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Midnight on the Potomac the last year of the Civil War, the Lincoln assassination, and the rebirth of America

"From the author of the National Book Award longlisted title The Ground Breaking, a riveting new look at the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, replete with evidence pointing to a much larger Confederate conspiracy. Told with a page-turning pace and eye-opening cast of characters, Ellsworth sets out...

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Main Author: Ellsworth, Scott (Historian) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Dutton, [2025]
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Assassination.
Booth, John Wilkes, > 1838-1865
Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Table of Contents:
  • A note from the author
  • Act One
  • Something big
  • The secret agent
  • The wilderness
  • Spotsylvania
  • The President
  • An army of ghosts
  • Contrabands
  • Monocacy
  • Early
  • Darkness
  • First intermission: Richmond, midsummer
  • Act Two
  • North
  • Booth
  • The Parker House
  • Daylight
  • Kidnapped
  • Election day
  • Memento mori
  • Autumn in New York
  • Fire
  • This flag is your flag
  • March
  • Second intermission: Christmastime in Washington
  • Act Three
  • Powell
  • Henry Highland Garnet
  • Handprints
  • Second inaugural
  • City Point
  • Dies irea
  • Easter week
  • April 14th
  • Of time and the river
  • Afterword.

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