Accomplice
Samuel Mudd
- Born
- 20 December 1833
- Died
- 10 January 1883, aged about 50
- Record
- Wikidata Q1484356 · Wikipedia
Accomplice in The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Maryland doctor who set Booth's broken leg; convicted and sentenced to life, pardoned in 1869. How much he knew remains argued over. Death date given as January 9 or 10, 1883.
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
Booth and Herold reach Samuel Mudd's farm before dawn and have Booth's leg set.
President Johnson pardons Samuel Mudd; Arnold and Spangler are pardoned the following month.