kentucky, 51, 152, 247, 400

  King, Albert F. Africanus, 106-7, 108

  Kinney, Constance, 119

  Kinney, Mary, 119

  Knoxville, Tenn., 68

  Lake Erie, 246, 249

  Lamon, Ward Hill, 90, 140, 152, 161-63

  Lancaster, Pa., 219-20

 

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