Mourning Lincoln (73 page)

of Union supporters for African Americans,
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–29

Haven, Samuel,
113

Hawk, Harry,
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Hawks, Esther,
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Hayes, Rutherford B.,
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–69

Helms, Chat,
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–88

Henderson, John,
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Henry, Anson,
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–45

Herold, David,
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. See also
conspirators

Hews, Susan,
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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth,
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–70

Hill, A. P.,
132

Hillborn, Annie,
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Hilton Head Island, S.C.,
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history: participation in,
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recording details of,
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–62,
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–62,
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,
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Holland, J. G.,
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Holt, Joseph,
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,
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,
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homeward journeys: of African Americans,
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of Lincoln’s body,
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,
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,
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of soldiers,
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–21,
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–83,
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–61

of soldiers’ bodies,
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–98,
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–61

Hooper, Marian,
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–33,
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hope: as response to assassination,
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–5,
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–67,
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–39,
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.
See also
optimism

horror: as response to assassination,
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hospitals: responses to assassination in,
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House, Ellen,
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–35,
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“house divided” metaphor,
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Howell, Margaret,
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,
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Howells, William Dean,
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Hughes, Ellis,
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–26,
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Hughes, Louisa,
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Hull, England,
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–93

Hunter, Carrie,
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–88,
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Hunter, David,
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Hunter, Kate,
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Hunter, Robert,
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Huntsville, Ala.,
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Hutchins, M. M.,
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Hutson, Charles,
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Illinois,
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–200.
See also specific locations

immigrants,
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–97,
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Indiana,
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See also specific locations

Indianapolis,
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–95

Lincoln’s funeral in,
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–56,
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indignation, as response to assassination,
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Ingram, Rose,
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Iowa,
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220
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Ireland,
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Ireland, Oscar,
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Irish immigrants,
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–97,
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–63

Irving, William,
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Irwinsville, Ga.,
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Italy,
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,
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,
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.
See also specific locations

Jackson, Mattie,
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–56

Jackson, Thomas,
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Jacksonville, Fla.,
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Jamaica,
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Japan,
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Jesus Christ: crucifixion of,
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,
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–12

and forgiveness,
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Lincoln compared to,
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–12,
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Jews,
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,
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,
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,
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Jim Crow era.
See
disfranchisement; lynching; segregation

“John Brown’s Body” (song),
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–26,
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–27,
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Johnson, Andrew: and African Americans
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–18,
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–20,
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–22,
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–45,
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–65,
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,
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and Booth,
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compared to Joshua (biblical figure),
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and Confederates,
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–16,
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–22,
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–45,
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and conspirators,
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and pardon of conspirators,
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as poor white southerner,
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as president,
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and Presidential Reconstruction,
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racism of,
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and slavery,
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–20,
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and Unionists,
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as vice president,
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white mourners’ views of,
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–22,
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–45,
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–65,
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.
See also
amnesty

Johnson, Kate,
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Johnson, William,
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Johnston, John,
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Johnston, Joseph E.,
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and Sherman,
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–43,
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–59,
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surrender of,
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,
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Jones, Caroline,
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Jones, Eva,
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Jones, Mary,
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journalists.
See
newspapers

Julian, George,
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June 1, 1865: national day of mourning,
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Kafka, Franz,
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Kalamazoo, Mich.,
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Kansas,
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Kean, Ellen,
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,
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Keene, Laura,
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Keifer, Joseph,
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Kennedy, John F., assassination of,
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–8,
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Kentucky,
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,
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,
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.
See also
border states;
specific locations

Kenyon, Alpheus,
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Key West, Fla.,
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King, Georgiana,
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–88

Ku Klux Klan,
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–68

Laing, Caroline,
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Lamson, Laura,
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landownership,
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and African Americans,
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Langston, John Mercer,
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Lansing, Catherine,
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Largest, John,
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Larrabee, Charles,
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Latin America,
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,
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.
See also specific countries

Lawrence, Amos,
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Lear, Edward,
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Leavenworth, Kan.,
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LeConte, Emma,
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Lee, Elizabeth Blair,
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Lee, Elon,
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Lee, Fitzhugh,
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Lee, Robert E.: and assassination,
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and Confederate defeat,
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–44
passim
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–59,
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–49,
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and Lost Cause ideology,
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love of,
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pardon of,
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.
See also
Appomattox; Army of Northern Virginia; surrender

Lee, Samuel,
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Leonard, Chauncey,
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letter-writing,
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–60,
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–76,
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Lexington, Ky.,
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Liberator
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Liberia,
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Lieber, Francis,
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Lincoln, Abraham,
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and abolitionists,
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–38

and African Americans,
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and April 11 speech,
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–15,
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background,
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as best friend of African Americans,
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as best friend of Confederates,
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–40,
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body of,
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–44,
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and Copperheads,
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and Douglass,
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–73,
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election of 1860,
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election of 1864,
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face of,
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as father,
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as last casualty of Civil War,
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