The conspiracy trial for the murder of the president : and the attempt to overthrow the government by the assassination of its principal officers /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States. Army. Military Commission (Lincoln's assassins : 1865) (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Herold, David E., 1842-1865 (Defendant), Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887 (Editor)
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Boston : J.E. Tilton and Co., 1865-1866.
Series:World trials library.
U.S. presidential library.
Military and government.
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Online Access:HeinOnline U.S. Presidential Library
HeinOnline Military and Government
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Item Description:Trial of David E. Herold, George A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael O'Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Sauel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt and Samuel A. Mudd, before a military commission, at Washington, D.C.
"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."
"Brigadier-General Joseph Holt, judge advocate and recorder, assisted by Judge Advocates Burnett and Bingham."--v. 1, p. 9-10.
"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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (3 volumes).