Although the exact details of the employment contract were disputed — and the only other party , President Lincoln , had been assassinated — Lloyd claimed that he was to be paid $ 200 per month for his service , which would have totaled $ 9,753.32 by the end of the war . But rather than paying him in full , Secretary of War Edwin Stanton agreed to reimburse Lloyd only for expenses incurred in the course of his service , totaling $ 2,380 . After his death , Lloyd 's estate , represented by its executor Enoch Totten , filed suit to recover the promised wages
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Totten v. United States