An Acquaintance With Darkness

This book, which in the past has been a required summer reading, is an interesting storyline on the events of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln. As I read the book, I wondered how many of the events in the story were true historical facts. Was a woman really found guilty of aiding the assassins and was she hung in public? What about the practice of grave robbing. I wonder how prevalent the practice was during this time period.