Mourning Lincoln (77 page)
Authors: Martha Hodes
and capture of Davis,
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and Lincoln’s funeral,
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and victory and defeat,
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Tennessee,
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Texas,
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Thacher, Henry,
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Third U.S. Colored Troops,
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Thirteenth Amendment,
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Thirteenth Connecticut regiment,
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Thirty-Sixth Ohio regiment,
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Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin regiment,
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Thomas, Ella,
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Thomas, Martha,
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Thompson, George,
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Thompson, Jacob,
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Thornton, Caroline,
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Tilden, Samuel,
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Tilghman, B. C.,
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time: distortion of,
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Toombs, Robert,
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Tozier, James,
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trauma, of Mary Lincoln,
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shock; suicide
trial of assassins.
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conspirators
Turner, Hannah,
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Turney, Edmund,
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Twenty-Eighth U.S. Colored Troops,
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Twenty-Fifth U.S. Colored Troops,
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Twenty-Fourth Michigan regiment,
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Twenty-Second U.S. Colored Troops,
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Twenty-Seventh U.S. Colored Troops,
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Union League Club,
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Unionists (in South),
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United States Colored Troops,
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universality, idea of: and Lincoln’s funeral,
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and mourning,
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and newspapers,
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and Union victory,
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grief
Usher, John P.,
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Utah,
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Salt Lake City
Vermont,
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Brattleboro
Vesey, Denmark,
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Vicksburg Whig
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Victoria (queen of England),
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violence: between mourners and Copperheads,
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by mourners toward Confederates,
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by whites toward African Americans, North,
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by whites toward African Americans, South,
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Virginia: African Americans in,
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Confederates in,
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northerners in,
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Union soldiers in,
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Unionists in,
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voting rights: and African American men,
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and former Confederate men,
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disfranchisement
War Department,
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Ward, James,
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Ward, Thomas,
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Washington, D.C.: and African Americans,
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and assassination,
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Confederates in,
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Copperheads in,
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execution of conspirators in,
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Fourth of July in,
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Grand Review in,
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Lincoln’s funeral in,
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mourning drapery in,
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See also
Ford’s Theatre; Petersen House
Washington, George: funeral of,
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Lee compared to,
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Lincoln compared to,
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Watson, Julia,
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Weaverville, Calif.,
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Webster, William,
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Weld, Lewis,
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Weld, Stephen,
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Welford, Emmy,
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Welles, Gideon,
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Wells, Ida B.,
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Welton, Chauncey,
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West Indies,
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White, Caroline,
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White, George,
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White, Louisa,
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white supremacy,
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racism
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Confederates; Copperheads; fear; freedom; Johnson, Andrew; planter classes; racism; reconciliation; slavery; violence; white supremacy
Whitman, Walt,
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Whittier, John Greenleaf,
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Whittle, Cloe,
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“why” question: as response to assassination,
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as response to death of loved ones,
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God, will of
Wight, Margaret,
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Williams, Harriet,
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Williams, James,
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Wilson, James Harrison,
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Winter Garden Theatre,
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Wisconsin,
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women: Confederate,
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and emotion,
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and everyday life,
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and mourning drapery,
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Wood, John Taylor,
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Worthington, John,
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Wright, Martha Coffin,
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Wylie, Maggie,
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Young Men’s Democratic Club (Ku Klux Klan),
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