"Stump the Yankee"

[J. Beckert]

Tally up 'til now
Rebs 2
Yankee 1

Good afternoon and welcome back to what I hope will be a score evening installment of "Stump the Yankee". I'm behind and not liking it one bit. It might be time for some "blamed Yankee tricks" as Powell would say. Let's get started.

Booth travelled a great deal. A lot of his travels are well documented. Some are not. Such is the case with a supposed trip overseas Booth made with Edwin between 1863 and 1864. Very little is known about this trip. The crossing alone in those days took about 23 days. It was most likely made during the theater off season, during the summer months. Very little is written about this trip. The question is then - How the heck do we even know it may have happened?

Today's prize? Depending on how long this drags out, either of copy of a 1926 Time magazine with RTL on the cover or a very pristine playbill from a performance of Edwin Booth at the Boston Museum in 1863. Good luck my Secessionist friends.