The Lincoln Assassination & Writing Narrative History with Scott Ellsworth

Update: 2025-08-25

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Today on the show, I'm interviewing author and historian Scott Ellsworth. His newest book, Midnight on the Potomac, narrates the final year of the Civil War, the myriad Lincoln assassination attempts of 1864/65, and John Wilkes Booth's association with the confederacy.

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