The Day Lincoln Was Shot (40 page)

   Lincoln hated by, 63–64, 66

   at Lincoln's second inaugural, 34–35, 98

   mother's correspondence with, 96–97, 107, 138

   Mudd and, 68, 280, 307–11, 327

   O'Laughlin and, 14

   Paine and, 17, 53, 54, 80, 81–82

   shooting of, 334

   South and, 63, 65–66, 70, 72–74, 86, 264

   Surratt family and, 18, 76–77

   at Taltavul's saloon, 223–24, 226

   Turner and, 65, 249

   at White House for Lincoln's speech, 53, 54

   
see also
Booth conspiracy

Booth, Junius (father of John Wilkes), 15–16, 64, 116, 224

Booth, Mary Ann (mother of John Wilkes), 96–97, 107, 138

Booth conspiracy, 63–107

   Arnold and, 74–76, 80, 81–82, 87–90, 92–93, 95–96, 98, 138, 177, 312–13, 334–35

   and Arnold's letter to Booth, 95–96, 281, 304–5, 312–13

   Atzerodt in, 16, 75, 79, 86–88, 90, 92, 98, 106, 149, 150, 156, 171, 172, 176–77, 187–88, 189, 210–12, 222–23, 225–26, 251, 254, 263–64, 275–78, 282–84, 290, 299–300, 305, 308, 334

   and Booth's dream of fame, 116–17, 143, 150

   Booth's letter explaining his motives for Lincoln's capture, 72–75, 97, 176

   and Booth's message to Lloyd, 101–3

   Booth's naming of co-conspirators in, 176–77, 212

   Booth's mother and, 97

   final meeting in, 210–12

   Ford's Theatre and, 70, 79–80, 87, 88, 90–93, 98, 105

   government's awareness of, 85–86, 87, 92, 95

   Herold in, 75, 79, 86–88, 90, 98, 106, 149–51, 156, 176–77, 189, 190, 210–12, 222, 223, 241–45, 253–56, 263–64, 275–77, 279–81, 284, 290, 291, 334

   horses and, 148–49, 165, 174–75, 179–80, 188, 189–90, 221–23, 232, 253, 256, 263, 264, 275–77, 290, 313

   Johnson assassination plan in, 16, 75, 106, 149, 150, 156, 171, 226, 282–83

   John Surratt in, 75–76, 79, 80, 87, 88, 90–93, 98, 177, 290, 291, 317, 335

   Lincoln assassination plan in, 83–84, 106, 151, 171–72, 177, 187, 187–88

   Lincoln capture plan in, 66–76, 79–80, 84, 87–98

   and Lincoln's attendance at Soldiers' Home matinee, 89–94

   Mary Surratt and, 18, 75, 76–77, 82, 93, 101–3, 163–64, 177, 186–87, 290, 292–94

   Matthews and, 76, 182–83, 196, 251–52

   O'Laughlin in, 74–76, 80, 81–82, 86–88, 90, 92–93, 95, 98, 177, 334–35

   
Paine in, 81–84, 87–88, 90, 92–94, 97–98, 106, 150–51, 165, 176–77, 189, 210–12, 241–46, 277, 284, 334

   Seward assassination plan in, 150, 211, 212, 241–46

   Seward attacked by Paine, 241–44, 246–50, 253, 256, 258–59, 263–64

   Spangler and, 91, 189–90, 196, 221, 233, 334–35

   Surratt boardinghouse and,
see
Surratt House

   Wiechman and, 84–86, 87, 278, 292–94, 320–21, 335

   see
also
assassination of Lincoln

Branson, Mary, 81

Brinkerhoff, Olive Louise, 12

Briscoe, Washington, 277

Brooks, Noah, 24–25, 200, 209–10

Brown, John, 65

Brown, William, 268

Browning, Colonel, 172, 218

Bruce, Frederick, 162

Buckingham, John, 214, 226–27

Burch, W. S., 267

Burns, Francis, 181, 182, 210, 213, 214, 216, 224

Burnside, Ambrose E., 226

Burrough, Joseph (“Johnny Peanut”), 165, 195–96, 221, 232, 233

Burton, Walter, 35

Bush, Sarah, 331

Bushrod, Nancy, 169–70

Bushrod, Tom, 169–70

Calvert, Charles, 77, 119, 163, 185

Campbell, J. A., 220

Capitol, 8, 46

Carland, Lewis, 226

Cartter, David K., 251, 262, 264–67, 281, 301, 305, 330

Cass, John, 325–26

Chandler, R., 326–27

Chandler, William Eaton, 334

Chase, Salmon P., 93, 250, 282

Chester, Samuel Knapp, 68–71, 76, 98

City Point, Va., 37–40

Civil War, 11, 29, 31–32, 34, 37, 38, 123

   Booth and, 65–66

   death toll from, 11–12, 55

   end of, 41–51, 89, 94, 111, 155, 181, 212

   Washington celebrations of end of, 42–44, 46, 51–55, 100, 104–7, 115

Clark, William T., 240

Clarke, Asia Booth, 64–65, 72, 97, 176

Clarke, John Sleeper, 65

Clarvoe, John A. W., 291–96

Clendin, William, 318

Cobb, Silas T., 254–56, 271

Cole, Cornelius, 114

Colfax, Schuyler, 9, 112–14, 206–7, 209–10, 333

Confederacy, 29

   fall of, 41–51, 89, 98, 212

   leaders of, 137–38, 174
see also
South

   Confederate plots, 29, 257, 265

Confederate prisoners, 13

congressmen's wives, 10

Conness, John, 249, 284

Crawford, Lieutenant, 266

Cresswell, John A. J., 124

Crook, William H., 37, 59, 114–15, 116, 157, 177–79, 199–200, 202, 327, 333

Cutler, James B., 267

Daggett, Albert, 262

Dana, Charles A., 173–74, 281, 282

Dana, David D., 314, 326–27

Davenport, Edward, 93

Davis, Jefferson, 23–24, 41, 47, 125

Davis, Varina Banks Howell, 23–24

Dean, Appolonia, 87

Debonay, J. L., 222, 268

Deery, John, 103–4, 175

Dennison, William, 16, 32, 304

   in Cabinet meeting, 132, 136, 137, 155

Deveny, John, 267

Dix, John Adams, 161, 301, 305

   Stanton's notifications to, 288–89, 301–2, 311–13, 330

Dixon, William, 265

Donaldson, Detective, 291

Douglas, Stephen, 113

draft, 133

Druscher, Louis, 12

Dunn, Alfonso, 115, 207

Early, Bernard J., 117

Eaton, William, 281

Eckert, Thomas T., 41, 84, 126, 178, 187, 189, 200, 251, 268, 333

   Seward attack and, 246

economy, 11

Emancipation Proclamation, 9, 169–70

Ernani,
95

Farragut, David, 32

Farwell, Leonard J., 205, 218, 248, 297

Ferguson, James P., 153, 227–28, 231, 234, 267, 321

Ferguson, W. J., 231

Fitzpatrick, Honora, 79, 87, 151, 218, 225, 295, 301

Fletcher, John, 179–80, 222–23, 253–54, 256, 267, 275–77, 284, 290

Forbes, Charles, 210, 214–16, 220, 222, 224

Ford, Harry Clay, 128, 139, 148, 153, 165–66, 196

Ford, James R., 127–28, 147–48

Ford, John T., 128–29, 333

Ford's Theatre, 72, 76, 116, 330, 333

   Booth conspiracy plans and, 70, 79–80, 87, 88, 90–93, 98, 105

   Chester and, 68, 70

   collapse of floors at, 333

   confiscation of, 265

   description of building and neighborhood, 138–41

   State Box (President's Box) in, 79, 80, 83, 87, 88, 126–28, 139–41, 143, 151, 153, 165–66, 190–92, 203, 213, 214, 228, 259

Ford's Theatre,
Our American Cousin
at, 105, 127–28, 141–43, 160, 195–96

   Grants' invitation to attend, 61–62, 120–21, 126–28, 139, 147–48, 151, 153, 160–63, 178, 184, 200, 203, 205–7, 227

   Lincoln at, 217–18, 220–22, 226–28

   Lincoln assassinated at,
see
assassination of Lincoln

   Lincolns' arrival at, 290–10, 212–15

   Lincolns' plans to attend, 19, 61–62, 105, 126–28, 139, 147–48, 153, 160, 162, 178–79, 200, 203, 205–7

   Stantons' invitation to attend, 12, 170–71, 178

Forney, John, 32, 33

Forrest, Edwin, 72, 128

Fort Sumter, 105, 106, 123

Gamble, General, 269

Gardner, Alexander, 52, 147

Gardner, Polk, 262–63

Garfield, James, 333

general stores, 6–7

Georgetown, 8

Gifford, James J., 139, 142, 226, 321

Gilbert, C. W., 267

Gile, Colonel, 270

Giles, John R., 258

Gleason, D. H. L., 85, 86, 278, 312–13

Gobright, L. A., 249, 259

Good Friday, 11, 126–27, 128, 131, 139, 147, 151, 206

Gourlay, Jennie, 223

Grant, Julia Dent, 20, 39–40, 42, 59–62, 104, 119, 171, 184, 285, 334

   invited to attend
Our American Cousin,
120–21, 126, 161, 162

Grant, Ulysses S., 21, 31, 32, 37–39, 50, 51, 59–62, 104–6, 119–20, 163, 210, 266, 285

   in Cabinet meeting, 131–33, 137, 155–56

   invited to attend
Our American Cousin,
61–62, 120–21, 126–28, 139, 147–48, 151, 153, 160–63, 178, 184, 200, 203, 205–7, 227

   Lincoln's assassination and, 282, 285

   Robert Lincoln's tour of duty with, 19, 20

   trip to New Jersey to visit children, 59, 119, 161–62, 184, 187, 200, 203, 206–7

Gratton, John, 268

Gray, Sidney Howard, 154

Greeley, Horace, 154

Greenawalt, John, 299–300

Griffin, Mrs. Charles, 39–40

Grover's Theatre, 19, 20, 36–37, 68, 103, 105–6, 116, 128, 171, 194

   
Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp
at, 105, 106, 159–60

   Lincoln's assassination and, 252–53, 271

Gurley, Phineas D., 241, 260, 328–29

Hale, Bessie, 35, 65, 124, 334

Hale, John P., 9, 35, 65, 123–24

Halleck, Henry, 324

Hamlin, Hannibal, 33

Hanscom, S. P., 219–20

Hansell, Mr., 244, 245

Harlan, James, 54–55, 58

Harris, Clara, 194, 212–13, 217, 218, 220, 334

   Lincoln's assassination and, 230, 231, 233–35, 238, 241, 259, 266, 296, 316

Hams, Ira, 194, 212

Hawk, Harry, 142, 228–29, 231, 232, 234, 266–67, 299

Hay, John, 247

Haymes, Isham N., 192, 193

Henderson, Ensign, 117–18

Herold, David, 17, 77, 80, 179–80, 327

   in Booth conspiracy, 75, 79, 86–88, 90, 98, 106, 149–51, 156, 189, 190, 210–12, 222, 223, 241–45, 253–56, 263–64, 275–77, 279–81, 284, 290, 291, 334

   Booth's naming as co-conspirator, 176–77, 212

   Mudd and, 307–9, 311

Hess, C Dwight, 105–6, 116, 128, 175, 271

Holahan, John T., 78, 98–99, 205–6, 294–95, 320–21

Holahan, Mrs., 205, 295

hotels, 8–9, 10

Howard, William Alanson, 123

Hunter, R. M. T., 220

Irving, Henrietta, 65

Jack Cade,
72

Jackson, Andrew, 26

Jaquette, Isaac, 259

Jenkins, Olivia, 78

Johnson, Andrew, 9, 16, 32, 35, 47, 132, 150
n
, 156–57, 163, 205, 218, 333, 334

   Booth's idea to implicate in Lincoln assassination, 171–72

   Booth's plan to assassinate, 16, 75, 106, 149, 150, 156, 171, 187–88, 226, 282–83

   Lincoln and, 35–36, 168

   Lincoln's assassination and, 212, 248–49, 282, 283, 286, 297–98, 303–4

   at Lincoln's second inaugural, 33–34, 35

Johnston, Joseph, 12, 24, 37, 38, 41, 48, 51, 59, 126, 132, 137, 219

Jones, Captain, 148, 166

Julian, George, 114

Keckley, Elizabeth, 22, 23

Keene, Laura, 19, 105, 127–28, 139, 142, 160, 214–15, 226

   Lincoln's assassination and, 231, 238, 241, 259, 296, 299, 316

Kennedy, Chief, 282

Kent, William T., 259

Kettles, Willie, 42, 43

King, Albert F. A., 237, 238

King, Preston, 334

Knox, J. S., 267

Koontz, George S., 316

Lamon, Ward Hill, 30–31, 55, 56
n
, 57–59, 194–95, 334

Lane, James H., 334

Larner, Jacob G., 267

Leale, Charles, 234–41, 259, 261, 287, 315, 329

   Lincoln idolized by, 287

Landsdale, Violetta, 12

Lee, Edwin G., 48

Lee, John, 282–84

Lee, Robert E., 19, 31, 37, 38, 41, 44, 48, 50, 51, 52, 59, 100, 155–56, 216

Lincoln, Abraham:

   assassination of,
see
assassination of Lincoln

   assassination threat to, 12, 29–31, 58–59, 61, 84–86, 111, 177

   Booth's hatred of, 63–64, 66

   Booth's plan to capture or assassinate,
see
Booth conspiracy Bushrod and, 169–70

   in Cabinet meeting, 131–38, 153–57, 161–63, 168

   cavalry escort for, 30

   at City Point, 37–40

   Colfax and, 112–14, 206–7, 209–10

   Confederate prisoners and, 13

   Cresswell and, 124–26

   dreams of, 55–58, 132, 137, 194–95

   engagement to see
Our American Cousin, see
Ford's Theatre,
Our American Cousin
at

   favor seekers and, 3–4, 36, 124–26, 169–70

   Hale and, 123–24

   Hanscom and, 219–20

   health concerns, 36–37, 84

   Johnson and, 35–36, 168

   marital relationship, 22–23

   meal habits of, 19

   Nasby's columns enjoyed by, 192–93

   Neill and, 167–68

   office seekers and, 36, 37

   Reconstruction and, 51, 54, 113–14, 132–34, 154, 168, 182

   at Richmond, 44–45, 98, 206

   rumors of assassination of, 160–61

   second inaugural of, 32–35, 98

   
at Soldiers' Home matinee, 89–94

   South and, 24–25, 35, 154, 212, 298

   speech on end of civil war, 52, 53–54

   Stanton and, 268

   theatergoing of, 12, 31, 36–37, 72, 112, 128

   on war, 112

   White house bedroom of, 4, 26

   White House office of, xiii, 4, 25–26