01902cam a2200313 i 4500 385800081 TxAuBib 20190724120000.0 180626s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781455624737 24.95 145562473X 24.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Prindle, Sandy. Booth's Confederate connections [BOOK] / by Sandy Prindle ; foreword by Steven E. Woodworth. Gretna, Louisiana : Pelican Publishing Company, 2019. 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Justification -- Building the intelligence road -- The Canadian connections -- Black warfare turned serious -- Booth arrives in the story -- A plot develops -- A plan becomes coordinated -- The drama begins -- The alibi -- The final days -- The great tragedy -- The pursuit of justice -- The trial of the century -- The final hours -- After the executions -- Getting off the hook -- A story revised. Circumstances point to Judah Benjamin giving an order for Lincoln's assassination to his Canadian couriers John Surratt and Sarah Slater, putting John Wilkes Booth as plan B. The author argues that Benjamin was the real culprit in this plot. The director of Surratt House Museum assisted with the author's research. Provided by publisher. 20190724. Booth, John Wilkes 1838-1865. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination. Surratt, John H Jr (John Harrison) 1844-1916. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Woodworth, Steven E., author of foreword.