Ladd at Deathbed?

[Steve Whitlock]

(02-13-2021 09:49 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  https://www.lowellsun.com/2021/02/12/doe...death-bed/

The attached newsclip merely confirms that paymaster Maj J. Ladd was in DC in 1861, as the article from the link mentions. No information at present as to whether he was still there in 1865, or at Lincoln's deathbed.

Clip is from 18 Nov 1861, Mon, Pg2, Evening Star, Washington DC.

There is also mention of Maj. Ladd being court-martialed in 1865.

Collecting Civil War WatchesBy Clint Geller, FNAWCC
Testimony of Sutler, Luther Caldwell, at the Court Martial of US Maj. Jonathan Ladd, Paymaster, June 10, 1865

He testified that watches were bought for $33.50 and sold for $60.00 in the barracks, of which Maj Ladd received 1/4 or about $6.50. They sold about 400 watches.