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pa.s.sages from Macbeth...touch him further: William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Scene II, in The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd edn., Vol. II (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997), p. 1373; Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner's (1893), p. 35.
"how true a description...the same scene": Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner's (1893), p. 35.
ominous selection..."in continual dread": Speed to Barrett, September 16, 1885, University of Chicago Library.
"that the people know...without fear": AL, quoted in Thomas and Hyman, Stanton, p. 395.
pa.s.sed by Mount Vernon..."would again reappear": Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner's (1893), pp. 35, 32.
He had observed..."in ruined Richmond": Through Five Administrations, ed. Gerry, p. 59.
"It was in the evening...injuries and the shock": Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, pp. 271, 270.
his face "so marred...patient and uncomplaining": FAS to LW, quoted in ibid., p. 271.
"The extreme sensitiveness...from the door": Seward, ibid., p. 271.
Lincoln entered the room..."the end, at last": WHS and AL, quoted in ibid., p. 271.
stretched out..."satisfied at the labor": Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, p. 271; entry for April 9, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," p. 872 (quotes).
saw that Seward...got up and left the room: Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, p. 272.
telegram from Grant..."proposed by myself": USG to EMS, April 9, 1865, OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 663.
"the President hugged him with joy": Star, February 15, 1896.
close to 10 p.m...."first time in my life": Entry for April 9, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," p. 871.
Both Grant and Lee..."dignified in defeat": Jay Winik, April 1865: The Month That Saved America (New York: HarperCollins, 2001), p. 193.
Grant had sent a note..."effusion of blood": USG to Robert E. Lee, April 7, 1865, OR, Ser. 1, Vol. XLVI, Part III, p. 619.
Lee refused to accept...ready to surrender: McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 848.
dressed for the historic..."deep, red silk": Douglas Southall Freeman, R. E. Lee: A Biography, Vol. IV (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936), p. 118.
imprisoned before..."my best appearance": Robert E. Lee, quoted in ibid., p. 118.
terms of surrender..."properly exchanged": USG to Robert E. Lee, April 9, 1865, quoted in Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, p. 581.
"the thought occurred to me"...twenty-five thousand men: Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, pp. 58183.
tried to speak..."tears came into his eyes": Freeman, R. E. Lee, Vol. IV, p. 144.
"Men, we have fought...best I could for you": Robert E. Lee, quoted in ibid.
"each side of...as ever, General Lee!": Charles Blackford, quoted in ibid. pp. 146, 147.
"a great boom...laid down its arms": Brooks, Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C., in Lincoln's Time, p. 223.
"The nation seems...terminates the Rebellion": Entry for April 10, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 278.
several thousand gathered..."people cheered": National Intelligencer, Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C., April 11, 1865, quoted in CW, VIII, p. 393 n1.
planning a speech..."dribble it all out": AL, "Response to Serenade," National Intelligencer version, April 10, 1865, CW, VIII, p. 393.
If he said something..."not to make mistakes": AL, "Response to Serenade," NR version, April 10, 1865, CW, VIII, p. 394.
finally appeared..."waving their handkerchiefs": NR, April 11, 1865.
"I am very greatly...with its performance": AL, "Response to Serenade," National Intelligencer version, April 10, 1865, CW, VIII, p. 393.
"it is good to show the rebels...hear it again": Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner's (1893), p. 34.
band followed "Dixie"..."in high good-humor": Through Five Administrations, ed. Gerry, p. 62 (quote); National Intelligencer, April 11, 1865, in CW, VIII, pp. 39394 n1.
"If possible...than last Monday": MTL to CS, April 10, 1865, in Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln, p. 216.
exhilaration was evident..."qu'en pensez vous?": MTL to CS, April 11, 1865, in ibid., p. 217.
Illuminated once again...miles around: Brooks, Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C., in Lincoln's Time, p. 225.
"Bonfires blazed...rockets were fired": NYTrib, April 12, 1865.
decorating the front..."and evergreens": Star, February 15, 1896.
a second-story window..."of a different character": Brooks, Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C., in Lincoln's Time, pp. 22627.
"the greatest question...practical statesmans.h.i.+p": "31 July 1863, Friday," in Hay, Inside Lincoln's White House, p. 69.
acknowledged that in Louisiana..."by smas.h.i.+ng it?": AL, "Last Public Address," April 11, 1865, CW, VIII, pp. 40304.
John Wilkes Booth...pa.s.sion for the rebels' cause: Lockridge, Darling of Misfortune, p. 111.
evolved a plan to kidnap...not ready to yield: Michael W. Kauffman, American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies (New York: Random House, 2004), pp. 134, 21112.
"Our cause being almost...great must be done": Text of John Wilkes Booth diary, available through Abraham Lincoln research website, http://members/aol.com/RVSNorton1/Lincoln52.html (accessed May 2005).
Two other conspirators..."put him through": John Wilkes Booth, quoted in Donald, Lincoln, p. 588.
Curiously..."G.o.d knows what is best": Lamon, Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 11618.
Fehrenbacher is persuasive...confused: Commentary on Lamon recollection, Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Fehrenbacher and Fehrenbacher, p. 293.
While radicals...control of the seceded states: Pierce, Memoir and Letters of Charles Sumner, Vol. IV, p. 236; SPC to AL, April 12, 1865, Lincoln Papers.
"a large majority of the people": NYH, quoted in Harris, Lincoln's Last Months, p. 216.
