[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. A group of CDVs featuring members of the military commission and prosecution for the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial.

9 CDVs, 2 featuring engraved images and 7 featuring from-life portraits. Includes:

Seated half portrait of General Lew WALLACE in uniform. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony, n.d. Verso bears Anthony/Brady imprint and penciled identification. -- Seated half portrait of General David HUNTER in uniform. New York: E. Anthony, n.d. Verso bears Anthony/Brady imprint and penciled identification. -- Seated half portrait of General Robert FOSTER in uniform, holding his sword across his lap. Uncredited. -- Standing portrait of General Augustus Valentine KAUTZ in uniform. Boston: J. W. Black, n.d. Verso bears Black's imprint alone. -- Vignetted bust portrait of General James Adams EKIN in uniform (clipped corners, pinholes, discoloration). Washington, DC: Philp & Solomons, n.d. Verso bears Alexander Gardner's pictorial imprint with publishing credit to Philp & Solomons, along with partly cancelled 3-cent revenue stamp. -- Seated portrait of John BINGHAM. Washington: M. B. Brady & Co, n.d. Verso bears Brady's imprint and pencil inscription. -- Vignetted bust portrait of Colonel Henry L. BURNETT in civilian attire. Boston: John A. Heard, n.d. Verso bears Heard's imprint and penciled identification. Mount recto bears light pencil inscription reading, "E.A.R. Mar 8 1866." -- Engraved bust portrait of Hon. Joseph HOLT. Boston: J. H. Bufford, n.d. Mount recto with printed identification and credit to Bufford and Morse & Co. Verso bears penciled inscription. -- And an illustration of the trial of the conspirators, featuring the military commission members seated around a large rectangular table and the conspirators seated behind a railing in the background. Washington: Alden & Eaton, 1865. Mount recto bears copyright statement. Verso bears printed caption, identifications, and photographer's credit. -- Together, 9 CDVs.

The military commission consisted of 9 men, 4 of whom are not represented in individual portraits here including General Thomas M. Harris, Lieutenant Colonel David R. Clendenin, Colonel C. H. Tompkins, and General Albion P. Howe. Acting as part of the prosecution (and featured here) were Hon. John A. Bingham and Colonel Henry Burnett, serving as special judge advocates, and General Joseph Holt, serving as judge advocate and recorder.

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[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. A group of CDVs featuring members of the military commission and prosecution for the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial.

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