dr. charles leale: stop, stop! [grunts]. abraham lincoln: [gasping breath]. dr. charles leale: [grunts]. william h. flood: the house opposite is closed. henry s. stafford: here, here! bring him here. dr. charles leale: go, go, go. man: clear the way, please. out of the way, please. tom hanks: lincoln is taken to a boarding house directly across the street from the theater and, due to his 6 4 height, laid diagonally on the bed of absent boarder, william clark. shorty after 11:00 pm, secretary of war edwin stanton sets up a headquarters in the back parlor of the house and establishes relays between there and the war department telegraph operators. he alerts general grant and calls him back to washington, issues emergency directives to police and military authorities, orders the national detective police, to initiate a manhunt for the as-yet unknown
dr. charles leale: stop, stop! [grunts]. abraham lincoln: [gasping breath]. dr. charles leale: [grunts]. william h. flood: the house opposite is closed. henry s. stafford: here, here! bring him here. dr. charles leale: go, go, go. man: clear the way, please. out of the way, please. tom hanks: lincoln is taken to a boarding house directly across the street from the theater and, due to his 6 4 height, laid diagonally on the bed of absent boarder, william clark. shorty after 11:00 pm, secretary of war edwin stanton sets up a headquarters in the back parlor of the house and establishes relays between there and the war department telegraph operators. he alerts general grant and calls him back to washington, issues emergency directives to police and military authorities, orders the national detective police, to initiate a manhunt for the as-yet unknown
abraham lincoln: mother, the last time we saw young flood here, we were in springfield. i was a lawyer and he was but knee-high to a grasshopper. his mother was kin with governor carlin. mary todd lincoln: oh, i remember priscilla flood. abraham lincoln: and his father served with me in the illinois state legislature. a democrat, but, uh, a friend and a good man, despite his fervent support of my opponent for the presidency. william h. flood: sins of the father, sir. abraham lincoln: never a sin to stand up for what you believe. now, flood, tell me, which is the vessel with the history? william h. flood: well, mr. lincoln, they ve all been mussing around under fire quite a lot, but i guess you mean the montauk over there. she s got the hardest hitting. been in the tightest spots. abraham lincoln: the very one, flood. show her to me. mother?
a young naval officer, william h. flood. mother, the last time we saw young flood here we were in springfield. i was a lawyer and he was but knee high to a grasshopper. his mother was kin with governor carlin. i remember priscilla flood. and his father served with me in the illinois state legislature. a democrat. but a friend and a good man despite his fervent support of my opponent for the presidency. since of the father, sir. never a sin to stand up for what you believe. now, flood, tell me which is the vessel with the history? well, mr. lincoln, they ve all been messing around under fire quite a lot, but i guess you mean the montauk. she s got the hardest hitting, in the toughest fight. the very one, sir. show her to me. mother?
tom hanks: booth goes to pumphrey s stable to reserve a horse, then to write a letter, a confession, an explanation, a manifesto, signed by him on behalf of himself, lewis powell, david herold and george atzerodt. meanwhile, mr. and mrs. lincoln take a carriage ride, alone. according to mary todd lincoln, she has never seen her husband so supremely cheerful. they talk about the past, about the death of their son, willie, three years before, about the future, traveling abroad and lincoln s plan to return to his law practice. lincoln tells mary that on this particular day he feels that the war has come to a close. they end up at the washington navy yard, where lincoln summons a young naval officer, william h. flood. william h. flood: mrs. lincoln.