Sergeant Corbett's Shot

The Murderers doom. Miserable death of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln. Shot through the head by Sergeant Boston Corbett in a barn on Garrett's Farm near the Rappahannock, April 25, 1865.

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"Throwing open the door, I [Captain Doherty] saw that the straw and hay behind Booth were on fire. He was half-turning towards it."   [Source]

Celebrated Plains Of Abraham

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Qubbec, ville de l'Amerique...Created / Published [1755?]

Beyond these towers are the celebrated plains of Abraham, where our gallant Wolfe so dearly purchased that honour and renown which will ever accompany his name. The place where the British troops landed is about three miles from Cape Diamond, and forms a sort of small bay now generally known by the name of Wolfe's Cove. [Source 1816 publication]

Blackhawk, A Captive At Fort Monroe

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George Washington's Sword To Captain Kearsley

See Kearsley LWT post 

I likewise give and bequeath my cane containing the sword worn by General Washington at Braddocks defeat and by General Washington presented to my Father during the winter campaign at Valley Forge in 1778 at the headquarters of the army my Father then being a captain in the Revolutionary Service and subsequently place the same in a cane with a suitable inscription and presented it to me.  To my grandson I commend the precept on the blade and which was as nobly and honorably fulfilled by Washington in his use of it "Draw me not without reason, sheath me not without honor." [Source - Jonathan Kearsley's Last Will And Testament In Wayne County, Michigan, Deed Book 77, Page 437]

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Blackhawk's Arrival At Fort Monroe

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Jamestown Map

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Fraunces Tavern Long Room

James Fenimore Cooper,  By Mary Elizabeth Phillips:

Sacramento Years Ago

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Ross House In The Civil War

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"Here, at his headquarters, holding the Federal line of retreat at Rossville Gap (the Confederate objective in the battle) General Gordon Granger heard with increasing anxiety the sounds of the *conflict, three miles away growing more and more ominous. Finally, in disobedience of orders, he set in motion his three brigades to the relief of Thomas...".

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"This old house at Rossville was built by John Ross, a chief of the Cherokee Indians, and he lived in it till 1832 giving his name to the hamlet."

*Battle of Chickamauga

Died At The Battle Of Gettysburg

Michigan Probate Records...Wayne Probate packets 1879...:

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Wayne County, Michigan

Probate File 9279

John P. Thelen, who died at the battle of Gettysburg

Died: 4 July 1863

(Father died in 1874)

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Bunker Hill Monument

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Samuel Newell And King's Mountain

From King's Mountain and Its Heroes:

I saw Samuel Newell, a little before we got to the wagons, on horse-back, his thigh very bloody from the wound he had received, encouraging the men to advance-- I thought him a brave soldier. He was a man of the strictest veracity and of very correct deportment.

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Trousdale And The Regulators

An excerpt from the Descendants of John Trousdale mentioned William Trousdale (son of John the elder) and the "Regulator troubles."

"In the Regulator troubles the disastrous battle on 16 May 1771 took place a few miles from his home.  He is not listed as a participant but he did refuse to take Tyrone's oath of allegiance following the rebellion."  "With John Trousdale, he petitioned Gov. Martin, who succeeded Tyrone, for clemency in the case of John Fruit, the outlawed Regulator leader."

Documenting the American South (online) has a transcript concerning the pardon of John Fruit:

Petition from inhabitants of Orange County concerning the pardon of John Fruit, Johnston, Charles; Et Al.  Volume 09, Pages 93-95  [From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.]

To his Excellency Josiah Martin his Majestys Captain General, Governor, Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina

The petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of Orange County Humbly Sheweth.

That whereas John Fruit one of the out Lawed Regulators, hath ever since he came to years of Maturity behaved himself as a useful member of Society and in all things becoming a subject of great Britain, until he unfortunately fell in with that most Extraordinary set of Enthusiastick people Called Regulators... most gracious pardon and we your Humble petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray

Charles Johnston

Andrew Patterson

Robert Cate

Malcomb Baldrige

John Baldrige

Alexr Mebane

William Blackwood

Samuel Allen

Jeremiah Horton

Philip Jackson Junr

Jno Temple

Abraham Allen

William Trousdale

William Mathis

Thomas Lockhart

William Reney

Joseph Holloch

W Phillips

Alexr Mebane Junr

Robert Rea

John Hopkins

Jno Trousdale

(Etc.)

Inadvertently Following Booth's Escape Route (In Reverse)

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Drove past the "Assassin's End" historical marker on Highway 301. John Wilkes Booth died in the Richard Garrett's barn near where the marker is now placed. The site, BoothieBarn, has more here.

See the escape route map.

Tracking An Assassin (Washington Post) provided points of interest regarding the route, including the Cox residence (see below):

"....Rich Hill, the former home of wealthy Samuel Cox, who sent provisions to Booth and Herold when they hid in a nearby thicket for several days."

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William And Ann Poage

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Fort Harrod, Kentucky, Reconstruction

Fort Harrod Cabin Where Docent Portrayed Ann Kennedy Wilson Poage McGinty

Harpers Ferry

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Harpers Ferry

Rare English Engraving of 1800

Charles Maltby, Lincoln's Friend At New Salem

Berry-Lincoln Building At New Salem, Illinois

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Also see: The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, By Charles Maltby.

An 1844 Guide Book To West Point

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In the cemetery:

"We notice here a beautiful column in memory of Lt. Col. Alexander R. Thompson--a victim in the Florida war. The delicate sculpture particularly attracts our attention."

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See papers for three generations of Thompsons at the University of Michigan's Clements Library.

Headquarters Of Fort Sumter In 1864

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Captain Thomas A. Huguenin in the Headquarters-Room, Fort Sumter, December 7, 1864, From A War-Time Sketch.

A handwritten biography of Thomas Abram Huguenin can be found here.

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Kimbro In A Famous Texas Family

Texas Flag In State Cemetery

Euclid Kimbro - A Texan In 1836:

He married Lucinda Avery, whose father [ Willis Avery] participated in the Battle at San Jancinto and her step-grandfather [Gordon Jennings*] was thought to be the oldest person to die at the Alamo.

*Willis Avery admininstrator