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Lincoln Assassination Conspirators

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Clockwise from top: John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Powell, David Herold, Michael O'Lauglin, John Surratt, Edman Spangler, Samuel Arnold, George Atzerodt. Center: Mary Surratt.

Click on a name below to read a biographical sketch of a conspirator:

John Wilkes Booth

Lewis Powell

David E. Herold

Michael O'Laughlen

Mary E. Surratt

John Surratt

Edman Spangler

Samuel Arnold

George A. Atzerodt

Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
(not pictured)

Notes on Jefferson Davis's Role in Conspiracy

Home Trial Account

Other Resources

  • The Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators: An Account
  • The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial: A Chronology
  • Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
  • The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial: Sketch & Diagram of Ford's Theatre
  • Order Establishing a Military Commission to Try the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators & The Opinion of the Attorney General Affirming its Legality
  • The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial: Selected Maps
  • The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial: Courtroom Sketch & Diagram
  • Excerpts from the 1865 Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial
  • Newspaper Accounts of the Lincoln Assassination, Conspiracy Trial, and Execution of Convicted Conspirators
  • John Surratt's 1870 Account of the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy
  • The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy: Images
  • The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial: Links & Bibliography
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