http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/fords-theater/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/fords-theater/#comment-20122 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:46:33 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9758#comment-20122 I have been here too. I really enjoyed it. My husband and I are about to open a bed and breakfast just across the river from Garrett’s Farm where John Wilkes Booth died. The property is the birthplace of James Madison. Just this week I have confirmed that the detachment that pursued Booth and Harold stopped at the property and ate and slept there.

]]> http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/fords-theater/#comment-20058 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:51:56 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9758#comment-20058 Sorry about the poor photo quality – I had my camera set on low res for some reason.

]]> http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/fords-theater/#comment-20057 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:26:54 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9758#comment-20057 Great photos. That quilt is indeed an amazing relic. I especially enjoyed seeing the signature of John Minor Botts (second row from bottom, center), the rock-ribbed Unionist from Virginia, whose grave I help tend at Shockoe Hill Cemetery here in Richmond.

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