Yegads!
What an amazing family history you have!
Mine only amounts to federal troops bullying old ladies and dirt farmers.
[A “mentally unstable” actor? Goodness! Now ~that’s~ completely unheard of!]...;-D
“He was buried at Mt. Olivet.”
Bawlmer?
Bawlmer?
No DC. My line was from NC. We all started in MD in 1690, then migrated south and west after the Revolution. This relative lived in Piscataway, MD and owned a country store/hotel there. It is still standing. He lost his wife and son in 1859 and somehow became a spy master for Davis. He was in attendance with Booth in Montreal during the original kidnap planning. He was smart enough to drop Booth and run after the assassination. I cannot remember the name of the DC hotel that he managed upon his return, but it was a known hotbed of confederate spys during the war. It was owned by a lady.
All my other relatives fought in NC regiments during the war.