“The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the search for John Wilkes Booth” – as written by Provost Guard John H. Mathews from inside Point Lookout Prison, Maryland

Point Lookout Full View

Point Lookout Prison, Maryland, 1864. The Potomac River is to the west, Chesapeake Bay is to the east. Hammond Hospital is located at the southern tip of the peninsula; the prison-pen is at the top right.

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