Team Of Rivals Part 164

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.