Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) ornament the revolutionary—not to say bizarre—Monitor

the revolutionary—not to say bizarre—Monitor slipped into harbor after hurrying down from New York through fierce gales that almost sank her

By Mark Dunkleman

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Few know the stories behind the monuments that dot the battlefield

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Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) ornament the revolutionary—not to say bizarre—MonitorFor 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