Mary Surratt
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Mary Elizabeth Surratt was an American boarding house owner in Washington, D.C., who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy which led to the assassination of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in
Surratt, c. 1860–1865
A woodprint depicting Surrattsville and the Surratt home, printed in 1867 in Harper's Weekly.
John H. Surratt Jr. (seen here in 1868) was a Confederate courier.
Surratt's boarding house, c. 1890, little changed from how it looked during her occupancy.
Lewis Powell (conspirator)
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Lewis Thornton Powell was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he later ser
Mary Surratt
…then ran as a boardinghouse. There, she was introduced to John Wilkes Booth. Booth visited the boardinghouse numerous times, as did George Atzerodt and Lewis Powell, Booth's co-conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. Shortly before killing Lincoln, Booth spoke with Surratt and handed her a package containing…
Powell aboard USS Saugus, 1865. Photograph by Alexander Gardner
Colonel John S. Mosby
John Wilkes Booth in 1865