Bloody Crimes (65 page)

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

marriage of Constance Cary to, 6

Varina Davis assisted 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

“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