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Showing posts with label John Wilkes Booth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Wilkes Booth. Show all posts
Friday, September 20, 2024

Diary of John Wilkes Booth, April 14, 1865

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Friday the Ides. Until to-day nothing was ever thought of sacrificing to our country's wrongs. For six months we had worked to capture. ...

Diary of John Wilkes Booth, Friday, April 21, 1865

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After being hunted like a dog through swamps, woods, and last night being chased by gunboats till I was forced to return, wet, cold and star...
Monday, August 16, 2021

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 16, 1865

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Five miles south of Fredericksburg, May 16, 1865. Our division and brigade in advance of corps to-day. Made 24 miles by 2 p. m. Fences all...
Monday, August 2, 2021

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 5, 1865

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 Near Nottaway River, May 5, 1865. Crossed the Meherrin river (a Copperas creek affair) this morning and pass through Laurenceburg, a 100-...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Diary of Julia Ward Howe: April 27, 1865

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. . . heard of Wilkes Booth's death — shot on refusing to give himself up — the best thing that could have happened to himself and his ...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

Diary of Julia Ward Howe: Saturday April 15, 1865

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A black day in history, though outwardly most fair. President Lincoln was assassinated in his box at the theatre, last evening, by J. Wilke...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General John A. Dix, April 15, 1865 – 4:10 a.m.

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WASHINGTON CITY,                      No. 458 Tenth Street, April 15 , 1865 — 4 . 10 a.m.       (Sent 4 . 44 a.m.) Major-General D...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Reward Poster for John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth & David E Herold, April 20, 1865

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SURRATT.                   BOOTH.                   HEROLD. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 20, 1865. $100,000 REWARD. The ...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General John A. Dix, April 27, 1865 – 9:35 a.m.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,           Washington, April 27 , 1865 — 9 . 35 a.m. Major-General DIX, New York: J. Wilkes Booth and Herold were...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Friday, May 5, 1865

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It is quite warm. We left our bivouac at 3 a. m. and by 6 o'clock had crossed the Roanoke river. It is a fine stream. One of our driver...
Friday, February 12, 2016

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: June 12, 1865

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Andy, made lord of all by the madman, Booth, says, “Destruction only to the wealthy classes.” Better teach the negroes to stand alone befor...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Marble Heart

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THE MARBLE HEART , OR THE SCULPTOR'S DREAM, a drama in prologue and four acts adapted by Charles Selby from MM. Barriere and Thebout...