Military commission before which the conspirators were tried

Drawing of the officers of the military commission that tried the Lincoln conspirators. Seated (Left to right): Lieutenant Colonel David Clendenin, Brigadier General Albion Howe, Brigadier General James Ekin, Major General David Hunter, Brigadier General Robert Foster, Special Judge Advocate John A. Bingham. and Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt. Standing (Left to right): Brigadier General T. M. Harris, Colonel C. H. Tomkins, Major General Lewis Wallace, Major General August Kautz, and Brevet Colonel H.L. Burnett.

Publication date: 1937-05-02

Size: 10.4 x 15.4 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Washington (D.C.)

Subject(s):

• Burnett, Henry L. (Henry Lawrence), 1838-1916--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• Clendenin, David Ramsay, 1830-1895--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• Courts martial & courts of inquiry--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870
• Ekin, James Adams, 1819-1891--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• Foster, Robert Sanford, 1834-1903--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• Howe, Albion Parris, 1818-1897--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• Hunter, David, 1802-1866--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• John Armor Bingham, 1815-1900--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• Kautz, August V. (August Valentine), 1828-1895--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Washington (D.C.)
• Tomkins, C. H.--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)
• United States. Army--People--1860-1870
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel
• Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905--Trials, litigation, etc.--Washington (D.C.)

Genre(s):

• Illustrations

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (May 2, 1937), p. 11

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Harper's weekly