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David Herold
Herold at the Washington Navy Yard after his arrest (1865)
Born
David Edgar Herold
(1842-06-16)June 16, 1842
Maryland, U.S.
Died
July 7, 1865(1865-07-07) (aged 23)
Arsenal Penitentiary, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Resting place
Congressional Cemetery
Occupation
Pharmacist's assistant
Criminal status
Executed
Parent(s)
Adam and Mary Porter Herold
Conviction(s)
Conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
Criminal penalty
Death
David Edgar Herold (June 16, 1842 – July 7, 1865) was an American pharmacist's assistant and accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. After the shooting, Herold accompanied Booth to the home of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who set Booth's injured leg. The two men then continued their escape through Maryland and into Virginia, and Herold remained with Booth until the authorities cornered them in a barn. Herold surrendered, but Booth was shot to death by Sergeant Boston Corbett. Herold was tried by a military tribunal, sentenced to death for conspiracy, and hanged with three other conspirators at the Washington Arsenal, now known as Fort Lesley J. McNair.
David Edgar Herold (June 16, 1842 – July 7, 1865) was an American pharmacist's assistant and accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham...
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Virginia, he was tracked down sheltered in a barn. Booth's companion DavidHerold surrendered, but Booth maintained a standoff. After the authorities set...
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continuity of the United States government. Another member of the conspiracy, DavidHerold, led Powell to the Seward home on horseback and was responsible for holding...
preacher and stayed at the boarding house for three days in March 1865. DavidHerold also called at the home several times. As part of the plot to kidnap...
orders the arrest of all suspects, including Mary Surratt. Booth and DavidHerold manage to evade capture for some days, but Union soldiers find a barn...
inside Fort Lesley J. McNair. Four Lincoln assassination conspirators, DavidHerold, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt were executed on the...
April 26, the regiment surrounded Booth and one of his accomplices, DavidHerold, in a tobacco barn on the Virginia farm of Richard Garrett. Doherty asked...
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assassination of President Abraham Lincoln—Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, DavidHerold, and George Atzerodt—were hanged at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. While...
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