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Tag Archives: Frederick Aiken
This Week in the American Civil War: June 8-14, 1864
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Information courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force (www.mncivilwar150.com and “Minnesota Civil War 150” on Facebook) Major Highlights for the Week Wednesday June 8, 1864 In Georgia, Federal Major General William … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged 1860 Presidential Campaign, 1864, Abraham Lincoln, Acworth, Andrew Johnson, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Baltimore, Big Shanty, Brice's Crossroads, Brush Mountain, C.S.S. Alabama, Calhoun, Canada, Cherbourg, Cold Harbor, Corinth, Cynthiana, Daniel S. Dickinson, Davis's Mill, Department of Western Virginia, France, Frederick Aiken, George G. Meade, Georgia, Guntown, Hannibal Hamlin, James River, John C. Breckenridge, John C. Fremont, John Hunt Morgan, Joseph E. Johnston, Jubal Early, June, Keller's Bridge, Kentucky, Lexington, Long Bridge, Lost Mountain, Malvern Hill, Marietta, Maryland, McAffee's Crossroads, Memphis, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Mississippi, Missouri, Mount Sterling, Nathan Bedford Forrest, National Union Party, New York, Northwest Conspiracy, Pine Mountain, Pleasureville, Richard S. Ewell, Ripley, Robert E. Lee, Robert Ransom Jr. Department of Richmond, Roswell, Salem, Samuel Sturgis, Stilesborough, Tennessee, Tishomingo Creek, Ulysses Grant, Western and Atlantic Railroad, White House Landing, White Oak Swamp, William Dennison, William T. Sherman, Winchester
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Lincoln Assassination Resources
Due to the reconfiguration of this blog, here are the links to the stories on Frederick Aiken, Mary Surratt and the Lincoln Assassination, for your convenience. Frederick Aiken Biography Frederick Aiken The Attorney - Historians Weigh In Rare Aiken … Continue reading
Frederick Aiken The Attorney - Historians Weigh In
From the moment that the American Film Company released The Conspirator, questions have been raised about the films accuracy regarding the lead counsel, Frederick Aiken. Was he, as FoxNews host Bill O’Reilly would opine, a “pinhead” or a “patriot?” You be … Continue reading
Rare Aiken Letter for sale
Democrat attorney encouraged John C. Fremont to challenge Lincoln in 1864 election A rare 1864 letter by Frederick Aiken, the attorney who later represented Mary Surratt in her Lincoln Assassination conspiracy trial, is up for sale by Seth Kaller Historic … Continue reading
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Tagged 1864, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Aiken, John C. Fremont, letters, Presidential Campaign, Seth Kaller
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Lincoln Assassination Books
Here are the five 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
Posted in 1865, Assassination, Books, Booth, Frederick Aiken, Lincoln, Surratt
Tagged american brutus, assassins accomplice, Azerodt, clifford, Frederick Aiken, John Wilkes Booth, kauffman, Lincoln Assassination, manhunt, Mary Surratt, my thoughts be bloody, Powell, Seward, Stanton, swanson, titone
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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 in Civil War history - 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 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Alexandria, April, David Herold, District of Columbia, Frederick Aiken, Free Blacks, handbills, John Wilkes Booth, Judge Holt, Lincoln Assassination, Mary Surratt, Maryland, Middle Military Division, Murder of President Lincoln, Potomac River, Virginia, Washington DC, Winfield Scott Hancock
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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, Frederick Aiken, Lincoln, Surratt
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Boston, Burlington Sentinel, Edwin Stanton, Elliot Couses, Frederick Aiken, Frederick Argyle Aiken, Hardwick, Harvard University, John H. Eaton, Judge Edmund Weston, Lincoln Assassination, Mary Surratt, Massachusetts, Middlebury College, National Republican, Oak Hill Cemetery, Orange County, ornithology, Sarah Aiken, Sarah Olivia Weston, Sarah Weston, Secretary of War, Shrewsbury, Solomon S. Aiken, Sunday Gazette, Supreme Court of the United States, Susan Rice, Tennessee, The Conspirator, Theosophic Society, Thomas B. Florence, U.S. Treasury Department, Vermont, Washington D.C., Washington Post, Washington Weekly Post, West Randolph, Winfield Scott Hancock, Worcester County
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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