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Lincoln Assassination


198. Portrait of John Wilkes Booth

199. Portrait of Sergeant Boston Corbett (the soldier who claimed he shot John Wilkes Booth)

200. Lewis Payne, the Conspirator who Attacked Secretary Seward - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

201. Execution of the Four Persons Condemned as Conspirators (Mary E. Surratt, Lewis T. Powell, David E. Herold, and George A. Atzerodt), July 7,1865

202. Box in Ford's Theater where Lincoln was Assassinated - 1865

203. Bridge Across the "Eastern Branch" to Anacostia used by John Wilkes Booth and David Herold to Escape - Washington, D.C.

233. Samuel Arnold, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

224. General John F. Hartranft and Staff (responsible for securing the conspirators at the Arsenal) - Washington, D.C.

Left to right: Capt. R.A. Watts, Lt. Col. George W. Frederick, Lt. Col. William H.H. McCall, Lt. D.H. Geissinger, Gen. Hartranft, Asst. Surg. George L. Porter, Col. L.A. Dodd, Capt. Christian Rath

260. The Four Condemned Conspirators (Mrs. Surratt, Payne, Herold, Atzerodt), with Officers and Others on the Scaffold - Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865

257. Coffins and Open Graves ready for the Conspirators Bodies at Right of Scaffold - Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865

258. Hanging Bodies of the Conspirators - Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865

259. Hanging Hooded Bodies of the Four Conspirators with the Crowd Departing - Washington, D.C., July 7, 1865

528. President Lincoln's Funeral Procession on Pennsylvania Avenue (View 1) - Washington, D.C., April 19, 1865

529. President Lincoln's Funeral Procession on Pennsylvania Avenue (View 2) - Washington, D.C., April 19, 1865

593. David E. Herold, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

632. Rocking Chair used by President Lincoln in Ford's Theater - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

633. Ford's Theater with Guards Posted at Entrance and Crepe Draped from Windows - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

634. Edward Spangler, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

635. George A. Atzerodt, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

636. Michael O'Laughlin, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

637. Lewis Payne, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

638. Edward Spangler, a Conspirator - Washington Navy Yard, D.C., April 1865

830. Arrested on Suspicion of being a Conspirator this Unidentified Man (incorrectly taken for Dr. Samuel Mudd) was later Released - Washington Navy Yard, D.C. April 1865

A901. $100,000 Reward - U.S. War Dept. War Department, Washington, D.C., April 20, 1865

A904. U.S. War Dept. $100,000 Reward - Another Version