Sam’s Reviews > Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse > Status Update

A very interesting and captivating book that weaves the death pageant for Lincoln's corpse and the fleeing of Jefferson Davis. The United States bonded during the procession of Lincoln's body throughout the country towards his home in Illinois. The mourning process elevated Lincoln to a national saint. The assassination bonded the North and doomed the South to a strict reconstruction period.