Mourning Lincoln

by Martha Hodes

War Department, 48, 65, 88, 126, 127

  Ward, James, 39, 59, 59, 106, 136, 164, 179, 197, 221, 229, 263

  Ward, Thomas, 123

  Washington, D.C.: and African Americans, 34, 58–59, 62, 64, 65, 81, 90, 98, 107, 128, 143, 146

  and assassination, 49–52, 50, 58–59, 62, 63, 69, 81, 86–87, 119, 195, 213

  Confederates in, 29, 74–75, 81, 93, 264

  Copperheads in, 81, 86–87, 88, 90, 122

  execution of conspirators in, 265

  Fourth of July in, 261–62

  Grand Review in, 228–30

  Lincoln’s funeral in, 52, 143–47, 148, 149, 156, 164, 171

  mourning drapery in, 64, 302n14; rumors of assassination in, 45

  and victory and defeat, 22, 26, 28, 29, 34, 39. See also Ford’s Theatre; Petersen House

  Washington, George: funeral of, 146

  Lee compared to, 116

  Lincoln compared to, 38, 110–11, 231, 237

  Watkins, Emily, 99–100, 177, 199

  Watson, Julia, 250

  Weaverville, Calif., 28

  Webster, William, 156–58

  Weld, Lewis, 190–91

  Weld, Stephen, 229

  Welford, Emmy, 74

  Welles, Gideon, 29, 45, 50–51, 62, 99, 104, 207, 229

  Wells, Ida B., 271

  Welton, Chauncey, 223

  West Indies, 10

  West Virginia, 87, 162

  Whig Party, 13

  White, Caroline, 41, 58, 159, 164, 172, 207, 246

  White, Garland, 68, 113, 239–40

  White, George, 132

  White, Louisa, 181

  white supremacy, 134–35, 222, 269, 270, 272, 273. See also racism

  whites: and optimism, 35, 222

  poor southern, 26, 40, 64, 117–18, 130, 132–36, 163, 221–22, 224, 240

  responses to assassination, compared to African Americans, 12, 35, 62, 66, 90, 99, 134–36, 195, 220–23, 224, 228, 272. See also Confederates; Copperheads; fear; freedom; Johnson, Andrew; planter classes; racism; reconciliation; slavery; violence; white supremacy

  Whitman, Walt, 57, 167, 182, 196, 229

  Whittier, John Greenleaf, 111, 135, 212, 252

  Whittle, Cloe, 35, 78, 96, 125, 205, 249, 269

  “why” question: as response to assassination, 96, 104, 107–10, 112, 114, 137, 194, 203, 274

  as response to death of loved ones, 194, 196–97, 203. See also God, will of

  Wight, Margaret, 75

  Williams, Harriet, 167

  Williams, James, 161

  Wilmington, Del., 28, 30, 33, 40

  Wilmington, N.C., 63, 262

  Wilson, Henry, 40, 47

  Wilson, James Harrison, 225

  Winter Garden Theatre, 65

  Wisconsin, 55, 88, 111, 159, 174, 225, 229–30, 262

  women: Confederate, 33, 36, 78–79, 80, 132, 133, 241, 249–50

  Copperhead, 85

  and emotion, 69, 115, 119, 164, 167, 206

  and everyday life, 167, 168–69, 171–73, 175–76

  and mourning drapery, 47, 64, 65, 97–98, 147

  and vengeance, 120, 123

  weeping, 34, 54, 147, 150

  Wood, John Taylor, 73

  Worthington, John, 126

  Wright, Martha Coffin, 87, 160, 176, 224, 245

  Wylie, Maggie, 180

  Young Men’s Democratic Club (Ku Klux Klan), 267