The HORRIFIC Execution Of The Woman Of Abraham Lincoln's Shooting

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  • čas přidán 8. 01. 2023
  • One of the most shocking moments in History was when John Wilkes Booth inside of a Theatre in Washington, went up behind President Abraham Lincoln and assassinated him. In the moments that followed there was much chaos, as many sought to try and capture Wilkes Booth, but the Lincoln Conspiracy went much deeper. One woman who was executed for her involvement in the death of Abraham Lincoln was Mary Surratt, who owned a boarding house and a tavern where the conspirators would meet. They also stashed weapons at her house, and Mary Surratt was someone who did harbour confederate sympathies.
    Following the death of the President, Mary was arrested and was accused of colluding and harbouring members of the group that killed Lincoln. She was placed on trial and despite being very ill she was sentenced to death, and many believed that her death sentence was wrong. On the gallows along with the other members of the conspiracy, Mary Surratt was executed on a blistering hot day, and many believed including the executioner that she would be reprieved. But she was not spared, and she was the only woman executed for her involvement in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln.
    Join us today as we look at, 'The HORRIFIC Execution Of The Woman Of The Lincoln Conspiracy.'
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Komentáře • 194

  • @meredithc2755
    @meredithc2755 Před rokem +30

    I’ve been to Ford’s theater in DC and the Peterson house across the street, where Lincoln died. I got to go to the door that Booth went through to get to Lincoln. In the theater basement was part of Booth’s journal while on the run, and the derringer Booth used to shoot Lincoln. Sad but interesting! Lincoln’s wife Mary never recovered from the tragedy - just grieved until her own death.

    • @johnkeviljr9625
      @johnkeviljr9625 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Yelp. Exactly Thames for me. Powerful and sad, and so preventable.

    • @johnkeviljr9625
      @johnkeviljr9625 Před 9 měsíci +2

      The same not Thames

    • @steveoconnor7069
      @steveoconnor7069 Před 2 měsíci +3

      She lost two of her sons during the war, losing Abe was too much for her. Her only surviving son, Robert did have her committed to an asylum for some time.

    • @MrRobster1234
      @MrRobster1234 Před měsícem +1

      She was nuts long before the war.

  • @brianf1132
    @brianf1132 Před rokem +25

    Another excellent video. Years ago, I was stationed where the conspirators were executed. Around the early 2000’s, the place was called Fort McNair. That part of the courtyard still stood cordoned off from the rest of the post. They had many pictures, some of which you shown, regarding the incident. Thank you again for another great video!

  • @johnwilkes01
    @johnwilkes01 Před 4 měsíci +8

    i live down the street from Surratt's Tavern. Yrs ago I saw a map of Booths escape route overlaid with present day roads. It appeared he left the old road and passed right thru my front door. Back then it was a stagecoach trail. It was April. April showers? I always thought there was a even older road. It occurred to me he left the road maybe to avoid a downed tree, rain soaked soil, somebody coming up the trail, a house, barking dogs or another stage coach and doing so to avoid detection? Or was there another stop he made and whoever showed authorities his route omitted this. 160 yrs ago is alot of change.

    • @marilyndee969
      @marilyndee969 Před měsícem

      You live down the street from living history. I cannot imagine that.

  • @jeffvirosztko5241
    @jeffvirosztko5241 Před rokem +10

    There was a movie about her, it was insinuated that she should have tried in a civil court by her peers.

    • @23centsolution
      @23centsolution Před 4 měsíci +4

      She should have been tried in a trial of her peers not in a military tribunal. She’s civilian not military!

    • @billbombshiggy9254
      @billbombshiggy9254 Před měsícem

      The entire trial was unconstitutional. For all of them. You are to be tried by a jury of your peers, not a military tribunal because the war was over.

  • @chadr2604
    @chadr2604 Před 9 měsíci +19

    She had a shrine of Jefferson Davis she was guilty to her eyeballs.

    • @steveoconnor7069
      @steveoconnor7069 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I've never heard that before, how do you know this? Can you tell me what book or other sources you have of this. I think she was guilty too.

    • @ObservantHistorian
      @ObservantHistorian Před 21 dnem

      I've been a student of the war all my life and have never heard such a thing. That's the kind of claim you need to substantiate.

  • @user-yz7zu9yh7u
    @user-yz7zu9yh7u Před 25 dny +1

    She should have never been executed for her part in Lincoln's murder. No mercy was the norm for those times.

  • @MrHurst-lb1rn
    @MrHurst-lb1rn Před rokem +18

    When I lived in DC I knew some people related to Mary Surratt. My exwife is from Surratsville

  • @marybradbury9123
    @marybradbury9123 Před rokem +3

    awwww she was ill. what a shame

  • @darrenmaguire2979
    @darrenmaguire2979 Před rokem +15

    Every channel I watch there's always someone complaining about the narrator 😠🇮🇪

    • @richardea4223
      @richardea4223 Před rokem +2

      For this one, there is justifiable cause. He really needs to do his homework before people take him seriously. 😎

    • @flamingfrancis
      @flamingfrancis Před rokem +2

      And justifably so because many are computer generated artificial attempts that are way off beam with pronunciations. Some, like this one, are monotone and unconvincing. Accents are often an issue.

    • @stephenpmurphy591
      @stephenpmurphy591 Před rokem +5

      @@flamingfrancis His narration is fine what do you want performance art ?

    • @williamfielding6476
      @williamfielding6476 Před rokem +1

      The narrator is just fine....

    • @ObservantHistorian
      @ObservantHistorian Před 21 dnem

      And the saddest thing is that after reading your comment, people have to go out of their way to prove your point!

  • @gimmesometruth2003
    @gimmesometruth2003 Před rokem +3

    A great book to read is by a close friend of Lincoln,Charles Chiniquy, 50 Years in the Church of Rome.

    • @leonvoltaire
      @leonvoltaire Před rokem +1

      And let's not forget Thomas M Harris and his book, Rome's Responsibly for the assassination of Lincoln.

    • @zevolfearizona2113
      @zevolfearizona2113 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Very surprised and happy to see this comment.
      Almost as surprised as seeing this pop up in my recommendations. I guess AI has a way to go lol.

  • @Titonka447
    @Titonka447 Před rokem +85

    PLEASE STOP with the constant “HORRIFIC”!

    • @wonder528
      @wonder528 Před rokem +18

      Come on, it's not that horrific he uses it.

    • @bradhanley8368
      @bradhanley8368 Před rokem +15

      If you don't like it, skip yhe channel

    • @meighanlynne
      @meighanlynne Před rokem +15

      It is HORRIFIC what was done to the people he talks about!! His channel, not yours. Go elsewhere.

    • @Titonka447
      @Titonka447 Před rokem +2

      @@bradhanley8368 the

    • @Titonka447
      @Titonka447 Před rokem

      @@meighanlynne piss off

  • @jeffmilroy9345
    @jeffmilroy9345 Před 6 dny

    "With malice towards none"...

  • @themonk1327
    @themonk1327 Před rokem

    Good.

  • @mothman-jz8ug
    @mothman-jz8ug Před 3 měsíci +1

    What is the "horrific" part of this? She was sentenced, the sentence was carried out; It's simple as that. Had she been put on the rack, or maybe drawn and quartered, it might be considered horrific. She was hanged like all the others - quick and clean. Hardly a "horrific" execution.

  • @ObservantHistorian
    @ObservantHistorian Před 5 měsíci +3

    I have eaten at Mary Surratt's boarding house. For those who may not know, it is now a Chinese restaurant in DC's "China Town."

    • @AngieFraser-uh3bd
      @AngieFraser-uh3bd Před 22 dny

      I thought I read that the upstairs area was left intact.

    • @ObservantHistorian
      @ObservantHistorian Před 21 dnem

      @@AngieFraser-uh3bd That may be, I don't know. Would be interesting to see.

  • @kevinkwiatkowski7197
    @kevinkwiatkowski7197 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Did they prove beyond a doubt she knew what Booth and the others were up to?

    • @victormorales3604
      @victormorales3604 Před 4 měsíci +6

      "When you lie with dogs you wake up with fleas", sometimes, you wake up with a noose around your neck.
      Guilty by association.

  • @smorgasbroad1132
    @smorgasbroad1132 Před rokem +9

    She knew. Boo hoo.

  • @tomchirillo1663
    @tomchirillo1663 Před rokem +2

    Mary Surratt being Roman Catholic did not help her case.

    • @leonvoltaire
      @leonvoltaire Před rokem +1

      And allowing Jesuits to plan it all too, in her flat.

  • @larry1824
    @larry1824 Před rokem +2

    Look she had booth and guys in the house!

  • @chadr2604
    @chadr2604 Před 9 měsíci

    I am related to her actually her brother Archibald. There was also a Zadoc. My understanding is the decendents of Zadoc are not upstanding citizens. Archibald was the only one with any morals in that group.

  • @rm20bx
    @rm20bx Před 10 měsíci +5

    Good riddance to a conspirator

  • @benjaminperez1149
    @benjaminperez1149 Před 2 měsíci

    Mary was a devout Catholic and the church helped her son John escape death.

  • @pfenixllc4058
    @pfenixllc4058 Před 4 měsíci +4

    No tears for traitors.

  • @invisibleray6987
    @invisibleray6987 Před rokem +3

    Hey he don't dig bloodshed...so what's the BEEF with HORRIFIC?

  • @jedediahreaver210
    @jedediahreaver210 Před rokem +3

    Few suggestion for next story: Pranzini,Landru,Petiot,Bonnot Gang,The Pollet brothers,Mata Hari.
    Ravaillac ,and Damien,All have very interesting and detailed Stories .

  • @wellslandsgman
    @wellslandsgman Před rokem +6

    She was ill because at the time she was on her period.

  • @joe-ednew2824
    @joe-ednew2824 Před měsícem +2

    As a one time landlord, I'd sure hate to be guilty of whatever my tenants were up to! It's funny how victors can justify their own crimes...

  • @clou174
    @clou174 Před rokem +2

    Not horrific. They didn't themselves. Like we never saw violence. Now that horrific.

  • @Rubytuesday1569
    @Rubytuesday1569 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Dodgy narration at best. 😶

  • @JosephMiller-gh6mv
    @JosephMiller-gh6mv Před 28 dny

    The only he got out of town , they allowed him to leave our government hired booth , he did his job the man who died in the barn was not him they know it , but they need some to pay for the crime so Mary and the others hung , does it sound like the JFK who there was a fall guy and expert know more then 1 shooter , but 2 president trying to make change to fast and they had to die then in death they become a symbol for the movement they drag out , and it took years then the others who tried change MLK or Malcolm X both tried to help people of color both taking King by a single shooter seems they really like that one , then X shot by his own and after his death our government back off them.

  • @charleskeefer3043
    @charleskeefer3043 Před rokem +1

    I locked the door.

  • @johnkeviljr9625
    @johnkeviljr9625 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Mary needed her neck stretched just like the others.

    • @jeffmilroy9345
      @jeffmilroy9345 Před 7 dny +1

      What is another death amongst one million casualties?

  • @joekavanagh7171
    @joekavanagh7171 Před rokem +2

    All state-sponsored murder is horrific.

  • @TheFunkhouser
    @TheFunkhouser Před rokem +2

    Shit happens lady

  • @marybradbury9123
    @marybradbury9123 Před rokem +1

    there is nothing HORRIFIC about murderers being executed. if they hadnt commited the crime they wouldnt have been executed

  • @freddieblue6351
    @freddieblue6351 Před rokem +15

    Karma, she got what she had coming.

    • @charlesciminera5881
      @charlesciminera5881 Před rokem +2

      Karma your mama what could this woman have done to commit"conspiracy to commit murder. ?She knew about a plot and did not rat anyone out in those days women were powerless she just got caught up in something she had little control of

    • @GrabbaBeer
      @GrabbaBeer Před rokem +1

      She didn’t kill anyone, listen to the story

    • @bradhanley8368
      @bradhanley8368 Před rokem +1

      Guilty by association.
      Justice was served.
      To bad they gave them the long drop. They should have been given the short drop.
      Love to see them do the deadman sance.

    • @charlesciminera5881
      @charlesciminera5881 Před rokem +1

      @@bradhanley8368 "justice"? No revenge was served

    • @invisibleray6987
      @invisibleray6987 Před rokem +1

      Vicious 🧐

  • @kimberlypatton9634
    @kimberlypatton9634 Před rokem +13

    I actually feel worse for the raw deal that Dr.Samuel Mudd got.

  • @tombillard5264
    @tombillard5264 Před rokem +10

    drop the adjectives in your titles please

    • @perchperkins06
      @perchperkins06 Před rokem +1

      I think its annoying too but It gets more clicks they're just playing the game

    • @bradhanley8368
      @bradhanley8368 Před rokem +3

      Don't like it, then skip the channel.

    • @tombillard5264
      @tombillard5264 Před rokem

      @@bradhanley8368 what execution isn't horrific, brutal etc hes almost implying they didn't deserve it. That's the annoying part and I'll comment if I please

  • @BBJohnny52
    @BBJohnny52 Před 2 měsíci

    Who cares?

  • @jacksonreilly3441
    @jacksonreilly3441 Před rokem +3

    A travesty of justice.

  • @GrabbaBeer
    @GrabbaBeer Před rokem +9

    Poor woman didn’t murder anyone. No one should be put to death for smaller crimes

    • @bradhanley8368
      @bradhanley8368 Před rokem +2

      Guilty by association.

    • @GrabbaBeer
      @GrabbaBeer Před rokem +1

      @@bradhanley8368 learn law and history. There’s a reason it doesn’t happen anymore today

    • @samhatenfield4108
      @samhatenfield4108 Před rokem

      @@GrabbaBeer idk with as pouplated as the world is getting we will see another great war and there will be alot of executions.

    • @benjaminjohnsonboston
      @benjaminjohnsonboston Před rokem

      @@GrabbaBeer you are from California right

    • @GrabbaBeer
      @GrabbaBeer Před rokem +1

      @@benjaminjohnsonboston nope va and not liberal

  • @20alphabet
    @20alphabet Před rokem

    Catholics... smh.

  • @RlyehRamon
    @RlyehRamon Před rokem +2

    This time your title is as wonky as your script.

  • @keithturner792
    @keithturner792 Před rokem +9

    Sounds like history wronged this woman bad enough the next president was spineless but she was definitely in the wrong place at the wrong time

  • @Blue-hf7xt
    @Blue-hf7xt Před rokem +1

    Escape goat 🐐

    • @bradhanley8368
      @bradhanley8368 Před rokem

      Guilty by association and allowing her house to be used by the vermin.
      Justice was served.

    • @Blue-hf7xt
      @Blue-hf7xt Před rokem

      @@bradhanley8368 so no evidence.

  • @stephenparker4735
    @stephenparker4735 Před 3 měsíci

    The narrator has no idea on how to present a story. A five year old could read it better.

  • @samkangal8428
    @samkangal8428 Před rokem +21

    God bless Dixie and the brave southern soldiers❤

    • @rightwingreactionary
      @rightwingreactionary Před rokem

      Tyranny won in the end.

    • @samkangal8428
      @samkangal8428 Před rokem

      @@rightwingreactionary unfortunately .

    • @mindriot69
      @mindriot69 Před rokem

      Traitorous pieces of 💩.

    • @rightwingreactionary
      @rightwingreactionary Před rokem

      @@mindriot69 The federal government was created by the states. And they were and still are at liberty to dissolve or secede from it.

    • @samkangal8428
      @samkangal8428 Před rokem

      @@mindriot69 the Union 🤮🤮🤮