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" The Lincoln assassination conspirators : "
edited by Edward Steers, Jr., and Harold Holzer ; with a foreword by Allen Weinstein.
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1047197
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The Lincoln assassination conspirators : : their confinement and execution, as recorded in the letterbook of John Frederick Hartranft /\ edited by Edward Steers, Jr., and Harold Holzer ; with a foreword by Allen Weinstein.
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Baton Rouge :: Louisiana State University Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xiv, 179 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations
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0807135046
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0807133965
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9780807133965
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents; Foreword, by Allen Weinstein; Preface; Acknowledgments; I The Story; II The Letterb ook: Transcribed and Annotated; Appendix: Reproductions from the Letterbook; Hartranft's Appointment and the Rules of the Prison; A Typical Two-Page Spread from the Letterbook; Hartranft's Response on Charges Mudd Was Given SpecialTreatment; The Execution Order from Major General Hancock; Hartranft's Report of the Execution; Index.
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On May 1, 1865, two weeks after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, recently inaugurated president Andrew Johnson appointed John Frederick Hartranft to command the military prison at the Washington Arsenal, where the U.S. government had just incarcerated the seven men and one woman accused of complicity in the shooting. From that day through the execution of four of the accomplices, the Pennsylvania-born general held responsibility for the most notorious prisoners in American history. A strict adherent to protocol, Hartranft kept a meticulously detailed account of his experiences in the form of a.
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Hartranft, John F.,1830-1889
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Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865-- Assassination
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Hartranft, John F.,1830-1889.
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Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865.
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Washington Arsenal (Washington, D.C.)-- History
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Washington Arsenal (Washington, D.C.)
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Assassins-- United States-- History-- 19th century, Sources.
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Executions and executioners-- Washington (D.C.), Diaries.
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Generals-- United States, Diaries.
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Hanging-- Washington (D.C.)-- History-- 19th century, Sources.
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Imprisonment-- Washington (D.C.)-- History-- 19th century, Sources.
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Justice, Administration of-- United States-- History-- 19th century, Sources.
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Assassination.
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Assassins.
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Executions and executioners.
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Generals.
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Hanging.
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HISTORY.
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Imprisonment.
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Justice, Administration of.
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United States.
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Washington (D.C.)
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973.7092
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E457.5.L73 2009eb
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Hartranft, John F.,1830-1889.
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Holzer, Harold.
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Steers, Edward.
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