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that Secretary of War Edwin Stanton engineered the assassination or that John Wilkes Booth was a mad actor fueled by delusional revenge

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Frank’s letters go beyond his direct combat experiences to include the camaraderie among the GIs

Siege of Vicksburg generals that Secretary of War EdwinThe Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23 July 4, 1863 Timothy B. Smith In The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23July 4, 1863, noted Civil War scholar Timothy B. Smith offers the first comprehensive account of the siege that split the Confederacy in two. While the siege is often given a chapter or two in larger campaign studies and portrayed as a foregone