History 269 The Civil War and Reconstruction
The Lincoln Conspirators 

Assassinated President Lincoln on April 14, 1865; apprehended at Garrett's farm and mortally wounded on April 26.

  

Involved in plot to kidnap Lincoln; apprehended with Booth in Virginia; executed July 7, 1865

  

Part of plot to kidnap Lincoln; tried to murder Seward; hanged on July 7, 1865.
John Wilkes Booth
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 		 David Herold
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 		 Lewis Powell
 

Involved in plot to kidnap Lincoln; allegedly planned to kill Johnson; hanged on July 7, 1865.

  

Her boarding house was frequented by Confederate spies and Booth's co-conspirators; believed to have known about Booth's plots; hanged on July 7, 1865.

  

Conspired with Booth to kidnap Lincoln; sentenced to life in prison; pardoned in 1869.
George Atzerodt
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 		 Mary Surratt
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 		 Samuel Arnold
 

Aided Booth's escape; sentenced to life in prison; pardoned in 1869.

  

Conspired with Booth; sentenced to life in prison; died of yellow fever at Fort Jefferson, Key West, on September 23, 1867.

  

Employed at Ford's Theater; helped Booth escape (perhaps unwittingly); sentenced to 6 years in prison; pardoned in 1869.

Dr. Samuel Mudd
 

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Michael O'Laughlen
 

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Edman Spangler
 
Booth was shot dead at Garrett's farm in Virginia on April 26, 1865;
Herold, Powell, Atzerodt and Surratt were hanged on July 7, 1865;
Arnold, Mudd and O'Laughlen were sentenced to life in prison;
Spangler received a six-year prison sentence.  (Click on images for details.)

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