Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [644]
Private Robinson…headed toward Seward: Charles F. Cooney, “Seward’s Savior: George F. Robinson,” Lincoln Herald (Fall 1973), p. 93.
begging him not to kill…“face bending over”: Entry for April 14, 1865, in Johnson, “Sensitivity and Civil War,” pp. 879–80.
large bowie knife…“loose on his neck”: Verdi, “The Assassination of the Sewards,” The Republic (1873), p. 291.
his only impressions…“overcoat is made of”: WHS, quoted in Cincinnati [Ohio] Commercial, December 8, 1865.
Fanny’s screams…the floor: Entry for April 14, 1865, in Johnson, “Sensitivity and Civil War,” p. 880.
managed to pull Powell away…the right hand: Verdi, “The Assassination of the Sewards,” The Republic (1873), p. 292.
Gus ran for his pistol…fled through the city: Seward, Seward at Washington…1861–1872, p. 279.
lifted Seward onto the bed…rooms on the parlor floor: Entry for April 14, 1865, in Johnson, “Sensitivity and Civil War,” pp. 882, 884.
“He looked like an…yes, of one man!”: Verdi, “The Assassination of the Sewards,” The Republic (1873), pp. 291–92.
Atzerodt had taken a room…“not to kill”: Donald, Lincoln, p. 596.
seated at the bar…and never returned: Winik, April 1865, p. 226.
had attended a dress rehearsal…Harry Ford: Kauffman, American Brutus, pp. 214, 217.
play had started…“with a smile and bow”: Charles A. Leale, M.D., to Benjamin F. Butler, July 20, 1867, container 43, Butler Papers, DLC.
armchair at the center…sofa on her left: “Major Rathbone’s Affidavit,” in J. E. Buckingham, Sr., Reminiscences and Souvenirs of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (Washington, D.C.: Rufus H. Darby, 1894), pp. 73,75.
“rested her hand…situation on the stage”: Charles Sabin Taft, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours,” Century 45 (February 1893), p. 634.
later recalled…“think any thing about it”: Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 382.
footman delivered a message…and fired: Winik, April 1865, p. 223; Harris, Lincoln’s Last Months, p. 224.
“As he jumped…struck the stage”: Taft, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours,” Century 45 (1893), p. 634.
“he was suffering…he struggled up”: Annie F. F. Wright, “The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln,” Magazine of History 9 (February 9, 1909), p. 114.
“his shining dagger…it had been a diamond”: Leale to Butler, July 20, 1867, container 43, Butler Papers, DLC.
shouted…“Sic semper tyrannis”: Wright, “The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln,” Magazine of History (1909), p. 114.
saw Mary Lincoln…“shot the President!”: Ibid.
Charles Leale…pressure on Lincoln’s brain: Leale to Butler, July 20, 1867, container 43, Butler Papers, DLC.
Charles Sabin Taft…boardinghouse: Taft, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours,” Century 45 (1893), p. 635.
Joseph Sterling…headed for Seward’s house: Joseph A. Sterling, quoted in Star, April 14, 1918.
already gone to bed…set forth in the foggy night: Entry for April 14, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, pp. 283–84.
Blood was everywhere…floor of the bedroom: Entry for April 14, 1865, in Johnson, “Sensitivity and Civil War,” p. 886.
“was saturated with blood”…he decided to join them: Entry for April 14, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, pp. 285–86 (quote p. 285).
Chase had already retired…“a night of horrors”: Entries for April 14, 1865, Chase Papers, Vol. 1, pp. 528–29.
Lincoln had been placed…“spare appearance”: Entry for April 14, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 286.
“would have killed most men…much vitality”: Entry for April 30, 1865, Taft diary.
Mary spent most…“overcome by emotion”: Entry for April 14, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 287.
“Why didn’t he shoot me?”…not told, out of fear: Field, Memories of Many Men, p. 322.
“clean napkins…stains on the pillow”: Taft, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours,” Century 45 (1893), p. 635.
Robert, who had remained…“leaving his cheeks”: Thomas F. Pendel, Thirty-Six Years in the White House (Washington, D.C.: Neale Publishing Company, 1902), pp. 42–43.
to summon Tad…his father’s condition: Leale to Butler, July 20, 1867, container 43, Butler Papers, DLC.
Tad and his tutor…to see Aladdin: M. Helen Palmes Moss,