title: Avenging Lincolns Death: The Trial of John Wilkes Booths Accomplices
author: Thomas J. Reed
description: <br /><span style="line-height:1"><span>[Reed] tells the story of this trial in an interesting and informative way that makes the events come alive for the reader.... This book would be an excellent starting point for anyone who wanted to research this time period and the assassination of President Lincoln, as multiple sources are well documented in footnotes... This book would be a great choice for any Lincoln collection and any library that has an interest in collecting Civil War materials. It is also timely, as the choice between military commissions and civilian courts is still under discussion. </span></span> (<i>Law Library Journal</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>Exhaustively researched, and enhanced with a bibliography and an index, </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Avenging Lincoln's Death</span><span> is a studious and welcome contribution to public and college library judicial studies shelves.</span></span> (<i>Midwest Book Review</i>)<br /><br /><span><span>Author Thomas Reed has presented "the story of the trial of Booth's alleged accomplices" and a "legal and constitutional analysis of the trial" in his very precise and easy-to-read book </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Avenging Lincoln's Death</span><span>.... [H]e presents his case in a very clear and understandable way.... If we had been there in that day and time, most of us would likely have agreed that the trial by military was right, but if you read Thomas Reed's book (we highly recommend it), you will find yourself wondering if that was the correct way to close out this very emotional chapter of our history. </span></span> (<i>Surratt Courier</i>)
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  # THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  EXPLANATORY.
  
  
  PREFATORY.
  
  
  LETTER I. THE MURDER.
  
  
  LETTER II. THE OBSEQUIES IN WASHINGTON.
  
  
  LETTER III. THE MURDERER.
  
  
  LETTER IV. THE ASSASSIN'S DEATH.
  
  
  LETTER V. A SOLUTION OF THE CONSPIRACY.
  
  
  LETTER VI. THE DETECTIVES' STORIES.
  
  
  LETTER VII. THE MARTYR.
  
  
  LETTER VIII. THE TRIAL.
  
  
  LETTER IX. THE EXECUTIONS.
  
  
  
  
  
  THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH,
  
  
  WITH A FULL SKETCH OF THE
  
  
  Conspiracy of which he was the Leader,
  
  
  AND THE
  
  
  PURSUIT, TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF HIS ACCOMPLICES.
  
  
  BY GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND,
  
  
  A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
  
  
  
  
  
  [Illustration: THE LIFE, CRIME, AND CAPTURE OF John Wilkes Booth AND
  
  
  THE PURSUIT, TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF HIS ACCOMPLICES.]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### EXPLANATORY.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  One year ago the writer of the letters which follow, visited the
  