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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, 397

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

as Confederate capital, 82, 84, 87-92, 95, 121-22, 280

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