![]() ![]() ![]() Young John, who was also implicated in the assassination plot, subsequently became the most wanted man in America. The son of co-conspirator Mary Surratt, who was hanged for her role in the plot to assassinate Lincoln, young Surratt was on a mission in Elmira, N.Y., on the night the Lincolns attended Ford’s Theatre. John Surratt, John Wilkes Booth’s most elusive accomplice, was serving as a courier and agent for the Confederate government when he also became an intermediary for Booth in December 1864. Jampoler, and Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, by James L. Two standouts among them are The Last Lincoln Conspirator: John Surratt’s Flight From the Gallows, by Andrew C.A. In addition to all the books about Abraham Lincoln being published this year to honor his bicentennial, many others explore the people in his life and his tragic death. CWT Book Reviews: The Last Lincoln Conspirator and Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Close ![]()
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