The Case For Mrs. Surratt

[L Verge]

I am 99% sure that Atzerodt's "so called" lost confession was published in a newspaper long before Joan Chaconas found the original in Doster family papers. In the recesses of my mind, I recall a CW reenactor showing me a copy of the paper that he had bought from a dealer. This would have been in the late-1970s because I got out of reenacting in the early-1980s.

I want to say that it was in a Baltimore News American sometime in the late-1860s or early-1870s. I hope my senility is not confusing it with the premature death report of Samuel Arnold!

If the confession was published well over 100 years ago, Mrs. Campbell might very well have had access to it. Another reason to check her papers at William and Mary.