New Eyewitness Account?

[Steve]

Thanks for noticing that, Rich. Here's where I became confused. In the first article it says:

Later in the article, though, it seems clear the reference to Williamson was to the son, not the father.

A mention of Williamson's son being at Ford's Theatre from the notes of American Brutus:

https://books.google.com/books?id=UpeODQ...22&f=false


Also, Lincoln ordering the discharge of Williamson's son from the Collected Works:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lin...w=fulltext