Alias Paine

Author : Betty J. Ownsbey
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476614377
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alias "Paine" written by Betty J. Ownsbey and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most enigmatic of the associates of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, Confederate soldier Lewis Thornton Powell, using the alias Lewis Paine, was a key player in the postwar attempt to undermine the Federal government. On the night Lincoln was shot, 20-year-old Powell burst into the house of William Seward and attempted to assassinate the secretary of state. Captured shortly after the assassination, Powell stood trial for his crime and was hanged three months later. Powell and his role in the conspiracy has been the subject of debate for many years. Who was this man? This biography attempts to unveil his true character.

Author : Betty J. Ownsbey
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786476230
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alias "Paine" written by Betty J. Ownsbey and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most enigmatic of the associates of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, Confederate soldier Lewis Thornton Powell, using the alias Lewis Paine, was a key player in the postwar attempt to undermine the Federal government. On the night Lincoln was shot, 20-year-old Powell burst into the house of William Seward and attempted to assassinate the secretary of state. Captured shortly after the assassination, Powell stood trial for his crime and was hanged three months later. Powell and his role in the conspiracy has been the subject of debate for many years. Who was this man? This biography attempts to unveil his true character.

Author : Betty J. Ownsbey
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786489251
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alias Paine written by Betty J. Ownsbey and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-11-29 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night that John Wilkes Booth killed President Abraham Lincoln, 20-year-old Lewis Powell burst into the house of William Seward and attempted to assassinate the Secretary of State. Under the alias Lewis Paine, he was convicted and hanged three months later along with three other Lincoln conspirators. A former Confederate soldier, Powell's role in the Lincoln conspiracy has been the subject of a great deal of debate. Was Powell simply a Southern sympathizer who participated in an organized plot to kidnap Lincoln and exchange him for Confederate prisoners of war? Or was he recruited from Mosby's Rangers for special duty directed at the president and his cabinet? Through research on his life and military activities, these questions and others are answered.

Author : Trudy Krisher
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 081565295X
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fanny Seward written by Trudy Krisher and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 14, 1865, the night of President Lincoln’s assassination, Booth’s conspirator Lewis Powell attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William Seward in his home just blocks from Ford’s Theatre. The attack, which left Seward and his son seriously wounded, is recounted in poignant detail in Fanny Seward’s diary. Fanny, the beloved only daughter of Seward, was a keen observer, and her diary entries from 1858 to 1866 are the foundation of Krisher’s vivid portrait of the young girl who was an eyewitness to one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. Fanny offers intimate observations on the politicians, generals, and artists of the time. She tells of attending dinner parties, visiting troops, and going to the theater, often alongside President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary. Through Fanny’s writings, Krisher not only skillfully brings to life the events and activities of a progressive political family but also illuminates the day-to-day drama of the war. Giving readers a previously unseen glimpse into the era, Fanny Seward: A Life broadens our understanding of Civil War America.

Author : Edward Steers, Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807135046
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators written by Edward Steers, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 routine -- which 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 they held 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 of the execution of four of the conspirators shows, he did not allow emotion to impede the performance of his duty. The legal and moral issues surrounding the conspirators' trial -- the extraordinary use of military rather than civil justice, the treatment of the accused while incarcerated, the fine line between swift and precipitous justice -- remain volatile, unsettled issues today. Hartranft's keen observations, ably analyzed by historians Steers and Holzer, will add a riveting new chapter to the story of Lincoln's assassination.

Author : Beaver Henry Blacker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gloucestershire notes and queries, ed. by B.H. Blacker written by Beaver Henry Blacker and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Beaver Henry Blacker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
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Download or read book Gloucestershire Notes and Queries written by Beaver Henry Blacker and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 768 pages
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Download or read book Gloucestershire Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas DANGERFIELD
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
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Download or read book Mr Tho. Dangerfeild's Second Narrative: wherein is contained a faithful charge against the Lady Powis, Mr. Stamford ... and Mrs. Cellier. Relating to the murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, and the late plot made by the Papists, to be cast upon the Protestants. Wherein is I. A true account of methods used to invalidate the testimony of Captain William Bedloe and Mr. Prance. II. An account of the several Papists imprisoned, and their crimes ... Written by his own hand written by Thomas DANGERFIELD and published by . This book was released on 1680 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Redd
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439675201
Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book Hidden History of Civil War Florida written by Robert Redd and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dig into a treasure trove of nearly forgotten Sunshine State Civil War history. At the outset of the Civil War, Florida's entire population was only a bit larger than present-day Gainesville. Still, the state played an outsized role in the conflict. Floridians fought for the Union and Confederate armies. Sunshine State farmers provided beef and other foodstuffs for the Confederacy, rations that proved increasingly consequential as the years wore on. The battles of Olustee and Natural Bridge, where boys from the West Florida Seminary entered the fray, helped keep Tallahassee as the only Confederate-held capital east of the Mississippi River. Even the conspirators involved in Lincoln's assassination wove a trail that led to Florida. Join author Robert Redd on a tour of the lesser-known aspects of Florida in the Civil War.