▁agre es ▁to ▁test ify . ▁Lee ' s ▁appearance ▁catal y zes ▁the ▁Am ist ad ▁plot ters . ▁On ▁August ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁while ▁Lee ▁test ifies ▁in ▁the ▁cour th ouse , ▁the ▁plot ters ▁dynam ite ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁White ▁House , ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁which ▁draw s ▁away ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁gu ards ▁station ed ▁at ▁the ▁cour th ouse ▁in ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁inqu iry . ▁With ▁the ▁court room ▁weak ly ▁def ended , ▁the ▁Am ist ad ▁plot ters ▁r ush ▁the ▁room , ▁and ▁glo ating ly ▁hold ▁the ▁famous ▁Confeder ates ▁host age . ▁Finally , ▁a ▁fire f ight ▁er u pts ▁in ▁which ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Am ist ad ▁group ▁die , ▁but ▁they ▁succeed ▁in ▁killing ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁people , ▁including ▁Benjamin , ▁P . ▁G . ▁T . ▁Be a ure g ard , ▁and ▁Stuart , ▁who ▁takes ▁a ▁bullet ▁for ▁Lee ▁- ▁and ▁also ▁Raw l ins ▁of ▁the ▁USA . ▁A ▁decis ive ▁factor ▁in ▁the ▁battle ▁is ▁the ▁sudden ▁appearance ▁of ▁the ▁armed ▁J ub ilo , ▁who ▁decided ▁to ▁turn ▁against ▁the ▁Am ist ad ▁group ▁and ▁who ▁k ills ▁Sal mon ▁Brown ▁( who ▁in ▁real ▁life ▁lived ▁until ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁when ▁he ▁committed ▁suic ide ▁in ▁Port land , ▁Oregon ). ▁ ▁With ▁Lee ▁surv iving , ▁a ▁US ▁officer ▁among ▁those ▁killed ▁by ▁the ▁Am