"beaming" Stanton..."The Star Spangled Banner": NYTrib, April 4, 1865.
"The demand seemed...press to supply": Star, April 3, 1865.
One hundred Herald... section of the city: NYH, April 4, 1865.
EXTRA!...first to enter the city: NR, April 3, 1865.
eight hundred guns, fired at Stanton"s order: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln"s Washington, p. 431.
dinner at Stanton"s house: Thomas and Hyman, Stanton, p. 353.
"if there were to be...of the danger": James Speed to Joseph H. Barrett, 1885 September 16, Lincoln Collection, Lincoln Miscellaneous Ma.n.u.scripts, Box 9, Folder 66, Special Collections, Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
tried to keep Lincoln..."the same condition": EMS to AL, April 3, 1865, Lincoln Papers.
Lincoln was already...Richmond the next day: AL to EMS, April 3, 1865, CW, VIII, p. 385.
At 8 a.m.... historic journey to Richmond: Barnes, "With Lincoln from Washington to Richmond in 1865," Part II, Appleton"s (1907), p. 746.
channel approaching..."and touched them": Through Five Administrations, ed. Gerry, pp. 5152.
"Here we were...well to be humble": AL, quoted in Porter, Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War, pp. 29495.
Lincoln was surrounded..."hereafter enjoy": Ibid., p. 295.
men stood up..."and from the water-side": Ibid., pp. 29697.
crowd trailed Lincoln...easily visible: Ibid., p. 299.
"walking with his usual...in everything": Thomas Thatcher Graves, "The Occupation," Part II of "The Fall of Richmond," in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. IV, Pt. II, p. 727 (quote); Porter, Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War, p. 299; Through Five Administrations, ed. Gerry, p. 53.
Lincoln"s bodyguard...along the route: Through Five Administrations, ed. Gerry, p. 54.
occupied the stucco mansion...gla.s.s of water: Barnes, "With Lincoln from Washington to Richmond in 1865," Part II, Appleton"s (1907), pp. 74849.
bottle of whiskey..."condition for the Yankees": Through Five Administrations, ed. Gerry, p. 55.
toured the mansion..."interested in everything": Graves, "The Occupation," in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. IV, Pt. II, p. 728.
met with the members...troops from the war: J. G. Randall and Richard N. Current, Lincoln the President: The Last Full Measure, originally published as Vol. 4 of Lincoln the President (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1955; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991), pp. 35356; AL to G.o.dfrey Weitzel, April 6, 1865, CW, VIII, p. 389.
Confederate statehouse...greatly relieved: Porter, Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War, pp. 30203.
"nothing short of miraculous...go in peace": Through Five Administrations, ed. Gerry, p. 54.
all the public buildings..."one blaze of glory": Brooks, Mr. Lincoln"s Washington, p. 434.
"the entire population...of lighted candles": NR, April 5, 1865.
he told Welles..."schemes are his apology": Entry for April 5, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 275.
f.a.n.n.y and her friend...horses bolted: Seward, Seward at Washington...18611872, p. 270 (quote); entry for April 5, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," p. 867; NR, April 6, 1865.
"swinging the driver...a cat by the tail": NR, April 6, 1865.
Fred and Seward jumped...consciousness: Seward, Seward at Washington...18611872, p. 270 (quote); entry for April 5, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," pp. 86768; Verdi, "The a.s.sa.s.sination of the Sewards," The Republic (1873), p. 290.
"The horses tore"...his broken body: Entry for April 5, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," pp. 86768.
"blood streaming from his mouth": Verdi, "The a.s.sa.s.sination of the Sewards," The Republic (1873), p. 290.
delirious with pain...his side for hours: Entry for April 5, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," pp. 868, 869.
Stanton sent..."presence here is needed": EMS to AL, April 5, 1865, Lincoln Papers.
Lincoln advised Grant...return to Washington: AL to USG, April 6, 1865, CW, VIII, p. 388.
Mary and her invited..."arrive at City Point": MTL to EMS, April 6, 1865, in Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln, p. 214 (quote); Foote, The Civil War, Vol. III, p. 903; Keckley, Behind the Scenes, p. 163.
Stanton informed..."remaining at City Point": EMS to MTL, April 6, 1865, Lincoln Papers.
he sent word..."clear and spirits good": EMS to AL, April 6, 1865, Lincoln Papers.
Mary"s party arrived...bulletins, all positive: Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner"s (1893), p. 27.
"His whole appearance...had been attained": James Harlan, quoted in Foote, The Civil War, Vol. III, P874 p. 903.
"it was impossible...much less of vanity": Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner"s (1893), p. 28.
telegram from Sheridan..."Lee will surrender": Phil Sheridan to USG, quoted in AL to EMS, April 7, 1865, CW, VIII, p. 389.
"Let the thing be pressed": AL to USG, April 7, 1865, CW, VIII, p. 392.
Julia Grant..."that we be not judged": Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, p. 149; Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner"s (1893), p. 33 (quote).
"he gave orders...the great oaks": Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner"s (1893), p. 29 (quote); Keckley, Behind the Scenes, p. 169.
"an old country...quiet place like this": AL, quoted in Arnold, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, p. 435.
observed a turtle...shared "a happy laugh": Keckley, Behind the Scenes, p. 170.
visited injured soldiers..."no more fighting": Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner"s (1893), pp. 30, 3334.
came to say farewell..."floating palace": Keckley, Behind the Scenes, pp. 17172.
asked them to play..."upon literary subjects": Chambrun, "Personal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln," Scribner"s (1893), pp. 34, 35.
"a beautiful quarto...in his hands": Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and Letters of Charles Sumner, Vol. IV (London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1893), p. 235.