18 LLNOS HSTORCAL COLLECTONS Wshg n *Wshg n Wshg n Wshg n thought it proper should brought h notice He dmitted th,ndprotested thhd tkennoexception but th my clients were rels, nd were tryg drw f tention from t merits t cse. ld him did not propose dcuss th question th concede ty were guilty ty were still en titled counsel,ndhvgemployed me hd right cll h tention comg mnner ny question thought meril t cse, which dmitted. left him, but fore got down stirs overokme puthrmroundme,ndwe wlkeddownstirsndountsidewlkdown t Nvy Deprtment nd side wre lefthim. Wehd veryfriendly tlk it, Thursdy Apl 13, 1865 Hill rrived lst night. At Tresury Deprtment th morng bout Sglens busess. llumion t city night for Genl Lees surrender. Fridy Apl. AtWrDeprtmentndgotpssesforsome refugee Germns return tir fmilies Richmond. At TresuryDeprt: boutsglens busess *At went with Senr Stewrt Nevd seetpresident,butws 14 B A done receivgfortdy,nd wedidnotsend our crds. PMwewentbcktPresidents. wenthroom At 7 ndstretill Hewsgog dner. 8 O'clock witg for him, but ttre ndwsnotup 3 P. M. did not come. h room fter After night,ndftermrsbrowng nd myselfhd retired,butwerenotyetsleep,tllrng went t front 11 wdowndlookedout,ndfoundjudgewtstre"whomde t sundg nnouncement th t President, Secretry Sewrd ndmr WSewrdhdjust enssssed tformer Ford's Tre t two lter tir residence t Secretry g d from t effects recentjuries susted byg thrown from h crrige. We were overwlmed with horror F thshockg event. hdentbothtpresidents ndmrsewrdssce night, only few hours fore, nd ws hrd relize th such ferful trgedies hd en relized. T Mrshl W Lmon hsseverltimeswith tlsttwomonthsldmeth it H
BROWNNGDARY,APRL, 1865 19 lieved tpresidentwouldssssed, buthdner wverthsuchneventwould occur.thoughthlife very gre importnce t rels He ws dposed very lenientndmerciful tmnd smoothtwyfortir return tir llegince. thought him t st friend ty hdmong those uthority ndthtyweregng ppreciethfct,ndthhlifewould der tm s us. tseemed metht people rellionhdmny resonsfor desirg tcontuncehlife nonewh hdeh nddidnotthknytdffectedmongus could snendfiendnoughperpetre t deed. t onetmoststupendouscrimesthhseverencom mitted, ndprygodth t guilty prties my ferreted ll out nd brought condign punhment. m loss t clss personswhostiged tcrime wtr ws t rel leders t copperds mong ourselves conjunction with foreign emmsries, gold speculrs, t friends nd ccomplices Belle who ws recently hung New York. m cled t lter opion. But however th my t ferful fct t Presidents murder tre nodoubt;ndt consequences my exceedgly dsterous t Country. must, necessrily, grely flme nd exspere t mds t people, nd, fer led tempts summry vengence upon those mong who hve en suspected symphy with t rellion, nd hostility our government. Th would fol lowed nrchy nd t wildest scenes confusion nd blood sd, endg militry Despotm. My only hope for t slvion t Country reverence for nd odience t lw, nd t constituted uthorities, nd every good mn should by us or it s culce th both by precept nd exmple. And now, more thn ever,wdom, clmness dcretion re needful. Now more thn ever we should tke counsel from reson not pssion. Th t hour our greest peril. hve never fered wh t rels could do us derwhwemydo ourselves & ws very hopeful th t wr ws substntilly over, nd th t mesures t dmtrion would soon resre unity nd prosperity our unhppy Country; but th rocity my t Wshg n Wshg n Wshg n Wshg n
20 LLNOS HSTORCAL COLLECTONS *Wshg n Wshg n Wshg n blstllmyhopes. tmyspire trelswith some new, snehope,ndgrelyprotrct t struggle. Butwtrth or not it will certly retrd t pcificion t Country, nd t resrion frernl relions. To my pprension it t viest clmity th could hvefllen tcountry. ButwereGod's hnds. H delgs re mysterious h wys pst fdg out, but we must trusthwdom&goodness ThgoodFridy, ndt nniversrytfllfort Sumter SurdyApl. 15 1865 Admldy. Afterbrekfst wenttwhitehouse. Soonfter tbodytpresident wsbrought, hvgdied7.20thmorng. Tcorpse wslidtroomontnorthsidetsecondsry,oppo site Mrs Lcoln's room. H eyes were both very much protruded tright onemost nd veryblckndpuffyunderneh. No otr dfigurion. T skull ws opened under t supervion SurgeonGenlBrnes&DrSne,ndtbllremoved. t wsderrger bll,muchfltened onbothsides. tentered tbsetbrnchndhlfortwocs bck t left er, nd rngg upwrd nd trnsversely t direction trighteye,lodgedtbrbouttwothirdstwy fromwreitentered tfront. *He never hdmoments consciousness fter ws shot. Mr Stnn ld me th wshomelstnight Quite numr t Militry hd ssembled hhouse, ndhdenmkg tm speech, which probbly protected him, if designs were enterted gst him. Hesidthyoung mnrnfromttrehhouse formhimtssssion tpresident,ndth rrivedfoundmnhidgtshdowreefront thouse, tcrowd hvgdpersed shorttimefore. Wntyoungmnrrived thotrmnleftttree, rn cross t street nd dppered RortLcolnldmehmotrdidnotwhgobck Sprgfield, nd did not wnt h frs rems tken tre, butchicgo,ifnywrello. did not seemrs Lcoln Swsgrelygited ndd
BROWNNGDARY,APRL, 1865 21 remedtretill2pm-tn clledmrsewrdsnd cme home. *Went bck fter dner nd GenlTodd ndclled on Gov Oglesby Willrds SundyApl 16,1865 AtbrekfstthmorngBAHill, tlkgteventstpstfewdys,sid,veryexcited mnner,thtrewsnowbunecoursepursue th t entire South must depopuled, nd repeopled with notr rce, nd th t Copperds mong must drgged from tir houses nd dposed. hve rd similr senti ments expressed by otrs, nd th shll come t previlg doctre terrible scenes re fore us. T mob will reign su preme, nd slughter nd fire desole t lnd till nrchy ll if succeeded by despotm. mtersnotthtmnwhouttered t sentiment cowrd t still lrms me, for cowrds re fer t menters nd leders mobs. At Church t Rev Mr Cster delivered n us flmry stump speech t first one ever rd noldschoolpresbyterin Church. Hethought tpresident might hve en removed cuse ws o lenient, nd trusted thwenowhd venger who would execute wrh. t fternoon clled Gov Oglesby's room nd hd tlk with him nd some otr llons. Col Prsons, Judge Hugs Mrs Moore Mr & n Mondy April 17,1865 JudgeHugs ldmelstnight th tbrroom Whitneys yesterdy morng, Hill sid, t presence numr persons th ws not surpred t Presidents ssssion, for llowed himself sur rounded nd fluenced by such copperds Sglen nd Hugs, both whom ought driven out Town, ndth tended cll Hill ccount for Th morng cme my fice, nd my presence sked Hill hdsidso, stg himwhhntecedents were,ndwhprthd tken support t government gst t rellion, nd th could not llow himself denounced s trir&? Hillpositively deniedit sid it. s if n & never thought so, nd, trefore, nevercouldhve sid so. Hedidnotthksidso,butth ws drunk yesterdy morng, nd not responsible for wh *Wshg n Wshg n Wshg n Wshg n
22 LLNOS HSTORCAL COLLECTONS Wshg n Wshg n Wshg n sid,ndthwouldgo,ndmkenexplnion which did. After brekfst went with Genl Hrrow nd clled on Secy McCullough. Tnwent t Executive Mnsion ndg sw t corpsetpresidentwhichwsgrelychnged sce Surdy, ndwslookgsnurlslife, ndifquietsleep. T eyes were returned tir sockets, nd ll dcolorion gone TnclledonPresidentJohnson, ndtn tended meetg t citizens llo mke rrngements for t funerl. We thk t body should tken Sprgfield for terment, but Mrs Lcoln vemently opposed nd ws go Chicgo. it ll 18. it, Tuesdy Apl. Thmorng tended meetg nons Gov Oglesbys room Willrds Hotel. We went body nd clled President Johnson. Gov Oglesby mde brief, pertent ddress which t President replied speech considerble length, which thk diced rdicl policy tnwentwithcolprsons ndclled on GenlsGrntnd Rwlgs, nd hd Grnt showed me on n lli terestg conversion with tm. Genl correspondence hd just received, which okplce tweenjohnson ndsrmnont14thst:which diced t speedy surrender Johnson's rmy on t sme terms th were ccorded Lee. Grnt expressed gre grifi cion nd expressed h conviction th t policy hd it, dopted ws t true one, nd th severer mesures would not do Tgre msses t people South, sid, must re ceived bck citizens. We could not get long t work reconstruction we excluded more thn hlf t people t South from prticipion He spoke very high terms Genl Lee sid lwys respected him, nd th h respect nd d mirion were grely cresed t terview hdhdwith s if by "Johnson's brief speech t llo delegion th occsion ws typicl t generl ne hpublic utternces terly weeks h dmtrion. Assertg thtsssss were notlone responsible for t murder t President, referred sweepg phrse trirs, nd declred th ty must pund. Orholtzer, Hry t UnitedStesScetCivilWr, 1:8. "Error for Generl Joseph Johnsn. E. E. P. on A
BROWNNGDARY,APRL, 1865 23 him. Gen Grnt seems cool, dpssione nd unselfh, nd hve gre hope t slutry fluence h sentiments nd exmple. WnlefthimwenvertWrDeprtment,nd MrStnnsentformehroomtlkoverwithhim,Gov Oglesby, Gov Yes nd some otrs t rrngements for t funerl. At night tended meetg citizens llo, wshg Gov Yes' room Nionl Hotel, complete rrngements for n t funerl, nd for trnsfer rems llo *Wednesdy Apl. 19. Before 10 O'clock th morng went t Executive Mnsion tend t funerl t President. No persons were dmitted without psses, nd t Est Room ws not quite full. T ppotments nd ceremonies were very impressive At2P.M.tprocessionlefttWhiteHousend procededtcpil,wretremswerelidtro tundremillfridymorng,wntywillsentunder escort llo Mr Ashmun, Mr Corw, Genl Cmeron & Wshg --- n myselfwerecivilinpllrers,butwstonly onet four present. T pll rers got four getr crriges. gotmendwslone,my ssocies hvgfiledtend. Soonfterokmy set crrigegenlgrnt,admirl Frrgut ndcom:shubrick cme pst,gogtcrrige front. GenlGrntspped spekme,ndgthreevcnt sestyllgotwithme,ndwerodetcpilgetr hdgre delconversion especillywithgenl Grnt. Heldmethtbtles whichoccurredttwoweeks Wshg precedg t surrender Lees rmy h, Grnt's, loss killed n nd wounded ws 15,000, nd th thought Lees considerbly exceeded h. Tre were sid 26,300 surrendered by Lee. He spoke highterms*genls Sridn, Wright ndord, nd sid t Country ws under t greest obligions Sri dnndwright especilly, nd thtlterndordought bothmde Brigdier Genlstregulrrmy. Told me thwsbornclermont countyohio,ndwsnowner 43yersold ThursdyApl.20,1865 WenttmorngtWhite wshg HousendhdconversionwithJudge Dv&Robt.Lcoln. n