"The Execution of Mrs. Surratt and the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators," Alexander Gardner, July 7, 1865
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- Chicago History Museum, ICHi-52370
Execution
Four people were executed for Lincoln’s assassination: Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt. They were hung and buried in a courtyard outside the Old Penitentiary in Washington, D.C., where they had been incarcerated.