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Category Archives: Surratt
Lincoln Assassination Books
Here are the four best books for details on the Lincoln Assassination. American Brutus, by Michael W. Kauffman It is a tale as familiar as our history primers: A deranged actor, John Wilkes Booth, killed Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre, … Continue reading
Mary Eugenia Surratt (1823-1865)
Convicted Lincoln assassination conspirator Mary Eugenia Jenkins was born in Maryland in 1823. As an adolescent she attended a Catholic seminary for girls in Virginia, but at sixteen she married John Surratt, at least ten years her senior, and in … Continue reading
On this date: April 24, 1865 - Hancock issues proclamation
On this date, 146 years ago - Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock ordered the following handbills printed and distributed to free blacks in the communities of Virginia and Maryland along the Potomac River. John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s assassin, and … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, African-American, Assassination, Booth, Lincoln, Maryland, Surratt
Tagged Booth, Frederick Aiken, Free Black, Mary Surratt, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Colonel Frederick A. Aiken biography
Sarah Olivia WESTON was born in West Randolph, Orange, Vermont. Educated at home, chiefly under private tuition. She continued her studies in Boston, devoting her attention principally to the classics and history, under the direction of several noted professors at Cambridge, she being the … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, Assassination, Booth, Lincoln, Surratt
Tagged Frederick Aiken, Lincoln Assassination, Mary Surratt, The Conspirator
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‘The Conspirator’ takes in $7 million in ten days
Here are the latest numbers for the first ten days of ‘The Conspirator’ courtesy of the-numbers.com. The film had a budget of $25 million and has now taken in just under $7 million in ten days at the box office. … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, Assassination, Booth, Lincoln, Maryland, Surratt
Tagged Frederick Aiken, Lincoln Assassination, Mary Surratt, The Conspirator
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Historical Inaccuracies in ‘The Conspirator’
by Jeffrey S. Williams Okay, so we know that the James Solomon/Robert Redford film The Conspirator, now entering its second full weekend, has some inaccuracies to it. What are they? Here are a few obvious ones that I remember from … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, Assassination, Booth, Film, Lincoln, Surratt
Tagged Assassination, Booth, Ford's Theater, Grant, Lincoln, Lincoln Funeral Train, New Jersey, Surratt, The Conspirator, Washington Arsenal
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‘The Conspirator’ aims for accuracy
By Lewis Beale - Newsday NEW YORK — On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Union troops stationed in Fort Sumter, S.C. The barrage marked the opening shots of the Civil War, a national tragedy that killed more than 600,000 people, … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, Assassination, Booth, Film, Lincoln, Maryland, Reenactment, Surratt
Tagged Lincoln Assassination
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Civil War Sites in Maryland
BY TIMOTHY B. WHEELER Baltimore Sun While the first shots of the Civil War were fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, the first blood spilled in fighting occurred in Baltimore on April 19, 1861, when a … Continue reading
Posted in Maryland, Museums, Surratt
Tagged Civil War, Maryland, Museum, Sesquicentennial
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The Conspirator Box Office - Opening Weekend
The numbers are in from “The Conspirator” opening weekend gross. The $25 million budget film for director Robert Redford screened at 707 theaters during the film’s opening weekend. April 15, 2011 - 707 theaters - $1,099,750 total gross ($1,556 per … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, Assassination, Booth, Film, Lincoln, Surratt
Tagged Assassination, Booth, film, Lincoln, Surratt, The Conspirator
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The Conspirator [Movie Review]
by Jeffrey S. Williams I find it quite uncanny to be sitting alone in a dark theater at midnight watching the first viewing of a film about the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln on the very night that he was assassinated. … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, Assassination, Booth, Lincoln, Surratt
Tagged Assassination, Lincoln, Maryland, Surratt
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