[Lucas, Daniel]:

$1,750 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

MEMOIR OF JOHN YATES BEALL: HIS LIFE; TRIAL; CORRESPONDENCE; DIARY; AND PRIVATE MANUSCRIPT FOUND AMONG HIS PAPERS, INCLUDING HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF THE RAID ON LAKE ... An account of the life of John Yates Beall, together with several of his own writings, that focuses on the raid carried out by him and his group of Confederate Navy irregulars on Lake Erie in late 1864 and his resulting trial and execution. Beall and his men had hoped to free Confederate prisoners held by the Union at Johnson's Island off the coast of Ohio, but succeeded only in sinking several nearby boats. After Beall was captured, he was tried for sabotage in January 1865, sentenced to hang, and executed on February 24, 1865, after President Lincoln refused to commute his death sentence.

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