The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators Their Confinement and Execution, as Recorded in the Letterbook of John Frederick Hartranft
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
15.03.2009
Herausgeber
Edward Steers Jr + weitereVerlag
Louisiana State University PressSeitenzahl
208
Maße (L/B/H)
23/16/2 cm
Gewicht
454 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8071-3396-5
Hartranft oversaw every aspect of the prisoners' daily lives, from making sure they were fed and kept clean to ensuring that no one communicated with them except on the written orders of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. In his Letterbook, Hartranft scrupulously recounts the arrival of each prisoner and describes the prison routinewhich included three simple meals a day, a twice-daily cell inspection by Hartranft himself, and frequent physical examinations by an army physician. The prisoners wore wrist and leg shackles and, controversially, most of them wore special hoods designed to isolate them from their surroundings.
When the conspirators' trial began, the nation waited eagerly for news, and many sought retribution against those theyheld responsible for the nation's grief. Hartranft resisted calls for both vengeance and mercy and continued to treat his notorious charges as humanely as possible, facilitating meetings with clergy and sending letters to and from family members. Yet, as his detached, detailed description of
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