| Maryland (Charles County), St. Charles — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay |
| | Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylanders’ hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and families at odds in Maryland and faraway battlefields. From the Eastern Shore to the suburbs of Washington, eastern Maryland endured those strains of civil war in ways difficult to imagine today.
Those strains continued even after Confederate General . . . — Map (db m922) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Port Tobacco — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay |
| | Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander’s hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and families at odds in Maryland and faraway battlefields. From the Eastern Shore to the suburbs of Washington, eastern Maryland endured those strains of civil war in ways difficult to imagine today.
Those strains continued even after Confederate General . . . — Map (db m1104) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Bryantown — St. Mary’s Church and Cemetery — Mudd Meets Booth — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of An Assassin |
| | On November 13, 1864, here at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was introduced to John
Wilkes Booth, the future assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Booth had come to Charles County to
contact the Confederate underground here and recruit
men to help him kidnap the president. Mudd’s wife, Sarah, later wrote:
“The first time I ever saw John Wilkes Booth was in November 1864. My husband went to Bryantown
Church [St. Mary’s] and was introduced to Booth by John . . . — Map (db m924) |
| Maryland (Prince George's County), Clinton — John Wilkes Booth |
| | The assassin of Lincoln stopped here at the house of Mrs. Surratt to secure ammunition on the night of April 14, 1865. He rode on to "T.B." and then to Dr. Mudd's who set his broken leg. — Map (db m3612) |
| Maryland (Charles County), St. Charles — Home of Dr. Samuel Mudd — (1833–1883) |
| | John Wilkes Booth rested here for several hours on April 15, 1865, after receiving treatment for his broken leg. — Map (db m920) |
| Maryland (Charles County), St. Charles — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd — Treating an Assassin — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of An Assassin |
| | This house was the home of Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd and his wife, Sarah Frances Dyer. Early on the morning of April 15, 1865, John Wilkes Booth arrived here with a companion, David E. Herold, and asked Mudd to set Booth’s broken leg. Afterward, as Booth rested in an upstairs bedroom, Mudd rode into Bryantown, then returned home late in the afternoon to find his visitors departing.
Questioned later by U.S. authorities, Mudd
claimed he did not recognize Booth or know that he
was being . . . — Map (db m921) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Bryantown — Village of Bryantown — Commercial Center — John Wilkes Booth - Escape of an Assassin |
| | This building in the Bryantown Tavern, constructed about 1815. On April 15, 1865, the morning after President Lincoln’s assassination, Lt. David D. Dana made it his headquarters while pursuing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin, with a detachment of the 13th New York Cavalry. Unknown to Dana, Booth was only four miles north at the home of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, who treated Booth’s broken leg. Though Booth had visited Bryantown several times in 1864, he did not pass through here during his escape, but . . . — Map (db m4500) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Bel Alton — John Wilkes Booth and David Herold |
| | Remained hidden from April 16 to 21, 1865 in a nearby pine thicket, while Union troops searched for them. Thomas A. Jones brought them food and the newspapers. — Map (db m3008) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Bel Alton — Pine Thicket — “the instrument of his punishment” — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of an Assassin |
| | After assassinating President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice, David A. Herold, fled Washington for Southern Maryland, a hotbed of Confederate sympathizers. After leaving the home of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd near Bryantown, Booth found a guide who brought them to the home of Samuel Cox in the early morning hours of April 16. After some negotiating, Cox agreed to place them in the care of friends in the Confederate underground. He sent them to a dense growth of . . . — Map (db m4462) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Bel Alton — Rich Hill |
| | Mid-18th century farm house (with alterations after 1800) was home of Col. Samuel Cox. This southern sympathizer fed and sheltered fugitives John Wilkes Booth and David E. Herold before dawn on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865 following Booth's assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Booth and Herold hid in woods until night of April 21, when Cox's foster brother, Thomas A. Jones, helped them escape across the Potomac to Virginia. — Map (db m4458) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Bel Alton — Rich Hill — The Fugitives Seek Shelter — John Wilkes Booth - Escape of an Assassin |
| | After leaving Dr. Samuel A. Mudd's house on April 15, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, and his accomplice David E. Herold avoided Zekiah Swamp and made a wide arc around the village of Bryantown. Unsure of their surroundings, they soon enlisted the aid of a guide, Oswell Swann, who led them across the swamp to Rich Hill, the home of Samuel Cox. They arrived here shortly after midnight on April 16. According to Swann, Cox admitted the pair to the house where . . . — Map (db m4460) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Faulkner — "Huckleberry" |
| | Home of Confederate Mail Agent, Thomas A. Jones, who helped to shelter, and aided the escape of John Wilkes Booth and David Herold in their flight, April 16th to 21st 1865. — Map (db m4528) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Newburg — Crossing the Potomac — Off into the Darkness — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of an Assassin |
| | After assassinating President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice, David A. Herold, fled Washington for Southern Maryland, a hotbed of Confederate sympathizers. Concealed for several days in a pine thicket two miles northeast of here, the pair made their way over rough terrain to the Potomac River on the night of April 20, 1865. Guided by Thomas A. Jones, a Confederate signal agent, they traveled about a mile to the mouth of a small stream where Jones had . . . — Map (db m4476) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Newburg — John Wilkes Booth — Escape of an Assassin — War on the Chesapeake Bay |
| | Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander’s hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and families at odds in Maryland and faraway battlefields. From the Eastern Shore to the suburbs of Washington, eastern Maryland endured those strains of civil war in ways difficult to imagine today.
Those strains continued even after Confederate General . . . — Map (db m24540) |
| Maryland (Charles County), Newburg — Dents Meadow |
| | (One mile [west]) John Wilkes Booth and David Herold set out from here for the Virginia shore during the night of April 21, 1865, in a boat supplied by Thomas A. Jones. — Map (db m19106) |
| Virginia (King George County), King George — EP 9 — Cleydael |
| | This T-shaped house was built in 1859 by Dr. Richard Stuart as a summer residence for his family. On Sunday afternoon, April 23, 1865, John Wilkes Booth and three companions came to this house seeking medical assistance from Dr. Stuart. Suspicious of his visitors and aware of Lincoln’s assassination, Dr. Stuart refused to aid them and sent them away after dinner. — Map (db m2925) |
| Virginia (Caroline County), Port Royal — EP 20 — John Wilkes Booth |
| | This is the Garrett Place, where John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Lincoln, was cornered by Union soldiers and killed, April 26, 1865. The house stood a short distance from this spot. — Map (db m1584) |
| Virginia (Caroline County), Port Royal — Port Royal — Booth Turned Away — John Wilkes Booth – Escape of an Assassin |
| | In front of you is the Brockenbrough-Peyton House where fugitives John Wilkes Booth and David Herold accompanied by three former Confederate soldiers arrived about 2:30 pm April 24, 1865, 10 days after Booth shot Lincoln. The owner, Randolph Peyton, was not at home when the group arrived. His sister, Sarah Jane Peyton, admitted the men. Booth was described as a wounded Confederate soldier looking for a place to stay. Booth made himself at home in the parlor, but Miss Peyton soon reconsidered . . . — Map (db m4525) |
| Virginia (Caroline County), Port Royal — EP 20 — John Wilkes Booth |
| | This is the Garrett Place, where John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Lincoln, was cornered by Union soldiers and killed, April 26, 1865. The house stood a short distance from this spot. — Map (db m1584) |
| Virginia (Caroline County), Bowling Green — Star Hotel — Conspirator's Lair |
| | Built approximately 1820, the Star Hotel was one of two taverns serving Bowling Green. During the Civil War, it was operated by the Henry Gouldman family, and became a notorious Confederate spy headquarters and safe haven to those who aided Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. About 12:30 a.m. on April 26, 1865, a 26-member Union posse comprised of the 5th New York Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Edward P. Doherty and two members of the National Detective Police, arrived at the hotel, . . . — Map (db m4527) |
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