Contents; Foreword, by Allen Weinstein; Preface; Acknowledgments; I The Story; II The Letterb ook: Transcribed and Annotated; Appendix: Reproductions from the Letterbook; Hartranft's Appointment and the Rules of the Prison; A Typical Two-Page Spread from the Letterbook; Hartranft's Response on Charges Mudd Was Given SpecialTreatment; The Execution Order from Major General Hancock; Hartranft's Report of the Execution; Index.
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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.
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Title
Lincoln assassination conspirators.
International Standard Book Number
9780807133965
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hartranft, John F.,1830-1889
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865-- Assassination
Hartranft, John F.,1830-1889.
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Washington Arsenal (Washington, D.C.)-- History
Washington Arsenal (Washington, D.C.)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Assassins-- United States-- History-- 19th century, Sources.
Executions and executioners-- Washington (D.C.), Diaries.
Generals-- United States, Diaries.
Hanging-- Washington (D.C.)-- History-- 19th century, Sources.
Imprisonment-- Washington (D.C.)-- History-- 19th century, Sources.
Justice, Administration of-- United States-- History-- 19th century, Sources.