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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04527 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Lincoln assassination reward |
| Date | 9 May 1865 |
| Author | Wilson, James Harrison (1837-1925) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Reprinting the orders of Gen. James H. Wilson seeking the arrest of Jefferson Davis, Clement Clay, Jacob Thompson, George N. Saunders, Beverly Tucker and William C. Cleary. Lists the rewards for the capture of each person as follows: Davis, Clay, and Thompson, $100,000 each, Saunders and Tucker, $25,000, and Cleary, $10,000. |
| Subjects | Assassination Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Lincoln Assassination Government and Civics Death President |
| People | Wilson, James Harrison (1837-1925) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Clay, Clement Claiborne (1816-1882) Thompson, Jacob (fl. 1864-1865) Saunders, George N. (fl. 1864-1865) Tucker, Beverly (fl. 1864-1865) Cleary, William C. (fl. 1864-1865) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | James H. Wilson, American Army Officer, Engineer, and Author, was born in 1837 on his family's farm about a mile south of here. He attended Shawneetown schools, McKendree College, and the United States Military Academy. In the spring of 1864, during the Civil War, he commanded Sheridan's Third Cavalry Division. In the spring of 1865, as Brevet Major General, Chief of the Cavalry, Military Division of Mississippi, Wilson led a month-long mounted campaign through Alabama, capping his exploits by surmounting the fortifications at Selma. Detachments under his command captured Jefferson Davis. Wilson also served in the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion. He died in 1925. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |