New Eyewitness Account?

[Susan Higginbotham]

(06-07-2018 01:50 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(06-05-2018 06:50 PM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  I can't read the article, even when enlarged. What does the quote about Mary Surratt say?

The grieving mother, Virginia Baxley, was a fellow inmate of Mary's--she was already a prisoner when her son coincidentally arrived as a prisoner (taken captive at Hatcher's Run). Colonel Colby also mentions Mary being allowed to accompany Mrs. Baxley to the funeral, which took place at Congressional Cemetery. William Baxley was kept in the holding vault there for a while before being moved to Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore.

I am still trying to find out what happened to Mrs. Baxley. I can't trace her past 1867 or so.

Susan - check the Surratt Courier index for either the late-1970s or 1980s. I think it was Pep Martin who wrote an article on Mrs. Baxley, but I don't remember if he traced her past 1865.

I have it, thanks! I actually got it to 1868 a couple of days ago. She took the examination to qualify as a schoolteacher.