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Blue & Gray Magazine 1990 June Vol 7 #5 Assassin on the Run! Johnn Wilkes Booth
Blue & Gray Magazine 1990 June Vol 7 #5 Assassin on the Run! Johnn Wilkes Booth
Blue & Gray is published bi-monthly. COVER: Surratt Society docent Gus Perrotta is at the barroom door of the restored Surratt Tavern, where John M. Lloyd met John Wilkes Booth and David Herold on the night of Lincoln's assassination. The 800-member Surratt Society now offers guided tours of the tavern. (Photo by Michael Kauffman)
Contents
8THE General's TOURBooth's Escape Route: Lincoln's Assassin
On the Run, by Michael W. Kauffman
...after shooting President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, John Wilkes Booth mounted his waiting horse and galloped off into the darkness. To most folks, the next time Booth appears in the story is at the Garrett farm where he is cornered and shot. But, oh, there's a lot in between! Kauffman fills in the blanks with lots of new material.
24 COMMON SOLDIERBlack Soldier of the Confederacy: The Life and Legacy of Peter Vertrees, A Kentucky "Orphan," by Scott E. Sallee
...Peter Vertrees, a black veteran of the Orphan Brigade, CSA, received a soldier's pension from the state of Tennessee until his death in 1926.
32 REFLECTIONSA Georgia Major's Souvenir of Captivity: The Signature Album of Confederate Major Charles L. Whitehead, A Prisoner of War at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor, by John Mills Bigham
...thirty-one Rebel prisoners at Fort Warren signed Whitehead's album.
62 PRESERVATIONThe Camp Chase Project, by Dave Roth
...uncovering the past in Columbus, Ohio.
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