Marie Mollohan

As the civil trial of accused conspirator John Surratt unfolded, new details of the events of the evening of April 14, 1865 are revealed while other events remain obscured. What truly happened on that night?

Two years have passed since the awful assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the close of the Civil War. The conspirators convicted of plotting the assassination are either dead or locked safely away in prison. The members of the McDaniel family have settled into a busy and comfortable life in the months following the military trial of the conspirators. Then come the news that John Surratt, alleged participant in the murder plot against the President, has been captured in faraway Egypt and will be returned to Washington to stand trial for his deeds. Suddenly the intervening months are as nothing and the family must again consider the scars of the war years.

Andrew is a happy family man, enjoying retirement with his wife and the busy daily life of his active grandchildren. Still, he is haunted by an unsolved mystery from his past. His grandfather, also named Andrew, seemed to be a happy husband and father. Then, on one April morning the grandfather disappeared, leaving his family to wonder and to question what brought a sudden end to their world. Andrew finds himself compelled to search for the answer to his grandfather's disappearance, so that he can embrace the truth of his family's legacy.

Andrew is a happy family man, enjoying retirement with his wife and the busy daily life of his active grandchildren. Still, he is haunted by an unsolved mystery from his past. His grandfather, also named Andrew, seemed to be a happy husband and father. Then, on one April morning the grandfather disappeared, leaving his family to wonder and to question what brought a sudden end to their world. Andrew finds himself compelled to search for the answer to his grandfather's disappearance, so that he can embrace the truth of his family's legacy.