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“The stain of innocent blood had been removed from the land”: 150th of the Hanging of the Lincoln Conspirators
Abraham Lincoln had been laid to rest for just over two months, as had John Wilkes Booth, albeit in much different settings. On its way to Springfield, Illinois, Lincoln’s funeral train crisscrossed some 1,600 miles of the country, stopping to … 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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