| By Way of Introduction... | 1 |
| Chapter 1 | They Hated Lincoln | 7 |
| Chapter 2 | "Sic Semper Tyrannis!" | 35 |
| Chapter 3 | The Assassination as a Confederate Grand Conspiracy | 59 |
| Chapter 4 | The Assassination as a Simple Conspiracy | 90 |
| Chapter 5 | They Hated-and Loved-John Wilkes Booth | 125 |
| Chapter 6 | Otto Eisenschiml's Grand Conspiracy | 158 |
| Chapter 7 | Following the Leader: The War Department and Booth's Abduction Plot | 185 |
| Chapter 8 | Reductio ad Absurdum | 210 |
| A Few Last Words... | 245 |
| Notes | 249 |
| Bibliography | 281 |
| Index | 297 |