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He is a member of the Loudoun County Civil War Round Table and is a guide at the Ball\'s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park in Virginia..
Naval Sea Cadet Corps, a nonprofit organization in Arlington, Virginia.
Quest is the national director of education with the U.
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About author(s): Richard E.
Quest tells this astonishing story, giving insight into a little-known Confederate prison camp during the last days of the Civil War and providing much-deserved recognition to a man whose Journey was nearly lost to American history.
Using Loring\'s recently discovered private journal, Richard E.
After the shot rang out, Loring climbed into the presidential box and assisted the dying president, helping to carry him across the street to the Peterson House.
On the night of April 14, 1865, Loring attended Ford\'s Theater and witnessed one of the single most tragic events in American history: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
After an arduous second escape, he finally reached the safety of Union lines and gained his freedom.
Loring attempted to escape, evading capture for ten days behind enemy lines, only to be recaptured just a few miles from freedom.
He was incarcerated in Camp Groce, a deadly Confederate prison where he endured horrific conditions and abuse.
Covering almost a year of Loring\'s service, I Held Lincoln describes the lieutenant\'s command of the gunboat USS Wave , the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, the surrender of his ship, and his capture by the Confederates.
Loring was a sailor who just wanted to return home, where the biggest story of his life awaited him.
He commanded no armies and devised no grand strategies.
Benjamin Loring (1824-1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor.
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