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Quesenberry's aid of, 256–59

reinterment of, 367–69

Rollins's identification of, 300–301

“Sam” letter and, 119, 133–35, 174, 183

Seward assassination plan and, 51–52

Stewart's pursuit of, 62–64

Stuart rebuked by, 267–70

Stuart's rebuff of, 259–62, 263

in Surratt tavern stopover, 103–6, 208–9

tattoo of, 238, 274, 279, 352

weapons of, 20–22

women and, 149–52

Booth, Junius Brutus, 10, 198, 240, 266

Booth, Mary Ann Holmes, 7

Boucher, Charles, 365

Boyd, Belle, 256

Boyd, David E.,
see
Herold, David Boyd, James William,
see
Booth, John Wilkes Brady, Mathew, 159, 353, 360

Branson sisters, 54, 256

Briscoe, Washington, 88–89

Brooks, Noah, 2, 5

Brown, John, 332

Bryant, Dan, 341

Bryant, William, 259–60, 262, 263, 265

Bryantown Tavern, 127, 155–56, 239

Buckskin (Baker's horse), 375

Bullock, Jamie, 85

Bunker, George W., 16–17, 22

Burke, Francis, 30, 92, 139

Burroughs, John (John Peanut), 36, 38, 63

Burtles, William, 158, 161, 162, 181

Cadwalader, George, 123

Caldwell, John, 153–54

Canada, 125–26

Carter, Martha, 303

Cartter, David, 102, 109, 112, 122, 158–59

Cass, John, 143

Catlitt family, 278

Celestino (sea captain), 198

Chase, Salmon P., 141, 142

Chester, Samuel Knapp, 4

Chicago Tribune
, 170–71, 186, 351, 360–61

Clark, Ida F., 144

Clark, P. W., 358

Clark, William, 106, 143–45

Clarke, Asia Booth, 86, 188, 215–19, 266, 331, 343, 351–52

Booth lauded by, 383

fate of, 371–72

memoir of, 360, 368–69

Clarke, John Sleeper, 240, 371

Booth betrayed by, 215–18

Clarke, Joseph, 296, 301

Clarke, Virginia, 301–2

Clarvoe, John, 120

Clendenin, William, 146

Cobb, Silas T., 66–67, 81–82, 83, 86, 164, 183

“Col. Orr's Grand Museum,” 384

Conger, Everton, 283, 284, 285, 289, 299–300, 302, 311–15, 317–19, 321, 323–25, 327–31, 337, 338–40, 341, 344, 348, 349, 357–58

Congress, U.S., 71, 379

reward money distributed by, 357–58

Cooper Union, 376

Corbett, Boston, 328–29, 340–41, 356, 361, 374, 375

Booth shot by, 334–35

Brady's photograph of, 360

fame of, 359–61, 362, 373

reward money awarded to, 358, 373

Cottingham, George, 358

Cox, Samuel, Jr., 166–67, 168, 169, 178, 378

Cox, Samuel, Sr., 161, 163–66, 169–70, 171, 172, 178, 181, 204, 240–42, 297–98, 356

Crawford, Thomas, 1

Crisman (accomplice of Booth), 259

Dana, Charles A., 112, 137, 174, 197

Dana, David, 132, 137, 153, 156, 173, 182, 186, 208–9, 239

Davis, Jefferson, 9, 142, 193, 202–3, 339

Davis, Peregrine, 247–48

Davis, Thomas, 155

Dean, Appolonia, 193

Debonay, John, 36

Dent's Meadow, 179, 228–29, 241

Deringer, Henry, 20

Devore, Eli, 358

Dix, John A., 115–16, 135–36, 139, 350

Doherty, Edward P., 283–85, 289, 299–300, 302–3, 311–15, 317–19, 324–28, 340, 344, 346–47, 348, 357–58, 360, 373

Don
, USS, 253

Donn, Alphonso, 96

Drum, R. C., 199

Eastman, Lieutenant Commander, 253–54

Eckert, Thomas, 102–3, 107, 109, 111, 116, 281–82, 315, 336

Eighth Illinois Cavalry, U.S., 297

election of 1860, 23, 50, 127, 376

Elmira Advertiser
, 143

Emory, General, 257

Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth, The
(Bates), 385

Ewell, R. S., 174

Ferguson, James P., 15–16, 34, 38–39, 43–44, 48

Field, Maunsell B., 108

First Delaware Cavalry, U.S., 220

Fletcher, John, 78–79, 88, 196

Herold pursued by, 80–82, 183

Forbes, Charles, 30, 38–39

Ford, Harry Clay, 10, 14–15, 34, 47, 66

Ford, James, 15

Ford, John T., 240, 381–82

Ford's Theatre, 10–12, 27, 32–34, 35, 97, 98, 146, 345, 368, 372, 376

Booth's escape from, 46–48, 62–66, 203–4

Booth's route through, 38–39

examination and photography of, 158–60

government confiscation of, 198, 381–82

Lincoln party seating arrangement in, 40

Lincoln's arrival at, 32–34

museum in, 387–88

restoration of, 382

Fort Sumter, 9

Francis, George, 107
Frank Leslie's Illustrated News
, 200, 355, 373

Franklin, Detective, 240

Fredericksburg, battle of, 322

“Freedom” (Crawford), 1

Freeman, Ned, 305–6, 348

Gamble, General, 113–14

Gardiner, George, 128, 181

Gardiner, Thomas L., 181

Gardner, Alexander, 1–2, 43, 46, 353, 360

execution photographs by, 365, 374

Garrett, Cora Lee, 292

Garrett, Fannie, 287

Garrett, John M., 280, 287–90, 292–96, 303, 304–11, 316, 318–21, 322, 329, 336

Garrett, Lillian Florence, 292

Garrett, Richard Baynham, Jr., 287, 290, 292, 295–96, 346

Garrett, Richard H., 278–79, 280, 287, 306, 316, 317–18, 359

Garrett, William, 287, 289–94, 310–11, 316, 320

Gavacan, Simon, 208

Gemmill, Zachariah W., 220–21, 358

Gettysburg, battle of, 322

Gouldman, Izora, 301

Gouldman, Jesse, 312

Gouldman, Julia, 312

Gourlay, Jennie, 84

Gourlay, Thomas, 84

Government Printing Office, 357

Grant, Julia, 18

Grant, Ulysses S., 4, 5, 12–14, 28, 32, 34, 38, 50, 111–12, 115–16, 118, 180, 366, 379

Booth's encounter with, 18

Ewell's letter to, 174

Greenhow, Rose, 256

Greenough, Horatio, 1

Greenawalt, John, 114

Griffin, Mary Ann, 358

Grover's Theatre, 10–11, 27, 96

Gurley, Phineas T., 110, 137, 139, 213

Hackett, James Henry, 269

Haco, Dion, 383–84

Hale, John Parker, 26

Hale, Lucy, 26

Halleck, Henry, 116, 117, 118, 123

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 113, 175, 214, 257, 283, 286–87, 362–64

Hansell, Emerick, 60, 69, 101

Harbin, Thomas, 129, 240, 258–59

Hardie, James A., 113

Harper's Weekly
, 200, 284, 353

Harris, Clara, 32–33, 34, 35, 39, 41, 42, 46, 49, 72, 77, 85, 91, 106, 108, 115, 158–59, 372

Harrison, William Henry, 90

Hartranft, John F., 362–63

Hawk, Harry, 41–42, 48, 159, 321

Hazelton, William Cross, 297–98

Hemphill, T. J., 351

Henry, Michael, 89

Herold, David, 6, 24, 28, 29–30, 68, 103, 118, 149, 179, 181, 193, 195, 198, 205, 222, 257–58, 270–71, 286, 289, 298, 299, 302, 305, 307–8, 345, 347, 348, 349, 351, 356–59, 374, 379, 381, 387

in Atzerodt's confession, 221

background of, 25

Booth's relationship with, 187–88, 207–8

at Cox's farm, 163–66

in crossing to Port Royal, 275–77

in encounter with Confederate soldiers, 272–75

execution of, 364–66

Fletcher's pursuit of, 80–82, 183

in flight from Washington, 78–81, 82, 86–88, 95–96

Gardner's photographs of, 353

at Garrett farm, 295–96, 308–11, 317, 323, 324–28, 335–36

horses killed by, 187

in Indiantown stopover, 247–53

Lucas's horses confiscated by, 262–67

in Mudd's cover story, 211–13

at Mudd's farm, 122–24, 130–32, 152–57

at Peyton farm, 277–78

in pine thicket encampment, 165, 166–67, 171–72, 184–85, 187–89, 204, 207–8, 224–26, 230–32

in Potomac crossing attempts, 232–33, 245–48, 255–56

Rollins's identification of, 300

Seward assassination attempt and, 51–52, 57, 59, 60

at Stuart farm, 259–62

surrender of, 324–28

tattoo of, 279

trial and conviction of, 362–63

Hess, C. Dwight, 27

Hill, Britten A., 112

History of the United States Secret Service
(Baker), 374

Holloway, Lucinda K. B., 287, 293, 338, 341–42, 344

Holt, General, 286–87

Holt, J., 71

Hough, B. B., 117

Hughes, John J., 247–49

Hylton, Dunbar, 385

Italy, 376

Jackson, Andrew, 21

Jackson, Susan, 358

Jett, William S., 272–80, 301, 303

Booth betrayed by, 311–14, 341

Jim (former slave), 304

John S. Ide
, 285, 348, 350

Johnson, Andrew, 19, 28–29, 101, 112, 132, 141, 146, 183, 208, 339, 362–63, 364, 368, 378–79

coconspirators pardoned by, 366–67

failed assassination attempt on, 78–79

Johnston, Joseph, 30, 294

Jones, Robert R., 89

Jones, Thomas A., 166–70, 188, 207, 246, 252, 255, 258, 355, 356, 388

arrest and release of, 239–41

book by, 373

Booth's escape and, 224–31, 232

Booth's first meeting with, 172–73

Confederate service of, 167–68

death of, 245, 274

escape plan of, 173–74, 178–80

Jones, Thomas A. (
continued
) Peterson House visited by, 244–45

pine thicket visits of, 171–72, 176–78, 184–87, 204–5, 225–26

in Port Tobacco visit, 208–10

Townsend's discovery of, 242–44, 373–74

J. Wilkes Booth
(Jones), 373

Keckley, Elizabeth, 6

Keene, Laura, 12, 15, 75, 106

death scene contrived by, 83–85, 90–92

Keim, W. R., 114–15

Kelly, John F., 120

Kenly, J. R., 123

Kennedy, John, 114

Kent, William, 75

Ke y, Henry, 49

Kimball, John H., 358

King, Albert Freeman Africanus, 90–91, 107, 108

Kirkwood House, 18–19, 183, 196, 220–21, 294

Kit (Jones's horse), 240–41

Koerth, Sergeant, 99

Lawrence, Richard, 21

Leale, Charles A., 15–16, 32, 33, 48, 83, 102, 106, 107–8, 110, 118–19, 138, 244, 372

Lincoln examined by, 73–78

Lincoln moved to Petersen House by, 90–94

Leaman, James E., 180

Leaman, Somerset, 180

Lee, Edwin Gray, 27

Lee, John, 89–90

Lee, Robert E., 4, 9, 13, 26, 27, 30, 50, 116, 118, 202, 280, 294

“Lilley irons,” 353

Lincoln, Abraham, vii, 4, 26, 39–41, 50, 101, 140–41, 156, 323, 348, 350, 353, 371, 375, 379, 382

autopsy of, 154

deathbed of, 143–44, 144

death of, 138–39

doctors' examination of, 109–11, 118–19

funeral procession of, 203, 213–14, 342

Keene's improvised scene and, 84–85

kidnap schemes and, 23–24, 125–28, 240, 258

last hours of, 83–86, 91–93, 102, 106–11, 118–19, 135–37

Leale's examination of, 75–78

love of Shakespeare of, 269–70

as martyred hero, 205, 231

Mary Lincoln's relationship with, 31–32

in move to Petersen House, 90–94

physical strength of, 43–44

recurring water dream of, 13–14

Richmond visit by, 9

second inauguration of, 1–2, 64–66

shot by Booth, 42–46

Stanton's relationship with, 96–97

torchlight speech of, 5–6, 15–16

Lincoln, Mary, 5, 10, 14, 39–41, 44, 46, 97, 139–40, 154, 213, 245, 350

in arrival at Ford's, 33–34

assassination reactions of, 71–72, 74, 79, 106–7, 108, 110, 121

in carriage accident, 50

Lincoln's relationship with, 31–32

personality of, 30–31

Lincoln, Robert Todd, 13, 14, 30, 110, 139, 213, 379

Lincoln, Tad, 5, 12, 14, 96, 139, 154, 213

Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie,” 30, 139, 154, 379

Lloyd, John, 19, 22–23, 83, 104–6, 129, 160, 209, 282

Lloyd, Joshua, 208, 211

Louisiana, 6

Lovett, Alexander, 208–9, 211–12, 233, 239

Mudd questioned by, 211–12, 234–35

reward money awarded to, 358

Lucas, Charles, 265–67, 270, 276

Lucas, William, 262–66, 309

Macbeth
(Shakespeare), 251–52, 268–69

McDevitt, James A., 120

McDowell, General, 199

McPhail, James, 87, 117, 174, 197, 220

Maddox, James L., 16

Madlock, John F., 198

Martin, Patrick Charles, 126–27

Maryland, 87–88

Matthews, John, 17–18, 29, 148–49, 206–7, 219

Booth's
Intelligencer
letter destroyed by, 148–49

Meigs, Montgomery, 101–2, 109, 112, 184

Merrick, Henry, 16–17

Metz, Hezekiah, 180, 219

Mexico, 294

Mills, Clark, 353

Millward, John, 217

Montauk
, USS, 31, 349–50, 352, 353, 355

Montgomery, J. B., 117

Morgan, Lieutenant-Colonel, 146–47

Morgan, R. C., 190–91

Morgan, Richard, 358

Morris, W. W., 116–17, 122

Mosby, John Singleton, 174–75, 214–15, 272–73

Mosby's Rangers, 59, 272–73

Mudd, George, 155, 182, 185–86, 208–9

Mudd, Henry Lowe, Jr., 155

Mudd, Samuel A., 83, 124–25, 176, 204, 229, 231, 233, 253–54, 257, 260, 282, 297, 299, 300

in Atzerodt's confession, 221

Booth sheltered by, 152–58, 160–62, 168

Booth's kidnap scheme and, 127–29, 161, 240

Booth's leg treated by, 129–31

cover story of, 181–82, 185–86, 208–9, 211–13

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