Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, United States

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The Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, was the rural tobacco farm where Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth was cornered and fatally shot by Union troops in April 1865.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf farm
historic site
associatedWith Union Army
United States Secret Service
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
manhunt for John Wilkes Booth
commemoratedBy historical markers near Port Royal, Virginia
country United States
crop other mixed farm products
tobacco
currentStatus no longer standing in original 1865 form
dateOfEvent 1865-04-26
distanceFrom approximately 70 miles south of Washington, D.C.
near the Rappahannock River
eventParticipant 26th New York Cavalry
Boston Corbett
David Herold
Edward P. Doherty
Everton J. Conger NERFINISHED
John Wilkes Booth
Lafayette C. Baker NERFINISHED
Union cavalry detachment
hasEventDetail Booth and Herold hid in the Garrett tobacco barn
Booth was shot inside the burning barn
David Herold surrendered at the barn
Union troops set the barn on fire to force Booth out
hasEventOutcome capture of Lincoln assassination conspirator David Herold
death of John Wilkes Booth on the farm property
hasHistoricEvent capture of David Herold
death of John Wilkes Booth
hasStructure Garrett farmhouse
Garrett tobacco barn
locatedIn American South
Caroline County, Virginia
Port Royal, Virginia
Virginia
notableFor location where John Wilkes Booth was fatally shot by Union troops
site where Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth was cornered
originalFunction family farm
ownerDuring1865 Richard H. Garrett
partOf American Civil War aftermath
region Caroline County countryside
timePeriod Reconstruction era beginnings
use tobacco farming

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
David Herold ("Garrett farm, near Port Royal, Virginia")
arrestedAt
John Wilkes Booth
capturedAt
Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, United States ("Booth and Herold hid in the Garrett tobacco barn")
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