Crook remembered the President’s appearance at his moment of triumph. “I stole a look sideways at Mr. Lincoln. His face…had the calm…of a brave man…ready for whatever may come.” (2)

The President’s party entered a two-story Colonial building with stately pillars in front. It was the Confederate White House.

Lincoln sank wearily into the very chair Jefferson Davis used as President of the Confederate States of America. Captain Barnes remembered that the President looked, “pale and haggard, utterly worn out.”

“I wonder if I could get a glass of water.” said Lincoln. (3)

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