| Author | Herold, David E., 1844-1865, defendant.
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| Title | The conspiracy trial for the murder of the president, and the attempt to overthrow the government by the assassination of its principal officers. Edited, with an introduction, by Ben: Perley Poore.
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| Published | Boston, J.E. Tilton and Company, 1865-66.
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| Description | 3 v. 19 cm.
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| General Note | Trial of David E. Herold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael O'Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Sauel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt and Samuel A. Mudd, before a military commission, at Washington, D.C.
"The Commission [to try the conspirators] convened by Special order no. 216, met ... [May 10, 1865] consisting of the following detail:--Major-General David Hunter, U.S.V.; Major-General Lew Wallace, U.S.V.; Brevet Major-General August V. Kautz, U.S.V; Brigadier-General Alvin [i.e. Albion] P. Howe, U.S.V.; Brigadier-General Robert S. Foster, U.S.V.; Brevet Brigadier-General James A. Ekin, U.S.V.; Brigadier-General T.M. Harris, U.S.V.; Brevet Colonel C.H. Tompkins, U.S.A.; Lieutenant-Colonel David R. Clendenin, Eighth Illinois cavalry."
"Brigadier-General Joseph Holt, judge advocate and recorder, assisted by Judge Advocates Burnett and Bingham."--v. 1, p. 9-10.
"The session of the Commission was not public; but subsequently the injunction of secrecy was removed from the following portions of the evidence taken."--v. 1, p. 20.
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| Subjects | Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
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| Other Authors | Atzerodt, George A., 1835-1865, defendant.
Payne, Lewis, 1845-1865, defendant.
O'Laughlin, Michael, d. 1867, defendant.
Spangler, Edward, defendant.
Arnold, Samuel, 1838 (ca.)-1906, defendant.
Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865, defendant.
Mudd, Samuel Alexander, 1833-1883. defendant.
Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887. ed.
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| Organizations | United States. Army. Military Commission (Lincoln's assassins : 1865)
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| LC Card Number | 05-23015 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 457.5 P823 Vault, v. 1
mq144918: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 457.5 P823 Vault, v. 2
mq240566: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 457.5 P823 Vault, v. 3
mq240567: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 81941] |
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