Accomplice
George Atzerodt
- Born
- 12 June 1835
- Died
- 7 July 1865, aged about 30
- Record
- Wikidata Q375959 · Wikipedia
Accomplice in The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Prussian-born carriage painter assigned to kill Vice President Johnson; made no attempt. Hanged.
1865 · Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. · Executed
Good Friday, 1865: an actor shoots the president at Ford's Theatre, a manhunt crosses two states, and a military court hangs four conspirators. Read the case.
Dated events
Atzerodt is arrested at a cousin's farm near Germantown, Maryland.
Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold and George Atzerodt are hanged at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary.