Your personal choice of "most tragic" character in the assassination story

[MaddieM]

(07-24-2012 07:41 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Purely a personal choice-no right or wrong. Who do you feel was the most "tragic?" It could be someone you have great sympathy for. Some of the obvious choices might be Lincoln, himself-or Mrs. Lincoln. Others might include Mary Surratt, or one of the conspirators. Maybe its someone not so well known. Please share!

I need to read up more on this. I've just bought American Brutus but have yet to read it. So far, my vote goes to Lewis Powell. Despite the fact that he did the most damage aside from Booth, there's something about his story that has a real tragedy attached to it. Perhaps it's because he was not brought up to be so vicious, and kind of lost his way spiritually due to the war. I dunno. He cuts a very tragic figure for me. He was one of those strong, stalwart types, reliable to a fault Typical Taurus. My brother is like that. He'd never let you down and is solid as a rock. My OH shares the same birthday as Powell, and he's solid as rock too. I think he got seriously led astray, was misguided, naive, and paid the price. When you look at the rest of them, none of them deserved to die. Booth got what he deserved. I need to read up more about him.