Bloody Crimes
The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse
New York : HarperLuxe, [2010]
Format: Large Print
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Description: xvii, 682 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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.
Subjects:
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Captivity, 1865-1867.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death and burial.
Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Case studies.
Political prisoners -- United States -- Case studies.
Large type books.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Captivity, 1865-1867.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death and burial.
Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Case studies.
Political prisoners -- United States -- Case studies.
Large type books.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
ISBN:
9780061979200
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LP HISTORY Swa | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Nonfiction | In |
LP HISTORY Swa | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
LP HISTORY Swa | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.