J. Wilkes Booth: An Account of His Sojourn in Southern Maryland after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his Passage Across the Potomac, and his Death in Virginia

by Thomas Jones, ustin

$500 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers, 1893. First Edition. Woodcut frontispiece portrait and other full-page woodcuts. Hardcover. Octavo. 126 pages. Fascinating firsthand account by a Confederate signal officer in Southern Maryland. Jones concealed and succored John Wilkes Booth and David Herold for six days before helping them across the Potomac River

  • Binding: Hardcover

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