Type of trial - Debate

[Susan Higginbotham]

(11-05-2014 06:02 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(11-04-2014 11:49 PM)John E. Wrote:  ...one of the few military tribunals ever opened up for the public to attend.

John, have you ever come across a source that says Tad Lincoln attended the trial for one day? I have one book...and only one...that says this, and the book (Lincoln's Sons) is not footnoted.

The May 19, 1865 New York Tribune's dispatch from Washington dated May 18, 1865, states, "Master Tad Lincoln was among the spectators at the conspiracy trial this afternoon."