Tag Archives: Mary Surratt

Ending The War: General Hancock & The Execution (Part 2)

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Part 1 is available here Lincoln’s assassination changed everything. The ending of the Civil War might have merely been the surrender of Confederate armies and a prolonged discussion and action about Reconstruction with reconciliation at the forefront. With Booth’s bullet, … Continue reading →

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“The stain of innocent blood had been removed from the land”: 150th of the Hanging of the Lincoln Conspirators

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Ryan Quint

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 →

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Booth’s Escape Route

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Emerging Civil War

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 →

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