May 16, 1865---The Lincoln Assassins Conspiracy Trial; The Battle of Monticello Road

MAY 16, 1865:           

The Battle of Monticello Road: 

Despite General M. Jeff Thompson C.S.A.’s surrender at Chalk Bluff, Arkansas on May 11^th, not all Confederates fell in line. Here and there throughout the South isolated groups of men, most now under no authority but their own, continue to skirmish with Federal patrols. One of these skirmishes takes place along Monticello Road, in Jefferson County, Arkansas when ten men in Confederate uniforms representing Anderson’s Cavalry Battalion engage 30 men of the 13^th Illinois Cavalry. One Confederate is taken prisoner before the remainder ride off. In response, a strong garrison force is placed in the area. 

  

The New York Times publishes an exhaustive edition of the Lincoln Conspirators’ Trial transcript to date.  It can be read here.