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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07544 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Copy of charge and specification against... |
| Date | ca. May 1865 |
| Author | Holt, Joseph (1807-1894) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Title continues: "Charge and specification against David E. Herold, George A. Azerodt, Lewis Payne, Michael D. Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Surratt, and Samuel A. Mudd". Holt signs as Judge Advocate General. Some manuscript insertions are included throughout the document. |
| Subjects | Lincoln Assassination Lincoln's Cabinet Assassination President Death Military Law Women's History |
| People | Holt, Joseph (1807-1894) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Herold, David E. (1844-1865) Atzerodt, George A. (1835-1865) Payne, Lewis (1845-1865) O'Laughlin, Michael (d. 1867) Spangler, Edward (1825-1875) Arnold, Samuel (1834-1906) Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia) (1820-1865) Mudd, Samuel Alexander (1833-1883) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; The Presidency; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Holt served as commissioner of patents, 1857–1859; served as U.S. postmaster general, 1859–1861; served as Secretary of War, 18 January–5 March 1861; was appointed the first Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, 3 September 1862; prosecuted the John Wilkes Booth conspirators in the Lincoln assassination and was accused of suppressing evidence; issued a pamphlet, Vindication of Judge Advocate General Holt From the Foul Slanders of Traitors, Confessed Perjurers and Suborners, Acting in the Interest of Jefferson Davis, 1866; resigned as Judge Advocate General, 1875; died in Washington, D.C., on 1 August 1894. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |