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“Brig. Gen. Joseph Holt - His Role as Chief Prosecutor in the Military Tribunal”

Joseph Holt, a Kentucky lawyer and staunch Unionist, was confirmed by the Congress as President Lincoln's Judge Advocate General on September 3, 1862. This made Holt the top lawyer in the Army, and the principal legal advisor to Lincoln on all military legal matters. More

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Fred L. Borch III

U.S. Army (Ret.) Historian

Colonel Fred L. Borch (Ret.) is the Regimental Historian and Archivist for the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps - one of only two full-time legal historians in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Fred served 25 years as a military lawyer in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. His areas of... More

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Professor of History Emeritus, Princeton University
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Thomas R. Turner

Professor and Historian, Bridgewater State College

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“Mary Surratt - Guilty, Innocent, or does it matter?”

Apr 20, 2011 at 9:41pm | Filed Under “The Conspirator”

Less than three months after her arrest at her boarding house on H Street in Washington City, Mary Surratt would be hanged for her role in John Wilkes Booth's murderous plot.

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“Historians View the Assassination”

Apr 4, 2011 at 9:36pm | Filed Under “The Conspirator”

In April of 1865 most northerners had little trouble discerning who was behind the assassination; they were convinced the Confederate government was involved.

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“Slavery, race, and the assassination”

Mar 21, 2011 at 6:40pm | Filed Under “The Conspirator”

On the evening of April 11, 1865, a large crowd gathered on the south lawn of the White House in Washington to hear President Abraham Lincoln deliver a speech from a second-floor balcony...

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FEATURED DISCUSSION

EXPERT PROFILE

U.S. Army (Ret.) Historian

MEET THE EXPERTS

Big Picture Instructional, President and CEO

The American Film Company Producer and Executive

Staff

Historian and Author

Professor of History Emeritus, Princeton University

The American Film Company Producer and Executive

Professor and Historian, Bridgewater State College

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