Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis

New York: Harper Perennial, 2011. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Second printing. Edge wear. 2011 Trade Paperback. xvi, 464, 24 pp. On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time—the Yankees are coming, it warned. Shortly before midnight, Davis boarded a train from Richmond and fled the capital, setting off an intense and thrilling chase in which Union cavalry hunted the Confederate president.