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Title: A new history of the United States. The greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The J. C. Winston co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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, before the dumfounded specta-tors could comprehend what had been done, dashed out of a rear door, sprangupon a waiting horse, and galloped off in the daikness. No pen can describe the horror and rage which seized the spectators whenthey understood what had taken place. The stricken President was carriedacross the street to a house where he died at twenty-two minutes j^ast seven thenext morning. About the time of his assassination, an attempt was made upon the life ofSecretary Seward, who was confined to his bed, suffering from a fall. A maleattendant prevented the miscreant from killing the secretary, though he wasbadly cut. The best detective force of the country was set to work, and anenergetic pursuit of Booth was made. He had injured his ankle when leapingfrom the box upon the stage of the theatre, but he rode into Maryland, accom-panied by another conspirator, named David E. Harrold. At the end of elevendays they were run down by the pursuing cavalry, who brought them to bay on
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THE CIVIL WAR PEACE CONFERENCE. i from the Coiilcderacy su^gcMin- ttrrrn, of peace to President LincolMonroe, January 1S65. PUNISHMENT OF THE CONSPIRATORS. 401 the 26th of April. They had crossed from Maryland into Virginia and takenrefuge in a barn near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock. DEATH OF BOOTH. The barn was surrounded and the two men were summoned to surrender.Harrold went out and gave himself up. Booth refused and detied the ti-oopers,ottering to fight them single-handed. To drive him from his liiding-2)lace, thebarn was set on fire. Booth, carbine in hand and leaning on his crutch, ap-proached the door with the intention of shooting, when Sergeant Boston Corbettfired through a crevice and hit Booth in the neck. The wound was a mortalone, and Booth was brought out of the barn and laid on the ground, where hedied after several hours of intense suffering. The body was taken to Washing-ton and secretly buried. There is good reason to believe that it was sunk atnight in the Potom

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