Military Commission appointed to try the accused Lincoln Conspiracy plotters, Washington DC, May 1865, detail

Download image

Military Commission appointed to try the accused Lincoln Conspiracy plotters, Washington DC, May 1865, detail

Scanned by

Library of Congress

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 21, 2015.

Depicted ContentOfficial Verdict of the Military Commission trying the Lincoln Conspirators, as endorsed by President Johnson, July 5, 1865

Depicted ContentCharges and specifications against the Lincoln Conspirators on trial in Washington, D.C., May 8, 1865

Depicted ContentIn Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial concludes

Depicted ContentIn Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial continues

Depicted ContentIn Washington's Old Penitentiary, the taking of evidence in the Lincoln conspiracy trial begins

Image type

photograph

Courtesy of

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Original caption

Board which tried Lincoln conspirators

Source citation

Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress

Source note

Larger zoomable version of this photograph also available, here.

How to Cite This Page: "Military Commission appointed to try the accused Lincoln Conspiracy plotters, Washington DC, May 1865, detail," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/43955.