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On This Day: August 6, 1862 - Was it War or Murder - RJNorton - 08-06-2012 01:22 PM

Many thanks to Richard Petersen for sending this article.

Richard sent the article in part because of the mention of a familiar name, Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt, in the 4th to last paragraph.


RE: On This Day: August 6, 1862 - Was it War or Murder - LincolnMan - 08-06-2012 04:20 PM

If President Lincoln commuted the death sentence-shouldn't the matter have been settled? What a story!