The Life And Legacy of John Wilkes

Booth

Bryce Stratton
Senior Division Individual Website
National History Day

Primary

Photos
National Archives. Web. <historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews142_05_big.jpg>.
This source gave me an accurate visual representation of the hanging of some of the Booth
accomplices. This helped my project because it gave me a picture to use in my project if I found
the need for it.
Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://www.humantiesweb.org/spa/hri/ID/101/key/215>.
This source gave me a good representation of the wanted posters that were hung around
Washington D.C. to help the soldiers find Booth. This helped my project by giving me a good
primary source to use as part of my final project.

Newspapers
"Browse Collections by Topic." American Memory from the Library of Congress. Web. 10 Feb.
2015. <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html>.
This source gave me an insight to what the newspapers said at the time Lincoln was shot. This
helped my project by giving me a look into the hysteria that had engulfed the country.
Seelye, Katharine. "Doctor Who Aided John Wilkes Booth Gains Another Day in Court." The
New York Times. The New York Times, 3 Sept. 2002. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/us/doctor-who-aided-john-wilkes-booth-gains-anotherday-in-court.html>.
This source gave me a view on the still occurring legal battles that the families of Booth
accomplices are going through. This helped my project by giving me good information about the
legacy Booth left.

Diary
"Eastern Illinois University Homepage." Mary Surratt Defense. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.eiu.edu/~eiutps/april_65an.php>.
This source gave me an insight into the trial for Mary Surratt, who ended up being the first
woman who was hung by the federal government. This helped my project by giving me good
information on Booths legacy

Wanted Poster
"Browse Collections by Topic." American Memory from the Library of Congress. Web. 10 Feb.
2015. <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html>.
This source showed me what an actual wanted poster from the time looked like and gave me a
look back into what was poster in town everywhere. This helped my project by giving it a sense
of authenticity to the 1860s.

Secondary
Journal
Reporter, Daily. "Did Abraham Lincoln's Assassin Escape and Give a Death-bed Confession 40
Years Later? Relatives Demand DNA Test to Resolve Mystery." Mail Online. Associated
Newspapers, 28 Dec. 2010. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article1342168/Abraham-Lincolns-assassin-gave-death-bed-confession-40-years-later.html>.
This source gave me a look into one of the many conspiracies surrounding John Wilkes Booth,
his accomplices, and the Lincoln assassination. This helped my project by giving me a unique
insight to what some people believed happened.

Documentary/Movie
"Behind the Assassin." History Channel. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/john-wilkes-booth/videos/lincoln-behindthe-assassin?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false>.
This source gave me more background information about the man who assassinated LincolnJohn Wilkes Booth. This helped my project by making sure I had good background knowledge
about Booth.
"Behind the Assassin." History Channel. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/john-wilkes-booth/videos/lincoln-behindthe-assassin?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false>.
This source gave me a look at how people reacted to the assassination of their beloved president.
This helped my project by giving me good information about the aftermath of the assassination.
"The Final Days of John Wilkes Booth Video." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. 10
Feb. 2015. <http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/john-wilkes-booth/videos/lincolnbooths-last-days?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false>.
This source gave me a look into how Booth managed to escape from Fords Theatre and how he
died. This helped my project by adding to my background knowledge of Booth and his life.
Evans, Clark. "The Most Wanted Man in America." Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.loc.gov/item/mylocll>.
This source gave me good insight into how the people felt about the once-beloved-actor-turnedassassin. This helped my project by giving me good information about the immediate legacy that
Booth left.
"The Most Wanted Man in America." YouTube. YouTube. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsfN3yJWOaI>.

This source gave me good information as to the wanted posters that were posted and the hatred
that people showed towards Booth. This helped my project by giving me an interview that I
could put on my website to share.

Timeline
"The Civil War." Timetoast. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-civilwar-15aa5906-c5a7-42df-9832-99490ae404c4>.
This source gave me a good timeline to outline the major points of the American Civil War. This
source helped y project by adding a bit more background information to the final project to help
some people understand what was occurring at the time.

Website
"Totally History Facts About Famous Events & Records of the Past." Totally History Facts
About Famous Events & Records of the Past. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://totallyhistory.com/>.
This source gave me information about one of Booths accomplices in the Lincoln assassination.
This source helped my project by giving me good information about how Booth showed
leadership in his recruitment.
Pritchard, James. "John Wilkes Booth." ABC-Clio. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://worldatwar.abcclio.com/>.
This source gave me very good information on John Wilkes Booth from his early life, to his
acting career, to his death. This source helped my project by giving me a tremendous amount of
information to use in all aspects of my project.
Longly, Jay, and Colin Eby. "Home." Knights of the Golden Circle. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://knightsofthegoldencircle.webs.com/>.
This source gave me good information about the KGC from its roots to its role in history of the
South and the country. This source helped my project by giving me good information about the
clubs efforts and beliefs.
Campbell, Randolph. "Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) | A Digital Gateway to Texas
History." Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) | A Digital Gateway to Texas History. Web.
10 Feb. 2015. <http://www.tshaonline.org/>.
This source gave me more information about the KGC, including their presence and activity in
Texas. This source helped my project by giving me more information about the organization.
"Samuel Mudd." Samuel Mudd. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.nndb.com/people/778/000205163/>.

This source gave me good background information about the doctor who was tried for helping
John Wilkes Booth, Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd. This helped my project by giving me
information about the controversy surrounding Mudds involvement in the assassination.
Cohen, Jennie. "Who Was Mary Surratt?" History.com. A&E Television Networks, 11 Apr. 2011.
Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://www.history.com/news/who-was-mary-surratt>.
This source gave me good information about the woman who was involved with the
assassination of president Lincoln. This helped my project by giving me both leadership and
legacy information that I could use for my project.
"World Biography." John Wilkes Booth Biography. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.notablebiographies.com/Be-Br/Booth-John-Wilkes.html>.
This source gave me more background information on John Wilkes Booth as far as his early
influences and family. This helped my project by contributing to the background information
about Booth.
"The Economics of the Civil War." EHnet. Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <http://eh.net/encyclopedia/theeconomics-of-the-civil-war/>.
This source gave me statistics and tables showing the economics of the North and South during
the Civil War. This helped my project by giving me information to use in my explanation of
Booths leadership.

Photos
"UA Researchers Solve Mystery of Lincoln's Funeral Train." UANews. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://uanews.org/story/ua-researchers-solve-mystery-of-lincoln-s-funeral-train>.
This source gave me a very nice photo of the Lincoln Memorial, which is what I wanted my
website design to resemble. This helped by adding a sleek look to my website.
"Mr. Lincoln's White House." Mr. Lincoln's White House. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/photo_credits.asp?
photoID=117&subjectID=4&ID=126>.
This source gave me a photo representation of Campbell Hospital, the hospital Lincoln would be
traveling to when Booth planned to kidnap him. This helped my project by adding a visual to
written information on a page of my website.
"American Civil War Battles." - Summaries and Statistics. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://civil-warbattles.findthedata.com/>.
This source gave me a very good photo to use on my website. It helped my project by adding to
the visual aspect of it and making it appealing to look at.

"Tell Mother, Tell Mother, I Died for My Country... Useless... Useless... John Wilkes Booth."
Deo Vindice. 9 Jan. 2013. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<https://sesquicentenary.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/tell-mother-tell-mother-i-died-for-mycountry-useless-useless-john-wilkes-booth/>.
This source gave me a picture to use on one of my pages of my website. This helped my project
by adding to the visual aspects of it and making it more appealing.
Nichols, James. "Poll Finds Conservative Americans More Offended By Rainbow Flags Than
Confederate Flags." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/14/rainbow-flag-offensiveconfederate_n_4273886.html>.
This source gave me a Confederate flag to use on one of the page of my website. This helped my
project by allowing me to show what a Confederate flag looked like.
"Wanted Poster | Publish with Glogster!" Glogster. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.glogster.com/olinka02/wanted-poster/g-6lsqtvj3fdoipb5qq11mna0>.
This source gave me a picture that had Wanted and John Wilkes Booths name written very big.
Thie helped by giving me a picture to use as the cover photo of one of my web pages.
"Abraham Lincoln." Pinterest. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <https://www.pinterest.com/llboop/abrahamlincoln/>.
This source game me a great picture of the Lincoln Memorial which I used for my home page
cover photo. This helped my project by setting the base for how I wanted mt entire theme to be.
"For John Wilkes Booth, Sweeping, Grand Gestures Were a Way of Life. It Was Ho... - Jesse
Johnson at Lifehack Quotes." Quote by Jesse Johnson. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://quotes.lifehack.org/quote/jesse-johnson/for-john-wilkes-booth-sweeping-grandgestures/>.
This source gave me a quote about John Wilkes booth by Jesse Johnson. This helped my project
because it was the perfect picture for one of my pages of my website.
"The Knights of the Golden Circle." : January 2011. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://knights-of-thegolden-circle.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html>.
This source gave me a picture of a KGC emblem. This helped my project by giving a visual to
the KGC information that I wrote on the web page.
"David Herold Pictures." BoothieBarn. 31 Mar. 2013. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://boothiebarn.com/picture-galleries/herold/>.
This source gave me a picture of Booth and Herold crossing the Potomac River in escape of
Washington D.C. after Booth shot Lincoln. This helped my project by giving a visual as to how
Booth managed to escape the Union troops at first.

Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <https://sesquicentenary.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/booth06.jpg>.

This source gave me a good picture to use on my thesis page as a good visual to represent
Booths most famous act--killing Lincoln. This helped my project by giving it more visual aid.
Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <http://killinglincolnthebook.com/images/wanted.jpg>.
This source gave me another picture of a Booth wanted poster to use as a title picture for one of my
pages. This helped my project by allowing me to have good and relevant pictures to use as headers for all
of my pages.
Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <http://www.commandposts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Lincoln-Memorial-1654x1036.jpg>.
This source gave me a picture of the Lincoln Memorial in a position that was perfect for what I was trying
to use it for. This helped my project because it went along with the theme of my website and gave me a
quality picture of the Lincoln Memorial.
Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <http://www.lisapetrilli.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Abraham-Lincoln.jpg>.
This source gave me another picture of the Lincoln Memorial at a different angle so I could use it as my
main title page picture. This helped my project by giving me a good introductory picture and by setting
the theme of my project which was inspired by the Lincoln Memorial itself.
Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Tudor_Hall.jpg>.
This source gave me a good picture of Tudor Hall, which was John Wilkes Booths familys farm in
Maryland. This helped my project because it allowed me to show a picture, from the relative time period,
of where John Wilkes Booth grew up.
Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1462328/thumbs/o-CONFEDERATE-FLAGfacebook.jpg>.
This source gave me a picture of the Confederate flag that was big enough for me to use as a header
picture of one of the pages of my website. This helped my project by adding to the overall look of my
website and of a specific page of the website.
Library of Congress. Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <http://memory.loc.gov/master/rbc/lprbscsm/scsm1187/001.tif>.
This source gave me a picture of an Ohio newspaper from the day that Lincoln was assassinated. This
helped my project by giving me an insight into what the newspapers and media of the time were saying
about the assassination.
Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <http://www.humanitiesweb.org/images/h101/h101v.jpg>.
This source gave me another picture of a wanted poster that is not only for Booth but also for accomplices
David E. Herold and John Surratt. This helped my project by giving me another picture to help in my
explanation of the legacy that Booth left after he assassinated Lincoln.
Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <https://www.floridamemory.com/fpc/reference/c031395.jpg>.
This source gave me a picture of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, the doctor who was tried and sentenced to prison
for aiding Booth and Herold after they fled from Fords Theatre. This helped my project by giving me a

visual aid in my explanation of the legacy that Booth left not only on the country and on his family, but
also on other people and their families.
Web. 15 Feb. 2015. <http://abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/assassinationlarge.jpg>.
This source gave me good picture to go with the introduction on my home page. This helped my project
by adding some type of media to my home page instead of just having words, which in my opinion would
not be as visually appealing.