Personal Recollections of the War of the Rebellion: Addresses Delivered Before the New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 1883- [First]- Series... |
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Page 183
... SURRATT . A paper read by GEN HENRY L. BURNETT , late U. S. V. , at a Meeting of the Commandery , State of New York , Military Order , Loyal Legion , Dec. 5 , 1888 . My transfer from the line to the staff of the army was an accident ...
... SURRATT . A paper read by GEN HENRY L. BURNETT , late U. S. V. , at a Meeting of the Commandery , State of New York , Military Order , Loyal Legion , Dec. 5 , 1888 . My transfer from the line to the staff of the army was an accident ...
Page 187
... further was known of the movements of this man until the night of the 17th , when , at about half - past eleven , while Major Smith was in charge of Mrs. Surratt's house , No. 541 H TRIAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINS . 187.
... further was known of the movements of this man until the night of the 17th , when , at about half - past eleven , while Major Smith was in charge of Mrs. Surratt's house , No. 541 H TRIAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINS . 187.
Page 188
... Surratt's house , No. 541 H Street ( he hav- ing been sent there to arrest Mrs. Surratt and the other in- mates of the house ) , this man , who thereafter became known as Payne , came to the house , gave a knock , and a ring at the door ...
... Surratt's house , No. 541 H Street ( he hav- ing been sent there to arrest Mrs. Surratt and the other in- mates of the house ) , this man , who thereafter became known as Payne , came to the house , gave a knock , and a ring at the door ...
Page 190
... Surratt , Dr. Mudd , and such other prisoners as might be brought before it , implicated in the murder of the late President Abraham Lincoln and the attempted assassination of the Hon . William H. Seward , Secretary of State , and in an ...
... Surratt , Dr. Mudd , and such other prisoners as might be brought before it , implicated in the murder of the late President Abraham Lincoln and the attempted assassination of the Hon . William H. Seward , Secretary of State , and in an ...
Page 192
... Surratt , John Wilkes Booth , Jefferson Davis , and his rebel agents and confederates then in Canada , viz . , George N. Saunders , Beverly Tucker , Jacob Thompson , William C. Cleary , Clement C. Clay , George Harper , and George Young ...
... Surratt , John Wilkes Booth , Jefferson Davis , and his rebel agents and confederates then in Canada , viz . , George N. Saunders , Beverly Tucker , Jacob Thompson , William C. Cleary , Clement C. Clay , George Harper , and George Young ...
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