Countdown to July 7

[BettyO]

(07-04-2012 05:59 PM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  Betty, as the author of Alias "Paine": Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy, can you tell us what was happening to the conspirators in the days leading up to their executions on July 7, 1865?

On July 4th, according to various reports, the "boys" got another haircut (anyone know what happened to the locks of hair shorn off? As avid as most of the soldiers/staff were for "souvenirs", you just KNOW that the cut hair was not just swept away). Lew Powell was pretty much given a "crew cut" on June 13 and then according to the Letter Book, another hair cut was given to them on July 4.

On that afternoon, Powell and the rest of the male conspirators were given a bit of exercise in the yard, where Powell engaged in quoits games with Spangler and Rath.

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Thanks, Linda!