Louis weichmann gay

Primary Sources

(1) Louis Weichmann, testimony before the Military Tribunal (13th May, 1865)

On Friday, the day of the assassination, I went to Howard’s stable, about half-past 2 o’clock, having been sent there by Mrs. Surratt for the purpose of hiring a buggy. I drove her to Surrattsville the identical day, arriving there about half-past 4. We stopped at the house of Mr. Lloyd, who keeps a tavern there. Mrs. Surratt went into the parlor. I remained outside a portion of the time, and went into the bar-room a part of the time, until Mrs. Surratt sent for me. We left about half-past 6. Surrattsville is about a two-hour operate to the city, and is about ten miles from the Navy Yard bridge. Just before disappearing the city, as I was going to the door, I saw Mr. Booth in the parlor, and Mrs. Surratt was speaking with him. They were alone.

Some time in March last, I ponder, a man calling himself Wood came to Mrs. Surratt’s and inquired for John H. Surratt. I went to the door and told him Mr. Surratt was not at home; he thereupon expressed a desire to notice Mrs. Surratt, and I introduced him, having first asked his name. That is the man (pointing to Lewis Powell). He stopp

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Betty will acquire to help me here, but I don't recollect any speculation going on about the sexual proclivities of any of the conspirators until sometime in the 1980s -- and, to this day, I know of no evidence to support any of the speculation. My personal feelings are that one is treading on very slippery grounds to attempt and espouse such thoughts about any of the conspirators or Weichmann or to make it a factor in the assassination story.

(11-13-2015 12:34 PM)John Fazio Wrote: [ -> ]Weichmann's sexual orientation: Kauffman, "American", p. 362. I am not in my library, so I cannot tell you his source.

John, I am not absolutely certain on this, but I think Mike Kauffman was going by his own interpretation of what was said in the "Clara letter."

(11-13-2015 12:39 PM)L Verge Wrote: [ -> ]Betty will have to help me here, but I don't remember any speculation going on about the sexual proclivities of any of the conspirators until sometime in the 1980s -- and, to this sunlight, I know of no evidence to support any of the speculation. My personal feelings are that one is treading on very slippery grounds to try and espouse suc

This Meeting 150 Years Ago this Week Led to Lincoln’s Assassination

On December 23, 1864 a little-noticed event took place that would, in the fullness of time, shake the planet. It was on that date that John Wilkes Booth and John Harrison Surratt first met.

Booth needs no introduction, but perhaps Surratt does. Surratt was Booth’s closest associate for the four months prior to the assassination. He recruited all four of the conspirators who were ultimately hung for the crime of assassination – including his own mother. He was also, by his own admission, a Confederate Secret Service operative, with connections to the highest levels of the Confederate States of America government in Richmond. Two weeks prior to the assassination, Surratt met with Confederate Secretary of Express Judah P. Benjamin – and possibly with President Jefferson Davis – in Richmond. Then he snuck back across the Potomac to Washington, carrying dispatches tucked inside a novel entitled The Life of John Brown.

The particulars of what occurred in this first meeting are acknowledged to a remarkable extent. Star government witness Louis J. Weichmann – a Confederate sympathizer and Surratt house boarder-turn

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Biographic Sketch of John Surratt, Jr.

John Surratt was born on April 13, 1844 in the Washington, D. C. district of Congress Heights.  Surratt was the youngest child of John and Mary Surratt.

Surratt, who intended to become a priest, enrolled at St. Charles College in Maryland, where he met Louis Weichmann who would get first a good partner, and later his main person nemesis.

Soon after John's father died in August, 1862, Surratt became postmaster of the small Maryland town of Surrattsville, first settled by his family.  By 1863, Surratt was functional as a Confederate confidential agent, carrying messages to Confederate boats on the Potomac River and sending messages about Union troop movements in the Washington area south to Richmond.

John Surratt's Role in the Conspiracy

Dr. Samuel Mudd introduced John Surratt to John Wilkes Booth on December 23, 1864 in Washington.  Surratt joined the Confederate conspiracy to abduct President Lincoln and participated in the March 15 rendezvous with other conspirators at Gautier's Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue, where plans were laid for a Protest 17 kidnapping.

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