March 4, 1865, Saturday: A Sacred Effort
March 5, 1865, Sunday: A Welcome Relief
March 6, 1865, Monday: Inauguration Ball
March 7, 1865, Tuesday: Office Routine
March 8, 1865, Wednesday: Political Affairs
March 9, 1865, Thursday: Communications with General Grant
March 10, 1865, Friday: Day of Rest
March 11 and 12, 1865, Saturday and Sunday: Life and Death Decisions
March 13, 1865, Monday: Not Sick, Just Tired
March 14, 1865, Tuesday: Cabinet Meeting
March 15, 1865, Wednesday: Evening at Grover's Theatre
March 17, 1865, Friday: The President Thinks Ahead
March 18 and 19, 1865, Saturday and Sunday: Executive Decisions
March 20, 1865, Monday: City Point
March 21, 1865, Tuesday: Lincoln Decides to Take a Trip
March 22, 1865, Wednesday: A Flattering Letter
March 23, 1865, Thursday: Heading for City Point
March 24, 1865, Friday: Arrival
March 25, 1865, Saturday: Visiting a Battlefield
March 26, 1865, Sunday: The Presidentress
March 27, 1865, Monday: Aboard the River Queen
March 28, 1865, Tuesday: “Let Them All Go”
March 29, 1865, Wednesday: “Your Success Is My Success”
March 30, 1865, Thursday: War Nerves
March 31, 1865, Friday: Much Hard Fighting
April 1, 1865, Saturday: Anxiety at City Point
April 2, 1865, Sunday: Messages for General Grant
April 3, 1865, Monday: “Get Them to Plowing Once”
April 4, 1865, Tuesday: The President Visits Richmond
April 5, 1865, Wednesday: Return to City Point
April 6, 1865, Thursday: Bringing the Fighting to an End
April 7, 1865, Friday: “Let the Thing Be Pressed”
April 8, 1865, Saturday: A Hospital Visit and a Reception
April 9, 1865, Sunday: “Lee Has Surrendered”
April 10, 1865, Monday: Return to the White House
April 11, 1865, Tuesday: A Fair Speech
April 12, 1865, Wednesday: Only a Dream
April 13, 1865, Thursday: “Melancholy Seemed to Be Dripping From Him”
April 14, 1865, Friday: Ford's Theatre
April 15, 1865, Saturday: A New World