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One First St. NE in Washington, D.C. is the location of a former prison for Confederate soldiers. Also incarcerated there were Mary Surratt, until becoming the first woman executed by

One of the intriguing stories uncovered in a search for Carroll County’s Black Civil War soldiers is that of Taneytown’s John L. Coats. While important parts of the story may always remain a mystery, quite a bit has been discovered.

Did John Wilkes Booth escape justice? Inside the conspiracies that the actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 lived under a stolen Englishmans identity in India or as a bartender in Texas for decades after history says he died John Wilkes Booth, born on May 10, 1838, was a prominent stage actor of his day The Civil War was coming to an end when Booth, 26, shot President Abraham Lincoln during a play at Fords Theatre in Washington, DC on April 14, 1865 The 16th president, who h...

>> yeah, samuel mudd. >> right. where that came from. mudd was cleared. you dragged him back into the mud again. >> he was sentenced to the dry tortugas, where you vacation down in florida, right off florida, key west. and he spent time in prison down there. they were pardoned. >> no, no. i mean --what was it? this administration -- or, i mean, the last administration or the administration before that. either bush or clinton -- right? -- pardoned mudd. >> well, whatever they did, mudd was guilty...

>> yeah, samuel mudd. >> right. where that came from. mudd was cleared. you dragged him back into the mud again. >> he was sentenced to the dry tortugas, where you vacation down in florida, right off florida, key west. and he spent time in prison down there. they were pardoned. >> no, no. i mean --what was it? this administration -- or, i mean, the last administration or the administration before that. either bush or clinton -- right? -- pardoned mudd. >> well, whatever they did, mudd was guilty...

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he is the vice chairman. he is the numbers two guy. there always is a way to shift it around. but i think he would be the frontrunner. >> thank you. national captioning institute] able satellite corp. 2013] >> next on c-span former president bill clinton and bill gates. then a home grown terrorism threat discussion. >> post 9/11 a lot more people cared about national security issues than the case before. so all of a sudden there was a market for former c.i.a. folks, former defense agen...

lincoln was not on the ballot in ten of them. of the 23 that remained the only won 17 states. las five and split one. he won the presidency with only 39% of the popular vote. no one has even come close. 39% of the popular vote. how do you win the presidency was only 39% of the popular vote? there were 500,000 -- to win the presidency only 39% of the vote it is because of the electoral college. lincoln is winning new york, pennsylvania, ohio. he won 56% of the electoral votes. 39% of th...

>> apparently this might be the timeo buy. and speaking of deals, wal- mart are offering deals now on coffins and urns. you can now order coffins and urns from wal-mart on their website. we have over a dozen different coffins for you to choose from. were going to talk about this. it seems odd, but maybe -- >> one-stop shopping. diapers and coffins. >> from one end to the other. thats a good way to promote it. >> right. first thing well do is talk to tucker barnes and find out what ...

halloween come saturday. and for some reason, i just keep feeling like i need to glance over my shoulder. i prefer to be closer to the other people around. why am i here by myself. never stand by yourself near the haunting house, right? >> i agree with you. im nervous. well hopefully see you at 7:00. that will do it for the 6:00 hour. its time to say good morning to allison and steve. >> good morning, gurvir. >> we have a lot coming up. the president obama seeing firsthand the cost o...