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Tag Archives: Fords Theater
Ending the War: James Tanner and his Cherished Memories of the Awful Night
James Tanner had never seen Tenth Street so full of people. The crowd packed the street in front of his second-floor apartment. Tanner sat on his porch, looking down into the mass of people. Dignitaries and generals came and went, … Continue reading
Infamy
“The Gun That Killed Abraham Lincoln”
Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter
On April 14, 1861—today, one hundred and fifty-nine years ago—Maj. Robert Anderson marched his garrison out of Fort Sumter after weathering a barrage that began two days previously. The assault on Fort Sumter started the Civil War. On April 14, … Continue reading
Remembering the Flag Raising Over Fort Sumter
By Julie Mujic Residents of Waukesha, Wisconsin, celebrated Lee’s surrender on the evening of April 9, 1865, along with the rest of the North. The long war was ending and their loved ones might finally return home. Despite their distance from … Continue reading
Booth’s Escape Route
By ECW Correspondent Pat Tintle. Spring was in the air in Washington D.C., but the time of rebirth would soon be tarnished by a nation-wide state of mourning. It was April 14, 1865. The war of the rebellion was winding … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civil War Events, Civilian, Memory, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Appomattox Court House, David Herold, Fords Theater, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln Assassination, Mary Surratt, Our American Cousin, Pat Tintle, Phillip Greenwalt, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Samuel Mudd, Surratt Tavern
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William Child at Ford’s Theater
Northerners across the country had reason to celebrate in mid-April 1865. The war had ended in a Union victory, with the Union restored and the emancipation of millions of African Americans from bondage. As celebrations in the forms of speeches, … Continue reading
William Child in Washington
When 1865 brought forth another year of the war and the Army of the Potomac still occupied its miles of trenches at the front around Petersburg, William Child, surgeon of the 5th New Hampshire Infantry was a man of mixed … Continue reading
A Life Turned Tragic: Major Henry Rathbone and the Lincoln Assassination
Today we welcome back guest author Cal J. Schoonover. Cal hail’s from Janesville, WI, where he lives with his son James. Cal is a graduate of The University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; and is currently attending American Military University, where he … Continue reading
In Jumping Broke My Leg: Another Look at the Lincoln Assassination Legend
Today we welcome guest author Cal. J. Schoonover. Cal hail’s from Janesville, WI, where he lives with his son James. Cal is a graduate of The University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; and is currently attending American Military University, where he is … Continue reading
Audio Book Review: Killing Lincoln
Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard It is almost impossible to review Killing Lincoln without first reviewing one of its listed authors, Bill O’Reilly. Anchor of The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News and a self-avowed right-leaning conservative, just mentioning … Continue reading
