“Woe Be to Those Who Laugh at His Death”

By MI Digital June 8, 2025June 8, 2025

War Department clerk and former army captain Edward C. Townsend was overcome with emotion after news of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln reached him. [caption id="attachment_75676" align="al

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