On April 22, 1865, Brevet Colonel H. L. Burnett was assigned to
head the investigation into the murder of President Abraham Lincoln
and the attempted murder of Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Burnett orchestrated the collection of thousands of documents for
the Military Commission's trial of the conspirators. This deep
archive of documentary evidence--consisting of letters,
depositions, eyewitness accounts, investigative reports, and other
documents--provides invaluable insight into the historical,
cultural, and judicial context of the investigation. Only a
fraction of the information presented in these documents ever made
its way into the trial, and most of it has never been readily
accessible. By presenting an annotated and indexed transcription of
these documents, this volume offers significant new access to
information on the events surrounding the assassination and a vast
new store of social and political history of the Civil War era.
"With tears in my eyes I think it your duty to hang every rebel
caught. I feel as bad as if was my own mother or father & will
be one to volunteer to try & shoot every Southern man. May God
have mercy on the man's soul that done such a deed.
With much Respect for our Country,
I remain
Weeping"
--Anonymous letter, New York, April 15, 1865
"I know Booth. He was in the habit of coming to my place to
shoot. . . . He shot well, and practiced to shoot with accuracy in
every possible position. . . . He was a quick shot; always silent,
reticent."
--Deposition of Benjamin Barker, Pistol Gallery proprietor
General
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