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.
| Author/creator | Herold, David E. |
| Other author | Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887. |
| Other author | United States. Army. Military Commission (Lincoln's assassins : 1865) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : J.E. Tilton, 1865-1866. |
| Description | 3 v. ; 19 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Trial of David E. Herold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael O'Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt and Samuel A. Mudd, before a military commission, at Washington, D.C. |
| General note | "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." |
| General note | "Brigadier-General Joseph Holt, judge advocate and recorder, assisted by Judge Advocates Burnett and Bingham."--V. 1, p. 9-10. |
| General note | "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. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 41181. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG96-B2996 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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