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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07738.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Photographs of Lincoln assassination conspirators |
| Title | Photograph of Ernest Hartman Richter |
| Date | 27 April 1865 |
| Author | Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Photograph of a suspect later identified as Ernest Hartman Richter. Shows Richter sitting with his hands folded and wearing a coat aboard the U.S.S. Saugus. The photograph is mounted on board. |
| Subjects | Lincoln Assassination Assassination President Prisoner |
| People | Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Richter Hartman, Ernest (fl. 1865-1870) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: Nine large plate albumen prints of the Lincoln assassination conspirators. Secret Service head Colonel Lafayette C. Baker selected Gardner to take the photographs of the conspirators while in they were in custody, awaiting trial aboard the U.S.S. Montauk and the U.S.S. Saugus. One of the eight suspected conspirators who had been incarcerated on the monitors (Saugus and Montauk). Richter, a cousin of Atzerodt was released without being brought to trial. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |