Lincoln's Last Days Read online

  The Day Lincoln Was Shot. Director, John Gray. DVD. TNT, 1998. 94 minutes, NR.

  Gore Vidal’s Lincoln. Director, Lamont Johnson. DVD. Platinum, 1994 (film released 1988). 188 minutes, PG-13.

  The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth. Director, Tom Jennings. DVD. A&E Home Video, 2008. 94 minutes, NR.

  Sandburg’s Lincoln. Director, George Schaefer. DVD. Mill Creek Entertainment, 2011 (miniseries aired 1974). 298 minutes, PG-13.

  Index

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  Abbott, Ezra

  African Americans

  Emancipation Group Statue and

  equality and

  testimony of

  Union Army service by

  voting rights and

  Alaska

  Alexander, Archer

  American Flag (Union flag)

  “Old Glory” nickname

  American Revolution

  amputation

  Anderson, Richard “Fighting Dick”

  Antietam, Battle of (Sharpsburg)

  Appomattox Court House

  Arlington National Cemetery

  Arnold, Isaac Newton

  Arnold, Samuel

  Arthur, Chester

  Ashmun, George

  Atzerodt, George

  arrest of

  assassination plot and

  hunt for

  trial and execution of

  weapons of

  Augur, Christopher

  Babcock, Colonel

  Baker, Lafayette C.

  burial of Booth and

  hunt for conspirators and

  later life of

  Baker, Luther

  Baltimore Plot

  Barnes, Joseph K.

  Beckwith, Samuel H.

  Bell, William

  Bethune, Mary McLeod

  Black, William

  Black Hawk War

  Black Thursday of the Confederacy

  Booth, Edwin

  Booth, John Wilkes

  aided by Mudd

  arrives at Ford’s Theatre

  assassination plot and

  autopsy of

  belongings of

  boot of

  broken leg of

  burial of

  death of

  diary of

  early life of

  escape and pursuit of

  escape route of

  hotel rooms of

  kidnapping plot and

  Lincoln shot by

  Lincoln’s last speech and

  Lincoln’s second inaugural and

  National Intelligencer letter of

  time line for

  weapons of

  Booth, Junius Brutus

  Booth, Mary Ann Holmes

  Bowie knife

  breech-loading repeating rifle

  Buckingham, John

  Bull Run, first Battle of

  Bunker, George W.

  Burns, Francis

  Burroughs, Joseph “Peanut John”

  Capitol building

  Civil War. See also specific battles

  age of enlistment for

  battle names and

  death toll in

  end of

  flags of

  Lincoln’s aging during

  medicine and

  slang and

  transportation and

  weapons and

  Civil War Amendments

  Clark, William

  Clayton, Frances (“Jack Williams”)

  Cobb, Silas T.

  Colfax, Schuyler

  Confederate Army. See also specific battles

  Army of Northern Virginia

  final surrender of

  Lee becomes general in

  Confederate flags

  battle flag

  Blood-Stained Banner

  Stainless Banner

  Stars and Bars

  Confederate Secret Service

  Confederate States of America

  defeat of

  fall of capital Richmond and

  formation of

  Montreal gold fund of

  White House of

  Conger, Everton

  Corbett, Boston

  Corey, John

  Cox, Samuel

  Crane, Charles H.

  Crook, George

  Crook, William

  Custer, George Armstrong

  Davis, Jefferson

  assassination plot and

  Richmond home of

  de Peyster, Johnston Livingston

  derringer pistol

  Devin, Thomas

  “Dixie” (song and nickname)

  Dixon, Jeremiah

  Driver, William

  Eisenhower Executive Office Building

  Emancipation Group Statue

  Emancipation Proclamation

  Five Forks, Battle of

  Fletcher, John

  Forbes, Charles

  Ford, Gerald R.

  Ford, Harry

  Ford, James

  Ford’s Theatre

  Booth arrives at

  Booth escapes from

  Booth shoots Lincoln at

  dying Lincoln moved from

  Lincoln decides to attend

  Lincoln arrives at

  museum complex

  stage

  state box

  Forsyth, James William

  Fort Donelson, Battle of

  Fort Henry, Battle of

  Fort Jefferson penitentiary (Dry Tortugas)

  Fort Sumter, Battle of

  Francis, George

  Francis, Huldah

  Fugitive Slave Act

  Garfield, James

  assassination of

  Garrett, John

  Garrett, Richard

  Garrett, William

  Gettysburg, Battle of

  Gifford, James J.

  Gordon, John B.

  Grant, Hannah

  Grant, Jesse

  Grant, Julia

  Grant, Ulysses S.

  arrives in Washington

  assassination plot vs.

  becomes general

  cabinet meeting and

  Ford’s Theatre and

  headquarters of

  Lee’s retreat and

  Lee’s surrender and

  later life of

  Lincoln funeral train and

  memoirs of

  Petersburg and

  presidency of

  Sayler’s Creek and

  tomb of

  Union victories and

  Great Hinckley Fire

  Green Mount Cemetery (Baltimore)

  Griffiths, Jabes

  Gurley, Phineas T.

  Hamlin, Hannibal

  Hammond, William A.

  Hampton Roads, Battle of

  Hancock, Winfield Scott

  Hansell, Emerick

  Harris, Clara

  Harris, Ira

  Harrison, Benjamin

  Hawk, Harry

  Herold, David

  assassination plot and

  capture of

  escape and pursuit of

  trial and execution of

  High Bridge, Battle of

  Hill, A.P.

  History of the United States Secret Service (Baker)

  ironclad warships

  John S. Ide (steamship)

  Johnson, Andrew

  assassination plot vs.

  becomes president

  conspirators pardoned by

  death of Lincoln and

  impeachment of

  presidency of

  trial and execution of conspirators and

  Johnston, Joseph E.

  Jones, Thomas

  Jones, Walter

  Keene, Laura

  Keim, W.R.

/>   King, Albert

  King, Preston

  Kirkwood House

  Knights of the Golden Circle

  Lamon, Ward Hill

  Leale, Charles A.

  Lee, Henry “Light Horse Harry”

  Lee, Mary Custis

  Lee, Robert E.

  Appomattox surrender and

  becomes general in Confederate Army

  later life of

  Petersburg and

  reinstated as U.S. citizen

  retreat of

  Sayler’s Creek and

  Lee, Samuel Phillips

  Lincoln, Abraham

  aging of

  appoints Johnson vice president

  Appomattox surrender and

  assassination plot vs.

  attends Ford’s Theatre

  autopsy of

  belongings of

  bodyguards and

  Booth shoots

  bullet used to assassinate

  cabinet and

  Civil War and

  commemorative pin for

  Confederacy and

  day of assassination and

  death of

  deaths of sons and

  death threats vs.

  doctors attempt to save life of

  dreams of own death

  dying, moved to Petersen House

  election of 1864 and

  fall of Richmond and

  family and

  funeral of

  Grant and

  kidnapping plot vs.

  last speech of

  legacy of

  life mask of

  Reconstruction and

  second inaugural address of

  staff of

  time line for

  tomb of

  Lincoln, Edward (son)

  Lincoln, Mary Todd (wife)

  Confederate relatives of

  death of

  death of Lincoln and

  deaths of sons and

  eve of assassination and

  family and

  Ford’s Theatre and

  funeral of Lincoln and

  last days of Civil War and

  later life of

  tomb of

  Lincoln, Robert Todd (son)

  death of Lincoln and

  early life of

  grave of

  later life of

  mother and

  Lincoln, Thomas “Tad” (son)

  Lincoln, William Wallace “Willie” (son)

  Lincoln Cottage

  Lincoln General Hospital

  Lincoln Memorial

  Longstreet, James “Pete”

  Lovett, Alexander

  Magee, John L.

  Malvern, USS (warship)

  Marshall, Charles

  Mason, Charles

  Mason and Dixon Line

  Matthews, John

  McCulloch, Hugh

  McKinley, William

  assassination of

  McLean, Wilmer

  Meade, George G.

  Merritt, Wesley

  Metz, Lucinda

  Mexican War

  minié ball

  Monitor, USS (ironclad warship)

  Mudd, George

  Mudd, Samuel

  aids Booth

  arrest of

  later life of

  trial and sentencing of

  Mudd, Sarah

  National Hotel

  National Intelligencer

  Booth’s letter to

  National Museum of Health and Medicine

  Navy Yard Bridge

  North

  border of

  death of Lincoln and

  horses and

  weapons and

  Oak Ridge Cemetery (Springfield, Illinois)

  O’Laughlen, Michael

  Our American Cousin (play)

  Papal Zouaves

  Parker, John

  later life of

  leaves post

  Pennsylvania House Hotel

  Petersburg, Battle of

  Lee’s retreat after

  Petersen House

  Porter, Horace

  Port Royal

  Port Tobacco

  Potomac River

  Powell, Lewis (“Lewis Payne”)

  arrest of

  early life of

  escape of

  Lincoln assassination plot and

  revolver of

  Seward assassination plot and

  Seward attacked by

  trial and execution of

  Pullman Company

  Pumphrey, James

  Quesenberry, Mrs.

  Rathbone, Henry Reed

  attends Ford’s Theatre

  Booth attacks

  later life of

  Read, Theodore

  Reconstruction

  Reconstruction Amendments

  Richmond, Virginia (Confederate capital)

  fall of

  Ritterspaugh, Jake

  Robey, Franklin

  Robinson, George

  Rosser, Thomas Lafayette

  Safford, Henry S.

  Sample, Bill

  Sanitary Commission

  Sayler’s Creek, Battle of

  Schurz, Carl

  Scott, Winfield

  Sessford, Joseph

  Seward, Augustus

  Seward, Fanny

  Seward, Frederick

  Seward, William H.

  Alaska and

  assassination attempt on

  investigation of attacks on

  Lee pardon and

  Sharpsburg, Battle of. See Antietam, Battle of

  Sheridan, Philip “Little Phil”

  Sherman, William T.

  single-shot muzzle-loaders

  slavery

  abolished

  Soles, Jacob

  South

  border of

  death of Lincoln and

  horses and

  secession of

  weapons and

  Spangler, Edmund “Ned”

  Spencer carbine rifle

  Stanton, Edwin M.

  Booth’s diary and

  Booth’s burial and

  investigation and

  later life of

  St. John, I. M.

  Stone, Robert King

  Strong, George Templeton

  Surratt, Anna

  Surratt, John H., Jr.

  assassination plot and

  escape of

  later life of

  Surratt, Mary

  arrest of

  assassination plot and

  grave of

  trial and execution of

  Surratt’s boardinghouse

  Surratt’s Tavern

  Taft, Charles Sabin

  Taltavul’s Star Saloon

  telegraph

  Twain, Mark

  Union Army. See also specific battles

  Army of the Potomac

  artillery of

  close combat and

  fall of Richmond and

  field hospitals

  Grant’s victories and

  Lee offered command of

  Lee’s surrender and

  “pup tents” and

  U.S. Cavalry

  U.S. Colored Troops (USCT)

  U.S. Congress

  U.S. Constitution

  Thirteenth Amendment

  Fourteenth Amendment

  Fifteenth Amendment

  Nineteenth Amendment

  U.S. Supreme Court

  Verdi, Dr.

  Virginia, CSS (ironclad warship)

  Virginia, motto of

  Walker, Mary

  War Department

  Washburn, Francis

  Washington, George

  Washington, Martha

  Washington, D.C.

  Booth’s plan of escape from

  curfew

  horses in

  life of, in 1860s

  Lincoln sites in

  maps of<
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  Metropolitan Police

  Washington and Lee University

  Washington Monument

  Waud, Alfred

  Weichmann, Louis

  Welles, Gideon

  Wetzel, Godfrey

  White House

  Lincoln lies in state at

  Lincoln’s last speech at

  Willard Hotel

  Wilson, Woodrow

  Withers, William

  women

  Civil War service and

  Medal of Honor and

  voting rights

  Woodward, Joseph Janvier

  Wright, Horatio

  Wyeth, N.C.

  For Makeda Wubneh,

  who makes the world a better place

  —B. O’R.

  For Eleanor and Albert Law

  —D. J. Z.

  About the Authors

  Bill O’Reilly is a former high-school history teacher and the author of several number-one bestselling books, including Killing Lincoln. He is also the anchor of The O’Reilly Factor, the highest-rated cable news show in the country.

  www.billoreilly.com

  Dwight Jon Zimmerman has adapted books for young readers by distinguished authors such as Dee Brown and James McPherson. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

  Copyright © 2012 by Bill O’Reilly

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  O’Reilly, Bill.

  Lincoln’s last days : the shocking assassination that changed America forever / Bill O’Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  ISBN 978-0-8050-9675-0 (hardcover)

  ISBN 978-0-8050-9676-7 (e-book)

  1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Assassination—Juvenile literature. I. Zimmerman, Dwight Jon. II. O’Reilly, Bill Killing Lincoln. III. Title.

  E457.5.O75 2012 973.7092—dc23 2012016121

  eISBN 9780805096767

  First hardcover edition 2012

  eBook edition August 2012