Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [645]
decorated with patriotic…“shrieking in agony”: NR, April 15, 1865.
“Poor little Tad…fell into a sound sleep”: Pendel, Thirty-Six Years in the White House, p. 44.
entire cabinet…“heartrending lamentations”: NYH, April 16, 1865.
“there was not a soul…love the president”: Star, February 15, 1896.
“While evidently swayed…in all things”: A. F. Rockwell, quoted in Flower, Edwin McMasters Stanton, p. 283.
dictated numerous dispatches…“wait for the next”: Star, February 15, 1896.
first telegram…“in a dangerous condition”: Thomas T. Eckert to USG, April 14, 1865, OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XLVI, Part III, pp. 744–45.
reached Grant…“in perfect silence”: Porter, Campaigning with Grant, p. 499.
he had turned “very pale”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, p. 156.
Julia Grant guessed…“that could be received”: Porter, Campaigning with Grant, pp. 499–500.
he told Julia…“tenderness and magnanimity”: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, p. 156.
At 1 a.m., Stanton telegraphed…“best detectives”: EMS to John H. Kennedy, April 15, 1865, OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 783.
“The wound is mortal…is now dying”: EMS to John A. Dix, April 15, 1865, 1:30 a.m., OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 780.
“The President continues…shot the President”: Ibid., 4:10 a.m., p. 781.
Shortly after dawn…“death-struggle had begun”: Entry for April 14, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 288.
“As she entered”…sofa in the parlor: Taft, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours,” Century 45 (1893), p. 635.
“the town clocks…be again resumed”: Field, Memories of Many Men, p. 325.
“Let us pray”…everyone present knelt: Leale to Butler, July 20, 1867, container 43, Butler Papers, DLC.
At 7:22 a.m…. “belongs to the ages”: Donald, Lincoln, p. 599. As David Donald notes, witnesses thought theyheard several variations of Stanton’s utterance, including “He belongs to the ages now,” “He now belongs to the Ages,” and “He is a man for the ages.” Donald, Lincoln, p. 686, endnote for p. 599 beginning “to the ages.”
“Oh, why did you not…he was dying”: NYH, April 16, 1865.
moans could be heard…taken to her carriage: Taft, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours,” Century 45 (1893), p. 636; Field, Memories of Many Men, p. 326.
Stanton’s “coolness”…streamed down his cheeks: NYH, April 16, 1865.
“Stanton’s grief…break down and weep bitterly”: Porter, Campaigning with Grant, p. 501.
“Not everyone knows…his honor and yours”: JH to EMS, July 26, 1865, in Hay, At Lincoln’s Side, p. 106.
“Is he dead?…entire face was distorted”: Field, Memories of Many Men, p. 327.
walked to Seward’s house…Blair and his father: Entry for April 15, 1865, Chase Papers, Vol. I, pp. 529, 530.
“with tearful eyes…of our side”: EBL to SPL, April 15, 1865, in Wartime Washington, ed. Laas, p. 495.
Richmond Whig… “South has descended”: Richmond Whig, quoted in Robert S. Harper, Lincoln and the Press (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1951), p. 360.
St. Louis…comfortable study: Entry for January 27, 1865, The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, p. 443.
“the astounding news…country and for myself”: Entry for April 15, 1865, in ibid., p. 473.
News of Lincoln’s death…“sinking into his mind”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln’s Washington, pp. 458–59 (quotes p. 459).
“The history of governments…confidence and regard”: “Hay’s Reminiscences of the Civil War,” in Hay, At Lincoln’s Side, pp. 128–29.
Flags remained…“the farewell march”: Brooks, Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time, pp. 271 (quote), 273.
nearly two hundred thousand Union soldiers: Smith, The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics, Vol. II, p. 185.
“Never in the history…shrill call of bugles”: Brooks, Washington, D.C., in Lincoln’s Time, pp. 272–74.
“magnificent and imposing spectacle”: Entry for May 19, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 310.
“You see in these…half a dozen presidents”: EMS, quoted in Flower, Edwin McMasters Stanton, p. 288.
“more and more dim…found in every family”: AL, “Address Before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois,” January 27, 1838, in CW,