Team Of Rivals Part 166

"stood apparently irresolute...pulled the trigger": Seward, Reminiscences of a War-Time Statesman and Diplomat, p. 259.

last memory Fred would have...unconscious: Cincinnati [Ohio] Commercial, December 8, 1865.

Private Robinson...headed toward Seward: Charles F. c.o.o.ney, "Seward's Savior: George F. Robinson," Lincoln Herald (Fall 1973), p. 93.

begging him not to kill..."face bending over": Entry for April 14, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," pp. 87980.

large bowie knife..."loose on his neck": Verdi, "The a.s.sa.s.sination of the Sewards," The Republic (1873), p. 291.

his only impressions..."overcoat is made of": WHS, quoted in Cincinnati [Ohio] Commercial, December 8, 1865.

f.a.n.n.y's screams...the floor: Entry for April 14, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," p. 880.

managed to pull Powell away...the right hand: Verdi, "The a.s.sa.s.sination of the Sewards," The Republic (1873), p. 292.

Gus ran for his pistol...fled through the city: Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, p. 279.

lifted Seward onto the bed...rooms on the parlor floor: Entry for April 14, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," pp. 882, 884.

"He looked like an...yes, of one man!": Verdi, "The a.s.sa.s.sination of the Sewards," The Republic (1873), pp. 29192.

Atzerodt had taken a room..."not to kill": Donald, Lincoln, p. 596.

seated at the bar...and never returned: Winik, April 1865, p. 226.

had attended a dress rehearsal...Harry Ford: Kauffman, American Brutus, pp. 214, 217.

play had started..."with a smile and bow": Charles A. Leale, M.D., to Benjamin F. Butler, July 20, 1867, container 43, Butler Papers, DLC.

armchair at the center...sofa on her left: "Major Rathbone's Affidavit," in J. E. Buckingham, Sr., Reminiscences and Souvenirs of the a.s.sa.s.sination of Abraham Lincoln (Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C.: Rufus H. Darby, 1894), pp. 73,75.

"rested her hand...situation on the stage": Charles Sabin Taft, "Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours," Century 45 (February 1893), p. 634.

later recalled..."think any thing about it": Randall, Mary Lincoln, p. 382.

footman delivered a message...and fired: Winik, April 1865, p. 223; Harris, Lincoln's Last Months, p. 224.

"As he jumped...struck the stage": Taft, "Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours," Century 45 (1893), p. 634.

"he was suffering...he struggled up": Annie F. F. Wright, "The a.s.sa.s.sination of Abraham Lincoln," Magazine of History 9 (February 9, 1909), p. 114.

"his s.h.i.+ning dagger...it had been a diamond": Leale to Butler, July 20, 1867, container 43, Butler Papers, DLC.

shouted..."Sic semper tyrannis": Wright, "The a.s.sa.s.sination of Abraham Lincoln," Magazine of History (1909), p. 114.

saw Mary Lincoln..."shot the President!": Ibid.

Charles Leale...pressure on Lincoln's brain: Leale to Butler, July 20, 1867, container 43, Butler Papers, DLC.

Charles Sabin Taft...boardinghouse: Taft, "Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours," Century 45 (1893), p. 635.

Joseph Sterling...headed for Seward's house: Joseph A. Sterling, quoted in Star, April 14, 1918.

already gone to bed...set forth in the foggy night: Entry for April 14, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, pp. 28384.

Blood was everywhere...floor of the bedroom: Entry for April 14, 1865, in Johnson, "Sensitivity and Civil War," p. 886.

"was saturated with blood"...he decided to join them: Entry for April 14, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, pp. 28586 (quote p. 285).

Chase had already retired..."a night of horrors": Entries for April 14, 1865, Chase Papers, Vol. 1, pp. 52829.

Lincoln had been placed..."spare appearance": Entry for April 14, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 286.

"would have killed most men...much vitality": Entry for April 30, 1865, Taft diary.

Mary spent most..."overcome by emotion": Entry for April 14, 1865, Welles diary, Vol. II, p. 287.

"Why didn't he shoot me?"...not told, out of fear: Field, Memories of Many Men, p. 322.

"clean napkins...stains on the pillow": Taft, "Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours," Century 45 (1893), p. 635.

Robert, who had remained..."leaving his cheeks": Thomas F. Pendel, Thirty-Six Years in the White House (Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C.: Neale Publis.h.i.+ng Company, 1902), pp. 4243.

to summon Tad...his father's condition: Leale to Butler, July 20, 1867, container 43, Butler Papers, DLC.

Tad and his tutor...to see Aladdin: M. Helen Palmes Moss, "Lincoln and Wilkes Booth as Seen on the Day of the a.s.sa.s.sination," Century LXXVII (April 1909), p. 951.

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. 74445.

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. 499500.

he told Julia..."tenderness and magnanimity": Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, p. 156.