By Way of Introduction...1Chapter 1They Hated Lincoln7Chapter 2"Sic Semper Tyrannis!"35Chapter 3The Assassination as a Confederate Grand Conspiracy59Chapter 4The Assassination as a Simple Conspiracy90Chapter 5They Hated-and Loved-John Wilkes Booth125Chapter 6Otto Eisenschiml's Grand Conspiracy158Chapter 7Following the Leader: The War Department and Booth's Abduction Plot185Chapter 8Reductio ad Absurdum210A Few Last Words...245Notes249Bibliography281Index297