Autopsy of John Wilkes Booth, aboard the U.S.S. Montauk, Washington, D.C., April 27, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Autopsy of John Wilkes Booth, aboard the U.S.S. Montauk, Washington, D.C., April 27, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/25/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, October 2, 2013

Depicted ContentLincoln's Assassination

Depicted ContentJohn Wilkes Booth is trapped in a Virginia barn, is shot, and dies of his wound just before dawn

Depicted ContentJohn Wilkes Booth is trapped in a Virginia barn, is shot, and dies of his wound just before dawn

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Post-Mortem examination of Booth's body aboard the monitor "Montauk."

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, May 13, 1865, p. 293.

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