Lew Powell's Frostbitten Feet

[MaddieM]

I think you're probably on target there. But as with most things such as this the real instigators are rarely caught, they're too smart to put themselves in the firing line. The driving force is an entity that never reveals itself. And if you get caught, they don't support you either. You're on your own.

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According to Hartranft's letterbook, Lewis Powell had a female African American visitor at 10:00 A.M. on June 1, 1865. Do we know who that lady was and why she was visiting Powell?

Betty would probably know best here - all I know is the mention of the African American women in Alias Paine, who mistook Lewis for Dan Murray Lee, whose Mammy she had been.
But her visit was listed in the book as on June 16th.

I think he denied knowing her, didn't he?