Bloody crimes : the chase for Jefferson Davis and the death pageant for Lincoln's corpse / James L. Swanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swanson, James L., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Captivity, 1865-1867.

Davis, Jefferson.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.

Fugitives from justice--United States--Case studies.

Fugitives from justice.

Political prisoners--United States--Case studies.

Political prisoners.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : William Morrow/HarperCollins, [2010]

Summary:

"New York Times"-bestselling author of "Manhunt" returns to the Civil War era to tell the epic story of the search for Jefferson Davis and the eventful funeral procession for assassinated president Abraham Lincoln.

On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time the Yankees are coming, it warned. Shortly before midnight, Davis boarded a train from Richmond and fled the capital, setting off an intense chase as Union cavalry hunted the Confederate president. Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the nation was convinced that Davis was involved in the conspiracy. To the Union, Davis was no longer merely a traitor, but a murderer. Lincoln's murder, autopsy, and White House funeral transfixed the nation. Millions watched the funeral train roll by on its way to Illinois, in the largest and most magnificent funeral pageant in American history. Meanwhile, Davis was hunted down and placed in captivity, the beginning of an intense and dramatic odyssey that would transform him into a martyr of the South's Lost Cause.--From publisher description.

Contents:

1 "Flitting Shadows" 3

2 "In the Days of Our Youth" 42

3 "Unconquerable Hearts" 66

4 "Borne by Loving Hands" 98

5 "The Body of the President Embalmed!" 131

6 "We Shall See and Know Our Friends in Heaven" 160

7 "The Cause Is Not Yet Dead" 194

8 "He Is Named for You" 232

9 "Coffin That Slowly Passes" 268

10 "By God, You Are the Men We Are Looking For" 304

11 "Living in a Tomb" 333

12 "The Shadow of the Confederacy" 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780061233784

0061233781

9780061233791

006123379X

OCLC:

456179761