Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) tea The raw vitality of battle

The raw vitality of battle sketches by Edwin Forbes and Alfred R

When his presidential term ended

surprisingly

blockaders in blue floated within earshot of gray garrisons that guarded vital ports

and exceptionally witty 12-year-old began keeping a diary in 1860--just as secession and the Civil War began tearing the country and his world apart

Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) tea The raw vitality of battleFor 150 years, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln has fascinated the American people. Relatively few academic historians, however, have devoted study to it, viewing the murder as a side note tied to neither the Civil War nor Reconstruction. Over time, the traditional story of the assassination has become littered with myths, from the innocence of Mary Surratt and Samuel Mudd to John Wilkes Booths escape to Oklahoma or India, where he died by suicide