Mourning Lincoln / Martha Hodes.
The news of Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, just days after Confederate surrender, astounded the war-weary nation. Massive crowds turned out for services and ceremonies. Countless expressions of grief and dismay were printed in newspapers and preached in sermons. Public respo...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Victory and Defeat
- Interlude: Rumors
- 2. Shock
- Interlude: Men Weeping
- 3. Glee
- Interlude: Public Condolences
- 4. God
- Interlude: Love
- 5. Blame
- Interlude: Best Friend
- 6. Funeral
- Interlude: Springtime
- 7. Everyday Life
- Interlude: Young Folk
- 8. Everyday Loss
- Interlude: Mary Lincoln
- 9. Nation
- Interlude: Relics
- 10. Justice
- Interlude: Peace
- Summer 1865 and Beyond
- Note on Method.
