Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) ornament Few know the stories behind

Few know the stories behind the monuments that dot the battlefield

instead of finding the answers to most of my questions and feeling satisfied with my research

By Mark Dunkleman

I am almost embarrassed to say I discovered—or at least approached—the answer only late in life

Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) ornament Few know the stories behindFor 150 years, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln has fascinated the American people. Relatively few academic historians, however, have devoted study to it, viewing the murder as a side note tied to neither the Civil War nor Reconstruction. Over time, the traditional story of the assassination has become littered with myths, from the innocence of Mary Surratt and Samuel Mudd to John Wilkes Booths escape to Oklahoma or India, where he died by suicide