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	Search results for Chief    Refine your search Subject Executioners (3) Rath, Christian (2) Executions (1) Hangings (1) Hartranft, John F, 183... (1) Show more... Format of Original Unmounted Albumen Cart... (3) Letter (2) Albumen Carte-de-visit... (1) Envelope (1) Large-format Albumen P... (1) Notes Conger was the Chief D... (1) Hartranft, Sitting in ... (1) Rath was the Chief Exe... (1) Something of a Soldier... (1) This is the Image that... (1) This is the Image that... (1) This is the Image that... (1) Creator Gardner, Alexander (1) Rath, Christian (1) Date 1865-07-07 (1) 1892-07-12 (1) ca 1860s (1) ca 1865 (1) results 1-8 of 8 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Christian Rath Rath, Christian--Portraits; Executioners Vignetted portrait of Christian Rath. 2. John Surratt Surratt, John H. (John Harrison), 1844-1916--Portraits Standing portrait of John Surratt with one hand resting on a table. 3. David Herold Herold, David E., 1844-1865--Portraits Posed portrait of David Herold with one hand resting on a book, and a hat in the other hand. 4. J. W. Booth Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865--Portraits Posed image of John Wilkes Booth. 5. Executioners Hartranft, John F., 1830-1889; Executioners; Rath, Christian Posed photograph of General Hartranft and his staff in the chairs used by the condemned on the scaffold. 6. Envelope Envelopes Envelope from the War Department to Col. Eugene J. Conger. 7. Hancock Letter, 1868 Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination; Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865; Executions Winfield S. Hancock tells of his part in the execution of the Lincoln conspirators, with references to Mary Surratt and the writ of habeas corpus. 8. Rath Letter, 1892 Rath, Christian; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination; Hangings; Executions; Executioners Christian Rath was the chief executioner, who tied the knots around the necks of the four co-conspirators sentenced to death for their role in the Lincoln assassination. In this letter written almost three... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-8 of 8 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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