"Whoever told Booth about the President's plan to attend the play that night had unknowingly activated in his mind an imaginary clock that began ticking down, minute by minute" (Swanson 13).

".... Exhausted the two men unrolled their blankets on the damp earth, laid down, and gazed up at the immense black sky decorated by the countless points of twinkling lights" Swanson 118).

"Clouds threatened another rainstorm" (Swanson 2).

"The Union Army had never caught him in action - he was a river ghost to the boys in blue uniforms" (Swanson 118).

"... ugly grey sky of March 4, 1865 threatened to spoil the great day" (Swanson 1)

"The river would protect Booth from the angry citizens of Washington" (Swanson 90).

"He guided them safely through the Zekiah swamp, with its muck, snakes, overgrown vegetation, to the doorstep of Captain Samuel Cox" (Swanson 114).

"Soldiers heave the corpse like a sack of corn onto the wagon that would bring the body to its 1st stop on the journey...."

"A fellow actor describing his eyes as being like living jewels" (Swanson 10).

"The clouds parted and the sun burst out, flooding the spectacle."

"Booth and his henchmen, planned like highway robbers.

"He would hold his tongue and allow Booth a head start."

Every building lining the avenue, wept black crape."

1. “Then he heard a metallic click...Misfire!”

“Like a demon, Booth emerged from a cloud of black smoke.”

“Instantly Jones recognized the sound - cavalry sabers slapping the saddles of Union troops riding in their direction.”

“[The sympathizers] secrets still safe from Mudd and his family..."

“The boarding house was a safe haven for Lincoln to rest.”

"The black powder exploded and spit the bullet towards Lincoln’s head.”