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Adams, Edwin, 223–24
African Americans, 7–8, 10, 154
slavery and, 9, 11, 112
voting rights for, 24, 114
Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp, 105, 106, 159–60
Anderson, Kate, 12
Anthony, Henry B., 32
Apostate, The, 89
Arnold, Isaac N., 210
Arnold, Samuel, 16
Booth conspiracy and, 74–76, 80, 81–82, 87–90, 92–93, 95–96, 98, 138, 177, 312–13, 334–35
letter to Booth from, 95–96, 281, 304–5, 312–13
Ashmun, George, 207–8, 209
assassination of Lincoln:
Booth approaches Lincoln, 229–30
Booth fires, 230–31
Booth identified as killer, 233, 237, 249, 257, 258, 266–67, 299, 301–2
Booth’s arrival at theater, 221–23, 226–28
Booth’s escape following, xiii, 231–33, 244, 255, 262–64, 270, 279–81, 289, 290, 308, 313–14
Booth’s final preparations for, 203–5
Booth’s idea to implicate Johnson in, 171–72
Booth’s leg broken during, 231, 232, 263–64, 279, 280, 307–11, 327
Booth’s letter explaining his motives for, 176–77, 183, 212, 252, 298
Booth’s name omitted from reports of, 289, 298, 299, 301–2
Booth’s plan for, 83–84, 106, 151, 171–72, 177, 187, 187–88; see also Booth conspiracy Booth’s preparations at Ford’s Theatre on day of, 138–43, 189–92
Booth’s “Sic Semper Tyrannis” phrase in, 204, 230
conspirators’ final meeting before, 210–12
delay and lost opportunities in apprehending Booth after, 268–69, 276–78
doctors’ immediate examination and treatment of Lincoln, 234–38
Lincoln carried out of theater, 238–40
Lincoln’s death, 328–31
news of, 246–53, 256, 258, 286, 288–89
newspapers’ reporting of, 298–99, 322–23
Rathbone stabbed by Booth during, 230, 234–35, 259
vigil for Lincoln at Petersen house, 240–41, 259–62, 286–87, 296-97, 315–16, 322, 324, 327–28
witnesses questioned after, 264–68, 275–78, 289–90
Atzerodt, George, 77, 80, 85, 301, 319–20, 327
in Booth conspiracy, 16, 75, 79, 86–88, 90, 92, 98, 106, 149, 150, 156, 171, 172, 187–88, 189, 210–12, 222–23, 225–26, 251, 254, 263–64, 275–78, 282–84, 290, 299–300, 305, 308, 334
Booth’s naming as co-conspirator, 176–77, 212
knife of, 318
Lee’s search of room of, 283–84
Augur, Christopher C., 40–41, 43, 241, 257, 258, 262, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270, 275–78, 281, 284, 289–90, 291, 304, 312, 333
Badeau, Adam, 39–40
Barnes, Joseph K., 36, 49, 333
Lincoln’s assassination and, xi, 241, 246–47, 258–59, 261, 286–87, 296, 315, 328
Bates, David Homer, 41, 61, 200, 216, 302
Beckwith, Samuel, 121
Beecher, Henry Ward, 123
Bell, William, 242–43, 245
Benjamin, Judah, 48, 98
Bennett, James Gordon, 47
blacks, see African Americans
Blair, Frank, 35
Booth, Asia (sister of John Wilkes), 64–65, 72, 97, 176
Booth, Edwin (brother of John Wilkes), 16, 63, 64, 115, 138, 227, 314
Booth, John Wilkes, xi, 9, 15–16, 21, 63–77, 115–18, 163–65, 174–77, 179, 180, 182–84
as actor, 64–65, 89
Arnold’s letter to, 95–96, 281, 304–5, 312–13
Bessie Hale and, 35, 65, 124, 334
Browning and, 172
Chester and, 68–71, 76, 98
Grant and, 184
Herold and, 17
Lincoln assassinated by, see assassination of Lincoln
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, 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
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
Johnson, Andrew, 9, 16, 32, 35, 47, 132, 150n, 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, 56n, 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
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
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
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
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