After standing trial and a string of testimonies, Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. ). Add to your scrapbook.

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But his name wasn’t completely cleared until the 20th century, when it was established that Mudd had known nothing of the assassination when he treated Booth. GREAT NEWS!

We’ve updated the security on the site. One can take a tour of the restored Dr. Samuel A Mudd House located in Wader, Maryland. Apart from the Mudd room there’s a self-guided tour of the gun tiers, bastions, lighthouse, casements and barracks. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. We have 2 volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location. He first met Booth during mass at the family church, St Mary's in Bryantown, Maryland and was known locally for his outspoken hatred of Abraham Lincoln. He was born in Charles County, Maryland on a plantation owned by his father called "Oak Hill" which had many slaves. Please contact Find a Grave at support@findagrave.com if you need help resetting your password. Plese check the I'm not a robot checkbox.'. Lincoln Assassination Figure. Samuel Alexander Mudd, I (December 20, 1833 – January 10, 1883) was a Maryland physician implicated and imprisoned for aiding and conspiring with John Wilkes Booth, in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? While he was in the casement, shared with three others, Mudd at least had a view. Use the links under “See more…” to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Mudd’s first encounter with Booth was less than a year before the assassination, during a discussion regarding the sale of a horse. Also an additional volunteer within fifty miles. The line, supposedly written on the Gates of Hell in Dante’s “Inferno,” was appropriate, for Fort Jefferson was hell on earth: rotten food, poor medical facilities, unbearable heat and humidity and with virtually no chance of escape, even if a prisoner could get across the shark-infested moat. This account has been disabled. He personally wrote her a letter with an invitation to the White House where upon arrival signed the pardon document in her presence. Select a place on the map to place the pin. After every rain, our quarters leak terribly, and it’s not unusual to dip up from the floor ten and twelve large buckets of water daily.”*. Dr. Samuel Mudd has been portrayed as the innocent country doctor who was imprisoned for setting the leg of assassin John Wilkes Booth. In a bit of trivia...The _expression "His name is mud" is not the result of Samuel Mudd. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. He was the son of a prominent slaveholding family and detested the Negro even while serving time at Fort Jefferson, where he complained about his Negro guards. the mudd club in new york city was named for him. Rather then a minor character or a sympathizing confederate, upon his arrest, he was tried as a major conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by a military court. His primary education was from both a tutor at home and the local public school. We have a volunteer within ten miles of your requested photo location. He not only set the leg of the assassin, but gave him lodging, a breakfast and money and accompanied Booth and his co-conspirator David Herold to nearby Bryantown and upon parting gave them directions for a safe route to Virginia.

A physician, he likely would have remained an anonymous figure in American history had not an unexpected visitor dropped in seeking medical assistance in the early morning hours of April 15, 1865. On the beam over the door, just to make the point clear, is a second translation of Dante’s quote: “Whoso entereth here leaveth all hopes behind.”.

After a failed escape attempt in 1865, Dr. Mudd was assigned to the prison’s carpentry shop. or don't show this again—I am good at figuring things out. Fort Jefferson occupies most of Garden Key in Dry Tortugas National Park west of Key West, Florida. Oops, something didn't work. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Watch out for holes in the floor. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Mudd fit the religious makeup of the group, all were Catholic. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Located in what is called the Bryantown Historic Section...Still in use is the Old Bryantown Tavern where Mudd introduced Booth to Confederate agents and the beautifully restored and maintained St. Mary's Catholic Church where Mudd met with Booth twice. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request. During his assassination of the president, John Wilkes Booth broke his leg and sought the help of Dr. Mudd and stayed at Mudd’s residence until the next day.

Dry Tortugas National Park and Fort Jefferson Ferry Service. It seems that this saying predates the assassination by several decades. Make sure to visit Dr. Mudd’s cell on the bottom level of Fort Jefferson, just past the Park Headquarters. They also took audience calls,… FORT JEFFERSON is massive. Dr. Mudd is most infamously known for his involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, who was shot by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. ENGLAND Be Careful Walking in Sherlock’s Footsteps on the Moors. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Please try again later. See all 2 The Dr. Samuel Mudd House & Museum tours on Tripadvisor To it in 1865 came a certain Dr. Samuel Mudd, who had been sentenced to life at hard labour for conspiring in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln—a charge that resulted from his setting the broken leg of assassin John Wilkes Booth. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Spangler also was convicted, pardoned, then taken in by the Mudd family after his release from prison living with the family until his death and buried in old St Peter's Cemetery a short distance from the church. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 20 photos to this memorial. It covers almost the entire four-hectare Garden Key, the largest of the seven islets that form the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico, 105 kilometres west of Key West. Content from this Website may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced or used without written permission! Dr. Mudd spent nearly three years in this dark, damp casemate. Due to his participation in efforts to help the sick, Dr. Mudd finally received a pardon on February 8, 1869, signed by Andrew Johnson himself in front of Mudd’s wife. You can still file a request but no one will be notified. Ironically, it was obsolete before work stopped in 1866, for rifled cannon introduced during the Civil War (1861-65) could have reduced it to rubble. Also an additional 2 volunteers within fifty miles. We were unable to submit your feedback at this time. Try again later.

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