by Martha Hodes
War Department, 48, 65, 88, 126, 127
Ward, James, 39, 59, 59, 106, 136, 164, 179, 197, 221, 229, 263
Ward, Thomas, 123
Washington, D.C.: and African Americans, 34, 58–59, 62, 64, 65, 81, 90, 98, 107, 128, 143, 146
and assassination, 49–52, 50, 58–59, 62, 63, 69, 81, 86–87, 119, 195, 213
Confederates in, 29, 74–75, 81, 93, 264
Copperheads in, 81, 86–87, 88, 90, 122
execution of conspirators in, 265
Fourth of July in, 261–62
Grand Review in, 228–30
Lincoln’s funeral in, 52, 143–47, 148, 149, 156, 164, 171
mourning drapery in, 64, 302n14; rumors of assassination in, 45
and victory and defeat, 22, 26, 28, 29, 34, 39. See also Ford’s Theatre; Petersen House
Washington, George: funeral of, 146
Lee compared to, 116
Lincoln compared to, 38, 110–11, 231, 237
Watkins, Emily, 99–100, 177, 199
Watson, Julia, 250
Weaverville, Calif., 28
Webster, William, 156–58
Weld, Lewis, 190–91
Weld, Stephen, 229
Welford, Emmy, 74
Welles, Gideon, 29, 45, 50–51, 62, 99, 104, 207, 229
Wells, Ida B., 271
Welton, Chauncey, 223
West Indies, 10
West Virginia, 87, 162
Whig Party, 13
White, Caroline, 41, 58, 159, 164, 172, 207, 246
White, Garland, 68, 113, 239–40
White, George, 132
White, Louisa, 181
white supremacy, 134–35, 222, 269, 270, 272, 273. See also racism
whites: and optimism, 35, 222
poor southern, 26, 40, 64, 117–18, 130, 132–36, 163, 221–22, 224, 240
responses to assassination, compared to African Americans, 12, 35, 62, 66, 90, 99, 134–36, 195, 220–23, 224, 228, 272. See also Confederates; Copperheads; fear; freedom; Johnson, Andrew; planter classes; racism; reconciliation; slavery; violence; white supremacy
Whitman, Walt, 57, 167, 182, 196, 229
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 111, 135, 212, 252
Whittle, Cloe, 35, 78, 96, 125, 205, 249, 269
“why” question: as response to assassination, 96, 104, 107–10, 112, 114, 137, 194, 203, 274
as response to death of loved ones, 194, 196–97, 203. See also God, will of
Wight, Margaret, 75
Williams, Harriet, 167
Williams, James, 161
Wilmington, Del., 28, 30, 33, 40
Wilmington, N.C., 63, 262
Wilson, Henry, 40, 47
Wilson, James Harrison, 225
Winter Garden Theatre, 65
Wisconsin, 55, 88, 111, 159, 174, 225, 229–30, 262
women: Confederate, 33, 36, 78–79, 80, 132, 133, 241, 249–50
Copperhead, 85
and emotion, 69, 115, 119, 164, 167, 206
and everyday life, 167, 168–69, 171–73, 175–76
and mourning drapery, 47, 64, 65, 97–98, 147
and vengeance, 120, 123
weeping, 34, 54, 147, 150
Wood, John Taylor, 73
Worthington, John, 126
Wright, Martha Coffin, 87, 160, 176, 224, 245
Wylie, Maggie, 180
Young Men’s Democratic Club (Ku Klux Klan), 267