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Sherman unopposed... The Captain Beall/Lincoln/Booth connection...
Sherman unopposed... The Captain Beall/Lincoln/Booth connection...
Item # 705609
February 25, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 25, 1865
* Prelude to Abraham Lincoln's assassination ?
* Captain John Yates Beall execution - hanging
* Actor and assassin John Wilkes Booth's friend
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "WILMINGTON" "Our Troops in Possession of the City" "Battle & Rout of the Rebels" "General Terry in Pursuit of Hoke's Troops" "SHERMAN" "His March Unopposed" "The Capture of Columbia Very Unexpected at Richmond" "Groans Over the Fall of Charleston" & more.
But perhaps the most intriguing article, which takes nearly two columns on the front page, is the report headed: "Execution of Capt. Beall" "Solemn & Imposing Ceremonies on Governor's Island" "Last Words of the Condemned" "His Appearance & Antecedents". Websites on John Beall provide much information on his life and work during the Civil War.
To be brief, despite appeals from 91 Congressmen Lincoln would not overturn the sentence of execution. Wikipedia reports that there is a legend that Beall was a friend of John Wilkes Booth, and Booth petitioned Lincoln to have Beall's death sentence overturned. It is believed that Lincoln's inaction to save Beall's life was a motivation, at least in part, for Booth to kill Lincoln.
Eight pages, nice condition.
AI notes: Captain John Yates Beall, a Confederate operative during the American Civil War, played a notable role in maritime raids and sabotage aimed at disrupting Union operations, particularly along the Chesapeake Bay. While he focused on attacks against Union shipping and supply lines, his activities were part of the broader Confederate strategy to undermine the Union war effort and target its leadership. President Abraham Lincoln, as the Union’s commander-in-chief, became a primary target of such Confederate plots, culminating in John Wilkes Booth’s infamous assassination of Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Booth, an actor and ardent Confederate sympathizer, was part of a network of conspirators who sought to eliminate Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State William Seward to destabilize the Union government. Although Beall was captured and executed in February 1865, before Booth’s plot came to fruition, both men were connected by their allegiance to the Confederate cause and their indirect roles in efforts to attack Lincoln and the Union leadership.
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