by Jim Bishop
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, 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
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br /> 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
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br /> 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
About the Author
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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