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2005 Lincoln Forum Thomas Lowry "Don't Shoot That Boy! Abraham Lincoln and Military Justice"

Thomas Lowry presents the records of soldiers and civilians who were prosecuted for negative comments about President Lincoln after he was assassinated at the 10th Annual Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Lowry, author of "Don't Shoot That Boy! Abraham Lincoln and Military Justice," details some of the cases involving the offenders and describes some of the sentences handed down by the court.

Thomas Lowry is the author of "The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell" and "Civil War Bawdy Houses of Washington D.C.," and "Tarnished Scalpels."

Publisher: Da Capo Press Eleven Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142