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Secretary of Defense Edward Stanton needed as much information about John Wilkes Booth as he could get. He needed to know how he thought, who his family, friends and aquaintences were, and who would most likely aid in his escape from the US Government and Union soldiers. His decisions immediatly after the fatal shooting of Lincoln made for a successful capture of all the conspirators.

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