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Jonh Wilkes Booth Imprisonment and trial of the conspirators
An escort of 25 cavalrymen of the 16th N. Y., under Captain Dorherty, were placed at Lieutenant Baker's command, who had orders to "bring Booth, dead or alive. " At the request of Lieutenant Baker, Lieutenant Colonel E. J. Conger, lately lieutenant colonel of the 1st District Columbia Cavalry, a brother of Congressman 0. D. Conger, an experienced cavalry officer, who had just been mustered out of the U. 8. service, was added to the party. Colonel Conger had raided the country in every direction, and was valuable on account of his familiarity with the roads and for his undaunted courage and bravery. The party went on board the tug John S. Ide and steamed down to Belle Plain, near the mouth of Acquia creek.
Michigan in the Civil War
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