June 12th marks the birth of George Atzerodt, a German immigrant who became embroiled in a plot that irrevocably altered the course of American history. Arriving in Maryland with his family as part of a larger immigration wave, Atzerodt settled into a seemingly...
Samuel Bland Arnold, born on September 6, 1834, and passing away on September 21, 1906, played a role in the conspiracy to abduct President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He joined forces with fellow conspirators John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, Lewis Powell, Michael...
Lewis Powell, also known as Lewis Payne, was a complex figure in American history. Born in Alabama on April 22, 1844., he fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and later became involved in one of the most infamous events in American history – the...
On July 7, 1865, four conspirators of the Lincoln assassination, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt, were hanged just after 1:30 p.m. on a very hot day in the prison yard of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary, which is now on the grounds of Fort...
On April 14, 1865, at the climax of a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth entered Abraham Lincoln’s private balcony and shot the president in the back of the head. After struggling...
