Port Tobacco, officially Port Tobacco Village, is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, Port Tobacco Village had a population of 18, making it the smallest incorpor
Modern recreation of the 1819 Charles County courthouse in Port Tobacco Village
Graveyard next to outline of historic Christ Church in Port Tobacco (building moved to La Plata)
South elevation of Dr. Gustavus Brown's Rose Hill on Rose Hill Road, vicinity of Port Tobacco. Built late 18th century, restored 1937 and 1970s. Photograph by Thomas T. Waterman, 1937, for the Historic American Buildings Survey
MD 6 eastbound at Causeway Street in Port Tobacco
George Atzerodt
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George Andrew Atzerodt was a German American repairman, Confederate sympathizer, and conspirator in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was assigned to assassinate Vice President A
Port Tobacco Village, Maryland
…for John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, intelligence gathered in a Port Tobacco hotel (Brawner Hotel) (conspirator George Atzerodt lived in town) established the assassin had fled with his companion Herold into Virginia, where they were ultimately located and Herold surrendered…
Atzerodt in 1865
Execution of Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold and George Atzerodt on July 7, 1865, in the courtyard of Washington Arsenal (now Fort McNair). Digitally restored.