Life Span
to
Full name
Edman Spangler
Place of Birth
York, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Origins
Free State
Occupation
Other
Other Occupation
Carpenter
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Date Event
In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial begins
- In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial continues
In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial concludes
- In Washington's Old Penitentiary, final arguments are being made in the Lincoln conspiracy trial
In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the Commission in the Lincoln conspiracy trial begin their deliberations
In Washington, President Andrew Johnson approves the sentences passed down to the Lincoln conspirators
In Washington's Old Penitentiary, the Lincoln conspirators are told their fate in their cells
President Johnson orders the surviving Lincoln conspirators to serve their sentences off the coast of Florida
Lincoln's Assassination
Date Title
Charges and specifications against the Lincoln Conspirators on trial in Washington, D.C., May 8, 1865
Official Verdict of the Military Commission trying the Lincoln Conspirators, as endorsed by President Johnson, July 5, 1865
How to Cite This Page: "Spangler, Edman," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/12723.