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At 2:30 am on April 15, 1865, Mary Elizabeth Surratt was awakened by loud knocking at the door of her H Street boardinghouse in Washington D.C. Officers first inquired as to the whereabouts of her son, John Surratt. She was quickly told that her son was wanted in connection with the murder of President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and acquaintance of the family! Three days later, Mary found herself under suspicion and under arrest for involvement in the assassination of the president.Elizabeth Steger Trindal worked fifteen years to chronicle the life of this little known but important figure in American history. Mary Surratt's son, John Surratt, was believed to have acted in a plot with John Wilkes Booth and othersto not only murder the president but also kill Secretary of State Seward. John Surratt was out of the country, and Booth yet to be apprehended. But Mary and others were arrested in connection with the assassinationof the president.Eventually they were brought to trial by a military commission.Tried by a military tribunal despite protests by her defense lawyers that it was illegal to try a civilian before a military court, Mary and three others were tried for the crime of conspiring with Booth and found guilty. Many prominent citizens pleaded with President Andrew Johnson for a stay of Mary's execution. He steadfastly refused. On July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt along with the other accused assassins was hanged. In its grief over the death of President Lincoln did America condemn an innocent woman die? This moving account will no doubt elicit new debate on the subject of the Civil War and reveal a new perspective on the events surrounding Lincoln's assassination.
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September 1, 2011
The first 70 pages of this book are incredibly acurate ( so is the rest of the book, but the first 70 will get your attention, and keep it) and tell it the way it is as do any of Mr. Thomas DiLorenzos' books... I knew the history of the supposed conspirtors and have never believed Mary had any knowlege of it. This book just makes my belief and fact gathering of the facts all that more real... Mary was murdered by Stanton and his cronies, period. If you want to know how this tyranical government got to where it is now, read how they put the fear of the devil in everyone with the trial of Mary Surratt. With no real proof, they put the same fear in the Citizens same as Hitler did, and the same as Saddam Hueisane did in Irac in the 80' and 90's. So, if you're a Christian you believe in God and the Devil, then it goes without saying that we all know the Devil gets his way pretty much more than God does... He got his way, starting in 1865. oops, oops I mean he started getting his way on July
3rd 1863.... How is it that the Confederates were kicking the "HELL" out of the Union all except that ONE DAY..... July 3rd 1863.... Who made the deal with the Devil?!
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September 30, 2012
is this a book i could use for a book review after the civil war
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Elizabeth Steger Trindal is a free-lance writer who lives in Edinburg, Virginia. She was awarded first place in nonfiction by the Shenandoah Valley Writers' Guild competition.
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