Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly [126]
Part Three: THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
For an hour-by-hour description of April 15, 1865, see the excellent A. Lincoln: His Last 24 Hours, by W. Emerson Reck; The Day Lincoln Was
Shot, by Jim Bishop; Lincoln’s Last Hours, by Charles Augustus Leale; and Abraham Lincoln, by Carl Sandburg.
Of great interest are titles that offer conflicting viewpoints of the assassination, the motivations, and the people involved. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of researching the Lincoln assassination was poring over the many very good books dedicated to this topic and the shock of discovering that many disagree completely with one another. Dark Union, by Leonard Guttridge and Ray Neff, and Spies, Traitors, and Moles, by Peter Kross are two of the more controversial titles.
For information on Mary Surratt, see Assassin’s Accomplice, by Kate Clifford Larson.
Part Four: THE CHASE
The search for Lincoln’s killers and their subsequent trial was vividly portrayed in Kauffman’s American Brutus and James L. Swanson’s Manhunt. Potomac Diary, by Richtmyer Hubbell, provides fascinating insights into the mood in Washington. History of the United States Secret Service, by Lafayette Baker, is a rather verbose and self-aggrandizing account of Baker’s exploits. Also of note: Beware the People Weeping, by Thomas Reed Turner; Lincoln Legends, by Edward Steers; Right or Wrong, God Judge Me: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth, by John Wilkes Booth; The Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, by Samuel A. Mudd; and Lincoln’s Assassins, by Roy Z. Chamlee
The arguments of Special Judge Advocate John A. Bingham can be found in Trial of the Conspirators for the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, by John Armor Bingham. Testimony can be found at http://www.surratt.org/documents/Bplact02.pdf.
INDEX
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abolition movement
Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp (play)
Alaska
Alexander the Great
Amelia Court House
Anderson, Richard “Fighting Dick,”
Anderson, Robert
Antietam
Appomattox Court House, Lee’s
surrender at
Appomattox River
Army of Northern Virginia
last days of war
surrender of
Arnold, Isaac
Arnold, Samuel
trial and sentence of
Arsenal Penitentiary
Arthur, Chester
Ashmun, George
assassination, human history of
assassination conspiracy
against Johnson
against Lincoln
against Seward
Booth approaches state box
Booth arrives at Ford’s Theatre
Booth escapes
death of Lincoln
escape route
hanging of co-conspirators
hideout in Maryland
imprisonment of co-conspirators
Lincoln shot
Lincoln’s last hours after shooting
newspapers on
planning of
search for conspirators
Stanton and
trial and sentencing of co-conspirators
see also specific conspirators
Atzerodt, George
arrest of
escape of
failure to assassinate Johnson
hanging of
role in assassination plot
trial of
Baker, Lafayette C.
Booth investigation
death of
as double agent
life after Booth’s death
Baker, Luther
Baltimore
Baltimore Plot
Baptist Alley
Barnes, Joseph
Bell, William
Belle Plain, Virginia
Benning’s Bridge
Bible
black flag warfare
Black Hawk War
blacks
suffrage
as Union soldiers
see also slavery
Black Thursday
Booth, Edwin
Booth, John Wilkes
acting career
approaches state box
arrives at Ford’s Theatre
autopsy and photographs of
broken leg of
burial of
capture of
celebrity of
childhood of
crosses Potomac