Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Charles County, MD Events Date Type 04/21/1865 Doctor Samuel Mudd, who treated and sheltered John Wilkes Booth, is arrested at his Maryland farm Crime/Disasters 04/15/1865 Fugitive John Wilkes Booth rides into Maryland and reaches the farm of Dr. Samuel Mudd at four a.m. Crime/Disasters 04/16/1865 John Wilkes Booth and David Herold continue their flight across Maryland then hide in a remote thicket Crime/Disasters People Burial Place of Mudd, Samuel Alexander Documents Images