Alias "Paine": Lewis Thornton Powell, the Mystery Man of the Lincoln Conspiracy

by Betty J. Ownsbey

Book Overview

On the night that John Wilkes Booth killed President Abraham Lincoln, 20-year-old Lewis Powell burst into the house of William Seward and attempted to assassinate the Secretary of State. Under the alias Lewis Paine, he was convicted and hanged three months later along with three other Lincoln conspirators.A former Confederate soldier, Powell's role in the Lincoln conspiracy has been the subject of a great deal of debate. Was Powell simply a Southern...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089950874X
• ISBN13: 9780899508740
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"