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RE: Emergency Answer Needed - RJNorton - 03-04-2017 04:53 AM
Good work, Linda!
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - JMadonna - 03-04-2017 10:38 AM
Thanks Linda - Do you know when the judgement of rewards was made?
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - Linda Anderson - 03-04-2017 12:06 PM
(03-04-2017 10:38 AM)JMadonna Wrote: Thanks Linda - Do you know when the judgement of rewards was made?
"Congress passed an Act approving payment for the rewards of Booth and others, but not for Jefferson Davis, on July 28, 1866. These payments did not follow all of the the [sic] Reward Commission recommendations.
"The War Department issued an additional report for the Capture of Jefferson Davis on January 31, 1868.
"Congress finally passed an Act approving the payment of the rewards for capturing Jefferson Davis on July 17, 1868."
p. vi.
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - RJNorton - 03-04-2017 02:01 PM
Many thanks to Rob Wick for sending this information on the rewards. I have seen some listings of rewards previously, but this is the most detailed I have ever seen.
CLICK HERE for the military commission report.
and
CLICK HERE for the House Committee of Claims report.
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - SSlater - 03-05-2017 12:59 AM
(03-04-2017 02:01 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Many thanks to Rob Wick for sending this information on the rewards. I have seen some listings of rewards previously, but this is the most detailed I have ever seen.I have never seen a finer list of names that needs research! I want to know what happened to each of them. (I think I will need to hire some help) Thanx, Roger. I'll keep you informed.
CLICK HERE for the military commission report.
and
CLICK HERE for the House Committee of Claims report.
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - L Verge - 03-05-2017 10:37 AM
(03-05-2017 12:59 AM)SSlater Wrote:(03-04-2017 02:01 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Many thanks to Rob Wick for sending this information on the rewards. I have seen some listings of rewards previously, but this is the most detailed I have ever seen.I have never seen a finer list of names that needs research! I want to know what happened to each of them. (I think I will need to hire some help) Thanx, Roger. I'll keep you informed.
CLICK HERE for the military commission report.
and
CLICK HERE for the House Committee of Claims report.
I suspect that either Rob Wick or Steve Miller (or both independently) have researched what happened to many of these men after 1865.
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - SSlater - 03-05-2017 12:15 PM
(03-05-2017 10:37 AM)L Verge Wrote:(03-05-2017 12:59 AM)SSlater Wrote:(03-04-2017 02:01 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Many thanks to Rob Wick for sending this information on the rewards. I have seen some listings of rewards previously, but this is the most detailed I have ever seen.I have never seen a finer list of names that needs research! I want to know what happened to each of them. (I think I will need to hire some help) Thanx, Roger. I'll keep you informed.
CLICK HERE for the military commission report.
and
CLICK HERE for the House Committee of Claims report.
I suspect that either Rob Wick or Steve Miller (or both independently) have researched what happened to many of these men after 1865.
If they did - they missed some sleep and a few meals!
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - L Verge - 03-05-2017 01:15 PM
(03-05-2017 12:15 PM)SSlater Wrote:(03-05-2017 10:37 AM)L Verge Wrote:(03-05-2017 12:59 AM)SSlater Wrote:(03-04-2017 02:01 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Many thanks to Rob Wick for sending this information on the rewards. I have seen some listings of rewards previously, but this is the most detailed I have ever seen.I have never seen a finer list of names that needs research! I want to know what happened to each of them. (I think I will need to hire some help) Thanx, Roger. I'll keep you informed.
CLICK HERE for the military commission report.
and
CLICK HERE for the House Committee of Claims report.
I suspect that either Rob Wick or Steve Miller (or both independently) have researched what happened to many of these men after 1865.
If they did - they missed some sleep and a few meals!
i have known both for over 25 years, and they were working on the subject when we first made contact. The work that has been done in the Lincoln assassination field over the past 50-60 years - much of it by people who are not historians by profession -- has been phenomenal. Many who are historians by training and profession should thank their lucky stars for the work that many "amateurs" have done.
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - JMadonna - 03-06-2017 07:10 PM
Anybody know when the conspirators who were not hanged were pardoned? by whom? for what reason?
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - L Verge - 03-06-2017 08:56 PM
1869 via Presidential Pardon from Andrew Johnson. Dr. Mudd's pardon came as a result of the prisoners and guards at Ft. Jefferson pleading on behalf of his humanitarian actions during the yellow fever outbreak there. I suspect that President Johnson was also tired of hearing pleas from Mrs. Mudd. He also did it as a snub to the Radicals, who were irritating him a bit. The pardon had nothing to do with Johnson considering his guilt or innocence in the assassination conspiracy. At least one other judge had weighed in keeping Mudd incarcerated before the pardon even appeared on the "docket."
Samuel Arnold and Edman Spangler were sort of freed as part of the deal. Michael O'Laughlen had died in prison. John Surratt's judgment was made in the courts before Johnson issued his pardon of the others. There really was no final judgment. The gov't just decided to declare any further attempts to try him as "nolle process."
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - JMadonna - 03-06-2017 09:12 PM
I knew about the Mudd deal. It was the justification Johnson used (if any) to pardon Spangler and Arnold. There was a lot of fur flying at the time and the timing of the pardon (March 1) was just before Grant's inauguration.
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - JMadonna - 03-10-2017 07:28 PM
Does anyone have a picture of Booth's calling card presented at the trial?
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - RJNorton - 03-11-2017 05:21 AM
Do you mean this one?
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - JMadonna - 03-11-2017 03:58 PM
(03-11-2017 05:21 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Do you mean this one?
Once again Roger - Thanks
RE: Emergency Answer Needed - Dave Taylor - 03-11-2017 04:41 PM
Here's the back of the card, if you're interested:
![[Image: back-of-booths-note-to-johnson.jpg]](https://boothiebarn.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/back-of-booths-note-to-johnson.jpg)