Apr 15, 2023 · After assassinating Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth fled Ford’s Theatre and went on the run. His escape continued for the next twelve days and covered over ninety miles through the …

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 …

Travel the escape route John Wilkes Booth took as he fled Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The byway travels from Washington, D.C. to …

Apr 1, 2021 · Today, much of the countryside on Booth’s escape route is unchanged, and several of his more famous stopovers, including the Surratt Tavern and the farm of Dr. Samuel Mudd, are …

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. This drive …

For 12 days, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth evaded capture by escaping into Southern Maryland and Virginia. This map shows the route taken by the fugitive during those chaotic days.

While Lincoln lay dying, his assassin was making his escape into Southern Maryland. Over the next twelve days, Booth and his accomplice, David Herold, were tracked through the lower counties of …

In the early hours of April 16, 1865 (Easter Sunday), Booth and Herold arrived at Rich Hill, home of Samuel Cox, a known Confederate sympathizer. They spent about five hours inside. Fearing...

66 miles - 2 hours to drive the byway. One of four Maryland Civil War Trails, this byway follows the escape route of one of history's most notorious assassins.

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