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Jonh Wilkes Booth Imprisonment and trial of the conspirators
During the imprisonment and trial, in 1865, of the parties charged with conspiring to assassinate President Lincoln and his cabinet, Michigan officers held important trusts. General Hartranft being detached from the 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, by the Secretary of War, to take command of the Old Washington Arsenal, where the prisoners were confined, selected Major Richard A. Watts, of the 17th Michigan, who had been serving on his staff, to accompany him on that duty as Acting Assistant Adjutant General, and who was directed by the General to recommend another faithful officer, and he named Captain Christian Rath, of the same regiment, both of whom rendered important service during the imprisonment, trial, and execution of the conspirators.
Michigan in the Civil War
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