Chancellorsville, battle of, 247, 341
Chapin, C. W., 187
Charleston, S.C., 3, 182
Charlotte, N.C., 181, 243, 245, 256-57, 296
Davis in, 198, 204-5, 206, 212, 219, 238
Davis unwelcome in, 194-96, 223, 252, 280
Varina in, 10, 15, 66, 74, 83, 92
Chase, Salmon P., 170
Chatham Artillery, 371
Chattahoochee River, 279
Chattanooga, Tenn., 68, 279
Chester, S.C., 92
Chestnut, Mary, 175-76
Chicago, Ill., 84, 136, 143, 145, 152-53, 155, 156, 199, 235, 261, 263-65, 264, 270-71, 281, 286, 290, 293
Chicago Board of Trade, 265
Chicago Historical Society, 125
Chicago Tribune, 263-64, 265, 270-71, 338
City Point, Va., 16-17, 18-19, 22, 36, 73, 74-76, 210
Civil War, U.S., 1, 14, 36-37, 60, 126, 136, 141, 166-67, 277, 361, 374, 394
beginning of, 370
cranial surgery at time of, 110
Davis’s determined continuation of, 200
death toll in, xiv, 3, 17, 47, 76, 294, 366, 369, 388
embalming and, 147-48, 235
ending of, xi
Lincoln’s funeral train as symbol of cost of, 213
150th anniversary of, 401
Clark, Micajah H., 9, 288
Clarke, William, 105-6, 133, 287
Clay, Clement C., 25, 268-69, 314
Clay, Virginia, 368
Cleary, William, 268-69
Cleveland, Ohio, 199, 247, 248-50, 252-54, 253
Clover Station, 30
Cobb, Howell, 67-68, 77
Coffin, Charles C., 47
Cokesbury, Ga., 280
Cokesbury, S.C., 265
Cold Harbor, 246
Columbian Expedition of 1893, 125
Columbus, Ga., 67, 77, 257
Columbus, Ohio, 199, 253-55, 258-59, 284
Comanche nation, 123
Confederate archives, 28
Confederate History Month, 401
Confederate Memorial Hall, 382
Confederate ordnance department, 11
Confederate railroad system, 27, 36, 66, 86, 89, 122, 204-5, 211-12
Confederate States of America, xi, 30, 36, 123, 276, 283-84, 288, 364, 380
armies of, 176, 197, 273, 357
armies of, after Lee’s surrender, 147, 182, 195, 206-7, 279, 280-81, 318, 329
Booth’s connection to, 121
controversy surrounding, 401-2
Davis elected president of, 50-51
Davis’s determination to continue, 82-84, 95
ending of, 288-89
as Lost Cause, 30, 84, 370, 373, 381, 388, 397, 402, 403
modern response to racial politics of, 401-2
Northern perception of, xiv
postwar policy towards hierarchy of, 17-18
resilience of, 38
Richmond as capital of, 3; see also Danville, Va.
waning enthusiasm for, 194
Confederate treasury, 9, 28, 29-30, 212, 266, 274, 278, 289
and gold rumors, 244-45, 251, 256, 313-15, 347-48
Congressional Cemetery, 167, 180
Connecticut, 187
Constitution, U.S., 48, 49, 143, 154
slavery and, 53
Cooper, Samuel, 37
Cooper Union, 156, 340
Copperheads, 34, 226
corpse photography, 235
of Davis, 379, 379
of Lincoln, 23-41, 230, 234-37, 248, 292, 379
Crane, Charles H., 109, 117, 133, 188
cranial surgery, 110, 354
Craven, John J., 341-42, 349-50, 352, 354
Crook, W. H., 16
Crowell, J. H., 126
Croxton, John Thomas, 257
Cuba, 273, 279, 317
Currier & Ives, 99-100, 241
Richmond burning print of, 39, 40
Curtin, Andrew, 200-201, 217
Curtis, Joseph, 133-38, 354
Custer, George Armstrong, 361
Dana, Charles A., 239
Dan River, 28
Danville, Va., 15, 219
evacuation from, 82-84, 89
evacuation to, 10, 12, 28-30, 33, 383
as new Confederate capital, 8-9, 36-38, 40-41, 66-68, 73, 76, 77, 81-82, 88, 90, 95
Richmond refugees in, 38, 41
Danville Railroad, 6, 13
David, King, 292
Davis, Charles Henry, 236, 237
Davis, George, 8
Davis, Jefferson, 4, 66, 75, 77, 118, 127, 212, 360, 362, 377
Abbeville departed by, 273-74
appearance of, 54-55
arrival in Charlotte by, 194-96
arrival in Danville by, 36-38, 383
attacks on, 7, 60, 62
cabinet of, 8-9, 27, 81-82, 83, 88-90, 95, 122, 182, 273, 288, 308
capture of, 310, 312, 314-18, 320-29, 352, 398-99, 399
charisma of, 55
Charlotte speech of, 195
children of, 10, 12, 59, 72, 171, 263, 301, 315, 316, 317, 366
Confederate gold rumor and, 244-45, 251, 256, 314, 347-48, 365
corpse photograph of, 379, 379
correspondence by, 14-15, 22, 71-72, 73, 90, 93, 95, 223-25, 238, 250, 273-74, 288, 348-49, 350
criticism of, 283-84
cross-dressing escape rumors about, 310-11, 310, 322-23, 323, 324, 326-29, 328, 344, 346-47, 346
in Danville evacuation, 82-89
in Danville exile, 40-41, 67-68, 76, 77
“Danville Farewell” of, 83-84
Danville Proclamation of, 68-70, 91
death mask of, 379-80
death pageant for, 378-85, 379, 380, 384, 385, 397
demonstrations against, 276
determination to continue Confederacy by, 71, 182-83, 199-200, 206-7, 219
eclipse of, 48, 397-98, 400-402
education of, 48, 54, 60
eightieth birthday of, 374-76
fate of, 293
final illness and death of, 377-78, 378
financial insecurity of, 359, 361-62
at Fort Monroe, 330, 331, 333-35, 334, 335, 337-40, 341-42, 349-53, 355
funeral train of, 380, 382-83, 397
in Greensboro, 87-92
Greenville speech of, 91-92
health of, 354, 366, 372-73
honor and principle of, 58, 61-62, 248, 316-17, 322
humor of, 223
inauguration of, 170, 374, 377
indifference to luxuries of, 55
Johnson’s reward offer for, 268-69, 313-14
and Johnston’s surrender, 238, 365
Joseph’s death and, 174-76
journey of, xi, xiii, xiv, 2, 147, 181-83
journey south of, 243-45, 247-48, 250-52, 256-58, 265-67, 268-70, 278-81, 289, 296, 298-303, 300
as keeper of Confederate memory, 359-77, 388
Kentucky birth of, 51
Lee’s surrender and, 81-82, 90-91, 92
as legend, 397
Lincoln’s assassination and, 121-22, 181-82, 196-97, 198, 199-200, 204, 219, 223
Lincoln’s murder attributed to, 147, 204, 276, 287, 296, 314, 319-20, 326-27, 340-41, 342-44, 343
marriages of, see Davis, Varina Howell;
Taylor, Sarah Knox
military background of, 48, 49, 52, 58, 123, 309, 312, 402
military intelligence and, 37, 67
in Montgomery, 366-71
monuments for, 386-87, 397-400, 399
New Orleans funeral of, 382-83, 384
news of Union threat to Richmond and, 5-9, 20, 21-24
Northern opinion about, xiv, 340-41
optimism of, 183
in Pierce administration, 49, 53
plantation of, 48-49, 72, 248, 357, 377
post-release conduct of, 357-58, 359-77
presidential prospects of, 48, 50, 53
as president of the Confederacy, 50-51, 369, 380, 39
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prison Christmas of, 351
refusal to flee the country by, 122, 182, 266-67, 273, 279
reward for, 268-69, 313-14, 320
in Richmond evacuation, 21-33, 279, 296, 317, 383
Richmond reburial of, 383-86, 390, 397-98
satires and mockery of, 343, 344-47, 344
secession and, 50-51, 355, 356, 363
Sherman criticized by, 365-66
slavery and, 49, 60-61, 357, 367, 401
speaking tours of, 371-74, 397
strength of, 54-55
Texas as possible goal for, 197
toughness of, 122-23
Union pursuit of, 296-302, 297, 304-18, 368
in U.S. Senate, 49-50, 369
Varina reunited with, 298-303, 309-14
in Washington, Ga., 278-80, 288-89
wax figures of, 344-45
Davis, Jefferson, Jr., 12, 175, 299
Davis, Joseph E. (brother), 354, 355
Davis, Joseph Evan (son), 2, 56, 174-76, 357, 385
Davis, Joseph R. (nephew), 68
Davis, Mary, 364
Davis, Samuel Emory, 71, 72, 171, 351, 383-85
Davis, Varina Anne “Winnie,” 263, 364,
Davis, Varina Howell, 50, 74, 123, 175, 333, 348, 356, 357, 366, 369, 373
better treatment for Davis sought by, 352-53
capture of, 315-17, 322
in Charlotte, 66, 74, 83
in Chester, S.C., 92
correspondence between Davis and, 15, 71-72, 73, 74, 93-94, 95, 197, 219, 223-25, 238, 250-51, 262-63, 269-70, 281, 348-49, 351
Davis reunited with, 298-303, 309-14
Davis’s courtship of, 58-59, 369
Davis’s death and, 377-78, 379, 382
Davis’s permanent gravesite and, 382, 390
evacuation from Richmond of, 10-12, 15
freeing of, 330-31
life after Davis for, 390
Wilde and, 364-65
Davis Bend, 56
Declaration of Independence, 54, 221-22
Democratic Party, 50, 53
Dennison, William, 207
Detroit, Mich., 298
District of Columbia, 90, 98, 140
Dix, John Adams, 199, 229, 236-37, 239-40, 246
“Dixie,” 84
Dixon, Elizabeth, 108, 113, 117, 119, 120, 131-32
Dixon, James, 108, 119
Dorsey, Sarah, 362
Douglas, Stephen A., 48, 49-50, 53
Douglass, Frederick, 340, 392
Drake, Mrs., 246
Dred Scott decision, 334
Dr. Harker’s patent medicine company, 376
Dublin, Ga., 298-99
Duke, Angier Biddle, 396
Dunkirk, N.Y., 246
Early, Jubal, 376, 379
Eckert, Major, 235
Edward H. Jones (engine), 210
Edwards, Elizabeth Todd, 389
Effie Afton case, 156
elections, U.S.:
of 1860, 50, 51, 53, 98, 246, 292
of 1864, 76, 292
Ellsworth, Elmer, 163-67, 168, 382
Ellsworth’s Zouaves, 163-64, 166-67
Emancipation Proclamation, 261
Ennis, George O., 53
Euclid, Ohio, 247
Europe, 122, 317
Fairfax, Mrs., 381
Ferguson, James, 96
Ferguson, William J., 130
Fessenden, William P., 141-42, 151
Field, Maunsell, 93, 108, 151, 158
Fillmore, Millard, 242
fires, 99-100
Flannery, Lot, 342
Flint River, 297
Florida, 12, 250-51, 257, 267, 273, 279, 299, 317
Foot, Solomon, 144, 151
Forbes, Charles, 95
Ford’s Theatre, xi, 94-97, 99-101, 103, 106-7, 109-11, 116, 119, 127, 130, 144, 181, 240, 287, 392
Ford’s Theatre Society, 400
Fort Crawford, Wisc., 58
Fort Monroe, Va., 329-31, 333-34, 335, 337-40, 341-42, 349-53, 355
Fortress Monroe, Va., 16
Fox, Gustavus, 164
Frailey, Commander, 330
France, 309
Francis, George, 101-2, 103-6, 113, 199
Francis, Huldah, 101-2, 103, 105, 113, 199
Franklin, Sir John, 229
Fredericksburg, battle of, 341
Fredericksburg, Va., 176-77
Freemasons, 218, 261
French, Benjamin Brown, 93, 117-18, 133
on Davis’s capture, 323-24
diary of, 118, 139
on Grand Review, 337
Lincoln’s assassination and, 117, 119
Lincoln’s funeral and, 133, 144, 150-51, 152, 210-11, 286, 391
on Mary Lincoln’s departure, 335
mourning arrangements made by, 119, 133, 140, 337
Gardner, Alexander, 188-89, 239, 241
Garfield, James, 361
Garrett’s Farm, 367
Garrison, William Lloyd, 340
Garrison’s Landing, N.Y., 232
Gary, Martin Witherspoon, 265
Georgetown, 171, 173, 192, 208
Georgia, 67, 250, 252, 257, 296, 309, 313, 318
Confederacy supported in, 280
Georgia Historical Society, 371
Georgia State Fair, 373
Gettysburg, battle of, 112, 121
Gettysburg, Pa., 16, 156
national cemetery at, 140, 181
Gist’s Ferry, 250
Gobright, Lawrence A., 151
Gordon, John B., 367
Gorgas, Josiah, 11
Grady, Henry, 371
Grand Review, 329-30, 331, 333, 336-37
Grant, Julia, 96
Grant, Ulysses S., 36, 41, 75, 77, 92, 94, 96, 207, 245, 246, 248, 289
advance on Richmond by, 13-14, 16-17, 20, 24
Davis’s surrender and, 330-31
Grand Review ordered by, 329-30, 331
Lee’s surrender to, 77-79
Petersburg captured by, 22, 24, 34, 38
Graves, Thomas Thatcher, 30, 32, 47, 62-63
Great Britain, 132
Great Central Fair, 177
Great Western Railroad, 277
Greeley, Horace, 356
Greene, Nathaniel, 371
Greensboro, N.C., 15, 67, 85, 252
Cabinet Car in, 89
evacuation of, 122
Greenville, Ala., 382
Grover’s Theatre, 96, 101, 114
Gulf of Mexico, 299
Gunther, Charles F., 125
Gurley, Phineas D., 123-24, 172-73, 189-90, 207, 284
Gurney, Jeremiah, 292
Gurney, Thomas, 230, 239-41, 379
Hall, Rev. Mr., 188
Halleck, Henry W., 115, 150-51, 244, 330
Hampton, Wade, 197, 207, 219, 238, 243-44
Hampton Roads, 330
Hampton Roads peace conference, 47
“Hang Him on the Sour Apple Tree,” 348
Harding, Warren G., 398
Harnden, Henry, 256, 298
Harpers Ferry, Va., xi
Harper’s Weekly, 50, 350
Harrington, George, 141-43, 142, 148-52, 156-59, 184-85, 188, 287, 315, 396
Harris, Clara, 96, 106-8, 113
Harris, J. H., 398
Harrisburg, Pa., 199, 217, 218, 219, 239
Harrison, Burton, 183, 274, 355, 361, 390
in Charlotte, 194, 223
in departure from Greensboro, 122
in evacuation to Greensboro, 83, 84-88
and final capture, 307-9, 311-12, 315-16, 317, 320-22
marriage of Constance Cary to, 6
Varina Davis assisted by, 10, 66, 82-83, 224, 262-63, 298-99, 302-3
Harrison, William Henry, 142, 188
Hathaway, Lieutenant, 315, 321
Hawes, G. W., 230
Hawkinsville, Ga., 299
Hay, John, 181, 324
; Hayes, Margaret Davis, 387, 390
Helm, Emilie Todd, 174
Herndon, William, 57
Herold, David, 341
Hill, Ben, 371
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, 2, 357, 383-85, 398
Hooker, Joseph, 247
House of Representatives, U.S., 149, 151, 170
Howell, Jefferson Davis, 315
Howell, Maggie, 94, 315-16
Hudson, N.Y., 232, 233
Hudson River, 225, 232, 235, 394
Hudson River Railroad, 231
Hurricane Katrina, 402-3
Illinois, 51, 53, 57, 95, 98, 143, 148, 151, 152, 154, 155, 167, 168, 171, 207, 209, 293, 295
Illinois Central railroad, 156
Independence Hall, 157, 220-23, 225
Indiana, 51, 155, 247, 259-61, 293
Indianapolis, Ind., 199, 261
Indiana State Journal, 259-61
Industrial Revolution, 361
Irwinville, Ga., 298, 300, 302, 304, 317-18, 321
Jackson, Andrew, 123
Jackson, James W., 164
Jackson, Miss., 248
Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall,” 72
James River, 6, 13, 17, 22
Jefferson, Thomas, 38, 53, 100, 381
Jefferson Davis (Varina Howell Davis), 390
Jefferson Davis Monument Association, 386
Jersey City, N.J., 225
Johnson, Andrew, 196, 276, 337, 341
hostility to South by, 121, 199-200, 204
and Mary Lincoln’s refusal to vacate the
White House, 287, 324
reward for Davis offered by, 268-69, 313-14
Varina’s petitions to, 352, 353
Johnson, Lyndon B., 398
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 9, 312
Johnston, Joseph E., 14, 67, 87, 90, 91-92, 182, 243-44, 296
Confederate gold rumor and, 244, 365
surrender by, 212, 238, 244, 256, 365
Johnston, William Preston, 9, 25, 33, 299, 302
and capture with Davis, 307, 312-13, 315, 321, 322
John Sylvester, 355
Jones, Jim, 306-7
Jones, J. William, 379
Justice Department, U.S., 157
Keckly, Elizabeth, 59, 108, 143-44, 146-47
Keene, Laura, 94, 130
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 396
Kennedy, John F., funeral of, 396
Kentucky, 51, 152, 247, 400
King, Albert F. Africanus, 106-7, 108
Kinney, Constance, 119
Kinney, Mary, 119
Knoxville, Tenn., 68
Lake Erie, 246, 249
Lamon, Ward Hill, 90, 140, 152, 161-63
Lancaster, Pa., 219-20
“Last Ditch Polka,” 348
Leale, Charles A., 102-3, 105-10, 116-18, 120-21, 133
Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, 5, 21, 37, 80
Lee, Robert E., 26, 29, 37, 40-41, 67, 73, 76, 123, 273-74, 296, 386