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The Lincoln Assassination: New research unravels old myths
By Jeffrey S. Williams Concordia University-St. Paul, Minn. Written for Dr. David Woodard’s “Readings in American History” class - April 2011. The Northern States were celebrating the end of the Civil War when President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s … Continue reading
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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
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On this date in Civil War history: April 27, 1865 - Tragedy on the Mississippi - Sultana explodes, thousands die
On 27 April 1865, the steamboat Sultana exploded and sank in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, causing the greatest marine disaster in U.S. history. Approximately 1,700 people, mostly discharged Union soldiers, lost their lives on a frigid spring night … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, Casualties, Graves, Sultana, This Week in the Civil War
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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 day: April 26, 1865 - JOHN WILKES BOOTH KILLED!
The Account of the Officer in Charge On April 24, 1865, Lieutenant Edward Doherty sits on a bench across from the White House conversing with another officer. The arrival of a messenger interrupts the conversation. The messenger carries orders directing … 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
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