The Day Lincoln Was Shot (41 page)

Lincoln, Edward Baker, 20, 21

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 12, 19–23, 26, 32, 44, 46, 48,
59K,
60, 61, 105, 120, 163, 173, 177, 181–82, 335

   childhood of, 21

   children's deaths and, 20, 21, 182

   at City Point, 37–40

   extravagance of, 21

   institutionalization of, 21, 335

   Lincoln's assassination and, xi, 230–31, 233–35, 238, 241, 259, 260, 265, 286, 296, 297, 316, 328, 329

   Lincoln's dream and, 55–57

   marital relationship, 22–23

   
Our American Cousin
attendance plans, 19, 61–62, 160

   at
Our American Cousin
performance, 209–10, 215, 217, 221–22, 230

   political involvement of, 23

   rages of, 22–23, 40

   Soldiers' Home visited by, 23, 91

   theatergoing of, 36–37, 128

   White House and, 21

Lincoln, Robert, 19, 20, 21, 54, 194, 335

   father's assassination and, 241, 246, 247, 259, 260, 287, 297, 315, 324, 328–30

   tour of duty with Grant, 19, 20

Lincoln, Tad, 19–20, 21, 35, 37, 38, 52, 83, 194, 301, 335

   father's assassination and, 260, 265, 331

Lincoln, William Wallace, 20, 21, 182

Lloyd, John M., 77, 90, 185–87, 211, 279–80, 335

   Booth's message to, 101–3

Locke, David R., 192–93

Lully, Anthony, 267

Maddox, James, 153, 180, 189–90, 196, 203, 267

Mahoney, Susan, 18

Mainwaring, Andrew C., 268

Maryland, 124

Matthews, John, 76, 182–83, 196, 203, 251–52

Maxwell, Officer, 291

McClellan, George B., 13–14, 21, 32

McCulloch, Hugh, 35, 132, 162, 304

McDavitt, Captain, 85, 86

McDevitt, Detective, 291, 294

McGowan, Theodore, 266

Meade, George, 32, 38, 39, 59, 120

Meigs, Montgomery C., 250–51, 324

Melville, Herman, ix Merrick, Thomas, 82–83

Miles, John, 221

Montauk,
182

Morrill, Justin Smith, 154–55

Morris, General, 270

Morton, Oliver P., 94

Mudd, Mrs., 307, 309

Mudd, Samuel, 68, 280, 307–11, 327, 334–35

Murphy, Edward, 117–18

Murray, Martha, 97–98

Muzzy, Mrs., 142

National Intelligencer,
77, 159

   assassination reported by, 298–99

   
Booth's letter to, 176–77, 183, 212, 252, 298

National Republican,
37, 148

Naylor, Tim, 222, 256

Neill, Edward D., 167–68

Nelson, Robert, 317

Nelson, Samuel, 34

New York
Herald,
47–48

New York
Tribune,
37, 154, 299

Nichols, Colonel, 269

Nicolay, John G., 24, 161, 168

Nothey, John, 77, 101–3, 119, 163, 185

Nott, Joe, 186

O'Beirne, James Rowan, 248–49, 281, 283, 297

Octoroon, The,
223

Offutt, Emma, 102, 103, 185

Oglesby, Dick, 192, 193

O'Laughlin, Michael, 14, 16, 117–18, 225, 258

   in Booth conspiracy, 74–76, 80, 81–82, 86–88, 90, 92–93, 95, 98, 177, 334–35

Osmers, Frank, xiii

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

Paine, Lewis (Lewis Powell), 17, 85, 167, 327

   Booth and, 17, 53, 54, 80, 81–82

   in Booth conspiracy, 81–84, 87–88, 90, 92–94, 97–98, 106, 165, 189, 210–12, 241–46, 277, 284, 334

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

   escape following Seward attack, 245–46, 263–64

   Frederick Seward attacked by, 242–43, 245, 250, 259

   
knife of, 317

   at Lincoln's second inaugural, 34–35

   name change of, 80, 81

   as soldier, 80–81

   temper of, 81

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

Parker, John F., 46, 199–202, 207, 213–16, 224, 323–24

Pendel, Tom, 207, 210

Penrose, Charles B., 37

Petersburg, Va., 20, 31, 37, 38, 41–42, 126

Petersen, William, 240, 253

Petersen House, 281, 282, 302

   Lincoln vigil at, 240–41, 259–62, 286–87, 296–97, 315–16, 322, 324, 327–28

Phillips, Harry B., 160, 266

Phillips, Wendell, 114

Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 136

Poetry of the Bible, The
(Stanton), 13

Porter, David Dixon, 32, 44–45

Porter, Horace, 60, 61, 131, 161

Port Tobacco, 67, 75, 79, 80, 90, 92, 188, 278, 319–20

   conspirators' escape and, 211, 264, 280–81, 308

Powell, Lewis,
see
Paine, Lewis

Rathbone, Henry R., 194, 212–15, 217, 230, 233, 234, 266, 301, 334

   Booth's stabbing of, 230, 234–35, 259

Raybold, Thomas, 82–83, 165, 196

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

Relay House, 317

Rent, William F., 236

Richards, A. C., 202, 258, 267, 281, 291, 304

Richmond, Va., 13–14, 31, 38, 41–42, 58, 99, 102–3, 126

   Lincoln at, 44–45, 98, 206

Ritterspaugh, Jacob, 165, 190, 196, 233

River Queen,
37–38, 48–49

Robinson, Sergeant, 245, 247

Sandburg, Carl, xiii

Sessford, Joseph, 196

Seward, Augustus, 216, 245

Seward, Fanny, 216, 245, 247

Seward, Frederick, 15, 124

   in Cabinet meeting, 131–33, 135–36, 155, 162

   Paine's attack on, 242–43, 245, 246, 250, 259

Seward, William H., 14–15, 23, 33, 48, 93, 114, 131–34, 333

   accident and convalescence of, 15, 48, 49, 215–16, 220–21

   Booth and Paine's assassination plan against, 150, 211, 212, 241–46

   Paine's attack on, 241–44, 246–50, 253, 256, 258–59, 263–64

   Stanton and, 15, 215–16

Sharp, Lieutenant, 85

Shaw, G. S., 267

Sheldon, A. F., 91

Sheldon, Joseph, 46

Shellabarger, Samuel, 179

Shepard, Julia Adelaide, 217–18, 233

Sheridan, Philip, 20, 32, 37, 38, 41, 48

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 24, 37, 38, 51, 59, 126, 132, 137, 161, 178, 200

Simms, Joe, 165

Skippon, Lieutenant, 291–93, 295–96

slavery, 9, 11, 112

Soldiers' Home, 23, 91

   Lincoln at matinee at, 89–94

South, 24–25, 35, 41, 54, 123

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

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

   reconstruction of, 51, 54, 113–14, 132–34, 154, 168, 182

   
see also
Confederacy

Spangler, Ned, 165, 166

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

Speed, James, 32, 34, 132, 202, 286, 287–88, 303, 304, 330, 333

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 12–14, 41, 59–62, 93, 107, 114, 119–21, 163, 177–78, 187, 189, 200, 202, 324, 333, 334

   arrests and, 86, 174

   assassination threats and conspiracies as viewed by, 12, 29–30, 85, 161, 162, 178, 257, 265, 268–71, 302–3, 311

   in Cabinet meeting, 132–36, 154, 155

   Confederate prisoners and, 13

   end of war and, 42, 43, 44, 46, 49–51

   Good Friday services and, 126–27, 131, 147

   inquiries into Lincoln assassination, 264–67

   invited to attend
Our American Cousin,
12, 170–71, 178

   Lincoln and, 268

   Lincoln's assassination and, 246, 250–51, 257, 262, 275, 281–82, 285–86, 288–89, 296, 297, 301–5, 311–14, 328

   at Lincoln's second inaugural, 32, 33, 34

   McClellan and, 13–14

   
notifications to Dix, 288–89, 301–2, 311–13, 330

   resignation attempt of, 50–51, 113

   Seward and, 15, 215–16

   Seward attack and, 246

   Thompson and, 173–74

   Wiechman and, 85

Stanton, Ellen Hutchison, 12, 170–71, 202, 246

Starr, John W., xi

Stewart, Joseph B., 231–32, 267

Stewart, William, 210

Still Waters Run Deep,
91

Stone, Charles, 275

Stone, Robert King, 36, 241, 260–61, 315

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 111

Sumner, Charles, 209, 249–50, 287

Surratt, Anna, 18, 76–77, 78, 82, 218–19, 225, 295, 301, 334

Surratt, Isaac, 77

Surratt, John, 48, 77, 78, 85, 86, 93–95, 99–101, 118–19, 164, 225, 277, 320, 326, 335

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

   Holahan and, 98–99

Surratt, Mary E., 18, 46, 76–79, 86, 95, 100–103, 118–19, 151, 163–64, 185–86, 189, 215, 218–19, 320

   Booth conspiracy and, 18, 75, 76–77, 82, 93, 101–3, 163–64, 177, 186–87, 290

   Booth's message to Lloyd carried by, 101–3

   Booth's package carried by, 164, 186–87

   conviction and hanging of, 101, 103, 334, 335

   detectives' questioning of, 292–94

   
Nothey and, 77, 101–3, 119, 163, 185

Surratt House, 18, 46, 76–79, 86, 97, 98, 218–19, 225, 278, 290

   raid on, 291–96, 304, 320

Surrattsville, 77, 78, 90, 92, 101–3, 119, 211, 277, 278, 305, 314

conspirators' escape and, 211, 251, 263, 264, 279, 308

Taft, Charles Sabin, 236–37, 238, 261, 287

Taltavul, Peter, 224

   saloon of, 76, 91, 139, 179, 190, 216, 224, 226

Tanner, James, 252–53, 262, 264, 267, 281, 301, 303, 324

telegraph system, 268, 271, 278–79

Terry, William H., 281

Thomas Powell,
46

Thompson, Colonel, 269

Thompson, Jacob, 173–74

Turner, Ella, 65, 249

Tyler, General, 317

Usher, John P., 16–17, 132, 202, 304, 328, 330, 333

Verdi, Dr., 212, 220–21, 241–42

Vincent, Thomas M., 282, 286, 330

Virginia, 135, 136

   City Point, 37–40

Richmond,
see
Richmond, Va.

Wade, Ben, 154

Waite, Major, 269

Wallach, Richard, 104

Ward, Anna, 118–19

Washburne, E. B., 216

Washington, D.C., 4–11

   end of war celebrated in, 42–44, 46, 51–55, 100, 104–7, 115

   general stores in, 6–7

   
Georgetown, 8

   hotels in, 8–9, 10

   lockdown following Lincoln's assassination, 269–71, 316–17

   main buildings of, 8

   main businesses of, 7

   permanent vs. political, 9–10

   police and fire departments in, 9

   women in, 5, 10–11

Washington, Frank, 311

Washington
Chronicle,
299

Washington
Evening Star,
160

Washington
Star,
42, 77, 95, 148

Weitzel, Godfrey, 47, 220

Welles, Gideon, 17, 32, 114, 202, 304, 315, 328, 333

   in Cabinet meeting, 132, 134–37, 155

   Lincoln's assassination and, 250, 251, 270, 321–22, 330, 331

   Seward attack and, 250

Welles, Mrs., 250

Whig Press,
160

White House, 7, 8

   Lincoln's bedroom in, 4, 26

   Lincoln's office in, xiii, 4, 25–26

   Lincoln's speech at, on end of war, 52, 53–54

   Mary Todd Lincoln and, 21

Wiechman, Louis J., 78, 93–94, 100–103, 119, 131, 163–65, 185–86, 189, 215, 218–19

   Booth Conspiracy and, 84–86, 87, 278, 292–94, 312–13, 320–21, 335

   Detectives' Questioning of, 292–94

Williams, Lizzie, 323

Williams, William, 226, 281

Wilson, Annie, 201

Withers, W., Jr., 160, 213–14, 215, 226

Women, 5, 10–11

Wood, Charles, 15

Wray, E. D., 267

JIM BISHOP
was a syndicated columnist
and author of many bestselling books, including
The Day Kennedy Was Shot
,
The Day Christ Died,
and
A Day in the Life of President Kennedy
. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bishop died in 1987.

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