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			<title><![CDATA[Changing Look of Lincoln's Neighborhood]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is a link to an article from the Stater Journal Register from 2015.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Oliver H Powell at Stones River]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Oliver H. Powell (1840–1863)</span> is best known as the older brother of Lewis Thornton Powell.¹ His surviving records allow a somewhat fuller portrait.<br />
<br />
Powell enlisted in 1861 and served as a private in Company C, 4th Florida Infantry.² During a period of illness and absence in Florida the following year, he married Hanna Marie Lucetta Campbell on September 17, 1862. The ceremony was performed by Oliver’s father, Rev. George Cader Powell.³<br />
Soon afterward, Powell returned to military service. By January 1863 he was again with the 4th Florida near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.<br />
<br />
No account survives of Powell’s personal experience at Stones River. His Compiled Military Service Record can, however, be read alongside the reports of his regimental and brigade commanders to establish the action in which his company and regiment were involved.<br />
On the afternoon of January 2, 1863, Breckinridge’s division was ordered forward in an assault intended to drive Federal forces back across Stones River. Brigadier General William Preston commanded the brigade that included the 4th Florida Infantry, Colonel W. L. L. Bowen commanded the regiment, and Powell’s Company C was under First Lieutenant J. B. Parramore.⁴<br />
<br />
The 4th Florida advanced in the second Confederate line. After the troops ahead of it withdrew through its position, the regiment engaged the Federal forces and remained in place for a time while the Confederate line around it began to break down. During the withdrawal, the 4th Florida rallied around Wright’s Tennessee Battery in an effort to help save the guns. Bowen placed the regiment’s greatest losses in this stage of the fighting.⁴<br />
The casualty return for January 2 records 28 men killed, 79 wounded, and 30 missing from the 4th Florida, an aggregate loss of 137.⁵<br />
Oliver Powell was among the missing. His Company C muster roll carried him as missing from January 2. At that point, the Confederate record effectively loses him as an individual soldier.<br />
<br />
Federal records pick up the trail. Powell was captured at Stones River and entered Federal custody as a prisoner of war. He died at Murfreesboro on January 6, 1863, four days after the fighting, from a gunshot wound. One of the Federal records also refers to a Department of the Cumberland hospital roll, but the surviving material does not identify the specific place where he was treated.⁶<br />
His CMSR contains a few complications. A casualty card associates Powell with the January 2 action and describes a slight wound to the leg. On that same card, however, the typed unit designation places him in Company E, 3rd Florida Regiment, while the rest of his service record consistently identifies him with Company C, 4th Florida Infantry.⁷<br />
Beyond that, the trail stops. The surviving records do not tell us where on the battlefield Powell was wounded, at what point he became a prisoner, where precisely he was treated, or where he was buried.<br />
<br />
During field research at Stones River in September 2026, I followed portions of the 4th Florida’s movements with a battlefield guide. Much of the battlefield has been lost to later development, but the river itself remains one of the most tangible features in a landscape described repeatedly in the contemporary reports.<br />
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Stones River, September 2026. Photo taken by me during the visit.<br />
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There is one final connection worth noting. Nearly twenty years after Oliver’s death, his widow Hanna M. L. Powell married William L. Carruth (1839–1915) on December 28, 1882, in Hillsborough County, Florida. The marriage record identifies her by the Powell name she had retained from her first marriage.⁸ Carruth had also served as a private in Company C of the 4th Florida, the same company in which Oliver had served.⁹<br />
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Notes<br />
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<ol type="1" class="mycode_list"><li>Powell family Bible, reproduced in Betty J. Ownsbey, <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Alias “Paine”: Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy</span>, 2nd ed. (McFarland, 2015), 127. <br />
</li>
<li>Compiled Military Service Record of Oliver H. Powell, private, Company C, 4th Florida Infantry, <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida</span>, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC. <br />
</li>
<li>Florida, County Court (Madison County), marriage license and return for Oliver H. Powell and Hannah M. L. Campbell, license issued September 15, 1862, marriage solemnized September 17, 1862, image 212 of 1149, Image Group No. 007246400, digital image, “Madison, Florida, United States records,” FamilySearch, accessed September 23, 2026, <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-994X-1D3M?view=index" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/...view=index</a>. The marriage return bears the signature of G. C. Powell, M.G. <br />
</li>
<li>William Preston, report, January 12, 1863, in U.S. War Department, <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies</span>, ser. I, vol. 20, pt. 1 (Government Printing Office, 1887), 812–13; W. L. L. Bowen, report, February 12, 1863, 816–17. <br />
</li>
<li>U.S. War Department, “Return of Casualties in the Confederate Forces—Continued,” <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The War of the Rebellion</span>, ser. I, vol. 20, pt. 1, 779. <br />
</li>
<li>Powell CMSR, RG 109, NARA. The file includes the Company C muster-roll material, Federal prisoner-of-war records, a Federal record of his death at Murfreesboro, and the reference to the Department of the Cumberland hospital roll. <br />
</li>
<li>Powell CMSR, casualty card, RG 109, NARA. <br />
</li>
<li>Florida, County Court (Hillsborough County), marriage license and return for William L. Carruth and Hanna M. L. Powell, license issued December 23, 1882, marriage solemnized December 28, 1882, image 764 of 883, Image Group No. 007621823, digital image, “Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States records,” FamilySearch, accessed September 23, 2026, <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-BHWD?view=fullText" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/...w=fullText</a>. <br />
</li>
<li>William L. Carruth grave marker, Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, photograph added by Christa Cadman, February 26, 2020, Find a Grave, Memorial ID 17123618.<br />
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Bibliography<br />
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Carruth, William L. Grave marker. Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida. Photograph added by Christa Cadman, February 26, 2020. Find a Grave, Memorial ID 17123618.<br />
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Florida. County Court (Hillsborough County). Marriage license and return for William L. Carruth and Hanna M. L. Powell, December 1882. Digital image. “Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States records.” FamilySearch. Image 764 of 883, Image Group No. 007621823. Accessed September 23, 2026. <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-BHWD?view=fullText" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/...w=fullText</a>.<br />
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Florida. County Court (Madison County). Marriage license and return for Oliver H. Powell and Hannah M. L. Campbell, September 1862. Digital image. “Madison, Florida, United States records.” FamilySearch. Image 212 of 1149, Image Group No. 007246400. Accessed September 23, 2026. <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-994X-1D3M?view=index" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/...view=index</a>.<br />
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National Archives and Records Administration. Compiled Military Service Record of Oliver H. Powell, Private, Company C, 4th Florida Infantry. <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida</span>. War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109. Washington, DC.<br />
<br />
Ownsbey, Betty J. <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Alias “Paine”: Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy</span>. 2nd ed. McFarland, 2015.<br />
<br />
U.S. War Department. <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies</span>. Series I, vol. 20, pt. 1. Government Printing Office, 1887.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Oliver H. Powell (1840–1863)</span> is best known as the older brother of Lewis Thornton Powell.¹ His surviving records allow a somewhat fuller portrait.<br />
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Powell enlisted in 1861 and served as a private in Company C, 4th Florida Infantry.² During a period of illness and absence in Florida the following year, he married Hanna Marie Lucetta Campbell on September 17, 1862. The ceremony was performed by Oliver’s father, Rev. George Cader Powell.³<br />
Soon afterward, Powell returned to military service. By January 1863 he was again with the 4th Florida near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.<br />
<br />
No account survives of Powell’s personal experience at Stones River. His Compiled Military Service Record can, however, be read alongside the reports of his regimental and brigade commanders to establish the action in which his company and regiment were involved.<br />
On the afternoon of January 2, 1863, Breckinridge’s division was ordered forward in an assault intended to drive Federal forces back across Stones River. Brigadier General William Preston commanded the brigade that included the 4th Florida Infantry, Colonel W. L. L. Bowen commanded the regiment, and Powell’s Company C was under First Lieutenant J. B. Parramore.⁴<br />
<br />
The 4th Florida advanced in the second Confederate line. After the troops ahead of it withdrew through its position, the regiment engaged the Federal forces and remained in place for a time while the Confederate line around it began to break down. During the withdrawal, the 4th Florida rallied around Wright’s Tennessee Battery in an effort to help save the guns. Bowen placed the regiment’s greatest losses in this stage of the fighting.⁴<br />
The casualty return for January 2 records 28 men killed, 79 wounded, and 30 missing from the 4th Florida, an aggregate loss of 137.⁵<br />
Oliver Powell was among the missing. His Company C muster roll carried him as missing from January 2. At that point, the Confederate record effectively loses him as an individual soldier.<br />
<br />
Federal records pick up the trail. Powell was captured at Stones River and entered Federal custody as a prisoner of war. He died at Murfreesboro on January 6, 1863, four days after the fighting, from a gunshot wound. One of the Federal records also refers to a Department of the Cumberland hospital roll, but the surviving material does not identify the specific place where he was treated.⁶<br />
His CMSR contains a few complications. A casualty card associates Powell with the January 2 action and describes a slight wound to the leg. On that same card, however, the typed unit designation places him in Company E, 3rd Florida Regiment, while the rest of his service record consistently identifies him with Company C, 4th Florida Infantry.⁷<br />
Beyond that, the trail stops. The surviving records do not tell us where on the battlefield Powell was wounded, at what point he became a prisoner, where precisely he was treated, or where he was buried.<br />
<br />
During field research at Stones River in September 2026, I followed portions of the 4th Florida’s movements with a battlefield guide. Much of the battlefield has been lost to later development, but the river itself remains one of the most tangible features in a landscape described repeatedly in the contemporary reports.<br />
<br />
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Stones River, September 2026. Photo taken by me during the visit.<br />
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There is one final connection worth noting. Nearly twenty years after Oliver’s death, his widow Hanna M. L. Powell married William L. Carruth (1839–1915) on December 28, 1882, in Hillsborough County, Florida. The marriage record identifies her by the Powell name she had retained from her first marriage.⁸ Carruth had also served as a private in Company C of the 4th Florida, the same company in which Oliver had served.⁹<br />
<br />
Notes<br />
<br />
<ol type="1" class="mycode_list"><li>Powell family Bible, reproduced in Betty J. Ownsbey, <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Alias “Paine”: Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy</span>, 2nd ed. (McFarland, 2015), 127. <br />
</li>
<li>Compiled Military Service Record of Oliver H. Powell, private, Company C, 4th Florida Infantry, <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida</span>, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC. <br />
</li>
<li>Florida, County Court (Madison County), marriage license and return for Oliver H. Powell and Hannah M. L. Campbell, license issued September 15, 1862, marriage solemnized September 17, 1862, image 212 of 1149, Image Group No. 007246400, digital image, “Madison, Florida, United States records,” FamilySearch, accessed September 23, 2026, <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-994X-1D3M?view=index" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/...view=index</a>. The marriage return bears the signature of G. C. Powell, M.G. <br />
</li>
<li>William Preston, report, January 12, 1863, in U.S. War Department, <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies</span>, ser. I, vol. 20, pt. 1 (Government Printing Office, 1887), 812–13; W. L. L. Bowen, report, February 12, 1863, 816–17. <br />
</li>
<li>U.S. War Department, “Return of Casualties in the Confederate Forces—Continued,” <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The War of the Rebellion</span>, ser. I, vol. 20, pt. 1, 779. <br />
</li>
<li>Powell CMSR, RG 109, NARA. The file includes the Company C muster-roll material, Federal prisoner-of-war records, a Federal record of his death at Murfreesboro, and the reference to the Department of the Cumberland hospital roll. <br />
</li>
<li>Powell CMSR, casualty card, RG 109, NARA. <br />
</li>
<li>Florida, County Court (Hillsborough County), marriage license and return for William L. Carruth and Hanna M. L. Powell, license issued December 23, 1882, marriage solemnized December 28, 1882, image 764 of 883, Image Group No. 007621823, digital image, “Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States records,” FamilySearch, accessed September 23, 2026, <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-BHWD?view=fullText" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/...w=fullText</a>. <br />
</li>
<li>William L. Carruth grave marker, Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, photograph added by Christa Cadman, February 26, 2020, Find a Grave, Memorial ID 17123618.<br />
</li>
</ol>
<br />
Bibliography<br />
<br />
Carruth, William L. Grave marker. Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida. Photograph added by Christa Cadman, February 26, 2020. Find a Grave, Memorial ID 17123618.<br />
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Florida. County Court (Hillsborough County). Marriage license and return for William L. Carruth and Hanna M. L. Powell, December 1882. Digital image. “Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States records.” FamilySearch. Image 764 of 883, Image Group No. 007621823. Accessed September 23, 2026. <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-BHWD?view=fullText" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/...w=fullText</a>.<br />
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Florida. County Court (Madison County). Marriage license and return for Oliver H. Powell and Hannah M. L. Campbell, September 1862. Digital image. “Madison, Florida, United States records.” FamilySearch. Image 212 of 1149, Image Group No. 007246400. Accessed September 23, 2026. <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-994X-1D3M?view=index" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/...view=index</a>.<br />
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National Archives and Records Administration. Compiled Military Service Record of Oliver H. Powell, Private, Company C, 4th Florida Infantry. <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida</span>. War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109. Washington, DC.<br />
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Ownsbey, Betty J. <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Alias “Paine”: Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy</span>. 2nd ed. McFarland, 2015.<br />
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U.S. War Department. <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies</span>. Series I, vol. 20, pt. 1. Government Printing Office, 1887.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lincoln's Gloves]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[An excellent article by Dave Taylor (forum member) on his web site - LincolnConspirators.com<br />
  <a href="https://lincolnconspirators.com/2026/09/21/abraham-lincolns-assassination-gloves/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://lincolnconspirators.com/2026/09/...on-gloves/</a><br />
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We've discussed this subject in various threads, for some background information search "gloves" to view prior discussions.<br />
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A big thank you to David for his time and research.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An excellent article by Dave Taylor (forum member) on his web site - LincolnConspirators.com<br />
  <a href="https://lincolnconspirators.com/2026/09/21/abraham-lincolns-assassination-gloves/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://lincolnconspirators.com/2026/09/...on-gloves/</a><br />
<br />
We've discussed this subject in various threads, for some background information search "gloves" to view prior discussions.<br />
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A big thank you to David for his time and research.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Auction Sept. 9, 2026 Junius Brutus Booth 1831 Letter]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA["Junius Brutus Booth, father of J.W. Booth,  dated June 7, 1831. expressing concern for his children. Signed 4 times.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA["Junius Brutus Booth, father of J.W. Booth,  dated June 7, 1831. expressing concern for his children. Signed 4 times.<br />
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<a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/J.W.-Booth-s-Father-on-Concern-for-his-Children_324EE8B0B2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/J...324EE8B0B2</a> <br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Copies of Dr Leale's Accounts of April 14/15, 1865]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[As many of you recall, the 2012 discovery of Dr. Leale's original handwritten report in the National Archives generated significant scholarly interest and media coverage. In revisiting the analysis in the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association </span> (Winter 2013), I was struck by their mention of three nearly identical contemporary copies of the report that "have surfaced since the discovery of the report." As noted in the article, these copies are held in the collections of the National Archives and the New York Public Library.<br />
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To clarify the timeline of these documents, I would welcome your insights on the following questions: <br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">1.<span style="font-size: 1pt;" class="mycode_size"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="mycode_font">    </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">What are the precise circumstances and specific dates when these three clerk-written copies were identified in the immediate wake of the May 2012 breakthrough? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color">2.<span style="font-size: 1pt;" class="mycode_size"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="mycode_font">        </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">To what extent, if any, were these clerk-written copies recognized or cited by Civil War scholars prior to 2012? (I have not found any thus far.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font"><a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0034.105/--dr-charles-a-leales-report-on-the-assassination-of-abraham?rgn=main;view=fulltext" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/262986...w=fulltext</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">Thanks,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">Reignette</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">P.S. I am researching this topic for an upcoming article. </span></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As many of you recall, the 2012 discovery of Dr. Leale's original handwritten report in the National Archives generated significant scholarly interest and media coverage. In revisiting the analysis in the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association </span> (Winter 2013), I was struck by their mention of three nearly identical contemporary copies of the report that "have surfaced since the discovery of the report." As noted in the article, these copies are held in the collections of the National Archives and the New York Public Library.<br />
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To clarify the timeline of these documents, I would welcome your insights on the following questions: <br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">1.<span style="font-size: 1pt;" class="mycode_size"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="mycode_font">    </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">What are the precise circumstances and specific dates when these three clerk-written copies were identified in the immediate wake of the May 2012 breakthrough? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color">2.<span style="font-size: 1pt;" class="mycode_size"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="mycode_font">        </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">To what extent, if any, were these clerk-written copies recognized or cited by Civil War scholars prior to 2012? (I have not found any thus far.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font"><a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0034.105/--dr-charles-a-leales-report-on-the-assassination-of-abraham?rgn=main;view=fulltext" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/262986...w=fulltext</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">Thanks,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">Reignette</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000000;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="mycode_font">P.S. I am researching this topic for an upcoming article. </span></span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Rambler - J Harry Shannon]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5188.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=535">Jim Woodall</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Seeing as I haven't posted in a while, I though I might widen the relatives of interest.  Turns out that The Ramber is a relative.  And for those who have read his remembrances of east of the Anacostia and found his wonderful alleghories skipping of the juicy history in some familiies, espeically those around the fork of Good Hope (my group), he wasn't just doing it out of fondness of the people which I initially thought having seen that he grew up east of the Anacostia and his best friend's family bought the flower gardens that were in the Jenkins/Boiseau's family from Ida Boiseau.<br />
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He is descdent of Talberts including Talberts I am related to.  His relationship to my clan of Anderson goes back further to Margaret Riley, sister to Mary Riley who married my 4th great grandfather, Jesse Anderson.  So looks to be that he is cousin to me.  And related to the Talberts associated with the Jenkins line and related to Sarah Talbert who married Richard Neale who raised John Harrison Surratt Sr.<br />
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Although he was born in Baltimore, and moved to Anacostia, his family roots were east of the Anacostia.  The people he wrote about, and often skipped into alleghory when talking about the troubles surrounding the folks east of the Anacostia, were kin.  So, he was protecting the secrets.<br />
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It is intriguing that he didn't really do a deep dive east of the Anacostia until near the end of his life.  He seemed very protetive of those people.<br />
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Oh, the secrets people knew.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Seeing as I haven't posted in a while, I though I might widen the relatives of interest.  Turns out that The Ramber is a relative.  And for those who have read his remembrances of east of the Anacostia and found his wonderful alleghories skipping of the juicy history in some familiies, espeically those around the fork of Good Hope (my group), he wasn't just doing it out of fondness of the people which I initially thought having seen that he grew up east of the Anacostia and his best friend's family bought the flower gardens that were in the Jenkins/Boiseau's family from Ida Boiseau.<br />
<br />
He is descdent of Talberts including Talberts I am related to.  His relationship to my clan of Anderson goes back further to Margaret Riley, sister to Mary Riley who married my 4th great grandfather, Jesse Anderson.  So looks to be that he is cousin to me.  And related to the Talberts associated with the Jenkins line and related to Sarah Talbert who married Richard Neale who raised John Harrison Surratt Sr.<br />
<br />
Although he was born in Baltimore, and moved to Anacostia, his family roots were east of the Anacostia.  The people he wrote about, and often skipped into alleghory when talking about the troubles surrounding the folks east of the Anacostia, were kin.  So, he was protecting the secrets.<br />
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It is intriguing that he didn't really do a deep dive east of the Anacostia until near the end of his life.  He seemed very protetive of those people.<br />
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Oh, the secrets people knew.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interesting piece on the rocking chair]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5187.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=8">J. Beckert</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.thehenryford.org/collections/explore/popular-research-topics/the-lincoln-chair" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.thehenryford.org/collections...coln-chair</a>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Remembering Laurie]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5186.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=1">RJNorton</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0_3IdFT4LY" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0_3IdFT4LY</a>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Clara Harris"She Sat Beside Lincoln the Night He Died.Her Husband Killed Her for It."]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5185.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=3">Linda Anderson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Even though I knew most of Clara Harris's story, I found this retelling heartbreaking. The comments are interesting to read. Joe Barry might be interested to learn that one person wrote, '<span style="color: #0f0f0f;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">My 3rd great uncle was there that night.  He was on injured reserve, having recently been in the hospital, visited by Lincoln.  He participate in several searches and  guarding of others."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0f0f0f;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJuKgRTMw4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJuKgRTMw4</a></span></span><br />
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Here's the link to the thread on the bloody dress.<br />
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<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-1266.html?highlight=bloody+dress" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussi...oody+dress</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Even though I knew most of Clara Harris's story, I found this retelling heartbreaking. The comments are interesting to read. Joe Barry might be interested to learn that one person wrote, '<span style="color: #0f0f0f;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font">My 3rd great uncle was there that night.  He was on injured reserve, having recently been in the hospital, visited by Lincoln.  He participate in several searches and  guarding of others."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0f0f0f;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;" class="mycode_font"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJuKgRTMw4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJuKgRTMw4</a></span></span><br />
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Here's the link to the thread on the bloody dress.<br />
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<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-1266.html?highlight=bloody+dress" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussi...oody+dress</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wyoming Lincoln Monmument added to National Register of Historic Places]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5184.html</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=879">Steve</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here's the news story:<br />
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<a href="https://capcity.news/history/2026/08/04/legacy-of-i-80-lincoln-monuments-creator-earns-his-favorite-piece-historic-place-designation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://capcity.news/history/2026/08/04/...signation/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's the news story:<br />
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<a href="https://capcity.news/history/2026/08/04/legacy-of-i-80-lincoln-monuments-creator-earns-his-favorite-piece-historic-place-designation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://capcity.news/history/2026/08/04/...signation/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mary Lincoln's 51 days in Racine]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5183.html</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=1">RJNorton</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.cbs58.com/news/racine-me-the-little-known-story-of-mary-lincolns-51-days-in-racine" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.cbs58.com/news/racine-me-the...-in-racine</a>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lincoln's valet William Johnson]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5182.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=8">J. Beckert</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[An interesting piece about Lincoln's valet, William Johnson. <br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYjGHqIxAgE" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYjGHqIxAgE</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An interesting piece about Lincoln's valet, William Johnson. <br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYjGHqIxAgE" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYjGHqIxAgE</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lincoln's deathbed in color]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5181.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=8">J. Beckert</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4390386057849478&amp;set=p.4390386057849478&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Lincoln's deathbed in color</a><br />
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Much more detail.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4390386057849478&amp;set=p.4390386057849478&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Lincoln's deathbed in color</a><br />
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Much more detail.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Laura Redden - Booth's Misidentified Friend]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5180.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=33">Dave Taylor</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today, I published an article on my site regarding one of the images found on John Wilkes Booth when he was killed. As I previewed in a <a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-240-post-91053.html#pid91053" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">recent post in the "Who is this person?" thread</a>, I do not believe the woman historically identified as Helen Western to be correct. Two years ago, I shared my concerns with Michael Kauffman, Tom Bogar, Steve Miller, and Scott Schroeder, and all four agreed that the veiled woman image found on Booth's body does not match known images of Western.<br />
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In my new post, I discuss how the photographs were originally identified, explain my doubts about the Helen Western identification, and finally delve into the life of the woman I believe this photograph actually shows: Laura Redden Searing.<br />
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Laura Redden was a deaf poet, journalist, and author. She lived quite an amazing life, especially during the Civil War years. She was friendly with the Lincolns, General Grant, countless Congressmen, and also John Wilkes Booth. I believe that I have built a strong and convincing case that Redden presented her photograph to John Wilkes Booth in February of 1865, two months before he assassinated Lincoln. <br />
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The piece is long (unsurprising when it comes to me), but I hope you will give it a read if you have a chance:<br />
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<a href="https://lincolnconspirators.com/2026/07/08/under-the-veil-revealing-the-true-identity-of-john-wilkes-booths-photograph/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Under the Veil: Revealing the True Identity of John Wilkes Booth's Photograph</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today, I published an article on my site regarding one of the images found on John Wilkes Booth when he was killed. As I previewed in a <a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-240-post-91053.html#pid91053" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">recent post in the "Who is this person?" thread</a>, I do not believe the woman historically identified as Helen Western to be correct. Two years ago, I shared my concerns with Michael Kauffman, Tom Bogar, Steve Miller, and Scott Schroeder, and all four agreed that the veiled woman image found on Booth's body does not match known images of Western.<br />
<br />
In my new post, I discuss how the photographs were originally identified, explain my doubts about the Helen Western identification, and finally delve into the life of the woman I believe this photograph actually shows: Laura Redden Searing.<br />
<br />
Laura Redden was a deaf poet, journalist, and author. She lived quite an amazing life, especially during the Civil War years. She was friendly with the Lincolns, General Grant, countless Congressmen, and also John Wilkes Booth. I believe that I have built a strong and convincing case that Redden presented her photograph to John Wilkes Booth in February of 1865, two months before he assassinated Lincoln. <br />
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The piece is long (unsurprising when it comes to me), but I hope you will give it a read if you have a chance:<br />
<br />
<a href="https://lincolnconspirators.com/2026/07/08/under-the-veil-revealing-the-true-identity-of-john-wilkes-booths-photograph/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Under the Veil: Revealing the True Identity of John Wilkes Booth's Photograph</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Abraham Lincoln Statue]]></title>
			<link>https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/thread-5179.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/member.php?action=profile&uid=342">Anita</a>]]></dc:creator>
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