Mourning Lincoln (69 page)

Copperhead views of,
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and Lincoln,
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–66,
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–38

and postwar nation,
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–19,
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and Union victory,
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–36,
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See also
Lincoln, Abraham; slavery

Adams, Charles Francis,
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–93,
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–43,
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Adams, Henry,
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Africa,
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See also
Liberia

African Americans,
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and assassination,
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–96,
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–40,
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and citizenship,
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and Confederates,
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–90,
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–24,
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and death of loved ones,
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disfranchisement of,
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and Easter Sunday,
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and education,
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and equality,
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and everyday life,
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and Fourth of July,
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–63

homeward journeys of,
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and Johnson,
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–18,
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–20,
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–22,
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–45,
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–65,
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and landownership,
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and Lincoln,
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–39,
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–56,
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and Lincoln’s funeral,
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–56,
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–63,
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northern,
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and Reconstruction,
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–45,
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–69

submerged voices of,
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and Union victory,
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and voting rights for men,
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n36.
See also
Chester, Thomas Morris;
Christian Recorder;
Douglass, Frederick; emancipation; Emancipation Proclamation; fear; Fifty-Fifth Massachusetts regiment; Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts regiment; freedom; funeral; God, will of; hatred; landownership; optimism;
New Orleans Black Republican; New York Anglo-African;
racism;
San Francisco Elevator;
slavery; United States Colored Troops; violence; whites

Agassiz, Elizabeth,
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Alabama,
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See also specific locations

Albany, N.Y.,
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Lincoln’s funeral in,
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201

Alcott, Bronson,
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Alexandria, Egypt,
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–56,
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Alexandria, Va.,
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Allen, Clara,
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Alsop, Elizabeth,
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Altoona, Pa.,
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amnesty, Confederate,
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–45,
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anarchy, fear of,
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Anderson, Martha,
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Andersonville Prison,
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Andrews, Eliza,
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anger: of mourners toward Booth,
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–26

of mourners toward Confederates,
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–30,
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–38,
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of mourners toward Copperheads,
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as response to assassination,
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–23,
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–2

as response to Confederate defeat,
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Anthony, Susan B.,
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anti-slavery ideology,
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See also
abolitionists; slavery

Appleton, Nathan,
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Appomattox,
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See also
Lee, Robert E.; surrender

April 11, 1865, speech by Lincoln,
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and Booth,
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–39,
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and Douglass,
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Arkansas,
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Armory Square Hospital,
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Armstrong, Hillock,
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Army of Georgia,
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Army of Northern Virginia,
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Army of the Potomac,
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Army of the Tennessee,
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Arnold, Samuel,
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See also
conspirators

assassination, act of,
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as God’s will, Confederate view,
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–71,
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as God’s will, mourner’s view,
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–9,
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–14,
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spread of news of,
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studying personal responses to,
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timing of,
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See also
Davis, Jefferson; Douglass, Frederick; eyewitnesses; Ford’s Theatre; Lee, Robert E.; newspapers; Petersen House; Reconstruction; rumors; sermons; slavery; telegraph

assassination, personal responses to.
See
African Americans; anger; Confederates; Copperheads; everyday life; fear; glee; grief; hope; horror; hospitals; indignation; mercy; mourning; optimism; physical symptoms; providence; shock; silence; trauma; “why” question; whites

Athens, Ga.,
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Atzerodt, George,
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conspirators

Augusta, Ga.,
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Australia,
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Austria,
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Baker, Alma,
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Baltimore: Confederates in,
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,
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Copperheads in,
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Lincoln’s funeral in,
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news of assassination in,
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reburial of Booth in,
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and Union victory,
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–34

Unionists in,
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Bancroft, George,
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Barnes, Francis,
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Barton, Clara,
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Bates, David Homer,
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Baton Rouge, La.,
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“Battle Cry of Freedom” (song),
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Beall, John,
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Beaufort, S.C.,
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Beauregard, P. G. T.,
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Beecher, Henry Ward,
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Bell, James Madison,
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Bell, Philip Alexander,
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Benham, Edward,
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Benjamin, Judah,
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Berkeley, Henry,
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Berkshire Courier
(Mass.),
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Bethell, Mary,
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Black Codes,
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Blackwell, Elizabeth,
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blacks.
See
African Americans

Blake, Helen,
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Blech, Charlotte,
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Bloomington, Ind.,
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Booth, Edwin,
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Booth, John Wilkes,
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assassinates Lincoln,
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–3,
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capture and death,
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–61,
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Confederate views of,
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–25,
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–32,
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and conspiracy,
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Copperhead views of,
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escape and manhunt,
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Johnson’s views of,
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and Lincoln’s April 11 speech,
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–39,
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,
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memorabilia of,
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mourners’ views of,
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–31,
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,
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,
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and newspapers,
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racism of,
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–39,
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reburial,
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and relics,
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and Stanton,
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.
See also
anger

Booth, Junius Brutus, Jr.,
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border states,
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See also
Delaware; Kentucky; Maryland; Missouri

Boston,
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263

Copperheads in,
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