The Yankees' Secret Weapon

[Darrell]

I'm still a newbie on the forum, so I don't know quite what to make of Tom Lowry. That said, I found one of his presentations on c-span and thought it was both informative and entertaining. It focused on reactions to Lincoln's assassination, primarily by Union soldiers who made intemperate comments.

At times, Dr. Lowry had the audience in stitches with his delivery of the soldier's reactions. My favorite was Patrick Kelly of a New York artillery regiment. Upon hearing of Booth's deed, Kelly said: "It's a good thing Lincoln was killed. Now we will have a better man, a man who is a drunkard and a Rebel." (Another New Yorker, Sgt. Max Puhan, was also looking forward to Lincoln's successor. He exclaimed: "Hip, hip, hooray, Lincoln is dead, whisky will be cheap now, and Andrew Johnson is our next president.)

https://www.c-span.org/video/?190117-2/d...ry-justice