New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

General Holt and Members of the Military Commission that Tried Lincoln Murder Conspirators

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823-1896)

DateApril 1865

MediumPlatinum print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 5/16 × 16 in. (26.2 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 7/8 × 24 5/16 in. (50.5 × 61.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.210

Terms

U.S. Civil War
Men
Military affairs

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A black and white photograph of twelve men, ten are dressed in uniform the other two are wearing suits. Most are seated while some stand in a semicircle position. The caption along the bottom reads "Gen. Holt & Members of the Court who tried Mrs. Surratt, John Payne & others for the Assassination of Lincoln." This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].