Image of Lincoln with Noose

[Jim Garrett]

BTW. Bates' diaries are in the Library of Congress and have been digitized, however I don't believe they are on line. I was fortunate enough to be at the LOC with Clark Evans (curator of the rare books collection at LOC, now retired) and was given the honor of being able to read the entries from April 1865. This was absolutely amazing to read the accounts that Bates was getting, most likely directly from Stanton and Eckert. He accounts are concise and extremely accurate.