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Mar 6, 2017 · Mary Surratt was tried and convicted and executed as a co-conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Her son escaped conviction, and later admitted that he was part of the original plot to kidnap Lincoln and several others in government.
Mar 22, 2024 · Mary Surratt is known for her contentious role in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, in 1865. Prior to Lincoln’s murder, Surratt would have been regarded as an ordinary woman living a typical middle-class existence.
Jun 30, 2015 · Among them was Mary Surratt, who was the first woman to be executed by the federal government—but whose story remains a mystery to this day. Surratt stands at the border of Civil...
Mar 4, 2019 · Mary Surratt, a boardinghouse operator, and tavern keeper, was the first woman to be executed by the United States federal government, convicted as a co-conspirator with Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, though she asserted her innocence. Mary Surratt's early life was hardly notable.
Apr 30, 2024 · Mary Surratt (born May/June 1823, near Waterloo, Maryland, U.S.—died July 7, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was an American boardinghouse operator, who, with three others, was convicted of conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
At 1:22pm on July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt became the first woman ever to be executed by the United States government. Surratt, Lewis Powell (aka Lewis Payne), David Herold, and George Atzerodt were all involved in John Wilkes Booth’s elaborate plot to completely disrupt the Union government by killing President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President ...
Apr 15, 2011 · History buffs will recognize the name of Mary Surratt, the title character, but many Americans have heard only of her more notorious acquaintance: John Wilkes Booth. Robert Redford's movie...
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