Part 164 (1/2)

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.