Courtroom, Lincoln Conspiracy Trial, Old Penitentiary, Washington D.C., May 1865, artist's impression, detail

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 29, 2015.
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engraving
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Scene in the court-room in the Old Penitentiary Building, Washington, D.C., during the trial of the conspirators, Payne, Atzerot, Harold, Arnold, McLauglin, Mudd, and Surratt, before the Military Commission. From a sketch by our Special Artist.
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 3, 1865, 168.
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Cropped from the larger image, also available here
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