Presidential box: was it reassembled or reconstructed?

[Juan Marrero]

(05-26-2023 11:10 AM)Tom Bogar Wrote:  So glad Backstage played a role in rekindling your interest, Juan. Its always great to get positive feedback. And yes, I agree, Roger's board, and Dave's, are wonderful resources.

Mr. Bogar, indeed your book is one of the most interesting and unique accounts I have ever read about that night in April 1865. What incredible research and depth.

It came as no surprise, but it still is a bit shocking to read how so many young people died back then of diseases we now associate with the old--strokes and heart attacks. Also, there sure were a lot of quick (or not so quick) visits to saloon. I would have expected more to succumb to liver disease!

You vividly portray the "secesh" culture among many found backstage. If President Lincoln had been less magnanimous than he was, perhaps, he might have avoided patronizing Ford's altogether on that account. Of course, that does not mean Booth wouldn't have found another venue.

By the way, I have a card signed by Harry Hawk. On the back he wrote, "I was the only one on stage the night President Lincoln was shot."