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The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Wilkes Booth Being Shot CDV, 1865, Ms2022-035, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 2014.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Wilkes Booth Being Shot CDV was completed in August 2022.

Historical Note

This card depicts the events of April 26, 1865. John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865) assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, towards the end of the American Civil War. At a barn in Virginia on April 26, 1865, Booth was killed and one of his conspirators, David Herold, was arrested for involvement in the plot. Herold was executed on July 7, 1865, alongside three other conspirators in the assassination plot.

Scope and Content

Created in 1865, this CDV depicts John Wilkes Booth being shot on April 26, 1865, and is published by Hacker, Rhode Island, 1865. The drawing shows David Herold being captured outside the barn. On the verso is advertising for "Bicknell's Syrup", a cholera remedy, which contains description of a "purely vegetable" remedy for cholera prepared by Edward Sutton, Providence, Rhode Island, Demas Barnes & Co., as well as a testimony from wholesale dealer Benjamin Hall.

Related Material

Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives also has the Booth and His Associates, CDV, Ms2018-005 .

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Advertisements
• Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
• Civil War
• Diseases
• Folk, historical, and patent medicine
• Herold, David E., 1842-1865
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to John Wilkes Booth Being Shot CDV by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).