Codice albumGBB-F-002109

Codice inventarioGBB-F-002109-0000

1865, 7 july, Navy Yard, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA : The coffins of four condemned conspirators Mrs. Mary Surratt (1820 - 1865), Lewis Powell aged 21 (aka Lewis Payne or Paine, 1844 - 1865), David E. Herold and George A. Atzerodt the day of the hanging. The coffins waiting near the graves, the corps was immediately buried after the hanging, inside the Navy Yards for avoid any popular uprising against those condemned to death if they had been buried in a public cemetery. Both by supporters of Lincoln or the defenders of conspiracy Secessionists. Mary Surratt becoming the first woman executed by the United States federal government. The The U.S.A. President ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809 - 1865), dead April 15th 1865.

Fotografo: Gardner Alexander

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