TITLE

Samuel Mudd

PUB. DATE

February 1992

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;2/3/92, Vol. 112 Issue 4, p17

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that Samuel Mudd, the doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken leg, was convicted as a conspirator even though he claimed he didn't know Booth had shot Abraham Lincoln. Last week, 20 of his descendants asked the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to erase the conviction. Reason for the request; The Army's decision.

ACCESSION #

9202032385

 

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