Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Lincoln’s Deathbed in Art and Memory 9
7. 2. Abraham Lincoln’s New York City Funeral 55
8. 3. Not Everybody Mourned Lincoln’s Death 95
9. 4. Lincoln’s Chief Avenger: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt 115
10. 5. The Lincoln Assassination in Law and Lore 137
11. 6. Writing History in a Vacuum 157
12. 7. ‘‘Let the Stain of Innocent Blood Be Removed from the Land’’ 175
13. 8. Process versus Truth in the Case of the Lincoln Conspiracy 195
14. 9. The Martyr and the Myth 217
15. List of Contributors 241
16. Board of Advisors of the Lincoln Forum 245
17. Index 247