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Apr 10, 2015 · Map by Gene Thorp. It took John Wilkes Booth 12 days to get from Ford’s Theatre (1) to his closing act at the burning barn on Garrett’s Farm. Today a good bit of the countryside on his escape route is little changed, and you can cover most of it on an afternoon drive. It took Booth (left) 12 days to get from Ford’s Theatre (right, as it ...
Apr 1, 2021 · Surratt House Museum 9118 Brandywine Rd., Clinton, Md. At midnight on April 14, Booth and Herold arrived at the Surratt Tavern, owned and operated by Confederate sympathizers Mary Surratt and her son, John Surratt Jr., a friend of John Wilkes Booth. Herold and Booth retrieved weapons and supplies stashed here and quickly set off on their way.
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With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Washington, D.C., turned into the training ground, arsenal, supply depot, and nerve center for the Union cause. Newly formed regiments encamped in every quarter, and streets reverberated under the wheels of cannons. Cattle for meat grazed on the National Mall; sacks of flour, stacked against siege, surro...
Start your day at the Surratt House Museum, built in 1852 as a middle-class plantation home. During the war, it was a safe house for the Confederate underground which flourished in Southern Maryland. It was the country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to be executed by the U.S. government after being found guilty of conspiring to assassinate Abrah...
Explore other sites in Southern Maryland and/or Annapolis. Possible additions are: • Point Lookout State Park - Originally a small resort community, this picturesque site became a Union hospital and then a prison holding captured Confederate soldiers. By June 1864 more than 20,000 prisoners crowded the camp. Terrible conditions led to the deaths of...
The Surratt Society sponsors tours each fall and spring along Booth’s escape route. Many of the same roads and houses used by Booth are still in existence and are visited on this excursion which is narrated by nationally-recognized authorities on the Lincoln assassination and John Wilkes Booth’s flight. The cost of the 12-hour bus tour is ...
After shooting President Lincoln on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth and accomplice Davy Herold eluded authorities for 12 days before they were cornered. Herold was arrested and hanged on July 7 ...
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Follow the escape route of John Wilkes Booth, one of history’s most notorious assassins, as he fled from Washington, D.C., and hid for several days in Southern Maryland before being cornered. The Civil War was coming to an end and hopes were high that the mending of America could quickly get under way.
425 Piney Narrows Road Chester, MD 21619 (410) 604-2100 VisitQueenAnnes.com. play.google.com apple.com. The John Wilkes Booth Trail at King George County depicts a scenic 90-mile driving tour that follows the route taken by John Wilkes Booth as he attempted to escape in April 1865. Read to know more.
