1 00:01:34,803 --> 00:01:35,888 {\an8}Thank you. 2 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:46,648 - Evening. - Excuse me. 3 00:01:46,648 --> 00:01:48,192 Are you Miss Keckley? 4 00:01:48,192 --> 00:01:49,359 Yes. 5 00:01:49,860 --> 00:01:51,403 I'm Edwin Stanton. 6 00:01:52,029 --> 00:01:53,947 President Lincoln speaks very highly of you. 7 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:55,240 Thank you. 8 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,202 He's just upstairs. Willie has taken ill. 9 00:01:58,202 --> 00:02:00,662 - Should I come back at another time? - Oh, no. 10 00:02:00,662 --> 00:02:03,332 Actually, Mr. Lincoln appreciates visitors even more 11 00:02:03,332 --> 00:02:05,792 when his children are not well. 12 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:09,295 If I should cancel my party and tell my guests to go home, I will. 13 00:02:09,295 --> 00:02:11,757 Please tell me, is this grave? I need to know. 14 00:02:12,925 --> 00:02:14,343 Go enjoy your party, Mrs. Lincoln. 15 00:02:35,197 --> 00:02:36,073 Come down. 16 00:02:36,073 --> 00:02:37,157 I will. 17 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:39,535 As soon as he's sleeping soundly. 18 00:02:39,535 --> 00:02:41,328 Everything should be better by tomorrow. 19 00:02:41,328 --> 00:02:43,580 Thank you, Doctor. Stay for the dancing? 20 00:02:43,580 --> 00:02:46,708 Now, I think it best we postpone the dancing for tonight. 21 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:48,794 Not the whole party, but just the dancing. 22 00:02:48,794 --> 00:02:50,128 Do you say that because of Willie's condition 23 00:02:50,128 --> 00:02:51,672 - or because of the noise? - 'Cause of the noise. 24 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:54,174 - We just let him sleep. - Of course. Of course. 25 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:55,968 You've worked so hard on this renovation. 26 00:02:55,968 --> 00:02:57,261 Go and enjoy yourself. 27 00:02:57,261 --> 00:02:59,304 I'm so used to expecting the worst. 28 00:02:59,304 --> 00:03:00,597 I'll pray for the best. 29 00:03:05,686 --> 00:03:06,979 You've never looked lovelier. 30 00:03:12,776 --> 00:03:14,278 Is it days or weeks, Doctor? 31 00:03:16,405 --> 00:03:17,406 Days. 32 00:03:19,741 --> 00:03:21,451 And there's nothing that we can do to cure him? 33 00:03:21,451 --> 00:03:23,912 Nothing we can send for-- 34 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:28,876 Do anything for him? Anything that you can think of? 35 00:03:38,010 --> 00:03:39,136 You keep him comfortable. 36 00:03:40,971 --> 00:03:45,684 I apologize for not being truthful to your wife just now. 37 00:03:45,684 --> 00:03:49,062 But I could see she couldn't hear it. 38 00:03:51,481 --> 00:03:53,442 That's all right. One more night of peace. 39 00:03:55,152 --> 00:03:56,195 Thank you, Doc. 40 00:03:58,322 --> 00:04:00,365 The doctor said Willie would be okay by the morning. 41 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:01,617 That's wonderful. 42 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:04,912 Does he still need these? 43 00:04:05,662 --> 00:04:07,080 Abe would appreciate that. 44 00:04:10,459 --> 00:04:11,960 May I help you with those? 45 00:04:12,544 --> 00:04:13,545 Thank you. 46 00:04:18,926 --> 00:04:21,803 The president really needs a right hand to push emancipation through. 47 00:04:22,888 --> 00:04:24,598 Everyone deserves freedom, Mr. Stanton. 48 00:04:27,976 --> 00:04:29,269 "Pip, dear old chap, 49 00:04:30,812 --> 00:04:35,651 life is made up of ever so many partings welded together." 50 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:44,535 - Edwin Stanton for you. - Right. Thank you. 51 00:04:44,535 --> 00:04:46,662 - Mr. President. - Come in. 52 00:04:47,704 --> 00:04:48,705 I have these for you. 53 00:04:49,748 --> 00:04:51,875 Edwin, that's very kind of you. Thank you. 54 00:04:55,254 --> 00:05:00,425 And I hoped that he would follow in my footsteps in the law. But now... 55 00:05:01,301 --> 00:05:03,470 Pa? I'm parched. 56 00:05:03,470 --> 00:05:04,555 Hang on. 57 00:05:07,015 --> 00:05:08,016 Here. Here. 58 00:05:14,189 --> 00:05:16,441 Yeah. Mama will be in shortly. 59 00:05:18,110 --> 00:05:22,197 Yeah. You rest, you rest. You rest and you dream. 60 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:26,285 All right. All right. 61 00:05:27,035 --> 00:05:28,036 Here. 62 00:05:30,038 --> 00:05:32,583 Can you fetch back Mrs. Lincoln for me? Thank you. 63 00:05:33,834 --> 00:05:37,838 So you've decided to be my war secretary, my Mars? 64 00:05:38,547 --> 00:05:40,174 I have, Mr. President. 65 00:05:40,174 --> 00:05:42,676 All right. Well, this kind of work, it isn't glamorous. 66 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:45,137 And glory is no guarantee. 67 00:05:46,305 --> 00:05:48,849 I used to split rails to support my family. 68 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:51,935 Brutal, but it gave you a lot of time to think. 69 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:55,355 Rail-tie by rail-tie. Swing by swing. 70 00:05:56,481 --> 00:06:00,235 Hours add up, and suddenly you've paved a way. 71 00:06:02,487 --> 00:06:06,074 Sir, I am built for work. 72 00:06:06,742 --> 00:06:08,285 All right, where would you start? 73 00:06:09,328 --> 00:06:11,914 By taking control of the nation's telegraph system. 74 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:17,002 Transfer central communications to the War Department. 75 00:06:18,545 --> 00:06:22,382 Direct lines to generals on the front, to newspapers. 76 00:06:23,342 --> 00:06:26,553 Improve morale with positive stories in the press. 77 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:30,432 Morale builds courage, courage wins battles. 78 00:06:30,432 --> 00:06:35,687 I believe Grant and our Union men can prevail with the right support. 79 00:06:37,773 --> 00:06:39,566 So your big plan is telegrams? 80 00:06:43,445 --> 00:06:45,030 Yes, sir. 81 00:06:46,198 --> 00:06:47,449 For starters. 82 00:06:49,952 --> 00:06:51,745 Can you begin tomorrow, Mars? 83 00:06:52,454 --> 00:06:53,664 - Yes, sir. - All right. 84 00:07:01,713 --> 00:07:04,049 Trial of the century begins today! 85 00:07:04,049 --> 00:07:07,594 {\an8}- Conspirators on trial! - Papers! Get your paper. 86 00:07:07,594 --> 00:07:09,763 {\an8}Trial of the century begins today! 87 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:12,182 - Mr. Secretary! - Secretary, a word, please. 88 00:07:12,182 --> 00:07:14,226 - Mr. Secretary! - Mr. Secretary! 89 00:07:14,226 --> 00:07:18,438 Does the conspirators' trial have any significance without Booth? 90 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:23,485 This trial will reveal a conspiracy more significant and more important 91 00:07:23,485 --> 00:07:25,070 than any one individual. 92 00:07:25,904 --> 00:07:31,660 I say this to you: It is my sincere hope that once justice has been served, 93 00:07:31,660 --> 00:07:35,372 we as a nation can unite to complete the work begun 94 00:07:35,372 --> 00:07:40,377 by President Abraham Lincoln before he was cruelly cut down. 95 00:07:41,837 --> 00:07:45,924 {\an8}With the intent to subvert the Constitution 96 00:07:46,842 --> 00:07:48,844 and overthrow the government of the United States 97 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:53,473 in the murder of President Abraham Lincoln, 98 00:07:54,766 --> 00:07:56,852 and of the attempted murder of Vice President Andrew Johnson 99 00:07:56,852 --> 00:08:00,480 and Secretary of State William Seward... 100 00:08:02,733 --> 00:08:06,987 we accuse Dr. Samuel Mudd, 101 00:08:07,905 --> 00:08:13,702 Lewis Powell, Edward Spangler, George Atzerodt, 102 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:16,955 Mary Surratt and David Herold 103 00:08:17,956 --> 00:08:20,876 of confederating in a conspiracy against the United States, 104 00:08:20,876 --> 00:08:23,003 along with John Wilkes Booth. 105 00:08:23,003 --> 00:08:28,258 A conspiracy designed to dismember our government 106 00:08:29,051 --> 00:08:33,764 and the persons of its chief officers, president, vice president, 107 00:08:33,764 --> 00:08:35,224 secretary of state, 108 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:38,936 thereby subverting the Constitution 109 00:08:39,645 --> 00:08:42,272 and the laws of the United States of America. 110 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:47,444 We also accuse and name in this conspiracy 111 00:08:48,904 --> 00:08:54,368 John Surratt Jr., George N. Sanders... 112 00:08:58,622 --> 00:08:59,665 and Jefferson Davis. 113 00:09:03,961 --> 00:09:05,671 Adjourned until tomorrow. 114 00:09:05,671 --> 00:09:08,715 {\an8}I know you had my friend killed. Admit it. 115 00:09:10,342 --> 00:09:11,885 I have not repented. 116 00:09:13,303 --> 00:09:18,976 I would conduct my presidency the same way all over again. 117 00:09:20,018 --> 00:09:25,607 The delusion, Secretary, that this trial will prove something. 118 00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:28,735 That the Confederacy's dead. 119 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:32,239 We will win the White House 120 00:09:32,948 --> 00:09:35,033 and fly the American flag. 121 00:09:35,993 --> 00:09:39,580 And that flag will represent the Confederacy. 122 00:09:40,330 --> 00:09:42,416 I believe this country is better than that. 123 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:48,922 My cause lives and breathes, and always will. 124 00:09:50,257 --> 00:09:51,508 We're out of time. 125 00:09:51,508 --> 00:09:53,760 Did your agent collect evidence on Davis? 126 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,889 Conover's in town, but his cover's been blown. 127 00:09:56,889 --> 00:10:00,184 Sanders and the Montreal CSS know that he works for me. 128 00:10:00,184 --> 00:10:03,562 The good news is Conover's been two-timing us, 129 00:10:03,562 --> 00:10:06,064 working in intelligence for the CSS. 130 00:10:06,064 --> 00:10:10,152 Good news? How is that good news? Bad news upon worse, surely. 131 00:10:10,152 --> 00:10:12,946 It's good news because now Conover wants to tell us 132 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:14,656 what he couldn't tell us before. 133 00:10:14,656 --> 00:10:16,074 You're saying that the man 134 00:10:16,074 --> 00:10:18,911 who could theoretically have stopped the conspirators 135 00:10:18,911 --> 00:10:21,455 is now our best bet to convict them. 136 00:10:21,455 --> 00:10:23,332 Would we ever have listened to him? 137 00:10:24,583 --> 00:10:25,667 What is he saying he has? 138 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:31,381 He claims to have been in Montreal and overheard talk 139 00:10:31,381 --> 00:10:35,302 about the events leading up to April 14th. 140 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:38,013 He also claims to be in possession of a document 141 00:10:38,013 --> 00:10:42,809 that the CSS refers to as "the pet letter." 142 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:44,311 Pet? 143 00:10:46,104 --> 00:10:47,231 Meaning what? 144 00:10:47,898 --> 00:10:49,900 Davis's nickname for Booth. 145 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:53,153 Jefferson Davis called John Wilkes Booth his pet? 146 00:10:53,153 --> 00:10:55,364 His pet. 147 00:10:56,615 --> 00:10:58,116 Conover is our star witness. 148 00:10:59,868 --> 00:11:00,953 Let's get him in here. 149 00:11:02,204 --> 00:11:03,872 You may step down, Miss Simms. 150 00:11:03,872 --> 00:11:05,290 Thank you so much and et cetera. 151 00:11:05,290 --> 00:11:10,629 But now the defense will do anything for an advantage. 152 00:11:10,629 --> 00:11:14,842 It will suggest you're stupid or a liar, or both. 153 00:11:14,842 --> 00:11:17,636 If I could survive the whip, I can survive words. 154 00:11:18,512 --> 00:11:19,930 What education do you have? 155 00:11:22,057 --> 00:11:26,520 I can read. Though I didn't attend school. 156 00:11:29,565 --> 00:11:31,024 You've never attended school? 157 00:11:31,650 --> 00:11:34,069 How do you expect us to believe 158 00:11:35,070 --> 00:11:39,700 that you understand the difference between fact and fiction 159 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:42,119 when you have no formal education whatsoever? 160 00:11:44,663 --> 00:11:48,125 - Sir, I wasn't able to atten-- - No further questions, Your Honor. 161 00:11:51,712 --> 00:11:53,213 Hope I get to say more than that. 162 00:11:54,506 --> 00:11:55,507 They may not let you. 163 00:12:00,554 --> 00:12:03,432 Powell was wearing that brown hat bent down over one eye... 164 00:12:06,101 --> 00:12:07,644 Same way he's looking at me now. 165 00:12:09,438 --> 00:12:10,606 How old are you? 166 00:12:11,315 --> 00:12:14,234 I guess I'm between 29 and 30. 167 00:12:14,818 --> 00:12:16,904 You don't know your age exactly? 168 00:12:16,904 --> 00:12:22,409 People like me who were born into slavery weren't given a birthday. 169 00:12:23,660 --> 00:12:27,247 But I do know the assassination attempt on my employer's life was planned. 170 00:12:28,165 --> 00:12:30,876 Powell tricked me by bringing a pharmacy box. 171 00:12:30,876 --> 00:12:33,795 Thank goodness Secretary Seward survived. 172 00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:37,382 But I'm certain Powell meant to murder him. 173 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:45,807 Mr. Spangler told me to watch the horse. 174 00:12:47,309 --> 00:12:48,977 To have it ready outside the theater. 175 00:12:51,355 --> 00:12:53,190 I told him I had to sell my goods. 176 00:12:54,566 --> 00:12:55,901 He say I had no choice. 177 00:12:55,901 --> 00:12:58,195 Don't you always have a choice, Mr. Burroughs? 178 00:13:02,574 --> 00:13:03,617 In my experience, 179 00:13:04,493 --> 00:13:06,787 when certain men say, "You got to," like that-- 180 00:13:06,787 --> 00:13:08,163 It was a threat. 181 00:13:09,248 --> 00:13:12,876 And you are saying that Mr. Spangler protected Booth's horse 182 00:13:13,961 --> 00:13:16,171 and opened the door for him? 183 00:13:16,839 --> 00:13:17,840 On the Bible... 184 00:13:19,049 --> 00:13:20,342 I swear it's true. 185 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:26,139 I'm the assistant secretary of war and a telegraphic expert. 186 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:32,312 Could you tell us the purpose of this instrument? 187 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:37,276 Which is exhibit number 59, Your Honors. 188 00:13:39,570 --> 00:13:42,447 It's a cipher key. It breaks code. 189 00:13:43,574 --> 00:13:45,868 Where did you acquire this cipher key? 190 00:13:46,743 --> 00:13:48,453 The office of Mr. Benjamin. 191 00:13:49,872 --> 00:13:53,750 He's the Confederate secretary of state at Richmond. 192 00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:55,335 Thank you. 193 00:13:56,420 --> 00:13:59,047 And now, if you would, 194 00:13:59,673 --> 00:14:02,467 cipher fragment exhibit number seven, 195 00:14:03,594 --> 00:14:06,680 which is said to have been found in the hotel room of John Wilkes Booth. 196 00:14:08,348 --> 00:14:11,894 And compare it, please, to the other cipher. 197 00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:14,313 They're the same. 198 00:14:15,397 --> 00:14:17,107 I've examined and compared them. 199 00:14:17,107 --> 00:14:19,234 You have no doubts as to their being the same? 200 00:14:19,776 --> 00:14:21,320 I'm the national expert. 201 00:14:22,112 --> 00:14:27,701 Why would one of the objects in Booth's hotel room be Confederate code? 202 00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:30,871 Only the accused can answer that. 203 00:14:32,331 --> 00:14:33,332 No further questions. 204 00:14:38,212 --> 00:14:40,297 We know Booth is an actor. 205 00:14:40,297 --> 00:14:43,383 Couldn't exhibit number seven be a prop from a play? 206 00:14:44,635 --> 00:14:46,512 We know his pistol wasn't a prop. 207 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:50,766 Order. 208 00:14:50,766 --> 00:14:52,935 My name is Jeremiah Dyer. 209 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:56,188 I'm a pastor in Bryantown. 210 00:14:56,188 --> 00:14:59,858 I've known Sam Mudd from our early youth. 211 00:14:59,858 --> 00:15:01,610 Do you know his reputation? 212 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:05,572 Mudd's reputation is exemplary, I'd say. 213 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:11,453 State to the court Dr. Mudd's treatment of his household. Servants or slaves. 214 00:15:11,453 --> 00:15:13,330 They didn't work a great deal. 215 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:17,918 - His servants are considered lazy? - That's the talk. 216 00:15:18,961 --> 00:15:23,382 When you were a plowman on Dr. Mudd's farm, how did he treat you? 217 00:15:24,049 --> 00:15:25,634 First-rate. 218 00:15:25,634 --> 00:15:28,262 And how long have you known Mary Simms? 219 00:15:28,262 --> 00:15:29,721 Since she was a small girl. 220 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:31,765 We were good friends. 221 00:15:33,016 --> 00:15:35,435 But when she came to be grown, 222 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:38,188 all the servants in the neighborhood learned not to trust her. 223 00:15:39,314 --> 00:15:41,775 She lies. A lot. 224 00:15:42,985 --> 00:15:49,074 And on the other hand, Dr. Mudd delivers babies and saves lives. 225 00:15:49,074 --> 00:15:51,743 White and colored lives. 226 00:15:52,870 --> 00:15:53,954 He's a good man. 227 00:16:00,961 --> 00:16:02,462 I don't know if I'm enough, sir. 228 00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:04,173 Mary, listen to me. 229 00:16:05,048 --> 00:16:08,719 It was never going to be easy, but you will have your chance. 230 00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:10,929 - Will I? - You will. 231 00:16:11,597 --> 00:16:12,931 Hold your nerve. 232 00:16:18,270 --> 00:16:19,563 Will you testify? 233 00:16:20,147 --> 00:16:21,899 It's me versus a lot of men. 234 00:16:22,566 --> 00:16:25,986 And they saying things like Mudd is kindhearted. 235 00:16:25,986 --> 00:16:27,654 And they calling me a liar. 236 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:33,327 You asking me to speak out against a white man in a federal trial? 237 00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:36,788 They string men from a tree for a lot less than that. 238 00:16:36,788 --> 00:16:39,917 Don't you want them to know what he capable of? 239 00:16:39,917 --> 00:16:42,169 You can tell them what Mudd did to me. 240 00:16:42,169 --> 00:16:44,129 Milo, that's not my story to tell. 241 00:16:44,963 --> 00:16:46,340 What's your concern? 242 00:16:47,132 --> 00:16:50,302 They calling her lazy. And a liar. 243 00:16:53,222 --> 00:16:57,476 I'm just a crippled servant, so what you think they're gonna call me? 244 00:16:58,060 --> 00:17:00,604 Your account of what Mudd did to you, 245 00:17:01,563 --> 00:17:06,108 that story tells us who he really is. 246 00:17:07,653 --> 00:17:11,240 But no one will know that unless you tell them. 247 00:17:13,492 --> 00:17:14,952 This is your chance. 248 00:17:15,993 --> 00:17:17,954 I'll give you a few minutes to think about it. 249 00:17:26,088 --> 00:17:28,715 Thank you for granting me immunity. 250 00:17:28,715 --> 00:17:33,303 I promise to tell the whole truth about the Surratts and Booth 251 00:17:33,303 --> 00:17:35,889 and everyone at the boardinghouse. 252 00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:38,267 Good. Well, I'll see you in court. 253 00:17:39,017 --> 00:17:41,061 We could lose if you don't speak up. 254 00:17:43,355 --> 00:17:44,356 Please. 255 00:17:52,364 --> 00:17:53,699 Sir, Milo said he'd speak. 256 00:17:53,699 --> 00:17:54,783 Good. 257 00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:57,369 Can I count on your testimony? 258 00:17:58,871 --> 00:17:59,872 I'll be there. 259 00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:01,790 Could we keep on practicing? 260 00:18:01,790 --> 00:18:04,418 No, I don't want you to over-rehearse. 261 00:18:04,418 --> 00:18:05,544 You'll do fine. 262 00:18:07,129 --> 00:18:08,630 I'll see you both in the courthouse. 263 00:18:09,464 --> 00:18:10,465 Sir. 264 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:17,931 Secretary. 265 00:18:19,433 --> 00:18:20,434 Take a seat. 266 00:18:21,435 --> 00:18:23,770 Baker told me to report to you for the trial. 267 00:18:25,397 --> 00:18:26,523 How can I help? 268 00:18:28,233 --> 00:18:29,568 Officer Weichmann? 269 00:18:31,862 --> 00:18:36,325 I think I know why you've been quiet at practice. May I talk to you? 270 00:18:37,242 --> 00:18:41,163 I think you know more about the men that killed the president 271 00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:42,623 than what you leading on. 272 00:18:47,211 --> 00:18:48,587 And why would you think that? 273 00:18:49,922 --> 00:18:51,381 'Cause Dr. Mudd say-- 274 00:18:52,216 --> 00:18:54,426 He say that you spent a lot of time with Surratt. 275 00:18:56,011 --> 00:19:00,390 And he had a meeting with Booth and Surratt after DC in January. 276 00:19:01,642 --> 00:19:04,102 Mudd, Booth and Surratt, they all knew each other before the 14th. 277 00:19:05,771 --> 00:19:10,317 And I just feel like there's something that you not saying much about. 278 00:19:13,737 --> 00:19:17,282 Look, I say that all them knew each other before the 14th, 279 00:19:17,282 --> 00:19:18,575 they not gonna believe me. 280 00:19:20,869 --> 00:19:22,621 I'll be saying the same thing. 281 00:19:22,621 --> 00:19:23,705 Not just-- 282 00:19:24,957 --> 00:19:26,667 Not just that. 283 00:19:26,667 --> 00:19:29,586 But, if the wind go against me, just please-- 284 00:19:30,796 --> 00:19:32,798 please just tell 'em why you believe me. 285 00:19:35,092 --> 00:19:36,343 Tell me about this letter. 286 00:19:37,761 --> 00:19:40,347 I do believe you have a case for grand conspiracy. 287 00:19:49,106 --> 00:19:51,066 Mr. Simms, would you please state for the court 288 00:19:51,066 --> 00:19:55,696 whether you were the defendant Dr. Samuel Mudd's slave? 289 00:19:56,321 --> 00:19:58,198 Yes, sir. I was his carpenter. 290 00:19:58,198 --> 00:19:59,825 How did you become crippled? 291 00:20:03,161 --> 00:20:04,872 Dr. Mudd shot me in the leg. 292 00:20:04,872 --> 00:20:06,164 I never shot that boy. 293 00:20:06,164 --> 00:20:09,209 Manage your defendant, or I will ask him to leave. 294 00:20:09,209 --> 00:20:12,171 Sit down. Keep quiet, Dr. Mudd, or you'll have to leave. 295 00:20:12,171 --> 00:20:13,755 He's a liar. 296 00:20:15,549 --> 00:20:17,467 What was the reason Dr. Mudd shot you? 297 00:20:19,845 --> 00:20:20,888 One day, I guess... 298 00:20:23,390 --> 00:20:25,225 Well, I guess Dr. Mudd ain't like my attitude. 299 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,480 Shot me in the thigh over nothing. Like it was the punch line to a joke. 300 00:20:32,107 --> 00:20:33,483 Thank you, Mr. Simms, that's all. 301 00:20:45,913 --> 00:20:48,707 The prosecution calls Milo Simms's sister, Mary Simms. 302 00:21:03,972 --> 00:21:05,182 Miss Simms... 303 00:21:08,227 --> 00:21:12,981 would you please state for the court whether you too were the slave 304 00:21:12,981 --> 00:21:15,400 of the prisoner Dr. Samuel Mudd? 305 00:21:16,527 --> 00:21:18,278 Yes, sir. I kept house for him. 306 00:21:18,862 --> 00:21:23,408 And state for the court whether you heard any talk between a neighbor and Dr. Mudd 307 00:21:23,408 --> 00:21:25,661 about President Abraham Lincoln. 308 00:21:26,495 --> 00:21:28,497 Sir, neighbor told Dr. Mudd. 309 00:21:28,497 --> 00:21:31,500 He say, "Abe Lincoln, old, goddamn son of a bitch. 310 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:33,502 He should have been dead long ago." 311 00:21:34,336 --> 00:21:38,799 Dr. Mudd say, "That is much on my mind. We would have killed him." 312 00:21:38,799 --> 00:21:39,883 I see. 313 00:21:40,551 --> 00:21:44,930 And state for the court whether Dr. Mudd had visitors 314 00:21:44,930 --> 00:21:47,099 stay at his house. 315 00:21:48,141 --> 00:21:50,811 Yes, sir, Confederates. They wore gray. 316 00:21:50,811 --> 00:21:52,938 And Mudd made me take provisions to 'em. 317 00:21:52,938 --> 00:21:56,441 In his words, he tell me, "Look out for 'em." 318 00:21:56,441 --> 00:21:59,820 Lastly, was there a particular man who most often visited Dr. Mudd 319 00:21:59,820 --> 00:22:01,822 at his house last summer? 320 00:22:02,739 --> 00:22:04,032 Yes, sir. John Surratt. 321 00:22:04,867 --> 00:22:07,870 He stayed most Saturday to Monday. 322 00:22:07,870 --> 00:22:11,832 He go between Richmond and Montreal. 323 00:22:11,832 --> 00:22:13,000 Thank you, Miss Simms. 324 00:22:15,627 --> 00:22:17,754 If you did not want to aid their activities, 325 00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:19,173 why didn't you leave? 326 00:22:19,173 --> 00:22:20,716 I tried to leave, sir. 327 00:22:21,884 --> 00:22:23,093 Dr. Mudd whipped me. 328 00:22:26,388 --> 00:22:30,976 We will stipulate that she has scars and will not ask her to show them. 329 00:22:34,229 --> 00:22:38,775 You want us to believe the good Dr. Mudd is a Confederate agent? 330 00:22:38,775 --> 00:22:41,570 His home, a stop on the Secret Line? 331 00:22:41,570 --> 00:22:42,738 Yes, sir. 332 00:22:43,447 --> 00:22:44,781 And that Mudd, Surratt and Booth, 333 00:22:44,781 --> 00:22:46,950 they was friends before the assassination. 334 00:22:48,327 --> 00:22:51,747 Pardon me, but have you ever been to school? 335 00:22:53,582 --> 00:22:56,043 Who believes this yarn she's spinning? 336 00:22:58,420 --> 00:23:00,506 If you don't believe me, ask Officer Weichmann. 337 00:23:06,595 --> 00:23:09,014 State your name and where you live. 338 00:23:09,806 --> 00:23:10,891 Louis Weichmann. 339 00:23:12,059 --> 00:23:15,145 And I stay at the DC boardinghouse 340 00:23:15,145 --> 00:23:17,773 owned by Mrs. Mary Surratt. 341 00:23:18,732 --> 00:23:21,485 John Surratt's mother, the prisoner there. 342 00:23:22,152 --> 00:23:26,156 Have you ever seen Mrs. Surratt with the defendants? 343 00:23:27,115 --> 00:23:28,575 Yeah, with all of them. 344 00:23:29,701 --> 00:23:31,995 And how do you know the widow Surratt? 345 00:23:32,829 --> 00:23:37,000 I started boarding with her when the War Department hired me. 346 00:23:37,876 --> 00:23:41,296 Did not realize my associates at the boardinghouse 347 00:23:41,296 --> 00:23:43,090 were planning the assassination. 348 00:23:44,925 --> 00:23:46,552 Or I would have reported it. 349 00:23:47,594 --> 00:23:50,556 When's the last time you saw John Surratt? 350 00:23:52,975 --> 00:23:56,103 He left a few days before April 14th. 351 00:23:57,229 --> 00:23:59,940 Said he was looking for work up in Montreal 352 00:23:59,940 --> 00:24:02,276 and I should expect to hear from him. 353 00:24:02,985 --> 00:24:06,822 Could Mr. Surratt have come and gone without your knowledge? 354 00:24:06,822 --> 00:24:08,490 No, that would have been impossible. 355 00:24:10,033 --> 00:24:12,286 You were on intimate terms since school? 356 00:24:14,663 --> 00:24:16,540 Very intimate, indeed. 357 00:24:16,540 --> 00:24:17,624 How intimate? 358 00:24:20,586 --> 00:24:25,340 Well, at his mother's boardinghouse, we shared a table, 359 00:24:26,884 --> 00:24:30,679 we shared a room, we shared a bed, and... 360 00:24:32,556 --> 00:24:33,557 we slept together. 361 00:24:36,518 --> 00:24:37,561 Order! 362 00:24:40,439 --> 00:24:45,360 You never heard discussions between Surratt and the other defendants? 363 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:47,905 The only time I overheard some of it 364 00:24:47,905 --> 00:24:53,619 was when Surratt took me to Booth's hotel room in January. 365 00:24:55,204 --> 00:24:56,496 Dr. Mudd was there. 366 00:24:57,289 --> 00:25:00,375 Booth claimed that he was interested in buying Mudd's farm. 367 00:25:01,001 --> 00:25:03,837 Did you have reason to doubt them? 368 00:25:03,837 --> 00:25:07,758 No, I never knew why John had gold with him 369 00:25:07,758 --> 00:25:11,970 when he would return from trips to Montreal or Richmond or... 370 00:25:13,805 --> 00:25:17,226 But he never did share that he engaged in Confederate activities. 371 00:25:18,393 --> 00:25:19,394 Thank you. 372 00:25:20,437 --> 00:25:23,774 Your Honor, I have every reason to defend John Surratt. 373 00:25:25,609 --> 00:25:26,610 But... 374 00:25:28,195 --> 00:25:31,782 Well, everything Miss Simms has said about him makes sense to me now. 375 00:25:34,743 --> 00:25:35,744 And I believe her. 376 00:25:39,665 --> 00:25:41,124 You are good at this, Miss Simms. 377 00:25:42,334 --> 00:25:43,585 Thank you, sir. 378 00:25:46,088 --> 00:25:48,799 I'm a correspondent for the New York Tribune. 379 00:25:50,926 --> 00:25:52,886 Two years ago, I reported to Baker 380 00:25:52,886 --> 00:25:57,432 that I had a source inside the Confederate Secret Service in Montreal. 381 00:25:59,059 --> 00:26:00,936 He didn't realize that source was me. 382 00:26:01,979 --> 00:26:04,398 To secure my income during the war, 383 00:26:05,482 --> 00:26:10,445 I gathered intelligence on both the War Department and the CSS. 384 00:26:11,780 --> 00:26:16,702 When Lee surrendered, fellows were celebrating in the streets of DC. 385 00:26:16,702 --> 00:26:19,788 In Montreal, they were awaiting the go-ahead from Richmond. 386 00:26:21,290 --> 00:26:24,877 John Surratt delivered it to set "pet" in motion. 387 00:26:26,420 --> 00:26:27,254 Pet? 388 00:26:28,297 --> 00:26:29,298 John Wilkes Booth. 389 00:26:30,340 --> 00:26:33,302 Who calls John Wilkes Booth "pet"? 390 00:26:35,262 --> 00:26:36,805 In CSS circles, 391 00:26:36,805 --> 00:26:41,226 it's commonly known that Jefferson Davis refers to Booth as his pet. 392 00:26:43,687 --> 00:26:45,898 Quiet, please. Order! 393 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,484 I knew they had a plan. 394 00:26:51,069 --> 00:26:53,155 And this is how Sanders explained it to me. 395 00:26:54,948 --> 00:26:58,202 They would kill the president, the vice president, 396 00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:00,245 and the secretary of state. 397 00:27:01,246 --> 00:27:06,376 Since the Constitution does not indicate how to choose a new president, 398 00:27:07,377 --> 00:27:08,378 it would be chaos. 399 00:27:09,004 --> 00:27:13,342 It was their Hail Mary plan to win if they lost on the battlefield. 400 00:27:14,301 --> 00:27:15,719 And Sanders told me that he believed 401 00:27:15,719 --> 00:27:17,930 that Booth would make a fizzle of the plan. 402 00:27:19,264 --> 00:27:22,434 I have provided a message that I found that was delivered and never picked up. 403 00:27:23,101 --> 00:27:27,272 Who was this letter addressed to? 404 00:27:28,190 --> 00:27:30,317 George Sanders, who's now in London. 405 00:27:31,109 --> 00:27:34,279 George Sanders. Would you please read the message to the court? 406 00:27:41,036 --> 00:27:42,913 "Pet has done his job well. 407 00:27:44,248 --> 00:27:45,290 He is safe. 408 00:27:46,458 --> 00:27:47,793 And old Abe is in hell." 409 00:27:53,298 --> 00:27:57,135 When was the last time you saw John Surratt in Montreal? 410 00:27:57,135 --> 00:27:59,179 Four days before the assassination 411 00:27:59,179 --> 00:28:01,473 in the smoking room of the Saint Lawrence Hotel. 412 00:28:02,432 --> 00:28:03,892 With a dispatch from Richmond. 413 00:28:03,892 --> 00:28:06,687 - Stating what subject? - I didn't see it. 414 00:28:08,021 --> 00:28:12,442 But Sanders turned to me and said, "This makes the thing all right." 415 00:28:12,442 --> 00:28:14,027 What did you take that to mean? 416 00:28:16,154 --> 00:28:18,574 That Booth had the go-ahead from Jefferson Davis. 417 00:28:19,867 --> 00:28:20,951 Thank you, Mr. Conover. 418 00:28:25,873 --> 00:28:28,667 Is your name Sanford Conover? 419 00:28:29,418 --> 00:28:31,128 It is not the only name I have. 420 00:28:33,755 --> 00:28:38,010 Our research shows us that you have an alias as a broker. 421 00:28:38,010 --> 00:28:39,469 James Wallace? 422 00:28:40,304 --> 00:28:41,305 That is also me. 423 00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:47,978 So who is Charles A. Dunham? An expert in forgery. 424 00:28:47,978 --> 00:28:49,813 That is also me, sir. 425 00:28:49,813 --> 00:28:53,817 So, you're a double agent, and you have three different names? 426 00:28:53,817 --> 00:28:56,695 Which of these names is actually yours, sir? 427 00:28:57,237 --> 00:28:59,031 I go wherever the story leads. 428 00:28:59,823 --> 00:29:02,201 Does that include forging evidence? 429 00:29:03,202 --> 00:29:04,661 No, sir, it does not. 430 00:29:04,661 --> 00:29:11,084 Exactly when did you first see Booth, Surratt and Sanders in Montreal? 431 00:29:13,795 --> 00:29:14,963 I'll repeat the question. 432 00:29:15,547 --> 00:29:19,426 When did you first see Booth, Surratt and Sanders in Montreal? 433 00:29:20,093 --> 00:29:22,346 October 17th, before the election. 434 00:29:23,347 --> 00:29:27,017 It's the first time that I saw Booth in Montreal with Surratt and Sanders. 435 00:29:27,017 --> 00:29:28,727 Are you certain about that date? 436 00:29:30,521 --> 00:29:31,522 I am certain. 437 00:29:32,231 --> 00:29:35,692 I have a record that you were in jail for trespassing 438 00:29:35,692 --> 00:29:38,070 the entire month of October. 439 00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:42,366 - I was briefly arrested, but I was not-- - Mr. Dunham. Or Conover. Or is it Wallace? 440 00:29:42,366 --> 00:29:43,700 Are you a con man? 441 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:46,995 How could you be in a Montreal hotel when you were in jail? 442 00:29:46,995 --> 00:29:49,748 I misspoke. I got the month wrong. 443 00:29:50,999 --> 00:29:51,834 Your Honor. 444 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,336 Despite my confusion, 445 00:29:55,128 --> 00:29:58,382 I'm certain that Jefferson Davis was aware 446 00:29:58,382 --> 00:30:00,676 of the plan to assassinate President Lincoln. 447 00:30:01,844 --> 00:30:05,722 I believe he not only knew it, he ordered it. 448 00:30:08,183 --> 00:30:11,937 As a reporter, spy and a forger, 449 00:30:13,438 --> 00:30:15,482 you must have quite an imagination. 450 00:30:16,483 --> 00:30:19,736 Did you intentionally commit perjury in this courtroom? 451 00:30:19,736 --> 00:30:21,154 Or do you just lie for sport? 452 00:30:21,154 --> 00:30:23,740 What difference does it make what month it was? 453 00:30:25,242 --> 00:30:26,493 The defense rests. 454 00:30:42,050 --> 00:30:42,885 News? 455 00:30:44,052 --> 00:30:46,972 No. No, there's no news. 456 00:30:46,972 --> 00:30:48,348 Not yet. 457 00:30:49,141 --> 00:30:52,186 Whatever the outcome, you did right by Abe. 458 00:30:53,187 --> 00:30:56,064 Charging Davis and the Confederacy puts it on the record. 459 00:30:56,857 --> 00:30:58,567 They know we know what they did. 460 00:30:59,776 --> 00:31:01,778 So whatever the verdict, I can sleep. 461 00:31:03,488 --> 00:31:06,033 Well, I'll sleep when justice is served. 462 00:31:06,867 --> 00:31:09,411 Don't get me wrong. I want that. 463 00:31:19,588 --> 00:31:21,256 The judges reached a verdict. 464 00:31:33,810 --> 00:31:34,811 Any indication? 465 00:31:35,521 --> 00:31:36,522 No hint. 466 00:31:48,575 --> 00:31:50,035 All rise. 467 00:32:05,425 --> 00:32:06,426 Be seated. 468 00:32:17,187 --> 00:32:19,690 Whatever may be the convictions of others, 469 00:32:20,315 --> 00:32:22,109 it is my own conviction 470 00:32:22,109 --> 00:32:26,864 that Jefferson Davis is as clearly proven guilty of this conspiracy 471 00:32:26,864 --> 00:32:29,157 as John Wilkes Booth, 472 00:32:29,157 --> 00:32:32,953 by whose hand Davis inflicted the wound on Lincoln. 473 00:32:35,747 --> 00:32:41,211 However, our panel has determined the charges of grand conspiracy 474 00:32:41,211 --> 00:32:43,088 to be inconclusive. 475 00:32:43,839 --> 00:32:49,428 The commission does believe that using the hand of John Wilkes Booth, 476 00:32:49,428 --> 00:32:55,309 conspirators in Richmond and Montreal inflicted a mortal wound 477 00:32:55,309 --> 00:32:58,854 which deprived the republic of its chief defender. 478 00:33:00,439 --> 00:33:04,151 Conspirators filled the land from ocean to ocean 479 00:33:04,151 --> 00:33:07,029 with a strange, great sorrow. 480 00:33:10,574 --> 00:33:14,494 But due to tainted evidence and technicalities, 481 00:33:14,494 --> 00:33:18,540 our panel was prevented from rendering a fair verdict 482 00:33:18,540 --> 00:33:22,669 on the grand conspiracy behind the assassination. 483 00:33:22,669 --> 00:33:27,132 Future inquiries and history must achieve that proof. 484 00:33:30,010 --> 00:33:33,096 Yet we have reached a verdict on the defendants in this courtroom. 485 00:33:33,764 --> 00:33:35,891 Our decision will be read by the war secretary. 486 00:33:37,142 --> 00:33:38,143 Thank you. 487 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:16,014 Mary E. Surratt... 488 00:34:18,684 --> 00:34:19,726 guilty. 489 00:34:22,312 --> 00:34:24,731 Lewis Powell, guilty. 490 00:34:28,443 --> 00:34:31,321 George Atzerodt, guilty. 491 00:34:33,699 --> 00:34:35,576 David E. Herold... 492 00:34:40,289 --> 00:34:41,290 guilty. 493 00:34:45,543 --> 00:34:48,255 All to be hanged tomorrow. 494 00:34:56,763 --> 00:34:58,849 Edward Spangler, guilty. 495 00:35:00,058 --> 00:35:02,436 Sentenced to six years imprisonment. 496 00:35:06,273 --> 00:35:07,274 How about Mudd? 497 00:35:08,150 --> 00:35:09,151 It's coming. 498 00:35:11,278 --> 00:35:14,698 Finally, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd. 499 00:35:18,493 --> 00:35:19,494 Guilty. 500 00:35:20,204 --> 00:35:23,749 Sentenced to a term of life imprisonment and hard labor. 501 00:35:29,755 --> 00:35:31,465 Order! Quiet! 502 00:35:55,072 --> 00:35:56,448 I told the truth. 503 00:35:56,448 --> 00:35:59,618 What was the point in telling the truth if it was surrounded by lies? 504 00:35:59,618 --> 00:36:02,162 You knew exactly who I am, Baker. 505 00:36:02,162 --> 00:36:03,247 Baker. 506 00:36:05,082 --> 00:36:06,917 Did someone offer you a better price? 507 00:36:06,917 --> 00:36:10,420 I received a suspicious package this morning from London. 508 00:36:12,172 --> 00:36:14,424 You know where to find me when you need me again. 509 00:36:16,009 --> 00:36:17,344 Sanders got to him. 510 00:36:19,221 --> 00:36:21,098 - Secretary. - Secretary, a word. 511 00:36:21,098 --> 00:36:23,100 - Secretary, a word, please. - Mr. Secretary. 512 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:26,270 - Gentlemen. - Was accusing Davis and the Confederacy 513 00:36:26,270 --> 00:36:28,313 of grand conspiracy too ambitious? 514 00:36:28,313 --> 00:36:29,606 Absolutely not. 515 00:36:29,606 --> 00:36:32,693 The verdict for Jefferson Davis was inconclusive 516 00:36:32,693 --> 00:36:35,070 but let there be no doubt, 517 00:36:35,070 --> 00:36:37,865 this court did not exonerate the Confederacy here this evening. 518 00:36:38,490 --> 00:36:39,867 But did you fail Lincoln? 519 00:36:41,618 --> 00:36:43,120 We can't ask him, can we? 520 00:36:44,997 --> 00:36:46,832 Sir, could you address Reconstruction? 521 00:37:22,951 --> 00:37:26,246 Papers want your permission to use the image of the executions. 522 00:37:27,289 --> 00:37:28,290 Permission granted. 523 00:37:30,375 --> 00:37:31,877 Also, the... 524 00:37:32,669 --> 00:37:35,756 the National Archives collected the items from the evidence table. 525 00:37:35,756 --> 00:37:37,132 - They-- - Good. 526 00:37:38,550 --> 00:37:41,553 They want to know why 18 pages of Booth's diary are missing. 527 00:37:44,389 --> 00:37:45,807 They could open an inquiry. 528 00:37:48,936 --> 00:37:50,437 Baker had it last. 529 00:37:52,856 --> 00:37:54,066 Baker claims you did. 530 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:57,694 They should speak to Baker. 531 00:38:01,698 --> 00:38:05,619 Also, earlier, I noticed your hearth needed a cleaning. 532 00:38:08,288 --> 00:38:09,706 I had that taken care of. 533 00:38:24,930 --> 00:38:27,724 ...personally see your application arrive on my desk. 534 00:38:27,724 --> 00:38:29,226 Application for what, sir? 535 00:38:29,226 --> 00:38:33,355 Mr. Howard has founded a university for colored students. 536 00:38:33,355 --> 00:38:36,859 A college of arts and letters and trades. 537 00:38:38,485 --> 00:38:41,113 As soon as I qualify, I'll put my application on your desk, sir. 538 00:38:46,994 --> 00:38:47,953 Edwin. 539 00:38:48,453 --> 00:38:49,454 Oliver. 540 00:38:50,372 --> 00:38:53,375 An hour ago, Johnson told me he was cutting the bureau by half. 541 00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:54,543 He made a point to say 542 00:38:54,543 --> 00:38:57,880 that he knows we helped freedmen under the auspices of the War Department. 543 00:38:58,714 --> 00:39:00,924 I fear he's up to something. I don't know what. 544 00:39:02,759 --> 00:39:04,136 All right. Thank you. 545 00:39:04,678 --> 00:39:06,471 I think it's about that time. Shall we? 546 00:39:06,471 --> 00:39:07,556 Of course. 547 00:39:08,682 --> 00:39:09,683 So... 548 00:39:10,559 --> 00:39:13,645 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. 549 00:39:13,645 --> 00:39:16,732 Thank you all for coming. 550 00:39:17,816 --> 00:39:20,110 We are gathered here this evening 551 00:39:20,110 --> 00:39:23,530 to celebrate the publication of Miss Keckley's remarkable book 552 00:39:23,530 --> 00:39:28,118 and to raise funds for the Contraband Relief Association, 553 00:39:28,118 --> 00:39:29,703 founded by Elizabeth. 554 00:39:30,829 --> 00:39:36,960 Now the Freedmen's Bureau, headed by the valiant Oliver Howard, 555 00:39:38,170 --> 00:39:42,799 essentially parallels Miss Keckley's vital efforts. 556 00:39:42,799 --> 00:39:47,054 And as long as the work of the bureau is not supported by the president, 557 00:39:47,054 --> 00:39:51,600 we continue to rely on Miss Keckley's fund to support and provide resources 558 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:58,106 to the recently freed as they make the leap from slavery into society. 559 00:39:58,857 --> 00:40:02,569 So do please give as generously as you're able. 560 00:40:02,569 --> 00:40:05,614 I greatly admire her undertaking, and... 561 00:40:06,532 --> 00:40:11,245 well, if truth be known, I greatly admire her, so... 562 00:40:11,245 --> 00:40:12,162 Elizabeth. 563 00:40:15,123 --> 00:40:16,917 Thank you so much, Secretary. 564 00:40:16,917 --> 00:40:20,546 Every donation you make provides staple items for those in need. 565 00:40:22,047 --> 00:40:24,675 Because too many of my brothers and sisters coming up north 566 00:40:24,675 --> 00:40:26,510 are not prepared for their new life. 567 00:40:27,427 --> 00:40:30,180 If it were not for the generous spirit of Mrs. Lincoln 568 00:40:30,889 --> 00:40:32,891 and that of Mr. Abraham Lincoln... 569 00:40:33,684 --> 00:40:34,685 May he rest in peace. 570 00:40:35,477 --> 00:40:40,774 They have given relief many times over, which is why I included them in my book, 571 00:40:40,774 --> 00:40:43,735 Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. 572 00:40:44,945 --> 00:40:49,074 That's all I have to say. Okay. So, all proceeds today will be donated. 573 00:40:49,074 --> 00:40:51,493 And thank you again for coming. Please enjoy. 574 00:40:57,666 --> 00:40:58,667 It's a good turnout. 575 00:40:59,668 --> 00:41:01,170 You invited Lorenzo Thomas? 576 00:41:03,589 --> 00:41:06,008 Is it the same Thomas you shipped to Arkansas? 577 00:41:06,008 --> 00:41:07,092 Failed his way up? 578 00:41:09,261 --> 00:41:10,429 Why would he come to this? 579 00:41:16,643 --> 00:41:18,645 I think Johnson might be replacing me. 580 00:41:21,732 --> 00:41:22,733 Hold this. 581 00:41:27,362 --> 00:41:28,447 Mr. President. 582 00:41:29,907 --> 00:41:31,158 Thank you for coming. 583 00:41:32,117 --> 00:41:33,702 - Lorenzo. - Edwin. 584 00:41:34,703 --> 00:41:35,829 We need to talk. 585 00:41:35,829 --> 00:41:36,914 Please. 586 00:41:40,959 --> 00:41:45,380 You tried to ruin my party, so now I am ruining yours. 587 00:41:46,298 --> 00:41:49,218 Edwin, I plan to withdraw your men from the South. 588 00:41:49,843 --> 00:41:52,012 I know you won't obey my decision 589 00:41:52,012 --> 00:41:55,349 because it ends your enforcement of Reconstruction. 590 00:41:55,349 --> 00:41:56,433 That's fine. 591 00:41:58,268 --> 00:42:01,230 I appointed Thomas to replace you. 592 00:42:01,813 --> 00:42:03,565 He'll send the order tomorrow. 593 00:42:03,565 --> 00:42:07,486 Americans are not ready for all these plans you're making. 594 00:42:09,363 --> 00:42:10,948 There's too much unrest. 595 00:42:13,575 --> 00:42:14,785 I could have accused you. 596 00:42:16,286 --> 00:42:17,287 But you didn't. 597 00:42:21,041 --> 00:42:22,751 If you remove me like this, 598 00:42:22,751 --> 00:42:25,003 it will trigger an investigation by Congress 599 00:42:25,712 --> 00:42:26,713 and they'll impeach you. 600 00:42:27,506 --> 00:42:30,008 Congress is welcome to fight me. 601 00:42:32,553 --> 00:42:35,222 Come on, I'll give you a tour. 602 00:42:37,140 --> 00:42:38,141 Mr. President. 603 00:43:11,300 --> 00:43:12,634 I'll need your keys. 604 00:43:13,844 --> 00:43:14,970 Of course. 605 00:43:16,763 --> 00:43:18,182 I've put them-- 606 00:43:19,016 --> 00:43:19,975 Left them somewhere. 607 00:43:22,561 --> 00:43:23,562 Let me look. 608 00:43:29,610 --> 00:43:31,528 {\an8}Mars. Come on in. 609 00:43:32,112 --> 00:43:33,238 {\an8}Need more time? 610 00:43:33,238 --> 00:43:34,364 {\an8}No, no. 611 00:43:35,532 --> 00:43:36,742 I've had my hour. 612 00:43:37,326 --> 00:43:39,703 Willie and I talked through prayer. 613 00:43:39,703 --> 00:43:43,290 He's as charming a rascal as ever, and I read him a chapter 614 00:43:43,290 --> 00:43:44,750 from his favorite novel. 615 00:43:45,751 --> 00:43:51,465 This weekly scheduled hour of grief, it mends my heart, contains it. 616 00:43:51,465 --> 00:43:54,384 If I never thanked you for teaching me the ritual, I'm thanking you now. 617 00:43:56,887 --> 00:43:58,472 So, what is so important 618 00:43:58,472 --> 00:44:01,141 that it couldn't wait for me to come by the office later? 619 00:44:01,141 --> 00:44:02,976 Has Lee surrendered a second time? 620 00:44:04,269 --> 00:44:05,604 No, he has not. 621 00:44:05,604 --> 00:44:06,730 I know. 622 00:44:06,730 --> 00:44:09,399 Jefferson Davis changed his tune 623 00:44:09,399 --> 00:44:12,861 and decided to join the cabinet. 624 00:44:16,740 --> 00:44:17,741 No. 625 00:44:20,786 --> 00:44:22,496 Abe, as you know... 626 00:44:25,832 --> 00:44:31,213 Ellen and I were mourning our son, James, when I joined the cabinet. 627 00:44:32,172 --> 00:44:36,134 She supported me taking your offer with her whole self. 628 00:44:38,303 --> 00:44:41,807 It's been long years and late nights. 629 00:44:43,642 --> 00:44:47,938 And now that, you know, God willing, we have finally prevailed... 630 00:44:51,692 --> 00:44:54,319 well, she'd like me home. 631 00:44:55,237 --> 00:44:57,030 You're attempting to resign? 632 00:44:59,449 --> 00:45:00,450 I am. 633 00:45:03,453 --> 00:45:06,582 Ellen knows that the work isn't done 634 00:45:06,582 --> 00:45:09,209 the moment Lee flies a dish towel. 635 00:45:09,209 --> 00:45:10,294 She does. 636 00:45:13,172 --> 00:45:16,717 My priorities need to resume to my family, 637 00:45:16,717 --> 00:45:21,096 and obviously I will make myself available to whoever you name as my successor. 638 00:45:24,850 --> 00:45:27,060 Mars, I can't accept your resignation. 639 00:45:28,437 --> 00:45:30,272 And I do not believe that you believe in it. 640 00:45:31,899 --> 00:45:33,901 Your heart, it's always been more in Reconstruction 641 00:45:33,901 --> 00:45:35,319 than it ever was in victory. 642 00:45:35,319 --> 00:45:36,904 And I need you now more than ever. 643 00:45:39,615 --> 00:45:43,744 And you could propose a vacation. 644 00:45:43,744 --> 00:45:46,580 We're planning on finally going to California. 645 00:45:48,457 --> 00:45:50,751 We could go to the beach. 646 00:45:51,877 --> 00:45:53,003 Come with us. 647 00:45:54,171 --> 00:45:56,965 Yeah, after we pass the amendments. Maybe next summer. 648 00:45:56,965 --> 00:46:01,345 You can tell Ellen that you won't be working on Christmas this year. 649 00:46:02,221 --> 00:46:04,097 She'll have you home for the holiday. 650 00:46:05,891 --> 00:46:07,100 Abe, it's April. 651 00:46:10,020 --> 00:46:14,650 Abe, I have given you and this office three years. 652 00:46:14,650 --> 00:46:17,486 I am confident that the plans that I have put in pla-- 653 00:46:17,486 --> 00:46:20,906 Reconstruction is more difficult than the destruction of war. 654 00:46:20,906 --> 00:46:22,658 You've been our main reliance. 655 00:46:23,408 --> 00:46:25,827 You understand the national situation better than anyone. 656 00:46:28,205 --> 00:46:29,248 I don't want to imagine. 657 00:46:29,248 --> 00:46:33,794 It is my wish and it is the country's need that you remain. 658 00:46:35,337 --> 00:46:36,338 You cannot go. 659 00:46:37,756 --> 00:46:39,675 You must see us through the final act. 660 00:46:47,057 --> 00:46:50,394 I've heard you have a taste for Scotch? 661 00:46:51,311 --> 00:46:54,606 If you're interested, I have a 30-year-old I've been saving. 662 00:46:54,606 --> 00:46:56,984 It's in the hall pantry there. 663 00:46:59,611 --> 00:47:01,280 I do love a good aged Scotch. 664 00:47:04,116 --> 00:47:05,117 Let's open it. 665 00:47:12,916 --> 00:47:14,543 It's just round to the right. 666 00:47:16,712 --> 00:47:18,589 - You can't miss it. - Okay. 667 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:51,830 You wanna kill Reconstruction? 668 00:47:53,123 --> 00:47:54,625 You'll have to get past me. 669 00:47:57,669 --> 00:48:00,464 Edwin. Open the door, Edwin. 670 00:48:01,673 --> 00:48:02,674 Edwin? 671 00:48:05,552 --> 00:48:11,183 Edwin, I am secretary of war. I'll have the army here in a day. 672 00:48:46,134 --> 00:48:48,136 "Dear General Grant." 673 00:50:01,126 --> 00:50:02,252 All right. 674 00:50:03,462 --> 00:50:06,298 - Don't be nervous. - Very nervous. 675 00:50:13,847 --> 00:50:16,183 - How do you feel? - Good. 676 00:50:16,183 --> 00:50:19,102 You coming down for breakfast or should I bring a plate up? 677 00:50:19,102 --> 00:50:21,688 No, no. I'll come down. 678 00:50:29,112 --> 00:50:30,322 What is it? 679 00:50:31,490 --> 00:50:34,451 News from the court. 680 00:50:36,870 --> 00:50:38,956 Your nomination was confirmed. 681 00:50:50,884 --> 00:50:51,885 Show me. 682 00:51:08,277 --> 00:51:11,738 You know, I hated seeing you sacrifice so much of your health 683 00:51:12,990 --> 00:51:14,199 to hold back Johnson. 684 00:51:16,785 --> 00:51:17,703 But I see now. 685 00:51:19,663 --> 00:51:20,497 It was worth it. 686 00:51:23,083 --> 00:51:26,420 On the court, your decisions will finish your work with Lincoln. 687 00:51:29,590 --> 00:51:30,799 Father, you did it. 688 00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:34,845 The family know? 689 00:51:36,597 --> 00:51:38,015 Come down and tell them. 690 00:51:38,015 --> 00:51:40,767 Grandpa is a justice of the Supreme Court. 691 00:51:42,644 --> 00:51:43,645 I'll-- 692 00:51:44,771 --> 00:51:47,524 I'll be right down. You go on. 693 00:51:55,949 --> 00:51:56,783 Eddie. 694 00:51:59,119 --> 00:52:00,120 Thank you. 695 00:52:18,388 --> 00:52:19,890 We finish the work now. 696 00:52:22,059 --> 00:52:23,060 We have to. 697 00:52:53,215 --> 00:52:56,802 My father died of asthma-related organ failure. 698 00:52:56,802 --> 00:52:59,471 He was never able to serve on the Supreme Court. 699 00:53:06,979 --> 00:53:09,773 Two months after Secretary Stanton passed away, 700 00:53:09,773 --> 00:53:13,151 the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. 701 00:53:13,819 --> 00:53:15,821 It guarantees US citizens, 702 00:53:15,821 --> 00:53:19,783 regardless of previous enslavement or race, the right to vote. 703 00:53:27,916 --> 00:53:30,919 We finish the work now. We have to.