Was Edman “Ned” Spangler Guilty in the Lincoln Conspiracy?
Ned Spangler, taken from a larger set of depictions of the conspirators Of what was Edman Spangler guilty? Tried together with seven others accused in the Lincoln Conspiracy, York native Edman “Ned”...
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I’ve already told the story of Edman “Ned” Spangler, son of a York County sheriff and one of the so-called “Lincoln conspirators.” With all the recent to-do about the John Wilkes Booth bobble-heads...
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Ned Spangler didn’t find Fort Jefferson a nice place to visit
Fort Jefferson in the 1860s.Digital source: U-M Library Digital Collections. Harper Weekly. Native Yorker Edman (Ned) Spangler was among the eight defendants tried for conspiracy in the assassination...
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Ned Spangler at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Part 2
Cell area where Spangler and the other Lincoln prisoners were confined. Here is the second part of the letter published in October 25, 1865 in the Aledo [Ill.] Weekly Record, about three months after...
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More on Ned Spangler’s life as a prisoner after the Lincoln Conspiracy trial
The only entrance to Fort Jefferson. The Lincoln prisoners were at one time housed in the area right above the portal. Edman “Ned” Spangler wrote letters to friends and relatives describing his...
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Yorker Edman Spangler maintained Lincoln conspiracy innocence
Edman Spangler confined with rigid Lilly handcuffs, probably aboard monitor at the Washington Navy Yard. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.) A few months after being released from...
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An interesting trip to Surrattsville
Surratt Tavern as it would have looked in 1865 I recently took a field trip that I had been thinking about for some time. For several years I have been researching and writing about Edman “Ned”...
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On to the Mudd House
The Dr. Samuel Mudd House In my last post I shared my recent visit to the Surratt House Museum in Clinton, Maryland. Less than half an hour away is the Dr. Samuel Mudd House Museum. After picking up...
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Ned Spangler’s last home
Ned Spangler’s carpenter’s plane My previous two posts concerned a day trip I took a couple of weeks ago to southern Maryland, visiting the homes of two of the convicted Lincoln conspirators, Mary...
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Another York County Lincoln assassination association
Over the years I have shared many posts showing local connections to President Lincoln and his assassination. They ranged from York native Edman Spangler, accused but not convicted of conspiracy in...
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