Newly digitized records shed groundbreaking additional light on the killing of Abe Lincoln that provides details that will shock many of you.
The story of Lincolns assassination is full of intrigue, red herrings, and hidden motives brought to light, much of it for the first time, in James Perloffs new book, Exploding the Official Myths of the Lincoln Assassination.
On April 14, 1865, the President was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southern Sympathizer, at Ford’s Theater in Washington. Simultaneously, a Booth accomplice, Lewis Powell, attempted to stab to death William Seward, the Secretary of State, at his home. Though not expected to live, Seward survived his wounds. Booth and another accomplice, David Herold, rode south. On April 26, Union cavalry tracked the pair to a Virginia barn. Herold surrendered; Booth refused. Despite orders to bring him back alive, Booth was mortally wounded by a soldier who fired through an opening in the barn. Afterwards, a military court tried eight alleged Booth accomplices. Four were hanged—including Mary Surratt, the first woman executed by the United States—and four sentenced to prison at hard labor.
So ends the official story in a nutshell, which is all most people know, due to media control plus removal of critical documents from government archives. James Perloff dismantles that story in his new book, thanks to the digitization of handwritten 19th century documents, and with help from two intrepid predecessors—one alive, the other dead for more than 60 years. Readers may be surprised at how much 1860s America resembled today’s America, with a Deep State behind the scenes, controlled information, suppression of civil liberties, and secret agendas.
James Perloff has been a journalist since 1986, when he began writing for The New American Magazine. Some of his previous books include:
- The Shadows of Power
- Missing Saints, Missing Miracles
- The Case against Darwin
- Thirteen Pieces of the Jigsaw: Solving Political, Cultural and Spiritual Riddles, Past and Present
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