1845 JOHN WILKES BOOTH. Civil War Bible Owned by the Man who Accidently Helped Assassinate Lincoln! Pentecostal The Evangelical Clergy Defended

The Evangelical Clergy Defended

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Among the creatures that God has made

September 8

Hired a canoe with 2 others beside Wm and the Doctor and started at 1pm

1845 JOHN WILKES BOOTH. Civil War Bible Owned by the Man who Accidently Helped Assassinate Lincoln! Pentecostal The Evangelical Clergy DefendedWonderful piece of Americana; the original Civil War Bible used [quite heavily] by Major Henry L McConnell, Civil War soldier and, importantly, Provost Marshall General Department of Missouri. He'll be forever remembered as the man who had John Wilkes Booth in his possession and let him go, thus enabling him to further radicalize and, ultimately, assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Born in Pennsylvania,1840, McConnell entered the Military Academy