strength that survives the worst that life can bring. we learned that bravery is more common than we imagined. emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death. we vividly felt how every hour with our loved ones was a temporary and holy gift. and we found that even the longest days end. many of us who tried to make spiritual sense of these evens saw there is no explanation for the mix of providence and human will that sets the direction of our lives. but comfort can come from a different sort of knowledge. after wandering long and lost in the dark, many have found they were actually walking step by step toward grace. as a nation, our adjustments have been profound. many americans struggled to understand why an enemy would hate us with such zeal.
been ordered to southern maryland in search of lincoln s killer. what will soon become the largest manhunt in american history at that time begins with troops searching scarcely four miles from dr. mudd s farmhouse. lost in the dark and on the edge of the zekiah swamp, booth and herold have promised to pay tobacco farmer oswell swann $12 to lead them to the home of samuel cox, a leader in the confederate underground. john wilkes booth: how is it that you know captain cox? oswell swann: oh, we all know captain cox, sir. he a true man of the south. he a hard man. beat a nigger to death hisself. mmm-hm. david herold: you, you a free nigger? oswell swann: oh, we all s free now, sir, thanks to marse lincoln. lawd rest his soul. but i ain t no nigger. i s a we-sort. david herold: what? oswell swann: a we-sort.
been ordered to southern maryland in search of lincoln s killer. what will soon become the largest manhunt in american history at that time begins with troops searching scarcely four miles from dr. mudd s farmhouse. lost in the dark and on the edge of the zekiah swamp, booth and herold have promised to pay tobacco farmer oswell swann $12 to a leader in the confederate underground. john wilkes booth: how is it that you know captain cox? oswell swann: oh, we all know captain cox, sir. he a true man of the south. he a hard man. beat a nigger to death hisself. mmm-hm. david herold: you, you a free nigger? oswell swann: oh, we all s free now, sir, thanks to marse lincoln. lawd rest his soul. but i ain t no nigger. i s a we-sort. david herold: what? oswell swann: a we-sort. you know.
already, members of the 13th new york cavalry have been ordered to southern maryland in search of lincoln s killer. what will soon become the largest manhunt in american history at that time begins with troops searching scarcely four miles from dr. mudd s farmhouse. lost in the dark and on the edge of the zekiah swamp, booth and herold have promised to pay tobacco farmer oswell swann $12 to lead them to the home of samuel cox, a leader in the confederate underground. john wilkes booth: how is it that you know captain cox? oswell swann: oh, we all know captain cox, sir. he a true man of the south. he a hard man. beat a nigger to death hisself. mmm-hm. david herold: you, you a free nigger? oswell swann: oh, we all s free now, sir, thanks to marse lincoln. lawd rest his soul. but i ain t no nigger. i s a we-sort. david herold: what? oswell swann: a we-sort.
been ordered to southern maryland in search of lincoln s killer. what will soon become the largest manhunt in american history at that time begins with troops searching scarcely four miles from dr. mudd s farmhouse. lost in the dark and on the edge of the zekiah swamp, booth and herold have promised to pay tobacco farmer oswell swann $12 to lead them to the home of samuel cox, a leader in the confederate underground. john wilkes booth: how is it that you know captain cox? oswell swann: oh, we all know captain cox, sir. he a true man of the south. he a hard man. beat a nigger to death hisself. mmm-hm. david herold: you, you a free nigger? oswell swann: oh, we all s free now, sir, thanks to marse lincoln. lawd rest his soul. but i ain t no nigger. i s a we-sort. david herold: what? oswell swann: a we-sort.