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The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies
Examines the many theories that have led to speculation that Lincoln's assassination was a conspiracy.
The Confederacy's Last Northern Offensive
By spring 1864, the administration of Abraham Lincoln was in serious trouble, with mounting debt, low morale and eroding political support. As spring became summer, a force of Confederate troops led by Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early marched north through the Shenandoah Valley and crossed the Potomac as Washington, D.C., and Maryland lay nearly undefended. This Civil War history explores what could have been a decisive Confederate victory and the reasons Early's invasion of Maryland stalled.
Papers of Bradley Tyler Johnson
The collection consists chiefly of letters and clippings from a scrapbook devoted to Johnson. Most of them give accounts of his war service. Also included are a print of a portrait of Johnson, an advertisement for settlers on Johnson's Virginia land in Amelia County, and a pamphlet seeking donations to the Maryland line Confederate Soldiers' Home. Correspondents are Philip Alexander Bruce and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Lee's Bold Plan for Point Lookout
In July 1864, while hemmed in by Grant at Richmond, General Robert E. Lee conceived a bold plan designed not only to relieve Lynchburg and protect the Confederate supply line but also to ultimately make a bold move on Washington itself. A major facet of this plan, with the addition of General Jubal Early's forces, became the rescue of the almost 15,000 Confederate prisoners at Point Lookout, a large Union prison camp at the confluence of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. With international recognition hanging in the balance for the Confederacy, the failure of Lee's plan saved the Union and ultimately changed the course of the war. This work focuses on the many factors that contributed to this eventual failure, including Early's somewhat inexplicable hesitancy, a significant loss of time for Confederate troops en route, and aggressive defensive action by Union General Lew Wallace. It also discusses various circumstances such as Washington's stripped defenses, the potential release of imprisoned Southern troops and a breakdown of Union military intelligence that made Lee's gamble a brilliant, well-founded strategy.
