John Wilkes Booth and David Herold

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.

Marker is at the intersection of Bel ...

John Wilkes Booth's Escape

Civil War to Civil Rights

“My brother saw Booth as he came down the alley and turned into F Street.” Henry Davis, 1901.

Twelve-year-old Henry Davis and his brother often looked out the back window of their Ninth Street home ...

John Wilkes Booth

Escape of an Assassin

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 ...

John Wilkes Booth

and his companion David Herold

Entered Charles County near this spot after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in Washington on April 14, 1965.

Marker is at the intersection of Crain Highway (U.S. 301) and Cedarville Road, on the right when traveling south on ...

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.

Marker is on Brandywine ...

John Wilkes Booth

Escape of an Assassin

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 ...

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.

Marker is on U.S. 301 2.5 miles south of U.S. ...

John Wilkes Booth

Escape of an Assassin

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 ...

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 ...