Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Booth” in chapter 1.15, section c.1.15.31 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33.:
...ad comrades.
We reached Fort Delaware a short time before the surrender.
One morning I was aroused by a familiar rebel yell—looked out and saw the flags drooping at half mast and heard that Booth had killed Lincoln.
Soon all privates and line officers were paroled, and sixty field officers were held in prison until August.
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