There are all kinds of interesting stories about Confederates in this area helping Breckinridge and Davis to escape right through Lake County. The (Civil) War was over, but the network was still there.

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It just seemed so odd that someone in a city that had both Union and Confederate soldiers — including a recipient of the Union Medal of Honor — would claim to be involved in the Lincoln assassination. What would be the motive for claiming that? To get yourself killed?

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