Chasing Lincoln's Killer — Vocabulary
James L. Swanson
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It took threats of violence by Booth to persuade Lucas to allow the fugitives to stay the night at his cabin.†p.153.7alternate pages20 more

From the time of Lincoln's election in 1860, there arose several conspiracies to kidnap or murder him.†p.23.1alternate pages8 more

They searched farmhouses and barns, questioned the occupants, making their way south to Port Conway.†p.158.8alternate pages6 more

He also hoped to precede the rest of the cavalry and stake the first claim to the reward money.†p.180.7alternate pages2 more

Lafayette Baker, the notorious detective and War Department agent — and a favorite of Stanton's — had been in Washington since April 16.†p.156.1alternate pages3 more

If Booth's agitation about the riders worried Garrett, his flight into the woods with Herold frightened him even more.†p.162.1alternate pages2 more

The conflict had begun long before over the right to own slaves and states' right to secede, that is, to leave the Union if they disagreed with the government.†p.i.1alternate pages1 more

At the Petersen house, a doctor recorded statistics in the notes he kept, tracking the sad and inevitable deterioration of Lincoln's condition that night.†p.101.9alternate pages1 more

She was an actress, this was a theater, and it was Good Friday, the most solemn day on the Christian calendar.†p.73.8alternate pages2 more

Actress Laura Keene's knowledge of the theater's layout enabled her to bypass the audience and crowds that stood between her and Abraham Lincoln.†p.71.9alternate pages1 more

Booth confided what Jones already knew: Booth had killed Lincoln.†p.121.3alternate pages1 more

He had violated no orders, and no one could prove his motive was anything other than protecting his men.†p.186.9alternate pages1 more

To their dismay, the doctor refused to help them.†p.152.5alternate pages2 more

Guards would rush to protect those threatened in the plot, and the conspirators would be hunted down.†p.28.3alternate pages21 more

All he had to do was tell the soldiers that John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice were hiding at his farm.†p.111.9alternate pages11 more

Confused, he thought his father had become delirious and the male nurse, Sergeant Robinson, was trying to restrain him.p.57.7alternate pages1 more

John Wilkes Booth saw all of this — the grand illumination, the crowds delirious with joy, the insults to the fallen Confederacy and her leaders.p.8.9alternate pages1 more

If Booth talked, too, he might reveal valuable information that implicated the highest officials in the Confederacy.p.176.1alternate pages2 more

On the morning of July 6, 1865, the clock began ticking on one of the most dramatic events in the history of Washington, the climactic event of the manhunt.†p.187.2alternate pages3 more

Thirteen miles southeast of Washington, John Lloyd, the proprietor of Surratt's tavern, went to bed.†p.71.4alternate pages2 more