The manner in which the Army tribunal railroaded Mary Surratt to a date with a hangmanвЂ™s noose sadly struck me as a very common occurrence throughout history. But I must admit that I failed to see the metaphor. I found this particular criticism worthy of some head scratching. Many critics bashed it, claiming it was another of Robert RedfordвЂ™s thinly veiled metaphors on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. вЂњTHE CONSPIRATORвЂќВ proved to be one of those Civil War movies that failed to generate any interest at the box office. SurrattвЂ™s guilt and reluctance to defend her disappeared, as he became aware of possible evidence that might exonerate his client and that she was being used as a hostage and bait to lure her son John to the authorities through foul means. The young attorneyвЂ™s initial belief in Mrs. Unfortunately, the 27 year-old Aiken lacked any previous experience inside a courtroom. But political pressure from Stanton and others forced Johnson to recruit Aiken to represent Mrs. Senator Reverdy Johnson, to defend her before a military tribunal. Surratt summoned a fellow native of Maryland, U.S.

boardinghouse as a meeting place or that John managed to evade capture by the Federal authorities following the assassination. SurrattвЂ™s case was not helped by the fact that they had used her Washington D.C. SurrattвЂ™s guilt because of her son JohnвЂ™s connections to assassin John Wilkes Booth and the other conspirators. The Federal government, under the authority of Secretary of War Edwin M.

Seward, a Maryland-born boarding house owner and Confederate sympathizer named Mary Surratt becomes among those arrested in connection to the crime. Following the 16th PresidentвЂ™s death and near fatal attack upon Secretary of State William H. Solomon, вЂњTHE CONSPIRATORвЂќВ told the story about Civil War veteran Frederick AikenвЂ™s efforts to prevent Mary Surratt, the only woman charged in the Lincoln assassination during the spring and summer of 1865. Robert RedfordвЂ™s new drama about President Abraham LincolnвЂ™s assassination called вЂњTHE CONSPIRATORвЂќВ proved to be the case.Дirected by Redford and written by James D. Throughout Hollywood history, the topic of the American Civil War has proven to be a volatile mix in terms of box office and television ratings.

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