Taking place during the most critical period of our nation’s birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history th

On April 14, 1965, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while attending a play at Ford's Theatre. Historical accounts tell us the murder was committed by

Examines the many theories that have led to speculation that Lincoln's assassination was a conspiracy.

The eight people charged with conspiring to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln were tried by a military commission under military law. The author contends th

Louis J. Weichmann, one of the principal witnesses at the trial of the conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln, tells the story of the plotting t