Live-tweeting the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln from March 4 to May 4, 1865, 160 years after they actually happened.
Research for this project is still ongoing, but here's a list of some of the main secondary sources I'm currently using to put it together – with constant reference to the primary sources cited therein, of course.
- Edward Achorn, Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
- Jim Bishop, The Day Lincoln Was Shot
- Thomas A. Bogar, Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination: The Untold Story of the Actors and Stagehands at Ford's Theatre
- Michael Burlingame, Abraham Lincoln: A Life
- William Crook, Lincoln's Last Day
- Douglas Southall Freeman, R. E. Lee: A Biography
- Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- Clint Johnson, Pursuit: The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release of Confederate President Jefferson Davis
- Elizabeth Keckley, Behind the Scenes
- Michael W. Kauffman, American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
- Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, The Lincoln Log: A Daily Chronology of the Life of Abraham Lincoln
- Louisiana State University Press, The Papers of Jefferson Davis, Volume XI
- Arthur F. Loux, John Wilkes Booth: Day By Day
- Betty J. Ownsbey, Alias "Paine": Lewis Thornton Powell, The Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy
- W. Emerson Reck, A. Lincoln: His Last 24 Hours
- Rutgers University Press, The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume VIII
- Kenneth S., Lincoln's Last Days, Presidential History Geeks, LiveJournal
- James L. Swanson, Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse
- James L. Swanson, Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
- Wayne C. Temple, Lincoln's Travels on the River Queen During the Last Days of His Life
- Noah Andre Trudeau, Lincoln's Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24–April 8, 1865
- Justin and Linda Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters
- Jay Winik, April 1865: The Month That Saved America
Last updated March 22, 2025