The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators: Their Confinement and Execution, as Recorded in the Letterbook of John Frederick Hartranft Tapa dura - 2009
de Edward Steers (Editor); Harold Holzer (Editor)
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On May 1, 1865, two weeks after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, recently inaugurated president Andrew Johnson appointed John Frederick Hartranft to command the military prison at the Washington Arsenal, where the U.S. government had just incarcerated the seven men and one woman accused of complicity in the shooting. From that day through the execution of four of the accomplices, the Pennsylvania-born general held responsibility for the most notorious prisoners in American history. A strict adherent to protocol, Hartranft kept a meticulously detailed account of his experiences in the form of a letterbook. In THE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION CONSPIRATORS, noted Lincoln scholars Edward Steers, Jr., and Harold Holzer, in partnership with the National Archives, present this fascinating historical record for the first time with contextual materials and expert annotations, providing a remarkable glimpse behind the scenes of the assassination's aftermath.
Hartranft oversaw every aspect of the prisoners' daily lives, from making sure they were fed and kept clean to ensuring that no one communicated with them except on the written orders of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. In his Letterbook, Hartranft scrupulously recounts the arrival of each prisoner and describes the prison routinewhich included three simple meals a day, a twice-daily cell inspection by Hartranft himself, and frequent physical examinations by an army physician. The prisoners wore wrist and leg shackles and, controversially, most of them wore special hoods designed to isolate them from their surroundings.
When the conspirators' trial began, the nation waited eagerly for news, and many sought retribution against those theyheld responsible for the nation's grief. Hartranft resisted calls for both vengeance and mercy and continued to treat his notorious charges as humanely as possible, facilitating meetings with clergy and sending letters to and from family members. Yet, as his detached, detailed description ofDetalles
- Título The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators: Their Confinement and Execution, as Recorded in the Letterbook of John Frederick Hartranft
- Autor Edward Steers (Editor); Harold Holzer (Editor)
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición 1st Printing
- Páginas 208
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial LSU Press, Baton Rouge, LA
- Fecha de publicación 2009-03-15
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780807133965 / 0807133965
- Peso 1 libras (0.45 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.06 x 6.3 x 0.78 pulgadas (23.01 x 16.00 x 1.98 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects Lincoln, Abraham - Assassination, Assassins - United States - History - 19th
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2008034686
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.709
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- Chronicle of Higher Education, 03/20/2009, Page 18
- Library Journal, 03/01/2009, Page 87
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