The Gift of Martyrdom
The Gift of Martyrdom
This chapter examines Edwin M. Stanton's role in the investigation of those responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 as the Civil War continued to rage. As Lincoln's second term was approaching, there was intense speculation over which cabinet officers he would retain. Meanwhile, Stanton met with a gathering of black religious leaders in Savannah, Georgia. In accordance with the majority wish of the gathered ministers, William T. Sherman arranged for at least the temporary settlement of Savannah's freedmen on separate parcels of confiscated land. The rest of this chapter discusses Lincoln's travel to Virginia and Stanton's proposal for restoring both Virginia and North Carolina to the Union. It also considers Stanton's reaction to Lincoln's death at the hands of John Wilkes Booth, along with his activities after the assassination and the military trial of the accused.
Keywords: investigation, Edwin M. Stanton, assassination, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, William T. Sherman, Virginia, Union, John Wilkes Booth, military trial
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