…Assassination of Lincoln Dies Hanover, Jan 10–Zephaniah B. Butts, a former resident of Hanover, who said he witnessed the assassination of President Lincoln in 1869, [the year should be 1865]…
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I’ve already told the story of Edman “Ned” Spangler, son of a York County sheriff and one of the so-called “Lincoln conspirators.” With all the recent to-do about the John…
…on the Lincoln funeral train in York County. Flint McColgan’s Sunday News article on other York County connections to the Lincoln assassination. Some of my previous posts on the subject….
…at Fort Jefferson, Florida, native Yorker Edman Spangler’s extensive statement of total innocence concerning the Lincoln assassination appeared in many newspapers. The first half of that statement is the basis…
…The James O. Hall Research Center, named for the late authority on the Lincoln Assassination, is in the visitors’ center. Resources, such as full transcripts of the assassination trial, are…
…Lynn Eib, a correspondent for the newspaper, wrote Russell Mellinger’s story of his grandfather’s brush with Lincoln at Hanover Junction. It reads: Tales of Lincoln’s trip over peanuts in the…
…Lincoln Assassination. Much of the information for the piece came from an interview with Col. Clarence F. Cobb, a fellow student of Booth’s at the school. In addition, a 1854…
…The paper quotes Lincoln’s entire address, lasting just a few minutes. It states: “Mr. Lincoln sat down amid a scene of wild and lengthened excitement.” Other accounts, such as that…
This photo, one of six taken at the same time, shows a camera with its black cloth in the center of the photo. (Library of Congress photo) President Lincoln at…
…at a nearby boarding house. On Friday April 14th, the night of Lincoln’s assassination, Booth had been around Ford’s theater. Part way through the play Booth called Ned out in…