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Alias "Paine": Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy

Lewis Powell attempted to assassinate the then Secretary of State, on the night of Lincoln's assassination. Was he a Southern sympathizer, who participated in the plot to kidnap Lincoln and exchange him for Confederate prisoners of war? Was he recruited from Mosby's Rangers? This work answers these and other questions with a research on his life.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 233
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780786425556
  • Genres
  • history
  • Release date
  • 2005