Title

Michael O'Laughlen, member of the Lincoln conspiracy, 1865 (1955). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Michael O'Laughlen, member of the Lincoln conspiracy, 1865 (1955). A former Confederate soldier, O'Laughlen (1840-1867) was an old friend of John Wilkes Booth and one of his first recruits to his plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln and hold him to ranson in exchange for the release of Confederate prisoners of war. O'Laughlen denied any involvement in the assassination of the president but was found guilty of conspiracy and sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in 1867 during an outbreak of yellow fever at the prison on the Dry Tortugas off Florida. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan, Bonanza Books, New York, 1955.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1955

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C54_295

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,3Mb) / 12,8in x 15,2in / 3836 x 4557 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men country guy crime captive war captivity location century imprisonment prisoner criminal concept B&W MONOCHROME assassination United States of America United States plot conspiracy conspirator 19th century accomplice plotter black & white black and white B W American Civil War nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector treason Michael photograph portrait Unknown Abraham Alexander Abraham Lincoln Lincoln President of USA A Lincoln James D Horan Horan James D Mathew Brady Brady Mathew B Alexander Gardner;Gardner Michael O'Laughlen O'Laughlen Mathew Brady James D Horan Abraham Lincoln photograph portrait