President Lincoln his wife Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris are at Fords Theatre on a date watching Our American Cousin 37 At 1013 PM Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by Booth with a Derringer pistol 39 ID: 677818
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By: Erin Heim
Chasing Lincolns Killer MapSlide2Slide3
President Lincoln, his wife, Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris are at Fords Theatre on a date watching
Our American Cousin
(37). At 10:13 P.M, Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by Booth with a Derringer pistol (39).Fords TheatreSlide4
Booth needed to cross this bridge in order to get into Maryland (63). No one was supposed to cross the bridge after dark but Silas T. Cobb let Booth pass. This was where his fellow conspirators should have been waiting (63-65).
Navy Yard BridgeSlide5
The small town where there first safe house was located; The
Suratts
boardinghouse (83). There they received a small package from John Lloyd and went on their way (84).
SurattsvilleSlide6
The isolated farm house of Dr. Samuel A.
Mudd
, this was their second destination in their escape (92). Mudd examined Booths leg and diagnosed it as a broken fibula, and allowed them to stay the night (98). The next morning Mudd ordered them to leave but continued to help them (113).
Mudd farmSlide7
The assassins went to a local man named
Oswell
Swann who would eventually lead them to Captain Cox (114). They it to Captain Cox’s door step on April 16th (114).
Swann CabinSlide8
The hidden spot Booth and
Herold
stay in by Captain Cox’s farm. They would stay in the thicket for four days (144).Pine thicketSlide9
The assassins came here first where they stocked up on food to eat before crossing the river. Then after a short meal they began crossing the Potomac River (144).
Jones Farm Slide10
The assassins and Jones landed the both at the mouth of a creek on the Potomac, they had gone the wrong way into Maryland. At the Hughes Farm they were fed and given more information (149).
Hughes FarmSlide11
The entered Virginia on April 23 at the mouth of a creek. The creek was in the Virginia side of the Potomac river (151).
Booth enters Virginia Slide12
At the home of ex-confederate spy Elizabeth
Quesenberry
, Herold asked for help while and injured Booth waited (151). Then they were given horses and fed and would then go to their next stop (152).
Quesenberry homeSlide13
At Dr. Stuarts home they were shown little hospitality and were simply given a meal to eat with the family (152). They two did not sleep in the house but left shortly after eating, also leaving a harsh note and twenty dollars (153).
Stuart HomeSlide14
At the Lucas Cabin lived a colored man named Lucas who offered them his help. He gave them a team or horses and offered the assistance of his son Charlie to drive them (153). After a short argument they paid twenty dollars to stay the night and for the horses and Charlie's driving help (153).
Lucas CabinSlide15
The destination in the wagon was Port Conway (153). There they met confederate soldiers
Wille
Jett, Ruggles, and Brainbridge (154 and 155).
Port ConwaySlide16
When the men were ferried across the river, the soldiers accompanied them to their destination (155). Their destination was a farm owned by Richard H. Garret called Locust Hill (155).
Locust hillSlide17
The nearby town to the Garret Farm was Bowling Green.
Herold
and the confederate soldiers went here to purchase new shoes, Herold would spend the night here and then rejoin Booth the next morning (158).
Bowling GreenSlide18
Booth spent the night at the Garrets house and enjoyed their company very much, he even played with their children,
Herold
and Booth stayed two days here (158). Herold was arrested here by the cavalry and tied to a tree to watch Booth’s death, whom was shot by Boston Corbett. On April 25 he died (176).
Garret farm