Food for Thought

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Dr. Mudd was interviewed by the New York Herald shortly after he returned home in March of 1869. I think he was reluctant to be interviewed, but finally agreed -- and then complained, after the article appeared, about how he was misrepresented. As far as being interviewed while in prison, I doubt that seriously and do not recall ever reading such a thing. Since Stanton wanted the conspirators away from the public (and reporters) enough to change their sentence from Albany to Ft. Jefferson, I would suspect that the sharks in the moat at the latter abode would be sicced on anyone even smelling like a reporter.

Check with BoothieBarn because I think that Dave had something about the Herald article a few years ago.