The Day Lincoln Was Shot. Director, John Gray. DVD. TNT, 1998. 94 minutes, NR.
Gore Vidal’s Lincoln. Director, Lamont Johnson. DVD. Platinum, 1994 (film released 1988). 188 minutes, PG-13.
The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth. Director, Tom Jennings. DVD. A&E Home Video, 2008. 94 minutes, NR.
Sandburg’s Lincoln. Director, George Schaefer. DVD. Mill Creek Entertainment, 2011 (miniseries aired 1974). 298 minutes, PG-13.
Index
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Abbott, Ezra
African Americans
Emancipation Group Statue and
equality and
testimony of
Union Army service by
voting rights and
Alaska
Alexander, Archer
American Flag (Union flag)
“Old Glory” nickname
American Revolution
amputation
Anderson, Richard “Fighting Dick”
Antietam, Battle of (Sharpsburg)
Appomattox Court House
Arlington National Cemetery
Arnold, Isaac Newton
Arnold, Samuel
Arthur, Chester
Ashmun, George
Atzerodt, George
arrest of
assassination plot and
hunt for
trial and execution of
weapons of
Augur, Christopher
Babcock, Colonel
Baker, Lafayette C.
burial of Booth and
hunt for conspirators and
later life of
Baker, Luther
Baltimore Plot
Barnes, Joseph K.
Beckwith, Samuel H.
Bell, William
Bethune, Mary McLeod
Black, William
Black Hawk War
Black Thursday of the Confederacy
Booth, Edwin
Booth, John Wilkes
aided by Mudd
arrives at Ford’s Theatre
assassination plot and
autopsy of
belongings of
boot of
broken leg of
burial of
death of
diary of
early life of
escape and pursuit of
escape route of
hotel rooms of
kidnapping plot and
Lincoln shot by
Lincoln’s last speech and
Lincoln’s second inaugural and
National Intelligencer letter of
time line for
weapons of
Booth, Junius Brutus
Booth, Mary Ann Holmes
Bowie knife
breech-loading repeating rifle
Buckingham, John
Bull Run, first Battle of
Bunker, George W.
Burns, Francis
Burroughs, Joseph “Peanut John”
Capitol building
Civil War. See also specific battles
age of enlistment for
battle names and
death toll in
end of
flags of
Lincoln’s aging during
medicine and
slang and
transportation and
weapons and
Civil War Amendments
Clark, William
Clayton, Frances (“Jack Williams”)
Cobb, Silas T.
Colfax, Schuyler
Confederate Army. See also specific battles
Army of Northern Virginia
final surrender of
Lee becomes general in
Confederate flags
battle flag
Blood-Stained Banner
Stainless Banner
Stars and Bars
Confederate Secret Service
Confederate States of America
defeat of
fall of capital Richmond and
formation of
Montreal gold fund of
White House of
Conger, Everton
Corbett, Boston
Corey, John
Cox, Samuel
Crane, Charles H.
Crook, George
Crook, William
Custer, George Armstrong
Davis, Jefferson
assassination plot and
Richmond home of
de Peyster, Johnston Livingston
derringer pistol
Devin, Thomas
“Dixie” (song and nickname)
Dixon, Jeremiah
Driver, William
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Emancipation Group Statue
Emancipation Proclamation
Five Forks, Battle of
Fletcher, John
Forbes, Charles
Ford, Gerald R.
Ford, Harry
Ford, James
Ford’s Theatre
Booth arrives at
Booth escapes from
Booth shoots Lincoln at
dying Lincoln moved from
Lincoln decides to attend
Lincoln arrives at
museum complex
stage
state box
Forsyth, James William
Fort Donelson, Battle of
Fort Henry, Battle of
Fort Jefferson penitentiary (Dry Tortugas)
Fort Sumter, Battle of
Francis, George
Francis, Huldah
Fugitive Slave Act
Garfield, James
assassination of
Garrett, John
Garrett, Richard
Garrett, William
Gettysburg, Battle of
Gifford, James J.
Gordon, John B.
Grant, Hannah
Grant, Jesse
Grant, Julia
Grant, Ulysses S.
arrives in Washington
assassination plot vs.
becomes general
cabinet meeting and
Ford’s Theatre and
headquarters of
Lee’s retreat and
Lee’s surrender and
later life of
Lincoln funeral train and
memoirs of
Petersburg and
presidency of
Sayler’s Creek and
tomb of
Union victories and
Great Hinckley Fire
Green Mount Cemetery (Baltimore)
Griffiths, Jabes
Gurley, Phineas T.
Hamlin, Hannibal
Hammond, William A.
Hampton Roads, Battle of
Hancock, Winfield Scott
Hansell, Emerick
Harris, Clara
Harris, Ira
Harrison, Benjamin
Hawk, Harry
Herold, David
assassination plot and
capture of
escape and pursuit of
trial and execution of
High Bridge, Battle of
Hill, A.P.
History of the United States Secret Service (Baker)
ironclad warships
John S. Ide (steamship)
Johnson, Andrew
assassination plot vs.
becomes president
conspirators pardoned by
death of Lincoln and
impeachment of
presidency of
trial and execution of conspirators and
Johnston, Joseph E.
Jones, Thomas
Jones, Walter
Keene, Laura
Keim, W.R.
/> King, Albert
King, Preston
Kirkwood House
Knights of the Golden Circle
Lamon, Ward Hill
Leale, Charles A.
Lee, Henry “Light Horse Harry”
Lee, Mary Custis
Lee, Robert E.
Appomattox surrender and
becomes general in Confederate Army
later life of
Petersburg and
reinstated as U.S. citizen
retreat of
Sayler’s Creek and
Lee, Samuel Phillips
Lincoln, Abraham
aging of
appoints Johnson vice president
Appomattox surrender and
assassination plot vs.
attends Ford’s Theatre
autopsy of
belongings of
bodyguards and
Booth shoots
bullet used to assassinate
cabinet and
Civil War and
commemorative pin for
Confederacy and
day of assassination and
death of
deaths of sons and
death threats vs.
doctors attempt to save life of
dreams of own death
dying, moved to Petersen House
election of 1864 and
fall of Richmond and
family and
funeral of
Grant and
kidnapping plot vs.
last speech of
legacy of
life mask of
Reconstruction and
second inaugural address of
staff of
time line for
tomb of
Lincoln, Edward (son)
Lincoln, Mary Todd (wife)
Confederate relatives of
death of
death of Lincoln and
deaths of sons and
eve of assassination and
family and
Ford’s Theatre and
funeral of Lincoln and
last days of Civil War and
later life of
tomb of
Lincoln, Robert Todd (son)
death of Lincoln and
early life of
grave of
later life of
mother and
Lincoln, Thomas “Tad” (son)
Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie” (son)
Lincoln Cottage
Lincoln General Hospital
Lincoln Memorial
Longstreet, James “Pete”
Lovett, Alexander
Magee, John L.
Malvern, USS (warship)
Marshall, Charles
Mason, Charles
Mason and Dixon Line
Matthews, John
McCulloch, Hugh
McKinley, William
assassination of
McLean, Wilmer
Meade, George G.
Merritt, Wesley
Metz, Lucinda
Mexican War
minié ball
Monitor, USS (ironclad warship)
Mudd, George
Mudd, Samuel
aids Booth
arrest of
later life of
trial and sentencing of
Mudd, Sarah
National Hotel
National Intelligencer
Booth’s letter to
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Navy Yard Bridge
North
border of
death of Lincoln and
horses and
weapons and
Oak Ridge Cemetery (Springfield, Illinois)
O’Laughlen, Michael
Our American Cousin (play)
Papal Zouaves
Parker, John
later life of
leaves post
Pennsylvania House Hotel
Petersburg, Battle of
Lee’s retreat after
Petersen House
Porter, Horace
Port Royal
Port Tobacco
Potomac River
Powell, Lewis (“Lewis Payne”)
arrest of
early life of
escape of
Lincoln assassination plot and
revolver of
Seward assassination plot and
Seward attacked by
trial and execution of
Pullman Company
Pumphrey, James
Quesenberry, Mrs.
Rathbone, Henry Reed
attends Ford’s Theatre
Booth attacks
later life of
Read, Theodore
Reconstruction
Reconstruction Amendments
Richmond, Virginia (Confederate capital)
fall of
Ritterspaugh, Jake
Robey, Franklin
Robinson, George
Rosser, Thomas Lafayette
Safford, Henry S.
Sample, Bill
Sanitary Commission
Sayler’s Creek, Battle of
Schurz, Carl
Scott, Winfield
Sessford, Joseph
Seward, Augustus
Seward, Fanny
Seward, Frederick
Seward, William H.
Alaska and
assassination attempt on
investigation of attacks on
Lee pardon and
Sharpsburg, Battle of. See Antietam, Battle of
Sheridan, Philip “Little Phil”
Sherman, William T.
single-shot muzzle-loaders
slavery
abolished
Soles, Jacob
South
border of
death of Lincoln and
horses and
secession of
weapons and
Spangler, Edmund “Ned”
Spencer carbine rifle
Stanton, Edwin M.
Booth’s diary and
Booth’s burial and
investigation and
later life of
St. John, I. M.
Stone, Robert King
Strong, George Templeton
Surratt, Anna
Surratt, John H., Jr.
assassination plot and
escape of
later life of
Surratt, Mary
arrest of
assassination plot and
grave of
trial and execution of
Surratt’s boardinghouse
Surratt’s Tavern
Taft, Charles Sabin
Taltavul’s Star Saloon
telegraph
Twain, Mark
Union Army. See also specific battles
Army of the Potomac
artillery of
close combat and
fall of Richmond and
field hospitals
Grant’s victories and
Lee offered command of
Lee’s surrender and
“pup tents” and
U.S. Cavalry
U.S. Colored Troops (USCT)
U.S. Congress
U.S. Constitution
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
U.S. Supreme Court
Verdi, Dr.
Virginia, CSS (ironclad warship)
Virginia, motto of
Walker, Mary
War Department
Washburn, Francis
Washington, George
Washington, Martha
Washington, D.C.
Booth’s plan of escape from
curfew
horses in
life of, in 1860s
Lincoln sites in
maps of<
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Metropolitan Police
Washington and Lee University
Washington Monument
Waud, Alfred
Weichmann, Louis
Welles, Gideon
Wetzel, Godfrey
White House
Lincoln lies in state at
Lincoln’s last speech at
Willard Hotel
Wilson, Woodrow
Withers, William
women
Civil War service and
Medal of Honor and
voting rights
Woodward, Joseph Janvier
Wright, Horatio
Wyeth, N.C.
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—B. O’R.
For Eleanor and Albert Law
—D. J. Z.
About the Authors
Bill O’Reilly is a former high-school history teacher and the author of several number-one bestselling books, including Killing Lincoln. He is also the anchor of The O’Reilly Factor, the highest-rated cable news show in the country.
www.billoreilly.com
Dwight Jon Zimmerman has adapted books for young readers by distinguished authors such as Dee Brown and James McPherson. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Lincoln’s last days : the shocking assassination that changed America forever / Bill O’Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman. — 1st ed.
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