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Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894 Copy of charge and specification against...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07544 Author/Creator: Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 1865/05 ca. Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 30.8 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Title continues: "Charge and specification against David E. Herold, George A. Azerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael D. Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt, and Samuel A. Mudd". Holt signs as Judge Advocate General. Some manuscript insertions are included throughout the document.

Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Herold, David E., 1844-1865
Atzerodt, George A., 1835-1865
Payne, Lewis, 1845-1865
O'Laughlin, Michael, -1867
Spangler, Edward, 1825-1875
Arnold, Samuel Bland, 1834-1906
Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865
Mudd, Samuel Alexander, 1833-1883
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Lincoln Assassination
Lincoln's Cabinet
Assassinations
Death
Military Law
Women's History
The American Civil War

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