The Trial: The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the ConspiratorsEdward Steers University Press of Kentucky, 31 июл. 2003 г. - Всего страниц: 421 " With commentary by Terry Alford, Burrus Carnahan, Joan L. Chaconis, Percy Martin, Betty Ownsbey, Edward Steers Jr., Thomas R. Turner, and Laurie Verge On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. By April 26, eight of the ten people eventually charged as accomplices in Lincoln’s murder were in custody. Booth was killed resisting capture and John Surratt was in Canada, his whereabouts unknown to Federal authorities. In the days that followed, President Johnson issued an Executive Order directing that the persons charged with Lincoln’s murder stand trial before a military tribunal. During the fifty-day trial, over three hundred and sixty witnesses gave testimony. Benn Pitman, a recognized expert in the art of phonography (an early form of shorthand), was awarded a government contract to produce a true and accurate transcription of the testimony. Working with four assistants, Pitman produced transcripts that served the general public through daily releases to select members of the press as well as to the prosecution and the defense. Pitman was given the right to publish the transcriptions for public sale, and he skillfully winnowed the 4,300 pages of transcription into a single 421-page volume. Copies of the original 1865 edition, as well as subsequent reprints, are exceedingly rare. Here for the first time, leading experts in the field lend their insight in a series of commentaries that complement Pitman’s published transcript—included here in its entirety—exposing various perjuries, explaining testimony that has escaped scholarly attention, and clarifying the events surrounding the assassination as never before. |
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... murder were in custody . Their trial would become one of the most famous and most controversial in U.S. history . New president Andrew Johnson's executive order on May 1 directed that persons charged with Lincoln's murder would stand ...
... murder were in custody . Their trial would become one of the most famous and most controversial in U.S. history . New president Andrew Johnson's executive order on May 1 directed that persons charged with Lincoln's murder would stand ...
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... murder . Their testimony was recorded verbatim and published within weeks of the trial's end . This interesting record represents the context that helps explain this momentous historical event . Most historians who have written accounts ...
... murder . Their testimony was recorded verbatim and published within weeks of the trial's end . This interesting record represents the context that helps explain this momentous historical event . Most historians who have written accounts ...
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... murder . The use of a military tribunal has generated considerable controversy , and General Or- der Number 100 has been neglected by those writing on the legality of a military tribunal . Mr. Carnahan holds law degrees from ...
... murder . The use of a military tribunal has generated considerable controversy , and General Or- der Number 100 has been neglected by those writing on the legality of a military tribunal . Mr. Carnahan holds law degrees from ...
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... murder of the president of the United States . At approximately twenty minutes past ten o'clock , Booth entered the private box where President Abraham Lincoln sat enjoying a delightful spoof on American and British culture . Stepping ...
... murder of the president of the United States . At approximately twenty minutes past ten o'clock , Booth entered the private box where President Abraham Lincoln sat enjoying a delightful spoof on American and British culture . Stepping ...
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... murder of Abraham Lincoln . With Booth dead and Surratt in hiding , the eight individuals were placed on trial before a military tribunal established by an executive order of Presi- dent Andrew Johnson based on a legal opinion of ...
... murder of Abraham Lincoln . With Booth dead and Surratt in hiding , the eight individuals were placed on trial before a military tribunal established by an executive order of Presi- dent Andrew Johnson based on a legal opinion of ...
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