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Will research for peanuts!
One of the more enigmatic figures of the Lincoln assassination is Joseph “John Peanuts” Burroughs, the young errand boy at Ford’s Theatre who held John Wilkes Booth’s horse prior to the assassin’s escape. Who was Peanuts, and what happened to him after the assassination?
Lincoln in Harrisburg: A Tale of Two Trains
History is everywhere—and often closer than you realize. This is the account of my research on Lincoln’s two trips to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Joseph B. Stewart – of Kentucky
As a prominent lawyer from Kentucky, Joseph B. Stewart served as an unofficial liaison in Washington, D.C to his native state in the 1850s – 1860s. Here are some of his more unique encounters …