Shipwreck on the Potomac Disaster in Pursuit of Lincoln's Killer ( Karen Stone-CH) pistol The Battle of Brices Cross

The Battle of Brices Cross Roads on June 10

temporary service day regiments

a new Lincoln was on display

a civil war started that was the most catastrophic event in the nation's history -- 2% of the population killed in four years

the course of the war

Shipwreck on the Potomac Disaster in Pursuit of Lincoln's Killer ( Karen Stone-CH) pistol The Battle of Brices CrossBy Karen E. Stone They Didnt Need to be There It was a calm, moonless night in late April 1865. Robert E. Lee had surrendered. Abraham Lincoln was dead. Assassin John Wilkes Booth and accomplice David Herold, previously hiding in the swamps of Southern Maryland, had crossed the Potomac River to safety. The barge Black Diamond was anchored with the Potomac Flotilla near Blackistone Lighthouse, hoping to prevent that crossing and catch the perpetrators.