The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . oisted over the cruml)led battle-ments, April 14, 1865, and throughout the land loyalhearts felt a thrill of exultation at the thought that right-eousness had finally triumphed on the very spot wherethe first open onslaught upon the Union was made. Thatvery day President Lincoln was full of life and hoi) with a cheerful heart for the public welfare; andthe dark clouds of rebellion, which during his wholeadministration had lowered above, were just beginningto lift and give assurance t
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . oisted over the cruml)led battle-ments, April 14, 1865, and throughout the land loyalhearts felt a thrill of exultation at the thought that right-eousness had finally triumphed on the very spot wherethe first open onslaught upon the Union was made. Thatvery day President Lincoln was full of life and hoi) with a cheerful heart for the public welfare; andthe dark clouds of rebellion, which during his wholeadministration had lowered above, were just beginningto lift and give assurance that the stars were shining be-yond. In such an hour of hope and joy the fatal blowof the assassin was struck. The President had returnedto Washington in the r^krr Queen the evening of April 9,in safety, from a trip to the front, which included a visitto Richmond, on the 4th of April, the day after itsevacuation, with the full confidence that the blood of thenation would soon stop flowing, and that the remainingyears of his Presidency would be years of comparative ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM THE WHITE HOUSE. quietude. The capital of the Southern Confederacy,fortified with the utmost care and skill, defended with anarmy equal in courage and skill to our own, fell. pomp or military escort, the President enteredit and walked the streets from which the Southern armyhad fled forever. Then came on the 9th the surrenderof the Napoleon of the Southern army, and the breezefrom the South land wafted to the North the first breathof returning peace, which brought forth great Lincoln laid aside the sword of battle, and inreturn stretched out in his hand the olive branch, andhis great heart went out in sympathy for the defeated. General Grant arrived at Washington on the 13th, forthe purpose of making proper arrangements for the dis-banding of a portion of the immense army in the T. Lincoln, who was on his stalif, accompaniedhim. In January,
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