Military Units at the Arsenal on July 7, 1865

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I don't think there was any rift between Mary and her mother, but I do think that Bill is correct that the stigma of what her daughter had done attached itself to her. There is no record that we have found that indicates that Mrs. Jenkins ever visited Mary in jail or corresponded with her in any way. Likewise, no one has ever said that she spoke of the affair in later years. And, she survived her daughter by thirteen years. We have a picture of her in what appears to be her early-60s - I would not want to mess with the lady...

BTW: My mother was friends with a great-niece of Mary Surratt and the family called her "Aunt Lizzie," not "Aunt Mary."