Edwin Stanton
Books
- Where Is Booth? The Twelve-Day Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth · Liszt Think
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth fled Ford’s Theatre into the Maryland night. What followed were twelve days of desperate evasion and relentless pursuit across the Potomac tidewater.
- The City of Oil Lamps…uth, by messenger, by the telegraph wires that connected Washington to the nation. The War Department would receive first notice; Secretary Edwin Stanton would begin the process of mobilization that would occupy the next twelve days. But in the immediate aftermath, Ford’s Theater was simply a…
- The Scream Before the Shot…the shot. The captain sent a messenger to headquarters, but the message traveled no faster than a man on horseback. At the War Department, Edwin Stanton was working late, as was his habit. The first report reached him not through official channels but through his own household. His twelve-ye…
- The Sergeant at the Navy Yard Bridge…movement of planned flight. By 10: 30 p. m., when Cobb examined the riders at the bridge, no organized pursuit had begun. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, at his home on K Street, had not yet received confirmation of the attack. The military telegraph, which would coordinate the manhunt, rema…