A listing of the Novmber 2012 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Elizabethville Civil War Veterans List Dr. Wilson E. Naylor – Elizabethville Dentist October 2012 Posts Election of 1862 Spielberg Lincoln movie opening Nov 9 The Ditty Brothers of Millersburg & Elizabethville Jeannie Gourlay – Cast Member at Ford’s When Lincoln […]
On the evening of 14 April 1865, William Withers Jr. was the leader of the orchestra at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. When John Wilkes Booth fled the theatre after firing the pistol shot that would result in the first assassination of a U.S. president, he supposedly encountered Withers who was standing near the rear […]
This post continues the examination of Lincoln Assassination witness William Withers Jr. by reviewing some of the available resources for the study of his life, his role at Ford’s Theatre on the night of 14 April 1865, and his exaggerated telling of that story. The prior posts on this blog were entitled William Withers Jr […]
On 14 April 1865, William Withers Jr., a musician, was the orchestra leader at Ford’s Theatre. It was the night of the assassination of Pres. Abraham Lincoln. Withers claimed to be backstage at the time the shot was fired and during the escape of John Wilkes Booth, was cut by the assassin as he headed […]
Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was updated 19 April 2012. In a series of post beginning Friday, 20 April 2012 and continuing intermittently for seven posts until concluding today, a brief sketch of each of the newly […]
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