Author: Thomas Power LowryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
The Court-martial of Boston Corbett
Author: Thomas Power LowryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
The Madman and the Assassin
Author: Scott MartellePublisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613730217
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
As thoroughly examined as the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth have been, virtually no attention has been paid to the life of the Union cavalryman who killed Booth, an odd character named Boston Corbett. The killing of Booth made Corbett an instant celebrity who became the object of fascination and of derision. Corbett was an English immigrant, a hatter by trade, who was likely poisoned by mercury. A devout Christian, he castrated himself so that his sexual urges would not distract him from serving God, which he did as a street evangelist and preacher. He was one of the first volunteers to join the US Army in the first days of the Civil War, a path that would in time land him in the notorious Andersonville prison camp. Eventually released in a prisoner exchange, he would end up in the squadron that cornered Booth in Virginia. The Madman and the Assassin is the first full-length biography of Boston Corbett, a man who was something of a prototypical modern American, thrust into the spotlight during a national news event. His story also encompasses tragedy—his wife died when he was young, and he struggled with poverty and his own mental health—as it weaves through some of the biggest events in nineteenth century America. Scott Martelle is a professional journalist and the author of The Admiral and the Ambassador, and Detroit: A Biography, and is an editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times.
Abraham Lincoln and Boston Corbett
Author: Byron Berkeley JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Boston Corbett, who Shot John Wilkes Booth
Author: Byron Berkeley JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
The Journal of the Armed Forces
Author: The Darkest Dawn
Author: Thomas GoodrichPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253111323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The story of the Lincoln assassination and its aftermath, captured with you-are-there immediacy. It was one of the most tragic events in American history: The famous president, beloved by many, reviled by some, murdered while viewing a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington. The frantic search for the perpetrators. The nation in mourning. The solemn funeral train. The conspirators brought to justice. Coming just days after the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln has become etched in the national consciousness like few other events. The president who had steered the nation through its bloodiest crisis was cut down before the end, just as it appeared that the bloodshed was over. The story has been told many times, but rarely with the immediacy of The Darkest Dawn. Thomas Goodrich brings to his narrative the care of the historian and the flair of the fiction writer. The result is a gripping account, filled with detail and as fresh as today’s news. “Among the hundreds of books published about the assassination of our 16th president, this is an exceptional volume.” —Frank J. Williams, founding Chair of The Lincoln Forum
American Brutus
Author: Michael W. KauffmanPublisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0375759743
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
It is a tale as familiar as our history primers: A deranged actor, John Wilkes Booth, killed Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre, escaped on foot, and eluded capture for twelve days until he met his fiery end in a Virginia tobacco barn. In the national hysteria that followed, eight others were arrested and tried; four of those were executed, four imprisoned. Therein lie all the classic elements of a great thriller. But the untold tale is even more fascinating. Now, in American Brutus, Michael W. Kauffman, one of the foremost Lincoln assassination authorities, takes familiar history to a deeper level, offering an unprecedented, authoritative account of the Lincoln murder conspiracy. Working from a staggering array of archival sources and new research, Kauffman sheds new light on the background and motives of John Wilkes Booth, the mechanics of his plot to topple the Union government, and the trials and fates of the conspirators. Piece by piece, Kauffman explains and corrects common misperceptions and analyzes the political motivation behind Booth’s plan to unseat Lincoln, in whom the assassin saw a treacherous autocrat, “an American Caesar.” In preparing his study, Kauffman spared no effort getting at the truth: He even lived in Booth’s house, and re-created key parts of Booth’s escape. Thanks to Kauffman’s discoveries, readers will have a new understanding of this defining event in our nation’s history, and they will come to see how public sentiment about Booth at the time of the assassination and ever since has made an accurate account of his actions and motives next to impossible–until now. In nearly 140 years there has been an overwhelming body of literature on the Lincoln assassination, much of it incomplete and oftentimes contradictory. In American Brutus, Kauffman finally makes sense of an incident whose causes and effects reverberate to this day. Provocative, absorbing, utterly cogent, at times controversial, this will become the definitive text on a watershed event in American history.
Gunsmith Giant 14
Author: J. R. RobertsPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101148950
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Clint Adams is on the trail of a forgotten hero—a hero with a rep for revenge… Clint Adams knows that it only takes one bullet to make a man a legend. Such was the case with Boston Corbett--the man who shot Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. But some legends can't be lived up to, and Corbett ended up in a Topeka insane asylum—until he escaped. Now Adams is trying to bring Corbett back alive and in one piece. But there are others hunting him with more lethal ends in mind. And the Gunsmith must find the living legend before a killer's bullet makes him history… OVER 15 MILLION GUNSMITH BOOKS IN PRINT!
Minutes and Proceedings of a Division Court Martial ... Holden at Boston ... October 29, 1805
Author: Joseph LoringPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials (Military offenses)
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
From the Reservation to Washington
Author: Debra GoodrichPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493075365
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The first person of color to serve as vice president, Charles Curtis was once a household name but has become a footnote in American history. As a mixed-race person who became a public figure in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, his story is more relevant today than ever. He was constantly forced to choose whether to be Indian or white. Society would not let him be both. When his temper flared it was his “savage nature” coming through; when he presided over the United States Senate with an unprecedented knowledge of the rules and procedures, it was evidence of his “civilized” ancestry. Charles Curtis was born into Bleeding Kansas and came of age during the most turbulent of times. His father participated in the violence, as a Kansas Redleg avenging the actions of Missouri bushwhackers. As Civil War evolved into the Plains Indian Wars, Curtis was an eyewitness as his own people were starving and even the most powerful of tribes were confined to reservations. These forces shaped his philosophy and perspective. To this day he holds the distinction of being the only person of Native American heritage to be elected the second highest office in the land. He served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. Private and pragmatic, he became a respected statesman championing citizenship for Native Americans and rights for women. But his path of inclusion was perceived by others as destroying tribal sovereignty. Perhaps he realized that. But in his experience the most powerful force on earth was the federal government, and he learned to play the government game and to be better at it than almost anyone else.