John Surratt
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John Harrison Surratt Jr. was an American Confederate spy who was accused of plotting with John Wilkes Booth to kidnap U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was also suspected of involvement in the Abrah
Surratt in 1868
John Harrison Surratt Jr. in Papal Zouave uniform, c. 1867
Papal Zouaves
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The Papal Zouaves were an infantry battalion dedicated to defending the Papal States. Named after the French zouave regiments, the Zuavi Pontifici were mainly young men, unmarried and Catholic, who vo
John Surratt
…the assassination by fleeing to Canada and then to Europe. He thus avoided the fate of the other conspirators, who were hanged. He served briefly as a Pontifical Zouave, but was recognized and arrested. He escaped to Egypt, but was eventually re-arrested and extradited. By the time of his trial, the statute of limitations…
Papal Zouave c. 1865
Medals of a Papal Zouave, blue original uniform in collections of the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Brussels
Papal Zouaves (individuals in grey)