Title: [Response by John A. Bingham, to comments made by Benjamin Butler in the House of Representatives]
Description: Refutation of Butler's pejorative comments about Bingham's role in the execution of Mary Surratt. (Bingham was Special Judge Advocate in the trial of Pres. Lincoln's alleged assassins.)
Subjects: Assassination
People: Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Mary E. Surratt (1820-1865)