Choose PDF type:
| Picture No | 10505189 |
| Date | |
| Description | Samuel Bland Arnold |
| Details |
Samuel Bland Arnold (1834 - 1906), implicated in the plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The group also included John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, Lewis Powell, Michael O'Laughlen and John Surratt, who wanted to exhange the president for Confederate prisoners in Washington D.C. When Lincoln was assassinated by Wilkes Booth on 14th April 1865, Arnold was arrested on suspicion that he too was implicated.
|
| Source | From a photograph by Gardner |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
| Restrictions |
|
|
Thank you for visiting our website. If you are interested in licensing this image please email us at pictures@maryevans.com or telephone us on +44(0)20 8318 0034. If you are already registered to use this website, you can log in here. |