Looking for George Atzerodt in Port Tobacco

Joe Gleason

The April 11 CCASM meeting was a chance to share information that might lead to identifying the Port Tobacco location of the carriage shop associated with George Atzerodt, one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators.

Jim Gibb

Joe Gleason showed a "new" photo of Chimney House, and also shared exerts from the transcripts of the trials of the Lincoln assassination conspirators.  Jim Gibb reviewed the archaeology that the Port Tobacco Project had previously done.  There was a lot of discussion, and three alternatives for the location were proposed. 

Here are links to two postings from the Port Tobacco Archaeological Project on the subject-

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