The Civil War
Tidbits
The Chase
The Chase II
Vocabulary
100

Edwin Stanton's job

Secretary of War

100

How being an actor helped Booth in his escape

He could remain calm under stress

100

Booth was shot in the...

Neck

100

The Secretary of War, his full name

Edwin M. Stanton

100

a close friend or associate to whom secrets are entrusted (spell it)

Confidant

200

Major Rathbone's loyalty was to which side?

The Union

200

Booth's lie to Garrett when they got to his farm

He was a wounded soldier

200

Booth and Herold stayed in the barn here

Garrett's farm

200

Booth and Herold got turned around and ended up back here

Maryland

200

widely known and talked of (spell it)

Notorious

300

The event that happened between 1861-1865

The Civil War

300

Booth's grave is...

Unmarked
300

Booth and Herold needed cross the Potomac River into...

Virginia

300

Booth did this, attempting to escape the barn

Kick out a board

300

limp and soiled; dirty (spell it)

Bedraggled

400

The generals of the opposing armies

Ulysses S. Grant - Union

Robert E. Lee - Confederate

400

This Union man did not get in trouble for his role in Booth's killing

Boston Corbett
400

The year Dr. Samuel Mudd was released from prison, and was released for this reason

1869, for treating inmates in an outbreak of disease

400

Who received $15,000 for their role in the chase for Lincoln's killer (first and last name)?

Everton Conger

400

fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre (spell it)

Grotesque

500

General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant here

Appomattox Court House in Virginia

500

The two things that alarmed Garrett, in order of events?

Booth's reaction to the riders, then his asking Garrett's son to get his gun after seeing a man (Herold) walking up the road

500

The four people executed for their crimes?

Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, David Herold

500

The only innocent person sentenced to prison?

Edman Spangler

500

a [safe place] is not where you would fight a [tough, difficult to defeat] foe.

Sanctuary, Formidable