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James H. Parker (search for this): chapter 1.7
he made no reference to the false report that Mr. Davis was caught in the endeavor to escape in his wife's clothes. That story was made up by a newspaper correspondent, but circulation was given to it by Major-General J. H. Wilson, who, in his official report to Mr. Stanton, the Secretary of War, on the 14th of May, makes the statement, saying he derived it from the captors. Colonel Pritchard, however, makes no such statement in his published official report and correspondence. Mr James H. Parker, of Elburnville, Pa., who was one of the squad who arrested Mr. Davis, and the first to recognize him, published in the Portland (Maine) Argus, while Davis was still in confinement, a full denial of the whole story. He says that some newspaper correspondent fabricated it, and that it was regarded merely as a joke in the command. He writes: She (Mrs. Davis) behaved like a lady, and he as a gentleman, though manifestly he was chagrined at being taken into custody. Our soldiers b
R. H. G. Minty (search for this): chapter 1.7
hnston must surrender, he started with resolute will from Greensboroa, N. C., with his family, staff, and some of his cabinet; his avowed object being to join the Confederate forces west of the Mississippi river. His party was too large for the success of such an undertaking. He was tracked easily by Federal troopers, who, scattered over the States through which his line of march lay, were on the lookout for him; with what intent may be inferred from an order issued by command of General R. H. G. Minty, by F. W. Scott, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. It was dated near Macon, Ga., on the 8th of May, 1865, and was addressed to Lieut.-Colonel H. N. Howland, commanding a brigade. The order says: You will have every port and ferry on the Ochmulgee and Altamaha rivers, from Hawkinsville to the Ohoopee river, well guarded, and make every effort to capture or kill Jefferson Davis, the rebel ex-President, who is supposed to be endeavoring to cross the Ochmulgee, south of
G. Wythe Munford (search for this): chapter 1.7
e Girardi, then acting as captain, to command a brigade, and one Mahone to be a major-general; fighting a battle near Petersburg in company with R. E. Lee and others, and another at Five Forks, all of which things were done traitorously, unlawfully, maliciously and wickedly. The various historic acts styled crimes, in this lengthy document, were proved before the grand jury by the following witnesses summoned for the purpose: R. E. Lee, James A. Seddon, C. .B. Duffield, John Letcher, G. Wythe Munford, John B. Baldwin, Charles E. Wortham, and Thomas S. Hayward. On the finding of this indictment the trial was continued until the 2d day of May, 1868, then to the 3d day of June, and then again until the fourth Monday in November, when it was arranged that the Chief-Justice should be present. This date was again changed to the 3d of December in the same year. During this delay the fourteenth amendment to the constitution was adopted and became a part of the organic law of the land
Joseph E. Johnston (search for this): chapter 1.7
essively dissolved he was left defenceless. He was nearly sixty years of age, in feeble health, and much worn with the mighty cares and anxieties which had rested upon him for four years. On the 16th of April, 1865, as soon as he found that Johnston must surrender, he started with resolute will from Greensboroa, N. C., with his family, staff, and some of his cabinet; his avowed object being to join the Confederate forces west of the Mississippi river. His party was too large for the succ Lee, J. P. Benjamin, John C. Breckinridge, William Mahone, H. A. Wise, John Letcher, William Smith, Jubal A. Early, James Longstreet, William H. Payne, D. H. Hill, A. P. Hill, G. T. Beauregard, W. H. C. Whiting, Ed. Sparrow, Samuel Cooper, Joseph E. Johnston, J. B. Gordon, C. F. Jackson, F. O. Moore, and with other persons whose names are to the grand jury unknown, to make war against the United States; fighting the battle of Manassas, appointing one Girardi, then acting as captain, to command
Edward Sparrow (search for this): chapter 1.7
ustice. The defense was anxious for Judge Chase to preside, so it consented to the delay. On the 26th of March, 1868, a new indictment was found against the prisoner, charging him in many counts with many acts of treason, conspicuous amongst which was conspiring with Robert E. Lee, J. P. Benjamin, John C. Breckinridge, William Mahone, H. A. Wise, John Letcher, William Smith, Jubal A. Early, James Longstreet, William H. Payne, D. H. Hill, A. P. Hill, G. T. Beauregard, W. H. C. Whiting, Ed. Sparrow, Samuel Cooper, Joseph E. Johnston, J. B. Gordon, C. F. Jackson, F. O. Moore, and with other persons whose names are to the grand jury unknown, to make war against the United States; fighting the battle of Manassas, appointing one Girardi, then acting as captain, to command a brigade, and one Mahone to be a major-general; fighting a battle near Petersburg in company with R. E. Lee and others, and another at Five Forks, all of which things were done traitorously, unlawfully, maliciously a
Underwood (search for this): chapter 1.7
he Hon. Preston King, of New York, to see Judge Underwood, of the United States District Court for also made an application subsequently to Judge Underwood in the Attorney-General's office in Washi Chief-Justice, the Attorney-General, and Judge Underwood all admitted their desire to grant the re,000, but this was not effected until Judge Underwood had interpolated a stump speech, lauding thesent, representing the prosecution before Judge Underwood. Mr. Davis, through his counsel, was read, sitting at Richmond, with Judges Chase and Underwood on the bench, and the real and final trial otional justice; but President Johnson and Judge Underwood, at a safe distance, would have read theust and impartial. The somewhat notorious Underwood sat by his side, but the arguments of counse securing an impartial jury in Richmond. Judge Underwood, with a wave of his hand towards the gall that the indictment should be quashed while Underwood would have overruled the motion, and proceed[4 more...]
Burton N. Harrison (search for this): chapter 1.7
e, Ga., about seventy-five miles from Macon, he had captured Mr. Davis with his family, his wife's sister and brother, Mr. Reagan, his Postmaster-General, Mr. Burton N. Harrison, his private secretary, Colonel William Preston Johnston, and Colonel Lubbock, of his staff, and Lieutenant Hathaway; together with five wagons and three aboard Mr. Davis and family, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Reagan, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Clay, Major-General Joseph Wheeler and staff, Colonels Johnston and Lubbock, and Mr. Burton N. Harrison, besides one or two subaltern officers. The safeguards were at once augmented by placing a gunboat on each side of the Clyde. Stephens and Reagan were sent to Fort Warren; Wheeler and staff, Johnston and Lubbock, to Fort Delaware, and Harrison to Washington, while the women and children were sent back South. Fearing that Halleck might not be harsh enough or Miles sharp enough for the occasion, Mr. Stanton sent the Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. C. A. Dana, to the fort to supe
Roger A. Pryor (search for this): chapter 1.7
he 15th of February, 1869, the following order was entered in the Circuit Court of Richmond: Monday, February 15, 1869. United States Vs. Upon Indictment for Treason. Thomas P. Turner, William Smith, Wade Hampton, Benjamin Huger, Henry A. Wise, Samuel Cooper, G. W. C. Lee, W. H. F. Lee, Charles Mallory, William Mahone, O. F. Baxter, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, William E. Taylor, Fitzhugh Lee, George W. Alexander, Robert H. Booker, John DeBree, M. D. Corse, Eppa Hunton, Roger A. Pryor, D. B. Bridgeford, Jubal A. Early, R. S. Ewell, William S. Winder, George Booker, Cornelius Boyle, William H. Payne, R. S. Andrews, C. J. Faulkner, and R. H. Dulaney, W. N. McVeigh, H. B. Taylor, James A. Seddon, W. B. Richards, Jr., J. C. Breckinridge, and Jefferson Davis. （two cases.) The District Attorney, by leave of the court, saith that he will not prosecute further on behalf of the United States, against the above-named parties upon separate indictments for treason. It is,
J. Holt (search for this): chapter 1.7
ty, except the vindictive Judge-Advocate, General J. Holt, whose taste for blood had been freshly snford Conover, but whose true name was Dunham. Holt conducted a long correspondence with Conover, ie in Wonderland, would reject them as false. Holt, however, swallowed them all with gaping gullibhe truth of history cannot be overestimated. Holt's theories and charges, however, based as they e a conspiracy for the purpose of deceiving General Holt and obtaining money from the government. Tly ended the whole fiasco, but it left poor old Holt and his vindictive credulity in an awkward positting the falsity of the testimony, about which Holt had been so persistent, and practically clearin Mr. Lincoln, but at the same time whitewashing Holt, who had been bitterly attacked by the northernts, and especially between them and Judge Advocate-General Holt, and it gives pleasure and speaks wesident Johnson, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Dana, and General Holt—than from the cruel nature which one might [3 more...]
Cornelius Boyle (search for this): chapter 1.7
nday, February 15, 1869. United States Vs. Upon Indictment for Treason. Thomas P. Turner, William Smith, Wade Hampton, Benjamin Huger, Henry A. Wise, Samuel Cooper, G. W. C. Lee, W. H. F. Lee, Charles Mallory, William Mahone, O. F. Baxter, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, William E. Taylor, Fitzhugh Lee, George W. Alexander, Robert H. Booker, John DeBree, M. D. Corse, Eppa Hunton, Roger A. Pryor, D. B. Bridgeford, Jubal A. Early, R. S. Ewell, William S. Winder, George Booker, Cornelius Boyle, William H. Payne, R. S. Andrews, C. J. Faulkner, and R. H. Dulaney, W. N. McVeigh, H. B. Taylor, James A. Seddon, W. B. Richards, Jr., J. C. Breckinridge, and Jefferson Davis. （two cases.) The District Attorney, by leave of the court, saith that he will not prosecute further on behalf of the United States, against the above-named parties upon separate indictments for treason. It is, therefore, ordered by the court that the prosecutions aforesaid be dismissed. Strange to say,
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