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261.
Campbell's meeting with Lincoln, Weitzel, and Shepley:
New York Herald,
April 9, 1865; Campbell, “Open Letters,” p. 952; Campbell,
Recollections,
pp. 7–9; Campbell,
Reminiscences,
p. 39; and John A. Campbell, “Evacuation Echoes,” 24
Southern Historical Society Papers
(1896) (“Campbell, ‘Evacuation Echoes' ”), pp. 351–52; Connor, pp. 175–76, 188–90, and 195–96; Burlingame, vol. 2, p. 791; Saunders, pp. 179–80. Weitzel recalled the meeting briefly, years after the fact, in Weitzel, p. 56. For a fragment of Lincoln's account, see Ambler, pp. 255–56.

262.
a distinguished old Virginian:
Avary,
Dixie,
p. 35.

263.
Julia Grant's visit to Richmond: Julia Grant, pp. 150–51.

263.
“not one of us who remained”:
Eggleston,
Recollections,
p. 232.

263.
“Give them all the provisions they want”
:
Quoted in Sandburg, vol. 6, p. 181.

264.
he would always consider it the holiday:
Porter,
Incidents,
pp. 284 and 292.

 

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265.
It was warm in Richmond:
Jones, vol. 2, p. 471.

265.
Campbell tried to gather such men:
Campbell “Papers,” p. 68.

265.
A close friend of Campbell's: Saunders, p. 180.

265.
“an established member of the bar”: Id.

265.
“a little old lawyer”:
Jones, vol. 2, p. 472.

265.
He was more than that:
Gustavus A. Myers, “Abraham Lincoln in Richmond,” 41
Virginia Historical Magazine
(October 1933) (“Myers”), p. 318.

266.
Campbell had hoped to bring to the President:
Campbell recounts his effort to recruit Virginians to meet Lincoln in “Open Letter,” p. 952, and Campbell “Papers,” p. 68.

266–267.
Campbell's meeting with Lincoln on the
Malvern:
Campbell recalls the meeting, and presents the memorandum Lincoln handed him there, in Campbell,
Reminiscences,
pp. 39–42; Campbell, “Open Letters,” pp. 952–53; Campbell, “Papers,” pp. 63 and 68–70; Campbell, “Evacuation Echoes,” p. 351–53; and Campbell,
Recollections,
pp. 11–13. See also Burlingame, vol. 2, pp. 792–93. Myers described the meeting within a few days of it (see Myers, pp. 319–22). Lincoln referred to the meeting in a message to Grant, at
CW,
vol. 8, p. 388. A biased rendition of Lincoln's account of the meeting, related years later by Governor Pierpont, is in Ambler,
Pierpont,
pp. 255–56. Weitzel gave a brief account of the meeting in
Richmond Occupied,
p. 56. Dana quoted Weitzel on the meeting contemporaneously in
OR,
ser. 1, vol. 46, pt. 3, p. 575. See also Avary,
Dixie,
pp. 37–38; Randall and Current, pp. 354–55; Saunders, p. 180; and Connor, pp. 177–91.
Some historians have questioned Campbell's claim that Lincoln spoke of empowering the legislature to restore Virginia to the Union as opposed to recalling her troops, but Myers's general recollections corroborate Campbell's specific ones: Lincoln said he was thinking of recalling the legislature to see whether “they desired to take
any
action on behalf of the States [
sic
] in view of the existing state of affairs.” Myers, pp. 321–22 [emphasis added]. Recalling the legislature also comports with Lincoln's efforts to conciliate the South and promote a peaceful reunion (See Escott,
passim
).

266.
Lincoln's memorandum of terms:
CW,
vol. 8, pp. 386–87; Library of Congress, Lincoln Papers.

266.
According to Duff Green:
Duff Green, p. 232.

269.
negligible support in the rest of the state:
For Lincoln, Pierpont's government had a “somewhat farcical” quality, having almost no support beyond the range of Union guns (
CW,
vol. 7, p. 487; Donald, pp. 577–79).

269.
North Carolina's legislature seemed ready to do the same:
Campbell, “Papers,” p. 64.

270.
“I feel that this Diary is near its end”:
Jones, vol. 2, p. 471.

270.
Seward's accident and the sickroom: Welles Diary, vol. 2, p. 275; Carpenter, p. 290; Stahr, pp. 431–32; Van Deusen, p. 411.

270–271.
Lincoln's message to Weitzel:
CW,
vol. 8, p. 389; Ambler, p. 256.

271.
Campbell's meeting with Weitzel: Campbell's account is in Campbell,
Evacuation Echoes,
p. 352, and in Campbell, “Papers,” p. 71. See also Connor, pp. 191–92.

271.
Then Campbell wrote a letter to an honor roll:
The letter is in Campbell,
Recollections,
pp. 23–25.

271.
Campbell read his draft; none of them objected: Id.,
pp. 14 and 23–25; Campbell,
Evacuation Echoes,
pp. 351–53; Connor, p. 194.

271.
Stanton told him to order Weitzel: Id.;
Flower, p. 269

272.
Campbell met with five Virginia legislators:
Dana,
Recollections,
p. 267; see Campbell,
Recollections,
p. 14; Randall and Current, pp. 355–56.

272.
Campbell's letter to Weitzel:
CW,
vol. 8, p. 407 n. 1.

272.
Lincoln's wire to Grant:
CW
, vol. 8, pp. 388–89.

272.
Freedom of religion in Richmond: Dana,
Recollections,
pp. 270–71; Weitzel, p. 58;
CW,
vol. 8, p. 405; Thomas and Hyman, p. 354.

272.
Wade's profane outburst: Burlingame, vol. 2, p. 794.

 

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274.
On Saturday morning:
Jones, vol. 2, p. 473.

274.
“thoroughly conscious that they were beaten”:
Dana,
Recollections,
pp. 268–69.

274.
The Virginians read to the victors: Id.,
pp. 267–69.

274.
After Dana left, he was sitting in the lobby:
Dana,
Recollections,
p. 269.

274.
whose carpets had been ripped up:
Conolly, p. 80.

275.
Campbell later heard:
Campbell,
Recollections,
p. 14.

275.
faster than this legislature could think: OR,
ser. 1, vol. 46, pt. 3, p. 619.

275.
bright and beautiful Sunday:
Jones, vol. 2, p. 473.

275.
The story of Grant's compassion:
e.g., Porter,
Grant,
pp. 472–84; Winik, pp. 183–93.

275.
the president embraced it:
Randall and Current, pp. 351–52.

275.
Grant told Lee; Lee said little:
Porter,
Grant,
pp. 475–76.

276.
Unaware of the momentous event; went straight to the governor's home:
Stahr, p. 432–33; Van Deusen, p. 412; McFeely, p. 222.

276.
Stanton threw his arms around the President and ordered illuminations:
Thomas and Hyman, p. 353.

276.
At daybreak, the hollow boom of cannon:
Welles Diary, vol. 2, p. 278; McFeely, p. 222; Judith White McGuire,
Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War, by a Lady of Virginia
(New York: E. J. Hale & Son, 1867), p. 352.

276.
“God help us”:
Quoted in Bill, p. 284.

276.
the president was effervescent:
Welles,
Lincoln and Johnson,
p. 523.

276.
“a great silence prevailed”; Judah Benjamin told a friend:
Ballard, p. 65.

276.
a leader “less resolute”:
Davis,
Rise and Fall,
vol. 2, p. 658.

276.
He had turned and fought repeatedly:
Marvel,
passim;
Porter,
Grant
, p. 492; Badeau, vol. 3, p. 624.

277.
Grant's horseback conversation with Lee: Grant, vol. 2, pp. 496–98; Porter,
Grant,
pp. 490–91; Dana,
Recollections,
pp. 271–72.

277.
Pierpont's conversation with Lincoln: Ambler, pp. 255–57.

277.
“On to Mexico”:
McFeely, p. 221.

277–278.
A festive breakfast; “Hush, Julia”; took the
Mary Martin
up the Potomac:
Julia Grant, p. 153; Porter,
Grant,
p. 493.

278.
On a misty, overcast day in Richmond:
Jones, vol. 2, p. 474.

278.
came together and issued an “Address”: Id.,
p. 478; Campbell,
Recollections,
pp. 14 and 25–27, including the message summoning the legislature, which is also presented in Jones, vol. 2, pp. 477–78. See Connor, pp. 180–94.

278.
The Cabinet met that day:
Welles Diary, vol. 2, p. 278; Welles,
Lincoln and Johnson,
p. 524.

278–279.
Davis's meeting with Johnston and Beauregard: Joseph E. Johnson,
Narrative of Military Operations during the Civil War
(New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1874) (“Johnston”), pp. 398–400; Davis,
Rise and Fall,
vol. 2, pp. 679–81; Pollard, pp. 515–16; Ballard, pp. 81–84; and William B. Feis, “Jefferson Davis and the ‘Guerilla Option' ” (“Feis”) in Grimsley and Simpson, pp. 118–19.

279.
“the war had now shrunk into narrow proportions”:
Rise and Fall,
vol. 2, p. 683.

279.
“smothered quarrels”: Mallory,
vol. 2, pp. 205–06.
See
Pollard, pp. 296 and 382–84; Gabor S. Boritt, ed.,
Jefferson Davis's Generals
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), pp. 3–27 and 46–65.

279.
“his piety held out the hope”:
Varina Davis, vol. 2, p. 924.

280.
A crowd assembled on the White House lawn:
Welles,
Lincoln and Johnson,
p. 523; Brooks,
Lincoln Observed
, pp. 182–83.

280.
He honored his pledge:
Welles,
Lincoln and Johnson,
pp. 523–24; Keckley, p. 176–77. The speech can be found at
CW,
vol. 8, pp. 399–404.

281.
Standing in the crowd:
Bishop, p. 77; Goodwin, p. 728; http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/booth.html.

 

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282.
Lincoln's talk with Welles: Welles Diary, vol. 2, pp. 279–80; Welles,
Lincoln and Johnson,
p. 524.

283.
Lincoln's telegrams to Weitzel:
CW,
vol. 8, pp. 405–06.

283.
Stanton worked on him for hours:
Thomas and Hyman, pp. 355–56; Flower, pp. 271–72.

283.
Weitzel's telegram to Lincoln:
OR,
ser. 1, vol. 46, pt. 3, p. 724.

284.
Stanton was “full of feeling”:
Flower, p. 272.

284.
Lincoln's telegram to Weitzel:
CW,
vol. 8, pp. 406–08;
OR,
ser. 1, vol. 46, pt. 3, p. 725.

284.
Lincoln handed what he had written to the Secretary of War:
Campbell,
Reminiscences,
pp. 42–44.

284.
he had won his battle: Id.,
Connor,
Campbell
, pp. 182–84; Thomas and Hyman, pp. 354–56.

284.
“a man who never questioned his own authority”:
Grant, vol. 2, p. 506.

284.
Hunter was back; He was ordered to leave:
Connor, p. 178.

284.
he and Campbell joined forces:
Campbell,
Recollections,
pp. 16–17; Bishop, pp. 200–01.

285.
every man was “making his separate treaty”:
Campbell, “Open Letters,” p. 952.

285.
Campbell's communications with Ord: Campbell,
Reminiscences,
p. 41; Connor, pp. 186–87.

285.
Ord issued a public order: OR,
ser. 1, vol. 46, pt. 3, p. 735; Campbell Papers, p. 75; Jones, vol. 2, pp. 478–79; Campbell,
Recollections,
pp. 16–17.

285.
The Cabinet meeting of April 14, 1865:
Welles's Diary, vol. 2, pp. 280–83; Welles,
Lincoln and Johnson,
pp. 525–28. See Thomas and Hyman, p. 357.

286.
Jacob Thompson: Williams,
Greeley
, p. 250; Burke Davis,
The Long Surrender
(New York: Random House, 1985) (“Davis,
Long Surrender
”), pp. 50–51.

287.
Dana's conversation with
Lincoln on Thompson: Dana tells the story in Dana,
Recollections,
pp. 273–74. After Lincoln spoke with Dana, Stanton pressed the point personally, and was rebuffed (Carpenter, pp. 282–83; Wilson, p. 587).

287–288.
The Lincoln assassination: Bishop,
passim;
Winik, pp. 220–24; Donald, pp. 592–99; and Michael W. Kauffman,
American Brutus
(New York: Random House, 2004) (“Kauffman,
American Brutus
”),
passim
. Charlie Forbes gets special attention in Frederick Hatch, “Lincoln's Missing Guard,” 106
Lincoln Herald
(2005), pp. 106–117.