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

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by James L. Swanson


  “Last Ditch Polka,” 348

  Leale, Charles A., 102-3, 105-10, 116-18, 120-21, 133

  Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, 5, 21, 37, 80

  Lee, Robert E., 26, 29, 37, 40-41, 67, 73, 76, 123, 273-74, 296, 386

  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<
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  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

 

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