Samuel Arnold

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Samuel Arnold was an American Confederate sympathizer best known for his role as one of the conspirators involved in the plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War figure
person
associatedWith Confederate cause
Lincoln assassination conspirators
associatedWithEvent conspiracy surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
plot to kidnap Abraham Lincoln
burialPlace Baltimore
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
chargedWith conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
conspiredWith David Herold
Dr. Samuel Mudd
George Atzerodt
John Wilkes Booth
Lewis Powell
Mary Surratt
Michael O'Laughlen
surface form: Michael O’Laughlen
convictedOf conspiracy in connection with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Arnold
gender male
givenName Samuel
hasEthnicity white American
historicalPeriod 19th century
imprisonedAt Florida Keys
surface form: Dry Tortugas, Florida

Fort Jefferson
knownFor being one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators
languageSpoken English
legalStatusDuringWar Confederate supporter in Union territory
militaryConflict American Civil War
name Samuel Arnold self-link
nationality American
notableFor involvement in a conspiracy with John Wilkes Booth
role in an early plot connected to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
occupation clerk
pardonReceivedFrom Andrew Johnson
surface form: President Andrew Johnson
partOf Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
surface form: Booth conspiracy network
placeOfBirth near Baltimore, Maryland, United States
placeOfDeath Baltimore
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
politicalAlignment Confederate sympathizer
roleInConspiracy later implicated in the broader Lincoln assassination conspiracy
participant in John Wilkes Booth’s kidnap plot against Abraham Lincoln
sentence life imprisonment
servedIn Confederate States Army
surface form: Confederate Army
subjectOf United States Civil War-era legal records
historical studies on the Lincoln assassination
triedBy United States military commission

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David Herold coConspiratorWith Samuel Arnold
George Atzerodt conspiredWith Samuel Arnold
Michael O'Laughlen knownAssociate Samuel Arnold
Samuel Arnold name Samuel Arnold self-link