Richard Reynolds Montgomery-Spy Extroidinary

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(01-06-2018 07:29 AM)Gene C Wrote:  Thank you John for your research, I find it very interesting.

A quick Google search, and this was all I could find. ( Only a quick search) It's from an 2008 article by John Fazio in the Cleveland Civil War Round Table - Confederate Complicity in the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (Part 3)
"At the trial, Richard R. Montgomery, allegedly a Federal spy, claimed to know most of the Confederate agents in Canada. He said that in January, 1865, Jacob Thompson told him of a plan to kill Northern leaders and that Thompson supported it, but was not allowed to proceed with it until Richmond gave a green light.

All three (Montgomery, Merritt and Dunham) were later shown to have perjured themselves, but one has to ask, why?
http://clevelandcivilwarroundtable.com/a...icity3.htm

He is mentioned in Edward Steers - 'The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia' p. 378.
"As damaging as the testimony of Montgomery and the others appear to have been, it all fell apart when alll three came under attack by the press, which claimed all three men had committed perjury. Their stories all began to unravel when reporters could not verify most of their claims."

I'm curious, what about Montgomery has sparked your interest?

Before he has a chance to explain his interest, I just want to say that John Stanton worked with Hall, Tidwell, and Gaddy on their research back in the 1980s, spurred on by purchasing property in the Northern Neck of Virginia that once "housed" a Confederate spy camp. He's got a lot of information on the Confederate espionage system, and we know that his searches led to the final chapter on what happened to Sarah Slater, "The Lady in the Veil."

John once told me that, on his last visit with James O. Hall - shortly before his death -- Mr. Hall whispered to him as he left, "Go find them all." John has spent the last decade and more doing just that.