Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) ornament Few know the stories behind

Few know the stories behind the monuments that dot the battlefield

By Mark Dunkleman

Never before seen imagery of the exact ground where events changed the course of history

the revolutionary—not to say bizarre—Monitor slipped into harbor after hurrying down from New York through fierce gales that almost sank her

Available in Brass or Bronze Barrel

Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) ornament Few know the stories behindFor 150 years, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln has fascinated the American people. Relatively few academic historians, however, have devoted study to it, viewing the murder as a side note tied to neither the Civil War nor Reconstruction. Over time, the traditional story of the assassination has become littered with myths, from the innocence of Mary Surratt and Samuel Mudd to John Wilkes Booths escape to Oklahoma or India, where he died by suicide